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tend_v signify_v by_o that_o penny_n give_v to_o every_o one_o of_o the_o labourer_n 10._o matth._n 20._o the_o three_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o same_o mean_n of_o salvation_n as_o be_v faith_n sacrament_n holy_a law_n and_o precept_n according_a to_o that_o 5._o ephesian_n 4._o one_o faith_n one_o baptism_n etc._n etc._n the_o four_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o same_o spirit_n which_o do_v animate_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v diversity_n of_o grace_n but_o the_o same_o spirit_n 4._o 1._o cor._n 12._o the_o five_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o same_o head_n christ_n and_o guide_v appoint_v by_o he_o who_o though_o they_o be_v many_o yet_o be_v all_o hold_v in_o a_o sweet_a coherence_n and_o connexion_n among_o themselves_o as_o if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o episcopal_a chair_n and_o office_n in_o the_o world_n which_o unity_n of_o pastor_n and_o bishop_n though_o they_o be_v many_o and_o join_v in_o equal_a commission_n without_o dependence_n one_o of_o 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5._o 5._o doctrinal_a fid_fw-we lib._n 2._o art_n 2._o cap._n 19_o 19_o contra_fw-la hâ—…_n novat_fw-la cap._n 6._o 6._o dialog_n lib._n 5._o part_n 1._o cap._n 28._o 28._o athanas._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la solitar_n vit_fw-mi agent_n hier._n in_o catal._n script_n ecclesiast_n in_o fortunatiano_n fortunatiano_n act._n 25._o 1â—…_n 1â—…_n de_fw-fr captivit_fw-la bab._n cap._n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la baptismo_fw-la they_o in_o exam_n conc_n trident_n de_fw-fr baptis_n can_n 13_o 13_o form_n concord_n inter_fw-la theolog_fw-la sax_n &_o superior_a german_n german_n instit_n li_n 4_o cap_n 16_o sect_n 17_o &_o 19_o pag_n 22_o 23_o pag_n 50_o 51_o pag_n 52._o 52._o bell._n tom._n 〈◊〉_d contro_fw-la 4._o l._n 4_o c._n 7._o 7._o relect._n contro_fw-la 1._o de_fw-fr eccl._n in_o se_fw-la q._n 4._o art_n 5._o pag._n 53._o 54._o pag._n 54._o 55._o 55._o aduersus_fw-la prophanas_fw-la here_o seon_o novationâ—…_n cap._n 6._o 6._o epist_n ad_fw-la solitariam_fw-la vitam_fw-la agentes_fw-la agentes_fw-la catal._n script_n eccles._n in_o fortunatiano_n fortunatiano_n relect._n con_v 3._o quaest_n 4._o 4._o de_fw-fr roman_n pontif._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o 4._o contr._n haeres_fw-la cap._n 6._o part_n 1._o 56._o pag._n â—…6_n pag._n 6â—…_n pag._n 66._o a_o contra_fw-la faustum_n maâ—…chaeum_n lib._n 11._o ca._n 2._o 2._o part._n 3._o lect_n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr vita_fw-la spirituali_fw-la animae_fw-la corol_fw-la 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr dogmatibus_fw-la extra_fw-la canonem_fw-la scripturae_fw-la constit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 4._o d_o de_fw-fr via_fw-la investigandae_fw-la verae_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 7._o 7._o dial._n l._n 1._o part_n 2._o c._n 4._o 4._o doctrine_n fid_fw-we l._n 2._o art_n 2._o c._n 21_o 21_o contra_fw-la epist_n manichei_n ca_fw-mi 4._o 4._o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la in_o sententiis_fw-la sententiis_fw-la vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la pag._n 78._o pag._n 81._o 81._o triplication_n pag._n 188._o 188._o pag._n 179._o pag._n 88_o &_o 89._o 89._o act._n 1._o luke_n 2._o b_o annal._n tom_n 1._o 34._o 223._o 223._o catal._n scriptor_n in_o johanne_n baron_fw-fr annal._n tom_n 〈◊〉_d 99_o 5._o 5._o cap._n 20._o 30._o 31._o 31._o cap._n 24._o 25_o 25_o annal._n tom_n 1._o 34._o 223._o pag._n 89._o 89._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la colos._n homil._n 12._o 12._o in_o epist._n ad_fw-la colos._n in_o princ_fw-la citat_fw-la à _fw-fr baroâ—…_n annal._n tom._n 1._o 60._o 13._o g_o catal._n script_n ecclesiast_n in_o paulo_n paulo_n ibid._n pag._n 94._o 94._o in_o examine_v conciliâ—…_n tridentini_n decrer_n priâ—…_n seâ—…_n 4._o part._n 1._o pag._n 83._o &_o seqq_fw-la seqq_fw-la epist_n ad_fw-la nepotem_fw-la pag._n 96._o book_n 4_o cap._n 20._o pag._n 96._o c_o de_n genesi_fw-la ad_fw-la literam_fw-la l._n 10._o c._n 23._o 23._o bell._n the_o sacr_n bapt_v l._n 1._o c._n 8._o pag._n 9â—…_n 9â—…_n leo_fw-la ep_n 2â—…_n pag._n 106._o 106._o 2._o sam._n 10._o 4._o pag._n 73â—…_n 73â—…_n synodus_fw-la chalcedon_n actio_fw-la 16._o 16._o de_fw-fr primatu_fw-la papae_fw-la lib._n 2._o pag._n 123._o 123._o in_o notis_fw-la in_o conc_fw-fr chalced._n chalced._n novella_n 100_o pag._n 1â—…9_n pag_n 1â—…9_n 1â—…9_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 2._o 2._o relect._n contr_n 〈◊〉_d q._n 4._o part._n 1._o 56._o pag._n 35._o 35._o de_fw-fr vera_fw-la religione_fw-la cap_n 6._o pag._n 40._o 40._o contra_fw-la prophanas_fw-la haereseon_n novationes_fw-la cap._n 39_o 39_o in_o genes_n lib._n 7._o quaest_n 7._o 7._o cap._n 6._o pag._n 54._o pag._n 5_o 5_o in_o sententiiâ—…_n sententiiâ—…_n summae_fw-la theol_fw-la memb_v 4._o art_n 2._o 2._o psalm_n 11â—…_n 11â—…_n erudit_fw-la theolog_fw-la de_fw-fr sacramentis_fw-la fidei_fw-la li_n 1._o part_n 3._o ca._n 1._o 2._o pag._n 55._o pag._n 56._o pag._n 56._o pag._n 61._o pag._n 65._o pag._n 66_o pag._n 66._o pag._n 67_o luth._o praefat_fw-la in_o dissert_v art_n a_o leone_n 10._o damnatorum_fw-la pag._n 82._o pag._n 109._o pag._n 110._o 110._o consultâ—…i_n art_n 6._o vide_fw-la antididag_n colâ—…n_n de_fw-fr iustificatione_n &_o causis_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la iustificamur_fw-la pag._n 113._o pag._n 8â—…_n pag._n 114._o chap._n 19_o pag._n 149._o pag._n 151._o ibidem_fw-la pag._n 152._o pag._n 152._o contra_fw-la proph_n haeres_fw-la novationes_fw-la c._n 6._o pag._n 152._o lib._n 4._o desen_n rid_v 1_o 〈◊〉_d theol_n l_o 2_o pag._n 153_o pag._n 153._o 154._o pag._n 155._o pag._n 156._o pag._n 166._o pag._n 181_o pag._n 182_o 182_o instir._n l._n 4._o c._n 17_o 16._o &_o 17_o 17_o vide_fw-la disput_n vinaraehabitam_fw-la inter_fw-la illyricum_n &_o victorinum_fw-la victorinum_fw-la illyricus_n de_fw-fr voce_fw-la &_o re_fw-la fidei_fw-la part_n 3._o pag._n 61._o &_o 62._o 62._o decr._n synod_n isnatensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1556._o celebrat_fw-la epist._n menii_fw-la ad_fw-la melancthonem_fw-la de_fw-la absurditate_fw-la maiorismi_fw-la maiorismi_fw-la treatis_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 1._o pag._n 10._o 10._o quarundam_fw-la impiarum_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la resutatio_fw-la pag._n 133._o de_fw-fr essentia_fw-la imaginis_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o diaboli_fw-la pag._n 313._o &_o 318._o 318._o quorundam_fw-la thematum_fw-la originalem_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la &_o iniustitiam_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o beneficia_fw-la christi_fw-la extenuantium_fw-la refutatio_fw-la p._n 99_o article_n 36._o luther_n in_o visit_n saxon._n pag._n 186._o 187._o pag._n 22â—…_n 22â—…_n in_o that_o watson_n clerke_n and_o the_o hellish_a contriver_n of_o the_o powder_n treason_n with_o some_o few_o of_o their_o adherent_n have_v suffer_v death_n and_o other_o have_v not_o be_v permit_v to_o warm_v themselves_o at_o the_o fire_n in_o smithfield_n as_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v do_v the_o difference_n etc._n etc._n edit_n anno_o 1â—…86_n 1â—…86_n gerson_n serm._n in_o festo_fw-la paschae_fw-la paschae_fw-la soto_n contra_fw-la ambros._n ambros._n pighius_fw-la de_fw-la iustificat_fw-la iustificat_fw-la contaren_n de_fw-fr iustificatione_n iustificatione_n answer_v to_o bell_n his_o downfall_n etc._n etc._n vega._n quaest_n 5._o de_fw-la meritis_fw-la gloriae_fw-la ex_fw-la condigno_fw-la condigno_fw-la cusan_a concord_n cathol_n li._n 2._o c._n 13._o 13._o bellar._n lib._n 4._o the_o roman_a pontif._n ca._n 22._o 22._o stapleton_n relect_v controu_fw-fr 3._o de_fw-la prim_fw-la subject_n pot_n eccles._n q._n 4._o 4._o bell._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 5._o c._n 1._o 1._o walden_n doct_v fid_fw-we li_n 2._o art_n 3._o quaest_n 78._o gerson_n de_fw-fr pot._n eccles._n consid_n 12._o sigebert_n in_o chronic._n anno_fw-la 1088._o 1088._o idem_fw-la in_o chron_n chron_n example_n of_o blackwell_n blackwell_n dâ—…y_n dâ—…y_n calv._n instit_n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o sect_n 4_o 4_o wald._a doct_n fid_fw-we l._n 2._o art_n 2._o c._n 27._o 27._o ibid._n praefat_fw-la council_n council_n lib._n contra_fw-la anabaptist_n anabaptist_n calu._n instit._n l._n 4._o c._n 2._o sect_n 11._o 11._o bez._n quaest_n quaest_n morn_n of_o the_o church_n c._n 9_o 9_o lect._n 23._o in_o 5._o ad_fw-la heb._n y_fw-fr cameracens_n quaest_n vesperiarum_fw-la vesperiarum_fw-la illyr_n in_o catal._n testium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la carolus_n miltitius_n be_v send_v from_o pope_n leo_fw-la to_o frederick_n process_v that_o all_o the_o way_n as_o he_o come_v have_v sound_v man_n affection_n he_o find_v three_o to_o favour_n luther_n for_o one_o that_o favour_v the_o pope_n and_o luther_n profess_v that_o the_o applause_n of_o the_o world_n do_v support_v he_o much_o all_o man_n be_v weary_a of_o the_o fraud_n extortiâ—…ns_n and_o wicked_a practice_n of_o the_o romanist_n praefat._n op_n lutheri_fw-la a_o contra_n prof_o haeres_fw-la novitat_fw-la b_o see_v the_o appendix_n to_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o 12_o chapter_n of_o the_o same_o book_n book_n serm._n 33._o in_o cantica_fw-la cantica_fw-la morn_n of_o the_o church_n cap._n 2._o 2._o aug._n the_o baptism_n li_n 7._o c._n 51._o 51._o see_v the_o appendix_n to_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o church_n church_n aug._n the_o baptism_n contra_fw-la donatist_n li_n 1._o ca_fw-mi 8_o &_o 10._o 10._o hier._n contra_fw-la luciferianos_fw-la luciferianos_fw-la page_n 344_o k_o hier._n li._n 1._o contra_fw-la jovinian_a jovinian_a lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr pont_n rom._n c._n 11._o 11._o lib._n 3._o cap._n 1_o 1_o greg._n l._n 4._o epi._n 38._o 38._o greg._n li._n 1._o epist_n 24._o 24._o council_n chalce_v act_n 16._o 16._o hieromy_n ad_fw-la enagrium_n enagrium_n leo_fw-la ep_n 53._o &_o 54._o 54._o onuph_n annot_n in_o vit_fw-fr bonif._n 3._o apud_fw-la platinam_fw-la platinam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d contra_fw-la prof_o haeret_fw-la novitat_fw-la novitat_fw-la revel_v 22._o 15._o 15._o page_n 380._o 380._o pag._n 3â—…_n 3â—…_n pag._n 372._o 372._o pag._n 566_o 566_o orat._n the_o cause_n dissen_v eccles._n apud_fw-la nilum_n nilum_n gerson_n part_n 4_o serm_n de_fw-fr pace_n &_o unitate_fw-la graecorum_n graecorum_n turecrem_fw-la lib._n 2._o the_o eccles_n c._n 93._o bellar._n de_fw-fr pont._n rom._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o e_o august_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig._n c._n 6_o 6_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr council_n c._n 10._o 10._o gal._n 1._o 1._o pag_n 3._o 75._o 75._o pag._n 376._o 376._o loc._n theolog._n lib._n 12._o fol._n 445._o 445._o de_fw-fr tradit_fw-la ex_fw-la 1._o decreto_fw-la 4._o sessionis_fw-la sessionis_fw-la whitâ—…_n disp_n de_fw-fr sacra_fw-la script_n quaest_n 6._o controu_fw-fr 2._o cap._n 6._o 6._o page_n 381._o &_o 382._o of_o the_o 4._o book_n of_o the_o church_n church_n aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig_n c._n 55._o 55._o theod._n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la col._n cit_fw-la synod_n laod._n laod._n revel_v 1._o 10_o 10_o tertul._n de_fw-fr corona_fw-la militis_fw-la militis_fw-la basil._n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it c._n 27._o 27._o leo_fw-la epist_n 4._o univer_n episc._n per_fw-la siciliam_fw-la siciliam_fw-la hieronym_n ad_fw-la marcell_n advers._n montan._n montan._n in_o concord_n evang_v ca_fw-mi 15._o greg._n l._n 1._o epist_n 41._o 41._o hier._n ad_fw-la lucinium_n lucinium_n greg._n l._n 〈◊〉_d cp_n 9_o 9_o august_n in_o ps._n 11â—…_n 11â—…_n euseb._n l._n 7._o histor_n cap._n 17._o 17._o greg._n l._n 30._o ep_n 30._o 30._o appendix_n to_o â—…e_v 3._o book_n of_o the_o church_n cap._n 24_o 24_o hieron_n contra_fw-la luciferian_n luciferian_n chap._n 6._o t_o hier._n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la suprà _fw-la acts._n 2._o 2._o bellar._n de_fw-fr sacram_fw-la in_fw-la genere_fw-la genere_fw-la acts._n 20._o 20._o revel_v 2._o 2._o vega._n defence_n trident_n dear_n de_fw-fr justif_a l._n 9_o c._n 7._o 7._o ibid._n cap._n 46._o c_o ibid._n ca._n 8._o 8._o bellar._n de_fw-fr council_n c._n 7._o e_o andrad_n de_fw-fr script_n &_o trad_a authorit_fw-fr lib._n 2._o 2._o cit._n ab_fw-la andrad_n ibid._n ibid._n conci_fw-la carthag_n 6._o &_o 7._o cap._n 105._o epist_n council_n ad_fw-la celestinum_n celestinum_n concord_n cathol_n l._n 2._o c._n 15_o 15_o defence_n fidei_fw-la trid._n l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr council_n &_o ecclesia_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 17._o in_o council_n 2._o &_o 3._o nulli_fw-la suerunt_fw-la ex_fw-la occidente_fw-la sed_fw-la damasus_n &_o caelestinus_n concilia_fw-la illa_fw-la confirmârunt_fw-la nomine_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la romae_fw-la collegerant_fw-la constantinus_n pro_fw-la 6._o council_n scribit_fw-la ad_fw-la agathonem_fw-la ut_fw-la mittat_fw-la tres_fw-la personas_fw-la de_fw-fr sua_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la &_o 12_o metropolitanos_fw-la de_fw-fr svo_fw-la concilio_fw-la agatho_n rescribit_fw-la cum_fw-la universis_fw-la synodis_fw-la â—…biacentibus_fw-la concilio_n apostolicae_fw-la sedis_fw-la