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A49714 A relation of the conference between William Laud, late Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite by the command of King James, of ever-blessed memory : with an answer to such exceptions as A.C. takes against it. Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Fisher, John, 1569-1641. 1673 (1673) Wing L594; ESTC R3539 402,023 294

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ratione_fw-la solum_fw-la ergo_fw-la per_fw-la prius_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la t●●●●u●_n credere_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quam_fw-la evang●●●●_n act_n 〈…〉_z n._n in_o 3_o dist._n 24._o conclus_fw-la 6._o ●●●_o 6._o and_o to_o make_v a_o show_n of_o proof_n for_o this_o he_o falsify_v s._n august_n most_o notorious_o and_o read_v that_o know_a place_n not_o ni●●_n 〈◊〉_d commo●●r●●_n at_o all_o read_v it_o ●●●_o r●m●elleret_fw-la pate●_n quiae_fw-la dicit_fw-la augustinus_n evangelio_n non_fw-fr credere●_n nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la ●o●_n i_o compell●ret_a ecclesi●_n authoritas_fw-la ibid._n and_o so_o also_o gerson_n read_v it_o in_o declarat_fw-la veritatum_fw-la qu●_n cr●dend●_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n part_n 1._o p._n 414._o §._o 3._o but_o in_o a_o most_o ancient_a manuscript_n in_o corp._n chr._n college_n library_n in_o cambridge_n the_o word_n be_v nisi_fw-la i_o commou●r●t_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n c●●●n_fw-fr l._n ●_o de_fw-fr l●c●●_n c._n 8._o fol._n 34._o ●_o §._o 16._o num._n 6._o 6._o psal._n 119_o 100l_n s●●ctarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la lumen_fw-la s._n aug._n l._n de_fw-fr verâ_fw-la relig._n c._n ●_o quid_fw-la 〈◊〉_d scripturum_fw-la vanis_fw-la vmbris_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n august_n ●_o d●_n m●r._n eccl._n cathol_n ●35_n ●35_n 1_o cor._n 2._o 14._o 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 he_o say_v d●●oc_fw-la ●ssig●abimus_fw-la ●x_fw-la ipsis_fw-la divi●is_fw-la scripture_n qu●_n nos_fw-la comp●●●●t●r_fw-la mo●●ri●t_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n princip_n 〈…〉_z ●●●●m_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la credimus_fw-la propter_fw-la d●●m_fw-la non_fw-la apostol●s_n etc._n etc._n h●nr_n à_fw-fr ●and_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 ultimate_a resolutio_fw-la fidei_fw-la be_v in_o deum_n not_o in_o ipsos_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la much_o more_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o deum_n than_o in_o pr●sentem_fw-la ecclesi●●_n 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 calv._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 ●uit_fw-la ●●icunque_fw-la reperietur_fw-la e●_n doctrina_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n and_o where_o hooker_n use_v this_o very_a argument_n as_o he_o do_v l._n 3._o §._o 8._o his_o word_n be_v not_o if_o there_o be_v sufficient_a light_n but_o if_o that_o light_n be_v evident_a evident_a 1_o cor._n 2._o 14._o 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 11._o 1._o 1._o §._o 16._o n●_n 13._o 13._o heb._n 11._o 1._o 1._o 1_o cor._n 13._o 12._o and_o a._n c._n confesy_n p._n 52._o that_o this_o very_a thing_n in_o question_n may_v be_v know_v infallible_a when_o it_o be_v know_v but_o obscure_o et_fw-la scotus_n in_o 3._o dist._n 23._o q._n 1_o fol._n 41._o b._n hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la facile_fw-la est_fw-la videre_fw-la quomocò_fw-la fides_n est_fw-la cum_fw-la aenigmate_fw-la &_o obscuritate_fw-la quis_fw-la habitus_n fidei_fw-la non_fw-la credit_n articulum_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la ex_fw-la evidenti●_n objecti_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la boc_fw-la quod_fw-la assentit_fw-la veratitati_fw-la infundentis_fw-la habitum_fw-la &_o in_o hoc_fw-la revelantis_fw-la credibilia_fw-la credibilia_fw-la bellar._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr eccles._n c._n 14._o credere_fw-la ullas_fw-la 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 ●i●●e_v 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 give_v it_o for_o if_o he_o mean_v 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 never_o 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 ncessary_a in_o all_o the_o age_n 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 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 believe_v be_v 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 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52._o s._n luke_n 16._o 8._o 8._o 1_o s._n pet._n 5._o 3._o 3._o s._n basil_n go_v as_o far_o for_o tradition_n as_o any_o for_o he_o say_v parem_fw-la vim_o habent_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la l._n de_fw-fr sp._n sanct._n c._n 27._o but_o first_o he_o speak_v of_o apostolical_a tradition_n not_o of_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o present_a church_n second_o the_o learned_a take_v exception_n to_o this_o book_n of_o s._n basil_n as_o corrupt_v bp._n a●dr_n opuse_n cont_n peron_n p._n 9_o three_o s._n basil_n himself_o ser._n de_fw-fr fido_n prosess_v that_o he_o use_v sometime_o agrapha_n sed_fw-la ea_fw-la solùm_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliena_fw-la à_fw-la piâ_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturam_fw-la sententiá_fw-la so_o he_o make_v the_o scripture_n their_o touchstone_n or_o trial_n and_o therefore_o must_v of_o necessity_n make_v scripture_n superior_a in_o as_o much_o as_o that_o which_o be_v able_a to_o try_v another_o be_v of_o great_a force_n and_o superior_a dignity_n in_o that_o use_n than_o the_o thing_n try_v by_o it_o and_o stapleton_n himself_o confess_v traditionem_fw-la recentiorem_fw-la &_o posteriorem_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o particularem_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la cum_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la traditionibus_fw-la priùs_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la explicatis_fw-la comparand●m_fw-la esse_fw-la stapleton_n relect._n
hominis_fw-la consistit_fw-la in_o quadam_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la visione_n dei_fw-la ad_fw-la hanc_fw-la autem_fw-la visionem_fw-la homo_fw-la ●●r●●●gere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la addiscentis_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la doctore_fw-la omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la audit_n à_fw-la patre_fw-la &_o didicit_fw-la s._n john_n 6._o 45._o thom._n 2._o 2._o q._n 2._o a._n 3._o in_o c._n c._n deus_fw-mi &_o natura_fw-la nihil_fw-la frustra_fw-la faciunt_fw-la arist._n ●_o 1._o de_fw-la coelo_fw-la t._n 32._o frustrà_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la suum_fw-la usunt_fw-la thom._n ibid._n pun._n 8._o 8._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 1●_n 1●_n quasi_fw-la quidam_fw-la fluvius_fw-la est_fw-la planus_fw-la &_o altus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o agnus_n ambulet_fw-la &_o elephas_n natet_fw-la s._n greg._n praesat_n in_o lib._n moralium_fw-la c._n 4._o 4._o in_o lege_fw-la domini_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ejus_fw-la psal._n 1._o 2._o dulcior_fw-la super_fw-la mell_v &_o fa●nm_fw-la psal._n 18._o 11._o &_o passim_fw-la passim_fw-la multa_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la submissis_fw-la &_o bumi_fw-la repentibus_fw-la animus_fw-la ut_fw-la aecommodati●s_fw-la pir_fw-la humana_fw-la in_o divina_fw-la consurgant_fw-la multa_fw-la etiam_fw-la figuratè_fw-la ut_fw-la studiosa_fw-la mens_fw-la &_o quaesitis_fw-la exerceatur_fw-la utili●s_fw-la &_o uberiùs_fw-la laetetur_fw-la invenom_v s._n aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n ec._n cat._n c._n 17._o sed_fw-la nihil_fw-la sub_fw-la spirituali_fw-la sensu_fw-la continetur_fw-la fidei_fw-la necessarium_fw-la quod_fw-la scriptura_fw-la per_fw-la literalem_fw-la sensum_fw-la alicubi_fw-la manifestè_fw-la non_fw-la tradat_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 10._o ad_fw-la 1._o 1._o credimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la ob_fw-la alia_fw-la multa_fw-la certiora_fw-la argument_n quam_fw-la est_fw-la testimonium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la potiffsmum_fw-la q●òd_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n nobis_fw-la intùs_fw-la have_v esse_fw-la dei_fw-la voces_fw-la persuadeat_fw-la whitaker_n disput._n de_fw-fr sac._n scrip._n controver_n 1._o q._n 3._o c._n 8._o 8._o gal._n 1._o 8._o pun._n 9_o 9_o cum_fw-la fides_n insallibili_fw-la veritati_fw-la innitatur_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la cum_fw-la impossibile_fw-it sit_fw-la de_fw-fr vero_fw-la demonstrari_fw-la contrarium_fw-la 1_o sequitur_fw-la omnes_fw-la probationes_fw-la qua_fw-la contra_fw-la fidem_fw-la inducuntur_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstrationes_fw-la sed_fw-la solubilia_fw-la argumenta_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n a._n 1._o 8._o c._n c._n fidei_fw-la ultima_fw-la resolutio_fw-la est_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la illuminantem_fw-la s._n aug._n cont_n fund_z c._n 14._o a._n c._n p._n 53._o et_fw-fr vid._n §._o 16._o n._n 28._o 28._o dixi_fw-la sicut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d congruebat_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la scribebam_fw-la s._n aug._n l._n 1._o retract_v c._n 13._o 13._o nor_o be_v it_o such_o a_o strange_a thing_n 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peccati_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la baptizandos_fw-la esse_fw-la antiquam_fw-la fidei_fw-la regula●_n vocat_fw-la s._n aug._n ser_n 8._o de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n c._n 8._o et_fw-la nemo_fw-la vobis_fw-la susurret_fw-la doctrinas_fw-la alienas_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la babuit_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuit_fw-la hoc_fw-la à_fw-la majorum_fw-la sid●_n recepit_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n serm._n 10._o the_o verb_n apost_n c._n 2._o &_o s._n ambros._n e._n 10._o ep_n 84._o circa_fw-la medium_n et_fw-fr s._n chrysost._n hom._n de_fw-fr adam_n &_o eva._n hoc_fw-la praedicat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la ubique_fw-la diffusa_fw-la diffusa_fw-la egi_fw-la causam_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la loqui_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n s._n aug._n serm._n 8._o de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n c._n 8._o 8._o act_n 2._o 38_o 39_o 39_o nullum_fw-la excipit_fw-la non_fw-la judeum_fw-la non_fw-la gentilem_fw-la non_fw-la adultum_fw-la non_fw-la pverum_fw-la etc._n etc._n ferus_fw-la in_o act._n 2._o 39_o 39_o et_fw-la ad_fw-la filios_fw-la vestros_fw-la quare_fw-la debent_fw-la consentire_fw-la quum_fw-la ad_fw-la usum_fw-la rationis_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la implenda_fw-la promissa_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la etc._n etc._n salm._n tract_n 14._o upon_o the_o place_n place_n bellar._n l._n 4._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la c._n 9_o §._o 5._o 5._o s._n aug._n gen._n ad_fw-la lit._n c._n 23._o consuetudo_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o baptizandis_fw-la parvulis_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la spernenda_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la omnind_n credenda_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolica_fw-la esset_fw-la traditio_fw-la traditio_fw-la cur_n antiquam_fw-la fidei_fw-la regulam_fw-la frangere_fw-la conaris_fw-la s._n aug._n ser._n 8._o de_fw-la ver_fw-la apost_n c._n 8._o hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la tenuit_fw-la ib._n ser._n 10._o c._n 2._o 2._o quid_fw-la necessarium_fw-la babuit_fw-la infans_fw-la christum_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la aegrotat_fw-la s._n matth._n 9_o 12._o quid_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la dicis_fw-la nist_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la accedant_fw-la ad_fw-la jesum_fw-la sed_fw-la tibi_fw-la clamat_fw-la jesus_n sine_fw-la parvulos_fw-la venire_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o s._n aug._n in_o the_o fore_n cite_v place_n place_n s._n marc._n 10._o 14._o 14._o nullus_fw-la est_fw-la scriptor_n tam_fw-la vetustus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ejus_fw-la originem_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la seculum_fw-la pro_fw-la certe_fw-la referat_fw-la calv._n 4._o iust._n c._n 16._o §._o 8._o 8._o miserrimum_fw-la asylum_fw-la soret_fw-la si_fw-la pro_fw-la defension_n paedobaptismi_fw-la ad_fw-la nudam_fw-la ecclisia_n authoritatem_fw-la fugere_fw-la cogeremur_fw-la cal._n 4._o inst._n c._n 8._o §._o 16._o 16._o §._o 15._o num._n 1._o a._n c._n p._n 49._o num_fw-la 6._o ●_o ●_o orig._n i●_n rom._n 6._o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o p._n 543._o pro_fw-la hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la s●scepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptis_n mum_o dare_v et_fw-fr s._n aug._n ser._n 10._o de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n c._n 2._o hoc_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la à_fw-la majorum_fw-la fide_fw-la percepit_fw-la and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o neither_o of_o these_o father_n nor_o i_o believe_v any_o other_o say_v that_o the_o church_n receive_v it_o à_fw-fr traditione_n solâ_fw-la or_o à_fw-la majorum_fw-la fide_fw-la solâ_fw-la as_o if_o tradition_n do_v exclude_v collection_n of_o it_o out_o of_o scripture_n scripture_n yea_o and_o b._n slarmine_fw-la himself_z aver_v onnes_fw-fr traditiones_fw-la etc._n etc._n contineri_fw-la in_o scripture_n in_o universal_a lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la c._n 10._o §._o sic_fw-la etiam_fw-la and_o s._n basil._n serm._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la approve_v only_a those_o agrapha_n quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aliena_fw-la à_fw-la piâ_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturam_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la sententiâ_fw-la qui_fw-la conantur_fw-la fidem_fw-la destruere_fw-la sub_fw-la specie_fw-la quaestionis_fw-la difficible_a aut_fw-la sortè_fw-la indissolubilis_fw-la etc._n etc._n orig._n q._n 35._o in_o s._n matth._n matth._n to_o know_v that_o scripture_n be_v divine_a and_o insallible_a in_o every_o part_n be_v a_o foundation_n so_o necessary_a as_o if_o it_o be_v doubtful_o question_v all_o the_o faith_n build_v upon_o scripture_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n a._n c._n p._n 47._o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la nosse_fw-la ext_fw-la be_v libros_fw-la aliquos_fw-la verè_fw-la divinos_fw-la bellatm_n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la c._n 4._o §._o quartò_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la etiam_fw-la libros_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la esse_fw-la illos_fw-la ibid._n §._o sextò_fw-la oportet_fw-la 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o rom._n 1._o 20._o 20._o esse_fw-la aliquas_fw-la veras_fw-la traditiones_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n bellar._n l._n 4._o the_o verb_n dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la c._n 5._o and_o a._n c._n p._n 50._o prove_n tradition_n out_o of_o 2_o thes._n 2._o 2._o arist._n 1._o post._n ●_o 2._o t._n 16._o per_fw-la pacium_fw-la quòcirca_fw-la si_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d propter_fw-la prima_fw-la scimus_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la illa_fw-la quoque_fw-la scimus_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d magis_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la illa_fw-la scimus_fw-la &_o credimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la posteriora_fw-la posteriora_fw-la eorum_fw-la errorem_fw-la dissimulare_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la qui_fw-la asserunt_fw-la fidem_fw-la nostram_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tanquàm_fw-la in_o ultimam_fw-la credendi_fw-la causam_fw-la reducendam_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la esse_fw-la
veracem_fw-la etc._n etc._n m._n canus_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la locis_fw-la c._n 8._o §._o cui_fw-la &_o tertium_fw-la tertium_fw-la vox_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a objectum_fw-la fidei_fw-la stapl._n relect_a cont._n 4._o q._n 3._o a._n 2._o licet_fw-la in_o articulo_fw-la fid●●_n credo_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la fortè_fw-la contineatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la credo_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la docet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la necessario_fw-la quòd_fw-la credo_fw-la docenti_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la testae_fw-la infallabili_fw-la ibid._n tibi_fw-la etiam_fw-la rejicit_fw-la opinionem_fw-la durandl_n &_o gabr._n et_fw-fr walden_n l._n 2._o doctr._n fidei_fw-la art_n 2._o c._n 21._o num._n 4._o testimonium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la fidei_fw-la christianae_n &_o legistatio_n scripturae_fw-la canonicae_fw-la subjicitur_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sicut_fw-la testis_fw-la judici_fw-la &_o testimonium_fw-la veritati_fw-la etc._n etc._n canus_n loc._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 8._o nec_fw-la si_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la aditum_fw-la nobis_fw-la praebet_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la libros_fw-la sacros_fw-la cognoscendos_fw-la protinus_fw-la ibi_fw-la acquiescendum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ultr●_fw-la oportet_fw-la progredi_fw-la &_o solida_fw-la dei_fw-la veritate_fw-la niti_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n omnis_fw-la ergo_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la authoritas_fw-la ●●m_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la testificandum_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o legibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la vilior_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o scripture_n sanctis_fw-la necessariò_fw-la postponenda_fw-la wald._a ●_o 2._o doct._n fidei_fw-la art_n 2._o cap._n 21._o numb_a 1._o 1._o totum_fw-la est_fw-la majus_fw-la suâ_fw-la parte_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la axioma_fw-la sit_fw-la apud_fw-la euclydem_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la id●ò_fw-la geometricum_fw-la putandum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la geometres_fw-la eo_fw-la utitur_fw-la utitur_fw-la enim_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la logica_fw-la ram._n in_o schol._n matth._n and_o aristotle_n vindicate_v such_o proposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o be_v usurp_v by_o particular_a science_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quia_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la omni_fw-la ●ati_fw-la &_o non_fw-la alicui_fw-la generi_fw-la separatim_fw-la 4._o metaph._n c._n 3._o t._n 7._o 7._o intelligentia_fw-la dictorum_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la est_fw-la assumenda_fw-la dicendi_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sermoni_fw-la res_fw-la sed_fw-la rei_fw-la sermo_n est_fw-la subjectus_fw-la s._n hilar._n 1._o 4._o de_fw-fr trin._n exit_fw-la materiâ_fw-la dicti_fw-la di_fw-it rigendus_fw-la est_fw-la sensus_fw-la tert._n l._n de_fw-fr resur_n carnis_fw-la c._n 37._o 37._o videndo_fw-la differentias_fw-la similium_fw-la ad_fw-la similia_fw-la orig._n tract_n 19_o in_o s._n matth._n matth._n recolendum_fw-la est_fw-la unde_fw-la venerit_fw-la ista_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la illam_fw-la superiora_fw-la pe●ererint_fw-la quibúsque_fw-la connexa_fw-la dependeat_fw-la s._n aug._n ep._n 29._o soiet_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la scripturae_fw-la illuminare_fw-la sententiam_fw-la s._n aug._n l._n 83._o quaest._n q._n 69._o 69._o quae_fw-la ambiguè_fw-fr &_o obscurè_fw-la in_o nonnullis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la locis_fw-la dicta_fw-la videntur_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la alibi_fw-la certa_fw-la &_o indubitata_fw-la habentur_fw-la declarantur_fw-la s._n basil._n in_o regulis_fw-la contractis_fw-la reg._n 267._o manifestiora_fw-la quaeque_fw-la praevaleant_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr incertis_fw-la certiora_fw-la praescribant_fw-la tert._n l_o de_fw-fr resur_n c._n 19_o &_o 21._o s._n aug._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr doct._n christ._n c._n 26._o moris_n est_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la obscuris_fw-la manifesta_fw-la subnectere_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la prius_fw-la sub_fw-la aevigmatibus_fw-la dixerint_fw-la apert_o voce_fw-mi proffer_v s_o hieron_n in_o esa._n 19_o princ_fw-la vid._n §._o 26._o nu._n 4._o 4._o s._n aug._n l._n 3._o de_fw-la doctr._n christianâ_fw-la christianâ_fw-la and_o this_o be_v so_o necessary_a that_o bellarmine_n confess_v that_o if_o tradition_n which_o he_o rel●es_v upon_o be_v not_o divine_a he_o and_o he_o can_v have_v no_o faith_n non_fw-la habemus_fw-la fidem_fw-la fides_n 〈…〉_z verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la nititur_fw-la l._n 4._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la c_o 4._o §._o at_o si_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la and_o a._n c._n tell_v we_o p._n 47._o to_o know_v that_o scripture_n be_v divine_a and_o infallible_a in_o every_o part_n be_v a_o foundation_n so_o necessary_a as_o if_o it_o be_v doubtful_o question_v all_o the_o faith_n build_v upon_o scripture_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n and_o he_o give_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 50._o which_o bellarmine_n do_v do_v ecclesiaem_n spiritu_fw-la a●flatam_fw-la esse_fw-la certè_fw-la credo_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la veritatem_fw-la authoritatemve_fw-la libris_fw-la canonicis_fw-la tribuat_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la doceat_fw-la illos_fw-la 〈◊〉_d alios_fw-la esse_fw-la canonicos_fw-la nec_fw-la si_fw-la aditum_fw-la nobis_fw-la praebet_fw-la ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sacros_fw-la libros_fw-la cognoscendos_fw-la protinus_fw-la ibi_fw-la acquiescendum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ultra_fw-la oportet_fw-la progredi_fw-la &_o solid_a dei_fw-la veritate_fw-la ●iti_fw-la qu●_n ex_fw-la re_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la quid_fw-la sibi_fw-la voluerit_fw-la augustinus_n quum_fw-la ait_fw-la evangelio_n non_fw-la creder●m_fw-la nisi_fw-la &c_n &c_n m._n canus_n l._n 2._o de_fw-la lacis_fw-la c._n 8._o fol._n 3a_o b._n non_fw-la docet_fw-la fun●●tam_fw-la esse_fw-la evangilii_fw-la fidem_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la authoritate_fw-la sed_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n ibid._n hook_n l._n 3._o §._o 9_o 9_o stapl._n relect_a co●_n 4._o q._n 3._o a._n 1_o &_o 2._o a._n c._n p._n 51._o a._n c._n p._n 49._o a._n c._n p._n 50._o a._n c._n p._n 51._o 51._o verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tale_n nec_fw-la habet_fw-la ullam_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la quia_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o membr●ni●_n sed_fw-la quia_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la profectum_fw-la est_fw-la bellar._n l._n 4._o de_fw-fr verb._n dei_fw-la c._n 2._o §._o ecclesiasticae_fw-la traditiones_fw-la traditiones_fw-la lex_fw-la ordinata_fw-la per_fw-la angelos_n in_o man●_n mediatoris_fw-la gal._n 3._o 19_o 19_o s._n luk._n 1._o 30._o 30._o the_o holy_a ghost_n etc._n etc._n which_o speak_v by_o the_o prophet_n in_o symb._n nicen._n nicen._n nam_fw-la pseudoprophetae_fw-la etiam_fw-la viventibus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la apostolis_n multas_fw-la fingebant_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la praetextu_fw-la &_o titulo_fw-la quasi_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la essent_fw-la traditae_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la hanc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la causam_fw-la apostoli_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la svam_fw-la coeperunt_fw-la literis_fw-la comprehendere_fw-la &_o ecclesiit_fw-la commendare_fw-la chem._n exam._n council_n three_o de_fw-fr traditionibus_fw-la sub_fw-la octavo_fw-la genere_fw-la tradit_fw-la and_o so_o also_o jausen_n comment_fw-fr in_o s._n joh._n 5._o 47._o sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la firmius_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la mandatur_fw-la literis_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la culpabilius_fw-la &_o majus_fw-la non_fw-la credere_fw-la scriptis_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la credere_fw-la verbis_fw-la verbis_fw-la labilis_fw-la est_fw-la memoria_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la indigemus_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la inundantia_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la henr._n a_o gand._n sum._n p._n 1._o ar._n 8._o q._n 4._o fine_a christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la de_fw-la pectore_fw-la morit●ro_fw-la testamentum_fw-la transfert_fw-la in_o tabulas_fw-la di●_n duraturas_fw-la optat._n l._n 5._o christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la transtulis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la optati_fw-la sententià_fw-la ejus_fw-la inspiratione_n si_fw-la non_fw-la jussu_fw-la apostoli_fw-la transtulerunt_fw-la transtulerunt_fw-la bellar._n l._n 4._o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la script_n script_n act._n 1._o 3_o 3_o annunciare_fw-la aliquid_fw-la christianis_fw-la catholici●_n pra●er_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la nunquam_fw-la licuit_fw-la nusquam_fw-la licet_fw-la nunquam_fw-la lic●bit_fw-la vincent_n lit._n c._n 14._o et_fw-la pr●cipit_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la in●●vari_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la traditum_fw-la est_fw-la s_o cypri_n ad_fw-la pompelum_fw-la c●nt_fw-la epist._n stephan_n princ_fw-la princ_fw-la 1_o tim._n 6._o 20_o and_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 14._o 14._o si_fw-mi ipsa_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la contraria_fw-la scripturae_fw-la diceret_fw-la fidelis_n ipsi_fw-la non_fw-la crederet_fw-la etc._n etc._n he●_n ●_o gand._n s●●_n p._n 1._o a._n 10._o q._n 1._o and_o bellarmine_n himself_o that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o safe_o defend_v himself_o in_o the_o cause_n of_o tradition_n say_v but_o how_o true_o let_v other_o man_n judge_v nullam_fw-la traditionem_fw-la admittimu●_n contr●_n scripturam_fw-la l._n 4._o de_fw-fr verb●_n dei_fw-la cap._n 3._o ●_o deinde_fw-la common_a common_a s._n aug._n tom._n 96._o in_o s._n joh._n in_o illa_fw-la verba_fw-la multa_fw-la ●abeo_fw-la dicere_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la potestis_fw-la portare_fw-la modd_n a._n c._n p._n 49._o a._n c._n p._n 50._o 50._o hook_n l._n 2._o §._o 4._o 4._o euseb._n l._n 2._o c._n 27._o fi●e_n edit_fw-la basil._n 1549._o 1549._o euseb_n l._n 3_o c._n 25._o 25._o except_o a._n c._n who_o boldness_n herein_o i_o can_v but_o pity_n for_o he_o deny_v this_o light_n to_o the_o scripture_n and_o give_v it_o to_o tradition_n his_o word_n be_v p._n 52._o tradition_n of_o the_o church_n be_v of_o a_o company_n which_o by_o its_o own_o light_n show_v itself_o to_o be_v infallible_o assist_v etc._n etc._n etc._n isa._n 44._o &_o passim_fw-la *_o act._n 28._o 25._o 25._o 2_o thess._n 2._o 15._o judas_n vers_fw-la ●_o ●_o in_o your_o article_n deliver_v to_o d._n
in_o the_o apostle_n that_o witness_v it_o but_o to_o make_v it_o knowledge_n in_o the_o auditor_n the_o same_o or_o like_o revelation_n and_o as_o clear_v must_v be_v make_v to_o they_o for_o they_o can_v have_v no_o other_o know_v assurance_n credible_a they_o may_v and_o have_v so_o a._n c._n be_v wary_a there_o but_o come_v not_o home_n to_o the_o business_n and_o so_o may_v have_v hold_v his_o peace_n for_o the_o question_n be_v not_o what_o clear_a evidence_n the_o apostle_n have_v but_o what_o evidence_n they_o have_v which_o hear_v they_o they_o isaiah_n 53._o 1._o 1._o jer._n 20._o 7._o 7._o act_n 17._o 32._o and_o have_v zedechiah_n and_o the_o people_n see_v it_o as_o clear_o as_o jeremy_n himself_o do_v that_o the_o word_n he_o speak_v be_v god_n word_n and_o infallible_a jerusalem_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v have_v not_o be_v lay_v desolate_a by_o the_o chaldean_a but_o because_o they_o can_v not_o see_v this_o by_o the_o way_n of_o knowledge_n and_o will_v not_o believe_v it_o by_o way_n of_o faith_n they_o and_o that_o city_n perish_v together_o jer._n 38._o 17._o 17._o nemo_fw-la pius_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la scripturae_fw-la credit_n s._n aug._n l._n 26._o cont_n fanstum_fw-la c._n 6._o now_o no_o man_n believe_v the_o scripture_n that_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n i_o say_v which_o do_v not_o believe_v i_o do_v not_o say_v which_o do_v not_o know_v oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la credatur_fw-la authoritati_fw-la eorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la revelatio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 8._o ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la vero_fw-la animam_fw-la habemus_fw-la unde_fw-la manifestum_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la credere_fw-la velis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr deo_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr angelis_n &_o the_o meute_n &_o de_fw-fr animâ_fw-la dubitabis_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la tibi_fw-la omne_fw-la veritatis_fw-la dogmata_fw-la deperibunt_fw-la et_fw-fr certé_fw-fr si_fw-la manifestis_fw-la credere_fw-la velis_fw-la invisibilious_a magis_fw-la quam_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la credere_fw-la oportet_fw-la licet_fw-la enim_fw-la admirabile_fw-la sit_fw-la dictum_fw-la verum_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la mentem_fw-la habentes_fw-la valde_fw-la certum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o confesso_fw-la exit_fw-la homil_n 13._o s._n chrysost._n in_o s._n mat._n to._n 1._o edit_fw-la fronto_n paris_n 1636._o 1636._o nemo_fw-la pius_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la scripturae_fw-la credit_n s._n aug._n l._n 26._o cont_n fanstum_fw-la c._n 6._o now_o no_o man_n believe_v the_o scripture_n that_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o it_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n i_o say_v which_o do_v not_o believe_v i_o do_v not_o say_v which_o do_v not_o know_v oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la credatur_fw-la authoritati_fw-la eorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la revelatio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 8._o ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n quod_fw-la vero_fw-la animam_fw-la habemus_fw-la unde_fw-la manifestum_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la credere_fw-la velis_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr deo_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr angelis_n &_o the_o me●te_n &_o de_fw-fr animâ_fw-la dubitabis_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la tibi_fw-la omne_fw-la veritatis_fw-la dogmata_fw-la deperibunt_fw-la et_fw-fr certé_fw-fr si_fw-la manifestis_fw-la credere_fw-la velis_fw-la invisibilious_a magis_fw-la quam_fw-la visibilibus_fw-la credere_fw-la oportet_fw-la licet_fw-la enim_fw-la admirabile_fw-la sit_fw-la dictum_fw-la verum_fw-la tamen_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la mentem_fw-la habentes_fw-la valde_fw-la certum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o confesso_fw-la exit_fw-la homil_n 13._o s._n chrysost._n in_o s._n mat._n to._n 1._o edit_fw-la fronto_n paris_n 1636._o pun._n 6._o 6._o and_o this_o be_v the_o ground_n of_o that_o which_o i_o say_v before_o §._o 15._o nu._n 1._o that_o the_o scripture_n only_o and_o not_o any_o unwritten_a tradition_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o our_o faith_n namely_o when_o the_o authority_n of_o scripture_n be_v first_o yield_v unto_o s._n luke_n 9_o 23._o 23._o intellectus_fw-la credentis_fw-la determinatur_fw-la per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la rationem_fw-la tho._n 2._o 2._o q._n 2._o a._n 1._o ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la and_o what_o power_n the_o will_n have_v in_o case_n of_o man_n believe_v or_o not_o believe_v be_v manifest_a jer._n 44._o but_o this_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o will_v compare_v with_o the_o understanding_n only_o leave_v the_o operation_n of_o grace_n free_a over_o both_o pun._n 7._o 7._o co●●n_fw-la ●ijis_fw-la enim_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o theologorum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la demonstrari_fw-la posse_fw-la naturali_fw-la ratione_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la à_fw-la posteriori_fw-la &_o per_fw-la effectus_fw-la sic_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 2._o a._n 2._o et_fw-la damasc._n i._n 1_o ortho._n fid._n c._n 3._o &_o almain_n in_o 3._o send_v d._n 24._o q._n 1._o but_o what_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v by_o natural_a reason_n by_o natural_a light_n may_v the_o same_o be_v know_v and_o so_o the_o apostle_n himself_o rom._n 1._o 20._o invisibilia_fw-la dei_fw-la a_o creaturâ_fw-la mundi_fw-la per_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la intellecta_fw-la conspiciuntut_o and_o so_o calvin_n most_o clear_o i._n 1._o instit._fw-la c._n ●_o §._o 1._o aperire_fw-la oculos_fw-la nequeunt_fw-la quin_fw-la aspicere_fw-la eum_fw-la coguntur_fw-la though_o bellarmine_n will_v needs_o be_v gird_v at_o he_o l._n 4._o de_fw-fr grat._n &_o lib._n arbit_n cap._n 2._o videtur_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la apparent_a attestari_fw-la omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la homines_fw-la de_fw-la diis_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la loquor_fw-la habent_fw-la existimationem_fw-la arist._n i._n 1._o de_fw-la coelo_fw-la t._n 22._o 22._o damasc._n l._n 1._o ortho._n fid._n c._n 4._o 4._o 1_o tim._n 6._o 16._o et_fw-fr u●_n vestiglum_fw-la sic_fw-la accedendi_fw-la relinquit_fw-la s._n aug._n nisi_fw-la dugeas_fw-la imaginatione_fw-la cogitationis_fw-la lucem_fw-la solis_fw-la innumerabiliter_fw-la vel_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la etc._n etc._n ●_o 8._o de_fw-fr trin._n c._n 2._o solus_fw-la modus_fw-la accedendi_fw-la preces_fw-la sunt_fw-la boet._n the_o consolat_a philos._n l._n 5._o prosa_fw-la 3._o 3._o prates_o scientias_fw-la philosophicas_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ponatur_fw-la alia_fw-la scientia_fw-la divinit●s_fw-la revelata_fw-la de_fw-fr iis_fw-la quae_fw-la hominis_fw-la capio_fw-la excedunt_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 1._o a._n 1._o 1._o and_o therefore_o biel_n be_v express_v that_o god_n can_v not_o reveal_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o come_v nisi_fw-la illud_fw-la esset_fw-la ●_o deo_fw-la praescitum_fw-la seu_fw-la praevisum_fw-la i._n e._n unless_o god_n do_v full_o comprehend_v that_o which_o he_o do_v reveal_v bi●l_v in_o 3._o send_v d._n 23._o q._n 2._o a._n 1._o 1._o nullus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la creatus_fw-la videndo_fw-la deum_fw-la potest_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la omnia_fw-la que_fw-la deus_fw-la facit_fw-la vel_fw-la potest_fw-la facere_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la esset_fw-la comprehendere_fw-la ejus_fw-la virtutem_fw-la etc._n etc._n tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 12._o a._n 8._o c._n ad_fw-la argumentum_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la speculum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la resplendent_a respondet_fw-la thom._n quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessarium_fw-la quod_fw-la videns_fw-la speculum_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o speculo_fw-la videat_fw-la nisi_fw-la speculum_fw-la utsu_fw-la svo_fw-la comprehendat_fw-la tho._n p._n 1._o q._n 12._o a._n 8._o ad_fw-la 2._o now_o no_o man_n can_v comprehend_v this_o glass_n which_o be_v god_n himself_o himself_o deus_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la speculum_fw-la voluntarium_fw-la revelans_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o quot_fw-la vult_fw-la alicui_fw-la beato_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la speculum_fw-la 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