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be_v no_o sin_n in_o he_o have_v they_o be_v of_o god_n they_o may_v have_v know_v he_o to_o be_v his_o son_n 47._o for_o he_o that_o be_v of_o god_n hear_v god_n word_n but_o they_o therefore_o hear_v they_o not_o because_o they_o be_v not_o of_o god_n 10._o in_o this_o say_v saint_n john_n the_o child_n of_o god_n be_v manifest_a and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n whosoever_o do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d righteousness_n be_v not_o of_o god_n neither_o he_o that_o love_v not_o his_o brother_n as_o this_o phrase_n to_o do_v righteousness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d evident_o import_v not_o the_o bare_a act_n but_o habitual_a practice_n of_o righteousness_n so_o needs_o must_v the_o like_a phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o commit_v sin_n include_v a_o habitual_a practice_n or_o trade_n of_o sin_n and_o yet_o to_o commit_v sin_n and_o to_o sin_n be_v use_v promiscuous_o as_o term_n altogether_o equivalent_a in_o this_o chapter_n by_o saint_n john_n our_o former_a conclusion_n 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commandment_n that_o meditation_n upon_o christ_n last_o appearance_n be_v the_o sure_a method_n for_o ground_v true_a confidence_n in_o he_o 1._o lest_o the_o end_n of_o this_o discourse_n shall_v miss_v the_o end_n and_o scope_n whereto_o the_o whole_a be_v purposely_o direct_v i_o must_v entreat_v the_o christian_a reader_n to_o pardon_v my_o fear_n and_o jealousy_n which_o from_o the_o reason_n mention_v in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o this_o section_n too_o well_o experience_v in_o the_o temper_n of_o this_o present_a age_n be_v always_o great_a lest_o disputation_n against_o romish_a heresy_n cast_v we_o into_o a_o relapse_n of_o that_o natural_a carelessness_n or_o hypocrisy_n whereof_o all_o more_o or_o less_o have_v participate_v but_o for_o who_o avoidance_n hereafter_o if_o thy_o heart_n be_v affect_v as_o i_o now_o be_v and_o i_o wish_v it_o always_o may_v continue_v let_v this_o meditation_n never_o slip_v out_o of_o thy_o memory_n that_o see_v the_o last_o and_o 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in_o he_o be_v more_o strong_a then_o unto_o most_o other_o object_n of_o faith_n when_o as_o indeed_o these_o be_v the_o high_a it_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o they_o the_o weak_a have_v it_o as_o many_o daily_a temptation_n to_o encounter_v it_o as_o we_o find_v in_o practice_n of_o other_o duty_n who_o habitual_a performance_n be_v the_o necessary_a subordinate_a mean_n to_o support_v it_o all_o the_o difficulty_n we_o daily_o struggle_v with_o be_v but_o straggler_n of_o that_o main_a army_n with_o who_o entire_a joint_a force_n we_o be_v to_o have_v the_o last_o conflict_n about_o this_o very_a point_n which_o until_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n or_o other_o extraordinary_a time_n of_o trial_n be_v seldom_o direct_o or_o earnest_o assault_v but_o then_o whatsoever_o breach_n of_o god_n commandment_n love_n either_o to_o the_o world_n or_o flesh_n have_v wrought_v in_o our_o soul_n will_v afford_v satan_n advantage_n and_o opportunity_n for_o more_o facile_a oppugnation_n of_o our_o confidence_n for_o as_o every_o least_o sin_n in_o it_o own_o nature_n deserve_v death_n so_o do_v the_o consciousness_n of_o it_o more_o or_o less_o impel_v the_o mind_n to_o distrust_v of_o life_n yet_o even_o the_o great_a will_v be_v content_a in_o these_o day_n of_o peace_n and_o security_n to_o sleep_v with_o we_o and_o lie_v quiet_a in_o hope_n to_o prevent_v we_o in_o the_o wake_n and_o with_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o lesser_a to_o surprise_v the_o soul_n or_o gain_v the_o start_n or_o first_o sway_n of_o the_o spirit_n a_o advantage_n much_o prejudicial_a to_o strength_n otherwise_o more_o than_o equal_a much_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o retract_v a_o body_n after_o actual_a motion_n begin_v then_o to_o restrain_v propension_n or_o inclination_n from_o burst_v out_o into_o actual_a motion_n our_o often_o yield_v upon_o foreâ—_n warn_v of_o their_o assault_n in_o many_o petty_a temptation_n or_o
medâ—â—torem_fw-la oâ—ioâ—um_fw-la sed_fw-la veer_fw-la faciunt_fw-la aduersarii_fw-la christi_fw-la merita_fw-la inefficacia_fw-la cum_fw-la docent_fw-la christum_fw-la tam_fw-la insigni_fw-la obedientia_fw-la id_fw-la eâ—â—â—â—ere_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la iustificatio_fw-la legis_fw-la impleretur_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la bellarminus_n ibidem_fw-la si_fw-mi quiâ—_n dixerit_fw-la per_fw-la banâ—_n doctrinam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la de_fw-la iustificatione_n a_o sancta_fw-la synodo_fw-la hoc_fw-la praesenti_fw-la decreto_fw-la expressâ—m_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la gloriae_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la meritis_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la domini_fw-la nostriderogari_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la potius_fw-la veritatem_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la dei_fw-la denique_fw-la ac_fw-la christi_fw-la â—esu_fw-la gloriam_fw-la illustrari_fw-la anathema_n sit_fw-la council_n trident_n sess_v 6._o can._n ult._n such_o peremptoriness_n be_v usual_a with_o they_o when_o partiality_n or_o proud_a affection_n overbeare_v the_o secret_a work_n of_o their_o conscience_n labour_v to_o reclaim_v their_o error_n vide_fw-la lib._n 3._o sect._n 2_o â—ap_n 4._o parag_n 22._o 22._o quarâ—a_fw-la obiectio_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la vitare_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatâ—_n cum_fw-la scriptum_fw-la sit_v jacobi_n 2._o in_o multis_fw-la offendimn_v omnes_fw-la et_fw-la 1_o joan_n 1_o si_fw-mi dixerimus_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la seducimus_fw-la at_o qui_fw-la legem_fw-la omnem_fw-la impleret_fw-la nullum_fw-la haberet_fw-la omnino_fw-la peccatum_fw-la igitur_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la utlex_fw-la omnâ—â—_n a_o nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la fide_fw-la et_fw-la gratia_fw-la impleatur_fw-la respondeo_fw-la ab_fw-la hoâ—_n argument_n quod_fw-la valde_fw-la kemâ—â—tius_fw-la uâ—get_fw-la nontan_o facile_fw-la se_fw-la expediunt_fw-la qui_fw-la conâ—edâ—nt_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a esse_fw-la proprie_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la vega_n lib._n 11._o â—n_fw-la concilium_fw-la cap._n 20._o coguntur_fw-la enim_fw-la dicere_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la impossibilem_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la tota_fw-la simul_fw-la seruari_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la seruari_fw-la possit_fw-la maior_fw-la eius_fw-la pars_fw-la et_fw-la a_o meâ—iori_fw-la parte_fw-la fiat_fw-la denominatio_fw-la sed_fw-la videna_n est_fw-la illis_fw-la quid_fw-la respondeant_fw-la apostolo_n jacobo_n dicenti_fw-la quiqunque_fw-la totam_fw-la â—e_v gem_n â—eruaâ—erit_v offendat_fw-la aurem_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la â—eus_fw-la solida_fw-la igitur_fw-la responsio_fw-la est_fw-la peccata_fw-la venalia_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la viâ—â—muâ—_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la sed_fw-la imperfect_a et_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la neque_fw-la essâ—_n conâ—ra_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la s._n thomas_n recte_fw-la docet_fw-la â—n_n 1._o 2._o quaest_n 88_o art_n 1_o hinc_fw-la enim_fw-la omne_fw-la coherent_a nam_fw-la qui_fw-la offendit_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la prevaricaâ—s_fw-la videlicâ—t_fw-la unum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la omniâ—m_fw-la â—eâ—â—_n et_fw-fr injurious_a simpliciter_fw-la constituitur_fw-la â—â—_o tamenia_fw-la multis_fw-la offendimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la quia_fw-la â—ameâ—â—â—_n nihil_fw-la facimus_fw-la contra_fw-la ligen_n tamen_fw-la multa_fw-la â—acimus_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la notus_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la peccat_fw-la transgrediendo_fw-la legem_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la dixerimuâ—_n quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la babâ—mus_fw-la nihil_fw-la videlicet_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la faciâ—ndo_fw-la noâ—_n ipsos_fw-la sâ—â—â—cimuâ—_n et_fw-la veâ—itas_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 4_o the_o just_a f._n cap._n 14._o sit_fw-la tertia_fw-la propositio_fw-la propter_fw-la inâ—ertitudinem_fw-la proprie_fw-la â—ustitiae_fw-la &_o periculum_fw-la manis_fw-la gloriâ—â—uâ—â—ssiâ—um_fw-la est_fw-la siduâ—â—â—m_fw-la totam_fw-la in_o â—ola_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la &_o benignitate_fw-la reponere_fw-la explicâ—_n propositionem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ita_fw-la accipienda_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la homiâ—â—_n totis_fw-la viribus_fw-la studendum_fw-la operibus_fw-la boâ—is_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o eye_n confidendum_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la verâ—_n iustitia_fw-la aut_fw-la iudicium_fw-la dei_fw-la sustineâ—e_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la tutius_fw-la esse_fw-la mer_fw-fr eorum_fw-la iam_fw-la partâ—run_v quodammodo_fw-la obliâ—â—sâ—i_fw-la &_o in_o solam_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la respicere_fw-la tum_o quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la absque_fw-la revetatione_n certo_fw-la scire_fw-la potest_fw-la sâ—_n habere_fw-la vera_fw-la merita_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o eâ—s_n in_o finem_fw-la usque_fw-la perseveraturun_v tum_o quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la â—acâ—lius_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la tentationis_fw-la quam_fw-la superbiam_fw-la ex_fw-la confideratione_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la gigni_fw-la probatur_fw-la igitur_fw-la propositio_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la illis_fw-la quae_fw-la adversarij_fw-la contra_fw-la merita_fw-la operum_fw-la afferre_fw-la â—olent_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la daniel_n cap._n 9_o non_fw-fr in_o iustificationibus_fw-la nâ—stru_fw-la prosteâ—nimus_fw-la preceâ—_n nostras_fw-la antâ—_n faciem_fw-la tuam_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o miserationibus_fw-la â—â—is_fw-la multis_fw-la et_fw-fr quodipse_n dominus_fw-la admonâ—t_fw-la lucae_n 17._o cum_fw-la â—â—ceritis_fw-la hâ—c_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la precepta_fw-la sunt_fw-la vobis_fw-la diciâ—e_fw-la serui_fw-la inutiles_fw-la sumus_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la probant_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la tutum_fw-la esse_fw-la 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