1._o call_v 4._o v._n 27._o see_v before_o pag._n 59_o the_o end_n of_o m.w._n doctrine_n touch_v antichrist_n if_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n be_v antichrist_n there_o be_v many_o worse_a antichrist_n in_o the_o world_n m._n jewel_n manner_n of_o answer_v d._n harding_n he_o leave_v out_o the_o best_a part_n of_o d._n hardings_n book_n a_o unconscionable_a way_n of_o answer_v apud_fw-la saunder_n pa._n 764._o saunder_n pa._n 767._o ibid._n pag._n 770.771_o â—â—g_v 774._o unreasonable_a mangling_n corrupt_v and_o falsify_v apud_fw-la saunder_n pa._n 785._o apud_fw-la sand._n pag._n 789._o illyr_n luther_n luther_n to._n 7._o defensio_fw-la etc._n etc._n contra_fw-la fanaticos_fw-la sacramentariorum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la foe_fw-mi 381._o the_o protestant_n forbid_v the_o read_n of_o scripture_n see_v after_o pa._n 459._o the_o heretic_n alter_v their_o work_n continual_o of_o the_o name_n protestant_n and_o sacramentary_n ful._n in_o the_o answer_n to_o m._n martin_n preface_n pa._n 17._o pag._n 653._o &_o 1717._o those_o that_o profess_v the_o english_a religion_n be_v not_o catholic_n brentius_n et_fw-la lutherani_fw-la passim_fw-la see_v before_o pa._n 39_o nor_o protestant_n sleidan_n li._n 6_o fol._n 102.101.109_o ibid._n lib._n 7._o fol._n 110._o et_fw-la 114._o et_fw-la lib._n 8._o fol._n 128.131_o those_o of_o the_o english_a faith_n be_v most_o proper_o call_v zwinglians_n or_o sacramentary_n apol._n ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n d._n â—_o protestant_n hussite_n gospeler_n see_v before_o pa._n 16._o act_n and_o monument_n pa._n 901.902_o ibid_fw-la pa._n 993._o aeditionis_fw-la postremae_fw-la sacramentary_n lutheran_n zwinglians_n these_o name_n themselves_o use_v beside_o a_o more_o general_a name_n use_v and_o confirm_v by_o act_n of_o parliament_n see_v before_o pag_n 21._o sleid._n lib._n 8._o fol._n 128.131.133_o et_fw-fr lib._n 9_o fol._n 150._o ibid._n lib._n 7._o fol._n 107._o et_fw-la lib._n 20._o fol._n 368._o lib._n 21._o fol._n 382.390_o ibid._n lib._n 5._o fol._n 75.78_o the_o procede_v of_o the_o new_a gospel_n in_o prefat_n pag._n 2._o in_o respon_n ad_fw-la episto_fw-la campiani_n prefa_n pag._n 2._o the_o heretic_n corrupt_v their_o own_o writer_n anno_fw-la 1568._o colloq_fw-la alt._n in_o respo_n ad_fw-la excusa_fw-la cor_fw-la fol._n 227._o 2._o respon_n ad_fw-la hipothe_n a_o fol._n 284._o add_v foe_n 290._o &_o foe_fw-mi 353.355.441_o 442.443.526_o ibi._n saxoni_n ad_fw-la respon_n de_fw-fr difcess_n foe_fw-mi 539.540_o westphalus_n in_o apologia_fw-la contra_fw-la calum_fw-la cal._n ca._n 46._o pag._n 458._o the_o work_n of_o luther_n corrupt_v by_o the_o caluiniste_n in_o geneva_n detruncaeti_fw-la bull_n resp_n ad_fw-la cocle._n ca._n 3._o pag._n 4._o ibid._n manifest_a contradiction_n duraeus_n fol._n 8._o s._n james_n epistle_n deny_v by_o the_o protestant_n pomeran_n ad_fw-la rom._n ca._n 8._o in_o annot._n in_o â—o_o test_n pag._n uâ—i_fw-la s._n james_n epistle_n &_o the_o apocalips_n leave_v out_o of_o the_o 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