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grant_v concern_v the_o certainty_n which_o faith_n may_v receive_v from_o the_o external_a motive_n or_o proponent_n the_o spirit_n scripture_n church_n and_o tradition_n 3_o concern_v the_o illumination_n adherence_n certitude_n which_o this_o faith_n that_o ordinary_o first_o come_v by_o hear_v receive_v from_o the_o inward_a operation_n of_o god_n spirit_n 1._o first_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o interior_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n open_v the_o heart_n be_v always_o require_v beside_o the_o outward_a mean_n for_o the_o conception_n of_o all_o save_a faith_n that_o we_o can_v exercise_v any_o act_n thereof_o without_o particular_a grace_n and_o motion_n mean._n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o it_o be_v the_o infuse_a gift_n of_o god_n as_o well_o as_o other_o grace_n of_o hope_n and_o charity_n see_v jo._n 6._o 29_o 44_o 45_o 64_o 65._o matt._n 11._o 25_o 26._o 16._o 17._o act._n 13._o 48._o 16._o 14_o 15._o rom._n 12._o 3._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 3_o 9_o 2_o cor._n 3._o 3_o gal._n 5._o 22_o 23._o eph._n 1._o 17._o etc._n etc._n 2._o 8._o 6._o 23._o see_v ben._n spir._n p._n whence_o faith_n be_v say_v to_o be_v supernatural_a as_o in_o respect_n respect_n of_o its_o object_n thing_n above_o the_o comprehension_n of_o reason_n and_o and_o of_o it_o be_v ultimate_a ground_n it_o build_v upon_o which_o be_v divine_a revelation_n so_o so_o of_o its_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o spirit_n all_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v in_o some_o kind_a supernatural_a for_o such_o a_o degree_n of_o adherence_n as_o they_o have_v both_o because_o the_o relater_n or_o proponent_n thereof_o be_v many_o time_n not_o at_o least_o know_v to_o be_v infallible_a and_o because_o the_o object_n thereof_o many_o time_n though_o there_o be_v all_o certainty_n from_o the_o relater_n be_v capable_a of_o much_o doubt_n and_o vacillancy_n from_o its_o supernaturalness_n and_o seeming-repugnancy_n to_o reason_n therefore_o we_o see_v our_o first_o father_n or_o at_o least_o 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not_o his_o mere_a misbelief_n of_o that_o point_n for_o which_o he_o be_v account_v a_o heretic_n which_o exclude_v he_o from_o salvation_n because_o perhaps_o many_o good_a catholic_n before_o the_o church_n determination_n have_v misbelieved_n the_o same_o point_n as_o for_o example_n the_o point_n of_o rebaptisation_n as_o well_o as_o he_o without_o any_o danger_n to_o their_o salvation_n but_o that_o which_o condemn_v he_o be_v that_o he_o have_v fidem_fw-la though_o divinam_fw-la yet_o not_o operantem_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la that_o he_o be_v obstinate_a and_o disobedient_a to_o the_o church_n order_n and_o decree_n or_o if_o you_o will_v that_o he_o disbelieves_a this_o great_a article_n of_o faith_n which_o disbelief_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o his_o disobedience_n that_o the_o church_n have_v such_o a_o authority_n commit_v to_o she_o by_o christ_n as_o that_o he_o ought_v to_o conform_v to_o all_o her_o determination_n and_o preserve_v in_o every_o thing_n the_o 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 he_o therefore_o theolog._n moral_a 2._o l._n 1._o tract_n 5._o c._n fieri_fw-la saepe_fw-la solet_fw-la ut_fw-la alii_fw-la articuli_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la puta_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la uno_n &_o trino_n explicit_a credantur_fw-la ante_fw-la hunc_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr infallibili_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la quinimo_fw-la haec_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la infallibilitas_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la promissione_n nititur_fw-la ergo_fw-la prius_fw-la oportet_fw-la credere_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la adeoque_fw-la trinitatem_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la esse_fw-la praeterea_fw-la constat_fw-la beatissimam_fw-la virginem_fw-la apostolos_fw-la primosque_fw-la christianos_n fide_fw-la divina_fw-la credidisse_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la fundata_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la v._n g._n cum_fw-la s._n petrus_n credidit_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la vivi_fw-la mat._n 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 infallibilem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la adducere_fw-la quia_fw-la unum_fw-la ex_fw-la revelatis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la errare_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la interim_n non_fw-la negamus_fw-la say_v he_o quin_fw-la resolutio_fw-la fidei_fw-la in_o authoritatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quatenus_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la regitur_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o communiter_fw-la soleat_fw-la a_o sidelibus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la qui_fw-la infallibilem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la assistentiam_fw-la ac_fw-la directionem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la promissam_fw-la certa_fw-la fide_fw-la tenent_fw-la his_fw-la enim_fw-la ejus_fw-la testimonium_fw-la ac_fw-la definitio_fw-la certa_fw-la regula_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la alios_fw-la articulos_fw-la amplectendos_fw-la imo_fw-la talis_fw-la regula_fw-la seu_fw-la norma_fw-la exurgentibus_fw-la circa_fw-la fidem_fw-la dubiis_fw-la omnino_fw-la nobis_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la put_z a_o ad_fw-la discernendum_fw-la scripturam_fw-la canonicam_fw-la ab_fw-la apocrypha_fw-la traditiones_fw-la veras_fw-la a_o falsis_fw-la denique_fw-la credenda_fw-la a_o non_fw-la credendis_fw-la sententia_fw-la scoti_n &_o gabrielis_n qui_fw-la in_o resolutione_n recurrere_fw-la videntur_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la acquisitam_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ea_fw-la est_fw-la illustris_fw-la congregatio_fw-la tot_fw-la hominum_fw-la excellentium_fw-la exempli_fw-la causa_fw-la credo_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la incarnatum_fw-la quia_fw-la divinitus_fw-la revelatum_fw-la est_fw-la revelatum_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la divinitus_fw-la seu_fw-la revelationem_fw-la hanc_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la profectam_fw-la esse_fw-la ideo_fw-la accepto_fw-la seu_fw-la credo_fw-la fide_fw-la acquisita_fw-la quia_fw-la it_n a_o scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o evangelio_n s._n johannis_n cui_fw-la omnis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la seu_fw-la congregatio_fw-la hominum_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la 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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