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populi_fw-la salutem_fw-la fuit_fw-la read_v ut_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la populi_fw-la salutem_fw-la sint_fw-la chap._n four_o what_o it_o will_v disadvantage_n the_o romish_a church_n to_o deny_v the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o synagogue_n pag._n 139._o mar._n par_fw-fr 3._o inveniebant_fw-la read_v inveniebantur_fw-la negat_fw-la read_v negatur_fw-la chap._n v._n that_o just_o it_o may_v be_v presume_v the_o jewish_a church_n never_o have_v any_o absolute_a infallibitie_n in_o propose_v or_o determine_v article_n of_o faith_n because_o in_o our_o saviour_n time_n it_o do_v so_o grievous_o err_v in_o the_o fundamental_a point_n of_o salvation_n pag._n 142._o mar._n par_fw-fr 2._o darmavit_fw-la read_v damnavit_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la read_v sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la chap._n vi_o that_o moses_n have_v no_o such_o absolute_a authority_n as_o be_v now_o ascribe_v unto_o the_o pope_n that_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o attain_n to_o such_o as_o he_o have_v exclude_v all_o beside_o our_o saviour_n from_o just_a challenge_n of_o the_o like_a pag._n 151._o chap._n vii_o that_o the_o church_n authority_n be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n unto_o the_o people_n after_o moses_n death_n that_o by_o experiment_n answerable_a unto_o the_o precept_n and_o prediction_n the_o faithful_a without_o rely_v upon_o the_o priest_n infallible_a proposal_n be_v as_o certain_a both_o of_o the_o divine_a truth_n and_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o law_n as_o their_o forefather_n have_v be_v that_o live_v with_o moses_n and_o see_v his_o miracle_n pag._n 159._o chap._n viii_o that_o the_o society_n or_o visible_a company_n of_o prophet_n have_v no_o such_o absolute_a authority_n as_o the_o romish_a church_n usurp_v pag._n 169._o chap._n ix_o that_o the_o church_n representative_a among_o the_o jew_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o most_o corrupt_a judge_n of_o matter_n belong_v to_o god_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o it_o be_v so_o pag._n 178._o chap._n x._o that_o the_o sovereignty_n give_v by_o jesuit_n to_o the_o pope_n be_v great_a than_o our_o saviour_n be_v pag._n 186._o chap._n xi_o confirm_v the_o truth_n deliver_v in_o the_o former_a chapter_n from_o the_o very_a law_n give_v by_o moses_n for_o discern_v the_o great_a prophet_n further_o exemplify_a the_o use_n and_o force_v of_o miracle_n for_o beget_v faith_n the_o manner_n of_o try_v prophecy_n of_o the_o similitude_n betwixt_o christ_n and_o moses_n p._n 197_o in_o the_o marginal_a note_n par_fw-fr 19_o for_o for_o sorcery_n read_v from_o sorcery_n chap._n xii_o that_o the_o method_n use_v by_o the_o great_a prophet_n himself_o after_o his_o resurrection_n for_o plant_v faith_n be_v such_o as_o we_o teach_v the_o excess_n of_o antichrist_n exaltation_n above_o christ_n the_o diametrall_a opposition_n betwixt_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o papacy_n pag._n 221._o chap._n xiii_o that_o the_o authority_n attribute_v to_o the_o present_a pope_n and_o the_o romish_a rule_n of_o faith_n be_v altogether_o unknown_a unto_o saint_n peter_n the_o opposition_n betwixt_o s._n peter_n and_o his_o pretend_a successor_n doctrine_n pag._n 226._o chap._n xiiii_o that_o s._n paul_n submit_v his_o doctrine_n to_o examination_n by_o the_o word_n before_o write_v that_o his_o doctrine_n disposition_n and_o practice_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o romanist_n in_o this_o argument_n pag._n 232._o chap._n xv._n a_o brief_a taste_n of_o our_o adversary_n blasphemous_a and_o atheistical_a assertion_n in_o this_o argument_n from_o some_o instance_n of_o two_o of_o their_o great_a doctor_n bellarmine_n and_o valentian_n that_o if_o faith_n can_v be_v perfect_a without_o the_o solemn_a testification_n of_o that_o church_n the_o rarity_n of_o such_o testification_n will_v cause_v infidelity_n pag._n 239._o section_n four_o contain_v the_o three_o branch_n of_o romish_a blasphemy_n or_o the_o last_o degree_n of_o great_a antichrist_n exaltation_n utter_o overthrow_v the_o whole_a foundation_n of_o christian_a religion_n preposterous_o invert_v both_o law_n and_o gospel_n to_o god_n dishonour_n and_o advancement_n of_o satan_n kingdom_n pag._n 245._o chap._n i._n the_o jesuit_n unwillingness_n to_o acknowledge_v the_o church_n proposal_n for_o the_o true_a cause_n of_o his_o faith_n of_o difference_n and_o agreement_n about_o the_o final_a resolution_n of_o faith_n either_o among_o the_o adversary_n themselves_o or_o betwixt_o we_o and_o they_o p._n 245._o chap._n ii_o that_o the_o church_n proposal_n be_v the_o true_a immediate_a and_o prime_a cause_n of_o all_o absolute_a belief_n any_o romanist_n can_v have_v concern_v any_o determinate_a divine_a revelation_n p._n 249._o chap._n iii_o discover_v either_o the_o gross_a ignorance_n or_o notorious_a craft_n of_o the_o jesuit_n in_o deny_v his_o faith_n be_v final_o resolve_v into_o the_o church_n veracitie_n or_o infallibility_n that_o possible_o it_o can_v be_v resolve_v into_o any_o branch_n 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circa_fw-la fidem_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ignoravit_fw-la cum_fw-la audivit_fw-la vade_fw-la satana_n &_o à _fw-la charitate_fw-la excidit_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la quando_fw-la christum_fw-la negavit_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o tractatu_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la svo_fw-la locâ_n docebimus_fw-la bellar_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n in_o those_o book_n of_o his_o de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la the_o reader_n shall_v find_v the_o place_n allege_v totidem_fw-la verbis_fw-la bellarmine_n as_o most_o of_o his_o fellow_n deny_v that_o peter_n be_v the_o church_n foundation_n as_o yet_o but_o their_o readiness_n to_o defend_v the_o indeficiencie_n of_o his_o faith_n in_o this_o denial_n argue_v they_o must_v of_o necessity_n hold_v that_o the_o pope_n faith_n do_v never_o fail_v albeit_o he_o usual_o manifest_v as_o great_a want_n of_o christian_n charity_n and_o resolution_n as_o peter_n do_v in_o that_o denial_n or_o as_o great_a ignorance_n in_o divine_a 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he_o who_o be_v thou_o see_v they_o know_v he_o be_v the_o lord_n joh._n 11._o 12_o 12_o john_n 21._o v_o 18._o 18._o thus_o much_o it_o seem_v peter_n do_v prophesy_v unaware_o john_n 13._o v_o 37._o but_o fail_v in_o application_n of_o the_o time_n so_o our_o saviour_n say_v thou_o can_v not_o follow_v i_o now_o but_o thou_o shall_v follow_v i_o afterward_o as_o well_o in_o death_n as_o in_o life_n after_o death_n death_n deinde_fw-la aliam_fw-la rationem_fw-la eamque_fw-la insignem_fw-la nobis_fw-la suppeditat_fw-la pronomen_fw-la illud_fw-la meas_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la restrictione_n addatur_fw-la ad_fw-la nomen_fw-la âues_fw-la pronomen_fw-la meas_fw-la manifest_a significatur_fw-la eas_fw-la omnes_fw-la petro_n commendari_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la extenditur_fw-la pronomen_fw-la meas_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la illud_fw-la meas_fw-la extendi_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ullus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la christi_fw-la ovem_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la glorietur_fw-la igitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnino_fw-la christianos_n nullo_fw-la excepto_fw-la petro_n dominus_fw-la commendavit_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o vide_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o 1._o pet._n 5._o v._n 1._o 2._o 3._o 3._o dubitabit_fw-la autem_fw-la aliquis_fw-la cur_n si_fw-la non_fw-la mattheus_fw-la matthaei_n tamen_fw-la graecus_n interpres_fw-la illam_fw-la nominum_fw-la &_o generis_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la adhibuerit_fw-la respondeo_fw-la in_o promptu_fw-la rationem_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la quamuis_fw-la graece_n petra_fw-la &_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d genere_fw-la masculino_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d faeminino_fw-la dicatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la petrus_n quia_fw-la vir_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la petra_n faeminino_fw-la sed_fw-la petrus_n masculino_fw-la nomine_fw-la vocandus_fw-la erat_fw-la secundo_fw-la autem_fw-la loco_fw-la ubide_v aedificij_fw-la fundamento_fw-la agebatur_fw-la non_fw-la petrum_fw-la sed_fw-la petram_fw-la dixit_fw-la quamuis_fw-la idem_fw-la utrumque_fw-la nomen_fw-la significaret_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o eiusmodi_fw-la aedificij_fw-la nomen_fw-la petra_n faemininun_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la usitatum_fw-la ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d enim_fw-la et_fw-la atâicum_fw-la et_fw-la rarum_fw-la est_fw-la maldonat_fw-la in_o 16._o matthaei_n vide_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o what_o the_o name_n of_o cephas_n do_v import_v in_o saint_n peter_n john_n 4._o v._n 13._o 13._o existimavit_fw-la augustinus_n petram_fw-la super_fw-la quam_fw-la aedificatur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la petrum_fw-la quia_fw-la credidit_fw-la cepham_n non_fw-la significare_fw-la petram_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquid_fw-la à _fw-la petra_n derivatum_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la diceremus_fw-la petrenam_fw-la aut_fw-la petrâium_fw-la quoâodo_fw-la christianus_n ãâã_d significat_fw-la chrâstum_fw-la sed_fw-la âlâquid_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la derivaââm_fw-la quia_fw-la igitur_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la supper_n petram_fw-la non_fw-la super_fw-la aliquem_fw-la petrinum_fw-la vel_fw-la petrâm_fw-la aedificandaâ_n est_fw-la ideo_fw-la existimavit_fw-la augustinus_n per_fw-la illam_fw-la petram_fw-la intelligi_fw-la non_fw-la petrum_fw-la sed_fw-la christum_fw-la de_fw-fr rom._n poââ_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o non_fw-la aliter_fw-la dicti_fw-la scipiones_fw-la nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la cornelius_n qui_fw-la patrem_fw-la luminibus_fw-la carentem_fw-la pro_fw-la baculo_fw-la regebat_fw-la scipio_n cognominatus_fw-la nomen_fw-la ex_fw-la cognâmine_fw-la posteris_fw-la deed_n it_o macrob._n satur._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o vide_fw-la macrobium_fw-la loco_fw-la citato_fw-la citato_fw-la asinae_fw-la cognomentum_fw-la cornelijs_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la quoniam_fw-la princeps_fw-la corneliae_fw-la gentis_fw-la empto_fw-la fundo_fw-la seu_fw-la filia_fw-la data_fw-la marito_fw-la cum_fw-la sponsores_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la solenniter_fw-la poscerentur_fw-la asivam_fw
successoribus_fw-la solui_fw-la posse_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la interpret_v lib._n 11._o cap._n 37._o that_o no_o argument_n ãâ¦ã_z from_o the_o former_a plaâe_n to_o prove_v the_o church_n infallibility_n but_o ãâã_d as_o ãâ¦ã_z of_o our_o saviour_n saviour_n tria_fw-la genera_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la lex_fw-la dâcuntur_fw-la puta_fw-la ord_v aâones_fw-la edicta_fw-la vel_fw-la traditiones_fw-la &_o consuetudines_fw-la legitimae_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o multitudine_fw-la publica_fw-la<