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the_o successor_n of_o this_o pope_n have_v admit_v the_o decree_n of_o that_o council_n saepe_fw-la greg._n pap._n 1._o ep._n 24._o &_o alib_a saepe_fw-la which_o hold_v the_o five_o place_n among_o the_o ecumenical_a council_n yet_o many_o bishop_n and_o among_o other_o those_o of_o africa_n and_o istria_n herm._n vict._n tun._n farund_n herm._n take_v no_o notice_n in_o the_o least_o of_o that_o last_o change_n of_o vigilius_n stick_v obstinate_o to_o his_o former_a constitution_n whereby_o he_o have_v public_o declare_v for_o the_o three_o chapter_n forbid_v all_o believer_n to_o condemn_v they_o and_o though_o pelagius_n ii_o who_o hold_v the_o holy_a see_v two_o or_o three_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o vigilius_n do_v all_o he_o can_v to_o persuade_v and_o bring_v they_o to_o their_o duty_n and_o to_o undeceive_v they_o of_o their_o error_n he_o can_v never_o succeed_v in_o it_o for_o they_o always_o allege_v ibid._n pelag._n 11._o ep._n 7._o quae_fw-la est_fw-la tertia_fw-la 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and_o convince_o that_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n they_o ought_v to_o condemn_v they_o because_o that_o vigorous_a resistance_n be_v a_o evident_a sign_n that_o the_o roman_n and_o other_o occidental_n yield_v not_o till_o at_o length_n they_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n which_o they_o have_v not_o know_v before_o and_o clear_o see_v that_o they_o have_v be_v mistake_v in_o approve_v and_o maintain_v write_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v condemn_v and_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a laudable_a change_n to_o turn_v from_o error_n to_o truth_n he_o moreover_o confirm_v that_o argument_n by_o the_o example_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o st._n paul_n st._n paul_n sumpsit_fw-la quia_fw-la diu_fw-la veritati_fw-la restitit_fw-la unde_fw-la ad_fw-la confirmanda_fw-la corda_fw-la credentium_fw-la in_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la praedicatione_n veritatis_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la say_v he_o long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o be_v the_o most_o zealous_a asserter_n of_o judaisme_n against_o the_o christian_n who_o he_o persecute_v by_o that_o he_o prove_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o embrace_v christianity_n because_o after_o so_o great_a resistance_n he_o will_v not_o have_v yield_v to_o jesus_n christ_n if_o he_o have_v not_o clear_o know_v the_o truth_n and_o that_o he_o have_v be_v in_o a_o error_n before_o st._n peter_n continues_z he_o etc._n diu_n quidem_fw-la restitit_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la gentes_fw-la sine_fw-la circumcisione_n etc._n etc._n diu_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la conversaram_fw-la gentium_fw-la communione_fw-la subtraxit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la paulo_n pestmodum_fw-la ratione_fw-la suscepta_fw-la cum_fw-la vidisset_fw-la quosdam_fw-la etc._n etc._n dixit_fw-la cur_n tentatis_fw-la deum_fw-la imponentes_fw-la jugum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hold_v long_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o legal_a observation_n compel_v the_o gentile_n to_o judaize_v he_o yield_v afterward_o to_o reason_n and_o truth_n by_o the_o reproof_n that_o st._n paul_n give_v he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o walk_v not_o upright_o according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n after_o that_o change_v his_o conduct_n he_o powerful_o withstand_v those_o who_o in_o the_o council_n of_o jerusalem_n will_v have_v subject_v christian_n to_o the_o yoke_n of_o the_o ancient_n law_n will_v they_o have_v have_v reason_n then_o to_o have_v say_v to_o he_o praedicasti_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la dicis_fw-la audire_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la quia_fw-la aliud_fw-la ante_fw-la praedicasti_fw-la when_o they_o see_v he_o teach_v the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o what_o he_o have_v preach_v before_o we_o will_v not_o hear_v what_o you_o tell_v we_o at_o present_a because_o you_o former_o preach_v to_o we_o quite_o another_o thing_n not_o at_o all_o because_o these_o two_o apostle_n have_v long_o resist_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n each_o in_o his_o way_n and_o at_o length_n 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that_o yoke_n he_o shall_v have_v again_o endeavour_v to_o subject_v they_o to_o it_o by_o oblige_v they_o to_o judaize_v that_o will_v have_v be_v so_o strange_a a_o thing_n and_o so_o unbeseeming_a a_o apostle_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o apostle_n that_o i_o make_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o for_o the_o honour_n that_o be_v due_a to_o he_o it_o be_v far_o better_a to_o follow_v in_o that_o the_o judgement_n of_o that_o ancient_a pope_n than_o the_o opinion_n of_o this_o cardinal_n who_o live_v but_o in_o the_o last_o age_n it_o follow_v then_o from_o these_o matter_n of_o fact_n which_o i_o have_v now_o most_o faithful_o relate_v that_o a_o great_a pope_n and_o those_o holy_a father_n the_o most_o venerable_a and_o learned_a of_o antiquity_n have_v not_o believe_v even_o according_a to_o st._n paul_n that_o st._n peter_n be_v infallible_a nor_o by_o consequent_a that_o the_o pope_n who_o have_v no_o great_a privilege_n and_o prerogative_n than_o st._n peter_n have_v have_v receive_v that_o gift_n of_o infallibility_n 2._o inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostolos_fw-la huius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la personam_fw-la sustinet_fw-la petrus_n huic_fw-la enim_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la clave_n regni_fw-la coelorum_fw-la datae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ei_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la dicitur_fw-la amas_fw-la i_o pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr agon_n christ_n lib._n 30._o ita_fw-la ambrose_n l._n the_o dign_a sacerd._n c._n 2._o chrys_n hom_n 79._o in_o matth._n 24._o cypr._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccles_n hier._n contra_fw-la jovin_n lib._n 1._o ut_fw-la petrus_n quando_fw-la ei_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la dabo_fw-la clave_n in_o figura_fw-la personam_fw-la gestabat_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la pasce_fw-la oves_fw-la meas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quoque_fw-la personam_fw-la in_o figura_fw-la gestabat_fw-la august_n in_o psal_n 108._o tract_n 1.118.129_o in_o joan._n ser._n the_o 4._o quaest_n 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