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the_o pope_n supremacy_n and_o empire_n the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n the_o adoration_n of_o the_o virgin_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n the_o real_a presence_n the_o adoration_n of_o the_o eucharist_n and_o of_o image_n we_o must_v with_o some_o exactness_n view_v some_o instance_n of_o these_o lie_a history_n that_o we_o may_v understand_v the_o spirit_n of_o popery_n supremacy_n fable_n invent_v to_o set_v up_o the_o pope_n supremacy_n one_o of_o its_o principal_a article_n be_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o pope_n his_o infallibility_n his_o unlimited_a power_n his_o succession_n to_o the_o apostelship_n and_o supremacy_n of_o st._n peter_n these_o thing_n must_v be_v find_v in_o tradition_n for_o scripture_n say_v nothing_o of_o they_o and_o to_o find_v they_o there_o they_o must_v be_v put_v into_o it_o for_o they_o be_v not_o there_o neither_o to_o put_v they_o into_o it_o for_o want_v of_o history_n they_o must_v weave_v together_o a_o heap_n of_o fable_n therefore_o 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