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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &c._n &c._n etc._n etc._n neither_o shall_v darkness_n prevail_v when_o the_o light_n shine_v now_o the_o light_n of_o god_n word_n shine_v now_o be_v that_o man_n of_o sin_n reveal_v now_o be_v his_o error_n and_o abomination_n disclose_v and_o confute_v and_o all_o his_o swear_a soldier_n they_o jebusite_n be_v not_o able_a either_o to_o cover_v and_o hide_v he_o or_o defend_v they_o if_o this_o man_n think_v that_o they_o be_v why_o do_v they_o so_o long_o suffer_v the_o book_n of_o d._n abbot_n d._n downam_n and_o master_n powell_n in_o the_o which_o they_o have_v plain_o prove_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v antichrist_n &_o sound_o confute_v bellarmine_n weak_a defence_n and_o simple_a shift_n to_o stand_v so_o long_o unanswered_a and_o that_o their_o grand_a master_n from_o who_o they_o receive_v life_n and_o upon_o who_o they_o whole_o depend_v to_o be_v undefended_a this_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o no_o small_a moment_n which_o can_v without_o the_o loss_n of_o all_o be_v 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linguae_fw-la quam_fw-la arabicae_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la etc._n etc._n i._n yet_o they_o common_o come_v to_o rule_v parish_n and_o other_o benefice_n not_o from_o school_n and_o university_n but_o from_o the_o plough_n and_o servile_a art_n who_o do_v little_o more_o understand_v the_o latin_a then_o the_o arabike_a tongue_n yea_o and_o such_o as_o can_v not_o read_v and_o which_o be_v shameful_a to_o be_v speak_v can_v scarce_o discern_v a._n from_o b._n and_o again_o nam_fw-la quotus_fw-la cuique_fw-la b._n ibid._n fol._n 10._o b._n hodie_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la pontificale_fw-la culmen_fw-la evectus_fw-la qui_fw-la sacras_fw-la vel_fw-la perfunctoriè_fw-la literas_fw-la legerit_fw-la audierit_fw-la didicerit_fw-la imo_fw-la qui_fw-la sacrum_n codicem_fw-la nisi_fw-la tegumento_fw-la tenui_fw-la unquam_fw-la attigerit_fw-la cum_fw-la tamen_fw-la iureiurando_fw-la illas_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la institutione_n se_fw-la nosse_fw-la confirment_fw-la iâ—_n how_o many_o be_v there_o now_o 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