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that_o a_o man_n may_v as_o soon_o charm_v a_o deaf_a adder_n as_o persuade_v they_o to_o consider_v of_o any_o reason_n and_o among_o our_o brethren_n of_o the_o german_a church_n a_o great_a number_n be_v so_o wed_v to_o luther_n opinion_n that_o they_o esteem_v every_o say_n of_o he_o as_o a_o oracle_n from_o heaven_n and_o as_o 239._o as_o nonnulli_a in_o illius_fw-la lutheri_fw-la dictis_fw-la aut_fw-la factis_fw-la aliquid_fw-la argui_fw-la omnino_fw-la pati_fw-la nequesit_fw-la &_o siquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la audeat_fw-la cum_fw-la statim_fw-la impietatis_fw-la reum_fw-la declamitando_fw-la peragunt_fw-la camerar_fw-it in_o vita_fw-la phil._n melancth_v pag._n 239._o camerarius_fw-la say_v who_o be_v well_o acquaint_v with_o their_o manner_n if_o any_o man_n do_v question_n what_o he_o have_v affirm_v they_o esteem_v he_o as_o a_o enemy_n to_o god_n and_o true_a religion_n ibid._n religion_n jis_fw-la videndum_fw-la ne_fw-la praestantissimi_fw-la atque_fw-la summi_fw-la viri_fw-la bonam_fw-la existimationem_fw-la tribuendo_fw-la nimium_fw-la diminuere_fw-la vide_fw-la antur_fw-la camer_n ibid._n by_o which_o excessive_a praise_n they_o do_v much_o diminish_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n servant_n as_o the_o same_o author_n intimate_v in_o the_o same_o place_n thus_o they_o and_o i_o will_v to_o god_n the_o same_o fault_n be_v not_o too_o frequent_a among_o ourselves_o also_o but_o zanchius_n tell_v we_o that_o when_o he_o be_v at_o geneva_n viret_n and_o calvin_n do_v both_o preach_v in_o diverse_a church_n at_o the_o same_o hour_n and_o upon_o this_o occasion_n he_o ask_v a_o frenchman_n then_o a_o constant_a hearer_n of_o calvin_n why_o he_o do_v not_o sometime_o at_o least_o go_v to_o hear_v so_o eloquent_a a_o preacher_n as_o viret_n be_v medium_n be_v si_fw-mi veniret_fw-la s._n paulus_n qui_fw-la eadem_fw-la horâ_fw-la concionaretur_fw-la qua_fw-la &_o calvinus_n ego_fw-la relicto_fw-la paulo_n audirem_fw-la calvinum_fw-la zanch_n epist_n nuncupat_fw-la ad_fw-la senat._n antuerp_n praefixa_fw-la miscellaneis_fw-la priorib_fw-la circa_fw-la medium_n he_o plain_o profess_v if_o s._n paul_n shall_v preach_v at_o the_o same_o hour_n that_o calvin_n do_v i_o will_v leave_v paul_n to_o hear_v calvin_n by_o which_o example_n he_o ibid._n he_o hoc_fw-la exempli_fw-la causâ_fw-la refer_v volui_fw-la ut_fw-la quônam_fw-la tandem_fw-la rapiantur_fw-la qui_fw-la praestantes_fw-la viros_fw-la nimium_fw-la admirantur_fw-la ostenderem_fw-la exit_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_o summa_fw-la faciunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la deos_fw-la &c_n &c_n zanch_n ibid._n mean_v to_o show_v with_o what_o madness_n they_o be_v carry_v who_o admire_v worthy_a man_n more_o than_o be_v fit_a for_o man_n of_o man_n they_o make_v they_o god_n and_o equal_v they_o with_o christ_n himself_o and_o myself_o have_v know_v some_o zelots_n who_o do_v even_o gape_v after_o the_o preacher_n word_n while_o he_o be_v upon_o a_o welcome_a theme_n but_o when_o once_o he_o do_v but_o mention_v the_o reverend_a gesture_n of_o kneel_v at_o communion_n become_v as_o blank_a as_o if_o they_o have_v see_v a_o ghost_n of_o all_o these_o sort_n of_o man_n i_o may_v speak_v in_o a_o like_a manner_n as_o 30._o as_o teruill_a a_o polog_n ca._n 6._o num_fw-la 55._o pag_n 30._o tertullian_n do_v of_o the_o heathenish_a roman_n who_o forbid_v the_o make_n of_o any_o new_a god_n but_o such_o as_o the_o senate_n do_v approve_v apud_fw-la vos_fw-la de_fw-la humano_fw-la arbitratu_fw-la divinitas_fw-la pensitatur_fw-la among_o you_o say_v he_o god_n be_v esteem_v as_o man_n please_v and_o nisi_fw-la ho_o mini_fw-la deus_fw-la placuerit_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la if_o god_n do_v not_o please_v man_n he_o must_v be_v no_o god_n at_o all_o and_o so_o i_o may_v say_v of_o these_o man_n among_o they_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n be_v reckon_v by_o the_o opinion_n of_o man_n if_o it_o be_v not_o approve_v by_o such_o a_o man_n as_o they_o follow_v it_o shall_v be_v no_o 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