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be_v so_o as_o it_o happen_v in_o many_o controvertist_n who_o be_v well_o instruct_v in_o the_o ground_n of_o their_o faith_n yet_o not_o so_o well_o verse_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o particular_a point_n but_o believe_v they_o only_o by_o implicit_a faith_n or_o else_o one_o of_o their_o knowledge_n may_v be_v more_o clear_a and_o distinct_a than_o the_o other_o and_o so_o serve_v to_o perfect_a and_o advance_v it_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o art_n do_v nature_n lest_o of_o all_o can_v it_o follow_v that_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n representative_a be_v needless_a for_o this_o be_v not_o intend_v to_o teach_v the_o faithful_a their_o faith_n at_o first_o nor_o do_v i_o remember_v ever_o to_o have_v see_v a_o general_n council_n cite_v in_o a_o catechism_n but_o this_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o church_n diffusive_a by_o her_o practice_n and_o language_n and_o by_o her_o pastor_n in_o their_o catechism_n and_o instruction_n but_o it_o be_v use_n be_v to_o secure_v and_o preserve_v faith_n already_o teach_v and_o know_v from_o receive_v any_o taint_n by_o the_o equivocate_a heretic_n and_o to_o recommend_v it_o more_o authoritative_o to_o the_o faithful_a when_o clear_v and_o whoever_o read_v my_o four_o note_n will_v see_v so_o many_o particularity_n in_o the_o member_n which_o compound_v a_o representative_a church_n above_o other_o who_o be_v pure_o part_v of_o ecclesia_fw-la credens_fw-fr that_o he_o can_v in_o any_o reason_n judge_v they_o vseless_a though_o those_o other_o be_v in_o a_o inferior_a degree_n certain_a of_o their_o faith_n too_o for_o all_o this_o while_n the_o word_n infallible_a which_o seem_v to_o have_v so_o loud_a a_o sound_n and_o be_v make_v such_o a_o monstrous_a piece_n of_o business_n by_o the_o denier_n of_o it_o be_v in_o plain_a term_n no_o more_o but_o just_o bare_o certain_a as_o i_o have_v prove_v faith_n vind._n p._n 37._o 38._o and_o reason_n against_o rail_n p._n 113._o to_o come_v close_o up_o then_o to_o my_o adversary_n his_o 20_o principle_n which_o speak_v of_o assent_n in_o common_a be_v whole_o build_v upon_o a_o false_a supposition_n that_o it_o can_v only_o be_v ground_v upon_o evidence_n for_o however_o indeed_o in_o perfect_a reflecter_n that_o be_v unbya_v evidence_n of_o the_o object_n or_o of_o the_o credibleness_n of_o the_o authority_n be_v always_o requisite_a to_o breed_v assent_n yet_o experience_n teach_v we_o that_o assent_n in_o weak_a and_o unreflect_a person_n be_v frequent_o build_v on_o a_o great_a probability_n sometime_o a_o very_a little_a one_o and_o sometime_o man_n assent_v upon_o little_a or_o no_o reason_n at_o all_o their_o passion_n or_o interest_n byass_v their_o will_n and_o by_o it_o their_o understanding_n and_o this_o many_o time_n even_o against_o such_o reason_n as_o will_v be_v evident_a to_o another_o again_o material_a infallibility_n which_o be_v enough_o to_o that_o assent_n we_o speak_v of_o precise_o and_o sole_o consider_v depend_v sole_o at_o least_o principal_o on_o the_o object_n contrary_a to_o what_o be_v there_o assert_v and_o whereas_o he_o say_v princ._n 29._o that_o the_o infallibility_n of_o every_o particular_a person_n be_v not_o assert_v by_o those_o who_o plead_v for_o the_o infallibility_n of_o a_o church_n he_o see_v by_o this_o discourse_n it_o both_o be_v and_o must_v be_v assert_v and_o that_o we_o maintain_v that_o every_o particular_a person_n must_v be_v material_o infallible_a or_o incapable_a of_o err_v while_o he_o rely_v on_o the_o ground_n lay_v and_o recommend_v by_o god_n that_o be_v while_o he_o believe_v the_o church_n which_o yet_o be_v far_o from_o render_v the_o formal_a infallibility_n of_o the_o church_n useless_a unless_o he_o will_v say_v that_o because_o it_o suffice_v for_o the_o pitch_n of_o weak_a people_n who_o duty_n it_o be_v not_o to_o maintain_v and_o make_v out_o the_o truth_n of_o their_o faith_n that_o they_o be_v simple_o in_o the_o right_n or_o void_a of_o error_n and_o that_o they_o see_v after_o a_o gross_a manner_n that_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o though_o they_o can_v defend_v it_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o need_n that_o those_o who_o duty_n it_o be_v to_o do_v so_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o penetrate_v the_o ground_n of_o faith_n and_o so_o explicate_v prove_v and_o maintain_v it_o to_o be_v true_a nor_o will_v it_o follow_v that_o though_o the_o generality_n be_v after_o a_o rude_a and_o gross_a manner_n formal_o infallible_a in_o their_o belief_n that_o the_o church_n be_v infallible_a and_o therefore_o that_o the_o point_n she_o propose_v be_v all_o likewise_o infallibly-true_a it_o will_v not_o follow_v i_o say_v hence_o that_o a_o great_a and_o clear_a and_o more_o penetrative_a degree_n of_o formal_a infallibility_n be_v useless_a in_o church-governor_n for_o as_o appear_v by_o my_o four_o note_n there_o be_v many_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v by_o they_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n for_o the_o church_n which_o far_o 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faith_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o certainty_n man_n have_v in_o matter_n of_o faith_n be_v not_o a_o infallilible_n one_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o infallible_a certainty_n which_o faith_n have_v as_o he_o no_o where_o challenge_n but_o very_o laborious_o disprove_v it_o he_o need_v not_o go_v far_o to_o inquire_v or_o learn_v what_o certainty_n it_o must_v have_v for_o common_a sense_n tell_v he_o and_o every_o man_n who_o have_v the_o least_o spark_n of_o natural_a logic_n that_o if_o faith_n must_v have_v certainty_n as_o he_o grant_v and_o have_v not_o infallible_a certainty_n it_o must_v either_o have_v fallible_a certainty_n or_o none_o at_o all_o there_o be_v no_o middle_a between_o they_o and_o so_o we_o must_v make_v account_n that_o because_o it_o overstrain_v d._n st_n weak_a ground_n to_o assert_v faith_n to_o be_v infallible_o certain_a therefore_o his_o next_o attempt_n must_v be_v to_o overstrain_v common_a sense_n and_o to_o the_o inestimable_a honour_n of_o 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