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the_o first_o from_o the_o uncommunicablenesse_n of_o his_o priesthood_n this_o man_n because_o he_o contin_v for_o ever_o have_v a_o unchangeable_a priesthood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o impassable_a priesthood_n which_o pass_v not_o from_o his_o own_o person_n unto_o any_o other_o wherefore_o he_o be_v able_a to_o save_v unto_o the_o uttermost_a they_o that_o make_v christ_n priesthood_n communicable_a and_o derivable_a unto_o any_o successor_n or_o vicar_n do_v in_o effect_n deny_v that_o christ_n be_v able_a to_o save_v unto_o the_o uttermost_a those_o that_o come_v unto_o god_n through_o he_o the_o second_o reason_n be_v from_o the_o last_o act_n of_o his_o priesthood_n his_o intercession_n for_o we_o which_o impli_v and_o presuppose_v the_o first_o as_o be_v a_o continual_a tender_a thereof_o unto_o his_o father_n he_o be_v able_a to_o save_v unto_o the_o uttermost_a see_v he_o ever_o live_v to_o make_v intercession_n for_o they_o but_o the_o angel_n live_v for_o ever_o and_o we_o shall_v live_v for_o ever_o and_o yet_o no_o saint_n or_o angel_n be_v able_a to_o save_v so_o much_o as_o one_o soul_n christ_n life_n therefore_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o salvation_n not_o 9.24_o causam_fw-la breviter_fw-la inserit_fw-la salvificae_fw-la christi_fw-la potentiae_fw-la quia_fw-la semper_fw-la vivit_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la angeli_fw-la semper_fw-la vivunt_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la semper_fw-la vivemus_fw-la videtur_fw-la igitur_fw-la causa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minimè_fw-la vita_fw-la enim_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la absolutè_fw-la sed_fw-la relatè_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la sacerdotium_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la causa_fw-la salutis_fw-la vivit_fw-la ènim_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d semper_fw-la non_fw-la otiosus_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la tantum_fw-la beatusâ—sed_v sacerdotio_fw-la &_o regno_fw-la svo_fw-la defungens_fw-la sâ—que_fw-la invigilans_fw-la sic_fw-la rom._n 5.10_o in_o perpetua_fw-la christi_fw-la vita_fw-la fundari_fw-la docet_fw-la salutem_fw-la nostram_fw-la &_o cap._n 6._o v._n 8._o vitam_fw-la christi_fw-la nostram_fw-la vitam_fw-la facit_fw-la additur_fw-la igitur_fw-la finis_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ut_fw-la interpellet_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la q._n d._n vivit_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la sed_fw-la nobis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la salutis_fw-la causam_fw-la asserens_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la conspectu_fw-la tacita_n subest_fw-la occupatio_fw-la potest_fw-la seruare_fw-la at_o à _fw-la posse_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la firma_fw-la consecutio_fw-la imò_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la solum_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o vult_fw-la quia_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la interpellatione_fw-la testatur_fw-la a_o posse_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la bene_fw-la sequitur_fw-la et_fw-la potest_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o vult_fw-la christus_fw-la nos_fw-la seruare_fw-la potest_fw-la quia_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la semper_fw-la vivens_fw-la vult_fw-la quia_fw-la interpellat_n pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la idem_fw-la tribuit_fw-la christo_fw-la rom._n 8.34_o heb._n 9.24_o absolute_o say_v pareus_n but_o in_o relation_n unto_o his_o priesthood_n he_o be_v able_a to_o save_v unto_o the_o uttermost_a see_v he_o ever_o live_v to_o act_v and_o discharge_v the_o part_n and_o office_n of_o a_o priest_n for_o we_o to_o make_v intercession_n for_o we_o he_o die_v to_o merit_v our_o salvation_n and_o he_o live_v for_o ever_o actual_o to_o confer_v it_o upon_o every_o soul_n that_o come_v unto_o god_n by_o he_o if_o he_o have_v not_o rise_v from_o his_o grave_n if_o he_o have_v not_o live_v or_o if_o he_o have_v live_v as_o lazarus_n to_o die_v again_o we_o have_v be_v irrecoverable_o bury_v in_o the_o grave_n of_o our_o sin_n but_o he_o live_v for_o ever_o christ_n be_v raise_v from_o the_o dead_a die_v no_o more_o death_n have_v no_o more_o dominion_n over_o he_o rom._n 6.9_o and_o therefore_o as_o the_o apostle_n argue_v rom._n 5.10_o if_o when_o we_o be_v 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it_o even_o as_o we_o say_v that_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v infinite_a because_o howsoever_o it_o be_v but_o a_o finite_a and_o create_a thing_n yet_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o light_n it_o have_v no_o limitation_n bound_n or_o stint_v but_o contain_v in_o itself_o whatsoever_o any_o way_n appertain_v to_o light_v for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o we_o may_v note_v out_o of_o the_o learned_a and_o accurate_a suarez_n ibid._n suarez_n respondetur_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o quivocationem_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la termino_fw-la gratia_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la sermo_fw-la de_fw-la esse_fw-la real_a &_o inhaerente_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gratia_fw-la confert_fw-la animae_fw-la fatemur_fw-la hanc_fw-la gratiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la esse_fw-la finitam_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la conferreâ—animae_fw-la finitam_fw-la pulckritudinem_fw-la &_o reddere_fw-la illam_fw-la proportionatam_fw-la finitae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ita_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la quando_fw-la dicimus_fw-la illam_fw-la esse_fw-la infinitam_fw-la alio_fw-la ergo_fw-la modo_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-la esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la pertinente_fw-la ad_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la prout_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la ad_fw-la unionem_fw-la hypostaticam_fw-la illique_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la gratia_fw-la habitualis_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la conjunctione_n ad_fw-la unionem_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la gratia_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la qualitatis_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la sub_fw-la hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la infinita_fw-la quamvis_fw-la qualitas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la finita_fw-la sit_fw-la pag._n 393._o sed_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la considerandum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la acceptatione_n extrinseca_v ut_fw-mi fic_z non_fw-la conferri_fw-la gratiae_fw-la propriam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la physicam_fw-la vel_fw-la moralem_fw-la ratione_fw-la cvius_fw-la possit_fw-la dici_fw-la infin_fw-fr ta_fw-fr tamen_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la acceptatio_fw-la vel_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la non_fw-la consideretur_fw-la ut_fw-la merè_fw-la extrinseca_v sed_fw-la quatenus_fw-la
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