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but_o if_o such_o western_a council_n etc._n as_o be_v in_o this_o point_n defend_v by_o our_o adversary_n of_o this_o faction_n must_v indeed_o be_v admit_v for_o the_o supreme_a visible_a judicatories_n and_o consequent_o as_o entitle_v to_o that_o infallibility_n which_o be_v by_o they_o ascribe_v to_o this_o supreme_a judicatory_a i_o can_v conceive_v how_o they_o can_v avoid_v think_v themselves_o oblige_v in_o conscience_n to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o they_o who_o ascribe_v this_o infallibility_n to_o the_o pope_n and_o his_o conclave_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o can_v be_v say_v to_o justify_v their_o separation_n from_o we_o but_o will_v as_o strong_o prove_v they_o oblige_v to_o separate_v from_o their_o own_o brethren_n of_o that_o persuasion_n for_o these_o council_n have_v take_v upon_o they_o to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n concern_v the_o supremacy_n by_o declare_v this_o power_n to_o be_v in_o the_o church_n diffusive_a and_o themselves_o to_o 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this_o can_v derogate_v nothing_o from_o their_o obligation_n to_o separate_v from_o the_o communion_n of_o dissenter_n concern_v it_o for_o can_v they_o think_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o separate_a for_o the_o denial_n of_o one_o particular_a define_v by_o that_o authority_n and_o be_v there_o not_o incomparable_o more_o reason_n they_o shall_v do_v so_o for_o the_o denial_n of_o the_o authority_n itself_o be_v not_o the_o authority_n itself_o more_o fundamental_a than_o the_o particular_n can_v be_v which_o on_o these_o principle_n derive_v their_o whole_a credibility_n from_o it_o and_o must_v it_o not_o be_v much_o more_o heinous_a to_o destroy_v the_o credit_n of_o all_o possible_a particular_n which_o on_o these_o principle_n be_v include_v in_o the_o judge_n of_o controversy_n than_o to_o refuse_v a_o actual_a assent_n to_o any_o one_o particular_a and_o as_o it_o hence_o appear_v that_o the_o matter_n of_o these_o difference_n among_o themselves_o be_v more_o momentous_a and_o 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which_o be_v remedy_n as_o allowable_a by_o our_o principle_n as_o by_o those_o of_o our_o adversary_n nay_o in_o this_o case_n
to_o require_v to_o the_o thirty-nine_o article_n but_o also_o positive_o to_o believe_v they_o not_o only_o as_o truth_n but_o also_o as_o matter_n of_o faith_n 6._o that_o this_o positive_a belief_n of_o their_o church_n definition_n exterior_o profess_v in_o join_v in_o their_o office_n and_o in_o abstain_v from_o the_o communion_n even_o of_o peaceable_a dissenter_n and_o censure_v they_o as_o heretic_n can_v veracious_o nor_o consequent_o without_o sin_n be_v perform_v without_o a_o internal_a assent_n 7._o that_o this_o internal_a assent_n can_v safe_o be_v give_v without_o a_o satisfactory_a conviction_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o proposition_n so_o assent_v to_o 8._o and_o therefore_o that_o such_o a_o assent_n may_v be_v give_v to_o proposition_n define_v by_o their_o church_n only_o on_o account_n of_o her_o authority_n it_o be_v requisite_a that_o her_o authority_n be_v such_o a_o medium_fw-la as_o may_v assure_v we_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o those_o proposition_n 9_o this_o assurance_n if_o it_o be_v nor_o according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o their_o great_a pretender_n to_o reason_n mathematical_a yet_o must_v at_o least_o for_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o such_o these_o definition_n be_v by_o themselves_o esteem_v be_v moral_a that_o be_v such_o as_o may_v exclude_v all_o probability_n if_o not_o all_o possibility_n of_o doubt_v whether_o they_o be_v true_a 10._o that_o authority_n which_o upon_o its_o own_o account_n may_v be_v a_o argument_n to_o convince_v we_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o her_o definition_n must_v not_o be_v such_o as_o must_v depend_v on_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n both_o 1._o because_o that_o will_v leave_v a_o liberty_n for_o such_o as_o be_v competent_a judge_n of_o they_o to_o have_v recourse_n from_o such_o authority_n to_o the_o mean_n themselves_o on_o which_o such_o her_o credibility_n will_v depend_v which_o the_o romanist_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n permit_v and_o 2._o because_o the_o mean_n be_v by_o themselves_o 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which_o themselves_o confess_v to_o belong_v only_o to_o the_o catholic_n ch._n not_o to_o any_o one_o particular_a denomination_n of_o christian_n 14._o that_o therefore_o their_o title_n to_o this_o infallibility_n must_v according_a to_o their_o own_o principle_n be_v resolve_v into_o those_o proof_n whereby_o they_o make_v out_o their_o title_n of_o be_v the_o catholic_n church_n 15._o they_o themselves_o do_v not_o nor_o can_v pretend_v to_o be_v the_o catholic_n ch._n diffusive_a that_o be_v that_o all_o the_o regular_a legal_a original_a successor_n to_o the_o apostle_n in_o all_o apostolical_a see_v most_o of_o which_o they_o can_v deny_v to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o oriental_a part_n have_v ever_o submit_v to_o their_o authority_n or_o be_v unite_v to_o they_o in_o external_a visible_a communion_n nay_o they_o have_v condemn_v a_o much_o great_a number_n of_o apostolical_a see_v than_o they_o have_v among_o themselves_o 16._o that_o therefore_o the_o notion_n of_o catholic_n 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