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aliud_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la nostram_fw-la praeter_fw-la meritum_fw-la christi_fw-la cujus_fw-la tamen_fw-la meritum_fw-la christi_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la tho._n aquin._n quest_n 29._o de_fw-la gratia_fw-la christi_fw-la art_n 7._o esai_n 53.11_o by_o his_o knowledge_n shall_v my_o righteous_a servant_n justify_v many_o for_o he_o shall_v bear_v their_o iniquity_n so_o again_o heb._n 9.14_o how_o much_o more_o shall_v the_o blood_n of_o christ_n who_o through_o the_o eternal_a spirit_n offer_v up_o himself_o purge_v our_o conscience_n from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v he_o the_o mediator_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n now_o if_o christ_n shall_v therefore_o justify_v many_o because_o he_o do_v bear_v their_o sin_n than_o he_o do_v merit_v this_o application_n for_o all_o those_o who_o he_o die_v for_o 2._o if_o christ_n do_v not_o merit_v this_o application_n than_o there_o be_v some_o grace_n which_o be_v not_o from_o christ_n 391._o haec_fw-la applicatio_fw-la est_fw-la maximum_fw-la dei_fw-la donum_fw-la et_fw-la maxim_n necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la sed_fw-la christus_fw-la meruit_fw-la nobis_fw-la omne_fw-la dei_fw-la dona_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la media_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la ergo_fw-la haec_fw-la applicatio_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la meritis_fw-la christi_fw-la suarez_n disput_fw-la 41._o sect_n 2._o nemo_fw-la propter_fw-la solum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originis_fw-la damnatur_fw-la armin._n contr_n perk._n arnold_n corvinus_n contra_fw-la tilen_v p._n 391._o or_o this_o application_n be_v no_o grace_n but_o the_o application_n of_o grace_n and_o of_o christ_n merit_n and_o redemption_n be_v grace_n and_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n which_o we_o have_v but_o be_v all_o from_o christ_n 3._o our_o other_o adversary_n tell_v we_o that_o no_o child_n perish_v or_o be_v damn_v only_o for_o original_a sin_n but_o that_o sin_n be_v take_v off_o from_o all_o by_o the_o 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