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sacrament_n 47._o in_o praedicatione_n verbi_fw-la &_o administratione_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la idipsum_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quodin_fw-fr usuvini_fw-la etenim_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la assueti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la potu_fw-la vix_fw-la ejus_fw-la vim_o sentiunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la verò_fw-la rariùs_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la in_fw-la iis_fw-la ejus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la miram_fw-la quandam_fw-la efficacitatem_fw-la exerunt_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la vires_fw-la corporis_fw-la recreandas_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la alacritatem_fw-la inusitatam_fw-la animus_fw-la ingenerandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n thes_n salmur_n p._n 3._o s._n 17._o p._n 35._o idem_fw-la hîc_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o visu_fw-la quia_fw-la natura_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la objecta_fw-la visibilia_fw-la nos_fw-la perspicere_fw-la velit_fw-la nisi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la moliatur_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la visu_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la caremus_fw-la nec_fw-la quidquam_fw-la videmus_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la cernere_fw-la nequeamus_fw-la uno_fw-la tantum_fw-la at_o id_fw-la facimus_fw-la nimis_fw-la commodè_fw-la &_o fortasse_fw-la minus_fw-la acutum_fw-la ibid._n s._n 49._o pag._n 47._o as_o be_v even_o now_o allege_v out_o of_o chamier_n and_o though_o the_o same_o thing_n have_v be_v propound_v before_o in_o the_o word_n yet_o they_o may_v now_o take_v more_o impression_n be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o sacrament_n even_o as_o the_o same_o proposition_n make_v in_o the_o word_n do_v often_o acquire_v better_a and_o more_o happy_a effect_n at_o one_o time_n than_o another_o and_o much_o rather_o may_v it_o do_v so_o when_o it_o be_v tender_v as_o well_o in_o divers_a way_n as_o time_n whatsoever_o effect_n in_o the_o perfect_a of_o faith_n and_o attract_v and_o unite_n the_o love_n of_o the_o heart_n unto_o god_n in_o christ_n can_v be_v produce_v by_o the_o lively_a apprehension_n and_o serious_a meditation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o love_n in_o die_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o those_o that_o believe_v the_o sacrament_n may_v be_v productive_a of_o which_o by_o institution_n signify_v and_o by_o similitude_n represent_v and_o show_v forth_o his_o death_n and_o express_o tend_v and_o direct_o and_o apposite_o conduce_v to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o he_o and_o how_o frequent_o and_o urgent_o be_v the_o consideration_n of_o god_n love_v manifest_v in_o send_v his_o son_n to_o die_v and_o christ_n in_o die_v for_o we_o etc._n joh._n 15.12_o &_o 13._o rom._n 5.8_o ephes_n 5.2_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o 15._o 1_o joh._n 3.16_o &_o 4.9_o &_o 11._o etc._n etc._n recommend_v as_o the_o most_o exciting_a and_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v constrain_a motive_n to_o the_o interchangable_a love_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o also_o of_o our_o brethren_n as_o material_a object_n of_o our_o love_n whereof_o god_n be_v the_o formal_a and_o as_o participable_a of_o that_o blessedness_n which_o flow_v from_o god_n love_n in_o christ_n this_o be_v plain_o confess_v by_o the_o provincial_a assembly_n of_o london_n who_o pathetical_o say_v that_o the_o break_n of_o the_o bread_n understand_o look_v upon_o 104_o vindicat._n p._n 104_o be_v a_o forcible_a argument_n to_o break_v your_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o right_a use_n to_o effect_v that_o which_o it_o do_v move_v unto_o there_o be_v power_n in_o a_o applicative_a and_o fiducial_a remembrance_n of_o christ_n at_o the_o sacrament_n to_o heal_v all_o the_o sinful_a issue_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o if_o you_o practical_o remember_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o death_n you_o will_v find_v virtue_n come_v out_o thereof_o to_o make_v you_o dead_a to_o the_o world_n can_v any_o tell_v i_o 40._o baxter_n praefestinantis_fw-la morator_fw-la p._n 393._o exit_fw-la instituto_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la ad_fw-la eadem_fw-la illa_fw-la objecta_fw-la quae_fw-la verbo_fw-la continentur_fw-la cum_fw-la repraesentanda_fw-la tum_fw-la praesertim_fw-la obsignanda_fw-la referuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la testantur_fw-la mortuum_fw-la esse_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ac_fw-la suscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la pro_fw-la justificatione_n nostra_fw-la &_o in_o eo_fw-la nobis_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quicquid_fw-la boni_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o jucundi_fw-la &_o honesti_fw-la &_o utilis_fw-la animos_fw-la nostros_fw-la movere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la studium_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o verae_fw-la sanctimoniae_fw-la excitare_fw-la potest_fw-la thes_n salmur_n part_n 3._o s._n 11._o pag._n 33._o mundatio_fw-la animae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la infusam_fw-la accedit_fw-la ad_fw-la rationem_fw-la creationis_fw-la altisiodor_n objecti_fw-la illa_fw-la repraesentatio_fw-la in_o sacramentis_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la expressa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la movet_fw-la efficacius_fw-la thes_n salmur_n s._n 46._o part_n 3._o p._n 46._o vide_fw-la s._n 31._o &_o 38._o p._n 38_o &_o 40._o say_v a_o learned_a man_n in_o what_o kind_n of_o causality_n the_o word_n work_v which_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o also_o work_v in_o though_o in_o conversion_n the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n concur_v with_o the_o word_n either_o by_o infuse_v a_o principle_n of_o new_a life_n and_o inspire_v
supernatural_a habit_n as_o principium_fw-la quo_fw-la into_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v principium_fw-la quod_fw-la as_o be_v the_o tenent_n of_o most_o of_o orthodox_n divine_v or_o by_o superad_v a_o real_a efficacy_n to_o a_o moral_a persuasion_n as_o some_o other_o hold_v who_o yet_o seem_v far_o enough_o from_o any_o symbolise_n with_o pelagius_n while_o they_o suppose_v not_o this_o efficacy_n to_o be_v common_a or_o equal_a nor_o to_o rise_v from_o the_o event_n nor_o to_o be_v found_v in_o the_o annex_v congruity_n and_o due_a application_n of_o this_o persuasion_n in_o respect_n of_o any_o external_a circumstance_n or_o the_o proper_a disposition_n of_o the_o patient_n but_o in_o god_n decree_n and_o the_o special_a operation_n of_o his_o spirit_n yet_o which_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v the_o word_n though_o it_o have_v a_o practic_a energy_n by_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o be_v a_o practical_a instrument_n of_o righteousness_n and_o salvation_n yet_o the_o operation_n thereof_o be_v not_o physical_a but_o moral_a and_o metaphorical_a not_o a_o efficiency_n but_o a_o objective_a proposition_n and_o persuasion_n movere_fw-la objective_n per_fw-la modum_fw-la signi_fw-la and_o work_v faith_n not_o formal_o but_o consequent_o not_o by_o causal_a influence_n but_o as_o subservient_fw-fr mean_a and_o by_o mediation_n of_o its_o signification_n apprehend_v though_o the_o manner_n of_o signify_v be_v very_o actual_a and_o efficacious_a in_o which_o respect_n faith_n be_v a_o acquisite_a habit_n as_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v a_o infuse_v and_o be_v produce_v in_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o creation_n and_o the_o like_a kind_n of_o propound_v the_o object_n and_o signification_n and_o persuasion_n can_v be_v deny_v to_o the_o sacrament_n even_o in_o a_o more_o extensive_a manner_n strike_v more_o sense_n and_o affect_v they_o with_o multifarious_a impression_n and_o therefore_o it_o must_v also_o be_v grant_v that_o it_o have_v the_o like_a moral_n and_o consecutory_a efficiency_n in_o order_n to_o the_o beget_n of_o faith_n and_o purify_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o thereby_o bring_v christ_n to_o dwell_v therein_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v no_o proper_a sanctify_a mean_n in_o a_o ordinary_a way_n for_o conversion_n nor_o may_v be_v use_v in_o faith_n to_o that_o end_n carry_v as_o little_a relish_n of_o reason_n as_o resentment_n of_o piety_n extraordinary_a and_o accidental_a cause_n as_o they_o do_v rare_o produce_v their_o effect_n so_o they_o be_v not_o ordinate_a to_o they_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o the_o intention_n quae_fw-la destinato_fw-la consilio_fw-la fiunt_fw-la nunquam_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la say_v chamier_n 33._o quae_fw-la fiunt_fw-la à _fw-la causa_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la rarò_fw-la fiunt_fw-la causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la &_o intention_n ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la ordinata_fw-la est_fw-la alsted_n neque_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la causas_fw-la dicunt_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la fortuitae_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la fortuitae_fw-la quibus_fw-la alius_fw-la finis_fw-la etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la chamier_n tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o s._n 13._o &_o 14._o p._n 28._o etc._n etc._n 3._o sect_n 33._o but_o as_o it_o be_v no_o rare_a thing_n for_o conversion_n to_o be_v wrought_v at_o receive_v of_o the_o sacrament_n as_o they_o speak_v or_o by_o it_o as_o we_o say_v so_o the_o administration_n have_v a_o natural_a tendency_n and_o influence_n thereunto_o and_o such_o a_o coherence_n as_o be_v between_o cause_n and_o effect_n by_o commemoration_n and_o represent_v of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n 1._o de_fw-fr doct_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o and_o offer_v and_o apply_v the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n thereof_o for_o a_o sacrament_n be_v a_o sacred_a sign_n as_o st._n augustine_n tell_v we_o that_o signum_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la praeter_fw-la speciem_fw-la quam_fw-la ingerit_fw-la sensibus_fw-la aloud_o aliquid_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la faciens_fw-la in_o cogitationem_fw-la venire_fw-la 25._o how_o the_o sacrament_n may_v be_v operative_a to_o conversion_n by_o their_o signification_n see_v thesis_n salmur_n part_n 3._o s._n 44._o p._n 15._o 45._o p._n 16._o ep._n 25._o so_o as_o it_o be_v instructive_a by_o the_o nature_n thereof_o and_o a_o virtual_a kind_n of_o teach_v and_o as_o intellection_n be_v wrought_v by_o those_o either_o spiritual_a accident_n or_o intentional_a thing_n the_o intelligible_a species_n which_o be_v but_o similitude_n and_o representation_n of_o thing_n so_o those_o sign_n impress_v upon_o the_o understanding_n the_o thing_n signify_v by_o that_o similitude_n which_o they_o bear_v unto_o they_o a_o similitude_n non_fw-la per_fw-la participationem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la qualitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la illam_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la proportionatorum_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la ità _fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la istud_fw-la as_o biel_n express_v it_o and_o the_o form_n and_o therefore_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o sacrament_n be_v the_o union_n between_o the_o sign_n and_o the_o thing_n signify_v be_v a_o spiritual_a relation_n found_v partly_o in_o this_o analogy_n similitude_n and_o proportion_n between_o they_o si_fw-mi sacramenta_fw-la quandam_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la quarum_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la haberent_fw-la omnino_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la say_v st._n augustine_n but_o to_o insinuate_v as_o they_o do_v that_o the_o behold_v a_o death_n head_n in_o a_o ring_n have_v either_o equal_a or_o the_o like_a kind_n of_o influence_n in_o conversion_n with_o the_o sacrament_n be_v to_o avile_v and_o degrade_v god_n institution_n into_o the_o same_o classis_fw-la with_o humane_a invention_n and_o god_n shall_v then_o have_v no_o 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tua_fw-la separatio_fw-la illorum_fw-la est_fw-la purgatio_fw-la last_o for_o the_o state_n of_o the_o church_n 7._o exponere_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la istam_fw-la ne_fw-la conati_fw-la quidem_fw-la sunt_fw-la illam_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la omnino_fw-la attingere_fw-la nolucrant_fw-la brevic._n collat_n cum_fw-la donatist_n tom_fw-mi 7._o p._n 117._o cont._n donat._n post_n collat_n c._n 7._o p._n 122._o tom_n 7._o which_o be_v a_o floor_n where_o chaff_n be_v heap_v with_o wheat_n a_o field_n where_o tare_n grow_v intermix_v with_o wheat_n a_o net_n where_o bad_a fish_n be_v involve_v with_o good_a etc._n etc._n most_o of_o those_o similitude_n quibus_fw-la dominus_fw-la suorum_fw-la servorum_fw-la tolerantiam_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la as_o augustine_n they_o like_o the_o donatist_n of_o old_a who_o copy_n it_o seem_v they_o have_v choose_v to_o write_v after_o will_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o as_o any_o way_n concern_v they_o but_o i_o doubt_v it_o be_v only_o nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la 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