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christi_fw-la
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page_n 149._o ball_n catechism_n amesius_n his_o sciographia_fw-la dod_n on_o the_o commandment_n downham_n table_n zanchy_a each_o of_o they_o on_o this_o commandment_n and_o cawdry_n and_o palmer_n on_o the_o sabbath_n part._n 2._o pag._n 176._o may_v be_v consult_v for_o further_o clear_v of_o this_o point_n we_o must_v consider_v of_o the_o preceptive_a part_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n which_o alone_o in_o this_o place_n be_v our_o business_n to_o inquire_v after_o 1._o as_o it_o be_v epitomise_v in_o the_o decalogue_n those_o ten_o word_n as_o moses_n call_v they_o exod._n 34._o 28._o or_o else_o as_o commented_a upon_o and_o more_o ample_o deliver_v in_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o law_n prophet_n and_o scripture_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n 2._o we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o the_o manner_n how_o the_o law_n prescribe_v or_o command_v any_o thing_n as_o
servandae_fw-la anathema_n fit_a sess_z sept._n canon_n sex_n sex_n baptismus_fw-la non_fw-la id_fw-la efficit_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la solius_fw-la fidei_fw-la debtor_n â—it_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la implendae_fw-la universae_fw-la legis_fw-la duobus_fw-la modis_fw-la intelligi_fw-la posse_fw-la hominem_fw-la baptizatum_fw-la dici_fw-la liberum_fw-la à _fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la servanda_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la facere_fw-la contra_fw-la eam_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a injustum_fw-la nec_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quasi_fw-la lex_fw-la abrogata_fw-la esset_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la controversia_fw-la altero_fw-la modo_fw-la intelligi_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la facere_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la fit_a quidem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la imputetur_fw-la iis_fw-la qui_fw-la fidem_fw-la habent_fw-la nec_fw-la pendeat_fw-la justificatio_fw-la aut_fw-la salus_fw-la ab_fw-la impletione_fw-la legis_fw-la sed_fw-la à _fw-la 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per_fw-la carnis_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la admittatur_fw-la contrium_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntati_fw-la jansenii_n harmon_n c._n 81._o the_o law_n a_o rule_n of_o our_o duty_n not_o of_o our_o strength_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n do_v not_o call_v for_o perfection_n and_o accept_v sincerity_n sol._n our_o evangelical_n righteousness_n be_v imperfect_a omnis_fw-la humana_fw-la justitia_fw-la injustitia_fw-la esse_fw-la deprebendiâ—ur_fw-la si_fw-la divinitus_fw-la districtè_fw-la judicatur_fw-la gâ—egor_n moral_a lib._n 21._o cap._n 15._o nostra_fw-la fiqua_fw-la est_fw-la humilis_fw-la justitia_fw-la rectâ—_n forsitan_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pura_fw-la nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la meliores_fw-la nos_fw-la esse_fw-la credimus_fw-la quam_fw-la patres_fw-la nostros_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la minùs_fw-la veraciter_fw-la quam_fw-la humiliter_fw-la ajebant_fw-la omnes_fw-la justitiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tanquam_fw-la pannus_fw-la meâ—stâ—utae_fw-la mâ—lieâ—is_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la 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