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A46991 A collection of the works of that holy man and profound divine, Thomas Iackson ... containing his comments upon the Apostles Creed, &c. : with the life of the author and an index annexed.; Selections. 1653 Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.; Oley, Barnabas, 1602-1686.; Vaughan, Edmund. 1653 (1653) Wing J88; Wing J91; ESTC R10327 823,194 586

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romanus_n pontifex_fw-la in_o fidei_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la definiendis_fw-la illa_fw-la qua_fw-la est_fw-la praeditus_fw-la authoritate_fw-la utitur_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la doctrina_fw-la fidei_fw-la recipi_fw-la divino_fw-la praecepto_fw-la debet_fw-la ea_fw-la sentententia_fw-la quam_fw-la ille_fw-la decernit_fw-la esse_fw-la sententiam_fw-la fidei_fw-la toties_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la ipsa_fw-la authoritate_fw-la uti_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la quoties_fw-la in_o controversia_fw-la fidei_fw-la sic_fw-la alterutram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la determinat_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la recipiendam_fw-la obligare_fw-la velit_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la valent._n tom_n 3._o in_o aquin._n disp_n 1._o quaest_n 1._o de_fw-fr object_n fidei_fw-la punct_a 7._o parag_n 10._o 10._o distinguendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la modi_fw-la quibus_fw-la potest_fw-la contingere_fw-la pontificem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la asserere_fw-la primo_fw-la enim_fw-la potest_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuadere_fw-la aut_fw-la asserere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ut_fw-la privata_fw-la persona_fw-la quaedam_fw-la vel_fw-la doctor_n alius_fw-la quispiam_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la nollet_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la universam_fw-la ad_fw-la recipiendam_fw-la svam_fw-la assertionem_fw-la obligare_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la svam_fw-la reputaret_fw-la veram_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la innocentius_n 3._o &_o nonnulli_fw-la alij_fw-la pontifices_fw-la opuscula_fw-la varia_fw-la ediderunt_fw-la ac_fw-la illa_fw-la quidem_fw-la quae_fw-la sic_fw-la pontisex_n asseverat_fw-la communis_fw-la sententia_fw-la omnium_fw-la theologorum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la oportere_fw-la esse_fw-la onmia_fw-la ●era_fw-la &_o infallibilia_fw-la quasi_fw-la à_fw-la pontificia_fw-la authoritate_fw-la profecta_fw-la quin_fw-la imo_fw-la à_fw-la plerisque_fw-la authoribus_fw-la conceditur_fw-la fieri_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la pon●sex_n tanquam_fw-la quaedam_fw-la privata_fw-la persona_fw-la in_o haeresim_fw-la labatur_fw-la idem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la secundo_fw-la modo_fw-la potest_fw-la pontifex_fw-la aliquid_fw-la asserere_fw-la obligando_fw-la universan_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la recipiat_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la audeat_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuadere_fw-la contrarium_fw-la et_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la pontisex_n in_fw-la aliqua_fw-la de_fw-la religione_fw-la controversia_fw-la sic_fw-la asserit_fw-la certa_fw-la side_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la illum_fw-la infallibiliter_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la ex_fw-la authoritare_fw-la pontificia_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la divina_fw-la assistentia_fw-la id_fw-la asserere_fw-la ib._n ib._n itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la canonizationem_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la attinet_fw-la omnino_fw-la nego_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la communiter_fw-la doctores_fw-la catholici_fw-la jure_fw-la optimo_fw-la negant_fw-la videlicet_fw-la posse_fw-la pontificem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d q●amvis_fw-la enim_fw-la testimonia_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d hominis_fw-la sanctitare_fw-la asseruntur_fw-la sint_fw-la humana_fw-la ide●que_fw-la natura_fw-la sua_fw-la fallibilia_fw-la tamen_fw-la posito_fw-la quod_fw-la pontifexillis_fw-la inducatur_fw-la tanden_fw-mi ad_fw-la pronunciandum_fw-la quem_fw-la piam_fw-la sanctum_fw-la atque_fw-la beatum_fw-la jam_fw-la esse_fw-la certa_fw-la fide_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la testimonia_fw-la i●●a_fw-la qua●●nus_fw-la in_fw-la genere_fw-la salten_fw-mi probant_fw-la piè_fw-la atque_fw-la sanctè_fw-la quenquam_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vira_fw-la excessisse_fw-la vera_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la eju_fw-la modi_fw-la ex_fw-la cotum_fw-la esse_fw-la numero_fw-la quos_fw-la per_fw-la revelationes_fw-la scripturae_fw-la generales_fw-la in_o communi_fw-la constat_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la beneficio_fw-la consequi_fw-la aeternae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la heatitudinem_fw-la quae_fw-la sanè_fw-la certitudo_fw-la iisden_n illis_fw-la dei_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la nititur_fw-la ex_fw-la quibus_fw-la compertum_fw-la habemus_fw-la nimquam_fw-la esse_fw-la futurum_fw-la ut_fw-la universa_fw-la eoclesia_n in_fw-la rebus_fw-la religionis_fw-la fallatur_fw-la falleretur_fw-la auten_v graviter_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la religionis_fw-la si_fw-la sanctum_fw-la reputaret_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la tall_a veneraretur_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sanctus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la auten_v illud_fw-la quod_fw-la alius_fw-la ab_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la probatum_fw-la atque_fw-la defensum_fw-la est_fw-la tanquam_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la certum_fw-la pono_fw-la nempe_fw-la rem_fw-la esse_fw-la omnino_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedisicationem_fw-la adeoque_fw-la ad_fw-la ossicium_fw-la pontisicis_fw-la pertineat_fw-la ut_fw-la sancti_fw-la quidam_fw-la aliquando_fw-la canonizentur_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la universam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la debere_fw-la ut_fw-la sanctum_fw-la venerari_fw-la illum_fw-la quem_fw-la summus_fw-la pontifex_fw-la nun●ero_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la adscribit_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la usus_fw-la ipse_fw-la perpetuus_fw-la atque_fw-la traditio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la confirmat_fw-la valent._n ibid._n parag._n 41._o 41._o psal_n 14._o v._n 1._o the_o fearful_a manner_n of_o jesuit_n tempt_v god_n in_o maintain_v this_o argument_n argument_n lib._n 2_o c._n 31._o parag._n 6._o 6._o his_o word_n be_v cite_v parag._n 2._o 2._o objic●_n potest_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la postea_fw-la dicturi_fw-la sumus_fw-la ut_fw-la pontifex_fw-la in_o definiendo_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sua_fw-la rectè_fw-la utatur_fw-la study_v &_o diligentia_fw-la in_o inquirenda_fw-la veritate_fw-la opus_fw-la habet_fw-la nihil_fw-la autem_fw-la obst●r●_n videtur_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la possit_fw-la interdum_fw-la ille_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la diligentia_fw-la praetermissa_fw-la controversiam_fw-la definite_a poterit_fw-la igitur_fw-la tunc_fw-la saltem_fw-la errare_fw-la respond●o_o five_o pontifex_fw-la 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scriptae_fw-la humano_fw-la ingenio_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la inspiratione_n spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la bel._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la cap._n 3._o 3._o 2_o pet._n cap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 20._o &_o 21._o 21._o tota_n igitur_fw-la quaestio_fw-la in_o ●o_o posita_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la iste_fw-la spiritus_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la existimamus_fw-la hunc_fw-la spiritum_fw-la etsi_fw-la multis_fw-la privatis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la saepe_fw-la conceditur_fw-la tamen_fw-la cetto_fw-it inveniri_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o concilio_n episcoporum_fw-la confirmato_fw-la à_fw-la summo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la totius_fw-la pastore_n sive_fw-la in_o sun_n mo_z pastere_a cum_fw-la concilio_n aliotum_fw-la pastorum_fw-la bellarmin_n ibid._n in_o this_o place_n as_o he_o profess_v he_o will_v not_o dispute_v