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justifica_fw-la 5._o l._n 3._o c._n p._n 197._o viz._n first_o ut_fw-la opus_fw-la sit_fw-la nostrum_fw-la non_fw-la ejus_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la mercedem_fw-la expectamus_fw-la 2_o ut_fw-la sit_fw-la indebitum_fw-la 3_o ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la unquam_fw-la faciendum_fw-la omittatur_fw-la nec_fw-la omittendum_fw-la committatur_fw-la sive_fw-la quoad_fw-la part_n sive_fw-la gradus_fw-la 4_o ut_fw-la sit_fw-la aequalitas_fw-la inter_fw-la opus_fw-la &_o mercedem_fw-la or_o yet_o as_o merit_n be_v take_v in_o the_o former_a covenant_n of_o work_n involve_v the_o first_o and_o three_o of_o these_o condition_n they_o willing_o grant_v that_o as_o there_o be_v no_o work_n of_o we_o do_v by_o grace_n assistant_n though_o have_v some_o worth_n in_o they_o that_o can_v merit_v our_o justification_n so_o neither_o any_o work_n of_o the_o already_o justify_v proceed_v from_o grace_n infuse_v and_o inhabitant_n though_o have_v yet_o a_o great_a worth_n in_o they_o that_o can_v merit_v the_o future_a 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to_o have_v do_v they_o for_o none_o can_v true_o be_v say_v or_o thought_n to_o have_v perform_v such_o righteousness_n or_o satisfaction_n that_o have_v not_o do_v they_o himself_o but_o another_o for_o he_o but_o as_o to_o the_o benefit_n or_o effect_v of_o they_o χ._n χ._fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-la justificat_fw-la 2._o l._n 10._o c._n dominus_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la justitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la 1._o cor._n 1._o quoniam_fw-la satisfecit_fw-la patri_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la ita_fw-la nobis_fw-la donat_fw-la &_o communicate_v cum_fw-la nos_fw-la justificat_fw-la ut_fw-la nostra_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la &_o justitia_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o non_fw-la esset_fw-la absurdum_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la diceret_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputari_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la cum_fw-la nobis_fw-la donentur_fw-la &_o applicentur_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la deo_fw-la satisfecissemus_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la negetur_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la praeterca_fw-la justitiam_fw-la inhaerentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n again_o ibid._n 7._o c._n si_fw-mi solum_fw-la vellent_fw-la nobis_fw-la imputari_fw-la christi_fw-la merita_fw-la or_o justitiam_fw-la quia_fw-la nobis_fw-la donata_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o possumus_fw-la ea_fw-la deo_fw-la patri_fw-la offer_n pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la etc._n etc._n recta_fw-la esset_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la cap._n 11._o potest_fw-la sano_fw-la modo_fw-la accommodari_fw-la exemplum_fw-la patriarchae_fw-la jacob_n justitiae_fw-la imputativae_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la dicat_fw-la oportere_fw-la ut_fw-la induamus_fw-la merita_fw-la christi_fw-la i_o add_v or_o justitiam_fw-la sive_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la activam_fw-la christi_fw-la for_o this_o also_o be_v part_n of_o his_o merit_n see_v bellarm._n de_fw-fr christo_n 5._o l._n 9_o c_o initio_fw-la and_o illis_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la tecti_fw-la petamus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la 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wave_v the_o expression_n ex_fw-la condigno_fw-la as_o liable_a to_o mistake_v ε._n ε._fw-la bellarm._n de_fw-la justificat_fw-la 5._o l._n 16._o c._n catholici_fw-la omnes_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la justorum_fw-la esse_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliqui_fw-la censent_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la utendum_fw-la his_fw-la vocibus_fw-la de_fw-la condigno_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr congruo_fw-la sed_fw-la absolute_a dicendum_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la justorum_fw-la esse_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la bishop_n white_a answer_v to_o fisher_n p._n 172._o and_o the_o same_o p._n 512._o the_o opinion_n of_o modern_a papist_n say_v he_o concern_v the_o merit_n of_o condignity_n be_v always_o oppose_v by_o pontifician_n themselves_o scotus_n durand_n marsilius_n dionysius_n cisterciensis_fw-la gregory_n ariminen_n thomas_n walden_n paulus_n burgensis_n joh._n ferus_fw-la eckius_fw-la 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