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dignoscuntur_fw-la dignoscuntur_fw-la li._n 3._o d._n 23._o alex._n hall_n 3._o q._n 82._o m._n 4._o art_n 1._o ad_fw-la id_fw-la de_fw-la mensura_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n greg._n nyssen_n vita_fw-la mosis_fw-la mons_fw-la arduus_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la difficilis_fw-la theologia_n est_fw-la cujus_fw-la vix_fw-la multitudo_fw-la ad_fw-la radices_fw-la ascendere_fw-la potest_fw-la aug._n d._n trin._n li._n 14._o ca._n 1._o 1._o euseb._n hist._n li._n 6._o c._n 2._o a_o patre_fw-la attenta_fw-la cura_fw-la &_o cogitation_n laboratum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la sacras_fw-la literas_fw-la una_fw-la combiberet_fw-la fransc._n picus_n theorem_fw-la 23._o 23._o bannes_n 22._o q._n 1._o be_v 1._o dub_v 4._o quemad_a assentimur_fw-la primis_fw-la principijs_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la ante_fw-la notitiam_fw-la explicitam_fw-la terminorum_fw-la assensu_fw-la quodam_fw-la confuso_fw-la posteà _fw-la verò_fw-la habita_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assentimur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la antequà m_fw-la infundatur_fw-la 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pulchritudinem_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la videns_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n ib._n pag._n 25._o 25._o serran_n apar_n fid_fw-we pag._n 55._o lux_fw-la sua_fw-la se_fw-la vi_fw-la ipsam_fw-la prodit_fw-la &_o in_o oculis_fw-la perspicacibus_fw-la est_fw-la efficax_n lucernam_fw-la qui_fw-la praefert_fw-la lucem_fw-la quidem_fw-la profert_fw-la at_o ipse_fw-la non_fw-la lucet_fw-la lucis_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la lucere_fw-la homunis_fw-la lucem_fw-la proffer_v ita_fw-la scripture_n lux_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la lucet_fw-la hominum_fw-la ministerio_fw-la hominibus_fw-la efficax_n etc._n etc._n et_fw-fr pa._n 51._o ea_fw-la certè_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la scripturae_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la inspiratae_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la maiestas_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la eluceat_fw-la eluceat_fw-la grecè_fw-la cap._n 25._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d peres_n ajala_fw-la d._n trad._n part_n 2._o pag._n 11._o 11._o canus_n loc_n li._n 2._o ca._n 8._o 8._o fra._n petig_n 3._o d._n 23._o pag._n 17._o fides_n praestat_fw-la assensum_fw-la revelationi_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la per_fw-la aliam_fw-la revelationem_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la seipsam_fw-la seipsam_fw-la greg._n li._n 4._o epist_n 40._o scripturam_fw-la sacram_fw-la epistolam_fw-la quandam_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la svam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 2._o thes._n hom_n 3._o aug._n in_o psal._n 90._o de_fw-fr illa_fw-la civitate_fw-la unde_fw-la peregrinamur_fw-la literae_fw-la nobis_fw-la venerunt_fw-la ipsae_fw-la sunt_fw-la scripturae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la aug._n d._n trin._n li._n 6._o c._n 10._o alex._n hall_n 3._o q._n 30._o m._n 2._o be_v 3._o §_o 2._o aquinas_n 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 7._o 〈◊〉_d d._n ecclesia_fw-la pa._n 220._o fides_n in_o svo_fw-la exordio_fw-la adhuc_fw-la languida_fw-la multis_fw-la eget_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la donec_fw-la astipuletur_fw-la &_o submittat_fw-la se_fw-la scripture_n at_o ubi_fw-la ad_fw-la maturitaté_fw-fr svam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la progressa_fw-la amplius_fw-la haud_fw-la perindè_fw-la opus_fw-la habet_fw-la illis_fw-la externis_fw-la presidijs_fw-la sed_fw-la tum_fw-la veritaté_fw-fr ex_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la scriptura_fw-la liquidius_fw-la aspicit_fw-la internis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la latent_fw-la argumentis_fw-la omni_fw-la humano_fw-la modo_fw-la sublimiorib_n '_o ducta_fw-la atque_fw-la permota_fw-la atq_fw-la sic_fw-la fides_fw-la illa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d confirmata_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la nititur_fw-la sundaméto_fw-la nec_fw-la fulcitur_fw-la ampli_v '_o solis_fw-la externis_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la chrys._n in_o symb_n hom._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d d._n trinit_fw-la c._n 1._o ca._n 9_o be_v 9_o aug._n d._n temp._n ser._n 119._o chrysolog_fw-la serm._n 61._o in_o symb_n leo._n serm._n 11._o d._n passione_n dom._n alex._n hal._n 3._o q._n 82._o m._n 5._o be_v 2._o creatorem_fw-la caeli_fw-la &_o terrae_fw-la à _fw-la capite_fw-la scripturae_fw-la accipit_fw-la illud_fw-la etc._n etc._n qui_fw-la conceptus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la sumitur_fw-la iste_fw-la articulus_fw-la de_fw-la math._n 1._o inuenta_fw-la est_fw-la habens_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la etc._n etc._n cassian_n d._n incarnate_a li._n 6._o c._n 3._o quicquid_fw-la per_fw-la diversum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la voluminum_fw-la corpus_fw-la immensa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d copia_fw-la totum_fw-la in_o symboli_fw-la colligitur_fw-la brevitate_fw-la perfecta_fw-la paschas_fw-la d._n spirit_n sancto_fw-la prefat_n prefat_n tertul._n prescript_n c._n 13._o regula_n est_fw-la autem_fw-la fidei_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la quid_fw-la credamus_fw-la profiteamur_fw-la illa_fw-la scilicet_fw-la qua_fw-la creditur_fw-la unum_fw-la omninò_fw-la deum_fw-la effe_n nec_fw-la alium_fw-la preter_fw-la mundi_fw-la crearorem_fw-la qui_fw-la universa_fw-la de_fw-fr nihilo_fw-la produxerit_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la suum_fw-la primò_fw-la omnium_fw-la emissum_fw-la id_fw-la verbum_fw-la filium_fw-la eius_fw-la appellatum_fw-la in_fw-la nomine_fw-la dei_fw-la vary_v visum_fw-la patriarchis_fw-la in_fw-la prophetis_fw-la semper_fw-la auditum_fw-la postremò_fw-la delatum_fw-la ex_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la &_o virtute_fw-la in_o virginem_fw-la mariam_n carnem_fw-la factum_fw-la in_o utero_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ea_fw-la natum_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la exindè_fw-la predicasse_fw-la novam_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o novam_fw-la promissionem_fw-la regni_fw-la caelorum_fw-la virtutes_fw-la fecisse_fw-la fixum_fw-la cruci_fw-la tertia_fw-la die_fw-la refurexisse_fw-la in_fw-la caelos_fw-la ereptum_fw-la sedere_fw-la ad_fw-la dexteram_fw-la patris_fw-la misisse_fw-la vicariam_fw-la vim_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la qui_fw-la credentes_fw-la agate_n venturum_fw-la cum_fw-la claritate_fw-la ad_fw-la sumendos_fw-la sanctos_fw-la in_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o promissorum_fw-la caelestium_fw-la fructum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la prophanos_fw-la iudicandos_fw-la igni_fw-la aeterno_fw-la facta_fw-la utriusque_fw-la partis_fw-la resuscitatione_n cum_fw-la carnis_fw-la resurrectione_n 〈◊〉_d regula_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la instituta_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n lib._n 1._o c._n 3._o august_n enchyr._n cap._n 56._o 56._o tertul._n d._n vel_fw-la 〈◊〉_d c._n 1._o regula_n quidem_fw-la fidei_fw-la una_fw-la omninò_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la immobilis_fw-la &_o irreformabilis_fw-la credendi_fw-la seilicet_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la deum_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la mundi_fw-la creatorem_fw-la &_o filium_fw-la eius_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la natum_fw-la ex_fw-la virgin_n maria_n crucifixum_fw-la sub_fw-la pontio_n pilato_n terto_fw-mi thy_fw-mi resuscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la receptum_fw-la in_o caelis_fw-la sedentem_fw-la nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la dexteram_fw-la patris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d iudicare_fw-la vivos_fw-la &_o mortuos_fw-la per_fw-la carnis_fw-la etiam_fw-la refurrectionem_fw-la refurrectionem_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 6._o nobis_fw-la curiositate_fw-la opus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la post_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la nec_fw-la inquifitione_fw-la post_fw-la euangelium_fw-la cum_fw-la credimus_fw-la nihil_fw-la desideramus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d credere_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la prius_fw-la credimus_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la ultra_fw-la credere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la debeamus_fw-la august_n d._n doctrina_fw-la christ._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o in_o eye_n quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_fw-la scriptura_fw-la posita_fw-la sunt_fw-la inueniuntur_fw-la illa_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la continent_n fidem_fw-la moresque_fw-la vivendi_fw-la spem_fw-la scz_fw-fr atque_fw-la charitatem_fw-la charitatem_fw-la bellarm._n d._n 〈◊〉_d dei_fw-la li._n 4._o c._n 11._o scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n ea_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la absolute_a necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la omnium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d._n ecclesia_fw-la dogm_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 60._o gerson_n d._n sensu_fw-la sacr_n scrip._n propos_fw-fr 9_o 9_o consulat_fw-la regulam_fw-la fidei_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la planioribus_fw-la locis_fw-la &_o ecclèsiae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la percepit_fw-la percepit_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d bene_fw-la &_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ecclesias_fw-la possidens_fw-la spirit_n '_o veritate_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la &_o habet_fw-la vibe_v legis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o apostolorun_v non_fw-la est_fw-la egessia_n de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la suis_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n ecclesia_fw-la licet_fw-la habet_fw-la dominationem_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la illa_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la excedit_fw-la limitationem_fw-la scripturae_fw-la cusanus_fw-la concord_n cathol_n li._n 2._o ca._n 6._o in_o loco_fw-la congregationis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d ponebantur_fw-la sacra_fw-la evan_fw-mi gelia_fw-la &c._n &c._n secundum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d decrevit_fw-la synodus_fw-la synodus_fw-la jesuit_fw-la to_o which_o question_n i_o answer_v that_o the_o last_o and_o final_a resolution_n thoreof_o be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d scripture_n but_o into_o the_o perpetual_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n apostle_n august_n d._n utitat_fw-la credendi_fw-la c._n 6._o planè_fw-la ita_fw-la modificata_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la inde_fw-la haurire_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la
si_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d rationi_fw-la &_o veritat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d videntur_fw-la in_fw-la precio_fw-la habete_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr mysterijs_fw-la religionis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d martyr_n apol._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d si_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rationis_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertull._n li_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 18._o rationabile_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deum_fw-la esse_fw-la autorem_fw-la scripturae_fw-la henr._n a_o gand._n sum._n q_o 9_o q._n 3._o 3._o hook_n lib_n 3_o §._o 8._o si_fw-mi plato_n ipse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o i_o 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la 〈◊〉_d c._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ratio_fw-la potest_fw-la progredi_fw-la à _fw-la 〈◊〉_d ad_fw-la invisibilia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n c._n 29._o 29._o si_fw-la vim_o spectes_fw-la deus_fw-la valentissimus_fw-la est_fw-la aristot._n de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la c._n 7._o don._n ini_fw-la &_o moderatores_fw-la omnium_fw-la cic._n 2._o de_fw-fr leg._n leg._n ipse_fw-la saturnus_n &_o 〈◊〉_d &_o jupiter_n &_o quicquid_fw-la 〈◊〉_d colitis_fw-la victi_fw-la dolore_fw-la quod_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la utique_fw-la in_o turpitudinem_fw-la svi_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la assistentib_n '_o mean_v untur_fw-la ipsis_fw-la testib_n '_o esse_fw-la eos_fw-la daemon_n de_fw-la se_fw-la verum_fw-la confitentib_n '_o credit_n 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d verum_fw-la &_o solum_fw-la inviti_fw-la etc._n etc._n arnob._n 8._o contra_fw-la gent._n gent._n s._n matth._n 12.22_o 12.22_o s._n matth._n 16.17_o 16.17_o si_fw-mi libri_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habent_fw-la sancti_fw-la tamen_fw-la divinarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la pleni_fw-la propè_fw-la totius_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la confession_n diffamantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n de_fw-fr vtil_n cred._n c._n 7._o scriptura_fw-la summa_fw-la dispositione_n providentiae_fw-la super_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnium_fw-la gentium_fw-la literas_fw-la omne_fw-la sibi_fw-la genera_fw-la ingeniorum_fw-la humanorum_fw-la divina_fw-la excellens_fw-la authoritate_fw-la subiecit_fw-la s._n aug._n 11._o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la c._n 1._o at_o in_o omni_fw-la orb_n terrarum_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la graecia_n &_o universis_fw-la nationibus_fw-la innumeri_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o immensi_fw-la qui_fw-la relictis_fw-la patrijs_fw-la legibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la mosis_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n origen_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 1._o 1._o irridere_fw-la in_o catholicae_fw-la fidei_fw-la disciplina_fw-la quod_fw-la iuberétur_fw-la homines_fw-la credere_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d c._n 14._o 14._o and_o therefore_o s._n aug._n 2._o de_fw-la doctr._n christ._n c._n 8._o will_v have_v man_n make_v themselves_o persect_v in_o read_v the_o letter_n of_o the_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d before_o they_o understand_v it_o eas_fw-la notas_fw-la habeat_fw-la etsi_fw-la nondum_fw-la intellectu_fw-la tamé_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d duntaxat_fw-la no_o question_n but_o to_o make_v they_o ready_a against_o they_o understand_v it_o it_o l._n 1._o contr_n epis._n fund_z c._n 5._o ego_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la crederen_fw-mi euangelio_fw-la nisi_fw-la i_o catholicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la commoveret_fw-la autoritas_fw-la autoritas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d dial._n p._n 1._o l._n 1._o c._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d solum_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la tempore_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la biel_n lect._n 22._o in_o c._n missae_fw-la a_o tempore_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o so_o do_v s._n aug._n take_v eccles_n cont_n fund_z fund_z sive_fw-la infideles_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la novitij_fw-la can._n loc_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o 〈◊〉_d omnino_fw-la nescienti_fw-la scripturam_fw-la stap._n relect._n cont_n 4._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o 3._o et_fw-fr ibid._n quibus_fw-la obtemperavi_fw-la dicentibus_fw-la credit_n euangelio_fw-la therefore_o he_o speak_v of_o himself_o when_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v believe_v psal._n 119.105_o sanctarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la lumen_fw-la s._n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig._n c._n 7._o quid_fw-la lucem_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la vanis_fw-la vmbris_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr mor._n eccl._n cathol_a c._n 35._o 35._o 1._o cor._n 2.14_o 2.14_o orig._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 1._o go_v this_o way_n yet_o be_v he_o a_o great_a deal_n near_o the_o prime_a tradition_n than_o we_o be_v for_o be_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o scripture_n be_v inspire_v from_o god_n be_v say_v de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la assignabimus_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la divinis_fw-la scripture_n quae_fw-la nos_fw-la competenter_fw-la moverint_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n principaliter_fw-la tamen_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la credimus_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la apostolos_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d à _fw-fr gand._n sum._n a._n 9_o q._n 3._o now_o if_o where_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o speak_v ultimata_fw-la resolutio_fw-la fidei_fw-la be_v in_o deum_n not_o in_o ipsos_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d much_o more_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d than_o in_o praesentem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la and_o into_o the_o write_n of_o the_o apostle_n than_o into_o the_o word_n of_o their_o successor_n make_v up_o into_o a_o tradition_n tradition_n calu._n instit._n 1._o c._n 5._o §._o 2._o christiana_n ecclesia_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la scriptis_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la praedicatione_n initio_fw-la fundata_fw-la fuit_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la reperietur_fw-la ea_fw-la doctrina_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n 1._o cor._n 2.14_o 2.14_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 11._o 1._o 1._o henr._n à _fw-fr gand._n sum_fw-la a._n 10._o q._n 2._o 2._o heb._n 11.1_o 11.1_o 1._o cor._n 13.12_o 13.12_o lib._n 3_o de_fw-fr eccl._n c._n 14._o credere_fw-la 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la divinas_fw-la scripturas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la omninò_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la i_o will_v not_o break_v my_o discourse_n to_o 〈◊〉_d this_o speech_n of_o bellarmine_n it_o be_v bad_a enough_o in_o the_o best_a sense_n that_o favour_n itself_o can_v 〈◊〉_d it_o for_o if_o he_o 〈◊〉_d by_o omninò_fw-la that_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o or_o simple_o necessary_a to_o believe_v there_o be_v divine_a scripture_n and_o a_o write_a word_n of_o god_n that_o be_v false_a that_o be_v grant_v which_o be_v among_o all_o christian_n that_o there_o be_v a_o scripture_n and_o god_n will_v 〈◊〉_d have_v give_v a_o supernatural_a unnecessary_a thing_n and_o if_o he_o mean_v by_o omninò_fw-la that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a necessary_a than_o it_o be_v sensible_o false_a for_o the_o great_a upholder_n of_o tradition_n that_o ever_o be_v make_v the_o scripture_n very_o necessary_a in_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o church_n so_o it_o be_v necessary_a because_o it_o be_v give_v and_o give_v because_o god_n think_v it_o necessary_a beside_o upon_o roman_a ground_n if_o i_o have_v skill_n enough_o to_o stand_v firm_a upon_o they_o this_o i_o think_v will_v follow_v that_o which_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o present_a church_n deliver_v as_o necessary_a to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d omninò_fw-la necessary_a to_o salvation_n but_o that_o there_o be_v divine_a scripture_n the_o tradition_n of_o the_o present_a church_n deliver_v as_o necessary_a to_o believe_v therefore_o to_o believe_v there_o be_v divine_a scripture_n be_v omninò_fw-la be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o word_n what_o it_o can_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n so_o bellarmine_n be_v foul_a and_o unable_a to_o stand_v upon_o his_o own_o ground_n ground_n lib._n 1._o §._o 14._o 14._o protest_v apol._n tract_n 1._o §._o 10._o n._n 3._o 3._o lib._n 2._o §._o 4._o 4._o lib._n 2._o §._o 7._o &_o lib._n 3._o §_o 8._o 8._o s._n joh._n 5._o 31._o de_fw-fr seipso_fw-la homine_fw-la loquor_fw-la nam_fw-la aliter_fw-la s._n joh._n 8.13_o 8.13_o lib._n 2._o §._o 7._o 7._o lib._n 3._o §._o 8._o 8._o nec_fw-la ijs_fw-la principaliter_fw-la credendum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la in_o christo._n heur_n 〈◊〉_d gand._n sum_n a._n 9_o q._n 3._o 3._o lib._n 13._o contr_n faust._n c._n 5._o probat_fw-la per_fw-la internum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la impletionem_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quae_fw-la fidem_fw-la svam_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la probat_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la temporum_fw-la successiones_fw-la haec_fw-la impleri_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la hen._n à _fw-fr gand._n sum_fw-la a._n 9_o q._n 3._o citat_fw-la s._n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la relig._n in_o quo_fw-la l._n haec_fw-la quatuor_fw-la simul_fw-la posita_fw-la non_fw-la leguntur_fw-la sed_fw-la adimplent_fw-la scopum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d duplici_fw-la modo_fw-la munire_fw-la fidem_fw-la etc._n etc._n primò_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tum_fw-la deinde_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la traditione_n contr_n haer._n cap._n 1._o 1._o s._n joh._n 4._o 4._o henr._n à _fw-fr gand._n sum_fw-la a._n 10._o q._n 1._o sic_fw-la quotidie_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la intrat_fw-la christus_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d i._o ecclesiam_fw-la &_o eredunt_fw-la per_fw-la istam_fw-la famam_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o glos._n in_o s._n joh._n cap._n 4._o 4._o jbid._n plus_fw-fr vebis_fw-la chrsti_fw-la in_o scriptura_fw-la credit_n quam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la testificanti_fw-la quia_fw-la propter_fw-la illam_fw-la iam_fw-la credit_n ecclesiae_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scripturae_fw-la diceret_fw-la ipsi_fw-la non_fw-la crederet_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la ipse_fw-la immediatè_fw-la loquor_fw-la fidelib_a '_o ibid._n ibid._n s._n joh._n 10.4_o 10.4_o quod_fw-la autem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d
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20_o 25_o 31_o 38_o 47_o roman_a church_n 1_o 2_o 103_o 145._o a_o particular_a church_n 109._o not_o universal_a 111._o not_o catholic_a 201._o a_o stepmother_n 126._o equal_a to_o other_o church_n 109.145_o romist_n want_v apost_n tradition_n 125_o 586_o romist_n causer_n of_o discord_n 109_o rule_n of_o faith_n 〈◊〉_d saint_n sacramental_a union_n 405_o saint_n not_o omniscient_a 304._o no_n prophet_n 312._o in_o what_o manner_n like_o angel_n 317._o no_n patron_n 344_o sanctity_n of_o the_o church_n 81_o 101_o 102._o and_o want_v hereof_o in_o the_o rom._n ch._n 5_o 57_o satisfaction_n 534_o 541_o 544_o 555_o 575_o separation_n from_o the_o rom._n ch._n 106_o serapion_n history_n about_o one_o kind_n 503_o schism_n 107_o silence_n of_o history_n no_o proof_n of_o faith_n unchanged_a 116_o 131_o 143_o 144_o 255_o spiritual_a presence_n 396_o spiritual_a eat_v and_o drink_v 184_o scripture_n how_o prove_v divine_a 24_o 30_o the_o mouth_n and_o hand_n of_o god_n 91._o sufficiency_n thereof_o 37_o 43_o 147._o preserve_v incorrupt_a in_o all_o age_n 23_o 117_o 124._o wherein_o obscure_a 35_o 45._o the_o translation_n thereof_o 29._o the_o exposition_n and_o sense_n 45_o 121_o 123._o more_o fundamental_a than_o tradition_n unwritten_a 49_o 90._o papist_n depress_v scripture_n 92_o succession_n of_o pastor_n 65._o of_o romist_n 115_o successor_n of_o peter_n 160_o supererogation_n 522_o 528_o supremacy_n papal_a have_v no_o ground_n in_o scripture_n 570_o t_o tertullian_n of_o the_o scripture_n 9_o of_o indulgence_n 2._o timoth._n 3._o 15._o etc._n etc._n 39_o theoderit_fw-la of_o transubstantiation_n 436_o title_n of_o canonical_a book_n 19_o tradition_n 45_o 91_o 93_o 150_o 151_o 580_o transubstantiation_n 390._o not_o ground_v on_o scripture_n 182_o 447._o the_o same_o define_v 419._o caietan_n scotus_n etc._n etc._n touch_v it_o 182_o 414_o transelementation_n 421_o transmutation_n 420_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o church_n 552_o v_n vasques_n about_o adoration_n 232_o virtue_n of_o just_a person_n 170_o the_o b._n virgin_n
continent_n fidem_fw-la moresque_fw-la vivendi_fw-la idem_fw-la d._n pecc_n mer._n &_o remiss_a l._n 2._o c._n 35._o illud_fw-la tamen_fw-la credo_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la hinc_fw-la divinorum_fw-la eloquiorum_fw-la clarissima_fw-la authoritas_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la homo_fw-la illud_fw-la sine_fw-la dispendio_fw-la promissae_fw-la salutis_fw-la ignorare_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n posset_n id_fw-la d._n unit_fw-la eccles._n c._n 12._o si_fw-mi non_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-fr scripture_n sanctis_fw-la legunt_fw-la sed_fw-la suis_fw-la contentionibus_fw-la persuadere_fw-la conantur_fw-la credo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la in_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la leguntur_fw-la non_fw-la credo_fw-la ista_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la vanis_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ib._n c._n 3._o auferantur_fw-la illa_fw-la de_fw-la medio_fw-la quae_fw-la adversus_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o vicem_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la canonicis_fw-la libris_fw-la sed_fw-la aliunde_fw-la recitamus_fw-la recitamus_fw-la aug._n d._n ciu._n dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 51._o qui_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la dei_fw-la morbidum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la prawmque_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la si_fw-la correpti_fw-la utsanum_fw-la rectumque_fw-la sapiant_fw-la resistunt_fw-la contumaciter_fw-la suaque_fw-la pestifera_fw-la &_o mortifera_fw-la dogmata_fw-la emendare_fw-la nolunt_fw-la sed_fw-la defensare_fw-la persistunt_fw-la haeretici_fw-la fiunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n council_n carthag_n apud_fw-la cyprian_n cyprian_n aug._n d._n unit_fw-la eccles._n c._n 6._o legite_fw-la nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la de_fw-la prophetis_fw-la de_fw-fr psalmis_fw-la de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la euangelio_fw-la de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v legite_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la ibid._n c._n 15._o legant_fw-la nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la inquam_fw-la ex_fw-la canone_o divinorum_fw-la librorum_fw-la legant_fw-la etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d nobis_fw-la hoc_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la oraculis_fw-la oraculis_fw-la chrys._n 〈◊〉_d 2._o thes._n hom._n 3._o in_o divinis_fw-la scripture_n quae_fw-la cunque_fw-la necessaria_fw-la sunt_fw-la manifesta_fw-la sunt_fw-la d_o chrys._n imperf_n sup_v mat._n hom._n 6._o 6._o aug._n d._n unit_fw-la eccles_n c._n 16._o 16._o dist._n 40._o c._n si_fw-mi papa_n papa_n aug._n epist._n 112._o c._n 1._o si_fw-mi divinarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la earum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quae_fw-la canonicae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la nominantur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d firmatur_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubitatione_n credendum_fw-la est_fw-la alijs_fw-la vero_fw-la testibus_fw-la veltestimonijs_fw-la quibus_fw-la aliquid_fw-la credendum_fw-la esse_fw-la suadetur_fw-la tibi_fw-la credere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la credere_fw-la liceat_fw-la quantum_fw-la meriti_fw-la ea_fw-la admonentem_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la fidem_fw-la vel_fw-la habere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la perpenderis_fw-la perpenderis_fw-la chrys._n sup_v gen._n hom._n 62._o malitia_fw-la semper_fw-la contra_fw-la virtutem_fw-la pugnat_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la sua_fw-la peccata_fw-la affricare_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d vult_fw-la vult_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n 55._o omnes_fw-la quorum_fw-la pectora_fw-la &_o mentes_fw-la diabolus_fw-la obsedit_fw-la venenatam_fw-la rabiem_fw-la svam_fw-la furiosa_fw-la voce_fw-la testantur_fw-la testantur_fw-la aug._n d._n nupt._n &_o concupisc_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 2._o quae_fw-la verba_fw-la tam_fw-la recta_fw-la &_o tanta_fw-la luce_fw-fr fulgentia_fw-la tenebrosis_fw-la &_o tortuosis_fw-la expositionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n depravare_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la greg._n sup_v reg._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d antichristi_fw-la est_fw-la amor_fw-la perfidiei_fw-la quo_fw-la fidei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d redemptoris_fw-la idem_fw-la moral_a l._n 13._o c._n 6._o sicut_fw-la incarnata_fw-la veritas_fw-la in_o praedicatione_n sua_fw-la pauperes_fw-la idiotas_fw-la &_o simplices_fw-la eligit_fw-la sic_fw-la contrario_fw-la damnatus_fw-la ille_fw-la homo_fw-la antichristus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la predicandas_fw-la falsitaté_fw-fr svam_fw-la astutos_fw-la &_o duplices_fw-la 〈◊〉_d est_fw-la est_fw-la chem._n exam._n council_n trid._n p._n 1._o d._n trad._n pa._n 68_o apostoli_fw-la multa_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la viva_fw-la voce_fw-la apostolici_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n ex_fw-la traditione_n vivae_fw-la vocis_fw-la multa_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la quae_fw-la suis_fw-la postea_fw-la discipulis_fw-la rursus_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ireneus_fw-la inquit_fw-la omne_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fuisse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consona_fw-la scripture_n et_fw-la nos_fw-la eorum_fw-la nihil_fw-la reijcimus_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la consentanea_fw-la sunt_fw-la suscipimus_fw-la &_o veneramur_fw-la veneramur_fw-la calvin_n c._n pighium_n d._n libero_fw-la arb._n non_fw-la difficulter_fw-la posset_n inter_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o pighium_n convenire_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la traditionem_fw-la ex_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o perpetuo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la ex_fw-la testimonijs_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la male_a 〈◊〉_d demonstraret_fw-la gesner_n l._n sup_v loc_n paul_n 2._o tim._n 3._o 16._o c._n 7._o si_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d traditiones_fw-la eadem_fw-la via_fw-la per_fw-la testificationem_fw-la antiquissimae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nostra_fw-la usque_fw-la tempora_fw-la deduxerint_fw-la 〈◊〉_d eas_fw-la reza_n ad_fw-la repet_n saint_n resp._n pa._n 13._o 13._o chem._n ibid._n pa._n 69._o et_fw-la hanc_fw-la traditionem_fw-la qua_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la dantur_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la libri_fw-la reverenter_fw-la accipimus_fw-la aug._n d._n civit_n dei_fw-la li._n 15._o c._n 23._o &_o d._n doctrina_fw-la christ._n h._n 2._o c._n 8._o etc._n etc._n faust._n manich._n li._n 11._o c._n 2._o d._n fulke_n c._n rhem._n 2._o thess._n 2._o num_fw-la 19_o the_o book_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v give_v by_o tradition_n but_o the_o matter_n write_v in_o the_o book_n do_v justify_v the_o tradition_n to_o be_v true_a true_a aug._n d._n dogm_n eccles_n c._n 69._o 69._o aug._n d._n gen._n ad_fw-la lit._n li._n 10._o c._n 23._o 23._o chem._n exam._n p._n 74._o quartum_fw-la genus_fw-la traditionun_n est_fw-fr de_fw-fr expositione_n vero_fw-la sensu_fw-la seu_fw-la nativa_fw-la sententia_fw-la scriptutae_fw-la tertul._n d._n prescript_n ca._n 20._o &_o 21._o &_o 37._o etc._n etc._n martion_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 5._o 5._o chem._n ibid._n pa._n 70._o etc._n etc._n tertium_fw-la genus_fw-la traditionum_fw-la etc._n etc._n pa._n 74._o descripsi_fw-la haec_fw-la symbola_fw-la ut_fw-la ostenderem_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la reprobare_fw-la quas_fw-la certò_fw-la constat_fw-la veras_fw-la &_o antiquas_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la traditiones_fw-la aug._n d._n fid._n &_o smbo_n c._n 1._o &_o serm._n 115._o de_fw-fr temp._n ruff._n expos._n symb._n hier._n epist_n 61._o ad_fw-la pammach_n c._n 9_o cassand_n def._n lib._n d._n offic._n bon_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d pa._n 820._o intelligentia_fw-la scripturae_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la traditione_n percipitur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scriptura_fw-la seperanda_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la contineatur_fw-la vel_fw-la tanquam_fw-la definitio_fw-la in_o definito_fw-la vel_fw-la tanquam_fw-la conclusio_fw-la in_o praemissis_fw-la praemissis_fw-la thom._n wald._a doctr._n fid_fw-we li._n 2._o be_v 2._o c._n 27._o n._n 7._o videtis_fw-la sequendum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la gradatim_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la multiplicem_fw-la doctorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cotholicorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sanctorum_fw-la magis_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la potiùs_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la eye_v ampliùs_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o abundantius_fw-la his_fw-la omnibus_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la concilij_fw-la generalis_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la alicni_fw-la ià m_fw-la dictae_fw-la ita_fw-la obediendum_fw-la censea_n &_o tà m_fw-la prona_fw-la fide_fw-la ficut_fw-la primae_fw-la fidei_fw-la scripturae_fw-la ibid._n 〈◊〉_d omnis_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la authoritas_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la testificandum_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d eius_fw-la vilior_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la necessariò_fw-la post_fw-la ponenda_fw-la ibid._n longè_n distat_fw-la authoritas_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o eminet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cunctorum_fw-la doctorum_fw-la etià m_fw-la totius_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quamuis_fw-la super_fw-la cius_fw-la authoritate_fw-la catholica_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ecclesia_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la casland_n def._n lib._n d._n offic._n pij_fw-la viri_fw-la nemo_fw-la tam_fw-la insanus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la dicat_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la salutis_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la literis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la taditione_fw-la 〈◊〉_d maiorum_fw-la hauriendam_fw-la idem_fw-la pa._n 841._o non_fw-la quià _fw-la canon_n solus_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la ad_fw-la universa_fw-la sufficiat_fw-la etc._n etc._n jdem_fw-la pa._n 827._o non_fw-la negamus_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la scriptura_fw-la peti_fw-la ceitam_fw-la definitionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la pag._n 832._o illud_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la convenit_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la scriptarum_fw-la traditionum_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_v quae_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la atquè_fw-fr adeò_fw-la in_o his_o quae_fw-la scripta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la comprehen_fw-ge duntur_fw-la duntur_fw-la meisner_n consult_v c._n lesseum_fw-la p._n 590._o neque_fw-la tamèn_fw-fr traditiones_fw-la simplicitèr_fw-la omnes_fw-la reijcimus_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la probatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o à _fw-la pat_o ibus_fw-la constantèr_fw-la traditae_fw-la illas_fw-la recipimus_fw-la non_fw-la utfidei_fw-la mensuram_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d stem_n temporis_fw-la &_o argumentum_fw-la historicum_fw-la historicum_fw-la hosiand_n c._n val._n analys_n fid_fw-we pa._n 126._o si_fw-mi ea_fw-la traditiones_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fuerunt_fw-la quaequè_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d admittimus_fw-la admittimus_fw-la council_n trid._n sess_v 4._o sixt._n senens_fw-la bibl._n li._n 2._o pa._n 123._o 123._o pigh_a contr_n ratisb_n lo._n 3._o baron_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d tom_fw-mi 1._o anno_fw-la 57_o n._n