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return_v upon_o you_o and_o it_o be_v so_o great_a a_o charm_n that_o some_o will_v be_v almost_o afraid_a of_o it_o for_o it_o have_v a_o strange_a faculty_n of_o make_v every_o thing_n look_v age_v that_o it_o can_v but_o come_v near_o this_o disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la be_v a_o occult_a quality_n to_o salve_v all_o difficulty_n by_o and_o say_v what_o you_o will_v prove_v what_o you_o will_v these_o two_o emphatical_a word_n shall_v bear_v down_o all_o before_o they_o and_o i_o be_o persuade_v the_o follow_a consideration_n will_v stand_v out_o against_o any_o attack_z but_o that_o of_o disciplina_fw-la arcani_fw-la a_o table_n of_o the_o content_n part_n i._n i._n the_o false_a deal_v that_o have_v be_v use_v in_o publish_v the_o council_n page_n 1_o 1_o i._o in_o put_v out_o those_o which_o be_v forge_v ibid._n ibid._n ii_o in_o suppress_v those_o which_o be_v genuine_a 3._o 3._o iii_o in_o deprave_v those_o which_o be_v genuine_a which_o they_o have_v not_o whole_o suppress_v 5._o 1._o by_o corrupt_v all_o the_o late_a edition_n ibid._n 2._o by_o their_o indices_fw-la expurgatorii_n ibid._n 3._o instance_n of_o this_o in_o the_o four_o first_o general_n council_n 6._o 4._o instance_n in_o the_o council_n of_o basil_n and_o trent_n 8._o part_n ii_o ii_o i._o papist_o not_o agree_v about_o the_o number_n of_o general_n council_n 10._o 10._o ii_o nor_o about_o their_o authority_n the_o five_o canon_n of_o the_o second_o general_n council_n at_o constantinople_n and_o the_o twenty_o eight_o of_o the_o four_o general_n council_n at_o chalcedon_n have_v be_v throw_v aside_o 12._o 12._o iii_o the_o five_o general_n council_n at_o constantinople_n be_v oppose_v by_o pope_n vigilius_n vigilius_n iv_o the_o six_o general_n council_n contradict_v as_o entire_o forge_v or_o at_o least_o much_o corrupt_a 13._o 13._o v._o the_o council_n in_o trullo_n be_v dispute_v about_o 14._o 14._o vi_o 1._o the_o second_o council_n of_o nice_a can_v scarce_o be_v defend_v as_o general_n ibid._n 2._o the_o history_n of_o the_o council_n 15._o 3._o oppose_v by_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n 17._o 4._o this_o far_o prove_v 18._o 5_o 6._o the_o objection_n against_o the_o can._n of_o the_o council_n of_o frankford_n which_o condemn_a image_n answer_v 20_o 21_o 22._o 7._o the_o council_n of_o nice_a be_v not_o receive_v for_o at_o least_o one_o age_n in_o the_o eastern_a or_o western_a church_n 23._o 23._o vii_o 1._o papist_n can_v agree_v which_o be_v the_o eight_o general_n council_n 25._o 2._o the_o pope_n legate_n be_v at_o the_o council_n which_o restore_v photius_n ibid._n 3._o and_o his_o restoration_n be_v in_o effect_n approve_v on_o for_o some_o time_n after_o 26._o 4._o though_o all_o be_v deny_v since_o with_o execrable_a calumny_n against_o photius_n 27._o 5._o which_o be_v sufficient_o take_v off_o by_o p._n nicholas_n and_o his_o legate_n carriage_n and_o by_o photius_n be_v own_o letter_n 28._o 6._o this_o be_v far_o clear_v 33._o 7._o it_o be_v no_o way_n likely_a that_o photius_n corrupt_v p._n john_n the_o eighth_n ep._n &_o commonitorium_fw-la in_o favour_n of_o himself_o 34._o 8._o conclusion_n 35._o 35._o viii_o small_a proof_n that_o the_o three_o first_o council_n of_o the_o lateran_n be_v general_a 36._o 36._o ix_o 1._o the_o four_o lateran_n council_n think_v general_a by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 37._o 2._o its_o decree_n in_o point_n of_o doctrine_n 38._o 3._o in_o point_n of_o discipline_n ibid._n 4._o yet_o it_o lay_v unregarded_a for_o three_o hundred_o year_n 39_o 5._o nothing_o decree_v in_o this_o council_n 40._o 6_o 7._o papist_n shuffle_v about_o its_o authority_n 42_o 43._o 43._o x._o 1._o the_o first_o council_n of_o lion_n not_o think_v general_a at_o first_o 46._o 2._o omit_v in_o the_o venice_n edition_n 47._o 3._o its_o decree_n not_o much_o value_v in_o france_n ibid._n ibid._n xi_o nothing_o in_o the_o second_o council_n of_o lion_n to_o make_v it_o general_a 48._o 48._o xii_o the_o 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