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in_o canonem_fw-la admittantur_fw-la eisi_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la nego_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la contradictionem_fw-la vel_fw-la falsitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la absurditatem_fw-la manifestariam_fw-la prae_fw-la se_fw-la ferant_fw-la &_o difficulter_n aut_fw-la cum_fw-la iis_fw-la quos_fw-la canonicos_fw-la esse_fw-la utrinque_fw-la in_o confess_v est_fw-la conciliari_fw-la aut_fw-la cum_fw-la historiae_fw-la veritate_fw-la aut_fw-la cum_fw-la recta_fw-la ratione_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la reduci_fw-la possunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la modò_fw-la nulla_fw-la esse_fw-la in_fw-la it_o be_v credo_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la alicujus_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessarii_fw-la veritas_fw-la labefactari_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o non_fw-la pauciora_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la mihi_fw-la persuadeo_fw-la quae_fw-la convellendis_fw-la pontificiorum_fw-la erroribus_fw-la faciunt_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la iis_fw-la aut_fw-la fulciendis_fw-la aut_fw-la stabiliendis_fw-la servire_fw-la possunt_fw-la sim._n episcopii_n instit_fw-la theol._n p._n 227._o afterward_o speak_v of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n ancient_o question_v say_v he_o sive_fw-la admittantur_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la admittantur_fw-la certissimum_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la manet_fw-la caeteris_fw-la qui_fw-la extra_fw-la controversiam_fw-la omnem_fw-la positi_fw-la sunt_fw-la abundè_fw-la satis_fw-la contineri_fw-la universam_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la &_o religionem_fw-la istam_fw-la quam_fw-la revelationem_fw-la tertiam_fw-la intelligit_fw-la religionem_fw-la christianam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la nullus_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o istis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la controversiis_fw-la est_fw-la apiculus_fw-la qui_fw-la singular_a aliquid_fw-la habet_fw-la inse_v quoth_v in_o aliis_fw-la indubitatis_fw-la desideratur_fw-la imò_fw-la non_fw-la abundè_fw-la iis_fw-la continetur_fw-la ad_fw-la religionis_fw-la &_o doctrinae_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la tum_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la tum_fw-la integritatem_fw-la pertinens_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 229._o and_o may_v be_v untrue_a without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o what_o i_o have_v discourse_v in_o this_o section_n sect_n iii_o obj._n 3_o whereas_o i_o have_v say_v that_o the_o safe_a descent_n of_o divine_a truth_n be_v so_o great_o provide_v for_o because_o they_o be_v treasure_v up_o in_o the_o holy_a write_n it_o may_v be_v perhaps_o reply_v that_o oral_a tradition_n be_v not_o destitute_a of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d advantage_n also_o for_o one_o mean_n which_o bellarmine_n allege_v of_o the_o preservation_n of_o oral_a tradition_n be_v scriptura_fw-la write_v they_o in_o the_o ancient_a record_n of_o the_o church_n therefore_o he_o say_v that_o 12._o that_o de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 12._o a_o doctrine_n be_v call_v unwritten_a 2._o unwritten_a idâ—m_fw-la ibid_fw-la ch._n 2._o not_o because_o it_o be_v not_o where_o write_v 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