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the_o church_n and_o long_o for_o the_o reunion_n thereof_o in_o the_o first_o place_n if_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v reduce_v from_o his_o universality_n of_o sovereign_a jurisdiction_n jure_fw-la divino_fw-la to_o his_o principium_fw-la unitatis_fw-la and_o his_o court_n regulate_v by_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o constance_n and_o basile_n and_o be_v desire_v by_o many_o roman_a catholic_n as_o well_v as_o we_o second_o if_o the_o creed_n or_o necessary_a point_n of_o faith_n be_v reduce_v to_o what_o they_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o four_o first_o ecumenical_a counsel_n according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o three_o general_n council_n conc._n eph_n part._n 2._o act._n 6._o c._n 7._o who_o dare_v say_v that_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o primitive_a father_n be_v insufficient_a admit_v no_o additional_a article_n burr_n only_o necessary_a explication_n and_o those_o to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o 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then_o schism_n but_o nothing_o more_o unjust_o the_o method_n observe_v in_o this_o discourse_n every_o passionate_a heat_n not_o schism_n act_n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 39_o ecclesiastical_a quarrel_n of_o long_a continuance_n not_o always_o schism_n hen_n holden_n append._n de_fw-fr schis_n act._n 1._o pag_n 484._o infidelity_n unmask_v sect._n 176._o pag._n 591._o idem_fw-la pag._n 516._o the_o separater_n may_v be_v free_a from_o schism_n and_o the_o other_o party_n guilty_a act._n 19_o 9_o 1_o tim._n 6._o 5._o infid_v unmask_v ch._n 7._o sect._n 112._o pag._n 534._o to_o withdraw_v obedience_n be_v not_o always_o criminous_a schism_n idem_fw-la pag._n 481._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 14._o cyril_n ep_n 18._o ad_fw-la coelestinum_n tâ—m_fw-la 1._o conc._n lib._n rom._n pâ—â—t_v in_o anast._n libel_n ad_fw-la mancit_fw-la apud_fw-la bar._n to_o 8._o a_o 590._o nu_fw-la 39_o 8._o syn._n c._n 10._o what_o be_v single_a schism_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 3_o wherein_o internal_a 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