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use_v in_o this_o place_n which_o signify_v such_o a_o magistrate_n as_o give_v definitive_a sentence_n vid._n fagu_n in_o 16._o deuteronem_fw-la the_o law_n of_o god_n deut._n 17._o do_v concern_v temporal_a cause_n either_o only_a or_o especial_o especial_o deut._n 17._o 19_o 19_o prou._n 16._o 10._o that_o the_o infallibility_n of_o king_n may_v be_v defend_v with_o as_o great_a probability_n of_o scripture_n as_o the_o infallibility_n of_o priest_n prou._n 16._o 13._o 13._o pro._n 31._o ver_fw-la 3._o 4._o 5._o 5._o eccles_n 45._o v._n 23_o 24._o 25._o that_o this_o law_n of_o deut._n do_v justify_v our_o english_a law_n for_o execute_v priest_n and_o jesuit_n or_o all_o such_o as_o acknowledge_v the_o pope_n supreme_a judge_n in_o cause_n ecclesiastical_a ecclesiastical_a tria_fw-la genera_fw-la doctrinarum_fw-la &_o sententiarum_fw-la veteribus_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la primum_fw-la receâ—_n tum_fw-la credebatur_fw-la a_o mose_n ac_fw-la prophetis_fw-la quod_fw-la cavala_fw-la nominatur_fw-la secundum_fw-la quod_fw-la opinatione_fw-la iudicum_fw-la constitit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o scripturae_fw-la locis_fw-la enarrandis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la occonomiam_fw-la pertinebant_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la causa_fw-la quam_fw-la â—b_fw-la rem_fw-la sub_fw-la priore_fw-la templo_fw-la &_o prioribus_fw-la annis_fw-la posterioris_fw-la tanta_fw-la concordia_fw-la judaeorum_n ecclesia_fw-la administrata_fw-la sit_fw-la donec_fw-la enim_fw-la magnum_fw-la iudicium_fw-la viguit_fw-la omne_fw-la certo_fw-la desinita_fw-la summo_fw-la consensu_fw-la recipiebantur_fw-la exinde_fw-la in_o sententia_fw-la facienda_fw-la &_o respondendo_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la coniectuâ—is_fw-la connixâ—_n sunt_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la sic_fw-la erat_fw-la pronunciaâ—un_fw-la pro_fw-la lege_fw-la recipibaturl_n tertiam_fw-la genus_fw-la quod_fw-la sâ—atuunt_fw-la ultra_fw-la legen_o quo_fw-la illa_fw-la defenditur_fw-la seu_fw-la obiecto_fw-la sepimento_fw-la ut_fw-la prius_fw-la uâ—olandum_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la aâ—_n quid_fw-la soris_fw-la admittatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la christi_fw-la domini_fw-la aetate_fw-la inverterunt_fw-la nam_fw-la propter_fw-la traditiones_fw-la reliquerunt_fw-la legem_fw-la dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d interim_n duo_fw-la genera_fw-la alia_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la esse_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la alia_fw-la temporaâ—ia_fw-la fagâ—us_o in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o sanhedrim_n admittebatur_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la prehibitum_fw-la si_fw-la contendere_fw-la eum_fw-la eo_fw-la sacerdòs_fw-la vero_fw-la magnus_fw-la recipiebaâ—â—a_fw-la modoâ—â—pientiae_fw-la praeditus_fw-la esset_fw-la fagius_n in_o cap._n â—6_n deut._n ex_fw-la hebraeis_n hebraeis_n vide_fw-la fagium_fw-la in_o cap._n 10._o deut._n and_o the_o annotation_n unto_o the_o 9_o §._o of_o the_o next_o chapter_n chapter_n mat._n 23._o nota_fw-la 3_o primo_fw-la loto_fw-la illo_fw-la capite_fw-la 〈…〉_z colligere_fw-la nonâ—_n 〈…〉_z capitis_fw-la 〈…〉_z eorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d secundo_n nota_fw-la cum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ano_fw-la lib._n 4_o epist_n 9_o nunquam_fw-la dominum_fw-la neque_fw-la apastoâ—s_fw-la in_o tota_fw-la scriptura_fw-la reprehendisse_fw-la pontifices_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la judaeorum_n nominando_fw-la eos_fw-la pontifices_fw-la vel_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la sed_fw-la solùm_fw-la sub_fw-la nomine_fw-la scribarum_fw-la et_fw-la phariscorum_fw-la ne_fw-la videretur_fw-la roprchendere_fw-la cathedram_fw-la et_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la intell_n geâ—â—mus_fw-la semper_fw-la deberi_fw-la honarem_fw-la sacerdotâ—o_fw-la et_fw-la pontificatui_n etiam_fw-la si_fw-la sortè_fw-la persona_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o cathedra_fw-la sedeâ—_n sit_fw-la minus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d exit_fw-la quo_fw-la intell_n gimus_fw-la hareticos_fw-la huâ—us_fw-la temporis_fw-la qui_fw-la â—eassim_fw-la in_o episcopos_fw-la et_fw-la sacâ—rdotes_n &_o praecipuè_fw-la in_o ipsum_fw-la â—ummum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pontificem_fw-la invehuntur_fw-la nihil_fw-la habere_fw-la common_a cum_fw-la moribus_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la tertio_fw-la nota_fw-la quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la de_fw-la cathedra_fw-la mosis_fw-la dicit_fw-la intelligi_fw-la à _fw-la fortiori_fw-la de_fw-fr cathedra_fw-la 〈◊〉_d bel._n de_fw-fr interp_v ver_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 5._o 5._o bellarmine_n idle_a and_o malirious_a collection_n out_o of_o our_o saviour_n word_n refute_v mala._n 2._o â—_o maldonates_n restraint_n of_o the_o former_a injunction_n injunction_n cum_fw-la iubet_fw-la seruare_fw-la ac_fw-la facere_fw-la quae_fw-la scribae_fw-la &_o pharisaei_n dum_o in_o cathedra_fw-la moysis_n sâ—deat_fw-la licunt_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la ipsâ—rum_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la legis_fw-la ac_fw-la moysis_n doctrina_fw-la loquor_fw-la periade_n enim_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la dicat_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la lex_fw-la &_o moses_n vobis_fw-la dixerint_fw-la scribis_fw-la &_o 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promissio_fw-la generalis_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quemcunque_fw-la solueris_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la cunque_fw-la solueris_fw-la ut_fw-la intellig_fw-ge mus_fw-ge modos_fw-la omnes_fw-la seu_fw-la legum_fw-la dispensando_fw-la seu_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la et_fw-la paenarun_v relaxando_fw-la seu_fw-la dogmatum_fw-la et_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la explicando_fw-la à _fw-la petro_n eiusque_fw-la
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