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ill_o may_v the_o snight_n the_o woodcock_n twight_v for_o his_o long_a bill_n the_o life_n of_o the_o lutheran_n compare_v with_o the_o catholic_n the_o vice_n of_o manner_n be_v not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o his_o doctrine_n the_o fruit_n of_o luthres_n doctrine_n osor_n pag._n 182._o the_o confutation_n of_o hisl_a aunder_n artic._n 21._o the_o scoff_n of_o luther_n doctrine_n luther_n offend_v with_o the_o life_n of_o his_o country_n man_n osor._fw-la pag._n 187._o deut._n 18._o the_o argument_n of_o osorius_n 1._o king_n act._n 1â—_n a_o true_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o false_a and_o the_o true_a prophett_n luther_n upon_o the_o 130._o psalm_n man_n judgement_n in_o find_v fault_n may_v be_v free_a so_o that_o they_o be_v upright_o out_o of_o valeria_n ansel._n john_n stella_n out_o of_o benuo_n a_o cardinal_n of_o covenaunte_n and_o promise_n not_o always_o hold_v true_a amongst_o the_o papist_n jere._n cap._n 23._o osorius_n argument_n out_o of_o jeremy_n answer_v to_o the_o 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osori_fw-la do_v believe_v fame_n author_n of_o all_o his_o untruth_n a_o proverb_n