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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 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they_o be_v most_o diligent_a to_o hear_v sermon_n insomuch_o that_o rather_o than_o they_o will_v be_v without_o the_o word_n preach_v 3_o matth._n 3_o they_o will_v go_v to_o hear_v john_n the_o baptist_n 4._o for_o their_o fair_a language_n christ_n himself_o tell_v we_o that_o they_o be_v evil_a yet_o speak_v good_a thing_n and_o so_o when_o they_o come_v to_o entrap_v he_o lation_n matth._n 12.24_o their_o diffimuâ—_n lation_n they_o begin_v with_o fair_a word_n and_o say_v master_n and_o so_o in_o all_o their_o carriage_n when_o they_o mean_v to_o play_v the_o devil_n they_o speak_v like_o saint_n as_o when_o they_o labour_v what_o they_o can_v to_o be_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n yet_o they_o come_v unto_o he_o as_o if_o they_o be_v his_o great_a friend_n and_o tell_v he_o
upon_o the_o pamphlet_n lie_v on_o every_o stationer_n stall_n 3._o the_o next_o sort_n of_o man_n that_o betray_v and_o kill_v their_o king_n people_n king_n ruler_n of_o the_o people_n be_v not_o so_o much_o a_o sect_n of_o seduce_a zelots_n as_o a_o company_n of_o great_a ruler_n ruler_n of_o the_o people_n say_v the_o text_n or_o as_o they_o be_v term_v in_o their_o rebellion_n against_o moses_n prince_n of_o the_o assembly_n famous_a in_o the_o congregation_n man_n of_o renown_n 6.2_o numb_a 6.2_o and_o these_o be_v either_o the_o head_n of_o several_a family_n as_o our_o lord_n and_o nobility_n be_v or_o else_o such_o as_o in_o their_o several_a country_n or_o city_n by_o their_o wealth_n or_o authority_n have_v gain_v power_n over_o the_o people_n to_o like_v or_o dislike_v what_o they_o please_v as_o our_o knight_n of_o the_o shire_n or_o burgess_n for_o the_o parliament_n be_v and_o these_o be_v very_o deep_a in_o set_v forward_o the_o treason_n and_o murder_n of_o their_o king_n 4._o the_o sadducee_n be_v another_o sect_n among_o the_o jew_n of_o pestilent_a doctrine_n sadducee_n doctrine_n the_o sadducee_n deny_v all_o scripture_n that_o make_v against_o they_o and_o deny_v the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a like_o cromwel_n atheistical_a commander_n and_o all_o punishment_n for_o sin_n after_o death_n therefore_o be_v more_o wicked_a in_o their_o tenet_n than_o the_o pharisee_n and_o absurd_a than_o the_o scribe_n it_o be_v very_o like_v they_o be_v more_o active_a in_o the_o death_n of_o their_o king_n than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o forementioned_a murderer_n 5._o parliament_n 5._o lawyer_n like_o the_o chair-man_n of_o the_o long_a parliament_n there_o be_v some_o comprise_v under_o some_o of_o the_o former_a sect_n that_o be_v term_v by_o the_o evangelist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lawyer_n which_o as_o christ_n say_v sit_v in_o moses_n chair_n and_o so_o be_v chair-man_n because_o of_o some_o 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mark_v how_o the_o presbyter_n be_v not_o only_o call_v the_o elder_n but_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n because_o the_o common_a people_n only_o magnify_v they_o and_o they_o only_o endeavour_v to_o please_v the_o people_n the_o presbytery_n be_v the_o first_o that_o come_v against_o he_o 7._o the_o priest_n join_v with_o these_o presbyter_n to_o kill_v their_o king_n for_o so_o the_o evangelist_n say_v that_o when_o the_o morning_n be_v come_v all_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n of_o the_o people_n take_v counsel_n against_o jesus_n so_o put_v he_o to_o death_n and_o as_o then_o the_o jewish_a elder_n and_o priest_n conspire_v together_o against_o their_o king_n so_o we_o find_v now_o the_o presbyter_n or_o preaching-elders_a and_o romish_a priest_n though_o their_o face_n be_v averse_a and_o seem_v to_o look_v divers_a way_n yet_o like_o sampsons_n fox_n they_o be_v tie_v together_o by_o the_o tail_n and_o both_o be_v anti-king_n enemy_n unto_o monarchy_n and_o do_v 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