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say_v he_o by_o believe_v do_v make_v god_n to_o have_v a_o will_v not_o to_o punish_v sin_n or_o to_o have_v a_o will_v to_o love_v we_o which_o the_o arminian_o plain_o make_v and_o therein_o he_o say_v true_a yet_o he_o make_v faith_n the_o instrumental_a cause_n of_o justification_n passive_o take_v as_o a_o declare_a act_n of_o god_n terminate_v upon_o we_o as_o that_o place_n declare_v and_o in_o express_a word_n in_o pag._n 37._o 37._o ruther_n apol._n exer._n p._n 37._o which_o mr._n eyre_n in_o his_o 32._o pag._n of_o his_o book_n when_o he_o boast_v that_o master_n rutherford_n make_v the_o opinion_n he_o do_v oppose_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o arminian_o and_o socinian_o and_o papist_n error_n can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o for_o he_o there_o make_v faith_n the_o organical_a cause_n of_o justification_n in_o that_o place_n he_o say_v the_o arminian_o will_v desire_v nothing_o more_o than_o this_o that_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o before_o actual_a faith_n and_o 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propriè_fw-la dicitur_fw-la caput_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la suae_fw-la membra_fw-la verò_fw-la corporis_fw-la cùm_fw-la fiant_fw-la per_fw-la vocationem_fw-la unde_fw-la dicitur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d Ãdque_fw-la per_fw-la vocationem_fw-la efficacem_fw-la &_o consequenter_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la apparet_fw-la ergo_fw-la christum_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la posse_fw-la dici_fw-la caput_fw-la quà m_fw-la sint_fw-la aliqui_fw-la qui_fw-la credunt_fw-la in_o ipsum_fw-la loquor_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la mediatore_fw-la &_o redemptore_fw-la i_o confess_v say_v he_o christ_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o elect_n and_o of_o those_o that_o be_v predestinate_v but_o not_o formal_o of_o the_o predestinate_v for_o neither_o be_v the_o predestinate_v as_o predestinate_v member_n of_o his_o body_n wherein_o he_o differ_v from_o mr._n eyre_n toto_fw-la coelo_fw-la 8._o vide_fw-la mr._n eyre_n page_n 8._o but_o they_o shall_v be_v his_o member_n for_o whosoever_o be_v a_o member_n of_o 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member_n in_o which_o respect_n he_o be_v proper_o call_v the_o head_n of_o his_o church_n see_v therefore_o man_n be_v make_v member_n of_o his_o body_n by_o call_v whence_o the_o church_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o company_n of_o person_n call_v out_o from_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o word_n and_o that_o be_v by_o effectual_a vocation_n and_o consequent_o by_o faith_n it_o appear_v that_o christ_n can_v first_o be_v call_v a_o head_n before_o there_o be_v some_o that_o believe_v in_o he_o i_o speak_v of_o christ_n as_o mediator_n and_o redeemer_n where_o let_v the_o reader_n observe_v that_o he_o plain_o affirm_v a_o predestinate_a person_n be_v not_o a_o member_n of_o christ_n body_n and_o that_o the_o mystical_a union_n be_v make_v by_o faith_n and_o sure_o none_o be_v proper_o justify_v or_o save_v before_o they_o be_v member_n and_o therefore_o before_o faith_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n nor_o salvation_n his_o next_o author_n be_v learned_a and_o holy_a mr._n parker_n who_o say_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr descensu_fw-la christi_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la that_o christ_n be_v justify_v in_o his_o resurrection_n and_o we_o in_o he_o etc._n etc._n i_o acknowledge_v the_o testimony_n right_o cite_v but_o he_o understand_v no_o more_o than_o that_o we_o be_v meritorious_o causal_o justify_v in_o the_o justification_n of_o christ_n but_o this_o be_v also_o a_o term_n of_o diminution_n in_o respect_n to_o a_o formal_a and_o actual_a justification_n till_o it_o be_v extra_fw-la causas_fw-la it_o do_v not_o exist_v and_o that_o this_o reverend_a man_n mean_v not_o otherwise_o then_o we_o that_o until_o faith_n we_o be_v not_o justify_v or_o save_v 49._o parker_n de_fw-fr descens_fw-la christ_n ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la lib._n 3._o sect_n 49._o may_v appear_v from_o another_o passage_n in_o the_o same_o book_n nullâ_fw-la siquidem_fw-la ratione_fw-la aliâ_fw-la salutem_fw-la ad_fw-la suos_fw-la derivare_fw-la poterat_fw-la quà m_fw-la quâ_fw-la ipsam_fw-la damnationem_fw-la transfudit_fw-la adam_n nempe_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illâ_fw-la quâ_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la coadunantur_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la satisfecisse_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la per_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d similem_fw-la omnes_fw-la adami_n successores_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la peccâsse_fw-la reputantur_fw-la christ_n can_v no_o other_o way_n derive_v salvation_n to_o he_o then_o that_o wherein_o adam_n transmit_v damnation_n to_o wit_n that_o communion_n wherein_o all_o man_n who_o be_v unite_v to_o he_o by_o faith_n be_v say_v to_o satisfy_v in_o he_o as_o by_o the_o like_a communion_n all_o adam_n successor_n be_v repute_v to_o have_v sin_v in_o he_o where_o you_o may_v observe_v 1._o that_o as_o adam_n derive_v condemnation_n to_o none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o he_o so_o christ_n communicate_v salvation_n to_o none_o but_o such_o as_o be_v in_o 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