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of_o the_o church_n and_o so_o we_o see_v likewise_o in_o the_o five_o chapter_n of_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o pretended-reformed_n religion_n tit_n of_o consistory_n art_n 31._o that_o desire_v to_o prescribe_v a_o expedient_a to_o determine_v the_o debate_n which_o may_v arise_v upon_o any_o point_n of_o doctrine_n or_o discipline_n they_o decree_v first_o that_o the_o consistory_n shall_v endeavour_v to_o appease_v all_o without_o noise_n and_o with_o all_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o after_o have_v set_v and_o rank_v the_o consistory_n the_o conference_n and_o the_o provincial_a synod_n as_o so_o many_o distinct_a degree_n of_o jurisdiction_n come_v at_o last_o to_o the_o national_n synod_n above_o which_o there_o be_v no_o authority_n among_o they_o they_o speak_v of_o it_o in_o these_o term_n there_o it_o be_v that_o the_o entire_a &_o final_a resolution_n shall_v be_v take_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o which_o if_o they_o refuse_v 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6._o v._n 61._o jo._n 6._o v._n 64_o 2._o pet._n 1._o v._n 4._o apoc._n 2._o isaiah_n 50_o v_o 11._o act._n 4._o y._n 32._o io._n 17._o 11._o &_o 21._o 2._o cor._n 12._o v._n 15._o apoc._n 2._o 5._o design_n of_o this_o treatise_n apol._n c._n 6._o those_o of_o the_o pretended-reformed_n religion_n confess_v that_o the_o catholic_a church_n profess_v all_o the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o christian_a religion_n all_o religious_a worship_n end_v in_o god_n alone_o invocation_n of_o saint_n rom._n catech_n p._n 3._o tit_n de_fw-fr cultu_fw-la &_o inuoc_n sanct_a p._n 4._o tit_n quis_fw-la sit_fw-la orandus_fw-la sess._n 25._o dec_fw-la de_fw-fr inuoc_fw-fr etc._n etc._n lib._n 8._o de_fw-fr ciu._n c._n 27._o tract_n 28._o in_o joan._n serm_n 27._o de_fw-la verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la conc_fw-fr trid._n sess_v 22._o c._n 3._o image_n and_o relic_n conc._n trid._n sess_v 25._o decr_n de_fw-fr inuoc_fw-fr etc._n etc._n gal._n 2._o pontific_n rom._n de_fw-fr benedict_n imag._n conc_fw-fr trid._n sess._n 25._o dec_fw-la de_fw-fr inuoc_fw-fr etc._n etc._n 1._o pet._n 2._o justification_n conc._n trid._n sess._n 6._o cap._n 9_o ibid._n c._n 8._o gal._n â—_o 17._o jac._n 3._o 2._o merit_n of_o good_a work_n council_n trid._n sess._n 6._o c._n 16._o conc_fw-fr trid._n sess_v 6._o c._n 16._o sess._n 14._o c._n 8._o phil._n 4._o 7._o phil._n 2._o 12._o ibid._n 13._o satisfaction_n purgatory_n &_o indulgence_n sess._n 25._o decr_n de_fw-fr indulg_n parum_fw-la i_o movent_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o veterum_fw-la scriptis_fw-la de_fw-la satisfactione_n passim_fw-la occurrunt_fw-la video_fw-la quidem_fw-la eorum_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la dicam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la omnes_fw-la ferè_fw-la quorum_fw-la libriextant_a aut_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la parte_fw-la lapsos_fw-la esse_fw-la aut_fw-la nimis_fw-la asperè_fw-la ac_fw-la durè_fw-la locutos_fw-la calu._n inst._n l._n 3._o cap._n 4._o the_o sacrament_n baptism_n confirmation_n act._n 8._o 15._o 17._o pennance_n and_o sacramental_a 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