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deliver_v and_o speak_v be_v not_o apprehend_v nor_o understand_v as_o s._n augustine_n speak_v 318._o tena_n in_o isagog_n in_o totam_fw-la sacr_n serip_v fol._n 318._o and_o conformable_a to_o he_o the_o bishop_n of_o tortosa_n the_o reason_n hereof_o themselves_o do_v yield_v quia_fw-la non_fw-la prodest_fw-la locutionis_fw-la integritas_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la intellectus_fw-la audientis_fw-la and_o christ_n our_o lord_n speak_v of_o a_o pprophecy_n in_o these_o word_n qui_fw-la legit_fw-la intelligat_fw-la for_o if_o he_o covet_v not_o to_o understand_v it_o his_o reading_z will_v be_v to_o small_a purpose_n as_o father_n puente_n note_n 578._o puente_n ibid._n fol._n 578._o and_o observe_v and_o how_o be_v it_o probable_a that_o christ_n shall_v intimate_v and_o declare_v unto_o they_o his_o will_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o epistle_n when_o they_o understand_v not_o what_o be_v therein_o comprehend_v this_o as_o s._n paul_n say_v be_v rather_o a_o breathe_n into_o the_o air_n than_o a_o instruct_n of_o the_o people_n it_o be_v as_o we_o usual_o say_v in_o our_o spanish_a tongue_n predicar_n en_fw-fr desierto_fw-es to_o preach_v in_o the_o desert_n for_o as_o the_o precedent_a bishop_n allege_v say_v this_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o either_o that_o which_o be_v deliver_v be_v not_o understand_v or_o that_o doctrine_n which_o be_v preach_v be_v not_o obey_v this_o be_v not_o a_o manifest_v of_o god_n will_v unto_o man_n 320._o tena_n in_o geg_n in_o tota_fw-la scrip._n sacr_n fol._n 320._o by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o priest_n but_o a_o speak_n of_o the_o priest_n only_o to_o god_n alone_o if_o so_o be_v the_o priest_n understand_v what_o himself_o read_v otherwise_o no_o because_o as_o the_o apostle_n teach_v qui_fw-la loquor_fw-la lingua_fw-la ignota_fw-la non_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la loquor_fw-la deo_fw-la quia_fw-la intelligit_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la hominibus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la percipiunt_fw-la eum_fw-la as_o the_o say_a bishop_n