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and_o worship_v as_o go_n neither_o do_v they_o think_v themselves_o subject_a to_o any_o but_o be_v as_o the_o son_n of_o beliall_n that_o have_v cast_v off_o the_o yoke_n not_o endure_v whatsoever_o they_o do_v that_o any_o one_o shall_v ask_v they_o why_o they_o do_v so_o they_o neither_o fear_n god_n nor_o reverence_n man_n obedientiae_fw-la whereupon_o he_o fear_v not_o to_o deliver_v the_o opinion_n of_o many_o good_a and_o worthy_a man_n in_o his_o time_n that_o there_o be_v a_o schism_n in_o the_o church_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o contention_n of_o the_o three_o pope_n which_o continue_v for_o a_o long_a time_n in_o that_o age_n wherein_o he_o live_v it_o be_v good_a to_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o time_n and_o never_o to_o restore_v to_o any_o pope_n again_o that_o universal_a administration_n of_o the_o temporality_n of_o the_o church_n and_o sway_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o same_o but_o that_o it_o be_v best_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v bring_v back_o to_o 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abuse_n error_n uncertainty_n and_o barbarisme_n wherewith_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n be_v great_o blemish_v and_o almost_o quite_o deface_v and_o wish_a and_o expect_v a_o reformation_n etc._n yea_o nothing_o be_v more_o certain_o look_v for_o a_o long_a time_n before_o luther_n be_v bear_v than_o the_o ruin_n of_o that_o pompous_a state_n of_o the_o church_n the_o stay_n of_o the_o furious_a covetous_a and_o tyrannous_a proceed_n of_o the_o court_n and_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o the_o free_n of_o the_o church_n from_o that_o aegypticall_a bondage_n wherein_o it_o be_v hold_v chap._n 12._o of_o the_o desire_n and_o expectation_n of_o a_o reformation_n of_o the_o corrupt_a state_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o alteration_n which_o have_v be_v be_v a_o reformation_n when_o omnis_fw-la the_o pope_n resolve_v to_o accurse_v anathematise_v and_o excommunicate_v grostead_n the_o renown_a bishop_n of_o lincoln_n because_o he_o contemn_v his_o papal_a bull_n and_o letter_n 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good_a and_o true_o virtuous_a 17._o st_n austin_n say_v that_o adam_n and_o eve_n so_o soon_o as_o they_o have_v sin_v be_v cast_v headlong_o into_o error_n misery_n and_o death_n &_o that_o it_o be_v most_o just_a they_o shall_v so_o be_v for_o what_o say_v he_o be_v more_o just_a than_o ut_fw-la amittat_fw-la cuique_fw-la quo_fw-la bene_fw-la uti_fw-la noluit_fw-la cum_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la posset_n difficultate_fw-la si_fw-la vellet_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la sciens_fw-la rectè_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la aâ—…ittat_fw-la scire_fw-la quid_fw-la rectum_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la rectè_fw-la facere_fw-la cum_fw-la posset_n noluit_fw-la amittat_fw-la posse_fw-la cum_fw-la velit_fw-la that_o every_o one_o shall_v loose_v that_o which_o when_o with_o ease_n he_o may_v he_o will_v not_o use_v well_o that_o be_v that_o he_o that_o have_v knowledge_n do_v not_o right_a shall_v loose_v the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o which_o be_v right_a &_o that_o he_o that_o will_v not_o do_v well_o when_o he_o may_v shall_v loose_v the_o power_n of_o do_v well_o when_o he_o will_v 24._o and_o elsewhere_o speak_v of_o the_o first_o sin_n of_o the_o angel_n and_o man_n he_o say_v that_o when_o they_o fall_v subintravit_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la rerum_fw-la agendarum_fw-la &_o concupiscentia_fw-la noxiarum_fw-la that_o be_v there_o enter_v in_o ignorance_n of_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v and_o desire_v of_o thing_n hurtful_a that_o be_v to_o be_v decline_v prosper_v in_o his_o 39_o book_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o preacher_n of_o grace_n against_o cassian_n reprehend_v he_o because_o he_o have_v say_v in_o his_o collation_n the_o protectione_n dei_fw-la that_o adam_n gain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o evil_n after_o his_o fall_n but_o lose_v not_o the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a which_o he_o have_v receive_v &_o tell_v he_o that_o both_o these_o proposition_n be_v untrue_a so_o that_o he_o think_v that_o adam_n lose_v the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a 14._o hugo_n de_fw-fr 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the_o love_n of_o the_o creator_n as_o the_o chief_a and_o utter_v most_o good_a be_v not_o of_o god_n now_o the_o love_n of_o god_n whereby_o we_o come_v to_o god_n be_v not_o but_o from_o god_n the_o father_n by_o jesus_n together_o with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o this_o love_n of_o the_o creator_n each_o one_o use_v the_o creature_n right_o and_o without_o this_o love_n of_o the_o creator_n no_o man_n use_v the_o creature_n well_o and_o again_o ibid._n noveris_fw-la non_fw-la officiis_fw-la sed_fw-la finibus_fw-la à _fw-la vitiis_fw-la discernendas_fw-la esse_fw-la virtutes_fw-la officium_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la faciendum_fw-la est_fw-la finis_fw-la vero_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la faciendum_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la itaque_fw-la facit_fw-la homo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ubi_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la videtur_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la facit_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la facere_fw-la debet_fw-la peccare_fw-la convincitur_fw-la quae_fw-la tu_fw-la non_fw-la attendens_fw-la fine_n ab_fw-la officiis_fw-la separasti_fw-la &_o virtutes_fw-la veras_fw-la officia_fw-la sine_fw-la finibus_fw-la appellandas_fw-la esse_fw-la dixisti_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la te_fw-la tanta_fw-la absurditas_fw-la sequitur_fw-la ut_fw-la veram_fw-la cogaris_fw-la appellare_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la cvius_fw-la dominam_fw-la repereris_fw-la avaritiam_fw-la siquidem_fw-la manus_fw-la abstinere_fw-la ab_fw-la alieno_fw-la si_fw-la officium_fw-la cogite_n potest_fw-la videri_fw-la esse_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la quare_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o respondetur_fw-la ne_fw-la plus_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la litibus_fw-la pereat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la iam_fw-la hoc_fw-la factum_fw-la verae_fw-la poterit_fw-la esse_fw-la iusliciae_fw-la cum_fw-la serviat_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la and_o again_o ibid._n absit_fw-la ut_fw-la virtutes_fw-la verae_fw-la cviquam_fw-la serviant_fw-la nisi_fw-la illi_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la illum_fw-la cui_fw-la dicimus_fw-la psal._n 79._o deus_fw-la virtutum_fw-la converte_fw-fr nos_fw-la proinde_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quae_fw-la carnalibus_fw-la delectationibus_fw-la vel_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la commodis_fw-la &_o emolumentis_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la serviunt_fw-la verae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la quae_fw-la autem_fw-la nulli_fw-la rei_fw-la servire_fw-la volunt_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsae_fw-la verae_fw-la sunt_fw-la verae_fw-la quip_n virtutes_fw-la deo_fw-la serviunt_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la á_o quo_fw-la donantur_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quicquid_fw-la autem_fw-la boni_fw-la fit_a ab_fw-la homine_fw-la &_o non_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la fit_a propter_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la debere_fw-la vera_fw-la sapientia_fw-la praecipit_fw-la etsi_fw-la officio_fw-la videatur_fw-la bonum_fw-la ipso_fw-la non_fw-la recto_fw-la sine_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la 25._o virtutes_fw-la non_fw-la relatae_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la vitia_fw-la potius_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la virtutes_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la tunc_fw-la verae_fw-la &_o honestae_fw-la putentur_fw-la esse_fw-la virtutes_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la seipsas_fw-la referuntur_fw-la nec_fw-la propter_fw-la aliud_fw-la expetuntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la tunc_fw-la inflatae_fw-la ac_fw-la superbae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la non_fw-la virtutes_fw-la virtutes_fw-la sed_fw-la vitia_fw-la iudicandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la 31._o bona_fw-la opera_fw-la extra_fw-la fidem_fw-la simillima_fw-la sunt_fw-la celerrimo_fw-la cursui_fw-la extraviam_fw-la and_o again_o 25._o quamlibet_fw-la videatur_fw-la animus_n corpori_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la vitiis_fw-la laudabiliter_fw-la imperare_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la deo_fw-la animus_n &_o ratio_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la seruit_fw-la sicut_fw-la sibi_fw-la serviendum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la praecepit_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la corpori_fw-la vitiisque_fw-la rectè_fw-la imperat_fw-la nam_fw-la qualis_fw-la corporis_fw-la atque_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la mens_fw-la domina_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la nescia_fw-la nec_fw-la eius_fw-la imperio_fw-la subiugata_fw-la sed_fw-la vitiosissimis_fw-la daemonibus_fw-la corrumpentibus_fw-la prostituta_fw-la proinde_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quas_fw-la sibi_fw-la habere_fw-la videtur_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la imperat_fw-la corpori_fw-la &_o vitiis_fw-la ad_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la adipiscendum_fw-la vel_fw-la tenendum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la retulerit_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsae_fw-la vitia_fw-la sunt_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la virtutes_fw-la 7._o prosper_n agree_v with_o saint_n austin_n his_o word_n be_v these_o sine_fw-la cultu_fw-la very_fw-la dei_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la virtus_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la placere_fw-la ullus_fw-la deo_fw-la sine_fw-la deo_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la placet_fw-la cui_fw-la nisi_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o diabolo_fw-it placet_fw-la that_o be_v without_o the_o worship_n of_o the_o true_a god_n even_o that_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v virtue_n be_v sin_n neither_o can_v any_o man_n please_v god_n without_o god_n and_o who_o do_v he_o please_v that_o please_v not_o god_n but_o himself_o and_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o same_o prosper_v in_o his_o 1._o 3_o book_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la contemplatiuâ_fw-la apostolus_fw-la non_fw-la dixit_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la dicendo_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la declaravit_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la gesta_fw-la sinon_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la aliqua_fw-la bona_fw-la credenda_fw-la sed_fw-la vitia_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la invant_fw-la suos_fw-la operarios_fw-la sed_fw-la condemnant_fw-la inflatosque_fw-la praecipitant_fw-la atque_fw-la à _fw-la finibus_fw-la aeternae_fw-la salutis_fw-la eliminant_fw-la 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answer_v &_o show_v the_o folly_n of_o this_o silly_a objection_n peremptory_o resolve_v that_o 26._o non_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nescit_fw-la aut_fw-la minus_fw-la perfectè_fw-la scit_fw-la statim_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la habere_fw-la seu_fw-la in_o ignorantiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la dicendus_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la tunc_fw-la solùm_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la ignorari_fw-la non_fw-la debuisset_fw-la nescitur_fw-la that_o be_v we_o must_v not_o say_v that_o every_o one_o that_o know_v not_o a_o thing_n or_o do_v less_o perfect_o know_v it_o be_v ignorant_a or_o in_o ignorance_n because_o ignorance_n be_v only_o the_o not_o know_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o shall_v have_v be_v know_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o distinction_n more_o trivial_a or_o ordinary_a in_o the_o school_n then_o that_o of_o nescience_n &_o ignorance_n and_o therefore_o howsoever_o some_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o their_o distemper_a passion_n 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