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rain_v as_o it_o be_v down_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n to_o their_o very_a great_a astonishment_n some_o interpret_v the_o cobweb_n of_o heresy_n other_o haply_o more_o rightful_o of_o trouble_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n with_o overgreat_a nicety_n and_o curiosity_n of_o subtle_a speculation_n which_o tend_v nothing_o to_o the_o corroborate_n her_o faith_n and_o promote_a a_o good_a life_n and_o be_v so_o obscure_a subtle_a and_o lubricous_a that_o look_v on_o they_o one_o way_n they_o seem_v thus_o and_o another_o way_n thus_o to_o this_o six_o general_n council_n there_o seem_v two_o operation_n and_o two_o will_n in_o chriâ—…_n because_o of_o his_o two_o nature_n to_o a_o council_n call_v after_o by_o philippicus_n the_o emperor_n and_o john_n patriarch_n oâ—…_n constantinople_n consider_v christ_n as_o one_o personâ—…ere_o â—…ere_z appear_v numerosissimo_fw-la orientalium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la collecto_fw-la convenâ—…ui_fw-la as_o spondanusâ—…as_n â—…as_z 〈◊〉_d but_o as_o binius_fw-la innumerle_n orientalium_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la multitudini_fw-la congregatâ—…e_fw-la but_o one_o will_v and_o one_o operation_n and_o ceâ—…tainly_o this_o numerous_a or_o innumerable_a company_n of_o bishop_n must_v put_v as_o fair_a sore_n a_o general_n council_n as_o that_o of_o less_o than_o three_o hundred_o but_o that_o the_o authority_n of_o both_o these_o council_n be_v lessen_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o second_o head_n in_o that_o the_o matter_n they_o consult_v about_o tend_v nothing_o to_o the_o corroboration_n of_o our_o faith_n or_o the_o promotion_n of_o a_o good_a life_n i_o have_v already_o intimatâ—…d_v these_o thing_n i_o be_v tempt_v to_o note_v in_o reference_n to_o the_o ten_o head_n for_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o undeniable_a argument_n that_o our_o first_o reformer_n which_o be_v the_o rise_v witness_n be_v either_o exquisite_o well_o see_v in_o ecclesiastic_a history_n or_o the_o good_a hand_n of_o god_n be_v upon_o they_o that_o 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