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A04187 Iustifying faith, or The faith by which the just do liue A treatise, containing a description of the nature, properties and conditions of Christian faith. With a discouerie of misperswasions, breeding presumption or hypocrisie, and meanes how faith may be planted in vnbeleeuers. By Thomas Iackson B. of Diuinitie and fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford.; Commentaries upon the Apostles Creed. Book 4 Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640. 1615 (1615) STC 14311; ESTC S107483 332,834 388

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or_o property_n of_o true_a faith_n love_n fidelity_n and_o confidence_n with_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o resultance_n from_o it_o p_o 100_o chap._n 11_o of_o the_o diverse_a acception_n of_o faith_n in_o scripture_n or_o father_n of_o the_o romanist_n pernicious_a error_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o charity_n whereby_o his_o in_o aginarie_a work_n of_o merit_n necessary_o become_v either_o dead_a apish_a or_o pollute_v p_o 110_o section_n 2._o of_o immature_n persuasion_n concern_v man_n present_a estate_n in_o grace_n with_o the_o mean_n to_o rectify_v or_o prevent_v they_o of_o the_o right_a use_n of_o faith_n and_o other_o spiritual_a grace_n pag._n 135._o chap._n 10_o the_o general_a head_n or_o spring_n of_o hypocritical_a persuasion_n with_o brief_a rule_n for_o their_o prevention_n p_o 136_o chap._n 2_o that_o our_o assent_n unto_o the_o first_o principle_n of_o christianity_n by_o profession_n of_o which_o the_o say_v of_o ancient_a christian_n be_v usual_o 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better_o affect_v towards_o he_o then_o these_o jew_n be_v p_o 163_o chap._n 4_o that_o the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n if_o but_o of_o one_o or_o few_o kind_n argue_v the_o stock_n whence_o they_o spring_v to_o be_v either_o imperfect_a or_o unsound_a of_o the_o danger_n that_o may_v come_v by_o partiality_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o precept_n alike_o divine_a or_o from_o difformitie_n of_o zeal_n that_o our_o assent_n to_o generality_n ofttimes_o appear_v great_a to_o ourselves_o then_o indeed_o it_o be_v from_o our_o proneness_n or_o eager_a desire_n to_o transgress_v in_o some_o particular_n p_o 174._o chap._n 5_o that_o true_a faith_n be_v the_o soul_n of_o good_a work_n that_o it_o equal_o respect_v all_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o can_v admit_v no_o dispensation_n for_o non-performance_n of_o necessary_a duty_n p_o 192_o chap._n 6_o of_o difficulty_n arise_v from_o the_o former_a discourse_n in_o the_o protestant_n doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n 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may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v reiterated_a that_o every_o sin_n be_v against_o god_n law_n though_o every_o sin_n not_o incompatible_a with_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n p_o 253_o chap._n 9_o that_o firm_o to_o believe_v god_n mercy_n in_o christ_n be_v the_o hard_a point_n of_o service_n in_o christian_a warfare_n that_o our_o confidence_n in_o they_o can_v b●_n no_o great_a than_o our_o fidelity_n in_o the_o practice_n of_o his_o commandment_n that_o meditation_n upon_o christ_n last_o appearance_n be_v the_o sure_a method_n for_o ground_v true_a confidence_n in_o he_o p_o 272_o section_n 3._o of_o the_o right_a plantation_n of_o faith_n page_n 278._o chap._n ●_o that_o christian_a faith_n although_o immediate_o infuse_v by_o god_n without_o any_o cooperation_n of_o man_n do_v not_o exclude_v but_o rather_o more_o necessary_o require_v precedent_n humane_a endeavour_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o it_o p_o 279_o chap._n 2_o that_o circumspect_a follow_v the_o rule_n of_o scripture_n be_v more_o available_a for_o attain_v true_a faith_n than_o the_o practice_n of_o moral_a precept_n for_o produce_v moral_a habit_n that_o there_o may_v be_v natural_a persuasion_n of_o spiritual_a truth_n and_o moral_a desire_n of_o spiritual_a good_a both_o right_a in_o their_o kind_n though_o nothing_o worth_a in_o themselves_o but_o only_o capable_a of_o better_a because_o not_o hypocritical_a p_o 283_o chap._n 3_o of_o the_o fundamental_a rule_n of_o christianity_n to_o forsake_v all_o and_o deny_v ourselves_o that_o the_o sincere_a practice_n thereof_o be_v a_o method_n more_o admirable_a and_o compendious_a for_o the_o attainment_n of_o faith_n than_o any_o artist_n can_v prescribe_v the_o principle_n of_o christianity_n be_v suppose_v that_o the_o want_n partly_o of_o instruction_n in_o the_o duty_n contain_v in_o it_o partly_o of_o solemn_a and_o public_a personal_a protestation_n for_o their_o performance_n be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o hypocrisy_n and_o infidelity_n p_o 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not_o in_o they_o much_o less_o do_v our_o felicity_n now_o as_o in_o all_o man_n judgement_n he_o live_v much_o better_a that_o be_v able_a to_o live_v of_o his_o own_o than_o he_o which_o have_v the_o same_o supply_n of_o life_n in_o more_o competent_a measure_n from_o his_o friend_n benevolence_n so_o much_o happy_a be_v that_o soul_n which_o have_v delight_n and_o contentment_n competent_a within_o itself_o then_o that_o which_o have_v they_o heap_v upon_o it_o from_o without_o see_v all_o the_o delight_n or_o pleasure_n these_o can_v beget_v suppose_v a_o precedent_a pain_n or_o sorrow_n breed_v from_o desire_n unnecessary_a in_o themselves_o but_o such_o as_o lay_v a_o necessity_n upon_o we_o to_o satisfy_v they_o while_o we_o have_v they_o it_o be_v pleasant_a no_o doubt_n to_o a_o woman_n with_o child_n to_o have_v what_o she_o belong_v for_o but_o much_o more_o pleasant_a to_o a_o manlike_a mind_n never_o to_o be_v trouble_v with_o such_o long_n not_o to_o need_v honour_n wealth_n bodily_a pleasure_n or_o other_o branch_n of_o voluptuous_a life_n be_v a_o better_a ground_n of_o true_a peace_n and_o joy_n then_o full_a satisfaction_n of_o our_o eager_a desire_n while_o they_o be_v fix_v on_o these_o or_o other_o transitory_n the_o strength_n of_o our_o spirit_n by_o who_o unite_a force_n our_o union_n with_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n must_v be_v ratify_v be_v much_o dissipate_v by_o the_o distraction_n which_o their_o very_a presence_n or_o entertainment_n necessary_o require_v so_o do_v the_o life_n and_o relish_n of_o all_o true_a delight_n internal_a into_o which_o the_o true_a peace_n of_o conscience_n must_v be_v engraft_v exhale_v by_o continual_a think_v on_o thing_n without_o us._n final_o while_o we_o trouble_v ourselves_o about_o many_o thing_n it_o be_v impossible_a we_o shall_v ever_o entire_o possess_v our_o own_o soul_n with_o patience_n or_o make_v the_o best_a of_o they_o for_o purchase_v that_o unum_fw-la necessarium_fw-la that_o one_o thing_n which_o be_v only_o necessary_a but_o these_o be_v point_n which_o require_v more_o full_a peculiar_a treatise_n to_o which_o many_o philosopher_n especial_o plato_n aristotle_n seneca_n plutarch_n and_o epictetus_n have_v speak_v much_o very_o pertinent_a to_o true_a divinity_n as_o shall_v by_o god_n grace_n appear_v in_o the_o article_n of_o everlasting_a life_n as_o in_o some_o other_o particular_a discourse_n frame_v some_o year_n ago_o for_o my_o own_o private_a resolution_n the_o counsel_n i_o here_o commend_v unto_o the_o reader_n be_v no_o way_n dissonant_n unto_o saint_n paul_n advice_n unto_o his_o dear_a son_n etc._n godliness_n with_o contentment_n be_v great_a gain_n for_o we_o bring_v nothing_o into_o this_o world_n and_o it_o be_v certain_a we_o can_v carry_v nothing_o out_o and_o have_v food_n and_o raiment_n let_v we_o therewith_o be_v content_a but_o they_o that_o will_v be_v rich_a fall_n into_o temptation_n and_o a_o snare_n and_o into_o many_o foolish_a and_o hurtful_a lust_n which_o drown_v man_n in_o destruction_n and_o perdition_n for_o the_o love_n of_o money_n be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o evil_a which_o while_o some_o covet_v after_o they_o have_v err_v from_o the_o faith_n and_o pierce_v themselves_o through_o with_o many_o sorrow_n but_o thou_o o_o man_n of_o god_n fly_v these_o thing_n and_o follow_v after_o righteousness_n godliness_n faith_n love_n patience_n meekness_n fight_v the_o good_a fight_n of_o faith_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o goodness_n or_o honesty_n of_o heart_n require_v by_o our_o saviour_n in_o fruitful_a hearer_n of_o the_o ordinary_a progress_n from_o faith_n natural_a to_o spiritual_a and_o the_o different_a esteem_n of_o divine_a truth_n or_o precept_n in_o the_o regenerate_a man_n and_o he_o that_o be_v not_o but_o sincere_o desire_v to_o be_v such_o vacancy_n to_o attend_v all_o intimation_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o be_v seek_v after_o by_o all_o mean_v possible_a that_o alienation_n of_o our_o chief_a desire_n from_o their_o corrupt_a object_n be_v much_o available_a for_o purchase_v of_o the_o inestimable_a pearl_n 1._o if_o riches_n love_v of_o honour_n or_o voluptuous_a life_n make_v the_o soul_n so_o unfruitful_a that_o temper_n which_o in_o proportion_n answer_v to_o good_a soil_n well_o husband_v presuppose_v a_o vacuity_n of_o these_o desire_n the_o positive_a qualification_n whereto_o these_o negative_a property_n be_v annex_v be_v more_o particular_o describe_v by_o our_o saviour_n as_o saint_n luke_n relate_v in_o his_o exposition_n of_o this_o parable_n 15._o eut_fw-fr that_o which_o fall_v in_o good_a ground_n be_v they_o which_o with_o a_o honest_a and_o good_a heart_n hear_v the_o word_n and_o keep_v it_o and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n with_o patience_n unto_o such_o honesty_n or_o goodness_n of_o heart_n apt_a thus_o to_o receive_v and_o retain_v the_o word_n of_o faith_n hear_v be_v require_v first_o a_o sincerity_n of_o intention_n or_o choice_n which_o presuppose_v a_o distinct_a and_o uncorrupt_a notion_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a second_o a_o constant_a resolution_n of_o prosecute_a the_o right_a choice_n make_v which_o presuppose_v a_o great_a freedom_n or_o liberty_n of_o practic_a faculty_n than_o can_v be_v find_v in_o the_o covetous_a ambitious_a or_o voluptuous_a for_o their_o desire_n as_o all_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o flesh_n prejudice_n the_o sincerity_n of_o the_o intention_n or_o choice_n by_o corrupt_v the_o notion_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a and_o maim_v our_o resolution_n withal_o to_o follow_v what_o be_v evident_o best_a by_o counterswaying_a or_o resist_a our_o inclination_n unto_o goodness_n the_o point_n most_o likely_a to_o trouble_v a_o curious_a inquisitor_n in_o this_o argument_n be_v whether_o unto_o the_o bear_n of_o fruit_n with_o patience_n there_o be_v require_v a_o goodness_n or_o honesty_n of_o heart_n precedent_n to_o the_o infusion_n of_o sanctify_a grace_n or_o that_o faith_n by_o which_o the_o just_a do_v live_v as_o unto_o a_o fair_a crop_n there_o be_v a_o goodness_n of_o soil_n requisite_a beside_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o seed_n sow_v in_o it_o to_o my_o capacity_n he_o shall_v much_o wrest_v our_o saviour_n word_n and_o offer_v violence_n to_o his_o spirit_n that_o shall_v deny_v the_o truth_n or_o proportion_n of_o this_o similitude_n nor_o can_v i_o perceive_v any_o inconvenience_n not_o easy_o avoidable_a by_o application_n of_o the_o former_a distinction_n of_o a_o twofold_a goodness_n or_o honesty_n one_o commendable_a only_a in_o it_o kind_a or_o by_o way_n of_o mere_a passive_a qualification_n in_o itself_o of_o no_o more_o worth_a than_o a_o field_n plough_v but_o un●own_n another_o acceptable_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n as_o the_o crop_n or_o fruit_n be_v to_o the_o husbandman_n the_o former_a be_v ordinary_o precedent_n the_o late_a always_o subsequent_a to_o true_a and_o lively_a faith_n all_o soil_n at_o least_o in_o this_o our_o land_n be_v though_o plough_v and_o man●red_v alike_o unapt_a to_o bring_v forth_o good_a wheat_n sweet_a grape_n or_o other_o precious_a fruit_n without_o seed_n precedent_n yet_o not_o all_o alike_o apt_a to_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n sow_v or_o plant_v in_o they_o suppose_v their_o ●illage_n or_o husbandry_n be_v equal_a it_o be_v alike_o true_a of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n that_o all_o by_o nature_n be_v the_o son_n of_o wrath_n all_o destitute_a of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n all_o alike_o unapt_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n true_o good_a yet_o the_o degree_n or_o measure_n of_o their_o aversion_n from_o god_n and_o goodness_n not_o perhaps_o alike_o in_o all_o albeit_o we_o consider_v they_o as_o they_o be_v by_o birth_n without_o difference_n of_o education_n or_o as_o they_o be_v by_o mere_a civil_a education_n without_o any_o natural_a knowledge_n of_o god_n write_v law_n that_o such_o as_o hear_v the_o word_n and_o be_v partaker_n of_o outward_a christian_a discipline_n though_o not_o inward_o sanctify_v be_v not_o equal_o indispose_v to_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n be_v necessary_o include_v in_o the_o difference_n of_o unfruitful_a hearer_n resemble_v by_o the_o high_a way_n side_n and_o by_o stony_a and_o thorny_a ground_n the_o frame_n notwithstanding_o of_o this_o dispotition_n suppose_a precedent_n to_o the_o infusion_n of_o lively_a faith_n may_v not_o be_v ascribe_v to_o our_o ability_n but_o to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n direct_v our_o thought_n and_o enable_v we_o for_o conceive_v a_o kind_n of_o previall_a faith_n more_o than_o natural_a by_o some_o external_a or_o inferior_a grace_n so_o proportion_v to_o these_o effect_n as_o sanctify_a grace_n be_v to_o the_o fruit_n of_o true_a holiness_n probable_a it_o be_v may_v we_o speak_v out_o of_o experience_n that_o as_o bee_n first_o make_v their_o cell_n then_o fill_v they_o with_o honey_n or_o as_o the_o formative_a virtue_n first_o like_o a_o artisicer_n frame_v the_o organ_n or_o instrument_n of_o life_n and_o sense_n and_o
work_n for_o see_v the_o ministration_n of_o this_o service_n not_o only_o supply_v the_o necessity_n of_o the_o saint_n but_o also_o be_v abundant_a by_o the_o thanksgiving_n of_o many_o unto_o god_n he_o that_o find_v seed_n unto_o the_o sour_a will_v multiply_v the_o seed_n which_o we_o thus_o sow_v and_o increase_v the_o fruit_n of_o our_o benevolence_n that_o it_o may_v redound_v more_o and_o more_o unto_o his_o glory_n as_o it_o be_v extreme_a vanity_n without_o special_a occasion_n or_o pecular_a necessity_n of_o extraordinary_a time_n to_o give_v or_o make_v away_o the_o root_n whence_o such_o fruit_n do_v grow_v so_o be_v it_o a_o point_n of_o spiritual_a folly_n or_o infidelity_n to_o imagine_v the_o stock_n shall_v perish_v or_o not_o prosper_v by_o often_o lop_n or_o that_o we_o shall_v forset_n our_o hold_n of_o what_o we_o enjoy_v by_o due_a payment_n of_o rent_n or_o tribute_n unto_o the_o lord_n and_o owner_n chap._n ix_o that_o faith_n can_v exercise_v it_o sovereignty_n ever_o our_o affection_n or_o desire_n until_o it_o be_v seat_v in_o the_o heart_n with_o brief_a admonition_n for_o bring_v it_o into_o this_o throne_n 1._o from_o the_o former_a and_o like_a parable_n put_v forth_o by_o the_o author_n and_o finisher_n of_o our_o faith_n we_o be_v teach_v that_o faith_n if_o perfect_a must_v be_v seat_v in_o the_o heart_n or_o fountain_n of_o man_n vain_a imagination_n whence_o evil_a thought_n still_o issue_n in_o great_a abundance_n until_o it_o be_v cleanse_v by_o infusion_n of_o this_o purify_n grace_n most_o fit_o do_v that_o parable_n of_o the_o leaven_n exemplify_v aswell_o the_o use_n of_o faith_n as_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o observation_n thus_o much_o at_o least_o it_o direct_o and_o necessary_o imply_v that_o our_o assent_n unto_o the_o gospel_n of_o the_o kingdom_n must_v be_v in_o such_o a_o part_n as_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o may_v be_v diffuse_v thence_o unto_o the_o whole_a mass_n which_o it_o be_v ordain_v to_o sanctify_v for_o it_o must_v season_v our_o inbred_a affection_n alter_v the_o taste_n of_o every_o appetite_n qualify_v and_o strengthen_v our_o natural_a inclination_n unto_o good_a now_o if_o we_o consult_v true_a philosophy_n no_o other_o member_n in_o the_o body_n beside_o the_o heart_n can_v be_v a_o fit_a seat_n for_o such_o absolute_a command_n but_o whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o assent_v every_o way_n the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o thus_o renew_v the_o mind_n and_o have_v such_o sovereignty_n over_o all_o our_o faculty_n to_o lodge_v else_o where_o then_o in_o this_o palace_n or_o chief_a mansion_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v curiosity_n to_o dispute_v yet_o admit_v the_o same_o faith_n shall_v else_o where_o reside_v it_o can_v not_o exercise_v the_o like_a sovereignty_n as_o there_o it_o do_v for_o every_o desire_n or_o concupiscence_n deep_o root_v will_v in_o temptation_n overbeare_v it_o nor_o be_v it_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o good_a propose_v if_o our_o conceit_n of_o it_o be_v but_o superficial_a or_o our_o desire_n of_o it_o admit_v only_o into_o the_o confine_n of_o our_o soul_n that_o can_v oversway_v such_o natural_a propension_n to_o a_o far_o less_o as_o spring_v from_o the_o heart_n or_o centre_n the_o reason_n whereof_o as_o of_o many_o other_o assertion_n in_o this_o short_a treatise_n shall_v god_n will_v at_o large_a appear_v in_o the_o article_n of_o everlasting_a life_n where_o just_a occasion_n likewise_o will_v be_v offer_v to_o rescue_v the_o heartless_a imagination_n of_o some_o late_o divine_v more_o than_o half_o yield_v to_o the_o authority_n of_o galen_n though_o forsake_v in_o that_o point_n by_o the_o most_o exquisite_a modern_a professor_n of_o the_o noble_a science_n he_o teach_v that_o the_o head_n be_v the_o principal_a member_n as_o if_o solomon_n or_o our_o saviour_n have_v speak_v more_o vulgar_o then_o accurate_o or_o philosophical_o when_o they_o ascribe_v this_o principallity_n to_o the_o heart_n how_o be_v it_o the_o very_a ground_n of_o their_o argument_n suppose_v this_o vulgar_a opinion_n if_o so_o man_n will_v have_v it_o to_o be_v a_o undoubted_a truth_n in_o nature_n but_o refer_v philosophical_a or_o scholastic_a dispute_n of_o this_o point_n or_o the_o like_a to_o their_o proper_a place_n the_o gymnosophist_n device_n to_o represent_v the_o peace_n and_o quiet_a state_n of_o a_o temporal_a monarchy_n by_o the_o monarch_n presence_n in_o the_o metropolis_n and_o the_o disturbance_n likely_a to_o ensue_v his_o absence_n may_v serve_v as_o a_o vulgar_a or_o popular_a illustration_n of_o that_o sovereignty_n which_o faith_n once_o seat_v as_o have_v be_v say_v may_v exercise_v over_o every_o affection_n at_o it_o pleasure_n but_o not_o so_o seat_v shall_v ever_o want_v while_o he_o tread_v the_o corner_n or_o utmost_a part_n of_o his_o bull_n hide_v the_o depression_n of_o one_o do_v raise_v a_o other_o but_z stand_v once_o still_o in_o the_o middle_n all_o lay_v quiet_a thus_o while_o our_o assent_n unto_o precept_n divine_a float_n only_o in_o the_o brain_n or_o keep_v residence_n in_o the_o border_n or_o suburb_n of_o the_o soul_n it_o may_v perhaps_o suppress_v some_o one_o or_o few_o exorbitant_a passion_n but_o the_o expulsive_a or_o expugnative_a force_n which_o in_o this_o case_n it_o use_v be_v unwieldy_a neither_o uniform_a nor_o well_o plant_v will_v occasion_v other_o as_o bad_a to_o stir_v or_o mutinee_n usual_o while_o man_n strive_v to_o beat_v folly_n or_o vanity_n of_o youth_n by_o the_o strength_n of_o god_n word_n not_o well_o root_v out_o of_o the_o fancy_n they_o let_v in_o covetousness_n into_o the_o heart_n oft_o time_n seek_v to_o keep_v out_o covetrousnesse_n popularity_n ambition_n or_o other_o affection_n who_o help_n faith_n w●●●●e_v and_o unsettle_a common_o use_v in_o such_o expugnation_n will_v find_v occasion_n to_o insinuate_v themselves_o or_o though_o ●●i●i●_n not_o yet_o well_o s●●ed_v be_v able_a itself_o alone_a 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pern●cies_fw-la quisquis_fw-la in_o ●ali_fw-la pe●ra_fw-la pedes_fw-la animi_fw-la sixerit_fw-la adversus_fw-la omnes_fw-la temptationum_fw-la incursus_fw-la stabit_fw-la immobilis_fw-la cypr._n the_o dupl_n martyr_n math._n 6._o 31._o 32._o 33._o their_o distrust_n or_o rather_o want_v of_o apprehension_n of_o god_n care_n and_o providence_n over_o they_o be_v attribute_v to_o defect_n of_o faith_n math._n 6._o 30_o luke_n 12._o 28_o 28_o vide_fw-la lib._n 3_o sect_n 3_o cap._n ●0_n parag_v 1._o 2._o 2._o p●il_v ●_o ver_fw-la 5_o 5_o john_n 15._o ver_n 8._o 9_o 10._o luke_n 5._o ver_fw-la 39_o ad_fw-la barbaricum_fw-la tran●f●rendi_fw-la vi_fw-la i_o ●le_v &_o l_o q●●●i●is_fw-la 〈…〉_z quisquam_fw-la babeat_fw-la facultat●m_fw-la ●ec_fw-la g●●●●s_fw-la quidem_fw-la ca●se_fw-la ●●t_n ●su●_n come_v 〈…〉_z o._n r_o 〈…〉_z ●_o ●_o qu●_n res_fw-la ●●p●rtari_fw-la non_fw-la deb●●●_n deb●●●_n psal_n 63._o 1._o etc._n etc._n my_o soul_n thirst_v for_o thou_o because_o thy_o love_a kindness_n be_v better_a than_o life_n my_o lip_n shall_v praise_v thou_o my_o soul_n shall_v be_v satisfy_v as_o with_o marrow_n and_o fatness_n etc._n etc._n etc._n ●_o joh._n 4._o 34_o 34_o ●_o deut._n 8._o 3_o 3_o in_o this_o sense_n only_o do_v we_o mean_v faith_n and_o charity_n coevall_n ste●s_v of_o the_o same_o grace_n lib._n 2_o sect_n 1._o chap._n 7._o parag._n 3_o 3_o jere._n 17._o v_o 5._o ver._n 7._o 8._o 8._o psalm_n 15_o 15_o livit_fw-la livit_fw-la luke_n 1._o v_o 34._o 34._o genes_n 18._o v._n 14._o 14._o rom._n 3._o v._n 3._o 3._o 1._o cor._n 1._o v._n 9_o 9_o tria_fw-la considero_fw-la in_o cue_n 〈…〉_z pes_fw-la mea_fw-la con●●●t●●_n cha●●atem_fw-la adopti_fw-la 〈…〉_z prom_fw-mi 〈…〉_z pote●●●té_fw-fr re●d●●um●_n m●rmuretiam_fw-la quan_fw-mi ●●m_fw-la vo●●●rit_fw-la ●n_fw-la ipi_fw-la ●s_v cogitatio_fw-la mea_fw-la dicens_fw-la q●●_n enim_fw-la ●stu_fw-la et_fw-la quam_fw-la a_o est_fw-la illa_fw-la gloria_fw-la quibus●●_n m●ritu_fw-la hanc_fw-la obtinere_fw-la speras_fw-la 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promittentes_fw-la in_o his_o significatione_n ●●pe_v o●●ium_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la sane_n mathaei_n no●o_fw-la sic_fw-la accip●●ur_fw-la ubi_fw-la ●u●e●_n christus_fw-la paralyticum_fw-la illum_fw-la confidere_fw-la ter●io_fw-la accipitur_fw-la fidei_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la ut_fw-la h●●_n omne_fw-la complectatur_fw-la nempe_fw-la assensi●●_n illum_fw-la fi_fw-la ●●_o mentis_fw-la quo_fw-la quis_fw-la ●●●to_fw-la persuade_v at_o sibi_fw-la ver_fw-la 〈◊〉_d esse_fw-la quae_fw-la sacrae_fw-la l●tter●_n doce●●_n sive_fw-la promi●●unt_fw-la &_o fiduciam_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la omnipotent_o bo●ita●e_n quu●●_n scripturae_fw-la revelant_fw-la concep●am_fw-la non_fw-la s●●●_n o●e_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la exspectatione_fw-la promissorum_fw-la sic_fw-la accepisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la paulus_n fidem_fw-la ad_fw-la roman_n 4._o &_o ad_fw-la haebr_n 11._o explicans_fw-la enim_fw-la illis_fw-la locis_fw-la fidei_fw-la naturam_fw-la ac_fw-la vim_o passim_fw-la a_o fiducia_fw-la 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id_fw-la credat_fw-la an_fw-mi non_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quo●●●_n damon●●_n &_o credunt_fw-la &_o ●ontrem●cum_fw-la sed_fw-la dico_fw-la puta●ne_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la jesum_fw-la reputat_fw-la quisquis_fw-la ille_fw-la est_fw-la ho●o_fw-la qui●●●●_n nec_fw-la t●●retur_fw-la ●●n_fw-la mi●●●ienibus_fw-la nec_fw-la ●●●rahitur_fw-la ●rom_fw-la ssionibus_fw-la ●●t_n praeceptis_fw-la obtem_fw-la perat_fw-la nec_fw-la consil●j_fw-la a●_n quies●it_n nun_n ●●_o etiam_fw-la si_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d se_fw-mi n●sse●_n deum_fw-la ●actis_fw-la tamen_fw-la negat_fw-la bernard_n in_o act_n pas_n de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d tes●●●●_n in_o c●●●_n e●_n t●●_n 〈◊〉_d 1._o 1._o ad_fw-la sextum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la respondeo_fw-la patres_fw-la cum_fw-la dicunt_fw-la fidem_fw-la sine_fw-la operibus_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la fidem_fw-la tantum_fw-la uèlle_fw-la significare_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la viva_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la qualis_fw-la revera_fw-la deberet_fw-la esse_fw-la no_o &_o hic_fw-la loqunendi_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la usitatus_fw-la ut_fw-la rem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la genere_fw-la imperfecta_fw-la est_fw-la dicamus_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la genere_fw-la sicut_fw-la gaudium_fw-la aut_fw-la dolore_fw-la verhi_fw-la gratia_fw-la imperfectum_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la magnum_fw-la dicere_fw-la solemus_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la verum_fw-la gaudium_fw-la aut_fw-la dolorem_fw-la lametsi_fw-la aliquod_fw-la gaudium_fw-la sit_fw-la aut_fw-la dolòr_n mark_v 〈…〉_z verse_n 16._o 16._o fortasse_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la apud_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la dicat_fw-la egoiam_fw-la credidi_fw-la salu●s_fw-la ero_fw-la verum_fw-la dicit_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la operibus_fw-la tenet_fw-la vera_fw-la etenim_fw-la fides_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la verbis_fw-la dicit_fw-la moribus_fw-la non_fw-la contradicit_fw-la hinc_fw-la est_fw-la etenim_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la falsis_fw-la fiaelibus_fw-la paulus_n dicit_fw-la qui_fw-la confitentur_fw-la se_fw-la nesse_fw-la deum_fw-la sactis_fw-la autem_fw-la negant_fw-la hinc_fw-la joannes_n ait_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la se_fw-la nosse_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o mandata_fw-la eius_fw-la non_fw-la eustodit_fw-la meadax_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la fide_fw-la inostrae_fw-la veritatem_fw-la in_o aquavitae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la considerationem_fw-la debemus_fw-la agnossere_fw-la tunc_fw-la enim_fw-la veraciter_fw-la fideles_fw-la sumus_fw-la si_fw-la quod_fw-la verbis_fw-la promittimus_fw-la opeu●bus_fw-la complemus_fw-la in_o die_v quip_n baptismatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nos_fw-la antiqui_fw-la hostess_fw-la operibus_fw-la atque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pompis_fw-la abrenunciare_fw-la promisimus_fw-la itaque●ausquisque_fw-la vestrum_fw-la ad_fw-la confiderationem_fw-la svam_fw-la mentis_fw-la oculos_fw-la reducat●_n &_o fi_fw-la seruat_fw-la post_fw-la baptismum_fw-la quod_fw-la ante_fw-la baptismum_fw-la spopon●it_fw-la certus_fw-la iam_fw-la quia_fw-la fidelis_fw-la est_fw-la gaudeat_fw-la sed_fw-la ecce_fw-la si_fw-la quod_fw-la promisit_fw-la minime_fw-la serua●it_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la excercendu_fw-fr prause_n opera_fw-la ad_fw-la concupiscendas_fw-la mundi_fw-la pompas_fw-la dilapsus_fw-la est_fw-la videa●us_fw-la fi●●m_fw-la scit_fw-la plangere_fw-la quod_fw-la erravit_fw-la apud_fw-la miscricordem_fw-la ●●mnamque_fw-la iudicem_fw-la nec_fw-la ille_fw-la fallax_fw-la habetur_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la veritatem_fw-la reverti_fw-la tur_fw-la etiam_fw-la postquam_fw-la mentiturquia_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la dum_fw-la libeter_fw-la paenitentiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la suscipi●_n ipse_fw-la svo_fw-la iudicio_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la erranimus_fw-la all_o scondit_fw-la greg._n hom_o 29._o in_o ascen_n demmi_fw-it demmi_fw-it hiac_n accepisse_fw-la videtur_fw-la paulus_n illud_fw-la ad_fw-la rome_n junstificati_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la pacem_fw-la habemus_fw-la erga_fw-la deum_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o hic_fw-la sequitur_fw-la cultus_fw-la justivae_fw-la quies_fw-la &_o siducin_n ●d_a est_fw-la cul●us_fw-la seruitium_fw-la seu_fw-la obsequium_fw-la ad_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la consequendam_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la ●ostiaque_fw-la omne_fw-la deo_fw-la committere_fw-la tanquam_fw-la patri_fw-la am●n●issimo_fw-la cui_fw-la fidem_fw-la dedimu●_fw-la quem_fw-la pro_fw-la de_n oa●cepimus_fw-la cui_fw-la obtemperare_fw-la cu●●●●legem_fw-la exanimo_fw-la s●●uare_fw-la promissimus_fw-la quiq●os_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la fidem_fw-la suscepit_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o obedientes_fw-la esse_fw-la ●ellemus_fw-la se_fw-la nunquam_fw-la des●tu●um_fw-la ●ic●ssim_fw-la pol_fw-la icitus_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la includ●t_fw-la fides_fw-la paulina_n cui_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la tribuit_fw-la ipsc_fw-la forer_n in_o 32._o cap_n jesatae_n verse_n 17._o 17._o rom._n 5_o ver_fw-la 1._o 1._o quid_fw-la sit_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la disputatione_n ex_fw-la alijs_fw-la locis_fw-la scripturae_fw-la discendume_v praecipue_fw-la cap._n 7._o johann●_n qui_fw-fr credit_n in_o i_o sicutdicit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la flumina_fw-la de_fw-fr ventre_fw-fr eius_fw-la fluant_fw-la aequae_fw-la vivae_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quam_fw-la co_fw-la loc●_n respicit_fw-la s●luat●_n habetur_fw-la 2._o paralip_n cap._n 16._o ubi_fw-la sic_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la oculi_fw-la domim_fw-la contemplantur_fw-la universam_fw-la terram_fw-la &_o prebent_fw-la fortitudinem_fw-la ij●_n qui_fw-la cord●_n perfecto_fw-la credunt_fw-la in_o cum_fw-la cord_n autem_fw-la perfecto_fw-la credunt_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la solu●s_fw-la fidem_fw-la adhibent_fw-la illis_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la in_o scripture_n vel_fw-la alius_fw-la divinitus_fw-la revelantur_fw-la sed_fw-la praeterea_fw-la omnes_fw-la animae_fw-la vires_fw-la accomodant_fw-la ut_fw-la faciant_fw-la quod_fw-la habes_fw-la fides_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la ●a_n prescribit_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la accipitur_fw-la a_o paulo_n credere_fw-la videlicet_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la edauditum_fw-la verbum_fw-la commoneri_fw-la &_o tota_fw-la an●mi_fw-la adhaesione_fw-la complecti_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sasbout_o in_o vers_fw-la 17._o 1._o ad_fw-la rom._n rom._n psa_fw-la 78._o ver_fw-la 9_o 9_o 1._o cor._n ●●_o ●●_o 1._o cor._n 1._o v._n 5._o 5._o add_v ultimò_fw-la etiam_fw-la comentarium_fw-la s._n augustini_fw-la ut_fw-la ali●s_fw-la interim_n pretermittam_fw-la nam_fw-la tractat_fw-la 53._o in_fw-la jobannem_fw-la vidite_fw-mi inquit_fw-la augustinus_n quemadmodum_fw-la notaverit_n euangelista_fw-la &_o improbave●it_fw-la quosdam_fw-la quos_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la ●●●did_fw-la sse_fw-la dixit_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ingressu_fw-la fidei_fw-la si_fw-la proficerent_fw-la amorem_fw-la quoque_fw-la humanae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la proficiendo_fw-la superarent_fw-la quod_fw-la ●●_o fides_fw-la ista_fw-la proficere_fw-la poterat_fw-la &_o amorem_fw-la humanae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la proficiendo_fw-la superare_fw-la certe_fw-la vera_fw-la fide●_n erat_fw-la ●ad●m_fw-la e●im_fw-la est_fw-la fide●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o perf●●●●_n sed_fw-la ●o●●●mper_fw-la ●que_fw-la magna_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●●_o fid●●_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non●●t_a ●adem_n qu●_n 〈◊〉_d no●●●●e_n 〈…〉_z de_fw-fr 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z if_o the_o reader_n well_o observe_v the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o faith_n before_o explicate_v he_o can_v possible_o be_v ignorant_a that_o every_o least_o degree_n of_o faith_n bring_v forth_o a_o correspondent_a degree_n of_o love_n that_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a love_n shall_v increase_v without_o a_o correspondent_a increase_n of_o faith_n precedent_n as_o that_o inequality_n betwixt_o two_o subject_n shall_v grow_v great_a without_o any_o variation_n of_o their_o quantity_n quantity_n creation_n apply_v unto_o this_o subject_n more_o proper_o in_o scripture_n phrase_n include_v the_o renovation_n itself_o wrought_v in_o our_o heart_n then_o the_o grace_n or_o quality_n infuse_v by_o which_o it_o be_v wrought_v for_o whether_o that_o be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o nature_n in_o all_o god_n only_o know_v bind_v we_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o c●eate_v new_a heart_n in_o diverse_a person_n by_o mean_n whether_o external_a or_o internal_a and_o infuse_v in_o nature_n &_o quality_n much_o different_a see_v section_n 3._o chap._n 1._o &_o ●_o 1._o cor._n 3._o 3._o galas_n 6._o ver_fw-la 14._o 14._o mark_v 16._o 17._o 18_o 18_o
1._o cor._n 1●_n 31_o 31_o 1._o jo●_a 4_o 19_o 19_o james_n ●_o 10._o 10._o l_o k._n 8._o 15_o chap._n 6._o §_o 10_o see_v chap._n 6._o §_o 16_o 16_o james_n 2._o 21_o heb._n 11._o 19_o rom._n 4._o 19_o 20_o james_n 2._o 25_o 25_o ad_fw-la quartum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la respond●●_n duplicate_v al●q●●●_n posse_fw-la dici_fw-la mortuum_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la p●●_n defectum_fw-la animae_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la forma_fw-la intri●seca_v hominis_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la st●●o●●_n mortuum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la a●pl●us_fw-la verè_fw-la tale_n ut_fw-la homo_fw-la mortuu●_n non_fw-la est_fw-la ●ere_z homo_fw-la altero_fw-la modo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la aliquid_fw-la mortuum_fw-la per_fw-la defectum_fw-la formae_fw-la extrinsecae_fw-la sicut_fw-la corpus_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mortuum_fw-la per_fw-la defectum_fw-la animae_fw-la vivae_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la extrinsecum_fw-la corpor●_n ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la ist●_n modo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mortuum_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la corpus_fw-la mortuum_fw-la veer_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la quamuis_fw-la non_fw-la vivum_fw-la corpus_fw-la valent._n tom._n 3._o this_fw-mi 1._o quaest_n 4._o punct_a 4._o the_o same_o answer_n have_v bellarmine_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr iustificatione_n cap._n 15._o 15._o non_fw-la se●tiunt_fw-la quod_fw-la tharit●●_n proprie_fw-la si●_n forma_fw-la side_n aut_fw-la essentialis_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la dicitur_fw-la forma_fw-la ●ominis_fw-la aut_fw-la accidetalis_fw-la aut_fw-la extrinseca_v ut_fw-la al●id●_n corpora_n hoc_fw-la ●●●m_fw-la falsum_fw-la esse_fw-la ex_fw-la ●●_o perspicuum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o ●i●es_n s●nt_a du●_n virtutes_fw-la sp●cied_a 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la dvas_fw-la d●●c_fw-la sas_fw-la potent●●●_n 〈◊〉_d solum_fw-la igitur_fw-la vol●●t_fw-la t●●●l●g●_n charitatem_fw-la quon●●●_n p●●●ect_n an●m_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ad●●●_n fides_fw-la metaphorice_v dici_fw-la posse_fw-la formam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la secundum_fw-la analogiam_fw-la videlicet_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la proprie_fw-la dict●●_n quae_fw-la svo_fw-la modo_fw-la subiectum_fw-la perficit_fw-la valent._n tom._n 3._o disp_n 1._o qu●st_n 4._o puncto_fw-la 3._o 3._o sed_fw-la quaerat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la quae●am_fw-la sit_fw-la illa_fw-la perfectio_fw-la quam_fw-la charitas_fw-la tribuit_fw-la fidei_fw-la respondeo_fw-la duplicem_fw-la esse_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la valet_fw-la ad_fw-la ●eatitudinem_fw-la consequendam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la meritum_fw-la sicut_fw-la disput●ui_fw-la tom._n 2._o disp_n 8._o quaest_n u●t_fw-la et_fw-la quidem_fw-la quod_fw-la hanc_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la side_n ex_fw-la charitate_fw-la accipiat_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la altera_fw-la perfectio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la qua●e●_n we_o fidei_fw-la actus_fw-la per_fw-la imperium_fw-la charitatis_fw-la refertur_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la finem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la quat●nus_fw-la credat_fw-la aliquis_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la actus_fw-la fidei_fw-la ad_fw-la ●and●m_fw-la specie_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la charitas_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la est_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la speciei_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la ips●_fw-la charitas_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la quod_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la essentialis_fw-la ipsi_fw-la charitat●_n ut_fw-la quae_fw-la secundum_fw-la suay_n rationem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la ●●●m_fw-la la●dem_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la respicit_fw-la in_o summum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la fidei_fw-la vero_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la nisi_fw-la accidentalis_fw-la quate●us_fw-la fidei_fw-la accidit_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsius_fw-la actus_fw-la voluntary_a per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la referatur_fw-la in_o summum_fw-la bonum_fw-la valent._n ibid._n punct_a 3._o 3._o ipsum_fw-la vivere_fw-la est_fw-la ipsum_fw-la operari_fw-la ●i●nt_fw-la philosoph●_n operatio_fw-la autem_fw-la vitalis_fw-la non_fw-la à_fw-la corpore_fw-la profic●scitur_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o coniunctione_n spiritus_fw-la cum_fw-la idone●_n corpore_fw-la nec_fw-la ver●_n apost●l●●pera_fw-la fidei_fw-la spiritum_fw-la esse_fw-la dicit_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la appellatione_fw-la ac_fw-la nomine_fw-la tantum_fw-la ●g●t_fw-la tam_fw-la inquit_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la fidem_fw-la si●e_fw-la operibus_fw-la mortuam_fw-la dici_fw-la quaem_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la sine_fw-la spirit●_n esse_fw-la dicique_fw-la mortuum_fw-la be_v mo●t_n ●n_a verse_n 26._o ●●●_o 2._o epist_n d._n jacobi_fw-la see_v sec._n 2._o cha._n 5._o ●_o see_v sect_n 2._o cha._n 6._o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la amissaper_fw-fr peccatum_fw-la gratia_fw-la simul_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la semper_fw-la ●mitti_fw-la aut_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la remanet_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la veram_fw-la fidem_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la viva_fw-la aut_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la fidem_fw-la fine_fw-la charitate_fw-la haebet_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la christianum_fw-la anathema_n sit_v council_n trident_n s●ssi●●e_fw-la sexta_fw-la de_fw-fr iustis_fw-la c●●_n 28._o chap._n 8._o parag_n 8._o 8._o maldonat_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n math._n 15._o v._n 19_o in_o vain_a do_v they_o worship_v i_o well_o observe_v that_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_o express_v the_o original_n his_o reason_n be_v nam_fw-la apud_fw-la hebraeos_fw-la timere_fw-la deum_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la colere_fw-la colere_fw-la volutres_fw-fr deus_fw-la pascit_fw-la &_o passeribus_fw-la alimenta_fw-la diurna_fw-la praestantur_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la nullus_fw-la divinae_fw-la rei_fw-la sensus_fw-la est_fw-la eu_fw-fr nec_fw-la cibus_fw-la nec_fw-la potus_fw-la deest_fw-la ●u_n christiano_n tu_fw-la dei_fw-la scruo_fw-la tu_fw-la operibus_fw-la ●o●is_fw-la dedito_fw-la tu_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la ch●ro_fw-la aliquid_fw-la existimas_fw-la d●futurum_fw-la nisi_fw-la si_fw-la putas_fw-la quia_fw-la qui_fw-la christum_fw-la pascit_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la pascitur_fw-la aut_fw-la e●●terrena_fw-la d●erunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la caelestia_fw-la &_o divina_fw-la tribuuntur_fw-la unde_fw-la hae●_n incredula_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la &_o und●_n i●pia_n &_o sacrilega_fw-la ista_fw-la meditatio_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la ●idei_fw-la perfidum_fw-la pectus_fw-la quid_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la credit_n appellatur_fw-la &_o dicitur_fw-la christianus_n pharisaei_n tibi_fw-la magis_fw-la congruit_fw-la nomen_fw-la nom_fw-la cum_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o evangelio_fw-la de_fw-la ele●mosynis_fw-la disputaret_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la ami●es_fw-la de_fw-la terrestribus_fw-la lucris_fw-la provida_fw-la òperatione_n faceremus_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la postmodum_fw-la in_o tabernacula_fw-la aeterna_fw-la susciperant_fw-la fideliter_fw-la &_o salubriter_fw-la praemoner●●_n addidit_fw-la post_fw-la haec_fw-la scriptura_fw-la dicens_fw-la audiebant_fw-la auten_fw-mi haec_fw-la omne_fw-la pharisaei_n qui_fw-la erant_fw-la cupidissimi_fw-la &_o irridebant_fw-la cypr._n d●●pere_fw-la &_o ●l●●mos_fw-la ●l●●mos_fw-la christianus_n nem●_n recte_fw-la dicitur_fw-la u●s●_n qui_fw-la christo_fw-la moribus_fw-la coaequatur_fw-la ecce_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la contendit_fw-la neque_fw-la clamavit_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la simorum_fw-la christ_n similitudinem_fw-la tenere_fw-la cupis_fw-la ne_fw-la contend_v ne_o abu●i●●●_n in_o ecclesia_fw-la christianus_n exis●as_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr abus_n sec_fw-la sec_fw-la quisquis_fw-la igitur_fw-la ore_fw-la dicit_fw-la credo_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o seruit_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la aut_fw-la libidin●_n au●_n luxui_fw-la sibi_fw-la men●itur_fw-la sibique_fw-la re●ug●at_fw-la aliud_fw-la lingua_fw-la sonans_fw-la aliud_fw-la animo_fw-la celans_fw-la voce_fw-la tantum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la perhibens_fw-la deo_fw-la cum_fw-la vita_fw-la satanam_fw-la colat_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr dupl_n martyr_n martyr_n his_o word_n be_v cite_v parag_v 1._o 1._o rom._n 9_o v._n 6._o 6._o galat._n 3._o v_o 7._o 7._o rom._n 2._o v._n 28._o 29._o ●_o the_o first_o that_o faith_n shall_v be_v dead_a &_o yet_o true_a the_o second_o that_o faith_n true_o dead_a while_o so_o remain_v shall_v give_v life_n unto_o a_o christian_a i_o think_v it_o will_v be_v a_o matter_n very_o hard_o for_o the_o jesuite_n to_o find_v more_o gross_a absurdity_n in_o so_o few_o word_n in_o the_o simple_a writer_n of_o this_o age_n for_o by_o the_o literal_a and_o ordinary_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n faith_n shall_v be_v no_o part_n of_o grace_n grace_n mat._n 1●_n 15_o 15_o joh_n 16._o *_o see_v lib._n 3._o sect._n 3._o chap._n 8._o parag_n 3._o 3._o john_n 6._o v_o 14._o 15._o vide_fw-la socraten_v de_fw-fr judeis_n cretan_a in_fw-la co●entibus_fw-la lib._n 6._o ca._n 3●_n ●a●_n 5._o 31._o 32._o 32._o ouidius_fw-la lib._n 5._o tristium_fw-la e._n ●g_z 14._o 14._o 1._o cor._n 6._o 1._o 2._o etc._n etc._n etc._n james_n ●_o 5._o 5._o see_v ch._n 6._o sect._n 1_o 1_o nam_fw-la concubinae_fw-la et_fw-la pellices_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la prohibitae_fw-la quemadmodis_fw-la ex_fw-la legibus_fw-la de_fw-la concubinarijs_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la libro_fw-la digestorum_fw-la 25._o satis_fw-la aperte_fw-la augustinus_n testatur_fw-la esseiure_fw-la civil_a vetere_fw-la romano_n multa_fw-la permissa_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la contraria_fw-la legibus_fw-la divinis_fw-la hoc_fw-la isti_fw-la nolunt_fw-la qui_fw-la dum_fw-la gentilitatem_fw-la coniungere_fw-la et_fw-la coaptare_fw-la christianismo_fw-la laborant_fw-la corrupto_fw-la ulroque_fw-la &_o et_fw-la alterius_fw-la impatiente_a nec_fw-la gentilitatem_fw-la nec_fw-la christianissimum_fw-la retinent_fw-la l._n vives_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la august_n de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la ad_fw-la marcell_n lib._n 14._o ca._n 18._o usum_fw-la scortorum_fw-la terrena_fw-la civitas_fw-la licitam_fw-la turpitudinem_fw-la fecit_fw-la fecit_fw-la luke_n 14_o ver_fw-la 12._o 13_o 14._o 14._o pro._n 28._o ver_fw-la 9_o 9_o math._n 18._o ver_fw-la 15_o 16._o 17
med●●torem_fw-la o●io●um_fw-la sed_fw-la veer_fw-la faciunt_fw-la aduersarii_fw-la christi_fw-la merita_fw-la inefficacia_fw-la cum_fw-la docent_fw-la christum_fw-la tam_fw-la insigni_fw-la obedientia_fw-la id_fw-la e●●●●ere_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la iustificatio_fw-la legis_fw-la impleretur_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la bellarminus_n ibidem_fw-la si_fw-mi qui●_n dixerit_fw-la per_fw-la ban●_n doctrinam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la de_fw-la iustificatione_n a_o sancta_fw-la synodo_fw-la hoc_fw-la praesenti_fw-la decreto_fw-la express●m_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la gloriae_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la meritis_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la domini_fw-la nostriderogari_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la potius_fw-la veritatem_fw-la fidei_fw-la nostrae_fw-la dei_fw-la denique_fw-la ac_fw-la christi_fw-la ●esu_fw-la gloriam_fw-la illustrari_fw-la anathema_n sit_fw-la council_n trident_n sess_v 6._o can._n ult._n such_o peremptoriness_n be_v usual_a with_o they_o when_o partiality_n or_o proud_a affection_n overbeare_v the_o secret_a work_n of_o their_o conscience_n labour_v to_o reclaim_v their_o error_n vide_fw-la lib._n 3._o sect._n 2_o ●ap_n 4._o parag_n 22._o 22._o quar●a_fw-la obiectio_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la vitare_fw-la omne_fw-la peccat●_n cum_fw-la scriptum_fw-la sit_v jacobi_n 2._o in_o multis_fw-la offendimn_v omnes_fw-la et_fw-la 1_o joan_n 1_o si_fw-mi dixerimus_fw-la quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la seducimus_fw-la at_o qui_fw-la legem_fw-la omnem_fw-la impleret_fw-la nullum_fw-la haberet_fw-la omnino_fw-la peccatum_fw-la igitur_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la utlex_fw-la omn●●_n a_o nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la cum_fw-la fide_fw-la et_fw-la gratia_fw-la impleatur_fw-la respondeo_fw-la ab_fw-la ho●_n argument_n quod_fw-la valde_fw-la kem●●tius_fw-la u●get_fw-la nontan_o facile_fw-la se_fw-la expediunt_fw-la qui_fw-la con●ed●nt_fw-la peccatum_fw-la veniale_a esse_fw-la proprie_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la vega_n lib._n 11._o ●n_fw-la concilium_fw-la cap._n 20._o coguntur_fw-la enim_fw-la dicere_fw-la legem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la impossibilem_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la tota_fw-la simul_fw-la seruari_fw-la possit_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la seruari_fw-la possit_fw-la maior_fw-la eius_fw-la pars_fw-la et_fw-la a_o me●iori_fw-la parte_fw-la fiat_fw-la denominatio_fw-la sed_fw-la videna_n est_fw-la illis_fw-la quid_fw-la respondeant_fw-la apostolo_n jacobo_n dicenti_fw-la quiqunque_fw-la totam_fw-la ●e_v gem_n ●erua●erit_v offendat_fw-la aurem_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la ●eus_fw-la solida_fw-la igitur_fw-la responsio_fw-la est_fw-la peccata_fw-la venalia_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la vi●●mu●_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la peccata_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la sed_fw-la imperfect_a et_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la neque_fw-la ess●_n con●ra_fw-la legem_fw-la sed_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la ut_fw-la s._n thomas_n recte_fw-la docet_fw-la ●n_n 1._o 2._o quaest_n 88_o art_n 1_o hinc_fw-la enim_fw-la omne_fw-la coherent_a nam_fw-la qui_fw-la offendit_fw-la in_o uno_fw-la prevarica●s_fw-la videlic●t_fw-la unum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la omni●m_fw-la ●e●●_n et_fw-fr injurious_a simpliciter_fw-la constituitur_fw-la ●●_o tamenia_fw-la multis_fw-la offendimus_fw-la omnes_fw-la quia_fw-la ●ame●●●_n nihil_fw-la facimus_fw-la contra_fw-la ligen_n tamen_fw-la multa_fw-la ●acimus_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la notus_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la peccat_fw-la transgrediendo_fw-la legem_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la dixerimu●_n quia_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la bab●mus_fw-la nihil_fw-la videlicet_fw-la praeter_fw-la legem_fw-la faci●ndo_fw-la no●_n ipsos_fw-la s●●●cimu●_n et_fw-la ve●itas_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la bellar._n lib._n 4_o the_o just_a f._n cap._n 14._o sit_fw-la tertia_fw-la propositio_fw-la propter_fw-la in●ertitudinem_fw-la proprie_fw-la ●ustitiae_fw-la &_o periculum_fw-la manis_fw-la glori●●u●●ssi●um_fw-la est_fw-la sidu●●●m_fw-la totam_fw-la in_o ●ola_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordia_fw-la &_o benignitate_fw-la reponere_fw-la explic●_n propositionem_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ita_fw-la accipienda_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la homi●●_n totis_fw-la viribus_fw-la studendum_fw-la operibus_fw-la bo●is_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o eye_n confidendum_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la ver●_n iustitia_fw-la aut_fw-la iudicium_fw-la dei_fw-la sustine●e_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la dicimus_fw-la tutius_fw-la esse_fw-la mer_fw-fr eorum_fw-la iam_fw-la part●run_v quodammodo_fw-la obli●●s●i_fw-la &_o in_o solam_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la respicere_fw-la tum_o quia_fw-la nemo_fw-la absque_fw-la revetatione_n certo_fw-la scire_fw-la potest_fw-la s●_n habere_fw-la vera_fw-la merita_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o e●s_n in_o finem_fw-la usque_fw-la perseveraturun_v tum_o quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la ●ac●lius_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la tentationis_fw-la quam_fw-la superbiam_fw-la ex_fw-la confideratione_fw-la bonorum_fw-la operum_fw-la gigni_fw-la probatur_fw-la igitur_fw-la propositio_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la illis_fw-la quae_fw-la adversarij_fw-la contra_fw-la merita_fw-la operum_fw-la afferre_fw-la ●olent_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la daniel_n cap._n 9_o non_fw-fr in_o iustificationibus_fw-la n●stru_fw-la proste●nimus_fw-la prece●_n nostras_fw-la ant●_n faciem_fw-la tuam_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o miserationibus_fw-la ●●is_fw-la multis_fw-la et_fw-fr quodipse_n dominus_fw-la admon●t_fw-la lucae_n 17._o cum_fw-la ●●ceritis_fw-la h●c_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la precepta_fw-la sunt_fw-la vobis_fw-la dici●e_fw-la serui_fw-la inutiles_fw-la sumus_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la probant_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la tutum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o sol●_n misericordia_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la ●iduciam_fw-la collocare_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la testantur_fw-la public●_fw-la precet_fw-la quat_n ecclesia_fw-la catholica_fw-la ad_fw-la altar_n fundere_fw-la solet_fw-la nam_n be_v collecta_fw-la domimicae_fw-la quae_fw-la sex●gess●m●_n dicitur_fw-la ●ic_fw-la ●rat_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la conspicis_fw-la qui●_n ex_fw-la nulla_fw-la nostra_fw-la actione_n confidimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n bellar._n ●●_o 3._o the_o iustificatione_n cap._n 7._o math._n 5._o 48_o 48_o s_o chap_n 5._o we_o then_o pray_v in_o faith_n when_o we_o faithful_o submit_v our_o will_n unto_o god_n will_n unfeigned_o ren●unciag_n all_o our_o former_a sin_n or_o evil_a custom_n true_o deny_v ourselves_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n thus_o affect_v we_o may_v be●_n in_o the_o actual_a state_n of_o grace_n albeit_o through_o natural_a constitution_n some_o disease_n of_o body_n of_o distemper_n of_o the_o br●m_n no●_n without_o fear_n of_o death_n or_o doubt_n of_o saluatio_fw-la if_o such_o 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verse●_n ●_z mittet_fw-la filius_fw-la hominis_fw-la angelos_n su●s_fw-la &_o colligent_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la huius_fw-la omne_fw-la scandala_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la facinnt_n iniquitatem_fw-la mat._n 13._o five_o 41_o maldon_n in_o haec_fw-la verha_fw-mi omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la exercent_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la ita_fw-la dicam_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la artem_fw-la factitant_fw-la magis_fw-la enim_fw-la habitus_fw-la quam_fw-la actus_fw-la hebraica_n phrai●i_fw-la significatur_fw-la significatur_fw-la john_n 8._o 34._o 1._o joh._n 3._o ●_o ver._n 6._o 6._o v._o 8._o 8._o john_n 8._o 44._o 45._o ver_fw-la 47._o 1._o john_n 3._o 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o john_n 1_o ●_o ●_o jam._n 2._o 10._o ●_o jam._n 3._o ●_o ●_o rom._n 7._o 24._o 24._o psal_n 19_o 1●_n 1●_n v._o 9_o 10._o 10._o v._o 11._o this_o be_v that_o which_o 〈…〉_z say_v 15_o v_o 1●_n ●e_z that_o be_v beget_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d●●●_n as_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d a_o watch_n 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