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apostle_n be_v 12_o at_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v a_o truth_n general_o receive_v and_o as_o i_o believe_v not_o contradict_v by_o any_o writer_n that_o the_o cardinal_n spring_v original_o from_o be_v parish_n priest_n in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 16._o rome_n tom_n 2._o 〈◊〉_d clericis_fw-la cap._n 16._o bellarmine_n acknowledge_v that_o cardinalis_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la titulo_fw-la est_fw-la veluti_fw-la parochus_fw-la that_o a_o cardinal_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o parish_n priest_n in_o his_o own_o title_n 31._o title_n liâ—ro_fw-la 1._o 〈◊〉_d pag_n 31._o alexander_n a_o turre_n write_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o these_o word_n nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la profectò_fw-la erat_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la pâ—â—mordijs_fw-la agere_fw-la cardineas_fw-la part_n quam_fw-la obire_fw-la â—uram_fw-la animarum_fw-la cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la in_o argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la retinent_fw-la parochialium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la titulos_fw-la that_o be_v neither_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n else_o in_o the_o church_n begin_n to_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o a_o cardinal_n but_o only_o to_o discharge_v the_o cure_n of_o soul_n for_o which_o cause_n the_o cardinal_n even_o to_o this_o day_n do_v
omne_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la propheta_fw-la continentur_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedisicationem_fw-la &_o amplitudinem_fw-la sparke_n sancto_fw-la suggerente_fw-la spectâsle_n &_o ita_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dominus_fw-la loquens_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la urbem_fw-la allasit_fw-la dicens_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la civitas_fw-la abscondi_fw-la supra_fw-la montem_fw-la posita_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-la ipsá_fw-la â—ic_fw-la tradit_fw-la manifestant_fw-la nam_fw-la quorsum_fw-la tam_fw-la accurata_fw-la mensura_fw-la laterum_fw-la quorsum_fw-la annumeratio_fw-la pertarum_fw-la &_o ingredientium_fw-la quorsum_fw-la nova_fw-la civitatis_fw-la nomenclatura_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la haec_fw-la novam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la nempe_fw-la catholicam_fw-la ut_fw-la novam_fw-la jerusalem_n illustratione_fw-la coelestium_fw-la virtutum_fw-la descendentem_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la adumbrarunt_fw-la pet._n serranus_n in_o ult_n cap_n ezechiclis_fw-la p._n 288._o serranus_n ezechiclis_n serranus_n hic_fw-la est_fw-la murus_fw-la ille_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la ait_fw-fr d._n johannes_n in_o cap._n 21._o apoâ—_n ubi_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la militantis_fw-la civitatem_fw-la describit_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la nonnulla_fw-la interdum_fw-la misceat_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesium_fw-la triumphantem_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la &_o habebat_fw-la civitas_fw-la haec_fw-la murum_fw-la magnum_fw-la &_o altum_fw-la sed_fw-la dices_fw-la fortasse_fw-la qui_fw-la sieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o duo_fw-la loci_fw-la johannis_n &_o ezechielis_fw-la cohaereant_fw-la cùm_fw-la johannes_n unum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la murum_fw-la describat_fw-la ezechiel_n tres_fw-fr hector_n pintus_fw-la in_o 40._o cap._n ezechiclis_n hector_n pintus_fw-la one_o pintus_fw-la unde_fw-la alchasar_n in_o apoc._n cap._n 3._o v._n 12._o notatione_n secund_a pag._n 318._o censet_fw-la judaeam_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la uâ—â—em_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la vidit_fw-la ezechiel_n esse_fw-la romam_fw-la non_fw-la jerusalem_n unde_fw-la ejus_fw-la nomen_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la vicario_n romano_n pontisice_n templum_fw-la esse_fw-la monasteria_fw-la virosa_fw-la religiosos_fw-la cor._n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la in_o 40_o cap._n ezech._n but_o alchasar_n else_o where_o in_o cap._n 21_o apoc._n interprete_v the_o new_a jerusalem_n to_o be_v rome_n and_o therefore_o these_o two_o city_n in_o his_o opinion_n be_v all_o one_o cornelius_n à _fw-la lapide_fw-la gaspar_n à _fw-fr melo_n and_o divers_a other_o as_o a_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a truth_n second_o which_o do_v also_o follow_v out_o of_o this_o former_a assertion_n he_o observe_v that_o the_o angel_n in_o the_o description_n of_o this_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n have_v not_o only_a respect_n unto_o the_o figure_n name_n and_o part_n of_o the_o ancient_a literal_a jerusalem_n but_o also_o to_o the_o measure_n of_o it_o for_o if_o the_o reason_n 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