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article_n and_o there_o he_o say_v that_o saint_n be_v not_o reward_v in_o heaven_n for_o their_o holy_a work_n fol._n 114._o the_o word_n of_o tindall_n be_v these_o they_o turn_v from_o god_n word_n and_o put_v their_o trust_n and_o confidence_n in_o the_o saint_n and_o his_o merit_n and_o make_v a_o advocate_n or_o rather_o a_o god_n of_o the_o saint_n aâ—â—exed_v the_o place_n aâ—â—exed_v etc._n etc._n they_o ascribe_v heaven_n to_o their_o imagination_n and_o mad_a invention_n and_o receive_v it_o not_o of_o the_o liberality_n of_o god_n by_o the_o merit_n and_o deserve_a of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n 7_o god_n move_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o hate_v the_o people_n likewise_o he_o move_v king_n etc._n etc._n fol._n 118._o article_n 7._o article_n the_o word_n in_o the_o obedience_n be_v these_o in_o the_o 107._o psalm_n thou_o read_v he_o destroy_v the_o river_n and_o dry_v up_o the_o spring_n of_o water_n annex_v the_o place_n annex_v and_o turn_v the_o fruitful_a 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which_o show_v he_o those_o vision_n 19.22_o apoc._n 19.22_o the_o angel_n say_v unto_o he_o see_v thou_o do_v not_o so_o for_o i_o be_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n as_o thou_o be_v etc._n etc._n again_o in_o the_o foresay_a peter_n what_o a_o example_n of_o reverend_a humility_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o this_o that_o notwithstanding_o he_o with_o other_o apostle_n have_v his_o commission_n to_o go_v over_o all_o yet_o nevertheless_o he_o be_v at_o joppa_n and_o send_v for_o by_o cornelius_n dare_v not_o go_v to_o he_o without_o the_o vision_n of_o a_o sheet_n let_v down_o from_o heaven_n by_o the_o which_o vision_n he_o be_v admonish_v not_o to_o refuse_v the_o gentile_n or_o else_o he_o know_v in_o himself_o not_o such_o primacy_n over_o all_o people_n and_o place_n give_fw-ge unto_o he_o nor_o no_o such_o commission_n so_o large_a above_o the_o other_o etc._n etc._n furthermore_o the_o say_v peter_n be_v rebuke_v of_o paul_n his_o fellow_n brother_n take_v no_o scorn_n thereof_o 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bishop_n of_o rome_n power_n and_o authority_n not_o only_o to_o be_v head_n &_o governor_n of_o all_o priest_n &_o bishop_n in_o christ_n church_n but_o also_o to_o have_v and_o occupy_v the_o whole_a monarchy_n of_o the_o world_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o that_o he_o may_v thereby_o lawful_o depose_v king_n and_o prince_n from_o their_o realm_n dominion_n and_o seignory_n and_o so_o transfer_v and_o geve_v the_o same_o to_o such_o person_n as_o he_o like_v that_o be_v utter_o false_a and_o untrue_a for_o christ_n never_o give_v unto_o s._n peter_n or_o unto_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n or_o their_o successor_n any_o such_o authority_n and_o the_o apostle_n s._n peter_n and_o s._n paul_n do_v teach_v and_o command_v that_o all_o christian_a people_n as_o well_o priest_n and_o bishop_n as_o other_o shall_v be_v obedient_a and_o subject_a unto_o the_o prince_n and_o potentate_n of_o the_o world_n although_o they_o be_v infidel_n and_o as_o for_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n it_o be_v many_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n before_o he_o can_v acquire_v or_o get_v any_o primacy_n or_o governance_n above_o any_o other_o bishop_n out_o of_o his_o province_n in_o italy_n since_o the_o which_o time_n he_o have_v ever_o usurpeâ—_n more_o and_o more_o and_o though_o some_o part_n of_o his_o power_n be_v give_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o emperor_n king_n and_o prince_n and_o by_o the_o consent_n also_o of_o the_o clergy_n in_o general_a counsel_n assemble_v yet_o sure_o he_o attain_v the_o most_o part_n thereof_o by_o marvelous_a subtlety_n and_o craft_n and_o special_o by_o collude_v with_o great_a king_n and_o prince_n sometime_o train_n they_o into_o his_o devotion_n by_o pretence_n and_o colour_n of_o holiness_n and_o sanctimony_n and_o sometime_o constrain_a they_o by_o force_n and_o tyranny_n whereby_o the_o say_a bishop_n of_o rome_n aspire_v and_o roâ—e_n at_o length_n unto_o such_o greatness_n in_o strength_n and_o authority_n ambition_n how_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n roâ—e_n by_o ambition_n that_o they_o presume_v and_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o be_v head_n &_o to_o put_v law_n by_o thyr_n own_o authority_n not_o only_o unto_o all_o other_o bishop_n within_o christendom_n but_o also_o unto_o the_o emperor_n king_n &_o other_o the_o prince_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o under_o the_o pretence_n of_o the_o authority_n commit_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o gospel_n wherein_o the_o say_v bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v not_o only_o abuse_v and_o pervert_v the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o christ_n word_n but_o they_o do_v also_o clean_o contrary_a to_o the_o use_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o priprimitive_a church_n and_o so_o do_v manifest_o violate_v as_o well_o the_o holy_a canon_n make_v in_o the_o church_n immediate_o after_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o also_o the_o degree_n and_o constitution_n make_v in_o that_o behalf_n church_n first_o the_o general_a council_n of_o nice_a decree_v that_o the_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n &_o antiochia_n shall_v have_v like_o power_n over_o the_o country_n about_o those_o city_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v over_o the_o country_n about_o rome_n in_o the_o council_n of_o milevitane_n it_o be_v decree_v that_o if_o a_o clerk_n of_o aphrick_n will_v appeal_v out_o of_o aphrick_n unto_o any_o bishop_n beyond_o the_o sea_n he_o shall_v be_v take_v as_o a_o person_n excommunicate_a in_o the_o general_a council_n of_o constantinople_n the_o first_o it_o be_v likewise_o decree_v that_o every_o cause_n between_o any_o person_n shall_v be_v determine_v within_o the_o provynce_n where_o the_o maâ—ters_n do_v 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o no_o bishop_n shall_v exercise_v any_o power_n out_o of_o his_o own_o diocese_n or_o provinc_fw-la and_o this_o be_v also_o the_o mind_n of_o holy_a s._n cyprian_n &_o of_o other_o holy_a man_n of_o â—phrica_fw-la to_o conclude_v
therefore_o the_o pope_n have_v no_o such_o primacy_n give_v he_o either_o by_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n or_o by_o any_o general_a council_n nor_o by_o common_a consent_n of_o the_o holy_a catholic_a church_n by_o the_o holy_a father_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n assemble_v in_o the_o first_o general_a council_n and_o final_o they_o do_v transgress_v their_o own_o profession_n make_v in_o their_o creation_n for_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n always_o when_o they_o be_v consecrate_v and_o make_v bishop_n of_o that_o see_v do_v make_v a_o solemn_a profession_n and_o vow_n that_o they_o shall_v inviolable_o observe_v and_o keep_v all_o the_o ordinance_n make_v in_o the_o eight_o first_o general_n counsel_n among_o the_o which_o it_o be_v special_o provide_v &_o enact_v that_o all_o cause_n shall_v be_v finish_v and_o determine_v with_o in_o the_o province_n where_o the_o same_o begin_v and_o that_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o same_o province_n and_o that_o no_o bishop_n 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certain_a verse_n the_o copy_n whereof_o we_o have_v here_o insert_v ¶_o philippi_n &_o mariae_fw-la genealogia_fw-la qua_fw-la ambo_fw-la principes_fw-la ex_fw-la johanne_n de_fw-la gandavo_fw-la edwardi_fw-la tertij_fw-la angliae_fw-la franciaeque_fw-la regis_fw-la filio_fw-la descendisse_fw-la ostenduntur_fw-la whito_fw-la lincolniense_n authore_fw-la i_o will_v parens_fw-la regum_fw-la gandava_fw-la ex_fw-la urbe_fw-la johannes_n somersetensem_fw-la comitem_fw-la profert_fw-la johannem_fw-la somersetensis_fw-la venit_fw-la hoc_fw-la patre_fw-la dux_fw-la johannes_n qui_fw-la margaretam_fw-la richemundi_fw-la habuit_fw-la comitissam_fw-la haec_fw-la dedit_fw-la henricum_fw-la qui_fw-la regni_fw-la septimus_fw-la huius_fw-la henrico_n octavo_fw-la solium_fw-la regale_n reliquit_fw-la hoc_fw-la patre_fw-la propitio_fw-la &_o fausto_fw-la quasi_fw-la sydere_fw-la nata_fw-la jure_fw-la tenes_fw-fr sacram_fw-la teneasque_fw-la maria_fw-la coronam_fw-la ¶_o verse_n of_o m._n white_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o philip_n and_o mary_n nvbat_fw-la ut_fw-la angla_fw-mi anglo_fw-it regina_fw-la maria_n philippo_n inque_fw-la suum_fw-la fontem_fw-la regius_fw-la stirps_fw-la redeat_fw-la noluit_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la daemon_n vetus_fw-la hostess_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la anglorum_fw-la provida_fw-la spes_fw-la voluit_fw-la nollet_n scotus_n inops_fw-la timidusque_fw-la ad_fw-la praelia_fw-la gallus_n caesar_n &_o italia_n &_o flandria_n tota_fw-la volet_fw-la noluit_fw-la haereticus_fw-la stirps_fw-la caiphae_n pontificum_fw-la grex_fw-la pontificum_fw-la sed_fw-la grex_fw-la catholicus_n voluit_fw-la octo_fw-la uxorati_fw-la patres_fw-la in_o daemone_v nollent_fw-la quinque_fw-la cathenati_fw-la pro_fw-la pielate_fw-la volent_fw-la noluit_fw-la johannes_n dâ—dley_n northumbrius_n ursus_fw-la sed_fw-la fidum_fw-la regni_fw-la consilium_fw-la voluit_fw-la noluit_fw-la aetatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la catelina_n viatus_fw-la sed_fw-la proceres_fw-la &_o plebs_fw-la &_o pia_fw-la turba_fw-la volet_fw-la nollet_n graius_fw-la dux_fw-la &_o cantia_n terra_fw-la rebellans_fw-la nos_fw-la quoniam_fw-la dominus_fw-la sic_fw-la voluit_fw-la volumus_fw-la clarior_fw-la effectus_fw-la repetat_fw-la sva_fw-la limina_fw-la sanguis_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la philippo_n iuncta_fw-la maria_n viro_fw-la ¶_o answer_v by_o the_o reverend_a bishop_n of_o norwich_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o lyncolne_n externo_fw-la nubat_fw-la maria_fw-la ut_fw-la regina_fw-la philippo_n ut_fw-la sint_fw-la pulsa_fw-la suis_fw-la sceptra_fw-la britanna_n locis_fw-la vult_fw-la daemon_n generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la antiquissimus_fw-la hostess_fw-la anglorum_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la anchora_fw-la sola_fw-la deus_fw-la nolunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la galli_n nolunt_fw-la scoti_n armipotentes_fw-la vult_fw-la caesar_n flandrus_fw-la vult_fw-la italus_n goliath_n vult_fw-la grex_fw-la pontificum_fw-la stirps_fw-la caypha_fw-la turba_fw-la bicornis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ann._n â—â—54_n 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la vult_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la sed_fw-la pia_fw-la turba_fw-la patrum_fw-la nolunt_fw-la octo_fw-la quibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la vincla_fw-la iugalia_fw-la curae_fw-la quinque_fw-la cathenati_fw-la daemonis_fw-la arte_fw-la volunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la neque_fw-la tu_fw-la prorsus_fw-la dudlaee_n animose_n volebas_fw-la inuitum_fw-la regni_fw-la consilium_fw-la voluit_fw-la dedecus_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la fortissimus_fw-la ille_fw-la viatus_fw-la inuitus_fw-la populus_fw-la sic_fw-la proceresque_fw-la volent_fw-la vos_fw-fr vultis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la semper_fw-la mala_fw-la cuncta_fw-la voletis_fw-la non_fw-la vulâ—_n graius_n dux_n nec_fw-la pia_fw-la turba_fw-la volet_fw-la quot_fw-la tulit_fw-la hispanus_n rex_fw-la ergò_fw-la commoda_fw-la secum_fw-la reginae_fw-la socias_fw-la cum_fw-la dedit_fw-la ille_fw-la manus_fw-la ¶_o another_o answer_n by_o the_o say_a author_n hispano_fw-it nubat_fw-la maria_fw-la ut_fw-la regina_fw-la philippo_n extirpetur_fw-la stirps_fw-la ut_fw-la quoque_fw-la nobilium_fw-la vult_fw-la pater_fw-la id_fw-la vester_fw-ge disturbans_fw-la omne_fw-la daemon_n non_fw-la vult_fw-la anglorum_fw-la sed_fw-la pater_fw-la altitonans_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la bellipotens_fw-la gallus_n non_fw-la vult_fw-la scotus_n acer_fw-la vult_fw-la caesar_n flandrus_fw-la papicolaeque_fw-la volunt_fw-la grex_n mitratorum_fw-la vult_fw-la cayphae_fw-la ipsa_fw-la propago_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la sed_fw-la pius_fw-la ordo_fw-la patrum_fw-la nolunt_fw-la octo_fw-la pios_fw-la qui_fw-la jure_fw-la colunt_fw-la hymenaeos_fw-la quinque_fw-la cathenati_fw-la pro_fw-la impietate_fw-la volunt_fw-la dudlaeus_fw-la minimè_fw-la voluit_fw-la northumbrius_n heros_n cui_fw-la sva_fw-la perchara_fw-la est_fw-la patria_fw-la nemo_fw-la volet_fw-la libertatis_fw-la amans_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la bone_fw-la ille_fw-la viatus_fw-la non_fw-la proceres_fw-la non_fw-la plebs_fw-la nec_fw-la pia_fw-la turba_fw-la volet_fw-la vos_fw-fr vultis_fw-la pietas_fw-la qui_fw-la vultis_fw-la ut_fw-la exulet_fw-la omnis_fw-la non_fw-la graius_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la cantia_n turba_fw-la volet_fw-la ergò_fw-la magis_fw-la clarus_fw-la quî_fw-la fit_v rogo_fw-la sanguis_fw-la avitus_fw-la quando_fw-la iugalis_fw-la sit_fw-la iunctus_fw-la uterque_fw-la thoro_fw-la ¶_o other_o verse_n answer_v to_o bishop_n white_a make_v by_o i._n c._n qvamlibet_fw-la anglorum_fw-la stirps_fw-la ementita_fw-la philippo_n et_fw-la maria_n hispana_n de_fw-fr genetrice_n fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la hispano_fw-la confusi_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la angla_n nuberet_fw-la in_o gentis_fw-la dedecus_fw-la atque_fw-la patris_fw-la noluit_fw-la anglorum_fw-la priscae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la amator_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o nostram_fw-la perniciem_fw-la voluit_fw-la noluit_fw-la in_o nostram_fw-la nisi_fw-la conspirata_fw-la salutem_fw-la turba_n quid_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la
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