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bâ—llâ—rmine_n lest_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n they_o shall_v be_v make_v a_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n unto_o infidel_n say_v sanders_n allen_n turrian_n 131._o de_fw-fr adorat_fw-la l._n 2._o d._n 5._o c._n 2._o n._n 131._o and_o bellarmine_n but_o this_o exposition_n agree_v not_o with_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o canon_n say_v vasques_n lest_o by_o the_o decay_n of_o the_o wall_n they_o may_v loose_v their_o lustre_n say_v the_o same_o vasques_n 132._o ib._n n._n 132._o the_o council_n be_v but_o provincial_a and_o never_o confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n 247._o ib._n n._n 121._o bell._n imag._n l._n 2._o c._n 36._o bin._n de_fw-fr conc._n in_o hunc_fw-la can._n biblioth_n l._n 5._o ann_n 247._o say_v diverse_a of_o late_a be_v oppress_v with_o the_o objection_n but_o baronius_n and_o binius_fw-la affirm_v that_o it_o be_v a_o lawful_a council_n and_o free_a from_o error_n and_o whatsoever_o the_o occasion_n of_o the_o prohibition_n be_v this_o be_v sure_a the_o council_n of_o 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