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excellent_a rule_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d know_v thyself_o become_v altogether_o unpracticable_a a_o man_n though_o near_o to_o his_o own_o soul_n be_v a_o stranger_n to_o it_o though_o he_o have_v a_o reflect_a faculty_n yet_o he_o can_v make_v a_o true_a inspection_n into_o his_o heart_n he_o see_v only_o his_o outside_n within_o there_o be_v a_o deadly_a wound_n yet_o he_o feel_v it_o not_o a_o sink_n a_o chaos_n of_o corruption_n yet_o he_o perceive_v it_o not_o that_o holy_a image_n which_o be_v the_o beauty_n and_o pure_a rectitude_n of_o his_o nature_n be_v depart_v and_o go_v yet_o he_o be_v not_o concern_v at_o it_o he_o be_v as_o nazianzen_n speak_v totus_fw-la lapsus_fw-la all_o fall_v all_o out_o of_o order_n yet_o it_o seem_v to_o he_o as_o if_o all_o be_v well_o and_o in_o a_o due_a posture_n he_o be_v miserable_a and_o poor_a and_o blind_a and_o naked_a and_o yet_o insensible_a in_o all_o these_o according_a to_o that_o false_a or_o rather_o no-judgment_n that_o he_o have_v of_o himself_o he_o be_v happy_a in_o his_o misery_n rich_a in_o his_o poverty_n see_v in_o his_o blindness_n beautiful_a in_o his_o shame_n and_o spiritual_a nakedness_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o strait_n and_o necessity_n he_o find_v no_o need_n of_o christ_n or_o regenerate_v grace_n the_o necessity_n and_o excellency_n of_o these_o appear_v in_o such_o proportion_n as_o the_o depth_n and_o breadth_n of_o that_o sin_n be_v apprehend_v to_o be_v hence_o it_o be_v observable_a on_o the_o one_o hand_n those_o who_o own_o adam_n to_o be_v a_o fountain_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n do_v withal_o own_o christ_n to_o be_v a_o fountain_n of_o righteousness_n and_o life_n those_o who_o see_v the_o horrible_a ataxy_n and_o pravity_n in_o our_o nature_n see_v also_o the_o necessity_n and_o excellency_n of_o grace_n in_o the_o repair_n of_o it_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o pelagian_o and_o socinian_o who_o deny_v original_a sin_n be_v enemy_n to_o grace_n it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n and_o will_n of_o man_n vel_fw-la nitere_fw-la flore_fw-la virtutum_fw-la vel_fw-la sentibus_fw-la horrere_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la 18._o aust_n de_fw-fr grat._n christ_n c._n 18._o to_o make_v himself_o beautiful_a with_o the_o flower_n of_o virtue_n or_o horrid_a with_o the_o bramble_n of_o vice_n so_o pelagius_n in_o nostra_fw-la potestate_fw-la situm_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la deo_fw-la obtemperemus_fw-la 10._o cap._n 10._o it_o be_v in_o our_o power_n to_o obey_v god_n so_o the_o racovian_a catechist_n and_o what_o room_n be_v there_o for_o grace_n 21._o aust_n ad_fw-la bonis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 21._o when_o the_o power_n and_o freewill_n of_o man_n may_v do_v the_o work_n the_o pelagian_o affirm_v that_o before_o the_o law_n man_n be_v save_v by_o nature_n afterward_o by_o the_o law_n 2._o socin_n de_fw-fr seru._n pars_fw-la 3._o cap._n 2._o afterward_o by_o christ_n the_o socinian_o say_v that_o under_o the_o old_a testament_n good_a man_n be_v