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difference_n be_v guilty_a of_o schism_n so_o that_o schism_n be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a sedition_n as_o sedition_n be_v a_o lay-schisme_n p._n 193._o q._n what_o be_v the_o definition_n of_o schism_n answ_n schism_n be_v a_o unnecessary_a separation_n of_o christian_n 195._o p._n 195._o from_o that_o part_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v once_o member_n q._n when_o be_v separation_n necessary_a answ_n separation_n be_v then_o necessary_a when_o nothing_o will_v save_v we_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o conscience_n but_o open_a separation_n p._n 195._o q._n when_o be_v schism_n complete_a answ_n these_o two_o thing_n make_v schism_n complete_a first_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o former_a 2_o the_o erect_v a_o new_a church_n and_o oratory_n 196._o p._n 196._o for_o the_o divide_v party_n to_o meet_v in_o public_o as_o in_o the_o late_a famous_a controversy_n in_o holland_n de_fw-fr praedestinatione_fw-la as_o long_o as_o the_o 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