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confess_v every_o word_n of_o our_o objective_a religion_n to_o be_v divine_a and_o infallible_a but_o we_o confess_v not_o the_o truth_n of_o all_o they_o they_o blame_v we_o only_o 1._o as_o not_o have_v enough_o 2._o and_o as_o not_o receive_v it_o the_o right_a way_n p._n 9_o i._o whether_o the_o papist_n religion_n be_v better_a than_o we_o as_o big_a some_o query_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o belief_n of_o the_o roman_a addition_n viz._n the_o apocrypha_fw-la and_o the_o decree_n of_o all_o the_o council_n etc._n etc._n p._n 10_o etc._n etc._n what_o implicit_a faith_n we_o be_v agree_v in_o and_o what_o not_o p._n 12._o the_o papist_n confess_v that_o their_o church_n have_v not_o keep_v god_n own_o write_a word_n without_o many_o hundred_o error_n and_o so_o not_o all_o that_o be_v de_fw-fr fide_fw-la p._n 13._o therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o distinguish_v the_o essential_o of_o christianity_n from_o other_o point_n of_o implicit_a belief_n in_o the_o pope_n and_o council_n p._n 13._o etc._n etc._n ii_o whether_o it_o be_v or_o be_v necessary_a to_o receive_v christianity_n as_o from_o the_o infallibility_n or_o authority_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o papist_n or_o council_n p._n 19_o etc._n etc._n we_o have_v much_o more_o and_o sure_a tradition_n for_o our_o religion_n than_o that_o which_o the_o papist_n will_v have_v we_o trust_v to_o 20._o the_o difference_n of_o our_o tradition_n from_o they_o whether_o rome_n or_o a_o church_n there_o may_v not_o cease_v p._n 22._o whether_o the_o seat_n the_o election_n or_o what_o do_v prove_v the_o pope_n to_o be_v st._n peter_n successor_n p._n 23._o whether_o book_n or_o oral_a tradition_n by_o memory_n of_o all_o generation_n be_v the_o sure_a preservative_n of_o the_o faith_n p._n 24._o chap._n ii_o the_o puritan_n be_v ambiguous_o name_v and_o false_o describe_v p._n 25._o of_o impute_v righteousness_n p._n 30._o puritan_n not_o against_o external_a worship_n nor_o all_o ceremony_n p._n 36._o of_o 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