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out_o devil_n through_o beelzebub_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o devil_n and_o what_o not_o so_o do_v these_o like_o those_o jew_n say_v that_o king_n charles_n be_v a_o hypocrite_n make_v only_o a_o outward_a profession_n of_o honesty_n and_o piety_n that_o he_o be_v a_o tyrant_n and_o a_o traitor_n which_o both_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o inconsistible_a when_o as_o a_o tyrant_n as_o claudian_n describe_v he_o jnstat_fw-la terribilis_fw-la vivis_fw-la morientibus_fw-la baeres_fw-la claudian_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la gildico_fw-la virginibus_fw-la raptor_n thalamis_fw-la obscoenus_fw-la adulter_fw-la quisquis_fw-la vel_fw-la locuple_n pulchra_fw-la vel_fw-la conjuge_fw-la notus_fw-la crimine_fw-la pulsatur_fw-la falso_fw-la si_fw-la crimina_fw-la desunt_fw-la for_o which_o i_o think_v the_o devil_n can_v not_o have_v the_o face_n to_o tax_v king_n charles_n with_o any_o of_o all_o these_o thing_n for_o we_o all_o know_v that_o he_o be_v so_o merciful_a a_o prince_n as_o seldom_o if_o ever_o he_o take_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o rigour_n of_o any_o law_n but_o lessen_v and_o sweeten_v that_o same_o many_o time_n and_o in_o many_o thing_n neither_o do_v i_o believe_v that_o juno_n herself_o have_v she_o be_v his_o queen_n can_v have_v suspect_v he_o for_o any_o false_a play_n so_o chaste_a a_o prince_n be_v king_n charles_n beyond_o the_o fair_a carriage_n of_o alexander_n towards_o the_o wife_n and_o daughter_n of_o darius_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v a_o traitor_n be_v a_o thing_n that_o the_o like_a be_v never_o hear_v of_o because_o treason_n be_v as_o you_o know_v crimen_fw-la laesae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la a_o offence_n against_o the_o supreme_a majesty_n which_o be_v sole_o and_o full_o resident_a in_o himself_o and_o will_v he_o think_v you_o be_v a_o traitor_n to_o himself_o indeed_o he_o be_v when_o too_o confident_o he_o trust_v himself_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o those_o perfidious_a gentleman_n the_o scot_n that_o worse_o than_o judas_n sell_v he_o and_o deliver_v he_o to_o be_v crucify_v by_o his_o grand_a enemy_n of_o the_o parliament_n and_o other_o treason_n i_o be_o confident_a can_v no_o way_n be_v fix_v on_o he_o but_o quid_fw-la miror_fw-la quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la verbis_fw-la what_o need_v we_o say_v any_o more_o when_o man_n lay_v to_o christ_n his_o charge_n the_o thing_n that_o he_o never_o know_v and_o tax_v he_o with_o what_o he_o never_o do_v nor_o say_v what_o wonder_n be_v it_o if_o they_o slander_v the_o footstep_n of_o his_o anoint_v yet_o all_o they_o do_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o as_o plutarch_n say_v plutarch_n in_o numa_n omnes_fw-la bonos_fw-es justosque_fw-la viros_fw-la major_a post_fw-la mortem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la laus_fw-la inuidia_fw-la non_fw-la multum_fw-la post_fw-la illos_fw-la temporis_fw-la supervivente_fw-la non_fw-la nunquam_fw-la etiam_fw-la ante_fw-la exitum_fw-la eorum_fw-la moriente_fw-la the_o great_a praise_n and_o honour_n will_v follow_v good_a and_o 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ádmixtis_fw-la dulcia_fw-la acerbis_fw-la and_o a_o soft_a answer_n appease_v wrath_n say_v solomon_n and_o a_o fair_a speech_n gain_v love_n and_o second_o 1._o second_o on_o the_o presbyterian_a part_n 1._o pride_n pride_n 2._o ignorance_n 3._o envy_n 4._o ambition_n 5._o covetousness_n 6._o hatred_n in_o the_o presbyter_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o discontent_n betwixt_o they_o and_o the_o bishop_n first_o their_o pride_n and_o arrogancy_n be_v such_o that_o they_o think_v too_o well_o of_o themselves_o superbos_fw-la jequiter_fw-la ultor_fw-la a_o tergo_fw-la deus_fw-la and_o prefer_v themselves_o before_o other_o they_o think_v themselves_o worthy_a to_o be_v set_v above_o other_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v menander_n none_o shall_v escape_v the_o punishment_n of_o pride_n because_o as_o cicero_n say_v nullum_fw-la est_fw-la officium_fw-la tam_fw-la sanctum_fw-la tamque_fw-la solenne_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la superbia_fw-la &_o abitio_fw-la comminuere_fw-la ac_fw-la violare_fw-la solet_fw-la and_o as_o st._n augustine_n say_v destruit_fw-la superbia_fw-la quicquid_fw-la justitia_fw-la aedificat_fw-la pride_n destroy_v whatsoever_o virtue_n or_o righteousness_n build_v and_o the_o poet_n say_v as_o much_o inquinat_fw-la egregios_fw-la adjuncta_fw-la superbia_fw-la mores_fw-la our_o pride_n soil_v and_o spoil_v the_o best_a and_o fair_a thing_n and_o so_o the_o pride_n of_o these_o man_n destroy_v whatsoever_o their_o good_a part_n deserve_v and_o deserve_v much_o they_o can_v not_o for_o second_o 2_o ignorance_n ignorance_n be_v many_o time_n the_o mother_n of_o pride_n when_o as_o none_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o blind_a bayard_n for_o though_o sometime_o multum_fw-la facit_fw-la ad_fw-la ingenium_fw-la superbia_fw-la pride_n spur_v on_o some_o to_o get_v learning_n and_o their_o learning_n make_v they_o the_o proud_a yet_o true_a knowledge_n and_o especial_o the_o divine_a learning_n teach_v humility_n and_o not_o pride_n for_o when_o they_o 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have_v understand_v they_o well_o i_o shall_v have_v think_v it_o not_o possible_a for_o the_o devil_n to_o have_v fill_v they_o with_o so_o much_o poison_n as_o they_o have_v show_v both_o against_o their_o king_n and_o against_o their_o bishop_n and_o that_o just_a like_o the_o coy-duck_n officiosa_fw-la aliis_fw-la exitiosa_fw-la suis_fw-la to_o destroy_v their_o brethren_n to_o pleasure_v their_o enemy_n and_o the_o enemy_n of_o god_n church_n for_o three_o see_v the_o bishop_n who_o they_o deem_v no_o more_o than_o their_o equal_n to_o be_v prefer_v before_o they_o and_o conceive_v themselves_o thereby_o to_o be_v neglect_v they_o both_o hate_v the_o king_n for_o his_o choice_n and_o envy_v the_o bishop_n for_o their_o place_n and_o because_o they_o be_v not_o capable_a to_o work_v any_o other_o revenge_n their_o tongue_n be_v their_o own_o and_o they_o let_v fly_v their_o arrow_n even_o bitter_a word_n both_o against_o our_o obedience_n to_o the_o king_n though_o cunning_o and_o 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for_o their_o own_o salvation_n and_o the_o bishop_n think_v with_o pindarus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d melior_fw-la est_fw-la invidentia_fw-la commiseratione_n that_o a_o case_n hateful_a be_v better_a then_o woeful_a and_o that_o it_o be_v better_a for_o they_o to_o be_v envy_v by_o these_o then_o to_o be_v pity_v by_o all_o but_o four_o the_o next_o thing_n that_o make_v they_o to_o start_v aside_o like_o a_o break_a bow_n ambition_n be_v not_o so_o much_o their_o envy_n against_o the_o bishop_n as_o their_o ambition_n to_o obtain_v their_o place_n and_o their_o ambition_n which_o as_o the_o scholeman_n say_v be_v one_o of_o the_o daughter_n of_o pride_n fail_v to_o lay_v hold_n of_o what_o it_o go_v about_o or_o that_o preferment_n which_o they_o seek_v make_v they_o to_o fly_v out_o against_o the_o bishop_n and_o as_o arius_n miss_v the_o bishopric_n of_o alexandria_n become_v the_o father_n of_o the_o arian_n heresy_n and_o aerius_n as_o epiphanius_n write_v be_v deny_v the_o bishopric_n that_o he_o require_v do_v first_o broach_v that_o heresy_n that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o a_o presbyter_n and_o a_o bishop_n so_o the_o presbyterian_o haughty_a spirit_n break_v forth_o to_o discontent_n to_o murmur_v to_o traduce_v to_o malign_v and_o to_o abundance_n of_o other_o evil_n not_o easy_o to_o be_v discover_v for_o as_o cicero_n say_v facillimè_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la injust_a as_o impellitur_fw-la quisquis_fw-la est_fw-la altissimo_fw-la animo_fw-la &_o gloriae_fw-la cupido_fw-la he_o be_v most_o easy_o induce_v to_o do_v very_o unjust_a thing_n that_o be_v of_o a_o high_a mind_n and_o ambitious_a of_o glory_n and_o great_a place_n nam_fw-la dulce_fw-la venenum_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la lethalis_fw-la honos_fw-la because_o this_o deadly_a desire_n of_o honour_n be_v like_o sweet_a poison_n that_o entice_v we_o to_o suck_v it_o up_o and_o five_o as_o covetousness_n and_o the_o love_n of_o this_o present_a world_n covetousness_n make_v demas_n to_o forsake_v st._n paul_n so_o the_o like_a worldly_a love_n and_o the_o love_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n have_v make_v these_o false_a brethren_n to_o forsake_v their_o leader_n for_o this_o be_v that_o root_n of_o bitterness_n javenal_n satyr_n 14._o which_o choke_v every_o pleasant_a flower_n and_o destroy_v every_o virtue_n for_o as_o juvenal_n say_v quae_fw-la reverentia_fw-la legum_fw-la quis_fw-la metus_fw-la aut_fw-la pudor_fw-la est_fw-la unquam_fw-la properantis_fw-la avari_fw-la what_o respect_n of_o law_n what_o fear_v of_o punishment_n or_o what_o shame_n of_o the_o world_n be_v at_o any_o time_n in_o a_o covetous_a man_n that_o make_v haste_n to_o be_v rich_a nam_fw-la saevior_fw-la ignibus_fw-la aetnae_n fervens_fw-la amor_fw-la ardet_fw-la habendi_fw-la yet_o we_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o covet_v that_o which_o be_v good_a for_o he_o that_o covet_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n to_o feed_v the_o flock_n of_o christ_n to_o preach_v the_o 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john_n say_v he_o that_o love_v not_o his_o brother_n and_o i_o may_v add_v 4.20_o 1_o john_n 4.20_o and_o be_v not_o at_o peace_n with_o his_o neighbour_n who_o he_o have_v see_v how_o can_v he_o love_v god_n and_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o god_n who_o he_o have_v not_o see_v and_o therefore_o litany_n the_o piety_n of_o our_o liturgy_n and_o litany_n howsoever_o they_o that_o think_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o holy_a brethren_n and_o yet_o be_v the_o incentives_n of_o war_n do_v exclaim_v against_o our_o liturgy_n and_o can_v endure_v the_o litany_n yet_o our_o church_n do_v most_o pious_o pray_v give_v peace_n in_o our_o time_n o_o lord_n and_o again_o that_o it_o may_v please_v thou_o to_o give_v unto_o all_o 〈…〉_o peace_n and_o concord_n 〈…〉_o the_o first_o part_n of_o that_o honour_n which_o we_o owe_v to_o all_o man_n that_o be_v to_o do_v 〈◊〉_d wrâ—ng_n to_o shed_v no_o blood_n to_o hate_v no_o man_n in_o our_o heart_n to_o traduce_v no_o man_n with_o our_o tongue_n and_o to_o smite_v no_o man_n with_o our_o hand_n but_o to_o love_v and_o to_o live_v in_o peace_n with_o all_o man_n 2._o as_o we_o be_v no_o way_n to_o hurt_v or_o to_o wrong_v any_o man_n so_o we_o ought_v help_n ought_v every_o way_n to_o assist_v and_o help_v they_o that_o need_v our_o help_n to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o our_o power_n to_o be_v always_o ready_a to_o relieve_v help_n and_o succour_v every_o one_o that_o be_v oppress_v and_o that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o our_o help_n &_o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la tam_fw-la egregium_fw-la tam_fw-la liberale_fw-mi tamque_fw-la munificum_fw-la quà m_fw-la opem_fw-la far_o supplicibus_fw-la excitare_fw-la asfâ—ictos_fw-la dare_v salutem_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la à _fw-la periculis_fw-la liberare_fw-la and_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o royal_a more_o liberal_a and_o more_o munificent_a then_o to_o help_v the_o poor_a supplicant_n and_o distress_a petitioner_n to_o raise_v up_o the_o afsticted_a and_o to_o free_v the_o oppress_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o oppressor_n say_v the_o orator_n 1._o câ—cero_n orat._n 1._o and_o in_o his_o oration_n for_o ligarius_n he_o say_v homines_fw-la ad_fw-la deos_fw-la nulla_fw-la re_fw-la propiùs_fw-la accedunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la salutem_fw-la hominibus_fw-la dandâ—_n man_n can_v by_o no_o way_n be_v make_v more_o like_a unto_o god_n than_o by_o do_v good_a and_o by_o yield_a health_n and_o deliverance_n unto_o man_n therefore_o solomon_n say_v withhold_v not_o good_a from_o they_o to_o who_o it_o be_v due_a when_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o thy_o hand_n to_o do_v it_o and_o say_v not_o unto_o thy_o neighbour_n 28._o prov._n 3.27_o &_o 28._o go_v and_o come_v again_o and_o to_o morrow_n i_o will_v give_v it_o thou_o when_o as_o thou_o have_v it_o by_o thou_o because_o as_o lucian_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gratia_fw-la celeres_fw-la gratiae_n dulciores_fw-la sunt_fw-la