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reject_v that_o that_o be_v propound_v and_o persuade_v and_o potest_fw-la and_o jbid._n cap._n 4._o nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la vertere_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o malum_fw-la possumus_fw-la conc._n trid._n sess_n 6._o cap._n 5._o neque_fw-la homo_fw-la ip_n c_o nihil_fw-la omnino_fw-la agit_fw-fr inspirationem_fw-la illâ—_n recipiens_fw-la quâ—_n pe_z qui_fw-la illam_fw-la &_o abijcere_fw-la potest_fw-la both_o rest_v the_o act_n and_o effect_n of_o all_o upon_o man_n himself_o yield_v to_o his_o motion_n when_o it_o be_v at_o his_o own_o discretion_n to_o do_v otherwise_o for_o m._n bishop_n here_o tell_v we_o out_o of_o their_o learning_n that_o there_o be_v in_o we_o a_o natural_a faculty_n of_o free_a will_n to_o which_o this_o propound_v &_o persuade_v be_v use_v patiantur_fw-la use_v coster_n ut_fw-la supr_fw-la relicta_fw-la voluntati_fw-la libertate_fw-la quae_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la suscipiantur_fw-la influxus_fw-la 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yet_o any_o spiritual_a renew_n grace_n but_o only_o as_o the_o friend_n as_o before_o be_v say_v reach_v his_o hand_n or_o give_v a_o cord_n to_o the_o man_n in_o the_o pit_n he_o prepare_v himself_o by_o believe_v hope_v repent_v and_o perform_v work_n of_o piety_n to_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o justification_n so_o that_o before_o justification_n and_o without_o any_o inward_a or_o inhabitant_n grace_n of_o regeneration_n even_o by_o free_a will_n receive_v only_o a_o help_n which_o be_v without_o it_o a_o man_n have_v faith_n hope_n repentance_n love_n by_o which_o and_o for_o which_o as_o m._n bishop_n afterward_o dispute_v god_n be_v induce_v and_o move_v to_o bestow_v upon_o we_o his_o justify_n grace_n all_o this_o matter_n m._n bishop_n in_o the_o thirteen_o section_n of_o this_o question_n set_v down_o thus_o god_n by_o his_o grace_n knock_v at_o the_o door_n of_o our_o heart_n he_o do_v not_o break_v it_o open_v or_o in_o any_o sort_n force_v it_o but_o attend_v that_o 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possiâ—ilitatem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la ad_fw-la â—liat_v semper_fw-la auxilio_fw-la which_o power_n be_v not_o sufficient_a of_o itself_o god_n always_o assi_v with_o the_o help_n of_o the_o foresay_a grace_n faciamus_fw-la grace_n august_n epist_n 107._o per_fw-la legem_fw-la per_fw-la scripturas_fw-la svas_fw-la deus_fw-la operatur_fw-la ut_fw-la velimus_fw-la sed_fw-la eu_fw-fr consentire_fw-la well_fw-mi no_o consentire_fw-la ita_fw-la nostrum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la velimus_fw-la fiat_fw-la si_fw-la autem_fw-la nolimus_fw-la nihil_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la operationem_fw-la dei_fw-la valere_fw-la faciamus_fw-la by_o his_o law_n by_o his_o scripture_n which_o we_o read_v or_o hear_v he_o work_v that_o we_o may_v be_v willing_a but_o to_o consent_v or_o not_o consent_v be_v so_o we_o as_o that_o if_o we_o will_v we_o do_v so_o if_o not_o we_o cause_v that_o the_o work_n of_o god_n avail_v nothing_o now_o than_o declinet_fw-la than_o contr._n pelag._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la cap._n 32.33_o qui_fw-la currit_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eo_fw-la seregi_fw-la cupit_fw-la ad_fw-la est_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la ex_fw-la eius_fw-la voluntate_fw-la suspendit_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la adherendo_fw-la nigiter_fw-la unus_fw-la eum_fw-la illo_fw-la fit_a spiritus_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la efficit_fw-la libertate_fw-la qua_fw-la qui_fw-la benè_fw-la utitur_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la travit_fw-la deo_fw-la omnemque_fw-la svam_fw-la mort_fw-fr ficat_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolo_n possit_fw-la dicere_fw-la vivo_fw-la autem_fw-la etc._n etc._n pontique_fw-la cor_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o manis_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la declinet_fw-la he_o that_o use_v his_o free_a will_n aright_o say_v he_o he_o run_v unto_o god_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v guide_v and_o direct_v by_o he_o and_o hang_v his_o will_n upon_o the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o who_o be_v join_v by_o clean_v still_o unto_o he_o he_o become_v or_o be_v make_v one_o spirit_n with_o he_o he_o so_o commit_v himself_o whole_o to_o god_n and_o mortify_v all_o his_o own_o will_n that_o with_o the_o apostle_n he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o say_v now_o i_o live_v yet_o not_o i_o but_o christ_n live_v in_o i_o he_o put_v his_o heart_n into_o god_n hand_n that_o god_n may_v incline_v it_o whither_o it_o shall_v please_v he_o here_o be_v free_a will_n yield_v assent_n to_o god_n and_o from_o thence_o by_o assistance_n of_o grace_n which_o he_o also_o as_o we_o have_v hear_v acknowledge_v in_o his_o meaning_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o papist_n to_o be_v necessary_a always_o and_o in_o all_o thing_n there_o follow_v the_o work_n of_o preparation_n which_o he_o express_v by_o term_n of_o run_v unto_o god_n desire_v to_o be_v guide_v by_o he_o mortify_v our_o own_o will_n put_v our_o heart_n into_o god_n hand_n hang_v our_o will_n upon_o god_n will_n now_o hereupon_o will_v he_o have_v to_o ensue_v the_o justify_n grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n which_o he_o signify_v by_o become_v one_o spirit_n with_o god_n by_o have_v christ_n to_o live_v in_o we_o by_o have_v god_n to_o incline_v our_o heart_n whither_o it_o please_v he_o declinet_fw-la he_o august_n ibid._n magnum_fw-la profecto_fw-la divinae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la adiutorium_fw-la ut_fw-la cor_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la declinei_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la tam_fw-la magnum_fw-la adiutorium_fw-la sicut_fw-la ipse_fw-la desipit_fw-la tunc_fw-la mere_a mur_fw-la cùm_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la adiutorio_fw-la nonnesi_fw-la de_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la libertate_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la currimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o he_o praecudentibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la sic_fw-la eius_fw-la consequamur_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ut_fw-la cor_fw-la nostrum_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la ipse_fw-la declinet_fw-la a_o great_a help_n of_o grace_n indeed_o say_v 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christianis_fw-la napüs_fw-la &_o pijs_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la atque_fw-la infidelibus_fw-la communis_fw-la est_fw-la a_o thing_n common_a both_o to_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o the_o godly_a to_o pagan_n and_o christian_n to_o believer_n and_o infidel_n consist_v in_o motion_n and_o illumination_n offer_v to_o all_o and_o leave_v to_o every_o man_n free_a will_n to_o accept_v or_o reject_v they_o even_o privatur_fw-la even_o bellar._n the_o great_a &_o lib._n arbit_n lib._n 2_o cap._n 3._o lumine_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nemo_fw-la omnine_a privatur_fw-la so_o do_v they_o they_o say_v that_o before_o that_o first_o grace_n there_o be_v no_o merit_n at_o all_o precedent_n even_o so_o say_v he_o affirm_v the_o call_n of_o god_n while_o he_o find_v we_o give_v to_o earthly_a lust_n and_o like_o bruit_n beast_n love_v only_o present_a thing_n as_o his_o own_o word_n have_v tell_v us._n but_o the_o first_o grace_n or_o prevent_a grace_n before_o which_o the_o father_n say_v there_o be_v no_o merit_n be_v justify_v grace_n nos_fw-la grace_n aug_n contr_n 2._o epist_n pelag._n lib._n 4_o cap._n 6._o ille_fw-la facis_fw-la ut_fw-la ambulemus_fw-la ut_fw-la obseruemus_fw-la ut_fw-la faciamus_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la bonos_fw-es faciens_fw-la nos_fw-la haec_fw-la miscricerdia_fw-la praeveniens_fw-la nos_fw-la the_o grace_n whereby_o he_o make_v we_o to_o walk_v to_o observe_v to_o do_v what_o he_o command_v whereby_o he_o himself_o work_v the_o effect_n of_o that_o which_o either_o by_o outward_a instruction_n or_o inward_a motion_n and_o illumination_n he_o do_v commend_v unto_o us._n before_o this_o grace_n they_o place_v their_o merit_n or_o work_n of_o preparation_n thereby_o to_o obtain_v it_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o s._n austin_n witness_v 23._o witness_v contr._n pelag._n &_o celestina_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 23._o not_o of_o work_n lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v and_o again_o if_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n it_o be_v not_o of_o work_n and_o herein_o their_o iniquity_n be_v the_o great_a in_o that_o they_o borrow_v the_o term_n of_o a_o distinction_n of_o 32_o of_o enchir._n cap._n 32_o grace_n prevenient_a and_o subsequent_a from_o s._n austin_n and_o apply_v it_o otherwise_o then_o he_o mean_v it_o to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o heresy_n which_o he_o oppugn_v by_o it_o thus_o m._n bishop_n for_o his_o life_n can_v imagine_v a_o better_a accord_n than_o there_o be_v betwixt_o pelagius_n the_o heretic_n and_o their_o council_n of_o trent_n both_o avouch_v and_o by_o fraudulent_a device_n maintain_v the_o power_n of_o nature_n and_o free_a will_n against_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o to_o assure_v we_o that_o they_o attribute_v thereto_o as_o much_o as_o pelagius_n do_v credatur_fw-la do_v august_n dena_fw-la &_o grit_n cap._n 39_o polecat_n item_n humoâ—ae_fw-la naturae_fw-la ita_fw-la â—â—stâ—dis_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la liberum_fw-la arâ—â—erium_fw-la etiam_fw-la sine_fw-la christi_fw-la nomine_fw-la salu_fw-la a_o esse_fw-la posse_fw-la credatur_fw-la who_o so_o defend_v the_o power_n of_o nature_n as_o that_o a_o man_n without_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n may_v be_v save_v by_o free_a will_n andradius_fw-la tell_v we_o out_o of_o the_o secret_n of_o that_o council_n that_o they_o also_o hold_v sperarunt_fw-la hold_v andrad_n ortho._n expli_v aedi_fw-la 3_o sine_fw-la lege_fw-la mosâ—_n &_o euangelit_fw-la unobis_fw-la per_fw-la christura_fw-la data_fw-la sola_fw-la lige_v naturae_fw-la permâ—iltos_fw-la pvisse_fw-fr dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la iustificatos_fw-la &_o saluatos_fw-la &_o prius_fw-la umeum_n deum_fw-la religioâ—è_fw-la venerati_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la ipso_fw-la spes_fw-la svas_fw-la omnes_fw-la collocarum_fw-la illi_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la placere_fw-la studuerunt_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la virtutum_fw-la remunerationem_fw-la sperarunt_fw-la that_o heathen_a philosopher_n have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n or_o of_o the_o 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either_o m._n bishop_n be_v not_o well_o awake_a or_o his_o wit_n here_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o book_n be_v not_o yet_o well_o come_v to_o he_o when_o he_o pass_v they_o over_o with_o this_o opinion_n that_o they_o be_v all_o for_o they_o but_o he_o think_v he_o have_v a_o long_a way_n to_o go_v and_o be_v loath_a in_o the_o beginning_n to_o put_v himself_o out_o of_o breath_n 7._o w._n bishop_n 25._o 1._o cor._n 25._o the_o first_o i_o have_v say_v he_o labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o all_o they_o yet_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o i_o attribute_v the_o whole_a work_n to_o grace_n to_o which_o i_o brief_o answer_v that_o they_o do_v corrupt_v the_o text_n to_o make_v it_o seem_v more_o currant_n for_o they_o the_o greek_a have_v only_o he_o son_fw-fr emoi_fw-fr which_o be_v with_o i_o not_o which_o be_v in_o i_o so_o that_o the_o word_n in_o true_a construction_n make_v much_o more_o for_o we_o then_o against_o we_o s._n paul_n affirm_v the_o 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construction_n say_v m._n bishop_n make_v much_o more_o for_o we_o then_o against_o us._n and_o why_o so_o forsooth_o because_o s._n paul_n affirm_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o be_v work_v with_o he_o to_o have_v do_v these_o thing_n but_o how_o be_v that_o for_o they_o for_o if_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o because_o it_o be_v say_v that_o grace_n do_v work_v with_o he_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v also_o understand_v that_o he_o do_v work_v with_o grace_n he_o must_v remember_v that_o he_o have_v say_v before_o ibid._n before_o ibid._n by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n i_o be_o that_o i_o be_o and_o therefore_o that_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n itself_o that_o he_o do_v work_v with_o grace_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v i_o have_v labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o they_o all_o yet_o i_o can_v attribute_v nothing_o to_o myself_o herein_o but_o all_o to_o grace_v because_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n in_o i_o whatsoever_o i_o have_v do_v in_o work_v with_o grace_n acceptum_fw-la grace_n oecumen_fw-la in_o 1_o cor._n cap._n 13._o veritus_fw-la ne_fw-la rectum_fw-la opus_fw-la sibi_fw-la attribueretur_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fere_n acceptum_fw-la fear_v lest_o the_o work_n shall_v be_v ascribe_v to_o himself_o say_v the_o scholiast_n he_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o which_o purpose_n the_o same_o apostle_n elsewhere_o say_v 15.17_o say_v rom._n 15.17_o i_o have_v whereof_o to_o rejoice_v in_o christ_n jesus_n in_o the_o thing_n that_o pertain_v to_o god_n for_o i_o dare_v not_o speak_v of_o any_o thing_n which_o christ_n have_v not_o wrought_v by_o i_o etc._n etc._n where_o photius_n thus_o observe_v christi_fw-la observe_v photius_n apud_fw-la oecumen_fw-la in_o ro._n cap._n 15._o ostendit_fw-la quòd_fw-la nihil_fw-la erat_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sed_fw-la totum_fw-la christi_fw-la he_o show_v that_o nothing_o be_v he_o but_o all_o whole_o be_v christ_n if_o all_o whole_o be_v of_o christ_n then_o be_v no_o part_n to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n the_o pelagian_o urge_v this_o place_n to_o the_o corinthian_n with_o the_o same_o pretence_n that_o m._n bishop_n do_v let_v he_o take_v the_o answer_n of_o orosius_n as_o speak_v to_o he_o mecum_fw-la he_o oros_n apologet_n de_fw-fr arbit_n libert_n quid_fw-la incaute_fw-la praesumptor_n aspicis_fw-la quia_fw-la dixerit_fw-la mecum_fw-la attend_v quia_fw-la praemiserit_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la tu_fw-la haec_fw-la aâ—o_fw-la verba_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la &_o mecum_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la media_fw-la est_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la verè_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la &_o perfiâ—cre_fw-la pro_fw-la bona_fw-la voluntate_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la voluntate_fw-la hominis_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o ille_fw-la confisus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la mecum_fw-la quia_fw-la dixerat_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o voluntate_fw-la ergo_fw-la hominis_fw-la gratia_fw-la divinae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la operatur_fw-la quae_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la ipsum_fw-la velle_fw-la donavit_fw-la ita_fw-la conscientia_fw-la hominis_fw-la profitetur_fw-la ut_fw-la dicat_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la largitur_fw-la ut_fw-la mecum_fw-la thou_o heedless_a presumptuous_a man_n what_o do_v thou_o look_v at_o that_o he_o say_v with_o i_o mark_v well_o that_o he_o have_v first_o say_v not_o i_o betwixt_o not_o i_o and_o with_o i_o come_v in_o the_o midst_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n who_o indeed_o it_o be_v both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o work_v for_o the_o make_n of_o a_o good_a will_n albeit_o the_o will_v be_v the_o will_n of_o man_n wherefore_o he_o be_v bold_a to_o say_v with_o i_o because_o he_o have_v say_v not_o i_o so_o then_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n power_n work_v in_o the_o will_n of_o man_n which_o have_v give_v to_o it_o to_o will_v the_o same_o whereupon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n profess_v and_o say_v not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n give_v he_o that_o he_o may_v say_v with_o i_o paul_n then_o say_v and_o may_v say_v with_o i_o but_o it_o be_v not_o by_o any_o proper_a act_n of_o his_o own_o free_a will_n but_o by_o the_o only_a gift_n and_o work_n of_o grace_n whereby_o he_o attain_v to_o say_v with_o i_o and_o no_o otherwise_o will_v s._n austin_n have_v speak_v if_o he_o have_v not_o fall_v into_o huckster_n hand_n who_o use_v he_o only_o for_o advantage_n and_o not_o for_o truth_n for_o have_v in_o hand_n to_o show_v that_o god_n call_v we_o and_o justify_v we_o only_o by_o his_o grace_n use_v thenceforth_o our_o will_n and_o work_v to_o accompany_v his_o grace_n in_o go_v forward_o with_o the_o work_n of_o our_o salvation_n give_v for_o example_n hereof_o the_o apostle_n s._n paul_n who_o profess_v that_o by_o god_n mere_a grace_n he_o be_v all_o that_o he_o be_v towards_o god_n show_v that_o have_v receive_v this_o grace_n it_o be_v not_o idle_a in_o he_o but_o he_o labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o all_o the_o rest_n but_o add_v yet_o not_o i_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n with_o i_o etc._n i_o august_n de_fw-fr great_a &_o li._n arbit_n cap._n 5._o id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la solus_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la mecum_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la nec_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la sola_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la solus_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la ut_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la coelo_fw-la vecaretur_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o efficacissima_fw-la vocatione_n converteretur_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la erat_fw-la sola_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v say_v austin_n not_o i_o alone_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n with_o i_o and_o therefore_o neither_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n alone_o nor_o he_o himself_o alone_o but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n with_o he_o now_o the_o next_o word_n be_v but_o that_o he_o be_v call_v from_o heaven_n and_o by_o that_o mighty_a and_o most_o effectual_a calling_n be_v
to_o the_o faith_n in_o which_o word_n he_o plain_o confess_v that_o free_a will_n to_o righteousness_n be_v whole_o the_o gift_n of_o grace_n and_o no_o more_o of_o ourselves_o than_o it_o be_v at_o first_o to_o create_v ourselves_o the_o place_n of_o irenaeus_n avail_v he_o as_o little_a who_o dispute_v in_o like_a sort_n against_o they_o that_o hold_v that_o man_n by_o a_o immutable_a necessity_n of_o create_a nature_n be_v some_o good_a and_o some_o evil_n prove_v that_o good_a and_o evil_n consist_v in_o election_n and_o will_n and_o that_o this_o appear_v dare_v appear_v iren._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 72._o si_fw-mi non_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la esset_fw-la facere_fw-la haec_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la facereq_fw-la vam_fw-la causam_fw-la habebat_fw-la apostolus_fw-la &_o multo_fw-la prius_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la consilium_fw-la dare_v by_o that_o the_o apostle_n and_o before_o he_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v give_v counsel_n to_o do_v some_o thing_n and_o from_o some_o other_o thing_n to_o abstain_v afterward_o he_o show_v that_o not_o in_o work_n only_o but_o also_o in_o faith_n our_o saviour_n reserve_v to_o man_n liberty_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n mean_v that_o it_o be_v cogens_fw-la be_v non_fw-fr de_fw-fr violentia_fw-la cogens_fw-la not_o by_o any_o compel_a violence_n that_o a_o man_n either_o believe_v or_o work_v but_o 2._o but_o august_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 5._o posse_fw-la habere_fw-la fidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la posse_fw-la habere_fw-la charitatem_fw-la naturae_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la hahere_fw-la autem_fw-la fidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la habere_fw-la charitatem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la fidelium_fw-la vid._n prospide_fw-la vocat_fw-la gen._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o by_o condition_n of_o nature_n he_o be_v such_o as_o may_v either_o believe_v or_o not_o believe_v and_o when_o he_o believe_v it_o be_v by_o his_o will_n that_o believe_v and_o by_o a_o power_n of_o the_o will_n that_o he_o have_v to_o believe_v yet_o so_o as_o that_o we_o must_v say_v with_o s._n austin_n 22_o austin_n august_n retract_v lib._n 1._o ca._n 22_o sedea_n potestas_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la detur_fw-la but_o that_o power_n be_v none_o except_o it_o be_v give_v of_o god_n we_o may_v not_o take_v irenaeus_n to_o be_v so_o gross_a as_o to_o think_v faith_n to_o be_v of_o our_o own_o power_n which_o the_o scripture_n so_o plain_o tell_v we_o be_v 2.8_o be_v ephes_n 2.8_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o as_o the_o place_n that_o he_o allege_v be_v far_o from_o any_o such_o purpose_n 13._o purpose_n mat._n 8_o 13._o according_a to_o thy_o faith_n be_v it_o unto_o thou_o 9.23_o thou_o mar._n 9.23_o all_o thing_n be_v possible_a to_o the_o believer_n so_o he_o himself_o elsewhere_o out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n 7.18_o apostle_n rom._n 7.18_o i_o know_v that_o in_o i_o that_o be_v in_o my_o flesh_n dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n plain_o affirm_v etc._n affirm_v iren._n lib_n 3._o cap._n 22._o significan_n quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la bonum_fw-la salutis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la et_fw-la iterum_fw-la miser_n ego_fw-la homo_fw-la etc._n etc._n deinde_fw-la insert_v liberatorem_fw-la gratia_n dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o good_a which_o belong_v to_o our_o salvation_n be_v not_o of_o ourselves_o but_o of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n be_v our_o deliverer_n that_o be_v the_o thing_n whereby_o we_o be_v make_v free_a therefore_o he_o pray_v for_o the_o heretic_n against_o who_o he_o write_v that_o etc._n that_o ibid._n cap._n 46._o nos_fw-la precamur_fw-la non_fw-la perseverare_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o fouâ—a_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la foderunt_fw-la sed_fw-la segregari_fw-la ab_fw-la nutusmodi_fw-la matre_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o legitimè_fw-la eos_fw-la generari_fw-la converse_n ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o formari_fw-la christum_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o cognoscere_fw-la eos_fw-la fabricaetorem_fw-la huius_fw-la universitatu_fw-la etc._n etc._n they_o may_v not_o continue_v in_o the_o pit_n which_o they_o have_v dig_v but_o may_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o church_n and_o that_o christ_n may_v be_v form_v in_o they_o and_o that_o they_o may_v know_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o he_o do_v not_o take_v repentance_n and_o faith_n and_o conversion_n to_o god_n to_o be_v matter_n of_o our_o free_a will_n and_o power_n but_o the_o merciful_a gift_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o by_o prayer_n to_o be_v beg_v at_o his_o hand_n the_o place_n of_o cyprian_a sound_v very_o harsh_o but_o yet_o be_v take_v in_o that_o sense_n wherein_o the_o father_n common_o speak_v before_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n namely_o to_o affirm_v against_o the_o manichee_n a_o act_n of_o man_n will_n both_o in_o good_a and_o evil_a so_o that_o by_o his_o will_n and_o election_n it_o be_v that_o either_o he_o be_v good_a or_o evil_n it_o import_v nothing_o against_o we_o because_o we_o deny_v not_o the_o act_n and_o election_n of_o man_n will_n but_o only_o teach_v that_o this_o act_n and_o election_n of_o the_o will_n be_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o itself_o as_o touch_v righteousness_n but_o only_o what_o it_o be_v by_o be_v correct_v &_o rectify_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n our_o saviour_n say_v to_o his_o disciple_n will_v you_o also_o go_v away_o salutem_fw-la away_o lib._n 1._o epist_n 3_o seruans_fw-la legem_fw-la qua_fw-la homo_fw-la libertati_fw-la suae_fw-la relictus_fw-la &_o in_o preprio_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la constitutus_fw-la fiâ—â—mâ—tipsi_fw-la vel_fw-la â—â—â—rtem_fw-la appetit_fw-la vel_fw-la salutem_fw-la he_o observe_v the_o law_n say_v cyprian_n whereby_o man_n leave_v to_o his_o liberty_n and_o put_v to_o his_o own_o will_n not_o deserve_v as_o m._n bishop_n false_o translate_v but_o desire_v to_o himself_o either_o death_n or_o salvation_n import_v hereby_o that_o man_n free_o and_o by_o his_o own_o will_n make_v choice_n to_o continue_v with_o christ_n unto_o salvation_n but_o not_o affirm_v that_o man_n own_o will_n be_v herein_o free_a of_o itself_o or_o have_v of_o it_o own_o whereby_o to_o make_v this_o choice_n and_o that_o he_o be_v of_o far_o other_o mind_n then_o so_o to_o think_v appear_v by_o his_o own_o word_n etc._n word_n aug._n contra_fw-la 2._o epist_n pelag_n lib._n 4_o cap._n 9_o &_o de_fw-la praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 3._o &_o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi pierce_v cap_n 19_o etc._n etc._n often_o cite_v by_o austin_n against_o the_o pelagian_o sit_fw-la pelagian_o cypr._n ad_fw-la quir._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 5._o in_o nulla_fw-la gloriandum_fw-la quando_fw-la nostrum_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la we_o be_v to_o glory_v of_o nothing_o namely_o as_o touch_v righteousness_n because_o therein_o nothing_o be_v our_o own_o pollemus_fw-la own_o lib._n 2._o epist_n 2._o dei_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la possumuâ—â—_n inde_fw-la uâ—â—â—mus_fw-la 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pictate_v praestâ—tur_fw-la put_v in_o mind_n of_o our_o own_o frailty_n and_o weakness_n and_o that_o for_o persevere_v and_o continue_v with_o christ_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o confess_v he_o and_o suffer_v for_o his_o sake_n it_o be_v whole_o to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o god_n and_o we_o be_v not_o to_o assume_v any_o thing_n proud_o to_o ourselves_o whereof_o s._n austin_n collect_v as_o before_o against_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n that_o eo_fw-la that_o aug_n de_fw-mi bono_fw-mi persevere_v cap._n â—7_n nihil_fw-la nobiâ—_fw-la reliquâ—t_fw-la in_o quâ—_n taâ—quam_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la gloriemuâ—_n siquâ—dem_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d discedâ—mus_fw-la à _fw-la dâ—o_fw-la nâ—n_fw-la estendâ—t_fw-la daâ—dum_fw-la esse_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la cùm_fw-la pascendum_fw-la estendat_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la enivi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o errur_n in_o tentationem_fw-la non_fw-la discâ—dit_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la omnino_fw-la in_o viribus_fw-la 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be_v say_v call_v it_o a_o defilement_n a_o contagion_n a_o blot_n a_o pestilent_a poison_n etc._n etc._n and_o say_v thereof_o what_o can_v there_o be_v find_v in_o man_n cleave_v from_o this_o blot_n free_a from_o this_o contagion_n thereby_o plain_o convince_a that_o it_o be_v sin_n because_o as_o have_v be_v before_o say_v nothing_o defile_v blot_v infect_v the_o soul_n but_o only_a sin_n s._n austin_n &_o s._n cirill_n he_o say_v have_v be_v cite_v already_o &_o i_o hope_v he_o have_v have_v a_o full_a answer_n to_o those_o citation_n as_o for_o hierome_n and_o gregory_n when_o we_o hear_v what_o it_o be_v that_o he_o will_v oppose_v out_o of_o they_o he_o shall_v have_v our_o further_a answer_n but_o neither_o they_o nor_o caluin_v confession_n do_v prove_v at_o all_o that_o approve_a antiquity_n be_v whole_o for_o they_o as_o he_o fond_o presume_v without_o cause_n but_o now_o forsooth_o to_o hit_v the_o nail_n on_o the_o head_n if_o any_o say_v he_o desire_v to_o know_v the_o 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say_v august_n in_o psal_n 109._o promisit_fw-la hominibus_fw-la divinitatem_fw-la mor_fw-fr talibus_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la iustificationem_fw-la abiectis_fw-la glorificationem_fw-la quicquid_fw-la promisit_fw-la indignis_fw-la promisit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la quasi_fw-la merces_fw-la operibus_fw-la promitteretur_fw-la sed_fw-la gratia_fw-la à _fw-la nomine_fw-la svo_fw-la gratis_o daretur_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la quód_fw-la iustè_fw-la vivit_fw-la inquantum_fw-la homo_fw-la potest_fw-la iustè_fw-la vivere_fw-la non_fw-la merit_n humani_fw-la sed_fw-la beneficij_fw-la divini_fw-la est_fw-la god_n promise_v to_o man_n participation_n with_o god_n immortality_n to_o mortal_a creature_n justification_n to_o sinner_n glorification_n to_o abject_n and_o castaway_n whatsoever_o he_o promise_v he_o promise_v to_o man_n unworthy_a that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v promise_v as_o a_o reward_n to_o work_n but_o be_v grace_n may_v according_a to_o the_o name_n be_v free_o give_v because_o to_o live_v just_o so_o far_o as_o man_n can_v live_v just_o be_v not_o a_o matter_n import_v man_n merit_n but_o the_o benefit_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n where_o plain_o he_o show_v that_o whatsoever_o god_n have_v promise_v it_o be_v his_o mere_a and_o only_a gift_n that_o to_o speak_v simple_o thereof_o it_o be_v to_o be_v bereave_v of_o the_o title_n of_o a_o reward_n of_o work_n because_o god_n promise_v the_o same_o when_o we_o have_v no_o work_n that_o it_o be_v not_o give_v for_o our_o worth_n because_o it_o be_v promise_v when_o we_o have_v no_o worth_n yea_o and_o that_o we_o have_v any_o good_a work_n it_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o the_o same_o promise_n it_o can_v be_v think_v to_o make_v any_o merit_n on_o our_o behalf_n but_o to_o set_v forth_o grace_n and_o mercy_n on_o god_n behalf_n so_o that_o all_o be_v free_a gift_n all_o be_v grace_n and_o mercy_n and_o the_o add_v of_o one_o gift_n and_o grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o another_o howsoever_o sometime_o in_o some_o respect_n as_o hereafter_o we_o shall_v see_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v set_v forth_o unto_o we_o under_o the_o name_n of_o recompense_n and_o reward_n in_o a_o word_n by_o that_o that_o follow_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o it_o will_v appear_v that_o the_o protestant_n proctor_n if_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v so_o term_v have_v say_v nothing_o in_o this_o behalf_n but_o what_o by_o s._n austin_n and_o other_o ancient_a father_n may_v well_o be_v defend_v against_o this_o romish_a prater_n who_o have_v great_a insolency_n of_o word_n but_o sound_a matter_n of_o proof_n he_o can_v find_v none_o at_o all_o 3._o w._n bishop_n but_o m._n perkins_n will_v nevertheless_o prove_v and_o that_o by_o sundry_a reason_n that_o their_o doctrine_n be_v the_o truth_n at_o self_n and_o we_o falsehood_n first_o by_o a_o sorry_a short_a syllogism_n contain_v more_o than_o one_o whole_a page_n it_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o property_n of_o a_o meritorious_a work_n which_o must_v be_v say_v he_o four_a first_o that_o the_o work_n be_v do_v of_o ourselves_o without_o the_o help_n of_o another_o second_o that_o it_o be_v not_o otherwise_o due_a debt_n three_o that_o it_o be_v do_v to_o the_o benefit_n of_o another_o four_o that_o the_o work_n and_o reward_n be_v equal_a in_o proportion_n these_o property_n he_o set_v down_o pythagorical_o without_o any_o proof_n but_o inser_v thereon_o as_o though_o he_o have_v prove_v they_o invincible_o that_o christ_n manhood_n separate_v from_o the_o godhead_n can_v merit_v because_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v he_o do_v it_o by_o grace_n receive_v and_o shall_v be_v otherwise_o due_a he_o may_v in_o like_a manner_n as_o true_o say_v that_o christ_n manhood_n unite_v to_o the_o godhead_n can_v not_o merit_v neither_o for_o he_o receive_v his_o godhead_n from_o his_o father_n and_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v be_v therefore_o his_o father_n by_o due_a debt_n and_o so_o the_o good_a man_n if_o he_o be_v let_v alone_o will_v disappoint_v we_o whole_o of_o all_o merit_n aswell_o the_o impute_a of_o christ_n as_o of_o all_o we_o do_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o grace_n wherefore_o we_o must_v a_o little_a sift_v his_o four_o forge_a propriety_n of_o merit_n and_o touch_v the_o first_o i_o say_v that_o one_o may_v by_o the_o good_a use_n of_o a_o thing_n receive_v by_o free_a gift_n merit_n and_o deserve_v much_o even_o at_o his_o hand_n that_o give_v it_o for_o example_n the_o far_a bestow_v a_o farm_n upon_o his_o son_n free_o who_o may_v by_o often_o present_v his_o father_n of_o the_o please_a fruit_n grow_v on_o the_o same_o deserve_v his_o further_a favour_n yea_o he_o may_v by_o the_o commodity_n reap_v out_o of_o that_o farm_n buy_v any_o thing_n that_o it_o shall_v please_v his_o father_n to_o set_v to_o sale_n as_o well_o as_o if_o he_o have_v never_o receive_v the_o farm_n from_o his_o father_n gift_n which_o be_v so_o common_a a_o case_n and_o so_o sensible_a that_o every_o man_n of_o mean_a wit_n may_v easy_o reach_v unto_o it_o even_o so_o by_o good_a manure_v the_o gift_n which_o god_n free_o bestow_v upon_o we_o we_o may_v both_o merit_v the_o increase_n of_o they_o and_o according_a to_o his_o own_o order_n and_o promise_n purchase_v thereby_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v plain_o prove_v by_o that_o parable_n of_o the_o talent_n give_v by_o a_o king_n to_o his_o servant_n 25._o mat._n 25._o the_o which_o they_o employ_v well_o and_o multiply_a be_v therefore_o esteem_v worthy_a of_o far_o great_a and_o withal_o to_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o their_o lord_n joy_n m._n perkins_n then_o be_v not_o a_o little_a oversee_v to_o put_v for_o the_o first_o propriety_n of_o merit_n that_o it_o must_v be_v do_v by_o a_o man_n and_o of_o a_o man_n himself_o r._n abbot_n m._n perkins_n say_v very_o true_o upon_o note_v the_o condition_n necessary_o require_v in_o a_o meritorious_a work_n that_o the_o manhood_n of_o christ_n consider_v a_o part_n from_o his_o godhead_n because_o it_o be_v but_o a_o creature_n and_o have_v all_o by_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o do_v all_o by_o bond_n of_o necessary_a duty_n can_v merit_v at_o god_n hand_n whereas_o m._n bishop_n against_o this_o say_v that_o he_o may_v in_o like_a manner_n as_o true_o say_v that_o christ_n manhood_n unite_v to_o the_o godhead_n can_v not_o merit_v neither_o because_o he_o receive_v his_o godhead_n from_o the_o father_n and_o therefore_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v be_v his_o father_n by_o due_a debt_n he_o bewray_v his_o notable_a and_o absurd_a ignorance_n for_o christ_n receive_v his_o godhead_n of_o the_o father_n to_o be_v equal_a to_o the_o father_n not_o inferior_a to_o be_v the_o same_o in_o substance_n and_o majesty_n and_o glory_n that_o the_o father_n be_v now_o duty_n and_o debt_n do_v necessary_o enforce_v minority_n and_o subjection_n see_v therefore_o there_o be_v no_o minority_n or_o subjection_n in_o the_o godhead_n of_o the_o son_n towards_o the_o father_n there_o can_v be_v no_o debt_n or_o duty_n of_o the_o son_n in_o that_o respect_n towards_o the_o father_n thus_o the_o good_a man_n to_o repay_v he_o with_o his_o own_o stout_a be_v take_v before_o he_o be_v aware_a in_o the_o net_n of_o the_o arian_n heresy_n which_o make_v christ_n as_o god_n inferior_a and_o subject_a to_o the_o father_n the_o merit_n of_o christ_n therefore_o consist_v in_o this_o as_o s._n paul_n note_v that_o be_v equal_a to_o god_n his_o father_n and_o owe_v no_o debt_n or_o duty_n do_v voluntary_o humble_v himself_o to_o obedience_n and_o duty_n for_o our_o sake_n so_o then_o m._n perrkins_n indeed_o a_o good_a man_n as_o m._n bishop_n shall_v one_o day_n see_v have_v not_o by_o his_o assertion_n bereave_v we_o of_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n but_o have_v teach_v how_o right_o to_o understand_v the_o same_o but_o now_o he_o will_v a_o little_a sift_n as_o he_o say_v the_o four_o forge_a propriety_n of_o merit_n which_o m._n perkins_n have_v set_v down_o whether_o they_o be_v forge_v or_o not_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o sequel_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n his_o answer_n to_o they_o may_v seem_v rather_o to_o have_v come_v from_o the_o smith_n forge_n than_o out_o of_o the_o study_n and_o from_o the_o learning_n of_o a_o doctor_n of_o divinity_n the_o first_o condition_n require_v in_o a_o meritorious_a work_n proper_o so_o to_o be_v call_v to_o which_o by_o duty_n debt_n and_o right_n for_o the_o work_v sake_n reward_n be_v to_o be_v yield_v be_v that_o a_o man_n do_v it_o of_o himself_o and_o by_o his_o own_o power_n for_o so_o say_v hilary_n existiâ—_n hilary_n hilar._n de_fw-fr trin._n lib._n 11._o mereri_fw-la eius_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibâ—_n meriti_fw-la acqui_fw-la rendi_fw-la author_n existiâ—_n it_o be_v for_o he_o to_o merit_v who_o himself_o be_v to_o himself_o the_o author_n of_o get_v his_o
the_o end_n resolve_v that_o eternal_a life_n be_v most_o true_o render_v unto_o good_a work_n as_o the_o due_a reward_n of_o they_o but_o because_o those_o good_a work_n can_v not_o have_v be_v do_v unless_o god_n have_v before_o free_o through_o christ_n bestow_v his_o grace_n upon_o we_o therefore_o the_o same_o eternal_a life_n be_v also_o true_o call_v grace_n because_o the_o first_o root_n of_o it_o be_v god_n free_a gift_n the_o very_a same_o answer_n do_v he_o give_v where_o he_o have_v these_o word_n 106._o epist_n 106._o eternal_a life_n be_v call_v grace_n not_o because_o it_o be_v not_o render_v unto_o merit_n but_o for_o that_o those_o merit_n to_o which_o it_o be_v render_v be_v give_v in_o which_o place_n he_o cross_v m._n perkins_n proportion_n most_o direct_o affirm_v that_o s._n paul_n may_v have_v say_v true_o eternal_a life_n be_v the_o pay_n or_o wage_n of_o good_a work_n but_o to_o hold_v we_o in_o humility_n partly_o and_o partly_o to_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o our_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n choose_v rather_o to_o say_v that_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v life_n eternal_a because_o of_o our_o damnation_n we_o be_v the_o whole_a and_o only_a cause_n but_o not_o of_o our_o salvation_n but_o principal_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o only_a fountain_n of_o merit_n and_o all_o good_a work_n r._n abbot_n m._n perkins_n allege_v the_o whole_a word_n of_o the_o apostle_n not_o to_o argue_v only_o from_o the_o assertion_n express_v in_o the_o latter_a part_n that_o 6.23_o that_o rom._n 6.23_o eternal_a life_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n but_o also_o from_o the_o connexion_n of_o the_o whole_a sentence_n that_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n the_o sequel_n of_o the_o speech_n if_o there_o be_v any_o merit_n in_o our_o work_n shall_v have_v be_v the_o wage_n of_o righteousness_n be_v eternal_a life_n he_o say_v not_o so_o but_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a life_n and_o so_o both_o by_o that_o which_o he_o do_v not_o say_v and_o also_o by_o that_o which_o he_o do_v say_v show_v that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o merit_n and_o desert_n of_o man_n now_o master_n bishop_n take_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sentence_n by_o itself_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n as_o if_o master_n perkins_n have_v thence_o argue_v against_o merit_n and_o ask_v where_o be_v the_o man_n wit_n sure_o his_o own_o wit_n be_v not_o so_o far_o from_o home_n but_o that_o he_o well_o know_v wherein_o the_o proof_n stand_v but_o we_o see_v he_o be_v dispose_v sometime_o to_o show_v his_o apish_a trick_n that_o we_o may_v see_v how_o he_o can_v skip_v and_o leap_v about_o the_o chain_n howsoever_o he_o advantage_n himself_o nothing_o at_o all_o thereby_o but_o at_o his_o pleasure_n he_o produce_v the_o word_n which_o m._n perkins_n proper_o intend_v eternal_a life_n be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o place_n be_v answer_v 1200._o year_n pass_v by_o s._n austin_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n now_o indeed_o it_o be_v true_a that_o s._n austin_n in_o diverse_a place_n of_o his_o work_n have_v handle_v those_o word_n but_o the_o spite_n be_v that_o in_o none_o of_o all_o those_o place_n he_o have_v say_v any_o thing_n to_o serve_v m._n bishop_n for_o a_o answer_n this_o may_v appear_v by_o that_o that_o he_o say_v in_o the_o very_a same_o book_n and_o very_o next_o chapter_n to_o that_o that_o m._n bishop_n cit_v etc._n cit_v august_n de_fw-fr grâ—â—_n &_o 〈◊〉_d arbit_n cap._n 9_o câ—â—â—_n posset_n dicere_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la dicere_fw-la stiâ—â—endâ—m_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la vita_fw-la eterne_a maluâ—â—â—â—en_o dicere_fw-la gratia_n dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la intelligantus_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la meritâ—_n nostru_fw-la deum_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la seâ—_n pro_fw-la miseratione_n sva_fw-la perducere_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereas_o the_o apostle_n may_v say_v and_o right_o say_v the_o wage_n of_o righteousness_n be_v eternal_a life_n yet_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o say_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a life_n that_o we_o may_v understand_v that_o not_o for_o our_o merit_n but_o for_o his_o own_o mercy_n sake_n he_o bring_v we_o to_o eternal_a life_n whereof_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o psalm_n he_o crow_v thou_o in_o mercy_n and_o compassion_n hereby_o it_o may_v seem_v that_o s._n austin_n mean_v to_o yield_v m._n bishop_n small_a help_n by_o his_o expound_v of_o this_o place_n to_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o merit_n but_o in_o the_o chapter_n cite_v by_o m._n bishop_n she_o propound_v the_o question_n etc._n question_n ibid._n cap._n 8._o si_fw-mi vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la bone_fw-la operibus_fw-la redditur_fw-la sicut_fw-la apertissiâ—â—è_fw-la dicit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quoniam_fw-la deus_fw-la redâ—es_fw-la &c_n &c_n quomodo_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la operibus_fw-la reddatur_fw-la sed_fw-la gratis_n detur_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o eternal_a life_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n see_v that_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o say_v that_o god_n will_v render_v unto_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o work_n the_o difficulty_n he_o show_v to_o arise_v of_o this_o that_o that_o be_v call_v grace_n which_o be_v not_o render_v unto_o work_n but_o be_v free_o give_v whereof_o he_o cit_v the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n if_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n it_o be_v not_o of_o work_n otherwise_o grace_n be_v no_o grace_n then_o he_o solu_v the_o question_n thus_o that_o pertinere_fw-la that_o intelligamus_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la nostra_fw-la quibus_fw-la aeterna_fw-la redditur_fw-la vita_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la we_o must_v understand_v that_o our_o good_a work_n to_o which_o eternal_a life_n be_v render_v do_v belong_v also_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n signify_v that_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n intend_v to_o give_v we_o eternal_a life_n do_v by_o the_o same_o mercy_n give_v we_o those_o good_a work_n to_o which_o he_o will_v give_v it_o for_o conclusion_n of_o that_o chapter_n he_o say_v consequent_o that_o etc._n that_o vita_fw-la nostra_fw-la bona_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la quae_fw-la bonae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la redditur_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la enim_fw-la gratis_o â—ata_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la gratis_n data_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la cvi_fw-la datur_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la cvi_fw-la datur_fw-la tantum_fw-la modo_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la autem_fw-la quae_fw-la illi_fw-la datur_fw-la quoman_a praemium_fw-la eius_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la gratia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la merces_fw-la pro_fw-la iustitia_fw-la ut_fw-la verum_fw-la sit_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o our_o 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say_v arbitrio_fw-la say_v august_n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib_n 5._o cap._n 10._o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la cùm_fw-la volumus_fw-la libero_fw-la velimus_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la that_o whatsoever_o we_o will_v we_o will_v the_o same_o by_o free_a will_n because_o the_o will_n be_v not_o subject_a to_o compulsion_n but_o will_v always_o free_o and_o of_o it_o own_o accord_n or_o else_o lose_v the_o nature_n and_o name_n of_o will_n which_o freedom_n of_o will_n by_o original_a institution_n stand_v indifferent_a either_o to_o good_a or_o evil_n yet_o be_v not_o to_o continue_v so_o but_o upon_o election_n once_o make_v to_o be_v free_a only_o in_o that_o whereto_o of_o itself_o it_o shall_v betake_v itself_o free_v only_o in_o evil_a if_o it_o shall_v apply_v itself_o to_o evil_n free_a only_o in_o good_a if_o it_o shall_v make_v choice_n to_o continue_v therein_o therefore_o the_o angel_n which_o keep_v their_o original_a habitation_n and_o estate_n have_v their_o â—â—ali_fw-la their_o bernard_n de_fw-fr great_a &_o liâ—_n arb_n angeli_fw-la sancti_fw-la ita_fw-la sunt_fw-la boni_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la possuit_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o â—â—ali_fw-la free_a will_n by_o god_n election_n and_o grace_n establish_v in_o goodness_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o inclineable_a to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v evil_a but_o the_o angel_n which_o sin_v and_o abide_v not_o in_o the_o truth_n have_v their_o free_a will_n by_o itself_o and_o of_o itself_o boni_fw-la itself_o ibid._n praevaricatores_fw-la angeli_fw-la ita_fw-la sunt_fw-la mali_fw-la ut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la valeant_fw-la esse_fw-la boni_fw-la obdure_v and_o harden_v in_o that_o that_o be_v evil_a so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o at_o all_o appliable_a to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a man_n therefore_o by_o sin_n have_v not_o lose_v free_a will_n for_o by_o uâ—let_fw-la by_o august_n count_n 2._o epist_n pelag._n lib._n 1._o cap_n 2_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la usque_fw-la aâ—â—o_fw-la in_o peccatore_fw-la non_fw-la perijâ—_n ut_fw-la per_fw-la illud_fw-la peccant_a maximè_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la delectatione_n peccant_a &_o lib._n 3._o ca._n 8_o non_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatuâ—_n uâ—let_fw-la free_n will_v it_o be_v that_o now_o he_o sin_v yea_o and_o can_v nothing_o but_o sin_n but_o this_o free_a will_n that_o be_v thus_o free_a in_o sin_n have_v no_o freedom_n at_o all_o as_o s._n austin_n in_o sundry_a place_n express_v to_o righteousness_n and_o to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n until_o it_o be_v rectify_v and_o make_v free_a by_o jesus_n christ_n no_o freedom_n or_o power_n at_o all_o but_o what_o be_v new_o and_o mere_o etc._n mere_o idem_fw-la de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la mer._n &_o rem_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o ipsum_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la dona_fw-la pertinere_fw-la non_fw-la ambigens_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n therefore_o have_v affirm_v the_o freedom_n of_o the_o will_n to_o sin_n he_o add_v that_o valet_fw-la that_o cont_n 2._o epist_n pelag._n l._n 3._o cap._n 8._o ad_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la divinitùs_fw-la liberatum_fw-la advitumque_fw-la non_fw-la valet_fw-la to_o righteousness_n but_o as_o it_o be_v make_v free_a and_o help_v of_o god_n it_o avail_v nothing_o voluntates_fw-la nothing_o ibid._n lib._n 4_o ca._n 8_o quid_fw-la mihi_fw-la obiâ—â—dâ—s_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendam_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la liberum_fw-la non_fw-la erit_fw-la nisi_fw-la ovis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la qui_fw-la facit_fw-la igitur_fw-la òues_fw-la homines_fw-la ipse_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la pietatie_fw-mi humanas_fw-la liberat_fw-la voluntates_fw-la what_o tell_v thou_o i_o of_o free_a will_n say_v he_o which_o to_o the_o do_v of_o righteousness_n shall_v not_o be_v free_a except_o thou_o become_v a_o sheep_n of_o god_n he_o then_o who_o of_o man_n make_v his_o sheep_n even_o he_o make_v the_o will_n of_o man_n free_a to_o the_o obedience_n of_o godliness_n arbitrium_fw-la godliness_n epist_n 107._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la ad_fw-la diligendum_fw-la deum_fw-la primi_fw-la peccati_fw-la granditate_fw-la perdidimus_fw-la &_o antea_fw-la gratia_n nostrum_fw-la ad_fw-la de_fw-la linandum_fw-la à _fw-la malo_fw-la &_o faciendum_fw-la bonum_fw-la liberatur_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la we_o lose_v free_a will_n to_o love_n god_n by_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o first_o sin_n say_v he_o but_o by_o grace_n our_o will_n be_v make_v free_a to_o decline_v from_o evil_a and_o do_v good_a so_o then_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v free_a will_n to_o be_v righteousness_n but_o yet_o we_o have_v regard_n to_o that_o caution_n which_o s._n austin_n give_v against_o pelagian_n and_o papist_n liberum_fw-la papist_n ibid._n si_fw-la verè_fw-la volumus_fw-la defender_n liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la non_fw-la oppugnemus_fw-la uâ—de_fw-la â—ic_fw-la liberum_fw-la if_o we_o will_v defend_v free_a will_v aright_o not_o to_o oppugn_v that_o whence_o it_o be_v make_v free_a what_o vivimus_fw-la what_o cont._n 2._o ep_n pelag._n l._n 4_o
cap._n 9_o nunquid_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la negate_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quia_fw-la deo_fw-la totum_fw-la tribuit_fw-la quòd_fw-la rectè_fw-la vivimus_fw-la do_v a_o man_n deny_v free_a will_n say_v he_o because_o he_o attribute_v it_o whole_o to_o god_n that_o we_o live_v well_o nequeamus_fw-la well_o retract_v lib._n 1â—_n cap_n 9_o tale_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la illo_fw-la rectè_fw-la vivere_fw-la nequeamus_fw-la without_o freedom_n of_o will_v we_o can_v live_v well_o for_o how_o shall_v a_o man_n do_v well_o without_o his_o will_n but_o yet_o this_o free_a will_n to_o live_v well_o be_v voluntas_fw-la be_v cont_n 2._o epist_n pelag._n lib._n 3_o cap._n 7._o hominis_fw-la non_fw-la libera_fw-la sed_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la liberata_fw-la voluntas_fw-la a_o will_v not_o free_a mere_o &_o of_o itself_o but_o make_v free_a by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o then_o be_v potest_fw-la be_v de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 14._o cap._n 11._o arbitrium_fw-la voluntatu_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la veer_fw-la liberum_fw-la cùm_fw-la vetijs_fw-la peccatisque_fw-la non_fw-la seruit_fw-la tale_n datum_fw-la est_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la quod_fw-la amissum_fw-la proprio_fw-la vitio_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la dari_fw-la potuit_fw-la reddi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la the_o will_n of_o man_n free_a indeed_o when_o it_o be_v free_a from_o sin_n and_o such_o a_o free_a will_n god_n give_v to_o man_n in_o the_o beginning_n but_o he_o lose_v it_o by_o his_o own_o default_n and_o be_v lose_v it_o can_v be_v restore_v but_o by_o he_o that_o be_v able_a first_o to_o give_v it_o in_o christ_n therefore_o it_o be_v restore_v unto_o we_o who_o by_o his_o 51.12_o his_o esai_n 51.12_o free_a spirit_n give_v 1_o give_v esa_n â—1_n 1_o liberty_n to_o the_o captive_n and_o open_v the_o prison_n to_o they_o that_o be_v bind_v and_o 1.13_o and_o col._n 1.13_o deliver_v we_o from_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n and_o make_v we_o 7.22_o we_o 1_o cor._n 7.22_o freeman_n unto_o he_o but_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o have_v receive_v but_o 8.23_o but_o rom._n 8.23_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o who_o this_o freedom_n be_v wrought_v according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n 3.17_o apostle_n 2._o cor._n 3.17_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n the_o same_o be_v yet_o but_o begin_v in_o we_o so_o that_o liberias_fw-la that_o august_n in_o joan._n tract_n 41._o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la libertas_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la seruitus_fw-la nondum_fw-la tota_fw-la nondum_fw-la pura_fw-la nondum_fw-la plena_fw-la liberias_fw-la there_o be_v partly_o freedom_n and_o partly_o bondage_n not_o yet_o whole_a and_o pure_a and_o perfect_a freedom_n for_o no_o further_a be_v the_o will_v free_v than_o it_o be_v renew_v and_o it_o be_v renew_v as_o yet_o but_o in_o part_n continue_v still_o est_fw-la still_o de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la mer._n &_o rem_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o animus_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la interior_a nondum_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la nondum_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la intantum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o vetustate_fw-la est_fw-la in_o part_n in_o the_o old_a estate_n therefore_o it_o be_v so_o make_v free_a as_o that_o in_o some_o part_n we_o have_v cause_n still_o to_o complain_v with_o the_o apostle_n 7.14_o apostle_n rom._n 7.14_o i_o be_o carnal_a sell_v under_o sin_n and_o to_o pray_v with_o the_o prophet_n david_n 142.7_o david_n psal_n 142.7_o bring_v my_o soul_n out_o of_o prison_n that_o i_o may_v give_v thanks_n unto_o thy_o name_n hence_o be_v that_o heaviness_n and_o dulness_n that_o waywardnesse_n and_o untowardness_n that_o retention_n and_o hold_v back_o that_o still_o we_o find_v in_o we_o in_o the_o apply_v of_o ourselves_o to_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a thing_n and_o as_o touch_v that_o wherein_o we_o be_v renew_v and_o make_v free_a it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o uphold_v we_o and_o keep_v we_o in_o the_o right_a way_n but_o we_o have_v still_o need_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o be_v assistant_n and_o helpefull_a unto_o us._n peto_fw-la us._n hieron_n ad_fw-la ctesiphont_n non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la mihi_fw-la quòd_fw-la semel_fw-la donavit_fw-la nisi_fw-la semper_fw-la donaverit_fw-la peto_n ut_fw-la accipiam_fw-la &_o eum_fw-la accepero_fw-la rursus_fw-la peto_fw-la it_o be_v not_o enough_o that_o god_n have_v once_o give_v say_v hierome_n except_o he_o still_o give_v i_o pray_v to_o receive_v and_o when_o i_o have_v receive_v i_o pray_v again_o therefore_o the_o ancient_a church_n require_v of_o pelagius_n to_o confess_v that_o dari_fw-la that_o august_n epist_n 106._o fateatur_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o adâ—utorium_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la singulos_fw-la actus_fw-la dari_fw-la the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v give_v we_o to_o every_o act_n that_o we_o do_v velit_fw-la do_v enchirid_a cap._n 32._o nolenâ—em_fw-la praevenit_fw-la ut_fw-la velit_fw-la volentem_fw-la subsequitur_fw-la ne_fw-la frustra_fw-la velit_fw-la he_o prevent_v we_o to_o make_v we_o willing_a &_o follow_v we_o when_o we_o be_v willing_a that_o we_o do_v not_o will_n in_o vain_a and_o if_o his_o hand_n do_v not_o hold_v we_o and_o uphold_v we_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o the_o burden_n of_o corruptible_a flesh_n that_o we_o be_v still_o relapse_v to_o our_o self_n and_o still_o ready_a with_o the_o 14.11.12_o the_o exod._n 14.11.12_o israelit_v to_o yield_v ourselves_o to_o become_v bond_n again_o derelicta_fw-la again_o bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 84._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr aliud_fw-la anima_fw-la nostra_fw-la quà m_fw-la spirit_n valiens_n &_o non_fw-fr rediensâ—â—_n ita_fw-la fuerit_fw-la derelicta_fw-la our_o soul_n say_v bernard_n be_v no_o other_o but_o as_o a_o wind_n that_o pass_v and_o return_v not_o again_o if_o it_o be_v leave_v unto_o itself_o now_o m._n bishop_n do_v you_o carry_v this_o in_o mind_n thus_o express_v by_o the_o phrase_n and_o speech_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o leave_v to_o calumniate_v our_o doctrine_n who_o affirm_v free_a will_n as_o far_o as_o they_o affirm_v it_o and_o deny_v it_o not_o otherwise_o but_o as_o they_o deny_v it_o against_o the_o pelagian_a heretic_n but_o you_o will_v hardly_o leave_v your_o wont_a because_o you_o see_v well_o enough_o that_o if_o you_o take_v our_o doctrine_n as_o we_o deliver_v it_o you_o can_v devise_v nothing_o plausible_o or_o colourable_o to_o speak_v against_o it_o 2._o w._n bishop_n m._n per._n 2._o conclusion_n the_o matter_n whereabout_o free_a will_n be_v occupy_v be_v principal_o the_o action_n of_o man_n which_o be_v of_o three_o sort_n natural_a humane_a spiritual_a natural_a action_n be_v such_o as_o be_v common_a to_o man_n and_o beast_n as_o to_o eat_v sleep_n etc._n etc._n in_o all_o which_o we_o join_v with_o the_o papist_n and_o hold_v that_o man_n have_v free_a will_v even_o since_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n m._n per._n 3._o conclusion_n humane_a action_n be_v such_o as_o be_v common_a to_o all_o man_n good_a and_o bad_a as_o to_o speak_v to_o practice_v any_o kind_n of_o art_n to_o perform_v any_o kind_n of_o civil_a duty_n to_o preach_v to_o administer_v sacrament_n etc._n etc._n and_o hither_o we_o may_v refer_v the_o outward_a action_n of_o civil_a virtue_n as_o namely_o justice_n temperance_n gentleness_n and_o liberality_n and_o in_o these_o also_o we_o join_v with_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n and_o say_v as_o experience_n teach_v that_o man_n have_v a_o natural_a freedom_n of_o will_n to_o put_v they_o or_o not_o to_o put_v they_o in_o execution_n s._n paul_n say_v the_o gentile_n that_o have_v not_o the_o law_n 2.14_o rom._n 2.14_o do_v the_o thing_n of_o the_o law_n by_o nature_n that_o be_v by_o natural_a strength_n and_o he_o say_v of_o himself_o 29.19_o phil_n 3_o 6._o mat_n 6_o 5._o ezech._n 29.19_o that_o before_o his_o conversion_n touch_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n he_o be_v unblameable_a and_o for_o the_o external_a obedience_n natural_a man_n receive_v reward_n in_o temporal_a thing_n and_o yet_o here_o some_o caveat_n must_v be_v remember_v first_o that_o in_o humane_a action_n he_o shall_v say_v moral_a man_v will_n be_v weak_a and_o his_o understanding_n dim_a thereupon_o he_o often_o fail_v in_o they_o this_o caveat_n be_v no_o caveat_n of_o the_o protestant_n but_o take_v out_o of_o s._n thomas_n of_o aquine_n 8._o sum_n 12_o â—_o 109._o art_n 4._o &_o 8._o and_o in_o all_o such_o action_n with_o s._n augustine_n you_o may_v have_v quote_v the_o place_n i_o understand_v the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o be_v only_o wound_v or_o half_a dead_a 2._o that_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v under_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o to_o be_v order_v by_o it_o who_o know_v not_o this_o r._n abbot_n here_o m._n bishop_n give_v we_o some_o more_o of_o his_o learned_a note_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o m._n perkins_n for_o humane_a shall_v have_v say_v moral_a whereas_o the_o name_n of_o moral_a action_n do_v not_o so_o proper_o comprehend_v all_o those_o which_o he_o
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convalescentis_fw-la cvius_fw-la auxilio_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la utetur_fw-la sin_n minus_fw-la poterit_fw-la eum_fw-la removere_fw-la to_o a_o staff_n in_o a_o man_n hand_n which_o at_o his_o own_o will_v he_o either_o use_v for_o his_o help_n or_o throw_v away_o still_o exclude_v that_o work_n of_o god_n whereby_o it_o be_v wrought_v in_o the_o will_n to_o will_v and_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o not_o to_o reject_v the_o same_o the_o necessity_n of_o which_o work_n herein_o plain_o appear_v for_o that_o man_n as_o touch_v spiritual_a life_n 4.18_o life_n ephes_n 4.18_o the_o life_n of_o god_n be_v whole_o dead_a and_o therefore_o as_o the_o dead_a man_n have_v no_o faculty_n or_o power_n leave_v whereby_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o himself_o for_o recovery_n of_o life_n again_o but_o his_o life_n and_o the_o life_n of_o all_o his_o part_n must_v whole_o and_o new_o be_v put_v into_o he_o so_o man_n have_v nothing_o leave_v in_o nature_n whereof_o with_o any_o 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only_o to_o be_v stir_v up_o and_o strengthen_v there_o can_v be_v affirm_v the_o state_n of_o death_n but_o the_o scripture_n pronounce_v man_n absolute_o dead_a the_o 25._o the_o john_n 5_o 25._o dead_a shall_v hear_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o hear_v it_o shall_v live_v 2.13_o live_v epes_n 2_o 1.5_o col._n 2.13_o you_o be_v dead_a in_o trespass_n and_o sin_n not_o 10.30_o not_o luk._n 10.30_o half_o dead_a like_o the_o man_n that_o descend_v from_o jerusalem_n to_o jericho_n to_o who_o s._n ambrose_n more_o fit_o resemble_v man_n fall_v after_o baptism_n 10._o baptism_n ambros_n de_fw-fr poeâ—tit_fw-fr lib._n 1._o cap._n 10._o and_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n but_o plain_o 8.22_o plain_o mat._n 8.22_o dead_a like_a 11.39_o like_a john_n 11.39_o lazarus_n four_o day_n dead_a and_o now_o stink_v in_o his_o grave_n in_o who_o raise_v up_o be_v mortut_o be_v aug_n in_o joan._n trail_n 49_o surrex_n protessit_fw-la in_o uâ—roquâ—_n potentia_fw-la domin_n erat_fw-la non_fw-la vires_fw-la mortut_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n not_o any_o strength_n of_o the_o dead_a man_n so_o as_o that_o the_o recover_n of_o a_o man_n to_o faith_n and_o spiritual_a life_n be_v by_o 1.19_o by_o eâ—nes_fw-la 1.19_o the_o same_o work_n of_o the_o mighty_a power_n of_o god_n which_o he_o wrought_v in_o christ_n when_o he_o raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a which_o if_o m._n bishop_n do_v acknowledge_v according_a to_o the_o plain_a evidence_n of_o holy_a scripture_n he_o will_v not_o thus_o halt_v betwixt_o grace_n and_o free_a will_n but_o will_v confess_v that_o whatsoever_o the_o will_n do_v in_o the_o work_n of_o salvation_n the_o same_o be_v full_o and_o whole_o wrought_v therein_o by_o grace_n but_o now_o he_o do_v but_o dally_v with_o the_o name_n of_o grace_n as_o pelagius_n the_o heretic_n do_v only_o to_o hide_v the_o venom_n and_o poison_n of_o his_o false_a doctrine_n decliâ—ians_fw-la doctrine_n august_n count_n pelag._n &_o celestina_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 37._o gratiae_n vocabulo_fw-la frangens_fw-la invidiam_fw-la effensionemque_fw-la decliâ—ians_fw-la to_o abate_v the_o hatred_n and_o avoid_v the_o offence_n that_o shall_v otherwise_o arise_v against_o he_o and_o no_o otherwise_o do_v the_o council_n of_o trent_n which_o he_o allege_v for_o his_o warrant_n the_o doctrine_n whereof_o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o the_o pelagian_a heresy_n be_v take_v with_o those_o correction_n and_o limitation_n wherewith_o pelagius_n and_o his_o follower_n do_v abridge_v and_o explain_v themselves_o for_o they_o deny_v not_o a_o necessity_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n pelagius_n himself_o plain_o saying_n auxilio_fw-la saying_n pelag._n apud_fw-la aug._n ibid._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 31._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la habere_fw-la nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la bonu_fw-la operibus_fw-la divino_fw-la semper_fw-la adiwarur_n auxilio_fw-la we_o say_v that_o we_o have_v a_o free_a will_n which_o in_o all_o good_a work_n be_v always_o assist_v with_o the_o help_n of_o god_n auxilio_fw-la god_n cap._n 33._o lâ—berum_fw-la sic_fw-la confitemur_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la ut_fw-la dicamus_fw-la nos_fw-la indigere_fw-la dei_fw-la semper_fw-la auxilio_fw-la we_o so_o confess_v free_a will_n as_o that_o we_o say_v that_o we_o always_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o help_n of_o god_n deo_fw-la god_n cap._n 35_o epistota_n nostra_fw-la consitetur_fw-la nos_fw-la omnino_fw-la nihil_fw-la boni_fw-la facere_fw-la â—asse_fw-la sine_fw-la deo_fw-la we_o can_v do_v no_o good_a at_o all_o without_o god_n auxilium_fw-la god_n cap._n 37._o inuemeni_n nos_fw-la ita_fw-la hominis_fw-la laudare_fw-la naturam_fw-la ut_fw-la dei_fw-la semper_fw-la gratiae_fw-la addamus_fw-la auxilium_fw-la we_o so_o praise_v nature_n as_o that_o we_o always_o add_v the_o help_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o that_o we_o may_v see_v that_o he_o first_o tread_v the_o path_n for_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n to_o follow_v he_o stick_v not_o to_o pronounce_v aeternas_fw-la pronounce_v cap._n 1._o a_o thema_fw-la qui_fw-la sentit_fw-la vel_fw-la docet_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la qua_fw-la christus_fw-la vinit_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la munâ—um_fw-la peccatores_fw-la siluâ—s_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la per_fw-la singulas_fw-la horas_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la singula_fw-la momenta_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la singulos_fw-la actus_fw-la nostros_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessariam_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la hanc_fw-la conantur_fw-la auferâ—e_fw-la paenas_fw-la sortiuntur_fw-la aeternas_fw-la anathema_n to_o every_o one_o that_o think_v or_o say_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n whereby_o christ_n come_v into_o this_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n be_v not_o necessary_a not_o only_o every_o hour_n and_o every_o moment_n but_o to_o every_o act_n of_o we_o and_o they_o that_o go_v about_o to_o deny_v it_o shall_v be_v punish_v for_o ever_o so_o do_v the_o pelagian_a heretic_n affirm_v to_o hierome_n dei_fw-la hierome_n hieron_n adis_fw-la pelag._n lib._n 3._o suâ—t_z plerique_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la qui_fw-la omina_fw-la quae_fw-la agimus_fw-la dicant_fw-la fieri_fw-la praesilio_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o
be_v very_o many_o of_o we_o who_o say_v that_o all_o thing_n that_o we_o do_v be_v do_v by_o the_o help_n of_o god_n by_o this_o acknowledgement_n of_o grace_n pelagius_n delude_v the_o bishop_n of_o the_o eastern_a church_n before_o who_o he_o be_v convent_v and_o by_o that_o mean_n be_v acquit_v and_o dismiss_v as_o have_v teach_v nothing_o against_o the_o truth_n for_o as_o augustin_n note_v consueverunt_fw-la note_v august_n epist_n 95._o his_o audius_fw-la verâ—is_fw-la thommem_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la adiunari_fw-la &_o catholici_fw-la antistitâ—â—_n nullam_fw-la aliam_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la intelligere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o libris_fw-la dei_fw-la legere_fw-la &_o populis_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicare_fw-la consueverunt_fw-la when_o they_o hear_v he_o confess_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n they_o can_v imagine_v no_o other_o grace_n but_o what_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o god_n and_o preach_v to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n which_o grace_n by_o this_o occasion_n the_o same_o s._n austin_n in_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a place_n define_v to_o be_v that_o glorificamur_fw-la that_o ibid._n gratiae_n qua_fw-la christiani_n &_o filii_fw-la dei_fw-la sumus_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la qua_fw-la praedesiinati_fw-la vocamur_fw-la iustificamur_fw-la glorificamur_fw-la whereby_o we_o be_v christian_n and_o the_o child_n of_o god_n and_o be_v predestinate_a be_v call_v justify_v and_o glorify_v essemus_fw-la glorify_v epist_n 105._o qua_fw-la iustificati_fw-la sumus_fw-la ut_fw-la homines_fw-la iusti_fw-la essemus_fw-la whereby_o we_o be_v justify_v to_o be_v just_a man_n doctrinam_fw-la man_n epi._n 107._o agnoscamus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la proasse_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la which_o make_v the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n profitable_a unto_o we_o charitatem_fw-la we_o cont._n pelag._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 13._o ut_fw-la non_fw-la â—stendat_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la veritatem_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la impertiae_fw-la charitatem_fw-la whereby_o he_o do_v not_o only_o show_v we_o the_o truth_n but_o also_o inspire_v love_n etc._n love_n ibid._n cap._n 30._o qua_fw-la iustificamur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la diffunditur_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la etc._n etc._n whereby_o we_o be_v justify_v that_o be_v whereby_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v shed_v abroad_o in_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o we_o nos_fw-la we_o cont._n 2._o epist_n pelag_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la bonos_fw-es faciens_fw-la nos_fw-la whereby_o we_o be_v make_v good_a tur_fw-la good_a cont_n pelag_n etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la cap._n 10._o istam_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fateatur_fw-la qua_fw-la futurae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la promittitur_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la creditur_fw-la &_o speratur_fw-la nec_fw-la revelatur_fw-la solum_fw-la sapientia_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la &_o amatur_fw-la nec_fw-la suadetur_fw-la solum_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la persâ—â—ad_n tur_fw-la whereby_o the_o excellency_n of_o heavenly_a glory_n be_v not_o only_o promise_v but_o also_o believe_v and_o hope_v for_o nor_o wisdom_n only_o reveal_v but_o love_v and_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a be_v not_o only_o advise_v but_o fruitful_o and_o effectual_o persuade_v this_o only_a grace_n and_o no_o other_o do_v they_o understand_v to_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n whereby_o as_o touch_v the_o work_n of_o our_o salvation_n god_n be_v all_o in_o all_o while_o of_o he_o and_o by_o he_o mere_o by_o his_o gift_n we_o be_v whatsoever_o we_o be_v towards_o he_o so_o that_o although_o &c_n although_o de_fw-fr great_a &_o lib._n arbâ—t_fw-la cap._n 16._o certum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la velle_fw-la cum_fw-la volumus_fw-la sed_fw-la ille_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la velimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n certum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la facere_fw-la 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we_o to_o all_o good_a thing_n and_o again_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o say_v illuminat_fw-la say_v ibid_fw-la ca_fw-mi 7_o adiwat_fw-la nos_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la &_o revelationem_fw-la svam_fw-la dum_fw-la cordis_fw-la nostri_fw-la oculos_fw-la aperit_fw-la dum_fw-la nobis_fw-la ne_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la occupemur_fw-la futura_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la dum_fw-la diaboli_fw-la pandit_fw-la insidiat_fw-la dum_fw-la nos_fw-la multiformi_fw-la &_o
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affirm_v that_o grace_n have_v perform_v and_o do_v what_o appertain_v to_o it_o for_o the_o conversion_n of_o man_n there_o be_v behind_o a_o distinct_a and_o proper_a act_n of_o the_o will_n which_o either_o by_o consent_v and_o yield_v make_v good_a or_o by_o dissent_v and_o refuse_v make_v frustrate_v all_o that_o grace_n have_v do_v this_o you_o all_o inculcate_v &_o beat_v upon_o that_o that_o when_o god_n have_v whole_o do_v his_o part_n it_o be_v in_o man_n will_n either_o to_o make_v or_o mar_v and_o so_o do_v plain_o teach_v with_o pelagius_n that_o god_n do_v help_v 25._o help_v idem_fw-la the_o great_a certisti_n to_o it_o pelag._n &_o celestina_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o possibilitatem_fw-la naturae_fw-la our_o natural_a power_n that_o we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o consent_v and_o will_n but_o actual_o to_o consent_v and_o will_n be_v leave_v still_o free_a to_o our_o own_o will_n and_o choice_n and_o thus_o m._n bishop_n you_o yourself_o inform_v we_o when_o propound_v 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and_o to_o give_v our_o assent_n unto_o it_o who_o etc._n who_o de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 20._o cum_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fieri_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la volentibus_fw-la hominibus_fw-la oportet_fw-la fieri_fw-la incitnantur_fw-la eorum_fw-la cordae_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la
lâ—t_fw-la eo_fw-la scidâ—cet_fw-la incliâ—ante_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la â—urabilt_n modo_fw-la &_o ineffabili_fw-la operatur_fw-la &_o velli_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi persever_v cap._n 23._o sic_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la habet_fw-la cor_fw-la nostrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o have_v our_o heart_n in_o his_o power_n as_o that_o in_o wonderful_a and_o unspeakable_a manner_n he_o work_v in_o we_o to_o will_v that_o good_a that_o we_o can_v have_v but_o with_o our_o will_n and_o whereas_o you_o say_v that_o it_o lie_v in_o our_o power_n to_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n you_o thereby_o subject_a potestate_fw-la subject_a de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 10_o per_fw-la hoâ—_n ut_fw-la promissi_fw-la sva_fw-la deus_fw-la possit_fw-la implere_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o hominis_fw-la potestate_fw-la the_o accomplishment_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o the_o power_n and_o will_n of_o man_n so_o that_o if_o man_n listen_v it_o shall_v take_v place_n if_o man_n listen_v not_o it_o shall_v not_o take_v place_n â—rentur_fw-la place_n jbid._n filios_fw-la promisit_fw-la deus_fw-la abrahae_fw-la quo_fw-la â—idei_fw-la câ—us_fw-la vestigâ—a_fw-la sect_n â—rentur_fw-la god_n promise_a child_n to_o abraham_n that_o shall_v follow_v the_o step_n of_o his_o faith_n etc._n faith_n prosp_n de_fw-fr â—ocat_fw-la gene_z l_o b_o 1._o cap._n 3_o creditucos_fw-la promisit_fw-la &c_n &c_n recrâ—cidiâ—dos_fw-la promisit_fw-la obilituros_fw-la persiveratâ—â—os_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o promise_v they_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n obedience_n perseverance_n the_o fear_n of_o he_o he_o offer_v grace_n to_o that_o purpose_n where_o if_o it_o lie_v in_o man_n power_n to_o refuse_v the_o same_o than_o it_o must_v be_v in_o man_n power_n whether_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v or_o not_o but_o god_n do_v promisit_fw-la do_v august_n ibid._n non_fw-fr di_fw-it nostrae_fw-la voluntetis_fw-la potestate_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la promisit_fw-la promisit_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la facturus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la homines_fw-la quia_fw-la etsi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la hâ—mines_fw-la bona_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la celeâ—dum_fw-la deum_fw-la ipse_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la faciaâ—t_fw-la quae_fw-la praecepit_fw-la non_fw-la illi_fw-la faciunt_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la faciat_fw-la quod_fw-la promisit_fw-la not_o make_v that_o promise_n upon_o the_o power_n of_o our_o will_n as_o foresee_v what_o we_o will_v do_v but_o upon_o his_o own_o purpose_n determine_v what_o he_o himself_o will_v do_v cause_v man_n to_o do_v what_o he_o have_v command_v not_o have_v from_o man_n to_o perform_v what_o he_o have_v promise_v because_o he_o intend_v such_o velit_fw-la such_o jdem_fw-la de_fw-mi corrept_v &_o great_a ca._n 11._o secunda_fw-la plus_fw-la potest_fw-la qua_fw-la fit_a etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la velit_fw-la a_o grace_n not_o as_o whereby_o man_n may_v attain_v to_o righteousness_n if_o he_o will_v but_o whereby_o it_o be_v wrought_v in_o he_o to_o will_n and_o love_v the_o same_o suay_n same_o ibid_fw-la cap._n 14._o magis_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la voluntates_fw-la homiâ—um_fw-la quà m_fw-la ipsi_fw-la suay_n he_o have_v in_o his_o power_n the_o will_n of_o man_n more_o than_o they_o themselves_o have_v in_o a_o word_n man_n by_o nature_n have_v in_o he_o to_o resist_v and_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o this_o his_o power_n serve_v and_o do_v not_o serve_v to_o do_v otherwise_o but_o god_n overrule_v this_o power_n and_o work_v in_o he_o not_o to_o refuse_v his_o grace_n and_o when_o god_n work_v in_o man_n not_o to_o refuse_v it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o to_o refuse_v be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n not_o that_o god_n make_v man_n just_a against_o his_o will_n but_o auferatur_fw-la but_o de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 8._o a_o nullo_fw-la duro_fw-la cord_n 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elect_v etc._n elect_v august_n de_fw-mi corrept_v &_o great_a cap._n 11._o prima_fw-la libertas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la erat_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la novissima_fw-la multò_fw-la maior_fw-la erit_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la peccare_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la posse_fw-la peccare_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la bonum_fw-la deserere_fw-la to_o be_v free_v from_o all_o possibility_n of_o sin_n or_o forsake_v that_o good_a that_o god_n have_v yield_v unto_o we_o by_o jesus_n christ_n now_o hereby_o we_o see_v how_o absurd_o m._n bishop_n propound_v the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o question_n when_o we_o concur_v to_o work_v with_o grace_n whether_o we_o can_v if_o we_o list_v refuse_v to_o work_v with_o it_o for_o who_o doubt_v but_o if_o we_o listen_v we_o do_v refuse_v but_o therefore_o the_o work_n of_o grace_n be_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o listen_v to_o refuse_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n but_o that_o our_o list_n shall_v be_v to_o submit_v ourselves_o unto_o it_o 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cius_fw-la deficeret_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la rogavit_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la haberet_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la liberrimam_fw-la fortissimam_fw-la invictissimam_fw-la perseverantissimam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la where_o christ_n pray_v for_o peter_n that_o his_o faith_n may_v not_o fail_v will_v any_o man_n dare_v to_o say_v that_o it_o may_v fail_v if_o peter_n listen_v to_o have_v it_o fail_v that_o be_v will_v not_o have_v it_o to_o persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n as_o if_o peter_n can_v listen_v or_o will_n in_o any_o sort_n otherwise_o then_o christ_n have_v pray_v for_o he_o that_o he_o may_v will_n for_o who_o know_v not_o that_o peter_n faith_n shall_v fail_v if_o the_o will_n of_o faith_n shall_v fail_v in_o he_o and_o continue_v if_o that_o shall_v continue_v but_o because_o the_o will_n be_v prepare_v by_o the_o lord_n therefore_o the_o prayer_n of_o christ_n for_o peter_n can_v not_o be_v in_o vain_a whereby_o he_o pray_v that_o he_o may_v have_v in_o the_o faith_n a_o most_o free_a most_o strong_a invincible_a and_o persevere_v will_n this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o grace_n to_o all_o the_o faithful_a it_o stand_v not_o upon_o their_o list_n to_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n for_o than_o they_o certain_o give_v it_o owre_o but_o 32.40_o but_o jerem._n 32.40_o he_o put_v his_o fear_n into_o their_o heart_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o depart_v from_o he_o now_o the_o question_n be_v true_o and_o right_o propound_v whether_o god_n have_v full_o do_v his_o part_n for_o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n it_o remain_v free_a to_o his_o own_o will_n either_o to_o accept_v or_o refuse_v this_o grace_n the_o reason_n use_v by_o m._n perkins_n be_v very_o effectual_a and_o strong_a to_o prove_v the_o contrary_a and_o it_o be_v m._n bishop_n cunning_a to_o pass_v by_o they_o because_o he_o know_v not_o any_o probable_a answer_n to_o give_v unto_o they_o his_o first_o reason_n show_v the_o universal_a corruption_n of_o man_n heart_n 6.5_o heart_n gen._n 6.5_o 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there_o be_v in_o it_o any_o natural_a faculty_n of_o free_a will_n to_o assent_v and_o yield_v itself_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n if_o it_o be_v not_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n nor_o indeed_o can_v be_v shall_v we_o say_v by_o plain_a contradiction_n that_o it_o have_v in_o it_o whereby_o to_o assent_v and_o give_v itself_o in_o submission_n unto_o god_n free_a will_n require_v integrity_n in_o judgement_n of_o understanding_n in_o election_n of_o will_n in_o obedience_n of_o affection_n but_o here_o man_n be_v utter_o disable_v in_o all_o these_o what_o faculty_n of_o judgement_n have_v he_o to_o conceive_v and_o approve_v the_o thing_n of_o god_n who_o in_o all_o his_o thought_n be_v only_o evil_a and_o in_o his_o very_a wisdom_n be_v enemy_n unto_o god_n 10.14_o god_n jerem._n 10.14_o every_o man_n be_v a_o beast_n by_o his_o own_o understanding_n his_o mind_n altogether_o 4.18_o altogether_o ephes_n 4.18_o darkness_n and_o ignorance_n and_o as_o he_o avail_v 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understanding_n shun_v to_o admit_v any_o thing_n whereby_o it_o shall_v be_v check_v and_o interrupt_v in_o it_o course_n facere_fw-la course_n august_n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser_n 13._o imâ—â—a_fw-la mens_fw-la odit_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la intellectum_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la aliquando_fw-la nimium_fw-la mente_fw-la perversa_fw-la timet_fw-la intelligere_fw-la ne_fw-la cogatur_fw-la quod_fw-la intellexerit_fw-la facere_fw-la it_o hate_v and_o be_v afraid_a to_o understand_v that_o it_o may_v not_o he_o urge_v to_o do_v when_o it_o do_v understand_v yea_o where_o the_o conscience_n be_v convict_v by_o knowledge_n and_o understanding_n yet_o the_o will_n be_v entangle_v with_o it_o own_o respect_n how_o mighty_o do_v it_o struggle_v and_o fight_v against_o god_n and_o never_o cease_v fight_v till_o god_n do_v 14.5_o do_v ose_n 14.5_o heal_v the_o rebellion_n of_o it_o not_o by_o put_v it_o in_o case_n to_o yield_v if_o it_o will_v but_o work_v in_o it_o to_o will_n and_o to_o yield_v unto_o he_o and_o when_o will_n have_v now_o begin_v to_o yield_v what_o unto_o wardliness_n do_v it_o find_v in_o the_o affection_n which_o as_o a_o swift_a and_o mighty_a stream_n do_v every_o while_o overbeare_v both_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o the_o resolution_n of_o the_o will_n so_o that_o 5.17_o that_o gal._n 5.17_o we_o can_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o will_v the_o perverseness_n whereof_o if_o it_o prevail_v so_o much_o with_o man_n justify_v and_o in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n as_o that_o it_o cause_v many_o bitter_a lamentation_n for_o oversight_n thereby_o commit_v contrary_a to_o the_o intendment_n of_o the_o will_n how_o much_o more_o do_v they_o like_o flatter_a dalilaes_n bound_v all_o our_o strength_n and_o overcome_v all_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n when_o the_o will_v as_o yet_o have_v receive_v no_o fortification_n of_o inward_a grace_n to_o resist_v and_o fight_v against_o they_o see_v therefore_o the_o heart_n be_v on_o the_o one_o side_n so_o blind_a that_o it_o can_v see_v and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n so_o perverse_a as_o that_o one_o while_o it_o will_v not_o see_v another_o while_n cross_v whatsoever_o it_o do_v see_v we_o may_v well_o say_v as_o s._n austin_n do_v etc._n do_v august_n coneduas_fw-la epist_n pelag_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 6._o quid_fw-la potestis_fw-la boni_fw-la sacere_fw-la de_fw-la cord_n non_fw-fr bono_fw-mi ut_fw-la autem_fw-la habeatis_fw-la cor_fw-la bonum_fw-la daboinquit_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o good_a may_v a_o man_n do_v out_o of_o a_o heart_n that_o be_v not_o good_a but_o to_o have_v our_o heart_n good_a we_o must_v look_v to_o he_o that_o say_v i_o will_v give_v you_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o will_v put_v into_o you_o a_o new_a spirit_n so_o that_o till_o the_o heart_n be_v renew_v and_o make_v good_a there_o be_v no_o do_v good_a and_o therefore_o not_o assent_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o three_o argument_n of_o m._n perkins_n he_o omit_v with_o the_o 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acknowledge_v the_o same_o with_o he_o but_o he_o will_v hereby_o prove_v a_o free_a will_n to_o good_a whereto_o he_o say_v cain_n have_v the_o assistance_n of_o god_n grace_n which_o yet_o do_v not_o infallible_o draw_v he_o to_o good_a but_o leave_v he_o to_o his_o free_a choice_n whether_o he_o will_v follow_v it_o or_o not_o for_o proof_n whereof_o there_o be_v no_o show_n of_o any_o syllable_n either_o in_o the_o text_n or_o in_o the_o other_o testimony_n which_o he_o have_v allege_v for_o as_o touch_v grace_n we_o find_v here_o none_o but_o that_o which_o the_o pelagian_o speak_v of_o to_o counsel_n and_o advise_v he_o whereas_o the_o true_a grace_n inward_o work_v whatsoever_o outward_o be_v counsel_v or_o advise_v and_o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o grace_n do_v not_o infallible_o draw_v to_o good_a it_o be_v true_a indeed_o of_o his_o pelagian_a grace_n which_o consist_v only_o in_o the_o commandment_n but_o the_o true_a grace_n of_o god_n do_v infallible_o draw_v to_o good_a 44._o good_a john_n 6_o 44._o no_o man_n say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n can_v come_v unto_o i_o i_o i_o august_n count_n dvas_fw-la epist_n pelag._n lib_n 1._o cap._n 19_o venire_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o intelligitur_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o i_o that_o be_v to_o say_v believe_v in_o i_o except_o my_o father_n which_o have_v send_v i_o draw_v he_o thereby_o import_v that_o all_o that_o be_v draw_v of_o the_o father_n do_v come_v unto_o he_o that_o be_v do_v believe_v in_o he_o because_o christum_fw-la because_o de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 8._o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la donum_fw-la accipere_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la quo_fw-la credat_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la to_o be_v draw_v of_o the_o father_n unto_o christ_n be_v to_o receive_v a_o gift_n of_o the_o father_n whereby_o to_o believe_v in_o christ_n so_o that_o omniâ—ò_fw-la that_o prosper_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la gent._n lib._n 2._o cap_n 9_o qui_fw-la non_fw-la credant_fw-la nec_fw-la trahuntur_fw-la omniâ—ò_fw-la 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which_o he_o say_v and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o 2.25_o while_o 2._o tim._n 2.25_o give_v repentance_n 29._o repentance_n phil._n 1_o 29._o give_v faith_n 1.17_o faith_n ephe._n 1.17_o give_v the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o revelation_n 13.11_o revelation_n mat._n 13.11_o give_v to_o know_v the_o mystery_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 36.26_o heaven_n ezech._n 36.26_o give_v a_o new_a heart_n 32.40_o heart_n jerem_n 32.40_o give_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o all_o thing_n wherein_o consist_v the_o choice_n of_o life_n he_o say_v choose_v life_n but_o so_o as_o that_o he_o tell_v we_o also_o 15.16_o also_o john_n 15.16_o you_o have_v not_o choose_v i_o but_o i_o have_v choose_v you_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o our_o free_a will_n but_o by_o his_o choose_n of_o we_o that_o we_o make_v choice_n of_o he_o etc._n he_o prosper_n de_fw-fr vocâ—t_n gent._n lib._n 1._o ca._n 9_o ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d dei_fw-la eligat_fw-la &_o surgat_fw-la à _fw-la lapsâ—s_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la post_fw-la contra_fw-la omnem_fw-la electionem_fw-la de_fw-la â—â—ero_fw-la arbitriâ—_n vementens_fw-fr invictissime_n illa_fw-la renitum_fw-la sententia_fw-la dirâ—_n 〈◊〉_d apostoli_fw-la quis_fw-la te_fw-la discernit_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v of_o god_n say_v prosper_n that_o man_n make_v choice_n of_o the_o way_n of_o god_n and_o arise_v from_o his_o fall_n and_o against_o all_o election_n or_o choice_n proceed_v of_o free_a will_v invincible_o resist_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o apostle_n say_v who_o separate_v thou_o what_o have_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v m._n bishop_n say_v my_o free_a will_n my_o choice_n have_v make_v difference_n betwixt_o i_o and_o another_o man_n because_o when_o god_n make_v offer_v of_o life_n to_o we_o both_o alike_o i_o by_o free_a will_n make_v choice_n thereof_o and_o he_o refuse_v but_o the_o apostle_n tell_v he_o no._n if_o he_o have_v make_v choice_n 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by_o his_o beauty_n which_o he_o have_v set_v upon_o she_o but_o remain_v yet_o still_o a_o blacke-moore_n by_o that_o that_o she_o have_v remain_v of_o herself_o therefore_o he_o say_v o_o thou_o fair_a but_o yet_o add_v among_o woman_n s._n bernard_n tell_v the_o meaning_n parte_fw-la meaning_n berâ—ar_n in_o cant._n ser_n 38_o ego_fw-la te_fw-la dico_fw-la pulchram_fw-la sed_fw-la inter_fw-la mulieres_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la i_o call_v thou_o fair_a but_o among_o woman_n that_o be_v in_o part_n or_o partly_o fair_a thereby_o give_v again_o to_o understand_v that_o partly_o she_o continue_v a_o blacke-moore_n still_o and_o what_o do_v m._n bishop_n think_v it_o amiss_o to_o confess_v so_o much_o of_o himself_o do_v he_o take_v it_o in_o scorn_n to_o be_v liken_v to_o a_o blacke-moore_n let_v he_o be_v well_o assure_v that_o if_o he_o think_v scorn_n to_o confess_v himself_o a_o blackamoor_n he_o shall_v never_o be_v any_o of_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v clothe_v 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bernard_n who_o live_v 1000_o year_n after_o christ_n so_o that_o he_o signify_v that_o there_o be_v little_a relief_n to_o be_v have_v in_o antiquity_n which_o caluin_n declare_v more_o plain_o for_o he_o common_o set_v light_n by_o all_o other_o in_o this_o question_n reject_v also_o s._n augustine_n say_v 15._o lib._n 3._o instit_fw-la cap._n 11._o num_fw-la 15._o yeâ—_n not_o the_o sentence_n of_o augustine_n himself_o be_v to_o be_v receive_v in_o this_o matter_n who_o attribute_v our_o sanctification_n to_o grace_n wherewith_o we_o be_v regenerate_v in_o newness_n of_o life_n by_o the_o spirit_n and_o kemnitius_n in_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o examination_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n say_v we_o contend_v not_o how_o the_o father_n take_v justification_n and_o a_o little_a after_o i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o they_o speak_v otherwise_o then_o we_o do_v of_o it_o therefore_o m._n perkins_n have_v reason_n to_o content_v himself_o with_o some_o few_o break_a 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bestow_v upon_o us._n with_o s._n bernard_n in_o the_o three_o place_n we_o acknowledge_v that_o we_o have_v no_o justice_n of_o our_o own_o that_o be_v from_o ourselves_o but_o from_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n through_o the_o merit_n of_o our_o bless_a saviors_n passion_n read_v his_o first_o sermon_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n isay_n vidi_n dominun_n etc._n etc._n isaiam_fw-la ser._n 1._o super_fw-la isaiam_fw-la there_o you_o shall_v see_v he_o speak_v plain_o of_o inherent_a justice_n and_o how_o it_o be_v a_o distinct_a thing_n from_o the_o justice_n of_o christ_n another_o break_a piece_n of_o a_o sentence_n 22._o in_o psal_n 22._o there_o be_v cite_v out_o of_o s._n augustine_n christ_n make_v his_o justice_n our_o justice_n that_o be_v by_o his_o justice_n he_o have_v merit_v justice_n for_o we_o as_o he_o expound_v himself_o joan._n tract_n 27._o in_o joan._n what_o be_v this_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n and_o the_o justice_n of_o man_n the_o justice_n of_o god_n be_v here_o call_v that_o not_o whereby_o god_n be_v just_a but_o that_o which_o god_n give_v to_o man_n that_o man_n may_v be_v just_a through_o god_n r._n abbot_n s._n bernard_n may_v be_v sufficient_a to_o testify_v unto_o we_o the_o doctrine_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n unless_o m._n bishop_n can_v charge_v he_o to_o have_v depart_v therefrom_o which_o because_o he_o dare_v not_o do_v lest_o haply_o he_o shall_v make_v a_o heretic_n of_o he_o who_o his_o holy_a father_n have_v make_v a_o saint_n he_o must_v needs_o yield_v that_o antiquity_n have_v acknowledge_v the_o imputation_n of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n because_o s._n bernard_n have_v so_o learn_v of_o antiquity_n have_v give_v express_a testimony_n and_o witness_n of_o it_o yea_o but_o master_n bishop_n tell_v we_o that_o caluin_n plain_o declare_v that_o for_o this_o there_o be_v liâ—â—le_a relief_n to_o be_v have_v in_o antiquity_n who_o common_o set_v light_n by_o all_o the_o rest_n 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well_o as_o guiltiness_n be_v from_o another_o indeed_o saint_n bernard_n use_v these_o word_n but_o how_o be_v they_o fit_v to_o master_n bishop_n turn_v when_o as_o it_o be_v express_o say_v ibid._n say_v ibid._n aliunde_fw-la iustitia_fw-la aliunde_fw-la reatus_fw-la righteousness_n be_v elsewhence_o or_o of_o another_o guilt_n be_v elsewhence_o or_o of_o another_o for_o if_o it_o be_v of_o another_o justice_n that_o a_o man_n be_v just_a and_o of_o another_o guilt_n that_o he_o be_v guilty_a then_o be_v there_o impute_a righteousness_n and_o impute_a guilt_n nay_o say_v he_o guiltiness_n be_v not_o from_o adam_n by_o imputation_n but_o every_o one_o contract_v his_o own_o by_o take_v flesh_n from_o he_o babble_v sophister_n if_o every_o one_o contract_n guilt_n from_o adam_n by_o take_v flesh_n from_o he_o tell_v we_o what_o it_o be_v whereof_o every_o one_o be_v guilty_a be_v it_o not_o of_o adam_n sin_n 5.12_o sin_n rom._n 5.12_o in_o who_o all_o have_v sin_v to_o be_v bear_v 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speak_v of_o inherent_a righteousness_n that_o by_o god_n free_a grace_n and_o mercy_n it_o be_v bestow_v upon_o us._n but_o s._n bernard_n do_v not_o say_v that_o man_n inherent_a righteousness_n by_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n but_o god_n forgiveness_n of_o man_n sin_n be_v the_o righteousness_n of_o man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o if_o the_o place_n have_v be_v right_o translate_v he_o have_v be_v further_o put_v to_o his_o shift_n for_o answer_v to_o it_o in_o the_o three_o place_n he_o be_v quite_o gravel_v and_o know_v not_o which_o way_n to_o get_v out_o and_o therefore_o mention_v nothing_o of_o it_o lest_o the_o reader_n shall_v plain_o discern_v he_o to_o be_v a_o liar_n but_o i_o will_v do_v he_o the_o favour_n to_o set_v it_o down_o once_o again_o bonitatis_fw-la again_o bernard_n in_o cant_n sâ—r_n 61._o ego_fw-la quoque_fw-la misereâ—â—riâ—as_fw-la domâ—ni_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la câ—ntaâ—o_fw-la nunquid_fw-la iusâ—it_fw-la as_o meas_fw-la domine_fw-la memor_fw-la 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christiani_n fonteâ—_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la ha_o erirâ—_n tenentuâ—_n inâ—eniunt_fw-la la_fw-fr â—c_z m_z toxicatum_fw-la how_o can_v water_v both_o sweet_a and_o salt_n flow_v out_o of_o one_o fountain_n where_o christian_n be_v bind_v to_o draw_v at_o the_o fountain_n of_o justice_n there_o they_o find_v a_o poison_a brook_n it_o make_v i_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o good_a usage_n and_o behaviour_n of_o the_o spaniard_n in_o the_o west_n indies_n where_o by_o their_o extreme_a villainy_n and_o cruelty_n they_o have_v make_v the_o name_n of_o christian_a religion_n to_o stink_n among_o those_o poor_a and_o unbelieve_a soul_n it_o make_v i_o consider_v the_o humility_n and_o devotion_n and_o great_a virtue_n that_o the_o jesuit_n and_o secular_o bewray_v the_o one_o of_o the_o other_o in_o the_o late_a contention_n that_o be_v among_o they_o it_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o moral_a and_o modest_a conversation_n of_o weston_n the_o jesuite_n and_o his_o fellow_n in_o hunt_v the_o 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proper_o meritorious_a meritorious_a they_o be_v also_o peccatorum_fw-la also_o bellarm_n de_fw-fr iustific_a lib._n 1._o ca_fw-mi 17._o fides_n svo_fw-la quodam_fw-la modo_fw-la meretur_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la in_o some_o sort_n but_o not_o proper_o meritorious_a ex_fw-la condigno_fw-la as_o the_o new_a faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n be_v in_o the_o justify_v man_n let_v the_o reader_n well_o observe_v it_o that_o there_o be_v one_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n before_o justification_n another_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n infuse_v when_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v but_o of_o that_o we_o shall_v hear_v more_o anon_o here_o the_o special_a matter_n be_v as_o touch_v m._n perkins_n his_o description_n of_o faith_n to_o be_v a_o instrument_n supernatural_a create_v by_o god_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n at_o his_o conversion_n whereby_o he_o apprehend_v and_o receive_v christ_n righteousness_n for_o his_o justification_n this_o m._n bishop_n say_v be_v set_v down_o without_o any_o proof_n and_o be_v already_o sufficient_o confute_v but_o where_o sure_o we_o have_v see_v much_o for_o proof_n on_o m._n perkins_n side_n but_o m._n bishop_n confutation_n yet_o we_o have_v not_o see_v yea_o where_o m._n perkins_n do_v notable_o demonstrate_v this_o act_n of_o faith_n out_o of_o the_o gospel_n m._n bishop_n pass_v it_o over_o without_o any_o further_a answer_n but_o only_o to_o say_v 16_o say_v chap._n 3._o sect_n 16_o he_o may_v be_v ashamed_a to_o use_v this_o discourse_n to_o we_o who_o admit_v no_o part_n of_o it_o to_o be_v true_a in_o which_o sort_n he_o may_v easy_o answer_v any_o thing_n that_o he_o listen_v not_o to_o admit_v for_o truth_n but_o what_o be_v it_o that_o he_o will_v have_v to_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o faith_n be_v a_o instrument_n to_o apprehend_v and_o receive_v it_o be_v plain_a because_o it_o be_v tenuisti_fw-la be_v aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 50._o quomodo_fw-la tenebo_fw-la absentem_fw-la quomodo_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la manum_fw-la mittam_fw-la ut_fw-la ibi_fw-la sedentem_fw-la teneam_fw-la fidem_fw-la mitte_fw-la &_o tenuisti_fw-la the_o hand_n which_o we_o stretch_v to_o heaven_n to_o take_v hold_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o hold_v he_o sit_v there_o it_o be_v the_o mouth_n whereby_o we_o eat_v and_o drink_n christ_n because_o manducat_fw-la because_o ibid._n tract_n 26._o qui_fw-fr credit_n manducat_fw-la to_o believe_v be_v to_o eat_v it_o be_v the_o stomach_n whereby_o we_o digest_v he_o for_o digerendus_fw-la for_o tertul._n de_fw-fr resur_fw-fr carn_v fide_fw-la digerendus_fw-la he_o be_v to_o be_v digest_v by_o faith_n it_o be_v possidebis_fw-la be_v bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 32._o in_o bonis_fw-la domini_fw-la quatenus_fw-la fiduciae_fw-la pedem_fw-la pâ—rrexeris_fw-la eatenus_fw-la possidebis_fw-la the_o foot_n whereby_o we_o enter_v possession_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n and_o possess_v so_o far_o as_o we_o stretch_v the_o same_o it_o be_v ponit_fw-la be_v idem_fw-la in_o annunc_fw-la ser_fw-mi 3._o dominus_fw-la oleum_fw-la misericordâ—ae_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o vase_n fiduciae_fw-la non_fw-la ponit_fw-la the_o vessel_n whereinto_o god_n put_v the_o oil_n of_o his_o mercy_n accipimus_fw-la mercy_n aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n ser_n 33._o fide_fw-la illum_fw-la accipimus_fw-la by_o faith_n say_v austin_n we_o receive_v christ_n it_o be_v christus_fw-la be_v ambros_n in_o psal_n 43._o fidei_fw-la tactus_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la tangitur_fw-la christus_fw-la by_o faith_n say_v ambrose_n that_o we_o touch_v christ_n and_o haurimus_fw-la and_o cyprian_a lib._n 2._o epist_n 2._o quatum_fw-la fidei_fw-la capace_n afferimus_fw-la tantum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la inundanin_n haurimus_fw-la look_v how_o much_o faith_n we_o bring_v to_o receive_v say_v cyprian_n so_o much_o we_o draw_v of_o the_o abundant_a grace_n of_o god_n this_o be_v plain_a the_o question_n than_o must_v be_v of_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v receive_v now_o the_o thing_n to_o be_v receive_v be_v the_o thing_n whereby_o we_o be_v to_o be_v justify_v the_o thing_n whereby_o
by_o god_n spirit_n may_v have_v many_o good_a motion_n for_o as_o our_o spirit_n give_v life_n unto_o our_o body_n so_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n by_o his_o grace_n animate_v and_o give_v life_n unto_o our_o soul_n but_o of_o this_o it_o have_v be_v once_o before_o speak_v at_o large_a in_o the_o question_n of_o free_a will_n r._n abbot_n we_o be_v so_o to_o affirm_v the_o effect_n of_o justify_v faith_n as_o may_v make_v good_a what_o the_o scripture_n have_v deliver_v concern_v it_o which_o because_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n do_v not_o in_o make_v faith_n precedent_n in_o time_n to_o justification_n and_o grace_n m._n perkins_n just_o find_v fault_n therewith_o our_o saviour_n say_v 5.24_o say_v joh._n 5.24_o he_o that_o hear_v my_o word_n and_o believe_v in_o he_o that_o send_v i_o have_v everlasting_a life_n and_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o condemnation_n but_o be_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n our_o pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n be_v our_o justification_n if_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v be_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n than_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v be_v justify_v or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o believe_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o justify_v they_o it_o be_v not_o true_a of_o every_o one_o that_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v pass_v from_o death_n to_o life_n to_o this_o place_n m._n perkins_n allude_v though_o he_o quote_v it_o not_o but_o m._n bishop_n think_v it_o safe_a for_o he_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o it_o to_o the_o other_o place_n his_o answer_n be_v a_o simple_a shift_n he_o that_o believe_v eat_v and_o drink_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n i_o answer_v say_v m._n bishop_n that_o our_o saviour_n in_o that_o text_n speak_v not_o of_o believe_v but_o of_o eat_v his_o body_n in_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n but_o we_o answer_v he_o again_o that_o if_o christ_n speak_v of_o eat_v in_o the_o sacrament_n than_o it_o must_v follow_v that_o whosoever_o be_v not_o partaker_n of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v exclude_v from_o life_n because_o our_o saviour_n express_o say_v 6.53_o say_v joh._n 6.53_o except_o you_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o the_o son_n of_o man_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n you_o have_v no_o life_n in_o you_o but_o so_o to_o say_v be_v absurd_a and_o false_a as_o in_o the_o example_n of_o the_o crucify_a thief_n and_o many_o other_o be_v apparent_a and_o plain_a again_o the_o sacrament_n be_v not_o institute_v long_o after_o and_o will_n m._n bishop_n exclude_v any_o faithful_a that_o after_o this_o time_n die_v before_o that_o institution_n from_o that_o eat_n of_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n and_o drink_v of_o his_o blood_n which_o christ_n here_o recommend_v for_o the_o have_v of_o eternal_a life_n s._n austin_n say_v that_o infant_n that_o bedâ—_n in_o 1._o cor._n 10._o ex_fw-la august_n ser_fw-mi ad_fw-la infant_n in_o baptism_n we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n so_o that_o though_o one_o die_v before_o he_o come_v to_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o bread_n and_o the_o cup_n yet_o be_v he_o not_o deprive_v of_o the_o participation_n and_o benefit_n of_o that_o sacrament_n see_v he_o have_v find_v that_o already_o which_o that_o sacrament_n signify_v the_o apostle_n testify_v that_o the_o father_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n do_v 10.3.4_o do_v 1._o cor._n 10.3.4_o all_o eat_v the_o same_o spiritual_a meat_n and_o do_v all_o drink_n the_o same_o spiritual_a drink_n not_o the_o same_o one_o with_o another_o as_o the_o 10._o the_o rhem._n annot._n 1._o cor._n 10._o rhemiste_n for_o a_o shift_n expound_v it_o but_o nos_fw-la but_o aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 26._o spiritualem_fw-la eandem_fw-la quem_fw-la nos_fw-la the_o same_o that_o we_o do_v for_o nos_fw-la for_o idem_fw-la de_fw-la utilit_fw-la penitent_n c._n 1._o eundem_fw-la non_fw-la invento_fw-la quomodo_fw-la intelligam_fw-la nisi_fw-la eundem_fw-la quem_fw-la manducamus_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la i_o find_v not_o say_v s._n austin_n how_o i_o shall_v understand_v the_o same_o but_o the_o same_o that_o we_o eat_v therefore_o they_o also_o do_v eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n but_o their_o eat_n and_o drink_v be_v not_o the_o participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n therefore_o christ_n by_o eat_v his_o flesh_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n do_v not_o import_v any_o thing_n tie_v to_o the_o participation_n of_o the_o sacrament_n yea_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o that_o text_n give_v we_o plain_o to_o understand_v that_o christ_n by_o eat_v his_o flesh_n and_o drink_v his_o blood_n mean_v the_o same_o as_o by_o believe_v in_o he_o therefore_o do_v s._n austin_n by_o the_o one_o expound_v the_o other_o manducat_fw-la other_o aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 25._o crede_fw-la &_o manducasti_fw-la ibid._n tract_n 26._o hortans_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la credere_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la hoâ—_n est_fw-la manducare_fw-la pâ—nem_fw-la viwm_fw-la qui_fw-fr credit_n manducat_fw-la 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abraham_n manifestat_fw-la abraham_n chrys_n ad_fw-la rom._n hom_n 8._o fide_fw-la saluarieum_fw-la qui_fw-la opera_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la nihil_fw-la fortasse_fw-la fue_o rit_fw-la insolentiae_fw-la eâ—_n verò_fw-la qui_fw-la rectè_fw-la factis_fw-la se_fw-la conspicuum_fw-la secerit_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la iustum_fw-la fieri_fw-la hoc_fw-la scilicet_fw-la admirabile_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la maximè_fw-la fidei_fw-la potentiam_fw-la manifestat_fw-la that_o a_o man_n that_o be_v without_o work_n shall_v he_o save_v by_o faith_n it_o shall_v be_v no_o strange_a matter_n but_o that_o he_o that_o have_v make_v himself_o renown_v by_o his_o good_a work_n shall_v yet_o not_o be_v justify_v thereby_o but_o by_o faith_n this_o be_v wonderful_a and_o do_v great_o set_v forth_o the_o power_n of_o faith_n s._n austin_n in_o the_o place_n by_o he_o allege_v if_o it_o be_v s._n austin_n avouch_v good_a work_n to_o justify_v they_o that_o be_v 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upon_o all_o that_o do_v believe_v therefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v we_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n put_v not_o thy_o own_o work_n before_o it_o nor_o glory_n thereof_o because_o by_o work_v no_o flesh_n shall_v be_v justify_v before_o he_o if_o no_o work_n go_v before_o justification_n then_o m._n bishop_n cause_n as_o too_o weak_a must_v go_v to_o the_o wall_n because_o than_o we_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n for_o be_v justify_v before_o we_o can_v be_v say_v proper_o to_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n that_o follow_v after_o and_o if_o neither_o by_o work_n before_o nor_o after_o than_o not_o at_o all_o it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o when_o s._n austin_n say_v in_o that_o place_n that_o man_n of_o god_n be_v justify_v by_o good_a work_n he_o must_v needs_o mean_a as_o thomas_n aquinas_n say_v s._n james_n do_v 4._o do_v thom._n aquin._n in_o gal._n cap._n 3._o lect_n 4._o quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la manifestationem_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la by_o way_n of_o manifest_v and_o declare_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v so_o as_o that_o contrary_a to_o m._n bishop_n assertion_n they_o be_v only_a sign_n and_o token_n of_o a_o justify_v man_n not_o any_o cause_n of_o justification_n therefore_o s._n austin_n say_v again_o anon_o after_o crâ—dentâ—bus_fw-la after_o aug._n ut_fw-la supr_fw-la justificatio_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la datur_fw-la dabitur_fw-la crâ—dentâ—bus_fw-la justification_n have_v be_v give_v be_v give_v and_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o they_o that_o believe_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n now_o that_o which_o he_o say_v in_o the_o word_n cite_v by_o m._n bishop_n he_o say_v it_o not_o as_o to_o the_o protestant_n but_o to_o the_o pelagian_a heretic_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o papist_n for_o affirm_v good_a work_n of_o man_n free_a will_n before_o the_o justify_n grace_n of_o god_n for_o which_o the_o justify_n grace_n of_o god_n be_v bestow_v upon_o he_o which_o opinion_n s._n austin_n have_v confute_v bring_v in_o the_o heretic_n object_v thus_o etc._n thus_o ibid._n ergò_fw-la inquies_fw-la damnas_fw-la opera_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la bona_fw-la quia_fw-la dicis_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la non_fw-la deberi_fw-la etc._n etc._n thou_o will_v say_v do_v thou_o then_o condemn_v the_o good_a work_n of_o free_a will_n in_o that_o thou_o say_v that_o righteousness_n be_v not_o due_a by_o work_n if_o so_o why_o then_o do_v the_o apostle_n command_v we_o to_o abound_v in_o good_a work_n to_o which_o he_o answer_v extolluntur_fw-la answer_v audi_fw-la haeretice_fw-la stulte_fw-la &_o inimice_fw-la fidei_fw-la veritatis_fw-la operae_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la bona_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la fiant_fw-la praeparantur_fw-la per_fw-la gratiae_fw-la praeâ—entum_fw-la nullo_fw-la lib._n arbitrij_fw-la merito_fw-la et_fw-la ipso_fw-la faciente_fw-la gubernante_fw-la &_o perficiente_fw-la ut_fw-la abundent_fw-la in_o libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la non_fw-la damna_fw-la mâ—â—_n quia_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la homines_fw-la dei_fw-la iustificati_fw-la sunt_fw-la iustificantur_fw-la &_o iustifiâ—abuntur_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la damnamus_fw-la verò_fw-la authoritate_fw-la divina_fw-la opera_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la quae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la praeponuntur_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la his_fw-la tanquâ—m_fw-la meritis_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la iustificari_fw-la extolluntur_fw-la harken_v thou_o foolish_a heretic_n and_o enemy_n of_o the_o true_a faith_n we_o condemn_v not_o the_o good_a work_n of_o free_a will_n which_o that_o they_o may_v be_v do_v be_v prepare_v by_o the_o prevent_n of_o grace_n upon_o no_o merit_n of_o free_a will_n and_o the_o same_o prevent_a grace_n cause_v direct_v and_o effect_v that_o they_o do_v abound_v in_o free_a will_n because_o by_o such_o man_n of_o god_n have_v be_v be_v and_o shall_v be_v justify_v in_o christ_n but_o by_o divine_a authority_n we_o condemn_v the_o work_n of_o free_a will_n which_o be_v put_v before_o grace_n and_o be_v extol_v for_o we_o by_o these_o as_o it_o be_v merit_n to_o be_v justify_v in_o christ_n where_o very_o plain_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o work_n of_o free_a will_n he_o exclude_v all_o work_n before_o the_o grace_n of_o justification_n from_o
be_v any_o cause_n thereof_o and_o only_o in_o man_n of_o god_n who_o be_v first_o justify_v that_o they_o may_v be_v man_n of_o god_n affirm_v a_o justification_n by_o work_n in_o that_o sense_n as_o s._n james_n speak_v thereof_o which_o as_o i_o have_v say_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o declaration_n and_o testimony_n of_o their_o be_v former_o justify_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o what_o sense_n he_o speak_v of_o free_a will_n it_o have_v be_v show_v before_o in_o the_o question_n of_o that_o matter_n and_o that_o he_o acknowledge_v no_o free_a will_n to_o righteousness_n but_o only_o that_o that_o we_o do_v which_o be_v make_v free_a by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n to_o the_o last_o place_n of_o s._n austin_n we_o willing_o subscribe_v condemn_v they_o neglexerint_fw-la they_o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o oper_n cap._n 14._o si_fw-mi ad_fw-la eam_fw-la salutem_fw-la obtinen_n dam_v sufficere_fw-la solam_fw-la fidem_fw-la putanerint_fw-la benè_fw-la auten_fw-mi vivere_fw-la &_o bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la uâ—an_fw-la dei_fw-la tenere_fw-la neglexerint_fw-la who_o think_v that_o only_a faith_n be_v sufficient_a to_o obtain_v salvation_n and_o do_v neglect_v to_o live_v well_o and_o by_o good_a work_n to_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o god_n which_o last_o word_n serve_v plain_o to_o open_v s._n augustine_n meaning_n m._n bishop_n very_o honest_o have_v leave_v out_o we_o teach_v no_o such_o faith_n as_o s._n austin_n there_o speak_v of_o we_o teach_v only_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o justifi_v itself_o alone_o but_o be_v never_o find_v alone_o in_o the_o justify_v man_n never_o but_o accompany_v with_o holiness_n and_o care_n of_o godly_a life_n and_o therefore_o condemn_v those_o as_o spirit_n of_o satan_n which_o teach_v a_o faith_n sufficient_a to_o obtain_v salvation_n without_o any_o regard_n of_o live_v well_o the_o sum_n of_o our_o doctrine_n s._n austin_n himself_o set_v down_o in_o the_o very_a same_o chapter_n that_o good_a work_n 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whole_a cause_n of_o justification_n in_o any_o other_o sense_n we_o make_v not_o the_o very_a act_n of_o faith_n any_o part_n of_o our_o righteousness_n but_o only_o the_o merit_n and_o obedience_n of_o christ_n apprehend_v and_o receive_v by_o faith_n but_o by_o this_o mean_n m._n bishop_n say_v that_o faith_n be_v become_v no_o true_a cause_n at_o all_o but_o a_o bare_a condition_n without_o which_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v but_o that_o be_v but_o his_o shallow_a and_o idle_a conceit_n for_o the_o necessary_a instrument_n especial_o the_o lively_a instrument_n be_v among_o the_o number_n of_o true_a cause_n not_o be_v causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la a_o cause_n without_o which_o the_o thing_n be_v not_o do_v but_o a_o cause_n whereby_o it_o be_v do_v causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la be_v term_v causa_fw-la stolida_fw-la &_o otiosa_fw-la a_o foolish_a and_o idle_a cause_n because_o it_o be_v only_o present_a in_o the_o action_n and_o do_v nothing_o therein_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o faith_n but_o as_o the_o eye_n be_v a_o active_a instrument_n for_o see_v and_o the_o ear_n for_o hear_v etc._n etc._n so_o be_v faith_n also_o for_o justify_v and_o m._n bishop_n head_n be_v scant_o wise_a to_o make_v a_o principal_a instrument_n a_o foolish_a and_o idle_a cause_n but_o he_o ask_v then_o who_o instrument_n faith_n be_v and_o make_v his_o division_n that_o either_o it_o must_v be_v charity_n or_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n without_o any_o help_n of_o grace_n we_o answer_v he_o that_o it_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n wrought_v therein_o by_o grace_n be_v 2.8_o be_v ephes_n 2.8_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o 7._o and_o august_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la sanct_n cap._n 7._o the_o first_o gift_n as_o before_o we_o have_v hear_v out_o of_o austin_n whereby_o we_o obtain_v the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o whereby_o we_o obtain_v charity_n also_o so_o that_o his_o division_n go_v lame_a and_o neither_o be_v faith_n the_o instrument_n of_o charity_n nor_o yet_o of_o the_o soul_n without_o grace_n but_o of_o the_o soul_n therein_o and_o thereby_o endue_v with_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n r._n abbot_n but_o to_o come_v to_o his_o reason_n the_o first_o be_v take_v out_o of_o these_o word_n as_o moses_n lift_v up_o the_o serpent_n in_o the_o desert_n so_o must_v the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v lift_v up_o that_o whosoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v life_n everlasting_a true_a if_o he_o live_v according_o and_o as_o his_o faith_n teach_v he_o but_o what_o be_v this_o to_o justification_n by_o only_a faith_n marry_o m._n perkins_n draw_v it_o in_o after_o this_o fashion_n as_o nothing_o be_v require_v of_o they_o who_o be_v sting_v by_o serpent_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v look_v upon_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n so_o nothing_o be_v require_v of_o a_o sinner_n to_o deliver_v he_o from_o sin_n but_o that_o he_o cast_v his_o eye_n of_o faith_n upon_o christ_n righteousness_n and_o apply_v that_o to_o himself_o in_o particular_a but_o this_o application_n of_o the_o similitude_n be_v only_a man_n foolish_a invention_n without_o any_o ground_n in_o the_o text_n similitude_n be_v not_o in_o all_o point_n alike_o neither_o must_v be_v stretch_v beyond_o the_o very_a point_n wherein_o the_o similitude_n lie_v which_o in_o this_o matter_n be_v that_o like_o as_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o wilderness_n sting_v with_o serpent_n be_v cure_v by_o look_v upon_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n so_o man_n infect_v with_o sin_n have_v no_o other_o remedy_n then_o to_o embrace_v the_o faith_n of_o christ_n jesus_n all_o this_o we_o confess_v but_o to_o say_v that_o nothing_o else_o be_v necessary_a that_o be_v quite_o beside_o the_o text_n &_o as_o easy_o reject_v by_o we_o as_o it_o be_v by_o he_o obtrude_v without_o any_o authority_n or_o probability_n r._n abbot_n similitude_n m._n bishop_n say_v must_v not_o be_v stretch_v beyond_o the_o very_a point_n wherein_o the_o similitude_n lie_v but_o christ_n himself_o here_o direct_v we_o to_o conceive_v wherein_o the_o similitude_n lie_v christ_n himself_o express_v that_o in_o their_o look_v upon_o the_o serpent_n be_v figure_v our_o believe_v in_o he_o what_o shall_v we_o then_o conceive_v but_o as_o they_o only_o by_o look_v be_v cure_v of_o the_o sting_n so_o we_o only_o by_o believe_v be_v cure_v of_o sin_n so_o s._n austin_n say_v mors_fw-la say_v aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 12._o quomodo_fw-la qui_fw-la intuebantur_fw-la serpentem_fw-la illum_fw-la sanabantur_fw-la à _fw-la moâ—sibus_fw-la serpentum_fw-la siâ—_n qui_fw-la intuentur_fw-la fide_fw-la mortem_fw-la christi_fw-la sanatur_fw-la à _fw-la morsibus_fw-la peccato_fw-la rum_o attenditur_fw-la serpeâ—s_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la uâ—leat_fw-la serpens_fw-la attenditur_fw-la mors_fw-la ut_fw-la nihil_fw-la valcat_n mors_fw-la as_o they_o that_o behold_v that_o serpent_n be_v heal_v of_o the_o sting_a of_o the_o serpent_n so_o they_o who_o by_o faith_n behold_v the_o death_n of_o christ_n be_v heal_v of_o the_o sting_n of_o sin_n and_o again_o a_o serpent_n be_v look_v unto_o that_o a_o serpent_n may_v not_o prevail_v and_o a_o death_n be_v look_v unto_o that_o death_n may_v not_o prevail_v in_o like_a sort_n do_v chrysostome_n express_v the_o similitude_n sunt_fw-la similitude_n chrys_n in_o joan._n hom_n 26._o illiâ—_n corporeis_fw-la oculis_fw-la suscipientes_fw-la corporis_fw-la sâ—lutem_fw-la hic_fw-la incorporeis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la remissionem_fw-la consecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la there_o by_o bodily_a eye_n man_n receive_v the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n here_o by_o spiritual_a eye_n they_o obtain_v forgiveness_n of_o all_o their_o sin_n so_o say_v cyril_n ostenditur_fw-la cyril_n cyril_n id_fw-la joan._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o respicientibus_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la fide_fw-la sincera_fw-la aeternae_fw-la salutis_fw-la largitor_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la he_o be_v show_v hereby_o to_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o eternal_a salvation_n 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not_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o we_o do_v but_o only_o 3.17_o only_o mat._n 3.17_o in_o he_o the_o father_n be_v well_o please_v towards_o we_o and_o accept_v we_o to_o be_v his_o child_n and_o heir_n of_o his_o kingdom_n whereas_o in_o his_o pleasance_n he_o term_v we_o good_a protestant_n i_o must_v tell_v he_o as_o before_o that_o if_o the_o protestant_n do_v not_o exceed_v the_o goodness_n of_o they_o who_o will_v be_v take_v to_o be_v the_o very_o best_a among_o the_o papist_n without_o question_n they_o be_v very_o bad_a and_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o he_o himself_o will_v acquit_v the_o protestant_n from_o be_v so_o bad_a as_o he_o and_o his_o fellow_n have_v tell_v we_o that_o their_o good_a master_n the_o jesuite_n be_v but_o for_o answer_v he_o say_v that_o christ_n do_v merit_n for_o he_o not_o only_o pardon_v of_o all_o fault_n and_o grace_n to_o do_v all_o good_a work_n but_o also_o that_o their_o work_n shall_v be_v meritorious_a of_o life_n everlasting_a a_o strange_a speech_n and_o such_o as_o the_o apostle_n and_o primitive_a church_n be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o forsooth_o christ_n do_v not_o merit_v eternal_a life_n for_o we_o but_o he_o merit_v for_o we_o grace_n that_o so_o we_o may_v merit_v eternal_a life_n for_o ourselves_o now_o m._n bishop_n have_v teach_v we_o before_o that_o grace_n be_v nothing_o but_o as_o free_a will_n adjoin_v itself_o unto_o it_o and_o so_o the_o conclusion_n be_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v not_o save_o man_n but_o man_n by_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n do_v save_v himself_o thus_o the_o matter_n rest_v upon_o we_o christ_n offer_v we_o grace_n we_o may_v receive_v it_o if_o we_o will_v and_o when_o we_o have_v it_o we_o may_v if_o we_o will_v thereby_o deserve_v eternal_a life_n otherwise_o we_o go_v without_o it_o but_o the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o far_o otherwise_o that_o 5.10.11_o that_o 1._o joh._n 5.10.11_o the_o record_n that_o god_n have_v witness_v of_o his_o son_n be_v this_o that_o god_n have_v give_v we_o eternal_a life_n and_o this_o life_n be_v in_o his_o son_n here_o be_v no_o record_n that_o god_n have_v give_v we_o grace_n to_o deserve_v eternal_a life_n but_o that_o he_o have_v give_v we_o eternal_a life_n nor_o that_o this_o life_n be_v in_o our_o merit_n but_o that_o this_o life_n be_v in_o his_o son_n so_o as_o that_o 3.36_o that_o joh_n 3.36_o he_o that_o believe_v in_o the_o son_n have_v everlasting_a life_n and_o 5.13_o and_o 1._o joh._n 5.13_o they_o that_o believe_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v to_o know_v that_o they_o have_v eternal_a life_n god_n by_o the_o beginning_n give_v they_o certificate_n and_o assurance_n of_o the_o end_n the_o real_a imputation_n of_o christ_n merit_n to_o we_o be_v
that_o righteousness_n to_o which_o the_o stipend_n and_o wage_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v be_v due_a but_o let_v we_o here_o consider_v the_o reason_n which_o m._n bishop_n set_v down_o in_o s._n austin_n name_n why_o he_o do_v not_o say_v the_o wage_n of_o righteousness_n be_v eternal_a life_n partly_o say_v he_o to_o hold_v we_o in_o humility_n well_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o s._n augustine_n meaning_n that_o the_o apostle_n will_v keep_v we_o in_o humility_n by_o conceal_v that_o that_o be_v true_a but_o by_o withhold_v we_o from_o conceive_v proud_o of_o ourselves_o that_o that_o be_v not_o true_a merito_fw-la true_a ne_fw-fr iustitia_fw-la de_fw-fr humano_fw-la se_fw-la extolleret_fw-la bono_fw-mi merito_fw-la lest_o say_v s._n austin_n righteousness_n shall_v advance_v itself_o as_o of_o any_o merit_n that_o man_n shall_v have_v thereby_o again_o partly_o say_v he_o to_o put_v difference_n between_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n this_o reason_n he_o make_v of_o his_o own_o s._n austin_n have_v it_o not_o but_o what_o be_v that_o difference_n observe_v it_o well_o gentle_a reader_n for_o herein_o be_v the_o secret_a and_o thou_o shall_v see_v the_o lewdness_n of_o there_o wretched_a man_n in_o abuse_v the_o name_n of_o s._n austin_n to_o the_o colour_n of_o their_o falsehood_n we_o be_v forsooth_o the_o whole_a and_o only_a cause_n of_o our_o damnation_n but_o not_o of_o our_o salvation_n but_o principal_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o say_v be_v principal_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o salvation_n but_o not_o the_o whole_a and_o only_a cause_n for_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o we_o ourselves_o by_o our_o free_a will_n be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o salvation_n yea_o upon_o free_a will_v they_o hang_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o from_o thence_o do_v they_o derive_v unto_o man_n that_o merit_v whereby_o he_o do_v deserve_v eternal_a life_n for_o they_o know_v well_o that_o man_n can_v be_v 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adiutor_fw-la extuâ—rit_fw-la non_fw-la mihi_fw-la debeatur_fw-la merces_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o i_o operatus_fw-la est_fw-la no_o man_n shall_v take_v away_o from_o i_o free_a will_n lest_o if_o god_n be_v my_o helper_n in_o my_o work_n the_o reward_n be_v not_o due_a to_o i_o but_o to_o he_o that_o work_v in_o i_o even_o so_o popish_a merit_n stand_v upon_o free_a will_n for_o 9.14_o for_o rhemish_n annot_n in_o rom._n 9.14_o man_n say_v the_o rhemist_n work_v by_o their_o own_o free_a will_n and_o thereby_o deserve_v their_o salvation_n so_o say_v alphonsus_n de_fw-fr castro_n nostrum_fw-la castro_n alphons_n de_fw-fr castro_n adu_fw-la here_o lib._n 7_o in_o gratia_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la quòdnos_fw-la monition_n illius_fw-la consentimus_fw-la qui_fw-la tamen_fw-la dissentire_fw-la poteramus_fw-la debetur_fw-la nobis_fw-la merces_fw-la &_o praemium_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la meritum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la in_o that_o we_o by_o free_a will_v consent_v to_o god_n monition_n who_o yet_o have_v it_o in_o our_o power_n to_o dissent_v a_o reward_n and_o wage_n be_v due_a unto_o we_o and_o thence_o be_v our_o merit_n in_o like_a sort_n andradius_fw-la tell_v we_o that_o promeremur_fw-la that_o andrad_n orth._n explicat_fw-la lib._n 6._o nostra_fw-la merita_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la quia_fw-la liberè_fw-la &_o spontè_fw-fr illas_fw-la actiones_fw-la suscipimus_fw-la quibus_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la promeremur_fw-la they_o be_v call_v our_o merit_n because_o we_o free_o and_o voluntary_o undertake_v those_o action_n whereby_o we_o merit_v with_o god_n now_o of_o this_o poisonfull_a doctrine_n whereby_o man_n be_v make_v partaker_n with_o god_n in_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o salvation_n they_o will_v make_v s._n austin_n a_o partaker_n and_o patron_n with_o they_o who_o in_o condemn_v the_o pelagian_a heresy_n condemn_v the_o same_o and_o challenge_v our_o good_a work_n which_o he_o call_v merit_n whole_o and_o only_o unto_o god_n so_o he_o say_v that_o gratia_fw-la that_o august_n epist_n 105._o omne_fw-la bonum_fw-la meritum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la facis_fw-la nisi_fw-la gratia_fw-la all_o our_o good_a work_n or_o merit_n be_v wrought_v unto_o we_o by_o grace_n only_o that_o grâ—tia_fw-la that_o jdem_fw-la hyâ—og_n lib._n 3._o justorum_fw-la per_fw-la totam_fw-la seculi_fw-la vitam_fw-la meritum_fw-la emâ—â—_n est_fw-la grâ—tia_fw-la all_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o just_a through_o the_o whole_a life_n of_o this_o world_n be_v grace_n pietati_fw-la grace_n de_fw-fr veâ—_n dom._n sâ—rm_n 7._o totum_fw-la reputa_fw-la quòd_fw-la iustus_fw-la es_fw-la pietati_fw-la that_o thou_o be_v just_a say_v he_o repute_v it_o whole_o to_o mercy_n habemus_fw-la mercy_n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser._n 16._o totum_fw-la quòd_fw-la sumus_fw-la &_o quòd_fw-la habemus_fw-la boni_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la habemus_fw-la that_o that_o we_o be_v and_o have_v in_o goodness_n we_o have_v it_o whole_o of_o he_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o allege_v against_o the_o pelagian_o a_o speech_n of_o cyprian_n require_v that_o praestetur_fw-la that_o idem_fw-la de_fw-la boâ—o_fw-la pursue_v cap._n 6_o ex_fw-la cypriano_n de_fw-fr orat._n dom._n nequis_fw-la sibi_fw-la superbè_fw-la arroganterque_fw-la aliquâ—d_fw-la assumas_fw-la nequis_fw-la aut_fw-la confessionis_fw-la aut_fw-la passionis_fw-la gloriam_fw-la svam_fw-la dicat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la dum_fw-la praecedit_fw-la humilis_fw-la &_o submissa_fw-la confessio_fw-la &_o datur_fw-la totum_fw-la deo_fw-la quâ—cquid_fw-la suppliciter_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la timore_fw-la petitur_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pretate_fw-la praestetur_fw-la no_o man_n proud_o and_o arrogant_o assume_v any_o thing_n to_o himself_o nor_o call_v the_o glory_n of_o confess_v or_o suffer_v his_o own_o that_o while_o humble_a and_o lowly_a confession_n go_v before_o and_o all_o whole_o be_v yield_v unto_o god_n it_o may_v be_v grant_v unto_o we_o by_o his_o mercy_n whatsoever_o we_o humble_o request_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n now_o according_a to_o those_o word_n of_o yield_v or_o attribute_v all_o whole_o unto_o god_n he_o say_v in_o the_o same_o place_n committimus_fw-la place_n jbid_fw-la tutiores_fw-la vivimus_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la deodâ—â—â—us_fw-la &_o non_fw-la nos_fw-la illi_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la &_o notis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la committimus_fw-la we_o live_v more_o safe_o if_o we_o attribute_v all_o whole_o to_o god_n and_o do_v not_o commit_v ourselves_o partly_o to_o god_n and_o partly_o to_o ourselves_o for_o reason_n whereof_o he_o say_v anon_o after_o that_o eo_fw-la that_o jbid_v cap._n 7._o post_fw-la casum_fw-la hominis_fw-la nonnifi_n ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la svam_fw-la deus_fw-la pertinere_fw-la voltus_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la accedat_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la neque_fw-la nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la svam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la volunt_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la recedat_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la after_o the_o falâ—_n of_o man_n god_n will_v not_o have_v it_o belong_v to_o any_o thing_n but_o to_o his_o grace_n that_o we_o come_v unto_o he_o nor_o will_v have_v it_o to_o belong_v to_o any_o thing_n but_o his_o grace_n that_o we_o do_v not_o depart_v from_o he_o and_o to_o those_o word_n of_o cyprian_a he_o allude_v in_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a place_n as_o namely_o where_o he_o say_v that_o 15._o that_o enchir._n cap._n 32_o proptereà _fw-la dictum_fw-la non_fw-la volentis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la detur_fw-la totum_fw-la deo_fw-la see_v of_o freewill_n sect_n 15._o therefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v it_o be_v not_o of_o he_o that_o will_v nor_o of_o he_o that_o run_v but_o of_o god_n that_o show_v mercy_n that_o all_o whole_o may_v be_v attribute_v unto_o god_n discourse_v at_o large_a that_o our_o willing_a and_o our_o run_n be_v not_o to_o be_v divide_v betwixt_o the_o will_n of_o man_n and_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n because_o then_o as_o it_o be_v say_v on_o the_o one_o side_n it_o be_v not_o of_o he_o that_o will_v nor_o of_o he_o that_o run_v but_o of_o god_n that_o show_v mercy_n because_o the_o will_n of_o man_n alone_o suffice_v not_o so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o may_v be_v say_v it_o be_v not_o of_o god_n that_o show_v mercy_n but_o of_o he_o that_o will_v and_o he_o that_o run_v
because_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n alone_o suffice_v not_o now_o it_o be_v wickedness_n thus_o to_o cross_v and_o contradict_v the_o apostle_n word_n and_o therefore_o do_v he_o conclude_v that_o all_o be_v whole_o to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o god_n mercy_n see_v then_o the_o good_a deal_n or_o rather_o the_o lewd_a falsehood_n of_o m._n bishop_n and_o his_o fellow_n who_o teach_v for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n that_o good_a work_n be_v principal_o indeed_o of_o god_n but_o yet_o partly_o of_o ourselves_o do_v allege_v s._n austin_n for_o the_o defence_n thereof_o who_o constant_o teach_v to_o the_o utter_a overthrow_n of_o merit_n that_o our_o good_a work_n be_v whole_o and_o only_o of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o in_o no_o part_n of_o ourselves_o this_o be_v one_o thing_n for_o which_o we_o just_o detest_v they_o as_o set_v up_o the_o glory_n of_o man_n in_o stead_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o righteousness_n of_o man_n in_o stead_n of_o 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de_fw-la proposito_fw-la dei_fw-la firmior_fw-la suppetit_fw-la securiorque_fw-la gloriandi_fw-la ratio_fw-la etc._n etc._n non_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la iam_fw-la quae_fw-la ras_fw-la quibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la speremus_fw-la bona_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cùm_fw-la audias_fw-la apud_fw-la prophetam_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la vos_fw-la etc._n etc._n ezec._n 36._o sufficit_fw-la ad_fw-la meritum_fw-la scire_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la sufficiunt_fw-la merita_fw-la etc._n etc._n merita_fw-la habere_fw-la cure_v habita_fw-la data_fw-la noveru_fw-la fructum_fw-la speraveris_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n perniciosa_fw-la paupertas_fw-la meritorum_fw-la penuria_fw-la est_fw-la to_o what_o end_n be_v the_o church_n careful_a as_o touch_v merit_n which_o have_v a_o more_o sure_a and_o secure_a ground_n of_o rejoice_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n it_o be_v not_o for_o thou_o to_o ask_v by_o what_o merit_v we_o hope_v for_o good_a thing_n see_v thou_o hear_v 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