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prophetae_fw-la &_o apostolâ—_n say_v he_o habuerunt_fw-la tantùm_fw-la evidentiam_fw-la revelationis_fw-la non_fw-la autemevidentiam_fw-la primae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la tamet_n si_fw-la enim_fw-la evidenter_fw-la cognoscerent_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsis_fw-la revelabat_fw-la mysteria_fw-la fides_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la evidenter_fw-la cognoscebant_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la summè_fw-la veracem_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la falli_fw-la possit_fw-la nec_fw-la fallere_fw-la vnde_fw-la sequitur_fw-la assensum_fw-la illorum_fw-la quem_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la circa_fw-la mysteria_fw-la fidei_fw-la fuisse_fw-la obscurum_fw-la &_o ejusdem_fw-la speciei_fw-la cum_fw-la assensu_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la see_v you_o this_o jesuite_n how_o he_o will_v blow_v away_o with_o one_o blast_n all_o the_o certainty_n of_o christian_a faith_n and_o so_o bring_v the_o matter_n about_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o sure_a foot_n for_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v in_o the_o authority_n 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