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〈◊〉_d iste_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la potest_fw-la elle_fw-fr scriptura_fw-la neque_fw-la spirâ—aus_fw-la revelans_fw-la privatus_fw-la neque_fw-la princeps_fw-la saecularis_fw-la igâ—tur_fw-la princeps_fw-la ecclesiasticus_fw-la aut_fw-la solus_fw-la aut_fw-la cerâ—e_fw-la cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o consensu_fw-la coepiscoporum_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la singitur_fw-la neque_fw-la singi_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la ad_fw-la quod_fw-la hoc_fw-la judicium_fw-la pertinere_fw-la posse_fw-la videatur_fw-la bellarm._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 9_o 9_o christ_n church_n have_v by_o our_o doctrine_n a_o most_o infallable_n write_v law_n and_o live_v though_o but_o fallible_a ecclesiastic_a judge_n be_v much_o better_o provide_v 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o matter_n spiritual_a then_o politic_a â—…ties_n who_o law_n as_o well_o as_o judge_n be_v faluble_a in_o matter_n câ—vil_a câ—vil_a the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o all_o christian_a obedience_n unto_o any_o authority_n on_o earth_n be_v only_o to_o abide_v a_o peaceable_a â—ial_n before_o the_o lawful_a judge_n patient_o to_o embrace_v the_o penalty_n inslict_v but_o not_o to_o think_v about_o penalty_n soever_o they_o shall_v 〈…〉_z cause_n for_o which_o 〈…〉_z be_v just_a or_o such_o as_o shall_v staâ—â—_n for_o good_a in_o the_o day_n of_o final_a judgement_n for_o so_o earthly_a power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d absolute_a authority_n over_o our_o soul_n which_o be_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o adversary_n go_v in_o it_o that_o a_o provincial_a council_n conjirm_v by_o the_o pope_n be_v as_o authentic_a as_o a_o general_n wherein_o be_v be_v presâ—â—t_o though_o a_o sâ—nt_n in_o the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d acquaint_v with_o particular_a circumstance_n or_o carâ—â—ag_n of_o the_o connoversie_n much_o more_o available_a shall_v a_o pope_n confirmation_n of_o such_o counsel_n be_v who_o be_v present_a and_o well_fw-mi acquaint_v with_o all_o occasion_n or_o other_o circumstance_n of_o the_o conâ—orersie_n or_o the_o division_n wherefore_o if_o reason_n without_o scripture_n may_v divide_v this_o comrover_n sie_n it_o be_v more_o 〈◊〉_d to_o have_v a_o many_o pope_n as_o sâ—â—eralyâ—ce_n statâ—â—o_n or_o monarchy_n monarchy_n convenit_fw-la etiam_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o adversary_n sâ—…_n intelligâ—_n debere_fw-la to_o spiritu_fw-la quo_fw-la factae_fw-la sunt_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la quod_fw-la apostolus_fw-la peâ—…_n epist_n 2._o cap._n 1._o do_v et_fw-fr cum_fw-la ait_fw-la hoâ—_n 〈◊〉_d intelligentes_fw-la quod_fw-la omnis_fw-la prophetia_fw-la scripturae_fw-la propria_fw-la interpretatione_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la humana_fw-la voluntate_fw-la allata_fw-la est_fw-la aliquando_fw-la peopheâ—a_fw-la sed_fw-la spirtu_fw-la sancto_fw-la inspirati_fw-la locuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sancti_fw-la dei_fw-la homines_fw-la ubi_fw-la b._n petrus_n probat_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la exponi_fw-la scripture_n as_o ex_fw-la proptio_fw-la ingenio_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictamen_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la scriptae_fw-la humano_fw-la ingenio_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la inspiratione_n spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la bel._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la cap._n 3._o 3._o 2_o pet._n cap._n 1._o vers_fw-la 20._o &_o 21._o 21._o tota_n igitur_fw-la quaestio_fw-la in_o â—o_o posita_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la sit_fw-la iste_fw-la spiritus_fw-la nos_fw-la enim_fw-la existimamus_fw-la hunc_fw-la spiritum_fw-la etsi_fw-la multis_fw-la privatis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la saepe_fw-la conceditur_fw-la tamen_fw-la cetto_fw-it inveniri_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o concilio_n episcoporum_fw-la confirmato_fw-la à _fw-la summo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la totius_fw-la pastore_n sive_fw-la in_o sun_n mo_z pastere_a cum_fw-la concilio_n aliotum_fw-la pastorum_fw-la bellarmin_n ibid._n in_o this_o place_n as_o he_o profess_v he_o will_v not_o dispute_v
tongue_n praise_v be_v 20._o god_n which_o have_v not_o put_v back_o my_o prayer_n nor_o his_o mercy_n from_o i_o the_o fullness_n of_o his_o inward_a joy_n be_v such_o and_o god_n providence_n over_o he_o so_o manifest_a and_o wonderful_a that_o the_o present_a age_n wherein_o he_o live_v can_v not_o to_o his_o seem_n but_o take_v notice_n of_o it_o while_o the_o particular_n wherein_o the_o lord_n have_v hear_v he_o be_v in_o fresh_a memory_n and_o all_o posterity_n he_o presume_v out_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o own_o belief_n shall_v still_o believe_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n from_o this_o experimental_a relation_n of_o his_o goodness_n towards_o he_o he_o that_o have_v least_o experience_n of_o the_o like_a in_o himself_o will_v he_o but_o attentive_o mark_v the_o fervency_n of_o of_o those_o man_n zeal_n and_o vehemency_n of_o their_o godly_a passion_n express_v in_o these_o here_o mention_v and_o many_o like_a unaffected_a strain_n can_v not_o but_o acknowledge_v 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particular_a lively_a character_n of_o experimental_a joy_n or_o grief_n fear_n or_o confidence_n their_o consonancy_n with_o the_o historical_a truth_n of_o alteration_n in_o the_o state_n of_o jewry_n will_v much_o illustrate_v the_o former_a observation_n for_o albeit_o the_o psalmist_n in_o their_o great_a distress_n or_o calamity_n murmur_v not_o against_o the_o lord_n god_n as_o the_o heathen_n do_v yet_o the_o tenor_n of_o some_o late_o mention_v with_o divers_a other_o psalm_n argue_v that_o the_o people_n of_o god_n in_o those_o time_n wherein_o they_o be_v write_v either_o have_v not_o such_o manifest_a sign_n of_o god_n favour_n or_o else_o find_v not_o such_o speedy_a deliverance_n from_o the_o danger_n fear_v or_o calamity_n suffer_v by_o they_o as_o the_o prophet_n david_n in_o the_o 27_o psalm_n v._n 1._o and_o other_o of_o their_o godly_a ancestor_n have_v do_v the_o lord_n say_v david_n be_v my_o light_n and_o my_o salvation_n who_o shall_v i_o fear_v the_o lord_n be_v the_o strength_n of_o my_o life_n of_o who_o shall_v i_o be_v afraid_a though_o a_o host_n pitch_v against_o i_o my_o heart_n shall_v not_o be_v afraid_a though_o war_n be_v raise_v against_o i_o yet_o i_o will_v trust_v in_o this_o to_o wit_n upon_o his_o former_a experience_n of_o god_n mercy_n specify_v v._n 2._o when_o the_o wicked_a i_o my_o enemy_n come_v and_o my_o soes_z come_v upon_o i_o to_o eat_v up_o my_o flesh_n they_o stumble_v and_o fall_v but_o great_a be_v his_o confidence_n from_o the_o more_o often_o experience_n of_o god_n favour_n when_o as_o his_o case_n otherwise_o for_o the_o multitude_n and_o malignity_n of_o his_o enemy_n be_v more_o desperate_a psal_n 3._o v_o 1._o many_o be_v his_o adversary_n that_o rise_v up_o against_o he_o and_o many_o that_o say_v unto_o his_o soul_n when_o he_o flee_v from_o his_o son_n absolom_n v._n 2._o there_o
be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o efficient_a or_o impulsive_a cause_n rather_o superartificial_a then_o natural_a or_o artificial_a and_o rhetoric_n and_o history_n only_o artificial_a this_o opinion_n will_v not_o seem_v strange_a if_o we_o consider_v that_o the_o wise_a sort_n in_o those_o time_n do_v commend_v such_o matter_n only_o to_o writing_n as_o may_v inflame_v posterity_n with_o devotion_n and_o love_n of_o virtue_n for_o poetry_n as_o the_o same_o author_n tell_v we_o be_v account_v by_o antiquity_n prima_fw-la quaedam_fw-la philosophia_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o sacred_a moral_a philosophy_n appropriate_v as_o it_o seem_v at_o the_o first_o to_o the_o relation_n or_o representation_n of_o supernatural_a event_n or_o divine_a matter_n only_o of_o which_o the_o most_o ancient_a have_v best_a experience_n and_o be_v impel_v to_o communicate_v they_o to_o posterity_n elevate_v as_o be_v observe_v before_o by_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o object_n to_o this_o celestial_a kind_n of_o 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