deliver_v from_o the_o body_n of_o death_n for_o debetur_fw-la for_o de_fw-fr nat_n et_fw-fr great_a ca._n 55._o de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la mors_fw-la corporis_fw-la separat_fw-la sed_fw-la contracta_fw-la exillo_fw-la vitia_fw-la coherent_a quibus_fw-la iusta_fw-la poena_fw-la debetur_fw-la the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n separate_v the_o wicked_a from_o the_o body_n when_o yet_o the_o vice_n and_o sin_n thereby_o gather_v do_v stick_v fast_o to_o which_o just_a punishment_n remain_v due_a therefore_o when_o he_o pray_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n ibid._n death_n ibid._n de_fw-fr vitijs_fw-la corporis_fw-la dicit_fw-la he_o mean_v it_o of_o the_o vicious_a affection_n of_o the_o body_n corpus_fw-la body_n de_fw-fr temp._n ser_n 45._o per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mortis_fw-la corpus_fw-la by_o concupiscence_n be_v it_o that_o this_o our_o body_n of_o death_n be_v so_o call_v so_o oecumenius_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o sunt_fw-la from_o oecumen_fw-la in_o ro._n ca._n 7._o ex_fw-la corporalibus_fw-la actio_fw-la nibus_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la mortem_fw-la inducentibus_fw-la à _fw-la concupiscentijs_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaeque_fw-la mors_fw-la nobis_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o which_o be_v death_n unto_o we_o and_o do_v cause_n a_o spiritual_a death_n causa_fw-la death_n origen_n ibid._n corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la appellatur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la habitat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la mortis_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o death_n say_v origen_n wherein_o sin_n dwell_v which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n ambrose_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v his_o body_n a_o body_n of_o death_n etc._n death_n ambros_n apud_fw-la aug._n count_n julian_n lib._n 2._o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la sub_fw-la peccato_fw-la nascimur_fw-la quorum_fw-la ipse_fw-la ortus_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideò_fw-la pauli_n caero_fw-la corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la erat_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o we_o all_o be_v bear_v under_o sin_n and_o our_o very_a beginning_n be_v in_o trespass_n acknowledge_v as_o touch_v the_o corruption_n of_o sin_n that_o what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o same_o in_o part_n it_o continue_v still_o epiphanius_n or_o rather_o methodius_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n here_o mean_v etc._n mean_v method_n apud_fw-la epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 64._o non_fw-la corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la mortem_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatum_fw-la inhabitans_fw-la per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la dicit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sin_n dwell_v by_o concupiscence_n in_o the_o body_n from_o the_o bad_a imagination_n &_o thought_n whereof_o he_o wish_v to_o be_v deliver_v account_v the_o same_o death_n and_o destruction_n itself_o bernard_n say_v that_o it_o be_v etc._n be_v bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 56._o jpsa_fw-la est_fw-la carnis_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la sanè_fw-la unointeriecto_fw-la pariete_n non_fw-la longè_fw-la peregrinabatur_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o optabas_fw-la clamans_fw-la quis_fw-la i_o liberabit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o sin_n even_o concupiscence_n stand_v as_o a_o wall_n betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o that_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n in_o concupiscence_n then_o stand_v this_o body_n of_o death_n and_o because_o by_o this_o body_n of_o death_n it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v himself_o miserable_a it_o be_v concupiscence_n that_o make_v he_o miserable_a which_o therefore_o s._n austin_n call_v 45._o call_v august_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la ser_fw-mi 45._o miseram_fw-la legem_fw-la the_o miserable_a law_n of_o sin_n not_o as_o be_v itself_o capable_a of_o misery_n but_o per_fw-la metonymiam_fw-la because_o it_o make_v we_o miserable_a or_o because_o we_o be_v miserable_a by_o it_o 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summus_fw-la opifex_fw-la statuam_fw-la pulchram_fw-la ex_fw-la auro_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la materia_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la constructam_fw-la rursus_fw-la conflet_fw-la mutilatam_fw-la repentè_fw-fr conspicatus_fw-la à _fw-la pessimo_fw-la quodam_fw-la homine_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n as_o the_o true_a physician_n have_v appoint_v death_n for_o a_o medicinable_a purgation_n for_o the_o utter_a root_n out_o and_o put_v away_o of_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v faultless_a and_o innocent_a and_o that_o as_o a_o goodly_a golden_a image_n sightly_o and_o seemly_o in_o all_o part_n if_o it_o be_v break_v and_o deface_v by_o any_o mean_n must_v be_v new_o cast_v and_o frame_v again_o for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o the_o blemish_n and_o disgrace_n of_o it_o even_o so_o man_n the_o image_n of_o god_n be_v maim_v and_o disgrace_v by_o sin_n for_o the_o put_v away_o of_o those_o disgrace_n and_o the_o repair_n of_o his_o ruin_n and_o decay_n must_v by_o death_n be_v dissolve_v into_o 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perkins_n argument_n in_o form_n as_o he_o propose_v it_o that_o which_o be_v once_o sin_n proper_o and_o still_o remain_v in_o man_n make_v he_o to_o sin_n and_o entangle_v he_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n and_o make_v he_o miserable_a that_o be_v sin_n proper_o but_o original_a sin_n do_v all_o these_o ergo._n the_o mayor_n which_o as_o the_o learned_a know_v shall_v consist_v of_o three_o word_n contain_v four_o several_a point_n and_o which_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o not_o one_o of_o they_o true_a to_o the_o first_o that_o which_o remain_v in_o man_n after_o baptism_n common_o call_v concupiscence_n be_v never_o a_o sin_n proper_o but_o only_o the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n the_o formal_a and_o principal_a part_n of_o it_o consist_v in_o the_o deprivation_n of_o original_a justice_n and_o a_o voluntary_a aversion_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n the_o which_o be_v cure_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n give_v to_o the_o baptise_a and_o so_o that_o which_o be_v principal_a in_o original_a sin_n do_v not_o remain_v in_o the_o regenerate_a neither_o do_v that_o which_o remain_v make_v the_o person_n to_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o second_o point_n unless_o he_o willing_o consent_v unto_o it_o as_o have_v be_v prove_v heretofore_o it_o allure_v and_o entice_v he_o to_o sin_n but_o have_v not_o power_n to_o constrain_v he_o to_o it_o as_o m._n perkins_n also_o himself_o before_o confess_v now_o to_o the_o three_o and_o entangle_v he_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n how_o do_v original_a sin_n entangle_v the_o regenerate_a in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n if_o all_o the_o guiltiness_n of_o it_o be_v remove_v from_o his_o person_n as_o you_o teach_v before_o in_o our_o consent_n mendacem_fw-la memorem_fw-la esse_fw-la oportet_fw-la either_o confess_v that_o the_o guilt_n of_o original_a sin_n be_v not_o take_v away_o from_o the_o regenerate_a or_o else_o you_o must_v unsay_v this_o that_o it_o entangle_v he_o in_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n now_o to_o the_o last_o clause_n that_o the_o relic_n of_o original_a sin_n make_v a_o man_n miserable_a a_o man_n may_v be_v call_v wretched_a and_o miserable_a in_o that_o he_o be_v in_o disgrace_n with_o god_n and_o so_o subject_a to_o his_o heavy_a displeasure_n &_o that_o which_o make_v he_o miserable_a in_o this_o sense_n be_v sin_n but_o s._n paul_n take_v not_o the_o word_n so_o here_o but_o for_o a_o unhappy_a man_n expose_v to_o the_o danger_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o all_o the_o misery_n of_o this_o world_n from_o which_o we_o shall_v have_v be_v exempt_v have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o original_a sin_n after_o which_o sort_n he_o use_v the_o same_o word_n 15._o â—_o cor._n 15._o if_o in_o this_o life_n only_o we_o be_v hope_v in_o christ_n we_o be_v more_o miserable_a than_o all_o man_n not_o that_o the_o good_a christian_n be_v far_a out_o of_o god_n favour_n and_o more_o sinful_a than_o other_o man_n but_o that_o they_o have_v few_o worldly_a comfort_n and_o the_o great_a cross_n and_o 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therefore_o presume_v not_o of_o thy_o own_o do_v but_o of_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v no_o arrogancy_n but_o faith_n to_o acknowledge_v what_o thou_o have_v receive_v it_o be_v not_o pride_n but_o devotion_n what_o word_n be_v here_o of_o certainty_n of_o salvation_n but_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o a_o faithful_a man_n to_o confess_v himself_o much_o bind_v to_o god_n for_o call_v of_o he_o to_o be_v he_o which_o every_o christian_a must_v do_v hope_v himself_o so_o to_o be_v and_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o in_o state_n of_o grace_n it_o be_v long_o of_o himself_o and_o no_o want_n on_o god_n part_n the_o second_o place_n have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o any_o show_n of_o word_n for_o he_o thus_o he_o speak_v let_v no_o man_n ask_v another_o man_n joan._n tract_n 5._o in_o epis_n joan._n but_o return_v to_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o if_o he_o find_v charity_n there_o he_o have_v security_n for_o his_o passage_n from_o like_a to_o death_n what_o need_n 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