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priest_n be_v worse_o than_o hypocrite_n since_o they_o be_v so_o far_o from_o hide_v their_o wickedness_n before_o man_n that_o they_o open_o avow_v it_o and_o they_o be_v permit_v by_o their_o prelate_n because_o they_o pay_v yearly_o some_o money_n unto_o their_o official_o and_o that_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n be_v more_o dangerous_a now_o than_o ever_o it_o be_v for_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n be_v good_a man_n but_o now_o the_o church_n have_v liberty_n and_o decay_v for_o want_v of_o zeal_n and_o knowledge_n etc._n etc._n catol_n test_n ver_fw-la lib._n 19_o 4._o felinus_n accursius_fw-la petrus_n de_fw-fr bella_fw-la pertica_fw-la bartolus_n johannes_n igneus_fw-la and_o many_o other_o lawyer_n be_v record_v to_o have_v testify_v against_o emperor_n and_o prince_n for_o their_o weakness_n in_o suffer_a bishop_n to_o usurp_v the_o temporal_a sword_n and_o dominion_n of_o land_n and_o city_n and_o against_o the_o imprudence_n of_o they_o who_o have_v give_v so_o many_o privilege_n unto_o the_o clergy_n by_o which_o the_o pope_n and_o bishop_n do_v enlarge_v their_o power_n and_o oppress_v the_o laity_n at_o that_o time_n volquin_n in_o a_o sermon_n call_v the_o monk_n monster_n a_o monster_n say_v he_o be_v a_o head_n with_o two_o body_n or_o a_o body_n with_o two_o head_n and_o such_o be_v monk_n they_o be_v monk_n and_o lawyer_n or_o monk_n and_o courtier_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o be_v priest_n and_o canon_n who_o have_v many_o benefice_n prebendary_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 5._o vincentius_n a_o venetian_a be_v then_o famous_a in_o italy_n for_o opinion_n of_o holiness_n he_o leave_v some_o prophecy_n against_o the_o clergy_n which_o in_o the_o end_n of_o that_o century_n be_v print_v at_o paris_n with_o the_o prophecy_n of_o some_o other_o in_o one_o he_o say_v antichrist_n be_v in_o the_o world_n in_o another_o he_o say_v antichrist_n shall_v be_v a_o pope_n but_o to_o allay_v the_o word_n he_o add_v a_o pope_n not_o lawful_o choose_v we_o 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146._o b._n 347._o m._n her_o corruption_n be_v lament_v 24._o 25._o b._n 156._o b._n 231._o b._n 485._o m._n s._n 20_o 21_o 29._o e._n 287._o b._n the_o roman_a church_n receive_v temporal_a land_n 22._o b._n 70_o 71._o b._n &_o e_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v not_o the_o mother_n of_o all_o church_n 55_o 84_o 85._o nor_o head_n of_o other_o church_n 503_o she_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o primitive_a church_n 212._o m._n 231._o b._n 367._o e._n 470._o e._n she_o become_v worse_a and_o worse_o 529._o e._n 485._o m._n 547._o e._n the_o roman_a church_n be_v call_v babylon_n 330._o e._n 355._o m._n 358._o e._n 423._o e._n 426._o m._n 548._o m._n s._n 2._o e._n 30._o e_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n shall_v not_o be_v call_v the_o prince_n of_o priest_n nor_o universal_a bishop_n 363._o m._n 367._o e._n the_o roman_a church_n have_v her_o authority_n from_o counsel_n 437._o e._n 476_o e._n in_o rome_n truth_n be_v the_o great_a crime_n 477._o b._n her_o estate_n be_v describe_v in_o a_o vision_n 481._o e._n and_o again_o 482._o m._n 544._o e_fw-la the_o roman_n aim_v at_o their_o civil_a liberty_n 318._o b._n 319._o m._n 328._o e._n the_o first_o holy_a rose_n 459._o b_o russia_n become_v christian_n 224._o s_o how_o the_o solemn_a keep_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v revive_v in_o england_n s._n 529._o many_o do_v speak_v but_o of_o two_o sacrament_n 133._o m._n 331._o e._n 335._o b_o how_o the_o papist_n prove_v the_o number_n of_o seven_o sacrament_n s._n 256._o m_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n be_v afraid_a to_o define_v a_o sacrament_n s._n 256._o m_o many_o sacrament_n be_v not_o of_o god_n 495._o e._n 547._o e_fw-la a_o sacrament_n be_v not_o a_o sacrifice_n 136._o e._n yet_o be_v so_o call_v for_o certain_a reason_n 137_o b._n 272._o e._n the_o beginning_n and_o progress_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o sacrifice_n in_o the_o mass_n 137_o 139._o none_o can_v offer_v christ_n in_o a_o sacrifice_n but_o he_o himself_o 217._o m_o our_o sacrifice_n be_v but_o one_o 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