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 14. They likewie took another coure which was both tyrannical over the Conciences of men, and dihonourable to God, that becaue they ee they could neither convince nor conyert any one by the word of God: therefore they reolved with themelves, to make no ue of any argument from Scripture; epecially to the vulgar multitude, but by Authority of their Church, and by force compell’d them to obedience; wherefore if any man did appeal unto the Scriptures, they were anwered with coffes and jeeres, and taunts, they accued the Scripture of imperfection, of obcurity, of ambiguity, that it was the fountain of hereie, the anctuary of Hereticks, and that Laymen had norhing to do with it: this was nothing with them, nay, thee blaphemous wretches were not afraid with their oule mouthes to nick-name he Bible Wiblia, that is in our Language vomit, and o they pit in the very face of God himelf, wherefore they took away all religious bookes, from the people, that o the blind leading the blind, they might over-pread the Kingdom with darknes; & alo they perceived that the people by this meanes being deprived of all light from the word of God, might more eaily be overpread with the darknee of error.

15. Some of the Nobles after they had forced their Tenants into their Church, and hut the doores,