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difference_n be_v guilty_a of_o schism_n so_o that_o schism_n be_v a_o ecclesiastical_a sedition_n as_o sedition_n be_v a_o lay-schisme_n p._n 193._o q._n what_o be_v the_o definition_n of_o schism_n answ_n schism_n be_v a_o unnecessary_a separation_n of_o christian_n 195._o p._n 195._o from_o that_o part_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n of_o which_o they_o be_v once_o member_n q._n when_o be_v separation_n necessary_a answ_n separation_n be_v then_o necessary_a when_o nothing_o will_v save_v we_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o conscience_n but_o open_a separation_n p._n 195._o q._n when_o be_v schism_n complete_a answ_n these_o two_o thing_n make_v schism_n complete_a first_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o bishop_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o former_a 2_o the_o erect_v a_o new_a church_n and_o oratory_n 196._o p._n 196._o for_o the_o divide_v party_n to_o meet_v in_o public_o as_o in_o the_o late_a famous_a controversy_n in_o holland_n de_fw-fr praedestinatione_fw-la as_o long_o as_o the_o 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we_o be_v oblige_v to_o say_v something_o ne_o arreptitiam_fw-la &_o enthysiasticam_fw-la conversionem_fw-la expectemus_fw-la say_v jansenius_n in_o locum_fw-la lest_o we_o also_o shall_v expect_v what_o too_o many_o pretend_v unto_o a_o instantaneous_a and_o impulsive_a power_n to_o work_v irresistible_o upon_o we_o for_o our_o conversion_n julian_n and_o porphyry_n do_v both_o object_n this_o very_a instance_n to_o overthrow_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o if_o the_o whole_a history_n of_o it_o be_v fictitious_a and_o false_a or_o at_o least_o to_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v no_o other_o than_o giddy_a and_o fanatic_a person_n that_o follow_v our_o saviour_n locum_fw-la in_o locum_fw-la of_o this_o s._n hierome_n take_v notice_n and_o answer_v thus_o fulgour_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o majestas_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la occultae_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o humanâ_fw-la fancy_n relucebat_fw-la ex_fw-la primo_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la videntes_fw-la trahere_fw-la poterat_fw-la 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