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popish_a unity_n psal_n 2._o 2._o unity_n without_o supremacy_n act._n 15._o â—_o de_fw-fr rom_n pontiff_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o a_o argument_n against_o the_o visible_a head_n over_o the_o whole_a church_n the_o papist_n argument_n for_o the_o supremacy_n de_fw-fr pontiff_a rom._n lib._n 1._o cap_n 10._o whether_o christ_n have_v resign_v his_o place_n ephes_n 1._o 22_o and_o 4._o 15._o and_o 5._o 23._o coloss_n 1._o 18._o act_n 4._o 11._o â—ad_a pope_n mat._n 28._o 25._o joh_n 14._o 16_o 17._o de_fw-fr prescript_n haeretie_a de_n simple_o prel_n council_n carth._n 6._o galce_v council_n act._n 16._o lib._n â—_o cap._n 3._o barenes_n of_o proof_n for_o the_o supremacy_n de_fw-fr pontiff_a rom._n li._n 1._o cap._n 12._o mat._n 16._o 13._o john_n 1._o 42._o 1._o cor._n 3._o 11._o esy_n 28._o 16._o bellarm_n make_v the_o popethis_n stone_n or_o peter_n