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only_o detract_v by_o our_o swagger_a libertine_n wherein_o their_o vanity_n be_v censure_v by_o the_o author_n and_o also_o their_o crâ—â—ing_a gâ—â—ealogics_n be_v control_v 3_o the_o cartage_n of_o judge_n towards_o such_o detract_n sycophant_n 4_o a_o admonition_n to_o judge_n not_o to_o respect_v taunt_a tongue_n 5_o another_o admonition_n unto_o they_o not_o to_o rail_v and_o revile_v at_o their_o inferior_n lineament_n x._o 1_o that_o a_o true_a christian_n ought_v not_o to_o detract_v from_o the_o judge_n of_o his_o country_n though_o they_o wrong_v 〈◊〉_d 2_o that_o no_o mortal_a man_n live_v exempt_v from_o manifold_a cross_n 3_o what_o vexation_n befall_v to_o judge_n themselves_o lineament_n xi_o 1_o the_o reply_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n to_o the_o premise_n 2_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o say_a reply_n out_o of_o the_o rule_n of_o policy_n fit_a to_o be_v observe_v of_o peevish_a preacher_n 3_o the_o benefit_n that_o come_v to_o a_o true_a christian_a by_o detract_n tongue_n where_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n be_v convict_v with_o his_o own_o force_n lineament_n xii_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n convict_v for_o censure_a man_n for_o their_o 1_o poverty_n 2_o birth_n 3_o bodily_a imperfection_n lineament_n xiii_o 1_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n convict_v for_o blab_a out_o tale_n concern_v woman_n credit_n 2_o wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o speak_v abroad_o of_o woman_n cause_n lineament_n xiiii_o 1_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n speak_v â—ll_a 〈◊〉_d learned_a book_n 2_o that_o superstitious_a person_n can_v right_o conâ—ict_v the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n 3_o that_o the_o true_a conviction_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o detraction_n consist_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o god_n word_n finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—_o 1._o cor._n cap._n 2._o 1._o cor._n cap._n 13._o col._n cap._n 3._o 1._o cor._n 9_o persius_n satyr_n 1._o 2_o 2._o chron_n cap._n 26._o esa._n cap._n 6._o jere._n cap._n 6._o aug._n lib._n 1._o trin._n ephe_n cap._n 4._o &_o psal_n 6._o 4._o act._n cap._n 19_o platarch_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o psal._n 139._o psal._n 104._o 5_o jran_n l._n 1._o cap._n 19_o psal._n 104._o dionis_fw-la areop_n l._n 1_o de_fw-fr hier._n cael_a cap._n 1._o psal._n 104._o 1._o mat._n cap._n 28._o 2_o exod._n 3._o gen._n 3._o joh._n 18._o cyprian_a in_o tract_n de_fw-fr simplicitate_fw-la prâ—lator_fw-la job._n 11._o 3_o exod._n 33._o 4_o 5_o 1_o joh._n 1._o col._n 1._o isaiah_n 9_o exod._n 12._o gen._n 3._o ibid._n 49._o deut._n 18._o act._n cap._n 3._o isaiah_n 21._o psal._n 118._o num._n 21._o &_o joh._n 3._o dan._n 2._o isaiah_n 7._o 2_o isaiah_n 53._o 3_o isaiah_n 53._o joh._n 10._o 10._o zaleucus_n dan_n 9_o 4._o esd._n 7_o justin._n martyr_n in_o tryphon_n isaiah_n 53._o 4_o psal._n 16._o psal._n 23._o 1._o cor._n 15._o ephes._n 1_o apoc._n cap._n 5._o 5_o 1._o tim._n 2._o act._n 10._o apoc._n 22._o orig._n l._n 1._o contra_fw-la cels._n hier._n in_o ezâ—_n in_o the_o french_a manuel_n king_n james_n in_o his_o premonition_n luke_n 1._o king_n i_o be_o ibid._n apoc._n 19_o job_n 14._o job._n chr._n in_o hom._n 16._o in_o mat._n 6_o heb._n 1â—_n 1._o cor._n cap._n 15._o athanasius_n athanasius_n athenagoras_n in_o apologia_fw-la pro_fw-la christian._n psal._n 45._o exod._n 3._o joh._n 4._o exod._n 19_o act._n 2._o gen._n 1._o mat._n 3._o 2_o 2_o apoc._n 12._o 12._o 2._o thes._n 2._o 2._o apoc._n 11._o apoc._n 7._o 3_o mat._n 28._o 1._o joh._n 5._o 4_o ephes._n 4._o rom._n 8._o isaiah_n 9_o 5_o ephes._n 4._o gal._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 14._o 6_o 7_o ignatius_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la phiâ—ippenses_n 1_o esa._n 40._o esa._n ibid._n job_n 11._o sapient_a cap._n 3._o psal._n 36._o 2_o jonas_n 3_o 3_o dan._n 2._o 4_o act_n 17._o psal._n 19_o exod._n 33._o 5_o eze._n â—_o apoc._n 1_o 1_o dan._n 12._o apoc._n 12._o rom._n 1._o 2_o isaiah_n 14._o isaiah_n 6._o eze._n 10._o irenaeus_n l._n 3._o c._n 11_o 3_o dan._n 9_o 2._o esd._n 4._o tob._n lib._n 4_o hebr._n 1._o mat._n 26._o apoc._n 4._o 1_o tâ—rtul_n in_o libr._n de_fw-fr resur_n carnis_fw-la 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o psal._n jerem._n i_o 2._o pet._n 2._o job_n 4._o 2._o pet._n 2._o jud._n 6._o ecclus._n 10._o ephes._n 6._o 2_o rom._n 7._o rom._n 11._o 3_o sanctiago_n sober_a euang._n ecclus._n 25._o 4_o titianus_n in_o oration_n adversus_fw-la gent._n 1_o 1._o cor._n 12._o 2_o 3_o num._n 5._o isaiah_n 19_o 2._o reg._n 10._o holea_n 4._o rom._n 10._o 4_o virg._n l._n 1._o aencid_n 1_o hier._n in_o dialog_n contra_fw-la luciferia_n theophil_n antiochen_n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la antolycum_n 2_o apoc._n 11._o persius_n in_o satyr_n 4._o 3_o the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n the_o earl_n of_o northampton_n 1_o tertullian_n in_o lib_n de_fw-fr animá_fw-fr tatian_n v_o in_o l._n adversus_fw-la gentes_fw-la 2_o 3_o tertul._n in_o l._n de_fw-fr animá_fw-fr cant_n 1._o 4_o joh._n 18._o exod._n 30._o 1._o cor._n cap._n 3._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 1_o 2._o cor._n 14._o 2_o 3_o 1_o 2_o 1._o cor._n â—_o i_o i_o rom._n 11._o 11._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n rom._n 9_o 2_o 2._o thess._n 2._o apoc._n 3_o apoc._n 1._o joh._n 2._o 1._o joh._n 2._o 2._o thes._n 2._o 1_o 1_o cantic_a 2._o 2._o bernard_n super_fw-la cantic_n christ_n be_v the_o rock_n his_o wound_n the_o hole_n and_o the_o faithful_a soul_n the_o dove_n according_a to_o that_o beye_v simple_a as_o dove_n num_fw-la 21._o joh._n 3._o 2_o rom._n 13._o ambros._n in_o oration_n ad_fw-la mediolanens_fw-la 3_o arist_n in_o categor_n de_fw-la quantitate_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o iwenal_n in_o satyr_n drayton_n in_o epist_n heroic_a 7_o job_n 38._o 1._o reg._n 18._o 1_o 2_o commin_n l._n 5._o c._n 5_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 1_o 2_o 3_o persius_n in_o sat._n 4._o 4_o horat._n 5_o 1._o cor._n 11._o 1_o persius_n in_o sat._n 5._o plato_n dialog_n 7._o the_o legib_n psam_fw-la persius_n sat._n 1._o commin_n l._n 5._o c._n 5_o 2_o tacitus_n lib._n 1._o annal._n 3_o 1_o horat_n in_o epist._n 2._o cor._n 11._o job_n 33._o horat._n in_o epist._n ariosto_n bâ—rnard_n in_o serm_n rom._n 1._o 1_o 1_o 2_o 1_o 2_o pauper_fw-la henric_n '_o 3_o ecclesiast_n 27._o 4_o cato_n ecclesiast_n â—_o ephes._n 5._o 1_o persius_n in_o saâ—_n 1._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 1_o 2_o obiectio_fw-la solutio_fw-la 1_o cassiodor_n lib._n 8._o epist._n 18._o thucid._n lib._n 3._o histor._n boetius_fw-la lib._n 3._o the_o consol_n philosoph_n pros_fw-la 6._o 2_o 3_o la_fw-fr portrait_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr sante_n sect._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 1_o 2_o isaiah_n 53._o 2._o cor._n 12._o 2._o cor._n 10._o 1_o cant._n 1._o ibid._n esdâ—_n apoc._n cant._n 2._o 2_o psal._n 69._o act._n â—_o 3_o aug._n in_o psath_n 4_o 3_o 1_o 2_o 2._o chron._n cap._n 19_o 2._o thess._n cap._n 2._o act._n apost_n cap._n 19_o psal._n 12._o psal._n 14._o psal._n 15._o psal._n 17._o psal._n 31._o psal._n 37._o psal._n