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A18305 The second part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholicke VVherein the religion established in our Church of England (for the points here handled) is apparently iustified by authoritie of Scripture, and testimonie of the auncient Church, against the vaine cauillations collected by Doctor Bishop seminary priest, as out of other popish writers, so especially out of Bellarmine, and published vnder the name of The marrow and pith of many large volumes, for the oppugning thereof. By Robert Abbot Doctor of Diuinitie.; Defence of the Reformed Catholicke of M. W. Perkins. Part 2 Abbot, Robert, 1560-1618. 1607 (1607) STC 49; ESTC S100532 1,359,700 1,255

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deliver_v from_o the_o body_n of_o death_n for_o debetur_fw-la for_o de_fw-fr nat_n et_fw-fr great_a ca._n 55._o de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la mors_fw-la corporis_fw-la separat_fw-la sed_fw-la contracta_fw-la exillo_fw-la vitia_fw-la coherent_a quibus_fw-la iusta_fw-la poena_fw-la debetur_fw-la the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n separate_v the_o wicked_a from_o the_o body_n when_o yet_o the_o vice_n and_o sin_n thereby_o gather_v do_v stick_v fast_o to_o which_o just_a punishment_n remain_v due_a therefore_o when_o he_o pray_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n ibid._n death_n ibid._n de_fw-fr vitijs_fw-la corporis_fw-la dicit_fw-la he_o mean_v it_o of_o the_o vicious_a affection_n of_o the_o body_n corpus_fw-la body_n de_fw-fr temp._n ser_n 45._o per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mortis_fw-la corpus_fw-la by_o concupiscence_n be_v it_o that_o this_o our_o body_n of_o death_n be_v so_o call_v so_o oecumenius_n say_v that_o the_o 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god_n whole_o take_v away_o which_o be_v so_o palpable_o false_a as_o that_o we_o may_v wonder_v that_o he_o have_v so_o little_a feel_n of_o conscience_n as_o that_o for_o shame_n he_o will_v write_v it_o to_o the_o world_n for_o if_o there_o be_v that_o cure_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o baptise_a how_o be_v it_o that_o there_o be_v so_o little_a effect_n or_o token_n thereof_o how_o be_v it_o that_o after_o baptism_n there_o remain_v so_o great_a crookedness_n &_o perverseness_n of_o nature_n which_o we_o find_v common_o to_o be_v no_o less_o then_o from_o the_o begin_n man_n have_v complain_v of_o how_o be_v it_o that_o it_o be_v docemur_fw-la be_v cyprian_n de_fw-fr cardinal_n christi_fw-la operib_n in_o prologo_fw-la ommno_fw-la rarum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o difficile_fw-la fieri_fw-la bonum_fw-la facile_fw-la &_o pronum_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la malum_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la sine_fw-la magi_fw-la stro_fw-la sine_fw-la exemplo_fw-la doctrina_fw-la statim_fw-la à_fw-la pubescent●bus_fw-la annu_fw-fr imbuimur_fw-la &_o docemur_fw-la so_o rare_a and_o hard_a a_o matter_n to_o be_v train_v to_o goodness_n so_o easy_a and_o ready_a a_o matter_n to_o become_v naught_o that_o to_o the_o one_o we_o attain_v with_o much_o difficulty_n albeit_o
no_o sin_n and_o we_o do_v not_o therein_o deceive_v ourselves_o and_o though_o we_o die_v yet_o it_o be_v not_o by_o reason_n of_o sin_n that_o we_o die_v but_o either_o by_o the_o distemperature_n of_o our_o body_n or_o external_a violence_n but_o if_o m._n perkins_n have_v say_v as_o he_o may_v have_v say_v infant_n after_o baptism_n be_v subject_a to_o distemperature_n of_o body_n and_o external_a violence_n and_o death_n follow_v all_o which_o be_v the_o proper_a effect_n of_o sin_n therefore_o they_o be_v not_o without_o sin_n in_o what_o a_o woeful_a case_n have_v m._n bishop_n be_v and_o how_o have_v he_o be_v put_v to_o his_o shift_n to_o devise_v a_o answer_n sure_o s._n austin_n say_v that_o peccato_fw-la that_o au●ust_n in_o psal_n 37._o non_fw-la aliquid_fw-la patimur_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la vita_fw-la n_o si_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la morte_fw-la quam_fw-la m●ruimus_fw-la primo_fw-la peccato_fw-la we_o suffer_v not_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o life_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o that_o death_n which_o we_o deserve_v by_o the_o first_o sin_n and_o so_o say_v origen_n very_o right_o that_o est_fw-la that_o origen_n in_o levit_fw-la hom_n 3._o nobis_fw-la homini●us_fw-la vel_fw-la mors_fw-la velreliqua_fw-la omnis_fw-la fragilitas_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la ex_fw-la piccati_fw-la conditione_n superducta_fw-la est_fw-la death_n and_o all_o other_o frailty_n in_o the_o flesh_n be_v bring_v upon_o we_o by_o the_o condition_n or_o state_n of_o sin_n therefore_o distemperature_n and_o weakness_n and_o sickness_n and_o suffer_v of_o external_a violence_n be_v no_o less_o argument_n of_o sin_n then_o death_n itself_o and_o how_o then_o do_v he_o make_v these_o the_o cause_n of_o death_n without_o sin_n when_o they_o be_v no_o otherwise_o the_o cause_n of_o death_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o sin_n but_o he_o add_v further_a that_o god_n who_o free_o bestow_v their_o life_n on_o they_o may_v when_o it_o please_v he_o as_o free_o take_v their_o life_n from_o they_o but_o yet_o 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death_n be_v the_o put_v off_o of_o this_o corruption_n the_o dissolution_n &_o full_a mortification_n of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n that_o this_o slough_n be_v cast_v off_o and_o mortality_n change_v into_o immortality_n &_o corruption_n into_o incorruption_n they_o may_v be_v fit_a for_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n thus_o epiphanius_n bring_v in_o methodius_n dispute_v against_o proclus_n the_o origenist_n that_o etc._n that_o epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 64._o ex_fw-la methodi●_n in_o auxiliaris_fw-la medicamenti_fw-la modum_fw-la ab_fw-la auxiliatore_fw-la nostro_fw-la &_o verè_fw-la medico_fw-la deo_fw-la ad_fw-la eradicationem_fw-la peccati_fw-la ac_fw-la deletionem_fw-la assumptae_fw-la est_fw-la mors_fw-la etc._n etc._n instar_fw-la medicamentariae_fw-la purgationis_fw-la mortem_fw-la deus_fw-la benè_fw-la invenit_fw-la quo_fw-la sic_fw-la omnino_fw-la inculpabiles_fw-la &_o innoxij_fw-la inveniamur_fw-la etc._n etc._n videtur_fw-la velut_fw-la siquis_fw-la summus_fw-la opifex_fw-la statuam_fw-la pulchram_fw-la ex_fw-la auro_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la materia_fw-la à_fw-la se_fw-la constructam_fw-la rursus_fw-la conflet_fw-la mutilatam_fw-la repentè_fw-fr conspicatus_fw-la à_fw-la pessimo_fw-la quodam_fw-la homine_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n as_o the_o true_a physician_n have_v appoint_v death_n for_o a_o medicinable_a purgation_n for_o the_o utter_a root_n out_o and_o put_v away_o of_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v faultless_a and_o innocent_a and_o that_o as_o a_o goodly_a golden_a image_n sightly_o and_o seemly_o in_o all_o part_n if_o it_o be_v break_v and_o deface_v by_o any_o mean_n must_v be_v new_o cast_v and_o frame_v again_o for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o blemish_n and_o disgrace_n of_o it_o even_o so_o man_n the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v maim_v and_o disgrace_v by_o sin_n for_o the_o put_v away_o of_o those_o disgrace_n and_o the_o repair_n of_o his_o ruin_n and_o decay_n must_v by_o death_n be_v dissolve_v into_o the_o earth_n thence_o to_o be_v raise_v up_o again_o perfect_a and_o without_o default_n now_o if_o m._n bishop_n will_v not_o learn_v it_o of_o we_o yet_o let_v he_o learn_v it_o of_o these_o ancient_a father_n that_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n even_o in_o they_o to_o who_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v forgive_v &_o pardon_v for_o christ_n sake_n but_o he_o go_v further_a true_a it_o be_v that_o if_o our_o first_o parent_n have_v not_o sin_v no_o man_n shall_v have_v die_v but_o both_o have_v be_v long_o preserve_v in_o paradise_n by_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o wood_n of_o life_n and_o final_o translate_v without_o death_n into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o since_o they_o have_v sin_v what_o marry_o it_o be_v most_o true_o say_v by_o s._n paul_n death_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n by_o sin_n well_o then_o if_o it_o enter_v by_o sin_n into_o the_o world_n do_v it_o continue_v in_o the_o world_n by_o any_o other_o thing_n then_o by_o which_o it_o first_o enter_v nay_o as_o it_o enter_v by_o sin_n so_o sin_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o continue_n of_o it_o and_o without_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o death_n in_o the_o fail_n of_o the_o cause_n must_v needs_o be_v a_o surcease_n of_o the_o effect_n now_o to_o show_v that_o death_n be_v the_o proper_a effect_n of_o sin_n m._n perkins_n allege_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n but_o m._n bishop_n say_v that_o this_o place_n be_v foul_o abuse_v by_o he_o and_o why_o so_o forsooth_o the_o apostle_n here_o by_o death_n mean_v eternal_a damnation_n and_o what_o then_o do_v he_o therefore_o not_o mean_v bodily_a death_n also_o sure_o the_o apostle_n allude_v to_o that_o that_o god_n say_v to_o our_o father_n adam_n in_o the_o beginning_n 2.17_o beginning_n gen._n 2.17_o in_o the_o day_n that_o thou_o shall_v eat_v of_o that_o forbid_a tree_n thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n thereby_o threaten_v unto_o he_o both_o the_o first_o and_o second_o death_n and_o in_o that_o meaning_n have_v the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o death_n in_o the_o chapter_n go_v before_o that_o by_o sin_n come_v death_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o m._n bishop_n great_a master_n thomas_n aquinas_n tell_v he_o that_o when_o the_o apostle_n immediate_o before_o say_v the_o end_n of_o those_o thing_n be_v death_n he_o mean_v by_o death_n aeterna_fw-la death_n though_o aquin._n in_o rom._n cap_n 6._o peccata_fw-la ●e_n se_fw-la nata_fw-la sunt_fw-la in●iucere_fw-la m●●tem_fw-la temporalem_fw-la &_o eterna●●_n et_fw-fr ●o_z ●arg_fw-mi finis_fw-la peccati_fw-la mori_fw-la tam_fw-la temporalis_fw-la quàm_fw-la aeterna_fw-la both_o temporal_a and_o eternal_a death_n another_o exception_n be_v that_o sin_n be_v here_o take_v only_o for_o actual_a sin_n which_o be_v a_o fiction_n mere_o absurd_a and_o vain_a for_o it_o be_v a_o proposition_n universal_a concern_v all_o sin_n and_o so_o use_v universal_o by_o all_o writer_n and_o if_o it_o be_v true_a of_o actual_a sin_n that_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n much_o more_o be_v it_o true_a of_o original_a sin_n which_o be_v the_o filthy_a and_o corrupt_a fountain_n whence_o all_o actual_a sin_n do_v spring_n and_o that_o we_o may_v know_v that_o m._n bishop_n himself_o be_v of_o no_o other_o mind_n he_o himself_o have_v use_v it_o in_o the_o section_n next_o save_o one_o before_o this_o concern_v original_a sin_n argue_v that_o if_o original_a sin_n be_v proper_o sin_n in_o the_o regenerate_a than_o it_o shall_v cause_v death_n unto_o they_o because_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o he_o speak_v but_o at_o all_o adventure_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o present_a turn_n without_o any_o conscience_n or_o regard_n of_o that_o he_o speak_v whether_o it_o be_v true_a or_o false_a he_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o bellarmine_n school_n and_o of_o he_o have_v learn_v to_o care_n no_o further_o but_o only_o to_o say_v somewhat_o though_o it_o be_v stark_o naught_o now_o for_o conclusion_n of_o this_o
cap._n 9_o nunquid_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la negate_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quia_fw-la deo_fw-la totum_fw-la tribuit_fw-la quòd_fw-la rectè_fw-la vivimus_fw-la do_v a_o man_n deny_v free_a will_n say_v he_o because_o he_o attribute_v it_o whole_o to_o god_n that_o we_o live_v well_o nequeamus_fw-la well_o retract_v lib._n 1●_n cap_n 9_o tale_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la illo_fw-la rectè_fw-la vivere_fw-la nequeamus_fw-la without_o freedom_n of_o will_v we_o can_v live_v well_o for_o how_o shall_v a_o man_n do_v well_o without_o his_o will_n but_o yet_o this_o free_a will_n to_o live_v well_o be_v voluntas_fw-la be_v cont_n 2._o epist_n pelag._n lib._n 3_o cap._n 7._o hominis_fw-la non_fw-la libera_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la liberata_fw-la voluntas_fw-la a_o will_v not_o free_a mere_o &_o of_o itself_o but_o make_v free_a by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o then_o be_v potest_fw-la be_v de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 14._o cap._n 11._o arbitrium_fw-la voluntatu_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la veer_fw-la liberum_fw-la cùm_fw-la vetijs_fw-la peccatisque_fw-la non_fw-la seruit_fw-la tale_n datum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la quod_fw-la amissum_fw-la proprio_fw-la vitio_fw-la nisi_fw-la à_fw-la quo_fw-la dari_fw-la potuit_fw-la reddi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o will_n of_o man_n free_a indeed_o when_o it_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n and_o such_o a_o free_a will_n god_n give_v to_o man_n in_o the_o beginning_n but_o he_o lose_v it_o by_o his_o own_o default_n and_o be_v lose_v it_o can_v be_v restore_v but_o by_o he_o that_o be_v able_a first_o to_o give_v it_o in_o christ_n therefore_o it_o be_v restore_v unto_o we_o who_o by_o his_o 51.12_o his_o esai_n 51.12_o free_a spirit_n give_v 1_o give_v esa_n ●1_n 1_o liberty_n to_o the_o captive_n and_o open_v the_o prison_n to_o they_o that_o be_v bind_v and_o 1.13_o and_o col._n 1.13_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n and_o make_v we_o 7.22_o we_o 1_o cor._n 7.22_o freeman_n unto_o he_o but_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o have_v receive_v but_o 8.23_o but_o rom._n 8.23_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o who_o this_o freedom_n be_v wrought_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n 3.17_o apostle_n 2._o cor._n 3.17_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n the_o same_o be_v yet_o but_o begin_v in_o we_o so_o that_o liberias_fw-la that_o august_n in_o joan._n tract_n 41._o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la libertas_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la seruitus_fw-la nondum_fw-la tota_fw-la nondum_fw-la pura_fw-la nondum_fw-la plena_fw-la liberias_fw-la there_o be_v partly_o freedom_n and_o partly_o bondage_n not_o yet_o whole_a and_o pure_a and_o perfect_a freedom_n for_o no_o further_a be_v the_o will_v free_v than_o it_o be_v renew_v and_o it_o be_v renew_v as_o yet_o but_o in_o part_n continue_v still_o est_fw-la still_o de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la mer._n &_o rem_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o animus_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la interior_a nondum_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la nondum_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la intantum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o vetustate_fw-la est_fw-la in_o part_n in_o the_o old_a estate_n therefore_o it_o be_v so_o make_v free_a as_o that_o in_o some_o part_n we_o have_v cause_n still_o to_o complain_v with_o the_o apostle_n 7.14_o apostle_n rom._n 7.14_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n and_o to_o pray_v with_o the_o prophet_n david_n 142.7_o david_n psal_n 142.7_o bring_v my_o soul_n out_o of_o prison_n that_o i_o may_v give_v thanks_n unto_o thy_o name_n hence_o be_v that_o heaviness_n and_o dulness_n that_o waywardnesse_n and_o untowardness_n that_o retention_n and_o hold_v back_o that_o still_o we_o find_v in_o we_o in_o the_o apply_v of_o ourselves_o to_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o as_o touch_v that_o wherein_o we_o be_v renew_v and_o make_v free_a it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o uphold_v we_o and_o keep_v we_o 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not_o in_o regard_n of_o concupiscence_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o excessive_a and_o unlawful_a riot_n of_o it_o s._n bernard_n who_o m._n perkins_n often_o cit_v against_o we_o tribul_a serm._n de_fw-fr se●_n tribul_a and_o therefore_o may_v sometime_o be_v allege_v for_o we_o have_v these_o word_n sin_n be_v at_o the_o door_n but_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o open_v it_o it_o will_v not_o enter_v in_o lust_n tickle_v at_o the_o heart_n but_o unless_o thou_o willing_o yield_v unto_o it_o it_o shall_v do_v thou_o no_o hurt_n withhold_v thy_o consent_n and_o it_o prevail_v not_o s._n aug._n and_o s._n cirill_n have_v be_v cite_v already_o s._n hier._n and_o s._n greg._n shall_v be_v hereafter_o who_o with_o the_o confession_n of_o caluin_n may_v serve_v sufficient_o to_o prove_v that_o approve_a antiquity_n be_v whole_o for_o us._n and_o if_o any_o desire_n to_o know_v the_o founder_n of_o our_o adversary_n doctrine_n in_o this_o point_n let_v he_o read_v the_o 64._o heresy_n record_v 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rebel_n where_o to_o be_v only_o be_v to_o be_v in_o pay_n so_o may_v we_o say_v that_o it_o be_v no_o where_n more_o easy_a writing_n then_o among_o heretic_n and_o rebel_n against_o the_o truth_n where_o to_o write_v only_o be_v sufficient_a to_o commend_v a_o man_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n how_o or_o what_o he_o write_v such_o a_o writer_n be_v m._n bishop_n a_o bad_a one_o god_n know_v but_o we_o can_v look_v for_o no_o better_a of_o he_o then_o the_o matter_n will_v afford_v he_o he_o say_v that_o m._n perkins_n have_v but_o one_o sentence_n of_o s._n austin_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o position_n and_o that_o nothing_o for_o his_o purpose_n but_o m._n perkins_n have_v allege_v more_o than_o he_o have_v answer_v and_o it_o seem_v that_o that_o one_o sentence_n be_v to_o the_o purpose_n which_o he_o can_v not_o otherwise_o shift_v of_o but_o by_o loud_a dissemble_n and_o conceal_v of_o that_o wherein_o s._n austin_n with_o main_a stream_n do_v run_v against_o he_o again_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o m._n perkins_n confess_v ingenuous_o that_o s._n austin_n in_o sundry_a place_n deni_v concupiscence_n to_o be_v sin_n and_o we_o confess_v as_o much_o and_o expound_v s._n austin_n meaning_n as_o he_o do_v that_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n to_o the_o person_n not_o that_o in_o itself_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n but_o this_o he_o say_v be_v already_o confute_v and_o we_o say_v that_o his_o imagine_a confutation_n be_v already_o reconfuted_a but_o he_o give_v we_o a_o reason_n why_o it_o can_v be_v so_o for_o sin_n that_o be_v a_o accident_n and_o so_o proper_o inherent_a in_o his_o subject_n can_v be_v at_o all_o if_o it_o be_v not_o in_o some_o person_n &_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o same_o person_n and_o we_o answer_v he_o by_o s._n austin_n that_o it_o be_v sin_n in_o the_o person_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o person_n by_o inherent_a quality_n and_o disposition_n but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o person_n by_o account_n of_o guilt_n and_o imputation_n for_o the_o approve_v whereof_o m._n perkins_n allege_v two_o place_n out_o of_o austin_n which_o m._n bishop_n honest_o pass_v over_o as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o see_v they_o but_o they_o will_v meet_v with_o he_o again_o anon_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o bring_v we_o in_o our_o patriarch_n as_o he_o call_v he_o john_n caluin_n refer_v his_o reader_n to_o s._n austin_n to_o know_v by_o he_o the_o judgement_n of_o antiquity_n concern_v this_o matter_n of_o concupiscence_n where_o i_o answer_v he_o that_o we_o honour_n caluin_n indeed_o as_o a_o singular_a instrument_n of_o god_n for_o the_o restore_n of_o the_o light_n of_o his_o truth_n and_o overthrow_v of_o the_o throne_n of_o the_o purple_a whore_n of_o rome_n but_o we_o make_v he_o no_o patriarch_n we_o follow_v he_o
when_o they_o be_v do_v they_o be_v pass_v yet_o the_o guilt_n still_o abide_v and_o except_o it_o be_v pardon_v shall_v abide_v for_o ever_o so_o the_o guilt_n of_o concupiscence_n when_o it_o be_v pardon_v be_v take_v away_o though_o itself_o abide_v for_o not_o to_o have_v sin_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o say_v not_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n he_o that_o have_v commit_v adultery_n though_o he_o do_v it_o no_o more_o be_v still_o guilty_a till_o it_o be_v pardon_v therefore_o he_o have_v his_o sin_n still_o though_o that_o which_o he_o have_v commit_v now_o be_v not_o in_o be_v be_v pass_v with_o the_o time_n wherein_o it_o be_v do_v such_o sin_n therefore_o remain_v except_o they_o be_v forgive_v but_o how_o do_v they_o remain_v be_v now_o past_a but_o because_o they_o be_v pass_v as_o touch_v their_o actual_a be_v but_o remain_v still_o as_o touch_v the_o guilt_n even_o so_o say_v he_o it_o may_v well_o be_v that_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o flesh_n remain_v still_o as_o touch_v the_o actual_a be_v but_o yet_o as_o touch_v the_o guilt_n be_v past_a and_o go_v he_o call_v this_o concupiscence_n damnatur_fw-la concupiscence_n ibid._n cap._n 23._o propter_fw-la damnabile_fw-la vitium_fw-la quo_fw-la vitiata_fw-la est_fw-la natura_fw-la humana_fw-la damnatur_fw-la a_o damnable_a pollution_n and_o uncleanness_n wherewith_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v defile_v and_o for_o which_o it_o be_v condemn_v and_o he_o say_v thereof_o that_o baptismo_fw-la that_o contra_fw-la julian._n pelag._n lib._n 2._o est_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mali_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sed_fw-la reatus_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la contractus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la auferiu●_n in_o baptismo_fw-la not_o the_o evil_n itself_o but_o the_o guilt_n that_o be_v gather_v thereof_o be_v take_v away_o in_o baptism_n that_o this_o sin_n be_v tenebat_fw-la be_v jbid._n mortu●_n est_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la reatu_fw-la quo_fw-la nos_fw-la tenebat_fw-la dead_a as_o touch_v the_o guilt_n wherein_o it_o hold_v we_o that_o peccatum_fw-la that_o contra_fw-la dvas_fw-la epistolas_fw-la pelag._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 13._o reatus_fw-la eius_fw-la generatione_n tractus_fw-la regeneratione_n dimissus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la the_o guilt_n thereof_o which_o we_o have_v draw_v by_o generation_n be_v pardon_v by_o regeneration_n and_o therefore_o now_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n thus_o when_o julian_n object_v to_o he_o that_o if_o concupiscence_n be_v evil_a than_o the_o baptise_a shall_v be_v without_o it_o he_o answer_v that_o malis_fw-la that_o contr._n julian._n lib_n 6._o cap._n 5._o baptizatus_fw-la caret_fw-la omni_fw-la peccato_fw-la non_fw-la omni_fw-la malo_fw-la quod_fw-la plantùs_fw-la ita_fw-la dicitur_fw-la caret_fw-la reatu_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la non_fw-la omnibus_fw-la malis_fw-la the_o baptise_a be_v void_v of_o all_o sin_n not_o of_o all_o evil_a which_o say_v he_o be_v more_o plain_o speak_v thus_o he_o be_v void_a of_o the_o guilt_n of_o all_o evil_a not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v evil_a affirm_v the_o guilt_n only_o to_o be_v take_v away_o but_o that_o the_o evil_a that_o before_o make_v he_o guilty_a remain_v still_o therefore_o he_o say_v that_o est_fw-la that_o ibid._n lib._n 2._o non_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la appellatur_fw-la paccatum_fw-la quo_fw-la facit_fw-la reum_fw-la &_o priùs_fw-la cvius_fw-la manentis_fw-la reatus_fw-la in_o sacro_fw-la fonte_fw-la remissus_fw-la est_fw-la concupiscence_n be_v not_o call_v sin_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o sin_n make_v guilty_a because_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v release_v in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o regeneration_n the_o place_n be_v infinite_a wherein_o he_o speak_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n that_o etc._n that_o de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la mer._n &_o remissa_fw-la ib._n 1._o cap._n 39_o ipsa_fw-la lex_fw-la peccati_fw-la solu●o_fw-la reatus_fw-la vinculo_fw-la manet_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o sin_n the_o bond_n of_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v loose_v continue_v still_o that_o soluitur_fw-la that_o jbid._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o manente_fw-la ipsa_fw-la lege_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la reatus_fw-la eius_fw-la soluitur_fw-la the_o law_n of_o concupiscence_n be_v still_o abide_v but_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v release_v that_o paulatim_fw-la that_o cont._n julian._n lib_n 2._o savet_fw-la vitiatum_fw-la à_fw-la reatu_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la paulatim_fw-la god_n heal_v the_o corruption_n of_o man_n from_o the_o guilt_n forthwith_o but_o from_o the_o infirmity_n by_o little_a and_o little_a that_o finitur_fw-la that_o ibid_fw-la remittitur_fw-la in_o baptismate_fw-la lex_fw-la peccati_fw-la non_fw-la finitur_fw-la the_o law_n of_o sin_n be_v remit_v and_o pardon_v in_o baptism_n but_o not_o end_v that_o remaneant_fw-la that_o ibid._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 5._o vitia_n ista_fw-la curantur_fw-la priùs_fw-la ut_fw-la reatu_fw-la non_fw-la teneant_fw-la deinde_fw-la ut_fw-la conflictu_fw-la non_fw-la vincant_fw-la postremò_fw-la ut_fw-la omni_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la saenata_fw-la nulla_fw-la omnino_fw-la remaneant_fw-la the_o vice_n of_o concupiscence_n be_v cure_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o hold_v we_o not_o in_o guilt_n but_o that_o they_o remain_v for_o we_o to_o fight_v with_o and_o conquer_v and_o last_o of_o all_o to_o be_v perfect_o heal_v not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o still_o beat_v upon_o this_o that_o there_o be_v still_o remain_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o be_v before_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n before_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n still_o evil_o before_o evil_a still_o a_o vice_n or_o corruption_n before_o a_o vice_n and_o corruption_n still_o only_o the_o guilt_n take_v away_o and_o thereby_o only_o deny_v to_o be_v sin_n now_o in_o this_o we_o contend_v not_o with_o austin_n nor_o austin_n with_o we_o we_o shall_v easy_o accord_v with_o he_o that_o concupiscence_n in_o the_o regenerate_a be_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n import_v and_o impli_v guilt_n because_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v remit_v and_o pardon_v but_o set_v aside_o the_o respect_n of_o guilt_n and_o consider_v sin_n as_o it_o be_v oposite_a to_o righteousness_n do_v he_o in_o that_o respect_n acquit_v concupiscence_n from_o the_o condition_n of_o sin_n no_o very_o for_o he_o acknowledge_v that_o reatum_fw-la that_o contr._n julian_n lib._n 2._o non_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la appellatur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quo_fw-la facit_fw-la reum_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la reatu_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la faction_n &_o quod_fw-la rebellando_fw-la nos_fw-la trahere_fw-la uttitur_fw-la ad_fw-la reatum_fw-la though_o it_o be_v not_o call_v sin_n in_o that_o sort_n as_o that_o it_o make_v guilty_a yet_o it_o be_v call_v sin_n for_o that_o by_o rebel_a it_o labour_v to_o draw_v we_o into_o guilt_n and_o when_o julian_n the_o pelagian_a take_v hold_v of_o that_o that_o he_o say_v that_o concupiscence_n and_o rebellion_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v just_o lay_v as_o a_o punishment_n upon_o the_o disobedience_n of_o man_n and_o hereupon_o argue_v that_o then_o it_o be_v no_o evil_a but_o rather_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v commend_v as_o god_n servant_n for_o revenge_n upon_o he_o that_o have_v deserve_v it_o to_o refute_v his_o collection_n answer_v that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n but_o also_o very_a sin_n itself_o 7._o itself_o contr._n julian._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 3._o supr_fw-la sect_n 7._o because_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o rebellion_n against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o therefore_o that_o vain_o he_o infer_v that_o concupiscence_n because_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n be_v to_o be_v commend_v where_o to_o say_v that_o s._n austin_n take_v sin_n unproper_o as_o m._n bishop_n do_v be_v to_o make_v he_o to_o speak_v very_o absurd_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o occasion_n whereupon_o he_o speak_v but_o to_o show_v that_o concupiscence_n though_o in_o respect_n of_o guilt_n it_o be_v not_o sin_n yet_o otherwise_o it_o be_v true_o so_o he_o call_v it_o in_o the_o regenerate_a peremptum_fw-la regenerate_a de_fw-fr pecca_fw-la mer._n &_o remis_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o peccatum_fw-la remissum_fw-la superatum_fw-la peremptum_fw-la a_o pardon_a sin_n a_o sin_n conquer_v &_o destroy_v 34._o destroy_v de_fw-fr nupt_a &_o concup_n lib._n 1_o ca._n 33._o peccatum_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la remissum_fw-la &_o tectum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la imputatur_fw-la et_fw-fr lib._n 2._o cap._n 34._o a_o sin_n forgive_v cover_v not_o impute_v and_o out_o of_o s._n ambrose_n mort●um_fw-la ambrose_n con●r_n julian._n lib._n 2._o quia_fw-la mortuum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la reatu_fw-la quo_fw-la nos_fw-la tenebat_fw-la &_o donec_fw-la sepulturae_fw-la perfectione_n sanctur_n rebellat_fw-la &_o mort●um_fw-la a_o dead_a sin_n because_o say_v he_o it_o be_v dead_a as_o touch_v the_o guilt_n wherein_o it_o hold_v we_o and_o be_v dead_a yet_o rebell_v until_o by_o accomplishment_n of_o burial_n it_o be_v heal_v so_o then_o as_o touch_v guilt_n it_o be_v conquer_v destroy_v dead_a and_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n but_o by_o rebellion_n it_o still_o live_v &_o therein_o it_o be_v true_o sin_n and_o therefore_o do_v he_o
2._o ex_fw-la hilar._n in_o psal_n 118._o gimel_n nos_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la terreni_fw-la &_o morti_fw-la c●●_n corporis_fw-la habitaculo_fw-la mundos_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la that_o we_o can_v be_v clean_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o this_o earthly_a and_o carrion_a body_n ob●inemus_fw-la body_n jbid._n ex_fw-la homil_n quadam_fw-la de_fw-fr lib._n sancti_fw-la job._n memores_fw-la &_o conscum_fw-la illa_fw-la ipsa_fw-la corpora_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la esse_fw-la materiem_fw-la pro_fw-la quae_fw-la polluti_fw-la &_o sordidi_fw-la ni_fw-fr il_fw-fr in_o nebis_fw-la mun●un_n nihil_fw-la innotens_fw-la ob●inemus_fw-la that_o our_o body_n be_v the_o matter_n of_o all_o vice_n by_o reason_n whereof_o be_v pollute_v and_o defile_v we_o have_v nothing_o in_o we_o innocent_a nothing_o clean_a not_o as_o to_o condemn_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o body_n die_v but_o vitium_fw-la but_o ibid._n pugnandi_fw-la necistias_fw-la contra_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la stantiam_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la stantie_n vitium_fw-la vitium_fw-la substantiae_fw-la the_o vicious_a quality_n of_o the_o substance_n and_o to_o signify_v that_o therewith_o we_o still_o continue_v in_o part_n stain_v and_o defile_v so_o long_o as_o we_o continue_v upon_o the_o earth_n now_o there_o be_v nothing_o whereby_o we_o be_v unclean_a pollute_a defile_v but_o only_a sin_n see_v therefore_o by_o the_o remainder_n of_o original_a sin_n that_o be_v by_o concupiscence_n we_o continue_v after_o baptism_n unclean_a pollute_a &_o defile_v it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o co_z cupiscence_n after_o baptism_n be_v proper_o and_o true_o sin_n and_o if_o concupiscence_n be_v not_o sin_n without_o consent_n then_o by_o s._n austin_n judgement_n the_o apostle_n must_v be_v say_v to_o live_v without_o sin_n for_o he_o affirm_v of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v etc._n be_v contr._n dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag._n lib._n 1._o cap_n 11._o apostolos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la à_fw-la pravorum_fw-la libidinum_fw-la consensione_n liberos_fw-la etc._n etc._n free_a from_o any_o consent_n to_o evil_a lust_n mean_v it_o after_o they_o have_v receive_v that_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o so_o much_o he_o affirm_v particular_o of_o the_o apostle_n 56._o apostle_n ju_n joan._n tract_n 41._o faciebat_fw-la ut_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la non_fw-la consentiret_fw-la vide_fw-la bernard_n in_o cantic_a ser._n 56._o paul_n but_o to_o affirm_v that_o the_o apostle_n be_v free_a from_o sin_n be_v etc._n be_v de_fw-fr nat_n &_o great_a cap_n 36._o omnes_fw-la sancti_fw-la si_fw-la interrogari_fw-la potuissent_fw-la una_fw-la voce_fw-la clamassent_v si_fw-la dixerimus_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habe●●●●_n etc._n etc._n contrary_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o s._n austin_n concupiscence_n therefore_o by_o s._n austin_n judgement_n must_v necessary_o be_v sin_n and_o hereto_o agree_v also_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o father_n cyprian_n call_v it_o in_o the_o regenerate_a alliganda_fw-la regenerate_a cypri_n de_fw-fr rat_n circumcis_fw-la huius_fw-la contagio_fw-la corruptelae_fw-la babyloniae_fw-la fornax_fw-la domesticum_fw-la malum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la ●ruhescent_n quicunque_fw-la mundè_fw-la cord_n regere_fw-la in_o decore_fw-la svo_fw-la videre_fw-la desiderant_fw-la insaniens_fw-la bestia_fw-la corrupti_fw-la anhelitus_fw-la catenis_fw-la ferreis_n in_fw-la ultimis_fw-la animae_fw-la recessibus_fw-la alliganda_fw-la a_o corruption_n the_o furnace_n of_o babylon_n a_o domestical_a evil_n of_o which_o they_o will_v be_v ashamed_a who_o desire_v with_o pure_a heart_n to_o see_v the_o king_n in_o his_o beauty_n a_o rage_a beast_n of_o stink_a breath_n to_o be_v tie_v up_o with_o iron_n chain_n in_o the_o further_a passage_n of_o the_o soul_n he_o say_v again_o of_o the_o delicto_fw-la the_o idem_fw-la de_fw-fr teiun_fw-fr et_fw-la tentat_fw-la christi_fw-la nec_fw-la originali_fw-la nec_fw-la personali_fw-la nec_fw-la 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and_o shall_v not_o our_o justice_n if_o it_o be_v strict_o judge_v be_v find_v unjust_a and_o scant_a and_o in_o another_o place_n etc._n place_n idem_fw-la de_fw-la verb._n esa_n serm_n 5._o nostra_fw-la siqua_fw-la est_fw-la humilis_fw-la iustitia_fw-la recta_fw-la forsitan_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pura_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la meliores_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la credimus_fw-la quàm_fw-la patres_fw-la nostros_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la veracitèr_fw-la quam_fw-la humiliter_fw-la atebant_fw-la omnes_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n our_o base_a righteousness_n if_o it_o be_v any_o be_v right_o perhaps_o but_o not_o pure_a unless_o haply_o we_o think_v ourselves_o better_a than_o our_o father_n who_o no_o less_o true_o then_o humble_o say_v all_o our_o righteousness_n be_v as_o a_o defile_a cloth_n again_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v likewise_o inveniuntur_fw-la likewise_o jdem_fw-la in_o dedicat_fw-la eccles_n ser_fw-mi 5._o ipsae_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la 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cloth_n hereby_o then_o let_v m._n bishop_n now_o understand_v that_o m._n perkins_n deal_v no_o otherwise_o but_o dexterous_o in_o the_o handle_n of_o this_o place_n and_o that_o that_o which_o the_o prophet_n esay_n speak_v do_v so_o concern_v the_o faithful_a of_o that_o time_n and_o place_n whereof_o he_o speak_v as_o that_o they_o have_v true_a application_n to_o the_o faithful_a of_o all_o time_n and_o in_o all_o place_n because_o no_o reason_n can_v be_v give_v why_o the_o faithful_a of_o one_o time_n shall_v so_o speak_v but_o by_o the_o same_o it_o be_v enforce_v upon_o the_o faithful_a of_o all_o time_n 4._o w._n bishop_n 4._o 1._o cor._n 4._o but_o he_o will_v amend_v it_o in_o the_o next_o where_o he_o prove_v out_o of_o saint_n paul_n that_o a_o clear_a conscience_n which_o be_v a_o great_a part_n of_o inherent_a justice_n can_v nothing_o help_v to_o our_o justification_n i_o be_o privy_a to_o nothing_o in_o myself_o and_o yet_o i_o be_o not_o justify_v thereby_o here_o be_v a_o very_a pretty_a piece_n of_o cozenage_n what_o do_v the_o apostle_n say_v that_o he_o be_v not_o justify_v by_o his_o clear_a conscience_n nothing_o less_o but_o that_o albeit_o he_o
see_v nothing_o in_o himself_o to_o hinder_v his_o justification_n yet_o god_n who_o have_v sharp_a eye-fight_a may_v espy_v some_o iniquity_n in_o he_o and_o therefore_o dare_v not_o the_o apostle_n affirm_v himself_o to_o be_v justify_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o fault_n in_o i_o in_o god_n sight_n than_o i_o can_v find_v by_o my_o own_o insight_n i_o be_o justify_v because_o i_o be_o guilty_a of_o nothing_o and_o so_o the_o place_n prove_v rather_o the_o uncertain_a knowledge_n of_o our_o justification_n as_o i_o have_v before_o show_v but_o m._n perkins_n add_v that_o we_o must_v remember_v that_o we_o shall_v come_v to_o judgement_n where_o rigour_n of_o justice_n shall_v be_v show_v we_o know_v it_o well_o but_o when_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o those_o that_o by_o baptism_n be_v purge_v from_o original_a sin_n 28._o pag._n 28._o as_o he_o confess_v himself_o the_o apostle_n to_o teach_v in_o our_o consent_n about_o original_a sin_n what_o then_o need_v any_o justify_v man_n great_o fear_v the_o rigorous_a sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n and_o saint_n paul_n say_v himself_o in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o just_a that_o he_o have_v run_v a_o good_a race_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v a_o crown_n of_o justice_n lay_v up_o for_o he_o by_o that_o just_a judge_n and_o not_o only_o to_o he_o but_o all_o they_o that_o love_n christ_n come_v and_o concern_v both_o inherent_a justice_n and_o the_o ability_n of_o it_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n and_o what_o law_n hear_v this_o one_o sentence_n of_o s._n augustine_n apost_n serm._n 18._o de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n he_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o he_o have_v not_o that_o justice_n which_o be_v of_o the_o law_n albeit_o the_o law_n be_v good_a but_o he_o shall_v fulfil_v the_o law_n not_o by_o justice_n which_o he_o have_v of_o himself_o but_o which_o be_v give_v of_o god_n for_o charity_n be_v the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n and_o from_o he_o be_v this_o charity_n pour_v into_o our_o heart_n not_o certain_o by_o ourselves_o but_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v give_v us._n r._n abbot_n there_o be_v none_o so_o ready_a to_o call_v harlot_n as_o be_v the_o harlot_n none_o so_o ready_a to_o object_v cozenage_n to_o another_o as_o he_o that_o be_v the_o cosiner_n himself_o i_o pray_v thou_o gentle_a reader_n whether_o will_v thou_o rather_o think_v to_o be_v the_o cosiner_n he_o that_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n say_v i_o be_o not_o thereby_o justify_v do_v mean_a as_o he_o say_v i_o be_o not_o thereby_o justify_v or_o he_o that_o will_v make_v thou_o believe_v that_o the_o apostle_n thereby_o mean_v i_o can_v tell_v whether_o i_o be_v justify_v or_o no._n indeed_o cosiner_n common_o use_v colour_n and_o labour_n for_o crafty_a and_o cleanly_a conveyance_n but_o m._n bishop_n be_v none_o of_o those_o that_o make_v dainty_a of_o the_o matter_n he_o stick_v not_o in_o every_o man_n sight_n to_o cut_v the_o purse_n that_o which_o in_o every_o man_n eye_n be_v express_o deny_v he_o make_v no_o bone_n at_o all_o to_o turn_v into_o a_o matter_n of_o question_n and_o doubt_n the_o place_n have_v be_v sufficient_o handle_v in_o the_o former_a question_n 12._o question_n sect._n 12._o of_o the_o certainty_n of_o salvation_n here_o i_o will_v only_o set_v down_o what_o gregory_n bishop_n of_o rome_n conceive_v of_o this_o place_n operantis_fw-la place_n greg._n moral_a lib._n 5._o cap._n 8_o sape_fw-la ipsa_fw-la iustitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la ad_fw-la examen_fw-la divinae_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la deducta_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la est_fw-la &_o sordet_fw-la in_o districtiene_fw-fr iudicis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o aestimatione_fw-la fulge●_n operantis_fw-la oft_o time_n say_v he_o our_o very_a righteousness_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n be_v unrighteousness_n and_o it_o be_v loathsome_a in_o the_o severity_n of_o the_o judge_n which_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o worker_n shine_v bright_a whereupon_o saint_n paul_n when_o he_o say_v i_o be_o guilty_a to_o myself_o in_o nothing_o by_o and_o by_o add_v but_o i_o be_o not_o justify_v thereby_o who_o forthwith_o insinuate_v the_o cause_n why_o he_o be_v not_o justify_v say_v but_o he_o that_o judge_v i_o be_v the_o lord_n s●to_fw-la lord_n acsi_fw-la dicat_fw-la idcirco_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la nihil_fw-la mihi_fw-la conscius_fw-la sum_fw-la iustificatum_fw-la i_o abnego_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quime_fw-la iudicat_fw-la examinari_fw-la i_o subtiliùs_fw-la s●to_fw-la as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v therefore_o do_v i_o deny_v myself_o to_o be_v justify_v by_o my_o be_v guilty_a of_o nothing_o because_o i_o know_v myself_o to_o be_v more_o near_o sift_v by_o he_o that_o judge_v i_o etc._n etc._n penset_fw-la etc._n quia_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la nostra_fw-la perfectis_fw-la culpa_fw-la non_fw-la caret_fw-la nisi_fw-la hanc_fw-la seve●us_fw-la iudex_fw-la in_o subtle_a lance_n examine_v misericorditèr_fw-la penset_fw-la because_o even_o our_o perfection_n be_v not_o without_o fault_n unless_o the_o severe_a judge_n do_v with_o mercy_n weigh_v it_o in_o the_o strict_a balance_n of_o his_o examination_n again_o he_o say_v of_o the_o same_o place_n impingit_fw-la place_n ibid._n cap._n 23._o districtionem_fw-la divinae_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la contemplantes_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la operib_n jure_fw-la pertimescimus_fw-la quaenos_fw-mi fortia_fw-la egisse_fw-la putabamus_fw-la ducta_fw-la namque_fw-la ad_fw-la internam_fw-la regulam_fw-la nostra_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la si_fw-la districtum_fw-la in_o dicium_fw-la invenit_fw-la multis_fw-la tortitudinum_fw-la suarum_fw-la sinibus_fw-la in_o intimam_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la impingit_fw-la behold_v the_o strictness_n of_o god_n justice_n we_o be_v just_o afraid_a of_o those_o very_a work_n which_o we_o think_v we_o do_v with_o strength_n for_o our_o righteousness_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o internal_a rule_n if_o it_o find_v severe_a judgement_n by_o many_o creek_n of_o wrying_n and_o turn_n offend_v against_o the_o most_o inward_a or_o perfect_a righteousness_n whence_o the_o apostle_n paul_n see_v himself_o to_o have_v the_o bone_n that_o be_v even_o the_o strength_n of_o virtue_n and_o yet_o these_o bone_n of_o his_o do_v tremble_v at_o strict_a examination_n say_v i_o be_o guilty_a to_o myself_o in_o nothing_o yet_o be_o i_o not_o thereby_o justify_v turbantur_fw-la justify_v acsi_fw-la diceret_fw-la recta_fw-la egisse_fw-la i_o recolo_fw-la attamen_fw-la demeritis_fw-la non_fw-la praesumo_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la eius_fw-la examen_fw-la vita_fw-la nostra_fw-la ducitur_fw-la sub_fw-la quo_fw-la nostrae_fw-la fortitudinis_fw-la &_o ossa_fw-la turbantur_fw-la as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v i_o remember_v i_o have_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v right_a but_o yet_o i_o presume_v not_o of_o any_o merit_n because_o our_o life_n be_v bring_v to_o the_o censure_n of_o he_o before_o who_o the_o very_a bone_n of_o our_o strength_n be_v trouble_v thus_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o he_o who_o judgement_n m._n bishop_n by_o no_o mean_n may_v refuse_v s._n paul_n plain_o deni_v himself_o to_o be_v justify_v because_o though_o he_o know_v nothing_o by_o himself_o yet_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o he_o who_o in_o his_o very_a best_a work_n much_o more_o in_o many_o secret_a sin_n can_v find_v sufficient_a to_o condemn_v he_o and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o those_o word_n that_o howsoever_o a_o man_n if_o it_o be_v so_o know_v nothing_o by_o himself_o yet_o the_o lord_n have_v matter_n enough_o against_o every_o man_n that_o he_o may_v be_v justify_v in_o that_o which_o he_o have_v say_v 143.2_o say_v psal_n 143.2_o that_o no_o man_n live_a shall_v be_v justify_v in_o his_o sight_n but_o yet_o the_o same_o apostle_n who_o here_o say_v of_o himself_o i_o know_v nothing_o by_o myself_o namely_o as_o touch_v any_o unfaithfulnesse_n in_o the_o stewardship_n that_o god_n have_v commit_v unto_o he_o which_o be_v the_o matter_n speak_v of_o yet_o in_o other_o respect_n find_v cause_n to_o say_v of_o himself_o 7.14_o himself_o rom._n 7.14_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n 19_o sin_n verse_n 19_o i_o do_v not_o the_o good_a which_o i_o will_v but_o the_o evil_n which_o i_o will_v not_o that_o do_v i._o 23._o i._o verse_n 23._o i_o see_v another_o law_n in_o my_o member_n rebel_a against_o the_o law_n of_o my_o mind_n and_o lead_v i_o captive_a to_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v in_o my_o member_n o_o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n so_o that_o here_o be_v a_o further_a fault_n commit_v by_o m._n bishop_n in_o that_o he_o urge_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o simple_o and_o general_o true_a which_o be_v mean_v only_o respective_o as_o if_o he_o have_v absolute_o say_v that_o he_o know_v nothing_o at_o all_o against_o himself_o when_o he_o mean_v it_o as_o touch_v any_o default_n in_o his_o service_n and_o charge_n that_o
christ_n have_v impose_v upon_o he_o now_o m._n perkins_n to_o take_v away_o the_o opinion_n of_o our_o own_o righteousness_n and_o to_o show_v that_o we_o have_v no_o other_o but_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n to_o rest_v safe_o upon_o allege_v as_o gregory_n do_v the_o rigour_n and_o severity_n of_o god_n judgement_n which_o admit_v of_o nothing_o but_o what_o be_v exact_a and_o perfect_a according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o justice_n prescribe_v unto_o us._n where_o m._n bishop_n show_v himself_o a_o very_a stupid_a and_o senseless_a man_n not_o move_v with_o the_o 5.11_o the_o 2._o cor._n 5.11_o terror_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o dread_n of_o that_o judgement_n which_o the_o very_a angel_n tremble_v at_o we_o know_v it_o well_o say_v he_o yea_o do_v but_o what_o be_v then_o your_o refuge_n and_o defence_n marry_o see_v there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o that_o by_o baptism_n be_v purge_v from_o original_a sin_n as_o say_v he_o m._n perkins_n himself_o confess_v the_o apostle_n to_o teach_v what_o then_o need_v any_o justify_v man_n great_o fear_v the_o rigorous_a sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n wherein_o he_o notable_o abuse_v m._n perkins_n for_o the_o hide_v of_o his_o own_o shame_n for_o neither_o the_o apostle_n nor_o m._n perkins_n do_v teach_v that_o by_o baptism_n we_o be_v purge_v from_o original_a sin_n but_o only_o that_o in_o baptism_n it_o be_v remit_v and_o pardon_v so_o that_o though_o it_o continue_v still_o in_o we_o yet_o the_o faithful_a be_v not_o thereby_o hold_v guilty_a before_o god_n so_o then_o by_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n through_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n merit_n and_o obedience_n it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n it_o be_v not_o for_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o they_o for_o which_o otherwise_o they_o may_v just_o be_v condemn_v sure_o they_o that_o right_o know_v themselves_o do_v know_v that_o in_o themselves_o there_o be_v that_o still_o 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and_o fearful_a day_n we_o be_v purge_v from_o original_a sin_n say_v he_o what_o need_v then_o any_o justify_v man_n great_o to_o fear_v the_o rigorous_a sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n but_o far_o otherwise_o think_v saint_n austin_n when_o he_o say_v as_o we_o hear_v before_o iudicium_fw-la before_o august_n epist_n 29._o cum_fw-la rex_fw-la iustus_fw-la sederit_fw-la in_o throne_n quis_fw-la gloriabitur_fw-la se_fw-la castum_fw-la habere_fw-la cor_fw-la aut_fw-la quis_fw-la gloriab●tur_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la immunem_fw-la à_fw-la peccato_fw-la quae_fw-la igitur_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la superexultet_fw-la miserecordia_fw-la iudicium_fw-la when_o the_o just_a king_n shall_v sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n who_o shall_v glory_v that_o he_o have_v a_o clean_a heart_n or_o that_o he_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n what_o hope_v then_o be_v there_o say_v he_o unless_o mercy_n be_v exalt_v above_o judgement_n and_o what_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o life_n have_v the_o 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concupiscence_n to_o be_v restrain_v and_o bridle_v therefore_o he_o say_v potest_fw-la say_v de_fw-fr temp._n ser._n 45._o plenitudo_fw-la est_fw-la virtutis_fw-la quòd_fw-la lex_fw-la dixit_fw-la ne_fw-la concupiscas_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la impleri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o perfection_n of_o virtue_n be_v that_o which_o the_o law_n say_v thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n this_o now_o in_o this_o life_n can_v be_v fulfil_v and_o again_o potest_fw-la again_o ibid._n ser._n 49._o hoc_fw-la dicit_fw-la legem_fw-la implere_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la hoc_fw-la qui_fw-la vivit_fw-la potest_fw-la to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n be_v not_o to_o just_a and_o who_o be_v there_o live_v that_o can_v so_o do_v it_o be_v manifest_a then_o by_o s._n austin_n that_o that_o commandment_n require_v a_o perfection_n which_o in_o this_o world_n we_o never_o be_v able_a to_o attain_v unto_o because_o it_o do_v not_o only_o forbid_v consent_n but_o even_o the_o very_a have_v of_o any_o evil_a motion_n or_o affection_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o by_o those_o motion_n we_o do_v not_o only_o break_v the_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n but_o we_o fail_v of_o yield_a love_n to_o god_n with_o all_o our_o heart_n with_o all_o our_o soul_n etc._n etc._n because_o evil_a motion_n and_o lust_n do_v occupy_v some_o part_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o soul_n and_o withhold_v the_o same_o from_o god_n therefore_o s._n austin_n say_v again_o concupiscit_fw-la again_o aug._n the_o perf_n just_a cùm_fw-la est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la carnalis_fw-la quod_fw-la vel_fw-la continendo_fw-la fraenetur_fw-la non_fw-la omnimodò_fw-la ex_fw-la tota_fw-la anima_fw-la diligitur_fw-la deus_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la caro_fw-la sine_fw-la anima_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la quamuis_fw-la caro_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la dicatur_fw-la quia_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la anima_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la so_o long_o as_o there_o be_v any_o part_n of_o 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sperans_fw-la perfecturum_fw-la te_fw-la in_o i_o misericordias_fw-la tuas_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la pacem_fw-la plenariam_fw-la quam_fw-la habebunt_fw-la tecum_fw-la interiora_fw-la &_o exteriora_fw-la meacùm_fw-la absorpta_fw-la fuerit_fw-la mors_fw-la in_o victoriam_fw-la cite_v not_o the_o seven_o as_o he_o quote_v but_o the_o thirty_o chapter_n affirm_v indeed_o that_o sometime_o man_n resist_v those_o concupiscence_n even_o in_o their_o sleep_n that_o it_o be_v in_o god_n power_n to_o make_v he_o always_o so_o to_o do_v he_o signify_v his_o long_a desire_n after_o that_o purity_n and_o perfection_n but_o his_o expectation_n of_o it_o only_o then_o when_o death_n shall_v be_v swallow_v into_o victory_n howsoever_o god_n be_v able_a if_o so_o it_o be_v his_o pleasure_n to_o give_v it_o even_o now_o also_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n and_o indeed_o there_o be_v no_o man_n live_v to_o who_o can_v be_v attribute_v that_o perfection_n to_o be_v altogether_o and_o whole_o free_a from_o 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power_n and_o ablenesse_n to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n and_o what_o be_v that_o that_o he_o say_v but_o even_o the_o device_n of_o the_o pelagian_a heretic_n who_o affirm_v possint_fw-la affirm_v hieron_n epist_n ad_fw-la ctesiphont_n hominem_fw-la posse_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la etc._n etc._n cùm_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n quaerimus_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la quos_fw-la absque_fw-la pe●cato_fw-la putent_fw-la nova_fw-la stropha_fw-la eludere_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la veritatem_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la eos_fw-la dicere_fw-la qui_fw-la sint_fw-la vel_fw-la fuerint_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la esse_fw-la possint_fw-la that_o a_o man_n may_v be_v without_o sin_n if_o he_o will_v and_o be_v demand_v who_o they_o be_v who_o they_o take_v to_o be_v without_o sin_n by_o a_o wily_a shift_n answer_v that_o they_o say_v not_o what_o man_n be_v or_o what_o they_o have_v be_v but_o what_o they_o may_v be_v even_o thus_o m._n bishop_n be_v urge_v by_o the_o confession_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o that_o in_o many_o thing_n we_o all_o offend_v and_o sin_n that_o be_v do_v trespass_n and_o break_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n confess_v it_o to_o be_v true_a but_o yet_o notwithstanding_o say_v that_o it_o be_v unpossible_a to_o keep_v they_o but_o as_o hierome_n answer_v the_o pelagia●s_n so_o we_o answer_v he_o approbare_fw-la he_o jbid._n qua_fw-la est_fw-la argumentatio_fw-la ista_fw-la posse_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la nunquam_fw-la fuerit_fw-la posse_fw-la fieri_fw-la quod_fw-la nullum_fw-la fecisse_fw-la testeris_fw-la darenot_v nescio_fw-la cvi_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o patriarchis_fw-la &_o prophetis_fw-la &_o apostolis_n fuisse_fw-la nequeas_fw-la approbare_fw-la what_o a_o reason_n be_v this_o that_o that_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v which_o never_o be_v and_o may_v be_v do_v which_o thou_o bear_v witness_v that_o never_o any_o man_n do_v and_o to_o give_v to_o every_o man_n that_o which_o in_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n 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m._n bishop_n to_o presume_v but_o for_o god_n himself_o to_o determine_v who_o have_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o bring_v we_o to_o perfection_n in_o this_o life_n that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o whole_a glory_n of_o our_o salvation_n in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v the_o word_n of_o david_n be_v as_o little_a helpful_a unto_o he_o 119._o he_o psal_n 119._o i_o will_v run_v the_o way_n of_o thy_o commandment_n when_o thou_o have_v set_v my_o heart_n at_o liberty_n so_o far_o as_o we_o be_v at_o liberty_n so_o far_o we_o run_v and_o so_o fast_o we_o run_v but_o we_o attain_v not_o to_o that_o liberty_n yet_o but_o that_o be_v 7.23_o be_v rom._n 7.23_o hold_v captive_a to_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o our_o member_n we_o have_v still_o cause_n to_o cry_v 24._o cry_v 24._o who_o shall_v deliver_v we_o or_o set_v we_o at_o liberty_n from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n 3.17_o death_n 2._o cor._n 3.17_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n we_o have_v 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they_o continue_v we_o say_v not_o as_o satisfaction_n to_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n but_o as_o caution_n and_o provision_n of_o his_o love_n for_o the_o destroy_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o it_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o satisfaction_n and_o where_o no_o guilt_n be_v there_o be_v no_o satisfaction_n to_o be_v demand_v when_o therefore_o forgiveness_n have_v take_v away_o the_o guilt_n there_o can_v be_v no_o require_v of_o satisfaction_n &_o the_o affliction_n thenceforth_o lie_v upon_o we_o be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o to_o other_o end_n &_o use_n then_o that_o either_o we_o shall_v be_v say_v thereby_o to_o satisfy_v god_n or_o that_o god_n shall_v be_v say_v thereby_o to_o satisfy_v himself_o of_o us._n the_o use_n thereof_o the_o scripture_n note_v 6.6_o note_v rom._n 6.6_o the_o destroy_n of_o the_o body_n of_o sin_n 12.10_o sin_n heb._n 12.10_o the_o make_n of_o we_o partaker_n of_o his_o holiness_n 4.16_o holiness_n 2._o cor._n 4.16_o the_o renew_n of_o the_o inner_a man_n from_o day_n to_o day_n 1.12_o day_n col._n 1.12_o the_o make_n of_o we_o meet_v to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o light_n 11.32_o light_n 1._o cor._n 11.32_o we_o be_v chastened_a of_o the_o lord_n when_o we_o be_v judge_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v condemn_v with_o the_o world_n 124._o world_n aug._n de_fw-fr trin._n lib._n 13._o cap._n 15._o prosunt_fw-la ista_fw-la mala_fw-la quae_fw-la fideles_fw-la piè_fw-la perferunt_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la emendanda_fw-la peccata_fw-la velad_a exercendam_fw-la probandamque_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la demonstrandan_n aquavitae_fw-la huius_fw-la miseriam_fw-la ut_fw-la illa_fw-la ubi_fw-la erit_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la vera_fw-la atque_fw-la perpetua_fw-la &_o desideretur_fw-la ardenriùs_fw-la &_o instantiùs_fw-la inquiratur_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o joan._n tract_n 124._o they_o serve_v say_v austin_n
meaning_n whereof_o we_o speak_v he_o mean_v indeed_o that_o he_o use_v no_o apology_n no_o excuse_n or_o answer_v for_o himself_o but_o yield_v himself_o with_o tear_n to_o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o that_o that_o he_o have_v do_v amiss_o the_o word_n of_o satisfaction_n be_v here_o very_o unproper_o use_v and_o therefore_o may_v very_o easy_o be_v mistake_v without_o any_o purpose_n of_o cozenage_n or_o fraud_n i_o may_v as_o well_o object_n cozenage_n here_o to_o m._n bishop_n who_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o make_v good_a his_o answer_n by_o another_o place_n of_o ambrose_n allege_v for_o another_o place_n the_o very_a same_o which_o m._n perkins_n cite_v but_o ambrose_n have_v the_o word_n indeed_o in_o another_o place_n in_o one_o of_o his_o excusari_fw-la his_o ser._n 46._o lachrymas_fw-la eius_fw-la lego_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la non_fw-la lego_fw-la rectè_fw-la planè_fw-la petrus_n flevit_fw-la &_o tacuit_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la defleri_fw-la solet_fw-la non_fw-la 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