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much_o luther_n and_o caluin_n if_o they_o be_v such_o notable_a good_a man_n they_o find_v it_o now_o &_o the_o better_a they_o be_v the_o better_a it_o be_v for_o they_o if_o otherwise_o m.w._n commendation_n stand_v they_o in_o small_a steed_n nevertheless_o certain_a it_o be_v both_o can_v not_o be_v so_o excellent_a as_o he_o will_v make_v they_o be_v continual_o in_o opinion_n &_o faith_n in_o word_n and_o work_n in_o the_o whole_a trade_n of_o their_o life_n and_o manner_n so_o opposite_a damn_v so_o contrary_a such_o deadly_a enemy_n as_o their_o book_n testify_v &_o the_o world_n know_v and_o m.w._n do_v very_o unwyse_o so_o oft_o and_o so_o painful_o to_o range_v abroad_o in_o praise_n of_o that_o man_n 3._o who_o be_v so_o far_o abhor_v from_o he_o and_o his_o sect_n that_o if_o luther_n be_v right_a they_o be_v sure_o out_o of_o the_o way_n if_o luther_n be_v a_o restorer_n of_o the_o gospel_n they_o be_v enemy_n and_o destroyer_n of_o the_o gospel_n if_o luther_n be_v in_o heaven_n they_o continue_v as_o they_o do_v be_v certain_a of_o hell_n for_o so_o luther_n every_o where_o pronounce_v of_o they_o as_o for_o the_o other_o i_o mean_v that_o vulgar_a brag_a and_o boast_v it_o prove_v not_o much_o it_o be_v a_o common_a itch_a humour_n of_o most_o kind_n of_o heretic_n omnium_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la quasiregularis_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la teme_a ritas_fw-la say_v s._n 56._o austin_n and_o s._n peter_n long_v before_o give_v it_o as_o a_o general_a mark_n of_o they_o 28_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v superba_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la loquentes_fw-la speak_v proud_v arrogant_a &_o vain_a thing_n howbeit_o it_o seem_v in_o our_o day_n more_o proper_a in_o some_o special_a sort_n to_o m._n vv._n sect_n then_o to_o any_o other_o as_o judge_v that_o excellent_a man_n of_o who_o we_o last_o speak_v martin_n luther_n boast_v who_o report_v of_o they_o and_o that_o by_o experience_n that_o they_o will_v say_v any_o thing_n boast_v of_o any_o thing_n confident_o affirm_v any_o thing_n burr_n prove_v nothing_o by_o any_o sound_a reason_n or_o argument_n 405._o nisi_fw-la gloriatione_fw-la inani_fw-la de_fw-la certissima_fw-la veritate_fw-la save_v only_o by_o frivolous_a crake_a of_o the_o most_o clear_a truth_n and_o if_o once_o they_o fall_v in_o to_o that_o vein_n then_o be_v there_o no_o end_n 381.382_o in_o suis_fw-la libris_fw-la gloriandi_fw-la finem_fw-la et_fw-la modum_fw-la nullum_fw-la faciunt_fw-la but_o against_o all_o such_o kind_n of_o talkative_a vanity_n he_o geve_v a_o very_a general_n and_o resolute_a lesson_n which_o if_o i_o profess_v to_o take_v from_o he_o and_o commend_v the_o same_o to_o other_o m._n w._n can_v not_o be_v offend_v because_o he_o extolleh_o the_o man_n for_o so_o peerless_a a_o master_n and_o this_o it_o be_v 406._o nemo_fw-la eorum_fw-la obtestationibus_fw-la et_fw-la iactationibus_fw-la quicquam_fw-la cred_a at_o say_v he_o nam_fw-la eos_fw-la mentiri_fw-la et_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la mentiri_fw-la certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la let_v
chap._n ix_o wherein_o be_v refell_v m.w._n answer_v to_o certain_a place_n of_o s._n chrysostom_n touch_v the_o real_a presence_n and_o sacrifice_n pag._n 203._o chap._n x._o of_o the_o place_n in_o s._n luke_n gospel_n cap._n 22._o corrupt_v by_o beza_n pag._n 231._o chap._n xi_o m.w._n general_a answer_n to_o the_o book_n of_o discovery_n and_o of_o the_o notable_a impiety_n commit_v by_o the_o translator_n of_o the_o english_a bibles_n pag._n 260._o chap._n xii_o m._n w._n reason_n against_o the_o latin_a bible_n be_v answer_v and_o the_o same_o bible_n be_v prove_v to_o be_v in_o sundry_a place_n more_o pure_a &_o sincere_a than_o the_o hebrue_n now_o extant_a pag._n 280._o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o purity_n of_o our_o latin_a testament_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o greek_a copy_n now_o extant_a item_n a_o comparison_n of_o our_o translator_n with_o other_o of_o this_o age_n with_o a_o answer_n to_o those_o objection_n which_o m._n w._n devise_v against_o he_o pag._n 360._o chap._n xiiii_o that_o to_o leave_v the_o ordinary_a translation_n of_o the_o bible_n appoint_v by_o the_o church_n and_o to_o appeal_v to_o the_o hebrue_n greek_a and_o such_o new_a diverse_a translation_n as_o the_o protestant_n have_v make_v be_v the_o very_a way_n to_o atheism_n and_o infidelity_n pag._n 406._o chap._n xv._o how_o m.w._n inveigh_v against_o the_o new_a testament_n late_o set_v forth_o in_o this_o college_n with_o a_o clear_a refutation_n of_o such_o fault_n as_o he_o find_v in_o the_o translation_n thereof_o pag._n 443._o chap._n xvi_o a_o defence_n of_o such_o fault_n as_o be_v find_v in_o the_o annotation_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n pag._n 474._o chap._n xvii_o of_o certain_a blasphemy_n contain_v in_o the_o annotation_n pag._n 527._o the_o conclusion_n pag._n 548._o a_o refutation_n of_o m._n whitaker_n reprehension_n of_o the_o late_a english_a translation_n and_o catholic_a annotation_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o of_o the_o book_n of_o discovery_n of_o 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of_o our_o saviour_n and_o the_o prophet_n malachi_n that_o elias_n shall_v come_v which_o word_n when_o our_o saviour_n speak_v s._n john_n baptiste_n who_o be_v elias_n by_o some_o resemblance_n figure_n and_o office_n be_v past_a and_o dead_a this_o truth_n else_o where_o we_o approve_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o s._n aust_n tract_n 4._o in_o joan._n 3._o li._n 1._o de_fw-la pec_fw-la mer._n ca._n 3._o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o latin_a doctor_n as_o s._n hierom_n ad_fw-la pammach_n epist_n 61._o ca._n 11._o et_fw-la in_o psal_n 20._o s._n ambr._n in_o psal_n 45._o s._n hilar._n can_v 20._o in_o matth._n prosper_n lib._n ult._n de_fw-fr promise_v ca._n 13._o s._n greg._n lib._n 14._o moral_a ca._n 11._o et_fw-la homil_n 12._o in_o ezech._n beda_n in_o 9_o marci_n the_o greek_a father_n also_o as_o s._n chrysost_o hom_n 58._o in_o matt._n et_fw-fr hom_n 4._o in_o 2._o thess_n et_fw-fr hom_n 21._o in_o genes_n et_fw-fr hom_n 22._o in_o epist_n ad_fw-la hebr._n theophilact_n and_o oecumen_fw-la in_o 17._o matth._n s._n daemas_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la orthodoxa_fw-la fide_fw-la ca._n 27._o final_o by_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o all_o christian_n where_o of_o s._n austin_n be_v witness_n in_o these_o word_n heliam_fw-la thesbitem_fw-la ultimo_fw-la tempore_fw-la venturum_fw-la ante_fw-la iudicium_fw-la 29._o celeberrimum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sermonibus_fw-la cordibusque_fw-la fidelium_fw-la that_o elias_n the_o thesbite_n shall_v come_v before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n it_o be_v a_o most_o notorious_a thing_n in_o the_o mouth_n and_o heart_n of_o faithful_a man_n and_o now_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v so_o our_o saviour_n affirm_v so_o the_o ancient_a father_n both_o greek_a &_o latin_a teach_v so_o faithful_a and_o christian_n man_n always_o believe_v so_o this_o be_v the_o question_n which_o i_o will_v not_o dispute_v but_o leave_v it_o at_o large_a and_o m._n w._n may_v do_v well_o to_o put_v it_o to_o his_o thesis_fw-la of_o antichrist_n for_o they_o be_v both_o just_a of_o like_a probability_n and_o handle_v it_o at_o the_o next_o comencement_n uz_o whether_o we_o must_v rather_o credit_n he_o upon_o his_o bare_a word_n tell_v we_o one_o thing_n or_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o christendom_n &_o the_o primitive_a church_n arrogancy_n rise_v upon_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o our_o saviour_n himself_o teach_v we_o the_o contrary_a and_o these_o touch_v matter_n historical_a be_v the_o horrible_a fault_n of_o our_o annotation_n for_o which_o he_o accuse_v we_o of_o desperateness_n and_o they_o of_o such_o absurdity_n that_o never_o any_o thing_n more_o contaminate_v and_o corrupt_v be_v set_v abroad_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o world_n argument_n our_o error_n in_o make_v argument_n be_v far_o more_o at_o least_o in_o number_n and_o show_v how_o soever_o they_o prove_v in_o substance_n and_o truth_n i_o will_v follow_v the_o
whitg_n trac_n 2._o p._n 112_o the_o ancient_a father_n pillory_n doctor_n new_a evangelist_n apostle_n &_o doctor_n of_o their_o own_o church_n deny_v deny_v d_o whitg_n defence_n etc._n etc._n tract_n 4_o c_o â—â—_o p._n 230._o vide_fw-la ibid._n pa._n 217._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la tract_n 2._o c._n 4._o pag._n 111._o so_o far_o as_o we_o â—an_v esteem_n ibi._n tract_n 3._o ca._n 7._o pa._n 201._o when_o as_o in_o my_o opinion_n a_o great_a fall_n in_o divinity_n from_o the_o authority_n of_o saint_n to_o the_o authority_n of_o these_o master_n ibid._n pa._n 291_o ibid._n tract_n 9_o pag._n 522._o ibi._n tract_n 1._o pag._n 67._o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la tract_n 10._o c_o 6._o pag_n 549._o it_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o protestant_n seldom_o abide_v 35_o year_n in_o one_o opinion_n martyr_n of_o their_o own_o faith_n and_o gospel_n deny_v d._n whitg_n tract_n 21._o c._n 1._o pag._n 710._o martyr_n may_v not_o take_v from_o any_o protestant_n his_o liberty_n to_o be_v supreme_a judge_n whole_a church_n of_o their_o own_o religion_n deny_v ibi._n tract_n 9_o ca._n 1._o pa._n 481._o all_o protestant_n church_n be_v they_o never_o so_o contrary_a be_v assure_v of_o the_o truth_n ibid_fw-la cap._n 2._o pag._n 491._o ib._n tract_n 20._o pag._n 704._o 704._o orthod_n confess_v eccles_n tigur_n fol._n 105.106.107_o 105.106.107_o cal._n admonitio_fw-la tertia_fw-la ad_fw-la westpha_fw-la p._n 114._o zuin._n tom_n 2_o in_o exegesi_n ad_fw-la luth._o foe_n 327_o 327_o histo_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr vie_fw-fr de_fw-fr calu._n etc._n etc._n chap._n 12._o 12._o calu._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 5._o 5._o collo_fw-la altemburgense_n fol._n 404._o nowm_fw-la antichristi_fw-la dominium_fw-la redolent_a papatum_fw-la ibi._n fol._n 535._o 535._o apud_fw-la d.w._n tract_n 18._o pa._n 685._o 685._o ibi._n tract_n 11._o pag._n 559._o ibi._n pag._n 560._o in_o stead_n of_o one_o true_a lawful_a pope_n the_o protestant_n have_v many_o tirannical_a pope_n the_o protestant_n can_v never_o have_v any_o general_a council_n the_o protestant_n manner_n of_o answer_v &_o reduce_v all_o to_o their_o own_o singular_a arbiterment_n a_o apt_a comparison_n declare_v that_o the_o protestant_n nether_a have_n nether_a can_v have_v any_o stay_n in_o their_o religion_n the_o protestant_n of_o our_o age_n in_o bold_a denial_n of_o all_o thing_n far_o exceed_v the_o heretic_n of_o ancient_a time_n time_n aug._n the_o util_a cred_a ca._n 17._o contra_fw-la epis_fw-la fundament_n ca._n 4_o contra_fw-la crescon_n li_z 4._o cap._n 61._o &_o alibi_fw-la passim_fw-la passim_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr pec_fw-fr orig_n li._n 2._o cap._n 7.8.9_o epist_n 90.92.95.106.157_o vide_fw-la possid_n in_o vita_fw-la aug._n lib._n 1._o ca._n 18._o 18._o aug._n epist_n 165.166_o &_o psal_n contra_fw-la partem_fw-la donati_n tom._n 7._o in_o principio_fw-la principio_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la â—ulian_n lib._n 3_o c._n 1._o con_v donatist_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 7._o 7._o aug._n count_n epis_fw-la funda_fw-la ca._n 4_o &_o trac_n 32._o in_o loan_n loan_n see_v beza_n in_o praef_n test_n novi_fw-la a_o 1565._o dicat_fw-la princ_fw-la condensi_fw-la and_o musculus_fw-la in_o praefatio_fw-la io_o corum_fw-la communium_fw-la the_o protestant_n at_o defiance_n with_o the_o name_n catholic_a colloq_fw-la altemb_n in_o res_fw-la ad_fw-la excusat_fw-la corrup_n fol._n 154._o the_o protestant_n admit_v not_o the_o very_a scripture_n see_v after_o cha_n 13._o &_o 14._o cyprian_n epist_n 55._o aug._n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la cred_a cap._n 17._o how_o the_o protestant_n fall_v to_o call_v the_o pope_n antichrist_n 2._o thess_n 2._o 1._o john_n 2._o v._n 18._o ibi._n 5._o v._o 2.3_o the_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o m._n w._n answer_v pag._n 2._o all_o the_o father_n universal_o follow_v there_o in_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o antichrist_n be_v one_o certain_a man_n pag._n 21._o they_o all_o err_v 〈◊〉_d so_o sa_v patrâ—â—_n etiam_fw-la simul_fw-la universi_fw-la all_o the_o father_n want_v wit_n and_o learning_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o protestant_n a_o special_a mark_n of_o anchrist_n 2._o thess_n 2._o v._n 4._o pag._n 25._o the_o second_o demonstration_n that_o the_o succession_n of_o pope_n can_v not_o be_v antichrist_n the_o answer_n pa._n 35.36.37_o 38.39.40.42.43_o mark_v this_o well_o a_o verity_n manifest_a &_o confess_v pag._n 4â—_n pag._n 32_o pag._n 33._o a_o falsity_n evident_a which_o never_o be_v &_o never_o will_v be_v prove_v beggarly_a stuff_n pag._n 34._o pag._n 35._o pag._n 3â—_n pag._n 37._o pag._n 38._o pag._n 40._o reason_n rail_a pag._n 44._o ibid._n pa._n 44._o if_o other_o kind_n of_o protestant_n use_v the_o like_a liberty_n no_o heresy_n can_v ever_o be_v repress_v the_o three_o demonstration_n ibid._n pag._n 54._o matth._n 16._o luc._n 22._o see_v the_o annotation_n in_o the_o new_a test_n upon_o these_o place_n pag._n 61.62_o pag._n 54._o pag._n 6â—_n the_o impossibility_n of_o m._n w._n paradox_n that_o the_o pope_n be_v antichrist_n pag._n 66._o a_o wonderful_a change_n upon_o the_o sudden_a in_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n and_o yet_o more_o wonderful_a that_o no_o man_n shall_v note_v it_o that_o the_o roman_a church_n of_o the_o late_a thousand_o year_n have_v not_o change_v the_o faith_n which_o she_o have_v the_o first_o five_o hundred_o before_o pag._n 47._o chap._n 4.7.10.11_o cal._n insti_fw-la li._n 4._o c._n 18._o ¶_o 18._o omnes_fw-la reges_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o populos_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la novissimum_fw-la â—â—â—briavit_fw-la to_o affirm_v with_o the_o protestant_n that_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v fail_v be_v to_o deny_v christ_n incarnation_n and_o all_o scripture_n ose_n 2._o v._n 19.20_o eph._n 5._o f._n g._n joan_n 17._o v._o 19_o eph._n 2._o v._n 14._o etc._n etc._n ps_n 2._o v._n 6._o 1_o tim._n 6._o v._n 15._o hebr._n 7._o act._n 2._o iôan_n 24._o v._n 16._o mat._n ca._n 28_o v._n 20._o marc._n 4._o v._n 32_o 1._o cor._n 11_o v._n 26._o mat._n 5_o five_o 14.15_o 1._o tim._n 3._o v._n 15_o luc._n 24._o v._n 47_o act_n 15._o 2._o timoth._n 3_o v._o 9_o ephes_n 4._o b_o c_o mat._n 10._o v._n 17_o mat._n 16_o five_o 18._o apoc._n 20._o v._o 9_o esa_n 62_o v._n 6._o esa_n 60_o v._n 2.3_o ibid._n v._o 20._o c._n 62._o five_o 4._o c._n 59_o vers_fw-la 21._o ibi._n c_o 60._o a_n b_o &_o ca_fw-mi 2._o five_o 2._o psal_n 2._o v._n 8._o &_o psal_a 71._o v._n 8.11.17_o jerem_n 33_o c._n d._n e._n psal_n 88_o v._o 34.35_o etc._n etc._n daniel_n 2._o v._o 44._o tower_n disputation_n the_o second_o day_n the_o invisible_a church_n a_o poetical_a fancy_n melanch_n in_o locis_fw-la come_v c._n de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la aedit_fw-la 1561._o the_o scripture_n know_v no_o church_n but_o the_o visible_a idem_fw-la in_o praefat_fw-la lib._n corpus_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la christianae_n in_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la saxon._n &_o misnicis_fw-la principis_fw-la electorâ—s_fw-la saxon._n impress_n lipsiae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1561._o vide_fw-la eunden_fw-mi in_fw-la repetit_fw-la confess_v august_n offerendae_fw-la sinodoâ—_n tridentinae_n anno_fw-la 51._o ca._n de_fw-fr ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la in_o resp_n ad_fw-la impios_fw-la articulos_fw-la bavaricae_n inquisitio_fw-la quest_n 3._o the_o protestant_n invisible_a church_n calv._n institut_fw-la lib._n 4._o ca._n 1._o ¶_o 2._o no_o salvation_n out_o â—f_a the_o visible_a church_n ibid._n ¶_o 4._o oecolamp_n in_o isa_n c._n 2._o v._n 2._o idem_fw-la in_o jeremiam_fw-la ca._n 33._o v._n 29._o king_n and_o priest_n never_o fail_v in_o the_o church_n illyr_n glossa_fw-la in_o math._n ca._n 1._o v._n 1._o some_o such_o story_n of_o the_o protestant_n church_n what_o state_n it_o have_v 600._o or_o 700_o year_n ago_o be_v worth_a the_o see_v brent_n in_o luc._n c._n 17._o hom_n 19_o lavath_n in_o ezechiel_n ca._n 20._o v._n 39.40_o luth._o tom._n 4_o in_o isa_n ca._n 9_o etc._n etc._n 52._o &_o 53._o &_o 60._o bul._n in_o apo._n concio_fw-la 62._o &_o 87._o notable_a forgetfulness_n and_o contradiction_n see_v after_o pa._n 177.178_o after_o pa._n 349.350_o call_v libel_n de_fw-fr necessit_fw-la reformandae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la to_o say_v that_o the_o church_n have_v fail_v be_v to_o make_v christ_n a_o liar_n and_o deceaver_n ab_fw-la a_o 1544._o ad_fw-la 1556._o year_n 1559._o the_o story_n of_o david_n george_n set_v forth_o by_o they_o of_o basile_n if_o christ_n have_v be_v the_o true_a messiah_n his_o church_n have_v never_o fail_v castalios_n discourse_n that_o christ_n be_v not_o the_o true_a messiah_n the_o light_n of_o the_o church_n shall_v never_o be_v extinguish_v quò_fw-la magis_fw-la libros_fw-la sacros_fw-la considero_fw-la eo_fw-la minus_fw-la hactenus_fw-la praestitum_fw-la video_fw-la utcumque_fw-la illa_fw-la oracula_fw-la intelligas_fw-la a_o argument_n worthy_a to_o be_v considere_v caluin_n in_o daniel_n ca._n 2._o v._n 44._o lut._n to._n 7._o li._n de_fw-fr judaeis_n etc._n etc._n the_o protestant_n under_o pretence_n of_o more_o purity_n drive_v man_n to_o judaisme_n and_o turkery_n esa_n 49._o per_fw-la tot_fw-la ca._n 2._o v._n 3.4_o esa_n 54._o v._n