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counsel_n of_o s._n paul_n to_o do_v good_a unto_o all_o man_n but_o especial_o to_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o household_n of_o faith_n 4._o see_v we_o ourselves_o as_o we_o hope_v be_v belove_v of_o god_n it_o teach_v we_o two_o especial_a thing_n 1._o to_o study_v how_o to_o retain_v and_o to_o increase_v god_n love_n 2._o to_o learn_v what_o we_o shall_v render_v unto_o god_n for_o his_o love_n de_fw-fr 1_o i_o confess_v that_o at_o the_o beginning_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o we_o or_o that_o can_v be_v do_v by_o we_o which_o can_v move_v god_n to_o love_v we_o yet_o i_o say_v that_o after_o god_n have_v give_v we_o his_o spirit_n &_o better_v we_o by_o his_o grace_n then_o may_v we_o do_v those_o thing_n that_o 10._o anton._n p._n 4._o t._n 6._o §._o 10._o may_v retain_v and_o increase_v his_o love_n towards_o we_o for_o quamuis_fw-la deus_fw-la prio_fw-la dilexit_fw-la nos_fw-la tamen_fw-la exercendo_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la augetur_fw-la 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may_v be_v object_v that_o of_o these_o 2._o person_n the_o father_n only_o be_v call_v god_n the_o son_n be_v call_v our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n tertullian_n answer_v quia_fw-la nationes_fw-la a_o place_n tertul._n l._n contra_fw-la praxeam_n f._n 389._o why_o christ_n be_v call_v lord_n and_o not_o god_n in_o many_o place_n multitudine_fw-la idolorum_fw-la transirent_fw-la ad_fw-la unicum_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la differentia_fw-la constitueretur_fw-la inter_fw-la cultores_fw-la unius_fw-la &_o plurimae_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la quamuis_fw-la ex_fw-la conscientia_fw-la scimus_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o domini_fw-la &_o patri_fw-la &_o filio_fw-la &_o spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la convenire_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la occasionem_fw-la effugiendam_fw-la deos_fw-la omnino_fw-la ne_fw-la dicimus_fw-la nec_fw-la dominos_fw-la sed_fw-la apostolus_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la apostolum_n sequentes_fw-la deum_fw-la patrem_fw-la appellamus_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la 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est_fw-la deus_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o unus_fw-la dominus_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la when_o thou_o hear_v that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n even_o the_o father_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n lest_o thou_o shall_v think_v that_o the_o name_n of_o god_n be_v only_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o father_n and_o the_o name_n of_o lord_n unto_o the_o son_n thou_o must_v know_v that_o either_o of_o these_o name_n and_o title_n be_v give_v to_o either_o person_n without_o distinction_n as_o rom._n 9_o the_o son_n be_v call_v god_n and_o psa_n 109._o the_o father_n be_v call_v the_o lord_n as_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o my_o lord_n but_o he_o make_v this_o distinction_n because_o he_o write_v to_o the_o gentile_n that_o worship_v many_o god_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o have_v any_o cause_n of_o imagination_n that_o we_o have_v many_o god_n as_o they_o have_v therefore_o he_o do_v not_o call_v the_o son_n god_n lest_o they_o that_o be_v use_v to_o many_o god_n shall_v imagine_v that_o we_o 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