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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o a_o fit_a opportunity_n namely_o the_o time_n after_o his_o own_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n that_o these_o opinion_n of_o origen_n chrysostom_n and_o austin_n concern_v the_o matter_n of_o our_o saviour_n personal_a discourse_n with_o his_o apostle_n betwixt_o his_o resurrection_n and_o ascension_n which_o the_o romanist_n urge_v for_o their_o tradition_n be_v but_o conjectural_a we_o do_v acknowledge_v but_o withal_o we_o do_v avouch_v that_o they_o be_v ten_o time_n more_o probable_a than_o that_o of_o lorinus_n for_o that_o the_o many_o thing_n which_o the_o apostle_n can_v not_o yet_o bear_v and_o therefore_o christ_n do_v not_o deliver_v till_o after_o his_o resurrection_n shall_v be_v such_o as_o concern_v the_o abolition_n of_o the_o mosaical_a law_n or_o the_o disciple_n own_o suffering_n rather_o than_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n and_o other_o superstitious_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n 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ecclesiarum_fw-la nam_fw-la antea_fw-la constantinopolitana_n ecclesia_fw-la se_fw-la scribebat_fw-la primam_fw-la omnium_fw-la phocas_n at_o the_o request_n of_o boniface_n ordain_v that_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n shall_v be_v head_n of_o all_o church_n for_o before_o that_o time_n the_o church_n of_o constantinople_n do_v write_v herself_o the_o prime_n of_o all_o church_n and_o if_o so_o how_o can_v it_o be_v imagine_v that_o the_o primacy_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n shall_v be_v acknowledge_v and_o grant_v as_o bellarmine_n contend_v by_o the_o six_o canon_n of_o the_o very_a first_o general_n council_n no_o the_o certain_a truth_n be_v this_o canon_n be_v unworthy_o corrupt_v in_o favour_n of_o the_o roman_a bishop_n and_o although_o our_o adversary_n can_v for_o shame_n acknowledge_v their_o own_o corrupt_v of_o council_n yet_o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o have_v be_v familiar_o do_v by_o other_o person_n nay_o doubtless_o in_o some_o case_n they_o themselves_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o bring_v they_o under_o a_o righteous_a condemnation_n but_o will_v the_o roman_a church_n content_o suffer_v any_o bishop_n of_o they_o to_o be_v condemn_v brand_a and_o record_v for_o a_o arrant_a heretic_n and_o plead_v nothing_o in_o his_o behalf_n what_o will_v then_o become_v of_o their_o dear_a infallibility_n what_o will_v then_o become_v of_o pope_n agatho's_n letter_n to_o the_o six_o general_n council_n wherein_o he_o brag_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n never_o err_v in_o point_n of_o faith_n or_o will_v the_o roman_a church_n acknowledge_v that_o a_o general_n council_n may_v be_v mistake_v and_o that_o in_o a_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a concern_v to_o themselves_o as_o they_o take_v the_o infallibility_n of_o their_o bishop_n to_o be_v it_o be_v a_o shrewd_a dilemma_n that_o our_o adversary_n lie_v under_o in_o this_o case_n for_o if_o honorius_n be_v certain_o a_o heretic_n their_o infallibility_n cease_v but_o if_o honorius_n be_v no_o heretic_n then_o may_v general_a council_n err_v which_o the_o roman_a church_n be_v loath_a to_o grant_v well_o to_o secure_v the_o credit_n of_o honorius_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o that_o general_n council_n which_o condemn_v he_o too_o bellarmine_n invent_v this_o trick_n 11._o and_o tell_v we_o erat_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la graecorum_n ferè_fw-la ordinaria_fw-la corrumpendi_fw-la libros_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v even_o the_o familiar_a custom_n of_o the_o grecian_n to_o corrupt_v the_o copy_n of_o council_n and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o indeed_o in_o the_o case_n of_o honorius_n he_o take_v for_o grant_v sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la honorii_n nomen_fw-la inter_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la damnantur_fw-la à _fw-la sexta_fw-la synodo_fw-la insertum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la aemulis_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n without_o doubt_v the_o name_n of_o honorius_n be_v insert_v among_o those_o heretic_n who_o the_o six_o council_n condemn_v by_o some_o person_n that_o bear_v no_o good_a will_n to_o the_o roman_a church_n thus_o will_v the_o cardinal_n make_v the_o world_n believe_v that_o what_o canon_n soever_o speak_v any_o thing_n against_o a_o bishop_n of_o his_o church_n must_v certain_o be_v corrupt_v and_o forge_v by_o the_o grecian_n who_o as_o he_o intimate_v have_v no_o great_a kindness_n for_o the_o roman_a see_n and_o methinks_v if_o bellarmine_n be_v real_a in_o what_o he_o say_v if_o he_o do_v very_o suspect_v that_o such_o and_o such_o council_n be_v indeed_o corrupt_v and_o forge_v by_o the_o grecian_n as_o be_v disaffect_v to_o the_o roman_a church_n we_o have_v great_a cause_n to_o be_v jealous_a that_o such_o and_o such_o council_n have_v be_v miserable_o corrupt_v and_o forge_v by_o the_o latin_n who_o be_v swear_v enemy_n to_o every_o church_n which_o differ_v from_o their_o own_o for_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o they_o have_v make_v so_o bold_a with_o that_o famous_a council_n of_o nice_a as_o to_o falsify_v a_o canon_n of_o they_o we_o can_v think_v that_o they_o have_v so_o great_a a_o veneration_n for_o any_o other_o council_n beside_o but_o that_o they_o will_v corrupt_v and_o forge_v they_o even_o as_o oft_o as_o their_o interest_n do_v so_o require_v and_o since_o it_o be_v thus_o since_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o our_o adversary_n themselves_o such_o and_o such_o particular_a father_n have_v strange_o err_v since_o the_o most_o learned_a man_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n have_v acknowledge_v that_o even_a pope_n and_o council_n have_v be_v if_o not_o mistake_v in_o themselves_o yet_o base_o corrupt_v by_o other_o we_o can_v think_v ourselves_o oblige_v to_o accept_v the_o authority_n and_o testimony_n of_o such_o father_n pope_n and_o council_n as_o sure_a and_o infallible_a proof_n of_o those_o tradition_n which_o be_v now_o receive_v in_o and_o recommend_v by_o the_o roman_a church_n though_o neither_o attest_v by_o the_o universal_a church_n nor_o warrant_v by_o the_o write_a word_n of_o god_n and_o upon_o this_o score_n we_o can_v do_v no_o less_o than_o wonder_n at_o the_o strange_a confidence_n and_o unparalleled_a presumption_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o their_o abettor_n who_o dare_v at_o least_o equal_a their_o own_o tradition_n which_o stand_v upon_o such_o uncertain_a and_o slippery_a ground_n even_o to_o those_o holy_a scripture_n which_o be_v universal_o own_v and_o infallible_o prove_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sure_a and_o undoubted_a word_n of_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finis_fw-la chrysost_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 1._o theophyl_n in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n oecum_fw-la in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n chrys_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 1._o chrys_n ad_fw-la col._n c._n 1._o v._n 2._o theophyl_n in_o locum_fw-la eundem_fw-la oecum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la eundem_fw-la theoph._n in_o argum._n epist_n ad_fw-la col._n theodoret._n in_o argum._n ep._n ad_fw-la col._n theâ—_n col._n 1.2_o joh._n 1.17_o origen_n in_o joannem_fw-la erasm_n in_o joann_n c._n 1.17_o cast_n in_o joann_n c._n 1.16_o act_n 7.38_o chrys_n in_o joan_n 1.17_o theophylact._n in_o locum_fw-la chrys_n in_o locum_fw-la galat._n 3.19_o act._n 7.38_o grot._n in_o heb._n 2.2_o exod._n 20.1_o deut._n 5.24_o gregorius_n naz._n orat._n 49._o chrysostomus_n in_o act._n 7.30_o diony_n areop_n coelest_n hierarchiae_n c._n 4._o diony_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la joseph_n l._n 1.5_o august_n contra_fw-la adimantum_fw-la c._n 9_o cael._n rhodig_n l._n 18._o c._n 19_o seneca_n epist_n 9_o deut._n 33.1_o 2_o pet._n 1.20_o heb._n 1.1_o 2_o pet._n 1.21_o ezek._n 11.5_o pearson_n on_o the_o creed_n epiphanius_n in_o anchor_n gal._n 4.6_o rom._n 8.9_o 1_o pet._n 1.11_o rom._n 1.9_o heb._n 1.2_o ephes_n 4.11_o rom._n 1.5_o 1_o pet._n 1.1_o 1_o cor._n 11.23_o gal._n 3.24_o psalm_n 40.7_o joh._n 5.46_o luk._n 24.27_o act._n 13.27_o matt._n 1.22_o luk._n 24.44_o matt._n 26.54_o act._n 3.18_o act._n 1.1_o act._n 9.20_o 2_o cor._n 4.5_o maldon_n in_o luc._n 24.27_o cornel_n à _fw-fr lap._n in_o heb._n 10.7_o corollary_n cael._n rhodig_n antiquit._fw-la l._n 30._o c._n