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foundation_n in_o scripture_n 25._o cum_fw-la habeamus_fw-la omnium_fw-la exactissimam_fw-la &_o perfectissimam_fw-la regulam_fw-la ex_fw-la divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la assertione_fw-la â—ro_fw-la vos_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la relinquatis_fw-la quid_fw-la huic_fw-la quid_fw-la illi_fw-la videatur_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr bis_fw-la a_o scripture_n haec_fw-la oâ—n_n a_o in_o quirite_n chrys_n nihil_fw-la sinè_fw-la nihilixira_fw-la nihil_fw-la praeter_fw-la nihil_fw-la ultra_fw-la divinam_fw-la scripturam_fw-la admittendum_fw-la est_fw-la consul_n morton_n p._n 2._o l._n 3._o cap._n 25._o every_o heretic_n will_v allege_v scripture_n but_o the_o scripture_n will_v not_o patronize_v error_n you_o may_v cast_v they_o upon_o scripture_n but_o the_o scripture_n will_v not_o father_n these_o unlawful_a birth_n of_o your_o own_o which_o be_v beget_v between_o ignorance_n and_o corrupt_a affection_n the_o scripture_n itself_o be_v a_o pure_a fountain_n without_o mud_n a_o infallible_a rule_n 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