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A40720 Roma ruit the pillars of Rome broken : wherein all the several pleas for the Pope's authority in England, with all the material defences of them, as they have been urged by Romanists from the beginning of our reformation to this day are revised and answered ; to which is subjoyned A seasonable alarm to all sorts of Englishmen against popery, both from their oaths and their interests / by Fr. Fullwood ... Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693. 1679 (1679) Wing F2515; ESTC R14517 156,561 336

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account_v or_o be_v chief_a and_o esteem_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la caput_fw-la and_o do_v nothing_o difficult_a aut_fw-la magni_fw-la momenti_fw-la praeter_fw-la ejus_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la vel_fw-la sententiam_fw-la but_o what_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v too_o hard_o for_o the_o primate_n be_v no_o direction_n give_v to_o go_v to_o the_o infallible_a chair_n at_o rome_n here_o be_v indeed_o a_o proper_a place_n for_o it_o but_o not_o a_o word_n of_o that_o in_o the_o 36_o alias_o 34._o it_o be_v add_v that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v not_o dare_v to_o ordain_v any_o beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o his_o own_o jurisdiction_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o canon_n concern_v the_o pope_n unless_o they_o signify_v that_o the_o pope_n be_v not_o head_n of_o all_o church_n and_o have_v not_o power_n in_o any_o place_n but_o within_o the_o diocese_n of_o rome_n or_o that_o binius_fw-la be_v not_o faithful_a in_o leave_v out_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o head_n 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say_v by_o some_o of_o the_o father_n 87._o so_o paul_n judge_v chris_n hom._n 12._o 2._o &_o 87._o that_o the_o government_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o care_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n be_v commit_v to_o peter_n but_o it_o be_v plain_a they_o speak_v of_o his_o apostleship_n for_o they_o say_v the_o same_o of_o paul_n ille_fw-la solusgerebat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o orbis_n praefectam_fw-la suscepit_fw-la and_o the_o like_a of_o timothy_n who_o be_v never_o repute_v universal_a monarch_n paul_n and_o peter_n have_v two_o different_a primacy_n saint_n jud._n hom._n 1._o ad_fw-la pop._n orat._n 6._o con._n jud._n ambr._n have_v the_o same_o dignity_n chrisost_n be_v equal_a oecumenius_n chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o pope_n succession_n i_o have_v labour_v the_o more_o to_o scatter_v the_o pretence_n of_o saint_n peter_n supremacy_n because_o though_o the_o consequence_n be_v not_o good_a