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elect_v we_o as_o the_o apostle_n teach_v for_o the_o commendation_n of_o his_o glorious_a grace_n but_o if_o election_n be_v not_o of_o â—race_n then_o grace_n deserve_v not_o all_o the_o praise_n but_o we_o ourselves_o have_v something_o whereof_o we_o may_v glory_v ibid._n five_o let_v we_o consider_v the_o judgement_n of_o antiquity_n augustine_n say_v aâ—_n he_o that_o be_v christ_n 〈◊〉_d predestinate_v to_o be_v our_o head_n so_o be_v weâ—_n to_o be_v his_o 〈◊〉_d she_o humana_fw-la hic_fw-la merita_fw-la 〈…〉_z leâ—_n mens_fw-la meritâ—_n hâ—â—e_v 〈◊〉_d silent_a which_o perish_v in_o adam_n 7._o 〈◊〉_d and_o let_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n beâ—â—e_v the_o â—way_n and_o reign_n and_o again_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o cause_n one_o 〈◊〉_d forsake_v &_o another_o be_v take_v 〈◊〉_d assumitur_fw-la gratia_fw-la prâ—stante_fw-la non_fw-la merito_fw-la in_o mercy_n 3_o and_o not_o of_o merit_n and_o again_o he_o have_v elect_v none_o worthy_a but_o by_o elect_v he_o he_o have_v make_v he_o worthy_a it_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o have_v elect_v i_o not_o because_o i_o be_o worthy_a 10._o but_o because_o it_o vouchsafe_v to_o make_v i_o videte_fw-la charissimi_fw-la see_v my_o beloved_a how_o that_o he_o do_v not_o elect_a man_n good_a but_o make_v those_o to_o be_v good_a who_o he_o have_v elect_v and_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v that_o god_n love_v no_o other_o thing_n in_o jacob_n than_o his_o own_o free_a mercy_n he_o love_v jacob_n by_o his_o free_a mercy_n and_o hate_v esau_n by_o his_o just_a judgement_n hierome_n also_o speak_v of_o jacob_n and_o esau_n say_v that_o the_o election_n of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o rejection_n of_o the_o other_o do_v not_o demonstrate_v their_o merit_n but_o the_o will_n of_o the_o elector_n and_o reiector_n and_o further_o also_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o will_n of_o god_n to_o elect_v or_o reject_v a_o man_n without_o good_a or_o evil_a work_n regum_fw-la angelome_o also_o say_v that_o 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elect_v for_o fore-seen_a faith_n what_o reason_n then_o have_v we_o to_o believe_v it_o we_o conclude_v therefore_o that_o we_o be_v not_o elect_v for_o faith_n and_o with_o justine_n martiâ—_n we_o call_v those_o blessed_v qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesciti_fw-la ut_fw-la crederent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v foreknown_a that_o they_o shall_v believe_v and_o we_o say_v according_a to_o augustine_n 17._o that_o those_o be_v elect_v non_fw-la qui_fw-la eliguntur_fw-la quia_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la sed_fw-la quâ—_n eliguntur_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la which_o be_v elect_v to_o believe_v not_o because_o they_o have_v believe_v 7.25_o i_o have_v obtain_v mercy_n say_v paul_n that_o i_o shall_v be_v faithful_a 3._o non_fw-la quia_fw-la fidelis_fw-la â—ram_fw-la not_o because_o i_o be_v faithful_a as_o augustine_n speak_v second_o we_o be_v not_o elect_v for_o any_o foresee_a work_n for_o first_o the_o apostle_n exclude_v all_o work_n from_o be_v the_o cause_n either_o of_o election_n or_o of_o reprobation_n rom._n 9.11_o 12._o and_o teach_v that_o election_n be_v not_o in_o he_o that_o run_v that_o be_v it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v attribute_v to_o his_o industry_n or_o endeavour_n second_o good_a work_n can_v merit_v nothing_o of_o god_n because_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o they_o and_o they_o be_v due_a unto_o he_o and_o be_v not_o equivalent_a and_o proportionable_a to_o his_o grace_n three_o we_o be_v elect_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a 1.4_o and_o shall_v do_v good_a work_n &_o therefore_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o imagine_v that_o good_a work_n do_v move_v god_n to_o elect_v us._n hierome_n say_v the_o apostle_n say_v not_o he_o have_v elect_v we_o cum_fw-la essemus_fw-la sancti_fw-la ruffin_n when_o we_o be_v holy_a sed_fw-la ut_fw-la essemus_fw-la but_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o augustine_n say_v the_o election_n of_o grace_n do_v not_o only_o prevent_v or_o go_v before_o man_n work_n but_o before_o faith_n whence_o all_o good_a work_n do_v flow_v 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for_o any_o prerogative_n or_o excellency_n in_o his_o person_n 2.11_o for_o god_n be_v no_o accepter_n of_o person_n and_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o before_o election_n but_o come_v after_o it_o second_o 7.7_o that_o which_o moses_n say_v of_o the_o general_a election_n of_o all_o the_o isralite_n may_v be_v as_o true_o say_v of_o the_o special_a election_n of_o all_o true_a isralite_n that_o god_n have_v not_o choose_v they_o for_o their_o multitude_n but_o of_o his_o own_o love_n nor_o for_o any_o dignity_n in_o they_o but_o of_o his_o own_o mere_a mercy_n we_o see_v god_n respect_v not_o the_o eldership_n of_o cain_n but_o choose_v abel_n he_o regard_v not_o the_o riches_n of_o nâ—bal_n the_o wisdom_n of_o achitophel_n the_o beauty_n of_o absolom_n the_o comeliness_n of_o saul_n the_o princely_a blood_n of_o jezebel_n
represent_v the_o whole_a realm_n in_o the_o parliament_n even_o so_o do_v adam_n represent_v the_o person_n of_o his_o whole_a posterity_n whatsoever_o he_o receive_v of_o god_n he_o receive_v it_o for_o himself_o and_o for_o all_o his_o progeny_n and_o what_o he_o lose_v he_o likewise_o lose_v for_o himself_o and_o for_o they_o all_o as_o we_o see_v a_o man_n by_o high_a treason_n do_v taint_v his_o blood_n and_o disgrace_v his_o posterity_n triph._n justine_n say_v by_o sin_v adam_n make_v his_o posterity_n obnoxious_a unto_o death_n &_o make_v they_o universo_fw-la all_o guilty_a of_o his_o first_o offence_n poenit._n the_o lord_n say_v gregory_n do_v so_o make_v adam_n as_o that_o he_o may_v procreate_v child_n without_o sin_n if_o he_o continue_v in_o the_o obedience_n of_o his_o creator_n but_o because_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n refuse_v to_o obey_v her_o lord_n the_o procreation_n of_o child_n be_v in_o sin_n we_o see_v now_o that_o creation_n be_v a_o mean_a of_o the_o execution_n of_o god_n election_n for_o a_o man_n must_v first_o be_v before_o he_o can_v be_v save_v yet_o it_o be_v no_o special_a or_o peculiar_a mean_n for_o all_o that_o be_v create_v shall_v not_o be_v save_v some_o shall_v be_v damn_v all_o man_n say_v prosper_n be_v of_o god_n create_v gal_n but_o of_o this_o universality_n or_o company_n some_o be_v to_o be_v damn_v with_o the_o devil_n other_o shall_v reign_v with_o christ_n the_o permission_n of_o the_o fall_n be_v that_o whereby_o god_n suffer_v adam_n and_o his_o son_n to_o revolt_v &_o fall_v into_o sin_n and_o do_v not_o hinder_v the_o fall_n which_o he_o can_v have_v do_v if_o it_o have_v so_o please_v he_o but_o he_o will_v not_o hinder_v it_o because_o such_o be_v his_o pleasure_n for_o certain_a cause_n best_a know_v unto_o himself_o in_o the_o mean_a let_v no_o man_n think_v that_o god_n be_v injurious_a for_o 1._o he_o be_v not_o indebt_v to_o we_o to_o confirm_v we_o by_o his_o grace_n &_o to_o keep_v we_o from_o 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suggestion_n of_o the_o devil_n tertullian_n say_v true_o marc._n as_o god_n bring_v man_n into_o the_o state_n of_o life_n 14._o so_o man_n bring_v himself_o into_o the_o state_n of_o death_n the_o beginning_n and_o root_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o ourselves_o say_v basil_n it_o can_v be_v say_v austen_n that_o he_o which_o raise_v we_o from_o sin_n shall_v make_v we_o fall_v into_o sin_n 5.4_o thou_o be_v not_o a_o god_n say_v david_n that_o love_v wickedness_n monim_n neither_o shall_v evil_a dwell_v with_o thou_o man_n therefore_o as_o fulgentius_n say_v have_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o iniquity_n in_o his_o own_o proper_a will_n &_o not_o from_o god_n predestination_n art_n if_o any_o man_n decline_v from_o justice_n and_o piety_n he_o run_v headlong_o of_o his_o own_o will_n he_o be_v draw_v by_o his_o own_o concupiscence_n he_o be_v beguile_v through_o his_o persuasion_n nihil_fw-la iâ—i_fw-la pater_fw-la the_o father_n have_v no_o oar_n in_o this_o boat_n the_o son_n be_v no_o agent_n of_o this_o sin_n the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v no_o worker_n of_o this_o wickedness_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o god_n will_v that_o revolt_n yet_o we_o must_v know_v that_o god_n do_v not_o will_v it_o positive_a so_o as_o to_o produce_v effect_n or_o give_v be_v to_o it_o but_o negatiuè_fw-fr &_o desereâ—do_fw-la because_o his_o will_n be_v to_o leave_v adam_n to_o himself_o and_o not_o to_o preserve_v he_o from_o revolt_a that_o he_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o temptation_n and_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v what_o the_o creature_n be_v able_a to_o do_v when_o the_o creator_n shall_v withdraw_v the_o staff_n of_o his_o grace_n strae_fw-fr and_o cease_v to_o support_v therefore_o we_o conclude_v with_o clemens_n that_o the_o fault_n of_o man_n choose_v of_o that_o which_o be_v forbid_v be_v not_o to_o be_v transfer_v or_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n thus_o we_o see_v the_o second_o mean_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o election_n which_o be_v a_o very_a necessary_a mean_n for_o 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