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 1   1      |         them believe it would be an offense against God not to obey
 2   1      |          the cause of much harm and offense to the rest! But if I am
 3   1      |         demands, and the pope is an offense to Christendom, the first
 4   1      |             of Christ, if a fire of offense breaks out, whether in the
 5   2      |          this splendor of his is an offense, and the pope is bound on
 6   2      |           outward shows, which give offense," and in Romans 12:17, "
 7   2  (41)|           for such a purpose was an offense punishable by deposition
 8 Prop1    |        priests and monks, and great offense and hindrance to the common
 9 Prop1    |          say that this76 would give offense, and the pope must first
10 Prop1    | dispensation, I reply that whatever offense is in it, is the fault of
11 Prop1    |             the Scriptures it is no offense. Moreover, if the pope can
12 Prop2    |       common people take such great offense, thinking it is a greater