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the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v all_o honour_n and_o glory_n now_o and_o ever_o amen_o finis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la viri_fw-la doctissimi_fw-la angli_fw-la &_o sacrarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la peritissimi_fw-la apud_fw-la i_o fide_fw-la dignissimi_fw-la apologian_n hanc_fw-la friderici_fw-la staphylia_n thoma_n stapletono_n fideliter_fw-la traductam_fw-la attestati_fw-la sunt_fw-la itemque_fw-la disceptationem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la scriptam_fw-la adversus_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la lutheri_fw-la melanchthonis_n &_o caluini_fw-la utilem_fw-la &_o per_fw-la omne_fw-la catholicam_fw-la iudicarunt_fw-la merito_fw-la utramque_fw-la typis_fw-la excudendam_fw-la iudico_fw-la ita_fw-la attestor_fw-la cunnerus_n petri_n pastor_n s._n petri_n lovanij_fw-la sacrae_fw-la theologiae_n professor_n .16_o novembris_fw-la a_o 1564._o a_o table_n of_o the_o special_a matter_n contain_v in_o the_o apology_n of_o staphylus_n in_o the_o discourse_n of_o the_o translator_n and_o in_o the_o preface_v off_o both_o 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other_o fol._n 224._o detestable_a doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 112._o absurdite_n in_o the_o doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 190._o &_o seq_fw-la the_o confession_n off_o ausgpurg_n resemble_v the_o synod_n off_o the_o arrian_n fol._n 186._o the_o civil_a lutheran_n resemble_v old_a beretike_n fol._n 185._o b._n vniversalite_n antiquite_v and_o consent_v sure_a note_n off_o the_o catholic_a doctrine_n fol._n 144_o confer_v off_o scribture_n be_v no_o certain_a rule_n to_o interpret_v scripture_n fol._n 159._o b._n 160._o what_o the_o communion_n off_o england_n be_v fol._n 205._o that_o we_o receive_v not_o a_o communion_n of_o christ_n body_n poore_v down_o upon_o we_o in_o the_o sacrament_n fol._n 190._o the_o communion_n off_o caluin_n destroy_v the_o necessite_n off_o communicant_n fol._n 191._o b._n people_n need_n not_o resort_v to_o the_o communion_n by_o the_o doctrine_n off_o caluin_n fol._n 198._o b._n 204._o b._n caluins_n doctrine_n about_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n 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the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n that_o zwinglius_fw-la and_o the_o sacramentary_n do_v see_v then_o these_o foresay_a sect_n so_o bitter_o vary_v one_o with_o a_o other_o in_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o our_o religion_n that_o each_o pronounce_v the_o other_o heretic_n true_o right_a it_o be_v they_o be_v take_v for_o such_o as_o they_o pronounce_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o the_o mean_a yese_n by_o this_o process_n of_o amsdorffius_fw-la how_o well_o and_o true_o m._n doctor_n smidelin_n affime_v and_o make_v he_o self_n sure_o that_o among_o the_o lutheran_n be_v no_o dissension_n touch_v the_o article_n of_o the_o confession_n of_o augspurg_n yet_o to_o make_v this_o matter_n more_o clear_a i_o will_v add_v hereunto_o some_o other_o testimony_n of_o their_o own_o fellow_n minister_n if_o peradventure_o their_o own_o conscience_n may_v touch_v they_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o truth_n nicolaus_n gallus_fw-la in_o thesibus_fw-la &_o hipotiposibus_fw-la in_o the_o last_o leaf_n write_v thus_o the_o altercation_n and_o contention_n between_o we_o luthâ—ran_n preacher_n be_v not_o light_v nor_o of_o light_a matter_n testimony_n but_o of_o the_o principal_a article_n of_o christian_a religion_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o gospel_n protestant_n of_o justification_n and_o good_a work_n of_o the_o sacrament_n and_o use_n of_o ceremony_n so_o great_a that_o they_o seem_v impossible_a to_o be_v bring_v at_o one_o for_o some_o be_v plain_a contradiction_n that_o can_v not_o be_v reconcile_v as_o that_o the_o law_n must_v be_v preach_v in_o christ_n his_o church_n and_o must_v not_o be_v preach_v that_o our_o righteousness_n be_v the_o very_a substance_n of_o god_n in_o we_o or_o his_o operation_n action_n and_o omission_n within_o we_o or_o the_o impute_v of_o his_o obedience_n without_o us._n that_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n do_v justify_v no_o man_n and_o that_o which_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v justify_v in_o his_o blood_n 6._o that_o no_o man_n have_v 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