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finis_fw-la ultimi_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la genere_fw-la 195._o l._n 2._o q._n 65._o art_n 2._o p._n 195._o non_fw-la autem_fw-la finis_fw-la ultimi_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la say_v aquinas_n a_o man_n therefore_o must_v do_v and_o may_v be_v permit_v to_o do_v that_o good_a thing_n which_o he_o can_v do_v well_o and_o especial_o when_o the_o frequent_a act_n may_v conduce_v to_o the_o obtain_n of_o that_o habit_n which_o may_v enable_v to_o do_v better_o there_o be_v sundry_a duty_n and_o several_a good_a work_n which_o convert_v not_o which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o isthmus_n between_o nature_n and_o grace_n and_o like_a as_o the_o twilight_n be_v a_o effluence_n of_o the_o rise_a sun_n so_o these_o be_v but_o the_o result_v of_o dawn_a grace_n for_o operamur_fw-la ex_fw-la justificatione_n non_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la say_v augustine_n perveniri_fw-la ronus_fw-la es_fw-la domine_fw-la animae_fw-la quaerenti_fw-la te_fw-la quid_fw-la tum_fw-la invenienti_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la mirum_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la nemo_fw-la te_fw-la quaerere_fw-la valet_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la invenerit_fw-la vis_fw-la igitur_fw-la inveniri_fw-la ut_fw-la quaeraris_fw-la quaeri_fw-la ut_fw-la inveniaris_fw-la potes_fw-la quidem_fw-la quaeri_fw-la &_o inveniri_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la perveniri_fw-la and_o yet_o may_v be_v ordinate_a to_o conversion_n as_o condition_n and_o qualification_n by_o the_o influence_n and_o effect_n of_o grace_n in_o fieri_fw-la though_o not_o in_o facto_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o why_o the_o attendance_n upon_o this_o ordinance_n of_o the_o sacrament_n if_o it_o be_v not_o convert_v may_v not_o yet_o be_v rank_v in_o this_o classis_fw-la i_o can_v discover_v any_o cause_n to_o deny_v and_o then_o why_o those_o that_o can_v yet_o evidence_n their_o conversion_n may_v not_o safe_o be_v admit_v to_o attend_v upon_o and_o partake_v of_o this_o ordinance_n they_o will_v not_o find_v colour_n to_o gainsay_v their_o admission_n can_v be_v altogether_o frustrate_a for_o though_o the_o sacrament_n have_v no_o immediate_a causality_n for_o such_o a_o effect_n as_o conversion_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v adjumental_a intermedious_o and_o subordinate_a thereunto_o and_o though_o it_o beget_v not_o the_o ultimate_a 91â—_n bernard_n de_fw-fr diligen_n domi._n p._n 951._o cajetan_n 3._o q._n 79._o art_n 1._o valentia_n 3._o disp_n 6._o q._n 7._o punct_a 1._o p._n 91â—_n yet_o it_o may_v some_o previous_a disposition_n for_o introduction_n of_o the_o form_n he_o that_o be_v less_o evil_a be_v more_o capable_a of_o good_a and_o he_o that_o move_v but_o a_o foot_n be_v near_a the_o term_n than_o he_o that_o stir_v not_o at_o all_o cajetan_n though_o therein_o he_o enterfeit_v with_o his_o fellow_n who_o general_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o confer_v the_o first_o grace_n unless_o by_o accident_n and_o by_o consequent_a as_o valentia_n limit_n and_o explicate_v it_o confess_v posse_fw-la contingere_fw-la ut_fw-la sumens_fw-la sit_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la consequatur_fw-la vitam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nec_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la mortaliter_fw-la peccet_fw-la sumendo_fw-la sed_fw-la ità _fw-la excusetur_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la in_o sumendo_fw-la ut_fw-la propinquior_fw-la sit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la appropinquatione_fw-la secundùm_fw-la aliquos_fw-la actus_fw-la attritionis_fw-la &_o desiderii_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la pautatim_fw-la perducatur_fw-la divinâ_fw-la deuce_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la ad_fw-la occasiones_fw-la verae_fw-la contritionis_fw-la ut_fw-la â—andem_fw-la aliâ_fw-la forte_fw-fr vice_fw-la sumendo_fw-la gratiam_fw-la verae_fw-la conversionis_fw-la percipiat_fw-la when_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o convert_v in_o act_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o conversive_a in_o power_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o without_o effect_n when_o receive_v by_o such_o as_o bring_v not_o faith_n with_o they_o at_o the_o reception_n as_o the_o father_n compare_v the_o sacrament_n to_o manna_n so_o like_o manna_n as_o some_o have_v think_v thereof_o it_o relish_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o palate_n he_o that_o cat_n and_o drink_v his_o condemnation_n have_v from_o justice_n a_o suum_fw-la cuique_fw-la and_o that_o damnation_n be_v seal_v to_o he_o by_o that_o receive_n who_o now_o be_v without_o excuse_n shall_v be_v judge_v out_o of_o his_o own_o unworthy_a mouth_n and_o that_o kind_a of_o seal_v be_v one_o genuine_a effect_n of_o the_o sacrament_n for_o dicimus_fw-la effectum_fw-la 27._o tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o sect_n 4._o p._n 27._o ut_fw-la totius_fw-la ministerii_fw-la sic_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la esse_fw-la infidelium_fw-la quidem_fw-la damnationem_fw-la sed_fw-la fidelium_fw-la salutem_fw-la say_v chamier_n he_o that_o receive_v the_o seal_n of_o the_o covenant_n seal_v back_o a_o counterpart_n to_o god_n accept_v of_o the_o term_n and_o assent_v to_o the_o condition_n and_o as_o god_n oblige_v himself_o to_o 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