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and_o diet_n and_o to_o be_v revile_v in_o his_o own_o land_n and_o suspect_v among_o stranger_n and_o to_o be_v ill_o entreat_v oppress_a reject_v and_o in_o print_n traduce_v by_o those_o who_o shall_v have_v comfort_v and_o countenance_v he_o and_o to_o be_v browbeaten_a by_o his_o inferior_n fhy_o look_v upon_o by_o some_o aequal_o treacherous_o circumvent_v by_o other_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o injury_n of_o all_o in_o a_o word_n to_o be_v a_o footstool_n for_o other_o to_o tread_v upon_o that_o they_o may_v raise_v themselves_o by_o do_v some_o service_n though_o it_o be_v by_o rail_v against_o or_o slander_v those_o who_o they_o frown_v upon_o 3.12.18_o psal_n 129.3_o secedamus_fw-la inquit_fw-la amâ—_n cis_fw-la nubecula_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la citò_fw-la evanescit_fw-la socrat_n hyst_n 3.12.18_o from_o who_o they_o expect_v preferment_n as_o erasmus_n say_v of_o luther_n poor_a luther_n make_v many_o rich_a man_n because_o they_o get_v preferment_n in_o those_o day_n by_o 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they_o in_o their_o damnable_a error_n as_o have_v be_v show_v in_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o 12_o section_n nay_o do_v not_o this_o undue_a power_n which_o he_o ascribe_v to_o class_n both_o strengthen_v they_o in_o their_o opposition_n to_o that_o way_n of_o government_n and_o gratifye_v the_o papist_n also_o in_o their_o dangerous_a error_n about_o the_o infallibility_n of_o council_n and_o the_o pope_n and_o about_o implicit_a faith_n and_o blind_a obedience_n for_o it_o be_v not_o subscription_n to_o any_o truth_n which_o be_v except_v against_o but_o subscription_n to_o man_n custom_n and_o appointment_n not_o agree_v with_o the_o truth_n impose_v mere_o by_o their_o authority_n sect._n 32._o to_o 40._o examine_v in_o the_o eight_o follow_a section_n i_o find_v nothing_o which_o i_o be_o by_o name_n call_v to_o examine_v except_v that_o here_o and_o there_o my_o name_n be_v mention_v in_o his_o repeat_a thing_n already_o sufficient_o clear_v only_o in_o the_o 39_o section_n 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