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of_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n before_o all_o write_n of_o catholic_a doctor_n of_o bishop_n of_o counsel_n before_o all_o custom_n and_o tradition_n but_o that_o he_o will_v have_v the_o true_a church_n seek_v only_o in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v manifest_a by_o these_o place_n first_o in_o his_o 48._o epistle_n to_o vincentius_n nos_fw-la autem_fw-la ideo_fw-la certisumus_fw-la neminem_fw-la se_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la iustè_fw-la separare_fw-la potuisse_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la quisquam_fw-la nostrum_fw-la in_o iustitiae_fw-la sva_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o scripture_n divinis_fw-la quaerit_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la speak_v of_o the_o donatist_n he_o say_v we_o be_v sure_a that_o no_o man_n can_v just_o separate_v himself_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o all_o nation_n because_o none_o of_o we_o seek_v the_o church_n in_o his_o own_o righteousness_n but_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n so_o if_o the_o papist_n will_v not_o presume_v of_o their_o own_o righteousness_n but_o seek_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o scripture_n they_o will_v not_o separate_v themselves_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o christ_n church_n now_o by_o god_n his_o grace_n enlarge_v far_o than_o the_o popish_a church_n also_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap._n 2._o he_o have_v these_o word_n inter_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o donatistas_n quaestio_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la facturi_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la nostris_fw-la eam_fw-la quaesituri_fw-la a_o in_o verbis_fw-la capitis_fw-la svi_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesu_fw-la christis_fw-la puto_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la potius_fw-la verbis_fw-la eam_fw-la quaerere_fw-la debemus_fw-la qui_fw-la veritas_fw-la est_fw-la &_o optimè_fw-la novit_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la the_o question_n be_v between_o we_o and_o the_o donatist_n where_o the_o church_n shall_v be_v what_o shall_v we_o do_v then_o shall_v we_o seek_v she_o in_o our_o own_o word_n or_o in_o the_o word_n of_o her_o head_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n i_o think_v we_o ought_v