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quam_fw-la deo_fw-la credit_n dam_v vide_fw-la august_n ep_v 4._o ad_fw-la vincent_n cui_fw-la veritas_fw-la comperta_fw-la sine_fw-la deos_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la cognitus_fw-la sine_fw-la christo_fw-la 3_o reg._n 17._o revertatur_fw-la
anima_fw-la pveri_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o viscera_fw-la ejus_fw-la eccles_n 26._o 23._o exaltavit_fw-la vocem_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la in_o prophetia_fw-la tob._n 4._o 11._o of_o heaven_n who_o shall_v i_o believe_v touch_v the_o verity_n of_o god_n but_o god_n himself_o and_o very_o behold_v the_o advice_n god_n give_v we_o to_o resolve_v we_o in_o doubtful_a case_n which_o be_v to_o follow_v some_o great_a and_o powerful_a authority_n that_o may_v draw_v our_o spirit_n with_o a_o strong_a hand_n out_o of_o so_o many_o labyrinth_n without_o it_o say_v s._n augustine_n there_o will_v neither_o be_v world_n rest_n light_n wisdom_n nor_o religion_n and_o if_o a_o decisive_a authority_n must_v be_v choose_v where_o shall_v we_o find_v one_o more_o certain_a than_o that_o of_o a_o man-god_n who_o word_n be_v prophecy_n life_n sanctity_n action_n miracle_n who_o by_o way_n secret_a and_o incomprehensible_a advance_v the_o cross_n on_o capitol_n and_o give_v a_o new_a face_n to_o 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own_o mouth_n more_o than_o from_o any_o other_o reason_n he_o cause_v we_o to_o make_v it_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n he_o establish_v upon_o it_o all_o our_o beatitude_n why_o shall_v we_o then_o argue_v and_o try_v new_a conclusion_n after_o the_o decision_n of_o god_n word_n 5._o i_o know_v well_o say_v the_o wicked_a man_n this_o second_o court_n will_v condemn_v i_o but_o i_o be_o not_o yet_o satisfy_v after_o nature_n and_o faith_n i_o appeal_v to_o reason_n i_o reason_n proof_n draw_v out_o of_o reason_n will_v enter_v into_o the_o bottom_n of_o myself_o to_o know_v some_o news_n of_o myself_o what_o a_o madness_n be_v it_o to_o appeal_v from_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n to_o reason_n and_o yet_o be_v this_o wretch_n condemn_v likewise_o by_o this_o tribunal_n for_o ask_v his_o soul_n whither_o will_v thou_o go_v what_o will_v become_v of_o thou_o after_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o body_n will_v thou_o not_o accompany_v it_o in_o death_n as_o thou_o do_v during_o life_n i_o die_v repli_v the_o soul_n it_o be_v as_o impossible_a the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n become_v night_n and_o fire_n ice_n as_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v the_o source_n of_o life_n and_o understanding_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o death_n for_o from_o whence_o shall_v this_o death_n and_o corruption_n 79._o s._n thom._n l._n 2._o contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la c._n 79._o proceed_v if_o thou_o have_v never_o so_o little_a reason_n thou_o well_o see_v what_o the_o great_a s._n thomas_n and_o all_o the_o sage_n of_o the_o world_n say_v a_o thing_n can_v die_v and_o be_v corrupt_v but_o by_o one_o of_o three_o way_n either_o by_o action_n of_o its_o contrary_n so_o heat_n cold_a moisture_n and_o drought_n corrupt_v our_o body_n by_o their_o mutual_a counter-buff_n and_o continual_a combat_n or_o by_o the_o want_n of_o subject_n which_o serve_v as_o a_o basis_n or_o foundation_n to_o it_o so_o the_o eye_n die_v when_o its_o organ_n be_v corrupt_v or_o by_o defect_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o cause_n which_o have_v influence_n into_o it_o so_o the_o light_n fail_v in_o the_o air_n when_o the_o sun_n retire_v in_o which_o of_o these_o three_o kind_n will_v thou_o corrupt_v 55._o substantia_fw-la intellectualis_fw-la patitur_fw-la tantum_fw-la intelligibiliter_fw-la qui_fw-la motus_fw-la potius_fw-la est_fw-la perfectivus_fw-la quà m_fw-la corruptivus_fw-la s._n thom._n l._n 2._o contra_fw-la gentes_fw-la c._n 55._o i_o shall_v it_o be_v by_o the_o action_n of_o the_o contrary_n i_o be_o not_o subject_a to_o bodily_a impression_n but_o to_o those_o only_a of_o the_o mind_n which_o be_v rather_o to_o perfect_v than_o corrupt_v i_o i_o be_o not_o compose_v of_o element_n i_o be_o not_o hot_a cold_a moist_a nor_o dry_a i_o admit_v no_o contrariety_n but_o when_o i_o platonicus_fw-la i_o i_o i_o anima_fw-la parvo_fw-la continetur_fw-la corpore_fw-la continetque_fw-la res_fw-la maximâ—s_fw-la aenesius_n platonicus_fw-la comprehend_v in_o my_o understanding_n white_a 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