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A00728 Of the Church fiue bookes. By Richard Field Doctor of Diuinity and sometimes Deane of Glocester. Field, Richard, 1561-1616.; Field, Nathaniel, 1598 or 9-1666. 1628 (1628) STC 10858; ESTC S121344 1,446,859 942

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nathanielis_fw-la quem_fw-la philippus_n induxit_fw-la ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la nos_fw-la inducunt_fw-la parent_n &_o paedagogi_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la sunt_fw-la majoris_fw-la auctoritatis_fw-la quam_fw-la christus_fw-la christus_fw-la annotat._n in_o 2._o ad_fw-la galat._n galat._n relect._n contro_fw-la 4._o de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o se._n q._n 5._o in_o explicatione_n q._n q._n canual_n 5._o c._n 〈◊〉_d p._n 170._o 170._o multi_fw-la opinannantur_fw-la concilium_fw-la generale_fw-mi errare_fw-la posse_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la innititur_fw-la praecise_a divinae_fw-la reuclationi_fw-la lead_v procedit_fw-la secundum_fw-la sensum_fw-la proprium_fw-la assistente_fw-la sibi_fw-la influentia_fw-la generali_fw-la etc._n etc._n occam_fw-la lib._n 3._o tract_n 1._o part_n 3._o cap_n 8._o 8._o waldens_n doct_v fidei_fw-la lib._n 2._o art_n 2._o cap._n 21._o 21._o occam_fw-la lib._n 1._o part_n 1._o c._n 4._o 4._o gers._fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritual_fw-la animae_fw-la lect_v co●…ollario_fw-la 7._o 7._o dialog_n 1._o part_n l._n 2._o c._n 14._o 14._o diceret_fw-la fortè_fw-la aliquis_fw-la quod_fw-la simplices_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la credere_fw-la nisi_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la papae_fw-la &_o cardinal_n tradunt_fw-la credere_fw-la explicitè_fw-fr nec_fw-la debent_fw-la investigare_fw-la secreta_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sed_fw-la communibus_fw-la contenti_fw-la de_fw-la intellectu_fw-la praeoprio_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la prsumere_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la credant_fw-la explicitè_fw-fr nisi_fw-la quòd_fw-la ijs_fw-la papa_n &_o cardinal_n tradiderint_fw-la dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la simplices_fw-la non_fw-la debent_fw-la praesumere_fw-la sed_fw-la sacrae_fw-la scripturae_fw-la firmiter_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la conspexerint_fw-la ex_fw-la sacris_fw-la scripture_n inferri_fw-la hoc_fw-la explicitè_fw-fr credant_fw-la sive_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la à_fw-la papa_n &_o cardinalibus_fw-la declaratum_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la huius_fw-la est_fw-la quoniam_fw-la papa_n &_o cardinal_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la regula_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la contra_fw-la regulam_fw-la fidej_fw-la quam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la docet_fw-la definire_fw-la praesumpserint_fw-la non_fw-la sequendi_fw-la sed_fw-la ā_o catholicis_fw-la arguendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la occam_fw-la tractat_fw-la 2._o part_n 2._o cap._n 10._o quidam_fw-la moderni_fw-la dicunt_fw-la multas_fw-la esse_fw-la veritates_fw-la consonas_fw-la scripturae_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la catholicae_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la definitae_fw-la á_o papa_n &_o multos_fw-la errores_fw-la non_fw-la habendos_fw-la pro_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la damnati_fw-la à_fw-la papa_n sed_fw-la si_fw-la aliqua_fw-la sit_fw-la veritas_fw-la scripturae_fw-la consona_fw-la &_o definiatur_fw-la à_fw-la papa_n dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la catholica_fw-la occam_fw-la li._n 2._o part_n 1._o cap._n 11._o 12._o improbat_fw-la hanc_fw-la opinionem_fw-la &_o cap._n 14._o ostendit_fw-la papam_fw-la non_fw-la sacere_fw-la novam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la asserendo_fw-la nec_fw-la opinando_fw-la dicatur_fw-la contrarium_fw-la illius_fw-la quod_fw-la antè_fw-la fuit_fw-la catholica_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la dicentes_fw-la contrarium_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la subdantur_fw-la waldens_n doctrinal_a fidei_fw-la lib_n 2._o art_n 2._o c._n 22._o ait_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la condere_fw-la nowm_fw-la articulum_fw-la fidei_fw-la cum_fw-la iam_fw-la creverit_fw-la in_o perfectum_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n scotus_n in_o 4._o do_v ●…1_n q._n 3._o soluti_fw-la omnes_fw-la rationes_fw-la adductas_fw-la pro_fw-la confirmatione_fw-la dogmatis_fw-la transsubstantiationis_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la tenet_fw-la quia_fw-la definitum_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la biel_n in_o canonum_fw-la missae_fw-la lect_v 41._o ostendit_fw-la rationes_fw-la probantes_fw-la transubstantiationem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la efficaces_fw-la tenendam_fw-la tamen_fw-la hanc_fw-la veritatem_fw-la propter_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la determinationem_fw-la determinationem_fw-la qui_fw-la adhuc_fw-la credunt_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la canonem_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la et_fw-la posse_fw-la adhuc_fw-la augeri_fw-la per_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cum_fw-la judaeis_n plenitudinem_fw-la temporis_fw-la expectant_a sub_fw-la judaico_fw-la forsitan_fw-la messiâ_fw-la wald._a doctr_n fidei_fw-la l._n 2._o art_n 2._o cap._n 20._o 20._o acts._n 3._o 34._o 34._o est_fw-la iudicium_fw-la certa_fw-la &_o veridi_fw-la ca_fw-mi cognitionis_fw-la quo_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la bene_fw-la iudicat_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la noscit_fw-la &_o illud_fw-la iudicium_fw-la pertinetad_v quemlibet_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la arte_fw-la peritum_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la iudicium_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la seu_fw-la iudicialis_fw-la sententiae_fw-la 1_o modo_fw-la loquendo_fw-la de_fw-la iudicio_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la militante_fw-la est_fw-la certum_fw-la iudicium_fw-la de_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la explicitè_fw-fr &_o semper_fw-la erunt_fw-la aliqui_fw-la catholici_fw-la qui_fw-la tali_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o vera_fw-la fide_fw-la explicit_a permane_fw-la bunt_fw-la sed_fw-la circa_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la necesaria_fw-la explicitè_fw-fr crededere_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la erit_fw-la tale_n iudicium_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la licet_fw-la piè_fw-la dubitare_fw-la nunquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la omnes_fw-la circa_fw-la lista_fw-la pertinaciter_fw-la errabunt_fw-la vel_fw-la dubitabunt_fw-la iudicium_fw-la verò_fw-la authoritatis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la certum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sicut_fw-la patuit_fw-la tempore_fw-la liberii_n occam_fw-la dial_n l._n 5._o part_n 1._o c._n 28._o 28._o theologorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la de_fw-la foelicitate_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la altissimis_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la radicibus_fw-la nixam_fw-la &_o stabilitam_fw-la stare_n dilucidè_fw-la comprobabo_fw-la foelicitas_fw-la est_fw-la possessio_fw-la atque_fw-la adeptio_fw-la primi_fw-la boni_fw-la bonum_fw-la