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let_v he_o disprove_v it_o by_o his_o evil_a deed_n or_o if_o he_o will_v impugn_v the_o opinion_n let_v he_o do_v it_o by_o strength_n of_o reason_n but_o to_o usurp_v the_o judicatorie_a of_o a_o other_o man_n conscience_n be_v it_o not_o intolerable_a presumption_n yet_o common_o practise_v by_o your_o complice_n 7._o for_o who_o it_o be_v good_a they_o remember_v nazianzen_n his_o warning_n multa_fw-la versanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la animo_fw-la priusquam_fw-la aliâ—m_fw-la iraepiet_fw-la atis_fw-la condemn_v sect._n 8._o you_o grant_v that_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o reformation_n till_o the_o year_n 1575._o our_o church_n content_v themselves_o with_o bishop_n and_o superintendent_o why_o then_o be_v it_o count_v so_o odious_a a_o thing_n that_o bishop_n shall_v be_v in_o it_o now_o you_o affirm_v also_o that_o i_o can_v bring_v no_o warrant_n for_o episcopal_a government_n neither_o from_o god_n word_n nor_o practice_v of_o the_o primitive_a church_n for_o the_o first_o three_o hundred_o year_n the_o answer_v you_o will_v find_v in_o my_o reply_n to_o the_o last_o opponent_n sect._n 11._o you_o allege_v that_o they_o who_o assemble_v at_o glasgow_n come_v upon_o private_a missive_n from_o his_o majesty_n and_o upon_o promise_n of_o gain_n mr._n david_n object_v that_o before_o and_o i_o answer_v it_o in_o my_o dikaiologie_n only_o you_o add_v that_o i_o know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o but_o if_o you_o hope_v to_o make_v your_o assertion_n good_a you_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o use_v some_o other_o probation_n for_o in_o truth_n i_o know_v not_o any_o such_o thing_n sect._n 16._o the_o argument_n i_o use_v mistake_v by_o you_o concern_v the_o apostle_n dispensation_n of_o circumcision_n shall_v be_v clear_v in_o my_o answer_n to_o the_o last_o opponent_n who_o also_o impugn_v it_o sect._n 17._o 18._o you_o will_v prove_v that_o you_o be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o schism_n but_o bishop_n why_o because_o they_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o government_n whereunto_o 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