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barclay_n in_o which_o bellarmin_n defend_v the_o pope_n power_n over_o prince_n be_v so_o detest_v by_o that_o state_n that_o in_o their_o public_a assembly_n they_o do_v prohibit_v and_o forbid_v any_o and_o that_o under_o the_o pain_n of_o high_a treason_n either_o to_o keep_v or_o receive_v or_o print_n or_o sell_v that_o book_n 40._o book_n exomolog_fw-la c._n 40._o h._n p._n de_fw-fr cressy_n call_v infallibility_n to_o he_o a_o unfortunate_a word_n confess_v that_o chillingworth_n have_v combat_v it_o with_o too_o too_o great_a success_n will_v have_v it_o that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n maintain_v no_o more_o than_o a_o authority_n and_o say_v he_o have_v reason_n move_v he_o to_o wish_v that_o the_o protestant_n may_v never_o be_v invite_v to_o combat_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o infallibility_n and_o to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o alone_o in_o this_o he_o make_v very_o bold_a with_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n ibid._n ibid._n and_o pope_n pius_n four_o if_o they_o be_v not_o on_o his_o side_n for_o he_o shelter_n his_o opinion_n under_o a_o decision_n of_o the_o former_a and_o a_o bull_n of_o the_o latter_a concern_v the_o oath_n of_o the_o profession_n of_o faith_n and_o likewise_o dr._n holden_n in_o his_o etc._n his_o quem_fw-la &_o cathel_n come_v fidei_fw-la consonum_fw-la inveni_fw-la &_o etc._n etc._n approbation_n of_o cressy_n book_n without_o any_o censure_n of_o this_o passage_n say_v he_o find_v it_o consonant_n to_o the_o catholic_a faith_n if_o this_o be_v so_o as_o cressy_n will_v say_v have_v it_o to_o be_v than_o the_o romanist_n and_o we_o be_v not_o at_o so_o much_o distance_n as_o we_o think_v we_o have_v be_v for_o of_o a_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n there_o be_v no_o dispute_n between_o we_o and_o they_o but_o sure_a there_o be_v more_o in_o the_o case_n than_o so_o for_o the_o roman_a catechism_n set_v forth_o by_o decree_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n and_o by_o the_o command_n of_o pope_n pius_n 5_o 15._o 5_o quemadmodum_fw-la haec_fw-la una_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la morum_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la tradendâ_fw-la cùm_fw-la a_o spiritu_fw-la s._n gubernetur_fw-la ita_fw-la etc._n etc._n catech_v rom._n cap._n 15._o quest_n 15._o say_v that_o the_o church_n can_v err_v in_o deliver_v faith_n and_o manner_n forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n can_v err_v i._n e._n be_v infallible_a and_o this_o church_n thus_o inerrable_a be_v that_o of_o the_o roman_a communion_n for_o the_o same_o catechism_n 11._o catechism_n quid_fw-la de_fw-la romano_n pontifice_fw-la visibili_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christi_fw-la capite_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr eo_fw-la fuit_fw-la illo_fw-la omnium_fw-la patrum_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n quest_n 11._o say_v a_o little_a before_o that_o the_o roman_a pontife_n be_v the_o visible_a head_n of_o christ_n church_n and_o the_o great_a defender_n of_o the_o romish_a faith_n card._n bellarmin_n affirm_v that_o initium_fw-la that_o catholici_fw-la verò_fw-la omnes_fw-la constant_a dâ—cent_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la a_o summo_fw-la pontifice_fw-la confirmata_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la explicandâ_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o tradendis_fw-la morum_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la toti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la communibus_fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-fr conciliorum_fw-la autoritate_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 2._o circa_fw-la initium_fw-la all_o catholic_n do_v constant_o teach_v that_o general_a council_n confirm_v by_o the_o pope_n can_v err_v in_o faith_n or_o manner_n in_o explicate_v the_o one_o or_o in_o deliver_v precept_n about_o the_o other_o and_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o add_v that_o colligitur_fw-la that_o tota_n autoritas_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fermaliter_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o praelatis_fw-la ergo_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la in_o definiendis_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o episcopos_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la errare_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n sect._n ex_fw-la he_o enim_fw-la locis_fw-la manifest_a colligitur_fw-la the_o whole_a
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