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these_o proceed_n be_v so_o unreasonnable_a that_o it_o seem_v manifest_a he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o thought_n of_o convince_a their_o judgment_n so_o that_o he_o will_v have_v small_a reason_n to_o wonder_v that_o not_o one_o single_a person_n can_v be_v find_v who_o he_o look_v on_o as_o a_o enemy_n who_o have_v give_v he_o occasion_n to_o erect_v a_o trophy_n yea_o moreover_o though_o perhaps_o he_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o that_o a_o considerable_a number_n have_v against_o his_o will_n have_v their_o eye_n open_v by_o he_o to_o see_v the_o desperate_a state_n of_o that_o cause_n which_o seem_v to_o seek_v its_o last_o refuge_n in_o the_o protection_n of_o such_o a_o advocate_n a_o strange_a fate_n certain_o this_o be_v of_o a_o book_n so_o boast_v of_o and_o to_o which_o such_o conquest_n have_v be_v promise_v therefore_o any_o sober_a reader_n who_o shall_v heedful_o reflect_v on_o the_o doctor_n be_v ability_n will_v hardly_o be_v persuade_v to_o believe_v that_o he_o intend_v his_o last_o shall_v be_v a_o book_n of_o controversy_n but_o rather_o a_o engine_n raise_v by_o he_o to_o work_v during_o the_o space_n of_o a_o few_o month_n some_o considerable_a mischief_n against_o the_o person_n of_o innocent_a catholic_n at_o a_o season_n as_o he_o think_v proper_a for_o his_o purpose_n when_o he_o conceive_v thereby_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n may_v happy_o be_v incense_v against_o they_o which_o holy_a design_n if_o he_o can_v effect_v it_o will_v afterward_o be_v indifferent_a to_o he_o whether_o his_o book_n be_v confute_v or_o not_o however_o our_o hope_n be_v that_o dominus_fw-la iudicabit_fw-la pauperes_fw-la populi_fw-la &_o bumiliabit_fw-la calumniatorem_fw-la finis_fw-la nullos_fw-la esse_fw-la deos_fw-la in_fw-la one_fw-mi coelum_fw-la affirmat_fw-la selius_n probatque_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la factum_fw-la dum_fw-la negat_fw-la haec_fw-la videt_fw-la beatum_fw-la martial_a l._n 4._o epigr_n 21._o pag._n 262._o psal._n 118._o mem._n 2._o cor._n 12._o v._n 2._o 3._o 4._o p._n 334._o p._n 336_o p._n 336._o p._n 337._o p._n 244._o suar._n in_o 3._o s_o the_o q_o 27._o anâ—on_n summ._fw-la p._n 1._o tit_n 8._o c._n baron_n ad_fw-la a._n d._n 604._o p._n 248._o p._n 235._o irenic_n p._n 392._o p._n 346._o p._n 349._o p._n 350._o 13._o principle_n 15_o principle_n i._o que._n answ._n ii_o qu._n answ._n iii_o qu._n answ._n iu_o qu._n answ._n v._o qu._n answ._n irenic_n eph._n four_o 4._o 5._o vers_fw-la 5._o gesner_n in_o re_n bellar._n def._n schlusscâ—b_n p._n 443._o ration_n accou_n p_o 54._o aug._n de_fw-fr bapt._n cont_n donat._n l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 180._o conc._n triden_n sess._n fourteen_o cap._n 3._o p._n 183._o p._n 181._o p._n z12_n conc._n try_v ses._n fourteen_o c._n 8._o august_n lib._n 50_o hom_n hom._n 41._o conc._n try_v seâ—_n vii_o de_fw-la sacram_fw-la can._n 8._o p._n 206._o gal._n 4._o p._n 183._o aug._n hom._n 50._o capult_n p._n 681._o luk_n xuj_o 9_o lib._n de_fw-fr curâ_fw-la pâ—â—_n moâ—tuis_fw-la cap._n 4._o p._n 183._o conc._n try_v ses._n twenty-five_o decâ—et_n de_fw-fr indulg_n ibid._n p._n 516._o p._n 188._o p._n 174._o cor._n 14_o 1._o cor._n 14._o vers._n 5._o 9_o 13._o 27_o 28._o p._n â—15_n p._n 174._o phila_v preface_n pag._n 6._o ibid._n p._n 22._o