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reason_n etc._n etc._n isa_n 41.21_o and_o man_n of_o impose_v principle_n appear_v upon_o all_o occasion_n to_o be_v as_o confident_a as_o they_o be_v who_o go_v before_o they_o in_o the_o way_n of_o their_o iniquity_n bind_v heavy_a burden_n and_o grievous_a to_o be_v bear_v and_o lay_v they_o on_o man_n shoulder_n as_o our_o saviour_n charge_v the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n to_o have_v do_v in_o his_o day_n mat._n 23.4_o some_o of_o these_o in_o the_o height_n of_o their_o confidence_n that_o whoever_o be_v ignorant_a they_o be_v man_n of_o knowledge_n and_o of_o profound_a and_o sharp_a understanding_n demand_v of_o christ_n in_o the_o name_n as_o it_o seem_v of_o all_o their_o fellow_n not_o with_o a_o little_a indignation_n be_v we_o blind_a also_o john_n 9.40_o be_v jealous_a that_o he_o have_v sore_o disparage_v they_o in_o bind_v they_o up_o in_o the_o same_o bandle_n with_o the_o ignorant_a world_n but_o as_o high_o conceit_v as_o they_o be_v of_o their_o knowledge_n and_o wisdom_n the_o lord_n christ_n deal_v plain_o with_o they_o in_o reprove_v they_o call_v they_o fool_n and_o blind_a guide_n over_z and_o over_o mat._n 23.16_o 17_o 19_o and_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o call_v a_o spade_n a_o spade_n the_o great_a proctor_n of_o the_o imposition_n we_o speak_v of_o reserve_v unto_o they_o all_o the_o honour_n due_a unto_o their_o learning_n and_o part_n otherwise_o when_o they_o rise_v up_o in_o their_o might_n to_o plead_v for_o these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v wise_a be_v to_o carry_v all_o clear_a before_o they_o they_o become_v fool_n and_o leave_v their_o cause_n quite_o behind_o they_o rom._n 1.22_o yea_o in_o these_o dispute_v they_o seem_v scarce_o man_n or_o to_o have_v put_v away_o childish_a thing_n a_o late_a great_a hyperaspistes_n of_o liturgical_a devotion_n and_o withal_o
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person_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v of_o any_o force_n or_o value_n against_o the_o truth_n postscript_n non_fw-fr attendamus_fw-la quid_fw-la ante_fw-la nos_fw-la aliquis_fw-la fecerit_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la omnes_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la prio_fw-la fecerit_fw-la cypr._n sapientiam_fw-la sibi_fw-la adimunt_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la judicio_fw-la inuenta_fw-la majorum_fw-la probant_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la pecudum_fw-la more_fw-it ducuntur_fw-la lactant._n magnos_fw-la errores_fw-la magnorum_fw-la virorum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la persuasi_fw-la transmittimus_fw-la vadianus_n cautum_fw-la debet_fw-la reddere_fw-la non_fw-la sequacem_fw-la error_n alienus_fw-la ra._n arden_n honestissimum_fw-la majorum_fw-la vestigia_fw-la sequi_fw-la si_fw-la recto_fw-la itinere_fw-la praecesserint_fw-la plin._n ep._n 8.5_o mala_fw-la pax_fw-la est_fw-la &_o concordia_n quae_fw-la inter_fw-la pastor_n &_o lupos_fw-la est_fw-la chemnit_fw-la harm_n maledicta_fw-la sit_fw-la charitas_fw-la &_o concordia_n propter_fw-la quam_fw-la conseruandam_fw-la periclitari_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la luther_n in_o gal._n 5._o pios_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o titulum_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la oportet_fw-la gerere_fw-la quod_fw-la seditiosi_fw-la ac_fw-la schismatici_fw-la ac_fw-la infinitorum_fw-la malorum_fw-la authores_fw-la sunt_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la heu_fw-la heu_fw-la domine_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o persecutione_n tua_fw-la primi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la tua_fw-la videntur_fw-la principatum_fw-la diligere_fw-la &_o gerere_fw-la principatum_fw-la bern._n de_fw-fr conver._n s._n pauli_n serm._n 1_o ignosci_fw-la potuit_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la errantibus_fw-la post_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la vero_fw-la &_o revelationem_fw-la factam_fw-la sine_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la venia_fw-la peccatur_fw-la cypr._n ep._n 63._o qui_fw-la vero_fw-la i_o errare_fw-la existimant_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la diligenter_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la dicta_fw-la considerent_fw-la ne_fw-la sortassis_fw-la ipsi_fw-la errent_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr bono_n persevere_v these_o say_n may_v be_v english_v as_o follow_v let_v we_o not_o regard_n or_o mind_n what_o some_o have_v do_v before_o we_o but_o what_o christ_n who_o be_v before_o all_o have_v first_o do_v they_o take_v a_o course_n never_o to_o attain_v unto_o wisdom_n who_o without_o judgement_n approve_v of_o the_o invention_n of_o their_o forefather_n and_o like_v unto_o sheep_n be_v lead_v by_o other_o sometime_o we_o let_v pass_v great_a error_n as_o if_o they_o be_v truth_n be_v persuade_v hereunto_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o great_a men._n the_o error_n of_o other_o shall_v not_o move_v we_o to_o follow_v but_o to_o look_v about_o we_o it_o be_v most_o honest_a and_o honourable_a to_o follow_v the_o step_n of_o our_o forefather_n if_o they_o have_v go_v before_o in_o a_o right_a way_n it_o be_v no_o good_a peace_n or_o agreement_n that_o 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to_o be_v the_o man_n that_o err_v finis_fw-la