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can_v prove_v yea_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n against_o those_o heretic_n before_o mention_a condemn_v marriage_n ask_v thus_o tradidit_fw-la thus_o clem._n alex._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la an_fw-mi etiam_fw-la apostolos_fw-la reprobani_fw-la petrusenim_fw-la &_o philippus_n filion_n procrearunt_fw-la philiopus_n autem_fw-la filias_fw-la quoque_fw-la svas_fw-la viris_fw-la tradidit_fw-la do_v they_o also_o reject_v the_o apostle_n for_o peter_n and_o philip_n beget_v child_n and_o philip_n bestow_v his_o daughter_n to_o husband_n and_o this_o of_o peter_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o legend_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n which_o among_o many_o notable_a lie_n &_o counterfeit_a story_n light_v no_o doubt_n upon_o some_o truth_n the_o legend_n record_v that_o peter_n have_v a_o daughter_n name_v from_o his_o own_o name_n give_v he_o in_o his_o apostleship_n petronella_n which_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o persecution_n by_o domitian_n the_o emperor_n be_v much_o desire_v by_o flaccus_n a_o 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the_o disburden_v of_o the_o church_n yea_o &_o such_o woman_n shall_v have_v be_v say_v to_o have_v follow_v they_o not_o to_o be_v lead_v about_o by_o they_o neither_o will_v the_o apostle_n have_v speak_v single_o as_o of_o one_o because_o it_o can_v not_o but_o have_v cause_v suspicion_n &_o obloquy_n to_o go_v one_o with_o one_o save_v only_o with_o their_o own_o wife_n and_o thus_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n in_o the_o place_n before_o cite_v understand_v it_o of_o the_o apostle_n wife_n &_o show_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o apostle_n take_v they_o with_o they_o domini_fw-la they_o clem._n strom._n lib_n 3_o ministraturae_fw-la apud_fw-la mulieres_fw-la quae_fw-la â—â—mos_fw-la custoâ—tebant_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o gynaecaeum_n alsque_fw-la reprehensione_n malauè_fw-fr suspitione_n ingredi_fw-la posset_n doctrina_fw-la domini_fw-la to_o minister_v to_o woman_n which_o keep_v the_o house_n &_o that_o by_o they_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o lord_n without_o reproof_n or_o evil_a suspicion_n may_v enter_v into_o the_o closert_n of_o woman_n this_o be_v the_o special_a cause_n of_o their_o lead_v they_o about_o &_o in_o that_o respect_n clement_n say_v that_o circumducebant_fw-la that_o jbid._n non_fw-la ut_fw-la vxores_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la soreres_fw-la circumducebant_fw-la they_o lead_v they_o not_o as_o wife_n but_o as_o sister_n not_o in_o regard_n that_o they_o be_v wife_n only_o but_o for_o that_o they_o be_v also_o sister_n in_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n &_o in_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o thereby_o meet_v for_o that_o use_n which_o be_v the_o thing_n proper_o intend_v in_o the_o lead_n of_o they_o but_o hereby_o he_o show_v that_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n lead_v their_o wife_n about_o with_o they_o &_o so_o namely_o the_o apostle_n s_o peter_n of_o who_o he_o have_v before_o say_v as_o we_o have_v hear_v that_o he_o also_o beget_v child_n and_o when_o afterward_o his_o wife_n be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n he_o be_v there_o present_a as_o the_o same_o clement_n also_o testify_v in_o another_o place_n &_o do_v 27._o do_v idem_fw-la sirom_n lib._n 7._o cum_fw-la vides_fw-la sei_fw-it vxorem_fw-la suâ—a_fw-la duci_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la etc._n etc._n exhortanis_fw-la &_o consolando_fw-la proprio_fw-la nomine_fw-la eam_fw-la compellans_fw-la dixit_fw-la heus_fw-la tu_fw-la memento_fw-la domini_fw-la tale_n erat_fw-la beatorum_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la &_o usque_fw-la adamicissâ—ma_fw-la perfecta_fw-la affectio_fw-la vide_fw-la euseb_n hist_o lib_n â—_o cap._n 27._o exhort_v and_o comfort_v she_o and_o call_v to_o she_o say_v o_o wife_n remember_v the_o lord_n jesus_n such_o say_v he_o be_v the_o marriage_n of_o such_o bless_a person_n and_o their_o perfect_a affection_n even_o to_o the_o great_a amity_n now_o last_o of_o all_o m._n bishop_n for_o example_n name_v the_o best_a christian_n in_o the_o pure_a antiquity_n live_v perpetual_a virgin_n he_o cit_v for_o it_o justin_n martyr_n and_o tertullian_n when_o he_o take_v it_o indeed_o from_o the_o fantastical_a dream_n of_o his_o own_o idle_a head_n of_o the_o best_a christian_n neither_o of_o they_o say_v a_o word_n only_o they_o say_v that_o some_o do_v live_v virgin_n and_o unmarried_a among_o they_o to_o show_v how_o far_o they_o be_v from_o the_o fornication_n &_o incest_n which_o be_v usual_o practise_v among_o the_o pagan_n justin_n have_v say_v that_o by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n he_o that_o look_v upon_o a_o woman_n to_o lust_n after_o she_o have_v commit_v adultery_n with_o she_o in_o his_o heart_n &_o that_o not_o only_o the_o commit_n of_o adultery_n but_o also_o the_o will_n and_o desire_v thereof_o make_v a_o man_n reject_v of_o he_o infer_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d word_n just_a apol._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sure_o many_o with_o we_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n of_o threescore_o or_o seventy_o year_n who_o from_o their_o childhood_n have_v learn_v the_o doctrine_n of_o christ_n do_v continue_v uncorrupt_a and_o i_o glory_n that_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o our_o man_n i_o can_v show_v such_o the_o translator_n to_o uncorrupt_a have_v add_v coelibe_n unmarried_a but_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n by_o the_o word_n of_o justin_n to_o understand_v any_o thing_n else_o but_o that_o they_o keep_v themselves_o uncorrupt_a from_o fornication_n &_o uncleanness_n which_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o find_v that_o any_o among_o the_o pagan_n to_o such_o year_n have_v do_v but_o yet_o of_o that_o i_o will_v not_o contend_v only_o i_o say_v that_o take_v the_o word_n of_o unmarried_a person_n here_o be_v nothing_o say_v that_o either_o they_o be_v the_o best_a or_o better_v they_o any_o other_o no_o more_o be_v there_o in_o the_o word_n of_o tertullian_n who_o tax_v the_o fornication_n &_o incestuous_a filthiness_n of_o the_o pagan_n say_v puâ—ri_fw-la say_v tertul._n apolo_n cap._n 8._o cap._n 9_o nos_fw-la ab_fw-la
give_v unto_o we_o and_o not_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o he_o be_v move_v to_o bestow_v the_o same_o upon_o we_o even_o as_o saint_n augustine_n speak_v promisit_fw-la speak_v august_n in_o psalm_n 109._o via_fw-la qua_fw-la nos_fw-la perducturus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la illum_fw-la quem_fw-la promisit_fw-la the_o way_n by_o which_o he_o will_v bring_v we_o to_o that_o end_n which_o he_o have_v promise_v now_o what_o say_v m._n bishop_n to_o this_o place_n of_o bernard_n no_o question_n but_o he_o have_v a_o answer_n ready_a though_o by_o his_o own_o confession_n he_o never_o see_v the_o place_n so_o notable_a a_o faculty_n have_v these_o man_n to_o tell_v a_o author_n meaning_n before_o ever_o they_o look_v into_o he_o forsooth_o bernard_n meaning_n be_v that_o merit_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n but_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n through_o christ_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n free_o bestow_v upon_o we_o out_o of_o which_o our_o merit_n proceed_v thus_o he_o answer_v bernard_n by_o a_o plain_a contradiction_n to_o bernard_n word_n bernard_n say_v they_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n yes_o say_v m._n bishop_n they_o be_v the_o cause_n though_o they_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n but_o see_v how_o scholarlike_o he_o deal_v therein_o for_o it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v the_o tree_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n of_o the_o fruit_n that_o it_o bring_v forth_o but_o the_o root_n whence_o it_o proceed_v and_o the_o bough_n whereupon_o it_o grow_v whereas_o the_o root_n and_o the_o bough_n be_v part_n of_o the_o tree_n without_o which_o it_o be_v not_o a_o tree_n and_o therefore_o the_o exception_n make_v nothing_o against_o it_o but_o that_o the_o tree_n be_v call_v the_o whole_a cause_n of_o the_o fruit_n so_o say_v he_o merit_n be_v not_o the_o whole_a cause_n of_o salvation_n but_o the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n distinguish_v merit_n as_o one_o part_n of_o the_o cause_n from_o the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n as_o another_o part_n of_o the_o cause_n whereas_o merit_n by_o his_o own_o rule_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o question_n do_v always_o necessary_o include_v the_o promise_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o can_v be_v no_o merit_n but_o as_o it_o proceed_v from_o grace_n and_o have_v of_o god_n a_o promise_n of_o reward_n by_o this_o exception_n therefore_o he_o say_v nothing_o to_o hinder_v but_o that_o merit_n be_v the_o whole_a cause_n of_o salvation_n full_o and_o direct_o contrary_a to_o that_o that_o saint_n bernard_n say_v that_o merit_v which_o he_o intend_v not_o otherwise_o but_o imply_v the_o grace_n and_o promise_v of_o god_n be_v the_o way_n to_o the_o kingdom_n but_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o obtain_v the_o kingdom_n yet_o of_o that_o which_o he_o say_v he_o tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v saint_n bernard_n own_o doctrine_n not_o allege_v any_o word_n of_o bernard_n to_o that_o purpose_n but_o only_o quote_v a_o sermon_n of_o his_o where_n there_o be_v nothing_o for_o his_o purpose_n as_o afterward_o shall_v appear_v in_o answer_v his_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n whereas_o he_o except_v that_o bernard_n live_v a_o thousand_o year_n after_o christ_n i_o must_v answer_v he_o that_o his_o testimony_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o effectual_a in_o that_o god_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o so_o great_a corruption_n and_o darkness_n do_v still_o by_o he_o and_o other_o continue_v the_o light_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o this_o truth_n the_o next_o place_n cite_v by_o m._n perkins_n be_v under_o s._n augustine_n name_n though_o that_o book_n indeed_o be_v none_o of_o he_o mea_fw-la he_o august_n manuâ—l_n ca._n 22._o tota_n spes_fw-la mea_fw-la est_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la domini_fw-la meis_fw-la mors_fw-la eius_fw-la meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la refugium_fw-la meum_fw-la salus_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o resurrectio_fw-la mea_fw-la all_o my_o hope_n be_v in_o the_o death_n of_o my_o lord_n his_o death_n be_v my_o merit_n m._n bishop_n hereto_o say_v that_o it_o be_v true_a in_o a_o good_a sense_n where_o we_o see_v he_o to_o be_v a_o apt_a scholar_n and_o well_o to_o have_v learn_v the_o lesson_n of_o the_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la bertram_n expurgatorius_fw-la jndex_fw-la expur_n in_o castigat_fw-la bertram_n we_o set_v some_o good_a sense_n upon_o the_o error_n of_o the_o father_n when_o they_o be_v oppose_v against_o we_o in_o contention_n with_o our_o adversary_n but_o what_o be_v that_o good_a sense_n marry_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o death_n and_o passion_n grace_n be_v bestow_v on_o i_o to_o merit_v but_o sure_o he_o do_v not_o think_v that_o ever_o the_o author_n of_o those_o word_n intend_v that_o sense_n if_o he_o will_v make_v that_o sense_n of_o the_o one_o part_n of_o the_o sentence_n he_o must_v necessary_o make_v the_o like_a of_o the_o rest_n the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o merit_n my_o refuge_n my_o salvation_n my_o life_n and_o resurrection_n if_o his_o meaning_n be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o merit_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v merit_v for_o myself_o then_o in_o the_o rest_n also_o shall_v be_v likewise_o say_v the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o refuge_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v a_o refuge_n for_o myself_o the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v my_o salvation_n life_n and_o resurrection_n that_o be_v have_v purchase_v for_o i_o to_o be_v salvation_n life_n and_o resurrection_n to_o myself_o so_o likewise_o where_o he_o add_v fuerit_fw-la add_v meritum_fw-la â—â—eâ—â—_n miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la nonsum_fw-la meriti_fw-la inops_fw-la quamdiis_fw-la miserationum_fw-la dominus_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la fuerit_fw-la my_o merit_n be_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o long_o as_o the_o lord_n of_o mercy_n shall_v not_o fail_v i_o shall_v not_o want_v merit_n the_o meaning_n shall_v likewise_o be_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n give_v i_o ablenesse_n to_o merit_v for_o myself_o and_o so_o sing_v as_o his_o mercy_n fail_v not_o so_o long_o shall_v not_o i_o fail_v of_o good_a work_n to_o merit_n and_o deserve_v heaven_n now_o these_o construction_n be_v lewd_a and_o absurd_a and_o indeed_o far_o from_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o writer_n of_o those_o word_n who_o find_v nothing_o in_o his_o own_o work_n to_o comfort_v himself_o withal_o and_o therefore_o fly_v unto_o the_o death_n and_o merit_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n as_o his_o only_a succour_n and_o the_o only_a stay_n that_o he_o have_v to_o rest_v upon_o which_o that_o the_o reader_n may_v thorough_o understand_v i_o hold_v it_o not_o amiss_o to_o set_v down_o what_o the_o same_o author_n have_v write_v in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o book_n even_o out_o of_o the_o same_o spirit_n etc._n spirit_n ibid._n cap._n 13._o sileat_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o ipsae_fw-la anima_fw-la et_fw-la transeat_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la cogitando_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la quoniam_fw-la tu_fw-la es_fw-la revera_fw-la tota_fw-la spes_fw-la &_o fiducia_fw-la mâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la inte_fw-mi deo_fw-la meo_fw-la &_o domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la jesu_fw-la christo_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o portio_fw-la et_fw-la sangâ—_n &_o câ—ro_n vbi_fw-la ergo_fw-la portio_fw-la mea_fw-la regnat_fw-la ibi_fw-la regnare_fw-la i_o credo_fw-la vbi_fw-la sanguis_fw-la meus_fw-la dominatur_fw-la ibi_fw-la dominaeri_fw-la i_o confido_fw-la vbi_fw-la caro_fw-la mea_fw-la glorificatur_fw-la ibi_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la cognosco_fw-la quamuis_fw-la peccator_fw-la sim_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la communione_fw-la gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la diffido_fw-la etsi_fw-la peccata_fw-la mea_fw-la prohibent_fw-la substantia_fw-la mea_fw-la requirit_fw-la etsi_fw-la delicta_fw-la propriae_fw-la mea_fw-la excludunt_fw-la naturae_fw-la communio_fw-la non_fw-la repellit_fw-la etc._n etc._n desperare_fw-la utique_fw-la potuissem_fw-la propter_fw-la nimia_fw-la peccata_fw-la mea_fw-la &_o vitiae_fw-la culpas_fw-la &_o infinitas_fw-la negligentias_fw-la meas_fw-la quas_fw-la egi_fw-la &_o quotidi_fw-la è_fw-la indesinenter_fw-la ago_o cord_n &_o ere_n &_o opere_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la modis_fw-la quibus_fw-la humana_fw-la fragilitas_fw-la peccare_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la verbum_fw-la tuum_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la caro_fw-la fieret_fw-la &_o habitaret_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la desperare_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la audeo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la subditui_fw-la ille_fw-la tibi_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la mortem_fw-la autem_fw-la crucis_fw-la tulit_fw-la chyrographum_fw-la peccaetorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la &_o affigens_fw-la illud_fw-la cruci_fw-la peccatum_fw-la crucifixit_fw-la &_o mortem_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la autem_fw-la securus_fw-la respiro_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v my_o soul_n say_v he_o be_v silent_a to_o itself_o and_o pass_v over_o itself_o not_o think_v of_o itself_o but_o of_o thou_o o_o my_o god_n because_o thou_o be_v indeed_o my_o whole_a hope_n and_o trust_v there_o be_v in_o thou_o my_o god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o portion_n and_o flesh_n and_o blood_n of_o every_o
take_v to_o be_v that_o which_o m._n perkins_n do_v mean_a by_o those_o his_o word_n that_o the_o will_n must_v be_v first_o move_v and_o act_v by_o grace_n before_o it_o can_v act_v or_o will_n he_o mistake_v we_o think_v that_o we_o require_v some_o outward_a help_n only_o to_o the_o will_n to_o join_v with_o it_o or_o rather_o that_o grace_n do_v but_o as_o it_o be_v untie_v the_o chain_n of_o sin_n wherein_o our_o will_n be_v fetter_v and_o then_o will_n can_v of_o itself_o turn_v to_o god_n not_o understand_v how_o catholic_n take_v that_o parable_n of_o the_o man_n wound_v in_o the_o way_n 10._o luk._n 10._o between_o jerusalem_n and_o jerico_fw-la who_o be_v not_o as_o the_o papist_n only_o say_v but_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n say_v leave_v half_o and_o not_o stark_o dead_a now_o the_o exposition_n of_o catholic_n be_v not_o that_o this_o wound_a man_n which_o signify_v all_o mankind_n have_v half_o his_o spiritual_a strength_n leave_v he_o but_o be_v rob_v of_o all_o supernatural_a riches_n spoil_v of_o his_o original_a justice_n and_o wound_v in_o his_o natural_a power_n of_o both_o understanding_n and_o will_n and_o therein_o leave_v half_a dead_a not_o be_v able_a of_o his_o own_o strength_n either_o to_o know_v all_o natural_a truth_n or_o to_o perform_v all_o moral_a duty_n now_o touch_v supernatural_a work_n because_o he_o leave_v all_o power_n to_o perform_v they_o not_o be_v able_a so_o much_o as_o to_o prepare_v himself_o convenient_o to_o they_o he_o in_o a_o good_a sense_n may_v be_v liken_v unto_o a_o dead_a man_n not_o able_a to_o move_v one_o finger_n that_o way_n of_o grace_n and_o so_o in_o holy_a scripture_n the_o father_n say_v of_o his_o prodigal_a son_n 15._o luk._n 15._o he_o be_v dead_a and_o be_v reviue_v yet_o as_o the_o same_o son_n live_v a_o natural_a life_n albeit_o in_o a_o deadly_a sin_n so_o man_n will_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n continue_v somewhat_o free_a in_o action_n conformable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n though_o wound_v also_o in_o they_o as_o not_o be_v able_a to_o act_v many_o of_o they_o yet_o have_v still_o that_o natural_a faculty_n of_o freewill_n capable_a of_o grace_n and_o also_o able_a be_v first_o both_o outward_o move_v and_o fortify_v inward_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o grace_n to_o effect_v and_o do_v any_o work_n appertain_v to_o salvation_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o m._n perkins_n affirm_v and_o this_o to_o be_v the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v most_o manifest_o to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n where_o in_o the_o session_n be_v first_o these_o word_n in_o effect_n concern_v the_o unablenesse_n of_o man_n to_o arise_v from_o sin_n of_o himself_o every_o man_n must_v acknowledge_v and_o confess_v that_o by_o adam_n fall_n we_o be_v make_v so_o unclean_a and_o sinful_a that_o neither_o the_o gentile_n by_o the_o force_n of_o nature_n nor_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n law_n can_v arise_v out_o of_o that_o sinful_a state_n after_o it_o show_v how_o our_o deliverance_n be_v wrought_v and_o how_o freedom_n of_o will_n be_v recover_v in_o special_a and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v say_v the_o beginning_n of_o justification_n in_o person_n use_v reason_n be_v take_v from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n prevent_v we_o through_o jesus_n christ_n that_o be_v from_o his_o vocation_n whereby_o without_o any_o desert_n of_o we_o we_o be_v call_v that_o we_o who_o be_v by_o our_o sin_n turn_v away_o from_o god_n may_v be_v prepare_v by_o his_o grace_n both_o raise_v we_o up_o and_o help_v we_o to_o return_v to_o our_o own_o justification_n free_o yield_v our_o consent_n unto_o the_o say_a grace_n and_o work_v with_o it_o so_o as_o god_n touch_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n by_o the_o light_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n neither_o do_v man_n nothing_o at_o all_o receive_v that_o inspiration_n who_o may_v also_o refuse_v it_o neither_o yet_o can_v he_o without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n by_o his_o free_a will_n move_v himself_o to_o that_o which_o be_v just_a in_o god_n sight_n and_o that_o you_o may_v be_v assure_v that_o this_o doctrine_n of_o the_o council_n be_v no_o other_o than_o that_o which_o be_v teach_v three_o hundred_o year_n before_o in_o the_o very_a midst_n of_o darkness_n as_o heretic_n deem_v 6._o 12._o q._n 109._o art_n 6._o see_v what_o s._n thomas_n of_o aquine_n one_o of_o her_o principal_a pillar_n have_v write_v of_o this_o point_n in_o his_o most_o learned_a sum_n where_o upon_o these_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n 6._o joh._n 6._o no_o man_n can_v come_v to_o i_o unless_o my_o father_n draw_v he_o he_o conclude_v it_o to_o be_v manifest_a that_o man_n can_v so_o much_o as_o prepare_v himself_o to_o receive_v the_o light_n of_o grace_n but_o by_o the_o free_a and_o undeserued_a help_n of_o god_n move_v he_o inward_o thereunto_o and_o this_o be_v all_o which_o m._n perkins_n in_o his_o pretend_a dissent_n aver_v here_o and_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v in_o his_o five_o reason_n follow_v the_o which_o i_o will_v omit_v as_o be_v all_o for_o us._n and_o if_o any_o man_n desire_v to_o see_v more_o to_o that_o purpose_n let_v he_o read_v the_o most_o learned_a work_n of_o that_o famous_a cardinal_n and_o right_a reverend_a archbishop_n bellarmine_n r._n abbot_n here_o be_v another_o contradiction_n frame_v upon_o the_o anvil_n of_o m._n bishop_n ignorance_n while_o he_o understand_v not_o that_o work_v moral_o good_a may_v be_v spiritual_o evil_a and_o while_o they_o 16.15_o they_o luk_n 16.15_o be_v high_o esteem_v with_o man_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n yet_o may_v be_v abominable_a with_o god_n by_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o heart_n which_o if_o he_o have_v due_o consider_v he_o may_v well_o have_v see_v that_o both_o these_o assertion_n may_v stand_v together_o that_o man_n have_v freedom_n of_o will_n to_o do_v the_o outward_a act_n of_o moral_a virtue_n and_o yet_o that_o all_o that_o man_n devise_v frame_v or_o imagine_v be_v whole_o evil_a because_o his_o moral_a virtue_n without_o grace_n be_v in_o god_n sight_n but_o so_o many_o corruption_n of_o good_a work_n be_v poison_v in_o the_o root_n of_o unbelief_n and_o whole_o divert_v from_o their_o true_a and_o proper_a end_n so_o that_o god_n have_v no_o respect_n to_o they_o because_o in_o they_o there_o be_v no_o respect_n at_o all_o to_o god_n this_o follow_v afterward_o more_o full_o to_o be_v handle_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o this_o question_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o see_v how_o simple_o he_o collect_v of_o this_o latter_a point_n that_o m._n perkins_n leave_v a_o man_n no_o natural_a strength_n to_o perform_v any_o part_n of_o moral_a duty_n and_o as_o if_o he_o have_v very_o wise_o handle_v the_o matter_n add_v his_o epiphonema_n so_o uncertain_a be_v the_o step_n of_o they_o that_o walk_v in_o darkness_n very_o fit_o agree_v to_o himself_o who_o neither_o understand_v what_o the_o adversary_n say_v nor_o what_o he_o himself_o be_v to_o say_v for_o his_o own_o part_n whereupon_o it_o be_v that_o he_o conceive_v that_o m._n perkins_n full_o agree_v with_o the_o romish_a church_n in_o this_o matter_n of_o free_a will_n whereas_o they_o be_v as_o far_o different_a one_o from_o the_o other_o as_o heaven_n be_v from_o earth_n the_o agreement_n forsooth_o be_v in_o that_o m._n perkins_n grant_v free_a will_n in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n but_o so_o do_v luther_n &_o caluin_n and_o so_o do_v we_o all_o as_o far_o as_o m._n perkins_n do_v the_o papist_n say_v that_o man_n have_v in_o his_o own_o nature_n a_o power_n of_o free_a will_n which_o be_v only_o stir_v and_o help_v can_v and_o do_v of_o itself_o adjoine_v itself_o to_o grace_n to_o accept_v thereof_o and_o to_o work_v with_o it_o this_o be_v it_o that_o we_o deny_v we_o say_v that_o freedom_n of_o the_o will_v to_o turn_v to_o god_n and_o to_o work_v with_o he_o be_v no_o power_n of_o nature_n but_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n that_o it_o be_v in_o no_o sort_n of_o man_n himself_o but_o whole_o and_o only_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n that_o howsoever_o god_n do_v offer_v grace_n yet_o that_o man_n have_v no_o power_n in_o himself_o or_o in_o his_o own_o will_n to_o assent_v and_o yield_v unto_o it_o but_o it_o be_v god_n himself_o that_o withal_o work_v in_o he_o to_o accept_v thereof_o that_o to_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n there_o arise_v nothing_o from_o the_o motion_n of_o his_o own_o will_n howsoever_o assist_v and_o help_v of_o god_n but_o what_o god_n by_o his_o spirit_n do_v work_v in_o it_o upon_o this_o point_n only_a luther_n and_o caluin_n and_o we_o all_o insist_v to_o challenge_v all_o whole_o unto_o god_n
constant_a confession_n of_o we_o all_o which_o m._n bishop_n seem_v to_o apprehend_v as_o casual_o or_o force_o speak_v by_o m._n perkins_n that_o eternal_a life_n be_v a_o due_a debt_n to_o the_o righteous_a and_o faithful_a yet_o with_o that_o exception_n still_o which_o he_o think_v m._n perkins_n add_v as_o have_v overshoot_v himself_o because_o his_o ignorance_n conceive_v not_o how_o these_o two_o stand_v together_o not_o for_o any_o desert_n of_o they_o but_o only_o for_o his_o promise_n sake_n as_o have_v be_v declare_v sufficient_o 17._o sufficient_o sect._n 17._o before_o in_o defend_v the_o answer_n to_o the_o three_o objection_n but_o as_o touch_v the_o place_n here_o handle_v he_o shall_v find_v s._n bernard_n expound_v this_o crown_n of_o justice_n in_o the_o same_o sort_n as_o we_o do_v dei_fw-la do_v bernard_n de_fw-fr grâ—t_fw-fr &_o lib._n arb_n est_fw-la ergo_fw-la quam_fw-la pâ—ulus_n expectat_fw-la corona_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la sed_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la suae_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la quip_n ut_fw-la reddâ—t_fw-la quod_fw-la debet_fw-la debet_fw-la auten_v quod_fw-la pollicitus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la iustitia_fw-la de_fw-fr qua_fw-la praesumit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la promissio_fw-la dei_fw-la it_o be_v a_o crown_n of_o justice_n say_v he_o which_o paul_n expect_v but_o of_o god_n justice_n not_o his_o own_o for_o it_o be_v just_a that_o god_n pay_v what_o he_o owe_v and_o he_o owe_v that_o which_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o this_o be_v the_o justice_n of_o which_o the_o apostle_n presume_v even_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n albeit_o it_o be_v true_a also_o that_o man_n justice_n be_v crown_v &_o that_o in_o that_o respect_n also_o it_o be_v a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n who_o make_v question_n thereof_o but_o still_o it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v not_o due_a to_o man_n righteousness_n by_o merit_n and_o desert_n but_o be_v tie_v to_o it_o only_o by_o the_o promise_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o thus_o do_v the_o apostle_n reckon_v his_o good_a service_n for_o which_o the_o just_a judge_n will_v render_v a_o crown_n of_o justice_n not_o as_o plead_v his_o desert_n thereof_o but_o know_v that_o god_n have_v promise_v such_o reward_n to_o such_o service_n he_o allege_v to_o the_o contrary_a the_o example_n of_o they_o that_o be_v call_v into_o the_o vineyard_n and_o of_o the_o other_o that_o receive_v the_o talent_n but_o of_o they_o he_o have_v before_o receive_v answer_n all_o his_o error_n be_v that_o he_o can_v conceive_v work_n and_o reward_n but_o that_o it_o must_v necessary_o imply_v merit_n and_o desert_n which_o notwithstanding_o child_n can_v distinguish_v because_o great_a reward_n by_o favour_n may_v be_v give_v when_o the_o work_n be_v in_o no_o sort_n to_o be_v think_v worthy_a of_o it_o as_o for_o the_o place_n of_o austin_n which_o he_o produce_v it_o give_v he_o no_o succour_n we_o find_v there_o work_n and_o reward_v i_o have_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n etc._n etc._n the_o work_n there_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o i_o a_o crown_n of_o justice_n the_o reward_n but_o we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o the_o reward_n be_v deserve_v by_o the_o work_n we_o do_v not_o find_v that_o by_o virtue_n of_o merit_n the_o justice_n of_o god_n any_o way_n stand_v bind_v unto_o he_o nay_o in_o the_o same_o sermon_n s._n austin_n say_v sva_fw-la say_v augus_n lib._n 50_o homil_n 14_o dam_fw-la veniam_fw-la apostole_fw-la propria_fw-la tua_fw-la non_fw-la novi_fw-la nisi_fw-la mala_fw-la cùm_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la coronat_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la nihil_fw-la coronat_fw-la nisi_fw-la dona_fw-la sva_fw-la pardon_v i_o apostle_n i_o know_v nothing_o of_o thou_o own_o but_o evil_n therefore_o when_o he_o crow_v thy_o merit_n he_o crow_v nothing_o but_o his_o own_o gift_n his_o collection_n from_o the_o place_n be_v already_o answer_v that_o by_o the_o promise_n the_o reward_n be_v yield_v to_o the_o work_n in_o the_o other_o place_n there_o be_v nothing_o 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superbus_fw-la semper_fw-la lauda_fw-la dominum_fw-la the_o lord_n will_v render_v unto_o i_o a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n why_o because_o i_o have_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n etc._n etc._n but_o whence_o have_v thou_o fight_v a_o good_a fight_n etc._n etc._n yea_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n with_o i_o then_o it_o be_v by_o his_o mercy_n that_o thou_o be_v crown_v be_v not_o where_o proud_a but_o always_o praise_v the_o lord_n in_o a_o word_n he_o say_v again_o as_o before_o we_o have_v see_v that_o suae_fw-la that_o idem_fw-la de_fw-fr great_a &_o lib._n arb_n cap_n 7._o non_fw-la coronat_fw-la deus_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la tanquam_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la dona_fw-la suae_fw-la god_n crow_v our_o merit_n not_o as_o our_o merit_n but_o as_o his_o own_o gift_n and_o if_o they_o go_v not_o under_o account_n of_o our_o merit_n in_o heaven_n why_o be_v they_o so_o earnest_o plead_v for_o as_o we_o here_o upon_o the_o earth_n 21._o w._n 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one_o and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v think_v that_o irreligious_o speak_v s._n paul_n warrant_v the_o same_o to_o we_o thus_o write_v to_o the_o colossian_n i_o now_o joy_n in_o my_o suffering_n for_o you_o and_o fulfil_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v yet_o want_v or_o behind_o of_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n in_o my_o flesh_n for_o his_o body_n sake_n which_o be_v the_o church_n for_o who_o know_v not_o how_o plentiful_a increase_n the_o corn_n field_n of_o the_o church_n have_v yield_v be_v water_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o martyr_n the_o more_o blood_n be_v shed_v so_o much_o more_o &_o more_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o faithful_a flourish_v so_o much_o the_o wide_a that_o bless_a vine_n spread_v her_o branch_n arise_v from_o christ_n her_o stock_n and_o possess_v the_o whole_a world_n afterward_o go_v forward_o to_o show_v that_o euangelium_fw-la that_o testificatus_fw-la est_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la pastorem_fw-la bonum_fw-la quia_fw-la 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sanguine_fw-la pastoruâ—â—â—â—_n firmantur_fw-la prâ—m_fw-la ssa_fw-la christâ—_n nulâ—un_fw-fr enim_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la in_o dubitabilius_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la tot_fw-la martyrum_fw-la sanguine_fw-la signatum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la â—â—mtrum_fw-la si_fw-la â—mpâ—ere_fw-la vertum_fw-la dei_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la replere_fw-la euangelium_fw-la christ_n testify_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o good_a shepherd_n because_o he_o give_v his_o life_n for_o the_o sheep_n have_v therein_o give_v example_n to_o those_o that_o be_v the_o pastor_n in_o his_o stead_n to_o be_v ready_a to_o shed_v their_o blood_n for_o the_o lord_n stock_n unless_o they_o will_v be_v take_v for_o hireling_n rather_o than_o for_o pastor_n he_o say_v that_o thereto_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n accord_n who_o say_v that_o for_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o church_n he_o suffer_v the_o like_a thing_n as_o the_o lord_n suffer_v he_o add_v the_o cause_n why_o he_o suffer_v those_o 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aedificandam_fw-la plebem_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la asserendam_fw-la aminas_fw-la pro_fw-la fratribus_fw-la ponere_fw-la for_o the_o edify_n of_o god_n people_n for_o the_o avouch_v of_o the_o faith_n thus_o it_o be_v say_v that_o christianorum_fw-la that_o tertul._n apol._n cap._n 45._o in_o fine_a semen_n est_fw-la sanguis_fw-la christianorum_fw-la the_o blood_n of_o christian_n be_v like_o seed_n that_o pullulavit_fw-la that_o august_n in_o psal_n 58._o sanguine_a seminata_fw-la seges_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fertilius_fw-la pullulavit_fw-la the_o field_n of_o the_o church_n be_v sow_v with_o blood_n do_v more_o fruitful_o spring_n and_o grow_v whilst_o suos_fw-la whilst_o idem_n epist_n 50_o laudatur_fw-la dominus_fw-la qui_fw-la donare_fw-la dignatus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la serui_fw-la eius_fw-la passionibus_fw-la suis_fw-la lucrarentur_fw-la fratres_fw-la suos_fw-la the_o lord_n do_v grant_v that_o his_o servant_n by_o their_o seffering_n do_v win_v their_o brethren_n but_o that_o 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