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convenientia_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la objectum_fw-la reddebatur_fw-la prudenter_fw-la credibile_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la viderent_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la prophetiae_fw-la praedicebant_fw-la quotidie_fw-la impleri_fw-la denique_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la evangelica_n act_n 3._o &_o 4._o c._n beatus_fw-la petrus_n miraculo_fw-la facto_fw-la testatus_fw-la est_fw-la se_fw-la illud_fw-la fecisse_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la facta_fw-la mentione_n authoritatis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la vel_fw-la suae_fw-la convertit_fw-la tria_fw-la millia_fw-la hominum_fw-la qui_fw-la sane_fw-la prudenter_fw-la moti_fw-la sunt_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la conciperent_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la and_o num_fw-la 251._o non_fw-la requiritur_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la propositio_fw-la ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la in_o all_o which_o note_n that_o this_o author_n speak_v of_o side_n divina_fw-la &_o 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rursus_fw-la ex_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la praedicatione_n &_o miraculis_fw-la alii_fw-la fidem_fw-la conceperunt_fw-la alii_fw-la denique_fw-la aliis_fw-la modis_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la cum_fw-la nondum_fw-la de_fw-la infallibilitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la quicquam_fw-la eye_n esset_fw-la annunciatum_fw-la sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la sieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquis_fw-la non_fw-la inhaerens_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la regulae_fw-la infallibili_fw-la quaedam_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la pertinentia_fw-la pro_fw-la dei_fw-la verbo_fw-la recipiat_fw-la quia_fw-la vel_fw-la nunc_fw-la vel_fw-la olim_fw-la miraculis_fw-la confirmata_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la etiam_fw-la quia_fw-la veterem_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la sic_fw-la docuisse_fw-la manifest_a videt_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quacunque_fw-la ratione_fw-la inductus_fw-la licet_fw-la alia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la credere_fw-la recuset_fw-la again_o haereticus_fw-la potest_fw-la quaedam_fw-la tenere_fw-la ea_fw-la firmitate_fw-la assensus_fw-la &_o promptitudine_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la qua_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la fidei_fw-la sunt_fw-la tenentur_fw-la again_o nihil_fw-la vetat_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la haeretici_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la errent_fw-la in_fw-la aliis_fw-la tamen_fw-la sic_fw-la divinitus_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la illustrati_fw-la sint_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la credant_fw-la where_o note_n that_o estius_n also_o speak_v of_o side_n vera_fw-la and_o fides_fw-la donum_fw-la dei_fw-la quo_fw-la divinitus_fw-la illustramur_fw-la such_o as_o that_o be_v of_o abraham_n melchisedech_n and_o the_o apostle_n convert_v and_o note_v again_o that_o though_o this_o fides_n vera_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la be_v in_o no_o heretic_n integra_fw-la as_o to_o all_o point_n of_o faith_n perfect_a because_o if_o one_o fail_v not_o in_o some_o point_n of_o faith_n he_o can_v be_v no_o heretic_n yet_o many_o time_n it_o be_v