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the_o pope_n and_o say_v that_o the_o king_n therein_o be_v but_o a_o usurper_n four_o we_o say_v that_o not_o only_a lay-man_n but_o also_o all_o masseprieste_n monk_n and_o friar_n aught_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o prince_n these_o fellow_n exempt_v their_o clergy_n and_o their_o good_n from_o prince_n government_n as_o appear_v by_o bellarmine_n treatise_n the_o exemptione_n clericorum_fw-la and_o diverse_a decree_n of_o pope_n final_o we_o make_v prince_n and_o king_n sovereign_a commander_n over_o their_o subject_n and_o immediate_a executor_n of_o god_n law_n contrariwise_o the_o papist_n make_v they_o most_o base_a executioner_n of_o the_o pope_n law_n and_o therein_o prevail_v so_o far_o that_o they_o not_o only_o set_v prince_n together_o by_o the_o ear_n one_o with_o another_o but_o make_v they_o the_o pope_n hangman_n and_o force_v they_o to_o persecute_v their_o own_o innocent_a subject_n if_o they_o will_v not_o admit_v the_o pope_n idolatrous_a and_o heretical_a 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oppression_n four_o we_o have_v before_o declare_v what_o be_v luther_n &_o caluins_n meaning_n concern_v the_o bind_n of_o man_n conscience_n five_o the_o german_n and_o state_n of_o the_o low_a country_n be_v well_o able_a to_o clear_v themselves_o from_o all_o blot_n of_o rebellion_n or_o imputation_n lay_v upon_o they_o by_o this_o sycophant_n as_o may_v appear_v to_o any_o that_o will_v read_v their_o defence_n final_o the_o christian_n in_o france_n never_o rebel_v but_o only_o take_v arm_n in_o defence_n of_o their_o life_n against_o such_o as_o break_v the_o king_n edict_n and_o therefore_o have_v be_v iustify_v in_o their_o action_n by_o the_o king_n themselves_o and_o by_o their_o edict_n at_o diverse_a time_n wherefore_o see_v their_o own_o king_n do_v clear_v they_o this_o swad_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o accuse_v they_o in_o his_o second_o chapter_n of_o his_o sixth_o book_n he_o charge_v we_o that_o our_o doctrine_n do_v bring_v judge_n and_o tribunal_n seat_n into_o 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