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till_o to_o break_v in_o piece_n the_o divine_a table_n of_o the_o same_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o priest_n conspire_v together_o to_o set_v up_o the_o golden_a calf_n of_o their_o ceremony_n and_o that_o god_n ordinance_n shall_v be_v null_a and_o void_a without_o they_o and_o no_o probation_n shall_v be_v admit_v of_o their_o performance_n but_o the_o certificate_n of_o the_o bishop_n or_o highpriest_n by_o which_o as_o to_o matter_n of_o succession_n to_o inheritance_n and_o kingdom_n they_o bind_v their_o king_n with_o chain_n and_o their_o noble_n with_o fetter_n of_o iron_n god_n be_v please_v to_o make_v the_o contention_n concern_v a_o marriage_n between_o h._n 8._o and_o the_o pope_n the_o occasion_n of_o break_v off_o some_o of_o the_o link_n and_o of_o be_v a_o beginning_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o liberty_n and_o i_o hope_v he_o do_v now_o offer_v the_o like_a or_o a_o great_a occasion_n of_o propagate_a both_o to_o the_o present_a age_n and_o posterity_n 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p._n 2_o not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o heathen_a nation_n p._n 10_o not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o law_n civil_a canon_n or_o feudal_n p._n 21_o not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o the_o law_n of_o mahomet_n p._n 26_o not_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o ecclesiastical_a law_n p._n 31_o all_o allegation_n of_o coke_n in_o behalf_n of_o ecclesiastical_a law_n answer_v ib._n of_o the_o mischief_n ensue_v from_o ecclesiastical_a law_n p._n 43_o 1._o all_o ecclesiastical_a law_n of_o marriage_n be_v invent_v by_o daemon_n pagan_a priest_n or_o pope_n ib._n the_o history_n of_o the_o devil_n appear_v in_o the_o shape_n of_o christ_n to_o dr._n d_o you_o and_o tempt_v he_o and_o his_o seer_n kelly_n to_o community_n of_o wife_n p._n 45_o all_o prohibition_n of_o marriage_n or_o meat_n in_o any_o ceremony_n or_o circumstance_n not_o prohibit_v by_o the_o moral_a law_n of_o god_n come_v from_o the_o devil_n p._n 52_o 2._o the_o final_a cause_n of_o all_o ecclesiastical_a 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