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but_o m._n coeffeteau_n not_o dare_v to_o confront_v the_o king_n to_o his_o face_n do_v treacherous_o assail_v â—im_a side-wise_a for_o in_o stead_n of_o satisfy_v his_o proof_n draw_v out_o of_o holy_a scripture_n he_o entrench_v himself_o in_o his_o hold_n of_o custom_n and_o produce_v some_o testimony_n of_o man_n he_o say_v then_o that_o basil_n write_v to_o athanasius_n advise_v he_o to_o advertise_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o certain_a schism_n that_o happen_v in_o his_o country_n 32._o epist_n 32._o to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o by_o interpose_v his_o authority_n may_v send_v learned_a and_o able_a man_n to_o extinguish_v those_o division_n which_o trouble_v the_o east_n but_o withal_o he_o shall_v have_v add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o basil_n do_v not_o entreat_v he_o to_o show_v forth_o his_o power_n in_o punish_v the_o obstinate_a and_o refractory_a but_o only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o reprehend_v and_o admonish_v the_o froward_a man_n of_o our_o country_n for_o as_o touch_v the_o title_n of_o head_n of_o the_o church_n s._n basil_n in_o the_o same_o epistle_n do_v so_o qualify_v not_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n but_o athanasius_n patriarcke_n of_o alexandria_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o think_v that_o we_o can_v not_o better_o give_v entrance_n to_o our_o affair_n then_o by_o have_v recourse_n to_o your_o perfection_n as_o to_o he_o who_o be_v the_o universal_a head_n and_o by_o win_v you_o to_o be_v counsellor_n and_o conductour_n of_o our_o action_n now_o he_o thus_o speak_v not_o because_o alexandria_n be_v the_o first_o sea_n but_o because_o there_o be_v not_o then_o any_o bishop_n who_o do_v not_o willing_o give_v precedence_n to_o athanasius_n because_o of_o his_o virtue_n as_o for_o the_o priority_n of_o the_o bishops-sea_n it_o appear_v by_o his_o 50._o epistle_n that_o s._n basill_n think_v it_o due_a to_o antioch_n when_o he_o exhort_v athanasius_n to_o adjoine_v himself_o to_o miletius_n patriarcke_n of_o antioch_n of_o who_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v he_o who_o as_o we_o may_v so_o say_v sit_v as_o ruler_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n and_o say_v also_o rome_n he_o so_o call_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n that_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o west_n give_v consent_n thereunto_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n remarkable_a above_o the_o rest_n that_o s._n basill_n purpose_v to_o address_v himself_o to_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n that_o he_o shall_v lend_v his_o help_n to_o pacify_v some_o difference_n stir_v up_o in_o asia_n confess_v in_o one_o of_o his_o epistle_n that_o man_n be_v deceive_v to_o hope_v for_o any_o succour_n from_o thence_o and_o take_v offence_n at_o his_o pride_n he_o account_v all_o such_o deputation_n idle_a and_o
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