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A49184 Remarks on the R. Mr. Goodwins Discourse of the Gospel proving that the Gospel-covenant is a law of grace, answering his objections to the contrary, and rescuing the texts of Holy Scripture, and many passages of ecclesiastical writers both ancient and modern, from the false glosses which he forces upon them / by William Lorimer ... Lorimer, William, d. 1721. 1696 (1696) Wing L3074; ESTC R22582 263,974 188

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divinam_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la consequendam_fw-la confession_n doctrinae_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la reformatarum_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la poloniae_fw-la maguo_fw-la ducatu_fw-la lithuaniae_fw-la annexisque_fw-la regni_fw-la provinciis_fw-la in_o colloquio_fw-la thoruniensi_fw-la exhibit_v d._n 1._o septembris_fw-la a._n d._n 1645._o cap._n 6._o de_fw-fr sacramentis_fw-la sect._n de_fw-fr poenitentiâ_fw-la 1._o it_o be_v not_o controvert_v here_o whether_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o mind_n to_o god_n and_o the_o inward_a detestation_n of_o sin_n with_o sorrow_n be_v require_v unto_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n for_o we_o assert_v that_o as_o a_o perpetual_a condition_n unto_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n such_o a_o repentance_n be_v require_v under_o both_o testament_n whereby_o a_o sinner_n do_v not_o indeed_o merit_v it_o for_o the_o alone_a merit_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n do_v that_o when_o we_o apply_v it_o to_o ourselves_o by_o a_o lively_a faith_n but_o by_o it_o 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et_fw-la obedientia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la merus_fw-la effectus_fw-la dei_fw-la praescribentis_fw-la fidem_fw-la et_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la nam_fw-la non_fw-la deus_fw-la credit_n et_fw-la obedit_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la itaque_fw-la non_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la causa_fw-la fidei_fw-la et_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la ipse_fw-la homo_fw-la deus_fw-la causa_fw-la prima_fw-la et_fw-la efficiens_fw-la principalis_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la homo_fw-la id_fw-la habet_fw-la ut_fw-la credat_fw-la &_o obediat_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la alius_fw-la nec_fw-la posset_n nec_fw-la vellet_fw-la homo_fw-la ut_fw-la causa_fw-la 2da_fw-la et_fw-la subordinata_fw-la ut_fw-la pote_fw-la qui_fw-la credit_n et_fw-la obedit_fw-la virtute_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la trigland_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la cap._n 18._o pag._n 276._o a_o condition_n say_v episcopius_n be_v not_o a_o condition_n which_o be_v effect_v by_o he_o who_o prescribe_v it_o in_o the_o person_n to_o 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