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tical obftinacy. Quare hoc eft firmiffime tanquam ve- 

 rum tenendum, et oppofitum tenentem ut hasreticum 

 ab omnibus defpiciendum ; thus fpeaks the infallible 

 oracle of the forernentioned book. I therefore believe 

 what is faid in p. 228. Firft, "'that the hands and the 

 feet of the above-faid typical Jems, were not only tranf- 

 pierced by the nails, fed conclavati, ita quod clavi in 

 eis apparerent. Secondly, that the heads of • the nails 

 were black, cum tamen carni vel nervis fimiles efTe 

 deberent, ex qui bus facti erant. Thirdly, that the 

 heads of the nails were longifh and flattened, cum ta- 

 men martellus nec ictus affuerit. Fourthly, In loco 

 offofo et non molli ftigmata funt impreffa. Fifthly, 

 Licet clavi efTent carnei vel nervei, adinftar tamen ferri 

 erant duri et fortes et folidi. Sixthly, Ipli clavi nor\ 

 erant breves, folum acumina habentes et capita, fed 

 erant longi ad partem aliam refultantes. Seventhly, 

 Recurvati, lie ut digitus intra recurvationem arcualem 

 iftorum immitti voleret. Eighthly, Cum clavi effent 

 facti ex carne vel nervis et ex utraque parte pedum et 

 manuum refultarent et excederent, profecto non erant 

 nec pedes, nec manus deformatae vel contractae. 

 Ninthly, Clavi erant circumquaque a carne alia repa- 

 rati, ut peciae circumcirca ponerenter propter fangui- 

 nis reftrictionem. Tenthly, The nails were moveable, 

 and yet they could not be drawn out, with all the vi- 

 gorous efforts made by St. Clara and others. Ele- 

 venthly, The nail-holes were not infected by corrup- 

 tion in a fpace of more than two years. 1 Twelfthly, 

 The wound in the fide was exadtly like that in the fide 

 of Chrift. The greater!: miracle was, that St. Francis, 

 from the pain he felt on the opening of the wounds, 



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