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be_v not_o say_v proper_o to_o reward_v sin_n that_o this_o reward_v be_v take_v in_o that_o sense_n that_o we_o before_o speak_v of_o namely_o that_o it_o follow_v by_o the_o order_n of_o thing_n appoint_v of_o god_n and_o that_o of_o they_o upon_o who_o it_o be_v bestow_v it_o be_v count_v as_o a_o reward_n and_o fruit_n of_o their_o labour_n for_o this_o kind_n of_o speech_n the_o scripture_n also_o not_o seldom_o use_v of_o the_o scribe_n and_o hypocrite_n the_o lord_n say_v very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o they_o have_v receive_v their_o reward_n and_o paul_n touch_v they_o which_o when_o they_o know_v god_n worship_v he_o not_o as_o god_n but_o be_v deliver_v up_o unto_o filthy_a desire_n pollute_v their_o body_n with_o ignominy_n and_o shame_n they_o receive_v in_o themselves_o say_v he_o their_o reward_n as_o it_o be_v meet_v and_o ezechiell_n in_o his_o 29._o chapter_n say_v that_o god_n will_v geve_v a_o reward_n unto_o nabucadnezar_n for_o that_o he_o have_v serve_v he_o in_o 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god_n then_o good_a work_n faith_n be_v no_o les_fw-fr the_o gift_n of_o god_n then_o good_a work_n and_o that_o faith_n be_v give_v of_o god_n he_o gather_v by_o that_o which_o be_v write_v to_o the_o ephesian_n in_o the_o 6._o chapter_n charitye_n and_o faith_n from_o god_n the_o father_n and_o from_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o in_o the_o same_o epistle_n the_o 2._o chapter_n by_o grace_n you_o be_v make_v safe_a through_o faith_n &_o that_o not_o of_o yourselves_o for_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n not_o of_o work_n lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v and_o unto_o timothe_n i_o obtain_v say_v he_o mercy_n that_o i_o may_v be_v faithful_a but_o he_o say_v not_o for_o that_o i_o be_v faith_n full_a to_o this_o purpose_n may_v be_v bring_v a_o great_a many_o other_o sentence_n but_o for_o this_o present_a i_o think_v these_o shall_v suffice_v and_o as_o touch_v the_o word_n of_o paul_n god_n purpose_n &_o election_n why_o they_o be_v attribute_v unto_o god_n no_o man_n 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which_o he_o make_v but_o after_o these_o man_n sentence_n god_n can_v not_o elect_v but_o he_o only_o who_o he_o know_v shall_v behave_v himself_o well_o neither_o can_v he_o reject_v any_o man_n but_o who_o he_o see_v shall_v be_v evil_a but_o this_o be_v to_o go_v about_o to_o bring_v god_n into_o a_o order_n and_o to_o make_v he_o subject_a unto_o the_o law_n of_o our_o reason_n as_o for_o erasmus_n he_o in_o vain_a speak_v against_o this_o reason_n for_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o absurd_a to_o take_v away_o from_o god_n that_o power_n which_o he_o himself_o will_v not_o have_v attribute_v unto_o he_o name_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n unjust_o for_o we_o say_v that_o paul_n have_v in_o vain_a yea_o rather_o false_o set_v forth_o this_o he_o we_o must_v geve_v unto_o god_n that_o liberty_n which_o the_o scripture_n geve_v unto_o he_o liberty_n of_o god_n if_o he_o neither_o have_v it_o nor_o will_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v attribute_v unto_o he_o but_o how_o paul_n have_v 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worthy_o conden_v and_o this_o may_v strong_o be_v say_v to_o repel_v those_o which_o peradventure_o presume_v to_o lay_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o damnation_n not_o upon_o their_o own_o sin_n but_o upon_o god_n wherefore_o original_a sin_n go_v before_o the_o birth_n of_o all_o man_n so_o that_o thou_o have_v damnation_n original_a sin_n go_v before_o every_o man_n damnation_n a_o respect_n unto_o every_o particular_a man_n it_o also_o go_v before_o the_o damnation_n of_o all_o the_o wicked_a although_o it_o can_v not_o be_v before_o the_o eternal_a purpose_n of_o god_n but_o only_o as_o touch_v foreknowledge_n these_o thing_n be_v as_o we_o have_v declare_v they_o as_o they_o be_v in_o no_o case_n absurd_a so_o also_o may_v they_o well_o be_v perceave_v if_o we_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o sense_n how_o much_o in_o this_o place_n pighius_fw-la overpass_v by_o mean_n of_o his_o own_o fond_a invention_n i_o will_v in_o few_o word_n touch_v he_o make_v many_o degree_n or_o act_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n which_o he_o set_v in_o order_n pighius_fw-la a_o fond_a imagination_n of_o pighius_fw-la betwixt_o themselves_o not_o in_o deed_n by_o distinction_n of_o time_n but_o by_o distinction_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o such_o act_n he_o call_v sign_n and_o yet_o have_v he_o not_o that_o out_o of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n but_o borrow_v it_o out_o of_o scotus_n in_o the_o first_o sign_n say_v he_o god_n appoint_v to_o bring_v forth_o all_o man_n to_o eternal_a salvation_n which_o they_o may_v have_v fruition_n of_o together_o with_o he_o and_o that_o without_o any_o difference_n and_o over_o they_o he_o will_v have_v christ_n to_o be_v the_o head_n who_o he_o think_v also_o shall_v have_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n although_o the_o first_o man_n have_v not_o sin_v in_o the_o second_o sign_n he_o say_v that_o god_n foresee_v the_o fall_n of_o man_n by_o reason_n whereof_o it_o be_v not_o now_o possible_a that_o man_n shall_v 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assent_v but_o by_o the_o commandment_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o will_n which_o in_o that_o case_n peise_v and_o examine_v the_o ambiguity_n wherefore_o when_o faith_n be_v engender_v in_o we_o the_o holy_a ghost_n therein_o use_v two_o work_n the_o one_o be_v so_o to_o illustrate_v the_o mind_n that_o it_o may_v be_v make_v certain_a of_o the_o thing_n set_v before_o it_o although_o it_o be_v not_o very_o evident_a the_o other_o be_v that_o the_o will_v be_v so_o strengthen_v that_o by_o the_o affect_v thereof_o it_o may_v overcome_v whatsoever_o sense_n or_o reason_n do_v set_v forth_o which_o be_v repugnante_fw-la unto_o the_o word_n of_o god_n give_v unto_o us._n for_o in_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n unto_o our_o will_n be_v join_v the_o holy_a ghost_n for_o the_o assent_n which_o by_o beleve_v we_o geve_v unto_o the_o oracle_n of_o god_n be_v firm_a and_o of_o efficacy_n for_o the_o spirit_n change_v the_o will_n and_o make_v it_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n utter_o to_o will_v 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the_o word_n of_o paul_n for_o that_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v lest_o the_o gentile_n hear_v these_o so_o horrible_a thing_n of_o the_o rejection_n and_o blindness_n of_o the_o jew_n shall_v be_v puff_v up_o with_o arrogancy_n and_o contemn_v the_o jew_n as_o people_n utter_o reject_v of_o god_n and_o also_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v lest_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n shall_v utter_o be_v in_o despair_n of_o their_o salvation_n and_o shall_v think_v that_o a_o way_n unto_o christ_n be_v utter_o cut_v of_o from_o they_o when_o as_o the_o gentile_n be_v now_o call_v to_o supply_v their_o room_n it_o be_v not_o so_o say_v paul_n and_o he_o bring_v a_o argument_n cause_n a_o argument_n take_v of_o the_o final_a cause_n take_v of_o the_o final_a cause_n therefore_o be_v the_o gentile_n call_v that_o the_o jew_n shall_v be_v provoke_v to_o emulation_n wherefore_o their_o salvation_n be_v not_o past_o all_o hope_n and_o we_o must_v call_v to_o memory_n that_o which_o be_v say_v at_o the_o beginning_n of_o this_o chapter_n namely_o the_o paul_n here_o intend_v to_o prove_v two_o thing_n first_o yâ_z the_o fall_v of_o yâ_z jew_o be_v not_o universal_a which_o he_o hereby_o prove_v for_o the_o election_n obtain_v salvation_n in_o many_o of_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o paul_n before_o plain_o declare_v in_o himself_o although_o other_o be_v leave_v in_o their_o blindness_n the_o second_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v prove_v be_v now_o set_v forth_o namely_o that_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o unprofitable_a when_o as_o of_o it_o follow_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o gentle_n this_o be_v it_o which_o he_o at_o this_o present_a say_v i_o say_v then_o have_v they_o therefore_o stumble_v that_o they_o shall_v fall_v god_n forbide_v but_o through_o their_o fall_n salvation_n have_v come_v unto_o the_o gentile_n to_o this_o end_n to_o provoke_v they_o to_o emulation_n wherefore_o if_o the_o fall_n of_o they_o be_v the_o riches_n of_o the_o world_n &_o the_o diminish_n of_o they_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n how_o much_o more_o shall_v their_o fullnes_n be_v i_o say_v then_o have_v they_o therefore_o stumble_v that_o they_o shall_v fall_v god_n forbid_v but_o through_o their_o fall_n salvation_n have_v come_v unto_o the_o gentile_n the_o meaning_n be_v god_n have_v not_o therefore_o make_v blind_a and_o forsake_v the_o jew_n that_o they_o shall_v fall_v as_o though_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n shall_v stay_v there_o nor_o seek_v any_o far_a commodity_n it_o seek_v doubtless_o far_a commodity_n and_o that_o be_v the_o conversion_n of_o other_o many_o end_v appoint_v one_o under_o a_o other_o the_o gentile_n who_o end_n also_o be_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o jew_n wherefore_o that_o nation_n ought_v not_o utter_o to_o despair_n or_o repentance_n neither_o shall_v their_o fall_n be_v perpetual_a augustine_n in_o his_o enchiridion_n say_v that_o god_n be_v so_o good_a that_o he_o suffer_v nothing_o that_o be_v evil_a to_o happen_v but_o that_o thereof_o come_v some_o good_a thing_n and_o the_o same_o augustine_n interpret_n this_o place_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n deni_v not_o but_o that_o the_o lewes_z fall_v but_o he_o say_v that_o their_o fall_n be_v not_o in_o vain_a nor_o utter_o without_o fruit_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v pass_v over_o with_o silence_n that_o the_o thing_n which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o all_o the_o hebrew_n particular_o for_o some_o of_o they_o particular_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v here_o speak_v be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o all_o man_n particular_o be_v in_o state_n to_o be_v holpen_v and_o be_v convert_v unto_o christ_n but_o other_o through_o their_o incurable_a obstinacy_n and_o blindness_n perish_v wherefore_o these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v unto_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n general_o which_o so_o fall_v away_o from_o the_o grace_n favour_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n that_o yet_o notwithstanding_o there_o 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add_v this_o word_n so_o but_o in_o the_o greek_a be_v not_o red_a that_o particle_n and_o it_o skarse_o fit_v well_o when_o as_o paul_n entreat_v not_o here_o of_o the_o greavousnes_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o rather_o leâifieth_v it_o by_o the_o end_n namely_o for_o that_o it_o be_v not_o unprofitable_a for_o of_o it_o follow_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v in_o the_o jew_n by_o their_o fall_n make_v room_n for_o the_o gentile_n to_o enter_v in_o think_v that_o it_o shall_v dure_v but_o for_o a_o time_n for_o the_o jew_n give_v place_n for_o a_o time_n to_o make_v room_n for_o the_o gentile_n to_o enter_v in_o and_o this_o be_v refer_v unto_o god_n who_o suffer_v the_o jew_n therefore_o to_o be_v reject_v that_o the_o gentile_n which_o be_v unbelever_n may_v be_v call_v but_o this_o be_v to_o be_v know_v that_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o jew_n if_o we_o will_v speak_v proper_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o salvation_n 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