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will_n read_v all_o which_o passage_n be_v most_o express_a and_o full_a for_o his_o write_a will_n and_o not_o for_o any_o nuncupative_a will_n as_o baldwin_n will_v put_v upon_o we_o and_o hart_n who_o take_v the_o same_o way_n with_o baldwin_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v it_o out_o as_o appear_v by_o dr._n reynolds_n in_o his_o conference_n with_o hart_n c._n 8._o divis_fw-la 1._o p._n 396_o etc._n etc._n etc._n §._o 28._o num._n 1._o and_o so_o plain_o s._n augustine_n speak_v of_o s._n cyprian_n error_n about_o rebaptisation_n etc._n etc._n say_v illis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la antequà m_fw-la plenarii_fw-la concilii_fw-la sententia_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la â—e_n sequendum_fw-la esset_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consensio_fw-la confirmasset_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la ei_fw-la cum_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr bapt._n cont_n donatist_n â—_o 18._o so_o here_o be_v first_o sententia_fw-la conciâ—i_n and_o then_o the_o confirmation_n of_o it_o be_v totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consensio_fw-la the_o consent_n of_o the_o whole_a church_n yield_v unto_o it_o and_o so_o gerson_n concurrente_fw-la universali_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la consensu_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o declaratione_fw-la veritatum_fw-la quae_fw-la credendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n §._o 4._o for_o this_o that_o the_o pope_n must_v confirm_v it_o or_o else_o the_o general_n council_n be_v invalid_a be_v one_o of_o the_o roman_a novelty_n for_o this_o can_v be_v show_v in_o any_o antiquity_n void_a of_o just_a exception_n the_o truth_n be_v the_o pope_n as_o other_o patriarch_n and_o great_a bishop_n use_v to_o do_v do_v give_v his_o assent_n to_o such_o counsel_n as_o he_o approve_v but_o that_o be_v no_o corroboration_n of_o the_o council_n as_o if_o it_o be_v invalid_a without_o it_o but_o a_o declaration_n of_o his_o consent_n with_o the_o rest_n §._o 33._o consid._n 4_o num._n 6._o a._n c._n p._n 59_o 60._o 60._o christianâ—tas_fw-la in_o diversas_fw-la haereses_fw-la scâ—ssa_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la licentia_fw-la episcopis_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la convenire_fw-la persecutione_n saeviente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la tempora_fw-la constantini_n etc._n etc._n isidor_n praefat_fw-la in_o council_n edit_fw-la venet._n 1585._o 1585._o prequens_n generalium_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la celebratio_fw-la est_fw-la praecipua_fw-la cultura_fw-la agri_n dominici_n etc._n etc._n et_fw-la illorum_fw-la neglectus_fw-la errores_fw-la haereses_fw-la &_o schismata_fw-la disseminat_fw-la hec_fw-la praeteritorum_fw-la temporum_fw-la recordatio_fw-la &_o praesentium_fw-la consideratio_fw-la ante_fw-la oculos_fw-la nostros_fw-la ponunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la sancimus_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la modò_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la celebrentur_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la primum_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la huius_fw-la concilii_fw-la in_o quinquennium_fw-la immediatè_fw-la sequens_fw-la secundum_fw-la verò_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la illius_fw-la in_o septenâ—ium_fw-la &_o deiâ—ceps_fw-la de_fw-la decennio_fw-la in_o decennium_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n council_n constant._n sess._n 39_o et_fw-la apud_fw-la gerson_n tom._n 1._o p._n 230._o et_fw-fr pet._n de_fw-fr aliaco_fw-it card._n cameracensis_fw-la libâ—llum_fw-la obtulit_fw-la in_o council_n constant._n de_fw-fr reformatione_fw-la ecclesiâ—_n contra_fw-la â—â—inionem_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la putarunt_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la minus_fw-la necessaria_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la omnia_fw-la benè_fw-la à _fw-la patribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ordinata_fw-la sâ—â—t_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o fascic_n rerum_fw-la expetendarum_fw-la sol_fw-it 28._o et_fw-la schismatibus_fw-la debet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la citò_fw-la per_fw-la concilia_fw-la generalia_fw-la provideri_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o primitiva_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la docuerunt_fw-la apostoli_fw-la ut_fw-la act._n 6._o &_o act._n 15._o ibid._n fol._n 204._o a._n a._n in_o council_n ariminensi_fw-la multis_fw-la paâ—corum_fw-la fraud_n deceptis_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug_n l._n 3._o contra_fw-la maximinum_n â—_o 〈◊〉_d num_fw-la 3_o 3_o non_fw-la per_fw-la difficiles_fw-la nos_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la vocat_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o absoluto_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o facili_fw-la est_fw-la aeterâ—itas_fw-la jesum_fw-la suscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la dominum_fw-la confiteri_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n hilar._n l._n 10._o de_fw-fr trin._n ad_fw-la finem_fw-la finem_fw-la cyprianus_n &_o collegae_fw-la ipsiâ—â—_n credentes_fw-la haereticos_fw-la &_o schismaticos_fw-la baptismum_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la sint_fw-la baptismo_fw-la reâ—â—â—tis_fw-la etc._n etc._n iis_fw-la tamen_fw-la communicare_fw-la quam_fw-la separari_fw-la ab_fw-la â—nitate_fw-la maluerunt_fw-la s._n aug._n â—_o 2_o de_fw-fr baptis_n contra_fw-la donatist_n c._n 6._o et_fw-la by_o non_fw-la