Queritur poſt mod.an fides que eſt neceſſaria ſaluti ſit ꝑ rōesſuaſa uel ꝓbata. Ad qd̓ ſic. Sic̄ aliudeſt diligere aliquē ex ſuis meritis ſeu rōebeneficii vel vtilitatis. Aliud ꝟo dilige̓ipſū ſine meritis ex ſola virtute ⁊ gr̄a diligentis. ſic aliud eſt credere ex ꝓbabilitate uel euidētia ipſius credibilis. aliud exvirtute credentis. Simil̓ gͦ virtꝰ ē amareīprobū caritate. ⁊ credere īprobabile fidenec minoris virtutis eſt credere īprobabile qͣꝫ improbū diligere. ſi gͦ ex caritate ſeuamore ſalutari contra merita improbus ⁊īimicꝰ diligit̉. Ergo ex fide ſalutari ſineꝓbatione ⁊ rōnis ſuaſione īprobabili veritati credet̉. Itē qd̓ abſqꝫ ſuaſiōe ⁊ ꝓbatione credit̉: virtute credentꝭ crediturAut gͦ deo hoc modo credēdū ē: ⁊ habem.ꝓpoſitū. aut n̄ ſine ſuaſiōe ſeu ꝓbatiōe: ⁊tūc obiicit̉. gͦ nō eſt ei alio mō credēdū qͣꝫcuilibet alij. cuilibet enī alij ꝓbatione euidenti crederet̉. Itē nō eſt adeo ꝗs mendax cui probationibꝰ idoneiſ a quolibꝫ nōcredat̉. Qui ergo non aliter deo credit qͣꝫꝑbationibꝰ idoneis ⁊ certis. manifeſtū eſtquoniā deū in hac ꝑte in nullo mendacibꝰanteponit. ⁊ ipſos deo ī aſſenſu credulitatis adequat: qd̓ aꝑte dei ꝯtumelia eſt.Relinquit̉ igit̉ ꝙ fides ſalutaris creditdeo ſine ꝑſuaſionē ⁊ ꝓbatiōe. Itē ſicutdeo debet̉ digna dilectio: ita ei debeturcredulitas digna. nō ē aūt digna deo credulitas: que ꝓpt̓ ꝑſuaſiones aūt ꝓbatiōesimpendit̉: ꝗa huiꝰ credulitas nec etiā bono viro ⁊ ſapienti digna eſt. gͦ ſi digniorcredulitas que ſic deo impēdenda eſt: credendū eſt ei ſine rōne ⁊ ꝑſuaſione. Itēſicut affectꝰ rōnalis debet ſūme bonitatidignū amorē. ita ītellectus ſūme veritatidignā credulitatē. ſi ergo nō eſt digna dilectio deo qua diligitur eius bonitas ſolūꝓpter vtilitatē: nō erit eadē rōne dignadeo credulitas qua aſſentit̉ prime ꝟitatiꝓpter ꝑſuaſionē rōnis vel ꝓbationē.Itē cū virtus ⁊ ars circa difficillima ſint.credulitas aūt que ē ꝑ euidētes ꝓbatiōesnō ſolū circa facillima e̓: ſed etiā circa eaque impoſſibile eſt uel difficile nō facere.Impoſſibile enī eſt non credere manifeſtevera. difficile aūt eſt nō credere ꝓbabiliaReliꝗt̉ igit̉ hꝰ credulitatē nō ꝑtinere advirtutē. Itē Suppoſito exempli gratiaꝙ ſimilis ſit rō venditoris mercis ſub pignore vel cautione ⁊ intellectꝰ credentisꝓbatiōe: quia ſicut de manu talis venditoris merces nō exeūt: niſi prius ſecuritatē pignoriſ vel cautionis tenuerit: ſic necde huius intellectu erit credulitas doneomediū approbatiōis habuerit. Itē arguitur. Exactio pignoris nō eſt niſi ex paruitate credulitatis: qͣꝫuis enī multitudo pignorū vēditori ſecuritatē faciat: teſtimonia tamē ſūt incredulitatis ipſiꝰ. Ergo exꝑte intellectꝰ exactio ꝓbationis teſtīoniūeſt ſue incredulitatis. Quāuis ſint hꝰ mōīꝓbationes intellectui quēdā ſecuritates.ſi ergo intellectꝰ ꝑ īcredulitatē nō poteſtplacere deo: nec ꝑ fidē que ē coacta: ꝑ ꝓbationē placebit deo. fides igit̉ ſalutaris nōeſt ꝑ ꝓbationes. Itē Ioh̓es damaſcenꝰdicit. fides eſt cōſenſus nō inquiſitus ſeuinꝑſcrutatus. Ergo relinquit̉ ꝙ fides laudabilis nō eſt ex p̄ſcrutatiōe rōnis. ItēGregꝰ. Fides nō habet merituꝫ cui hūanaratio prebet exꝑimētū. Cōtra Augꝰ adpaulinā de vidēdo deo credūt̉ illa que abſunt a noſtris ſenſibꝰ. ſed videt̉ idoneuꝫteſtimoniū qd̓ ei ꝑhibet̉. gͦ ea que credūt̉⁊ ſi nō videāt̉ idoneo tamē teſtimonio ꝓbant̉. Itē Augꝰ ī eodē. his que videmꝰvel audimꝰ nos idē teſtes ſumꝰ. his auteꝫque credimus alijs teſtibus mouemur. Adfidē gͦ que credūt̉ teſtimonio ꝓbant̉.Itē credit̉ teſtimoīo apl̓oꝝ Actꝭ. pͦ. Eritismihi teſtes in oī iudea ⁊cͣ. Credit̉ teſtimonio creaturarū quoniā deꝰ eſt oīpotens. ⁊creator ad Ro. pͦ. Inuiſibilia dei ꝑ ea quefacta ſūt intellecta ꝯſpiciūt̉. ⁊ Sap̄. 13. Amagnitudine ſpeciei ⁊ creature poterathoꝝ creator cognoſcibiliter videri. ſi gͦ fides qua credit̉ teſtīonio apl̓oꝝ neceſſariaeſt ſaluti: ⁊ etiā fides quā credit̉ teſtimonio creaturarū: ꝗa deus eſt ⁊ oīpotens. Fides igit̉ ſalutaris eſt credere ꝑ ꝓbationēteſtīonioruꝫ. Itē ſic̄ dic̄ beatꝰ Bernꝰ ꝙſcīa innitit̉ ꝟitati: fides auctoritati. opīoveriſil̓ itudine ſe tuet̉. gͦ ſi fides auctoritati īnitit̉ videt̉ ꝙ ꝑ auctoritatē probaripoſſit. Sol̓ o ẜm Io. damaſcenū ī 4º. li.vbi dic̄ fides dupliciter eſt. Eſt enī fidesex auditu: audientes enī ſcripturas credimus doctrine ſpū. eſt aūt rurſus fides indiſtabilis ⁊ īiudicabilis ſpēs eorū q̄ a deo