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that_o he_o have_v one_o rule_n for_o we_o and_o another_o for_o his_o own_o party_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v we_o charge_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n itself_o with_o some_o ill_a practice_n and_o opinion_n for_o tho'_o we_o take_v popery_n as_o the_o most_o judicious_a papist_n represent_v it_o and_o they_o who_o bring_v the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n near_o to_o protestanism_n i_o find_v be_v at_o present_a count_v such_o yet_o still_o there_o need_v better_a voucher_n than_o mr_n m._n to_o make_v we_o believe_v all_o thing_n in_o it_o judicious_a and_o pious_a pious_a 12._o have_v thus_o examine_v all_o that_o he_o have_v say_v in_o defence_n of_o his_o church_n let_v we_o next_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v offer_v to_o recommend_v she_o and_o of_o this_o nature_n he_o produce_v three_o instance_n the_o excellency_n of_o her_o book_n of_o devotion_n the_o devotion_n of_o her_o people_n and_o the_o unity_n of_o her_o member_n he_o tell_v we_o p._n 9_o that_o that_o which_o oblige_v he_o most_o of_o all_o to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o perusal_n of_o her_o book_n of_o devotion_n such_o as_o st._n francis_n sales_n neirembergius_fw-la lewis_n granatensis_n especial_o the_o mass_n itself_o if_o these_o oblige_v he_o most_o of_o all_o have_v he_o live_v at_o the_o reformation_n he_o have_v want_v some_o of_o the_o strong_a obligation_n to_o keep_v he_o in_o the_o roman_a communion_n three_o of_o these_o four_o he_o mention_n be_v write_v after_o the_o reformation_n and_o the_o other_o but_o a_o few_o year_n before_o and_o now_o they_o be_v write_v he_o be_v not_o debar_v the_o use_n of_o they_o in_o the_o communion_n in_o which_o he_o live_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o reformation_n which_o he_o say_v he_o compare_v without_o prejudice_n with_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n allow_v the_o use_n of_o all_o book_n that_o may_v advance_v piety_n by_o whosoever_o they_o be_v write_v which_o the_o spirit_n of_o his_o church_n do_v not_o but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o reformation_n which_o do_v not_o find_v much_o less_o condemn_v these_o book_n let_v he_o show_v one_o book_n of_o devotion_n or_o exposition_n of_o the_o mass_n or_o breviary_n extant_a in_o english_a before_o the_o reformation_n if_o he_o can_v and_o remember_v what_o have_v be_v do_v since_o to_o the_o eternal_a shame_n of_o those_o who_o never_o trouble_a themselves_o with_o devotion_n till_o mere_a necessity_n of_o support_v their_o interest_n among_o the_o people_n put_v they_o on_o it_o as_o for_o the_o piety_n of_o the_o prayer_n in_o the_o mass_n let_v he_o who_o understand_v both_o compare_n any_o prayer_n there_o with_o our_o litany_n and_o it_o be_v hardly_o possible_a prejudice_n shall_v so_o blind_v he_o as_o not_o to_o see_v which_o have_v the_o advantage_n advantage_n 13._o but_o nevertheless_o he_o allege_v that_o the_o devotion_n of_o their_o people_n exceed_v we_o let_v the_o reader_n compare_v that_o devotion_n which_o catholic_n pay_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n with_o that_o which_o most_o protestant_n show_v to_o the_o common-prayer_n and_o then_o see_v how_o much_o better_o we_o be_v by_o reform_v the_o mass_n into_o english_a p._n 11._o to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o papist_n appear_v to_o be_v more_o devote_n at_o mass_n than_o protestant_n at_o church_n for_o that_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v by_o pay_v devotion_n to_o the_o mass_n and_o show_v it_o to_o the_o common-prayer_n yet_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o mass_n be_v better_a than_o the_o common-prayer_n or_o a_o fit_a mean_n of_o devotion_n since_o that_o difference_n may_v arise_v from_o other_o motive_n as_o it_o manifest_o do_v the_o roman_a catholic_o place_v much_o more_o religion_n in_o outward_a show_n