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consecrare_fw-la &_o conficere_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n ubi_fw-la jussit_fw-la aut_fw-la praecepit_fw-la hoc_fw-la deus_fw-la si_fw-mi nunc_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la sed_fw-la homines_fw-la hoc_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la sine_fw-la verbo_fw-la tunc_fw-la tota_fw-la doctrina_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la mendacium_fw-la intentio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la contra_fw-la clara_fw-la verba_fw-la &_o intentionem_fw-la christi_fw-la ergo_fw-la say_v satan_n non_fw-la consecrasti_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la panem_fw-la &_o vinum_fw-la ut_fw-la ethnici_fw-la obtulisti_fw-la in_o these_o strait_n in_o this_o agony_n say_v luther_n as_o i_o be_v contend_v with_o the_o devil_n i_o think_v to_o have_v vanquish_v this_o great_a enemy_n with_o those_o weapon_n i_o be_v wont_a to_o make_v use_n of_o whilst_o a_o papist_n i_o urge_v therefore_o to_o he_o the_o intention_n and_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n viz._n that_o in_o virtue_n of_o the_o 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depress_v and_o vilify_a the_o operation_n of_o god_n the_o holy_a ghost_n within_o the_o faithful_a §_o 52_o mahomet_n 13._o the_o refeâ—â—_n blance_n of_o luther_n change_n of_o rel_n gion_n in_o several_a particular_n to_o the_o fâ—rmeroâ—_n mahomet_n where_o feeing_a that_o there_o have_v be_v since_o our_o lord_n time_n only_o two_o most_o famous_a innovation_n make_v in_o religion_n against_o church-authority_n that_o have_v draw_v many_o nation_n after_o they_o and_o divide_v they_o one_o from_o another_o in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n the_o first_o of_o mahomet_n the_o second_o of_o luther_n this_o second_o innovator_n may_v be_v observe_v to_o have_v resemble_v the_o former_a in_o several_a particular_n 1._o in_o his_o overthrow_v and_o reject_v the_o sense_n &_o exposition_n of_o the_o scripture_n receive_v in_o former_a time_n this_o late_a innovator_n urge_v that_o the_o true_a sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o god_n word_n be_v falsify_v for_o many_o age_n as_o the_o other_o 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judicio_fw-la non_fw-la dignari_fw-la satis_fw-la nunc_fw-la datum_fw-la esse_fw-la stultae_fw-la huic_fw-la humilitati_fw-la see_v before_o §_o 16._o and_o si_fw-la nos_fw-la ruimus_fw-la rvit_fw-la christus_fw-la und_fw-ge and_o zuinglius_fw-la observe_v of_o he_o clandestinum_fw-la effugium_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la praeparat_fw-la si_fw-la seductus_fw-la aut_fw-la falsus_fw-la sum_fw-la deus_fw-la i_o seduxit_fw-la &_o fefellit_fw-la see_v before_o §_o 26._o such_o language_n this_o as_o never_o any_o doctor_n or_o reformer_n use_v before_o he_o unless_o mahomet_n §_o 53_o second_o in_o his_o come_n not_o with_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o miracle_n nor_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o temperance_n meekness_n and_o patience_n in_o worldly_a affront_n but_o instead_o of_o these_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o fury_n defiance_n and_o rail_v as_o the_o other_o say_v that_o he_o be_v send_v not_o with_o miracle_n but_o a_o sword_n hence_o that_o observation_n of_o 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imperiti_fw-la prorsus_fw-la rerum_fw-la spiritualium_fw-la conantur_fw-la iis_fw-la rebus_fw-la per_fw-la opuscula_fw-la sva_fw-la frigida_fw-la jejumis_fw-la vestibus_fw-la preculis_fw-la statis_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la carceribus_fw-la consulere_fw-la elsewhere_o crede_fw-la fortiter_fw-la say_v he_o §_o 3._o te_fw-la absolutum_fw-la &_o absolutus_fw-la veer_fw-la eris_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-fr contritione_n and_o baptizatus_fw-la etiam_fw-la volens_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la perdere_fw-la salutem_fw-la svam_fw-la quantiscunque_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nisi_fw-la nolit_fw-la credere_fw-la §_o 55_o 4._o in_o his_o attempt_n to_o degrade_v the_o former_o receive_v head_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o earth_n as_o the_o precedent_a reformer_n mahomet_n do_v the_o head_n thereof_o in_o heaven_n pronounce_v he_o antichrist_n and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n his_o spouse_n and_o so_o far_o befriend_v that_o his_o predecessor_n as_o to_o apply_v all_o those_o thing_n to_o the_o 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tot_fw-la seculis_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la errare_fw-la sinat_fw-la tu_fw-la certe_fw-la solus_fw-la non_fw-la sapit_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la tot_fw-la sancti_fw-la viri_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sic_fw-la senserunt_fw-la &_o docuerâ—nt_fw-la omnes_fw-la primitivae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la doctores_fw-la viri_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la multo_fw-la majores_fw-la &_o doctiores_fw-la te_fw-la quis_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la qui_fw-la ausus_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la his_fw-la dissentire_fw-la &_o nobis_fw-la diversum_fw-la dogma_fw-la obtrudere_fw-la to_o which_o he_o answer_v si_fw-mi sanctus_fw-la petrus_n etc._n etc._n aliter_fw-la doceant_fw-la tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la certe_fw-la scio_fw-la quod_fw-la humana_fw-la non_fw-la suadeo_fw-la sed_fw-la divina_fw-la and_o cuique_fw-la videat_fw-la ut_fw-la certissimus_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la vocation_n &_o doctrina_fw-la &_o 24._o n._n 2._o so_o elsewhere_o about_o his_o change_v the_o mass_n his_o conscience_n thus_o 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