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devil_n and_o that_o which_o etc._n dionysius_n say_v to_o novatus_n any_o thing_n must_v rather_o be_v bear_v then_o that_o we_o shall_v rend_v the_o church_n of_o god_n farneze_n far_o be_v it_o from_o our_o thought_n to_o tear_v the_o seamless_a coat_n or_o with_o this_o precious_a oil_n of_o truth_n to_o break_v the_o church_n head_n we_o find_v just_a fault_n else_o pap._n let_v we_o be_v guilty_a of_o this_o disturbance_n if_o now_o choler_n unjust_o exasperate_v with_o a_o wholesome_a reprehension_n have_v break_v forth_o into_o a_o furious_a persecution_n of_o the_o gainsayer_n the_o sin_n be_v not_o we_o if_o we_o have_v defend_v our_o innocence_n with_o blow_n the_o sin_n be_v not_o we_o let_v we_o never_o prosper_v in_o our_o good_a cause_n if_o all_o the_o water_n of_o tiber_n can_v wash_v off_o the_o blood_n of_o many_o thousand_o christian_a soul_n that_o have_v be_v shed_v in_o this_o quarrel_n from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o romish_a prelacy_n sure_o as_o it_o be_v 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