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other_o patriarch_n and_o bishop_n as_o have_v be_v prove_v iv._o thesis_n protestant_n hold_v not_o any_o great_a inuisibilitie_n or_o rather_o obscurity_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_a than_o that_o which_o the_o romanist_n themselves_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v sect_n 5._o not_o but_o that_o many_o of_o you_o pretend_v and_o boast_v of_o a_o catholic_a church_n not_o only_o visible_a but_o also_o conspicuous_o and_o notorious_o visible_a always_o both_o in_o the_o 7._o amplitude_n of_o compass_n and_o in_o the_o 7._o multitude_n of_o believer_n as_o the_o perpetual_a note_n of_o the_o church_n which_o our_o saviour_n christ_n compare_v to_o a_o city_n set_v upon_o a_o hill_n and_o you_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o epistle_n which_o mr._n fisher_n a_o jesuite_n present_v not_o long_o ago_o unto_o our_o late_a sovereign_a king_n james_n of_o bless_a memory_n wherein_o he_o profess_v a_o catholic_a church_n to_o be_v always_o so_o conspicuous_a that_o the_o whole_a know_a 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o magnify_v my_o office_n so_o that_o upon_o a_o compulsarie_a comparison_n provoke_v by_o the_o calumniation_n of_o other_o he_o esteem_v it_o no_o arrogancy_n but_o direct_a justice_n to_o avouch_v his_o own_o worthiness_n for_o the_o advance_v of_o the_o work_n of_o his_o ministry_n a_o long_a time_n after_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o apostleship_n he_o will_v not_o 1.17_o go_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o peter_n or_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n lest_o he_o may_v have_v seem_v to_o have_v be_v authorize_v by_o they_o yet_o three_o year_n after_o that_o he_o take_v a_o journey_n thither_o 18._o to_o see_v peter_n doubtless_o for_o honour_n sake_n as_o one_o in_o order_n of_o apostleship_n most_o eminent_a but_o this_o he_o do_v voluntary_o in_o discretion_n and_o brotherly_a communion_n and_o not_o in_o subjection_n as_o the_o context_n show_v fourteen_o year_n also_o after_o this_o he_o make_v a_o second_o voyage_n to_o jerusalem_n where_o he_o meet_v with_o peter_n 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