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God the father speaketh
The Aungell
[OMITTED] In heauen our record

God
Come my welbeloued mans only sauing hea«l**»
for thou alone hast conquered hell synne & death[OMITTED]

Christ
[OMITTED] Dyd hole spill

God
Sitt on my right hand after thy gret toille
Vntill I haue made thine enemies thy fotestole

Here Christ goeth vp to his throne[OMITTED]
An Aungell
[OMITTED] or open yt eu'

God
Behold this Lion of the stocke of Iuda
the rote of Dauid hais obteyned alwaye
To open this boke and vnclaspe yt
and to know all the secrettes of yt

Sathan
[OMITTED] Villeny and wronge [OMITTED]

God
Tary michaell a while yet
in so moche as he will reson yt
what wronge Sathan haue I done the

Sathan
[OMITTED] Robbed me

God
Nay Sathan when yt [is] well knowen
I haue taken that wch was but myne owne[OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] of the and me/ [OMITTED]

God [OMITTED]
[OMITTED] Why so Sathan let heare I [OMITTED] the

Sathan
[OMITTED] ther to dwell [OMITTED]

God
But thos whom thou Sathan for syn dost blame
I haue sanctified & clensed wth ye blod of yi s «l»[OMITTED]
Thou apeachest them of synne to me night & [OMITTED]
and the blod of this lambe hathe washt it «a»[OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] more busynes

God [OMITTED]
I am the god wth whom dwelles no wickednes[OMITTED]
my nature abhorreth then all wrongfulnes
for Sathan yf in case of syn I shuld wronge the
I were falsely said to hate iniquite—

Sathan
[OMITTED] yf thou deale Iustice

God
But yet Sathan thou dost not reme[OMITTED]
thy spitefull malice against man ev [OMITTED]
for when I made man at furst in gret honour'
and planted him to liue in paradice of plesure
Thou hockeredst so muche ther' his felicyte
yt thou broughtst hym to disobedyence evē through yy env«y» [OMITTED]
Ther thou deceyvedst him first of his place
and broughtst hym throw yy subtelty to yi s sinfull ca«s»[OMITTED]
for I made hym always to haue byn Innocent[OMITTED]
Yf he had neu' broken my Commaundement'
And thou wroughtst all this then canst yu be angry
yf for like malice I worke like pollicye/

Sathan
[OMITTED] suche pollicye in god

God
Why not Sathan in all thinges wch be good [OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] of preventing mischefe

God [OMITTED]
Yet the same may be to good mens relefe/
yt folowes not that he is a mischevous person
Wch wth pollycie preventes all evell in ych [Season] «e»[OMITTED]
nor policye here cannot be takē in evell meaning
That I have prevented thy malicious workinge
But subtill falshod and craftye pollicy
are alway concurrant in thy nature wholy

Sathan
[OMITTED] I am right sure/

God
Why because, I placed here in thy sight'
Theise two whom thou saiest I haue no right[OMITTED]
Thou calledst them synners I say they be non
for that they be sanctyfied from syn eu'y one[OMITTED]
Then I do not wrong the Sathan in this case[OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] Trye that'—

God
Then take the comissioners whom thou willt chose[OMITTED]
I will abyde the iudgement of those [OMITTED]
Yt yf it be iudged by the commissyoners
That I haue done the wrong take them ye r pisoners[OMITTED]
Whom wilt yu take or chose let heare [OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] I cannot tell where

God
Here is Abraham wilt thou haue hym. [OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] not dyshonest you

God
Wilt thou haue Moses for he makes muche for the
wch brought the Lawe to man an enemy'
And my gret cursse therwth dyd bringe
Vpon mankinde even whole for synne
Afore the lawe was synne was not imputed
By occasion wherof synne only encresed
And yet for all this the lawe had no power'
to take away synne or make iuste a synner
Consideringe this yf ther be any chose
one wold thinke that moses were for thy pur[pose][OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] Iuggell in my matte[OMITTED]

God
Wilt thou haue Isay or Dauid let heare

Sathan
[OMITTED] an adultere[OMITTED]

God
Yet Iohn Baptiste he must nedes plese the

Sathan
[OMITTED] to ly in the diche[OMITTED]

God
What sayest thou then vnto the theif
Wch was so gret a worker of mischef[OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] and worse also [OMITTED]

God
Then seing my mocyon herin cannot please the
Chose them thy self and I will agree/

Sathan
[OMITTED] the diuell were a knave

God
Then whom wilt thou chose Sathan let heare [OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] in any wise

God
And I am content wth thy eleccōn sathan [OMITTED]
Come furthe Verite and Iustice bothe twaine
Here Sathan dothe thinke that I do him wronge
in sauing of man from his pryson strong'
and hathe chosen comission's you too on my ∥tie
to trye the matter & to ende the controuersie/

Verite
[OMITTED] wch in god was neu' spied

God
Yet must you abate it againe here wth Sathan [OMITTED]
Wch claimes through synne the best title to man
Wylt thou be content now Sathan that I
Do chose now likewise wch make for my ∥tie

Sathan
[OMITTED] yt shalbe so

God
I will[ser] chose but soche as shalbe indifferent
as Sathan thou hast chosen for thine entent
Come furthe mercie and peace here quickly
You most help to finishe wth you r sisters a cōtrou'sy[OMITTED]
Sathan sais / that I wrong hym herin
to saue man wch was once condempned for synne[OMITTED]
and yt is brought vnto this conclusyon'
That yt must be tryed even by yi s comission
for him self he hathe chosen Iustice & verite
and I haue chosen you to be on my ∥tie

Peace
now lord be devided

God
Yet must Sathans cause here be decised
and by this comission right must be tried
for yf in me ther shuld be found iniquite
I am wrongfully called the god of equite
now Sathan [OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] what than [OMITTED]

God
Here are the comissioners redy for vs bothe
an houre space

Sathan
[OMITTED] may cry fy on y[OMITTED]

God
Arte thou contented now sathan tell m«e»[OMITTED]

Sathan
[OMITTED] ther to f[OMITTED]

God
They shall not abide then in this Courte celestiall

Christ
[OMITTED] Accused to my father

God
This is Sathan whom from the begynnyng«e»[OMITTED]
I promised the world for m«an»s transgressing
This is the true Isac the son of promisse
to Abraham wth the sede of *********
This is that true Ioseph wch «in dang**»
loded his bretherne wth cor«ne» to th«e»r fath[OMITTED]
This is that stronge Sampson & mighty «Ius**»
wch caryed to the hill toppe the gates of gaz«a»[OMITTED]
This [is] the true salamon I promised t«o» David
shuld florishe in his seate not to be removed
And to conclude sathan this is mans redem'
I promised to the sȝpent shuld dash all yy po«wr» [OMITTED]
Making therof to the worlde eu' mentio«n» [OMITTED]
by all my prophetes in euery gen'ation

Sathan
[OMITTED] of this misterye

God
Yeuen so thou dydst thou canst not denye
When he cast out thy foule spirites out of men
Dyd not they acknowledge him ye son of god then[OMITTED]
they wch dyd call Iesus so playnlye
Dyd they not meane how he was vndoubtedly
The Sauior promised to the world therby

Sathan
[OMITTED] so strange a man [OMITTED]

God
Yea saye they were forced to confes his powr
Wch wth all thy malice thou coldst wthstand neu'