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thus_o he_o write_v quis_fw-la hic_fw-la non_fw-la videat_fw-la apertè_fw-la qualis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sententia_fw-la buceri_fw-la in_o hâc_fw-la materiâ_fw-la nimirum_fw-la ut_fw-la incipiamus_fw-la à _fw-la priori_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la contemplatione_fw-la soluis_fw-la divinae_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la &_o gratiae_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la oblatae_fw-la &_o in_o evangelio_n revelatae_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la certam_fw-la persuasionem_fw-la concipiamus_fw-la nos_fw-la veer_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternam_fw-la salutem_fw-la electos_fw-la ideoque_fw-la nunc_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la vocari_fw-la deinde_fw-la descendamus_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la revera_fw-la est_fw-la posterius_fw-la nimirnm_fw-la ad_fw-la certum_fw-la fidem_fw-la assensum_fw-la &_o obsequium_fw-la vocanti_fw-la praebendum_fw-la this_o be_v all_o which_o i_o do_v herein_o assert_v that_o our_o first_o persuasion_n of_o god_n mercy_n towards_o we_o in_o christ_n be_v not_o found_v upon_o any_o argument_n take_v from_o our_o work_n of_o sanctification_n which_o i_o have_v abundant_o prove_v in_o my_o second_o proposition_n whether_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n thesis_n ii_o that_o justification_n go_v in_o order_n before_o our_o believe_v justification_n by_o a_o passive_a faith_n go_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o our_o act_n of_o believe_a which_o be_v thus_o confirm_v 1._o we_o have_v the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o divine_a nature_n become_v new_a creature_n before_o we_o put_v forth_o any_o act_n of_o faith_n 1_o joh._n 5.1_o joh._n 1.12_o 13._o this_o be_v mr._n calvin_n note_v upon_o this_o 13._o vers_fw-la negate_fw-la evangelista_n posse_fw-la quemquam_fw-la credere_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la genitus_fw-la est_fw-la now_o whereas_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o twelve_o verse_n that_o we_o be_v not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o consequent_o to_o our_o act_n of_o believe_a he_o do_v thus_o answer_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o 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thesis_n iu._n that_o all_o promise_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o gospel_n be_v absolute_a in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o promise_n some_o common_a to_o the_o law_n with_o the_o gospel_n though_o not_o for_o the_o matter_n yet_o for_o the_o form_n into_o which_o they_o be_v put_v as_o believe_v and_o be_v save_v repent_v and_o be_v save_v and_o these_o be_v conditional_a belong_v to_o elect_a and_o reprobate_n there_o be_v other_o promise_v peculiar_a to_o the_o gospel_n both_o for_o matter_n and_o form_n as_o a_o new_a heart_n will_v i_o give_v you_o a_o new_a spirit_n will_v i_o put_v within_o you_o and_o these_o be_v absolute_a ezek._n 36.26_o which_o promise_v though_o they_o be_v propound_v in_o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o all_o indifferent_o yet_o be_v they_o proper_a only_o to_o god_n elect._n of_o these_o promise_n be_v that_o to_o be_v understand_v which_o prosper_n speak_v lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr voc_fw-la gent._n cap._n 9_o manet_fw-la prorsus_fw-la et_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la impletur_fw-la quod_fw-la abrahae_fw-la dominus_fw-la sine_fw-la conditione_n promisit_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la donavit_fw-la and_o of_o these_o promise_n do_v zanchy_a mean_a miscell_n lib._n 2._o thes_n 13._o where_o he_o say_v promissiones_fw-la de_fw-la gratuitâ_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la deque_fw-la certa_fw-la et_fw-la aeterna_fw-la salute_n etsi_fw-la univer_n salitér_fw-la omnibus_fw-la proponuntur_fw-la et_fw-la praedicandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la tamen_fw-la tantum_fw-la electos_fw-la reipsa_fw-la pertinent_a and_o again_o de_fw-fr common_a divinis_fw-la evangelium_fw-la propriè_fw-la quod_fw-la annuntiat_fw-la id_fw-la absolutè_fw-la citrà _fw-la conditionem_fw-la annuntiat_fw-la it_o be_v deny_v in_o the_o synod_n that_o there_o be_v any_o absolute_a promise_n the_o remonstrants'_v collatine_n hag._n band._n pag._n 190._o lin_v 22._o assert_v that_o the_o give_v of_o a_o new_a heart_n be_v promise_v upon_o condition_n of_o our_o actual_a conversion_n other_o will_v have_v these_o promise_n to_o be_v only_a prediction_n and_o prophecy_n but_o seem_v to_o exclude_v they_o from_o be_v any_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n whereas_o they_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o proper_a part_n or_o else_o i_o can_v see_v that_o our_o first_o parent_n have_v any_o gospel_n preach_v unto_o they_o in_o paradise_n gen._n 3.15_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o absolute_a promise_n express_v in_o which_o all_o absolute_a promise_n in_o both_o the_o sense_n before_o mention_v be_v wrap_v up_o though_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o conditional_a promise_n believe_v and_o be_v save_v be_v imply_v our_o orthodox_n divine_v in_o the_o synod_n of_o dordt_n stand_v for_o these_o absolute_a promise_n as_o part_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n against_o the_o arminian_o and_o that_o they_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o gospel_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o absolute_a form_n can_v be_v deny_v the_o law_n have_v no_o promise_n which_o run_v in_o that_o form_n it_o be_v evident_a which_o zanchy_a say_v quicquid_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la in_o scripture_n conditionale_fw-la est_fw-la i_o have_v lose_v divers_a note_n by_o often_o removal_n but_o to_o my_o best_a remembrance_n these_o with_o one_o or_o two_o more_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n coincident_a with_o they_o be_v all_o the_o position_n which_o at_o first_o i_o intend_v for_o disputation_n in_o the_o synod_n in_o heat_n of_o discourse_n in_o that_o assembly_n certain_a expression_n fall_v from_o i_o which_o be_v number_v among_o my_o error_n and_o make_v the_o chief_a matter_n of_o dispute_n by_o they_o who_o take_v all_o occasion_n and_o advantage_n to_o make_v i_o seem_v erroneous_a among_o the_o rest_n how_o it_o come_v in_o i_o do_v not_o well_o know_v i_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v part_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n the_o question_n be_v what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o new_a creature_n or_o new_a man_n which_o christian_n be_v command_v to_o put_v on_o i_o answer_v partly_o christ_n with_o his_o new_a create_a righteousness_n partly_o new_o create_v quality_n in_o we_o which_o i_o conceive_v may_v thus_o be_v prove_v adam_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adam_n be_v the_o old_a man_n and_o christ_n the_o new_a man_n hereupon_o tropical_o all_o sin_n which_o enter_v into_o the_o world_n by_o adam_n be_v call_v the_o old_a man_n and_o all_o that_o righteousness_n which_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o new_a man_n which_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n become_v we_o in_o our_o new_a birth_n partly_o by_o imputation_n partly_o by_o regeneration_n eph._n 2.15_o object_n by_o the_o old_a man_n which_o we_o be_v to_o put_v off_o be_v only_o mean_v sin_n not_o adam_n be_v person_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o new_a man_n be_v only_o mean_v new_a quality_n in_o we_o and_o not_o christ_n person_n answ_n by_o the_o old_a man_n may_v be_v understand_v not_o only_o the_o corruption_n of_o nature_n which_o pass_v from_o adam_n to_o we_o but_o his_o disobedience_n which_o become_v we_o by_o imputation_n so_o that_o in_o some_o respect_n we_o be_v to_o put_v off_o adam_n that_o be_v the_o transgression_n of_o adam_n in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n which_o be_v he_o in_o act_n and_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o original_o i_o be_o not_o the_o first_o who_o have_v take_v the_o new_a man_n in_o that_o sense_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o proper_a yet_o be_v it_o true_a we_o be_v to_o put_v on_o christ_n as_o well_o by_o faith_n as_o by_o imitation_n i_o shall_v not_o much_o herein_o contend_v zanchy_a upon_o eph._n 4.24_o have_v set_v down_o the_o judgement_n of_o ambrose_n what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o new_a man_n which_o christian_n be_v to_o put_v on_o who_o understand_v it_o of_o christ_n himself_n and_o of_o other_o interpret_n it_o of_o new_a quality_n deliver_v his_o own_o mind_n and_o join_v they_o both_o together_o novus_n igitur_fw-la homo_fw-la primum_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la inhabitans_fw-la deinde_fw-la ipse_fw-la nova_fw-la totius_fw-la hominis_fw-la qualitas_fw-la et_fw-la natura_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la creata_fw-la postremo_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la christo_fw-la induti_fw-la et_fw-la novae_fw-la illius_fw-la naturae_fw-la participes_fw-la effecti_fw-la et_fw-la in_o virtute_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la scholia_fw-la viventes_fw-la you_o will_v likewise_o have_v wrest_v other_o expression_n which_o fall_v from_o i_o to_o a_o corrupt_a sense_n as_o if_o i_o deny_v act_v from_o a_o formal_a principle_n of_o grace_n or_o that_o any_o power_n be_v convey_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o law_n to_o act_v gracious_o which_o be_v far_o from_o my_o sense_n the_o opinion_n of_o peter_n lombart_n lib._n 1._o dist_n 18._o that_o charity_n be_v not_o any_o thing_n create_v in_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o holy_a ghost_n himself_o be_v sufficient_o