provincial_a synod_n however_o the_o constant_a appeal_n now_o be_v from_o the_o sentiment_n of_o private_a man_n and_o particular_a synod_n to_o the_o definition_n of_o general_a council_n which_o be_v appeal_v to_o with_o as_o much_o confidence_n as_o if_o not_o one_o of_o they_o have_v ever_o be_v suspect_v or_o call_v in_o question_n but_o be_v all_o of_o undoubted_a authority_n whereas_o there_o be_v indeed_o nothing_o more_o suspect_v than_o the_o credit_n of_o most_o of_o they_o and_o the_o chief_a tenet_n of_o popery_n will_v be_v find_v to_o have_v but_o little_a authority_n from_o general_a council_n the_o worship_n of_o image_n will_v stand_v in_o great_a need_n of_o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o transubstantiation_n auricular_a confession_n etc._n etc._n will_v want_v support_n from_o the_o four_o of_o the_o lateran_n and_o in_o short_a it_o will_v be_v almost_o as_o difficult_a to_o defend_v the_o council_n bring_v to_o authorise_v they_o as_o to_o defend_v 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tradition_n like_o some_o river_n run_v for_o a_o great_a way_n under_o ground_n till_o at_o last_o it_o break_v out_o and_o discover_v itself_o in_o this_o age_n or_o that_o council_n if_o you_o inquire_v why_o we_o read_v nothing_o of_o transubstantiation_n in_o ancient_a author_n the_o answer_n be_v very_o easy_a and_o ready_a disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la p._n 150_o 151._o why_o the_o father_n do_v not_o assert_v the_o worship_n of_o image_n disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la p._n 124._o why_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n be_v not_o clear_o teach_v before_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la p._n 10_o 17._o why_o we_o have_v no_o account_n of_o the_o seven_o sacrament_n before_o the_o seven_o century_n disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la p._n 104_o 106._o why_o the_o write_n of_o st._n denys_n the_o areopagite_n lie_v so_o long_o conceal_v disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la p._n 120._o and_o so_o for_o any_o novelty_n else_o disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la still_o return_v upon_o you_o and_o it_o be_v so_o great_a a_o charm_n that_o some_o will_v be_v almost_o afraid_a of_o it_o for_o it_o have_v a_o strange_a faculty_n of_o make_v every_o thing_n look_v age_v that_o it_o can_v but_o come_v near_o this_o disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la be_v a_o occult_a quality_n to_o salve_v all_o difficulty_n by_o and_o say_v what_o you_o will_v prove_v what_o you_o will_v these_o two_o emphatical_a word_n shall_v bear_v down_o all_o before_o they_o and_o i_o be_o persuade_v the_o follow_a consideration_n will_v stand_v out_o against_o any_o attack_z but_o that_o of_o disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o content_n part_n i._n i._n the_o false_a deal_v that_o have_v be_v use_v in_o publish_v the_o council_n page_n 1_o 1_o i._o in_o put_v out_o those_o which_o be_v forge_v ibid._n ibid._n ii_o in_o suppress_v those_o which_o be_v genuine_a 3._o 3._o iii_o in_o deprave_v those_o which_o be_v genuine_a which_o they_o have_v not_o whole_o suppress_v 5._o 1._o by_o corrupt_v all_o the_o late_a edition_n ibid._n 2._o by_o their_o indices_fw-la expurgatorii_n ibid._n 3._o instance_n of_o this_o in_o the_o four_o first_o general_n council_n 6._o 4._o instance_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n and_o trent_n 8._o part_n ii_o ii_o i._o papist_o not_o agree_v about_o the_o number_n of_o general_n council_n 10._o 10._o ii_o nor_o about_o their_o authority_n the_o five_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o general_n council_n at_o constantinople_n and_o the_o twenty_o eight_o of_o the_o four_o general_n council_n at_o chalcedon_n have_v be_v throw_v aside_o 12._o 12._o iii_o the_o five_o general_n council_n at_o constantinople_n be_v oppose_v by_o pope_n vigilius_n vigilius_n iv_o the_o six_o general_n council_n contradict_v as_o entire_o forge_v or_o at_o least_o much_o corrupt_a 13._o 13._o v._o the_o council_n in_o trullo_n be_v dispute_v about_o 14._o 14._o vi_o 1._o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a can_v scarce_o be_v defend_v as_o general_n ibid._n 2._o the_o history_n of_o the_o council_n 15._o 3._o oppose_v by_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n 17._o 4._o this_o far_o prove_v 18._o 5_o 6._o the_o objection_n against_o the_o can._n of_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n which_o condemn_a image_n answer_v 20_o 21_o 22._o 7._o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v not_o receive_v for_o at_o least_o one_o age_n in_o the_o eastern_a or_o western_a church_n 23._o 23._o vii_o 1._o papist_n can_v agree_v which_o be_v the_o eight_o general_n council_n 25._o 2._o the_o pope_n legate_n be_v at_o the_o council_n which_o restore_v photius_n ibid._n 3._o and_o his_o restoration_n be_v in_o effect_n approve_v on_o for_o some_o time_n after_o 26._o 4._o though_o all_o be_v deny_v since_o with_o execrable_a calumny_n against_o photius_n 27._o 5._o which_o be_v sufficient_o take_v off_o by_o p._n nicholas_n and_o his_o legate_n carriage_n and_o by_o photius_n be_v own_o letter_n 28._o 6._o this_o be_v far_o clear_v 33._o 7._o it_o be_v no_o way_n likely_a that_o photius_n corrupt_v p._n john_n the_o eighth_n ep._n &_o commonitorium_fw-la in_o favour_n of_o himself_o 34._o 8._o conclusion_n 35._o 35._o viii_o small_a proof_n that_o the_o three_o first_o council_n of_o the_o lateran_n be_v general_a 36._o 36._o ix_o 1._o the_o four_o lateran_n council_n think_v general_a by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 37._o 2._o its_o decree_n in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n 38._o 3._o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n ibid._n 4._o yet_o it_o lay_v unregarded_a for_o three_o hundred_o year_n 39_o 5._o nothing_o decree_v in_o this_o council_n 40._o 6_o 7._o papist_n shuffle_v about_o its_o authority_n 42_o 43._o 43._o x._o 1._o the_o first_o council_n of_o lion_n not_o think_v general_a at_o first_o 46._o 2._o omit_v in_o the_o venice_n edition_n 47._o 3._o its_o decree_n not_o much_o value_v in_o france_n ibid._n ibid._n xi_o nothing_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o lion_n to_o make_v it_o general_a 48._o 48._o xii_o the_o council_n of_o vienne_n be_v call_v only_o upon_o a_o particular_a occasion_n 49._o 49._o xiii_o 1._o of_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 50._o 2._o that_o council_n above_o a_o pope_n 51._o 3._o not_o allow_v by_o martin_n the_o five_o choose_v by_o that_o council_n 52._o 52._o fourteen_o 1_o 2._o quarrel_n between_o eugenius_n and_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n 53_o 54._o 3._o the_o act_n of_o this_o council_n be_v ratify_v by_o eugenius_n 54._o 54._o xv._o 1._o cause_n of_o cite_v the_o council_n of_o florence_n 56._o 2._o the_o gallican_n church_n disow_v the_o principal_a decree_n of_o this_o council_n 57_o 57_o xvi_o 1._o the_o french_a own_o the_o second_o council_n of_o pisa_n against_o the_o five_o of_o the_o lateran_n 58._o 2._o though_o for_o politic_a reason_n francis_n the_o first_o with_o his_o clergy_n allow_v the_o five_o lateran_n ibid._n 3._o and_o three_o year_n after_o they_o renounce_v it_o 59_o 4._o even_o the_o high_a opposer_n of_o the_o gallican_n privilege_n speak_v doubtful_o of_o it_o 60._o 5._o and_o it_o be_v only_o a_o meeting_n of_o sixty_o most_o italian_a bishop_n ibid._n ibid._n xvii_o 1._o the_o council_n of_o trent_n may_v be_v suspect_v by_o their_o own_o concession_n ibid._n 2._o its_o decree_n about_o discipline_n not_o receive_v in_o france_n ib._n 3._o which_o yet_o ought_v to_o be_v if_o it_o be_v receive_v as_o general_n 61._o 4._o so_o that_o on_o both_o hand_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n be_v reject_v 62._o 62._o xviii_o modern_a papist_n not_o agree_v what_o authority_n to_o give_v to_o council_n ibid._n ibid._n xix_o english_a papist_n differ_v from_o all_o other_o in_o this_o matter_n 63._o 63._o xx._n jesuit_n make_v the_o pope_n infallible_a in_o matter_n of_o fact_n 64._o 64._o xxi_o 1._o herein_o contradict_v by_o the_o french_a clergy_n ibid._n 2._o who_o in_o their_o assembly_n censure_v the_o archbishop_n of_o grand_fw-mi for_o
be_v afterward_o improve_v into_o that_o which_o all_o bishop_n etc._n etc._n take_v at_o their_o consecration_n consecration_n ix_o 1._o the_o four_o council_n of_o lateran_n under_o innocent_a the_o three_o an._n mccxv_o be_v reckon_v the_o twelve_o general_n council_n in_o order_n by_o bellarmin_n possevin_n etc._n etc._n cardinal_z pole_z with_o his_o synod_n at_o lambeth_n own_v it_o for_o general_n they_o frequent_o mention_v it_o and_o never_o but_o under_o the_o title_n of_o general_n though_o they_o do_v not_o put_v it_o in_o the_o same_o rank_n among_o the_o general_a council_n they_o profess_v however_o to_o receive_v and_o embrace_v the_o faith_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o general_n council_n of_o lateran_n under_o innocent_a the_o three_o 2._o three_o decret_n 2._o the_o council_n of_o constance_n 39_o constance_n session_n 39_o require_v all_o pope_n to_o make_v profession_n of_o the_o faith_n establish_v in_o the_o viii_o 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the_o authority_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o when_o he_o have_v produce_v the_o three_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n in_o defence_n of_o the_o depose_v doctrine_n against_o barclay_n he_o cry_v out_o with_o great_a zeal_n and_o vehemence_n quid_fw-la hic_fw-la barclaius_n diceret_fw-la si_fw-mi haec_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la vox_fw-la ubi_fw-la obsecro_fw-la eam_fw-la inveniemus_fw-la &_o si_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la verissimè_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la eam_fw-la audire_fw-la contemnit_fw-la ut_fw-la barclaius_n fecit_fw-la anon_o ut_fw-la ethnicus_fw-la &_o publicanus_fw-la &_o nullo_n mode_n christianus_n &_o pius_fw-la habendus_fw-la erit_fw-la what_o can_v barclay_n say_v to_o this_o if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n where_o i_o pray_v shall_v we_o find_v it_o and_o if_o it_o be_v as_o questionless_a it_o be_v he_o that_o despise_v to_o hear_v it_o as_o barclay_n have_v do_v be_v he_o not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o heathen-man_n and_o a_o publican_n and_o by_o no_o mean_n a_o christian_a or_o a_o pious_a man_n this_o widrington_n 28._o widrington_n discussio_fw-la discuss_v part._n 1._o 1._o 2._o p._n 28._o complain_v of_o as_o intolerable_o insult_v other_o may_v rather_o think_v he_o speak_v as_o a_o cardinal_n when_o he_o be_v manage_v the_o pope_n cause_n so_o victorious_o from_o so_o infallible_a evidence_n for_o such_o be_v the_o authority_n and_o esteem_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o this_o council_n that_o it_o be_v usual_o call_v the_o great_a council_n of_o lateran_n either_o from_o the_o great_a number_n of_o bishop_n in_o it_o or_o from_o the_o great_a importance_n of_o the_o matter_n decide_v or_o both_o the_o number_n of_o bishop_n be_v no_o less_o than_o ccccxii_n or_o in_o bellarmin_n reckon_v cccclxxiii_n and_o among_o these_o be_v the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n and_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o delegate_n of_o the_o other_o two_o patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n and_o antioch_n lxxvii_o primate_fw-la and_o metropolitan_n beside_o dccc_o abbat_n and_o prior_n these_o be_v all_o there_o in_o person_n and_o proxy_n be_v send_v innumerable_a the_o emperor_n likewise_o of_o constantinople_n the_o king_n of_o sicily_n emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n elect_v the_o king_n of_o england_n france_n hungary_n jerusalem_n cyprus_n arragon_n and_o other_o prince_n and_o city_n send_v their_o ambassador_n hither_o so_o that_o never_o be_v there_o such_o a_o show_n perhaps_o in_o the_o world_n again_o 2._o the_o matter_n determine_v both_o of_o faith_n and_o of_o discipline_n be_v extraordinary_a and_o of_o the_o great_a importance_n the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n define_v be_v transubstantiation_n 1._o transubstantiation_n cap._n 1._o the_o article_n concern_v the_o holy_a trinity_n assert_v and_o vindicate_v from_o the_o error_n of_o abbot_n joachim_n and_o those_o error_n condemn_v and_o the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n from_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n declare_v 2._o declare_v cap._n 2._o the_o depose_v doctrine_n establish_v 3._o establish_v cap._n 3._o the_o church_n of_o rome_n declare_v to_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o mistress_n of_o all_o christian_n universorum_fw-la christi_fw-la fidelium_fw-la and_o to_o have_v by_o god_n appointment_n the_o dominion_n over_o all_o other_o church_n of_o ordinary_a authority_n by_o her_o extraordinary_a prerogative_n 5._o prerogative_n cap._n 5._o 3._o the_o decree_n in_o point_n of_o discipline_n be_v in_o their_o kind_n no_o less_o considerable_a against_o the_o incontinency_n of_o the_o clergy_n 14._o clergy_n cap._n 14._o against_o their_o drunkenness_n 15._o drunkenness_n cap._n 15._o against_o the_o negligence_n and_o debauchery_n of_o prelate_n 17._o prelate_n cap._n 17._o that_o no_o clergyman_n shall_v give_v sentence_n in_o capital_a cause_n 18._o cause_n cap._n 18._o auricular_a confession_n enjoin_v once_o every_o year_n 21._o year_n cap._n 21._o that_o 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