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new_a law_n be_v determine_v by_o god_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o change_v any_o thing_n all_o this_o be_v confirm_v and_o attest_v by_o suarez_n that_o great_a divine_a who_o authority_n bear_v such_o sway_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n who_o first_o lay_v his_o groundwork_n in_o these_o word_n thomam_fw-la suarez_n 3_o part._n to._n 3._o d._n 2._o s._n 2._o citans_fw-la d._n thomam_fw-la omnia_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la quae_fw-la consistunt_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la constant_a rebus_fw-la &_o verbis_fw-la seu_fw-la materia_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la partibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la componuntur_fw-la all_o sacrament_n which_o consist_v in_o use_n contain_v thing_n and_o word_n or_o matter_n and_o form_n as_o part_n whereof_o they_o be_v compose_v and_o afterward_o he_o add_v these_o word_n 3._o ibid._n s._n 3._o dico_fw-la 1._o materias_fw-la &_o formas_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la determinatas_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la christi_fw-la domini_fw-la institutione_n 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seu_fw-la substantialis_fw-la sit_fw-la nullum_fw-la efficitur_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la if_o any_o change_n be_v make_v in_o the_o matter_n or_o form_n that_o be_v essential_a or_o substantial_a it_o render_v the_o sacrament_n void_a and_o ineffectual_a hence_o i_o conclude_v that_o the_o author_n and_o abetter_n of_o the_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o the_o objection_n do_v not_o only_o impugn_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o divine_n but_o they_o also_o err_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n as_o suarez_n observe_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o all_o these_o autority_n agree_v in_o this_o that_o christ_n not_o only_o institute_v but_o also_o determine_v the_o matter_n and_o form_n of_o all_o sacrament_n which_o the_o author_n of_o this_o objection_n deny_v to_o this_o i_o will_v annex_v the_o judgement_n of_o maldonatus_n 2._o maldonatus_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la q._n 3._o part_n 2._o a_o famous_a divine_a of_o the_o jesuit_n who_o 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