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name_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o it_o at_o the_o time_n when_o it_o persecute_v the_o christian_n and_o so_o cruel_o shed_v the_o blood_n of_o so_o many_o thousand_o martyr_n and_o what_o be_v most_o pleasant_a the_o protestant_n be_v please_v to_o give_v to_o christian_a rome_n the_o name_n of_o babylon_n and_o be_v not_o satisfy_v that_o pagan_a rome_n shall_v be_v so_o call_v by_o st._n peter_n that_o be_v presuppose_v and_o all_o the_o weak_a battery_n of_o our_o adversary_n so_o easy_o overthrow_v i_o have_v reason_n to_o say_v that_o if_o we_o know_v not_o by_o other_o mean_n that_o st._n peter_n have_v be_v at_o rome_n yet_o all_o the_o reason_n that_o be_v object_v against_o it_o will_v never_o persuade_v a_o man_n of_o sense_n of_o the_o contrary_n how_o must_v it_o be_v then_o at_o present_a when_o we_o have_v a_o invincible_a argument_n to_o convince_v we_o of_o that_o truth_n which_o we_o ought_v never_o to_o abandon_v even_o though_o we_o can_v not_o disentangle_v 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epiphanius_n st._n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n st._n athanasius_n peter_n of_o alexandria_n eusebius_n origene_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n denis_n of_o corinth_n cajus_n contemporary_a with_o tertullian_n and_o papias_n a_o disciple_n and_o hearer_n of_o st._n john_n nor_o shall_v we_o mention_v all_o the_o other_o writer_n who_o in_o all_o succeed_a age_n have_v constant_o assert_v the_o same_o thing_n insomuch_o that_o no_o heretic_n nor_o schismatic_a ever_o dream_v of_o call_v it_o in_o question_n before_o our_o protestant_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o impudent_a and_o unjustifiable_a novelty_n which_o can_v never_o pass_v with_o a_o man_n of_o sense_n in_o opposition_n to_o all_o venerable_a antiquity_n and_o to_o the_o authority_n of_o so_o many_o great_a man_n who_o have_v constant_o in_o all_o age_n give_v testimony_n to_o that_o truth_n from_o our_o present_a time_n up_o to_o the_o age_n of_o the_o apostle_n for_o to_o say_v as_o some_o have_v do_v that_o all_o the_o father_n and_o these_o learned_a man_n have_v be_v deceive_v by_o a_o equivocal_a word_n take_v that_o part_n of_o the_o lesser_a asia_n minore_fw-la quas_fw-la omnes_fw-la provincias_fw-la aetas_fw-la nostra_fw-la anatoliam_fw-la vocat_fw-la vnde_fw-la apud_fw-la barbaros_fw-la pars_fw-la illa_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la asia_n bythinia_n galatia_n &_o cappadocia_n prima_fw-la rom._n id_fw-la est_fw-la romania_n sive_fw-la romaea_n appellatur_fw-la pars_fw-la vero_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la austrum_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la lycia_n pamphylia_n &_o cilicia_n sunt_fw-la otto-manidia_a id_fw-la est_fw-la familiae_fw-la ottomani_fw-la quibus_fw-la illa_fw-la successit_fw-la quondam_a dicebantur_fw-la dominic_n marius_n niger_n venet._n asiae_n pomment_fw-fr 1._o de_fw-fr asia_n minore_fw-la where_o st._n peter_n preach_v for_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o which_o as_o the_o geographer_n marius_n niger_n write_v be_v call_v rom._n or_o romania_n it_o be_v a_o ridiculous_a extravagance_n and_o no_o less_o shameful_a ignorance_n it_o be_v only_o the_o turk_n who_o since_o they_o become_v master_n of_o the_o eastern_a empire_n have_v call_v the_o neighbour_a country_n to_o constantinople_n especial_o beyond_o the_o bosphorus_n romania_n or_o rom._n or_o romelia_n as_o that_o geographer_n say_v for_z other_o give_v that_o name_n of_o romania_n or_o romelia_n only_o to_o thrace_n this_o be_v so_o can_v it_o be_v affirm_v without_o disgrace_n that_o these_o holy_a father_n who_o flourish_v many_o age_n not_o only_o before_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o turk_n but_o even_o before_o the_o sound_n of_o constantinople_n have_v be_v deceive_v in_o imagine_v that_o st._n peter_n be_v at_o rome_n because_o it_o have_v be_v say_v that_o he_o preach_v in_o the_o country_n of_o rom._n see_v what_o extravagance_n they_o be_v capable_a of_o who_o to_o satisfy_v their_o passion_n dare_v confront_v their_o ridiculous_a novelty_n with_o antiquity_n of_o which_o we_o may_v say_v with_o 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the_o council_n declare_v that_o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o in_o fine_a 7._o can._n 7._o the_o first_o council_n of_o constantinople_n which_o be_v the_o second_o general_n ordain_v also_o the_o montanist_n sabellian_n and_o such_o other_o heretic_n who_o baptise_a not_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o three_o person_n of_o the_o trinity_n against_o which_o they_o blaspheme_v shall_v be_v rebaptise_v but_o not_o the_o novatian_o the_o quartodeciman_o nor_o yet_o the_o arian_n and_o macedonian_n because_o although_o these_o have_v not_o the_o true_a belief_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v have_v of_o that_o great_a mystery_n yet_o they_o baptise_a in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n and_o of_o the_o son_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o st._n austin_n who_o have_v write_v after_o that_o council_n of_o constantinople_n assure_v to_o be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o validity_n of_o the_o sacrament_n though_o the_o faith_n of_o he_o who_o baptise_n be_v not_o 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