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this_o treatise_n and_o the_o principle_n upon_o which_o it_o move_v the_o true_a church_n be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o definition_n thereof_o it_o be_v unity_n in_o the_o multitude_n of_o particular_a church_n which_o make_v but_o one_o episcopacy_n and_o one_o chair_n by_o the_o communion_n they_o have_v with_o a_o chief_a church_n which_o be_v the_o centre_n of_o their_o unity_n antiquity_n be_v to_o be_v follow_v against_o novelty_n in_o doctrine_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o upon_o this_o principle_n it_o be_v prove_v in_o this_o treatise_n against_o the_o new_a opinion_n what_o antiquity_n have_v believe_v of_o the_o first_o foundation_n and_o prerogative_n of_o that_o chief_a church_n which_o be_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n page_n 1._o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o foundation_n and_o establishment_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n that_o st._n peter_n have_v be_v at_o rome_n a_o refutation_n of_o the_o erroneous_a reason_n that_o some_o protestant_n allege_v 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his_o successor_n and_o how_o pope_n be_v in_o another_o manner_n page_n 31_o chap._n iu_o of_o the_o primacy_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v establish_v by_o jesus_n christ_n head_n of_o the_o universal_a church_n the_o true_a interpretation_n of_o these_o word_n thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o that_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n how_o the_o church_n be_v build_v upon_o jesus_n christ_n upon_o the_o confession_n of_o his_o divinity_n and_o on_o the_o person_n of_o st._n peter_n his_o primacy_n of_o jurisdicton_n over_o all_o believer_n proceed_v from_o the_o confession_n of_o faith_n which_o he_o make_v for_o all_o the_o rest_n all_o antiquity_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o primacy_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o of_o all_o his_o successor_n in_o the_o bishopric_n of_o rome_n page_n 37_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o right_n and_o advantage_n that_o the_o primacy_n give_v to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n over_o other_o bishop_n what_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n decide_v as_o to_o that_o the_o superintendence_n of_o the_o pope_n over_o all_o that_o concern_v the_o government_n and_o good_a of_o the_o church_n in_o general_n the_o right_n he_o have_v of_o call_v council_n for_o the_o spiritual_a and_o preside_v in_o they_o that_o appeal_n may_v be_v make_v to_o his_o tribunal_n and_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o judge_v of_o great_a cause_n a_o illustrious_a instance_n of_o that_o supreme_a authority_n of_o the_o pope_n in_o the_o history_n of_o pope_n agapetus_n of_o the_o patriarch_n anthimius_n and_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n the_o prodigious_a ignorance_n of_o calvin_n in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n the_o system_fw-la of_o his_o heresy_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o antiquity_n what_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o pope_n that_o be_v dispute_v among_o catholic_n page_n 51_o chap._n vi_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n concern_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n whither_o or_o not_o when_o he_o define_v without_o a_o council_n and_o without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o church_n he_o may_v err_v p._n 72_o chap._n vii_o what_o antiquity_n have_v conclude_v from_o that_o that_o st._n peter_n be_v reprove_v by_o st._n paul_n whither_o st._n peter_n be_v blame-worthy_a his_o action_n be_v call_v a_o error_n by_o st._n austin_n the_o opinion_n of_o st._n jerome_n refute_v by_o that_o holy_a doctor_n he_o compare_v the_o error_n of_o st._n cyprian_n with_o that_o of_o st._n peter_n the_o history_n of_o the_o error_n of_o vigilius_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n and_o his_o change_n compare_v by_o pelagius_n ii_o with_o the_o error_n and_o change_n of_o st._n peter_n the_o schism_n of_o the_o occidental_n found_v upon_o the_o constitution_n of_o vigilius_n according_a to_o pope_n pelagius_n for_o quench_v that_o schism_n the_o holy_a see_v be_v to_o be_v follow_v in_o its_o change_n as_o believer_n be_v oblige_v to_o imitate_v st._n peter_n in_o that_o which_o he_o make_v from_o evil_a to_o good_a st._n paul_n believe_v not_o st._n peter_n to_o be_v infallible_a it_o be_v before_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o st._n peter_n be_v reprove_v by_o st._n paul_n the_o true_a interpretation_n of_o that_o passage_n i_o have_v pray_v for_o thou_o peter_n that_o thy_o faith_n fail_v not_o p._n 77_o chap._n viii_o what_o follow_v natural_o from_o the_o great_a contest_v of_o pope_n victor_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o asia_n different_a custom_n in_o the_o church_n concern_v the_o celebration_n of_o easter_n and_o of_o the_o fast_a before_o that_o feast_n the_o good_a intelligence_n betwixt_o pope_n st._n anicetus_n and_o st._n polycarp_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n notwithstanding_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o custom_n the_o decree_n of_o pope_n victor_n reject_v by_o polycrates_n bishop_n of_o ephesus_n and_o by_o the_o other_o asiatic_o st._n ireneus_fw-la in_o name_n of_o the_o gallican_n church_n oppose_v pope_n victor_n none_o of_o these_o bishop_n of_o the_o east_n 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what_o the_o great_a council_n of_o arles_n nice_n and_o constantinople_n have_v decide_v as_o to_o that_o question_n all_o then_o except_o the_o donatist_n submit_v to_o the_o decree_n of_o these_o council_n because_o they_o be_v believe_v to_o be_v infallible_a which_o be_v not_o think_v of_o pope_n p._n 111_o chap._n x._o the_o fall_n of_o liberius_n his_o letter_n publish_v in_o all_o place_n wherein_o he_o condemn_v st._n athanasius_n suppress_v the_o term_n consubstantial_a receive_v the_o arian_n to_o his_o communion_n and_o subscribe_v the_o formulary_a of_o sirmium_n he_o be_v for_o that_o depose_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n p._n 135_o chap._n xi_o the_o instance_n of_o pope_n vigilius_n the_o constitution_n of_o that_o pope_n for_o the_o three_o chapter_n the_o five_o council_n which_o be_v infallible_a condemn_v they_o p._n 140_o chap._n xii_o the_o condemnation_n of_o honcrius_n in_o the_o six_o council_n the_o
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yet_o they_o may_v still_o maintain_v their_o party_n by_o complain_v loud_o in_o all_o place_n that_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o bishop_n who_o be_v prejudice_v against_o they_o have_v judge_v partial_o the_o truth_n be_v they_o do_v so_o and_o press_v the_o emperor_n so_o hard_o to_o give_v they_o new_a judge_n and_o in_o great_a number_n that_o that_o good_a prince_n overcome_v by_o their_o extreme_a importunity_n cit_fw-la orabida_n furoris_fw-la audacia_fw-la opt._n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la which_o he_o call_v extreme_a fury_n grant_v their_o desine_fw-la and_o see_v he_o passionate_o desire_v to_o restore_v peace_n to_o the_o church_n and_o utter_o to_o abolish_v so_o fatal_a a_o schism_n by_o a_o supreme_a sentence_n that_o may_v for_o ever_o put_v a_o end_n to_o that_o great_a contest_v he_o call_v the_o great_a council_n of_o arles_n fest_n apud_fw-la arelatum_fw-la eandem_fw-la causam_fw-la diligentius_fw-la examinandam_fw-la terruinandamque_fw-la cuirass_n august_n ep._n 162._o euseb_n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o august_n ep._n 167._o ad_fw-la fest_n which_o st._n austin_n call_v a_o full_a and_o universal_a council_n because_o as_o eusebius_n assure_v we_o and_o after_o he_o that_o holy_a doctor_n there_o be_v there_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o bishop_n of_o all_o the_o province_n of_o the_o empire_n 11._o exit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la partibus_fw-la &_o praecipue_fw-la gallicanis_fw-la council_n arelat_n 11._o ganls_n the_o legate_n of_o pope_n sylvester_n with_o the_o eighteen_o bishop_n who_o have_v be_v at_o the_o council_n of_o rome_n be_v present_a there_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v examine_v there_o afresh_o with_o the_o judgement_n which_o pope_n melchiade_n the_o predecessor_n of_o st._n sylvester_n have_v give_v against_o they_o and_o they_o be_v again_o condemn_v by_o a_o definitive_a sentence_n and_o without_o appeal_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a tribunal_n for_o the_o appeal_n which_o these_o schismatic_n who_o observe_v no_o measure_n bring_v to_o the_o tribunal_n of_o constantine_n 162._o august_n ep._n 162._o be_v most_o unjust_a as_o be_v frank_o acknowledge_v by_o that_o emperor_n who_o say_v that_o if_o he_o at_o length_n take_v cognizance_n of_o that_o cause_n to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o these_o heretic_n and_o arrest_v the_o course_n of_o their_o fury_n he_o humble_o beg_v pardon_v of_o the_o bishop_n who_o authority_n in_o what_o concern_v the_o spiritual_a he_o shall_v invade_v whereupon_o st._n austin_n answer_v the_o complaint_n that_o the_o donatist_n of_o his_o time_n always_o make_v of_o pope_n melchiade_n ibid._n quae_fw-la vox_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la litigatorum_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerint_fw-la etiam_fw-la manifestissimâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la superati_fw-la ibid._n as_o their_o ancestor_n have_v do_v jeer_v they_o pleasant_o say_v that_o they_o act_v like_o bad_a lawyer_n who_o have_v lose_v their_o cause_n blame_v their_o judge_n and_o complain_v to_o all_o man_n that_o they_o have_v be_v unjust_o condemn_v when_o they_o have_v even_o be_v convict_v by_o the_o most_o manifest_a discovery_n of_o the_o truth_n ibid._n ecce_fw-la putemus_fw-la illos_fw-la episcopos_fw-la qui_fw-la romae_fw-la judicarunt_fw-la non_fw-la bonos_fw-es judices_fw-la fuisse_fw-la restabat_fw-la adhuc_fw-la plenarium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vniversalis_fw-la concilium_fw-la ubi_fw-la etiam_fw-la cumipsis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la causa_fw-la posset_n agitari_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la male_a judicasse_fw-la convicti_fw-la essent_fw-la torum_fw-la sententiae_fw-la solverentur_fw-la ibid._n then_o to_o confound_v they_o he_o add_v these_o great_a word_n which_o plain_o decide_v the_o question_n that_o we_o examine_v and_o to_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v reply_v suppose_v that_o the_o judge_n who_o condemn_v your_o ancestor_n at_o rome_n have_v judge_v amiss_o be_v not_o there_o still_o the_o full_a council_n where_o that_o cause_n may_v be_v again_o examine_v with_o the_o 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reprove_v saint_n peter_n that_o he_o may_v cure_v all_o the_o rest_n by_o that_o remedy_n for_o a_o error_n that_o do_v hurt_v to_o the_o public_a be_v not_o to_o be_v rebuke_v private_o if_o st._n paul_n say_v true_a say_v he_o in_o another_o place_n saint_n peter_n walk_v not_o then_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o do_v what_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v do_v it_o make_v nothing_o to_o the_o purpose_n to_o say_v as_o st._n jerome_n have_v do_v that_o all_o that_o be_v but_o a_o design_n lay_v betwixt_o st_n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n to_o bring_v the_o jew_n to_o their_o duty_n by_o let_v they_o see_v that_o their_o protector_n st._n peter_n submit_v to_o that_o reprimand_n of_o st._n paul_n beside_o that_o that_o way_n of_o proceed_v suit_v very_o ill_a with_o the_o temper_n of_o st._n paul_n and_o agree_v not_o at_o all_o with_o his_o word_n that_o dissimulation_n no_o way_n justify_v saint_n peter_n and_o make_v st._n paul_n a_o accomplice_n in_o his_o fault_n for_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o lawful_a to_o dissemble_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o that_o the_o dissimulation_n become_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o great_a scandal_n and_o stumbling-block_n 71._o hieron_n ep._n 86._o &_o seq_fw-la august_n ep._n 8._o &_o seq_fw-la consilium_fw-la veritatis_fw-la admisit_fw-la &_o rationi_fw-la legitimae_fw-la quam_fw-la paulus_n vindicabat_fw-la facile_fw-la concensu_fw-la cypr._n ad_fw-la quint._n ep._n 71._o which_o make_v people_n fall_v into_o error_n by_o compel_v they_o to_o judaize_v st._n austin_n then_o who_o valiant_o oppugn_v that_o opinion_n which_o so_o little_a favour_n those_o two_o great_a apostle_n and_o who_o allege_v for_o himself_o st._n ambrose_n and_o st._n cyprian_n be_v so_o persuade_v that_o st._n peter_n on_o that_o occasion_n err_v that_o he_o make_v use_v of_o that_o instance_n to_o excuse_v the_o error_n of_o st._n cyprian_a concern_v the_o baptism_n of_o heretic_n which_o he_o reckon_v to_o be_v invalid_a if_o st._n peter_n 1._o si_fw-mi potuit_fw-la petrus_n contra_fw-la veritatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la quam_fw-la postea_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tenuit_fw-la cogere_fw-la gentes_fw-la judaizare_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la potuit_fw-la cyprianus_n contra_fw-la veritatis_fw-la regulam_fw-la quam_fw-la postea_fw-la tota_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tenuit_fw-la cogere_fw-la haereticos_fw-la &_o schismaticos_fw-la rebaptizari_a aug._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr bapt._n contra_fw-la donatist_n c._n 1._o peter_n say_v he_o can_v compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o judaize_v contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o truth_n which_o the_o church_n have_v since_o follow_v why_o may_v not_o st._n cyprian_n compel_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o truth_n which_o the_o whole_a church_n have_v observe_v since_o and_o elsewhere_o he_o make_v use_v of_o the_o same_o instance_n to_o condemn_v that_o error_n of_o st._n cyprian_a i_o admit_v not_o say_v he_o that_o doctrine_n of_o cyprian_a 32._o hoc_fw-la cypriani_fw-la non_fw-la accipio_fw
three_o chapter_n and_o forbid_v to_o condemn_v they_o but_o notwithstanding_o all_o his_o effort_n that_o council_n where_o he_o will_v not_o assist_v absolute_o condemn_v they_o and_o because_o vigilius_n will_v not_o consent_v to_o that_o condemnation_n he_o be_v banish_v by_o justinian_n who_o some_o time_n after_o give_v he_o his_o liberty_n and_o send_v he_o home_o to_o his_o see_n because_o once_o more_o change_v his_o conduct_n and_o opinion_n he_o condemn_v in_o write_v the_o three_o chapter_n synodis_fw-la evagr._fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 37._o phot._n the_o septom_n synodis_fw-la according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n and_o that_o be_v the_o four_o and_o last_o time_n that_o he_o have_v change_v for_o as_o he_o be_v upon_o his_o return_n to_o rome_n marcell_n appen_n marcell_n he_o die_v in_o sicily_n the_o year_n follow_v however_o this_o last_o change_n do_v not_o cure_v the_o schism_n that_o be_v form_v in_o the_o church_n about_o that_o point_n for_o though_o the_o successor_n of_o this_o pope_n have_v admit_v the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n saepe_fw-la greg._n pap._n 1._o ep._n 24._o &_o alib_a saepe_fw-la which_o hold_v the_o five_o place_n among_o the_o ecumenical_a council_n yet_o many_o bishop_n and_o among_o other_o those_o of_o africa_n and_o istria_n herm._n vict._n tun._n farund_n herm._n take_v no_o notice_n in_o the_o least_o of_o that_o last_o change_n of_o vigilius_n stick_v obstinate_o to_o his_o former_a constitution_n whereby_o he_o have_v public_o declare_v for_o the_o three_o chapter_n forbid_v all_o believer_n to_o condemn_v they_o and_o though_o pelagius_n ii_o who_o hold_v the_o holy_a see_v two_o or_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o vigilius_n do_v all_o he_o can_v to_o persuade_v and_o bring_v they_o to_o their_o duty_n and_o to_o undeceive_v they_o of_o their_o error_n he_o can_v never_o succeed_v in_o it_o for_o they_o always_o allege_v ibid._n pelag._n 11._o ep._n 7._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la tertia_fw-la ad_fw-la episc_n istriae_fw-la dicentes_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o causae_fw-la principio_fw-la &_o sedes_fw-la apostolica_fw-la per_fw-la vigilium_fw-la papam_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la latinarum_fw-la provinciarum_fw-la principes_fw-la damnationi_fw-la trium_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la fortiter_fw-la restiterunt_fw-la ibid._n errorem_fw-la tarde_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la &_o tanto_fw-la eye_v celerius_fw-la credi_fw-la debuit_fw-la quanto_fw-la eorum_fw-la constantia_fw-la quousque_fw-la verum_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la à _fw-la certamine_fw-la non_fw-la quievit_fw-la ibid._n that_o the_o roman_a church_n have_v former_o teach_v they_o the_o contrary_a of_o what_o they_o will_v have_v they_o at_o present_a confess_v and_o that_o the_o holy_a see_v by_o pope_n vigilius_n and_o the_o other_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n when_o that_o cause_n begin_v to_o be_v debate_v have_v vigorous_o oppose_v the_o condemnation_n of_o these_o three_o chapter_n whereupon_o that_o wise_a pope_n tell_v they_o ingenuous_o and_o convince_o that_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n they_o ought_v to_o condemn_v they_o because_o that_o vigorous_a resistance_n be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o the_o roman_n and_o other_o occidental_n yield_v not_o till_o at_o length_n they_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o have_v not_o know_v before_o and_o clear_o see_v that_o they_o have_v be_v mistake_v in_o approve_v and_o maintain_v write_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v condemn_v and_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a laudable_a change_n to_o turn_v from_o error_n to_o truth_n he_o moreover_o confirm_v that_o argument_n by_o the_o example_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n st._n paul_n sumpsit_fw-la quia_fw-la diu_fw-la veritati_fw-la restitit_fw-la unde_fw-la ad_fw-la confirmanda_fw-la corda_fw-la credentium_fw-la in_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la praedicatione_n veritatis_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la say_v he_o long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o be_v the_o most_o zealous_a asserter_n of_o judaisme_n against_o the_o christian_n who_o he_o persecute_v by_o that_o he_o prove_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o embrace_v christianity_n because_o after_o so_o great_a resistance_n he_o will_v not_o have_v yield_v to_o jesus_n christ_n if_o he_o have_v not_o clear_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o a_o error_n before_o st._n peter_n continues_z he_o etc._n diu_n quidem_fw-la restitit_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la gentes_fw-la sine_fw-la circumcisione_n etc._n etc._n diu_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la conversaram_fw-la gentium_fw-la communione_fw-la subtraxit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la paulo_n pestmodum_fw-la ratione_fw-la suscepta_fw-la cum_fw-la vidisset_fw-la quosdam_fw-la etc._n etc._n dixit_fw-la cur_n tentatis_fw-la deum_fw-la imponentes_fw-la jugum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hold_v long_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o legal_a observation_n compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o judaize_v he_o yield_v afterward_o to_o reason_n and_o truth_n by_o the_o reproof_n that_o st._n paul_n give_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o walk_v not_o upright_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n after_o that_o change_v his_o conduct_n he_o powerful_o withstand_v those_o who_o in_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n will_v have_v subject_v christian_n to_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o ancient_n law_n will_v they_o have_v have_v reason_n then_o to_o have_v say_v to_o he_o praedicasti_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la dicis_fw-la audire_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la aliud_fw-la ante_fw-la praedicasti_fw-la when_o they_o see_v he_o teach_v the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o what_o he_o have_v preach_v before_o we_o will_v not_o hear_v what_o you_o tell_v we_o at_o present_a because_o you_o former_o preach_v to_o we_o quite_o another_o thing_n not_o at_o all_o because_o these_o two_o apostle_n have_v long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n each_o in_o his_o way_n and_o at_o length_n follow_v that_o truth_n change_v from_o evil_a to_o good_a so_o go_v on_o that_o pope_n make_v a_o right_a application_n of_o these_o two_o instance_n to_o the_o point_n of_o the_o three_o chapter_n the_o holy_a see_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v upbraid_v with_o a_o change_n etc._n si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la in_o trium_fw-la capitulorum_fw-la negotio_fw-la alind_a cum_fw-la veritas_fw-la quaereretur_fw-la aliud_fw-la autem_fw-la inventâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n mutatio_fw-la sententiae_fw-la huic_fw-la sedi_fw-la in_o crimen_fw-la objicitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n since_o after_o it_o have_v find_v out_o the_o truth_n which_o it_o search_v into_o it_o now_o condemn_v the_o three_o chapter_n which_o it_o approve_v before_o it_o find_v the_o truth_n it_o be_v in_o my_o judgement_n very_o clear_a that_o pope_n pelagius_n in_o that_o place_n say_v plain_o and_o without_o bias_n that_o as_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n have_v err_v before_o their_o change_n to_o which_o 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have_v divert_v he_o from_o suffer_v for_o we_o and_o be_v rebuke_v by_o these_o pierce_a word_n get_v thou_o behind_o i_o satan_n when_o he_o cut_v off_o malchus_n his_o ear_n and_o three_o time_n deny_v his_o master_n and_o last_o of_o all_o when_o he_o fall_v into_o that_o fail_n for_o which_o st._n
and_o of_o those_o three_o council_n these_o be_v the_o proper_a term_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o pope_n which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o epistle_n of_o st._n cyprian_n for_o the_o letter_n of_o st._n stephen_n have_v not_o come_v to_o our_o hand_n pompeian_a si_fw-mi quis_fw-la à _fw-la quâcunque_fw-la haeresi_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la innovetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la manus_fw-la ei_fw-la imponantur_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la ap._n cyprian_n epist_n 79_o ad_fw-la pompeian_a if_o any_o one_o return_n to_o we_o from_o what_o heresy_n soever_o it_o be_v let_v nothing_o be_v innovate_v and_o let_v nothing_o be_v do_v but_o what_o tradition_n authorise_v that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o hand_n be_v only_o lay_v upon_o he_o to_o reconcile_v he_o by_o repentance_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o opposite_a than_o those_o two_o decree_n jubaian_a qui_fw-la ex_fw-la quâcunque_fw-la haeresi_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la convertantur_fw-la unico_fw-la &_o legitimo_fw-la baptismate_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la cypr._n epist_n ad_fw-la jubaian_a if_o you_o take_v they_o literal_o that_o of_o saint_n cyprian_n will_v have_v all_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v from_o what_o heresy_n soever_o they_o return_v and_o all_o that_o be_v out_o of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o but_o the_o pope_n by_o he_o 14._o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la parum_fw-la sit_fw-la eye_n manum_fw-la imponere_fw-la stephanus_n baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o nullo_n iterandum_fw-la esse_fw-la censebat_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la facientibus_fw-la graviter_fw-la succensebat_fw-la august_n l._n the_o unic_n baptis_n c._n 14._o declare_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a and_o forbid_v any_o heretic_n to_o be_v re-baptised_n this_o st._n austin_n confirm_v when_o he_o express_o assure_v we_o that_o stephen_n will_v have_v no_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v and_o that_o he_o be_v extreme_o offend_v against_o all_o those_o that_o do_v it_o the_o truth_n be_v eusebius_n in_o his_o history_n remark_n that_o the_o true_a state_n of_o that_o great_a question_n that_o be_v then_o in_o agitation_n be_v to_o know_v whether_o those_o who_o return_v from_o any_o heresy_n whatsoever_o ought_v to_o be_v rebaptise_v indeed_o if_o one_o will_v stick_v without_o admit_v any_o explication_n to_o the_o natural_a sense_n of_o these_o word_n of_o eusebius_n a_o quocunque_fw-la haeresis_fw-la genere_fw-la 2._o erat_fw-la id_fw-la tempor_fw-la be_v non_fw-la exigua_fw-la quaestio_fw-la &_o controversia_fw-la excitata_fw-la utrum_fw-la oporteret_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la quocunque_fw-la haeresis_fw-la genere_fw-la revocassent_v lavacro_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la repurgare_fw-la euseb_n l._n 7._o c._n 2._o and_o of_o those_o of_o the_o decree_n of_o saint_n stephen_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la à _fw-la quacunque_fw-la haeresi_fw-la venerit_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la innovetur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la manus_fw-la ei_fw-la imponatur_fw-la in_o poenitentiam_fw-la it_o will_v seem_v at_o first_o sight_n that_o as_o st._n cyprian_n be_v for_o have_v all_o general_o who_o have_v be_v baptise_a by_o heretic_n to_o be_v rebaptise_v so_o that_o holy_a pope_n on_o the_o contrary_a forbid_v the_o rebaptising_a of_o any_o who_o have_v be_v baptise_a by_o heretic_n and_o that_o be_v also_o the_o error_n that_o some_o have_v attribute_v unto_o he_o upon_o these_o word_n si_fw-la quis_fw-la à _fw-la quacunque_fw-la haeresi_fw-la which_o they_o have_v take_v according_a to_o the_o strictness_n of_o the_o letter_n but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v ingenuous_o that_o as_o tradition_n have_v always_o reject_v the_o monstrous_a baptism_n of_o some_o heretic_n which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o epiphanius_n who_o baptise_a in_o a_o quite_o different_a manner_n from_o what_o jesus_n christ_n prescribe_v when_o he_o command_v his_o apostle_n to_o baptise_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o 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