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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o i_o also_o or_o moreover_o say_v unto_o thou_o beside_o what_o i_o have_v say_v already_o i_o tell_v thou_o further_o thou_o be_v peter_n and_o upon_o this_o rock_n i_o will_v build_v my_o church_n his_o speech_n be_v direct_v to_o peter_n but_o it_o be_v evident_a from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v that_o in_o he_o he_o comprehend_v all_o the_o apostle_n as_o they_o be_v all_o comprehend_v in_o his_o confession_n who_o know_v already_o that_o he_o be_v christ_n the_o son_n of_o the_o live_a god_n but_o do_v not_o understand_v his_o intention_n of_o gather_v a_o church_n by_o their_o mean_n this_o name_n of_o peter_n we_o meet_v withal_o before_o matth._n x._o 2._o be_v give_v he_o at_o his_o first_o come_v to_o our_o saviour_n john_n i_o 42._o where_o he_o tell_v he_o thou_o shall_v be_v call_v cephas_n which_o be_v by_o interpretation_n a_o stone_n or_o peter_n concern_v which_o justin_n martyr_n 13._o martyr_n dialog_n cum_fw-la tryh_n p._n 333_o 334._o 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and_o lay_v aside_o all_o the_o rest_n even_o those_o which_o be_v far_o more_o catholic_n thus_o do_v bellarmine_n x._o bellarmine_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr pontif._n rom._n c._n x._o who_o find_v fault_n with_o erasmus_n for_o contradict_v their_o exposition_n of_o the_o church_n be_v found_v upon_o peter_n say_v that_o all_o the_o father_n teach_v it_o and_o thus_o do_v cardinal_n baronius_n xxvii_o baronius_n ad_fw-la an._n 33._o n._n xxvii_o to_o name_n no_o more_o who_o be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o interpretation_n receive_v and_o approve_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a catholic_n church_n what_o truth_n can_v you_o expect_v from_o such_o man_n or_o who_o can_v think_v it_o safe_a to_o give_v up_o himself_o to_o the_o conduct_n of_o such_o guide_n who_o thus_o notorious_o falsify_v in_o a_o matter_n so_o evident_a that_o for_o one_o ancient_a father_n or_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n that_o by_o the_o rock_n understand_v peter_n himself_o there_o be_v 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