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of_o my_o mouth_n say_v antichrist_n and_o he_o be_v as_o big_a as_o his_o word_n 155._o hist_o coun._n trent_n 155._o witness_v their_o accurse_a deal_n with_o the_o scripture_n in_o their_o conventicle_n of_o trent_n where_o though_o clear_a proof_n be_v make_v of_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o hebrew_n and_o greek_a original_n to_o the_o full_a sense_n whereof_o they_o confess_v the_o latin_a can_v attain_v yet_o lest_o the_o cause_n shall_v be_v yield_v to_o the_o protestant_n 156._o rhem._n pref_o sect_n 57_o counc_fw-la tre._n pag._n 156._o the_o vulgar_a latin_a be_v prefer_v and_o they_o pronounce_v heretic_n that_o refuse_v it_o and_o it_o be_v there_o blasphemous_o assert_v that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o do_v dictate_v the_o scripture_n to_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n in_o hebrew_n and_o greek_a 156._o pag._n 156._o do_v as_o true_o dictate_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o vulgar_a latin_a as_o more_o belove_v than_o the_o rest_n 158._o 158._o that_o there_o can_v 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he_o shall_v be_v enforce_v to_o conceal_v it_o and_o after_o all_o these_o and_o such_o like_a desperate_a blasphemy_n against_o the_o scripture_n their_o latin_a translation_n be_v approve_v and_o none_o other_o to_o be_v receive_v and_o upon_o pain_n of_o heresy_n it_o be_v forbid_v to_o say_v there_o be_v error_n in_o it_o 161._o 161._o and_o that_o none_o shall_v dare_v to_o refuse_v it_o though_o it_o be_v plain_o prove_v that_o they_o have_v blasphemous_o corrupt_v the_o text_n in_o many_o thing_n in_o that_o corrupt_a translation_n as_o change_v ipse_fw-la into_o ipsa_fw-la thereby_o to_o make_v way_n for_o their_o idolize_v the_o bless_a virgin_n 19_o fulk_n cont._n mart._n p._n 19_o their_o desperate_a wound_v the_o 4._o commandment_n read_v it_o in_o this_o diabolical_a dialect_n remember_v to_o sanctify_v the_o holy_a day_n in_o the_o latin_a bible_n upon_o deut._n 4._o 280._o via_fw-la tuta_fw-la pag._n 280._o where_o it_o be_v observe_v that_o god_n forbid_v the_o make_n 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