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thing_n against_o it_o now_o what_o more_o concern_v this_o point_n we_o refer_v to_o the_o next_o chapter_n lest_o this_o shall_v be_v too_o long_o chap._n vi_o show_n more_o at_o large_a that_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v inconsistent_a with_o transubstantiation_n and_o answer_v the_o romish_a objection_n vain_o allege_v out_o of_o antiquity_n chapter_n author_n leave_v out_o in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n 1._o many_o more_o proof_n out_o of_o ancient_a record_n may_v have_v be_v add_v to_o those_o we_o have_v hitherto_o bring_v for_o a_o thousand_o year_n but_o we_o desire_v to_o be_v brief_a have_v omit_v they_o in_o each_o century_n as_o in_o the_o first_o after_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o work_n of_o 29._o of_o constit_fw-la ap._n l._n 6._o c._n 23._o &_o 29._o clemens_n 4romanus_n commend_v by_o the_o papist_n themselves_z and_o those_o of_o philadel_n of_o epist_n ad_fw-la philadel_n st._n ignatius_n bishop_n of_o antioch_n and_o 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