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rationaliter_fw-la attributum_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la verò_fw-la quà _fw-la voluit_fw-la agitatum_fw-la which_o be_v wise_o give_v he_o of_o god_n but_o be_v manage_v by_o man_n at_o pleasure_n and_o level_v and_o direct_v to_o either_o object_n either_o good_a or_o evil_n either_o life_n or_o death_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o my_o knowledge_n of_o evil_n it_o be_v not_o my_o remembrance_n of_o evil_n it_o be_v not_o my_o contemplation_n of_o sin_n nay_o it_o be_v not_o my_o act_n of_o sin_n i_o mean_v the_o produce_v of_o the_o outward_a act_n which_o make_v sin_n mine_n but_o my_o will._n voluntas_fw-la mali_fw-la malos_fw-la efficit_fw-la sed_fw-la scientia_fw-la mali_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la scientes_fw-la malos_fw-la say_v parisiensis_fw-la sin_n may_v be_v in_o the_o understanding_n and_o in_o the_o memory_n and_o yet_o not_o i_o i_o may_v know_v it_o and_o loathe_v it_o i_o may_v remember_v and_o abhor_v it_o i_o may_v do_v some_o act_n which_o the_o law_n forbid_v and_o yet_o not_o break_v that_o law_n but_o when_o my_o will_n which_o do_v reign_n as_o a_o empress_n over_o every_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o over_o every_o part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o say_v unto_o this_o part_n go_v and_o it_o go_v and_o to_o another_o do_v this_o and_o it_o do_v it_o when_o this_o command_a faculty_n do_v once_o yield_v and_o give_v she_o assent_v against_o that_o law_n which_o be_v just_a fit_a jam_fw-la proprietas_fw-la mali_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la &_o quodammodo_fw-la natura_fw-la say_v tertullian_n then_o sin_n be_v our_o choice_n our_o purchase_n our_o possession_n and_o there_o arise_v a_o kind_n of_o propriety_n and_o it_o be_v make_v in_o a_o manner_n natural_a unto_o we_o because_o we_o receive_v and_o admit_v it_o into_o our_o very_a nature_n at_o that_o gate_n which_o we_o may_v have_v shut_v against_o it_o the_o adulterer_n may_v think_v that_o he_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o sin_n till_o he_o have_v take_v his_o fill_n of_o lust_n but_o that_o sin_n be_v he_o when_o his_o will_n first_o yield_v an_fw-mi putas_fw-la tunc_fw-la primùm_fw-la te_fw-la intrare_fw-la meritorium_fw-la cùm_fw-la fornicem_fw-la meretricis_fw-la ingrederis_fw-la say_v st._n ambrose_n do_v thou_o think_v thou_o then_o first_o enterd_v the_o stew_n when_o thou_o do_v first_o set_v foot_n in_o the_o harlot_n house_n intrasti_fw-la jam_fw-la cùm_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la tuas_fw-la meretrix_n intravit_fw-la thou_o be_v in_o already_o when_o the_o strange_a woman_n enter_v thy_o thought_n and_o when_o thy_o will_n have_v determine_v its_o act_n thou_o be_v a_o adulterer_n though_o thou_o know_v no_o woman_n and_o st._n augustine_n give_v the_o reason_n nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la aliud_fw-la quà m_fw-la ipsum_fw-la velle_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la volumus_fw-la for_o to_o have_v that_o which_o i_o will_v it_o be_v enough_o to_o will_v it_o villicus_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la nihil_fw-la peccat_fw-la say_v columella_n the_o steward_n or_o farmer_n do_v nothing_o amiss_o unless_o he_o will_n homo_fw-la potest_fw-la peccare_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la nolit_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la say_v the_o father_n man_n may_v sin_v but_o if_o he_o sin_v there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o reason_n give_v but_o his_o will._n for_o the_o will_n be_v of_o that_o power_n as_o to_o entitle_v i_o to_o sin_n though_o i_o break_v not_o forth_o into_o action_n and_o when_o i_o be_o force_v to_o the_o outward_a act_n to_o quit_v i_o from_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n to_o denominate_v i_o either_o evil_a or_o good_a when_o i_o do_v neither_o evil_a nor_o good_a and_o when_o my_o hand_n be_v shackle_a and_o bind_v lucrece_n be_v ravish_v by_o tarquin_n and_o yet_o be_v as_o chaste_a as_o before_o and_o the_o orator_n say_v well_o duo_o fuerunt_fw-la &_o adulterium_fw-la unus_fw-la admisit_fw-la there_o be_v two_o in_o the_o fact_n and_o but_o one_o commit_v adultery_n for_o natural_a reason_n do_v suggest_v this_o mentem_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la that_o it_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o will_n and_o not_o the_o body_n which_o sin_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o strong_a resolution_n not_o to_o offend_v there_o can_v be_v no_o offence_n at_o all_o for_o it_o be_v not_o in_o my_o power_n what_o to_o do_v or_o not_o to_o do_v but_o it_o be_v in_o my_o power_n to_o will_n or_o not_o to_o will_v to_o make_v choice_n or_o refuse_v and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o such_o danger_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o freewill_n as_o some_o have_v fancy_v to_o themselves_o and_o bring_v it_o in_o as_o a_o argument_n against_o it_o that_o it_o be_v dangerous_a for_o though_o my_o will_n be_v free_a my_o power_n be_v restrain_v and_o have_v bound_n set_v it_o thus_o far_o shall_v i_o go_v and_o no_o far_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v hierocles_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v before_o i_o i_o may_v choose_v but_o those_o i_o can_v which_o be_v out_o of_o my_o reach_n i_o may_v will_v the_o ruin_n of_o a_o kingdom_n when_o i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o destroy_v a_o cottage_n i_o may_v will_v the_o death_n of_o my_o brother_n and_o yet_o not_o be_v able_a to_o lift_v up_o my_o finger_n against_o he_o my_o will_n be_v illimited_a but_o my_o power_n have_v bound_n and_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o a_o argument_n against_o freewill_n but_o a_o rhetorical_a flourish_n and_o empty_a boast_n which_o we_o find_v in_o martin_n luther_n veniant_fw-la magnifici_fw-la illi_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la ostentatores_fw-la say_v he_o let_v those_o loud_a and_o glorious_a upholder_n of_o freewill_n come_v and_o show_v this_o freedom_n but_o in_o the_o kill_n of_o a_o flea_n for_o he_o mistake_v and_o make_v our_o power_n and_o will_n to_o a_o act_n all_o one_o when_o it_o be_v plain_a and_o manifest_a that_o he_o who_o can_v challenge_v a_o power_n to_o kill_v a_o flea_n yet_o may_v put_v on_o a_o will_n and_o resolution_n to_o murder_v a_o
stand_v upright_o at_o the_o great_a day_n of_o trial_n neither_o do_v these_o monster_n only_o blemish_v this_o doctrine_n but_o it_o receive_v some_o stain_n also_o from_o their_o hand_n who_o be_v its_o stout_a champion_n not_o to_o mention_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n theophilus_n cyprian_n hilary_n and_o other_o st._n augustine_n that_o great_a pillar_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o who_o memory_n will_v be_v ever_o precious_a in_o the_o church_n though_o he_o often_o interpret_v the_o word_n justification_n for_o remission_n of_o sin_n yet_o be_v deceive_v by_o the_o likeness_n of_o sound_n in_o these_o two_o word_n justificare_fw-la and_o sanctificare_fw-la do_v in_o many_o place_n confound_v they_o both_o and_o make_v justification_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o make_n of_o a_o man_n just_a so_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o litera_fw-la c._n 26._o interpret_n that_o of_o the_o apostle_n be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n he_o make_v this_o discant_fw-la non_fw-fr ait_fw-fr per_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la he_o do_v not_o say_v by_o the_o law_n but_o by_o grace_n and_o he_o give_v his_o reason_n ut_fw-la sanet_fw-la gratia_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ut_fw-la sanata_fw-la voluntas_fw-la impleat_fw-la legem_fw-la that_o grace_n may_v cure_v the_o will_n and_o the_o will_n be_v free_v may_v fulfil_v the_o law_n and_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la &_o gratia_n he_o say_v spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n diffundit_fw-la charitatem_fw-la quâ_fw-la unâ_fw-la justi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quicunque_fw-la justi_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o holy_a spirit_n power_n out_o his_o love_n into_o our_o heart_n by_o which_o love_n alone_o they_o be_v just_a whosoever_o be_v just_a and_o whosoever_o be_v but_o little_a conversant_a in_o that_o father_n shall_v soon_o observe_v that_o where_o he_o deal_v with_o the_o pelagian_a he_o make_v the_o grace_n of_o justification_n and_o of_o sanctification_n all_o one_o now_o that_o which_o the_o 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in_o his_o 1_o a_o 2_o ae_z q._n 113._o though_o he_o grant_v what_o he_o can_v deny_v because_o it_o be_v a_o plain_a text_n that_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o not-imputation_n of_o sin_n yet_o he_o add_v that_o god_n wrath_n will_v not_o be_v appease_v till_o sin_n be_v purge_v out_o and_o a_o new_a habit_n of_o grace_n infuse_v into_o the_o soul_n which_o god_n do_v look_v upon_o and_o respect_n when_o he_o forgive_v our_o sin_n hence_o those_o unsavoury_a tenet_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n that_o justification_n be_v not_o a_o pronounce_v but_o a_o make_v one_o righteous_a that_o inherent_a holiness_n be_v the_o formal_a cause_n of_o justification_n that_o we_o may_v redeem_v our_o sin_n and_o puchase_v forgiveness_n by_o fast_v almsdeed_n and_o other_o good_a work_n all_o which_o if_o she_o do_v not_o expose_v to_o the_o world_n in_o this_o very_a garb_n and_o shape_n yet_o she_o so_o present_v they_o that_o they_o seem_v to_o speak_v no_o less_o so_o that_o her_o follower_n be_v very_o apt_a and_o prompt_a to_o come_v towards_o they_o and_o embrace_v they_o even_o in_o this_o shape_n and_o although_o bellarmine_n by_o confound_v the_o term_n of_o justification_n and_o distinguish_v of_o a_o faith_n inform_v with_o charity_n and_o a_o faith_n which_o be_v not_o and_o by_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n and_o those_o which_o be_v do_v by_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o by_o allot_v no_o reward_n but_o that_o which_o be_v free_o promise_v and_o promise_v to_o those_o who_o be_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n and_o adoption_n though_o by_o grant_v that_o the_o reward_n do_v far_o exceed_v the_o dignity_n of_o our_o work_n he_o strive_v to_o bring_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o near_o to_o st._n paul_n as_o he_o can_v and_o lay_v all_o the_o colour_n he_o have_v to_o make_v her_o opinion_n resemble_v he_o yet_o when_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o saint_n may_v true_o satisfy_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o merit_v eternal_a life_n when_o he_o make_v our_o satisfaction_n go_v hand_n in_o hand_n with_o christ_n and_o that_o fast_v and_o prayer_n and_o alm_n be_v satisfactory_a not_o only_o for_o punishment_n but_o for_o all_o punishment_n and_o which_o be_v more_o for_o the_o guilt_n itself_o he_o have_v in_o effect_n unsay_v what_o former_o he_o have_v lay_v down_o concern_v the_o free_a remission_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o make_v so_o wide_a a_o breach_n between_o st._n paul_n and_o their_o church_n as_o neither_o st._n peter_n nor_o all_o the_o saint_n they_o invocate_v be_v able_a to_o close_v in_o a_o word_n he_o speak_v as_o good_a sense_n as_o theodorus_n antiochenus_fw-la do_v in_o photius_n his_o bibliotheca_fw-la who_o make_v a_o twofold_a forgiveness_n of_o sin_n the_o one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v do_v the_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o impeccancie_n or_o leave_v off_o 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