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and_o so_o far_o from_o the_o universal_a church_n we_o own_v they_o when_o he_o do_v not_o 69._o 7._o the_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n headship_n and_o the_o pope_n 37._o 8._o puritan_n be_v for_o the_o king_n supremacy_n 70._o 9_o how_o far_o they_o submit_v their_o judgement_n to_o the_o church_n p._n 70._o 10._o the_o church_n teach_v we_o the_o faith_n but_o may_v not_o judge_v in_o partem_fw-la utramlibet_fw-la viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n no_o christ_n no_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n p._n 71._o ii_o it_o be_v schismatical_a and_o worse_a to_o feign_v that_o various_a habit_n gesture_n meat_n etc._n etc._n make_v various_a religion_n q._n 1._o do_v variety_n of_o liturgy_n make_v various_a religion_n 2._o be_v not_o religion_n more_o concern_v in_o the_o papist_n doctrinal_a difference_n among_o themselves_o about_o predestination_n grace_n freewill_n the_o immaculate_a conception_n and_o hundred_o more_o in_o the_o school_n doctor_n and_o about_o the_o depose_n excommunicate_v and_o kill_v king_n and_o about_o all_o the_o controversy_n mention_v by_o the_o jansenist_n in_o the_o jesuit_n moral_n and_o by_o mr._n clarkson_n in_o the_o practical_a divinity_n of_o the_o papist_n than_o in_o variety_n of_o clothes_n form_n or_o ceremony_n and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o laudable_a for_o protestant_n to_o hold_v union_n and_o communion_n with_o they_o that_o use_v not_o the_o same_o word_n or_o rite_n as_o in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o tolerate_v without_o so_o much_o as_o any_o disow_a censure_n the_o foresay_a doctrinal_a difference_n about_o king_n kill_v when_o excommunicate_a murder_n adultery_n fornication_n perjury_n lie_v steal_v etc._n etc._n mention_v in_o the_o foresay_a book_n p._n 72._o chap._n iu._n h._n w_n ill_o form_v accusation_n which_o he_o can_v best_o answer_v p._n 77._o what_o grotius_n mean_v by_o papist_n p._n 79._o i._o of_o papist_n image-worship_n p._n 79._o ii_o of_o pope_n pardon_n p._n 80._o iii_o their_o pray_n to_o the_o virgin_n mary_n 83._o iu_o latin_a prayer_n 84._o v._o implicit_a belief_n in_o teacher_n 85._o vi_o prefer_v the_o church_n law_n to_o go_n 87._o vii_o obedience_n 88_o chap._n v._n the_o true_a history_n of_o the_o papacy_n its_o original_a and_o growth_n 94._o 1._o the_o ancient_a church_n take_v not_o the_o papacy_n to_o be_v of_o god_n institution_n but_o man_n full_o prove_v p._n 99_o etc._n etc._n 2._o the_o roman_a primacy_n be_v ever_o but_o one_o empire_n and_o not_o all_o the_o christian_a people_n in_o the_o world_n prove_v p._n 103_o etc._n etc._n 3._o council_n be_v general_n only_o as_o to_o the_o empire_n and_o not_o the_o world_n p._n 104._o five_o exception_n p._n 106._o remark_n upon_o the_o african_n pretend_a schism_n austin_n be_v one_o p._n 112._o the_o not_o able_a word_n of_o mel._n canus_n against_o the_o roman_a universality_n 113._o the_o mean_n of_o the_o pope_n last_o growth_n to_o maturity_n 119._o the_o doctrine_n by_o which_o they_o do_v their_o work_n p._n 122._o 1._o depress_v the_o scripture_n sufficiency_n and_o cry_v up_o their_o tradition_n which_o be_v again_o conjute_v 123._o 2._o pretend_v antiquity_n and_o universality_n 125._o both_o confute_v the_o objection_n of_o heresy_n and_o schism_n to_o other_o church_n answer_v p._n 127._o 3._o aggravate_v our_o division_n and_o boast_n of_o their_o unity_n p._n 128._o even_o the_o scandalous_a contend_a sect_n among_o protestant_n have_v more_o unity_n with_o each_o other_o than_o the_o papist_n prove_v 4._o their_o vile_a counsel_n to_o man_n to_o suspect_v all_o religion_n and_o suspend_v it_o to_o make_v they_o papist_n boverius_n to_o our_o late_a king_n p._n 131._o chap._n vi_o what_o the_o pope_n be_v in_o forty_o character_n or_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o he_o p._n 134._o etc._n etc._n chap._n vii_o what_o a_o papist_n be_v the_o word_n papist_n be_v equivocal_a many_o sort_n be_v call_v papist_n that_o differ_v both_o in_o the_o foundation_n and_o the_o very_a form_n and_o the_o subject_a and_o the_o terminus_n of_o church_n power_n and_o be_v not_o formal_o one_o church_n as_o be_v common_o think_v pag._n 165._o a_o papist_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a sort_n describe_v who_o place_v the_o authority_n universal_a and_o the_o infallibility_n in_o the_o pope_n and_o council_n agree_v thirty_o property_n or_o character_n of_o they_o the_o first_o about_o the_o resolution_n of_o their_o faith_n into_o the_o authority_n or_o infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n propose_v how_o protestant_n resolve_v their_o faith_n and_o how_o they_o take_v it_o from_o their_o teacher_n p._n 169._o etc._n etc._n see_v the_o rest_n chap._n viii_o what_o the_o papist_n church_n call_v the_o roman_n catholic_n church_n be_v in_o twenty_o character_n p._n 184._o chap._n ix_o twenty_o property_n of_o the_o protestant_n religion_n as_o it_o differ_v from_o popery_n 187._o errata_fw-la page_n 26._o line_n 28._o for_o turrian_n read_v pisanus_n p._n 76._o l._n 7._o for_o in_o r._n it_o p._n 97._o l._n 21._o r._n presbyter_n p._n 93._o l._n 20._o r._n roman_a p._n 94._o l._n 2._o for_o or_o r._n of_o p._n 107._o l._n 1._o for_o goth_n r._n vandal_n p._n 110._o l._n 4._o deal_n and._n p_o 115._o l._n 13._o for_o com._n r._n corn._n p._n 123._o l._n 11._o r._n library_n p._n 156._o l._n 28._o r._n greatreak_n errata_fw-la in_o roman_a tradition_n etc._n etc._n page_n 18._o l._n 1._o for_o most_o real_a r._n moral_a p._n 20._o l._n 5._o r._n georgian_n p._n 29._o l._n 16._o r._n sirmium_n p._n 37._o l._n 5._o for_o sind_z r._n say_v
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