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st._n peter_n but_o no_o universal_a sovereignty_n 5._o that_o whoever_o will_v turn_v papist_n must_v confess_v that_o he_o be_v a_o ungodly_a hypocrite_n before_o and_o that_o all_o profess_a christian_n be_v so_o save_o the_o papist_n that_o know_v their_o doctrine_n 6._o that_o he_o must_v renounce_v the_o sense_n of_o all_o sound_a man_n and_o believe_v they_o all_o deceive_v by_o miracle_n the_o content_n of_o the_o first_o part._n chap._n 1._o sect._n 1_o his_o explication_n of_o the_o term_n catholic_n church_n 1._o he_o exclude_v all_o from_o christ_n universal_a church_n and_o christianity_n that_o be_v no_o member_n of_o christian_a congregation_n yet_o mean_v not_o only_a church_n but_o family_n ship_n or_o any_o civil_a assembly_n damn_v all_o solitary_a christian_n or_o that_o be_v alone_o among_o infidel_n 2._o he_o make_v subjection_n to_o the_o supreme_a pastor_n necessary_a and_o yet_o say_v the_o votum_fw-la of_o it_o alone_o will_v serve_v sect._n 2._o he_o unchurch_v parish-church_n he_o make_v dependence_n on_o lawful_a pastor_n in_o general_a necessary_a but_o not_o on_o the_o pope_n particular_o sect._n 3_o what_o faith_n must_v be_v in_o a_o church-member_n his_o implicit_a discourse_n of_o implicit_a faith_n which_o indeed_o be_v no_o faith_n of_o any_o particular_a article_n several_a sense_n of_o implicit_a faith_n open_v his_o general_a faith_n prove_v no_o particular_a faith_n in_o what_o sense_n we_o believe_v all_o that_o god_n have_v reveal_v sect._n 8._o his_o instance_n explain_v sect._n 9_o when_o virtual_a repentance_n suffice_v sect._n 10._o his_o avoid_v to_o answer_v sect._n 11._o the_o papist_n church_n invisible_a sect._n 12._o his_o strange_a doctrine_n of_o general_n sect._n 13._o what_o christianity_n be_v be_v no_o point_n of_o faith_n with_o they_o sect._n 14._o the_o invisibility_n of_o their_o church_n further_o prove_v sect._n 15._o their_o contradiction_n about_o receive_v all_o faith_n on_o the_o church_n authority_n sect._n 16._o 17._o the_o true_a method_n of_o believe_v sect._n 18._o humane_a faith_n be_v join_v with_o divine_a sect._n 20._o what_o the_o essential_o of_o christianity_n be_v sect._n 21._o papist_n utter_o disagree_v what_o a_o christian_a be_v and_o confound_v and_o their_o church_n invisible_a sect._n 22._o note_n of_o great_a moment_n hereupon_o the_o baptise_v of_o man_n that_o believe_v only_o that_o there_o be_v a_o reward_v god_n be_v a_o new_a false_a baptism_n sect._n 23._o q_o 3_o who_o be_v the_o pastor_n who_o rejection_n unchurch_v man_n of_o parish_n priest_n q._n 4._o how_o shall_v all_o the_o world_n be_v sure_a that_o pope_n and_o priest_n have_v a_o just_a election_n or_o ordination_n sect._n 24_o 25_o 26_o 27_o 28._o chap._n 2._o their_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n heresy_n whether_o heresy_n be_v in_o will_n or_o understanding_n sect._n 1_o heretic_n by_o their_o definition_n be_v unknown_a sect._n 2._o the_o power_n of_o judge_v of_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o proposal_n make_v we_o the_o clergy_n master_n of_o all_o man_n life_n sect._n 3_o he_o make_v none_o heretic_n that_o deny_v not_o god_n veracity_n sect._n 4._o and_o all_o heretic_n to_o deny_v it_o yea_o all_o that_o receive_v not_o every_o truth_n safficient_o propose_v yet_o unsaith_o all_o and_o say_v that_o not_o culpable_a neglect_n of_o sufficient_a proof_n of_o all_o but_o contradiction_n to_o the_o know_a proposal_n of_o lawful_a superior_n make_v a_o heretic_n sect._n 7._o q._n what_o sufficient_a proposal_n be_v sect._n 8._o 9_o he_o say_v that_o the_o true_a church-governor_n may_v be_v know_v without_o revelation_n sect._n 10._o sufficiency_n further_o examine_v sect._n 11._o he_o hereticate_v themselves_o or_o none_o sect._n 12._o whether_o every_o misunderstanding_n of_o a_o intelligible_a text_n of_o scripture_n be_v heresy_n sect._n 13._o what_o heresy_n be_v indeed_o sect._n 14._o chap._n 3._o their_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n pope_n sect._n 1_o pope_n judge_v herteick_n by_o many_o council_n where_o christ_n institution_n of_o the_o papacy_n must_v be_v find_v sect._n 2._o who_o ad_fw-la esse_fw-la must_v elect_v the_o pope_n sect._n 3._o w._n j._n can_v and_o dare_v not_o tell_v consecration_n deny_v to_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o pope_n sect._n 6._o neither_o papal_a nor_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n he_o say_v depend_v on_o papal_a or_o episcopal_a ordination_n sect._n 7._o so_o they_o may_v be_v layman_n what_o such_o jurisdiction_n be_v sect._n 8._o what_o notice_n or_o proof_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o subject_n chap._n 4._o their_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n bishop_n the_o pope_n be_v not_o of_o god_n ordain_v in_o their_o way_n sect._n 1._o 2._o their_o bishop_n of_o calcedon_n testimony_n put_v off_o sect._n 3_o they_o make_v all_o man_n that_o will_v or_o no_o man_n to_o be_v bishop_n his_o great_a confusion_n and_o contradiction_n say_v we_o want_v not_o episcopal_a consecration_n but_o election_n
instance_n of_o goth_n dane_n swede_n examine_v sect._n 4_o 5._o whether_o extra_fw-la imperial_a church_n be_v under_o the_o pope_n sect._n 5._o in_o what_o case_n some_o be_v and_o which_o his_o pretence_n to_o the_o indian_n armenian_n and_o persian_n examine_v sect._n 6._o the_o tradition_n of_o these_o church_n be_v against_o popery_n sect_n 7._o his_o notorious_a fiction_n about_o the_o subjection_n of_o the_o indian_n armenian_n and_o abassine_n to_o rome_n sect._n 9_o 10._o of_o pisanus_n arabic_a nicene_n canon_n sect._n 11._o he_o intend_v to_o write_v a_o tractate_n to_o prove_v that_o extraneous_a bishop_n be_v at_o the_o council_n but_o that_o put-off_a go_v for_o a_o answer_n sect._n 12._o he_o confess_v that_o the_o very_a gallicane_n and_o spanish_a liturgy_n mention_v not_o the_o pope_n sovereignty_n no_o more_o than_o the_o ethiopic_a sect._n 13._o when_o constantine_n entreat_v the_o king_n of_o persia_n for_o the_o church_n there_o the_o pope_n do_v not_o command_v there_o sect._n 14._o whether_o before_o gregory_n mission_n the_o british_a church_n be_v ever_o subject_a to_o the_o pope_n or_o heretical_a sect._n 15._o reynerius_n word_n vindicate_v viz._n the_o church_n of_o the_o armenian_n ethiopian_n and_o indian_n and_o the_o rest_n which_o the_o apostle_n convert_v be_v not_o under_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n sect._n 16._o the_o 28._o can._n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n vindicate_v which_o declare_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v but_o the_o first_o patriarch_n in_o the_o empire_n by_o humane_a right_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o imperial_a city_n sect._n 17._o 18_o 19_o 20._o his_o brave_a attempt_n to_o prove_v that_o extra-imperial_a bishop_n be_v summon_v to_o the_o council_n at_o nice_a of_o john_n persidis_fw-la armenian_n gothia_n at_o ephes._n 1_o thebamnon_n bishop_n of_o coptus_n sect._n 21._o 22._o his_o other_o citation_n confute_v sect._n 23._o of_o eusebius_n his_o circular_a letter_n sect._n 24._o chap._n 4._o the_o emperor_n and_o not_o the_o pope_n call_v the_o old_a council_n sect._n 1_o myraeus_n his_o notitia_fw-la episcopat_fw-la against_o he_o sect._n 2._o of_o the_o authority_n over_o the_o barbarous_a give_v con._n calce_v c._n 28._o proof_n that_o the_o papal_a power_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v but_o jure_fw-la humano_fw-la sect._n 5._o he_o be_v over_o but_o one_o empire_n sect._n 6._o no_o council_n but_o of_o one_o empire_n prosper_v testimony_n examine_v &_o caput_fw-la mundi_fw-la expound_v sect._n 7._o pope_n leo_n word_n examine_v sect._n 8_o 9_o the_o decretal_a epistle_n show_v the_o pope_n rule_v not_o the_o world_n sect._n 10._o more_o of_o ethiopia_n and_o pisanus_n canon_n sect._n 11._o chap._n 5._o the_o case_n reâ—…eated_v the_o uselessness_n of_o his_o testimony_n therein_o chap._n 6._o the_o vanity_n of_o his_o proof_n that_o council_n be_v call_v general_n as_o to_o all_o the_o world_n and_o not_o only_o to_o the_o empire_n from_o the_o word_n totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la from_o the_o end_n the_o peace_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o rest_n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o his_o question_n answer_v what_o heretic_n be_v christian_n sect._n 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o he_o say_v that_o no_o heretic_n believe_v for_o the_o authority_n of_o god_n reveal_v and_o so_o acquit_v all_o that_o do_v but_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v true_a which_o be_v all_o that_o believe_v indeed_o that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n sect._n 12._o of_o sufficiency_n of_o proposal_n of_o truth_n it_o be_v not_o equal_a he_o absolve_v heretic_n and_o make_v heretic_n of_o the_o papist_n sect._n 13_o 14_o 15._o whether_o the_o papist_n and_o protestant_n be_v one_o church_n whether_o the_o pope_n and_o christ_n be_v two_o head_n whether_o a_o king_n that_o say_v god_n have_v make_v i_o the_o vicegod_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n set_v not_o up_o a_o policy_n destinct_n from_o god_n sect._n 16._o one_o call_v a_o papist_n may_v be_v a_o christian_n and_o another_o not_o sect._n 17._o 18._o chap._n 7._o whether_o we_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n as_o the_o old_a heretic_n do_v sect._n 1_o whether_o we_o separate_v from_o other_o church_n as_o we_o do_v from_o the_o papal_a sect._n 2._o arrian_n separate_v from_o the_o church_n as_o christian_a sect._n 3_o why_o they-call_a u_fw-mi schismatic_n sect._n 4._o 5._o papist_n agree_v not_o whether_o heretic_n be_v in_o the_o church_n sect._n 6._o what_o we_o hold_v herein_o sect._n 6._o his_o absurd_a answer_n sect._n 7._o whether_o every_o man_n deny_v christ_n veracity_n who_o receive_v not_o every_o truth_n sufficient_o propose_v sect._n 8_o 9_o he_o make_v it_o a_o grand_a novelty_n of_o i_o to_o say_v that_o there_o may_v be_v division_n in_o the_o church_n and_o not_o from_o the_o church_n because_o the_o church_n be_v a_o most_o perfect_a unity_n the_o shame_n of_o this_o charge_n sect._n 10_o 11._o his_o charge_n of_o eutychianisme_n on_o the_o abassine_n etc._n etc._n sect._n 12._o of_o self-conceited_a hereticate_a wit_n sect._n 12._o whether_o the_o abassine_n confess_v themselves_o eutichianes_n sect._n 14._o of_o the_o greek_a church_n reject_v we_o sect._n 16._o the_o greek_a church_n claim_v not_o sovereignty_n over_o all_o the_o world_n but_o in_o the_o empire_n sect._n 17_o 18_o 19_o whether_o every_o child_n subject_n or_o neighbour_n must_v judge_n heretic_n and_o avoid_v they_o unsentence_v sect._n 20._o his_o false_a answer_n to_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o own_o writer_n that_o free_a the_o greek_n from_o heresy_n sect._n 21._o the_o witness_n of_o the_o council_n of_o florence_n that_o the_o greek_n mean_v orthodox_o sect._n 23._o nilus_n testimony_n vindicate_v sect._n 24_o our_o unity_n with_o greek_n and_o other_o sect._n 25._o a_o notable_a passage_n of_o meletius_n patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o constantinople_n for_o the_o sole_a headship_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o pope_n usurpation_n novelty_n and_o forsake_v tradition_n which_o with_o cyril_n 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