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of_o saint_n 16._o which_o yet_o as_o it_o have_v be_v practise_v and_o defend_v in_o the_o late_a time_n shall_v in_o vain_a seek_v either_o example_n or_o patronage_n among_o the_o antient._n however_o there_o may_v be_v some_o ground_n of_o this_o devotion_n secret_o mutter_v and_o at_o last_o express_v in_o panegyric_n form_n yet_o until_o almost_o 500_o year_n after_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o in_o any_o sort_n admit_v into_o the_o public_a service_n etc._n it_o will_v be_v easy_o grant_v that_o the_o bless_a virgin_n be_v the_o prime_n of_o all_o saint_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v other_o then_o injurious_a that_o any_o other_o of_o that_o heavenly_a society_n shall_v have_v the_o precedency_n of_o she_o now_o the_o first_o that_o bring_v her_o name_n into_o the_o public_a devotion_n of_o the_o greek_a church_n be_v note_v by_o nicephorus_n to_o be_v petrus_n gnapheus_n 28._o or_o fullo_n a_o presbyter_n of_o bythinia_n afterward_o the_o usurper_n of_o the_o see_v of_o antioch_n 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grant_v our_o petition_n it_o be_v enough_o for_o thou_o to_o cry_v with_o thy_o heart_n alone_o to_o pour_v out_o thy_o tear_n and_o present_o thou_o have_v win_v he_o to_o mercy_n thus_o he_o and_o those_o of_o the_o ancient_n that_o seem_v to_o speak_v for_o it_o lay_v ground_n that_o overthrow_v it_o howsoever_o it_o be_v all_o holy_a antiquity_n will_v have_v both_o blush_v and_o spit_v at_o those_o form_n of_o invocation_n which_o the_o late_a client_n of_o rome_n have_v broach_v to_o the_o world_n if_o perhaps_o they_o speak_v to_o the_o saint_n tanquam_fw-la deprecatores_fw-la vel_fw-la potius_fw-la comprecatores_fw-la as_o 26._o spalatensis_n yield_v move_v they_o to_o be_v competitioner_n with_o we_o to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n not_o proper_o but_o improper_o as_o etc._n altissiodore_n construe_v it_o how_o will_v they_o have_v digest_v that_o blasphemous_a psalter_n of_o our_o lady_n impute_v to_o bonaventure_n and_o those_o virg._n style_n of_o mere_a deification_n which_o be_v give_v to_o she_o and_o the_o division_n of_o all_o office_n of_o piety_n to_o mankind_n betwixt_o the_o mother_n and_o the_o son_n how_o have_v their_o ear_n glow_v to_o hear_v christus_fw-la oravit_fw-la franciscus_n exoravit_fw-la christ_n pray_v francis_n prevail_v how_o will_v they_o have_v brook_v that_o which_o ult_n ludovicus_n vives_n free_o confess_v multi_fw-la christiani_n etc._n etc._n many_o christian_n worship_n dive_v divasque_fw-la the_o saint_n of_o both_o sex_n no_o otherwise_o than_o god_n himself_o or_o that_o which_o 28._o spalatensis_n profess_v to_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o ignorant_a multitude_n be_v tarry_v with_o more_o entire_a religious_a affection_n to_o the_o bless_a virgin_n or_o some_o other_o saint_n then_o to_o christ_n their_o saviour_n these_o foul_a superstition_n be_v not_o more_o heinous_a than_o new_a and_o such_o as_o wherein_o we_o have_v just_o abhor_v to_o take_v part_n with_o the_o practiser_n of_o they_o sect._n 2._o 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be_v this_o absolute_a primacy_n and_o headship_n of_o old_a as_o that_o when_o the_o roman_a dition_z be_v bring_v down_o to_o a_o dukedom_n and_o subject_v to_o the_o exarchate_o of_o ravenna_n the_o archbishop_n of_o ravenna_n upon_o the_o very_a same_o ground_n 26._o stick_v not_o as_o blondus_n tell_v we_o to_o strive_v with_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o priority_n of_o place_n so_o necessary_o be_v the_o rise_n or_o fall_v of_o the_o episcopal_a chair_n annex_v to_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o city_n wherein_o it_o be_v fix_v but_o in_o all_o this_o we_o well_o see_v what_o it_o be_v that_o be_v stand_v upon_o a_o arbitrable_a precedency_n of_o these_o church_n in_o a_o priority_n of_o order_n and_o according_a thereunto_o sacerdotum_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v determine_v to_o be_v primae_fw-la sedis_fw-la episcopus_fw-la the_o bishop_n of_o the_o first_o see_n a_o style_n which_o our_o late_a learned_a sovereign_n profess_v with_o justinian_n not_o to_o 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of_o christian_a burial_n gall._n as_o aemilius_n have_v record_v and_o in_o our_o time_n basilius_n the_o emperor_n of_o russia_n which_o challenge_v no_o small_a part_n in_o the_o greek_a church_n threaten_v to_o the_o pope_n legate_n as_o i_o have_v be_v inform_v a_o infamous_a death_n and_o burial_n if_o he_o offer_v to_o set_v foot_n in_o his_o dominion_n out_o of_o a_o jealous_a hate_n of_o this_o usurpation_n sect._n 2._o the_o newness_n of_o challenge_v infallibility_n the_o particularity_n of_o this_o new_a arrogation_n of_o rome_n be_v so_o many_o that_o they_o can_v be_v pen_v up_o in_o any_o straight_a room_n i_o will_v only_o instance_n in_o some_o few_o the_o pope_n infallibility_n of_o judgement_n be_v such_o a_o paradox_n as_o the_o very_a history_n of_o all_o time_n and_o proceed_n of_o the_o church_n do_v sufficient_o convince_v for_o to_o what_o purpose_n have_v all_o council_n be_v call_v even_o of_o the_o remote_a bishop_n to_o what_o purpose_n be_v the_o 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