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to_o be_v sign_v by_o his_o majesty_n to_o justify_v note_n
shall_v wonder_v both_o at_o the_o man_n self_n and_o at_o the_o man_n man_n not_o at_o the_o jesuit_n only_o and_o the_o seminary_n priest_n you_o shall_v not_o know_v they_o to_o make_v they_o the_o wonderment_n but_o the_o recusant_n papist_n yea_o every_o profess_a papist_n let_v we_o wonder_v at_o they_o too_o they_o wax_v in_o number_n and_o in_o spirit_n and_o their_o mouth_n speak_v presumptuous_a thing_n think_v you_o they_o censure_v that_o treason_n from_o their_o heart_n sure_o i_o will_v think_v that_o he_o that_o say_v as_o the_o pope_n say_v will_v also_o do_v as_o the_o pope_n do_v say_v he_o come_v to_o church_n and_o hold_v the_o king_n supremacy_n tamen_fw-la romanus_n est_fw-la as_o segismond_n the_o emperor_n say_v of_o a_o cardinal_n yet_o he_o be_v a_o papist_n nullus_fw-la est_fw-la fidus_fw-la eorum_fw-la affectus_fw-la quorum_fw-la est_fw-la diversa_fw-la fides_fw-la therefore_o trust_v not_o that_o man_n that_o hold_v any_o popery_n if_o he_o kiss_v like_o a_o serpent_n he_o sure_o will_v sting_v too_o his_o peace_n be_v with_o thou_o but_o rebus_fw-la sit_fw-la stantibus_fw-la he_o be_v that_o woman_n son_n he_o thirst_v for_o blood_n even_o thy_o blood_n that_o embrace_v he_o he_o say_v with_o esau_n in_o his_o heart_n the_o day_n of_o mourning_n for_o isaac_n will_v come_v one_o day_n then_o i_o will_v kill_v my_o brother_n jaâ—cob_n but_o let_v we_o wonder_v ibid._n page_n 286._o l._n 10._o these_o word_n be_v expunge_v instance_n but_o in_o the_o pope_n he_o be_v but_o one_o serpent_n but_o a_o great_a one_o draco_n magnus_fw-la in_o the_o apocalypse_n he_o curse_v king_n and_o state_n by_o his_o bâ—le_n that_o be_v his_o hiss_v murder_n and_o massacre_n by_o his_o jesuit_n they_o be_v his_o sting_n page_n 416._o l._n 25._o i_o will_v not_o say_v the_o jew_n but_o sure_o the_o gentile_a before_o the_o jesuit_n page_n 420._o l._n 14._o rome_n be_v no_o court_n of_o arch_n to_o license_v the_o jesuit_n to_o teach_v where_o he_o will_v page_n 427._o l._n 6._o no_o papist_n no_o right_a papist_n be_v a_o right_a israelite_n for_o there_o be_v guile_n in_o he_o page_n 435._o l._n 5._o the_o epieâ—re_a jesuit_n and_o stoic_a priest_n call_v these_o calvinist_n babbler_n other_o of_o they_o say_v they_o set_v forth_o strange_a god_n for_o they_o preach_v to_o the_o people_n jesus_n &_o sola_fw-la side_n a_o male_a god_n and_o a_o female_a may_v we_o not_o know_v what_o this_o doctrine_n this_o new_a doctrine_n whereof_o these_o calvinist_n speak_v be_v we_o will_v know_v what_o these_o thing_n do_v mean_a unhappy_a recusant_n page_n 348._o l._n 6._o to_o so_o many_o hearer_n so_o intelligent_a little_a need_n application_n yet_o the_o time_n crave_v it_o be_v not_o this_o land_n a_o limb_n of_o this_o jerusalem_n of_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v but_o not_o of_o this_o not_o of_o david_n jerusalem_n you_o hear_v jerusalem_n tax_v rough_o by_o the_o prophet_n both_o for_o murder_n and_o adultery_n for_o shed_v saint_n blood_n and_o serve_v strange_a god_n england_n be_v no_o persecutor_n but_o it_o be_v a_o halter_n between_o two_o religion_n dagon_n affront_v god_n ark_n here_o be_v both_o eucharist_n and_o mass_n babylon_n be_v in_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v not_o unworthy_a the_o observe_n that_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o original_a tongue_n be_v of_o the_o dual_a number_n there_o be_v two_o jerusalem_n david_n bidâ—_n pray_v for_o jerusalem_n peace_n but_o whether_o jerusalem_n that_o sure_o which_o he_o here_o describe_v where_o be_v unity_n v_o 2._o religion_n v_o 4._o and_o justice_n v_o 5._o jerusalem_n be_v a_o city_n that_o be_v at_o unity_n within_o itself_o thither_o go_v up_o the_o tribe_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n and_o there_o be_v our_o seat_n of_o judgement_n be_v our_o jerusalem_n such_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n and_o faction_n in_o the_o state_n show_v there_o be_v no_o unity_n popery_n and_o atheism_n spread_v over_o the_o whole_a land_n prove_v there_o be_v small_a religion_n and_o 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