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dicuntui_fw-la petro_n in_fw-la triphci_fw-la sunt_fw-la differentia_fw-la quae_v in_o enim_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ei_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la tantum_fw-la quaedam_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la â—oâ—istianis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la colligitur_fw-la ex_fw-la ratione_fw-la diversa_fw-la qua_fw-la ei_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ei_fw-la ut_fw-la uni_fw-la ex_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la certe_fw-la omnibê°_n fidelibus_fw-la dicta_fw-la intelliguntur_fw-la ut_fw-la mat._n 18._o si_fw-mi peccaverit_fw-la inte_fw-mi â—rater_fw-mi tâ—us_o etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ei_fw-la ratione_fw-la aliquà _fw-la propria_fw-la personae_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ei_fw-la soli_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la vade_v post_v i_o satana_n et_fw-fr term_n neâ—abis_fw-la ista_fw-la enim_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ei_fw-la ratione_fw-la propriâ—_n imbe_n cillitatis_fw-la et_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la 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psalm_n how_o romish_a religion_n deny_v the_o virtue_n and_o power_n of_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o flesh_n that_o romish_a faith_n be_v that_o faith_n by_o which_o s._n peter_n confess_v christ_n that_o the_o romish_a church_n be_v neither_o that_o rock_n nor_o build_v upon_o that_o rock_n against_o which_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n can_v prevail_v because_o their_o faith_n be_v unsound_a mat._n 4._o 23._o math._n 7._o 26._o praeterea_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la congregata_fw-la sive_fw-la consilium_fw-la proprijssime_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la adversarij_fw-la concedunt_fw-la nam_fw-la ecclesi_n a_o est_fw-la congregatio_fw-la fidelium_fw-la ergo_fw-la quo_fw-la magis_fw-la fideles_fw-la sunt_fw-la congregati_fw-la &_o uniti_fw-la eo_fw-la magis_fw-la proprie_fw-la sunt_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la at_o stultu_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la alio_fw-la absolute_a pronunciatur_fw-la excipere_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la proprijssimè_fw-la 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adore_v by_o he_o as_o his_o god_n the_o adversary_n 〈◊〉_d in_o derive_v ecumenical_a authority_n perpetual_o infallible_a from_o saint_n peter_n peter_n rom._n 12._o 2._o sect._n 3._o cap._n 13._o 13._o 2._o pe._n 1._o 12._o etc._n etc._n s._n peter_n know_v not_o his_o successor_n shall_v be_v infallible_a there_o be_v great_a probability_n that_o s._n joha_n shall_v have_v have_v infallible_a successor_n then_o s._n peter_n revel_v 1._o ver_fw-la 3._o 3._o reu._n 19_o 10._o vide_fw-la lib._n 2._o sect._n 4._o cap._n 4._o respondeo_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la eandem_fw-la rationem_fw-la politici_fw-la &_o ecclesiastici_fw-la regiminis_fw-la siquidem_fw-la orbis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la non_fw-la necessario_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la unum_fw-la regnum_fw-la proinde_fw-la non_fw-la necessario_fw-la postulat_fw-la unum_fw-la qui_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praesit_fw-la at_o ecclesia_fw-la tota_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la una_fw-la civitas_fw-la una_fw-la domus_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la ab_fw-la uno_fw-la tota_fw-la regi_fw-la debet_fw-la cvius_fw-la differentiae_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la conversationem_fw-la poliâ—â—â—orum_fw-la regnoâ—um_fw-la non_fw-la necessariò_fw-la requiratur_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la provinciae_fw-la servant_n easdem_fw-la leges_fw-la civiles_fw-la &_o eâ—sdens_fw-la vitus_fw-la possunt_fw-la enim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o personarum_fw-la varietate_fw-la diversis_fw-la uti_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o institutis_fw-la &_o dâ—irco_fw-mi non_fw-la requiritur_fw-la unus_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o uâ—itate_fw-la contineat_fw-la ad_fw-la conâ—eruationem_fw-la verò_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la necessè_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la conveniant_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la fide_fw-la â—sdem_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la â—sdemque_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la divinitus_fw-la traditis_fw-la quod_fw-la sanè_fw-la sierinon_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la sint_fw-la unus_fw-la popuâ—â—s_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la uno_fw-la in_o unitate_fw-la 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