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sure_a footing_n p._n 172._o he_o reject_v extrinsical_a medium_n as_o insufficient_a and_o require_v intrinsecal_n faith_n vindicated_n preface_n at_o the_o end_n he_o own_v his_o discourse_n to_o be_v build_v on_o intrinsecal_n medium_n error_n nonplus_v p._n 169._o he_o require_v clear_a evidence_n from_o the_o object_n to_o ground_v a_o firm_a assent_n page_n 170_o 171._o he_o make_v it_o necessary_a to_o true_a certainty_n that_o it_o be_v take_v from_o the_o thing_n or_o object_n and_o true_a certainty_n he_o say_v be_v build_v on_o the_o thing_n be_v as_o it_o be_v and_o nothing_o can_v ever_o be_v true_o know_v to_o be_v otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v in_o his_o subscription_n to_o the_o instruction_n from_o rome_n p._n 12._o he_o deny_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o intrinsecal_n requisite_n to_o faith_n but_o only_o of_o extrinsecal_n and_o this_o he_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v against_o his_o own_o plain_a word_n in_o his_o declaration_n sect._n 3._o pag._n 34_o etc._n etc._n how_o can_v intrinsical_v medium_n and_o evidence_n from_o the_o object_n be_v only_o extrinsical_a pre-requisites_a v._o about_o human_n and_o divine_a faith._n faith_n vindicated_n p._n 73._o divine_a faith_n ought_v to_o have_v a_o far_o great_a degree_n of_o firmness_n in_o it_o than_o any_o human_a faith_n whatsoever_o wherefore_o since_o human_a faith_n can_v rise_v to_o that_o degree_n of_o stability_n divine_a faith_n be_v supernatural_a aught_o to_o be_v more_o firm_o ground_v and_o consequent_o more_o high_o impossible_a to_o be_v false_a error_n nonplus_v p._n 143._o he_o speak_v express_o of_o divine_a faith._n in_o his_o vindication_n p._n 97._o he_o say_v it_o be_v evident_a that_o he_o speak_v of_o faith_n formal_o as_o human_n and_o not_o as_o formal_o divine_a what_o evidence_n can_v there_o be_v like_o a_o man_n plain_a word_n be_v not_o that_o divine_a faith_n which_o he_o go_v about_o to_o demonstrate_v the_o infallible_a certainty_n of_o it_o seem_v we_o be_v all_o this_o while_n to_o seek_v for_o the_o certainty_n of_o faith_n formal_o divine_a and_o all_o this_o mighty_a noise_n about_o the_o necessity_n of_o infallibility_n reach_v no_o far_a than_o a_o faith_n formal_o human._n and_o yet_o j._n s._n affirm_v that_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v the_o impossibility_n of_o falsehood_n in_o divine_a and_o supernatural_a faith._n and_o so_o it_o seem_v divine_a and_o supernatural_a faith_n must_v derive_v its_o infallible_a certainty_n from_o a_o mere_a natural_a infallibility_n or_o if_o it_o be_v but_o human_a faith_n he_o mean_v than_o he_o fall_v short_a of_o what_o he_o promise_v which_o be_v to_o show_v the_o infallible_a certainty_n of_o divine_a faith._n and_o thus_o the_o trap-maker_n be_v catch_v himself_o vi_o about_o particular_a point_n of_o faith._n error_n nonplus_v p._n 161._o i_o think_v he_o have_v mean_v certainty_n of_o the_o point_n of_o his_o faith._n what_o we_o be_v then_o in_o reason_n to_o expect_v from_o dr._n st._n 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