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profess_v and_o practice_v the_o contrary_a to_o christ_n precept_n as_o in_o mutilate_v the_o communion_n and_o several_a kind_n of_o superstition_n idolatry_n and_o tyranny_n we_o be_v not_o in_o a_o schism_n for_o not_o subscribe_v and_o obey_v but_o he_o for_o impose_v and_o also_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o mons_fw-la r._n daillé_n have_v take_v a_o very_a right_a method_n and_o that_o the_o question_n of_o schism_n ought_v to_o follow_v and_o not_o go_v before_o that_o of_o heresy_n or_o error_n for_o if_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v in_o schism_n we_o be_v not_o then_o in_o fault_n for_o not_o remain_v under_o his_o government_n although_o we_o have_v be_v under_o it_o ever_o since_o the_o first_o plantation_n of_o christianity_n in_o england_n hoc_fw-la dato_fw-la non_fw-la concesso_fw-la since_o he_o now_o exact_v our_o assent_n &_o subscription_n to_o a_o damnable_a error_n as_o a_o part_n of_o our_o communion_n and_o therefore_o i_o can_v but_o wonder_n that_o the_o 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episcopis_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la est_fw-la sicubi_fw-la fortè_fw-la fallantur_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la canonicas_fw-la scripturas_fw-la aliquid_fw-la sentiant_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccles_n c._n 10._o in_o edit_n lugdun_fw-la honorati_fw-la anno_fw-la 1562._o ecclesiam_fw-la svam_fw-la demonstrent_fw-la si_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la in_o sermonibus_fw-la &_o rumoribus_fw-la afrorum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o conciliis_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la suorum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o literis_fw-la quorumlibet_fw-la disputatorum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o signis_fw-la &_o prodigiis_fw-la fallacibus_fw-la quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la contra_fw-la ista_fw-la verbo_fw-la domini_fw-la cauti_fw-la redditi_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la iâ—_n praescripto_fw-la legis_fw-la in_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la praedictis_fw-la in_fw-la cantibus_fw-la psalmorum_fw-la in_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pastoris_fw-la vocibus_fw-la in_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la praedicationibus_fw-la &_o laboribus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la omnibus_fw-la canonicis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la autoritatibus_fw-la eodem_fw-la lib._n c._n 16._o ejusdem_fw-la edit_fw-la utrum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la teneant_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la canonicis_fw-la libris_fw-la ostendant_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la propterea_fw-la dicimus_fw-la credi_fw-la oportere_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la sumus_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsam_fw-la commendavit_fw-la optatus_n ambrose_n vel_fw-la alii_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la nostrae_fw-la communionis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la collegarum_fw-la conciliis_fw-la praedicata_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la totu_fw-la orbent_fw-la tanta_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la sanitatum_fw-la fiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quaecunque_fw-la talia_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ideò_fw-la approbantur_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la fiunt_fw-la non_fw-la ideò_fw-la manifestatur_fw-la catholica_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n cum_fw-la resurrexisset_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la &_o discipulorum_fw-la oculis_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la offerret_fw-la nè_fw-la quid_fw-la tamen_fw-la fallaciae_fw-la se_fw-la pati_fw-la arbitrarentur_fw-la magis_fw-la eos_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la legis_fw-la &_o prophetarum_fw-la &_o psalmorum_fw-la confirmandos_fw-la esse_fw-la â—udicavit_fw-la ibid._n non_fw-la audiamus_fw-la haec_fw-la dico_fw-la sed_fw-la haec_fw-la dicit_fw-la dominus_fw-la sunt_fw-la certè_fw-la libri_fw-la dominici_n quorum_fw-la autoritati_fw-la utrique_fw-la consentimus_fw-la ibi_fw-la quaeramus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ibi_fw-la discutiamus_fw-la causam_fw-la nostram_fw-la eod._n l._n c._n 2._o &_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o act._n hom_n 33._o 33._o it_o be_v entitle_v a_o memorial_n for_o reformation_n or_o a_o remembrance_n for_o they_o that_o shall_v live_v when_o catholic_n religion_n shall_v be_v restore_v into_o england_n wherein_o be_v direction_n in_o so_o many_o several_a chapter_n what_o he_o think_v best_a to_o be_v do_v as_o well_o in_o the_o court_n as_o country_n with_o the_o king_n and_o counsel_n as_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nobility_n and_o commonalty_n clergy_n as_o laity_n when_o this_o nation_n shall_v be_v as_o he_o say_v he_o be_v confident_a it_o will_v be_v reduce_v in_o sum_n he_o will_v have_v its_o grand-charter_n burn_v the_o manner_n of_o hold_v land_n in_o fee-simple_n fee-tail_n frank_a almain_n king_n service_n etc._n etc._n whole_o abolish_v the_o municipal_a law_n abrogate_a and_o the_o inn_n of_o court_n convert_v to_o some_o other_o use_n that_o for_o lawyer_n then_o for_o divine_n the_o college_n in_o both_o university_n shall_v be_v whole_o in_o the_o power_n of_o six_o man_n who_o shall_v have_v all_o the_o land_n manor_n lordship_n parsonage_n etc._n etc._n and_o what_o ever_o else_o belong_v to_o church_n or_o cloister_n resign_v into_o their_o hand_n allow_v to_o the_o bishop_n parson_n and_o vicar_n competent_a stipend_n and_o pension_n to_o live_v upon_o according_a as_o bishops-suffragans_a and_o mont_fw-fr senior_n have_v allowance_n in_o other_o catholic_n country_n these_o be_v parson_n own_o word_n that_o at_o the_o beginning_n no_o man_n conscience_n be_v press_v for_o matter_n in_o religion_n then_o that_o public_a disputation_n between_o papist_n and_o protestant_n