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iren._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o non_fw-la altera_fw-la romana_fw-la vrbis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la altera_fw-la totius_fw-la orbis_fw-la aestimanda_fw-la gallia_n &_o bithynia_n &_o persis_n &_o oriens_fw-la &_o india_n &_o omnes_fw-la barbarae_fw-la geâ—tes_fw-la nationes_fw-la unum_fw-la christum_fw-la adorant_a unam_fw-la observant_a regulam_fw-la veritatis_fw-la si_fw-mi authoritas_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la orbis_n major_a est_fw-la urbe_fw-la jerom._n ad_fw-la evanâ—r_n distincti_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la conventus_fw-la unam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la beda_n in_o 1_o pet._n 2._o catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la diffusa_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la universum_fw-la orbem_fw-la cyril_n hierosol_n catech._n 18._o quum_fw-la unus_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la una_fw-la fides_fw-la unus_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la mediator_n jesus_n christus_fw-la unicum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la caput_fw-la consequitur_fw-la 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futurus_fw-la quem_fw-la praedixerant_fw-la prophetae_fw-la &_o priore_fw-la adventu_fw-la christi_fw-la inchoatus_fw-la etc._n etc._n polani_n syntag._n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o statuimus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quandam_fw-la universalem_fw-la externam_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la orbem_fw-la dispersam_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la describi_fw-la quae_fw-la visibili_fw-la quadam_fw-la politia_fw-la unicum_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la organicum_fw-la corpus_fw-la constituit_fw-la sub_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la particulares_fw-la classicales_n provinciales_fw-la &_o nationale_n tanquam_fw-la part_n totius_fw-la continentur_fw-la apollon_n p._n 29._o ubicunque_fw-la &_o quandocunque_fw-la fuerint_fw-la homines_fw-la apostolicâ_fw-la fide_fw-la informati_fw-la christianam_fw-la electorum_fw-la rempublicam_a constituunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la fi_fw-la dispersi_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la orbis_fw-la part_n sic_fw-la antoninus_n philosophus_fw-la civem_fw-la romanum_fw-la 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break_v down_o and_o yet_o in_o some_o sense_n it_o may_v agree_v to_o the_o church_n from_o the_o beginning_n idem_fw-la for_o particular_a church_n either_o single_a or_o combine_v either_o national_a provincial_a classical_a or_o congregational_a it_o be_v not_o belong_v to_o this_o question_n to_o discuss_v the_o query_n about_o they_o and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v only_o set_v down_o some_o description_n of_o they_o positive_o as_o they_o be_v usual_o take_v by_o other_o and_o give_v you_o my_o present_a apprehension_n of_o they_o a_o national_a church_n be_v where_o all_o the_o visible_a public_a be_v what_o a_o national_a church_n be_v religious_a assembly_n of_o a_o nation_n be_v part_n of_o the_o church_n catholic_a live_v under_o one_o politic_a civil_a government_n be_v by_o the_o profossion_n of_o the_o same_o faith_n and_o communion_n in_o the_o same_o worship_n and_o government_n unite_v into_o one_o body_n ecclesiastic_a or_o ecclesiastical_a republic_a two_o thing_n 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junctis_fw-la &_o mutuâ_fw-la quadam_fw-la communione_fw-la &_o societate_fw-la ecclesiasticâ_fw-la visibili_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la devinctis_fw-la see_v clear_a proof_n for_o national_a church_n under_o the_o gospel_n isa_n 55.5_o thou_o shall_v call_v a_o nation_n which_o thou_o know_v not_o and_o nation_n which_o know_v not_o thou_o shall_v run_v unto_o thou_o it_o be_v speak_v of_o christ_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o there_o be_v set_v down_o both_o god_n call_v of_o a_o nation_n and_o a_o nation_n answer_v to_o that_o call_n and_o these_o two_o thing_n be_v sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o church_n also_o isa_n 19.24_o 25._o in_o that_o day_n shall_v israel_n be_v a_o three_o with_o egypt_n and_o with_o assyria_n even_o a_o blessing_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o land_n who_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n shall_v bless_v say_v bless_a be_v egypt_n my_o people_n and_o assyria_n the_o work_n of_o my_o hand_n and_o israel_n my_o inheritance_n it_o be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o time_n 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