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papist_n make_v it_o but_o be_v to_o be_v limit_v by_o the_o former_a rule_n 1_o one_o especial_a place_n on_o which_o they_o stand_v be_v from_o that_o law_n in_o etc._n deuteronomy_n if_o there_o arise_v a_o matter_n too_o hard_o for_o thou_o in_o judgement_n between_o blood_n &_o blood_n between_o plea_n and_o plea_n between_o plague_n and_o plague_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o controversy_n within_o thy_o gate_n then_o shall_v thou_o arise_v and_o go_v up_o unto_o the_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n shall_v choose_v and_o thou_o shall_v come_v unto_o the_o priest_n of_o the_o levite_n and_o to_o the_o judge_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o those_o day_n and_o ask_v and_o they_o shall_v show_v thou_o the_o sentence_n of_o judgement_n and_o thou_o shall_v do_v according_a to_o that_o thing_n which_o they_o of_o that_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v choose_v show_v thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v observe_v
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god_n &_o direct_v his_o enterprise_n for_o restauration_n of_o jerusalem_n we_o have_v grievous_o sin_v against_o thou_o 7._o and_o have_v not_o keep_v the_o commandment_n nor_o the_o statute_n nor_o the_o judgement_n which_o thou_o command_v thy_o servant_n moses_n i_o beseech_v thou_o remember_v the_o word_n that_o thou_o command_v thy_o servant_n moses_n say_v you_o will_v transgress_v and_o i_o will_v scatter_v you_o abroad_o among_o the_o people_n but_o if_o you_o turn_v unto_o i_o and_o keep_v my_o commandment_n and_o do_v they_o though_o your_o scatter_n be_v to_o the_o uttermost_a part_n of_o the_o heaven_n yet_o will_v i_o gather_v you_o from_o thence_o and_o will_v bring_v you_o unto_o the_o place_n that_o i_o have_v choose_v to_o place_v my_o name_n there_o now_o these_o be_v thy_o servant_n and_o thy_o people_n etc._n etc._n o_o lord_n i_o beseech_v thou_o let_v thy_o ear_n now_o hearken_v to_o the_o prayer_n of_o thy_o servant_n who_o desire_v to_o fear_v thy_o name_n 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respect_v the_o romanist_n can_v pretend_v have_v the_o most_o probable_a title_n to_o this_o prerogative_n challenge_v their_o profession_n or_o call_n be_v public_a and_o lawful_a their_o distinction_n from_o all_o other_o eminent_a their_o person_n and_o place_n of_o residence_n visible_a and_o know_v their_o promise_n for_o enjoy_v the_o extraordinary_a presence_n or_o illumination_n of_o god_n spirit_n peculiar_a many_o of_o they_o venerable_a for_o their_o integrity_n in_o civil_a deal_n and_o sanctity_n of_o private_a life_n some_o of_o they_o endue_v with_o the_o gift_n of_o miracle_n in_o all_o these_o and_o many_o like_a consideration_n that_o fraternity_n or_o collegiate_n society_n may_v just_o have_v plead_v all_o the_o privilege_n a_o public_a spirit_n can_v grant_v to_o one_o sort_n of_o man_n before_o other_o for_o if_o the_o more_o or_o less_o express_a testimony_n of_o god_n word_n for_o extraordinary_a assistance_n of_o his_o spirit_n or_o the_o different_a measure_n 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manner_n use_v in_o those_o time_n be_v of_o such_o authority_n as_o the_o romanist_n will_v persuade_v we_o a_o council_n of_o their_o prelate_n lawful_o assemble_v be_v god_n people_n have_v stand_v bind_v to_o embrace_v whatsoever_o a_o mayor_n part_n of_o that_o profession_n have_v resolve_v upon_o but_o this_o inference_n though_o necessary_o follow_v the_o suppose_a premise_n the_o jesuit_n i_o know_v dare_v not_o affirm_v lest_o ahab'_v blood_n untimely_o shed_v by_o confidence_n in_o their_o infallibility_n cry_v out_o against_o he_o yet_o 〈…〉_z bellarmine_n too_o well_o know_v the_o liquorish_a temper_n of_o this_o present_a age_n for_o the_o most_o part_n acquaint_v with_o none_o but_o tabletalk_n divinity_n to_o be_v such_o as_o will_v swallow_v down_o any_o doctrine_n be_v it_o never_o so_o idle_a profane_a or_o poisonous_a so_o it_o be_v sauce_v with_o pleasant_a conceit_n and_o merriment_n will_v put_v we_o of_o with_o this_o jest_n that_o as_o in_o saxony_n one_o catholic_n verdict_n be_v to_o be_v take_v bâ—fore_o sour_a hundred_o lutheran_n so_o shall_v one_o of_o the_o lord_n prophet_n have_v be_v follow_v in_o those_o time_n before_o five_o hundred_o of_o baal_n and_o baal_n ahab_n no_o doubt_n have_v so_o do_v have_v not_o the_o devil_n teach_v his_o divine_n then_o as_o he_o have_v do_v bellarmine_n and_o his_o fellow_n since_o to_o take_v universality_n as_o a_o sure_a note_n of_o the_o church_n tradition_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o elder_n for_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n and_o which_o be_v the_o undoubted_a conclusion_n of_o such_o premise_n to_o follow_v a_o multitude_n to_o any_o mischief_n so_o mighty_o do_v the_o opinion_n of_o a_o mayor_n part_n be_v all_o man_n of_o the_o same_o profession_n sway_n with_o the_o superstitious_a people_n of_o those_o time_n that_o 13._o ahab'_v pursuivant_n conceive_v hope_n of_o seduce_a micaiah_n whilst_o they_o be_v on_o the_o way_n together_o by_o intimate_v such_o censure_n of_o schism_n of_o 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faith_n which_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o love_n 1._o joh._n 4._o v._n 17._o herein_o be_v love_n perfect_a in_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v have_v boldness_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o as_o he_o be_v even_o so_o be_v we_o in_o this_o world_n vid._n luc._n 21._o v._n 25._o 26._o of_o the_o confuse_a state_n of_o the_o wicked_a wicked_a rom._n 10._o v._n 9_o 9_o rom._n 10._o v._n 11._o 11._o math._n 16._o 23._o 23._o psal_n 118._o v._n 23_o 23_o act_n 4._o v_o 10._o math._n 21._o 21._o ver._n 40._o 40._o ver._n 41._o 41._o ver._n 42._o etc._n etc._n 1._o pet._n 2._o 7._o 8._o 1._o john_n 4_o v_o 1._o vide_fw-la tyram_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la psal_n 50._o v._n 16_o psal_n 50._o v._n 25._o 25._o no_o man_n have_v see_v god_n at_o anytime_n if_o we_o love_v one_o another_o god_n dwell_v in_o we_o &_o his_o love_n be_v perfect_a in_o us._n hereby_o know_v we_o that_o we_o dwell_v in_o he_o and_o he_o in_o we_o because_o he_o have_v give_v we_o of_o his_o spirit_n and_o we_o have_v see_v and_o do_v testify_v that_o the_o father_n send_v the_o son_n to_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n whosoever_o confess_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o he_o dwell_v god_n and_o he_o in_o god_n vide_fw-la cap._n 2._o ver_fw-la 16._o johan._n in_o what_o sense_n the_o papist_n deny_v christ_n to_o be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n flesh_n 1._o cor._n 3._o v._n 11_o 11_o eph._n 2._o 20._o nor_o do_v that_o place_n reu._n 21._o ver_n 14._o prove_v any_o more_o than_o that_o by_o the_o apostle_n ministry_n the_o church_n be_v erect_v erect_v dicuntur_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ratione_fw-la gubernationis_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la suerunt_fw-la capita_fw-la rectores_fw-la &_o pastor_n ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la petrus_n illi_fw-la enim_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la summam_fw-la atque_fw-la amplissi_fw-la nam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ut_fw-la apostoli_fw-la seu_fw-la legati_fw-la petrus_n autem_fw-la ut_fw-la pastor_n ordinarius_fw-la deinde_fw-la ita_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ut_fw-la tame_a peteus_fw-la esset_fw-la caput_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la illo_fw-la penderent_fw-la non_fw-la é_fw-fr contrario_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 1_o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n c._n 12._o 12._o cephas_n syriace_n significat_fw-la â—etran_v ut_fw-la nos_fw-la supra_fw-la docuimus_fw-la &_o hieronymus_n test_n stew_n in_o cap._n 2._o epistolae_fw-la ad_fw-la galat._n graeâ—d_a autent_n significat_fw-la caput_fw-la ut_fw-la lib._n 2._o conâ—ra_fw-la paâ—menianum_fw-la annotaviâ—_n optatus_n de_fw-fr demum_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la celeberinis_fw-la christi_fw-la nominibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la frequentius_fw-la in_o scripture_n christâ—s_n appellitur_fw-la qùam_fw-la petra_n christus_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la solo_fw-la petro_n suum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la nomen_fw-la communicans_fw-la &_o nomea_fw-la illud_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la significutur_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la universae_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la indicare_fw-la voluit_fw-la quam_fw-la se_fw-la faccre_fw-la petrum_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ibidem_fw-la cap._n 17._o 17._o heb._n 8._o v_o 13._o 13._o the_o difference_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o pope_n much_o less_o by_o the_o papist_n opininion_n then_o between_o the_o pope_n and_o other_o bishop_n bishop_n nâ—s_o non_fw-la negamus_fw-la imo_fw-la defendimus_fw-la contra_fw-la negantes_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la ministratum_fw-la per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o prophetas_fw-la esse_fw-la primum_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la nostrae_fw-la fidâ—i_fw-la ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la credimus_fw-la quidquid_fw-la credimus_fw-la quia_fw-la deum_fw-la â—d_a per_fw-la apostle_n &_o prophetas_fw-la revelavit_fw-la sed_fw-la addimus_fw-la praeter_fw-la hoc_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la primum_fw-la requiri_fw-la aliud_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la secundarium_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la testificationem_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la seimus_fw-la certò_fw-la quid_fw-la deus_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la inisi_fw-la ex_fw-la testimo_fw-la monio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la sicut_fw-la legimus_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la lapidem_fw-la fundamentalem_fw-la &_o fundamentum_fw-la primum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ita_fw-la legimus_fw-la matth._n 16._o de_fw-fr petro_n super_fw-la hanc_fw-la petram_fw-la aedisâ—abo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la meam_fw-la itaque_fw-la side_n nostra_fw-la adheret_fw-la christo_fw-la primae_fw-la veritati_fw-la reveclanti_fw-la mysteria_fw-la &_o fundamento_fw-la primario_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la etiam_fw-la petro_n id_fw-la est_fw-la pontifici_fw-la praeponenti_fw-la &_o explicanti_fw-la haec_fw-la mysteria_fw-la ut_fw-la fundamento_fw-la secundario_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la interpret_v cap._n 10._o respon_n ad_fw-la 13._o 13._o of_o all_o peter_n prerogative_n those_o most_o urge_v by_o the_o romanist_n as_o alike_o appertain_v to_o his_o successor_n be_v most_o personal_a personal_a vide_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr romano_n pontif._n cap._n 12._o parag._n ultitimo_fw-la and_o the_o annotation_n §._o 21._o 21._o the_o papists_n either_o admit_v many_o foundation_n or_o build_v all_o the_o apostle_n beside_o s._n peter_n upon_o their_o modern_a pope_n v_o cap._n 8._o §._o 13._o 13._o the_o papist_n conceive_v of_o christ_n but_o as_o of_o another_o romulus_n romulus_n daniel_n 2._o v_o 44._o 44._o 2._o thes_n 2._o cap._n 8._o ver_fw-la ver_fw-la the_o pope_n successor_n unto_o the_o check_n not_o to_o the_o promise_n give_v by_o christ_n to_o saint_n peter_n peter_n math._n 16._o v._n 22._o etc._n etc._n etc._n bellarmâ—ne_n apphe_v all_o that_o be_v speak_v in_o peter_n come_v dation_n unto-his_a successor_n who_o he_o will_v not_o have_v sharer_n in_o his_o reproof_n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la