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omnibus_fw-la canonicis_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la autoritatibus_fw-la eodem_fw-la lib._n c._n 16._o ejusdem_fw-la edit_fw-la utrum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la teneant_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la canonicis_fw-la libris_fw-la ostendant_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la nos_fw-la propterea_fw-la dicimus_fw-la credi_fw-la oportere_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la sumus_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsam_fw-la commendavit_fw-la optatus_n ambrose_n vel_fw-la alii_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la nostrae_fw-la communionis_fw-la episcopi_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la collegarum_fw-la conciliis_fw-la praedicata_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la totu_fw-la orbent_fw-la tanta_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la sanitatum_fw-la fiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quaecunque_fw-la talia_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la fiunt_fw-la ideò_fw-la approbantur_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o catholica_fw-la fiunt_fw-la non_fw-la ideò_fw-la manifestatur_fw-la 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sometime_o lawful_a to_o separate_v from_o a_o company_n of_o man_n profess_v christianity_n p._n 3_o iu._n that_o our_o separation_n from_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o make_v rash_o wilful_o or_o unnecessary_o p._n 6_o v._o reason_n of_o our_o separation_n from_o rome_n found_v upon_o the_o diversity_n of_o our_o belief_n p._n 8_o vi_o that_o our_o separation_n arise_v not_o from_o particular_a matter_n of_o fact_n or_o private_a opinion_n but_o from_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v believe_v general_o by_o all_o the_o roman_a church_n and_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o like_a to_o the_o schism_n of_o the_o donatist_n p._n 13_o vii_o that_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o error_n the_o one_o overthrow_v the_o foundation_n of_o faith_n and_o oblige_a man_n to_o separate_v and_o the_o other_o not_o that_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n which_o we_o reject_v be_v of_o the_o first_o sort_n and_o those_o of_o the_o lutheran_n be_v of_o the_o second_o p._n 18_o viii_o 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