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faith_n do_v merit_v justification_n his_o meaning_n be_v faith_n obtain_v justification_n sine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratione_fw-la meriti_fw-la without_o any_o respect_n of_o merit_n here_o let_v i_o insert_v by_o the_o way_n a_o worthy_a annotation_n of_o merit_n george_n cassander_n upon_o the_o word_n mereri_fw-la or_o merit_n in_o his_o second_o scholia_fw-la upon_o his_o ecclesiastic_a hymn_n print_v at_o paris_n 1616_o for_o in_o other_o late_a impression_n haply_o you_o shall_v find_v this_o scholia_fw-la be_v quite_o purge_v out_o by_o the_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la compose_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o catholic_a king_n philip_n the_o second_o and_o by_o the_o advice_n also_o of_o the_o duke_n of_o albany_n the_o copy_n whereof_o be_v print_v at_o strasburgh_n the_o word_n of_o the_o index_n be_v these_o scholium_fw-la incipiens_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la merendi_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la etc._n etc._n deleatur_fw-la totum_fw-la the_o scholium_fw-la of_o george_n cassander_n begin_v thus_o etc._n etc._n let_v it_o be_v whole_o cancel_v but_o be_v notwithstanding_o preserve_v from_o this_o purgatory_n fire_n let_v we_o note_v it_o vocabulum_fw-la merendi_fw-la apud_fw-la veteres_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la scriptores_fw-la ferè_fw-la idem_fw-la valet_fw-la quod_fw-la consequt_fw-la seu_fw-la aptum_fw-la idoneumque_fw-la fieri_fw-la ad_fw-la consequendum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la uno_fw-la cypriani_fw-la loco_fw-la apparet_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la paulus_n inquit_fw-la 1._o tim._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la vulgò_fw-la dicitur_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la consecutus_fw-la sum_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la erasmus_fw-la vertit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la adeptus_fw-la sum_fw-la id_fw-la cyprianus_n ad_fw-la jubaianum_fw-la legit_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la merui_fw-la et_fw-la multa_fw-la loca_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o ecclesiasticis_fw-la officijs_fw-la &_o precibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la 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against_o the_o pelagian_n who_o teach_v that_o a_o man_n by_o his_o own_o work_n do_v by_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n may_v be_v justify_v before_o god_n without_o divine_a grace_n by_o jesus_n christ._n or_o against_o the_o unbelieve_a jew_n who_o think_v to_o be_v justify_v before_o god_n by_o the_o observation_n of_o moses_n law_n save_v only_o that_o the_o council_n have_v cautelous_o and_o corrected_o express_v this_o under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o moses_n law_n chapt._n 1._o as_o here_o under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o law_n lest_o as_o the_o history_n of_o the_o trent-councell_n have_v well_o observe_v if_o it_o have_v pass_v as_o at_o the_o first_o draught_n in_o these_o word_n per_fw-la legem_fw-la mosis_fw-la by_o moses_n law_n then_o exception_n may_v have_v be_v take_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o circumcision_n to_o which_o some_o ascribe_v remission_n of_o sin_n this_o canon_n or_o that_o decree_n may_v have_v be_v a_o prejudice_n to_o 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