if_o charity_n be_v true_o in_o we_o we_o have_v true_a justice_n and_o well_o say_v augustine_n charity_n begin_v be_v justice_n begin_v charity_n increase_v be_v justice_n increase_v great_a charity_n be_v great_a justice_n perfect_a charity_n be_v perfect_a justice_n whit._n pag._n 583._o all_o be_v true_a you_o say_v touch_v charity_n love_n your_o neighbour_n as_o the_o law_n require_v and_o you_o have_v fulfil_v the_o second_o fable_n but_o this_o you_o can_v do_v therefore_o be_v not_o brag_v in_o the_o opinion_n of_o your_o charity_n which_o if_o it_o be_v as_o great_a as_o ever_o any_o man_n have_v yet_o it_o shall_v be_v far_o short_a of_o that_o the_o law_n require_v neither_o can_v it_o make_v you_o just_a as_o for_o augustine_n we_o confess_v as_o much_o as_o he_o say_v but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o justice_n which_o freith_v we_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n for_o that_o never_o increase_v or_o grow_v but_o be_v ever_o most_o absolute_a and_o perfect_a that_o be_v 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as_o much_o as_o by_o faith_n alone_o because_o faith_n respect_v only_a mercy_n and_o withal_o exclude_v work_n rom._n 3.28_o &_o cap._n 4.5.6_o &_o cap._n 3.20_o gal._n 2.16_o and_o last_o he_o say_v we_o be_v free_o justify_v by_o grace_n eph._n 2.7.8_o rom._n 3.24_o than_o he_o affirm_v that_o faith_n only_o do_v justify_v express_o use_v these_o word_n 3.24.28_o rom._n 3.24.28_o faith_n alone_o and_o the_o ancient_a do_v so_o expound_v and_o interpret_v s._n paul_n ambrose_n say_v beata_fw-la say_v dur_fw-la ambrose_n by_o his_o sole_a faith_n exclude_v only_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n and_o so_o he_o speak_v in_o that_o place_n whit._n pag._n 33._o it_o be_v enough_o that_o he_o affirm_v that_o this_o be_v s._n paul_n position_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n only_o and_o when_o he_o exclude_v only_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n in_o that_o he_o be_v against_o the_o judgement_n of_o augustine_n and_o hierome_n and_o himself_o also_o in_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o de_fw-fr jacob_n &_o vita_fw-la beata_fw-la they_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o faith_n it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n grace_n god_n dur_fw-la basil_n exclude_v only_o those_o work_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o the_o sole_a power_n of_o freewill_n whit._n pag._n 38._o basil_n exclude_v not_o only_o the_o work_v wrought_v by_o the_o power_n of_o freewill_n but_o even_o those_o which_o proceed_v from_o faith_n and_o grace_n for_o he_o produce_v s._n paul_n and_o saint_n peter_n who_o he_o deny_v to_o have_v be_v justify_v by_o work_n yet_o have_v they_o both_o faith_n and_o grace_n basil_n say_v they_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n alone_o in_o christ._n less_o christ._n dur_fw-la nazianzene_n exclude_v only_o that_o high_a knowledge_n of_o divine_a mystery_n whit._n pag._n 41._o nazianzene_n exclude_v not_o only_o that_o high_a knowledge_n of_o divine_a mystery_n but_o also_o by_o it_o all_o other_o work_n for_o see_v it_o be_v the_o most_o excellent_a and_o so_o exclude_v the_o great_a he_o must_v needs_o exclude_v the_o less_o nazianzene_n say_v righteousness_n consist_v in_o faith_n only_o why_o shall_v i_o recite_v any_o other_o say_n of_o other_o of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n this_o doctrine_n be_v both_o evangelicall_a and_o apostolical_a contrary_a to_o this_o if_o james_n or_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n shall_v preach_v let_v he_o be_v hold_v as_o impious_a wicked_a and_o accurse_a but_o you_o will_v say_v s._n james_n deny_v justification_n by_o faith_n only_o yea_o affirm_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n we_o answer_v that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o a_o much_o a_o dur_fw-la saint_n james_n speak_v not_o of_o a_o feign_a faith_n for_o how_o can_v be_v they_o speak_v of_o abraham_n faith_n how_o be_v it_o feign_v to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v whit._n pag._n 42._o s._n james_n speak_v of_o a_o feign_a faith_n as_o be_v plain_a vers_fw-la 14._o for_o it_o be_v in_o word_n only_o vers_fw-la 15.16_o it_o give_v nothing_o when_o relief_n be_v require_v verse_n 17._o it_o be_v without_o work_n and_o dead_a vers_fw-la 18_o only_a that_o be_v true_a faith_n which_o can_v be_v show_v by_o work_n here_o no_o work_n vers_fw-la 19_o it_o be_v only_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o the_o devil_n have_v so_o a_o feign_a and_o dead_a faâ—th_n pag._n 44._o and_o augustine_n thus_o expound_v it_o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o oper_n cap._n 14._o &_o in_o psal_n 31._o in_o praefat._n and_o pag_n 45._o though_o abraham_n faith_n be_v a_o true_a faith_n because_o it_o show_v itself_o by_o true_a fruit_n and_o true_a work_n that_o prove_v not_o but_o their_o faith_n be_v feign_v who_o have_v no_o work_n of_o which_o saint_n james_n speak_v pag._n 46._o faith_n be_v not_o the_o less_o feign_a and_o vain_a because_o it_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v see_v saint_n james_n affirm_v the_o diâ—els_n believe_v as_o much_o feign_a dead_a idle_a and_o counterfeit_a faith_n which_o many_o boast_v of_o and_o false_o persuade_v 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any_o do_v deny_v to_o be_v good_a and_o holy_a he_o may_v well_o be_v hold_v blasphemous_a against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o for_o that_o you_o both_o fain_o that_o we_o speak_v these_o thing_n and_o also_o express_v for_o what_o cause_n we_o speak_v they_o you_o bewray_v your_o wonderful_a wisdom_n which_o for_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o at_o all_o can_v set_v down_o a_o reason_n wherefore_o they_o be_v but_o we_o do_v willing_o preach_v faith_n and_o do_v easy_o permit_v it_o to_o be_v contemn_v of_o you_o for_o you_o that_o defend_v nature_n against_o grace_n and_o do_v trust_v rather_o to_o your_o own_o power_n than_o to_o christ_n mercy_n and_o do_v make_v void_a the_o promise_n by_o precept_n can_v have_v a_o honourable_a opinion_n of_o faith_n you_o never_o keep_v your_o stand_n sinne._n of_o sinne._n campian_n and_o you_o begin_v the_o battle_n like_o a_o runaway_n for_o you_o have_v a_o wander_a and_o unstable_a wit_n as_o it_o seem_v you_o oppose_v illyricus_n to_o 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i_o confess_v indeed_o that_o that_o defence_n of_o illyricus_n do_v seem_v ever_o very_o absurd_a to_o i_o for_o it_o both_o smell_n of_o the_o folly_n of_o the_o manichy_n and_o it_o make_v two_o soul_n in_o a_o regenerate_a man_n and_o which_o be_v a_o great_a matter_n it_o destroy_v the_o soul_n that_o be_v always_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o catholic_a church_n which_o i_o profess_v to_o be_v we_o that_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o quite_o slay_v by_o sin_n but_o only_o charge_v and_o infect_v with_o vicious_a quality_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v no_o inward_a substance_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o a_o freewill_n a_o dur_fw-la the_o catholic_a church_n never_o believe_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o accident_n or_o quality_n but_o only_o a_o privation_n for_o if_o it_o be_v a_o accident_n god_n shall_v be_v the_o cause_n and_o author_n of_o it_o whit._n pag._n 573._o but_o this_o privation_n be_v it_o not_o a_o accidental_a thing_n why_o then_o make_v you_o a_o scruple_n 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repentance_n 3.3_o mat._n 3_o 2.1â—_n luk._n 3.3_o which_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o true_a regeneration_n with_o his_o baptism_n and_o offer_v this_o baptism_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n if_o the_o baptism_n of_o john_n want_v not_o repentance_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n i_o see_v not_o why_o it_o shall_v be_v hold_v so_o much_o different_a from_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n and_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n us._n cause_n dur_fw-la because_o that_o baptism_n do_v prepare_v man_n to_o regeneration_n of_o which_o preparation_n christ_n have_v no_o need_n whit._n pag._n 673._o this_o be_v but_o your_o coin_a distinction_n for_o the_o father_n speak_v and_o answer_v otherwise_o chrysâ—st_n in_o 3._o matth._n not_o that_o he_o shall_v receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n by_o baptism_n but_o that_o be_v may_v leave_v sanctify_v water_n for_o those_o who_o shall_v after_o be_v baptize_v and_o august_n in_o cat_n â—ur_n in_o 3._o matth._n our_o saviour_n will_v therefore_o be_v 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for_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o therefore_o very_o right_o be_v that_o judgement_n of_o bernard_n worse_o bernard_n dur_fw-la he_o speak_v not_o of_o infant_n but_o of_o those_o who_o endue_v with_o true_a faith_n be_v prevent_v by_o a_o untimely_a death_n that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v baptize_v whit._n pag._n 680._o how_o true_o you_o speak_v we_o may_v judge_v out_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n for_o he_o thus_o write_v who_o be_v ignorant_a that_o in_o former_a time_n they_o have_v other_o remedy_n against_o original_a sin_n beside_o baptism_n for_o to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n ut_fw-la as_o the_o sacrament_n of_o circumcision_n give_v to_o this_o end_n but_o in_o other_o nation_n so_o many_o as_o be_v find_v faithful_a we_o believe_v that_o they_o who_o be_v of_o year_n be_v sanctify_v by_o faith_n and_o sacrifice_n but_o the_o parent_n faith_n do_v profit_v their_o infant_n yea_o and_o be_v sufficient_a for_o they_o if_o this_o be_v so_o before_o christ_n shall_v we_o 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such_o thing_n novatianus_n will_v himself_o be_v bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o oppose_v himself_o to_o cornelius_n the_o lawful_a bishop_n hope_v by_o force_n to_o get_v the_o bishopric_n what_o be_v this_o to_o we_o but_o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o two_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n and_o extreme_a unction_n novatus_fw-la unction_n dur_fw-la it_o be_v not_o for_o this_o but_o because_o he_o take_v away_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n in_o which_o priest_n do_v pardon_v sin_n whit._n pag._n 882._o whether_o penance_n be_v a_o sacrament_n or_o no_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n betwixt_o novatus_fw-la and_o the_o catholic_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o place_n for_o repentance_n leave_v unto_o those_o that_o do_v sin_n that_o the_o minister_n may_v assure_v they_o of_o remission_n of_o sin_n if_o they_o repent_v we_o grant_v that_o this_o power_n be_v give_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o gospel_n therefore_o we_o be_v far_o from_o the_o error_n of_o novatus_fw-la he_o deny_v pardon_n and_o repentance_n to_o they_o that_o fall_v in_o persecution_n herein_o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n of_o repentance_n our_o case_n in_o far_o different_a which_o exclude_v no_o true_a penitent_a from_o hope_n of_o pardon_n manos_fw-es whole_o reject_a baptism_n as_o unprofitable_a and_o not_o necessary_a do_v we_o affirm_v any_o such_o thing_n we_o want_v we_o dur_fw-la you_o take_v from_o baptism_n all_o power_n to_o remit_v sin_n and_o confirre_v grace_n as_o the_o manicâ—es_n do_v and_o you_o caluinist_n deny_v that_o the_o deed_n do_v do_v confirre_v grace_n to_o they_o who_o believe_v whit._n pag._n 883._o we_o believe_v and_o teach_v that_o in_o baptism_n sin_n be_v forgive_v which_o the_o manichy_n usual_o deny_v therefore_o we_o differ_v much_o from_o they_o and_o as_o for_o the_o invention_n of_o the_o deed_n do_v we_o reject_v it_o even_o in_o those_o who_o be_v endue_v with_o faith_n for_o what_o need_n have_v we_o of_o any_o such_o invention_n that_o grace_n be_v confer_v and_o giveâ—_n by_o the_o deed_n do_v if_o faith_n be_v not_o want_v deny_v indeed_o that_o baptism_n confer_v grace_n to_o the_o unbeliever_n by_o the_o work_n wrought_v he_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v profitable_a at_o all_o be_v we_o like_v he_o austen_n and_o epiphanius_n account_n aerius_n for_o a_o heretic_n so_o do_v few_o of_o the_o ancient_a father_n beside_o these_o and_o if_o to_o condemn_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a tit._n hierou_fw-fr ad_fw-la euag._n &_o in_o 1._o tit._n and_o make_v equal_a a_o priest_n with_o a_o bishop_n be_v heretical_a what_o shall_v be_v catholic_n hierome_n be_v altogether_o of_o aerius_n his_o mind_n about_o equality_n of_o priest_n for_o he_o determine_v they_o to_o be_v equal_a with_o bishop_n by_o god_n law_n this_o be_v not_o that_o aerius_n 35._o socrat._n lib._n
there_o can_v be_v any_o grace_n more_o ancient_a than_o faith_n but_o say_v you_o how_o can_v they_o believe_v who_o do_v not_o yet_o understand_v whether_o they_o live_v or_o no_o and_o do_v they_o therefore_o not_o live_v because_o they_o understand_v not_o that_o they_o live_v it_o be_v absurd_a wherefore_o if_o they_o live_v although_o they_o do_v not_o understand_v they_o do_v so_o other_o so_o dur_fw-la but_o speak_v plain_o if_o infant_n have_v no_o faith_n your_o new_a evangelicall_a doctrine_n teach_v that_o the_o force_n of_o the_o sacrament_n do_v depend_v upon_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o receiver_n must_v vanish_v whit._n pag._n 681._o i_o do_v no_o think_v that_o infant_n do_v believe_v there_o be_v neither_o reason_n nor_o scripture_n for_o it_o and_o i_o answer_v that_o be_v not_o our_o doctrine_n you_o fain_o to_o be_v we_o say_v that_o to_o man_n of_o year_n without_o say_v it_o be_v a_o sacrament_n but_o not_o a_o save_a sacrament_n to_o child_n of_o believe_a 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