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thus_o but_o whoever_o he_o be_v i_o be_o not_o bind_v to_o defend_v he_o neither_o be_v his_o speech_n so_o proper_a he_o may_v have_v say_v some_o thing_n like_o it_o and_o have_v hit_v the_o mark_n viz._n that_o thing_n be_v fundamental_a in_o faith_n two_o way_n one_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o material_a object_n such_o as_o be_v the_o prime_a article_n of_o our_o faith_n which_o be_v express_o to_o be_v believe_v by_o all_o the_o other_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o formal_a object_n such_o as_o be_v all_o thing_n that_o the_o church_n have_v define_v to_o be_v of_o faith_n because_o he_o that_o deny_v his_o assent_n to_o any_o one_o of_o these_o when_o they_o be_v sufficient_o propose_v do_v in_o effect_n deny_v his_o assent_n to_o the_o authority_n and_o word_n of_o god_n declare_v to_o he_o by_o the_o church_n and_o this_o be_v to_o take_v away_o or_o deny_v the_o very_a formal_a object_n of_o divine_a supernatural_a faith_n by_o consequence_n it_o destroy_v the_o foundation_n of_o 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he_o pretend_v yet_o will_v it_o conclude_v nothing_o against_o bellarmin_n who_o only_o say_v that_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n be_v never_o condemn_v in_o any_o general_n council_n and_o the_o bishop_n to_o disprove_v he_o show_v that_o some_o who_o be_v infect_v both_o with_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n and_o nestorianisme_n also_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o ephesine_fw-la council_n but_o how_o do_v this_o contradict_v bellarmin_n certain_a pelagian_n be_v indeed_o condemn_v in_o the_o ephesine_fw-la council_n but_o it_o be_v not_o for_o pelagianisme_n but_o nestorianisme_n that_o they_o be_v condemn_v have_v they_o be_v condemn_v for_o pelagianisme_n his_o lordship_n have_v hit_v the_o mark_n but_o now_o he_o shoot_v wide_a he_o shall_v have_v observe_v that_o bellarmin_n deny_v only_o the_o condemnation_n of_o the_o heresy_n and_o not_o of_o the_o person_n for_o hold_v another_o heresy_n whole_o distinct_a from_o that_o of_o pelagianisme_n 4._o as_o for_o st._n augustins_n not_o 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damn_a page_n 336_o heresy_n even_o in_o point_n not-fundamental_a in_o protestant_n sense_n by_o st._n austin_n and_o the_o church_n account_n page_n 17_o pelagian_a heresy_n not_o condemn_v in_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n page_n 33_o nor_n in_o any_o other_o general_n council_n acknowledge_v by_o protestant_n ibid._n heresy_n what_o it_o be_v page_n 178_o proper_o speak_v not_o within_o but_o without_o the_o church_n page_n 218_o heretic_n those_o of_o former_a time_n as_o great_a pretender_n to_o scripture_n as_o protestant_n page_n 50_o faith_n necessary_a to_o be_v keep_v with_o heretic_n the_o constant_a tenet_n of_o all_o catholic_n page_n 152_o jew_n the_o jew_n prove_v the_o old_a testament_n to_o be_v god_n word_n the_o same_o way_n that_o we_o catholic_n do_v the_o new_a page_n 121_o they_o hold_v not_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o their_o sole_a rule_n of_o faith_n page_n 122_o image_n no_o real_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o ancient_n and_o the_o modern_a church_n 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to_o be_v infallible_o sure_a of_o prime_n apostolical_a tradition_n if_o the_o present_a church_n be_v fallible_a page_n 83_o necessary_a for_o the_o church_n to_o have_v power_n to_o determine_v infallible_o as_o well_o not-fundamental_a as_o fundamental_a point_n page_n 385_o infallibility_n whence_o the_o infallibility_n both_o of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o general_a council_n proceed_v page_n 43_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o present_a church_n prove_v from_o scripture_n page_n 101_o 102_o etc._n etc._n page_n 177_o 178_o 179_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o church_n infallibility_n in_o teach_v be_v right_o infer_v from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n assistance_n page_n 375_o 376_o intention_n what_o kind_n of_o intention_n in_o the_o priest_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n page_n 281_o 282_o 283_o no_o real_a inconvenience_n follow_v the_o catholic_a doctrine_n touch_v the_o priest_n intention_n page_n 284_o 285_o judge_n our_o adversary_n demand_v of_o a_o three_o person_n to_o be_v judge_n and_o umpire_n betwixt_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o they_o nugatory_n and_o frivolous_a pag._n 157_o 171_o 172_o 173_o the_o notorious_a partiality_n of_o english_a protestant_n prelate_n in_o this_o case_n p._n 174_o general_a council_n by_o the_o bishop_n own_o confession_n the_o best_a judge_n on_o earth_n for_o controversy_n of_o faith_n where_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n be_v doubt_v page_n 213_o a_o visible_a supreme_a live_a judge_n to_o determine_v controversy_n as_o necessary_a in_o the_o church_n as_o state_n page_n 219_o legate_n neither_o hosius_n nor_o any_o other_o person_n preside_v at_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a but_o only_o in_o quality_n of_o the_o pope_n legate_n page_n 231_o why_o the_o pope_n send_v no_o legate_n to_o the_o second_o council_n at_o constantinople_n page_n 232_o at_o the_o council_n of_o ephesus_n st._n cyril_n preside_v as_o legate_n to_o pope_n celestin._n ibid._n the_o like_a be_v at_o chalcedon_n and_o other_o general_a council_n ibid._n limbus_n patrum_fw-la the_o father_n general_o teach_v limbus_n patrum_fw-la page_n 336_o literae_fw-la communicatoriae_fw-la the_o literae_fw-la communicatoriae_fw-la by_o who_o first_o ordain_v and_o to_o what_o end_n page_n 220_o they_o evident_o prove_v the_o pope_n authority_n ibid._n the_o difference_n betwixt_o those_o grant_v by_o the_o pope_n and_o those_o grant_v by_o other_o catholic_a bishop_n ibid._n lyturgie_n the_o english_a lyturgie_n why_o unlawful_a to_o be_v use_v by_o catholic_n page_n 319_o manichee_n great_a bragger_n and_o pretender_n to_o truth_n when_o they_o most_o oppose_v it_o page_n 30_o miracle_n none_o ever_o wrought_v in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o present_a canon_n of_o scripture_n either_o protestant_n or_o catholic_a page_n 109_o miracle_n rather_o confirm_v the_o church_n infallibility_n than_o the_o scripture_n page_n 110_o they_o be_v always_o sufficient_o convince_a though_o they_o do_v not_o actual_o convert_v page_n 115_o monarchy_n that_o of_o the_o church_n not_o a_o pure_a but_o mix_v monarchy_n page_n 219_o 224_o monarchy_n acknowledge_v by_o philosopher_n the_o most_o perfect_a form_n of_o government_n page_n 220_o the_o impugn_a monarchical_a government_n of_o the_o church_n to_o what_o it_o tend_v page_n 224_o multitude_n catholic_n make_v not_o multitude_n alone_o any_o infallible_a mark_n of_o the_o true_a church_n page_n 162_o necessary_a point_n say_v to_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n in_o a_o double_a sense_n p._n 15_o 92_o not_o absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o believe_v scripture_n p._n 91_o 92_o nice_a no_o synod_n hold_v at_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o nicen_n council_n page_n 237_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a of_o absolute_a authority_n without_o the_o concurrence_n of_o any_o other_o council_n ibid._n the_o council_n of_o sardica_n esteem_v ancient_o but_o a_o appendix_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o the_o reason_n why_o page_n 194_o 195_o the_o probable_a occasion_n of_o pope_n zosimus_n his_o cite_v the_o council_n of_o nice_a for_o that_o of_o sardica_n ibid._n obedience_n no_o external_n obedience_n to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o definition_n of_o general_a council_n shall_v they_o manifest_o err_v against_o scripture_n and_o demonstration_n page_n 241_o 242_o object_n of_o faith_n material_a and_o formal_a a_o necessary_a distinction_n page_z 15_o 18_o what_o it_o import_v ibid._n patriarch_n in_o point_n of_o authority_n not_o equal_a to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n p._n 183_o 184_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n head_n and_o prince_n of_o all_o the_o patriarch_n by_o the_o very_a canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a ibid._n the_o pope_n confirmation_n require_v to_o all_o new-elected_n patriarch_n ibid._n eight_o several_a patriarch_n depose_v by_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n ibid._n other_o patriarch_n restore_v to_o their_o sea_n by_o the_o pope_n authority_n ibid._n st._n peter_n in_o what_o manner_n st._n peter_n represent_v or_o bear_v the_o person_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n when_o he_o receive_v the_o key_n matth._n 16._o 19_o page_n 266_o 267_o christ_n whole_a flock_n more_o absolute_o and_o unlimited_o commit_v to_o st._n peter_n then_o to_o the_o other_o apostle_n page_n 211_o pope_n the_o pope_n authority_n always_o include_v and_o suppose_v in_o that_o of_o the_o church_n pag._n 33_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n not_o necessary_o tie_v to_o the_o particular_a church_n or_o city_n of_o rome_n page_n 132_o catholic_n not_o oblige_v to_o maintain_v the_o pope_n infallible_a save_v only_o with_o a_o general_n council_n page_n 133_o 143_o in_o what_o manner_n the_o pope_n trewhile_o endure_v the_o emperor_n censure_n page_n 192_o the_o pope_n authority_n due_o acknowledge_v will_v effectual_o prevent_v heresy_n and_o preserve_v unity_n in_o the_o church_n page_n 218_o the_o pope_n greatness_n no_o effect_n of_o humane_a policy_n page_n 13_o nor_o of_o his_o residence_n in_o the_o imperial-city_n page_n 192_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n touch_v the_o pope_n authority_n page_n 228_o 229_o the_o pope_n authority_n not_o prejudicial_a to_o that_o of_o temporal_a prince_n p._n 223_o pope_n alexander_n the_o three_o and_o pope_n innocent_a the_o three_o not_o contrary_a to_o one_o another_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o peter_n lombard_n page_n 279_o pope_n honorius_n not_o real_o guilty_a of_o the_o monothelite_n heresy_n p._n 279_o 280_o priest_n the_o judgement_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o his_o sanhedrim_n in_o controversy_n concern_v the_o law_n infallible_a under_o the_o old_a testament_n p._n 97_o 123_o prescription_n just_o plead_v by_o catholic_n for_o their_o religion_n not_o so_o by_o protestant_n page_n 333_o 334_o primacy_n primatus_fw-la and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o they_o signify_v especial_o in_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n page_n 200_o primacy_n infer_v supremacy_n and_o belong_v to_o st._n peter_n successor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o to_o himself_o ibid._n protestant_n neither_o scripture_n nor_o any_o other_o
lucam_fw-la cap._n 26._o euseb._n hist._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 5._o 5._o advocavit_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la episcopum_fw-la loci_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la utrumuam_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la catholicis_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la romanâ_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la conveniret_fw-la d._n ambros._n 〈◊〉_d in_o obit_n fratr_n fratr_n sed_fw-la in_o scito_fw-la etc._n etc._n romanam_fw-la fidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la participem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ecclesia_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la d._n hicronym_n cpi_v 68_o ad_fw-la theophil_n theophil_n joan._n patriarch_n constant._n epist._n ad_fw-la hormisdam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 2._o conc._n conc._n 〈◊〉_d sacerdotes_fw-la vel_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la sede_n petri_n &_o in_o ordine_fw-la illo_fw-la patrum_fw-la quis_fw-la cui_fw-la successit_fw-la videte_fw-la ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la petra_n quam_fw-la non_fw-la vincunt_fw-la superbae_fw-la juferorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d d._n aug._n in_o psalm_n contr_n 〈◊〉_d donat._n tom._n 7._o col_fw-fr 9_o 9_o igitur_fw-la negare_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scire_fw-la te_fw-la in_fw-la urbe_fw-la 〈◊〉_d petro_n primo_fw-la cathedram_fw-la episcopalem_fw-la esse_fw-la collatam_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la sederit_fw-la omnium_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la caput_fw-la petrus_n etc._n etc._n in_o quâ_fw-la unâ_fw-la cathediâ_fw-la unitas_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servaretur_fw-la ne_fw-la 〈◊〉_d apostoli_fw-la singulas_fw-la sibi_fw-la cuique_fw-la defendercnt_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la schismaticus_fw-la &_o peccator_fw-la esset_fw-la qui_fw-la contra_fw-la singularem_fw-la cathedram_fw-la alteram_fw-la collocaret_fw-la ergo_fw-la cathedrâ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la dc_o dotibus_fw-la sedit_fw-la prio_fw-la petrus_n etc._n etc._n optat._v contr_n parmen_fw-la lib._n 2._o 2._o damaso_n successit_fw-la syricius_n qui_fw-la noster_fw-la est_fw-la socius_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la nobis_fw-la totus_fw-la orbis_fw-la commercio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o unâ_fw-la communionis_fw-la societate_fw-la concordat_fw-la optat._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la cum_fw-la probatum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la catholicâ_fw-la apud_fw-la quos_fw-la &_o symbolum_n trinitatis_fw-la est_fw-la &_o per_fw-la cathedram_fw-la petri_n quae_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la optat._n ibid._n ibid._n ego_fw-la 〈◊〉_d primum_fw-la praemium_fw-la fortasse_fw-la rectius_fw-la nisi_fw-la christum_fw-la sequens_fw-la beatitudini_fw-la tuus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la cathedrae_fw-la petri_n communione_fw-la consocior_fw-la super_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ecclesiam_fw-la scio_fw-la quiounque_fw-la extra_fw-la hanc_fw-la domum_fw-la agnum_fw-la comederit_fw-la profanus_fw-la est_fw-la quiounque_fw-la tecum_fw-la non_fw-la colligit_fw-la spargit_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la antichristi_fw-la est_fw-la d._n 〈◊〉_d epist._n 57_o ad_fw-la damasum_fw-la tom._n 2._o fol_n 47._o 47._o romana_fw-la quae_fw-la mundi_fw-la cacumen_fw-la est_fw-la tenot_v &_o 〈◊〉_d ecolosia_n fulgent_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d cap._n 11._o 11._o terras_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la per_fw-la gere_n concupiscis_fw-la à _fw-la communione_fw-la beati_fw-la petri_n perfida_fw-la dissentio_fw-la separavit_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la monachi_fw-la quorum_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la mirabilis_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la non_fw-la habebunt_fw-la secum_fw-la altaris_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la communia_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la proderit_fw-la etc._n etc._n author_n vit_fw-mi b._n fulgent_n tom._n 6._o biblioth_n patr._n fol._n 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodoret._n hist._n eccles._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o 2._o cyprian_a epist._n ad_fw-la cornel_n edit_fw-la paris_n 1648._o §_o 3._o num_fw-la 5._o hieronym_n lib._n 3._o apol._n contr_n ruffin_n greg._n naziauz_n in_o carmin_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la §._o 3._o num_fw-la 10_o ibidem_fw-la bellarm._n 〈◊〉_d rom._n pont_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o 3._o secundum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d promissionem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la apostolica_fw-la petri_n ab_fw-la omni_fw-la seductione_n &_o haereticá_fw-la circumventione_fw-la manet_fw-la immaculata_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyril_n apud_fw-la d._n thom._n in_o catenâ_fw-la catenâ_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la vrbis_fw-la romae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d haeresis_fw-la ulla_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la exordium_n &_o mos_fw-la ibi_fw-la servatur_fw-la antiquus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o expos_fw-la symb._n d._n cyril_n alex._n dial._n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la lib._n 4._o ibid._n n._n 12._o ibidem_fw-la ibid._n n._n 14._o num_fw-la 15._o ibid._n n._n 15._o §._o 20._o n._n 5._o ibidem_fw-la relect._n controv_n 1._o q._n 5._o be_v 3._o treatise_n of_o schism_n cap._n 1_o 2._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la utinam_fw-la illi_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la ipsi_fw-la harum_fw-la superstitionum_fw-la auctores_fw-la essent_fw-la vel_fw-la certè_fw-la eas_fw-la in_o animus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d minum_fw-la simpli_fw-la cium_o aliquando_fw-la quaestus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nutrirent_fw-la cassand_n consult_v be_v 21._o cyprian_a epist_n 42_o 52._o cyprian_a ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la ibid._n in_o margin_n n._n 4._o §_o 21._o n._n 1._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la see_v dr._n hammond_n above-cited_n above-cited_n zach._n 8._o 3._o 3._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o cyrill_n hierosol_n catech._n 18._o lactant._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 30._o ibid._n n._n 3._o ibidem_fw-la ibid._n n._n 4._o serm._n 3._o de_fw-mi resurrect_v epist._n ad_fw-la januar_fw-la 118._o c._n 5._o ibid._n n._n 5._o 5._o bellar._n lib._n 3._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 1._o ibidem_fw-la mat._n 16._o 18._o mat._n 18._o 17._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la see_v dr._n hammond_n treatise_n of_o schism_n cap._n 1_o 2._o §._o 21._o num_fw-la 7_o becan_n tract_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la heretic_n servand_n praefat_fw-la becanus_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la q._n 6._o §._o 2._o 2._o it_o be_v extant_a in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n sess._n 16._o sub_fw-la pio_n 4._o council_n constant_n 〈◊〉_d 19_o de_fw-fr poenis_fw-la art_n 46._o §_o 52._o ibid._n §._o 54._o galat._n 1_o ibid._n num_fw-la 9_o ibidem_fw-la ibid._n §._o 23._o §_o 24._o num_fw-la 1._o 1._o si_fw-mi fornicaris_fw-la tu_fw-la israel_n non_fw-la delinquat_fw-la saltem_fw-la juda_n oseae_n 4._o 15._o 15._o sacerdotes_fw-la de_fw-la extremis_fw-la populi_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d levi._n 3_o 〈◊〉_d 12._o 13._o 28._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 7._o 3._o reg._n 13._o 1._o a_o bellarm._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la christo_fw-la cap._n 23._o §._o his_o ergo_fw-la omissis_fw-la ibid._n num_fw-la 2._o 2._o see_v bellarmin_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la suprà _fw-la lib._n 3._o the_o process_n s._n s._n cap._n 16._o 16._o la_fw-fr repliq_n au_fw-fr roy_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr grand_fw-fr bretagu_n pag_n 818._o cap._n des_n traditioon_v traditioon_v d._n aug._n epist._n 90_o 91_o 92_o 93._o ibidem_fw-la n._n 3._o ibidem_fw-la n._n 4._o 4._o paulus_n suavius_n the_o venetian_a friar_n his_o history_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n twice_o print_v here_o at_o london_n by_o public_a authority_n ibidem_fw-la n._n 5._o 5._o `_o bellarm._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la christo_fw-la cap._n 28._o 28._o d._n aug._n epist_n 4._o add_v bonifac_o cap._n 12._o ibid._n num_fw-la 5._o 5._o omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la status_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o generali_fw-la concilio_n reformetis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o concillis_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la reformari_fw-la mandetis_fw-la gerson_n 〈◊〉_d defectuum_fw-la virorum_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la par_fw-fr 1._o pag._n 209_o b._n baron_fw-fr ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 319._o geunad_n de_fw-fr scrip._n eccl._n cap._n 86._o ibid._n num_fw-la 5._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la n._n 6._o §._o 25._o num_fw-la 1._o ibidem_fw-la n._n 2._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 1_o 2._o ibidem_fw-la n._n 4._o suprà _fw-la num_fw-la 3._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la nostra_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la absosolutè_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o rebus_fw-la absolutè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vec_fw-la in_o aliis_fw-la quae_fw-la credenda_fw-la vel_fw-la facienda_fw-la nobis_fw-la proponit_fw-la sive_fw-la habeantur_fw-la expressè_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d five_o non_fw-la bellar._n l._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d eccl._n mil._n c._n 14._o §._o 5._o ibidem_fw-la joan._n 16._o 13._o ibid._n num_fw-la 4._o bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr eccl._n milit._n cap._n 14._o §._o 25._o n._n 5._o s._n aug._n lib._n the_o symbol_n ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cap._n 6._o apud_fw-la d._n thom._n in_o catenâ_fw-la huius_fw-la loci_fw-la cap._n 10._o in_o 〈◊〉_d in_o anchorat_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 14._o matth._n 28._o 20._o ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la s._n lco._n epist._n 91._o 91._o quae_fw-la expositio_fw-la si_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligeretur_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la immediatè_fw-la oratum_fw-la esse_fw-la pro_fw-la capite_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la toto_fw-la corpore_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la caput_fw-la representatur_fw-la vera_fw-la esset_fw-la bellarm._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n cap._n 3._o ivitio_fw-la d._n bern._n epist._n 190._o ad_fw-la innocent_n dr._n field_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la cap._n 2._o 2._o neque_fw-la divini_fw-la prophetae_fw-la neque_fw-la miralliles_fw-la apostoli_fw-la omnia_fw-la praesciuêrunt_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la enim_fw-la expediebant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d illis_fw-la significavit_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritus_fw-la theod._n in_o 1_o tim._n c._n 3._o v._n 14_o 15._o ibidem_fw-la n._n 5._o §_o 25._o n._n 7._o 7._o gen._n 2._o 18._o 18._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 5._o see_v rogers_n on_o the_o thirty_o nine_o article_n article_n see_v the_o book_n call_v corpus_fw-la consessionum_fw-la in_o every_o controvert_v article_n ibidem_fw-la n._n 8._o iren._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 3._o 3._o arbitramur_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la 〈◊〉_d domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la authoritati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la tuus_fw-la de_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la authoritate_fw-la depromptae_fw-la facilius_fw-la