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ergo_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la diximus_fw-la praejudicatae_fw-la opinionis_fw-la authoritas_fw-la nihil_fw-la valebit_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la semetipsam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la consistit_fw-la this_o we_o believe_v this_o we_o hold_v fast_o because_o it_o be_v this_o we_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o prophet_n this_o the_o gospel_n have_v declare_v to_o we_o this_o the_o apostle_n have_v leave_v we_o this_o the_o martyr_n in_o their_o suffering_n have_v confess_v and_o to_o this_o we_o adhere_v with_o our_o mind_n by_o faith_n so_o that_o if_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n shall_v preach_v contrary_a to_o this_o let_v he_o be_v accurse_v wherefore_o as_o be_v say_v before_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o prejudicate_a opinion_n can_v be_v of_o no_o force_n because_o it_o stand_v against_o itself_o 2._o he_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o name_n of_o catholic_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o be_v a_o true_a christian_a when_o he_o represent_v that_o arianism_n have_v so_o far_o seize_v 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gulielmi_n camdeni_n &_o illustrium_fw-la virorum_fw-la ad_fw-la g._n camdenum_fw-la epistolae_fw-la cum_fw-la appendice_fw-la varii_fw-la argumenti_fw-la accesserunt_fw-la annalium_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la jacobi_n i._o apparatus_fw-la &_o commentarius_fw-la de_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la dignitate_fw-la &_o officio_fw-la comitis_fw-la marescalli_n angliae_fw-la praemittitur_fw-la g._n camdeni_n vita_fw-la scriptore_fw-la thoma_n smitho_n s._n t._n d._n ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n presbytero_fw-la euseb_n l._n 4._o c._n 20._o praefat._n in_o zechariam_n t._n 7._o b._n p._n pag._n 170._o pag._n 173._o pag._n 210._o pag._n 211._o pag._n 212._o pag._n 219._o cap._n 8._o ibid._n cap._n 9_o pag._n 234._o dial._n c._n 1._o pag._n 235._o dia._n c._n 3._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la pag._n 253._o pag._n 254._o ibid._n t._n 4._o b._n p._n pag._n 72_o &_o 73._o pag._n 78._o cap._n 39_o ibid._n pag._n 79._o c._n ante_fw-la penult_fw-la ibid._n institut_n caenob_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 10._o ibid._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 1._o lib._n 7._o cap._n 16._o collat._n 8._o cap._n 3._o inst_n caenob_n l._n 5._o cap._n 14._o ibid._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 34._o de_fw-fr incar_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o collat._n 20._o c._n 8._o collat._n 21._o cap._n 30._o lib._n 3._o pag._n 64._o t._n 5._o b._n p._n ibid._n pag._n 68_o pag._n 72._o lib._n 6._o pag._n 103._o lib._n 5._o pag._n 94._o lib._n 8._o pag._n 125._o lib._n 7._o pag._n 114._o pag._n 142._o ad_fw-la ec._n cath._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 148._o ad_fw-la ec._n lib._n 2._o comment_fw-fr de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la rom._n pag._n 139._o b._n p._n t._n 1._o pag._n 134._o pag._n 141._o pag._n 147._o pag._n 157._o pag._n 153._o cod._n 54._o t._n 1._o disp_n 91._o cap._n 11._o dimid_n temp._n cap._n 6._o upon_o psal_n 120._o t._n 2._o b._n p._n pag._n 148._o rom._n 8._o book_n 2._o chap._n 4._o pag._n 726._o lib._n de_fw-fr create_v pag._n 598._o pag._n 278._o homil._n 8._o pag._n 282._o t._n 3._o b._n patr._n pag._n 381._o ep._n 3._o ad_fw-la
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