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sunt_fw-la tam_fw-la detestanda_fw-la facinora_fw-la quae_fw-la possunt_fw-la gratiae_fw-la arcere_fw-la donum_fw-la ita_fw-la nulla_fw-la possunt_fw-la tam_fw-la praeclara_fw-la opera_fw-la existere_fw-la 5._o quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la gratîs_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la per_fw-la retributionis_fw-la iudicium_fw-la debeatur_fw-la vilesceret_fw-la enim_fw-la redemptio_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la nec_fw-la misericerdiae_fw-la dei_fw-la humianorum_fw-la operum_fw-la praerogativa_fw-la succumberet_fw-la si_fw-la iustificatio_fw-la qua_fw-la fit_a per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la meritis_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la deberetur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la munus_fw-la largientis_fw-la sed_fw-la merces_fw-la esset_fw-la operantis_fw-la like_a as_o there_o be_v none_o so_o detestable_a outrage_n as_o can_v restrain_v the_o free_a gift_n of_o grace_n so_o can_v there_o be_v no_o work_v so_o excellent_a that_o this_o which_o be_v free_o geeven_v shall_v be_v dew_n unto_o they_o by_o admiral_n of_o 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or_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o faith_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v deliver_v unto_o he_o and_o so_o that_o which_o those_o physic_n say_v be_v countend_v true_a name_o that_o accord_v to_o our_o merit_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v geeven_v then_o the_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o 105._o false_a and_o again_o gratias_fw-la agamus_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o saluatori_fw-la nostro_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la nullis_fw-la praecendentibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la unlneratos_fw-la curavit_fw-la let_v we_o give_v thanks_n unto_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n which_o heal_v we_o be_v wound_v without_o any_o forgo_a merit_n of_o we_o possunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la dicere_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la esse_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la nullis_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la datur_fw-la they_o may_v in_o deed_n affirm_v remission_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v grace_n which_o be_v give_v to_o no_o forgo_a merit_n again_o the_o same_o augustine_n write_v against_o the_o heresy_n of_o extol_a man_n merit_n vnde_fw-la supradictam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la 46_o ad_fw-la sextum_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesbyteron_fw-gr co_fw-la ntra_fw-la novos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la noveritis_fw-la esse_fw-la conscriptam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la dari_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la non_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la glorietur_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la non_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la whereupon_o understand_v that_o the_o forename_a epistle_n to_o sixtus_n a_o elder_a of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v write_v against_o the_o pelagian_n the_o new_a heretic_n which_o affirm_v the_o grace_n of_o god_o to_o be_v geeven_v accord_v to_o merit_n that_o he_o that_o glory_v shall_v not_o glory_v in_o the_o lord_n but_o in_o himself_o that_o be_v in_o man_n and_o not_o in_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o the_o same_o augustine_n think_v you_o if_o he_o now_o be_v live_a attribute_n the_o same_o name_n of_o heretic_n unto_o the_o papist_n which_o in_o this_o point_n affirm_v pelagian_n heresy_n yes_o assure_o but_o hear_v he_o further_o thus_o write_v he_o in_o a_o other_o place_n sed_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la anathema_n dicimus_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la sunt_fw-la inimici_fw-la gratiae_fw-la 1_o dei_fw-la quae_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_n dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la dicant_fw-la non_fw-la gratîs_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la dari_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la iam_fw-la sit_fw-la gratia_fw-la neither_o do_v we_o unworthe_o accurse_v the_o pelagian_n which_o be_v such_o enemy_n unto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o come_v by_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n that_o they_o affirm_v the_o same_o not_o to_o be_v free_o give_v but_o accord_v unto_o our_o merit_n as_o though_o grace_n be_v now_o no_o grace_n and_o again_o nulla_fw-la ne_fw-la ergo_fw-la 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