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part_n of_o the_o question_n that_o it_o may_v gainsay_v the_o former_a example_n if_o the_o protestant_n have_v any_o faith_n the_o world_n be_v without_o faith_n 1._o art_n 1._o par_fw-fr 1._o 1500._o year_n but_o the_o world_n be_v not_o without_o faith_n 1500._o year_n therefore_o the_o protestant_n have_v no_o faith_n this_o papist_n affirm_v that_o the_o protestant_n have_v no_o faith_n to_o prove_v it_o he_o bring_v this_o argument_n that_o the_o world_n be_v not_o without_o faith_n 1500._o year_n the_o syllogism_n be_v of_o the_o late_a kind_n because_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o proposition_n be_v gainsay_v in_o the_o assumption_n and_o the_o former_a in_o the_o conclusion_n a_o disiunctive_a syllogism_n be_v when_o the_o proposition_n be_v disiunctive_a whereof_o also_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n the_o former_a gainsay_v one_o and_o conclude_v the_o rest_n example_n all_o protestant_n build_v their_o faith_n upon_o their_o own_o private_a exposition_n 1._o art_n 2._o 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