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24._o 31._o joh._n 7._o 17._o stringe_n mentem_fw-la &_o dabit_fw-la intellectum_fw-la origen_n d._n whit._n against_o camp_n rat_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n in_o timaeo_n motive_n 5._o thom_n 2._o 2d_o q._n 2._o be_v 4._o scotus_n in_o 3._o send_v do_v 23._o caietan_n in_o locum_fw-la aquin._n durand_n in_o 3._o send_v do_v 22_o 1._o joh._n 5._o 10._o qui_fw-fr credit_n infillum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o se._n thom._n 2._o 2ae_fw-la q_o 2_o art_n 4._o in_o 3._o sentent_fw-fr do_v 22._o the_o gra_fw-mi &_o libero_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—6_n ca._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 6._o can_n 〈◊〉_d gal._n 1._o 8._o princ._n doct_n l._n 8._o cap._n 22._o 1._o john_n 5_o bel._n the_o consil_n author_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 11._o ca._n 12._o ibid._n bel._n &_o siam_fw-it princ_fw-la doc_fw-fr lib._n 8._o ca._n 15._o bel._n ibid._n bel._n ibid._n bel._n de_fw-fr cons_n auct_v lib._n 2._o ca._n 12._o consilia_fw-la ex_fw-la co_fw-la per_fw-la ratiocinationem_fw-la deducunt_fw-la conclusiones_fw-la de_fw-fr consil_n autho_fw-la lib_n 2._o cap._n 12._o lib._n 8._o cap._n 15._o 15._o quo_fw-la peccati_fw-la genere_fw-la peccant_a illi_fw-la qui_fw-la &c._n &c._n prin_fw-mi lib._n 8._o ca._n 15._o infine_v infine_v bone_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filius_fw-la docentem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la securus_fw-la &_o tutus_fw-la audiet_fw-la nec_fw-la solicit_v laborans_fw-la a_o idonea_fw-la media_fw-la ad_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la svam_fw-la tradendam_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la adhibuerit_fw-la nec_fw-la curiose_fw-la inquirens_fw-la a_o in_o medijs_fw-la ipsis_fw-la debitam_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la impenderit_fw-la impenderit_fw-la quando_fw-la de_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la inquam_fw-la questionibus_fw-la vel_fw-la consulitur_fw-la vel_fw-la obiter_fw-la disputat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la aberrare_fw-la aliquando_fw-la poterit_fw-la velassereado_fw-it vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la concludendo_fw-la prin_fw-mi l._n 8._o ca._n 15._o initio_fw-la initio_fw-la ea_fw-la solum_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la assirraamus_fw-la hanc_fw-la propositionem_fw-la side_n catholica_fw-la esse_fw-la tenendam_fw-la quod_fw-la authores_fw-la qui_fw-la contrarium_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la nondum_fw-la videamus_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la damnatos_fw-la pro_fw-la hereticis_fw-la de_fw-fr cons_n auth_v lib._n 2._o ca._n 5._o 5._o ca._n 2._o espencaeus_fw-la in_o comment_n in_o titum_fw-la ca._n 1._o august_n de_fw-fr doct._n christiana_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 27._o cap._n 28._o motive_n 1._o hier._n epist._n 19_o inter_fw-la aug._n confess_v aug._n in_o praefat_fw-la ad_fw-la lect._n d._n reinold_n against_o hart._n campian_n rat_n 2._o stapl._n princ_fw-la doct_v l._n 10._o ca._n 11._o confes._n august_n art_n 20._o caluin_n insti_fw-la l._n 3._o cap._n 16._o cemnitius_fw-la exa_fw-la cons._n trid._n ses_fw-fr 6._o luther_n lib_n the_o visit_n saxoni_fw-la brent_n catechis_n bellarm._n de_fw-fr iustificat_fw-la l._n 5._o ca._n 7._o propos_fw-fr 3._o stapl._n princ_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o council_n trident._n sess_v 3._o stapl._n d._n princ_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o cap._n 2._o cap._n 49._o luke_n 18._o vincent_n lirin_fw-mi cap._n 39_o initio_fw-la orationis_fw-la in_o 〈…〉_o lib._n the_o synod_n adversus_fw-la arrianos_fw-la ibid._n ca._n 16._o stapel_n prin_fw-mi doct_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 13._o cap._n 6._o luke_n 1._o 17._o esa._n 40._o 3._o luke_n 1_o 64._o luke_n 16._o 16._o john_n 3._o 30._o gen._n 35._o 2._o 3._o judg._n 2._o 10._o chro._n 13._o 3._o apoc._n 22._o 18._o vincent_n lirin_fw-mi ca._n 2._o &_o 41._o mark_n 3._o 24._o nahum_n 1._o 10._o motive_n 4._o ephes._n 6._o 15._o 16._o 17._o joh._n 5._o 39_o mat._n 16._o 18._o mat._n 3._o 9_o mat._n 3._o 1._o septa_fw-la synod_n constantinop_n act._n 13._o 2._o synod_n nicaena_n 2._o act._n 7._o 3._o synod_n 80._o constantinop_n sub_fw-la adrian_n 2._o act._n 7._o gal._n 3._o 7._o john_n 8._o 39_o rom._n 11._o 19_o pasil_n ep_v 52._o ad_fw-la athanas._n nazian_n 2._o epi._n ad_fw-la procopium_n propter_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la hereticis_fw-la faventium_fw-la infaustum_fw-la exitum_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la omne_fw-la consilia_fw-la illis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la qualia_fw-la fuerint_fw-la selâ—usiense_n tirense_n ariminense_n mediolanense_n smyrnense_n etc._n etc._n mat._n 7._o 15._o 2._o pet._n 2._o 1._o mat._n 24._o 28._o vers._n 24._o mat._n 5._o mat._n 19_o 8._o motive_n 14._o cap._n 39_o dilatae_fw-la &_o inveteratae_fw-la haereses_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la hac_fw-la via_fw-la aggrediedae_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la proâ—_n temporum_fw-la tractu_fw-la long_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d furandae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la patuerit_fw-la occasio_fw-la sola_fw-la scripturunt_fw-la authoritate_fw-la nisi_fw-la paeucis_fw-la desperatis_fw-la &_o perditis_fw-la minor_fw-la videtur_fw-la esse_fw-la authoritas_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la in_o africa_n etc._n etc._n cap._n 28._o 98._o 116._o 123._o faustinus_n philippus_n asellus_n in_o fascicul_fw-la rerum_fw-la expetend_v &_o fugiend_n apeliat_n univers_a parisiens_n à _fw-fr leone_n decimo_fw-la ad_fw-la futurum_fw-la consilium_fw-la wisd._n 14._o 14._o