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after_o christ_n both_o be_v within_o the_o circuit_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n first_o then_o we_o find_v that_o d_o whitaker_n confess_v 42._o a_o ecclesiastical_a canon_n to_o be_v in_o the_o four_o century_n that_o no_o council_n shall_v be_v celebrate_v without_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o also_o further_o acknowledge_v 4._o that_o pope_n julius_n make_v challenge_v thereby_o meaning_n by_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o say_a canon_n to_o assemble_v a_o council_n and_o where_o bellarmine_n insist_v in_o the_o precedent_n of_o julius_n and_o other_o bishop_n urge_v this_o canon_n danaeus_n a_o learned_a protestant_n thus_o only_o reply_v 595._o nullius_fw-la est_fw-la moment_n etc._n etc._n the_o example_n be_v of_o no_o force_n since_o it_o be_v prove_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n who_o be_v a_o party_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n thus_o confess_v the_o point_n itself_o outface_v by_o the_o minister_n but_o deny_v only_o the_o lawfulness_n 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this_o sacrament_n then_o about_o baptism_n