now_o in_o england_n say_v he_o a_o certain_a woman_n be_v the_o caluiniste_n chief_a bishop_n speak_v thus_o in_o contempt_n of_o our_o gracious_a sovereign_n ans._n 1._o luther_n be_v belie_v by_o the_o jesuite_n he_o say_v only_o that_o where_o a_o priest_n can_v be_v have_v there_o a_o christian_a man_n or_o woman_n may_v stand_v in_o as_o good_a steed_n but_o he_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o boy_n fox_n pag._n 1281._o articul_fw-la 13._o condemn_v by_o leo_n the_o x._o by_o this_o we_o may_v see_v what_o small_a credit_n be_v to_o be_v give_v unto_o the_o jesuite_n in_o cite_v &_o quote_v the_o opinion_n or_o say_n of_o protestant_n 2._o we_o acknowledge_v no_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o therefore_o whatsoever_o luther_n think_v of_o that_o sacrament_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n to_o us._n but_o the_o other_o be_v a_o foul_a lie_n and_o a_o monstrous_a slander_n utter_v of_o our_o prince_n for_o her_o majesty_n do_v not_o take_v upon_o she_o any_o part_n of_o the_o pastoral_a 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tetrastylon_n papisticum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o four_o principal_a pillar_n of_o papistry_n the_o first_o contain_v their_o railing_n slander_n forgery_n untruth_n the_o second_o their_o blasphemy_n flat_a contradiction_n to_o scripture_n heresy_n absurdity_n the_o three_o their_o loose_a argument_n weak_a solution_n subtle_a distinction_n the_o four_o and_o last_o the_o repugnant_a opinion_n of_o new_a papist_n with_o the_o old_a of_o the_o new_a one_o with_o another_o of_o the_o same_o writer_n with_o themselves_o yea_o of_o popish_a religion_n with_o and_o in_o itself_o compile_v as_o a_o necessary_a supplement_n or_o fit_a appertinance_n to_o the_o author_n former_a work_n entitle_v synopsis_fw-la papismi_fw-la to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n for_o the_o dissuade_v of_o lightminded_n man_n from_o trust_v to_o the_o sandy_a foundation_n of_o popery_n and_o to_o exhort_v good_a christian_n steadfast_o to_o hold_v the_o rocky_a foundation_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o gospel_n epist._n jud._n ver_fw-la 9_o 10._o michael_n the_o archangel_n when_o he_o strive_v against_o the_o devil_n do_v not_o blame_v he_o with_o curse_a speak_v but_o say_v the_o lord_n rebuke_v thou_o but_o these_o speak_v evil_a of_o those_o thing_n they_o know_v not_o and_o whatsoever_o thing_n they_o know_v natural_o as_o beast_n which_o be_v without_o reason_n in_o those_o thing_n they_o corrupt_v themselves_o haeretici_fw-la cùm_fw-la perversitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la rationem_fw-la reddere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ad_fw-la maledicta_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la heretic_n when_o they_o can_v render_v no_o reason_n of_o their_o wilfulness_n fall_v to_o flat_a rail_n print_a by_o robert_n robinson_n for_o thomas_n man_n dwell_v in_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la row_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o talbot_n 1593._o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a sir_n john_n puckering_n knight_n lord_n keeper_z of_o the_o broad_a seal_n of_o england_n and_o of_o her_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a counsel_n i_o 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their_o heart_n may_v appear_v and_o be_v make_v know_v to_o all_o the_o world_n this_o book_n i_o have_v entitle_v the_o pillar_n of_o papistry_n which_o be_v build_v upon_o lie_n and_o untruth_n face_v out_o with_o rail_v and_o bitter_a speech_n prop_v up_o with_o blasphemy_n and_o patch_v together_o with_o dissonant_n &_o contrary_a opinion_n among_o themselves_o the_o proof_n of_o these_o particular_n follow_v at_o large_a discourse_v in_o this_o treatise_n first_o as_o touch_v their_o lie_a and_o untruth_n i_o can_v have_v wish_v that_o they_o have_v embrace_v his_o wise_a counsel_n that_o say_v aut_fw-la cavenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la mendacia_fw-la rectè_fw-la agendo_fw-la aut_fw-la confitenda_fw-la paenitendo_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la abundent_fw-la infoeliciter_fw-la vivendo_fw-la augenda_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o docendo_fw-la august_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la mendac_fw-la cap._n 21._o but_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o correct_v by_o repentance_n that_o which_o they_o have_v offend_v in_o practice_n that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o become_v liemaker_n but_o lie-maister_n not_o practiser_n of_o this_o craft_n but_o teacher_n &_o defender_n concern_v their_o rail_a speech_n it_o be_v all_o the_o rhetoric_n they_o use_v such_o be_v no_o better_a than_o sheep-biter_n &_o meacocke_n among_o they_o that_o have_v not_o file_v &_o whet_v their_o tongue_n to_o smite_v &_o wound_v we_o withal_o but_o here_o i_o say_v unto_o they_o as_o augustine_n do_v to_o the_o heretic_n pascentius_n literae_fw-la tuus_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la reddenda_fw-la convitia_fw-la i_o provocant_fw-la 177._o nec_fw-la a_o reddendis_fw-la literis_fw-la i_o revocare_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la so_o neither_o shall_v their_o rail_a write_n provoke_v we_o likewise_o to_o pass_v the_o bond_n of_o modesty_n and_o to_o pay_v they_o home_o in_o the_o same_o kind_n neither_o yet_o cause_v we_o to_o cease_v from_o answer_v their_o folly_n now_o as_o for_o their_o blasphemy_n it_o will_v offend_v a_o chaste_a and_o a_o christian_a ear_n to_o hear_v what_o horrible_a and_o ungodly_a say_n do_v pass_v from_o they_o in_o the_o second_o pillar_n of_o this_o book_n we_o have_v set_v down_o a_o whole_a ken_n of_o they_o but_o as_o augustine_n say_v to_o some_o who_o the_o more_o ready_o to_o descry_v heretic_n themselves_o also_o fall_v into_o blasphemy_n tolerabilius_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la foveis_fw-la delight_n scerent_fw-la vulpes_fw-la quam_fw-la 9_o propter_fw-la illas_fw-la capiendas_fw-la in_o blasphemiae_fw-la foveam_fw-la caderent_fw-la venatores_fw-la the_o fox_n may_v more_o safe_o lurk_v in_o their_o hole_n than_o the_o huntsman_n to_o take_v they_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o pit_n of_o blasphemy_n so_o though_o we_o be_v the_o fox_n and_o they_o the_o huntsman_n it_o be_v no_o good_a way_n for_o the_o huntsman_n to_o snare_n themselves_o to_o entangle_v the_o fox_n but_o we_o in_o deed_n be_v the_o huntsman_n and_o they_o the_o fox_n as_o it_o be_v say_v take_v we_o these_o fox_n these_o little_a fox_n that_o destroy_v the_o vine_n cantic_a 2._o 15._o concern_v the_o dissension_n and_o division_n among_o papist_n it_o be_v no_o strange_a thing_n as_o he_o say_v omnia_fw-la vitia_fw-la erroresque_fw-la mortalium_fw-la 11._o divisi_fw-la sunt_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la &_o contrarij_fw-la apud_fw-la idolorum_fw-la cultores_fw-la divisi_fw-la sunt_fw-la spiritus_fw-la junonis_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la herculis_fw-la paganus_fw-la &_o judaeus_fw-la host_n sunt_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la divisi_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la arrianus_n &_o photinianus_n haeretici_fw-la &_o divisi_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la sic_fw-la donatistae_fw-la sic_fw-la maximinianistae_fw-la all_o vice_n and_o error_n among_o man_n be_v divide_v and_o contrary_a to_o themselves_o among_o the_o idolatrous_a heathen_a the_o spirit_n of_o juno_n and_o hercules_n be_v divide_v the_o pagan_n &_o jew_n enemy_n to_o christ_n and_o yet_o divide_v the_o arrian_n likewise_o &_o photmians_n the_o donatist_n and_o maximinianistes_n ad_fw-la also_o the_o scotiste_n and_o thomist_n among_o the_o papist_n divide_v between_o themselves_o yet_o ambo._n pertinent_a ad_fw-la regnum_fw-la diaboli_fw-la both_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o reign_n or_o kingdom_n of_o the_o devil_n now_o the_o reason_n that_o have_v move_v i_o principal_o to_o enterprise_v this_o business_n be_v these_o first_o in_o respect_n of_o those_o country_n man_n of_o we_o which_o have_v suffer_v themselves_o a_o long_a time_n to_o be_v seduce_v and_o deceive_v with_o false_a opinion_n and_o a_o vain_a show_n of_o holiness_n be_v as_o it_o be_v make_v drink_v with_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n intoxicate_a cup_n that_o they_o now_o at_o the_o length_n see_v the_o nakedness_n &_o beggary_n of_o popish_a religion_n will_v take_v heed_n to_o themselves_o in_o time_n and_o think_v it_o enough_o yea_o &_o too_o much_o to_o have_v sip_v of_o that_o poison_a cup_n lest_o drink_v more_o deep_o thereof_o they_o afterward_o be_v constrain_v to_o draw_v out_o the_o dregs_n &_o to_o be_v partaker_n of_o their_o plague_n of_o they_o we_o say_v with_o augustine_n licèt_fw-la non_fw-la timentur_fw-la ut_fw-la perdant_fw-la non_fw-la 105._o
they_o what_o a_o principal_a sectmaster_n with_o his_o blasphemous_a mouth_n or_o pen_n utter_v say_v in_o the_o very_o best_a time_n such_o be_v partly_o the_o ambition_n of_o bishop_n partly_o their_o ignorance_n and_o foolishness_n that_o the_o very_a blind_a may_v easy_o perceive_v satan_n very_o to_o have_v be_v precedent_n of_o their_o assembly_n and_o in_o the_o margin_n they_o note_v bezaâ—_n blasphemy_n against_o the_o first_o general_a counsel_n rhemist_n act_n 15._o sec._n 10._o in_o this_o place_n beza_n speak_v not_o one_o word_n against_o the_o first_o general_a counsel_n but_o against_o the_o assembly_n of_o proud_a &_o unlearned_a lightheaded_a bishop_n of_o greece_n which_o live_v in_o those_o best_a time_n whereof_o it_o be_v manifest_a by_o the_o church_n story_n that_o many_o of_o they_o be_v heretical_a and_o blasphemous_a it_o be_v a_o loose_a argument_n beza_n say_v there_o be_v wicked_a bishop_n in_o the_o best_a time_n ergo_fw-la he_o blaspheme_v against_o the_o first_o general_a counsel_n that_o beza_n say_v melchisedeches_n priesthood_n be_v whole_o spiritual_a annot_n hebr._n 8._o sec._n 3._o he_o say_v not_o that_o melchisedeches_n priesthood_n be_v only_o spiritual_a as_o the_o spiritual_a priesthood_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v but_o that_o melchisedeche_n priesthood_n be_v figurative_a have_v a_o spiritual_a relation_n to_o christ_n eternal_a priesthood_n fulk_n ibid._n but_o no_o marvel_n if_o they_o make_v not_o dainty_a to_o slander_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n when_o they_o dare_v open_v their_o lie_a mouth_n against_o christian_n prince_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o the_o lord_n anoint_v as_o bellarmine_n most_o slanderous_o give_v out_o of_o our_o gracious_a sovereign_n i_o be_o reipsa_fw-la caluinistis_fw-la in_o angliamulier_fw-la quaedam_fw-la summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la est_fw-la and_o now_o in_o truth_n a_o certain_a woman_n in_o england_n take_v upon_o she_o to_o be_v chief_a bishop_n of_o the_o caluiniste_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr notis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 9_o a_o foul_a and_o a_o disdainful_a slander_n whereas_o our_o prince_n do_v not_o usurp_v upon_o the_o office_n of_o bishop_n and_o minister_n but_o as_o all_o godly_a prince_n have_v do_v as_o david_n hesekiah_n and_o other_o she_o think_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o her_o princely_a charge_n to_o have_v a_o care_n of_o religion_n and_o to_o look_v to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n beside_o these_o slander_n which_o they_o have_v raise_v concern_v the_o opinion_n and_o doctrine_n of_o our_o church_n they_o have_v devise_v and_o forge_a lie_n also_o concern_v other_o matter_n staphylus_n and_o furious_a surius_n say_v that_o luther_n learn_v his_o divinity_n of_o the_o devil_n a_o other_o maintain_v that_o he_o have_v bear_v of_o the_o devil_n a_o other_o that_o he_o die_v of_o drunkenness_n vid._n fox_n pag._n 1257._o bellarmine_n report_v out_o of_o rail_a cochleus_n that_o luther_n die_v sudden_o for_o say_v he_o have_v sup_v very_o dainty_o and_o be_v make_v merry_a with_o good_a cheer_n and_o with_o his_o jest_n make_v all_o at_o the_o table_n to_o burst_v forth_o into_o laughter_n he_o immediate_o sicken_v and_o die_v the_o same_o night_n bellarm._n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr notis_fw-la eccl_n cap._n 17._o and_o he_o make_v himself_o pretty_a sport_n in_o tell_v a_o lie_a tale_n out_o of_o the_o same_o cochleus_n how_o luther_n body_n be_v clap_v in_o lead_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o winter_n in_o the_o frost_n and_o cold_a sudden_o begin_v so_o to_o stink_v that_o the_o very_a smell_n pierce_v the_o lead_n and_o whereas_o they_o be_v purpose_v to_o convey_v his_o corpse_n to_o wittemberge_n to_o be_v bury_v they_o there_o be_v constrain_v to_o leave_v it_o by_o the_o way_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr notis_fw-la eccles_n cap._n 14._o they_o may_v be_v ashamed_a to_o forge_v such_o shameful_a lie_n for_o neither_o be_v luther_n death_n sudden_a who_o have_v a_o old_a infirmity_n hang_v upon_o he_o be_v accustom_v to_o be_v much_o trouble_v with_o oppression_n of_o humour_n in_o the_o orifice_n or_o open_n of_o his_o stomach_n neither_o die_v he_o the_o same_o night_n but_o the_o next_o morning_n between_o 8._o and_o 9_o of_o the_o clock_n report_a by_o melancthon_n who_o better_a be_v acquaint_v both_o with_o luther_n life_n and_o death_n than_o any_o papist_n of_o they_o all_o luther_n make_v a_o most_o comfortable_a end_n &_o make_v a_o most_o sweet_a prayer_n before_o his_o death_n which_o be_v rare_a i_o think_v with_o the_o popish_a sort_n consul_n fox_n pag._n 864._o the_o rest_n which_o they_o report_v of_o his_o body_n be_v as_o true_a as_o that_o which_o they_o feign_v of_o m._n bucer_n that_o he_o shall_v deny_v at_o his_o death_n that_o christ_n our_o messiah_n be_v come_v fox_n pag._n 1257._o colum_fw-la 2._o who_o manner_n of_o death_n d._n redman_n that_o preach_v at_o his_o funeral_n and_o many_o other_o english_a man_n know_v to_o be_v contrary_a to_o their_o 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