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every_o one_o of_o our_o saviour_n speech_n because_o they_o have_v no_o commission_n to_o leave_v they_o on_o record_n and_o they_o be_v to_o do_v according_a to_o their_o commission_n be_v to_o deliver_v the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o they_o be_v inspire_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n not_o to_o set_v down_o every_o thing_n they_o can_v remember_v as_o man_n do_v that_o follow_v their_o own_o natural_a discretion_n neither_o can_v bellarmine_n any_o way_n make_v good_a the_o assumption_n of_o the_o principal_a syllogism_n negative_a that_o those_o thing_n which_o our_o lord_n speak_v of_o in_o those_o place_n be_v save_v truth_n except_o he_o can_v certain_o tell_v what_o they_o be_v chap._n xiii_o of_o bellarmine_n second_n and_o three_o argument_n to_o prove_v unwritten_a tradition_n bellarmines_n second_o argument_n in_o the_o place_n above_o name_v
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be_v in_o themselves_o and_o be_v far_o ground_v upon_o the_o divine_a authority_n virtual_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v both_o true_a indeed_o and_o yet_o we_o make_v not_o a_o private_a spirit_n the_o ground_n or_o rule_v of_o our_o faith_n or_o the_o judge_n to_o determine_v what_o be_v matter_n of_o faith_n what_o be_v not_o as_o bellarmine_n slander_v we_o and_o 〈◊〉_d bellar_n de_fw-fr verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la scripto_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o sect._n norum_n &_o cap._n 9_o sect_n quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d after_o he_o mr._n fâ—sher_n and_o other_o but_o we_o only_o attribute_v to_o that_o special_a providence_n the_o office_n of_o in_o lightning_n and_o move_v the_o understanding_n in_o lighten_v to_o give_v assent_n to_o the_o book_n of_o scripture_n that_o they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o indeed_o and_o truth_n they_o be_v now_o to_o this_o assent_n it_o move_v we_o by_o many_o reason_n fit_a and_o effectual_a for_o such_o a_o work_n as_o namely_o by_o the_o 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