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constent_fw-la 4._o juvenes_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la imperiti_fw-la &_o in_fw-la libidinem_fw-la proclive_v ab_fw-la audienda_fw-la morum_fw-la philosophia_fw-la arcendi_fw-la 5._o quod_fw-la aliud_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la se_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o causa_fw-la cur_n cetera_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la 6._o dei_fw-la agnitio_fw-la nihil_fw-la prodest_fw-la artifici_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la arte_fw-la suabene_fw-la utatur_fw-la 7._o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la vel_fw-la minimi_fw-la boni_fw-la accessione_n augeri_fw-la vel_fw-la reddi_fw-la potest_fw-la optabilius_fw-la 8._o paâ—per_n deformis_fw-la orbus_fw-la aut_fw-la infans_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la beatus_fw-la 9_o bonum_fw-la aeternum_fw-la bono_fw-mi unius_fw-la diei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la bonum_fw-la 10._o foelicitas_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la animi_fw-la secundum_fw-la virtutem_fw-la 11._o 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promise_v by_o pope_n adrian_n s._n 37._o e._n by_o pope_n paul_n the_o iii_o s._n 43._o b._n god_n make_v preparation_n unto_o the_o reformation_n 527._o m._n s._n 26._o m._n 31._o b._n 35._o e._n reformation_n shall_v be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 470._o m_o the_o talk_n of_o reformation_n be_v odious_a at_o rome_n 541._o m._n s._n 7._o b_o 277._o m._n head_n of_o reformation_n propound_v at_o rome_n s._n 44._o m._n the_o occasion_n of_o the_o reformation_n s_o 55._o m._n the_o progress_n of_o reformation_n s._n 64._o m._n 69._o e._n 70._o b._n m._n 72._o m._n 77._o e._n 78._o 81_o e_fw-la 89._o e._n 92._o m._n 94._o m._n 114._o m._n etc._n etc._n the_o cause_n of_o the_o difference_n in_o reformation_n between_o england_n and_o scotland_n s._n 328_o 329._o false_a calumny_n raise_v against_o the_o reform_a s._n 134._o religion_n seldom_o arise_v from_o prince_n s._n 228_o 330._o b_o the_o distinction_n between_o regulars_n and_o secular_o 227._o e._n 290._o e._n a_o contention_n between_o they_o and_o how_o it_o be_v end_v 227_o 228._o relic_n be_v superstitious_a 18_o 42_o 45_o 69._o e_o reprobation_n 260._o m._n 370._o b_o richard_n armacanus_n oppose_v the_o friar_n 496._o the_o righteousness_n of_o man_n be_v imperfect_a 276_o 337_o e_o the_o multitude_n of_o rite_n be_v oppose_v 381._o e_o men_n shall_v not_o be_v tie_v to_o follow_v any_o church_n in_o rite_n 25._o e._n s._n 92._o e_fw-la responsorium_fw-la of_o the_o mass_n 143._o e_fw-la robert_n bruce_n king_n of_o scotland_n 493._o his_o three_o advice_n before_o his_o death_n 495._o m_o trouble_n in_o riga_n for_o the_o new_a calendar_n s._n 311._o a_o letter_n of_o the_o emperor_n rodolph_n the_o ii_o show_v the_o condition_n of_o many_o nation_n in_o europe_n at_o that_o time_n s._n 320._o the_o roman_a church_n receive_v paganism_n by_o degree_n 15._o e._n 39_o e._n 42._o b._n 43_o b._n 46._o m._n &_o e._n 73._o b._n 75._o b._n 79._o e._n 81._o e._n 141._o m._n 142._o m._n 146._o b._n 347._o m._n her_o corruption_n be_v lament_v 24._o 25._o b._n 156._o b._n 231._o b._n 485._o m._n s._n 20_o 21_o 29._o e._n 287._o b._n the_o roman_a church_n receive_v temporal_a land_n 22._o b._n 70_o 71._o b._n &_o e_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v not_o the_o mother_n of_o all_o church_n 55_o 84_o 85._o nor_o head_n of_o other_o church_n 503_o she_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o primitive_a church_n 212._o m._n 231._o b._n 367._o e._n 470._o e._n she_o become_v worse_a and_o worse_o 529._o e._n 485._o m._n 547._o e._n the_o roman_a church_n be_v call_v babylon_n 330._o e._n 355._o m._n 358._o e._n 423._o e._n 426._o m._n 548._o m._n s._n 2._o e._n 30._o e_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n shall_v not_o be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o priest_n nor_o universal_a bishop_n 363._o m._n 367._o e._n the_o roman_a church_n have_v her_o authority_n from_o counsel_n 437._o e._n 476_o e._n in_o rome_n truth_n be_v the_o great_a crime_n 477._o b._n her_o estate_n be_v describe_v in_o a_o vision_n 481._o e._n and_o again_o 482._o m._n 544._o e_fw-la the_o roman_n aim_v at_o their_o civil_a liberty_n 318._o b._n 319._o m._n 328._o e._n the_o first_o holy_a rose_n 459._o b_o russia_n become_v christian_n 224._o s_o how_o the_o solemn_a keep_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v revive_v in_o england_n s._n 529._o many_o do_v speak_v but_o of_o two_o sacrament_n 133._o m._n 331._o e._n 335._o b_o how_o the_o papist_n prove_v the_o number_n of_o seven_o sacrament_n s._n 256._o m_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n be_v afraid_a to_o define_v a_o sacrament_n s._n 256._o m_o many_o sacrament_n be_v not_o of_o god_n 495._o e._n 547._o e_fw-la a_o sacrament_n be_v not_o a_o sacrifice_n 136._o e._n yet_o be_v so_o call_v for_o certain_a reason_n 137_o b._n 272._o e._n the_o beginning_n and_o progress_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o mass_n 137_o 139._o none_o can_v offer_v christ_n in_o a_o sacrifice_n but_o he_o himself_o 217._o m_o our_o sacrifice_n be_v but_o one_o and_o be_v once_o offer_v 217._o e._n 294._o m._n 349._o e._n the_o papist_n profess_v to_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n but_o with_o some_o difference_n s._n 221._o the_o saint_n hear_v not_o prayer_n 344._o b_o salvation_n be_v of_o god_n only_o 215._o b._n 223._o b_o the_n saracen_n spoil_n italy_n 11._o b._n 115._o b._n &_o m._n 116._o m._n 117._o m._n 119_o m._n 197._o m._n 202._o m._n scanderbag_n king_n of_o epirus_n 524._o the_o black_a saturday_n s._n 543._o the_o schism_n between_o the_o greek_n and_o the_o latin_n 11._o m._n 129._o b_o 259._o the_o schoolman_n their_o first_o age_n 416._o e._n their_o second_o age_n 417._o b._n the_o opposition_n among_o they_o 419_o 420._o their_o three_o age_n 488._o they_o despise_v the_o scripture_n and_o cry_v up_o aristotle_n 488._o scotland_n become_v christian_n 55._o the_o scot_n conquer_v the_o picht_n 185._o the_o change_n of_o a_o circumstance_n in_o the_o succession_n of_o their_o king_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o much_o bloodshed_n 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and_o call_v it_o a_o heathenish_a worship_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o the_o dead_a he_o say_v also_o that_o god_n will_v have_v the_o burial_n of_o moses_n unknown_a unto_o the_o people_n lest_o it_o may_v occasion_v idolatry_n among_o the_o israelite_n 3._o he_o call_v intercession_n of_o saint_n fig-tree-leaves_a to_o cover_v idolatry_n 4._o he_o contemn_v all_o image_n and_o forbid_v the_o worship_n of_o mary_n zonar_n but_o the_o emperor_n be_v not_o afraid_a of_o the_o curse_n of_o image-worshipper_n not_o long_o thereafter_o desiderius_n king_n of_o the_o lombard_n incroach_v again_o upon_o the_o land_n of_o the_o empire_n in_o italy_n wherefore_o pope_n hadrian_n the_o i._o send_v unto_o charles_n the_o great_a than_o king_n of_o france_n for_o aid_n he_o send_v also_o unto_o the_o emperor_n but_o the_o emperor_n do_v so_o envy_v the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o his_o ambition_n that_o he_o be_v nothing_o sorrowful_a for_o his_o grief_n and_o when_o the_o pope_n nuntio_n present_v 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