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that_o be_v to_o say_v man_n that_o be_v baptize_v man_n that_o believe_v in_o god_n pray_v yea_o before_o a_o image_n and_o hold_v up_o their_o hand_n and_o knock_v their_o breast_n it_o be_v a_o good_a consequent_a to_o say_v they_o be_v christian_a man_n ergo_fw-la they_o serve_v god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n and_o we_o may_v not_o judge_v the_o contrary_n this_o argument_n hold_v of_o the_o place_n of_o stoutness_n for_o other_o consequence_n there_o be_v none_o in_o it_o nor_o yet_o witty_a conveyance_n for_o first_o when_o i_o see_v man_n i_o must_v say_v they_o be_v man_n that_o be_v baptize_v and_o believe_v in_o god_n whereas_o by_o sight_n i_o can_v not_o perceive_v that_o they_o be_v baptize_v &_o yet_o if_o i_o know_v that_o they_o be_v baptize_v i_o can_v not_o tell_v whether_o they_o believe_v in_o god_n as_o christian_n or_o as_o heretic_n or_o whether_o they_o be_v hypocrite_n without_o faith_n how_o shall_v i_o then_o judge_v they_o to_o be_v christian_a man_n final_o when_o i_o see_v they_o do_v a_o open_a act_n contrary_a to_o christian_a profession_n yet_o by_o marshal_n divinity_n i_o may_v not_o judge_v but_o that_o they_o be_v good_a christian_n and_o worship_n god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n even_o as_o by_o his_o canon_n law_n i_o be_o teach_v that_o if_o i_o see_v a_o priest_n embrace_v of_o a_o woman_n i_o must_v judge_v he_o do_v it_o for_o no_o harm_n but_o to_o bless_v she_o to_o be_v short_a marshal_n good_a consequent_a will_v make_v he_o confess_v that_o all_o the_o protestants_n that_o hold_v up_o their_o hand_n at_o paul_n cross_n and_o say_v amen_o when_o the_o preacher_n she_o say_v god_n confound_v the_o papist_n whereat_o he_o scoff_v be_v christian_a man_n and_o worship_n god_n in_o spirit_n and_o truth_n as_o for_o their_o adoration_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o say_v stand_v as_o well_o with_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n as_o our_o kneel_v at_o the_o communion_n put_v off_o our_o cap_n to_o the_o cloth_n of_o estate_n to_o the_o prince_n letter_n bow_v to_o the_o prince_n person_n kiss_v of_o the_o book_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o with_o he_o thing_n by_o god_n express_o forbid_v stand_v as_o well_o with_o his_o glory_n as_o thing_n by_o he_o command_v and_o permit_v in_o the_o end_n complain_v that_o master_n calfhill_n have_v not_o answer_v he_o to_o thirty_o place_n out_o of_o the_o ancient_a writer_n whereof_o let_v the_o reader_n when_o they_o have_v compare_v judge_n he_o glori_v that_o his_o rail_n &_o slanderous_a conclusion_n be_v not_o deal_v withal_o but_o by_o silence_n which_o silence_n he_o take_v for_o a_o confession_n but_o in_o deed_n it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a confutation_n of_o such_o lie_n and_o slander_n as_o have_v no_o colour_n of_o truth_n in_o they_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v call_v a_o samaritan_n make_v none_o answer_v to_o it_o socrates_n a_o heathen_a man_n keep_v silence_n when_o a_o varlet_n rail_v on_o he_o wherefore_o silence_n in_o such_o case_n as_o this_o be_v neither_o a_o confession_n nor_o a_o conviction_n to_o conclude_v i_o will_v not_o altogether_o refuse_v as_o master_n calfhil_n do_v to_o deal_v with_o so_o rue_v a_o adversary_n as_o marshal_n be_v but_o i_o will_v wish_v that_o the_o papist_n for_o their_o credit_n sake_n will_v henceforward_o set_v forth_o a_o better_a champion_n for_o their_o cause_n or_o else_o help_v he_o with_o better_a weapon_n to_o fight_v in_o their_o quarrel_n for_o in_o this_o reply_n he_o do_v nothing_o in_o a_o manner_n but_o either_o construe_v like_o a_o usher_n or_o quarrel_n like_o a_o dogbolt_n lawyer_n finis_fw-la gal._n mon._n vz._n whitby_n in_o yorkshire_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_o stapleton_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n es._n 49._o matth._n 5._o es._n 61._o es._n 52._o es._n 52._o stapleton_n fulke_n cont._n faust._n li._n 13._o ca._n 13._o stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_o stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n ☜_o stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_o stapleton_n fulke_n cap._n 2._o stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n stapleton_n fulke_n fulke_n 2._o th._n 2._o luk._n 10._o 1._o io._n 4._o mat._n 18._o exâ—_n 10._o joel._n 1_o eph._n 4._o tert._n li._n 4._o cont_n mart._n math._n 15._o james_n 5._o 1._o john_n 4._o act_n 17._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 26._o de_fw-fr verâ—_n sap_n martial_a fulke_n in_o mark._n h_n 14._o adver_n mar._n li._n 30._o martial_a fulke_n pro_fw-la clu._n pro_fw-la cel._n in_o ant._n martial_a fulke_n marshal_n fulke_n eph._n 6._o mar._n 1._o john_n 1._o martial_a fulke_n martial_a fulke_n deut._n 12._o martial_a fulke_n mark_n 6._o marshal_n fulke_n rom._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 28._o act._n 15._o v._n 9_o marshal_n fulke_n de_fw-fr obis_fw-la theod._n heb._n 1_o