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in_o contradistinction_n from_o the_o novatian_o arrian_n and_o donatist_n which_o the_o ancient_a church_n look_v upon_o as_o schismatic_n and_o extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la now_o have_v advance_v thus_o far_o the_o way_n be_v prepare_v for_o the_o second_o enquiry_n whether_o our_o nonconformist_n be_v guilty_a of_o schism_n from_o the_o church_n of_o england_n and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o prove_v the_o affirmative_a the_o church_n of_o england_n adhere_v to_o that_o creed_n which_o be_v deliver_v by_o the_o apostle_n profess_v by_o the_o ancient_a primitive_a church_n and_o confirm_v by_o the_o first_o four_o general_n council_n it_o have_v preserve_v the_o unity_n of_o government_n by_o a_o succession_n of_o bishop_n in_o the_o apostolic_a line_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o undoubted_a archive_v and_o record_n of_o england_n therefore_o we_o be_v secure_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o a_o most_o excellent_a part_n of_o it_o now_o as_o 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patriarch_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n have_v their_o distinct_a limit_n and_o jurisdiction_n the_o patriarch_n of_o constantinople_n have_v his_o peculiar_a primacy_n or_o regiment_n and_o be_v not_o to_o intermeddle_v with_o the_o province_n of_o alexandria_n and_o so_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v his_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n and_o be_v allow_v no_o inspection_n over_o constantinople_n antioch_n or_o alexandria_n and_o these_o distinct_a boundary_n be_v fix_v by_o a_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a and_o because_o it_o conâ—utes_v both_o the_o papal_a supremacy_n and_o puritanical_a anarchy_n i_o will_v give_v you_o the_o copy_n of_o that_o canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v let_v the_o ancient_a custom_n be_v in_o force_n let_v the_o bishop_n of_o alexandria_n have_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o egypt_n libya_n and_o pentapolis_n as_o likewise_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v accustom_v to_o have_v in_o his_o 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