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esse_fw-la novam_fw-la &_o perfectiorem_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la in_o novo_fw-la testamento_fw-la latam_fw-la cum_fw-la quidem_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la hebraismo_fw-la evangelium_fw-la lex_fw-la vocetur_fw-la apostolo_n rom._n 8._o 2._o sicut_fw-la &_o à _fw-la psalte_n psal_n 19_o 8._o sed_fw-la cum_fw-la restrictione_n lex_fw-la vero_fw-la nunquam_fw-la evangelium_fw-la appellatur_fw-la tarnov_n comment_fw-fr in_o mic._n 4._o 2._o pag._n 104._o rostoch_n 1626._o 1626._o annotat._n in_o mic._n 4._o 1_o 2._o 2._o nam_fw-la verbum_fw-la judicandi_fw-la hebraeis_n per_fw-la synecdochen_n pro_fw-la gubernare_fw-la vel_fw-la regere_fw-la accipitur_fw-la calvin_n comment_fw-fr in_o esa_n 3._o 2_o 4._o pag._n 22._o tom._n 4._o op_n genev._n 1617._o 1617._o plato_n de_fw-fr leg._n lib._n 12._o pag._n 957._o tom._n 2._o op_n edit_fw-la serrani_fw-la 1578._o 1578._o etymol_n magnum_fw-la in_o voce_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aristot_n pag._n 159._o tom._n 4._o op_n edit_fw-la du_fw-mi val._n par._n 1639._o 1639._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sophocles_n in_o ajace_n pag._n 33._o edit_fw-la h._n stephan_n 1568._o 1568._o lex_fw-la decalogi_fw-la ligabat_fw-la i_o contra_fw-la illam_fw-la nunc_fw-la habeo_fw-la aliam_fw-la legem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la gratiae_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la lex_fw-la neque_fw-la ligat_fw-la sed_fw-la liberat_fw-la i_o est_fw-la autem_fw-la lex_fw-la contra_fw-la damnatricem_fw-la legem_fw-la hanc_fw-la ligat_fw-la ut_fw-la amplius_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la i_o ligare_fw-la luther_n com._n plenior_fw-la in_o gal._n 2._o ed._n an._n 1538._o fol._n 45._o pag._n 2._o tom._n 4._o op_n jenae_n 1611._o 1611._o pareus_n in_o gal._n 2._o 19_o in_o part_n 2._o op_n exeget_v calvin_n in_o gal._n 2._o 19_o eilhardus_fw-la lubinus_n in_o gal._n 2._o 19_o in_o tom._n 1._o exercit._fw-la theol._n in_o epistolas_fw-la francof_n 1612._o 1612._o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la apertum_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la potuisset_fw-la homo_fw-la justificari_fw-la christum_fw-la non_fw-la oportuerat_fw-la mori_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la lex_fw-la dare_v remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la neque_fw-la secundam_fw-la mortem_fw-la detriumphans_fw-la expoliare_fw-la captivis_fw-la quos_fw-la tenebat_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la idcirco_fw-la christus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la praestaret_fw-la quae_fw-la lex_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la gratis_o mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la mors_fw-la enim_fw-la ejus_fw-la justificatio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la ambros_n in_o gal._n 2._o pag._n 327._o in_o tom._n 5._o op_n edit_fw-la froben_n basil_n 1538._o non_fw-la debeo_fw-la illi_fw-la esse_fw-la ingratus_fw-la qui_fw-la i_o tantum_fw-la dilexit_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o etiam_fw-la moreretur_fw-la abjecta_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la si_fw-la sola_fw-la non_fw-la sufficit_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o gal._n 2._o incert_n aut._n sed_fw-la antiqui_fw-la inter_fw-la opera_fw-la hieronymi_n fol._n 216._o pag._n 2._o tom._n 9_o edit_fw-la froben_n basil_n 1526._o 1526._o those_o error_n with_o which_o crellius_n the_o socinian_n have_v corrupt_v this_o text_n when_o he_o assert_v the_o gospel_n to_o be_v a_o new_a law_n and_o that_o to_o be_v justify_v by_o our_o faith_n as_o our_o evangelical_n obedience_n to_o it_o be_v not_o exclude_v here_o by_o the_o apostle_n this_o fundamental_a error_n of_o socinianism_n be_v excellent_o refute_v by_o cocceius_n who_o i_o will_v have_v transcribe_v have_v the_o design_v brevity_n of_o this_o discourse_n permit_v it_o i_o therefore_o refer_v the_o learned_a reader_n to_o that_o author_n himself_o cocceius_n in_o gal._n 2._o 21._o in_o tom._n 4._o op_n amstel_n 1673._o 1673._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alexand._n strom._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 356._o open_a paris_n 1629._o 1629._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ibid._n pag._n 250._o 250._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n demonstrat_n evangel_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 8_o 9_o edit_fw-la paris_n 1628._o 1628._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n in_o psal_n 49._o tom._n 3._o op_n ed._n front_n ducaei_n paris_n 1601._o 1601._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n origen_n