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call_v in_o other_o place_n pillar_n gal._n 2._o 9_o and_o chief_n 〈◊〉_d chief_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n vers_fw-la 2_o 6._o peter_n no_o doubt_n be_v one_o of_o these_o but_o there_o be_v other_o as_o eminent_a and_o neither_o he_o nor_o they_o have_v a_o pre-eminence_n of_o power_n and_o authority_n among_o they_o there_o be_v nothing_o want_v in_o st._n paul_n to_o make_v he_o equal_a to_o the_o most_o eminent_a apostle_n 7._o particular_o to_o st._n peter_n with_o who_o he_o contend_v open_o oppose_v and_o reprehend_v his_o error_n gal._n 2._o 11._o which_o he_o dare_v not_o have_v do_v if_o he_o have_v know_v any_o superiority_n in_o power_n and_o authority_n to_o have_v be_v in_o st._n peter_n nay_o here_o have_v be_v a_o fit_a occasion_n for_o st._n peter_n to_o have_v assert_v his_o authority_n if_o he_o have_v know_v any_o to_o have_v be_v in_o he_o which_o be_v not_o in_o st._n paul_n and_o not_o have_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v thus_o correct_v by_o he_o for_o his_o error_n of_o which_o we_o have_v not_o one_o word_n nor_o do_v he_o though_o our_o lord_n choose_v he_o first_o and_o build_v his_o church_n upon_o he_o challenge_v to_o himself_o any_o thing_n insolent_o or_o arrogant_o so_o as_o to_o say_v he_o have_v the_o primacy_n and_o therefore_o ought_v rather_o to_o be_v obey_v by_o those_o who_o be_v novel_a and_o late_a person_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o st._n cyprian_n peruse_v cyprian_n epist_n lxxi_o edit_fw-la rigal_n who_o note_n there_o a._n f._n be_v worth_n peruse_v who_o plain_o hereby_o declare_v his_o sense_n to_o have_v be_v that_o these_o word_n of_o our_o lord_n to_o st._n peter_n give_v he_o no_o such_o primacy_n as_o set_v he_o above_o correction_n that_o