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the_o same_o faith_n that_o our_o forefather_n hold_v i_o wis_v as_o wise_a as_o we_o for_o more_o than_o a_o thousand_o year_n together_o and_o before_o they_o those_o which_o teach_v they_o to_o believe_v by_o prescription_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n if_o any_o man_n be_v so_o incredulous_a or_o so_o malapert_v as_o to_o contend_v si_fw-la quis_fw-la contentiosus_fw-la esse_fw-la velit_fw-la it_o may_v suffice_v for_o answer_v to_o all_o his_o objection_n we_o have_v no_o such_o custom_n in_o the_o catholic_a church_n as_o s._n paul_n answer_v to_o the_o corinthian_n if_o the_o king_n most_o excellent_a majesty_n will_v be_v please_v once_o to_o enter_v into_o a_o indifferent_a consideration_n of_o these_o thing_n and_o the_o like_a with_o earnest_a desire_n to_o save_v so_o many_o soul_n as_o hang_v upon_o he_o if_o he_o will_v seek_v the_o truth_n in_o her_o fountain_n and_o reduce_v the_o conclusion_n on_o both_o side_n to_o their_o principle_n examyne_n and_o ponder_v the_o 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any_o case_n for_o by_o god_n grace_n and_o favour_n i_o shall_v receive_v more_o comfort_n in_o suffer_v poverty_n with_o you_o for_o so_o just_a a_o cause_n then_o in_o enjoy_v all_o that_o we_o have_v hitherto_o possess_v nay_o fetch_v aside_o the_o obligation_n i_o have_v to_o you_o and_o my_o child_n i_o will_v choose_v to_o live_v with_o less_o than_o the_o king_n majesty_n must_v allow_v we_o suppose_v the_o most_o rigorous_a execution_n of_o his_o law_n yea_o rather_o to_o loose_v all_o than_o you_o shall_v admit_v the_o least_o disquietness_n or_o stayn_v in_o your_o conscience_n consider_v how_o little_a this_o world_n be_v to_o be_v esteem_v for_o itself_o how_o vain_a uncertain_a and_o troublesome_a it_o be_v and_o that_o the_o great_a part_n you_o have_v enjoy_v of_o it_o hitherto_o have_v be_v spend_v in_o satisfy_v your_o own_o desire_n and_o the_o least_o in_o his_o service_n that_o give_v you_o all_o you_o have_v you_o must_v also_o remember_v that_o the_o good_n you_o 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better_a understanding_n of_o the_o former_a proclamation_n and_o answer_v by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v the_o discreet_a &_o disapassionate_a reader_n will_v easy_o discern_v two_o 2._o two_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr nobis_fw-la colluctatio_fw-la adversus_fw-la carnem_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la sed_fw-la adversus_fw-la principes_fw-la &_o ot_fw-mi potestates_fw-la tenebrarum_fw-la ephes_n 6._o 12._o quis_fw-la regem_fw-la saul_n incitavit_fw-la in_fw-la davidem_fw-la quis_fw-la excitavit_fw-la doech_v sylli_n nequitiam_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctum_fw-la virum_fw-la proderet_fw-la etc._n etc._n nisi_fw-la spiritus_fw-la malus_fw-la ambr._n in_o psalm_n 118._o 2._o different_a spirit_n encounter_v in_o this_o action_n the_o one_o turbulent_a and_o unquiet_a disguise_v by_o art_n and_o with_o false_a colour_n of_o estate_n to_o discredit_v the_o truth_n the_o other_o mild_a plain_a peaceable_a and_o quiet_a dispose_v man_n to_o suffer_v for_o truth_n what_o and_o whensoever_o shall_v be_v think_v necessary_a and_o if_o any_o man_n be_v desirous_a to_o know_v more_o in_o particular_a the_o affection_n operation_n and_o effect_n that_o these_o two_o opposite_a spirit_n work_v where_o they_o find_v entrance_n he_o may_v easy_o trace_v and_o find_v they_o out_o by_o their_o footstep_n in_o this_o proclamation_n law_n and_o letter_n the_o spirit_n 12._o spirit_n nos_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la spiritum_fw-la huius_fw-la mundi_fw-la accepimus_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritum_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sciamus_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la donata_fw-la sunt_fw-la nobis_fw-la 1._o cor._n 2._o 12._o of_o this_o world_n cause_v in_o his_o follower_n first_o a_o overween_n conceit_n of_o themselves_o and_o a_o secret_a 20._o secret_a omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la malè_fw-la agit_fw-fr odit_fw-la lucem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la lucem_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la arguantur_fw-la opera_fw-la eius_fw-la joan._n 3._o 20._o aversion_n from_o that_o soveraygne_a
peril_n of_o sin_n as_o in_o this_o our_o case_n this_o be_v that_o which_o our_o saviour_n christ_n jesus_n teach_v we_o in_o the_o example_n of_o the_o builder_n 30._o builder_n luc._n 14._o 30._o and_o of_o the_o king_n that_o make_v war_n for_o he_o say_v it_o be_v necessary_a for_o these_o to_o be_v aforehand_o and_o have_v abundance_n of_o money_n to_o put_v in_o execution_n their_o work_n but_o for_o the_o spiritual_a building_n &_o warfare_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a but_o to_o the_o contrary_a he_o which_o in_o this_o kind_n be_v to_o raise_v the_o high_a building_n and_o obtain_v the_o great_a victory_n &_o follow_v christ_n our_o captain_n with_o perfection_n must_v be_v the_o free_a 21._o free_a si_fw-mi vis_fw-la perfectus_fw-la esse_fw-la vade_v vende_v quae_fw-la habes_fw-la &_o da_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la &_o habebis_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la &_o veni_fw-la sequere_fw-la i_o matt._n 19_o 21._o from_o all_o superfluity_n that_o may_v hinder_v or_o divent_v he_o and_o then_o he_o enter_v into_o the_o power_n of_o god_n almighty_n and_o take_v possession_n of_o his_o riches_n when_o he_o perfect_o 27._o perfect_o nisi_fw-la quis_fw-la renuntiaverit_n omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la possidet_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la meus_fw-la discipulus_fw-la luc._n 14._o 33._o virtus_fw-la in_o infirmitate_fw-la perficitur_fw-la libenter_fw-la igitur_fw-la gloriabor_fw-la in_o infirmitatibus_fw-la meis_fw-la ut_fw-la inhabitet_fw-la in_o i_o virtus_fw-la christi_fw-la 2._o cor._n 12._o 9_o propter_fw-la quod_fw-la placeo_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o infirmitatibus_fw-la in_fw-la contumelijs_fw-la in_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la in_fw-la persecutionibus_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la cùm_fw-la enim_fw-la infirmor_fw-la tune_n potens_fw-la sum_fw-la 2._o cor._n 12._o 10._o infirma_fw-la mundi_fw-la elegit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la confundat_fw-la fortia_fw-la 1._o cor._n 1._o 27._o relinquish_v his_o own_o and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n when_o the_o christian_n esteem_v great_o their_o faith_n &_o contemn_v their_o riches_n thousand_o 1._o thousand_o exhortatus_fw-la est_fw-la eoâ—_n petrus_n dicens_fw-la saluamini_fw-la à _fw-la generatione_n ista_fw-la prava_fw-la &_o appositae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la die_fw-la animae_fw-la circiter_fw-la tria_fw-la millia_fw-la act._n 2._o 40._o loquentibus_fw-la autem_fw-la illis_fw-la ad_fw-la populum_fw-la superuenerunt_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la &_o magistratus_fw-la templi_fw-la &_o sadducaei_fw-la dolentes_fw-la quòd_fw-la docerent_fw-la populum_fw-la &_o annuntiarent_a in_o jesv_n resurrectionem_fw-la ex_fw-la mortuis_fw-la et_fw-la iniecerunt_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la manus_fw-la &_o posuerunt_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o custodian_n multi_fw-la autem_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la audierunt_fw-la verbum_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la &_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la numerus_fw-la virorum_fw-la quinque_fw-la millia_fw-la act._n 4._o 1._o be_v convert_v at_o every_o sermon_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o they_o profess_v their_o faith_n without_o 33._o without_o et_fw-la virtute_fw-la magna_fw-la reddebant_fw-la apostoli_fw-la testimonium_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la jesv_n christi_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la magna_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la illis_fw-la act._n 4._o 33._o fear_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o threaten_n and_o cruelty_n that_o can_v be_v devise_v against_o they_o then_o they_o cast_v 35._o cast_v neque_fw-la quisquam_fw-la egens_fw-la erat_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la quotquot_fw-la enim_fw-la possessores_fw-la agrorum_fw-la aut_fw-la domorum_fw-la erant_fw-la vendentes_fw-la afferebant_fw-la pretia_fw-mi eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la vendebant_fw-la &_o ponebant_fw-la ante_fw-la pedes_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la dividebatur_fw-la antem_fw-la singulis_fw-la prout_fw-la cuique_fw-la opus_fw-la erat_fw-la act._n 4._o 35._o their_o good_n at_o the_o apostle_n foot_n and_o willing_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n do_v that_o which_o now_o these_o other_o suffer_v but_o this_o violence_n teach_v they_o to_o make_v a_o virtue_n compellit_fw-la virtue_n fellix_fw-la necessitas_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la meliora_fw-la compellit_fw-la of_o necessity_n and_o profit_n of_o their_o enemy_n and_o the_o infinite_a benefit_n which_o they_o find_v in_o poverty_n cause_n many_o to_o love_v and_o esteem_v it_o high_o who_o otherwise_o by_o all_o liklyhood_n have_v never_o come_v to_o know_v it_o if_o the_o experience_n of_o these_o 23._o these_o exi_n in_o vias_fw-la &_o sepe_v &_o compelle_fw-fr intrare_fw-la ut_fw-la impleatur_fw-la domus_fw-la mea_fw-la luc._n 14._o 23._o rigorous_a proclamation_n have_v not_o be_v and_o this_o precious_a and_o wholesome_a est_fw-la wholesome_a scire_fw-la uti_fw-la paupertate_fw-la maxima_fw-la felicitas_fw-la est_fw-la sen._n de_fw-fr mor._n prima_fw-la front_n rigida_fw-la ac_fw-la subtristis_fw-la paupertas_fw-la est_fw-la minaxue_fw-la adventus_fw-la eius_fw-la at_o cùm_fw-la in_o familiaritatem_fw-la semel_fw-la admissa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la minimè_fw-la sumptuosa_fw-la secura_fw-la ac_fw-la facilis_fw-la hospes_fw-la erit_fw-la redige_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la parua_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la cadere_fw-la non_fw-la possis_fw-la inest_fw-la paupertati_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la lesson_n they_o owe_v to_o their_o adversary_n i_o re_fw-mi which_o his_o majesty_n of_o great_a britamny_n and_o such_o as_o counsel_v he_o seem_v to_o have_v intend_v for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a absurdity_n in_o reason_n &_o against_o common_a sense_n to_o procure_v any_o end_n by_o contrary_a mean_n and_o to_o take_v course_n which_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o by_o god_n ordinance_n help_n increase_n and_o uphould_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n which_o they_o seek_v to_o overthrow_v and_o it_o be_v little_o better_a than_o madness_n once_o to_o imagine_v that_o one_o or_o few_o by_o force_n 6._o force_n in_o consilium_fw-la eorum_fw-la non_fw-la veniat_fw-la 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