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in_o 2._o cor._n it_o be_v a_o absurd_a thing_n say_v s._n chrysostome_n not_o to_o believe_v other_o in_o receive_v of_o money_n but_o to_o reckon_v it_o after_o they_o and_o yet_o in_o great_a thing_n to_o receive_v other_o man_n doctrine_n and_o not_o to_o try_v they_o be_v your_o word_n more_o authentical_a then_o s._n paul_n 3._o paul_n si_fw-mi ipse_fw-la taliâ_n ac_fw-la tantus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la dictorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la sufficere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la credit_n nisi_fw-la doceat_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la &_o prophetis_fw-la scriptâ_n esse_fw-la quae_fw-la dicit_fw-la quanto_fw-la magiâ_n nos_fw-la minimi_fw-la hoc_fw-la observaâe_fw-la debemus_fw-la origenâ_n in_o rom._n c._n 3._o if_o he_o such_o and_o so_o great_a a_o apostle_n do_v not_o think_v his_o word_n to_o have_v authority_n enough_o unless_o he_o can_v teach_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o say_v be_v write_v in_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n how_o much_o more_o ought_v we_o who_o 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ecclesiâs_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la ea_fw-la dicant_fw-la quae_fw-la convenientia_fw-la sunt_fw-la scriptura_fw-la author_n imperfect_a oper._n in_o matth_n hom_n 49._o believe_v not_o the_o church_n themselves_o unless_o they_o teach_v these_o thing_n which_o do_v agree_v witb_a the_o scripture_n so_o that_o a_o bishop_n bishop_n or_o the_o church_n must_v not_o be_v believe_v unless_o they_o can_v prove_v their_o doctrine_n by_o the_o scripture_n but_o if_o the_o church_n say_v it_o than_o the_o jesuite_n will_v swear_v it_o because_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n decree_n 16._o decree_n luke_n 10._o 16._o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o and_o he_o that_o despise_v you_o despise_v i_o take_v heed_n you_o be_v not_o forswear_v for_o gerson_n tell_v you_o that_o this_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o 2_o the_o gerson_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la spirituali_fw-la lect_v 2_o apostle_n and_o driedo_n add_v his_o reason_n 4._o reason_n ecclesia_fw-la primitiva_fw-la propter_fw-la 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from_o heaven_n shall_v teach_v other_o doctrine_n than_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n let_v he_o be_v accurse_v he_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v accurse_v and_o account_v as_o a_o 117_o reply_v pag._n 117_o 17._o 117_o matt._n 18._o 17._o insidell_n who_o wilful_o refuse_v to_o hearken_v to_o the_o church_n in_o that_o text_n our_o saviour_n speak_v not_o of_o matter_n of_o faith_n but_o of_o fact_n as_o of_o the_o mean_n of_o end_a strife_n between_o party_n and_o party_n and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o inferior_a court_n they_o may_v hear_v and_o judge_v some_o thing_n as_o battery_n blood-sheddes_a and_o the_o like_a but_o may_v not_o judge_v of_o felony_n treason_n and_o the_o like_a so_o it_o be_v with_o the_o church_n she_o may_v hear_v and_o determine_v in_o matter_n of_o fact_n as_o to_o compose_v strife_n and_o he_o that_o will_v not_o in_o such_o a_o case_n hearken_v unto_o she_o let_v he_o be_v no_o better_o than_o a_o infidel_n but_o if_o she_o take_v too_o much_o upon_o 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authority_n of_o scripture_n even_o as_o in_o his_o precedent_a observation_n he_o labour_v to_o make_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n to_o mount_v up_o unto_o heaven_n the_o first_o be_v this_o christ_n never_o 117._o reply_v p._n 117._o wrete_v any_o his_o doctrine_n himself_o as_o he_o speak_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o all_o his_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n so_o he_o write_v by_o their_o hand_n s._n paul_n epistle_n write_v by_o 22._o by_o rom._n 16._o 22._o tertius_n unto_o the_o roman_n be_v account_v part_n of_o paul_n writing_n aswell_o as_o the_o epistle_n to_o philemon_n which_o be_v write_v with_o 19_o with_o verse_n 19_o his_o own_o hand_n so_o the_o scripture_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v write_v by_o christ_n be_v write_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o prophet_n who_o be_v his_o hand_n s._n augustine_n will_v teach_v he_o to_o speak_v ult_n speak_v nequaquam_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la scripserit_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la memora_fw-la ejus_fw-la id_fw-la operata_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la dictante_fw-la capite_fw-la cognoverunt_fw-la quicquid_fw-la enim_fw-la ille_fw-la de_fw-la dictis_fw-la &_o sactis_fw-la suis_fw-la nos_fw-la le_fw-fr gere_n voluit_fw-la hoc_fw-la scribendum_fw-la illis_fw-la tanquam_fw-la suis_fw-la manibus_fw-la imperavit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr consens_fw-la evang_v l._n 1._o c._n ult_n say_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n that_o christ_n have_v not_o write_v because_o his_o hand_n write_v that_o which_o the_o head_n do_v dictate_v unto_o they_o and_o whatsoever_o he_o will_v have_v we_o to_o read_v touch_v his_o word_n or_o work_n that_o he_o command_v they_o to_o write_v as_o it_o be_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n 1._o hand_n haee_fw-la ille_fw-la doctè_fw-la &_o eleganter_fw-la &c._n &c._n tanto_fw-la magis_fw-la dicen_n dum_fw-la est_fw-la christum_fw-la scripsesse_v per_fw-la juangelicrum_fw-la scriptores_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la manus_fw-la svas_fw-la quanto_fw-la illi_fw-la ne_fw-la verbum_fw-la unum_fw-la aut_fw-la iotâ_n unum_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la spiritu_fw-la evangelio_n addiderunt_fw-la saâmer_n proleg_n 26._o tom._n 1._o these_o thing_n say_v salmeron_n s._n augustine_n speak_v learned_o and_o eloquent_o and_o he_o add_v this_o reason_n by_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o we_o must_v say_v that_o christ_n himself_o write_v by_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o add_v not_o one_o word_n itself_o nor_o the_o least_o letter_n of_o âheir_n own_o to_o the_o gospel_n gregory_n de_fw-fr valentia_n say_v 5._o say_v planâ_n instar_fw-la calami_fw-la cum_fw-la usurpatur_fw-la à _fw-la scriptore_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la davidis_fw-la spectat_fw-la lingua_fw-la mea_fw-la calamus_fw-la scribae_fw-la velociter_fw-la scribentis_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la alium_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la scribam_fw-la significat_fw-la praeter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la deum_fw-la greg._n de_fw-fr val._n annal._n fid_fw-we l._n 8._o c._n 5._o they_o write_v even_o as_o the_o pen_n which_o the_o writer_n use_v unto_o which_o david_n allude_v psal_n 45._o 2._o my_o tongue_n be_v the_o pen_n of_o a_o ready_a writer_n he_o mean_v here_o no_o other_o writer_n but_o god_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n material_a whether_o we_o say_v christ_n write_v it_o himself_o or_o the_o apostle_n write_v it_o as_o long_o as_o we_o be_v sure_a they_o have_v christ_n commandment_n for_o the_o write_n of_o it_o but_o this_o the_o jesuite_n deny_v we_o do_v not_o read_v that_o ever_o he_o give_v commandment_n to_o his_o disciple_n to_o commit_v any_o part_n thereof_o unto_o writing_n s._n john_n be_v eleven_o time_n 5._o time_n revel_v c._n 1._o 11._o 19_o c._n 2._o 1._o 8._o 1â_n c._n 3._o 1._o 7._o 14._o c_o 14._o 13_o c._n 19_o 9_o c._n 21._o 5._o command_v to_o write_v be_v the_o revelation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n no_o part_n of_o his_o doctrine_n ult_n doctrine_n aug._n the_o
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the_o like_a he_o say_v 174._o say_v etiasi_fw-la vocabula_fw-la ista_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la inveniamus_fw-la cvi_fw-la haec_fw-la vocabula_fw-la rectè_fw-la adhibita_fw-la indicentur_fw-la aug._n epist_n 174._o although_o those_o word_n be_v not_o find_v in_o scripture_n yet_o we_o may_v find_v that_o which_o be_v intend_v by_o those_o word_n this_o than_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o s._n augustine_n that_o the_o doctrine_n signify_v by_o those_o word_n be_v write_v in_o other_o word_n although_o those_o word_n themselves_o be_v not_o write_v and_o as_o s._n augustine_n answer_v pascentius_n the_o arian_n so_o i_o may_v answer_v the_o jesuite_n ibidem_fw-la jesuite_n quid_fw-la contentiosius_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la constat_fw-la certare_fw-la de_fw-la nomine_fw-la aug._n ibidem_fw-la what_o be_v more_o contentious_a then_o to_o strive_v about_o word_n when_o the_o thing_n mean_v by_o they_o 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ordinance_n of_o the_o church_n be_v ground_v only_o upon_o humane_a right_n and_o now_o he_o contradict_v the_o same_o that_o they_o be_v of_o divine_a right_n even_o equal_a with_o the_o write_a word_n and_o for_o this_o opinion_n he_o 120._o reply_v p._n 120._o boast_v of_o plain_a scripture_n and_o the_o uniform_a consent_n of_o ancient_a father_n it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n to_o hear_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o truth_n claim_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n to_o be_v they_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o heretic_n boast_v that_o 27._o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d euseb_n l._n 5._o hist_o c._n 27._o the_o father_n and_o the_o apostle_n hold_v &_o teach_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o they_o say_v first_o let_v we_o hear_v his_o plain_a scripture_n 15._o scripture_n â_o thes_n â_o 15._o therefore_o brethren_n stand_v fast_o and_o hold_v the_o tradition_n which_o you_o have_v be_v teach_v whether_o by_o word_n or_o by_o our_o epistle_n this_o text_n be_v no_o 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augustine_n commend_v cyprian_n 16._o cyprian_n quod_fw-la autem_fw-la nââ_n admonet_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la fonââm_fw-la recurramus_fw-la id_fw-la optimum_fw-la est_fw-la aug_n l._n 5._o de_fw-fr bapt._n cont_n donat._n c._n 16._o because_o he_o will_v have_v recourse_n in_o this_o unto_o the_o fountain_n etc._n etc._n for_o that_o be_v the_o best_a course_n and_o by_o this_o authority_n draw_v out_o of_o the_o fountain_n 5â_n fountain_n ephes_n 4._o 5â_n there_o be_v one_o lord_n one_o faith_n one_o baptism_n he_o confute_v his_o opinion_n and_o not_o only_o by_o one_o but_o 1._o but_o adjunctis_fw-la scripturaâm_fw-la testimonijs_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la aug._n l._n 6._o c._n 1._o we_o prove_v it_o by_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n heap_v together_o say_v s._n augustine_n and_o in_o the_o chapter_n allege_v by_o the_o jesuite_n thus_o he_o write_v â3_n write_v contra_fw-la mandatum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la veniântes_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la si_fw-la jam_fw-la ab_fw-la 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