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degree_n of_o reformation_n to_o be_v attain_v howbeit_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o hope_n hitherto_o fall_v short_a of_o his_o prayer_n for_o wthin_n three_o year_n and_o four_o month_n after_o these_o transaction_n with_o the_o brethren_n he_o depart_v this_o life_n there_o follow_v upon_o his_o death_n say_v bucholcer_n the_o chronologer_n a_o double_a war_n of_o the_o divine_n and_o also_o civil_a war_n of_o the_o evangelici_fw-la among_o themselves_o alas_o that_o we_o rest_v in_o vindicate_v the_o theory_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n without_o the_o practice_n of_o discipline_n god_n bless_v we_o i_o can_v wish_v the_o brethren_n of_o bohemia_n have_v be_v prove_v false_a prophet_n when_o at_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o this_o reformation_n in_o germany_n in_o their_o first_o letter_n to_o luther_n date_v 1523._o and_o frequent_o afterward_o they_o foretell_v these_o sad_a event_n viz._n upon_o this_o ground_n because_o it_o prevail_v in_o their_o school_n 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