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speculative_a nor_o ever_o to_o pious_a person_n pag._n 18._o sect_n iii_o of_o the_o difficulty_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o argument_n from_o scripture_n in_o question_n not_o simple_o necessary_a not_o literal_o determine_v pag._n 59_o sect_n iv_o of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o expound_v scripture_n pag._n 73._o sect_n v._o of_o the_o insufficiency_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o tradition_n to_o expound_v scripture_n or_o determine_v question_n pag._n 83._o sect_n vi_o of_o the_o uncertainty_n and_o insufficiency_n of_o counsel_n ecclesiastical_a to_o the_o same_o purpose_n pag._n 101._o sect_n vii_o of_o the_o fallibility_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o his_o expound_v scripture_n and_o resolve_v question_n pag._n 125._o sect_n viii_o of_o the_o disability_n of_o father_n or_o writer_n ecclesiastical_a to_o determine_v our_o question_n with_o certainty_n and_o truth_n pag._n 151._o sect_n ix_o of_o the_o incompetency_n of_o the_o church_n in_o its_o diffusive_a 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