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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 apostle_n desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o sunt_fw-la from_o oecumen_fw-la in_o ro._n ca._n 7._o ex_fw-la corporalibus_fw-la actio_fw-la nibus_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la mortem_fw-la inducentibus_fw-la à _fw-la concupiscentijs_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaeque_fw-la mors_fw-la nobis_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o which_o be_v death_n unto_o we_o and_o do_v cause_n a_o spiritual_a death_n causa_fw-la death_n origen_n ibid._n corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la appellatur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la habitat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la mortis_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o death_n say_v origen_n wherein_o sin_n dwell_v which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n ambrose_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v his_o body_n a_o body_n of_o death_n etc._n death_n ambros_n apud_fw-la aug._n count_n julian_n lib._n 2._o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la sub_fw-la peccato_fw-la nascimur_fw-la quorum_fw-la ipse_fw-la ortus_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideò_fw-la pauli_n caero_fw-la corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la erat_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o we_o all_o be_v bear_v under_o sin_n and_o our_o very_a beginning_n be_v in_o trespass_n acknowledge_v as_o touch_v the_o corruption_n of_o sin_n that_o what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o same_o in_o part_n it_o continue_v still_o epiphanius_n or_o rather_o methodius_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n here_o mean_v etc._n mean_v method_n apud_fw-la epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 64._o non_fw-la corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la mortem_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatum_fw-la inhabitans_fw-la per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la dicit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sin_n dwell_v by_o concupiscence_n in_o the_o body_n from_o the_o bad_a imagination_n &_o thought_n whereof_o he_o wish_v to_o be_v deliver_v account_v the_o same_o death_n and_o destruction_n itself_o bernard_n say_v that_o it_o be_v etc._n be_v bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 56._o jpsa_fw-la est_fw-la carnis_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la sanè_fw-la unointeriecto_fw-la pariete_n non_fw-la longè_fw-la peregrinabatur_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o optabas_fw-la clamans_fw-la quis_fw-la i_o liberabit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o sin_n even_o concupiscence_n stand_v as_o a_o wall_n betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o that_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n in_o concupiscence_n then_o stand_v this_o body_n of_o death_n and_o because_o by_o this_o body_n of_o death_n it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v himself_o miserable_a it_o be_v concupiscence_n that_o make_v he_o miserable_a which_o therefore_o s._n austin_n call_v 45._o call_v august_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la ser_fw-mi 45._o miseram_fw-la legem_fw-la the_o miserable_a law_n of_o sin_n not_o as_o be_v itself_o capable_a of_o misery_n but_o per_fw-la metonymiam_fw-la because_o it_o make_v we_o miserable_a or_o because_o we_o be_v miserable_a by_o it_o 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the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a bereave_v he_o of_o his_o joy_n while_o in_o most_o earnest_a meditation_n they_o carry_v he_o away_o whether_o he_o will_v or_o not_o from_o that_o wherein_o his_o delight_n be_v if_o outward_a cross_n do_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a much_o more_o this_o inward_a distraction_n &_o affliction_n which_o gall_v the_o string_n of_o the_o hart_n &_o vex_v the_o very_a spirit_n and_o soul_n more_o than_o the_o bitterness_n of_o death_n itself_o if_o m._n bishop_n know_v this_o affliction_n he_o will_v think_v there_o be_v cause_n enough_o therein_o to_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o miserable_a man_n that_o i_o be_o etc._n etc._n but_o his_o benumb_a heart_n feel_v it_o not_o and_o therefore_o he_o speak_v of_o these_o matter_n but_o as_o a_o philosopher_n in_o the_o school_n without_o any_o conscience_n or_o sense_n of_o that_o he_o say_v and_o to_o a_o formal_a argument_n as_o he_o call_v it_o give_v these_o misshapen_v and_o deform_v answer_n 5._o 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1.8_o if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v no_o sin_n we_o deceive_v ourselves_o that_o they_o may_v say_v we_o say_v we_o have_v
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but_o somewhat_o at_o least_o to_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n again_o it_o be_v not_o entire_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n that_o he_o respect_v but_o 2._o but_o s_n 2._o the_o bring_n of_o dignity_n unto_o man_n as_o he_o have_v before_o express_v therefore_o albeit_o he_o will_v not_o have_v a_o man_n boast_v and_o say_v that_o his_o good_a part_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o god_n call_v he_o first_o to_o his_o service_n yet_o he_o make_v no_o exception_n but_o that_o a_o man_n may_v boast_v of_o the_o good_a work_n that_o he_o have_v perform_v in_o serve_v he_o and_o may_v glory_v that_o his_o good_a part_n therein_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o god_n adjudge_v heaven_n unto_o he_o as_o just_o deserve_v which_o be_v that_o against_o which_o the_o scripture_n whole_o drive_v teach_v we_o to_o confess_v that_o which_o austin_n do_v that_o coronari_fw-la that_o aug_n hypog_n lib_n 3._o intellâge_n in_o miseratione_n &_o misericordiae_fw-la non_fw-la in_o factione_n meritorum_fw-la animam_fw-la coronari_fw-la not_o for_o performance_n of_o merit_n but_o in_o mercy_n and_o love_a kindness_n the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v crown_v and_o to_o say_v with_o hilary_n dei_fw-la hilary_n hilar_n in_o psal_n 135._o quòd_fw-la sumus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la fuimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la erimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la sumus_fw-la causam_fw-la ââam_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la nisi_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la that_o we_o be_v what_o we_o be_v not_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v what_o we_o be_v not_o it_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n at_o all_o but_o only_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n again_o he_o will_v not_o have_v we_o boast_v and_o say_v that_o god_n need_v we_o for_o ourselves_o but_o we_o must_v needs_o say_v with_o tertullian_n utitur_fw-la tertullian_n tertul._n adver_v hermog_n nemo_fw-la non_fw-la eget_fw-la eo_fw-la de_fw-la cvius_fw-la utitur_fw-la there_o be_v none_o but_o need_v he_o of_o who_o he_o use_v any_o thing_n their_o doctrine_n of_o free_a will_n make_v 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speak_v but_o judicious_o and_o true_o apply_v against_o they_o the_o place_n to_o the_o ephesian_n 2.8_o ephesian_n ephe._n 2.8_o by_o grace_n you_o be_v save_v through_o faith_n not_o of_o yourselves_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 where_o the_o apostle_n ascribe_v all_o to_o grace_n through_o faith_n in_o christ_n take_v exception_n general_o against_o work_n and_o give_v to_o understand_v that_o they_o be_v effect_n not_o cause_n of_o salvation_n because_o god_n have_v first_o by_o faith_n put_v we_o in_o the_o state_n of_o salvation_n do_v consequent_o create_v we_o anew_o in_o christ_n jesus_n unto_o good_a work_n m._n bishop_n exception_n be_v that_o the_o apostle_n there_o exclude_v only_o the_o work_n that_o be_v of_o ourselves_o before_o we_o be_v justify_v but_o that_o his_o exception_n be_v very_o vain_a appear_v plain_o by_o that_o the_o apostle_n for_o reason_n of_o that_o that_o he_o say_v not_o of_o work_n lest_o 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from_o justification_n so_o in_o neither_o place_n do_v he_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o they_o and_o because_o he_o know_v they_o not_o he_o have_v whole_o leave_v they_o out_o he_o be_v undoubted_o to_o blame_v to_o conceive_v so_o little_a virtue_n in_o master_n bishop_n virtuous_a disposition_n as_o not_o to_o think_v they_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o but_o it_o be_v worth_a the_o note_n to_o what_o fashion_n he_o by_o this_o device_n have_v hew_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n not_o by_o work_n lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v that_o be_v not_o by_o work_n that_o be_v of_o ourselves_o but_o yet_o by_o virtuous_a good_a disposition_n and_o work_n of_o preparation_n which_o be_v partly_o of_o god_n and_o partly_o of_o ourselves_o and_o yet_o as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v they_o make_v the_o essential_a production_n of_o these_o work_n of_o preparation_n to_o be_v only_o of_o ourselves_o because_o as_o yet_o there_o be_v agendo_fw-la be_v coster_n enchirid_a ca._n 5._o hominis_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la auxilio_fw-la dei_fw-la necdum_fw-la inhabitantis_fw-la sed_fw-la moventis_fw-la &_o adiwantis_fw-la se_fw-la praparas_fw-mi ad_fw-la iustificationem_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la patiendo_fw-la sed_fw-la operando_fw-la &_o agendo_fw-la no_o infuse_a or_o inhabitant_n grace_n whence_o they_o shall_v proceed_v and_o therefore_o out_o of_o their_o own_o ground_n it_o must_v follow_v that_o the_o same_o work_n of_o preparation_n be_v here_o exclude_v by_o the_o apostle_n but_o see_v the_o singular_a impudency_n of_o this_o man_n who_o make_v s._n austin_n a_o witness_n of_o his_o virtuous_a disposition_n who_o have_v not_o in_o the_o place_n allege_v by_o he_o so_o much_o as_o any_o semblance_n or_o show_v for_o proof_n thereof_o note_v with_o s._n austin_n say_v he_o that_o faith_n exclude_v all_o merit_n of_o our_o work_n but_o no_o virtuous_a disposition_n for_o preparation_n to_o grace_n lewd_a sophister_n where_o be_v that_o note_v find_v 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the_o end_n resolve_v that_o eternal_a life_n be_v most_o true_o render_v unto_o good_a work_n as_o the_o due_a reward_n of_o they_o but_o because_o those_o good_a work_n can_v not_o have_v be_v do_v unless_o god_n have_v before_o free_o through_o christ_n bestow_v his_o grace_n upon_o we_o therefore_o the_o same_o eternal_a life_n be_v also_o true_o call_v grace_n because_o the_o first_o root_n of_o it_o be_v god_n free_a gift_n the_o very_a same_o answer_n do_v he_o give_v where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n 106._o epist_n 106._o eternal_a life_n be_v call_v grace_n not_o because_o it_o be_v not_o render_v unto_o merit_n but_o for_o that_o those_o merit_n to_o which_o it_o be_v render_v be_v give_v in_o which_o place_n he_o cross_v m._n perkins_n proportion_n most_o direct_o affirm_v that_o s._n paul_n may_v have_v say_v true_o eternal_a life_n be_v the_o pay_n or_o wage_n of_o good_a work_n but_o to_o hold_v we_o in_o humility_n partly_o and_o partly_o to_o put_v a_o difference_n 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place_n be_v answer_v 1200._o year_n pass_v by_o s._n austin_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n now_o indeed_o it_o be_v true_a that_o s._n austin_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n have_v handle_v those_o word_n but_o the_o spite_n be_v that_o in_o none_o of_o all_o those_o place_n he_o have_v say_v any_o thing_n to_o serve_v m._n bishop_n for_o a_o answer_n this_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o that_o he_o say_v in_o the_o very_a same_o book_n and_o very_o next_o chapter_n to_o that_o that_o m._n bishop_n cit_v etc._n cit_v august_n de_fw-fr grââ_n &_o ãâã_d arbit_n cap._n 9_o câââ_n posset_n dicere_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la dicere_fw-la stiââendâm_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la vita_fw-la eterne_a maluââââen_o dicere_fw-la gratia_n dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la intelligantus_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la meritâ_n nostru_fw-la deum_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la seâ_n pro_fw-la miseratione_n sva_fw-la perducere_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereas_o the_o apostle_n may_v say_v and_o right_o say_v the_o wage_n of_o righteousness_n be_v eternal_a life_n yet_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o say_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a life_n that_o we_o may_v understand_v that_o not_o for_o our_o merit_n but_o for_o his_o own_o mercy_n sake_n he_o bring_v we_o to_o eternal_a life_n whereof_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o psalm_n he_o crow_v thou_o in_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n hereby_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o s._n austin_n mean_v to_o yield_v m._n bishop_n small_a help_n by_o his_o expound_v of_o this_o place_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o merit_n but_o in_o the_o chapter_n cite_v by_o m._n bishop_n she_o propound_v the_o question_n etc._n question_n ibid._n cap._n 8._o si_fw-mi vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la bone_fw-la operibus_fw-la redditur_fw-la sicut_fw-la apertissiââè_fw-la dicit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quoniam_fw-la deus_fw-la redâes_fw-la &c_n &c_n quomodo_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la operibus_fw-la reddatur_fw-la sed_fw-la gratis_n detur_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o eternal_a life_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n see_v that_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o say_v that_o god_n will_v render_v unto_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n the_o difficulty_n he_o show_v to_o arise_v of_o this_o that_o that_o be_v call_v grace_n which_o be_v not_o render_v unto_o work_n but_o be_v free_o give_v whereof_o he_o cit_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n it_o be_v not_o of_o work_n otherwise_o grace_n be_v no_o grace_n then_o he_o solu_v the_o question_n thus_o that_o pertinere_fw-la that_o intelligamus_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la nostra_fw-la quibus_fw-la aeterna_fw-la redditur_fw-la vita_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la we_o must_v understand_v that_o our_o good_a work_n to_o which_o eternal_a life_n be_v render_v do_v belong_v also_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n signify_v that_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n intend_v to_o give_v we_o eternal_a life_n do_v by_o the_o same_o mercy_n give_v we_o those_o good_a work_n to_o which_o he_o will_v give_v it_o for_o conclusion_n of_o that_o chapter_n he_o say_v consequent_o that_o etc._n that_o vita_fw-la nostra_fw-la bona_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quâm_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la quae_fw-la bonae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la redditur_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la enim_fw-la gratis_o âata_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la gratis_n data_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la cvi_fw-la datur_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la cvi_fw-la datur_fw-la tantum_fw-la modo_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la quae_fw-la illi_fw-la datur_fw-la quoman_a praemium_fw-la eius_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la gratia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la merces_fw-la pro_fw-la iustitia_fw-la ut_fw-la verum_fw-la sit_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o our_o good_a life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n therefore_o undoubted_o eternal_a life_n which_o be_v render_v unto_o good_a life_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o that_o be_v free_o give_v because_o that_o be_v free_o give_v to_o which_o it_o be_v give_v but_o good_a life_n to_o which_o eternal_a life_n be_v give_v be_v only_a grace_n eternal_a life_n which_o be_v give_v to_o good_a life_n because_o it_o be_v the_o reward_n thereof_o be_v grace_n for_o grace_n as_o it_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o righteousness_n that_o it_o may_v be_v true_a as_o it_o be_v true_a that_o god_n will_v render_v to_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n in_o all_o which_o discourse_n plain_o he_o show_v that_o good_a life_n be_v the_o grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o when_o god_n render_v thereto_o eternal_a life_n he_o do_v but_o add_v one_o grace_n to_o another_o grace_n which_o although_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o righteousness_n yet_o be_v indeed_o but_o grace_n for_o grace_n which_o full_o accord_v with_o that_o that_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o he_o before_o that_o 109._o that_o supra_fw-la sect._n 2._o august_n in_o psal_n 109._o whatsoever_o god_n promise_v he_o promise_v to_o man_n unworthy_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v promise_v as_o a_o reward_n to_o work_n but_o be_v grace_n may_v according_a to_o the_o name_n be_v free_o give_v because_o to_o live_v just_o so_o far_o as_o a_o man_n can_v live_v just_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n of_o man_n merit_n but_o of_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n so_o that_o although_o eternal_a life_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o reward_n of_o righteousness_n in_o consequence_n and_o order_n yet_o absolute_o to_o speak_v it_o be_v not_o so_o because_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v only_o the_o grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n now_o if_o god_n by_o his_o free_a gift_n intend_v to_o we_o eternal_a life_n do_v give_v we_o his_o grace_n to_o lead_v a_o just_a and_o holy_a life_n that_o thereto_o
give_v unto_o we_o and_o not_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o he_o be_v move_v to_o bestow_v the_o same_o upon_o we_o even_o as_o saint_n augustine_n speak_v promisit_fw-la speak_v august_n in_o psalm_n 109._o via_fw-la qua_fw-la nos_fw-la perducturus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la illum_fw-la quem_fw-la promisit_fw-la the_o way_n by_o which_o he_o will_v bring_v we_o to_o that_o end_n which_o he_o have_v promise_v now_o what_o say_v m._n bishop_n to_o this_o place_n of_o bernard_n no_o question_n but_o he_o have_v a_o answer_n ready_a though_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n he_o never_o see_v the_o place_n so_o notable_a a_o faculty_n have_v these_o man_n to_o tell_v a_o author_n meaning_n before_o ever_o they_o look_v into_o he_o forsooth_o bernard_n meaning_n be_v that_o merit_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n but_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n through_o christ_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n free_o bestow_v upon_o we_o out_o of_o which_o our_o merit_n proceed_v thus_o he_o answer_v bernard_n by_o a_o plain_a contradiction_n to_o bernard_n word_n bernard_n say_v they_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n yes_o say_v m._n bishop_n they_o be_v the_o cause_n though_o they_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n but_o see_v how_o scholarlike_o he_o deal_v therein_o for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v the_o tree_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n of_o the_o fruit_n that_o it_o bring_v forth_o but_o the_o root_n whence_o it_o proceed_v and_o the_o bough_n whereupon_o it_o grow_v whereas_o the_o root_n and_o the_o bough_n be_v part_n of_o the_o tree_n without_o which_o it_o be_v not_o a_o tree_n and_o therefore_o the_o exception_n make_v nothing_o against_o it_o but_o that_o the_o tree_n be_v call_v the_o whole_a cause_n of_o the_o fruit_n so_o say_v he_o merit_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n of_o salvation_n but_o the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n distinguish_v merit_n as_o one_o part_n of_o the_o cause_n from_o the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n as_o another_o part_n of_o the_o cause_n whereas_o merit_n by_o his_o own_o rule_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o question_n do_v always_o necessary_o include_v the_o promise_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o can_v be_v no_o merit_n but_o as_o it_o proceed_v from_o grace_n and_o have_v of_o god_n a_o promise_n of_o reward_n by_o this_o exception_n therefore_o he_o say_v nothing_o to_o hinder_v but_o that_o merit_n be_v the_o whole_a cause_n of_o salvation_n full_o and_o direct_o contrary_a to_o that_o that_o saint_n bernard_n say_v that_o merit_v which_o he_o intend_v not_o otherwise_o but_o imply_v the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n be_v the_o way_n to_o the_o kingdom_n but_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o obtain_v the_o kingdom_n yet_o of_o that_o which_o he_o say_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v saint_n bernard_n own_o doctrine_n not_o allege_v any_o word_n of_o bernard_n to_o that_o purpose_n but_o only_o quote_v a_o sermon_n of_o his_o where_n there_o be_v nothing_o for_o his_o purpose_n as_o afterward_o shall_v appear_v in_o answer_v his_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n whereas_o he_o except_v that_o bernard_n live_v a_o thousand_o year_n after_o christ_n i_o must_v answer_v he_o that_o his_o testimony_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o effectual_a in_o that_o god_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o so_o great_a corruption_n and_o darkness_n do_v still_o by_o he_o and_o other_o continue_v the_o light_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o this_o truth_n the_o next_o place_n cite_v by_o m._n perkins_n be_v under_o s._n augustine_n name_n though_o that_o book_n indeed_o be_v none_o of_o he_o mea_fw-la he_o august_n manuâl_n ca._n 22._o tota_n spes_fw-la mea_fw-la est_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la domini_fw-la meis_fw-la mors_fw-la eius_fw-la meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la refugium_fw-la meum_fw-la salus_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o resurrectio_fw-la mea_fw-la all_o my_o hope_n be_v in_o the_o death_n of_o my_o lord_n his_o death_n be_v my_o merit_n m._n bishop_n hereto_o say_v that_o it_o be_v true_a in_o a_o good_a sense_n where_o we_o see_v he_o to_o be_v a_o apt_a scholar_n and_o well_o to_o have_v learn_v the_o lesson_n of_o the_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la bertram_n expurgatorius_fw-la jndex_fw-la expur_n in_o castigat_fw-la bertram_n we_o set_v some_o good_a sense_n upon_o the_o error_n of_o the_o father_n when_o they_o be_v oppose_v against_o we_o in_o contention_n with_o our_o adversary_n but_o what_o be_v that_o good_a sense_n marry_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o death_n and_o passion_n grace_n be_v bestow_v on_o i_o to_o merit_v but_o sure_o he_o do_v not_o think_v that_o ever_o the_o author_n of_o those_o word_n intend_v that_o sense_n if_o he_o will_v make_v that_o sense_n of_o the_o one_o part_n of_o the_o sentence_n he_o must_v necessary_o make_v the_o like_a of_o the_o rest_n the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o merit_n my_o refuge_n my_o salvation_n my_o life_n and_o resurrection_n if_o his_o meaning_n be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o merit_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v merit_v for_o myself_o then_o in_o the_o rest_n also_o shall_v be_v likewise_o say_v the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o refuge_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v a_o refuge_n for_o myself_o the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o salvation_n life_n and_o resurrection_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o to_o be_v salvation_n life_n and_o resurrection_n to_o myself_o so_o likewise_o where_o he_o add_v fuerit_fw-la add_v meritum_fw-la ââeââ_n miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la nonsum_fw-la meriti_fw-la inops_fw-la quamdiis_fw-la miserationum_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la fuerit_fw-la my_o merit_n be_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o long_o as_o the_o lord_n of_o mercy_n shall_v not_o fail_v i_o shall_v not_o want_v merit_n the_o meaning_n shall_v likewise_o be_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n give_v i_o ablenesse_n to_o merit_v for_o myself_o and_o so_o sing_v as_o his_o mercy_n fail_v not_o so_o long_o shall_v not_o i_o fail_v of_o good_a work_n to_o merit_n and_o deserve_v heaven_n now_o these_o construction_n be_v lewd_a and_o absurd_a and_o indeed_o far_o from_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o those_o word_n who_o find_v nothing_o in_o his_o own_o work_n to_o comfort_v himself_o withal_o and_o therefore_o fly_v unto_o the_o death_n and_o merit_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n as_o his_o only_a succour_n and_o the_o only_a stay_n that_o he_o have_v to_o rest_v upon_o which_o that_o the_o reader_n may_v thorough_o understand_v i_o hold_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o set_v down_o what_o the_o same_o author_n have_v write_v in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o book_n even_o out_o of_o the_o same_o spirit_n etc._n spirit_n ibid._n cap._n 13._o sileat_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o ipsae_fw-la anima_fw-la et_fw-la transeat_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la cogitando_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la revera_fw-la tota_fw-la spes_fw-la &_o fiducia_fw-la mâa_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la inte_fw-mi deo_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesu_fw-la christo_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o portio_fw-la et_fw-la sangâ_n &_o câro_n vbi_fw-la ergo_fw-la portio_fw-la mea_fw-la regnat_fw-la ibi_fw-la regnare_fw-la i_o credo_fw-la vbi_fw-la sanguis_fw-la meus_fw-la dominatur_fw-la ibi_fw-la dominaeri_fw-la i_o confido_fw-la vbi_fw-la caro_fw-la mea_fw-la glorificatur_fw-la ibi_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la cognosco_fw-la quamuis_fw-la peccator_fw-la sim_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la communione_fw-la gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la diffido_fw-la etsi_fw-la peccata_fw-la mea_fw-la prohibent_fw-la substantia_fw-la mea_fw-la requirit_fw-la etsi_fw-la delicta_fw-la propriae_fw-la mea_fw-la excludunt_fw-la naturae_fw-la communio_fw-la non_fw-la repellit_fw-la etc._n etc._n desperare_fw-la utique_fw-la potuissem_fw-la propter_fw-la nimia_fw-la peccata_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o vitiae_fw-la culpas_fw-la &_o infinitas_fw-la negligentias_fw-la meas_fw-la quas_fw-la egi_fw-la &_o quotidi_fw-la è_fw-la indesinenter_fw-la ago_o cord_n &_o ere_n &_o opere_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la quibus_fw-la humana_fw-la fragilitas_fw-la peccare_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la verbum_fw-la tuum_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la caro_fw-la fieret_fw-la &_o habitaret_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la desperare_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la subditui_fw-la ille_fw-la tibi_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la mortem_fw-la autem_fw-la crucis_fw-la tulit_fw-la chyrographum_fw-la peccaetorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la &_o affigens_fw-la illud_fw-la cruci_fw-la peccatum_fw-la crucifixit_fw-la &_o mortem_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la autem_fw-la securus_fw-la respiro_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v my_o soul_n say_v he_o be_v silent_a to_o itself_o and_o pass_v over_o itself_o not_o think_v of_o itself_o but_o of_o thou_o o_o my_o god_n because_o thou_o be_v indeed_o my_o whole_a hope_n and_o trust_v there_o be_v in_o thou_o my_o god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o portion_n and_o flesh_n and_o blood_n of_o every_o
austin_n in_o psal_n 102._o have_v these_o word_n tua_fw-la word_n august_n in_o psal_n 102._o ergo_fw-la coronat_fw-la te_fw-la quia_fw-la donae_fw-la suae_fw-la coronat_fw-la non_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la he_o crow_v thou_o because_o he_o crow_v his_o own_o gift_n not_o thy_o merit_n which_o be_v the_o same_o in_o effect_n with_o that_o which_o m._n bishop_n put_v in_o place_n of_o it_o very_o often_o repeat_v by_o s._n austin_n either_o in_o the_o same_o or_o very_o near_o the_o same_o word_n that_o god_n when_o he_o crow_v we_o 7._o we_o idem_n epist_n 105._o et_fw-la in_o joan._n trac_fw-la 5._o &_o the_o great_a et_fw-fr lib._n arb_n cap._n 6._o 7._o crow_v his_o own_o gift_n not_o our_o merit_n but_o he_o answer_v hereto_o very_o untrue_o and_o deceitful_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o s._n austin_n there_o speak_v to_o he_o that_o think_v he_o have_v merit_n of_o his_o own_o and_o of_o himself_o that_o god_n will_v not_o crown_v those_o because_o they_o be_v only_o evil_a and_o he_o give_v not_o the_o crown_n to_o evil_a work_n but_o he_o crow_v only_o his_o own_o gift_n because_o in_o we_o there_o be_v no_o good_a work_n to_o which_o only_o the_o crown_n be_v give_v but_o only_o by_o god_n gift_n sunt_fw-la gift_n de_fw-fr great_a et_fw-fr lib._n arb_n ca._n 6._o prorsus_fw-la talia_fw-la cogitanti_fw-la veriffimèdicitur_fw-la dona_fw-la tua_fw-la coronat_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la si_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o teipso_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la sunt_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la talia_fw-la sunt_fw-la mala_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la autem_fw-la mala_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la coronat_fw-la deus_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la dei_fw-la dona_fw-la sunt_fw-la to_o he_o that_o so_o think_v say_v he_o it_o be_v right_o say_v god_n crow_v his_o own_o gift_n not_o thy_o merit_n if_o thou_o have_v thy_o merit_n of_o thyself_o and_o not_o of_o his_o gift_n for_o if_o they_o be_v such_o 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