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censure_n and_o correction_n of_o those_o upon_o who_o it_o be_v incumbent_n to_o regulate_v the_o belief_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o protestant_a church_n of_o england_n a_o index_n of_o the_o disputation_n and_o section_n dispute_v i._o of_o the_o pretend_a infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n sect._n i._n wherein_o consist_v the_o true_a notion_n of_o infallibility_n sect._n ii_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o pretend_a infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v propose_v sect._n iii_o the_o decision_n of_o the_o present_a controversy_n sect._n iu._n a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n propose_v against_o the_o nullity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n infallibility_n dispute_v ii_o of_o the_o intrenchment_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n upon_o divine_a right_n by_o change_a the_o essential_n of_o their_o pretend_a sacrament_n sect._n i._n the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n relate_v to_o this_o present_a controversy_n sect._n ii_o the_o practice_n of_o antiquity_n in_o the_o collation_n of_o priesthood_n sect._n iii_o a_o brief_a account_n of_o the_o ritual_n of_o the_o greek_n maronites_n etc._n etc._n sect._n iv_o show_v that_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n place_v the_o essence_n of_o the_o ordination_n of_o priest_n in_o touch_v the_o vessel_n and_o the_o form_n annex_v to_o it_o sect._n v._o the_o order_n of_o priesthood_n according_a to_o the_o present_a institution_n can_v be_v valid_o confer_v by_o touch_v the_o vessel_n with_o this_o form_n accipe_fw-la potestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n sect._n vi_o a_o answer_n to_o the_o objection_n propose_v by_o the_o divine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n against_o the_o invalidity_n of_o their_o ordination_n sect._n vii_o the_o solution_n of_o other_o objection_n against_o the_o same_o doctrine_n sect._n viii_o a_o illation_n draw_v from_o the_o premise_n of_o the_o invalidity_n of_o ordination_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n solve_v sect._n ix_o consectary_n draw_v from_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o precedent_a assertion_n sect._n x._o of_o clandestine_v marriage_n sect._n ii_o the_o argument_n to_o vindicate_v the_o nullity_n of_o clandestine_v marriage_n answer_v dispute_v iii_o of_o communion_n in_o one_o kind_a sect._n i._n the_o ground_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n for_o deny_v the_o chalice_n to_o the_o laity_n sect._n ii_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o controversy_n sect._n iii_o the_o objection_n solve_v sect._n iu_o corollary_n draw_v from_o the_o romanist_n doctrine_n of_o their_o pretend_a sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n dispute_v iu_o of_o transubstantiation_n sect._n i._n the_o romanist_n doctrine_n relate_v to_o transubstantiation_n sect._n ii_o the_o orthodox_n doctrine_n against_o transubstantiation_n propose_v and_o prove_v sect._n iii_o of_o the_o possibility_n of_o transubstantiation_n as_o hold_v by_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n sect._n iu_o objection_n for_o transubstantiation_n solve_v dispute_v v._o of_o the_o real_a presence_n sect._n 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the_o regulate_v of_o their_o conscience_n yet_o these_o man_n though_o never_o so_o heterogeneal_a in_o dialect_n and_o national_a difference_n make_v but_o one_o complex_fw-la or_o collection_n of_o the_o pope_n negotiator_n who_o main_a scope_n and_o design_n be_v to_o maintain_v and_o improve_v the_o prerogative_n of_o their_o great_a master_n by_o all_o the_o subtle_a art_n and_o sedulous_a industry_n they_o be_v capable_a of_o what_o plausible_a argument_n do_v they_o use_v to_o persuade_v people_n that_o their_o church_n can_v err_v and_o the_o illiterate_a vulgar_a greedy_o swallow_v this_o bait_n which_o confirm_v they_o in_o their_o servitude_n and_o slavery_n and_o make_v they_o prompt_v to_o submit_v to_o all_o the_o prescript_n of_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n not_o regard_v the_o arduity_n thereof_o and_o among_o other_o mark_n of_o the_o pope_n greatness_n this_o of_o infallibility_n be_v chief_a for_o upon_o this_o link_n hang_v immediate_o his_o supremacy_n his_o 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