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our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n luk._n 11._o 2._o or_o private_a mass_n and_o without_o communicant_o upon_o this_o reason_n that_o saint_n paul_n call_v the_o holy_a supper_n a_o communion_n and_o upon_o 16_o 1_o cor._n 10._o 16_o this_o that_o jesus_n christ_n give_v bread_n to_o his_o disciple_n have_v say_v take_v eat_v for_o in_o their_o solitary_a mass_n no_o man_n assi_v to_o who_o the_o priest_n may_v say_v take_v or_o the_o power_n of_o the_o pope_n to_o depose_v king_n and_o to_o make_v they_o kiss_v his_o foot_n upon_o these_o sentence_n of_o the_o apostle_n fear_v god_n honour_v 17._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 17._o the_o king_n and_o upon_o this_o let_v every_o 1._o rom._n 13._o 1._o man_n be_v subject_a to_o superior_a power_n and_o upon_o the_o example_n of_o jesus_n christ_n who_o pay_v tribute_n and_o wash_v his_o apostle_n foot_n or_o service_n and_o prayer_n in_o a_o strange_a language_n upon_o that_o which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v except_o you_o 19_o 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without_o impiety_n change_v any_o part_n or_o particle_n of_o these_o doctrine_n but_o as_o for_o those_o ceremony_n they_o have_v suffer_v alteration_n and_o the_o romish_a church_n itself_o have_v disparage_v and_o debase_v they_o you_o see_v how_o preposterous_a and_o gross_a our_o adversary_n be_v who_o instead_o of_o cover_v the_o fault_n of_o those_o grave_a father_n do_v arm_n themselves_o with_o their_o dross_n and_o refuse_v as_o bird_n that_o live_v on_o nothing_o else_o but_o caterpillar_n and_o touch_v the_o last_o unwritten_a tradition_n which_o be_v that_o man_n ought_v to_o believe_v in_o god_n the_o father_n and_o in_o jesus_n christ_n his_o son_n &_o in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v it_o possible_a that_o basil_n where_o do_v shine_v so_o many_o virtue_n and_o perfection_n never_o see_v this_o in_o the_o scripture_n for_o jesus_n christ_n say_v at_o the_o 14._o of_o saint_n john_n you_o believe_v in_o god_n believe_v also_o in_o i_o and_o in_o the_o 5._o chap._n 23._o to_o the_o end_n that_o all_o man_n shall_v honour_v the_o son_n even_o as_o they_o honour_v the_o father_n and_o as_o touch_v the_o holy_a ghost_n how_o oft_o time_n be_v he_o call_v god_n therefore_o when_o the_o scripture_n bid_v to_o believe_v in_o god_n it_o command_v to_o believe_v in_o the_o holy_a spirit_n now_o to_o excuse_n basil_n we_o must_v say_v that_o he_o call_v tradition_n the_o doctrine_n that_o be_v not_o find_v in_o the_o scripture_n in_o express_a word_n but_o be_v there_o in_o ubstance_n and_o in_o equivalent_a word_n and_o we_o do_v willing_o entertain_v such_o kind_n of_o tradition_n only_o he_o be_v mistake_v to_o have_v intermingle_v this_o high_a and_o divine_a tradition_n among_o custom_n and_o ceremony_n indifferent_a in_o their_o nature_n as_o thing_n equal_o necessary_a and_o which_o ought_v to_o be_v regard_v with_o like_a duty_n and_o reverence_n these_o word_n of_o saint_n hierome_n in_o a_o epistle_n to_o marcelia_n be_v allege_v ieiunamus_fw-la nos_fw-la unam_fw-la quadragesiman_n ex_fw-la apostolica_fw-la traditione_n tempore_fw-la nobis_fw-la â—ongrue_fw-la ieiunamus_fw-la unto_o we_o we_o fast_o one_o term_n of_o 40._o day_n at_o the_o time_n that_o we_o think_v meet_v according_a to_o the_o apostolical_a tradition_n this_o be_v but_o a_o ceremony_n and_o not_o a_o doctrine_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n and_o we_o have_v elsewhere_o show_v that_o in_o the_o age_n 7._o au_o liâ—â—e_a de_fw-fr la_fw-fr nouveaté_fw-fr du_fw-fr papism_n liure_v 7_o en_fw-fr la_fw-fr 5._o conrroversâ—_n chap._n 6._o &_o 7._o near_o approach_v to_o the_o apostle_n the_o christian_a church_n fast_v but_o forty_o hour_n and_o that_o this_o fast_o be_v arbirtary_n and_o diverse_o practise_v the_o same_o hierome_n against_o the_o luciferian_o make_v the_o heretic_n speak_v thus_o know_v thou_o not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n to_o impose_v hand_n upon_o those_o who_o be_v baptize_v and_o so_o to_o invoke_v the_o holy_a 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house_n can_v see_v the_o scripture_n that_o be_v divine_o inspire_v to_o be_v so_o injurious_o despit_v without_o extreme_a horror_n and_o grief_n and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o very_a prodigy_n or_o wonder_n of_o man_n that_o call_v themselves_o christian_n but_o so_o pour_v out_o their_o heart_n in_o invective_n against_o the_o scripture_n whereof_o neither_o porphyry_n nor_o lucian_n nor_o the_o most_o capital_a enemy_n of_o the_o christian_a name_n be_v ever_o advise_v yet_o to_o we_o be_v it_o a_o subject_n of_o joy_n and_o no_o little_a consolation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o reproach_n cast_v upon_o we_o to_o be_v employ_v to_o speak_v in_o god_n behalf_n and_o to_o defend_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o word_n against_o man_n perverse_o ingenious_a to_o defame_v it_o for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o suffer_v for_o he_o then_o to_o triumph_v without_o he_o there_o be_v not_o a_o more_o honourable_a blemish_n nor_o more_o honest_a disgrace_n then_o to_o be_v defame_v and_o oppress_v for_o 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