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baal_n beside_o câ—â—marims_n and_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n in_o a_o manner_n of_o any_o servant_n of_o god_n but_o himself_o it_o be_v rather_o against_o 18._o jeremy_n then_o for_o he_o when_o all_o the_o priest_n take_v counsel_n against_o he_o say_v the_o law_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o the_o priest_n etc._n etc._n nay_o the_o glorious_a outside_n and_o face_n of_o a_o church_n be_v rather_o against_o 1._o christ_n himself_o then_o for_o he_o all_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n take_v counsel_n against_o jesus_n since_o christ_n death_n to_o instance_n only_o in_o one_o sort_n of_o heretic_n the_o arrian_n undoubted_o will_v have_v carry_v the_o truth_n away_o by_o voice_n and_o outward_a pomp_n for_o some_o hundred_o of_o year_n if_o that_o be_v a_o safe_a trial_n for_o saint_n 7._o jerome_n complain_v tunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d usiae_fw-la nomen_fw-la abolitum_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fidei_fw-la damnatio_fw-la conclamata_fw-la est_fw-la 〈…〉_z arrianum_n se_fw-la 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these_o thing_n be_v so_o may_v we_o not_o just_o upbraid_v the_o papist_n as_o gregory_n nazianzen_n do_v the_o arrian_n arrian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o c_o where_o be_v they_o now_o who_o upbraid_v poverty_n unto_o we_o and_o boast_v of_o their_o wealth_n who_o define_v the_o church_n by_o multitude_n and_o despise_v the_o little_a flock_n of_o christ_n who_o honour_n the_o sand_n and_o reproach_v the_o great_a light_n of_o heaven_n who_o treasure_n up_o check-stone_n and_o pass_v by_o margarite_n the_o seven_o assertion_n when_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o visible_a professor_n of_o christianity_n and_o each_o party_n pretend_v itself_o to_o be_v the_o true_a church_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o other_o the_o only_a sure_a and_o infallible_a mean_n to_o know_v which_o of_o the_o dissident_a party_n be_v of_o the_o true_a church_n be_v by_o try_v their_o doctrine_n by_o scripture_n to_o this_o touchstone_n of_o truth_n the_o prophet_n 20._o isaiah_n 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sed_fw-la audiamus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d dicit_fw-la dominus_fw-la sunt_fw-la certi_fw-la libri_fw-la dominici_n quorum_fw-la authoritati_fw-la utrique_fw-la consentimus_fw-la ibi_fw-la quaeramus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la let_v we_o not_o hear_v i_o say_v this_o or_o thou_o say_v this_o but_o let_v we_o hear_v this_o say_v the_o lord_n there_o be_v certain_a book_n of_o god_n to_o who_o authority_n we_o both_o consent_n there_o let_v we_o seek_v the_o church_n and_o after_o much_o debate_v the_o matter_n he_o conclude_v the_o chapter_n with_o these_o word_n ergo_fw-la in_o scripture_n be_v canonic_a be_v eam_fw-la requiramus_fw-la therefore_o let_v we_o seek_v she_o the_o church_n in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n and_o cuique_fw-la nostrum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o iustitia_fw-la sua_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o scripture_n quaerat_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la aug._n ep_n 48._o saint_n 82._o basil_n direct_v we_o to_o the_o same_o course_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o whosoever_o doctrine_n agreeable_a to_o scripture_n shall_v be_v find_v the_o truth_n be_v always_o to_o be_v adjudge_v to_o be_v on_o their_o side_n to_o forbear_v more_o allegation_n the_o learned_a author_n of_o the_o imperfect_a work_n on_o matthew_n hear_v the_o name_n of_o s._n 24._o chrysostome_n deliver_v a_o firm_a conclusion_n in_o formal_a and_o express_a term_n and_o that_o several_a time_n show_v that_o his_o judgement_n be_v settle_v and_o resolve_v upon_o it_o 〈…〉_z modis_fw-la â—stendebatur_fw-la quae_fw-la esset_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la gentilitas_fw-la nunc_fw-la autem_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la cognoscitur_fw-la quae_fw-la vera_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la nisi_fw-la tantummodò_fw-la per_fw-la scripturas_fw-la quare_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la proprie_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la habent_fw-la et_fw-la haereses_fw-la illae_fw-la in_o schemate_fw-la similiter_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la similiter_fw-la scripturas_fw-la similiter_fw-la 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