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2._o 14._o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n act_n 3._o 12._o to_o the_o 13_o verse_n of_o the_o 4._o chapter_n chapter_n act_n 2._o 20._o act_n 3._o 25._o s._n paul_n extraordinary_a power_n and_o efficacy_n in_o win_v the_o gentile_n unto_o christ_n act_n 2._o 28._o 28._o see_v the_o like_a success_n of_o his_o preach_n act_n 4._o 4._o who_o be_v the_o sheep_n peter_n be_v principal_o appoint_v to_o feed_v and_o what_o authority_n he_o have_v over_o they_o they_o jesus_n say_v unto_o they_o come_v and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o none_o of_o be_v disaâ—ples_a â—…_n ask_v he_o 〈◊〉_d be_v thou_o 〈◊〉_d they_o know_v he_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d john_n 21._o 12._o 12._o thus_o much_o it_o seem_v peter_n do_v prophecy_n unaware_o john_n 1â—_n verse_n 37._o but_o fail_v in_o application_n of_o the_o time_n so_o our_o saviour_n say_v thou_o can_v not_o follow_v i_o now_o but_o thou_o shall_v follow_v 〈◊〉_d afterward_o as_o well_o in_o death_n as_o in_o life_n after_o death_n death_n death_n vide_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr râ—m_n pont._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o 1_o pet._n 5._o vers_fw-la 1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o dubitabit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la cur_n si_fw-la non_fw-la mattheus_fw-la matthaei_n tamen_fw-la graeâ—us_fw-la interpres_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nominum_fw-la &_o generis_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la adhibuâ—â—_n it_o respondeo_fw-la in_o promptu_fw-la rationem_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la graeci_fw-la petra_n &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d genere_fw-la masculino_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—â—miâ—ino_fw-la dicatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la petrus_n quia_fw-la vir_fw-la erat_fw-la non_fw-la petra_n foeminino_o sed_fw-la petâ—uâ—_n masculino_fw-la nomine_fw-la vocandus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sâ—…do_fw-la autâ—m_fw-la loco_fw-la ubi_fw-la de_fw-la aedificij_fw-la fundamento_fw-la agehatur_fw-la non_fw-la petrum_fw-la sed_fw-la petram_fw-la dixit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la ideâ—_n utrun_v que_fw-la nomen_fw-la significaâ—er_fw-la â—oiâ—_n in_o eâ—usmodi_fw-la aedificijs_fw-la nomen_fw-la petra_n foemininum_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la usitatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la &_o atticum_fw-la &_o rarum_fw-la est_fw-la maldonat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 16._o matthaei_n vide_fw-la bellar._n de_fw-fr rom._n pont_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o what_o the_o name_n of_o cephas_n do_v import_v in_o saint_n peter_n 〈◊〉_d 4._o 14._o 14._o 14._o â—…_n cornelius_n qui_fw-la patrem_fw-la luminibus_fw-la carentem_fw-la pro_fw-la baculo_fw-la regebat_fw-la scipio_n cognon_fw-fr inâ—…_n dedit_fw-la macrob._n satur._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o 6._o vide_fw-la macrobium_fw-la loco_fw-la citato_fw-la citato_fw-la matth._n 16._o ver_fw-la 13_o 14_o 15_o &c_n &c_n john_n 1._o v_o 49._o 49._o pronomen_fw-la hanc_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la reseâ—ri_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la petram_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la petrum_fw-la petran_n debet_fw-la enim_fw-la referri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la proximum_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la â—emotum_fw-la proximè_fw-la ante_fw-la dictum_fw-la fuerat_fw-la non_fw-la christo_fw-la sed_fw-la petro_n tu_fw-la es_fw-la cephas_n id_fw-la est_fw-la petra_n deinde_fw-la licet_fw-la christus_fw-la dici_fw-la posset_n petra_n tamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vocatus_fw-la petra_n à _fw-fr petro_n confitente_fw-la sed_fw-la christus_fw-la filius_fw-la dei_fw-la vivi_fw-la the_o bet_n autem_fw-la referri_fw-la illud_fw-la hanc_fw-la ad_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la nominatus_fw-la est_fw-la petra_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la cum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la appellatus_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomine_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n cap._n 10._o vide_fw-la deut._n 32._o psal_n 18._o psal_n 19_o 〈◊〉_d tu_fw-la vero_fw-la considera_fw-la verborum_fw-la prophet_n amplitudinem_fw-la poterat_fw-la dicere_fw-la mittam_fw-la vobis_fw-la messiam_fw-la sed_fw-la voluit_fw-la tam_fw-la insigne_fw-la beneficium_fw-la verbis_fw-la inâ—ignibus_fw-la &_o metaphoâ—icis_fw-la explicare_fw-la est_fw-la autem_fw-la translatio_fw-la sumpta_fw-la ab_fw-la aedificantibus_fw-la quae_fw-la verborum_fw-la amplitudine_fw-la iâ—â—uiâ—_n rei_fw-la magnificentiam_fw-la &_o majestatem_fw-la pintus_fw-la in_o 28._o isai_n ver_fw-la 16._o see_v other_o annotation_n out_o of_o bellarmin_n in_o this_o chapter_n see_v maldonat_n on_o matth._n 21._o cap._n 42._o ver_fw-la ver_fw-la omnes_fw-la quos_fw-la legi_fw-la praeter_fw-la hilarium_fw-la existimant_fw-la sensum_fw-la esse_fw-la â—ore_o ut_fw-la diaboli_fw-la potentia_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quidem_fw-la exerceat_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vero_fw-la opprimat_fw-la quae_fw-la sententia_fw-la parva_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la verba_fw-la christi_fw-la implet_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la solent_fw-la porte_fw-fr vincere_fw-la sed_fw-la resistere_fw-la itaque_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la offendendi_fw-la vis_fw-la sed_fw-la desendendi_fw-la portas_fw-la significari_fw-la sensus_fw-la igitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la fallor_fw-la est_fw-la fore_z ut_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la super_fw-la petram_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la fundata_fw-la omnem_fw-la diaboli_fw-la potentiam_fw-la expugnet_fw-la ita_fw-la ur_fw-la nulla_fw-la arte_fw-la nuilis_fw-la viribus_fw-la possit_fw-la resistere_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la multo_fw-la majus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o verbis_fw-la magis_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la poâ—tas_fw-la enim_fw-la inseri_fw-la non_fw-la praevalituras_fw-la adversus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la phrasis_n hebraica_n est_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la poterunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la illam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potetunt_fw-la illi_fw-la resistere_fw-la resistere_fw-la vide_fw-la maldonatum_fw-la in_o versum_fw-la 18._o cap._n 16._o mat._n &_o bellar._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr pont._n rom._n cap._n 19_o 19_o psal_n 18._o ver_fw-la 31._o 31._o psal_n 46._o 46._o isa_n 28._o 16._o vide_fw-la forerium_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a signify_v to_o make_v haste_n and_o therefore_o any_o kind_n of_o haste_n according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o matter_n or_o object_n in_o this_o place_n equivalent_a to_o the_o latin_a proripia_fw-la a_o word_n signify_v haste_n but_o haste_v cause_v by_o shame_n or_o fear_v of_o man_n presence_n from_o which_o the_o party_n ashamed_a seek_v with_o confuse_a speed_n to_o hide_v himself_o et_fw-la cum_fw-la clamarem_fw-la quo_fw-la nunc_fw-la se_fw-la proripit_fw-la ille_fw-la tityre_fw-la coge_fw-la pecus_fw-la tu_fw-la post_fw-la carecta_fw-la latebas_fw-la this_o be_v true_a of_o faith_n which_o the_o apostle_n say_v of_o love_n 1_o john_n 4._o 17._o herein_o be_v love_n perfect_a in_o we_o that_o we_o shall_v have_v boldness_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n for_o as_o he_o be_v even_o so_o be_v we_o in_o this_o world_n vid._n luc._n 21._o 25_o 26._o of_o the_o confuse_a state_n of_o the_o wicked_a wicked_a rom._n 10._o 9_o 9_o rom._n 1â—_n 1â—_n mat._n 16._o 23._o 23._o psal_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act_n 4._o 〈◊〉_d mat._n 21._o 21._o verse_n 41._o 41._o verse_n 41._o 41._o ver._n 42_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d psal_n 50._o 25._o 25._o 1_o john_n 4._o 12._o no_o man_n have_v see_v god_n at_o any_o time_n if_o we_o love_v one_o another_o god_n dwell_v in_o we_o and_o his_o love_n be_v perfect_a in_o we_o hereby_o know_v we_o that_o we_o dwell_v in_o he_o and_o he_o in_o we_o because_o he_o have_v give_v we_o of_o his_o spirit_n and_o we_o have_v see_v and_o do_v testify_v that_o the_o father_n send_v the_o son_n to_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n whosoever_o confess_v that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o he_o dwell_v god_n and_o â—e_v in_o god_n see_v 1_o john_n 2._o 15_o 16._o 1_o john_n 4._o 3._o in_o what_o sense_n the_o papist_n deny_v christ_n to_o be_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n *_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d 2._o 20._o 〈◊〉_d do_v that_o 〈◊〉_d rev._n â—1_n 14._o prove_v any_o more_o than_o that_o 〈◊〉_d the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v erect_v erect_v dâ—…_n euta_fw-la omnes_fw-la apostole_fw-la 〈◊〉_d gubernationis_fw-la omnes_fw-la enum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—apita_fw-la rectores_fw-la &_o pastor_n 〈◊〉_d universae_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la pertus_n illi_fw-la enim_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la summâ—…_n atque_fw-la ampliâ—â—mam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ut_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sen_fw-la legati_fw-la peâ—â—us_fw-la autem_fw-la uâ—_n pasâ—â—r_fw-la â—â—diâ—atius_fw-la deâ—…_n ita_fw-la hâ—…_n plenitudmem_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d esset_fw-la capur_n corum_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la illo_fw-la â—…_n bellar._n lib._n rom._n pont_n c._n 11._o â—…_n significat_fw-la petram_fw-la ut_fw-la â—…_n &_o hiâ—ronymus_n teâ—…_n 2_o epistolae_fw-la ad_fw-la galat._n graecè_fw-la â—…_n caput_fw-la ut_fw-la lib._n 2._o coutia_fw-la â—…_n annotavit_fw-la optatus_n aâ—…_n ex_fw-la celeberâ—mis_fw-la câ—…_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la frequenâ—…_n appâ—…_n cum_fw-la solo_fw-la â—…municans_n â—…_n ut_fw-la â—…_n &_o â—…â—â—iâ—…_n quam_fw-la â—…_n &_o caput_fw-la â—…_n 17._o 17._o heb._n 8._o 13._o 13._o the_o difference_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o pope_n much_o less_o by_o the_o papist_n opinion_n then_o between_o the_o pope_n and_o other_o bishop_n †_o nos_fw-la non_fw-la negamus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d defendimus_fw-la contra_fw-la negantes_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la ministratum_fw-la per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o prophetas_fw-la osse_fw-la primum_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la nostrae_fw-la fidei_fw-la ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la credimus_fw-la quidquid_fw-la credimus_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la id_fw-la per_fw-la apostolos_fw-la &_o prophetas_fw-la revelavit_fw-la sed_fw-la addimus_fw-la praeter_fw-la hoc_fw-la sunâ—…um_fw-la primum_fw-la requiâ—i_fw-la aliud_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la secondarium_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la testificationem_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la scimus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deus_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la