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if_o it_o be_v note_v against_o i_o just_o to_o defend_v it_o if_o it_o be_v object_v undeserued_o &_o this_o i_o protest_v not_o only_o in_o word_n as_o common_o do_v all_o protestant_n but_o in_o simplicity_n of_o truth_n as_o meaning_n to_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o therefore_o willing_o i_o submit_v what_o so_o ever_o i_o have_v write_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o catholic_n symp_o and_o with_o out_o exception_n to_o who_o judgement_n of_o these_o matter_n appertain_v to_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o protestant_n even_o of_o m._n w._n himself_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o he_o shall_v geve_v censure_n of_o it_o and_o refel_v it_o by_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n expound_v according_a to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n a_o table_n of_o the_o chapter_n chap._n i._o of_o luther_n contemn_v s._n james_n his_o epistle_n and_o call_v it_o stramineam_fw-la pag._n 1._o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n and_o that_o the_o english_a clergy_n in_o accept_v some_o and_o 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the_o real_a presence_n pag._n 169._o
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