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eternal_a ruin_n and_o destruction_n but_o if_o no_o such_o expression_n can_v proceed_v but_o from_o a_o malevolent_a crusty_a waspish_a and_o virulent_a principle_n then_o let_v i_o ask_v my_o friend_n ellwood_n whether_o there_o be_v not_o such_o a_o people_n in_o the_o world_n who_o use_v to_o call_v minister_n dumb_a dog_n hireling_n serpent_n baal_n priest_n and_o what_o not_o if_o he_o will_v be_v please_v to_o consult_v the_o work_n of_o his_o weighty_a friend_n hubberthorn_n he_o may_v there_o collect_v a_o large_a catalogue_n indeed_o of_o expression_n true_o virulent_a and_o bitter_a or_o let_v i_o tell_v he_o of_o another_o who_o memory_n i_o suppose_v be_v much_o dear_a to_o he_o i_o mean_v ed._n burrough_n who_o in_o his_o work_n have_v these_o expression_n reprobate_a child_n of_o darkness_n a_o stranger_n to_o the_o life_n in_o the_o sorcery_n and_o witchcraft_n dragon_n divine_a and_o many_o more_o such_o 32._o like_a he_o that_o have_v see_v no_o more_o of_o t._n be_v book_n than_o the_o conclusion_n will_v at_o the_o first_o blush_n take_v he_o for_o such_o a_o gentle_a sweet_a and_o humble_a quaker_n that_o one_o will_v imagine_v that_o the_o royal_a society_n have_v be_v try_v some_o experiment_n upon_o he_o and_o that_o they_o have_v take_v out_o the_o very_a spleen_n out_o of_o his_o side_n if_o this_o be_v so_o in_o truth_n those_o gentleman_n must_v excuse_v i_o if_o i_o tell_v they_o in_o plain_a term_n that_o they_o have_v prove_v themselves_o no_o good_a artist_n in_o that_o they_o have_v leave_v the_o main_a matter_n behind_o therefore_o i_o shall_v give_v you_o some_o of_o his_o expression_n and_o do_v you_o judge_v whether_o they_o be_v virulent_a or_o no_o the_o author_n of_o that_o book_n partly_o through_o ignorance_n but_o principal_o through_o envy_n in_o the_o first_o page_n of_o his_o preface_n ay_o but_o may_v the_o parishioner_n have_v say_v he_o tell_v i_o that_o i_o must_v not_o be_v covetous_a yet_o of_o all_o my_o acquaintance_n i_o know_v none_o more_o covetous_a than_o he_o he_o tell_v i_o i_o must_v not_o be_v drink_v yet_o have_v i_o see_v he_o so_o often_o he_o tell_v i_o i_o must_v live_v chaste_o yet_o he_o himself_o be_v incontinent_a and_o so_o he_o go_v on_o p._n 23._o the_o whole_a book_n show_v he_o big_a with_o envy_n p._n 25._o bishop_n gauden_n be_v as_o hold_v and_o no_o less_o blind_a than_o himself_o p_o 171._o his_o envy_n and_o evil_a nature_n p._n 210._o my_o greedy_a adversary_n p._n 286._o this_o priest_n like_o a_o saucy_a and_o unthankful_a son_n p._n 279._o and_o when_o the_o merciless_a priest_n come_v p._n 347._o to_o omit_v divers_a other_o in_o this_o very_a conclusion_n this_o man_n malevolent_a tongue_n so_o that_o i_o shall_v not_o
and_o dio._n cap._n 37._o 37._o joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 16._o c._n 6._o mark_v 11._o 16._o 16._o tract_n mass._n jevamot_n c._n 1._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 4_o 5._o 5._o nec_fw-la cibi_fw-la sumantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la oratione_fw-la praemisiâ_fw-la nec_fw-la â—…ecedatur_fw-la à _fw-la mensâ_fw-la nisi_fw-la referatur_fw-la creatori_fw-la gratia_fw-la hieron_n ep._n 22._o ad_fw-la eustoch_n &_o tert._n apolog._n cap_n 39_o which_o arise_v first_o from_o a_o jewish_a tradition_n talm._n tract_n berach_n cap._n 1_o etc._n etc._n ‖_o see_v drus._n quaesl_n heb._n l._n 3._o joâ—…_n 14._o 26._o 26._o according_a to_o those_o scripture_n t._n e._n quote_v 2_o cor._n 5._o 17._o rom._n 2_o 28_o 29._o joh._n 4._o 21_o 22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n job_n 32._o 4._o 4._o see_v title_n of_o his_o three_o chapter_n chapter_n nulla_fw-la universitas_fw-la potest_fw-la subsistere_fw-la nisi_fw-la eam_fw-la ordo_fw-la servet_fw-la &_o sustinear_fw-la bodin_n de_fw-mi re_fw-mi pub_fw-la l._n 3._o exit_fw-la talmud_n exercit_fw-la evang_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o rom._n 12._o 21._o gal._n 5._o 13._o 13._o hexamer_n hom._n 9_o 9_o herod_n in_o polymn_n sen._n the_o consul_n si_fw-mi nomen_fw-la non_fw-la occurrit_fw-la dominos_fw-la salutamus_fw-la sen._n 2_o joh._n v_o 1._o 1._o neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la honestis_fw-la titulis_fw-la christiana_n religio_fw-la abhorret_fw-la quatenus_fw-la quidem_fw-la justum_fw-la ac_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la perinde_v est_fw-la igitur_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la scriptum_fw-la esset_fw-la eximiae_fw-la ac_fw-la praestanti_fw-la dignitate_fw-la domine_fw-la domine_fw-la aug._n in_o ps._n 99_o 99_o ambr._n de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 5._o see_v also_o tertul._n de_fw-fr orat._n 132._o &_o august_n de_fw-fr temp._n seâ—…m_n 126._o mat._n 9_o 12._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 13._o 13._o p._n 115._o constir_v exercit._n exercit._n ovid._n ovid._n p._n 68_o serm_n 1._o in_o septuage_n septuage_n p._n 53._o 53._o rom._n 11._o 20._o 20._o tert._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la epiph._n haer_fw-mi 31._o anno._n 193._o haeres_fw-la 59_o anno_fw-la 440._o epist._n 89._o aug._n de_fw-fr perfec_fw-la instit._fw-la edit_fw-la eâ—…asin_n tom._n 7._o 2_o pet._n 3._o 18._o 1_o thess._n 4._o 1_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ps._n 106._o 16._o luke_n 6._o 36._o conf._n p._n 31._o causin_n parab_n hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o arist._n phys_n lib._n 3._o bern._n epist._n job_n 7._o 21._o corcâ—…l_n milevitan_n can._n 7._o conc._n milevit_fw-la can._n 6._o lact._n inst._n l._n 5._o cap._n 2._o â—…an_n 6._o constir_v apost_n l._n 7._o c._n 25._o aâ—…g_v â—…om_n 42._o terr_n adv_fw-la prax._n cap._n 10._o prov._n 4._o 23._o mat._n 26._o 41._o in_o psal._n 19_o 19_o sunt_fw-la &_o quaedam_fw-la non_fw-la humanae_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la naturae_fw-la sed_fw-la huic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la inevitabilia_fw-la ob_fw-la corporis_fw-la concretionem_fw-la in_o animam_fw-la transeuntem_fw-la aut_fw-la adultam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la etc._n etc._n grot._n de_fw-fr jore_fw-la belli_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 20._o 20._o bonum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la integro_fw-la malum_fw-la ex_fw-la qualibet_fw-la parte_fw-la see_v hubberthorn_n work_v print_v together_o conf._n p._n 61._o jer._n 4._o 2._o lact._n de_fw-fr shall_fw-mi sap_n cap._n 20._o apolog._n cap._n 32._o 32._o de_fw-fr juram_fw-la praesec_fw-la 1._o §._o 2_o 2_o in_o rom._n 9_o 1._o 1._o loci_fw-la come_v de_fw-fr lege_fw-la dei_fw-la conf._n p._n 59_o omni_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o re_fw-la consensus_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la lex_fw-la naturae_fw-la putanda_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n tusc._n qu._n lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heraclitus_n see_v grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la bell_n and_o pa._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o p._n 12._o ser._n p._n 369._o conf._n p._n 60._o 60._o liv._o l._n 1._o and_o l._n 21._o 21._o aâ—…ex_fw-la ab_fw-la al._n lib._n 5._o c._n 10._o in_o vit_fw-mi sol_fw-it p._n 40._o 40._o 1_o sam._n 15._o 22._o vit._n soloâ—…is_n simplic_n proaem_fw-la comment_fw-fr lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la lib._n 11._o p._n 917._o 917._o diog._n laer._n vit_fw-mi p._n 191._o collarcum_fw-la alex_n ab_fw-la al._n l._n 1._o cap._n 20._o in_o fine_a fine_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr legib_n lib._n 12._o p._n 948._o 948._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n p._n 949._o 949._o alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 10._o 10._o stat._n 21._o h._n 8._o 15._o 15._o aul._n gell._n lib._n 10._o cap._n 15._o 15._o ea_fw-la pictate_v omnium_fw-la pectora_fw-la imbuerat_fw-la ut_fw-la fides_n ac_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la propulso_fw-la legum_fw-la ac_fw-la paenarum_fw-la meru_fw-la civitatem_fw-la regerent_fw-la liv._o hist._n lib._n 1._o dec._n 1._o 1._o alex._n ab_fw-la al._n lib._n 5._o c._n 10._o 10._o clem._n alex._n protrept_v protrept_v solinus_n de_fw-fr scythis_n scythis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrusost_o in_o oratione_fw-la christum_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la esse_fw-la persae_n medi_fw-la indi_fw-it &_o aethiopescum_fw-la matribâ—…s_fw-la &_o aviis_fw-la cum_fw-la filiabus_fw-la &_o neptibus_fw-la copulantur_fw-la hieron_n in_o jovin_n lib._n 2._o 2._o plutarch_n in_o vit_fw-mi lycurgi_n lycurgi_n plut._n in_o vit_fw-mi maâ—…ii_fw-la maâ—…ii_fw-la semedo_fw-la hist._n chin._n p._n 18._o 18._o jo._n plano_n carpinilib_n hist._n de_fw-fr tartar_n cap._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d andron_n rbodius_fw-la conf._n p._n 57_o exit_fw-la malis_fw-la moribus_fw-la bonae_fw-la nas_fw-la cuntur_fw-la leges_fw-la leges_fw-la conf._n p._n 61._o 61._o orat_fw-la pro_fw-la themist_n themist_n conf_n p._n 62._o 62._o fronti_fw-la nulla_fw-la fider_n ego_fw-la dixi_fw-la inter_fw-la fugiendum_fw-la chald._a paraphr_n paraphr_n aug._n hieron_n epis._n 28._o 28._o lib._n 1._o ep._n 107._o ad_fw-la tim._n lector_fw-la lector_fw-la opinor_fw-la christum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la sensisse_fw-la perfectis_fw-la nam_fw-la de_fw-fr his_o loquor_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la jurandum_fw-la pro_fw-la rebus_fw-la hisce_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la vulgus_fw-la dejerat_fw-la alioqui_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la aut_fw-la pietatis_fw-la etiam_fw-la christus_fw-la &_o apostoli_fw-la jurant_fw-la eras._n annot._n in_o mat._n 5._o 37._o 37._o hac_fw-la autem_fw-la ratione_fw-la multarum_fw-la questionum_fw-la nodi_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la poterunt_fw-la si_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la christum_fw-la non_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la haec_fw-la vetuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la veruisse_fw-la eo_fw-la more_fw-it fieri_fw-la quo_fw-la vulgato_fw-la more_fw-it hominum_fw-la fiebant_fw-la sic_fw-la vetuit_fw-la irasci_fw-la sic_fw-la vetuit_fw-la salutare_fw-la quenquam_fw-la in_o viâ_fw-la sic_fw-la vetuit_fw-la ditescere_fw-la sic_fw-la utuit_fw-la resistere_fw-la malo_fw-la sic_fw-la vetuit_fw-la appellari_fw-la magistros_fw-la sic_fw-la vetuit_fw-la vocare_fw-la patrem_fw-la in_o terrâ—…s_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n l._n quoniam_fw-la c._n de_fw-fr festib_n vid._n heersback_n christian._n jurispr_fw-la in_o g._n precept_n p._n 261._o &_o decret_a gregor_n l._n 2._o tit._n 25._o cap._n 1._o 1._o conf._n p._n 62_o 63._o 63._o oturpem_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la fraudis_fw-la ac_fw-la requitiae_fw-la publicae_fw-la confessionem_fw-la annulis_fw-la nosiris_n plus_fw-la quam_fw-la animus_fw-la creditur_fw-la sen._n the_o benef_n l._n 3._o c._n 15._o 15._o nihil_fw-la deo_fw-la gratinâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d possuâ—…_n quam_fw-la jure_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aug._n in_o ps._n 19_o 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conf._n p._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conf._n †_o pag._n 56._o falsum_fw-la loqui_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la loquor_fw-la sic_fw-la pejerare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la jurat_fw-la aug._n in_o serm._n dom._n in_o mont._n lib._n 1._o p._n 1123._o juramentum_fw-la vanum_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la quis_fw-la jurat_fw-la non_fw-la necessaria_fw-la de_fw-fr causa_fw-la falsum_fw-la quando_fw-la pejerat_fw-la pejerat_fw-la aug._n in_o galat._n galat._n ib._n ibid._n ibid._n rom._n 1._o 9_o juret_fw-la qui_fw-la adhibet_fw-la deum_fw-la testem_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr serm._n dom._n in_o mont._n l._n 2._o p._n 〈◊〉_d 124._o and_o in_o psal._n 109._o 109._o chryl_n hâ—…mi_fw-la 11_o act._n 9_o 9_o see_v p._n 160._o council_n berkhamsted_n cap._n 18._o spelm._n anno._n 700._o 700._o see_v t._n e._n 4_o 5._o 46._o 2_o cor._n 11._o gal_n 1._o 7._o 7._o serm._n 30._o de_fw-fr verb._n apest._n see_v fr._n conf._n p._n 77_o 78._o see_v fr._n conf._n p._n 84._o 84._o aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser._n 30._o 30._o see_v p._n 46._o see_v fr._n conf._n p._n 70_o 71._o 71._o see_v his_o chronelogy_n chronelogy_n aug._n verb._n apost_n ser._n 28_o 30._o 30._o citat_fw-la hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la &_o augustinus_n epist_n 89._o rursum_fw-la copiosius_fw-la serm._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n 28._o ostendens_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la jurasse_fw-la paulum_fw-la idqque_fw-la liquete_fw-la ex_fw-la graecis_fw-la exemplaribus_fw-la nec_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la tergiversemur_fw-la &_o negemus_fw-la apostolum_n jurasle_o quum_fw-la alibi_fw-la non_fw-la paucis_fw-la locis_fw-la palam_fw-la juret_fw-la erasm._n annot._n in_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 31._o 31._o s._n ambr._n in_o loc_n loc_n aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser._n 130._o vatab._n in_o loc_n pag._n 156_o and_o 163._o 〈◊〉_d see_v turkish_a hist._n p._n 284._o mat._n 5._o 10._o psal._n 139._o fr._n conf._n p._n 68_o numb_a 22._o 38._o mat._n 16._o 28._o confer_v p._n 74._o orig._n cont_n cels._n l._n 7._o 7._o omnino_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n per_fw-la ullam_fw-la rem_fw-la creatam_fw-la ut_fw-la apparet_fw-la ex_fw-la proxime_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la quas_fw-la christus_fw-la damnat_fw-la formulis_fw-la exit_fw-la quibus_fw-la liquet_fw-la indirectas_fw-la jurandi_fw-la species_n non_fw-la ipsum_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la legitimè_fw-la conceptum_fw-la â—…eprehendi_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la â—…niversalem_fw-la particulam_fw-la à _fw-la nonnullis_fw-la temere_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la â—…rgeri_fw-la beza_n annot._n in_o loc_n loc_n this_o t._n e._n himself_o grant_v p._n 141_o etc._n etc._n †_o aug._n in_o ver_fw-la ap._n serm._n 30._o *_o gen._n 24._o 24._o ver_fw-la 2._o 2._o gen._n 18._o 19_o 19_o sed_fw-la te_fw-la nos_fw-la facimus_fw-la fortuna_fw-la dâ—…am_fw-la caelóque_fw-la locamus_fw-la juven_n sat._n 10._o 10._o orig._n cont_n cel._n l._n 8._o edit_fw-la cant._n p._n 421._o 421._o tert._n apol._n cap._n 32._o 32._o lib._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 15._o 15._o cent._n magdâ—…burg_n cent._n 3._o c._n 6._o 6._o eus._n l._n 6._o c._n 4_o 5._o 5._o eus._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr constant_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 22._o 22._o orig._n in_o cels._n l._n 7._o 7._o bevereg_n pandect_a tom._n 2._o canon_n sâ—…_n basil_n ad_fw-la amphiloc_n opera_fw-la greg._n naz._n vol._n 2._o jamb_n 20_o p._n 224._o edit_fw-la paris_n paris_n ibid._n carmen_fw-la 17._o p_o 92._o et_fw-la joh._n 1._o 1._o 1._o billius_n annot._n on_o the_o poem_n poem_n 1_o cor._n il_fw-fr 1._o 1._o psal._n 119._o 106._o 106._o naz._n orat._n 32._o 32._o see_v p._n 189._o 189._o ad_fw-la pop_n antioc_fw-la hom._n 5._o &_o 16._o hom._n de_fw-fr juram_fw-la juram_fw-la hom._n 11._o ad_fw-la heb._n heb._n heb._n 6._o 16._o rev._n 3._o 14._o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v grotius_n on_o mat._n 26._o 63._o 63._o ad_fw-la paulin_n ep._n 153._o et_fw-la ad_fw-la eustâ—…ch_n epiâ—…_n 22._o 22._o ad_fw-la eustoch_n ep._n 22._o 22._o comment_fw-fr in_o mat._n 5._o 5._o holy_a die_a chap._n 4._o §._o 8._o p._n 164._o 164._o stromat_n 7._o 7._o lib._n 7._o c._n 4._o 4._o apolog_fw-la cap._n 32._o 32._o athan._n in_o passion_n et_fw-la crucem_fw-la dom._n dom._n in_o psal._n 118._o serm._n 14._o veget._n instit_n rei_fw-la military_a fr._n conf._n p._n 86._o 86._o de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n luk._n 24._o 45._o 2_o tim_n 2._o 18._o 18._o preface_n to_o his_o book_n book_n print_a anno_fw-la dom._n 1663._o principle_n of_o the_o quaker_n p._n 51._o 51._o ennead_v 9_o lib._n 1._o 1._o luke_n 22._o 38._o 38._o gen._n 1._o â—…6_n vives_n de_fw-la causis_fw-la lib._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr rat_n stud._n theol._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 19_o 19_o 1._o cor._n 14._o see_v fr._n conf._n p._n 100_o 1._o absurd_a 2._o absurd_a 3._o absurd_a p._n 236._o rev_n 1._o 1_o 1_o g._n bateman_n anto_n mr._n legard_n p._n 21._o see_v jewel_n treatise_n of_o the_o h._n scripture_n p._n 36_o and_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o defence_n etc._n etc._n p._n 62_o 63_o 65._o foxâ—…_n martyrol_n vol._n 3_o p._n 376._o 376._o propriis_fw-la peâ—…nis_fw-la configâ—…_n m_o 〈◊〉_d ex_fw-la â—…st_fw-la be_v enim_fw-la li_n bâ—…s_fw-la arma_fw-la capinnt_n etc._n etc._n theodor_n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o 8._o hist._n tripâ—…rt_n lib._n 6._o c._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr doct_n chr._n lib._n 2._o c._n 40._o 40._o hieron_n ep._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n ibid._n â—…ee_a ep._n 8._o p._n 76._o conf._n p._n 132_o 133._o gen._n 12._o 7._o jos._n 7._o 19_o p._n 135._o act_n 20._o 35._o 1_o cor._n 9_o gal._n 6._o 6._o p._n 151_o etc._n etc._n jer._n 5._o 31._o 1._o king_n 15._o 14._o rom._n 2._o dolus_fw-la latet_fw-la in_fw-la ge_fw-mi neralibus_fw-la martyr_n 2._o vol._n p._n 602_o 603_o mart._n 1._o vol._n p._n 583_o 583_o p._n 605._o 1._o vol._n p._n 607._o ibid._n p._n 620._o p._n 633._o p._n 653._o p._n 654._o p._n 669._o p._n 708._o sir_n edwin_n sandys_n s_o survey_n sect_n 39_o †_o epirote_n travel_n into_o africa_n and_o asiâ—…_n p._n 31._o act_n 5._o 4._o p._n 21._o exod._n 32._o 4._o dam_fw-la decimas_fw-la &_o in_fw-la hoc_fw-la ditescas_fw-la a_o jewish_a proverb_n pag._n 347._o rom._n 13_o 1._o 4._o conf._n p._n 95_o 96._o p._n 29._o 32._o
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that_o which_o 175._o he_o use_v also_o during_o his_o inprisonment_n this_o may_v satisfy_v you_o that_o this_o godly_a martyr_n be_v no_o 172._o quaker_n of_o a_o oath_n you_o may_v see_v his_o opinion_n where_o he_o say_v the_o oath_n against_o the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v a_o lawful_a oath_n and_o so_o be_v the_o oath_n make_v by_o we_o all_o touch_v the_o king_n or_o queen_n pre-eminence_n par._n i_o perceive_v after_o all_o this_o that_o all_o those_o excellent_a man_n who_o he_o acknowledge_v godly_a martyr_n be_v of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n min._n do_v you_o ever_o doubt_v it_o sure_o it_o be_v never_o question_v till_o this_o quaker_n invade_v our_o right_n in_o they_o par._n but_o how_o do_v you_o prove_v your_o other_o particular_a that_o they_o hold_v the_o aforementioned_a document_n to_o be_v eternal_a min._n first_o you_o shall_v hear_v what_o latimer_n say_v as_o long_o as_o they_o minister_v the_o word_n of_o god_n or_o his_o 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