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which_o paul_n count_v himself_o a_o masterbuilder_n that_o build_v not_o on_o peter_n be_v foundation_n or_o any_o other_o rom._n 15._o 20._o and_o his_o edify_n be_v there_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o evangelize_a or_o preach_v the_o gospel_n and_o consequent_o the_o build_n of_o the_o church_n matth._n 16._o 18._o must_v be_v interpret_v to_o be_v by_o preach_v the_o gospel_n 3._o it_o be_v further_a prove_v by_o those_o place_n which_o make_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o building_n special_a doctrine_n such_o as_o be_v heb._n 6._o 1._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 11._o rom._n 15._o 20._o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o build_n of_o the_o church_n be_v by_o doctrine_n and_o matth._n 16._o 18._o must_v be_v understand_v of_o it_o not_o of_o rule_n or_o dominion_n yea_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n itself_o sess_z 3._o term_n the_o creed_n the_o firm_a and_o only_a foundation_n against_o which_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n shall_v not_o prevail_v and_o thereby_o intimate_v the_o foundation_n 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profession_n or_o other_o act_n it_o be_v which_o make_v schism_n nor_o be_v this_o a_o definition_n which_o do_v agree_v with_o their_o own_o grant_n for_o the_o council_n that_o depose_v pope_n separate_v from_o the_o government_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o french_a in_o their_o pragmatic_n sanction_n and_o the_o venetian_n that_o refuse_v to_o obey_v pope_n paul_n the_o five_o his_o monitory_n deny_v themselves_o to_o be_v schismatic_n nor_o be_v it_o show_v how_o either_o be_v damnable_a or_o sacrilegious_a nor_o how_o protestant_n be_v sectary_n or_o which_o sectary_n be_v guilty_a of_o both_o or_o either_o so_o that_o in_o this_o tenet_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o ambiguity_n and_o imperfection_n yet_o since_o by_o what_o follow_v we_o may_v guess_v his_o meaning_n let_v we_o view_v his_o dispute_n sect_n ii_o protestant_n be_v not_o prove_v to_o be_v sectary_n by_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o reformation_n the_o argument_n say_v h._n t._n all_o such_o as_o be_v wilful_o 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