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but_o as_o one_o fall_v from_o heaven_n so_o paul_n faith_n that_o this_o vengeance_n may_v in_o no_o case_n be_v count_v as_o a_o thing_n natural_a but_o as_o a_o plague_n inflict_v of_o god_n for_o as_o it_o shall_v afterward_o be_v declare_v god_n deliver_v they_o into_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n and_o although_o the_o corporal_a calamity_n wherewith_o god_n strike_v we_o be_v grevous_a yet_o far_o more_o grevous_a be_v this_o when_o we_o be_v deliver_v into_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n for_o in_o that_o case_n man_n seek_v destruction_n unto_o themselves_o and_o be_v even_o their_o own_o slaughterman_n neither_o contrariwise_o can_v we_o obtain_v any_o good_a thing_n more_o to_o be_v wish_v for_o then_o to_o attayn_v unto_o a_o holy_a mind_n and_o a_o right_a understanding_n for_o even_o as_o this_o be_v a_o singular_a gift_n so_o be_v the_o other_o
a_o most_o severe_a vengeance_n against_o all_o ungodlynes_n and_o unrighteousness_n of_o man_n he_o say_v not_o against_o man_n because_o god_n hate_v not_o they_o but_o take_v vengeance_n on_o their_o wicked_a act_n and_o those_o comprehend_v he_o under_o the_o name_n of_o impiety_n and_o unrighteousness_n for_o wicked_a act_n be_v part_o commit_v against_o god_n and_o partly_o against_o man_n which_o withhold_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n they_o attain_a unto_o so_o much_o truth_n that_o thereby_o they_o understode_v how_o they_o ought_v to_o behave_v themselves_o towards_o god_n and_o towards_o their_o neighbour_n and_o yet_o withhold_v they_o the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n which_o self_n same_o thing_n do_v the_o hebrew_n commit_v concern_v the_o truth_n which_o god_n have_v revel_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o law_n see_v therefore_o both_o these_o hebrews_n and_o those_o gentile_n be_v so_o grevous_o punish_v what_o ought_v man_n which_o profess_v themselves_o to_o 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unto_o this_o sense_n by_o the_o weight_n whereof_o the_o better_a part_n also_o be_v oppress_v so_o that_o it_o geve_v place_n to_o the_o lust_n neither_o excecute_v it_o his_o office_n with_o efficacy_n to_o consider_v and_o peyse_v the_o truth_n which_o before_o it_o know_v which_o thing_n also_o the_o poet_n affirm_v of_o medea_n video_fw-la meliora_fw-la probóque_fw-la medea_n ouide_v of_o medea_n deteriora_fw-la sequor_fw-la which_o be_v in_o english_a i_o see_v what_o thing_n be_v best_a and_o i_o allow_v they_o but_o i_o follow_v the_o worst_a all_o this_o do_v paul_n teach_v we_o when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o ungodly_a wythholde_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n that_o truth_n labour_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a to_o burst_v forth_o into_o act_n but_o it_o be_v let_v of_o concupiscence_n or_o lust_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o ethike_v that_o the_o more_o conscience_n the_o noble_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n exhort_v to_o the_o best_a thing_n the_o power_n of_o the_o conscience_n excellent_a part_n of_o the_o mind_n always_o exhort_v and_o provoke_v to_o thing_n which_o be_v of_o the_o best_a sort_n for_o so_o have_v god_n and_o nature_n frame_v we_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o know_v we_o desire_v to_o express_v in_o act_n which_o thing_n when_o we_o do_v not_o we_o be_v reprove_v even_o by_o our_o own_o judgement_n and_o hereof_o come_v those_o wonderful_a force_n of_o the_o conscience_n which_o in_o sin_n of_o great_a weight_n can_v never_o be_v perfect_o quiet_v to_o with_o hold_v the_o truth_n in_o unrighteousness_n be_v proper_o to_o refuse_v the_o call_n of_o god_n which_o continual_o by_o his_o truth_n call_v we_o unto_o himself_o wherefore_o it_o shall_v be_v very_o profitable_a for_o we_o if_o when_o soever_o we_o have_v attain_v to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v true_a either_o by_o our_o own_o study_n or_o else_o by_o the_o observation_n of_o thing_n we_o straight_o way_n weigh_v 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change_v but_o here_o we_o remain_v the_o self_n same_o man_n which_o we_o be_v before_o of_o which_o thing_n we_o have_v a_o manifest_a testimony_n in_o the_o gospel_n christ_n do_v set_v forth_o unto_o the_o young_a man_n what_o he_o shall_v do_v to_o obtain_v salvation_n which_o when_o he_o have_v hear_v yet_o be_v he_o not_o move_v to_o geve_v place_n but_o go_v away_o with_o heaviness_n he_o trust_v unto_o natural_a strength_n and_o therefore_o he_o demand_v of_o the_o lord_n what_o he_o might_n to_o attain_v unto_o eternal_a truth_n example_n of_o diverse_a apprehension_n of_o the_o truth_n life_n but_o contrariwise_o matthew_n as_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o hear_v his_o vocation_n do_v with_o so_o great_a faith_n take_v hold_v of_o it_o that_o forsake_v money_n and_o his_o office_n he_o streyghte_v way_n follow_v christ_n and_o zachen_n who_o otherwise_o be_v
instrument_n be_v as_o touch_v god_n and_o the_o same_o be_v christ_n who_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n have_v use_v for_o a_o sacrifice_n the_o other_o instrument_n as_o touch_v we_o be_v faith_n whereby_o we_o take_v hold_v of_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o of_o his_o promise_n now_o speak_v he_o of_o the_o end_n justification_n the_o end_n of_o justification_n god_n will_v to_o no_o other_o end_n in_o such_o sort_n justify_v we_o but_o to_o declare_v his_o righteousness_n which_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v but_o by_o communicate_v it_o with_o other_o for_o they_o do_v a_o man_n declare_v his_o riches_n when_o he_o enrich_v other_o then_o declare_v a_o man_n his_o knowledge_n when_o he_o enstruct_v other_o then_o also_o show_v he_o his_o strength_n when_o he_o strengthen_v others_z as_o ambrose_n also_o say_v that_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v make_v manifest_a in_o iustifieng_v of_o we_o because_o he_o render_v according_a to_o his_o promise_n which_o he_o have_v make_v but_o there_o be_v no_o small_a emphasis_n in_o this_o that_o unto_o righteousness_n he_o add_v this_o word_n his_o commodity_n justification_n by_o faith_n have_v tâ—o_fw-la commodity_n to_o declare_v that_o there_o be_v utter_o no_o righteousness_n of_o we_o chrisostom_n upon_o this_o place_n say_v be_v not_o afeard_a for_o this_o righteousness_n consist_v not_o of_o work_n but_o of_o faith_n and_o he_o add_v that_o in_o it_o be_v two_o excellent_a commodity_n first_o for_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a second_o because_o god_n by_o it_o declare_v his_o own_o proper_a righteousness_n by_o the_o remission_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v pass_v i_o know_v not_o what_o move_v ambrose_n a_o strange_a rede_n and_o interpretation_n of_o ambrose_n ambrose_n not_o to_o read_v remission_n but_o purpose_n and_o in_o his_o interpretation_n he_o say_v because_o god_n purpose_v to_o deliver_v not_o only_o those_o which_o dwell_v in_o heaven_n but_o also_o those_o which_o be_v in_o hell_n which_o thing_n seem_v not_o to_o serve_v for_o this_o place_n erasmus_n suppose_v yâ—_z he_o red_z not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v remission_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v purpose_n &_o this_o read_n also_o do_v augustine_n follow_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o litera_fw-la the_o xiij_o cha_z but_o it_o be_v best_o we_o rede_v as_o the_o common_a read_v have_v it_o for_o so_o be_v express_v unto_o we_o in_o what_o thing_n chief_o consist_v justification_n namely_o in_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n which_o thing_n david_n set_v forth_o express_o when_o he_o say_v bless_a be_v they_o who_o iniquity_n justification_n in_o what_o thing_n chief_o consist_v justification_n be_v forgeven_v it_o come_v in_o deed_n by_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n that_o beside_o the_o forgevenes_n of_o sin_n follow_v a_o instauration_n or_o renew_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n but_o in_o the_o first_o principal_a point_n consist_v the_o sum_n of_o justification_n name_o the_o forgevenes_n of_o sin_n this_o particle_n which_o be_v add_v of_o the_o sin_n pass_v accord_v to_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o be_v put_v to_o take_v away_o licentiousness_n of_o sin_v that_o man_n shall_v not_o think_v that_o after_o they_o have_v obtain_v righteousness_n at_o god_n hand_n they_o shall_v then_o live_v lose_o but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v think_v rather_o that_o the_o apostle_n will_v hereby_o show_v the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o law_n and_o of_o philosophy_n &_o of_o human_a strength_n as_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o able_a to_o put_v away_o sin_n sin_n undoubted_o continue_v and_o abide_v until_o righteousness_n be_v by_o faith_n communicate_v unto_o us._n and_o that_o it_o do_v still_o abide_v we_o shall_v afterward_o hear_v of_o paul_n when_o a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v that_o sin_n reign_v from_o adam_n even_o unto_o moses_n and_o that_o he_o thereby_o prove_v for_o that_o death_n do_v spread_v abroad_o into_o all_o man_n and_o yet_o 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