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in_o who_o work_n you_o may_v not_o find_v this_o heretical_a strain_n neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v admire_v that_o man_n who_o religion_n be_v occasion_v by_o pride_n and_o ground_v upon_o singularity_n of_o judgement_n do_v betray_v and_o declare_v those_o passion_n in_o their_o discourse_n they_o be_v the_o chief_a ingredient_n of_o their_o symbol_n and_o the_o conclusion_n most_o clear_o deduce_v from_o their_o principle_n i_o will_v omit_v all_o other_o at_o present_a and_o only_o mention_v a_o passage_n of_o socinus_n against_o volanus_fw-la pa._n 2._o wherein_o you_o may_v see_v to_o what_o a_o pass_v protestant_n be_v bring_v by_o their_o own_o proud_a and_o private_a spirit_n and_o by_o their_o contempt_n of_o catholic_n tradition_n thus_o therefore_o he_o say_v to_o what_o purpose_n shall_v i_o answer_v that_o which_o thou_o borrow_v from_o the_o papist_n etc._n etc._n especial_o where_o thou_o oppose_v to_o we_o the_o perpetual_a consent_n of_o the_o church_n very_o 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sed_fw-la ita_fw-la permaneatâ—aut_fw-fr propriae_fw-la reconcilietur_fw-la conjugi_fw-la let_v no_o man_n leave_v his_o own_o wife_n but_o only_o as_o the_o holy_a gospel_n teach_v we_o for_o the_o cause_n of_o fornication_n and_o if_o any_o man_n shall_v put_v away_o his_o wife_n that_o be_v join_v to_o he_o by_o lawful_a marriage_n if_o he_o will_v be_v a_o true_a christian_a let_v he_o not_o marry_v another_o but_o either_o remain_v so_o in_o continency_n or_o be_v reconcile_v to_o his_o own_o wife_n again_o he_o waste_v much_o paper_n in_o discredit_v pope_n gregory_n the_o 7._o by_o protestant_n call_v pope_n hildebrand_n who_o notwithstanding_o 164_o the_o chief_a writer_n of_o his_o time_n exceed_o commend_v for_o a_o saint_n and_o a_o learned_a man_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o bellarmin_n but_o fox_n say_v 21._o antoninus_n write_v that_o hildebrand_n as_o he_o lie_v a_o die_a desire_v one_o of_o his_o cardinal_n to_o go_v to_o the_o emperor_n and_o desire_v he_o 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