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de_fw-fr virtute_fw-la fidei_fw-la this_fw-mi 1._o 1._o 12._o n._n 247._o etc._n etc._n where_o he_o bring_v reason_n for_o this_o opinion_n not_o much_o differ_v from_o those_o abovementioned_a as_o 1._o since_o the_o belief_n of_o infallibility_n itself_o must_v be_v produce_v from_o some_o other_o motive_n if_o such_o motive_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o beget_n the_o faith_n of_o this_o why_o may_v they_o not_o be_v sufficient_a for_o some_o point_n of_o faith_n beside_o it_o 2._o new_a convert_v embrace_v and_o true_o believe_v some_o other_o article_n of_o faith_n before_o they_o be_v acquaint_v with_o that_o of_o infallibility_n 3._o rustic_n common_o resolve_v their_o faith_n into_o no_o further_a proof_n than_o their_o parish-priest_n and_o what_o he_o relate_v to_o they_o 4_o under_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n before_o moses_n most_o be_v believe_v only_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o parent_n without_o any_o church-proposal_n his_o word_n be_v these_o num_fw-la 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unity_n of_o her_o faith_n of_o the_o donatist_n heretic_n thus_o s._n aug._n gesbacum_fw-la emerito_fw-la extra_n ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la potest_fw-la emeritus_n evangelium_fw-la tenere_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o filii_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o habere_fw-la &_o praedicare_fw-la sed_fw-la nusquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la salutem_fw-la poterit_fw-la invenire_fw-la give_v the_o reason_n afterward_o quia_fw-la charitatem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la and_o ep._n 48._o ad_fw-la vincentium_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la in_fw-la symbolo_fw-la in_fw-la caeteris_fw-la dominicis_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la autem_fw-la unitatis_fw-la &_o vinculo_fw-la pacis_fw-la in_fw-la ipsa_fw-la denique_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la non_fw-la estis_fw-la to_o estius_n and_o lugo_n add_v a_o three_o layman_n a_o casuist_n of_o great_a reputation_n thus_o 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16._o vel_fw-la nondum_fw-la fidei_fw-la dogmata_fw-la definierat_fw-la again_o formale_a assentiendi_fw-la principium_fw-la seu_fw-la motivum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritas_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la quaeram_fw-la cur_n credas_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la incarnatum_fw-la respondeasque_fw-la quia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la quae_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ob_fw-la s._n spiritus_fw-la assistentiam_fw-la ita_fw-la testatur_fw-la iterum_fw-la ex_fw-la te_fw-la quaeram_fw-la unde_fw-la id_fw-la scias_fw-la vel_fw-la cur_n credas_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la errare_fw-la vel_fw-la s._n spiritum_fw-la ei_fw-la assistere_fw-la quare_fw-la recte_fw-la dicit_fw-la canus_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la loc_n theol._n 8._o c._n post_o med_n si_fw-mi generaliter_fw-la quaeratur_fw-la unde_fw-la fideli_fw-la constet_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la fide_fw-la tenet_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la revelata_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la 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innocentia_fw-la sapientia_fw-la illustrium_fw-la testimonium_fw-la &_o assensum_fw-la praebet_fw-la haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la inquam_fw-la si_fw-la recte_fw-la explicetur_fw-la a_o vero_fw-la aliena_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la mens_fw-la est_fw-la doctorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la quod_fw-la fidei_fw-la divinae_fw-la assensus_fw-la in_o fidem_fw-la acquisitam_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la resolvatur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o principium_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o extrinsecum_fw-la adjumentum_fw-la &_o conditionem_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la etenim_fw-la authoritas_fw-la illa_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la quatenus_fw-la consideratur_fw-la ut_fw-la organum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la illustris_fw-la congregatio_fw-la hominum_fw-la prudentum_fw-la etc._n etc._n est_fw-la quidem_fw-la formale_a principium_fw-la credendi_fw-la side_n humana_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la fide_fw-la divina_fw-la quia_fw-la 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certissima_fw-la animi_fw-la adhaesio_fw-la quam_fw-la side_n divina_fw-la continet_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la viribus_fw-la naturae_fw-la aut_fw-la humanis_fw-la persuasionibus_fw-la provenit_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la auxilio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la succurrentis_fw-la intellectui_fw-la &_o liberae_fw-la voluntati_fw-la nostrae_fw-la by_o this_o it_o seem_v that_o ultima_fw-la resolutio_fw-la sidei_fw-la divinae_fw-la be_v in_o illam_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la quam_fw-la habemus_fw-la per_fw-la auxilium_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la etc._n etc._n hear_v then_o his_o last_o state_v of_o the_o point_n quod_fw-la ad_fw-la formalem_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la nunc_fw-la agimus_fw-la fidei_fw-la resolutionem_fw-la attinet_fw-la expeditus_fw-la ac_fw-la verus_fw-la dicendi_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la iste_fw-la cite_n cajetan_a for_o it_o 2._o 2._o q._n 1._o a._n 1._o quod_fw-la side_n divina_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la objecti_fw-la ac_fw-la motivi_fw-la formalis_fw-la resolvatur_fw-la 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non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o in_o answer_n to_o the_o donatist_n query_n utrum_fw-la generet_fw-la filios_fw-la baptismus_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la donati_n that_o if_o he_o grant_v this_o they_o may_v collect_v that_o they_o have_v a_o true_a church_n the_o father_n answer_v the_o baptism_n 1._o l._n 10._o c._n una_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la sola_fw-la catholica_fw-la nominatur_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la suum_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o communionibus_fw-la diversorum_fw-la a_o sua_fw-la unitate_fw-la separatis_fw-la ipsa_fw-la utique_fw-la generate_fw-la non_fw-la illae_fw-la therefore_o it_o may_v have_v aliquid_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o such_o communion_n and_o ep._n 162._o direct_v to_o some_o follower_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o donatist_n he_o say_v thus_o to_o they_o in_o the_o begin_n thereof_o dixit_fw-la quidem_fw-la apostolus_fw-la paulus_n haereticum_fw-la hominem_fw-la post_fw-la unam_fw-la correptionem_fw-la devita_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la qui_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quamvis_fw-la falsam_fw-la atque_fw-la perversam_fw-la nulla_fw-la pertinaci_fw-la animositate_fw-la defendant_n praesertim_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la audacia_fw-la praesumptionis_fw-la suae_fw-la pepererunt_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o seductis_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o errorem_fw-la lapsis_fw-la parentibus_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la autem_fw-la cauta_fw-la solicitudine_fw-la veritatem_fw-la corrigi_fw-la parati_fw-la cum_fw-la invenerint_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la sunt_fw-la inter_fw-la haereticos_fw-la deputandi_fw-la tale_n ergo_fw-la vos_fw-la nisi_fw-la esse_fw-la crederem_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o may_v any_o extend_v those_o text_n matt._n 15._o 14._o rom._n 14._o 15_o 20._o 1_o cor._n 8._o 11_o 12._o to_o all_o any_o way_n mislead_v by_o other_o for_o in_o the_o first_o the_o follower_n fall_v into_o the_o ditch_n together_o with_o his_o leader_n because_o blind_a in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o his_o leader_n i._n e._n wilful_o not_o 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oportet_fw-la cum_fw-la paganis_fw-la festa_fw-la celebrare_fw-la 39_o can._n and_o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la a_o judaeis_n azyma_fw-la accipere_fw-la 38._o can._n so_o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la cum_fw-la haereticis_fw-la vel_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la orare_fw-la can._n 33._o and_o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la benedictiones_fw-la accipere_fw-la can._n 32._o conc._n carthag_n 4tum_fw-la anno_fw-la d._n 436._o a_o little_a after_o s._n augustine_n death_n can._n 72._o cum_fw-la haereticis_fw-la nec_fw-la orandum_fw-la nec_fw-la psallendum_fw-la can._n 73._o qui_fw-la communicaverit_fw-la vel_fw-la oraverit_fw-la cum_fw-la excommunicato_fw-la sive_fw-la clericus_fw-la sive_fw-la laicus_fw-la excommunicetur_fw-la here_o may_v be_v consider_v also_o also_o the_o cautious_a and_o scrupulous_a practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a time_n in_o their_o letter_n commendatory_a call_v epistolae_fw-la formatae_fw-la which_o because_o of_o the_o church_n careful_a avoid_v of_o all_o mixture_n 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