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or_o implicit_o to_o yield_v their_o right_n and_o thence_o begin_v the_o title_n in_o the_o unjust_a possessor_n namely_o when_o the_o ancient_a lord_n be_v able_a cease_v to_o challenge_v any_o right_n but_o as_o i_o say_v to_o let_v all_o this_o pass_n the_o disparity_n from_o man_n to_o god_n be_v manifest_o clear_a and_o therefore_o admit_v of_o no_o consequence_n chap._n 8._o protestant_n have_v make_v the_o schism_n without_o any_o cause_n or_o ground_n the_o often_o cite_a protestant_a doctor_n in_o the_o treatise_n of_o schism_n write_v that_o schism_n do_v not_o always_o make_v the_o lesser_a part_n culpable_a which_o recede_v or_o be_v drive_v out_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o commonweal_n or_o body_n of_o the_o church_n but_o the_o compulsive_a cause_n be_v here_o chief_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o and_o not_o always_o the_o small_a number_n of_o the_o recede_a person_n therefore_o the_o protestant_n say_v it_o be_v