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not_o understand_v be_v but_o sorry_a guide_n and_o as_o far_o from_o be_v infallible_a teacher_n of_o religion_n as_o hell_n be_v from_o heaven_n heaven_n hos_fw-la 8._o 12._o esa_n 11._o 2._o joh._n 3._o 34._o eph._n 4._o 7._o phil._n 1._o 9_o 10._o col._n 1._o 9_o act._n 17._o 11._o rom._n 15._o 4._o hos_fw-la 8._o 12._o psal_n 19_o 7_o 8._o prov._n 8._o 7_o 8._o esa_n 35._o 8._o 8._o the_o jew_n at_o this_o day_n be_v so_o enslave_v to_o their_o rabbi_n that_o if_o a_o rabbi_n or_o wiseman_n tell_v they_o their_o right_a hand_n be_v their_o left_a they_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v it_o now_o what_o difference_n be_v there_o between_o a_o obstinate_a jew_n and_o a_o infatuate_v papist_n papist_n esa_n 9_o 16._o esa_n 8._o 20._o deut._n 17._o 8._o if_o there_o arise_v a_o matter_n too_o hard_o for_o thou_o in_o judgement_n between_o blood_n &_o blood_n between_o plea_n and_o plea_n and_o between_o stroke_n and_o stroke_n etc._n etc._n act._n 15._o 21._o 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o pet._n 1._o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb_n hos_fw-la 8._o 12._o rom._n 3._o 2._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 24._o tertul._n l._n the_o veland_n virgin_n speaking_z concern_v the_o creed_n regula_n fidei_fw-la una_fw-la omninò_fw-la est_fw-la sola_fw-la immobilis_fw-la &_o irreformabilis_fw-la mat._n 5._o 13_o 14._o luk._n 1._o 2._o act._n 4._o 20._o 1_o joh._n 1._o 1._o 1._o tit._n 1._o 3_o jud._n v_o 3._o read_v eph._n 4._o 3._o to_o 14._o apoc._n io_o 10._o rom._n 14_o 23._o 23._o mat._n 26_o 15._o read_v 1._o cor._n 15._o 3_o 4._o mat._n 14._o 2_o 3_o 6._o maldonate_fw-it on_o john_n 6._o confess_v thus_o much_o nihil_fw-la credi_fw-la deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la adversus_fw-la scâ—iptuâ—arum_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aug._n l._n 13._o cont_n faus_n manich._n mark_v 7._o 5_o 13._o 2_o thes_n 2._o 1_o joh._n 4._o 1._o 2_o thes_n 5._o 21._o rom._n 12._o 2_o eph._n 5._o 10_o 17._o tit._n 2._o 11_o 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 6._o 45._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 23_o 25._o 1._o 1_o cor._n 3._o 12_o 13._o just._n mart._n dial_n cum_fw-la tryph._n col._n 2._o 6._o rom._n 10._o 18._o mage_n cernit_fw-la acutum_fw-la quam_fw-la aut_fw-la aquila_n aut_fw-la serpens_fw-la epidaurius_n horat._n of_o this_o see_n be_v cafaub_n exerc_n 1._o ad_fw-la card._n baron_n app._n c._n 1._o read_v the_o bul._n of_o p._n pius_fw-la 4._o which_o enjoin_v all_o clergyman_n and_o all_o in_o religious_a order_n to_o swear_v to_o the_o new_a creed_n whereof_o this_o be_v one_o article_n i_o acknowledge_v the_o holy_a catholic_n and_o apostolic_a roman_a church_n the_o mother_n and_o mistress_n of_o all_o church_n mat._n 7._o 16_o 17_o 18._o 18._o thy_o scil_n god_n law_n be_v the_o truth_n psal_n 119._o 142._o god_n word_n be_v the_o truth_n jok_v 17._o 17_o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3._o heb._n 13_o 15._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 5._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 18_o apoc._n 2._o 5._o 5._o col._n 14._o 16._o l._n k._n 24._o 39_o joh._n 20._o 27._o mat._n 28._o 26._o act._n 10._o 41._o &_o 1._o 9_o 1_o joh._n 1._o 1_o 3._o mat._n 13._o 9_o apoc._n 2._o 9_o luk._n 22._o 19_o 20._o mat._n 26._o 26_o 28._o coâ—…il_v tâ—…d_v sess_z 13._o c._n 4._o rom._n 12._o 1_o 1_o cor._n 14._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 7._o 7._o mr._n lee_n once_o tutor_n to_o that_o gentleman_n do_v often_o say_v that_o his_o scholar_n will_v one_o day_n prove_v a_o jesuit_n