Verses:
1-6:
Much of the church perished by departure from the Lord and by falsities of every kind.
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7-10:
Now nearly all things left perish by means of knowledges [scientifica] of the natural man, nor do they refrain for fear of destruction,
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11-14:
because they consult knowledges, and thus there is scarcely any residue.
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15-19:
They make themselves obstinate, and love things that have been falsified by knowledges.
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20-23:
Their destruction in consequence of this foretold,
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24-27:
even until nothing of the church was left,
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28:
except a few things.
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29, 30:
True knowledges [scientifica vera] are perverted by reasonings therefrom.
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