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council_n in_o point_n of_o discipline_n as_o in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n §_o 5_o 3._o '_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o free_a and_o lawful_a council_n 3._o 3._o 1._o λ._n where_o the_o accuser_n or_o the_o accuse_v take_v 1._o λ._fw-la 1._o whether_o you_o please_v namely_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o bishop_n person_n of_o the_o same_o persuasion_n and_o communion_n with_o he_o sit_z as_o judges_z in_o their_o own_o cause_n namely_o in_o a_o question_n of_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n and_o of_o the_o corruption_n of_o that_o church_n see_v b._n l._n §_o 27_o n._n 1._o and_o henry_n 8._o manifesto_n μ._o μ._n μ._n especial_o pope_n leo_n in_o his_o bull_n have_v declare_v and_o pronounce_v the_o appellant_n heretic_n before_o they_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o council_n 2._o ν._n where_o be_v no_o security_n in_o the_o place_n of_o meet_v 2._o ν._fw-la 2._o for_o the_o reform_a party_n to_o come_v thither_o nor_o where_o no_o form_n of_o safeconduct_a can_v be_v trust_v since_o the_o cruel_a 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decree_n be_v repugnant_a to_o or_o at_o least_o not_o warrant_v by_o primitive_a and_o apostolical_a tradition_n 228._o tradition_n soave_fw-it p._n 228._o and_o in_o the_o last_o place_n 7._o dr._n hammond_n of_o she_o §._o 11._o n._n 3_o 7._o because_o this_o council_n have_v impose_v anathema's_n in_o these_o and_o in_o many_o other_o slight_a matter_n if_o truth_n upon_o all_o those_o who_o shall_v dissent_v from_o or_o at_o least_o who_o shall_v contradict_v their_o judgement_n in_o they_o this_o one_o council_n have_v make_v near_o hand_n as_o many_o canon_n as_o all_o the_o precede_a council_n of_o the_o church_n put_v together_o 228._o together_o soave_fw-it p._n 228._o and_o among_o these_o have_v add_v 12_o new_a article_n to_o the_o former_a creed_n *_o draw_v up_o bp_n pius_n the_o four_o according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o council_n refor_n council_n sess_n 24._o c._n 12._o de_fw-fr refor_n and_o *_o impose_v to_o be_v believe_v by_o all_o who_o will_v enter_v 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rat._n acccâ—nt_n p._n 48_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o say_v mr._n thorndyke_n 413._o thorndyke_n fpilog_n conclusion_n p._n 413._o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o this_o council_n that_o frame_v the_o schism_n because_o when_o as_o the_o reformation_n may_v have_v be_v provisional_a till_o a_o better_a understanding_n between_o the_o party_n may_v have_v produce_v a_o tolerable_a agreement_n this_o proceed_n of_o trent_n cut_v off_o all_o hope_n of_o peace_n but_o by_o yield_v to_o all_o their_o decree_n 5._o this_o for_o the_o article_n touch_v doctrine_n and_o next_o 2._o §._o 6._o n._n 2._o for_o those_o of_o reformation_n which_o also_o be_v very_o numerous_a and_o 5_o 5_o one_o will_v think_v the_o more_o the_o better_a yet_o these_o also_o be_v not_o free_a from_o their_o complaint_n ω._n ω._n ω._n that_o these_o decree_n be_v mere_a illusion_n many_o of_o they_o of_o small_a weight_n take_v mote_n out_o of_o the_o eye_n and_o leave_v beam_n that_o the_o council_n in_o frame_v they_o 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in_o omnem_fw-la orientem_fw-la &_o in_o ipsam_fw-la thraciam_fw-la &_o illyricum_n sacrae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la literae_fw-la dirigantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la quendam_fw-la definitum_fw-la locum_fw-la ubi_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuerit_fw-la omues_fw-la sanctissimi_fw-la episcopi_fw-la debeant_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la christianorum_fw-la religioni_fw-la atque_fw-la catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la prosint_fw-la sicut_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la tua_fw-la secundum_fw-la eccesiastica_n regulas_fw-la definiverit_fw-la suâ_fw-la dispositione_n declarent_fw-la to_o which_o add_v *_o that_o of_o pulcherta_n the_o emperor_n sister_n to_o the_o same_o pope_n propterea_fw-la tua_fw-la reverentia_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la prospexerit_fw-la significare_fw-la dignetur_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la totius_fw-la orientis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la thraciae_fw-la atque_fw-la illyrici_fw-la sicut_fw-la etian_n nostro_fw-la domin_n piâ—ssimo_fw-la imperatori_fw-la placuit_fw-la in_fw-la 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general_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n §_o 66._o 4._o nor_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o absence_n of_o the_o protestant_a clergy_n §_o 67._o §_o 53_o these_o thing_n touch_v church-government_n from_o §_o â—9_n be_v premise_v in_o general_n a_o close_a application_n of_o which_o shall_v be_v make_v to_o this_o famous_a council_n of_o trent_n as_o occasion_n require_v i_o proceed_v to_o a_o more_o particular_a consideration_n of_o the_o first_o head_n propose_v before_o 8._o before_o §._o 8._o concern_v the_o generality_n and_o just_a authority_n of_o this_o council_n to_o oblige_v all_o the_o church_n subject_n especial_o those_o of_o the_o west_n 1._o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o suppose_v this_o council_n of_o trent_n no_o legal_a and_o free_a general_n yet_o if_o it_o be_v a_o free_a and_o legal_a patriarchal_a council_n thus_o it_o will_v stand_v obligatory_a at_o least_o for_o the_o obedience_n of_o 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therefore_o must_v be_v urge_v and_o not_o this_o bare_o of_o their_o absence_n why_o the_o council_n be_v not_o without_o they_o legal_o general_n or_o oblige_v 3._o nor_o do_v the_o involuntary_a absence_n of_o some_o bishop_n if_o hinder_v by_o some_o secular_a power_n or_o also_o if_o not_o admit_v 3._o 3._o or_o exclude_v by_o the_o council_n hinder_v it_o from_o be_v legitimate_a if_o the_o exclude_v be_v prove_v such_o as_o profess_v and_o own_o those_o opinion_n that_o have_v be_v condemn_v and_o the_o defender_n thereof_o anathematise_v by_o former_a lawful_a council_n now_o whether_o the_o protestant_a party_n may_v just_o have_v be_v exclude_v upon_o this_o title_n see_v below_o §_o 198._o nay_o further_o for_o those_o bishop_n who_o be_v not_o yet_o condemn_v by_o any_o former_a church-decree_n yet_o if_o they_o be_v accuse_v or_o suspect_v of_o some_o new_a dangerous_a error_n it_o have_v not_o be_v unusual_a in_o former_a allow_v council_n the_o major_a part_n thereof_o 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safeconduct_a for_o protestant_n publish_v like_o that_o under_o julius_n but_o not_o make_v use_n of_o but_o let_v we_o now_o suppose_v the_o council_n undisturbed_a in_o the_o manner_n before_o relate_v 2._o §._o 68_o n._n 2._o and_o these_o protestant_a divine_n that_o come_v to_o the_o council_n still_o continue_v there_o and_o indulge_v not_o only_o 1_o the_o freedom_n of_o dispute_v but_o 2_o their_o decisire_n vote_n touch_v which_o thing_n see_v the_o caution_n premise_v by_o the_o council_n 15._o council_n apud_fw-la binnium_n conc._n trid._n sess_n 15._o that_o if_o for_o that_o time_n the_o protestant_n be_v permit_v to_o give_v a_o placet_fw-la it_o shall_v be_v no_o prejudice_n to_o the_o right_n or_o honour_n of_o the_o present_a or_o future_a council_n which_o show_v the_o council_n not_o resolve_v to_o deny_v this_o to_o they_o if_o much_o stand_v upon_o yet_o what_o lest_o advantage_n to_o repeat_v here_o again_o something_o say_v already_o in_o the_o first_o disc_n 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who_o vigilant_a providence_n never_o desert_n his_o church_n either_o convert_v he_o or_o remove_v he_o i_o say_v however_o these_o thing_n be_v state_v yet_o as_o to_o our_o present_a business_n of_o trent_n neither_o do_v the_o pope_n out_o of_o any_o such_o private_a guilt_n of_o heresy_n or_o other_o crime_n forbear_v to_o call_v this_o council_n nor_o when_o it_o be_v assemble_v and_o the_o protestant_n complaint_n against_o the_o pope_n well_o know_v do_v this_o supreme_a court_n find_v any_o ground_n or_o cause_n of_o such_o extraordinary_a proceed_n against_o he_o for_o 1_o for_o his_o presidentship_n in_o the_o council_n which_o be_v except_v against_o how_o can_v the_o council_n deprive_v he_o of_o this_o right_n which_o be_v no_o new_a tyranny_n or_o device_n but_o that_o office_n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v ancient_o exercise_v in_o the_o most_o unblemished_a council_n which_o the_o church_n ever_o have_v of_o which_o see_v what_o be_v say_v before_o §_o 46._o 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