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without_o union_n and_o subjection_n unto_o who_o there_o be_v no_o salvation_n which_o we_o have_v prove_v according_a to_o our_o first_o assumption_n to_o be_v false_a imposterous_a scandalous_n schismatical_a blasphemous_a respective_o and_o every-way_n damnable_a laus_fw-la deo_fw-la finis_fw-la fault_n escape_v in_o some_o copy_n page_n 4._o in_o the_o marg_n at_o the_o letter_n g._n line_n 13._o idem_fw-la add_v de_fw-la trip._n virt_n disp_n 9_o etc._n etc._n page_n 7._o marg_n letter_n c_o l._n 16_o league_n novam_fw-la revelationem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la p._n 9_o marg_n lâ—t_fw-la f._n l._n â—7_n sal._n supple_a salmeron_n jes._n in_o epist._n etc._n etc._n p._n 14._o l._n 6._o profess_v for_o possess_v p._n 20._o letter_n g._n 18._o league_n ut_fw-la aliquando_fw-la be_v ib._n for_o pater_fw-la lege_fw-la pastor_n p._n 23._o marg_n lit_fw-fr b._n l._n 18._o league_n apud_fw-la binâ—um_fw-la p._n 33._o marg_n lit_fw-fr p._n l._n 5._o league_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 34._o marg_n lin_v antepenult_n lege_fw-la covarâ—uvias_n p._n 36_o l._n 2._o deal_n verbum_fw-la about_o p._n 38._o marg_n lit_fw-fr fl_fw-mi 1._o league_n qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la p._n 46._o l._n 21._o luc._n â—2_n add_v ver_n 32._o p._n 47._o marg_n lit_fw-fr h._n l._n 7._o league_n designavit_fw-la p._n 49._o l._n â—_o matth_n 16._o add_v ver_n 17_o 18_o p._n 54._o l._n 14._o obey_v for_o obtain_v p._n 79._o l_o 3._o in_o the_o white_a line_n supple_a challenge_n p._n 81._o l._n 6._o sect._n 8._o for_o 4._o p._n 88_o marg_n lit_fw-fr e._n num_fw-la 25._o se_fw-la primum_fw-la for_o primam_fw-la p._n 94_o l_o 7._o continue_v for_o connive_v p._n 97._o light_v d._n lin_v penult_n conterd_v for_o concord_n p._n 97._o marg_n marg_n see_v hereafter_o add_v p._n 107._o o_o p._n 109._o l_o 10._o first_o for_o five_o general_n p._n 111._o marg_n lit_fw-fr c._n l._n 2._o league_n mennam_fw-la p._n 123_o l._n 23._o father_n deal_n of_o p._n 125._o marg_n s._n see_v above_o add_v at_o thâ—_n light_v d._n p._n 132._o l_o 1._o declare_v p._n 136._o l._n 24._o league_n lindanus_n p._n 146._o marg_n lit_fw-fr n._n l._n 16._o legatur_fw-la for_o legatus_fw-la p._n 147._o marg_n marg_n see_v add_v above_o page_n 143._o at_o y._n and_o below_o in_o the_o next_o chap._n add_v p._n 162._o p._n 150._o marg_n fl_fw-mi 9_o sed_fw-la &_o impater_n league_n sedet_fw-la imperator_fw-la p._n 157._o l._n 12._o league_n against_o p._n 171._o l._n 7._o read_v counsel_n p._n 186._o marg_n lit_fw-fr a._n l._n 29._o league_n canticum_fw-la p._n 188._o marg_n lit_fw-fr g_o l._n 1_o league_n latina_n p._n 192._o l._n 23._o league_n general_o p._n 201._o marg_n marg_n see_v above_o for_o chap._n 1._o league_n cap._n 5._o §_o 8._o p._n 211._o marg_n lit_fw-fr o._n l._n 11._o league_n enchiridion_n p._n 221._o thirteen_o league_n fourteen_o p._n 225_o l._n 14._o league_n obiector_n p._n 232._o l._n 15_o 16._o league_n but_o if_o it_o be_v reasonable_a etc._n etc._n p._n 3â—4_n l._n 9_o i_o compel_v for_o couple_v p._n 349._o l._n 11._o before_o and_o prefix_v the_o numeral_a vi_o &_o ibid_fw-la l._n 29._o make_v that_o number_n vii_o pag._n 347._o l._n 4._o urge_v deal_n the_o word_n in_o some_o other_o error_n there_o be_v commit_v especial_o in_o the_o margin_n as_o superfluous_a letter_n wrong_a interpunction_n mis-accent_n in_o some_o greek_a word_n mostwhat_a occasion_v by_o the_o smallenesse_n and_o falseness_n of_o the_o letter_n which_o the_o judicious_a and_o ingenuous_a reader_n may_v observe_v and_o well_o amend_v amend_v luke_n 1.3_o 1.3_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 23.26_o &_o act._n 24.3_o 24.3_o gal._n 3.23_o 3.23_o 1_o cor._n 9.18_o &_o 23._o 23._o ephes._n 4.5_o 4.5_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d s._n jude_n ver_fw-la 3._o 3._o gal._n 1.8_o 9_o annuntiare_fw-la quid_fw-la etc._n etc._n lirinens_n bulla_n pij_fw-la quarti_fw-la quarti_fw-la josh._n 9_o 9_o exod._n 7._o 7._o epist._n ad_fw-la front_n ducaeum_n s._n jude_n v._n 23._o 23._o leo._n 1._o thess._n 5.21_o 5.21_o cyprian_a see_v chap._n 9_o sect._n 6._o of_o this_o treatise_n treatise_n epist._n dedicatory_a dedicatory_a romana_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à _fw-la solo_fw-la deo_fw-la fundata_fw-la etc._n etc._n lib._n 2._o epist._n 55._o apud_fw-la binium_n tom._n 3._o conc._n pag._n 1196._o 1196._o dicitur_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la universis_fw-la constat_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la quae_fw-la graeco_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la catholica_fw-la nominatur_fw-la &_o secundùm_fw-la hanc_fw-la acceptionem_fw-la vocabuli_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sed_fw-la pars_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la prima_fw-la sc_n &_o praecipua_fw-la velut_fw-la caput_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la plenitudo_fw-la potestatis_fw-la existit_fw-la et_fw-la dicitur_fw-la universalis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illa_fw-la una_fw-la quae_fw-la sub_fw-la se_fw-la continâ—t_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la universas_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la hanc_fw-la nominis_fw-la rationem_fw-la romana_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la universalis_fw-la nuncupatur_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sola_fw-la singularis_fw-la privilegio_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la caeteris_fw-la est_fw-la praelata_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la uâ—iversalis_fw-la dominus_fw-la appellatur_fw-la quoniam_fw-la universa_fw-la sub_fw-la eius_fw-la domino_fw-la continentur_fw-la jnnocent_a papa_n 3_o apud_fw-la bzoâ—ium_fw-la annal._n 1199_o 1199_o subesse_fw-la romano_n pontifici_fw-la omni_fw-la humanae_fw-la creaturae_fw-la decâ—aramus_fw-la dicimus_fw-la definimus_fw-la &_o pronunciamus_fw-la omnino_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v salutis_fw-la datum_n lateran_n anno_fw-la pontificaâ—us_fw-la nostri_fw-la octavo_fw-la extrau_n cap._n unam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la de_fw-fr maior_fw-la &_o a-bed_o col_fw-fr 212._o 212._o if_o they_o be_v exact_o examine_v they_o will_v amount_v unto_o many_o score_n score_n ego_fw-la n._n firmâ_fw-la fide_fw-la credo_fw-la &_o affirmo_fw-la sanctam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la &_o apostolicam_fw-la romanam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la matrem_fw-la &_o magistram_fw-la romanoque_fw-la pontifici_fw-la b._n petri_n successori_fw-la ac_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la vicario_n veram_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la spondeo_fw-la ac_fw-la iuro_fw-la hanc_fw-la veram_fw-la &_o catholicam_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneo_fw-la extra_fw-la quam_fw-la nemo_fw-la saluus_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la bulla_n pij_fw-la quarti_fw-la pro_fw-la formae_fw-la iuramenti_fw-la professionis_fw-la fidei_fw-la dat._n romae_fw-la anno._n 1564._o 1564._o ecclesia_fw-la cathoca_n etc._n etc._n catechis_n rom._n in_o hunc_fw-la artic_a num_fw-la 10.11_o &_o 13._o 13._o ecclesia_fw-la romana_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la particularis_fw-la dioecesis_fw-la seu_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la comprehendit_fw-la omnes_fw-la credentes_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la sub_fw-la obedientia_fw-la episcopi_fw-la romani_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la suarez_n jes._n trip_n virt_n theol._n disp_n 5._o sect._n 6._o numb_a 2._o &_o lib._n 1._o con_v ang._n sectae_fw-la errores_fw-la c._n 12._o num_fw-la 9_o 9_o catholicâ_fw-la fide_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la hanc_fw-la certam_fw-la ac_fw-la individuam_fw-la congregationem_fw-la quae_fw-la romanan_n fidem_fw-la profitetur_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la rom._n pontifice_fw-la coniuncta_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la probatur_fw-la primò_fw-la ex_fw-la symbolo_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la constat_fw-la teneri_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la veram_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la satis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la eam_fw-la confusè_fw-la &_o universe_n credeâ—e_n sed_fw-la oportet_fw-la determinatè_fw-la &_o in_fw-la individuo_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n disp_n 9_o sect._n 9_o numb_a 13._o 13._o 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