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that_o our_o discretion_n can_v hate_v error_n too_o much_o let_v we_o awaken_v our_o holy_a zeal_n to_o a_o serious_a and_o fervent_a opposition_n join_v with_o a_o charitable_a endeavour_n of_o reclamation_n short_o let_v we_o hate_v their_o opinion_n strive_v against_o their_o practice_n pity_v their_o misguide_n neglect_v their_o censure_n labour_v their_o recovery_n pray_v for_o their_o salvation_n finis_fw-la joh._n 14.27_o adrichoni_fw-fr descr_n hiero_n fol._n fig._n 19â—_n faciunt_fw-la fauâ—_n &_o uâ—sâ—e_o faciunt_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la &_o marcionitae_n ter_n tull_n adver_v martion_n l._n 4._o c_o 5._o ecclesiae_fw-la nomen_fw-la consensus_fw-la concordiaeque_fw-la est_fw-la chrysost_fw-la come_v in_o ep._n ad_fw-la gal._n sit_fw-la inter_fw-la nes_z una_fw-la fides_fw-la &_o illico_fw-la pax_fw-la sequetur_fw-la hier._n advers_a ruff._n erasm_n epist_n l._n 20._o paulo_n decimario_n 1._o cor._n 11._o cantic_a 2._o ult._n victor_n perser_n afric_n l._n 5._o spalat_n de_fw-fr hist_o eccles_n tom_fw-mi ult._n lib._n 7._o melanct._n postill_n de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la chri._n diog_n laert._n hooker_n eccles_n pol._n l_o 4._o §._o 3._o comment_fw-fr in_o euang._n saepe_fw-la patres_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o saluberrimam_fw-la consuetudinem_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la divinum_fw-la ac_fw-la legitimum_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug-neque_a propter_fw-la paleam_fw-la relinquimus_fw-la aream_fw-la domini_fw-la neque_fw-la propter_fw-la pisee_n malos_fw-la rumpimus_fw-la retia_fw-la domini_fw-la aug_n epist_n 48_o sic_fw-la anabaptistae_fw-la accusant_fw-la paedobaptismum_fw-la papismi_fw-la cliston_n contr_n smith_n sic_fw-la neariani_n trinitatem_fw-la arguunt_fw-la &_o articulum_fw-la papae_fw-la probant·_n fascic·_n c._n 1._o nos_fw-la fatemur_fw-la sub_fw-la papatu_fw-la plurimum_fw-la esse_fw-la boni_fw-la christiani_n imo_fw-la omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la christianum_fw-la dico_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o imo_fw-la vero_fw-la verum_fw-la nucleum_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la luther_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la 2._o pleb_n de_fw-fr anabapt_n citâ—a_o cromero_n de_fw-fr falsa_fw-la relig_n lutheran_n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la papa_n credit_n aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la papae_fw-la prolaeus_n ibid._n ubi_fw-la supr_n euseb_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la constantini_n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o justin_n tit._n 1._o §._o 4._o annot._n in_o leg_n 12._o tan._n magistris_fw-la utentes_fw-la ambitione_n &_o auaritiá_n bern_n ad_fw-la henric_fw-la senonensem_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la vitia_fw-la mores_fw-la fiunt_fw-la gerâ—_n de_fw-fr negligentia_fw-la praeâ—atorum_fw-la exit_fw-la sevet_n gravam_fw-la germ._n matth._n 13.25_o per_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la &_o â—eâ—um_fw-la nun_n â—u_n imsponia_fw-la â—en_n corrigenda_fw-la &_o â—eformanda_fw-fr est_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quae_fw-la iam_fw-la diu_fw-la depravata_fw-la atque_fw-la corrup_n etc._n etc._n orat._n praesid_v conc_fw-fr try_v say_v 11_o prim_n or_o dia_z cuncta_fw-la pavida_fw-la sunt_fw-la cassiod_n luther_n offer_v 95._o conclus_fw-la to_o be_v dispute_v at_o wittenb_n io._n tecelius_n offer_v the_o contrary_a propos_fw-fr at_o francfort_n vid._n hist_o conc._n trid._n lib._n 1._o lutherus_n etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la venio_fw-la beatissime_fw-la pater_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la adhuc_fw-la prostratus_fw-la rogo_fw-la etc._n etc._n epi._n ad_fw-la leonem_fw-la 10_o ibid._n lut._n 1_o eckius_fw-la &_o silvester_n pierÃus_o write_v ag_fw-mi luth._o vid._n histor_n conc_fw-fr trid._n saepe_fw-la solutisue_n repestifera_fw-la ser_n james_n hogo_n strata_fw-la dominican_n inquisitor_n stir_v up_o pope_n leo_n to_o capital_a punishment_n of_o luther_n and_o his_o follower_n ibid_fw-la hist_o council_n a_o primordio_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la vim_o patitur_fw-la statim_fw-la ut_fw-la coli_fw-la deus_fw-la coepit_fw-la invidiam_fw-la religio_fw-la sortita_fw-la est_fw-la tert._n scorpiac_n advers_a gnostic_n c._n 8._o bapt._n porta_n leonis_fw-la bulla_n anno_fw-la 1518._o punitis_fw-la ingenijs_fw-la gliscit_fw-la authoritas_fw-la erasm_n godesch_n rosemund_n non_fw-la defuisse_fw-la magnos_fw-la theologos_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la verebantur_fw-la affirmare_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o luthero_n quin_fw-la per_fw-la probatos_fw-la authores_fw-la defendi_fw-la possit_fw-la eras_n lib._n epist_n 15._o godeschalco_n rosemund_n etc._n etc._n theod._n bez_n contr_n andrean_n etc._n etc._n vid._n histor_n conc_fw-fr trid._n l._n 1._o hulr_n zuâ—ngâ—â—us_o in_o eccl._n zurich_n oponâ—â—_n se_fw-la tratij_n sampsoni_fw-la mediolan_n francis_n hugo_n constantiens_fw-la episcoâ—us_fw-la opponit_fw-la se_fw-la zuin_fw-la glio_fw-it ibid._n bullasecunda_fw-la leonis_fw-la papae_fw-la an._n 1520._o anna._n 1518._o vid._n histor._n council_n trid._n l._n 1._o tres_fw-fr saluiconductus_a concessi_fw-la protestantibus_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la frustra_fw-la vid._n junij_fw-la animaduersiones_fw-la in_o bellar._n bellar._n with_fw-mi epist_n epi._n qâ—inque_fw-fr eccles_n in_o histor_n council_n trid._n judicandi_fw-la potestas_fw-la apud_fw-la accusatores_fw-la erat_fw-la ruffin_n hist_o l_o 1._o cap._n 17._o â—_o q._n muâ—tâ—_n etc._n etc._n 3._o q._n 7._o nullus_fw-la debet_fw-la sententia_fw-la non_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la partibus_fw-la dicta_fw-la nullius_fw-la momentâ—_n est_fw-la cassiod_n de_fw-fr amicit_fw-la c_o 5._o nullus_fw-la ante_fw-la rectam_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la causae_fw-la debet_fw-la privari_fw-la svo_fw-la jure_fw-la rodriguez_n case_n con_fw-la c._n 241._o cum_fw-la