eloquiorun_v dei._n tolet._n comment_n in_o rom._n 3.2_o according_a to_o saint_n paul_n testimony_n unto_o the_o jew_n be_v commit_v the_o oracle_n of_o god_n these_o oracle_n as_o god_n pledge_n be_v preserve_v by_o they_o say_v cardinal_n tolet_n and_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o hebrew_n letter_n they_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o and_o twenty_o book_n which_o be_v the_o canon_n of_o scripture_n now_o teach_v and_o receive_v by_o the_o reform_a church_n the_o other_o book_n which_o we_o term_v apocryphal_a be_v never_o receive_v of_o the_o jew_n for_o canonical_a 10._o bell_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o as_o bellarmine_n himself_o do_v testify_v this_o canon_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v so_o true_a and_o perfect_a at_o christ_n come_n that_o neither_o christ_n nor_o any_o of_o his_o apostle_n complain_v of_o it_o nay_o more_o they_o cite_v many_o thing_n out_o of_o the_o canonical_a book_n of_o scripture_n for_o proof_n of_o their_o doctrine_n 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