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and_o his_o wretched_a idol_n the_o honour_n which_o be_v due_a to_o god_n do_v in_o short_a time_n possess_v they_o with_o this_o opinion_n that_o if_o they_o do_v desire_v to_o make_v even_o with_o god_n and_o offer_v he_o such_o compensation_n as_o may_v indeed_o absolve_v they_o from_o all_o their_o crime_n they_o shall_v no_o long_o think_v to_o satisfy_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o beast_n who_o in_o the_o dignity_n of_o their_o creation_n sell_v far_o short_a of_o man_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o be_v a_o sufficient_a sacrifice_n to_o make_v atonement_n for_o their_o sin_n as_o man_n have_v sin_v and_o by_o his_o sin_n deserve_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n so_o be_v it_o requisite_a that_o by_o the_o blood_n of_o man_n they_o shall_v make_v atonement_n and_o turn_v away_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o heavenly_a power_n this_o be_v the_o ground_n they_o go_v upon_o for_o those_o humane_a sacrifice_n pro_fw-la vita_fw-la hominum_fw-la nisi_fw-la vita_fw-la hominum_fw-la 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terris_fw-la as_o st._n bernard_n have_v it_o 1._o who_o can_v be_v fit_a to_o make_v we_o the_o son_n of_o god_n by_o adoption_n and_o grace_n than_o the_o word_n by_o which_o we_o be_v to_o be_v beget_v unto_o life_n eternal_a or_o to_o repair_v the_o image_n of_o god_n decay_v in_o we_o than_o he_o that_o be_v the_o brightness_n of_o his_o father_n glory_n 1.3_o and_o the_o express_a image_n of_o his_o person_n final_o who_o more_o fit_a to_o settle_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a persuasion_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v believe_v and_o thereby_o bring_v we_o into_o the_o way_n of_o life_n everlasting_a then_o he_o that_o be_v the_o way_n the_o truth_n and_o the_o life_n 14.6_o as_o himself_o tell_v we_o of_o himself_o in_o st._n johns_n gospel_n ut_fw-la homo_fw-la fidentius_fw-la ambularet_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la ipsa_fw-la veritas_fw-la dei_fw-la filius_fw-la homine_fw-la assumpto_fw-la constituit_fw-la et_fw-la fundavit_fw-la fidem_fw-la 11.2_o as_o st._n augustine_n have_v it_o that_o man_n say_v he_o may_v with_o more_o confidence_n travel_v in_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n the_o truth_n itself_o even_o the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n upon_o he_o do_v plant_v and_o find_v that_o faith_n which_o we_o be_v to_o believe_v by_o which_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o it_o be_v most_o agreeable_a both_o to_o our_o condition_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o word_n itself_o that_o he_o shall_v take_v upon_o himself_o the_o office_n of_o a_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n but_o so_o that_o he_o be_v bind_v thereto_o by_o no_o necessity_n but_o only_o out_o of_o his_o mere_a love_n and_o goodness_n to_o that_o wretched_a creature_n the_o scripture_n and_o the_o father_n be_v express_v in_o this_o walk_v in_o love_n say_v the_o apostle_n as_o christ_n have_v also_o love_v we_o and_o have_v give_v himself_o for_o we_o a_o offering_n and_o a_o 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most_o inexpressible_a honour_n of_o his_o only_a son_n the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n in_o regard_n of_o man_n do_v take_v their_o value_n from_o his_o person_n the_o excellency_n of_o which_o do_v prevail_v so_o far_o as_o to_o make_v the_o passion_n of_o one_o available_a for_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o but_o the_o merit_n of_o those_o suffering_n in_o regard_n of_o himself_o be_v to_o be_v value_v by_o that_o cheerful_a freedom_n with_o which_o he_o please_v to_o undergo_v they_o and_o have_v not_o be_v so_o acceptable_a nor_o effectual_a neither_o if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v voluntary_a for_o father_n which_o affirm_v the_o same_o we_o need_v take_v no_o thought_n have_v both_o reason_n and_o the_o scripture_n so_o express_o for_o it_o though_o this_o be_v universal_o the_o doctrine_n of_o all_o catholic_n wrirer_n some_o of_o who_o word_n i_o shall_v recite_v and_o for_o the_o rest_n refer_v the_o reader_n to_o their_o book_n for_o the_o greek_a church_n thus_o say_v athanasius_n christ_n see_v the_o goodness_n of_o his_o father_n and_o his_o own_o sufficiency_n and_o power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v move_v with_o compassion_n towards_o man_n and_o pity_v our_o infirmity_n clothe_v himself_o with_o the_o same_o dom._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o willing_o take_v up_o his_o cross_n and_o go_v uncompelled_a unto_o his_o death_n and_o thus_o st._n augustine_n for_o the_o latâ—ne_n the_o word_n say_v he_o be_v make_v flesh_n by_o his_o own_o power_n and_o be_v bear_v suffer_v die_v and_o rise_v again_o 26._o nulla_fw-la necessitate_v sed_fw-la voluntate_fw-la &_o potestate_fw-la by_o no_o necessity_n lay_v upon_o he_o but_o mere_o of_o his_o own_o good_a will_n and_o that_o authority_n which_o he_o have_v to_o dispose_v of_o himself_o see_v to_o this_o purpose_n the_o same_o augustine_n in_o psal._n 8._o de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 10._o chrysost._n in_o gen._n hom._n 55._o &_o in_o joh._n hom._n 82._o amb._n in_o psal._n 118._o serm._n 6._o &_o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1._o hieron_n in_o isai._n cap._n 3._o &_o in_o psal._n 68_o not_o to_o descend_v to_o those_o of_o the_o late_a age_n the_o passage_n be_v thus_o lay_v open_a we_o now_o proceed_v to_o the_o great_a work_n of_o the_o incarnation_n wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v to_o have_v his_o part_n that_o so_o none_o of_o the_o heavenly_a power_n may_v be_v want_v to_o the_o restauration_n of_o collapse_a man_n that_o our_o redeemer_n incarnation_n in_o the_o virgin_n womb_n be_v the_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v positive_o affirm_v in_o st._n matthews_n gospel_n first_o in_o the_o way_n of_o a_o historical_a narration_n before_o they_o come_v together_o as_o man_n and_o wise_a she_o be_v find_v with_o child_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n ch_z l._n 1._o 18._o and_o afterward_o by_o way_n of_o declaration_n from_o a_o angel_n of_o heaven_n say_v joseph_n thou_o son_n of_o david_n fear_v not_o to_o take_v unto_o thou_o marry_o thy_o wife_n for_o that_o which_o be_v conceive_v in_o she_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n vers_n 20._o nor_o want_v there_o especial_a reason_n if_o at_o least_o any_o reason_n may_v be_v give_v in_o matter_n of_o so_o high_a a_o nature_n why_o this_o miraculous_a conception_n be_v commit_v rather_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n then_o either_o act_v by_o the_o sole_a power_n of_o god_n the_o father_n or_o by_o the_o sole_a virtue_n of_o the_o word_n who_o be_v abundant_o able_a to_o have_v wrought_v his_o own_o incarnation_n for_o as_o the_o word_n be_v please_v to_o offer_v himself_o to_o take_v humane_a flesh_n the_o better_a to_o accomplish_v the_o great_a work_n of_o the_o world_n redemption_n and_o as_o god_n the_o father_n know_v how_o unable_a poor_a man_n must_v be_v to_o work_v out_o his_o own_o salvation_n otherwise_o then_o by_o such_o a_o saviour_n be_v gracious_o please_v to_o accept_v the_o offer_n so_o it_o seem_v 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the_o bless_a virgin_n as_o it_o seem_v make_v a_o question_n of_o it_o how_o she_o shall_v possible_o conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o a_o son_n consider_v that_o as_o yet_o she_o have_v not_o have_v the_o company_n of_o her_o husband_n joseph_n quandoquidem_fw-la virum_fw-la non_fw-la cognosco_fw-la 35._o that_o be_v to_o say_v since_o as_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o know_v my_o husband_n for_o so_o i_o rather_o choose_v to_o read_v it_o then_o to_o translate_v it_o as_o it_o stand_v in_o our_o english_a bibles_n see_v i_o know_v not_o a_o man_n for_o that_o both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o greek_a and_o Ê‹ir_a in_o latin_a do_v sometime_o signify_v a_o husband_n every_o schoolboy_n know_v and_o so_o the_o word_n be_v render_v in_o our_o english_a bibles_n joh._n 4.16_o 17_o 18._o and_o in_o other_o place_n and_o
unto_o certain_a end_n and_o of_o this_o kind_n say_v he_o be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n with_o all_o the_o woeful_a torment_n concur_v with_o it_o which_o simple_o christ_n shun_v and_o decline_v but_o respective_o to_o the_o end_n propose_v do_v embrace_v it_o cheerful_o so_o far_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n and_o effect_n the_o say_v reverend_a and_o learned_a doctor_n this_o be_v declare_v and_o the_o point_n thus_o state_v by_o the_o schoolman_n we_o will_v next_o see_v how_o this_o agree_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o the_o ancient_a and_o orthodox_n writer_n who_o have_v deliver_v we_o their_o conception_n of_o this_o prayer_n of_o christ_n and_o first_o say_v origen_n 35._o christ_n take_v to_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n flesh_n retain_v all_o the_o property_n thereof_o according_a to_o which_o he_o pray_v in_o this_o place_n that_o the_o cup_n may_v pass_v from_o he_o it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o every_o faithful_a man_n to_o be_v unwilling_a to_o suffer_v any_o pain_n especial_o that_o tend_v unto_o death_n because_o he_o be_v a_o man_n and_o have_v flesh_n about_o he_o but_o if_o god_n so_o will_v then_o to_o be_v content_a even_o against_o that_o will_n of_o his_o own_o because_o he_o be_v faithful_a there_o be_v also_o another_o exposition_n of_o this_o place_n which_o be_v this_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o all_o these_o good_a thing_n may_v come_v to_o effect_v without_o my_o passion_n which_o otherwise_o shall_v come_v by_o my_o death_n then_o let_v this_o passion_n pass_v from_o i_o but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o athanasius_n thus_o arian_n as_o by_o death_n christ_n abolish_v death_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o humane_a misery_n by_o suffer_v they_o as_o a_o man_n so_o by_o his_o fear_n he_o take_v away_o our_o fear_n and_o make_v man_n no_o long_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o cyril_n of_o alexandria_n next_o 3._o quando_fw-la formidasse_fw-la mortem_fw-la videtur_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la dicebat_fw-la etc._n 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he_o teach_v that_o we_o must_v follow_v the_o will_n of_o god_n though_o nature_n reclaim_v and_o in_o the_o close_a of_o all_o theophylact_fw-mi mat._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v incident_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o fear_v death_n for_o death_n enter_v beside_o or_o against_o nature_n and_o therefore_o nature_n fly_v death_n and_o in_o another_o place_n 22._o the_o common_a fear_n of_o man_n nature_n christ_n cure_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d consume_v it_o in_o himself_o and_o make_v it_o obedient_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o which_o concurrent_a testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a writer_n we_o have_v not_o only_o the_o full_a ground_n of_o that_o distinction_n of_o the_o schoolman_n touch_v the_o superior_a and_o inferior_a reason_n and_o the_o several_a and_o adequate_a act_n of_o each_o but_o also_o of_o the_o observation_n of_o hugo_n de_fw-fr sancto_fw-la victore_fw-la and_o of_o those_o several_a respect_n and_o reason_n in_o which_o christ_n 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