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aequivocation_n and_o rebellion_n so_o justifiable_a that_o my_o adversary_n his_o own_o confession_n may_v free_v i_o from_o his_o imputation_n of_o slander_n i_o do_v with_o better_a alacrity_n proceed_v unto_o his_o next_o challenge_n yield_v a_o general_a answer_n to_o his_o accusation_n of_o malicious_a falsehood_n §_o 13._o the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v this_o p._n r_o 441._o i_o have_v take_v thomas_n morton_n in_o so_o many_o falsification_n of_o thing_n allege_v by_o he_o as_o before_o you_o have_v see_v and_o the_o law_n say_v whosoever_o be_v once_o evil_a be_v presume_v to_o be_v so_o still_o until_o he_o prove_v the_o contrary_n elsewhere_o but_o he_o have_v bewray_v everywhere_a malicious_a falsehood_n 54_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o malice_n against_o the_o person_n of_o man_n if_o i_o shall_v need_v the_o testimony_n of_o man_n my_o adversary_n may_v acquit_v i_o who_o have_v acknowledge_v in_o i_o better_a measure_n by_o their_o own_o experience_n as_o m._n d._n 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my_o adversary_n shall_v further_o persist_v in_o this_o despiteful_a objection_n of_o malice_n they_o must_v give_v i_o leave_v rather_o to_o fear_v god_n denunciation_n of_o woe_n than_o their_o wrath._n 20._o woe_n unto_o they_o say_v god_n that_o put_v light_a for_o darkness_n and_o darkness_n for_o light_n that_o put_v bitter_a for_o sweet_a and_o sweet_a for_o sour_a and_o if_o i_o prove_v not_o their_o doctrine_n concern_v rebellion_n and_o aequivocation_n to_o be_v as_o bitter_a as_o the_o water_n of_o meribah_n then_o let_v they_o note_v i_o for_o a_o man_n above_o the_o nature_n of_o mankind_n malicious_a otherwise_o i_o must_v expostulate_v with_o they_o according_a to_o the_o apostle_n example_n 16._o be_o i_o your_o enemy_n because_o i_o tell_v you_o the_o truth_n which_o truth_n in_o my_o encounter_n to_o the_o mitigator_n god_n will_v i_o shall_v short_o avouch_v thus_o from_o malice_n the_o gangrene_n of_o a_o wicked_a conscience_n we_o come_v unto_o falsehood_n the_o 11._o cutthroat_n thereof_o concernign_a which_o two_o thing_n must_v be_v discuss_v first_o the_o protestation_n p._n r._n make_v in_o justify_v the_o sincerity_n of_o all_o romish_a writer_n presume_v they_o to_o be_v free_a from_o all_o falsehood_n second_o his_o accusation_n against_o myself_o who_o he_o have_v notorious_o traduce_v now_o of_o both_o these_o orderly_a p._n r._n his_o hypocritical_a prodigal_a and_o indeed_o prodigious_a ostentation_n in_o the_o avouch_n of_o the_o integrity_n of_o romish_a writer_n and_o free_v they_o from_o all_o note_n of_o wilful_a falsification_n §_o 14._o 55_o 11._o in_o this_o then_o if_o you_o please_v to_o insist_v a_o while_n and_o let_v thomas_n morton_n bring_v forth_o any_o catholic_a author_n whatsoever_o that_o write_v against_o protestant_n since_o these_o heresy_n begin_v that_o have_v be_v take_v in_o this_o impiety_n i_o mean_v that_o have_v set_v down_o in_o print_v any_o such_o falsity_n as_o can_v not_o be_v excuse_v either_o 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else_o any_o one_o but_o in_o three_o point_n though_o this_o be_v even_o his_o own_o self_n do_v the_o man_n who_o make_v mention_n of_o his_o 89._o interruption_n by_o sickness_n know_v what_o he_o have_v now_o say_v whether_o he_o speak_v this_o be_v in_o his_o fever-fit_a or_o in_o temper_n whether_o in_o a_o dream_n or_o awake_v whether_o in_o his_o right_a mind_n ostentation_n or_o in_o distraction_n for_o sure_o i_o be_o that_o this_o ostentation_n will_v prove_v in_o the_o issue_n as_o infortunate_a unto_o p._n r._n as_o ever_o be_v boast_n either_o by_o thraso_n on_o the_o stage_n or_o by_o goliath_n in_o the_o camp_n or_o by_o gorgias_n in_o school_n by_o the_o which_o he_o must_v be_v drive_v unto_o so_o miserable_a and_o shameful_a a_o palinodie_n as_o ever_o hereafter_o utter_o to_o discredit_v his_o own_o friend_n and_o work_v a_o perpetual_a discontent_n within_o himself_o as_o present_o will_v full_o appear_v 57_o but_o before_o i_o can_v come_v to_o manifest_v this_o i_o may_v not_o deny_v even_o this_o my_o adversary_n his_o due_a commendation_n of_o modesty_n who_o be_v ashamed_a we_o may_v think_v of_o the_o romish_a fraud_n and_o falsification_n of_o former_a time_n will_v insist_v only_o upon_o such_o man_n example_n as_o have_v profess_o write_v of_o late_a against_o protestant_n it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v that_o his_o fellow_n jesuit_n costerus_n have_v keep_v himself_o within_o the_o same_o precinct_n but_o he_o make_v a_o more_o general_a challenge_n thus_o constat_fw-la nemo_fw-la hactenùs_fw-la vel_fw-la princeps_fw-la vel_fw-la praesul_fw-la vel_fw-la scriptor_n fuit_fw-la qui_fw-la mendacij_fw-la vel_fw-la malae_fw-la fidei_fw-la romanos_fw-la arguerit_fw-la that_o be_v never_o yet_o say_v he_o do_v any_o prince_n or_o prelate_n or_o writer_n accuse_v the_o romanist_n of_o falsehood_n when_o he_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o which_o their_o own_o volume_n of_o counsel_n have_v make_v observable_a for_o perpetual_a remembrance_n falsificator_n how_o three_o pope_n sozimus_n boniface_n and_o celestine_n at_o the_o council_n of_o carthage_n in_o africa_n do_v claim_v a_o right_n of_o appeal_n unto_o rome_n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a as_o they_o pretend_v and_o when_o all_o the_o ancient_a copy_n of_o that_o council_n have_v be_v diligent_o seek_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o three_o patriarch_n viz._n of_o constantinople_n alexandria_n and_o antioch_n 89._o that_o that_o canon_n concern_v appeal_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n as_o their_o lindan_n speak_v can_v not_o be_v find_v in_o those_o copy_n or_o as_o the_o council_n itself_o speak_v 6._o istius_fw-la concilij_fw-la africani_n seu_fw-la carthaginensis_n ducenti_fw-la tres_fw-la tribus_fw-la papis_fw-la restiterunt_fw-la &_o canonem_fw-la concilij_fw-la in_o defensionem_fw-la primatus_fw-la svi_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la deprehenderunt_fw-la a_o little_a after_o concludunt_fw-la tandem_fw-la nemini_fw-la licere_fw-la ad_fw-la romanum_fw-la pontificem_fw-la provocare_fw-la that_o be_v two_o hundred_o and_o three_o father_n of_o the_o council_n of_o carthageresisted_a the_o three_o pope_n and_o find_v that_o they_o suggest_v a_o false_a canon_n for_o defence_n of_o their_o primacy_n therefore_o in_o the_o end_n they_o conclude_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o of_o africa_n to_o appeal_v unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n will_n p._n r._n believe_v any_o claim_n which_o pope_n make_v for_o papal_a jurisdiction_n see_v that_o three_o patriarch_n and_o two_o hundred_o and_o three_o bishop_n have_v convince_v three_o pope_n of_o so_o apparent_a a_o falsehood_n as_o this_o falsificator_n or_o what_o can_v be_v say_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o gratian_n their_o public_a compiler_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o pope_n tertiò_fw-la who_o as_o cardin._n bellar._n witness_v cite_v a_o canon_n of_o a_o council_n of_o milevet_n wherein_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o none_o shall_v appeal_v beyond_o the_o sea_n do_v add_v of_o himself_o this_o exception_n except_o it_o be_v unto_o the_o apostolic_a sea_n of_o rome_n when_o as_o that_o council_n in_o forbid_a appeal_n beyond_o the_o sea_n do_v especial_o intend_v to_o forbid_v appeal_n to_o rome_n 58_o many_o such_o like_a falsehood_n may_v be_v allege_v wherein_o pope_n and_o popish_a one_o have_v entangle_v themselves_o and_o delude_v the_o world_n not_o in_o school_n case_n of_o sic_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la or_o in_o strife_n de_fw-la stillicidijs_fw-la and_o such_o trifle_n but_o about_o the_o right_n of_o appeal_v yea_o spiritual_a and_o also_o temporal_a jurisdiction_n but_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o preamble_n will_v not_o suffer_v i_o to_o pursue_v old_a forgery_n and_o i_o must_v yield_v something_o unto_o p._n r._n his_o modesty_n who_o to_o pass_v over_o the_o blemish_n of_o ancient_a author_n do_v challenge_v only_o a_o instance_n in_o new_a writer_n whether_o it_o be_v 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