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25._o be_v justify_v or_o how_o can_v he_o be_v clean_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n behold_v the_o moon_n shine_v not_o in_o comparison_n of_o he_o and_o the_o star_n be_v unclean_a in_o his_o sight_n then_o how_o much_o more_o man_n that_o be_v but_o corruption_n and_o the_o son_n of_o man_n that_o be_v but_o a_o worm_n and_o again_o who_o can_v say_v my_o heart_n 20_o be_v clean_o i_o be_o pure_a from_o sin_n and_o again_o enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o 143._o thy_o servant_n for_o in_o thy_o sight_n shall_v no_o man_n live_v be_v justify_v and_o again_o though_o thou_o wash_v thou_o with_o nitrus_fw-la citizen_n and_o take_v thou_o much_o soap_n yet_o thy_o iniquity_n be_v mark_v before_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n god._n again_o we_o be_v 64._o all_o as_o a_o unclean_a thing_n &_o all_o our_o righteousness_n be_v as_o menstruous_a clothes_n again_o all_o man_n be_v liar_n again_o the_o 15_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v wicked_a &_o unsearchable_a again_o what_o be_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v clean_o and_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v rust_n behold_v he_o find_v no_o steadfastness_n in_o his_o saint_n yea_o the_o heaven_n be_v not_o clean_o in_o his_o sight_n how_o much_o more_o be_v man_n abominable_a &_o filthy_a which_o drink_v iniquity_n like_o water_n again_o all_o the_o child_n of_o man_n be_v unrighteous_a yea_o all_o their_o work_n be_v unrighteous_a and_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o they_o again_o in_o my_o flesh_n dwell_v 4._o no_o good_a thing_n and_o again_o all_o 7._o have_v go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n &_o all_o have_v be_v make_v unprofitable_a again_o there_o be_v none_o righteous_a no_o not_o one_o 3._o they_o be_v all_o become_v abominable_a there_o be_v none_o that_o do_v good_a no_o not_o one_o and_o christ_n himself_o say_v when_o you_o have_v do_v all_o that_o be_v command_v you_o say_v you_o be_v unprofitable_a servant_n upon_o the_o which_o word_n of_o christ_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o note_n what_o one_o of_o the_o pope_n own_o cardinal_n thomas_n de_fw-fr ʋio_n write_v neta_n parabolam_fw-la pro_fw-la memoria_fw-la et_fw-la conclusionem_fw-la caietan_n pro_fw-la documento_fw-la si_fw-la seruando_fw-la onmia_fw-la praecepta_fw-la sunnis_fw-la inutiles_fw-la nec_fw-la habemus_fw-la unde_fw-la superbiamus_fw-la quid_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la de_fw-la nobisipsis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la seruamus_fw-la qui_fw-la multorum_fw-la rei_fw-la sumus_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la nobis_fw-la dico_fw-la quum_fw-la nullus_fw-la dicere_fw-la possit_fw-la quod_fw-la debeham_fw-la feci_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la exemptus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o dicendo_fw-la dimitte_fw-la nobis_fw-la debita_fw-la nostra_fw-la quod_fw-la ergo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quum_fw-la fecer_n it_o be_v omne_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quòd_fw-la facturi_fw-la essent_fw-la omne_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la facerent_fw-la omne_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la quum_fw-la merita_fw-la habuerint_fw-la facientium_fw-la omne_fw-la praecepta_fw-la recognoscant_fw-la se_fw-la seruos_fw-la inutiles_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o fortiori_fw-la recognoscant_fw-la se_fw-la minus_fw-la quà m_fw-la inutiles_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la debiteres_fw-la &_o reos_fw-la multorum_fw-la quae_fw-la debebant_fw-la seu_fw-la debent_fw-la facere_fw-la note_v the_o parable_n for_o remembrance_n &_o the_o conclusion_n for_o your_o learning_n if_o in_o keep_v all_o the_o commandment_n we_o be_v unprofitable_a and_o have_v nothing_o to_o be_v proud_a of_o what_o shall_v we_o think_v of_o ourselves_o which_o do_v not_o keep_v all_o which_o be_v guilty_a in_o many_o of_o they_o gation_n what_o i_o say_v shall_v we_o think_v of_o ourselves_o when_o none_o of_o we_o all_o can_v say_v i_o have_v do_v that_o i_o ought_v unless_o any_o be_v privilege_v from_o say_v forgive_v we_o our_o trespass_n wherefore_o where_o it_o be_v say_v when_o you_o have_v do_v all_o thing_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o say_v as_o though_o they_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n but_o for_o this_o cause_n that_o though_o they_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o though_o they_o can_v have_v the_o merit_n of_o such_o as_o themselves_o perform_v all_o the_o commandment_n they_o must_v acknowledge_v themselves_o unprofitable_a servant_n that_o by_o a_o much_o strong_a argument_n they_o may_v acknowledge_v then selue_o less_o than_o unprofitable_a that_o be_v debtor_n and_o guilty_a of_o many_o thing_n which_o they_o ought_v and_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v which_o thing_n gregory_n well_o understand_v when_o he_o say_v humana_fw-la iustitia_fw-la divinae_fw-la 28._o iustitia_fw-la comparata_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o lucerna_fw-la in_o tenebris_fw-la fulgere_fw-la cernitur_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o solis_fw-la radiis_fw-la posita_fw-la tenebratur_fw-la man_n righteousness_n compare_v with_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v wickedness_n for_o even_o a_o candle_n be_v see_v to_o shine_v in_o the_o dark_a but_o be_v set_v in_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n it_o be_v darken_v have_v now_o show_v by_o these_o authority_n what_o be_v the_o worthiness_n of_o man_n work_n it_o plain_o appear_v what_o merit_n be_v in_o they_o namely_o the_o merit_n of_o damnation_n and_o merit_n touch_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o father_n concern_v merit_n thus_o write_v origen_n sicut_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la subsistimus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la operis_fw-la nostri_fw-la mercede_fw-la subsistimus_fw-la sed_fw-la evidenter_fw-la 4._o dei_fw-la munus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la simus_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la conditoris_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la ita_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la promissonum_fw-la dei_fw-la capiamus_fw-la divina_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la alicuius_fw-la debiti_fw-la aut_fw-la operis_fw-la merces_fw-la as_o it_o can_v not_o be_v understand_v that_o we_o be_v that_o which_o we_o now_o be_v for_o the_o hire_n of_o our_o own_o work_n but_o that_o we_o be_v be_v evident_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o creator_n which_o will_v have_v we_o to_o be_v even_o so_o although_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n it_o come_v of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n not_o be_v the_o hire_n of_o any_o duty_n or_o work_v and_o thus_o say_v s._n augustine_n write_v upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o 30._o psal_n deliver_v i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n quis_fw-la inquam_fw-la 30_o est_fw-la qui_fw-la scruatur_fw-la gratis_o be_v in_o quo_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la seruator_fw-la quod_fw-la coronet_n sed_fw-la quod_fw-la damnet_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la merita_fw-la bonorum_fw-la sed_fw-la invenit_fw-la merita_fw-la suppliciorum_fw-la who_o be_v he_o i_o say_v that_o be_v save_v free_o even_o he_o in_o who_o the_o saviour_n find_v nothing_o to_o crown_n but_o to_o condemn_v no_o merit_n of_o good_a thing_n but_o desert_n of_o punishment_n again_o the_o same_o augustine_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o pauline_n operibus_fw-la debitum_fw-la redditur_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratis_o datur_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o nuncupatur_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la autem_fw-la
brute_n &_o senseless_a nature_n be_v not_o capable_a thereof_o and_o the_o soul_n we_o receive_v not_o of_o our_o parent_n but_o of_o god_n how_o then_o come_v it_o that_o from_o our_o parent_n we_o shall_v receive_v this_o corruption_n the_o which_o be_v thus_o by_o some_o answer_n learned_a father_n answer_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o by_o his_o creation_n sinful_a but_o forasmuch_o as_o man_n disobedience_n have_v utter_o spoil_v his_o whole_a nature_n of_o original_a righteousness_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o the_o creation_n knit_v unto_o a_o body_n subject_a unto_o that_o loss_n and_o make_v a_o part_n of_o the_o accurse_a man_n therefore_o it_o be_v forthwith_o both_o deprive_v of_o the_o original_a grace_n and_o virtue_n wherewith_o by_o creation_n it_o be_v endue_v and_o wherewith_o it_o shall_v have_v govern_v the_o body_n and_o also_o it_o have_v no_o mean_n to_o use_v itself_o but_o by_o the_o instrument_n or_o organ_n of_o the_o body_n which_o through_o the_o curse_n be_v natural_o endue_v with_o nothing_o but_o filthiness_n and_o utter_o unapt_a to_o all_o spiritual_a work_v whereby_o it_o stubburnlye_o resist_v and_o impugn_v the_o spirit_n who_o be_v now_o deprive_v of_o many_o of_o those_o virtue_n wherewith_o it_o be_v by_o creation_n endue_v be_v unable_a to_o encounter_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o special_o in_o she_o own_o organ_n or_o instrument_n and_o therefore_o yield_v unto_o the_o inclination_n thereof_o so_o that_o where_o it_o shall_v have_v reign_v over_o the_o body_n now_o contrariwise_o the_o body_n reign_v over_o it_o and_o suppress_v it_o and_o carry_v it_o away_o captive_a unto_o the_o lust_n answerable_a to_o the_o body_n and_o even_o natural_a philosophy_n teach_v this_o that_o between_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a sympathy_n or_o knit_n of_o affection_n for_o who_o see_v not_o that_o in_o melancholy_a body_n the_o mind_n be_v heavy_a and_o solitary_a in_o sanguine_a body_n merry_a and_o light_v etc_n etc_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v thus_o enclose_v in_o this_o house_n of_o corruption_n be_v great_o blind_v and_o drown_v in_o the_o perfection_n thereof_o and_o so_o carry_v away_o unto_o the_o delight_n thereof_o sure_o this_o curious_a search_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o original_a sin_n as_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a and_o difficulty_n so_o it_o be_v more_o than_o vain_a and_o unto_o salvation_n nothing_o at_o all_o necessary_a wherefore_o the_o adversary_n ought_v rather_o in_o follow_v the_o counsel_n of_o saint_n augustine_n in_o this_o matter_n to_o labour_n and_o study_v to_o find_v the_o way_n how_o they_o must_v be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o danger_n of_o this_o original_a filth_n &_o corruption_n then_o curious_o to_o stand_v question_v how_o they_o fall_v into_o it_o he_o rehearse_v a_o pretty_a story_n how_o a_o certain_a man_n chance_a to_o fall_v into_o a_o deep_a pit_n lie_v there_o shout_v &_o history_n cry_v a_o other_o hear_v he_o come_v to_o the_o pit_n and_o begin_v very_o diligent_o to_o inquire_v of_o he_o how_o he_o fall_v in_o i_o pray_v thou_o say_v he_o never_o ask_v i_o how_o i_o fall_v in_o but_o study_v diligent_o how_o thou_o may_v help_v i_o out_o have_v thus_o brief_o speak_v of_o original_a sin_n i_o think_v it_o not_o convenient_a because_o this_o division_n be_v receive_v to_o speak_v now_o of_o actual_a sin_n which_o in_o deed_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o fruit_n or_o effect_n sin_n of_o the_o other_o wherefore_o it_o may_v be_v thus_o define_v actual_a sin_n be_v every_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n or_o whatsoever_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o will_n of_o god_n and_o what_o soever_o be_v not_o of_o faith_n the_o truth_n of_o this_o definition_n be_v thus_o gather_v forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v already_o prove_v that_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n be_v by_o original_a sin_n utter_o corrupt_v therefore_o the_o same_o sin_n triumph_v in_o his_o nature_n as_o a_o cause_n continual_o work_v can_v not_o but_o bring_v forth_o her_o effect_n or_o fruit_n and_o by_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n the_o fruit_n must_v be_v answerable_a to_o the_o tree_n therefore_o all_o thought_n word_n &_o deed_n &_o what_o soever_o proceed_v from_o that_o corrupt_a nature_n be_v corrupt_a &_o unclean_a &_o so_o actual_a sin_n and_o that_o thought_n be_v herein_o comprehend_v it_o be_v plain_a for_o that_o they_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o original_a corruption_n for_o christ_n himself_o say_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n go_v evil_a thought_n and_o if_o any_o act_n beside_o be_v not_o comprehend_v under_o these_o word_n thought_n word_n or_o deed_n the_o same_o be_v comprehend_v under_o these_o general_a word_n of_o paul_n whatsoever_o be_v not_o of_o faith_n be_v sin_n whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o not_o only_a evil_n thought_n word_n and_o deed_n be_v actual_a sin_n but_o also_o those_o thought_n word_n &_o deed_n which_o otherwise_o 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