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three_o verse_n there_o be_v a_o manifest_a difference_n of_o these_o three_o title_n credere_fw-la christum_fw-la credere_fw-la christo_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la as_o thus_o 10._o do_v thou_o not_o believe_v that_o i_o be_o in_o the_o father_n and_o the_o father_n in_o i_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o belief_n what_o christ_n be_v then_o in_o the_o next_o v_o believe_v i_o that_o i_o be_o in_o the_o father_n 11._o and_o the_o father_n in_o i_o that_o be_v believe_v that_o i_o speak_v truth_n therein_o it_o follow_v immediate_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o believe_v in_o i_o that_o be_v with_o confidence_n the_o work_n that_o i_o do_v he_o shall_v do_v and_o great_a also_o he_o therefore_o that_o will_v right_o expound_v these_o 3._o verse_n must_v of_o necessity_n entertain_v this_o threefold_a distinction_n three_o the_o jesuit_n argument_n be_v like_o the_o logic_n and_o other_o popish_a learning_n of_o their_o school_n be_v not_o the_o distinction_n good_a 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a_o faith_n or_o the_o fruit_n of_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o work_v by_o hope_n and_o love_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o all_o that_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o faith_n about_o the_o creed_n four_o and_o last_o say_v that_o s._n augustine_n and_o other_o have_v err_v in_o this_o distinction_n as_o the_o jesuite_n will_n and_o so_o i_o have_v not_o sound_o build_v upon_o they_o yet_o let_v no_o papist_n that_o brag_v of_o the_o father_n bark_n against_o the_o argument_n for_o beside_o those_o which_o i_o have_v allege_v i_o can_v also_o bring_v forth_o â—_o hierome_n symbol_n ruffian_n 12._o theophilact_n â—_o primasius_n â—_o the_o m._n of_o sentence_n 2._o thomas_n aquinas_n 2._o nicolas_n gorran_n pentâ—â—_n granatensis_n and_o a_o number_n of_o other_o of_o their_o own_o side_n more_o or_o less_o allege_v admit_v expound_v these_o three_o degree_n or_o kind_n of_o faith_n and_o ever_o exalt_v the_o latter_a as_o the_o most_o high_a perfect_a and_o chief_a of_o they_o all_o therefore_o 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martyr_n say_v well_o 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la solemus_fw-la credere_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la habemus_fw-la persuasâ—ssimum_fw-la we_o be_v not_o wont_a to_o believe_v any_o thing_n but_o that_o whereof_o we_o be_v most_o full_o persuade_v a_o good_a note_n by_o the_o way_n against_o the_o schoolman_n doubt_v or_o waver_a faith_n whereof_o musculus_fw-la right_o call_v they_o 2._o doctores_fw-la dubitationis_fw-la not_o dowtie_a doctor_n but_o doctor_n of_o doubt_v for_o as_o they_o move_v doubt_n of_o every_o thing_n so_o they_o teach_v man_n always_o to_o doubt_v of_o their_o salvation_n whereas_o s._n paul_n use_v the_o same_o verb_n whereof_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v derive_v protest_v without_o doubt_v in_o the_o same_o case_n â—â—8_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o be_o persuade_v that_o neither_o death_n nor_o life_n nor_o angel_n nor_o principality_n nor_o power_n nor_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n to_o come_v shall_v be_v able_a to_o separate_v we_o from_o the_o 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carry_v with_o it_o assure_a persuasion_n but_o nocturne_v to_o the_o purpose_n this_o persuasive_a or_o persuade_v faith_n iâ—_n there_o of_o the_o apostle_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v somewhat_o diverse_o translate_v but_o the_o old_a translation_n which_o they_o must_v not_o refuse_v term_v it_o substantia_fw-la faith_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o thing_n which_o we_o hope_v for_o the_o substance_n how_o be_v that_o how_o be_v faith_n the_o substance_n of_o those_o thing_n hear_v one_o of_o their_o own_o who_o be_v no_o small_a man_n among_o they_o for_o abbote_n tritenhemius_n write_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v nobiliter_fw-la eruditus_fw-la a_o noble_a or_o notable_a learned_a man_n it_o be_v nicolaus_n de_fw-fr gorran_n and_o what_o say_v he_o 11._o faith_n be_v the_o substance_n id_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la subsistendi_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la res_fw-la sperandas_fw-la scilicet_fw-la bona_fw-la futura_fw-la that_o be_v 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confidence_n of_o thing_n that_o