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est_fw-la enim_fw-la deus_fw-la verax_fw-la omnis_fw-la autem_fw-la homo_fw-la mendax_fw-la 3._o rom._n si_fw-la autem_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la mendax_fw-la 3._o rom._n est_fw-la &_o solus_fw-la deus_fw-la verax_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la servi_fw-la &_o maxim_n sacerdotes_fw-la dei_fw-la sacere_fw-la debemus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la humanos_fw-la errores_fw-la &_o mendacia_fw-la relinquamus_fw-la &_o praecepta_fw-la dominica_fw-la custodientes_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la veritate_fw-la maneamus_fw-la cypriani_fw-la epist_n 68_o edit_n parisiis_fw-la per_fw-la rigalt_n 1666._o well_fw-mi ep_n 4._o edit_n basiliae_fw-la m._n d._n thirty_o f._n 18._o and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o this_o be_v not_o st._n cyprian_n epistle_n alone_a but_o the_o epistle_n of_o 36_o bishop_n more_o viz._n caecilius_n primus_fw-la
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to_o peter_n dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la so_o that_o they_o must_v needs_o equivocate_v in_o the_o noun_n church_n and_o interpret_v it_o dic_fw-la tibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la i.e._n tell_v it_o to_o thyself_o etc._n to_o this_o purpose_n we_o have_v a_o more_o signal_n corruption_n not_o of_o their_o breviary_n but_o of_o the_o gospel_n itself_o for_o in_o the_o gospel_n translate_v into_o persian_a by_o xaverius_n it_o be_v add_v after_o dic_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la and_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o hear_v the_o church_n then_o tell_v it_o romano_n pontisici_fw-la to_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n and_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o hear_v he_o let_v he_o be_v a_o heathen_a etc._n etc._n yea_o yet_o far_o it_o will_v be_v a_o sense_n so_o palpable_o wrest_v to_o understand_v by_o the_o church_n one_o sole_a person_n and_o that_o not_o so_o much_o because_o the_o noun_n itself_o can_v bear_v it_o as_o for_o that_o christ_n himself_o interpret_n it_o in_o the_o word_n immediate_o follow_v say_v vbi_fw-la 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they_o against_o christ_n and_o his_o disciple_n yet_o be_v it_o no_o spiritual_a course_n but_o rather_o a_o temporal_a loss_n of_o all_o such_o honour_n office_n privilege_n and_o freedom_n as_o the_o party_n have_v in_o church_n or_o state_n where_o they_o live_v and_o a_o plain_a adjudge_v they_o to_o imprisonment_n scourge_v and_o such_o other_o chastisement_n as_o the_o synedrion_fw-mi by_o their_o law_n might_n and_o do_v inflict_v unto_o which_o i_o presume_v no_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n will_v pretend_v or_o lay_v any_o claim_n st._n john_n report_v c._n 19_o five_o 38._o that_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n be_v christ_n disciple_n but_o secret_o for_o fear_v of_o the_o jew_n and_o c._n 12.42_o that_o many_o of_o the_o chief_a ruler_n believe_v on_o he_o but_o because_o of_o the_o pharisee_n they_o do_v not_o confess_v he_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o their_o synagogue_n now_o believer_n in_o christ_n can_v be_v in_o no_o dread_a or_o fear_v of_o the_o 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fruit_n thereof_o nostrorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la de_fw-la legibus_fw-la interrogatus_fw-la facilius_fw-la quam_fw-la nomen_fw-la suum_fw-la recitat_fw-la they_o know_v the_o law_n as_o well_o as_o their_o own_o name_n to_o this_o agree_v act_n 15.21_o to_o after_o time_n story_n give_v witness_v socrates_n of_o the_o church_n at_o alexandria_n once_o or_o twice_o aweek_n the_o scripture_n be_v read_v in_o the_o assembly_n and_o so_o necessary_a they_o think_v it_o that_o they_o ordain_v a_o order_n of_o reader_n who_o have_v to_o that_o function_n their_o solemn_a consecration_n so_o be_v julian_n afterward_o the_o apostate_n ordain_v a_o reader_n in_o the_o church_n of_o nicomedia_n then_o consider_v the_o power_n of_o it_o 1._o for_o discern_a thing_n that_o differ_v and_o trial_n of_o doctrine_n teach_v by_o the_o preacher_n to_o which_o end_n esay_n call_v to_o the_o law_n and_o to_o the_o testimony_n and_o beraean_n practise_v it_o with_o commendation_n 2._o the_o people_n be_v 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