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the_o apostle_n say_v he_o say_v we_o have_v provoke_v god_n and_o make_v he_o wroth_a that_o be_v we_o be_v wrath_n and_o nothing_o else_o for_o as_o he_o that_o be_v the_o child_n of_o a_o man_n be_v by_o nature_n a_o man_n even_o so_o we_o also_o be_v child_n of_o wrath_n even_o as_o other_o that_o be_v none_o be_v free_a but_o we_o all_o do_v thing_n deserve_v wrath_n 〈◊〉_d wrath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 5._o and_o last_o by_o child_n of_o wrath_n the_o apostle_n may_v very_o probable_o mean_a person_n that_o have_v be_v lose_v and_o be_v worthy_a wrath_n or_o deserve_a death_n and_o thus_o calvin_n interpret_v by_o child_n of_o wrath_n say_v he_o understand_v simple_o such_o as_o be_v lose_v and_o worthy_a of_o eternal_a death_n dignos_fw-la death_n per_fw-la filios_fw-la irae_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la intellige_fw-la perditos_fw-la ac_fw-la morte_fw-la aeternâ_fw-la dignos_fw-la according_a to_o the_o import_n of_o this_o interpretation_n of_o the_o phrase_n child_n of_o 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correspondency_n in_o the_o erection_n and_o usefulness_n hereof_o with_o himself_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o great_a and_o gracious_a design_n and_o purpose_n of_o god_n in_o send_v he_o unto_o the_o world_n and_o as_o moses_n say_v he_o lift_v up_o the_o serpent_n in_o the_o wilderness_n even_o so_o must_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v lift_v up_o that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v everlasting_a life_n 15_o life_n joh._n 3_o 14_o 15_o a_o type_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o similitude_n and_o the_o property_n or_o condition_n of_o this_o not_o be_v in_o the_o proverbial_a expression_n to_o run_v on_o all_o four_o i_o e._n to_o answer_n or_o hold_v proportion_n in_o all_o particular_n indeed_o many_o time_n not_o in_o more_o than_o one_o only_o therefore_o our_o saviour_n to_o prevent_v all_o misunderstanding_n in_o the_o interpretation_n or_o application_n of_o the_o type_n mention_v particularize_v that_o very_a respect_n or_o consideration_n in_o himself_o and_o his_o send_n into_o the_o world_n which_o be_v prefigure_v and_o express_v in_o the_o type_n allege_v by_o he_o in_o these_o word_n that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v etc._n etc._n to_o understand_v clear_o what_o there_o be_v in_o the_o type_n answer_v in_o a_o way_n of_o pre-signification_n that_o consideration_n in_o christ_n come_v or_o send_v into_o the_o world_n which_o himself_o here_o insist_o upon_o as_o presignify_v hereby_o we_o must_v have_v recourse_n to_o the_o history_n concern_v the_o erection_n of_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n unto_o which_o also_o himself_o send_v we_o in_o that_o particle_n of_o comparison_n or_o resemblance_n as_o as_o moses_n lift_v up_o etc._n etc._n the_o original_n of_o this_o brazen_a serpent_n together_o with_o the_o counsel_n and_o intention_n of_o god_n in_o his_o erection_n moses_n record_v thus_o make_v thou_o say_v he_o to_o moses_n a_o fiery_a serpent_n viz._n in_o similitude_n or_o form_n and_o set_v it_o upon_o a_o pole_n and_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o every_o one_o that_o be_v bite_v when_o he_o look_v upon_o it_o shall_v live_v 8_o live_v numb_a 21_o 8_o from_o which_o word_n it_o be_v most_o evident_a that_o this_o fiery_a serpent_n in_o form_n as_o christ_n come_v in_o the_o similitude_n of_o that_o sinful_a flesh_n who_o sting_n be_v so_o mortal_a to_o the_o world_n be_v not_o intend_v by_o god_n as_o a_o mean_n of_o heal_a or_o preservation_n to_o a_o certain_a definite_a or_o determinate_a number_n of_o person_n or_o that_o such_o and_o such_o by_o name_n and_o no_o other_o shall_v look_v upon_o it_o in_o order_n to_o their_o heal_n or_o that_o whosoever_o in_o the_o event_n do_v look_v upon_o it_o and_o no_o other_o but_o these_o shall_v be_v heal_v by_o it_o but_o that_o whosoever_o will_v may_v look_v upon_o it_o for_o which_o end_n also_o moses_n be_v command_v to_o set_v it_o up_o on_o high_a upon_o a_o pole_n where_o it_o may_v be_v ready_o visible_a unto_o all_o and_o that_o whosoever_o shall_v or_o do_v look_v upon_o it_o be_v bite_v or_o sting_v with_o any_o fiery_a serpent_n may_v be_v heal_v thereby_o now_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n be_v as_o we_o all_o know_v and_o confess_v sting_v and_o that_o mortal_o with_o the_o fiery_a serpent_n sin_n unless_o christ_n shall_v be_v lift_v up_o upon_o the_o cross_n i._n e._n suffer_v death_n with_o a_o intent_n on_o god_n part_n 1._o that_o every_o man_n if_o he_o please_v may_v believe_v in_o he_o and_o 2._o that_o every_o man_n that_o shall_v believe_v in_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v by_o he_o he_o shall_v altogether_o dis-answ_a that_o famous_a type_n we_o speak_v of_o and_o that_o in_o that_o very_a consideration_n and_o respect_n wherein_o he_o plead_v a_o special_a conformity_n to_o it_o if_o it_o be_v reply_v the_o correspondency_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o brazen_a
adam_n even_o so_o by_o the_o righteousness_n of_o one_o christ_n grace_n be_v come_v unto_o all_z man_n give_v unto_o they_o both_o justification_n in_o stead_n of_o sin_n and_o life_n in_o stead_n of_o death_n 18._o death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n 5._o 18._o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n show_v how_o that_o all_o man_n be_v indeed_o condemn_v from_o or_o by_o adam_n but_o be_v save_v from_o or_o by_o christ_n 20._o christ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n in_o vers_fw-la 20._o oecumenius_n somewhat_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o he_o savor_v the_o same_o 12._o §._o 12._o doctrine_n as_o truth_n judgement_n say_v he_o i._n e._n condemnation_n come_v from_o or_o by_o one_o adam_n upon_o all_o man_n but_o the_o free_a gift_n and_o donation_n of_o god_n prevail_v so_o far_o that_o it_o even_o abolish_v or_o blot_v out_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o not_o this_o sin_n alone_o but_o all_o other_o likewise_o which_o man_n sin_v after_o that_o sin_n yea_o and_o do_v not_o this_o only_a but_o also_o bring_v they_o into_o a_o estate_n of_o justification_n that_o be_v unto_o righteousness_n 7._o righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oecum_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n c._n 7._o anselm_n not_o long_o after_o the_o last_o mention_v author_n appear_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n he_o alone_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o christ_n as_o by_o die_v pay_v or_o discharged_z so_o do_v he_o blot_v out_o cancel_v and_o make_v void_a that_o handwriting_n which_o in_o a_o kind_n of_o hereditary_a way_n pass_v along_o from_o our_o protoplast_n adam_n through_o all_o generation_n 15._o generation_n solus_fw-la chirographum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la protoplasto_n per_fw-la omnes_fw-la generationes_fw-la haereditario_fw-la jure_fw-la veniebat_fw-la ut_fw-la moriendo_fw-la solvit_fw-la sic_fw-la moriendo_fw-la delevit_fw-la anselm_n in_o 1._o ad_fw-la cor._n c._n 15._o elsewhere_o he_o exhibit_v god_n invite_v all_o man_n to_o come_v unto_o he_o and_o declare_v that_o no_o person_n whatsoever_o needs_o fear_v a_o repulse_a since_o he_o desire_v not_o the_o death_n of_o a_o sinner_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v live_v christi_fw-la live_v venite_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnes_fw-la nullus_n time_n at_o repelli_fw-la quia_fw-la nolo_fw-la mortem_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la convertatur_fw-la &_o vivat_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o medit._n de_fw-fr passione_n christi_fw-la in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v become_v a_o mean_n of_o safety_n and_o this_o not_o of_o any_o inferior_a kind_n but_o of_o that_o which_o be_v eternal_a and_o this_o not_o to_o a_o few_o but_o to_o all_z 5._o all_z christus_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la salutis_fw-la non_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la sed_fw-la aeternae_fw-la nec_fw-la paucis_fw-la sed_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la conditione_n ut_fw-la â—b_fw-la temperent_fw-la ei_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la heb._n 5._o and_o again_o that_o god_n the_o mediator_n which_o god_n have_v place_v between_o himself_o and_o man_n undergo_v death_n for_o all_o man_n that_o he_o may_v redeem_v all_o man_n from_o death_n 2._o death_n mediator_n deus_n quem_fw-la deus_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la &_o homines_fw-la posuit_fw-la mortem_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la redimeret_fw-la idem_fw-la 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n c._n 2._o bernard_n somewhat_o after_o the_o year_n 1100_o follow_v the_o tract_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o one_o place_n he_o say_v that_o christ_n weep_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n and_o afterward_o shed_v his_o blood_n for_o they_o sanguinem_fw-la they_o christus_fw-la filiorum_n adae_fw-la pecâ—ata_fw-la deplorat_fw-la &_o câ—rté_fw-fr pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la nunc_fw-la lachrymas_fw-la fundit_fw-la posteà _fw-la fundet_fw-la &_o sanguinem_fw-la in_o another_o have_v repeat_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o one_o die_v for_o all_o then_o be_v all_o dead_a he_o gloss_v thus_o that_o namely_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o one_o may_v be_v imputed_a unto_o alice_n as_o this_o one_o bare_a the_o sin_n of_o all_z medium_n all_z nam_fw-la si_fw-la unus_fw-la inquit_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortui_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la videlicet_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la unius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imputetur_fw-la sicut_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccata_fw-la unus_fw-la ille_fw-la portavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la epist_n 90._o pòst_fw-la medium_n once_o more_o and_o this_o be_v the_o profession_n of_o a_o christian_n faith_n that_o he_o which_o live_v shall_v not_o now_o live_v unto_o himself_o but_o unto_o he_o who_o die_v for_o all._n nor_n let_v any_o man_n say_v unto_o i_o i_o will_v live_v unto_o he_o but_o not_o unto_o thou_o since_o he_o do_v not_o only_o live_v unto_o all_o man_n but_o even_o dye_v for_o all_z man_n also_o etc._n also_o et_fw-la haec_fw-la professio_fw-la fidei_fw-la christianae_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la vivit_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la vivat_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la mihi_fw-la dicat_fw-la quis_fw-la ei_o vivam_fw-la sed_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la quando_fw-la quidem_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vixit_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la serm._n in_o verba_fw-la psal_n 23._o quis_fw-la ascendit_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o have_v the_o doctrine_n assert_v by_o we_o be_v thus_o full_o and_o clear_o attest_v only_o by_o that_o successive_a generation_n of_o orthodox_n and_o learned_a antiquity_n which_o we_o have_v hear_v speak_v as_o it_o be_v with_o one_o mouth_n the_o same_o thing_n with_o we_o therein_o in_o their_o particular_a and_o respective_a write_n but_o have_v receive_v credit_n and_o countenance_n also_o from_o all_o council_n and_o synod_n of_o any_o ancient_a date_n as_o far_o as_o my_o read_n and_o memory_n be_v able_a to_o inform_v i_o which_o have_v have_v occasion_n to_o take_v cognizance_n thereof_o or_o of_o that_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o it_o the_o first_o general_n council_n after_o the_o apostle_n day_n be_v that_o assemble_v at_o 13._o §._o 13._o nice_a about_o the_o year_n 325_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n a_o council_n that_o have_v always_o be_v of_o sovereign_a esteem_n in_o all_o christian_a church_n this_o council_n in_o that_o symbol_n of_o faith_n or_o creed_n compose_v by_o the_o member_n of_o it_o make_v this_o profession_n or_o confession_n of_o their_o faith_n in_o the_o point_n we_o speak_v of_o we_o believe_v that_o the_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o we_o man_n not_o for_o we_o elect_a or_o for_o we_o believer_n saint_n or_o the_o like_a but_o for_o we_o man_n and_o for_o our_o salvation_n descend_v and_o be_v incarnate_a and_o make_v man_n suffer_v and_o rise_v again_o fide_fw-la again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n symb._n nicen._n vid._n athanas_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la jovianum_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la etc._n etc._n evident_a it_o be_v that_o the_o council_n draw_v up_o this_o form_n or_o confession_n of_o faith_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o those_o who_o profess_v or_o shall_v afterward_o profess_v christianity_n with_o a_o intent_n and_o desire_n that_o every_o christian_n respective_o shall_v make_v the_o same_o profession_n with_o they_o now_o than_o if_o their_o meaning_n in_o the_o say_a symbol_n be_v that_o christ_n be_v incarnate_a make_v man_n suffer_v etc._n etc._n only_o for_o such_o person_n who_o be_v elect_a as_o some_o call_v election_n such_o i_o mean_v who_o shall_v be_v actual_o save_v and_o not_o for_o the_o generality_n of_o man_n one_o of_o the_o two_o must_v necessary_o be_v suppose_v either_o 1._o that_o they_o judge_v all_o professor_n of_o christianity_n to_o be_v elect_a in_o this_o sense_n and_o consequent_o such_o as_o shall_v be_v save_v or_o else_o 2._o that_o they_o intend_v that_o man_n shall_v make_v profession_n of_o their_o faith_n at_o peradventure_o and_o profess_v that_o they_o believe_v that_o which_o they_o know_v not_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a or_o no_o and_o so_o can_v have_v no_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o believe_v it_o yea_o and_o that_o many_o shall_v make_v such_o a_o profession_n wherein_o the_o event_n will_v certain_o prove_v they_o to_o have_v lie_v both_o unto_o god_n and_o man_n when_o they_o make_v it_o for_o certain_a it_o be_v and_o demonstrable_a from_o the_o scripture_n that_o all_o that_o profess_v christianity_n in_o the_o world_n will_v not_o at_o last_o be_v save_v when_o therefore_o any_o of_o these_o shall_v profess_v and_o say_v i_o believe_v that_o christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v make_v man_n and_o suffer_v for_o i_o in_o case_n he_o do_v not_o suffer_v for_o he_o which_o say_v our_o adversary_n the_o event_n of_o his_o non-salvation_n will_v evince_v in_o that_o profession_n of_o he_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v find_v to_o have_v be_v a_o liar_n
de_fw-fr philanthropiâ_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o another_o place_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n he_o say_v it_o be_v in_o this_o redemption_n of_o mankind_n whereof_o we_o speak_v that_o reprobate_n and_o man_n deplorable_o or_o desperate_o wicked_a do_v not_o receive_v it_o neither_o come_v to_o pass_v through_o any_o defect_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n nor_o be_v it_o meet_v that_o for_o the_o son_n of_o perdition_n sake_n that_o it_o shall_v lose_v the_o glory_n and_o title_n of_o a_o universal_a redemption_n in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v prepare_v for_o all_o and_o all_o be_v call_v unto_o it_o human._n it_o ad_fw-la eum_fw-la modum_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o redemptio_fw-la ista_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la loquimur_fw-la quod_fw-la illam_fw-la homines_fw-la reprobi_fw-la ac_fw-la deploratè_fw-la impij_fw-la non_fw-la accipiant_fw-la neque_fw-la defectu_fw-la fit_a gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la neque_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la illa_fw-la propter_fw-la filiâ—s_fw-la perditionis_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ac_fw-la titulum_fw-la universalis_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la amittat_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la parata_fw-la cunctis_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la vocentur_fw-la idem_fw-la loc._n de_fw-fr redemptione_n gen._n human._n elsewhere_o he_o say_v christ_n die_v not_o for_o his_o friend_n alone_o but_o for_o his_o enemy_n also_o not_o for_o some_o man_n only_a but_o for_o all_z men._n this_o be_v the_o immense_a latitude_n or_o compass_n of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n 15._o god_n christus_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la amiciss_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o inimicis_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la tantum_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la immensa_fw-la divinae_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la amplitudo_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o 2_o ad_fw-la cor._n 5._o 14_o 15._o i_o know_v not_o how_o a_o man_n can_v express_v his_o sense_n for_o universal_a redemption_n though_o he_o shall_v abound_v in_o it_o never_o so_o much_o in_o wordâ—_n more_o significant_a and_o distinct_a these_o passage_n with_o many_o other_o like_v unto_o they_o have_v be_v former_o cite_v from_o this_o author_n peter_n martyr_n have_v these_o say_n his_o will_n be_v speak_v of_o god_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v well_o with_o all_z man_n and_o that_o one_o only_o shall_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n suffer_v 19_o suffer_v voluit_fw-la ille_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la benè_fw-la haberent_fw-la unus_fw-la interim_n pati_fw-la p._n martyr_n loc._n com._n class_n 2._o c._n 17._o §._o 19_o again_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o for_o our_o redemption_n some_o good_a thing_n shall_v be_v offer_v unto_o god_n which_o shall_v equal_o or_o rather_o more_o please_v he_o than_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n have_v displease_v he_o ib._n he_o oportebat_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la redimendos_fw-la bonum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la offeretur_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la aut_fw-la aequè_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la magis_fw-la placere_fw-la posset_n quam_fw-la omne_fw-la mundi_fw-la peccata_fw-la displicuissent_fw-la idem_fw-la ib._n in_o another_o place_n he_o ready_o grant_v that_o god_n with_o that_o will_n which_o be_v call_v his_o antecedent_n will_v will_v that_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v 45._o save_v vnde_fw-la si_fw-la hanc_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la respiciamus_fw-la illum_fw-la facile_fw-la dicemus_fw-la velle_fw-la omnes_fw-la salvos_fw-la idem_fw-la loc._n câ—ass_n 3._o c._n 1._o sect_n 45._o which_o be_v the_o express_a notion_n and_o sense_n wherein_o we_o declare_v our_o judgement_n in_o the_o point_n of_o universal_a redemption_n by_o christ_n 9_o christ_n cap._n 17._o sect._n 1_o 9_o elsewhere_o he_o produce_v this_o scripture_n god_n will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v to_o prove_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n argue_v thus_o if_o god_n will_v have_v man_n save_v than_o he_o use_v good_a mean_n and_o do_v not_o stir_v they_o up_o to_o sin_n for_o sin_n bring_v man_n to_o destruction_n deducunt_fw-la destruction_n loc._n com._n class_n 1._o c._n 14._o sect_n 2._o si_fw-mi salvos_fw-la vult_fw-la bonis_fw-la mediis_fw-la utitur_fw-la non_fw-la incitat_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la peccata_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la exitium_fw-la deducunt_fw-la if_o his_o sense_n be_v that_o god_n will_v only_o that_o the_o elect_n shall_v be_v save_v then_o notwithstanding_o this_o argument_n god_n may_v be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v commit_v by_o far_o the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n viz._n by_o all_o those_o that_o be_v not_o elect_v which_o doubtless_o be_v as_o far_o from_o his_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v from_o truth_n for_o if_o god_n will_v that_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v be_v a_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o he_o incline_v not_o man_n unto_o sin_n the_o probatory_a force_n of_o it_o in_o this_o kind_n can_v extend_v no_o further_o then_o to_o such_o man_n only_o who_o he_o will_v shall_v be_v save_v bucer_n if_o there_o be_v any_o agreement_n between_o his_o judgement_n and_o his_o word_n 23._o §._o 23._o be_v as_o full_a and_o through_o for_o general_n redemption_n as_o any_o man_n whereas_o say_v he_o the_o world_n be_v lose_v or_o undo_v by_o one_o sin_n of_o adam_n the_o grace_n of_o christ_n do_v not_o only_o abolish_v this_o sin_n and_o that_o death_n which_o it_o bring_v upon_o the_o world_n but_o likewise_o take_v away_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_z sin_z which_o we_o the_o rest_n of_o men_n have_v add_v to_o that_o first_o sin_n 16._o sin_n cum_fw-la enim_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la adae_fw-la peccato_fw-la orbis_fw-la perditus_fw-la sit_fw-la gratia_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la et_fw-la mortem_fw-la quam_fw-la intulit_fw-la abolevit_fw-la sed_fw-la simul_fw-la infinita_fw-la illa_fw-la sustulit_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la reliqui_fw-la homines_fw-la primo_fw-la illi_fw-la peccato_fw-la adjecimus_fw-la bucer_n in_o rom._n 5._o 16._o afterward_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o every_o particular_a man_n by_o his_o transgression_n increase_v the_o misery_n of_o mankind_n and_o that_o whosoever_o sin_v do_v no_o less_o hurt_v his_o posterity_n than_o adam_n do_v all_o man_n it_o be_v a_o plain_a case_n that_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n have_v remove_v more_o evil_n from_z man_n than_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n bring_v upon_o they_o for_o though_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n commit_v in_o all_o the_o world_n which_o have_v not_o its_o original_n from_o that_o first_o sin_n of_o adam_n yet_o all_o particular_a man_n who_o sin_n as_o they_o sin_v voluntary_o and_o free_o so_o do_v they_o make_v a_o addition_n to_o their_o own_o proper_a guilt_n and_o misery_n all_o which_o evil_n since_o the_o alone_a benefit_n of_o christ_n have_v take_v away_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o it_o have_v take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o many_o and_o not_o of_o one_o only_a manifest_a therefore_o it_o be_v that_o more_o evil_n have_v be_v remove_v by_o christ_n then_o be_v bring_v in_o by_o adam_n 17._o adam_n verùm_fw-la si_fw-la consideramus_fw-la singulos_fw-la mortalium_fw-la suis_fw-la quoque_fw-la transgressionibus_fw-la malum_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la auxisse_fw-la &_o non_fw-la minùs_fw-la quicunque_fw-la peccant_a suis_fw-la posteris_fw-la nocere_fw-la atque_fw-la nocuit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la adam_n in_o aeperto_fw-la est_fw-la gratiam_fw-la christi_fw-la plura_fw-la depulisse_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la mala_fw-la quà m_fw-la adae_fw-la noâ—a_fw-la intulerit_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o orb_n nihil_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la primo_fw-la adae_fw-la lapsu_fw-la non_fw-la trahat_fw-la originem_fw-la tamen_fw-la singuli_fw-la qui_fw-la peccant_a ut_fw-la suâ_fw-la quoque_fw-la liberâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la peccant_a ita_fw-la suum_fw-la quoque_fw-la adjiciunt_fw-la reatum_fw-la svam_fw-la adferunt_fw-la 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forgiveness_n of_o his_o sin_n pass_v through_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o clemency_n of_o god_n shall_v become_v so_o notorious_o ingrateful_a and_o neglective_a of_o his_o own_o salvation_n as_o like_v unto_o a_o dog_n return_v to_o his_o vomit_n to_o break_v off_o the_o course_n of_o his_o repentance_n and_o shall_v plain_o show_v that_o he_o more_o despise_v then_o fear_v god_n he_o declare_v himself_o absolute_o worthy_a to_o bear_v or_o suffer_v the_o punishment_n due_a to_o those_o former_a sin_n from_o which_o he_o have_v be_v absolve_v and_o to_o this_o sense_n speak_v the_o two_o place_n which_o i_o late_o cite_v from_o ezekiel_n beside_o if_o he_o who_o through_o mercy_n have_v obtain_v the_o forgiveness_n of_o a_o thousand_o talent_n shall_v refuse_v to_o forgive_v his_o brother_n a_o hundred_o penny_n that_o be_v if_o he_o who_o have_v obtain_v the_o remission_n of_o all_o his_o sin_n from_o god_n shall_v refuse_v to_o forgive_v his_o brother_n upon_o his_o request_n make_v 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without_o good_a ground_n entreat_v and_o warn_v we_o 2_o cor._n 6._o that_o we_o receive_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o vain_a 6._o vain_a si_fw-mi quis_fw-la igitur_fw-la prâ—teritorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la condonationem_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la clementiae_fw-la consecutus_fw-la usque_fw-la adeò_fw-la ingratus_fw-la ac_fw-la salutis_fw-la suae_fw-la negligens_fw-la evaserit_fw-la ut_fw-la instar_fw-la canis_fw-la ad_fw-la vomitum_fw-la reversus_fw-la coeptam_fw-la resipiscentiam_fw-la rumpat_fw-la palámque_fw-la ostendat_fw-la deum_fw-la se_fw-la contemnere_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la timere_fw-la plané_fw-fr dignum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la declarat_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la praeteritorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la à _fw-la quibus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la absolutus_fw-la poenae_fw-la exigantur_fw-la et_fw-la huc_fw-la pertinent_a duo_fw-la loci_fw-la ezekielis_fw-la quos_fw-la suprà _fw-la citavimus_fw-la adhuc_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la mille_fw-la talentorum_fw-la 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semel_fw-la accepta_fw-la gratia_fw-la reddatur_fw-la irrita_fw-la verun_v non_fw-la debetur_fw-la hoc_fw-la divinae_fw-la clementiae_fw-la instabilitati_fw-la quae_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la sed_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pravitati_fw-la quare_fw-la praeter_fw-la rationem_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 2_o cor._n 6._o obsecrat_fw-la &_o monet_fw-la ne_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o vacuum_fw-la recipiamus_fw-la musc_n in_o loc._n de_fw-fr remiss_a peccat_fw-la sect._n 6._o the_o same_o author_n elsewhere_o do_v not_o only_o declare_v his_o judgement_n simple_o and_o positive_o for_o the_o doctrine_n assert_v by_o we_o but_o with_o a_o plain_a intimation_n also_o of_o his_o dissent_n herein_o from_o other_o some_o dispute_n say_v he_o whether_o it_o may_v not_o so_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o such_o a_o sin_n which_o be_v venial_a may_v not_o by_o circumstance_n become_v mortal_a as_o in_o case_n drunkenness_n shall_v be_v much_o frequent_v and_o become_v customary_a and_o anger_n by_o be_v long_o retain_v become_v strengthen_v my_o sense_n be_v that_o even_o here_o also_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o offender_n ought_v to_o be_v consider_v but_o if_o he_o who_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a grace_n or_o favour_n shall_v fall_n from_z this_o grace_n and_o of_o a_o person_n just_n religious_a faithful_a and_o fear_v god_n shall_v become_v unju_v impious_a unbelieved_a and_o a_o contemner_n of_o god_n as_o this_o man_n conscience_n by_o lose_v the_o purity_n of_o faith_n become_v liable_a unto_o death_n so_o likewise_o all_o those_o sin_n of_o his_o which_o while_o he_o be_v in_o grace_n be_v venial_a be_v now_o turn_v into_o mortal_a thus_o we_o read_v ezek._n 18._o when_o the_o righteous_a shall_v forsake_v his_o righteousness_n and_o shall_v commit_v iniquity_n he_o shall_v die_v in_o they_o and_o again_o all_o his_o righteousness_n shall_v not_o be_v remember_v now_o what_o else_o can_v follow_v but_o that_o if_o a_o good_a tree_n be_v corrupt_v the_o fruit_n which_o be_v good_a must_v become_v evil_a they_o who_o from_o the_o principle_n or_o beginning_n of_o faith_n and_o of_o the_o good_a spirit_n degenerate_a into_o perfidiousness_n or_o unbelief_n render_v the_o whole_a course_n of_o their_o life_n which_o be_v partaker_n of_o grace_n culpable_a of_o death_n such_o as_o these_o be_v they_o who_o with_o the_o galatian_n begin_v indeed_o in_o the_o spirit_n but_o end_n in_o the_o flesh_n they_o be_v liable_a unto_o condemnation_n and_o their_o sin_n be_v no_o long_o venial_a but_o mortal_a unless_o they_o repent_v and_o return_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n from_o which_o they_o be_v fall_v if_o yet_o they_o be_v fall_v upon_o no_o worse_a term_n then_o that_o they_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n of_o return_v unto_o grace_n some_o i_o know_v be_v otherwise-minded_n in_o this_o point_n but_o i_o free_o declare_v my_o own_o judgement_n without_o any_o injury_n do_v to_o they_o 5._o they_o disputant_n de_fw-fr eo_fw-la fierinè_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la veniale_a peccatum_fw-la erat_fw-la propter_fw-la quasdam_fw-la circumstantias_fw-la fiat_fw-la mortale_fw-la utsi_fw-la ebrietas_fw-la frequentetur_fw-la &_o in_o consuetudinem_fw-la ducatur_fw-la &_o ira_fw-la diutiùâ—_n retenta_fw-la corroboretur_fw-la nos_fw-la sentimus_fw-la &_o hîc_fw-la quoque_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la delinquentis_fw-la esse_fw-la considerandan_n quòdsi_n be_v qui_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la gratiae_n fuerat_fw-la particeps_fw-la factus_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la exciderit_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la homine_fw-la justo_fw-la pio_fw-la fideli_fw-la ac_fw-la dei_fw-la timent_fw-la factus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la injustus_fw-la impius_fw-la infidelis_fw-la ac_fw-la contemptor_n dei_fw-la quenadmodom_fw-la huius_fw-la conscientia_fw-la puritate_fw-la fidei_fw-la amissâ_fw-la morti_n facta_fw-la est_fw-la obnoxia_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la illius_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o gratiâ_fw-la erat_fw-la venialia_fw-la fuerant_fw-la in_fw-la mortalia_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la sic_fw-la ezek._n 18._o legimus_fw-la quum_fw-la recesseriâ—_n justus_n à _fw-fr justiciâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la fâ—ceritque_fw-la iniquitates_fw-la morietur_fw-la in_o â—is_fw-la iten_fw-ge omnes_fw-la justiciae_fw-la ejus_fw-la oblivioni_fw-la tradentur_fw-la quid_fw-la auten_v aliud_fw-la consequi_fw-la poterit_fw-la si_fw-la arbour_n bona_fw-la pervertatur_fw-la in_o malan_n quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la fructus_fw-la è_fw-la bonis_fw-la fiant_fw-la mali_fw-la qui_fw-fr à _fw-fr principiis_fw-la fidei_fw-la ac_fw-la spiritus_fw-la boni_fw-la ad_fw-la perfidian_n degenerant_fw-la omnem_fw-la svam_fw-la vitam_fw-la quae_fw-la veniae_fw-la particeps_fw-la erat_fw-la mortalem_fw-la constituunt_fw-la qualeâ—_fw-la illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la galatis_fw-la spiritu_fw-la quidem_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la tanden_fw-mi verò_fw-la carne_fw-la desinunt_fw-la illi_fw-la condemnationi_fw-la sunt_fw-la obnoxij_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la ampliùs_fw-la venialia_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la mortalia_fw-la nisi_fw-la resipiscant_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la unde_fw-la prolapsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la revertantur_fw-la si_fw-la tamen_fw-la ità _fw-la prolapsi_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la resipiscentiae_fw-la ac_fw-la redeundi_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la locus_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la scio_fw-la hîc_fw-la á_z nonnullis_fw-la aliter_fw-la sentiri_fw-la verùm_fw-la quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la videatur_fw-la absque_fw-la illorum_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la liberè_fw-la dico_fw-la musc_n loc._n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la sect._n 5._o these_o last_o word_n some_o i_o know_v be_v otherwise-minded_n etc._n etc._n plain_o show_v 1._o that_o the_o deliberate_a and_o resolve_a
procure_v the_o salvation_n of_o any_o of_o those_o who_o come_v to_o be_v actual_o save_v 4._o when_o with_o the_o scripture_n we_o deliver_v this_o for_o a_o doctrine_n of_o truth_n that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n we_o suppose_v and_o mean_v that_o god_n intend_v the_o salvation_n of_o all_o man_n by_o this_o death_n only_o so_o after_o such_o a_o manner_n or_o with_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o intention_n which_o be_v compatible_a to_o and_o consistent_a with_o his_o infinite_a simplicity_n and_o perfection_n of_o be_v of_o this_o kind_n of_o intention_n we_o argue_v in_o our_o three_o chapter_n where_o we_o give_v a_o particular_a and_o clear_a account_n of_o it_o and_o shall_v take_v it_o the_o second_o time_n into_o some_o brief_a consideration_n in_o this_o chapter_n this_o particular_a be_v of_o affinity_n with_o the_o first_o but_o be_v not_o altogether_o the_o same_o 5._o when_o we_o teach_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n we_o mean_v not_o only_o that_o he_o put_v all_o man_n without_o exception_n into_o a_o capability_n of_o be_v save_v as_o viz._n by_o believe_v but_o also_o that_o he_o whole_o dissolve_v and_o take_v off_o from_o all_o man_n the_o guilt_n and_o condemnation_n which_o be_v bring_v upon_o all_o man_n by_o adam_n transgression_n so_o that_o now_o no_o man_n shall_v perish_v or_o be_v condemn_v but_o upon_o his_o own_o personal_a account_n and_o for_o such_o sin_n only_o which_o shall_v be_v actual_o and_o voluntary_o commit_v by_o he_o or_o for_o such_o omission_n which_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o have_v prevent_v 6._o when_o with_o the_o scripture_n we_o affirm_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n our_o sense_n and_o meaning_n be_v that_o by_o his_o death_n he_o procure_v this_o grace_n and_o favor_n with_o god_n for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n viz._n that_o they_o shall_v receive_v from_o he_o sufficient_a strength_n and_o mean_n or_o be_v enable_v by_o he_o to_o repent_v and_o to_o believe_v yea_o and_o to_o persevere_v in_o both_o unto_o the_o end_n and_o that_o in_o this_o sense_n and_o none_o other_o he_o be_v or_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v by_o his_o death_n purchase_v the_o grace_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n for_o man_n and_o this_o upon_o equal_a term_n in_o a_o antecedent_n consideration_n for_o all_o men._n 7._o and_o last_o our_o sense_n and_o meaning_n in_o the_o say_a doctrine_n further_o be_v that_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n purchase_v this_o transcendent_a grace_n also_o and_o favor_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n that_o upon_o their_o repentance_n and_o believe_v in_o he_o they_o shall_v be_v justify_v and_o receive_v forgiveness_n of_o all_o their_o sin_n and_o that_o upon_o their_o perseverance_n in_o both_o unto_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v be_v actual_o and_o eternal_o save_v and_o that_o in_o this_o sense_n and_o in_o this_o only_a he_o be_v and_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v purchase_v justification_n or_o 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never_o take_v place_n or_o be_v fulfil_v see_v what_o have_v be_v propose_v and_o debate_v upon_o this_o account_n cap._n 2._o sect._n 13._o and_o again_o cap._n 3._o sect._n 7._o 11._o etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o again_o cap._n 10._o sect._n 49._o this_o suppose_a it_o may_v very_o easy_o be_v conceive_v that_o god_n may_v intend_v the_o salvation_n of_o all_o man_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o yet_o all_o man_n not_o be_v save_v which_o opinion_n i_o mean_v that_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v as_o it_o have_v no_o communion_n at_o all_o with_o the_o doctrine_n avouch_v in_o this_o discourse_n so_o have_v it_o every_o whit_n as_o little_a with_o the_o author_n sense_n or_o judgement_n otherwise_o who_o approve_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o constantinopolitan_a synod_n assemble_v under_o the_o emperor_n justinian_n wherein_o this_o opinion_n hold_v as_o it_o seem_v by_o origen_n with_o a_o susplussage_n of_o error_n join_v with_o it_o christ_n it_o origen_n opinion_n be_v 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to_o make_v new_a the_o first_o adam_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v dissolve_v he_o may_v take_v away_o sin_n on_o all_o hands_z from_z the_o universe_n of_o mankind_n paris_n mankind_n oportâ—bat_fw-la enim_fw-la dominum_fw-la renovare_fw-la cupientem_fw-la primum_fw-la adam_n renovare_fw-la ut_fw-la soluto_fw-la illius_fw-la peccato_fw-la peccatum_fw-la undique_fw-la tolleret_fw-la ab_fw-la universo_fw-it hominum_fw-la genere_fw-la athan._n in_o passionem_fw-la domini_fw-la segment_n t._n 2._o p._n 626._o edit_fw-la paris_n in_o another_o thus_o for_o the_o come_n or_o presence_n of_o the_o saviour_n in_o the_o flesh_n be_v the_o solution_n of_o death_n and_o the_o safety_n or_o salvation_n of_o every_o creature_n arianos_fw-la creature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la adelphium_n contra_fw-la arianos_fw-la if_o the_o reader_n desire_v to_o know_v more_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o this_o author_n touch_v the_o point_n in_o question_n he_o may_v please_v to_o 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sacrificium_fw-la legem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la sacrificiorum_fw-la observatione_fw-la devinctam_fw-la opem_fw-la far_o non_fw-la posse_fw-la sed_fw-la salutem_fw-la universis_fw-la in_o miserecordiae_fw-la indulgentiâ_fw-la reservari_fw-la omnibus_fw-la venerat_fw-la quomodo_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la justis_fw-la venisse_fw-la dicat_fw-la etc._n etc._n hilar._n in_o mat._n can_v 9_o his_o answer_n be_v that_o there_o be_v none_o such_o but_o all_o be_v sinner_n elsewhere_o he_o discourse_v thus_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o mankind_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n himself_o assist_v he_o in_o this_o operation_n and_o overshadow_v with_o his_o power_n be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n he_o plant_v the_o beginning_n of_o a_o body_n for_o himself_o that_o be_v make_v man_n of_o a_o virgin_n he_o may_v receive_v that_o nature_n of_o flesh_n in_o or_o upon_o himself_o and_o that_o by_o the_o fellowship_n of_o this_o conjunction_n the_o 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quemadmodum_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o se_fw-la per_fw-la id_fw-la quòd_fw-la corporeum_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la conderentur_fw-la ita_fw-la rursum_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la ipse_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la invisible_a referretur_fw-la hilar._n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la l._n 2._o meaning_n his_o divine_a nature_n once_o more_o for_o he_o do_v this_o once_o offer_v himself_o a_o sacrifice_n unto_o god_n be_v to_o redeem_v for_o recover_v the_o whole_a salvation_n of_o mankind_n by_o the_o oblation_n of_o this_o holy_a and_o perfect_a sacrifice_n 53._o sacrifice_n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la fâ—cit_fw-la semel_fw-la scipsum_fw-la offerens_fw-la hostiam_fw-la deo_fw-la omnem_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la salutem_fw-la oblatione_fw-la sanctae_fw-la huius_fw-la &_o perfectae_fw-la hostiae_fw-la redempturus_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 53._o last_o because_o this_o testimony_n be_v somewhat_o more_o emphatical_a than_o its_o fellow_n will_v not_o be_v omit_v for_o he_o take_v the_o flesh_n of_o sin_n that_o in_o the_o assumption_n of_o our_o flesh_n he_o may_v forgive_v sin_n be_v make_v a_o partaker_n hereof_o by_o assumption_n not_o by_o sin_v by_o his_fw-la death_n blot_v out_o the_o sentence_n of_o death_n that_o by_o a_o new_a creation_n of_o mankind_n he_o may_v abolish_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o former_a decree_n suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v crucify_v that_o by_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o may_v strike_v through_o dissolve_v or_o make_v void_a all_o the_o curse_n of_o that_o terrene_a or_o earthly_a damnation_n 1._o damnation_n carnem_fw-la enim_fw-la peccati_fw-la recepit_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o assumptione_n carnis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la delicta_fw-la donaret_fw-la dum_fw-la ejus_fw-la fit_a particeps_fw-la assumptione_n non_fw-la crimine_fw-la delens_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la mortis_fw-la ut_fw-la nouâ_fw-la in_o se_fw-la generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la creatione_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la dec_n eti_fw-la anterâ—oris_fw-la aboleret_fw-la crucifigi_fw-la se_fw-la permittens_fw-la ut_fw-la maledicto_fw-la crucis_fw-la obliterata_fw-la terrenae_fw-la damnationis_fw-la maledicta_fw-la configeret_fw-la omne_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la trinit_fw-la cap._n 1._o whether_o he_o call_v that_o damnation_n whereunto_o man_n become_v subject_a by_o adam_n transgression_n earthly_a because_o he_o judge_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o penalty_n of_o
redemptionem_fw-la à _fw-la maledictione_n legis_fw-la necessaria_fw-la erant_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la &_o passione_n suâ_fw-la plenè_fw-la sufficientâ—r_n &_o abundanter_fw-la consummata_fw-la &_o persoluta_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o speak_v this_o with_o particularity_n of_o respect_n to_o the_o sin_n or_o redemption_n of_o a_o few_o or_o of_o the_o elect_a only_o but_o simple_o and_o with_o reference_n to_o the_o sin_n and_o redemption_n of_o all_o man_n appear_v 1._o from_o the_o clear_a drift_n and_o purport_n of_o the_o discourse_n in_o hand_n which_o be_v to_o prove_v against_o his_o tridentine_a antagonist_n that_o christ_n in_o and_o at_o his_o death_n leave_v nothing_o unperformed_a that_o be_v necessary_a or_o require_v viz._n by_o way_n of_o satisfaction_n of_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o for_o his_o redemption_n or_o for_o the_o expiation_n of_o his_o sin_n the_o sense_n and_o doctrine_n of_o his_o adversary_n be_v that_o indulgence_n or_o satisfactory_a performance_n by_o those_o yet_o live_v be_v available_a not_o only_o for_o the_o elect_a be_v in_o purgatory_n for_o they_o not_o where_o appropriate_a this_o element_n unto_o they_o but_o for_o any_o or_o all_o without_o exception_n which_o according_a to_o the_o notion_n of_o their_o faith_n be_v send_v thither_o for_o want_n of_o a_o complete_a satisfaction_n make_v for_o their_o sin_n 2._o soon_o after_o in_o progress_n of_o the_o same_o discourse_n he_o cit_v this_o from_o the_o apostle_n unus_n pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la one_o die_v for_o all_z man_n 5._o man_n 2_o cor._n 5._o and_o from_o another_o apostle_n this_o si_fw-mi quâ—_n peccaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o any_o man_n sin_n we_o have_v a_o advocate_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o be_v the_o propitiation_n for_o our_o sin_n and_o not_o for_o we_o alone_o but_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 2._o world_n 1_o john_n 2._o 2._o 3._o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o insinuation_n in_o the_o say_a passage_n of_o any_o limitation_n or_o restriction_n intend_v by_o he_o to_o the_o elect_n or_o their_o sin_n only_o 4._o and_o last_o the_o general_a sense_n of_o the_o latter_a passage_n be_v fair_o and_o full_o comportant_fw-la both_o with_o the_o express_a tenor_n of_o the_o former_a and_o indeed_o with_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o author_n in_o other_o part_n of_o his_o write_n where_o he_o have_v occasion_n to_o declare_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n luther_n himself_o lead_v they_o into_o the_o way_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n though_o haply_o 19_o §._o 19_o he_o do_v not_o walk_v so_o uniform_o or_o stedy_o in_o it_o as_o they_o do_v christ_n say_v he_o be_v slay_v before_o or_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o world_n be_v condemn_v one_o down_n into_o hell_n or_o into_o the_o grave_n but_o before_o god_n he_o be_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n from_o the_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n of_o it_o 5._o it_o christus_fw-la occiditur_fw-la coram_fw-la mundo_fw-la damnatur_fw-la â—t_a descendit_fw-la ad_fw-la inferos_fw-la sed_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la salus_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finen_n luther_n in_o gen._n c._n 45._o vers_fw-la 5._o in_o another_o place_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n which_o be_v commit_v from_o the_o first_o man_n to_o the_o last_o day_n thereof_o lie_v upon_o the_o back_n of_o that_o one_o man_n who_o be_v bear_v of_o mary_n etc._n mary_n â—oâ—â—s_fw-fr munâ—i_fw-fr peccaâ—â—_n quae_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la homine_fw-la inde_fw-la ad_fw-la novissimum_fw-la diem_fw-la fiâ—â—t_fw-la jacent_fw-la in_o tergo_fw-la unius_fw-la hominis_fw-la qui_fw-la ex_fw-la mariâ_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la serm._n 1_o de_fw-fr passione_n etc._n etc._n elsewhere_o we_o all_o fall_v in_o or_o by_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n our_o first_o parent_n and_o this_o fall_n must_v be_v recover_v by_o christ_n viz._n by_o his_o ignominy_n shame_n reproach_n and_o death_n trinitatis_fw-la death_n ada_n namque_fw-la primi_fw-la parentis_fw-la casu_fw-la omnes_fw-la lapsi_fw-la sumus_fw-la atque_fw-la illum_fw-la lapsum_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la instaurari_fw-la oportuit_fw-la ejus_fw-la nempe_fw-la ignominy_n dedecore_fw-la opprobrio_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la postill_n in_o domin_n trinitatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o adam_n fall_n wherein_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n fall_v be_v recover_v or_o restore_v by_o christ_n all_o that_o fall_v thereby_o must_v needs_o be_v recover_v or_o restore_v by_o he_o if_o only_o the_o elect_n so_o call_v be_v recover_v this_o be_v no_o recovery_n of_o adam_n fall_n but_o only_o of_o a_o small_a or_o less_o considerable_a part_n of_o it_o or_o rather_o of_o some_o few_o person_n only_o who_o fall_v thereby_o the_o same_o author_n in_o another_o place_n say_v that_o paul_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n write_v that_o god_n promise_v by_o his_o prophet_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o gospel_n concern_v his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n namely_o that_o all_z man_n shall_v be_v save_v by_o he_o according_a to_o that_o which_o be_v say_v to_o abraham_n gen._n 22._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v etc._n etc._n and_o afterward_o christ_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o end_n thereof_o remain_v the_o same_o by_o who_o all_o man_n be_v together_o or_o alike_o save_v adventu_fw-la save_v paulus_n rom._n 1._o scribâ—â—_n deum_fw-la evangelion_n per_fw-la prophetas_fw-la sanctâ_fw-la scripturâ_fw-la de_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la promisisse_fw-la nempe_fw-la omnes_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la salvos_fw-la fore_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la posteà _fw-la christus_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la mundi_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la idem_fw-la perdâ—rat_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la omnes_fw-la juxtà _fw-la salvantur_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n primâ_fw-la dominicâ_fw-la in_o adventu_fw-la elsewhere_o this_o author_n affirm_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o be_v toti_fw-la orbi_fw-la communis_fw-la adveâ—_n communis_fw-la in_o domin_n 3._o adveâ—_n common_a to_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o again_o he_o affirm_v that_o christ_n be_v vita_fw-la &_o lux_fw-la omnium_fw-la hominum_fw-la i._n e._n the_o life_n and_o light_n of_o all_z man_n domin_n man_n ad_fw-la summam_fw-la missam_fw-la in_o naâ—_n tall_a domin_n to_o omit_v many_o other_o passage_n of_o like_a import_n that_o may_v ready_o be_v draw_v together_o out_o of_o the_o write_n of_o this_o noble_a champion_n of_o the_o protestant_n faith_n so_o that_o there_o be_v little_a question_n but_o that_o the_o lutheran_n party_n of_o the_o reform_a religion_n do_v more_o general_o if_o not_o whole_o and_o entire_o for_o i_o want_v the_o opportunity_n of_o book_n to_o inform_v myself_o concern_v the_o respective_a judgement_n of_o they_o all_o accord_n with_o we_o in_o the_o generality_n of_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o christ_n for_o the_o finish_n of_o the_o chapter_n in_o hand_n and_o upon_o the_o matter_n of_o this_o 20._o §._o 20._o first_o part_n of_o our_o discourse_n it_o remain_v only_o that_o i_o desire_v the_o unpartial_a reader_n serious_o and_o as_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n to_o consider_v whether_o the_o testimony_n and_o say_n which_o shall_v be_v present_v unto_o he_o in_o the_o remain_a part_n of_o this_o chapter_n out_o of_o the_o write_n of_o calvin_n and_o some_o other_o principal_a man_n that_o be_v general_o look_v upon_o as_o follower_n of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o consequent_o as_o adversary_n to_o the_o great_a doctrine_n of_o universal_a redemption_n maintain_v in_o this_o discourse_n whether_o i_o say_v these_o testimony_n and_o say_n do_v not_o evince_v above_o and_o beyond_o all_o contradiction_n that_o these_o man_n be_v not_o so_o through_o uniform_a settle_a or_o consistent_a with_o themselves_o in_o 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p._n 47_o 48_o 49_o etc._n etc._n &_o p._n 25â—_n 262_o 267_o etc._n etc._n i_o speak_v not_o these_o thing_n nor_o shall_v i_o speak_v any_o thing_n god_n willing_a at_o any_o time_n to_o the_o undervalue_v of_o the_o learning_n part_n labour_n
consider_v that_o the_o answer_n which_o i_o have_v prepare_v a_o good_a part_n of_o it_o be_v take_v up_o in_o prove_v the_o pamphleter_n tardy_a in_o several_a report_n make_v by_o he_o of_o matter_n of_o fact_n the_o knowledge_n whereof_o will_v be_v i_o conceive_v of_o slender_a edification_n and_o of_o no_o great_a acceptation_n unto_o reader_n and_o the_o detection_n of_o â—â—m_fw-la in_o such_o unworthy_a practice_n may_v be_v offensive_a to_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n who_o i_o well_o respect_v may_v in_o these_o respect_v rather_o cumber_v than_o benefit_n the_o world_n in_o case_n it_o be_v publish_v and_o consider_v further_o that_o the_o matter_n of_o real_a weight_n and_o consequence_n insist_v upon_o in_o the_o answer_n be_v here_o handle_v only_o according_a to_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o particular_n of_o my_o charge_n respective_o might_n more_o satisfactory_o and_o with_o more_o advantage_n to_o the_o peace_n and_o comfort_n of_o man_n be_v discourse_v in_o a_o 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faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o all_z and_o upon_o all_z who_o believe_v for_o all_o have_v sin_v etc._n etc._n rom._n 3._o 22_o 23._o to_o omit_v very_o many_o other_o of_o like_a tenor_n and_o import_n in_o all_o these_o scripture_n with_o their_o fellow_n evident_a it_o be_v that_o salvation_n be_v 2._o §._o 2._o hold_v forth_o and_o promise_v by_o god_n unto_o all_o without_o exception_n that_o shall_v believe_v yea_o that_o it_o be_v offer_v and_o promise_v unto_o all_o man_n upon_o the_o condition_n of_o believe_v whether_o they_o believe_v or_o no._n so_o that_o upon_o such_o declaration_n of_o the_o gracious_a and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n towards_o the_o universality_n of_o man_n as_o these_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o any_o other_o man_n may_v with_o truth_n and_o aught_o of_o duty_n upon_o occasion_n say_v to_o every_o particular_a soul_n of_o man_n under_o heaven_n if_o thou_o believe_v thou_o shall_v be_v save_v even_o as_o paul_n say_v that_o he_o 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caution_v against_o that_o whereby_o they_o be_v not_o in_o any_o possibility_n of_o suffer_a inconvenience_n if_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o sin_n shall_v reign_v in_o their_o mortal_a body_n after_o they_o be_v once_o dead_a to_o it_o needless_a and_o vain_a have_v that_o exhortation_n be_v let_v not_o sin_n reign_v in_o your_o mortal_a body_n the_o common_a maxim_n among_o divine_n and_o interpreter_n of_o scripture_n be_v that_o similitude_n or_o metaphor_n do_v not_o run_v on_o all_o four_o meaning_n that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v extend_v or_o apply_v to_o the_o spiritual_a thing_n intend_v to_o be_v illustrate_v by_o they_o in_o all_o the_o property_n or_o relation_n which_o be_v find_v in_o those_o thing_n from_o which_o they_o be_v take_v but_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o only_a which_o suit_v natural_o with_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v use_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o christ_n death_n once_o suffer_v by_o he_o without_o be_v liable_a to_o die_v the_o second_o time_n and_o so_o of_o his_o live_n unto_o god_n without_o danger_n of_o ever_o have_v this_o life_n extinguish_v or_o take_v from_o he_o can_v be_v prove_v either_o that_o man_n who_o be_v once_o dead_a unto_o sin_n can_v no_o more_o live_v to_o it_o or_o that_o man_n once_o alive_a unto_o god_n can_v possible_o suffer_v any_o interruption_n or_o loss_n of_o this_o life_n because_o these_o particular_n be_v not_o mention_v or_o insist_v upon_o by_o the_o apostle_n to_o prove_v the_o absolute_a but_o only_o a_o hypotheticall_a or_o conditional_a necessity_n of_o the_o saint_n conform_v themselves_o spiritual_o unto_o they_o or_o unto_o christ_n himself_o in_o respect_n of_o they_o viz._n if_o they_o mean_v to_o answer_v the_o tenor_n and_o import_n of_o their_o holy_a profession_n or_o to_o obtain_v life_n and_o salvation_n herein_o in_o the_o end_n nor_o do_v these_o word_n 1_o joh._n 5._o 4._o for_o whatsoever_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n overcome_v 53._o §._o 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in_o his_o trespass_n that_o he_o have_v trespass_v and_o in_o his_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v sin_v in_o they_o shall_v he_o die_v yet_o you_o say_v the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o equal_a hear_v now_o o_o house_n of_o israel_n be_v not_o my_o way_n equal_a be_v not_o your_o way_n unequal_a when_o a_o righteous_a man_n turn_v away_o from_o his_o righteousness_n and_o commit_v iniquity_n and_o die_v in_o they_o for_o his_o iniquity_n that_o he_o have_v do_v shall_v he_o die_v etc._n die_v ezek._n 18._o 24._o 25_o etc._n etc._n what_o more_o can_v the_o understanding_n judgement_n soul_n or_o conscience_n of_o a_o man_n reasonable_o desire_n for_o their_o establishment_n in_o any_o truth_n whatsoever_o than_o be_v deliver_v by_o god_n himself_o in_o this_o passage_n to_o evince_v the_o possibility_n of_o a_o righteous_a man_n decline_a from_o his_o righteousness_n and_o that_o unto_o death_n the_o latter_a word_n of_o the_o passage_n be_v conclusive_a hereof_o against_o and_o above_o all_o contradiction_n when_o a_o righteous_a man_n turn_v away_o etc._n etc._n and_o die_v in_o they_o i._n e._n repent_v not_o of_o they_o forsake_v they_o not_o before_o his_o death_n for_o his_o iniquity_n that_o he_o have_v do_v shall_v he_o die_v viz._n the_o second_o death_n or_o perish_v everlasting_o for_o that_o this_o death_n be_v mean_v at_o least_o include_v in_o this_o latter_a clause_n be_v evident_a because_o otherwise_o we_o shall_v both_o make_v a_o unsavoury_a tautology_n in_o the_o sentence_n and_o destroy_v all_o congruity_n of_o sense_n beside_o for_o without_o such_o a_o supposition_n the_o prophet_n must_v be_v suppose_v to_o speak_v thus_o when_o a_o righteous_a man_n turn_v away_o from_o his_o righteousness_n and_o commit_v iniquity_n and_o die_v in_o they_o i._n e._n leave_v his_o natural_a life_n under_o the_o guilt_n of_o they_o and_o without_o repentance_n for_o they_o for_o the_o iniquity_n that_o he_o have_v do_v shall_v he_o leave_v his_o 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which_o be_v the_o second_o death_n in_o this_o sense_n the_o sentence_n perfect_o accord_v for_o substance_n of_o matter_n with_o such_o passage_n as_o these_o know_v you_o not_o that_o the_o unrighteous_a shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n bâ—_n not_o deceive_v neither_o fornicator_n nor_o idolater_n nor_o adulterer_n etc._n etc._n shall_v inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n 10._o god_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 10._o and_o again_o for_o this_o you_o know_v that_o no_o whoremonger_n or_o unclean_a person_n or_o covetous_a man_n which_o be_v a_o idolater_n have_v any_o inheritance_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o god_n let_v no_o man_n deceive_v you_o with_o vain_a word_n for_o because_o of_o these_o thing_n come_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o child_n of_o disobedience_n 6._o disobedience_n eph._n 5._o 5_o 6._o and_o to_o omit_v many_o other_o with_o that_o of_o the_o same_o prophet_n therefore_o thou_o son_n of_o man_n say_v unto_o the_o child_n of_o thy_o people_n the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o righteous_a shall_v not_o deliver_v he_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o transgression_n when_o i_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o righteous_a that_o he_o shall_v sure_o live_v if_o he_o trust_v his_o own_o righteousness_n and_o commit_v iniquity_n all_o his_o righteousness_n shall_v not_o be_v remember_v but_o for_o his_o iniquity_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v he_o shall_v die_v for_o it_o 13._o it_o ezek._n 33._o 12_o 13._o if_o the_o righteousness_n which_o a_o apostate_n or_o back-slide_a from_o way_n of_o righteousness_n have_v wrought_v while_o he_o be_v yet_o righteous_a shall_v not_o deliver_v he_o when_o he_o turn_v aside_o unto_o wickedness_n what_o can_v be_v imagine_v shall_v deliver_v he_o doubtless_o his_o wickedness_n whereunto_o he_o have_v turn_v aside_o from_o his_o righteousness_n will_v not_o befriend_v he_o with_o a_o deliverance_n nor_o can_v it_o any_o whit_n more_o reasonable_o be_v say_v that_o though_o his_o former_a righteousness_n will_v not_o deliver_v he_o from_o a_o temporal_a death_n yet_o it_o may_v deliver_v he_o from_o eternal_a death_n then_o in_o the_o case_n of_o a_o true_a repentance_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o though_o such_o a_o repentance_n will_v deliver_v a_o man_n from_o a_o temporal_a death_n yet_o will_v it_o not_o deliver_v he_o from_o eternal_a death_n for_o as_o the_o true_a repentance_n that_o be_v though_o continue_v in_o will_v not_o deliver_v a_o man_n from_o a_o temporal_a or_o natural_a death_n but_o will_v most_o certain_o deliver_v he_o from_o eternal_a death_n in_o like_a manner_n though_o apostasy_n and_o backslide_n from_o way_n of_o righteousness_n persevere_v in_o do_v not_o always_o expose_v a_o man_n to_o a_o temporal_a death_n or_o bring_v this_o death_n upon_o he_o yet_o they_o always_o render_v man_n obnoxious_a to_o eternal_a death_n beside_o when_o god_n threaten_v such_o backslider_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o that_o when_o 4._o §._o
4._o they_o shall_v commit_v iniquity_n etc._n etc._n all_o the_o righteousness_n that_o they_o have_v do_v former_o shall_v not_o be_v mention_v i._n e._n as_o calvin_n himself_o interpret_v shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n as_o to_o matter_n of_o reward_n 24_o reward_n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la satis_fw-la liqueat_fw-la non_fw-la venire_fw-la justiciam_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la defecit_fw-la in_fw-la rationem_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la mercedis_fw-la sperare_fw-la debeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n calv._n in_o ezek._n 18._o 24_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o if_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n at_o all_o as_o for_o example_n to_o obtain_v from_o god_n so_o much_o as_o the_o reward_n of_o a_o temporal_a deliverance_n much_o less_o shall_v it_o turn_v to_o any_o such_o account_n as_o to_o be_v reward_v with_o that_o great_a recompense_n of_o reward_n salvation_n again_o that_o death_n which_o god_n here_o threaten_v against_o that_o double_a or_o two_o fold_n iniquity_n of_o backslide_v be_v oppose_v to_o that_o life_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o repentance_n and_o perseverance_n in_o well_o do_v but_o this_o life_n be_v confess_v by_o all_o to_o be_v eternal_a life_n therefore_o the_o death_n opposite_a to_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v eternal_a or_o the_o second_o death_n when_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a life_n through_o christ_n jesus_n our_o lord_n 23._o lord_n rom._n 6._o 23._o be_v it_o not_o evident_a from_o the_o antithesis_fw-la or_o opposition_n in_o the_o sentence_n between_o the_o death_n and_o life_n mention_v in_o it_o that_o by_o that_o death_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v mean_v eternal_a death_n how_o else_o will_v the_o opposition_n stand_v yet_o again_o when_o god_n in_o the_o scripture_n threaten_v impenitent_a person_n with_o death_n for_o their_o sin_n doubtless_o he_o intend_v and_o mean_n eternal_a death_n or_o that_o death_n which_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n otherwise_o we_o have_v no_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o believe_v or_o think_v that_o man_n die_v in_o their_o sin_n without_o repentance_n shall_v suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o eternal_a fire_n but_o only_o a_o temporal_a or_o natural_a death_n which_o the_o righteous_a and_o true_o penitent_a themselves_o suffer_v as_o well_o as_o they_o therefore_o to_o say_v that_o god_n threaten_v impenitent_a apostate_n in_o the_o place_n in_o hand_n with_o a_o temporal_a death_n only_o when_o as_o elsewhere_o he_o threaten_v impenitency_n under_o the_o light_a guilt_n of_o all_o with_o eternal_a death_n be_v in_o effect_n to_o represent_v he_o as_o vehement_a and_o sore_a in_o his_o disswasives_n from_o ordinary_a and_o lesser_a sin_n but_o indifferent_a and_o remiss_a in_o dissuade_v from_o sin_n of_o the_o great_a provocation_n once_o more_o if_o it_o be_v only_o a_o temporal_a death_n which_o god_n here_o threaten_v against_o the_o son_n 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there_o be_v who_o be_v loath_a to_o see_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o long-magnified_n 10._o §._o 10._o doctrine_n of_o perseverance_n die_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o scripture_n yet_o before_o we_o and_o despair_v of_o help_n for_o it_o by_o any_o or_o by_o all_o the_o forementioned_a application_n have_v think_v it_o not_o amiss_o in_o a_o case_n of_o such_o imminent_a and_o extreme_a danger_n to_o try_v conclusion_n by_o administer_a this_o antidote_n unto_o it_o when_o god_n threaten_v say_v they_o the_o righteous_a man_n apostatise_v that_o for_o the_o iniquity_n which_o he_o commit_v he_o shall_v die_v he_o speak_v neither_o of_o the_o first_o death_n proper_o so_o call_v nor_o yet_o of_o the_o second_o death_n but_o of_o affliction_n judgement_n and_o calamity_n oft_o signify_v in_o scripture_n by_o the_o word_n death_n as_o prosperity_n be_v by_o the_o word_n life_n which_o god_n often_o bring_v upon_o true_o good_a and_o righteous_a man_n when_o they_o great_o provoke_v 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die_v 26_o die_v ezek_n 18_o 26_o 4._o when_o god_n threaten_v at_o any_o time_n such_o and_o such_o sin_n or_o such_o and_o such_o sinner_n in_o one_o kind_n or_o other_o with_o death_n it_o be_v of_o very_o dangerous_a consequence_n and_o tend_v to_o allay_v and_o break_v the_o energy_n and_o power_n and_o consequent_o to_o hinder_v the_o operation_n of_o such_o threaten_n upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n for_o any_o man_n to_o put_v a_o qualify_a or_o mitigate_a sense_n upon_o the_o word_n death_n especial_o not_o be_v authorize_v by_o god_n himself_o so_o to_o do_v 5._o and_o last_o the_o author_n themselves_o of_o this_o interpretation_n seem_v to_o be_v half_o heartless_a and_o hopeless_a of_o do_v any_o great_a matter_n for_o their_o cause_n by_o it_o and_o in_o their_o explication_n of_o themselves_o about_o it_o they_o distinguish_v themselves_o quite_o beside_o that_o which_o shall_v relieve_v they_o the_o word_n death_n they_o say_v in_o the_o prophet_n do_v not_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n of_o it_o signify_v eternal_a death_n as_o neither_o do_v the_o word_n life_n in_o the_o opposite_a part_n of_o the_o sentence_n signify_v eternal_a life_n but_o what_o though_o the_o word_n death_n do_v not_o in_o the_o controvert_v passage_n signify_v eternal_a death_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n or_o signification_n of_o it_o yet_o if_o it_o signify_v it_o in_o the_o second_o three_o or_o four_o sense_n or_o if_o it_o signify_v it_o at_o all_o it_o be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o consideration_n for_o the_o eviction_n of_o what_o be_v claim_v by_o we_o from_o the_o place_n which_o be_v that_o a_o man_n true_o righteous_a may_v so_o degenerate_a and_o apostatise_v that_o god_n will_v inflict_v eternal_a death_n upon_o he_o i_o omit_v to_o demand_v of_o these_o interpreter_n by_o what_o authority_n or_o confidence_n of_o genius_n they_o undertake_v thus_o particular_o to_o range_v and_o marshal_v the_o several_a sense_n which_o they_o say_v god_n intend_v in_o such_o and_o such_o word_n give_v the_o pre-eminence_n to_o such_o or_o such_o a_o sense_n and_o say_v to_o another_o stand_v back_o or_o come_v behind_o if_o we_o have_v mere_a ignorance_n or_o nescience_n of_o the_o truth_n to_o encounter_v or_o satisfy_v 11._o §._o 11._o though_o in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o great_a part_n of_o judgement_n and_o understanding_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o with_o the_o great_a wariness_n and_o scrupulousness_n of_o circumspection_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o traverse_v of_o the_o scripture_n already_o insist_v upon_o be_v sufficient_a i_o conceive_v without_o any_o further_a labour_n of_o argue_v to_o gain_v credit_n and_o fullness_n of_o consent_n to_o that_o truth_n which_o be_v now_o upon_o the_o advance_n but_o prejudice_n and_o partiality_n be_v hydropical_a and_o hardly_o satisfiable_a and_o these_o be_v our_o chief_a adversary_n in_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n therefore_o to_o reconcile_v if_o possible_a the_o diaffection_n of_o these_o with_o the_o truth_n we_o shall_v show_v they_o more_o vision_n from_o heaven_n of_o the_o same_o light_n and_o truth_n with_o the_o former_a and_o first_o upon_o this_o account_n we_o shall_v remember_v they_o of_o a_o passage_n former_o argue_v and_o gather_v up_o at_o present_a only_a so_o much_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o discussion_n and_o that_o with_o what_o brevity_n may_v be_v as_o we_o judge_v serviceable_a for_o our_o present_a purpose_n refer_v the_o reader_n to_o a_o review_n if_o he_o please_v of_o the_o largeâ—_n examination_n the_o tenor_n of_o the_o place_n be_v this_o then_o his_o lord_n after_o he_o have_v call_v he_o say_v unto_o he_o o_o thou_o wicked_a servant_n i_o forgive_v thou_o all_o the_o debt_n because_o thou_o desire_v i_o shall_v not_o thou_o also_o have_v have_v compassion_n on_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n even_o as_o i_o have_v pity_n on_o thou_o and_o his_o lord_n be_v wroth_a and_o deliver_v he_o to_o the_o tormentor_n till_o he_o shall_v pay_v all_o that_o be_v due_a to_o he_o so_o likewise_o shall_v my_o heavenly_a father_n do_v also_o unto_o you_o if_o you_o from_o your_o heart_n forgive_v not_o every_o one_o his_o brother_n their_o trespass_n etc._n trespass_n mat._n 18._o 32_o 33_o etc._n etc._n evident_a it_o be_v from_o our_o saviour_n reddition_n or_o application_n of_o the_o parable_n so_o likewise_o shall_v my_o heavenly_a father_n do_v also_o unto_o you_o if_o &c._n &c._n speak_v unto_o his_o disciple_n ver._n 1._o and_o to_o peter_n more_o particular_o ver._n 21._o that_o person_n true_o regenerate_v and_o justify_v before_o god_n for_o such_o be_v they_o to_o who_o in_o special_a manner_n he_o address_v the_o parable_n and_o the_o application_n of_o it_o and_o indeed_o the_o whole_a carriage_n of_o the_o parable_n show_v that_o it_o be_v calculate_v and_o form_v only_o for_o such_o may_v through_o high_a misdemeanour_n in_o sin_v as_o for_o example_n by_o unmercifulnesse_n cruelty_n oppression_n etc._n etc._n turn_v themselves_o out_o of_o the_o justify_v grace_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n quench_v the_o spirit_n of_o regeneration_n and_o come_v to_o have_v their_o portion_n with_o hypocrite_n and_o unbeliever_n if_o man_n will_v make_v any_o thing_n at_o all_o of_o the_o parable_n in_o a_o clear_a and_o direct_a way_n without_o trouble_v or_o obscure_v without_o wrest_v or_o strain_v the_o carriage_n scope_n and_o pregnant_a tendency_n of_o it_o such_o a_o inference_n can_v be_v avoid_v further_a satisfaction_n herein_o may_v be_v have_v for_o the_o price_n only_o of_o so_o much_o pain_n as_o the_o perusal_n of_o the_o 54._o and_o 59_o section_n of_o the_o 8._o chapter_n of_o this_o discourse_n will_v require_v nor_o do_v the_o reversall_a of_o such_o act_n of_o grace_n in_o god_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o argue_v 12._o §._o 12._o the_o least_o mutability_n or_o shadow_n of_o change_n in_o he_o either_o in_o
observe_v the_o difference_n between_o sin_n reign_v and_o not_o reign_v of_o the_o former_a speak_v thus_o sin_n reign_v be_v all_o or_o every_o sin_n in_o man_n unregenerate_a or_o in_o man_n regenerate_v a_o error_n contrary_a to_o the_o article_n of_o faith_n or_o against_o conscience_n exclude_v out_o of_o the_o heart_n actual_a belief_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o make_v the_o sinner_n liable_a to_o eternal_a death_n unless_o he_o shall_v be_v forgive_v in_o one_o word_n sin_n reign_v be_v to_o obey_v the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n even_o those_o that_o be_v regenerate_v sometime_o fall_v into_o this_o sin_n as_o david_n peter_n and_o this_o the_o apostle_n exhortation_n witness_v 7._o witness_v regnans_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o non_fw-la renatis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o renatis_fw-la error_n contrà _fw-la articulos_fw-la fidei_fw-la aut_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la excludens_fw-la ex_fw-la cord_n actualem_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o obnoxium_fw-la faciens_fw-la peccantem_fw-la exitio_fw-la aeterno_fw-la nisi_fw-la fiat_fw-la remissio_fw-la uno_fw-la verbo_fw-la est_fw-la obedire_fw-la cupiditatibus_fw-la carnis_fw-la renati_fw-la etiam_fw-la aliquando_fw-la incidunt_fw-la in_o tale_n peccatum_fw-la ut_fw-la david_n petrus_n quod_fw-la testatur_fw-la hortatio_fw-la apostoli_fw-la etc._n etc._n par._n ad_fw-la rom._n 6._o ver_fw-la 13._o he_o enim_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortaliter_fw-la contrà _fw-la dictamen_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la aliquando_fw-la ruentes_fw-la ut_fw-la aaron_n david_n petrus_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o dub._n 7._o and_o afterward_o speak_v of_o regenerate_v man_n and_o true_a believer_n he_o grant_v that_o they_o may_v mortal_o and_o against_o the_o dictate_v of_o their_o conscience_n rush_v into_o sin_n as_o aaron_n david_n peter_n do_v and_o say_v moreover_o that_o when_o they_o thus_o sin_n they_o lay_v waste_v their_o conscience_n disturb_v the_o holy_a ghost_n lose_v the_o 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of_o david_n commit_v adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o who_o nathan_n say_v thou_o be_v a_o man_n of_o death_n do_v plain_o show_v that_o even_o regenerate_v man_n may_v rush_v or_o fall_v headlong_a into_o reign_a sin_n 207._o sin_n quòd_fw-la etiam_fw-la renati_fw-la possunt_fw-la ruere_fw-la in_o peccatum_fw-la regnans_fw-la satis_fw-la ostendunt_fw-la lapsus_fw-la tristissimi_fw-la etiam_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la ut_fw-la aaronis_fw-la vitulum_fw-la aureum_fw-la facientis_fw-la quem_fw-la deus_fw-la iratus_fw-la propterea_fw-la voluit_fw-la perdere_fw-la et_fw-la davidis_fw-la committentis_fw-la adulterium_fw-la &_o homicidium_fw-la cvi_fw-la nathan_n dixit_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la vir_fw-la mortis_fw-la ursinus_n vol._n 1._o pag._n 207._o and_o those_o of_o the_o contra-remonstrancie_a in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n hold_v anno_fw-la 1613._o confess_v and_o teach_v that_o true_a believer_n may_v fall_v so_o far_o that_o the_o church_n according_a to_o the_o 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worthy_a testimony_n of_o a_o good_a election_n or_o choice_n and_o of_o a_o continuance_n therein_o other_o again_o be_v accuse_v or_o condemn_v and_o receive_v a_o just_a retribution_n in_o damage_n because_o they_o reject_v or_o put_v away_o from_o they_o that_o which_o be_v just_a and_o good_a a._n this_o author_n clear_o suppose_v that_o all_o man_n have_v power_n by_o nature_n he_o mean_v as_o be_v easy_o collect_v from_o other_o place_n in_o his_o writing_n by_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v general_o recruit_v or_o relieve_v and_o strengthen_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n both_o to_o retain_v and_o work_v that_o which_o be_v good_a persevere_o and_o again_o to_o throw_v it_o off_o and_o recede_v from_o it_o yea_o so_o as_o final_o to_o perish_v in_o such_o their_o declining_n tertullian_n who_o write_v about_o the_o year_n 195._o declare_v his_o judgement_n in_o the_o point_n to_o this_o effect_n what_o ever_o it_o be_v that_o my_o mean_a ability_n have_v attempt_v in_o reference_n to_o a_o enter_v upon_o and_o hold_v out_o in_o a_o course_n of_o repentance_n do_v indeed_o concern_v all_o those_o that_o have_v addict_v themselves_o unto_o the_o lord_n as_o person_n who_o all_o seek_v after_o safety_n or_o salvation_n by_o please_a god_n but_o it_o concern_v those_o more_o near_o who_o be_v yet_o novice_n and_o begin_v very_o diligent_o to_o water_v their_o ear_n with_o the_o word_n of_o god_n like_o young_a whelp_n who_o sight_n be_v not_o yet_o perfect_o come_v to_o they_o move_z up_z and_o down_o at_o uncertainty_n and_o profess_v or_o learn_v indeed_o to_o renounce_v their_o old_a way_n and_o take_v up_o repentance_n but_o neglect_v to_o enclose_v it_o 6._o it_o quicquid_fw-la ergo_fw-la mediocritas_fw-la nostra_fw-la ad_fw-la penitentiam_fw-la semel_fw-la capessendam_fw-la &_o perpetuò_fw-la continendam_fw-la suggerere_fw-la onata_fw-la est_fw-la omnes_fw-la quidem_fw-la deditos_fw-la domino_fw-la spectat_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la omnes_fw-la salutis_fw-la in_o promerendo_fw-la deo_fw-la petitores_fw-la sed_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la novitiis_fw-la istis_fw-la imminet_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la maximè_fw-la incipâ—un_fw-la divinis_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la aures_fw-la rigare_fw-la quique_fw-la catuli_fw-la infantiae_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la recentis_fw-la nec_fw-la perfectis_fw-la luminibus_fw-la incerta_fw-la reptant_fw-la et_fw-la dicunt_fw-la discunt_fw-la pristinis_fw-la quidem_fw-la renunciare_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la assumunt_fw-la sed_fw-la includere_fw-la cam_fw-la negligunt_fw-la tertul._n de_fw-fr poen_n cap._n 6._o i._n e._n to_o guard_n or_o fence_v it_o with_o such_o resolution_n and_o care_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v lay_v waste_n by_o the_o return_n and_o break_n in_o of_o the_o lust_n of_o their_o former_a ignorance_n upon_o they_o not_o long_o after_o thus_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n as_o if_o god_n must_v of_o necessity_n give_v that_o which_o he_o have_v promise_v even_o to_o those_o that_o be_v unworthy_a and_o thus_o make_v his_o bounty_n a_o servitude_n or_o bondage_n unto_o he_o but_o if_o he_o gratifi_v we_o with_o or_o by_o the_o symbol_n of_o death_n meaning_n if_o he_o confer_v upon_o we_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n in_o or_o upon_o our_o be_v baptise_a wherein_o wâ—_n typical_o die_v with_o christ_n out_o of_o necessity_n he_o do_v it_o against_o his_o will._n and_o who_o will_v suffer_v that_o to_o continue_v or_o remain_v firm_a which_o he_o give_v unwilling_o for_o do_v not_o many_o afterward_o fall_n away_o be_v not_o this_o gift_n take_v away_o from_z many_o ibid._n many_o quidam_fw-la autem_fw-la sic_fw-la opinantur_fw-la quasi_fw-la deus_fw-la necesse_fw-la habeat_fw-la praestaere_fw-la etiam_fw-la indignis_fw-la quod_fw-la spospondit_fw-fr &_o liberalitatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la faciunt_fw-la servitutem_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la necessitate_v nobis_fw-la symbolum_fw-la mortis_fw-la indulget_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o vitus_fw-la facit_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la permittit_fw-la permansurum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la tribuerit_fw-la invitus_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la multi_fw-la posteà _fw-la excidunt_fw-la nun_n à _fw-la multis_fw-la donum_fw-la illud_fw-la aufertur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n he_o clear_o speak_v of_o the_o gift_n of_o justification_n or_o remission_n of_o sin_n which_o the_o ancient_a father_n more_o general_o hold_v and_o teach_v be_v confer_v in_o baptism_n at_o least_o where_o there_o be_v any_o meetness_n in_o the_o person_n baptize_v but_o whether_o this_o be_v orthodox_n or_o no_o evident_a it_o be_v from_o the_o word_n recite_v that_o tertullia_n judgement_n be_v that_o many_o may_v yea_o and_o do_v fall_v away_o and_o suffer_v the_o deprivation_n and_o loss_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o justification_n according_a to_o what_o we_o reason_v at_o large_a chap._n 8._o sect._n 54_o 55_o etc._n etc._n and_o consequent_o of_o regeneration_n also_o gregory_n nazianzen_n famous_a in_o the_o christian_a church_n about_o the_o 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in_o the_o grave_n for_o what_o be_v more_o vocal_a or_o audible_a than_o the_o word_n and_o be_v come_v forth_o after_o thou_o have_v be_v dead_a not_o four_o day_n only_o but_o many_o more_o return_v unto_o life_n with_o he_o that_o lie_v three_o day_n in_o the_o grave_n and_o have_v thy_o graveclothe_n or_o death-band_n loose_v take_v heed_n last_o thou_o die_v again_o and_o be_v gather_v unto_o those_o who_o dwell_v in_o the_o grave_n and_o be_v the_o second_o time_n bind_v with_o the_o cord_n of_o thy_o sin_n for_o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o thou_o shall_v be_v raise_v up_o again_o unto_o life_n or_o no._n and_o yet_o again_o some_o few_o passage_n interject_v only_o be_v careful_a and_o look_v to_o this_o that_o have_v with_o the_o purity_n of_o thy_o heart_n and_o way_n kindle_v a_o fire_n of_o envy_n in_o the_o devil_n breast_n against_o themselves_o thou_o make_v not_o thyself_o miserable_a again_o by_o sin_v 40._o sin_v fac_n purgationem_fw-la serve_v ne_fw-la alioqui_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la defluvio_fw-la rursùs_fw-la labores_fw-la christumque_fw-la jam_fw-la surripiendae_fw-la salutis_fw-la causâ_fw-la prehendere_fw-la nequeas_fw-la cave_fw-la ne_fw-la amisso_fw-la peccato_fw-la rursus_fw-la in_o grabbato_fw-la jaceas_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la
postulanti_fw-la ut_fw-la gratissimè_fw-la illi_fw-la possit_fw-la inservire_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la spiritu_fw-la quem_fw-la accepit_fw-la &_o in_o nullo_n vincatur_fw-la à _fw-la malitiâ_fw-la aut_fw-la fallatur_fw-la per_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la temeritatem_fw-la ac_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la aversa_fw-la peragens_fw-la omne_fw-la praeter_fw-la decorum_n divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la talem_fw-la enim_fw-la animam_fw-la manet_fw-la supplicium_fw-la mors_fw-la &_o luctus_fw-la quod_fw-la divinus_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolus_fw-la dixit_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la praedicaverim_fw-la ipse_fw-la reprobus_fw-la efficiar_fw-la vides_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la apostolus_fw-la esset_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la timebat_fw-la ejus_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la lapsus_fw-la sit_fw-la ac_fw-la peccato_fw-la deserviat_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la converti_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-la contrà _fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la devinctus_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la correptus_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la converti_fw-la potest_fw-la ibid._n no_o man_n consider_v these_o thing_n can_v light_o imagine_v but_o that_o this_o devout_a and_o learned_a father_n who_o carry_v blessedness_n in_o his_o name_n hold_v dogmatical_o and_o upon_o mature_a consultation_n have_v with_o the_o best_a of_o his_o understanding_n in_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n a_o possibility_n that_o even_o the_o best_a and_o highest-raised_n saint_n may_v through_o sloth_n and_o negligence_n lose_v this_o stand_n fall_v away_o and_o perish_v basil_n surname_v the_o great_a who_o live_v much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o last-mentioned_a 13._o §._o 13._o author_n assign_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o this_o present_a world_n and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v assert_v this_o for_o one_o that_o in_o this_o life_n the_o danger_n of_o fall_v be_v great_a upon_o which_o account_n paul_n say_v let_v he_o that_o stand_v take_v heed_n lest_o he_o fall_v but_o there_o meaning_n in_o the_o future_a estate_n of_o glory_n their_o step_n be_v firm_a or_o fix_v life_n be_v unchangeable_a there_o be_v no_o more_o danger_n of_o be_v carry_v away_o unto_o sin_n for_o neither_o be_v here_o any_o rebellion_n or_o insurrection_n of_o the_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n not_o long_o after_o therefore_o we_o man_n die_v often_o before_o the_o body_n come_v by_o death_n to_o be_v unyoked_v or_o lose_a from_o the_o soul_n so_o that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v make_v or_o natural_o apt_a to_o be_v accomplish_v or_o fulfil_v not_o only_o with_o a_o change_n in_o respect_n of_o one_o age_n succeed_v another_o but_o with_o fall_v or_o ruin_n of_o their_o soul_n through_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n basil_n in_o psal_n 114._o non_o longè_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la paulo_n post_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v yet_o more_o plain_o to_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n many_o say_v he_o who_o have_v gather_v much_o together_o from_o their_o youth_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o middle_n of_o their_o year_n temptation_n from_o evil_a spirit_n rise_v up_o against_o they_o and_o assault_v they_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v the_o stress_n or_o burden_n of_o the_o winter_n for_o want_v of_o a_o good_a pilot-ship_n and_o so_o have_v lose_v all._n and_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o have_v make_v shipwreck_n of_o faith_n other_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o violent_a tempest_n as_o it_o be_v of_o pleasure_n rush_v upon_o they_o have_v utter_o lose_v that_o chastity_n which_o they_o have_v preserve_v together_o from_o their_o youth_n a_o most_o sad_a spectacle_n for_o a_o man_n after_o fast_v after_o austereness_n of_o live_v after_o much_o pray_v after_o much_o weep_v after_o a_o continent_n life_n it_o may_v be_v for_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o year_n together_o through_o negligence_n and_o carelessness_n of_o soul_n to_o be_v find_v naked_a or_o destitute_a of_o all_o and_o that_o such_o a_o person_n who_o have_v great_o prosper_v and_o thrive_v by_o the_o trade_n or_o work_v of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n shall_v become_v like_a unto_o a_o merchant_n of_o a_o great_a estate_n who_o while_o his_o ship_n sail_v on_o her_o course_n with_o a_o fair_a and_o prosperous_a wind_n judge_v himself_o a_o brave_a man_n for_o the_o abundance_n of_o good_n in_o she_o but_o have_v pass_v through_o tempestuous_a sea_n his_o vessel_n come_v to_o be_v wrack_v in_o the_o very_a haven_n and_o he_o point_v at_o or_o show_v by_o man_n as_o one_o that_o on_o the_o sudden_a and_o at_o once_o have_v lose_v all_o that_o abundance_n which_o he_o late_o have_v sinen_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hon_fw-fr 12._o in_o princip_n proverb_n propè_fw-la sinen_n the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o of_o his_o sermon_n express_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o matter_n yet_o before_o we_o in_o word_n of_o this_o import_n but_o sin_n be_v the_o destroyer_n of_o that_o grace_n which_o be_v give_v we_o by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o soon_o after_o allegorise_v our_o saviour_n parabolical_a history_n of_o the_o man_n who_o go_v from_o jerusalem_n towards_o jericho_n fall_v among_o thief_n thus_o but_o now_o stripe_n go_v before_o strip_v or_o take_v off_o his_o raiment_n that_o thou_o may_v learn_v and_n know_v that_o sin_n go_v before_o the_o lay_n aside_o or_o loss_n of_o that_o grace_n or_o gracious_a benefit_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o thou_o by_o that_o love_n or_o kindness_n which_o the_o lord_n bear_v unto_o man_n finem_fw-la man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hom._n 21._o circa_fw-la finem_fw-la once_o more_o in_o another_o homily_n this_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o his_o day_n ow_v the_o doctrine_n we_o now_o contend_v for_o in_o word_n to_o this_o purpose_n thou_o see_v they_o speak_v of_o the_o galatian_n have_v the_o spirit_n thou_o have_v also_o herd_n you_o be_v abolish_v from_o christ_n and_o again_o you_o be_v fall_v from_o grace_n what_o do_v he_o subjoin_v after_o all_o this_o make_v room_n or_o grant_v place_n for_o their_o renew_n my_o little_a child_n of_o who_o i_o travel_v in_o birth_n again_o he_o have_v once_o beget_v they_o before_o but_o he_o that_o have_v once_o beget_v they_o refuse_v not_o to_o beget_v they_o the_o second_o time_n unto_o salvation_n finem_fw-la salvation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hom._n 28._o de_fw-fr poenitentia_fw-la propè_fw-la finem_fw-la all_o the_o author_n hitherto_o consult_v about_o the_o sense_n of_o antiquity_n and_o of_o 14._o §._o 14._o the_o primitive_a christian_n concern_v the_o possibility_n or_o non-possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n relapse_v unto_o death_n have_v serve_v their_o generation_n respective_o and_o be_v go_v off_o the_o stage_n of_o mortality_n before_o pelagius_n be_v enter_v to_o act_v his_o part_n hereon_o or_o at_o least_o have_v not_o much_o to_o do_v with_o he_o we_o now_o come_v to_o inquire_v what_o their_o judgement_n and_o sense_n in_o the_o same_o point_n be_v who_o either_o synchronize_v with_o pelagius_n and_o skirmish_v he_o or_o else_o take_v their_o turn_n of_o mortality_n after_o he_o concern_v the_o former_a of_o these_o that_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n in_o the_o christian_a firmament_n augustin_n i_o mean_v be_v i_o suppose_v in_o every_o man_n estimate_n instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la a_o man_n that_o will_v perform_v the_o service_n alone_o as_o sufficient_o as_o if_o he_o have_v twenty_o more_o with_o he_o to_o assist_v he_o questionless_a no_o man_n be_v better_o verse_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o christianity_n or_o that_o better_o understand_v what_o doctrine_n or_o opinion_n rule_v in_o the_o christian_a world_n or_o that_o dissent_v less_o from_o the_o common_a and_o generally-received_n tenet_n of_o he_o church_n then_o he._n now_o to_o how_o great_a a_o degree_n he_o abound_v in_o that_o faith_n which_o believe_v a_o possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n decline_v and_o that_o unto_o death_n can_v light_o be_v unknown_a to_o those_o that_o be_v though_o but_o competent_o acquaint_v with_o his_o write_n i_o shall_v present_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o first-fruit_n only_o and_o leave_v the_o harvest_n for_o his_o own_o gather_n it_o be_v say_v he_o much_o to_o be_v admire_v and_o admire_v again_o that_o god_n to_o some_o of_o his_o child_n who_o he_o have_v regenerate_v in_o christ_n and_o to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v faith_n hope_n and_o love_n shall_v not_o give_v perseverance_n when_o as_o he_o forgive_v such_o great_a sin_n unto_o strange_a child_n and_o by_o impart_v his_o grace_n unto_o they_o make_v they_o child_n of_o his_o own_o 8._o own_o mirandun_v est_fw-la quidem_fw-la multunque_fw-la mirandum_fw-la quòd_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la deus_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la quos_fw-la regeneravit_fw-la in_o christâ—_n quibus_fw-la
fidem_fw-la spem_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la dâ—dit_fw-la non_fw-fr that_fw-mi perseverantian_a cum_fw-la filiis_fw-la alienis_fw-la scelera_fw-la tanta_fw-la dimittat_fw-la atque_fw-la impertitâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la faciat_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la aâ—g_v de_fw-mi corrept_v &_o grat._n cap._n 8._o a_o little_a after_o for_o of_o such_o we_o dispute_v who_o want_v perseverance_n in_o goodness_n and_o go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n by_o death_n with_o the_o goodness_n of_o their_o will_n fall_v from_z good_a to_o evil_n let_v thâ—se_a man_n answer_v if_o they_o can_v why_o god_n do_v not_o take_v away_o such_o man_n from_o the_o danger_n of_o life_n while_o they_o yet_o live_v faithful_o and_o religious_o that_o so_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n may_v not_o have_v change_v their_o mind_n or_o understanding_n etc._n understanding_n paulò_fw-la post_fw-la de_fw-fr his_fw-la enim_fw-la disserimus_fw-la qui_fw-la perseveâ—antian_n bonitatis_fw-la non_fw-la habent_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la boâ—â—iâ—_n mâ—lun_fw-la deficâ—â—te_fw-la bonâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la mortuntur_fw-la respondeant_fw-la si_fw-la possunt_fw-la cur_n illos_fw-la deus_fw-la cum_fw-la fideliter_fw-la &_o pie_n viverent_fw-la non_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-fr aquavitae_fw-la huius_fw-la periculâ—_fw-la rapuit_fw-la ne_fw-la malitia_fw-la mutaret_fw-la intellectum_fw-la illorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o god_n do_v not_o give_v perseverance_n in_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o this_o father_n mean_v viz._n actual_a perseverance_n and_o such_o which_o be_v accompany_v with_o salvation_n unto_o some_o his_o child_n who_o he_o have_v regenerate_v in_o christ_n etc._n etc._n i_o ready_o and_o full_o consent_v but_o that_o he_o do_v not_o give_v perseverance_n unto_o some_o as_o much_o as_o he_o give_v unto_o any_o other_o of_o they_o who_o deportment_n be_v but_o the_o same_o i_o can_v believe_v without_o believe_v he_o to_o be_v a_o respecter_n or_o accepter_n of_o person_n which_o i_o must_v at_o no_o hand_n believe_v therefore_o to_o i_o it_o be_v no_o more_o scarce_o so_o much_o a_o wonder_n why_o god_n shall_v give_v perseverance_n unto_o some_o of_o his_o child_n and_o not_o unto_o other_o than_o it_o be_v why_o he_o shall_v save_v those_o that_o believe_v and_o not_o other_o however_o from_o both_o the_o testimony_n cite_v it_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o word_n can_v well_o make_v it_o that_o the_o author_n sense_n be_v that_o true_o regenerate_a man_n and_o believer_n may_v very_o possible_o fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o elsewhere_o he_o express_v the_o same_o sense_n thus_o but_o if_o he_o that_o be_v now_o regenerate_v and_o justify_v voluntary_o relapse_v into_o a_o evil_a course_n of_o life_n sure_o he_o can_v say_v i_o have_v not_o receive_v it_o because_o he_o have_v now_o lose_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n receive_v in_o or_o by_o his_o will_n be_v free_a unto_o evil_n 6._o evil_n si_fw-mi auten_fw-mi jam_fw-la regeneratus_fw-la &_o justificatus_fw-la in_o malan_n vitam_fw-la suâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la relabitur_fw-la certè_fw-la iste_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la dicere_fw-la non_fw-la accepi_fw-la quia_fw-la acceptan_fw-mi gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o malum_fw-la libero_fw-la amisit_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr corr._n &_o grat._n c._n 6._o a_o little_a after_o nor_o let_v it_o trouble_v we_o that_o god_n do_v not_o give_v this_o perseverance_n unto_o some_o of_o his_o child_n for_o these_o while_o they_o live_v religious_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o will_v live_v wicked_o afterward_o and_o die_v in_o this_o wickedness_n the_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n call_v they_o not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n dei_fw-la god_n nec_fw-la nos_fw-la moveat_fw-la quòd_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la that_fw-mi istam_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la nam_fw-la isti_fw-la cum_fw-la piè_fw-la vivunt_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la silij_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la quoniam_fw-la victuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la impié_fw-fr &_o in_o eâdem_fw-la impâ—etate_fw-la morituri_fw-la non_fw-la eos_fw-la dicit_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la so_o again_o speak_v of_o those_o who_o as_o john_n say_v go_v out_o from_o they_o but_o be_v not_o of_o they_o they_o be_v in_o a_o good_a way_n but_o because_o they_o continue_v not_o herein_o i._n e._n persevere_v not_o unto_o the_o end_n they_o be_v not_o say_v john_n of_o we_o when_o they_o be_v with_o we_o that_o be_v they_o be_v not_o in_o the_o number_n of_o child_n while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o faith_n of_o child_n because_o they_o who_o be_v true_o and_o indeed_o child_n be_v foreknown_a and_o predestinate_v etc._n predestinate_v erant_fw-la itaque_fw-la in_fw-la bono_fw-mi sed_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la non_fw-la permanâ—erunt_fw-la i._n e._n non_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n perseverarunt_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la inquit_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la erant_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la ex_fw-la numero_fw-la filiorun_n &_o quando_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la filiorun_n quoniam_fw-la qui_fw-la verè_fw-la silij_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesciti_fw-la &_o praedestinati_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n from_o this_o passage_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o however_o augustin_n may_v seem_v to_o hold_v a_o personal_a election_n of_o some_o somewhat_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n wherein_o it_o be_v common_o hold_v and_o teach_v among_o we_o at_o this_o day_n though_o elsewhere_o he_o seem_v as_o much_o to_o contradict_v it_o as_o we_o shall_v god_n willing_a show_v in_o due_a time_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o judge_n faith_n to_o be_v a_o fruit_n of_o such_o election_n nor_o elect_a and_o true_a believer_n to_o be_v voces_fw-la convertibiles_fw-la but_o that_o there_o be_v many_o such_o believer_n who_o do_v not_o appertain_v to_o the_o number_n of_o such_o elect_a one_o and_o consequent_o who_o may_v and_o shall_v fall_v away_o final_o again_o not_o long_o after_o for_o this_o cause_n the_o apostle_n when_o he_o have_v say_v we_o know_v that_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o those_o that_o love_n god_n know_v that_o some_o love_n god_n who_o do_v not_o persevere_v in_o this_o good_a present_o add_v to_o those_o who_o be_v call_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n sunt_fw-la purpose_n propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la apostolus_fw-la cunâ—xisset_fw-la scimus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la diligentibus_fw-la deum_fw-la omne_fw-la cooperantur_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la sciens_fw-la nonnulloâ—_n diligere_fw-la dâ—un_n &_o in_o eo_fw-la bono_fw-mi usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la non_fw-la permanere_fw-la mâ—x_fw-la addidit_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la propâ—siâ—un_fw-la vocati_fw-la sunt_fw-la from_o these_o three_o last_o passage_n compare_v together_o it_o clear_o appear_v in_o what_o sense_n such_o other_o passage_n in_o this_o author_n wherein_o he_o assert_v the_o certain_a perseverance_n of_o the_o saint_n or_o 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persev_n c._n 13_o non_fw-fr longè_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la if_o i_o judge_v it_o either_o of_o any_o great_a concernment_n to_o the_o cause_n or_o satisfaction_n unto_o the_o reader_n so_o that_o his_o judgement_n clear_o be_v that_o even_o those_o who_o he_o suppose_v can_v not_o fall_v away_o final_o may_v yet_o fall_v away_o total_o but_o concern_v his_o judgement_n touch_v such_o a_o
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factum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la tale_n quid_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la hîc_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la commemorantur_fw-la ad_fw-la illius_fw-la pertineant_fw-la naturam_fw-la sed_fw-la accidunt_fw-la illi_fw-la improbitate_fw-la mortalium_fw-la alioqui_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la naturâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la ad_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la pâ—rditionâ—_n etc._n etc._n proinde_fw-la rectè_fw-la non_fw-la dicit_fw-la simile_n est_fw-fr regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v simile_n factum_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n five_o and_o last_o the_o pregnant_a result_n of_o the_o premise_a particular_n be_v this_o that_o the_o marriage_n feast_n in_o the_o parable_n be_v provide_v by_o the_o king_n and_o the_o ox_n and_o fatling_n here_o speak_v of_o killed_z not_o only_o for_o those_o who_o upon_o their_o invitation_n be_v persuade_v to_o come_v and_o partake_v of_o they_o but_o as_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n every_o thing_n meaning_n every_o person_n of_o mankind_n which_v my_o father_n give_v unto_o i_o 37_o i_o john_n 6._o 37_o etc._n etc._n so_o present_o after_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o every_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v give_v i_o 39_o i_o verse_n 39_o etc._n etc._n so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n the_o foolish_a thing_n and_o the_o weak_a thing_n of_o the_o world_n 27._o world_n 1_o cor._n 1._o 27._o for_o foolish_a man_n and_o weak_a man_n so_o esteem_v see_v also_o 1_o joh._n 5._o 4._o revel_v 21._o 27_o etc._n etc._n the_o note_n of_o universality_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v better_a limit_v to_o that_o kind_n of_o subject_n which_o be_v proper_o capable_a of_o be_v head_v by_o christ_n as_o viz._n man_n and_o angel_n then_o extend_v to_o all_o thing_n simple_o and_o whatsoever_o though_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o this_o be_v passable_a enough_o and_o be_v embrace_v by_o some_o when_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o god_n 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ergo_fw-la neget_fw-la tam_fw-la aâ—gelos_n quam_fw-la hâ—mines_fw-la in_fw-la firmum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la christ_n â—ratia_fw-la fuisse_fw-la redâ—ctâ—s_fw-la homines_fw-la enim_fw-la pâ—rditi_fw-la erant_fw-la angeli_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la erant_fw-la extra_fw-la periculum_fw-la 2._o he_o suppose_v further_a that_o god_n do_v not_o intend_v the_o effect_n of_o this_o his_o design_n by_o mere_a power_n or_o prerogative-wise_a i_o mean_v so_o as_o to_o thrust_v or_o force_n christ_n for_o a_o head_n either_o upon_o man_n or_o angel_n nor_o yet_o to_o propound_v or_o offer_v he_o unto_o either_o for_o a_o head_n in_o his_o mere_a natural_n if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v unwrought_a or_o uncontrive_v but_o as_o a_o person_n orderly_a and_o due_o fit_v and_o prepare_v for_o such_o a_o relation_n partly_o by_o assume_v the_o humane_a nature_n or_o a_o body_n of_o flesh_n partly_o by_o suffer_v death_n the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n in_o this_o body_n and_o by_o his_o rise_n again_o 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and_o atone_v thereby_o free_o offer_v they_o and_o upon_o their_o repentance_n assure_v they_o the_o pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n of_o their_o sin_n see_v to_o this_o purpose_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 19_o large_o open_v by_o we_o former_o etc._n former_o cap._n 5._o sect._n 28_o 29_o etc._n etc._n so_o then_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o proper_a mean_n as_o have_v be_v show_v for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o man_n unto_o god_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o mean_n semblable_o and_o by_o way_n of_o consequence_n of_o reconcile_a they_o unto_o angel_n also_o who_o have_v no_o other_o quarrel_n against_o they_o but_o only_o for_o their_o hatred_n and_o enmity_n against_o god_n now_o this_o reconciliation_n between_o man_n and_o angel_n when_o actual_o effect_v put_v they_o into_o a_o capacity_n of_o be_v fellow-member_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o body_n and_o so_o of_o unite_n mutual_o under_o one_o and_o the_o same_o head_n for_o as_o two_o can_v walk_v together_o except_o they_o be_v 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shall_v be_v free_a from_o sin_v and_o so_o from_o guilt_n contract_v hereby_o be_v in_o all_o the_o respective_a branch_n and_o part_n of_o it_o holy_a and_o just_a and_o good_a holy_a i._n e._n honourable_a to_o those_o that_o keep_v it_o it_o require_v nothing_o no_o act_n of_o obedience_n from_o man_n which_o be_v any_o way_n ignoble_a servile_a base_a or_o reflect_v disparagement_n upon_o they_o just_o i._n e._n temper_v frame_v and_o fit_v to_o such_o principle_n which_o god_n have_v plant_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n so_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o command_v in_o it_o which_o either_o cross_v or_o thwart_v any_o impression_n disposition_n or_o inclination_n which_o be_v natural_a to_o they_o or_o which_o god_n have_v plant_v in_o they_o or_o which_o require_v any_o other_o any_o further_a strength_n to_o perform_v it_o than_o what_o god_n either_o have_v actual_o confer_v upon_o they_o or_o be_v ready_a to_o confer_v upon_o such_o a_o application_n of_o themselves_o 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be_v find_v unwilling_a to_o return_v unto_o either_o it_o have_v be_v matter_n of_o trouble_n and_o disconâ—ent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o greek_a epigram_n have_v it_o i._n e._n what_o â—'re_o necessity_n impose_v the_o mind_n necessitate_v trouble_v but_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n it_o be_v the_o clear_a and_o unquestionable_a intent_n of_o god_n in_o and_o by_o the_o great_a and_o solemn_a feast_n of_o jubilee_n to_o lose_v the_o two_o sore_a yoke_n of_o bondage_n and_o poverty_n from_o off_o all_o neck_n whatsoever_o without_o any_o difference_n or_o distinction_n of_o person_n in_o one_o kind_n or_o other_o he_o shall_v be_v far_o more_o gracious_a and_o munificent_a in_o type_n or_o shadow_n then_o in_o substance_n in_o
write_n which_o pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o augustins_n work_n at_o this_o day_n but_o may_v upon_o a_o pretence_n every_o whit_n as_o plausible_a be_v traduce_v as_o illegicimate_v before_o i_o pass_v from_o this_o testimony_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v knowledge_n that_o the_o worthy_a author_n thereof_o towards_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o say_v tract_n and_o a_o few_o line_n before_o the_o recite_v testimony_n profess_v that_o what_o he_o shall_v deliver_v therein_o be_v his_o sense_n and_o judgement_n in_o the_o respective_a article_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_o and_o their_o doctrine_n ergo_fw-la doctrine_n propositis_fw-la ergo_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o manifest_o appear_v that_o in_o augustins_n day_n it_o be_v no_o orthodox_n doctrine_n but_o a_o pelagian_a error_n to_o hold_v that_o christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o man_n in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o father_n complain_v as_o we_o hear_v before_o that_o he_o be_v false_o charge_v by_o some_o abettor_n of_o the_o pelagian_a faction_n that_o he_o hold_v that_o christ_n the_o lord_n suffer_v not_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o all_o men._n therefore_o they_o who_o traduce_v the_o doctrine_n maintain_v in_o this_o discourse_n under_o the_o odious_a name_n of_o pelagianism_n either_o declare_v themselves_o notable_o ignorant_a of_o what_o pelagianism_n mean_v or_o else_o asperse_v that_o father_n who_o questionless_a know_v better_a than_o all_o his_o fellow_n what_o belong_v to_o pelagianism_n with_o the_o blot_n of_o this_o ignorance_n by_o his_o vote_n and_o verdict_n the_o doctrine_n which_o contradict_v that_o assert_v by_o we_o be_v pelagianism_n another_o testimony_n from_o the_o same_o father_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n may_v be_v that_o former_o cite_v have_v rehearse_v these_o word_n for_o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n to_o judge_n the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n by_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v he_o infer_v thus_o therefore_o as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v to_o heal_v the_o sick_a that_o man_n slay_v himself_o who_o will_v not_o observe_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v a_o saviour_n unto_o the_o world_n why_o be_v he_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v save_o the_o world_n 12._o world_n ergo_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o medico_n est_fw-la sanare_fw-la venit_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la interimit_fw-la qui_fw-la praecepta_fw-la medici_n observare_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la venit_fw-la salvator_n ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la quare_fw-la salvator_n dictus_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la salvet_fw-la mundum_fw-la aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 12._o elsewhere_o address_v himself_o in_o his_o private_a devotion_n unto_o the_o lord_n christ_n he_o speak_v to_o he_o thus_o i_o know_v thou_o to_o be_v true_a god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n the_o creator_n saviour_n and_o redeemer_n of_o i_o and_o of_o whole_a mankind_n 32._o mankind_n cognovi_fw-la te_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la creatorem_fw-la salvatorem_fw-la &_o redemptorem_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustin_n soliloqu_n c._n 32._o again_o o_o thou_o unclean_a world_n he_o come_v that_o shall_v redeem_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v trouble_v and_o he_o thou_o will_v destroy_v when_o he_o be_v mind_a to_o deliver_v thou_o 2._o thou_o o_o munde_a immunde_n venit_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la redimat_fw-la &_o turbaris_fw-la &_o hunc_fw-la tu_fw-la vis_fw-la perdere_fw-la quando_fw-la ille_fw-la te_fw-la disposuit_fw-la liberare_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symb._n l._n 2._o concern_v judas_n he_o demand_v what_o do_v the_o sin_n of_o judas_n who_o sell_v he_o by_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v or_o be_v to_o have_v be_v redeem_a ibid._n redeem_a quid_fw-la egit_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la judae_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la vendidit_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la redimi_fw-la debuit_fw-la ibid._n afterward_o he_o present_v christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n speak_v to_o the_o unbelieved_a jew_n who_o have_v crucify_v he_o thus_o behold_v the_o man_n who_o you_o have_v crucify_v behold_v that_o god_n and_o man_n in_o who_o you_o refuse_v to_o believe_v you_o see_v the_o wound_n which_o you_o have_v inflict_v the_o side_n which_o you_o have_v pierce_v because_o by_o you_o and_o for_o you_o it_o have_v be_v open_v and_o yet_o you_o will_v not_o enter_v ibid._n enter_v ecce_fw-la hominem_fw-la quem_fw-la crucifixistis_fw-la ecce_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la credere_fw-la noluistis_fw-la videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la infixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la apertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la ibid._n in_o another_o place_n thus_o mankind_n fall_v sick_a not_o of_o bodily_a disease_n but_o of_o sin_n this_o great_a patient_n or_o sick_a man_n lie_v all_o along_o the_o world_n from_o the_o east_n unto_o the_o west_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o this_o great_a sick_a man_n the_o omnipotent_a physician_n come_v down_o 59_o down_o aegrotat_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la morbis_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatis_fw-la iaceo_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentem_fw-la grandis_fw-la aegrotus_fw-la ad_fw-la sanandum_fw-la grandem_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la descendit_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la medice_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la serm._n 59_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o part_n of_o his_o work_n compare_v the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o adam_n together_o discourse_v to_o this_o effect_n what_o therefore_o be_v just_o due_a from_o adam_n christ_n unjust_o by_o suffer_v death_n pay_v he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o apple_n christ_n to_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o show_v the_o tree_n of_o death_n christ_n the_o tree_n of_o life_n he_o lift_v up_o himself_o against_o god_n and_o fall_v christ_n humele_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v lift_v up_o all._n adam_n bring_v death_n upon_o all_o man_n universal_o and_o christ_n have_v repair_v or_o restore_v life_n unto_o all_o men._n every_o one_o therefore_o look_v towards_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n and_o be_v heal_v of_o the_o wound_n receive_v from_o the_o poisonous_a serpent_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n set_v upon_o a_o wooden_a pole_n overcome_v all_o the_o venom_n of_o the_o live_a serpent_n and_o christ_n be_v hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o die_v quench_v the_o old_a poison_n or_o venom_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o deliver_v or_o free_a alice_n that_o be_v strike_n or_o sting_n by_o him_n 101._o him_n ille_fw-la arborem_fw-la necis_fw-la icte_n salutis_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ille_fw-la se_fw-la contrà _fw-la deum_fw-la erexit_fw-la &_o cecidit_fw-la christus_fw-la se_fw-la humiliavit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la erigeret_fw-la adam_n mortem_fw-la universis_fw-la intulit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la vitam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la reparavit_fw-la respiciebat_fw-la ergo_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la ad_fw-la serpentem_fw-la aeneum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la venenatis_fw-la serpentibus_fw-la sanabatur_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la positus_fw-la veâ—ena_fw-la uâ—vorum_fw-la serpentum_fw-la superavit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la in_o cruse_n suspensus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la antiqua_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venena_fw-la restinxit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percussi_fw-la fluerant_fw-la liberavit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 101._o this_o father_n in_o his_o dialect_n and_o manner_n of_o expression_n can_v not_o more_o significant_o declare_v for_o general_n redemption_n than_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o now-recited_n testimony_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o passage_n and_o say_n of_o like_a import_n be_v very_o familiar_a and_o frequent_a in_o his_o write_n in_o one_o place_n he_o say_v that_o judas_n cast_v away_o the_o price_n of_o silver_n for_o which_o he_o sell_v the_o lord_n and_o acknowledge_v not_o the_o price_n with_o which_o himself_o be_v redeem_a by_o the_o lord_n 68_o lord_n judas_n projecit_fw-la precium_fw-la argenti_fw-la quo_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la dominus_fw-la venditus_fw-la erat_fw-la nec_fw-la agnovit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la redemptus_fw-la erat_fw-la aug._n in_o enar._n psal_n 68_o in_o another_o unless_o he_o christ_n have_v be_v crucify_v the_o world_n have_v not_o be_v redeem_a 4._o redeem_a nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la crucifigeretur_fw-la illâ—_n mundus_fw-la non_fw-la redimeretur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symbâ—l_n 3._o c._n 4._o in_o a_o three_o for_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v so_o or_o upon_o such_o term_n shed_v for_o remission_n of_o all_z sin_z or_o for_o remission_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o blot_v out_o that_o very_a sin_n by_o which_o it_o be_v shed_v johan_n shed_v christi_fw-la enim_fw-la sanguis_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatoâ—un_fw-la omnium_fw-la fâ—sus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la etiam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la posset_n delere_fw-la quo_fw-la fusus_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n tract_n 92._o in_o johan_n in_o a_o four_o we_o read_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o
safety_n or_o salvation_n of_o all_o mankind_n be_v purchase_v or_o buy_a with_o the_o blood_n of_o our_o saviour_n as_o the_o apostle_n peter_n say_v etc._n etc._n in_o a_o five_o if_o therefore_o the_o price_n of_o our_o life_n be_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o lord_n see_v then_o how_o it_o be_v not_o the_o earthly_a uncertainty_n of_o a_o field_n that_o be_v redeem_v therewith_o but_o the_o eternal_a safety_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 128._o world_n legimus_fw-la in_o scripture_n quòd_fw-la totius_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la falus_fw-la redempta_fw-la sit_fw-la sanguine_fw-la salvatoris_fw-la sicut_fw-la dit_fw-fr apostolus_fw-la petrus_n etc._n etc._n et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la igitur_fw-la si_fw-la pretium_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la sanguis_fw-la est_fw-la domini_fw-la vide_fw-la ergo_fw-la quia_fw-la illo_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la redempta_fw-la sit_fw-la agri_fw-la terrena_fw-la fragilitas_fw-la quà m_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la in_o columitas_fw-la sempiterna_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n ser._n 128._o in_o a_o six_o god_n in_o no_o other_o weigh_v provide_v more_o beneficial_o or_o bountiful_o for_o mankind_n then_o when_o the_o very_a wisdom_n of_o god_n that_o be_v his_o only_a son_n consubstantial_a and_o coeternal_a with_o the_o father_n attempt_v to_o assume_v whole_a man_n 16._o man_n deus_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la beneficentius_fw-la consulit_fw-la generi_fw-la humano_fw-la quà m_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la unicus_fw-la filius_fw-la consubstantialis_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o coaeternus_fw-la totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la suscipere_fw-la conatus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la relig._n c._n 16._o in_o a_o seven_o what_o then_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o god_n be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o she_o this_o signify_v that_o god_n be_v equal_a or_o equal_o affect_a unto_o all_o and_o accept_v no_o man_n person_n for_o as_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n be_v a_o like_a distant_a from_o all_o the_o extreme_a part_n so_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o consult_v and_o provide_v equal_o for_o all_z 45._o all_z quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la ejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la significat_fw-la quòd_fw-la aequus_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o personas_fw-la non_fw-la accipit_fw-la quòmodo_fw-la enim_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la est_fw-la paria_fw-la habet_fw-la spacia_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la fine_n ita_fw-la deus_fw-la mediâ—â—_n esse_fw-la dicitur_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la omnibus_fw-la consulens_fw-la aug._n in_o psal_n 45._o in_o a_o eight_o speak_v in_o a_o rhetorical_a apostrophe_n unto_o thomas_n he_o express_v himself_o thus_o thomas_n look_v well_o on_o our_o price_n diligent_o consider_v the_o print_n of_o the_o nail_n and_o in_o his_o very_a wound_n acknowledge_v or_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o medicine_n or_o treasure_n of_o mankind_n 138._o mankind_n intuere_fw-la thoma_n pretium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la signa_fw-la clavorum_fw-la diligenter_n attend_v &_o in_o ipsis_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la vel_fw-la thesaurum_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la recognosce_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n ser._n 138._o and_o not_o long_o after_o death_n be_v give_v unto_o one_o that_o it_o may_v be_v take_v away_o from_z all_z tolleretur_fw-la all_z et_fw-la mox_fw-la uni_fw-la mors_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la omnibus_fw-la tolleretur_fw-la it_o be_v easy_a to_o make_v this_o pile_n of_o testimony_n far_o great_a but_o that_o we_o judge_v these_o specify_v abundant_o sufficient_a to_o convince_v any_o man_n that_o have_v not_o abjure_v ingenuity_n that_o augustine_n habitual_a and_o stand_a judgement_n be_v that_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n atone_v the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n nor_o can_v there_o i_o very_o believe_v so_o much_o as_o one_o say_v be_v produce_v out_o of_o all_o his_o writing_n wherein_o the_o contrary_a be_v assert_v by_o he_o many_o place_n i_o grant_v may_v ready_o be_v find_v wherein_o he_o deny_v the_o possession_n and_o actual_a enjoyment_n of_o the_o redemption_n or_o salvation_n purchase_v by_o christ_n unto_o many_o as_o viz._n to_o all_o final_a impenitent_n and_o unbeliever_n of_o such_o a_o import_n as_o this_o be_v that_o say_n of_o he_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o by_o his_o resurrection_n repair_v or_o restore_n unto_o forgiveness_n all_o or_o any_o unbeliever_n and_o such_o who_o for_o their_o heinous_a sin_n be_v adjudge_v to_o eternal_a punishment_n 137._o punishment_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la infideles_fw-la quosque_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la suis_fw-la criminibus_fw-la aeternis_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la deditos_fw-la ad_fw-la veniam_fw-la dominus_fw-la resurgendo_fw-la reparavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr tem._n serm._n 137._o such_o say_n as_o this_o be_v of_o perfect_a â—ord_n with_o the_o doctrine_n assert_v by_o we_o cap._n 17._o of_o this_o discourse_n where_o we_o acknowledge_v and_o prove_v at_o large_a that_o notwithstanding_o the_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o christ_n for_o all_o man_n yet_o no_o man_n die_v in_o impenitency_n and_o unbelief_n shall_v be_v save_v now_o if_o augustin_n be_v of_o this_o judgement_n that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n there_o be_v little_a question_n to_o be_v make_v but_o that_o this_o opinion_n or_o doctrine_n reign_v general_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o his_o day_n be_v so_o have_v do_v before_o he_o as_o orthodox_n and_o catholic_n consider_v that_o he_o be_v as_o the_o able_a so_o the_o strict_a and_o close_a defender_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v more_o general_o esteem_v orthodox_n and_o profess_v teach_v and_o hold_v throughout_o the_o christian_a world_n nevertheless_o let_v we_o hear_v other_o learned_a pious_a and_o orthodox_n writer_n deliver_v their_o sense_n about_o the_o say_a point_n in_o their_o own_o word_n ambrose_n with_o who_o ministry_n and_o eloquence_n augustin_n be_v much_o affect_v 2._o §._o 2._o assert_v the_o same_o doctrine_n without_o fear_n the_o sun_n say_v he_o be_v command_v to_o arise_v upon_o all_o men._n and_o this_o sun_n do_v indeed_o arise_v daily_o upon_o all_o men._n but_o that_o mystical_a sun_n of_o righteousness_n be_v rise_v unto_o or_o for_o alice_n men_n be_v come_v to_o all_z man_n have_v suffer_v for_o all_z man_n and_o be_v rise_v again_o for_o all_z man_n and_o have_v therefore_o suffer_v that_o he_o may_v take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n but_o if_o any_o man_n believe_v not_o in_o christ_n he_o deprive_v himself_o of_o the_o general_z benefit_n as_o if_o a_o man_n by_o shut_v the_o window_n shall_v shut_v out_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n it_o do_v not_o prove_v that_o therefore_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o rise_v upon_o or_o unto_o all_o because_o such_o a_o man_n deprive_v himself_o of_o his_o heat_n but_o as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o sun_n he_o keep_v his_o prerogative_n but_o this_o man_n act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o unwise_a man_n in_o shut_v out_o from_o himself_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o common_a light_n and_o a_o little_a before_o he_o have_v say_v the_o earth_n be_v full_a of_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n because_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n be_v grant_v or_o give_a unto_o all_z man_n peccatorum_fw-la man_n mysticus_fw-la sol_fw-la ille_fw-la justiciae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ortus_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la venit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la resurrexit_fw-la ideò_fw-la autem_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la tolleret_fw-la peccatum_fw-la mundi_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la auten_fw-mi non_fw-la credit_n in_o christum_n generali_fw-la beneficio_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la fraudat_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la clausis_fw-la fenestris_fw-la radios_fw-la solis_fw-la excludit_fw-la non_fw-la ideò_fw-la sol_fw-la non_fw-la ortus_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quia_fw-la calore_fw-la ejus_fw-la seipse_fw-la fraudavit_fw-la sed_fw-la quòd_fw-la solis_fw-la est_fw-la prarogativan_fw-mi svam_fw-la seruat_fw-la quod_fw-la imprudentis_fw-la est_fw-la communis_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la gratiam_fw-la lucis_fw-la excludit_fw-la ambr_n in_o psal_n 118._o tom._n 2._o p._n 948._o edit_fw-la paris_n et_fw-la paulò_fw-la antè_fw-la plena_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la terra_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la domini_fw-la quia_fw-la omnibus_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la i._n e._n offer_v as_o a_o gift_n unto_o all_o in_o another_o place_n thus_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n be_v in_o a_o figure_n as_o it_o be_v fasten_v to_o a_o cross_n because_o it_o be_v hereby_o declare_v that_o the_o true_a serpent_n be_v to_o be_v crucify_v for_o mankind_n who_o shall_v frustrate_v or_o make_v void_a the_o poison_n of_o the_o serpent_n the_o devil_n be_v indeed_o curse_v in_o the_o figure_n but_o yet_o in_o truth_n be_v he_o that_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 2._o world_n in_o figura_fw-la aneus_fw-la serpens_fw-la tanquam_fw-la confixus_fw-la cruci_fw-la quia_fw-la verus_fw-la serpens_fw-la crucifigendus_fw-la generi_fw-la annunciabatur_fw-la humano_fw-la qui_fw-la serpentis_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venenu_fw-la vacuaret_fw-la in_fw-la figurâ_fw-la maledictus_fw-la in_o veritate_fw-la autem_fw-la qui_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la maledicta_fw-la deleret_fw-la ambr._n apolog._n david_n 1._o c._n 2._o once_o more_o so_o than_o he_o the_o apostle_n paul_n say_v
that_o there_o be_v a_o saviour_n leave_v to_o we_o for_o a_o suffrage_n of_o life_n meaning_n by_o who_o life_n be_v vote_v in_o heaven_n for_o we_o which_o the_o law_n can_v not_o provide_v which_o saviour_n god_n from_o the_o beginning_n decree_v shall_v be_v bear_v who_o because_o he_o be_v the_o only_a person_n that_o can_v be_v find_v without_o sin_n have_v overcome_v the_o enemy_n of_o mankind_n abolish_v or_o blot_v out_o the_o sin_n of_o all_z man_n 9_o man_n salvatorem_fw-la ergo_fw-la nobis_fw-la relictum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la suffragium_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quam_fw-la lex_fw-la providere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la quem_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la deus_fw-la nasci_fw-la decrevit_fw-la qui_fw-la proptereà _fw-la quod_fw-la solus_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la inveniretur_fw-la devicto_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la host_n omnium_fw-la peccata_fw-la deleret_fw-la ambr._n epist_n ad_fw-la rom._n c._n 9_o jerom_n who_o also_o be_v contemporary_a with_o augustin_n though_o somewhat_o his_o senior_n give_v the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n unto_o he_o in_o the_o doctrine_n now_o under_o inquest_n we_o shall_v only_o taste_v his_o judgement_n in_o this_o behalf_n in_o a_o few_o testimony_n from_o among_o many_o the_o lord_n say_v he_o be_v about_o to_o suffer_v for_o all_o the_o world_n and_o to_o redeem_v all_o the_o nation_n on_o the_o earth_n with_o his_o blood_n make_v his_o abode_n in_o bethany_n the_o house_n of_o obedience_n 26._o obedience_n passurâ—â—_n pro_fw-la omni_fw-la mundo_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o universas_fw-la nationes_fw-la sâ—â—_n sanguine_fw-la re_fw-la dempturus_fw-la moratur_fw-la iâ—_n bethaniâ_fw-la domo_fw-la obedi_fw-la entiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n hierâ—n_n in_o maâ—_n 26._o etc._n etc._n elsewhere_o have_v recite_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n so_o god_n love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n etc._n etc._n joh._n 3._o 16._o he_o 〈…〉_o eth_z on_o thus_o but_o if_o now_o a_o considerate_a reader_n shall_v in_o his_o secret_a thought_n answer_v or_o reply_n why_o be_v there_o many_o who_o be_v not_o save_v if_o he_o save_v they_o and_o love_v they_o and_o spare_v their_o child_n and_o redeem_v they_o with_o his_o blood_n and_o assume_v they_o or_o their_o nature_n and_o exalt_v they_o be_v assume_v there_o be_v a_o plain_a reason_n to_o be_v give_v for_o they_o believe_v not_o and_o grieve_a or_o exasperate_v the_o holy_a spirit_n 53_o spirit_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la prudens_fw-la leotâ—r_fw-la tacitâ_fw-la cogitation_n responderit_fw-la quare_fw-la multi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la sâ—lvati_fw-la si_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la salvavit_fw-la â—â—s_o &_o dilexâ—_n &_o pepercit_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o redemit_fw-la eos_fw-la sanâ—uine_fw-la svo_fw-la suscepitque_fw-la &_o exaltavit_fw-la assumptos_fw-la irfertur_fw-la causa_fw-la perspicua_fw-la ipsi_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la credibâ—runt_fw-la &_o exâ—cerbarunt_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sactum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n in_o isai_n 53_o etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o speak_v of_o john_n baptist_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o come_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n to_o bear_v witness_n of_o the_o light_n that_o all_o man_n through_o he_o may_v believe_v he_o subjoin_v he_o be_v not_o present_o in_o fault_n if_o many_o refuse_v to_o believe_v for_o the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o come_v be_v that_o all_z man_n shall_v believe_v and_o be_v save_v salvarentur_fw-la save_v et_fw-la mox_fw-la nec_fw-la statim_fw-la in_o culpâ_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la plures_fw-la credere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntas_fw-la venientis_fw-la haec_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la crederent_fw-la &_o salvarentur_fw-la once_o more_o write_v to_o oceanus_n he_o challenge_v some_o erroneous_a person_n for_o suggest_v unto_o he_o that_o there_o be_v some_o sin_n which_o christ_n can_v purge_v with_o his_o blood_n and_o that_o the_o scar_n of_o man_n old_a sin_n stick_v so_o deep_a in_o their_o body_n and_o soul_n that_o they_o can_v be_v heal_v or_o make_v less_o by_o his_o medicine_n concern_v who_o he_o demand_v what_o elsâ—_n do_v such_o a_o person_n but_o make_v christ_n to_o have_v dye_v in_o vain_a for_o he_o die_v in_o vain_a if_o there_o be_v any_o who_o he_o can_v quicken_v or_o give_v life_n unto_o and_o john_n point_v at_o christ_n with_o his_o finger_n and_o voice_n behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n behold_v he_o that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v speak_v a_o untruth_n if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o person_n in_o the_o world_n who_o sin_n christ_n have_v not_o abolish_v or_o blot_v out_o for_o they_o who_o be_v not_o take_v into_o consideration_n by_o the_o indulgence_n of_o christ_n must_v be_v prove_v not_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o world_n or_o if_o they_o be_v of_o the_o world_n one_o of_o the_o two_o must_v take_v place_n if_o they_o be_v deliver_v from_o their_o sin_n they_o give_v testimony_n to_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n if_o they_o be_v not_o deliver_v they_o do_v in_o effect_n demonstrate_v the_o weakness_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v believe_v concern_v he_o who_o be_v omnipotent_a oceanum_n omnipotent_a dicit_fw-la esse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la purgare_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la profundas_fw-la scelerum_fw-la pristinorum_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la coporibus_fw-la atque_fw-la animus_fw-la cicatrice_n ut_fw-la medicinâ_fw-la illius_fw-la attenuari_fw-la non_fw-la queant_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la agit_fw-fr nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la frustrà _fw-la mortuus_fw-la sit_fw-la frustrà _fw-la autem_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la aliquos_fw-la vivificare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la mentitur_fw-la johannes_n digito_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o voce_fw-la demonstrans_fw-la ecce_fw-la agnus_n dei_fw-la ecce_fw-la qui_fw-la tollit_fw-la peccata_fw-la mundi_fw-la si_fw-la adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la quorum_fw-la christus_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la deleverit_fw-la aut_fw-la enim_fw-la ostâ—ndendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la quos_fw-la christi_fw-la ignoret_fw-la indulgentia_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la munde_fw-la sunt_fw-la eligendum_fw-la è_fw-la duobus_fw-la alterum_fw-la liberati_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la christi_fw-la potentiam_fw-la probant_fw-la non_fw-la liberati_fw-la quasi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la rei_fw-la imbecillitatem_fw-la demonstrant_fw-la absit_fw-la hoc_fw-la aâ—_n omnipotent_a credere_fw-la hieron_n epist_n 83._o ad_fw-la oceanum_n he_o that_o remain_v yet_o unsatisfied_a whether_o this_o father_n hold_v general_a redemption_n or_o no_o may_v if_o he_o please_v to_o seek_v find_v more_o ballast_n for_o his_o thought_n in_o this_o kind_n in_o what_o he_o have_v write_v upon_o cap._n 43._o and_o cap._n 45._o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ezekiel_n i_o confess_v that_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o application_n or_o actual_a enjoyment_n of_o the_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o christ_n he_o than_o limit_v it_o as_o all_o the_o father_n general_o do_v and_o as_o we_o express_o do_v cap._n 17._o of_o this_o discourse_n to_o the_o particular_a society_n of_o believer_n we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o cite_v place_n upon_o this_o account_n chrysostom_n who_o live_v some_o year_n before_o austin_n be_v not_o at_o all_o behind_o 3._o §._o 3._o he_o in_o avouch_v the_o same_o doctrine_n concern_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o redemption_n of_o christ._n write_v upon_o those_o word_n heb._n 9_o 28._o so_o christ_n be_v offer_v to_o bear_v the_o sin_n of_o many_o he_o demand_v thus_o why_o do_v he_o say_v of_o many_o and_o not_o of_o all_o viz._n because_o all_o have_v not_o believe_v for_o he_o indeed_o dye_v for_o all_z man_n and_o to_o save_o all_z man_n as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o he_o for_o that_o death_n of_o his_o do_v counter-balance_n the_o destruction_n of_o all_o men._n but_o he_o do_v not_o bear_v or_o offer_v up_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n because_o they_o themselves_o will_v not_o 17._o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o heb._n c._n 10._o hom._n 17._o so_o that_o he_o clear_o resolve_v the_o perish_v of_o man_n not_o into_o any_o want_n of_o atonement_n make_v by_o christ_n for_o they_o but_o into_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o wilfulness_n in_o not_o believe_v for_o he_o express_o say_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n and_o that_o to_o save_v they_o again_o comment_v upon_o cap._n 2._o 9_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n and_o have_v rehearse_v these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o he_o through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n shall_v taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n not_o say_v he_o for_o believer_n only_o but_o for_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o he_o die_v for_o all_o men._n for_o what_o though_o all_o do_v not_o believe_v he_o have_v full_o do_v that_o which_o be_v proper_a for_o he_o to_o do_v 9_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o heb._n c._n 2._o vers_fw-la 9_o much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o another_o place_n although_o christ_n do_v not_o gain_v all_o man_n yet_o he_o die_v for_o all_o man_n so_o fulfil_v that_o which_o belong_v unto_o he_o 15._o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n ad_fw-la rom._n 14._o 15._o
it_o to_o consist_v only_o in_o the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o body_n by_o death_n as_o if_o the_o punishment_n of_o hell_n fire_n come_v in_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o case_n it_o shall_v be_v reject_v which_o be_v the_o judgement_n of_o some_o among_o we_o i_o shall_v not_o dispute_v nor_o undertake_v to_o determine_v but_o pass_v on_o to_o hear_v the_o sense_n of_o other_o learned_a orthodox_n and_o pious_a father_n much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o former_a cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n deliver_v his_o sense_n about_o the_o redemption_n of_o christ_n thus_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v this_o it_o lead_v by_o a_o light_a those_o that_o be_v blind_a through_o ignorance_n it_o set_v at_o liberty_n those_o that_o be_v detain_v under_o sin_n and_o redeem_v the_o whole_a world_n of_o men._n and_o wonder_v not_o that_o the_o whole_a world_n shall_v be_v redeem_v since_o he_o be_v not_o a_o bare_a man_n but_o the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n that_o die_v for_o it_o 13._o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyril_n hierosolym_n catech._n 13._o and_o again_o know_v thou_o why_o or_o for_o what_o end_n the_o kind_a lord_n do_v not_o decline_v death_n it_o be_v that_o the_o whole_a world_n may_v not_o be_v destroy_v through_o sin_n ibid._n sin_n scisnè_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la non_fw-la fugit_fw-la mortem_fw-la benignus_fw-la dominus_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la totus_fw-la peccatis_fw-la perderetur_fw-la mundus_fw-la ibid._n i._n e._n as_o appear_v from_o the_o former_a sentence_n and_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o place_n that_o the_o whole_a world_n may_v be_v save_v by_o he_o in_o another_o place_n the_o same_o author_n say_v heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v full_a of_o his_o glory_n the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n be_v full_a of_o his_o goodness_n full_a of_o his_o praise_n the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n be_v full_a of_o his_o condescension_n etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o speak_v of_o christ_n he_o 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about_o these_o time_n atte_v the_o same_o doctrine_n by_o affirm_v that_o the_o saint_n of_o old_a by_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o divine_a spirit_n come_v to_o learn_v long_o before_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a venerable_n and_o great_a sacrifice_n that_o shall_v be_v high_o accept_v with_o god_n which_o shall_v in_o time_n come_v unto_o man_n and_o which_o will_v be_v the_o expiation_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o a_o little_a after_o this_o be_v the_o christ_n of_o god_n concern_v who_o it_o be_v say_v of_o old_a that_o he_o shall_v come_v unto_o man_n and_o shall_v be_v slay_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o beast_n or_o sheep_n for_o all_o mankind_n and_o again_o not_o long_o after_o according_a to_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o prophet_n there_o be_v find_v that_o great_a and_o great_o to_o be_v esteem_v price_n for_o the_o redeem_n both_o jew_n and_o grecian_n i_o mean_v that_o expiation_n or_o atonement_n for_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o all_z man_n that_o offer_v for_o every_o spot_n and_o for_o every_o sin_n that_o lamb_n of_o god_n etc._n god_n qui_fw-la venerabilem_fw-la quandam_fw-la deoque_fw-la acceptan_n &_o mâ—gnam_fw-la hostiam_fw-la venturam_fw-la olim_fw-la ad_fw-la homines_fw-la divino_fw-la indicante_fw-la spiritu_fw-la tantò_fw-la anté_fw-fr didicerant_fw-la quae_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la expiatio_fw-la existeret_fw-la etc._n etc._n euseb_n de_fw-fr demonstrat_n evangel_n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o et_fw-la mâ—x_fw-la hic_fw-la autem_fw-la fuit_fw-la christus_fw-la dei_fw-la be_v de_fw-la quo_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la à _fw-la primis_fw-la usque_fw-la temporibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la ad_fw-la homines_fw-la esset_fw-la venturus_fw-la atque_fw-la instar_fw-la pecudis_fw-la pro_fw-la toto_fw-la genere_fw-la humano_fw-la interficiendus_fw-la et_fw-la mox_fw-la quando_fw-la secundum_fw-la testimonia_fw-la prophetarum_fw-la inventum_fw-la est_fw-la magnum_fw-la magnique_fw-la 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euseb_n de_fw-fr demonstrat_n evang._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o this_o author_n abound_v with_o say_n of_o like_a import_n arnâ—bius_n another_o christian_a writer_n about_o the_o same_o time_n of_o good_a account_n bring_v in_o the_o heathen_a argue_v and_o demand_v of_o christian_n thus_o if_o the_o saviour_n of_o mankind_n be_v come_v as_o you_o christian_n affirm_v why_o do_v he_o not_o by_o the_o same_o bounty_n deliver_v all_o man_n he_o do_v not_o deliver_v all_o alike_o who_o call_v all_o alike_o he_o do_v not_o keep_v back_o or_o reject_v any_o person_n from_o his_o sovereign_a grace_n or_o indulgence_n who_o afford_v the_o same_o power_n unto_o high_a lâ—w_o servant_n woman_n child_n of_o come_v unto_o he_o to_o this_o this_o author_n answer_v the_o fountain_n of_o life_n be_v open_a for_o all_z man_n nor_o be_v any_o man_n deny_v the_o right_o or_o power_n of_o drink_n nor_o drive_v away_o from_o it_o if_o your_o pride_n or_o disdain_n be_v such_o that_o you_o reject_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o gift_n offer_v nay_o if_o your_o wisdom_n be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o call_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v offer_v by_o christ_n pastime_n and_o toy_n how_o do_v he_o offend_v who_o invit_v you_o notwithstanding_o who_o have_v only_o this_o to_o do_v viz._n to_o expose_v the_o fruit_n or_o blessing_n of_o his_o bounty_n to_o the_o arbitrement_n or_o free_a choice_n of_o that_o right_o or_o power_n of_o choose_v which_o be_v giust_n you_o gentes_fw-la you_o si_fw-mi generis_fw-la humani_fw-la inquitis_fw-la conservator_fw-la advenit_fw-la cur_n omninò_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la aequali_fw-la munificentia_fw-la liberat_fw-la non_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la liberat_fw-la qui_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la omnes_fw-la vocat_fw-la haud_fw-la ab_fw-la indulgentiâ_fw-la principali_fw-la quenquam_fw-la repellit_fw-la aut_fw-la respuit_fw-la qui_fw-la sublimibus_fw-la infimis_fw-la seruis_fw-la faeminis_fw-la pveris_fw-la uniformiter_fw-la potestatem_fw-la veniendi_fw-la ad_fw-la sâ—_n 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salvation_n â—â—t_n spare_v his_o own_o son_n deliver_v he_o up_o unto_o death_n that_o by_o the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n he_o be_v destroy_v who_o have_v the_o power_n of_o death_n that_o be_v the_o devil_n he_o may_v redeem_v all_o those_o that_o be_v hold_v in_o the_o band_n of_o captivity_n by_o he_o not_o long_o after_o speak_v of_o the_o jew_n they_o say_v he_o rise_v
yea_o and_o some_o of_o our_o late_a protestant_a writer_n themselves_o and_o these_o of_o eminent_a worth_n and_o note_n see_v cap._n 13._o sect._n 29._o especial_o when_o man_n have_v no_o better_a or_o more_o satisfactory_a ground_n for_o their_o opinion_n then_o have_v yet_o be_v produce_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant-baptism_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n another_o famous_a champion_n of_o christianity_n about_o 7._o §._o 7._o these_o time_n be_v of_o the_o same_o faith_n in_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n with_o his_o fellow_n in_o one_o place_n he_o demand_v how_o be_v he_o speak_v of_o christ_n a_o saviour_n and_o lord_n if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o saviour_n and_o lord_n of_o all_z in_o another_o he_o term_v christ_n the_o disposer_n or_o administrator_n of_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o father_n will_n govern_v or_o take_v order_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_z men._n elsewhere_o he_o argue_v thus_o either_o the_o lord_n do_v 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off_o and_o harken_v you_o that_o be_v near_o the_o word_n be_v not_o hide_v or_o conceal_a from_o any_o the_o light_n thereof_o be_v common_a it_o shine_v unto_o all_z man_n gentes_fw-la man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alexandr_n in_o orat._n â—d_a gentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n justin_n martyr_n who_o write_n among_o those_o that_o treat_v of_o christian_a religion_n and_o be_v judge_v authentic_a and_o not_o spurious_a be_v the_o most_o ancient_a that_o i_o know_v since_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n give_v frequent_a testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o one_o place_n he_o present_v the_o saint_n as_o know_v or_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o that_o have_v wrought_v that_o great_a salvation_n for_o mankind_n be_v praise_v worthy_a great_o to_o be_v fear_v and_o the_o maker_n or_o creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n morel_n earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n just_o martyr_n in_o dialogo_fw-la cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 300_o edit_n morel_n in_o another_o speak_v of_o christ_n he_o say_v that_o now_o through_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v make_v man_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o mankind_n he_o submit_v himself_o to_o suffer_v whatsoever_o the_o inconsiderate_a jew_n be_v inspire_v by_o the_o devil_n to_o inflict_v upon_o he_o christianis_fw-la he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la apol._n 2._o pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la in_o a_o three_o he_o say_v that_o christ_n neither_o submit_v himself_o to_o be_v bear_v nor_o yet_o to_o be_v crucify_v as_o if_o he_o need_v these_o thing_n for_o himself_o but_o for_o that_o kind_n or_o generation_n of_o man_n which_o in_o or_o by_o adam_n be_v fall_v under_o death_n and_o the_o deceit_n of_o the_o serpent_n 316._o serpent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o dial._n p._n 316._o by_o mankind_n or_o the_o kind_n of_o man_n he_o can_v mean_v a_o few_o a_o circumscribe_v number_n a_o small_a parcel_n of_o man_n as_o the_o elect_n so_o call_v be_v know_v to_o be_v 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and_o over_o as_o eve_n say_v he_o become_v disobedient_a become_v hereby_o the_o cause_n of_o death_n both_o to_o herself_o and_o to_o the_o universe_n of_o mankind_n so_o mary_n have_v the_o man_n predestinate_v by_o god_n meaning_n christ_n notwithstanding_o her_o be_v involve_v in_o the_o death_n bring_v upon_o all_o mankind_n by_o eve_n yet_o become_v a_o obedient_a virgin_n she_o prove_v the_o cause_n or_o mean_n of_o salvation_n unto_o the_o universe_n of_o men_n 33._o men_n sicut_fw-la eva_n inobaudiens_n facta_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o universo_fw-it generi_fw-la humano_fw-la causa_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la mortâ—_n sic_fw-la &_o maria_fw-la â—abens_fw-la praedestinatum_fw-la virum_fw-la tamen_fw-la virgâ—_n obaudiens_n &_o sibi_fw-la &_o universo_fw-it generi_fw-la humano_fw-la causa_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la salutis_fw-la iren._n lib._n 3._o adversus_fw-la haeres_fw-la cap._n 33._o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o by_o submit_v unto_o the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n signify_v unto_o she_o by_o the_o angel_n concern_v the_o bear_n and_o bring_v forth_o of_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n she_o have_v the_o grace_n according_o vouchsafe_v unto_o she_o to_o bear_v and_o bring_v he_o forth_o who_o be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o salvation_n to_o universal_a mankind_n by_o which_o submission_n and_o service_n she_o in_o a_o sense_n become_v the_o cause_n or_o mean_v also_o of_o this_o salvation_n elsewhere_o the_o same_o father_n say_v that_o christ_n recapitulate_v or_o gather_v into_o one_o in_o himself_o all_o nation_n disperse_v up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n even_o from_o adam_n all_z tongve_n and_o every_o generation_n of_o men_n together_o with_o the_o person_n of_o adam_n himself_o 33._o himself_o significans_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la exinde_fw-la ab_fw-la adam_n dispersas_fw-la &_o universâ—s_fw-la linguas_fw-la &_o generationem_fw-la hominum_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la adam_n in_fw-la semetipso_fw-la recapitulans_fw-la etc._n etc._n iren._n adversus_fw-la hae._n es_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 33._o in_o another_o place_n he_o gives_z this_o reason_n why_o paul_n say_v that_o we_o be_v reconcile_v through_o the_o body_n of_o his_o flesh_n viz._n because_o his_o righteous_a or_o just_a flesh_n reconcile_v that_o flesh_n which_o be_v detain_v in_o sin_n and_o bring_v it_o into_o favour_n or_o friendship_n with_o god_n 16._o god_n in_o corpore_fw-la ait_fw-la paulus_n reconciliati_fw-la carnis_fw-la ejus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la justa_fw-la caro_fw-la reconciliavit_fw-la eam_fw-la carnem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la detinebatur_fw-la &_o in_o amicitiam_fw-la adduxit_fw-la deo_fw-la idem_fw-la lib._n 5._o c._n 16._o now_o that_o flesh_n which_o be_v detain_v in_o sin_n be_v not_o the_o flesh_n only_o of_o the_o predestinate_a or_o elect_v but_o of_o all_o mankind_n without_o exception_n these_o be_v the_o principal_a father_n and_o writer_n of_o the_o primitive_a time_n and_o before_o augustin_n that_o be_v now_o extant_a or_o know_v and_o all_o these_o with_o one_o mouth_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v and_o with_o a_o nemine_fw-la contradicente_fw-la give_v testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o that_o great_a doctrine_n which_o have_v be_v avouch_v in_o this_o discourse_n viz._n that_o the_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v for_o all_o man_n consider_v as_o man_n respective_o and_o not_o for_o the_o elect_a only_o or_o those_o that_o shall_v actual_o partake_v of_o it_o and_o be_v save_v the_o writer_n of_o best_a note_n and_o repute_n since_o austin_n until_o these_o late_a time_n 9_o §._o 9_o of_o reformation_n and_o from_o who_o write_n the_o best_o and_o stedy_a information_n be_v to_o be_v have_v what_o doctrine_n or_o opinion_n rule_v in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n and_o among_o those_o christian_n that_o be_v judge_v orthodox_n and_o sound_n in_o the_o faith_n in_o their_o day_n be_v these_o prosper_n cyril_n of_o alexandria_n
theodoret_n leo_n fulgentius_n primasius_n gregorius_n beda_n theophylact_fw-mi anselm_n oecumenius_n bernard_n let_v we_o brief_o hear_v what_o be_v resolve_v by_o these_o respective_o upon_o the_o question_n concern_v the_o intention_n of_o god_n about_o the_o extent_n of_o christ_n death_n prosper_n well_o know_v for_o a_o through_o disciple_n of_o augustin_n and_o who_o serve_v his_o generation_n not_o long_o after_o he_o declare_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n plain_o enough_o in_o word_n to_o this_o effect_n all_o man_n â—re_n true_o say_v to_o be_v redeem_a yet_o all_o man_n be_v not_o get_v out_o of_o captivity_n for_o that_o cup_n of_o immortality_n which_o be_v temper_v or_o compound_a of_o the_o infirmity_n of_o man_n and_o power_n of_o god_n have_v in_o it_o wherewith_o to_o profit_v all_o man_n but_o it_o help_v not_o unless_o it_o be_v take_v or_o drink_v and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n express_o say_v that_o his_o flesh_n be_v bread_n from_o heaven_n or_o 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sicut_fw-la in_o parabolâ_fw-la evangelicâ_fw-la nuptiae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la vocatis_fw-la paratae_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la ij_o soli_fw-la iis_fw-la fruuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eas_fw-la veniunt_fw-la cum_fw-la veste_fw-la nuptiali_fw-la prosp_n ad_fw-la capp_n vincent_n c._n 1._o elsewhere_o he_o say_v our_o saviour_n be_v most_o true_o say_v to_o have_v be_v crucify_v for_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n true_o assume_v by_o he_o as_o also_o because_o of_o the_o common_a destruction_n of_o men_n in_o the_o first_o man_n and_o yet_o in_o a_o sense_n he_o may_v also_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v crucify_v only_o for_o those_o who_o receive_v benefit_n by_o his_o death_n i._n e._n that_o his_o crucify_a be_v in_o the_o consequent_a intention_n of_o god_n intend_v only_o for_o such_o for_o the_o evangelist_n say_v that_o jesus_n be_v to_o die_v for_o that_o nation_n and_o not_o for_o that_o nation_n only_o but_o that_o he_o may_v gather_v the_o son_n of_o god_n disperse_v into_o one_o etc._n etc._n he_o give_v his_o blood_n for_o the_o world_n and_o the_o world_n will_v not_o be_v redeem_v because_o the_o darkness_n receive_v not_o the_o light_n 10._o light_n cum_fw-la rectissimè_fw-la dicatur_fw-la salvator_n pro_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la redemptione_n crucifixus_fw-la propter_fw-la verum_fw-la humanae_fw-la naturae_fw-la susceptionem_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la communem_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la homine_fw-la perditionem_fw-la potest_fw-la tamen_fw-la dici_fw-la pro_fw-la his_fw-la tantum_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la quibus_fw-la mors_fw-la ipsius_fw-la proficit_fw-la dicit_fw-la enim_fw-la evangelista_n quia_fw-la jesus_n moriturus_fw-la erat_fw-la pro_fw-la gente_fw-la nec_fw-la tantum_fw-la pro_fw-la gente_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la dispersos_fw-la congregaret_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la etc._n etc._n dedit_fw-la pro_fw-la mundo_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la â—_o &_o mundus_fw-la redimi_fw-la noluit_fw-la quia_fw-la lucem_fw-la tenebrae_fw-la non_fw-la receperunt_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la object_n vincâ—nt_n cap._n 10._o these_o last_o word_n plain_o interpret_v his_o meaning_n in_o those_o wherein_o he_o have_v say_v that_o christ_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v crucify_v for_o those_o only_a who_o reap_v benefit_n by_o his_o death_n and_o imply_v that_o his_o meaning_n herein_o be_v only_o this_o that_o god_n by_o his_o consequent_a will_n or_o intention_n intend_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n or_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o death_n only_o for_o such_o who_o come_v in_o time_n to_o partake_v hereof_o viz._n by_o believe_v concern_v the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n or_o intention_n of_o god_n see_v before_o cap._n 17._o sect._n 9_o he_o that_o yet_o question_n the_o judgement_n of_o this_o author_n in_o the_o point_n may_v please_v to_o peruse_v the_o brief_a sentence_n which_o he_o give_v upon_o the_o nine_o chapter_n or_o head_n 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the_o salvation_n of_o all_z man_n 5._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n cyril_n alexandr_n lib._n 2._o in_o joh._n cap._n 5._o elsewhere_o since_o it_o become_v him_n to_o suffer_v that_o corruption_n sin_n and_o death_n which_o be_v bring_v in_o to_o the_o world_n be_v by_o this_o mean_n to_o be_v turn_v back_o or_o destroy_v he_o give_v himself_o a_o counter-ransom_n for_o the_o life_n of_o all_z man_n 3._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o joh._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o once_o more_o it_o be_v without_o controversy_n that_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v save_v emanuel_n have_v dye_v for_o it_o idem_fw-la it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la see_v more_o in_o this_o author_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n de_fw-fr rectâ_fw-la fide_fw-la ad_fw-la reginas_fw-la etc._n etc._n c._n 22._o circa_fw-la initium_fw-la in_o joh._n lib._n 2._o c._n 1._o &_o in_o 3._o cap._n joh._n vers_fw-la 17._o etc._n etc._n theodoret_n somewhat_o before_o the_o two_o last-named_n author_n conceive_v that_o he_o find_v the_o universality_n of_o redemption_n by_o christ_n in_o the_o scripture_n for_o comment_v the_o five_o chapter_n to_o the_o roman_n he_o make_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n equipollent_a to_o these_o the_o munificence_n of_o grace_n over_o come_v the_o decree_n of_o justice_n for_o when_o man_n sin_v the_o whole_a kind_n or_o race_n be_v punish_v but_o now_o when_o all_z man_n behave_v themselves_o impious_o and_o unjust_o he_o do_v not_o inflict_v punishment_n upon_o they_o but_o grant_v life_n procurat_fw-la life_n superat_fw-la inquit_fw-la gratiâ—e_fw-la munificentia_fw-la justiciae_fw-la decretum_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la cùm_fw-la homo_fw-la peccâsset_fw-la totum_fw-la genus_fw-la â—oenus_fw-la luit_fw-la nunc_fw-la autem_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la se_fw-la impiè_fw-la &_o iniquè_fw-fr gerant_fw-la non_fw-la supplicium_fw-la irrogavit_fw-la sed_fw-la vitam_fw-la donavit_fw-la theodoret._n ad_fw-la rom._n 5._o et_fw-la posteà _fw-la ne_fw-fr dubitate_a inquit_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la i_o dicuntur_fw-la ad_fw-la adam_n respicientes_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la illa_fw-la vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la ille_fw-la transgressus_fw-la esset_fw-la universum_fw-la genus_fw-la mortis_fw-la decretum_fw-la suscepit_fw-la clarum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la servatoris_fw-la justicia_fw-la vitam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la procurat_fw-la unto_o they_o afterward_o in_o the_o progress_n of_o his_o exposition_n upon_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o present_v the_o apostle_n speak_v thus_o to_o his_o roman_n doubt_v not_o of_o the_o thing_n i_o speak_v with_o relation_n unto_o adam_n for_o if_o these_o thing_n he_o true_a as_o they_o be_v and_o that_o when_o he_o sin_v his_o whole_a race_n receive_v a_o decree_n or_o sentence_n of_o death_n evident_a it_o be_v that_o the_o righteousness_n of_o our_o saviour_n procure_v life_n for_o all_z men._n leo_fw-la common_o style_v the_o great_a very_o frequent_o bewray_v his_o judgement_n to_o stand_v to_o the_o same_o point_n compare_v the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n christ_n with_o the_o death_n of_o other_o holy_a man_n he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v but_o single_a or_o particular_a death_n in_o every_o of_o these_o respective_o nor_o do_v any_o of_o these_o person_n discharge_v the_o
debt_n of_o any_o other_o by_o die_v whereas_o among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n our_o lord_n jesus_n alone_o be_v find_v in_o who_o all_o man_n â—ere_z crucify_v all_o man_n die_v all_o man_n be_v bury_v yea_o and_o all_o man_n rise_v again_o domini_fw-la again_o singulares_fw-la quip_n in_fw-la singulis_fw-la mortes_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la alterius_fw-la quisquam_fw-la debitum_fw-la sâ—o_fw-la funere_fw-la sâ—lvit_fw-la cum_fw-la inter_fw-la filios_fw-la hominum_fw-la solus_fw-la dominus_fw-la nostor_n jesus_n extiterit_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la crucifixi_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortui_fw-la omnes_fw-la sepulti_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la sint_fw-la suscitati_fw-la leo._n serm._n 12._o the_o passione_n domini_fw-la elsewhere_o thus_o that_o general_a and_o deadly_a handwriting_n of_o our_o be_v sell_v under_o sin_n and_o death_n be_v cancel_v and_o make_v void_a and_o the_o bargain_n of_o our_o captivity_n pass_v into_o a_o right_n of_o redemption_n domini_fw-la redemption_n evacuatum_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la generale_fw-mi venditionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la &_o lethale_v chirographum_fw-la &_o pactum_fw-la captivitatis_fw-la in_o jus_o transiit_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la idem_fw-la serm._n 10._o the_o passione_n domini_fw-la once_o more_o that_o he_o christ_n might_n repair_v the_o life_n of_o all_z man_n he_o take_v on_o he_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o man_n and_o that_o which_o he_o of_o all_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o do_v he_o make_v void_a the_o force_n of_o the_o old_a hand_n writing_n by_o make_v payment_n of_o the_o debt_n due_a thereby_o for_o all_o man_n 72._o man_n ut_fw-la autem_fw-la repararet_fw-la omnium_fw-la vitam_fw-la recepit_fw-la omnium_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o vim_o veteris_fw-la chirographi_fw-la quod_fw-la solus_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la solvendo_fw-la vacuavit_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 72._o fulgentius_n about_o the_o year_n 500_o succeed_v his_o predecessor_n in_o the_o inheritance_n of_o their_o judgement_n concern_v the_o universality_n of_o redemption_n by_o christ._n as_o the_o devil_n say_v he_o smite_v or_o wound_a whole_a man_n by_o deceive_v he_o so_o god_n by_o assume_v whole_a man_n save_v he_o that_o so_o one_o and_o the_o same_o may_v be_v acknowledge_v both_o the_o maker_n and_o redeemer_n of_o the_o whole_a creature_n or_o creation_n who_o be_v able_a both_o to_o make_v that_o which_o be_v not_o and_o to_o repair_v or_o restore_n that_o which_o be_v fall_v 14._o fall_v sicut_fw-la totum_fw-la hominâ—_n diabolus_fw-la decipiendo_fw-la percussit_fw-la ita_fw-la deus_fw-la totum_fw-la suscipiendo_fw-la salvavit_fw-la ut_fw-la agnosceretur_fw-la idem_fw-la creaturae_fw-la totius_fw-la conditor_fw-la &_o redemptor_n qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la dilapsum_fw-la est_fw-la reparare_fw-la fulgent_n ad_fw-la thrasimund_n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o primasius_n who_o live_v somewhat_o more_o than_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o augustin_n 11._o §._o 11._o help_v to_o keep_v the_o doctrine_n we_o plead_v alive_a in_o the_o world_n as_o christ_n say_v he_o suffer_v reproach_n from_o his_o own_o he_o mean_v the_o jew_n who_o he_o come_v to_o redeem_v when_o they_o say_v unto_o he_o thou_o have_v a_o devil_n and_o offer_v he_o all_o other_o indignity_n even_o to_o his_o passion_n itself_o 11._o itself_o sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la christus_fw-la improperium_fw-la sustinuit_fw-la à _fw-la suis_fw-la quos_fw-la uâ—nerat_fw-la reâ—mere_fw-la quade_v ei_fw-la dixerant_fw-la damonium_n haâ—es_fw-la &_o catera_fw-la maâ—â—_n ei_fw-la intulerâ—nt_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la passionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n primus_fw-la ad_fw-la heb._n c._n 11._o so_o do_v moses_n likewise_o etc._n etc._n if_o christ_n come_v to_o redeem_v those_o who_o charge_v he_o with_o have_v a_o devil_n with_o cast_v out_o devil_n through_o beel-zebub_a and_o who_o malicious_o prosecute_v he_o with_o all_o manner_n of_o injury_n and_o evil_a entreaty_n and_o this_o unto_o death_n doubtless_o he_o come_v not_o to_o redeem_v the_o elect_a only_o or_o such_o who_o in_o conclusion_n repent_v believe_v and_o be_v save_v for_o some_o of_o these_o and_o particular_o those_o that_o say_v he_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n be_v charge_v by_o he_o with_o that_o sin_n which_o he_o say_v shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v neither_o in_o this_o world_n nor_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v matt._n 12._o 32._o compare_v with_o mark_n 3._o 28_o 29_o 30._o the_o same_o author_n elsewhere_o say_v that_o christ_n as_o much_o as_o lay_v in_o he_o dye_v for_o all_z man_n how_o ever_o his_o death_n profit_v none_o but_o only_o those_o who_o be_v willing_a to_o believe_v in_o he_o 2._o he_o ita_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la fuit_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la quanquam_fw-la non_fw-la profit_n ejus_fw-la passio_fw-la nisi_fw-la solummodo_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la credere_fw-la volunt_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la heb._n c._n 2._o and_o yet_o again_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n be_v or_o be_v the_o god_n of_o all_o man_n and_o therefore_o desire_v that_o all_z that_o he_o have_v make_v shall_v be_v save_v a_o little_a after_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n have_v very_o be_v shed_v for_o all_z man_n benefit_v they_o that_o believe_v 2._o believe_v pater_fw-la filius_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n omnium_fw-la hominum_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la cupit_fw-la omnes_fw-la salvari_fw-la quos_fw-la fecit_fw-la et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quidem_fw-la effusus_fw-la est_fw-la sanguis_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la credâ—ntibus_fw-la prodest_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la in_o 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n c_o 2._o etc._n etc._n gregory_n surname_v the_o great_a about_o the_o year_n 570_o count_v it_o neither_o heresy_n nor_o error_n to_o teach_v the_o same_o doctrine_n the_o father_n then_o say_v he_o be_v just_a and_o punish_v he_o who_o be_v just_a meaning_n christ_n dispose_v all_o thing_n just_o because_o upon_o this_o account_n he_o justify_v all_o or_o all_o thing_n because_o he_o condemn_v he_o for_o sinner_n who_o be_v without_o sin_n 11._o sin_n pater_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la iustùs_fw-la sit_fw-la justum_fw-la puniens_fw-la omne_fw-la justé_fw-fr disponit_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la cuncta_fw-la justificat_fw-la quòd_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la damnat_fw-la etc._n etc._n greg._n mag._n moral_a l._n 3._o c._n 11._o elsewhere_o he_o term_v christ_n the_o redeemer_n of_o mankind_n 10._o mankind_n redemptor_n quip_n humani_fw-la generis_fw-la mediator_n dei_fw-la &_o hominis_fw-la per_fw-la carnem_fw-la factus_fw-la etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la moral_a lib._n 9_o c._n 21._o vid._n &_o lib._n 33._o c._n 10._o and_o in_o another_o place_n express_o say_v that_o christ_n redeem_v all_o man_n by_o his_o cross_n but_o yet_o that_o it_o remain_v that_o he_o that_o endeavour_n to_o be_v redeem_v i._n e._n to_o enjoy_v the_o redemption_n purchase_v for_o he_o by_o christ_n and_o to_o reign_v with_o god_n be_v crucify_v 24._o crucify_v remansit_fw-la quidem_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la nostra_fw-la christus_fw-la explevit_fw-la per_fw-la crucem_fw-la svam_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnes_fw-la redimit_fw-la sed_fw-la remansit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la redimi_fw-la &_o regnare_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la nititur_fw-la crucifigatur_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o 1._o reg._n cap._n 9_o 24._o bede_n somewhat_o above_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o gregory_n propagate_v the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o the_o world_n for_o truth_n joseph_n say_v he_o in_o the_o egyptian_a language_n signify_v saviour_n of_o the_o world_n this_o be_v manifest_a in_o christ_n since_o under_o the_o figure_n of_o joseph_n he_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v the_o saviour_n not_o of_o the_o one_o only_a land_n of_o egypt_n but_o also_o of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o soon_o after_o but_o in_o our_o joseph_n meaning_n christ_n the_o whole_a world_n deserve_v to_o receive_v increase_n meruit_fw-la increase_n vocaturque_fw-la joseph_n linguâ_fw-la egyptiacâ_fw-la salvator_n mundi_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la christo_fw-la quando_fw-la sub_fw-la figurâ_fw-la joseph_n salvator_n ostenditur_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la unius_fw-la terrae_fw-la egypti_n sed_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la bed_n in_o gen._n c._n 41._o et_fw-la mox_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la verò_fw-la joseph_n augmentum_fw-la habere_fw-la mundus_fw-la omnis_fw-la meruit_fw-la theophylact_fw-mi who_o live_v more_o than_o two_o hundred_o of_o year_n after_o he_o viz._n about_o the_o year_n 930_o as_o some_o of_o our_o best_a chronologer_n calculate_v the_o time_n of_o his_o mortality_n be_v a_o sufficient_a witness_n that_o the_o same_o doctrine_n be_v alive_a in_o the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n he_o very_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o christ_n die_v for_o all_z man_n and_o can_v not_o thou_o endure_v to_o pray_v for_o they_o 6._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophylact_v in_o 1_o tim._n c._n 2._o 6._o elsewhere_o we_o have_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n from_o his_o pen_n as_o by_o the_o offence_n or_o fall_v of_o one_o the_o curse_n come_v upon_o all_o man_n that_o which_o before_o he_o call_v judgement_n or_o condemnation_n he_o now_o call_v a_o offence_n that_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o
therefore_o without_o controversy_n the_o sense_n of_o the_o nicene_n father_n in_o the_o mention_a passage_n of_o their_o creed_n be_v that_o christ_n become_v man_n and_o suffer_v death_n for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n now_o this_o nicene_n creed_n as_o be_v well_o know_v to_o those_o that_o be_v a_o little_a verse_v in_o ecclesiastical_a history_n be_v attest_v and_o subscribe_v by_o the_o three_o ecumenical_a council_n next_o follow_v the_o first_o at_o constantinople_n the_o second_o at_o ephesus_n the_o three_o at_o chalcedon_n nor_o do_v i_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v ever_o censure_v or_o reject_v by_o any_o council_n or_o synod_n esteem_v orthodox_n i_o shall_v not_o insist_v upon_o that_o epistle_n of_o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n a_o author_n late_o mention_v write_v to_o nestorius_n the_o heretic_n approve_v by_o three_o general_a council_n in_o which_o epistle_n christ_n be_v express_o term_v the_o saviour_n of_o we_o all_o 〈◊〉_d all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gerardus_n johannes_n vossius_fw-la a_o late_a protestant_a writer_n of_o good_a note_n a_o diligent_a searcher_n into_o and_o unpartial_a relator_n of_o matter_n of_o antiquity_n report_v that_o by_o a_o synod_n assemble_v at_o mentz_n in_o the_o year_n 848_o of_o which_o rabanus_n maurus_n be_v precedent_n and_o at_o which_o haymo_n be_v present_a goteschalcus_fw-la the_o monk_n be_v condemn_v who_o among_o other_o erroneous_a opinion_n hold_v that_o they_o who_o perish_v although_o they_o sometime_o believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v yet_o be_v not_o redeem_v by_o christ_n but_o only_o sacramental_o or_o as_o far_o as_o the_o sign_n of_o redemption_n reach_v nor_o ever_o separate_v from_o the_o mass_n of_o perdition_n 12._o perdition_n cujus_fw-la inter_fw-la dogmata_fw-la erat_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la pereunt_fw-la â—t_a si_fw-la prius_fw-la credi_fw-la derint_fw-la &_o baptizati_fw-la suerint_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la signo_fw-la tenus_fw-la redemptos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la nec_fw-la unquam_fw-la à _fw-la perditionis_fw-la massâ_fw-la fuisse_fw-la secretos_fw-la gerar._n joh._n voss_n hist_o pelag._n lib._n 6._o thesi_fw-la 12._o the_o same_o author_n add_v further_a that_o soon_o after_o this_o moguntine_n synod_n there_o follow_v a_o council_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rheims_n and_o of_o many_o other_o bishop_n in_o france_n whereof_o hincmarus_n a_o learned_a man_n in_o these_o time_n be_v precedent_n this_o council_n he_o say_v approve_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o former_a touch_v their_o censure_n of_o goteschalcus_fw-la yea_o he_o proceed_v and_o say_v yet_o further_o that_o the_o church_n of_o lion_n although_o in_o many_o thing_n it_o rather_o incline_v to_o goteschalcus_fw-la then_o to_o the_o two_o late_o mention_v synod_n yet_o in_o the_o particular_a in_o hand_n it_o approve_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o say_a synod_n in_o a_o large_a transcription_n which_o he_o exhibit_v from_o the_o act_n of_o this_o last_o synod_n he_o cit_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n how_o then_o when_o they_o be_v baptize_v in_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o be_v wash_v from_o their_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n be_v that_o true_a renovation_n and_o true_a purgation_n wrought_v if_o they_o yet_o remain_v in_o the_o mass_n of_o damnation_n and_o perdition_n concrete_a and_o not_o sever_v ibid._n sever_v quomodo_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o eye_n perficitur_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la &_o in_o ejus_fw-la sanguine_a à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la abluuntur_fw-la vera_fw-la innovatio_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la mundatio_fw-la si_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o damnationis_fw-la &_o perditionis_fw-la massâ_fw-la concrâ—ti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la discreti_fw-la detinentur_fw-la ibid._n he_o speak_v as_o appear_v all_o along_o the_o discourse_n of_o such_o person_n who_o final_o apostatise_v and_o perish_v therefore_o the_o clear_a sense_n of_o this_o council_n also_o be_v that_o those_o who_o be_v wash_v from_o their_o sin_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n and_o consequent_o who_o be_v redeem_v by_o he_o may_v notwithstanding_o perish_v the_o same_o doctrine_n as_o the_o same_o author_n report_v be_v approve_v and_o further_o establish_v by_o another_o synod_n hold_v at_o valentia_n in_o france_n consist_v of_o the_o bishop_n or_o minister_n of_o the_o forementioned_a church_n of_o lion_n and_o of_o two_o other_o church_n who_o profess_v that_o they_o do_v believe_v it_o as_o a_o thing_n meet_v to_o be_v hold_v with_o the_o firm_a belief_n that_o as_o some_o of_o those_o who_o be_v true_o regenerate_v and_o true_o redeem_v be_v eternal_o save_v by_o mean_n of_o their_o continuance_n through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o their_o redemption_n so_o that_o other_o of_o they_o because_o they_o will_v not_o abide_v in_o the_o safety_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o they_o once_o receive_v and_o choose_v rather_o whether_o by_o embrace_v corrupt_a doctrine_n or_o by_o wickedness_n of_o life_n to_o reject_v and_o make_v void_a the_o grace_n of_o redemption_n then_o to_o preserve_v it_o be_v never_o able_a to_o arrive_v at_o the_o fullness_n of_o salvation_n or_o to_o attain_v eternal_a happiness_n etc._n happiness_n item_n firmissimé_fw-fr tenendum_fw-la credimus_fw-la quòd_fw-la omnis_fw-la multitudo_fw-la fidelium_fw-la ex_fw-la aquâ_fw-la &_o spiritu_fw-la regenerata_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la veraciter_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la incorporata_fw-la &_o juxta_fw-la doctrinan_n apostoli_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la baptizata_fw-la in_fw-la ejus_fw-la sanguine_fw-la á_z peccatis_fw-la abluta_fw-la quia_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o eye_n potuit_fw-la esse_fw-la vera_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la nisi_fw-la fieret_fw-la &_o vera_fw-la redemptio_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o ecclesiae_fw-la sacramentis_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la cassum_fw-la nihil_fw-la ludificatorium_fw-la sed_fw-la prorsus_fw-la totum_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o ipsâ_fw-la svi_fw-la veritate_fw-la ac_fw-la sinceritate_fw-la subnixum_fw-la exit_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la multitudine_fw-la fidelium_fw-la &_o redemptorun_n alios_fw-la salvari_fw-la aeternâ_fw-la salute_n quia_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o suâ_fw-la redemptione_n fideliter_fw-la permanent_a alios_fw-la quia_fw-la permanere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la in_o salute_v fidei_fw-la quam_fw-la initio_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la redemptionisque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la potiús_fw-la irritam_fw-la facere_fw-la prauâ_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la vel_fw-la vitâ_fw-la quà m_fw-la seruare_fw-la elegerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la salutis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la percaptionem_fw-la aeterna_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la pervenire_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o my_o library_n will_v hold_v out_o it_o be_v like_a i_o may_v be_v able_a to_o produce_v other_o 14._o §._o 14._o council_n and_o synod_n beside_o these_o insist_v upon_o interest_v in_o the_o same_o doctrine_n which_o these_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v avouch_v for_o orthodox_n but_o the_o joint_a testimony_n of_o those_o which_o have_v be_v produce_v be_v i_o suppose_v matter_n enough_o and_o proper_a enough_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o that_o whether_o ignorant_a or_o worse-conditioned_n calumny_n which_o traduce_v the_o opinion_n or_o doctrine_n of_o general_a redemption_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o old_a rot_a popish_a opinion_n that_o have_v be_v from_o time_n to_o time_n reject_v and_o throw_v out_o of_o the_o church_n by_o all_o orthodox_n and_o sound_n men._n the_o truth_n be_v i_o have_v not_o in_o all_o my_o read_n which_o i_o confess_v be_v of_o no_o considerable_a compass_n for_o my_o year_n to_o my_o best_a remembrance_n meet_v with_o the_o censure_n or_o rejection_n of_o the_o say_a doctrine_n in_o the_o act_n or_o record_n of_o any_o one_o council_n or_o synod_n whatsoever_o unless_o haply_o it_o be_v in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o nuperous_a synod_n of_o dort_n for_o to_o a_o man_n of_o a_o erect_a judgement_n and_o who_o spirit_n have_v more_o of_o god_n and_o of_o a_o man_n in_o it_o then_o to_o suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v yoke_v with_o prejudice_n or_o base_a partiality_n read_v and_o weigh_v some_o passage_n in_o the_o record_n of_o this_o synod_n it_o can_v light_o but_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o some_o difficulty_n and_o which_o will_v cost_v he_o some_o of_o his_o thought_n to_o resolve_v himself_o clear_o what_o the_o resolution_n of_o this_o synod_n be_v touch_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o gracious_a intention_n of_o god_n in_o or_o about_o the_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o christ_n at_o least_o in_o case_n these_o resolution_n of_o they_o be_v only_o estimate_v by_o their_o expression_n do_v not_o such_o say_n as_o these_o distinct_o sound_v universal_a atonement_n by_o christ_n god_n commiserate_v mankind_n be_v fall_v send_v his_o son_n who_o give_v himself_o a_o price_n of_o redemption_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o a_o little_a after_o since_o that_o price_n which_o be_v pay_v for_o all_o man_n and_o which_o will_v certain_o benefit_v all_o that_o believe_v unto_o eternal_a life_n yet_o do_v not_o profit_v all_o man_n etc._n etc._n again_o so_o than_o christ_n die_v for_o all_z man_n that_o alice_n and_o every_o man_n might_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o faith_n through_o the_o virtue_n of_o this_o ransom_n obtain_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o eternal_a life_n i_o know_v
wrath_n conceive_a against_o it_o in_o heaven_n 538._o heaven_n venit_fw-la ergo_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_fw-la mundun_v à _fw-la patre_fw-la missus_fw-la et_fw-fr cur_n missus_fw-la ut_fw-la damna_fw-la naturae_fw-la resarciret_fw-la videns_fw-la siquidem_fw-la dominus_fw-la miseram_fw-la &_o perditan_a infirmitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la conditionem_fw-la innatâ_fw-la fragilitate_fw-la ad_fw-la vitia_fw-la proclve_v sic_fw-la dilexit_fw-la mundun_v ut_fw-la filium_fw-la suum_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la ultrò_fw-la imperaret_fw-la qui_fw-la fragilitati_fw-la succurreret_fw-la mortem_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la verteret_fw-la in_fw-la coelo_fw-la iram_fw-la pacificaret_fw-la etc._n etc._n foxus_n in_o apoc._n c._n 14._o p._n 538._o etc._n etc._n the_o condition_n of_o the_o elect_n or_o of_o believer_n be_v not_o miserable_a or_o lose_v or_o how_o ever_o not_o the_o condition_n of_o these_o only_o therefore_o this_o author_n in_o say_v that_o the_o lord_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o voluntary_o bestow_v etc._n etc._n can_v not_o by_o the_o world_n mean_v such_o only_a elect_a or_o believer_n but_o the_o generality_n of_o mankind_n the_o condition_n of_o all_o which_o be_v equal_o lose_v and_o miserable_a and_o who_o be_v frequent_o signify_v and_o express_v by_o the_o word_n world_n lavater_n preach_v with_o his_o pen_n upon_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n teacheh_o the_o 25._o §._o 25._o doctrine_n assert_v by_o we_o in_o word_n to_o this_o effect_n some_o say_v i_o can_v willing_o die_v but_o that_o the_o greatness_n of_o my_o sin_n make_v i_o afraid_a of_o death_n the_o mind_n or_o conscience_n of_o these_o man_n be_v to_o be_v raise_v with_o this_o consolation_n that_o we_o know_v that_o god_n have_v lay_v our_o sin_n upon_o christ_n so_o that_o he_o have_v make_v satisfaction_n upon_o the_o cross_n for_o we_o all_o 18._o all_o nonnulli_fw-la dicant_fw-la equidem_fw-la optaren_a mori_fw-la sed_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la mortem_fw-la refugiam_fw-la erigendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la animi_fw-la hâc_fw-la consolation_n quòd_fw-la scimus_fw-la deum_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostrae_fw-la christo_fw-la imposuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o cruse_n satisfaceret_fw-la lavater_n in_o ezek._n homil._n 18._o to_o a_o person_n trouble_v or_o dismay_v with_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n through_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o sin_n it_o be_v a_o very_a faint_a consolation_n to_o understand_v or_o consider_v that_o god_n have_v lay_v the_o sin_n of_o some_o few_o man_n upon_o christ_n or_o that_o he_o have_v make_v satisfaction_n for_o the_o elect_n or_o for_o those_o that_o believe_v one_o main_a ground_n of_o his_o trouble_n or_o fear_v be_v whether_o he_o be_v of_o the_o number_n either_o of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o therefore_o doubtless_o the_o author_n sense_n in_o the_o passage_n be_v that_o christ_n have_v make_v satisfaction_n upon_o the_o cross_n for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n chamier_n as_o solemn_o engage_v a_o adversary_n against_o the_o opinion_n of_o general_n redemption_n as_o any_o yet_o so_o far_o be_v friend_v the_o truth_n at_o unaware_o as_o to_o say_v that_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v common_a for_o the_o save_n of_o all_z man_n unto_o eternal_a life_n 914._o life_n eadem_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la justiciae_fw-la christi_fw-la quae_fw-la communis_fw-la est_fw-la omnibus_fw-la servandis_fw-la in_o vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la chamier_n panstrat_n t._n 3._o lib._n 21._o cap._n 21._o sect._n 3._o pag._n 914._o mr_n perkins_n be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v very_o deep_o also_o baptize_v into_o the_o same_o spirit_n of_o opposition_n to_o we_o in_o the_o present_a controversy_n yet_o i_o find_v these_o word_n cite_v from_o he_o for_o i_o have_v not_o i_o confess_v as_o yet_o find_v they_o in_o the_o tract_n itself_o out_o of_o which_o they_o be_v cite_v every_o person_n in_o the_o church_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o command_n of_o god_n believe_v the_o gospel_n be_v bind_v to_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v redeem_v by_o christ_n as_o well_o reprobate_n as_o elect_a though_o in_o a_o different_a consideration_n etc._n consideration_n cuique_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la mundatâ—_n dei_fw-la crede_fw-la evangelio_n tenetur_fw-la creaerâ—_n se_fw-la redemptum_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobos_fw-la perinde_v atque_fw-la electos_fw-la sed_fw-la alia_fw-la atque_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la electus_n tenetur_fw-la credere_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n these_o word_n i_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o believe_v be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o this_o author_n though_o as_o i_o now_o say_v i_o have_v not_o yet_o meet_v with_o they_o here_o because_o i_o find_v the_o same_o word_n in_o effect_n and_o not_o much_o differ_v in_o form_n in_o other_o writer_n partaker_n of_o the_o same_o apprehension_n with_o he_o in_o the_o subject_a matter_n in_o hand_n for_o zanchius_n express_v himself_o to_o the_o same_o point_n thus_o as_o every_o one_o be_v command_v by_o god_n to_o believe_v and_o this_o with_o a_o proper_a and_o singular_a faith_n that_o christ_n die_v for_o he_o and_o that_o his_o sin_n be_v expiate_v by_o the_o death_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v pardon_v for_o christ_n sake_n that_o he_o be_v justify_v in_o or_o by_o christ_n so_o he_o be_v bind_v also_o to_o be_v full_o persuade_v in_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v long_o before_o as_o viz._n before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n choose_v in_o christ_n and_o predestinate_v to_o the_o participation_n of_o these_o benefit_n 1._o benefit_n ergo_fw-la ut_fw-la cuique_fw-la jubetur_fw-la credere_fw-la idque_fw-la propriâ_fw-la &_o singulari_fw-la fide_fw-la christum_n pro_fw-la se_fw-la mortuum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o sva_fw-la peccata_fw-la christi_fw-la morte_fw-la ac_fw-la sanguine_fw-la expiata_fw-la fuisse_fw-la se_fw-la patri_fw-la per_fw-la christum_n reconciliatum_fw-la esse_fw-la sibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la propter_fw-la christum_n esse_fw-la condonata_fw-la se_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la justificatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la peculiari_fw-la fide_fw-la tenetur_fw-la persuasum_fw-la habere_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la horum_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la participationem_fw-la longè_fw-la antè_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ante_fw-la mundi_fw-la constitutionem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la electum_fw-la ac_fw-la praedestinatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n zanch._n de_fw-fr natarâ_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 2._o qu._n 1._o thesi_fw-la 1._o etc._n etc._n such_o say_n as_o these_o from_o man_n who_o profess_o stand_v declare_v in_o their_o judgement_n for_o such_o a_o personal_a and_o particular_a redemption_n which_o exclude_v the_o far_o great_a number_n of_o man_n from_o part_n or_o fellowship_n in_o it_o be_v unto_o i_o though_o no_o hard_a interpreter_n either_o of_o man_n word_n or_o action_n of_o a_o interpretation_n of_o no_o good_a accord_n with_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o author_n bullinger_n in_o his_o write_n frequent_o rise_v up_o in_o confirmation_n of_o what_o his_o fellow_n sometime_o affirm_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o present_n contest_v among_o other_o passage_n of_o this_o interest_n i_o read_v word_n to_o this_o purpose_n it_o remain_v then_o as_o undubitable_a truth_n that_o the_o lord_n christ_n be_v a_o full_a propitiation_n satisfaction_n offer_v and_o sacrifice_n for_o the_o sin_n for_o the_o punishment_n i_o say_v and_o for_o the_o fault_n or_o delinquency_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 6._o world_n itaque_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la jam_fw-la indubitatum_fw-la christum_n dominun_n plenarian_a esse_fw-la propitiationem_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la hâ—stianque_fw-la &_o victiman_n pro_fw-la pâ—ccatis_fw-la pro_fw-la poenâ_fw-la inquam_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la culpâ_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la etc._n etc._n bullinger_n de_fw-fr justify_v fidei_fw-la ser._n 6._o j._n jacobus_n grynaeus_n 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those_o 82_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordrect_v part_n 2._o p._n 82_o that_o be_v his_o then_o do_v he_o not_o die_v for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n but_o the_o antecedent_n be_v true_a therefore_o the_o consequent_a also_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n in_o the_o proposition_n be_v because_o certain_a it_o be_v both_o from_o the_o scripture_n and_o by_o experience_n that_o the_o person_n of_o all_o man_n be_v not_o true_o reconcile_v with_o god_n nor_o be_v grace_n actual_o communicate_v unto_o they_o the_o minor_a presume_v of_o itself_o if_o salvation_n be_v the_o thing_n promise_v in_o the_o new_a covenant_n be_v not_o promise_v reason_n 2_o reason_n but_o only_o upon_o condition_n of_o believe_a and_o all_o man_n do_v not_o will_v not_o believe_v then_o 82_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 82_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o christ_n by_o his_o death_n obtain_v not_o salvation_n for_o all_o man_n but_o for_o believer_n only_o but_o the_o former_a of_o 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adversary_n themselves_o the_o papist_n concern_v infant_n who_o die_v unbaptise_v all_o which_o they_o exclude_v from_o salvation_n and_o consequent_o from_o all_o benefit_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ._n 2._o from_o the_o concession_n almost_o of_o all_o concern_v person_n of_o year_n of_o matury_n viz._n that_o very_o many_o of_o these_o perish_v everlasting_o and_o so_o never_o come_v to_o receive_v any_o benefit_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ._n in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o same_o author_n subjoin_v this_o argument_n the_o same_o in_o reason_n 23_o reason_n substance_n with_o the_o former_a if_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n than_o all_o man_n be_v save_v or_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o this_o be_v not_o so_o ergo._n the_o minor_a which_o need_v no_o proof_n he_o prove_v from_o joh._n 3._o 36._o rom._n 2._o 8._o for_o the_o consequence_n in_o the_o major_a proposition_n he_o cite_v the_o apostle_n discourse_v rom._n 5._o 8_o 9_o 10._o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o express_a probation_n of_o it_o but_o god_n commend_v his_o love_n towards_o we_o etc._n etc._n the_o scripture_n and_o argument_n now_o propound_v be_v the_o effect_n and_o substance_n 8._o §._o 8._o of_o all_o that_o i_o can_v ready_o find_v or_o call_v to_o mind_n plead_v and_o argue_v against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o general_n redemption_n as_o it_o have_v be_v state_v and_o assert_v in_o our_o present_a discourse_n except_v only_o some_o quotation_n from_o the_o father_n if_o any_o thing_n of_o moment_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n shall_v further_o occur_v or_o be_v offer_v unto_o i_o either_o before_o or_o under_o my_o examination_n of_o these_o i_o shall_v not_o conceal_v it_o but_o shall_v as_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n and_o without_o the_o least_o touch_n or_o tincture_n of_o prejudice_n or_o partiality_n acknowledge_v strength_n in_o any_o thing_n
election_n 461._o dye_v sufficient_o for_o all_o and_o intentional_o also_o 464_o 465_o christ_n death_n in_o what_o sense_n necessary_a 14_o for_o what_o end_n necessary_a 436._o it_o prepare_v he_o for_o a_o head_n ibid._n chrysostom_n for_o fall_v away_o 372_o 372_o etc._n etc._n for_o general_a redemption_n 529_o 530_o clemens_n of_o alexan_n for_o general_a redemption_n 537_o concurrence_n how_o god_n concur_v in_o defective_a action_n p._n 6._o his_o concurrence_n the_o same_o in_o different_a yea_o contrary_a action_n 5_o conscience_n testimony_n of_o conscience_n when_o authentic_a 159._o good_a conscience_n always_o from_o faith_n 353_o 354_o consent_n sin_v without_o full_a consent_n not_o a_o distinguish_a character_n of_o regeneration_n 326_o 327_o covenant_n of_o grace_n not_o make_v with_o christ_n 458_o not_o more_o district_n or_o severe_a then_o that_o of_o work_n 498._o covenant_n unproper_a to_o be_v make_v with_o unknown_a person_n 454_o 455_o conditional_a assurance_n the_o main_a or_o proper_a end_n of_o a_o covenant_n ibid._n promise_v nothing_o to_o uncovenant_v person_n 457_o council_n and_o synod_n for_o general_a redemption_n 544_o 545_o etc._n etc._n create_v create_v etc._n etc._n all_o thing_n create_v at_o once_o by_o god_n 49_o 50_o etc._n etc._n creator_n the_o relation_n of_o a_o creator_n very_o promise_v 71._o much_o endear_n 72_o cyprian_a for_o universal_a redemption_n 536_o for_o fall_v away_o 375_o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n for_o general_a redempt_n 540_o cyril_n of_o jerusaleâ—_n 532_o d_o david_n his_o condition_n under_o his_o impenitency_n 346_o 347._o his_o repentance_n necessary_a to_o salvation_n pag._n 348_o 349_o dr_n davenant_n make_v justify_v faith_n to_o stand_v in_o assent_n 401._o for_o universal_a redemption_n 560_o decree_n of_o god_n what_o 34_o 35._o all_o in_o a_o sense_n absolute_a 65._o no_o decree_n of_o thing_n unapprove_v 473_o j._n deodat_n for_o fall_v away_o 393_o desire_n how_o attribute_v to_o god_n 37_o determine_v simple_a being_n determine_a by_o god_n three_o way_n p._n 7._o god_n conditional_a determination_n in_o what_o sense_n absolute_a 15_o devil_n why_o unredeemable_a 484_o 485_o etc._n etc._n punish_v only_o for_o the_o first_o sin_n 499_o didymus_n for_o universal_a redemption_n 533_o dis-membering_a no_o dishonour_n to_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n 327_o 328_o dort_n synod_n 84._o self-contradiction_n 546_o 547_o etc._n etc._n remonstrant_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o perseverance_n 395_o 396_o etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o self-condemned_n 400_o 401_o etc._n etc._n argument_n of_o this_o synod_n for_o limit_a redemption_n 565_o 566_o etc._n etc._n remonstrantize_v in_o the_o point_n of_o general_n redemption_n 546_o 547_o a_o sad_a notion_n of_o this_o synod_n 548_o 549_o e_z eye_n sometime_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o have_v a_o causal_a signification_n 441_o elect_n or_o choose_v what_o it_o sometime_o signify_v 244._o who_o be_v elect_a in_o the_o scripture_n notion_n 418._o how_o no_o need_n that_o christ_n shall_v die_v for_o they_o 459_o election_n decree_n of_o election_n what_o 244_o in_o what_o sense_n man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v elect_v from_o eternity_n ibid._n in_o what_o sense_n not_o 45_o 244._o election_n of_o species_n not_o particular_a person_n 64._o the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o election_n flat_a socinianism_n 460._o make_v christ_n to_o have_v dye_v in_o vain_a 461_o epiphanius_n for_o universal_a redemption_n 535_o eternal_a life_n inchoate_n perfect_a 232._o eternal_a thing_n in_o what_o sense_n before_o thing_n in_o time_n 50_o 51_o event_n hurtful_a not_o determine_v by_o god_n 25_o be_v not_o always_o sign_n of_o probability_n 494_o eusebius_n for_o universal_a redemption_n 352_o excuse_n i_o 〈…〉_o ility_n for_o performance_n the_o best_a 503_o exhortation_n make_v useless_a by_o the_o common_a doctr_n of_o perseverance_n 301_o 302_o etc._n etc._n f_o faith_n justify_v what_o according_a to_o the_o scripture_n 396._o according_a to_o orthodox_n writer_n 398_o 399._o i'faith_o temporary_a the_o same_o for_o kind_n with_o that_o which_o justifi_v 292_o 293._o three_o degree_n of_o faith_n according_a to_o the_o father_n 369_o faithfulness_n of_o god_n towards_o his_o saint_n what_o it_o be_v and_o wherei_fw-la it_o consist_v 236_o 237_o fall_v away_o a_o doctrine_n rich_o sympathize_v with_o the_o spirit_n and_o so_o with_o the_o joy_n and_o peace_n of_o the_o saint_n 338._o a_o principle_n of_o singular_a and_o frequent_a use_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n 394_o 395._o own_a and_o make_v use_v of_o by_o the_o great_a saint_n upon_o occasion_n ib._n fear_v occasion_n of_o many_o inconvenience_n 154_o not_o unworthy_a the_o great_a saint_n to_o act_v out_o of_o a_o principle_n of_o fear_n 312_o 313_o etc._n etc._n as_o natural_a a_o fruit_n of_o faith_n as_o love_n itself_o ibid._n how_o not_o servile_a 315._o have_v no_o torment_n 316._o not_o occasion_v bythe_a doctrine_n of_o fall_v away_o 336._o what_o fear_v necessary_a for_o saint_n 175_o 176_o foreknowledge_n not_o proper_o in_o god_n 28_o 29_o the_o object_n of_o it_o 39_o no_o disparagement_n to_o his_o goodness_n 424_o 425_o etc._n etc._n his_o foreknowledge_n of_o the_o event_n do_v not_o precede_v that_o act_n of_o he_o upon_o which_o the_o event_n follow_v ibid._n foresight_n god_n forsee_v without_o determination_n 23_o 26_o g_o give_n what_o it_o signify_v in_o scriputre_n 118_o god_n respect_v only_a man_n present_a condition_n whether_o of_o sin_n or_o righteousness_n 514_o how_o at_o liberty_n to_o show_v mercy_n 482_o 483_o 487._o take_v man_n off_o from_o vain_a dependency_n 491_o 492._o do_v not_o insult_v over_o miserable_a man_n in_o his_o exhortation_n 509_o 510_o good_a and_o goodness_n what_o signify_v in_o scripture_n 287_o gospel_n a_o doctr_n according_a to_o godliness_n 333_o grace_n what_o proper_o be_v a_o act_n of_o grace_n 484_o the_o high_a pitch_n of_o the_o efficacy_n thereof_o 427_o gregorius_n magnus_n for_o general_a redempt_n 542_o greg_n nyssen_n for_o general_a redemption_n 534_o gualther_n define_v justify_v faith_n by_o assent_n 400_o h_n hague_n conference_n 181_o heathen_a power_n to_o believe_v 507_o hell_n punishment_n everlasting_a 434_o hilarius_n for_o general_a redemption_n 531._o seem_v to_o favour_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o who_o hold_v that_o the_o punishment_n against_o adam_n sin_n consist_v only_o in_o a_o temporal_a death_n ibid._n hope_v what_o hope_n or_o confidence_n it_o be_v that_o be_v the_o spur_n unto_o action_n 242_o i_o jerom_n for_o general_n redemption_n 529_o illumination_n proper_a to_o the_o saint_n 283_o impossibility_n six_o several_a signification_n 289_o infant_n see_v baptism_n and_o child_n intention_n of_o god_n antecedent_n and_o consequent_a see_v consequent_a how_o ascribe_v to_o god_n 32_o 37_o 447._o how_o differ_v from_o desire_n and_o decree_n ibid._n how_o never_o defeat_v 215_o what_o towards_o wicked_a man_n in_o outward_a mercy's_n 411_o 412._o in_o what_o sense_n they_o may_v be_v defeat_v 22_o 35_o 215_o 434_o intercession_n of_o christ_n for_o the_o saint_n how_o 248_o 249_o interchange_n of_o member_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o devil_n no_o dishonour_n to_o christ_n 328_o ireneus_fw-la for_o fall_v away_o 370_o 371._o for_o general_n redemption_n 538_o jubilee_n a_o type_n of_o general_n redemption_n 521_o 522_o etc._n etc._n judas_n suppose_v by_o many_o ancient_a writer_n to_o have_v be_v sometime_o a_o good_a man_n 361_o 373_o 374_o junius_n for_o fall_v away_o 393_o justify_v faith_n see_v faith_n justine_n martyr_n for_o universal_a redempt_n 538_o k_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d preposition_n what_o it_o import_v 243_o 244_o knowledge_n not_o proper_o in_o god_n yet_o morae_fw-la proper_o than_o foreknowledge_n 29_o 30._o why_o or_o how_o attribute_v to_o he_o ibid._n how_o perfect_a 431_o l_o leo_n magnus_n for_o general_n redemption_n 541_o life_n live_v of_o man_n prorogable_a or_o abreviable_a by_o themselves_o 8_o love_n of_o god_n how_o unchangeable_a 63_o 64_o 278_o luther_n define_v justify_v faith_n by_o assent_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n p._n 399._o for_o fall_v away_o 384_o 386._o for_o universal_a redemption_n 551_o 552_o m_n macarius_n for_n fall_v away_o 376_o p._n martyr_n for_o universal_a redemption_n 556_o mean_n how_o god_n will_v the_o mean_n as_o well_o as_o the_o end_n 184_o 185._o god_n have_v more_o end_n than_o one_o in_o his_o vouchsafement_n of_o the_o mean_n of_o grace_n 426_o 427_o melancthon_n for_o fall_v away_o 385._o define_v justify_v faith_n by_o assent_n 400._o for_o universal_a redemption_n 549_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o abide_v what_o it_o import_v 397_o mollerus_n for_o fall_v away_o 394_o musculus_fw-la for_o fall_v away_o 390._o define_v justify_v faith_n by_o assent_n 400._o for_o universal_a redemption_n 555_o etc._n etc._n mutability_n no_o disparagement_n to_o the_o creature_n 343_o n_n nature_n what_o it_o signify_v 518_o natural_a action_n rather_o rewardable_a than_o