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to_o deserve_v so_o excellent_a gift_n but_o rather_o because_o punishment_n shall_v not_o be_v due_o execute_v therefore_o be_v the_o benefit_n frank_o geeven_v for_o in_o our_o merit_n there_o go_v nothing_o before_o but_o that_o for_o which_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v us._n damn_v but_o he_o save_v we_o not_o for_o our_o own_o righteousness_n but_o for_o his_o own_o mercy_n by_o the_o fountain_n of_o the_o new_a birth_n and_o again_o sed_fw-la ut_fw-la iustificentur_fw-la 5._o praecedit_fw-la vocatio_fw-la
quia_fw-la no_n est_fw-la meritorum_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei._n but_o that_o man_n shall_v be_v justify_v their_o call_n go_v before_o which_o be_v not_o of_o merit_n but_o of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o again_o propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la 142._o domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o attendite_fw-la quantum_fw-la potestis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la commendationem_fw-la qua_fw-la gratîs_fw-la salui_fw-la facti_fw-la estis_fw-la propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o non_fw-la nobis_fw-la domine_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la nomini_fw-la tuo_fw-la da_fw-la gloriam_fw-la propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o in_fw-la tua_fw-la iustitia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o mea_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la merui_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la misereris_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la meum_fw-la ostenderem_fw-la meritum_fw-la nihil_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la mererer_fw-la nisi_fw-la supplicium_fw-la awlsisti_fw-la merita_fw-la mea_fw-la inseruisti_fw-la dona_fw-la tua_fw-la lord_n thou_o shall_v quicken_v i_o for_o mercy_n thy_o name_n sake_n mark_v diligent_o the_o commendation_n of_o that_o grace_n whereby_o you_o be_v free_o save_v lord_n for_o thy_o name_n sake_n shall_v thou_o quicken_v i_o not_o unto_o we_o lord_n not_o unto_o we_o but_o unto_o thy_o name_n give_v the_o glory_n lord_n for_o thy_o name_n sake_n shall_v thou_o quicken_v i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n not_o in_o i_o not_o because_o i_o have_v deserve_v it_o but_o because_o thou_o have_v mercy_n on_o i_o for_o if_o i_o shall_v show_v my_o merit_n i_o shall_v deserve_v nothing_o of_o the_o punishment_n thou_o have_v weed_v out_o my_o merit_n and_o haste_v ingraft_v thy_o free_a gift_n and_o again_o ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la hominis_fw-la invenisse_fw-la 49._o se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectum_fw-la that_o be_v man_n perfection_n to_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v unperfect_a and_o again_o sicut_fw-la nulla_fw-la 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 debt_n for_o then_o the_o redemption_n of_o christ_n shall_v in_o deed_n be_v nothing_o worth_a neither_o shall_v the_o worthiness_n of_o man_n work_v be_v inferior_n to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_o if_o the_o justification_n which_o be_v give_v of_o grace_n shall_v be_v a_o debt_n dew_n unto_o merit_n so_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o largesse_n of_o the_o giver_n but_o the_o dew_n high_a of_o a_o labourer_n and_o again_o augustine_n say_v nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la 46_o dicat_fw-la meritis_fw-la svorum_fw-la operum_fw-la aut_fw-la meritis_fw-la crationum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la meritis_fw-la fidei_fw-la svae_fw-la traditam_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o putetur_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la haeretici_fw-la dicunt_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la dari_fw-la quod_fw-la omnium_fw-la est_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la let_v no_o man_n say_v that_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o work_n or_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o prayer_n 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 sunt_fw-la merita_fw-la iustorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la planè_fw-la quia_fw-la iusti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la 105._o iusti_fw-la fierent_fw-la merita_fw-la non_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la iusti_fw-la enim_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la iustificati_fw-la gratîs_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la then_o be_v there_o no_o merit_n of_o the_o righteous_a yes_o in_o deed_n be_v there_o because_o the_o doer_n be_v righteous_a but_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v make_v righteous_a their_o merit_n wrought_v not_o that_o they_o in_o deed_n be_v make_v righteous_a but_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v they_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o 37._o again_o he_o affirm_v deum_fw-la nullis_fw-la meritis_fw-la hominum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la svam_fw-la dare_v that_o god_o give_v his_o grace_n in_o respect_n of_o no_o man_n merit_n and_o again_o chrisostom_n say_v thus_o et_fw-la si_fw-la millies_fw-la moriamur_fw-la &_o si_fw-la omnes_fw-la virtutes_fw-la animae_fw-la expleamusâ—_n nihil_fw-la dignum_fw-la gerimus_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la a_o cordis_fw-la deo_fw-la percepimus_fw-la although_o we_o shall_v die_v a_o thousand_o time_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v accomplish_v all_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n yet_o do_v we_o nothing_o worthy_a of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o receive_v of_o god._n again_o bernard_n in_o his_o 53._o sermon_n hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la hominis_fw-la meritum_fw-la si_fw-la totam_fw-la spem_fw-la ponat_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la saluum_fw-la fecit_fw-la this_o be_v the_o whole_a merit_n of_o man_n if_o he_o put_v his_o whole_a trust_n in_o he_o that_o have_v save_v the_o whole_a unto_o this_o place_n may_v be_v apply_v all_o the_o authority_n rehearse_v in_o the_o 8._o chapter_n about_o the_o justification_n of_o faith_n have_v now_o show_v what_o man_v merit_n or_o desert_n be_v i_o think_v it_o now_o convenient_a to_o proceed_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o those_o authority_n which_o i_o put_v in_o the_o second_o sort_n namely_o such_o place_n of_o scripture_n as_o either_o seem_v with_o outward_a sound_n of_o word_n to_o take_v justification_n from_o faith_n or_o attribute_v the_o same_o to_o work_v through_o colour_n whereof_o some_o of_o the_o adversary_n reason_n thus_o paul_n say_v they_o have_v nothing_o adversarir_n more_o strong_o to_o prove_v justification_n of_o faith_n then_o that_o the_o scripture_n impute_v faith_n unto_o abraham_n for_o righteousness_n wherefore_o if_o now_o we_o can_v show_v that_o god_n also_o in_o the_o scripture_n impute_v
father_n and_o in_o respect_n of_o which_o we_o be_v belove_v of_o the_o father_n be_v also_o call_v grace_n for_o john_n say_v we_o have_v receive_v grace_n for_o grace_n that_o be_v we_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o father_n for_o that_o grace_n or_o favour_v which_o he_o bear_v unto_o christ_n his_o son_n and_o this_o be_v the_o thyrd_o and_o last_o signification_n of_o grace_n which_o be_v show_v it_o seem_v not_o inconvenient_a to_o note_v somewhat_o again_o of_o the_o pestilent_a doctrine_n of_o your_o abuse_a deceiver_n concern_v grace_n see_v their_o error_n about_o the_o same_o be_v the_o mother_n and_o nurse_n of_o that_o presumptuous_a traitor_n and_o ambitious_a rebel_n i_o mean_v the_o doctrine_n â—fiustification_n of_o work_v which_o to_o fill_v the_o purse_n of_o the_o wicked_a spoil_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n of_o the_o final_a end_n of_o his_o labour_n name_o of_o the_o triumph_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o free_a and_o bountiful_a favour_n and_o make_v the_o treasure_n of_o the_o death_n of_o chryst_n of_o vile_a and_o contemn_a price_n wherefore_o to_o the_o hatching_n of_o their_o heinous_a error_n about_o the_o effect_n thereof_o necessity_n constrain_v they_o to_o devise_v false_a and_o counterfeit_v matter_n or_o substance_n or_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o same_o accord_v whereunto_o they_o thus_o define_v it_o gratia_n est_fw-la habitus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la in_o animam_fw-la infusus_fw-la papist_n bonitatis_fw-la et_fw-la charitatis_fw-la eius_fw-la similis_fw-la quo_fw-la illum_fw-la habens_fw-la gratus_fw-la deo_fw-la redditur_fw-la et_fw-la facit_fw-la opera_fw-la illigrata_fw-la et_fw-la meritoria_fw-la grace_n be_v a_o habit_n like_a unto_o the_o goodness_n and_o love_n of_o god_n by_o he_o infuse_v into_o the_o miride_n wherewith_o he_o that_o do_v possess_v it_o be_v make_v acceptable_a to_o god_n and_o work_v work_n both_o meritorious_a and_o acceptable_a unto_o he_o for_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o which_o definytion_n it_o be_v necessary_a first_o to_o show_v what_o they_o mean_v by_o this_o word_n habit_n wherefore_o any_o habit_n property_n or_o qualytye_n which_o by_o infusion_n education_n exercise_n custom_n or_o any_o other_o way_n be_v perfect_o attain_a be_v call_v habit_n whereby_o this_o definition_n even_o at_o the_o first_o taste_n savour_v of_o the_o soil_n that_o breed_v it_o for_o in_o the_o whole_a scripture_n of_o god_n there_o remain_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o cooloure_n of_o proof_n hereof_o that_o the_o genus_fw-la or_o general_a word_n unto_o that_o grace_n whereby_o we_o be_v save_v shall_v be_v a_o habit_n of_o the_o mind_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o quality_n by_o education_n exercise_n or_o infusion_n make_v perfect_a in_o mind_n this_o divinity_n be_v pick_v out_o of_o aristotle_n ethic_n where_o it_o be_v teach_v that_o the_o hability_n &_o power_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v strengthen_v by_o habit_n that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o a_o perfection_n therein_o attain_a through_o exercise_n make_v easy_a and_o ready_a to_o be_v perform_v which_o without_o the_o same_o be_v very_a difficulty_n or_o not_o to_o be_v do_v which_o be_v consider_v i_o think_v it_o not_o amiss_o somewhat_o to_o note_v the_o treachery_n of_o this_o their_o heythenesse_n definityon_n with_o show_n beautify_v to_o the_o sale_n be_v in_o deed_n nothing_o else_o but_o a_o paint_a sepulchre_n contain_v only_o a_o styncking_a carrion_n of_o pelagius_n filthy_a and_o corrupt_a heresy_n though_o above_o all_o thing_n they_o must_v seem_v to_o dissent_v from_o he_o and_o his_o doctrine_n and_o therefore_o at_o the_o first_o in_o that_o they_o affirm_v grace_n to_o be_v a_o habit_n infuse_v into_o the_o mind_n they_o thereby_o think_v with_o a_o pleasant_a proffer_n in_o the_o beginning_a to_o dazzle_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o world_n from_o suspicion_n of_o their_o join_a hand_n with_o he_o the_o substance_n of_o who_o heresy_n be_v well_o weigh_v be_v nevertheless_o one_o 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