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this_o behalf_n god_n absolute_a sovereignty_n over_o his_o creature_n to_o do_v therewith_o whatsoever_o it_o please_v he_o contumeliam_fw-la he_o aug._n de_fw-fr praedsi_fw-la &_o great_a c._n 16._o humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la quod_fw-la creatum_fw-la primitus_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la nihilo_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la debita_fw-la mortis_fw-la et_fw-la peccati_fw-la origine_fw-la nasceretur_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v creator_n omnipotens_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la noâ—nullos_fw-la damnare_fw-la vellet_fw-la interitum_fw-la quis_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la creatori_fw-la diceret_fw-la quare_fw-la fecisti_fw-la sic_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la esse_fw-la donaverat_fw-la quo_fw-la fine_fw-la essent_fw-la habuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la nec_fw-la dicerent_fw-la caeteri_fw-la cur_n paribus_fw-la omnium_fw-la meritis_fw-la divinum_fw-la discreparet_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la quia_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habet_fw-la figulus_fw-la luti_fw-la ex_fw-la eadem_fw-la massa_fw-la facere_fw-la aliud_fw-la quidem_fw-la vas_fw-la in_o honorem_fw-la aliud_fw-la veròin_fw-la contumeliam_fw-la if_o mankind_n say_v
non_fw-la solumâ—t_fw-la causa_fw-la universalu_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la particularu_fw-la ex_fw-la doctrina_fw-la caluini_fw-la &_o bezae_fw-la concurrit_fw-la ad_fw-la actiones_fw-la malas_fw-la as_o a_o cause_n universal_a we_o make_v he_o in_o respect_n of_o sin_n a_o cause_n particular_a whereas_o the_o blind_a jesuit_n if_o he_o have_v not_o be_v blind_a may_v easy_o have_v see_v that_o we_o make_v god_n in_o wicked_a &_o sinful_a action_n only_o a_o cause_n universal_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o sin_n though_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o order_n and_o use_v thereof_o we_o make_v he_o a_o cause_n particular_a as_o who_o do_v particulate_v and_o determine_v the_o same_o to_o this_o or_o that_o as_o by_o the_o word_n of_o hugo_n victorinus_n have_v be_v before_o say_v and_o do_v not_o the_o jesuit_n himself_o confess_v as_o much_o in_o the_o word_n which_o i_o have_v allege_v for_o if_o god_n do_v wrest_v and_o turn_v the_o will_n of_o sinful_a and_o wicked_a man_n to_o his_o use_n if_o he_o hinder_v they_o from_o do_v or_o think_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o he_o will_v permit_v they_o to_o do_v or_o think_v if_o he_o so_o govern_v and_o rule_v they_o as_o that_o he_o make_v they_o even_o against_o their_o will_n to_o serve_v he_o than_o he_o leave_v not_o the_o particulate_v of_o sinful_a action_n as_o touch_v their_o order_n to_o man_n themselves_o but_o he_o direct_v they_o in_o particular_a to_o serve_v the_o counsel_n of_o his_o will_n he_o than_o that_o will_v weigh_v these_o speech_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o compare_v they_o with_o that_o that_o have_v be_v before_o discourse_v of_o our_o assertion_n in_o this_o point_n will_v plain_o see_v that_o the_o very_a evidence_n of_o the_o truth_n make_v he_o subscribe_v that_o doctrine_n against_o which_o he_o profess_v to_o dispute_v and_o that_o he_o do_v but_o malicious_o wrest_v the_o speech_n of_o our_o writer_n to_o make_v to_o himself_o matter_n of_o controversy_n where_o by_o plain_a deal_n he_o can_v find_v none_o this_o be_v the_o triumph_n and_o glory_n of_o truth_n that_o she_o advance_v herself_o and_o displai_v her_o banner_n even_o amide_v the_o tent_n of_o they_o that_o be_v in_o arm_n to_o fight_v against_o she_o m._n bishop_n be_v a_o true_a scholar_n of_o he_o and_o out_o of_o the_o very_a same_o malice_n say_v further_a that_o caluin_n go_v on_o prove_v that_o god_n do_v not_o only_o suffer_v but_o actual_o effect_v and_o work_v all_o the_o evil_a that_o any_o man_n commit_v where_o he_o put_v those_o word_n actual_o effect_v and_o work_v all_o the_o evil_a in_o a_o distinct_a letter_n as_o if_o they_o be_v caluins_n word_n whereas_o caluin_n in_o that_o that_o follow_v have_v no_o such_o word_n the_o like_a treachery_n and_o falsehood_n he_o use_v in_o the_o recital_n of_o the_o other_o word_n that_o god_n do_v work_v this_o evil_n in_o man_n by_o satin_n service_n as_o a_o mean_a yet_o so_o as_o god_n be_v the_o principal_a worker_n of_o it_o and_o sit_v a_o but_o his_o instrument_n whereas_o the_o word_n of_o caluin_n true_o report_v be_v these_o minister_n these_o cal._n inst_z l._n 1._o c._n 18._o s_o 2._o fateor_fw-la interposita_fw-la satanae_fw-la opera_fw-la deum_fw-la saepe_fw-la agere_fw-la in_o reprobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n dicitur_fw-la verò_fw-la ipse_fw-la dare_v homines_fw-la in_o reprobum_fw-la sensum_fw-la quia_fw-la iustae_fw-la suae_fw-la vindictae_fw-la praecipuus_fw-la est_fw-la author_n satan_n verò_fw-la tantum_fw-la minister_n that_o god_n by_o satin_n service_n do_v often_o work_v in_o the_o reprobate_n but_o yet_o as_o by_o and_o by_o it_o follow_v that_o god_n be_v say_v to_o give_v man_n over_o to_o a_o reprobate_a sense_n and_o to_o cast_v they_o into_o filthy_a lust_n because_o he_o be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o his_o just_a revenge_n or_o punishment_n and_o satan_n only_o the_o minister_n or_o instrument_n thereof_o in_o which_o word_n what_o be_v it_o whereat_o m._n bishop_n be_v offend_v sure_o saint_n austin_n attribute_v to_o god_n eorum_fw-la god_n aug._n the_o great_a &_o l._n arbit_n c_o 21._o potens_fw-la est_fw-la five_o per_fw-la angeles_a well_fw-mi bonos_fw-es vel_fw-la malos_fw-la sive_fw-la quocunque_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la operari_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la malorum_fw-la pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la eorum_fw-la a_o power_n to_o work_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o wicked_a man_n according_a to_o their_o desert_n either_o by_o good_a or_o evil_a angel_n and_o say_v that_o illorum_fw-la that_o idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 77._o deus_fw-la utitur_fw-la angelis_fw-la maâ—is_fw-la ad_fw-la puniendos_fw-la malos_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o istis_fw-la â—mnibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la post_fw-la eu_n tribue_v re_fw-mi sine_fw-la dubitatione_n pâ—ssumus_fw-la obdurationâ—m_fw-la cordu_fw-fr illorum_fw-la god_n use_v evil_a angel_n to_o punish_v evil_a man_n as_o he_o do_v to_o punish_v the_o egyptian_n by_o harden_v their_o heart_n and_o therefore_o call_v they_o carnifice_n they_o ibid_fw-la per_fw-la ill_n velut_fw-la militiae_fw-la caelestis_fw-la carnifice_n the_o hangman_n or_o executioner_n of_o the_o warfare_n of_o heaven_n so_o where_o in_o another_o psalm_n god_n be_v say_v 105.25_o say_v psal_n 105.25_o to_o have_v turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o egyptian_n so_o that_o they_o hate_v his_o people_n etc._n people_n ibid._n benè_fw-la creditur_fw-la deus_fw-la fecisse_fw-la per_fw-la illos_fw-la angelos_fw-la malos_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o may_v well_o believe_v say_v he_o that_o god_n do_v this_o by_o the_o evil_a angel_n now_o then_o why_o do_v m._n bishop_n doubt_v but_o that_o satan_n and_o his_o angel_n be_v right_o term_v the_o minister_n and_o instrument_n of_o god_n vengeance_n the_o hangman_n and_o executioner_n of_o his_o wrath_n against_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a man_n be_v he_o offend_v to_o hear_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o this_o vengeance_n but_o that_o we_o have_v hear_v before_o out_o of_o thomas_n aquinas_n who_o i_o trow_v he_o will_v not_o gainsay_v primumactorem_fw-la gainsay_v tho._n aquin._n supra_fw-la poena_fw-la refertur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o primumactorem_fw-la that_o punishment_n be_v refer_v to_o god_n as_o the_o chief_a author_n of_o it_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o if_o he_o have_v report_v caluin_n word_n aright_o he_o have_v have_v nothing_o to_o say_v against_o they_o but_o lewd_o and_o unhonest_o he_o falsify_v they_o that_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v some_o colour_n for_o this_o slanderous_a imputation_n where_o indeed_o he_o have_v none_o now_o to_o go_v on_o with_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o same_o order_n as_o i_o have_v begin_v from_o the_o last_o to_o the_o first_o there_o follow_v melancthon_n of_o the_o same_o curse_a crew_n be_v melancthon_n say_v he_o whereas_o he_o himself_o rather_o here_o carry_v the_o mark_n of_o a_o accurse_a wretch_n in_o that_o he_o so_o wilful_o beli_v and_o slander_v melancthon_n he_o cit_v he_o upon_o the_o 8._o to_o the_o roman_n where_o no_o such_o be_v and_o upon_o the_o 9_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n there_o be_v word_n word_n direct_o contrary_a to_o that_o forwhich_v he_o cit_v they_o absurdi_fw-la they_o melanct._n ad_fw-la rom._n c._n 9_o etsi_fw-la deus_fw-la impertit_fw-la vitam_fw-la malis_fw-la tamen_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o malis_fw-la in_fw-la diabolo_fw-la &_o homine_fw-la transferens_fw-la agitationem_fw-la ad_fw-la obiectum_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la haec_fw-la sententia_fw-la &_o tuta_fw-la &_o â—era_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la consentanea_fw-la quod_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o scripture_n legitur_fw-la ego_fw-la indurabo_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o tradidit_fw-la eos_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o similia_fw-la haec_fw-la figura_fw-la sermonis_fw-la facilè_fw-la potest_fw-la explicari_fw-la siquis_fw-la obseruet_fw-la naturam_fw-la hebraici_n sermonis_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la have_v figuras_fw-la habere_fw-la quandam_fw-la significationem_fw-la permittendi_fw-la tradidit_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la significat_fw-la positiuè_fw-fr deum_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la seu_fw-la proprio_fw-la quodam_fw-la motu_fw-la rapere_fw-la animos_fw-la ad_fw-la explendas_fw-la cupiditates_fw-la sed_fw-la significat_fw-la desertionem_fw-la deus_fw-la deserit_fw-la impios_fw-la &_o sinit_fw-la eos_fw-la surere_fw-la non_fw-la cohibet_fw-la eorum_fw-la furorem_fw-la ego_fw-la indurabo_fw-la etc._n etc._n id_fw-la est_fw-la sinam_fw-la indurari_fw-la non_fw-la flectam_fw-la genuinam_fw-la impij_fw-la cordis_fw-la duritiam_fw-la cum_fw-la autem_fw-la buius_fw-la desertionis_fw-la mentionem_fw-la facit_fw-la poenam_fw-la significat_fw-la qua_fw-la punit_fw-la impiâ—s_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la grammatica_fw-la interpretatio_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la habet_fw-la absurdi_fw-la though_o god_n say_v he_o give_v life_n to_o the_o wicked_a yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n but_o the_o will_n itself_o in_o the_o evil_a whether_o the_o devil_n or_o man_n transfer_v the_o cogitation_n to_o a_o object_n forbid_v of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n this_o opinion_n be_v safe_a and_o true_a and_o agreeable_a to_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o whereas_o say_v
fuerit_fw-la because_o bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 23._o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la mihi_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la imputaredecreverit_fw-la sic_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la it_o be_v as_o if_o it_o never_o have_v be_v as_o bernard_n say_v there_o can_v no_o satisfaction_n be_v require_v for_o it_o what_o a_o frantic_a dream_n it_o be_v whereby_o they_o have_v make_v prayer_n for_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v a_o satisfaction_n for_o sin_n and_o that_o s._n augustine_n word_n make_v nothing_o for_o their_o purpose_n it_o have_v be_v 15._o be_v of_o satisfaction_n sect_n 6._o &_o 15._o before_o sufficient_o declare_v and_o be_v needless_a here_o to_o be_v repeat_v 37._o w._n bishop_n now_o to_o the_o second_o downfall_n merit_n be_v here_o also_o overthrow_v for_o we_o acknowledge_v ourselves_o debtor_n and_o we_o daily_o increase_v our_o debt_n now_o it_o be_v madness_n to_o think_v that_o they_o who_o daily_o increase_v their_o debt_n can_v deserve_v or_o purchase_v any_o good_a of_o the_o creditor_n in_o a_o word_n this_o must_v be_v think_v upon_o etc._n etc._n and_o good_a reason_n too_o first_o then_o i_o answer_v that_o venial_a sin_n and_o small_a debt_n that_o just_o menday_o incur_v do_v not_o hinder_v the_o daily_a merit_n of_o their_o other_o good_a work_n as_o aseruant_a hire_v by_o the_o day_n by_o commit_v some_o small_a fault_n do_v not_o thereby_o lose_v his_o day_n wage_n again_o though_o he_o shall_v commit_v such_o a_o fault_n that_o may_v make_v he_o unworthy_a of_o his_o day_n hire_n yet_o if_o his_o master_n do_v forgive_v he_o that_o fault_n his_o wage_n be_v notwithstanding_o due_a to_o he_o and_o so_o the_o ask_v pardon_n for_o our_o sin_n do_v not_o overthrow_n but_o rather_o establish_v and_o fortify_v our_o merit_n r._n abbot_n venial_a sin_n merit_n confession_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o demall_a of_o merit_n small_a debt_n small_a fault_n say_v m_n bishop_n a_o vain_a man_n that_o know_v neither_o god_n nor_o himself_o and_o therefore_o have_v so_o small_a conceit_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o he_o daily_o commit_v against_o god_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o can_v plead_v the_o matter_n in_o adam_n behalf_n that_o god_n do_v hâ—m_o wrong_a to_o censure_v he_o so_o severe_o for_o so_o small_a a_o fault_n what_o it_o be_v but_o the_o eat_n of_o a_o apple_n or_o a_o fig_n and_o he_o may_v by_o his_o merit_n soon_o have_v make_v amends_n for_o it_o and_o will_v god_n for_o so_o light_a a_o trespass_n adjudge_v he_o to_o death_n yea_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n for_o his_o sake_n well_o god_n make_v he_o wise_a to_o know_v with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o do_v and_o then_o he_o will_v see_v that_o his_o sinall_a fault_n be_v great_a enough_o to_o blow_v up_o all_o his_o merit_n yea_o and_o that_o in_o his_o best_a merit_n there_o be_v enough_o to_o condemn_v he_o if_o god_n shall_v enter_v into_o judgement_n with_o he_o and_o let_v i_o ask_v he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o wise_a saw_n that_o he_o have_v here_o set_v down_o if_o a_o hire_a servant_n of_o he_o by_o breach_n of_o conenant_n from_o day_n to_o day_n have_v void_v the_o condition_n of_o his_o wage_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v in_o the_o end_n content_a to_o remit_v all_o and_o to_o yield_v he_o his_o condition_a hire_n will_v he_o think_v it_o well_o that_o his_o servant_n shall_v say_v that_o he_o owe_v he_o no_o thanks_o because_o he_o have_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o have_v merit_v and_o deserve_v sure_o m._n bishop_n will_v expect_v that_o his_o good_a will_n and_o bounty_n shall_v be_v acknowledge_v in_o this_o case_n and_o will_v think_v it_o a_o wrong_a to_o be_v upbraid_v with_o his_o servant_n merit_n but_o though_o his_o head_n serve_v he_o not_o to_o conceive_v this_o yet_o do_v thou_o remember_v gentle_a reader_n that_o one_o forfeiture_n of_o a_o man_n estate_n put_v he_o whole_o under_o the_o mercy_n of_o his_o lord_n and_o whatsoever_o he_o can_v plead_v for_o himself_o otherwise_o it_o serve_v not_o the_o turn_n but_o he_o stand_v at_o the_o courtesy_n of_o he_o who_o he_o have_v offend_v and_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o for_o ourselves_o who_o life_n be_v a_o continual_a forfeiture_n of_o our_o estate_n with_o god_n by_o our_o trespass_v daily_o and_o hourly_o against_o he_o shall_v we_o think_v we_o have_v merit_n to_o plead_v shall_v we_o not_o acknowledge_v and_o confess_v that_o we_o stand_v mere_o and_o whole_o at_o the_o devotion_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o if_o remit_v aliour_a trespass_n he_o vouchsafe_v to_o remember_v our_o service_n otherwise_o and_o to_o reward_v it_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o he_o give_v we_o but_o our_o own_o desert_n do_v we_o not_o see_v our_o good_a deed_n whatsoever_o they_o be_v to_o be_v so_o drown_v and_o overwhelm_v with_o our_o sin_n as_o that_o it_o be_v god_n mere_a mercy_n that_o any_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o they_o but_o when_o furthermore_o our_o good_a deed_n have_v in_o themselves_o such_o spot_n and_o stain_n of_o sin_n as_o do_v 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namely_o leo_n in_o nativit_fw-la dom_n ser_fw-mi 4._o hinc_fw-la david_n promissionem_fw-la dei_fw-la prophetico_fw-la spiritu_fw-la canit_fw-la dicens_fw-la juravit_fw-la dominus_fw-la david_n &_o non_fw-la frustrabitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n leo_n bishop_n of_o rome_n have_v take_v that_o psalm_n to_o have_v be_v write_v by_o david_n himself_o and_o do_v thereby_o exclude_v that_o blasphemous_a construction_n of_o he_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o will_v he_o make_v it_o all_o one_o for_o the_o people_n to_o beseech_v god_n to_o remember_v david_n trouble_n and_o for_o we_o to_o pray_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o thomas_n to_o be_v bring_v to_o heaven_n the_o people_n entreat_v god_n to_o remember_v the_o affliction_n of_o mind_n and_o care_n that_o david_n have_v for_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n upon_o which_o god_n take_v occasion_n to_o make_v promise_n to_o he_o of_o his_o son_n to_o sit_v upon_o his_o throne_n by_o who_o that_o shall_v be_v do_v to_o this_o care_n of_o 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meaning_n of_o that_o place_n what_o may_v we_o think_v of_o he_o that_o will_v thus_o impious_o wrest_v it_o to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o horrible_a blasphemy_n which_o far_o have_v it_o be_v from_o any_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n to_o imagine_v to_o be_v mean_v either_o there_o or_o any_o otherwhere_o 33._o again_o 25._o again_o answer_v to_o the_o epistle_n sect_n 25._o the_o apostle_n say_v i_o in_o express_a term_n affirm_v the_o imputation_n of_o righteousness_n without_o work_n the_o word_n be_v plain_a 4.6_o plain_a rom._n 4.6_o david_n declare_v the_o blessedness_n of_o that_o man_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n now_o what_o do_v he_o say_v hereto_o forsooth_o 135._o forsooth_o reproof_n pag._n 135._o touch_v imputation_n of_o righteousness_n the_o apostle_n speak_v not_o like_o a_o protestant_n of_o the_o outward_a imputation_n of_o christ_n justice_n unto_o we_o but_o of_o inherent_a justice_n to_o wit_n of_o faith_n which_o work_v by_o charity_n which_o be_v quality_n pour_v into_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n so_o that_o say_v he_o there_o be_v only_o a_o bare_a sound_n of_o word_n for_o the_o protestant_n the_o true_a substance_n of_o the_o text_n make_v whole_o for_o the_o catholic_n thus_o he_o confess_v that_o the_o word_n sound_v for_o we_o and_o may_v we_o be_v sure_a that_o the_o apostle_n have_v any_o other_o meaning_n than_o he_o sound_v by_o the_o word_n forsooth_o m._n bishop_n tell_v we_o so_o and_o we_o must_v so_o believe_v it_o though_o his_o exposition_n be_v a_o mere_a contradiction_n to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n inherent_a righteousness_n be_v the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o imputation_n of_o righteousness_n without_o work_n and_o yet_o we_o must_v think_v that_o he_o speak_v of_o impute_v inherent_a righteousness_n sure_o the_o very_a phrase_n of_o impute_v inherent_a justice_n be_v in_o the_o apostle_n drift_n a_o thing_n very_o absurd_a for_o iustitiam_fw-la for_o origen_n in_o rom._n cap._n 4._o quid_fw-la videbitur_fw-la gratiae_fw-la iusto_fw-la reputari_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la ad_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la what_o grace_n or_o favour_n shall_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v say_v origen_n that_o to_o a_o just_a man_n his_o justice_n shall_v be_v repute_v for_o justice_n but_o to_o say_v that_o by_o the_o impute_v of_o righteousness_n without_o work_n be_v mean_v the_o impute_v of_o inherent_a justice_n that_o be_v the_o impute_v of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o work_n it_o be_v a_o construction_n so_o frantic_a so_o senseless_a so_o shameless_a as_o that_o we_o have_v good_a cause_n to_o fear_v that_o the_o author_n of_o it_o have_v desperate_o resolve_v himself_o rather_o to_o say_v any_o thing_n than_o to_o confess_v the_o truth_n the_o thing_n be_v plain_a by_o the_o word_n in_o which_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o david_n declare_v the_o blessedness_n of_o that_o man_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n namely_o 32.1_o namely_o psal_n 32.1_o bless_a be_v they_o who_o iniquity_n be_v forgive_v and_o who_o sin_n be_v cover_v bless_v be_v the_o man_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n impute_v not_o sin_n whereby_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o not_o the_o impute_v of_o inherent_a justice_n but_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n by_o faith_n in_o christ_n be_v the_o impute_v of_o righteousness_n without_o work_n man_n have_v no_o work_n whereby_o to_o appear_v just_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n yet_o by_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n be_v repute_v just_a because_o ignoscitur_fw-la because_o august_n retract_v li._n 1._o c._n 19_o omnia_fw-la mandata_fw-la facta_fw-la reputantur_fw-la quando_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a ignoscitur_fw-la all_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n be_v repute_v as_o do_v when_o that_o be_v pardon_v which_o be_v not_o do_v now_o what_o impudence_n be_v this_o man_n grow_v to_o that_o dare_v thus_o apparent_o delude_v &_o abuse_v the_o world_n sure_o these_o shift_n of_o his_o be_v such_o so_o wilful_a so_o wretched_a as_o that_o they_o give_v all_o