to_o the_o high_a pitch_n of_o impiety_n betray_v and_o crucify_v the_o lord_n the_o saviour_n who_o vouchsafe_v to_o come_v down_o to_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_z man_n afterward_o he_o call_v judas_n the_o betrayer_n of_o his_o master_n and_o saviour_n vocat_fw-la saviour_n quapropter_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la eorum_fw-la salute_v proprio_fw-la filio_fw-la non_fw-la parcens_fw-la pater_fw-la tradidit_fw-la eum_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la destructo_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la habebat_fw-la mortis_fw-la imperium_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la diabolo_fw-it redimeret_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la captivitatis_fw-la vinculo_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la didym_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la spiritu_fw-la s._n et_fw-la mox_fw-la de_fw-la judaeis_n loquens_fw-la ad_fw-la impietatis_fw-la culmen_fw-la egressi_fw-la dominun_n salvatorem_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la cunctorum_fw-la salute_n descendere_fw-la dignatus_fw-la suerat_fw-la ad_fw-la terras_fw-la prodiderunt_fw-la &_o crucifixerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n posteà _fw-la judam_n proditorem_fw-la magistri_fw-la &_o salvatoris_fw-la svi_fw-la vocat_fw-la basil_n surname_v the_o great_a about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o not_o long_o after_o judge_v it_o a_o point_n of_o faithfulness_n unto_o he_o who_o ambassador_n he_o be_v to_o concur_v with_o his_o fellow_n in_o the_o same_o doctrine_n what_o say_v he_o can_v man_n give_v of_o so_o much_o value_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o his_o soul_n yet_o be_v there_o find_v for_o all_z man_n together_o one_o worthy_a price_n of_o the_o blood_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n which_o he_o shed_v or_o pour_v out_o for_o we_o all._n soon_o after_o if_o we_o consider_v his_o kindness_n and_o love_n to_o we_o he_o call_v we_o brethren_n and_o descend_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n who_o give_v himself_o a_o propitiation_n for_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o not_o for_o himself_o 48._o himself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d paulo_n ante_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basilius_n m._n in_o psal_n 48._o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v david_n prophetical_o foresee_v the_o future_a grace_n of_o the_o love_a kindness_n of_o the_o lord_n towards_o man_n say_v that_o it_o be_v meet_v to_o serve_v and_o love_v he_o who_o have_v bestow_v such_o and_o so_o great_a a_o benefit_n upon_o mankind_n that_o he_o have_v not_o spare_v his_o own_o son_n but_o have_v deliver_v he_o up_o for_o all_z man_n 61._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d basilius_n m._n in_o psal_n 61._o more_o testimony_n from_o this_o author_n be_v at_o hand_n if_o need_v be_v gregory_n nyssen_n brother_n to_o the_o last-named_n father_n stand_v by_o his_o brother_n in_o the_o pre-asserted_n doctrine_n say_v that_o as_o the_o begin_n of_o death_n be_v first_o only_a in_o one_o pass_v through_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o resurrection_n by_o mean_n of_o one_o extend_v itself_o unto_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o man_n 23._o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nyss_n orat._n catechet_n c._n 16._o etiam_fw-la c._n 22._o 23._o more_o plain_o in_o another_o place_n he_o speak_v of_o christ_n sanctifi_v unto_o god_n and_o the_o father_n not_o only_o the_o first_o bear_v of_o man_n but_o even_o the_o whole_a tribe_n or_o generation_n of_o mankind_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o first-fruit_n of_o our_o lump_n be_v in_o he_o that_o be_v by_o mean_n of_o that_o flesh_n which_o he_o take_v of_o we_o enliven_v with_o a_o rational_a or_o intellectual_a soul_n whereby_o he_o do_v as_o it_o be_v leaven_n the_o whole_a mass_n or_o concretion_n of_o the_o essence_n or_o substance_n of_o mankind_n with_o holiness_n medium_n holiness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nyssen_n de_fw-fr occursu_fw-la domini_fw-la etc._n etc._n circa_fw-la medium_n gregory_n nazianzen_n another_o great_a light_n burn_a and_o shine_v in_o the_o house_n 5._o §._o 5._o of_o the_o live_a god_n the_o church_n about_o these_o time_n give_v forth_o the_o light_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o his_o ministry_n speak_v of_o christ_n he_o say_v to_o the_o jew_n he_o become_v as_o a_o jew_n that_o he_o may_v gain_v the_o jew_n to_o those_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n as_o one_o under_o the_o law_n that_o he_o may_v redeem_v those_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n to_o the_o weak_a he_o become_v as_o weak_a that_o he_o may_v save_v those_o that_o be_v weak_a he_o be_v make_v all_o thing_n unto_o all_z man_n thaâ—_n he_o may_v win_v or_o gain_n to_o himself_o alice_n men_n initio_fw-la men_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nazian_n orat._n 31._o in_o initio_fw-la in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v there_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o wonder_n like_o unto_o that_o of_o my_o salvation_n a_o few_o drop_n of_o blood_n refashion_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o like_o that_o which_o cause_v the_o coagulation_n of_o milk_n knit_v and_o gather_v we_o together_o in_o one_o with_o all_z man_n finem_fw-la man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d greg._n nazian_n orat._n 42._o paulò_fw-la ante_fw-la finem_fw-la elsewhere_o in_o his_o christian_a poem_n he_o speak_v to_o this_o effect_n from_o one_o we_o all_o proceed_v we_o all_o one_o breath_n breathe_v out_o to_o one_o we_o all_o incline_v god_n unto_o all_o alike_o his_o birth_n his_o death_n his_o resurrection_n and_o heaven_n do_v consign_v virgin_n consign_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la carm._n 3_o precept_n ad_fw-la virgin_n epiphanius_n a_o little_a before_o the_o two_o last_o name_v gregory_n write_v against_o heresy_n assert_v the_o doctrine_n we_o contend_v for_o as_o orthodox_n first_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o christ_n he_o offer_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v discharge_v the_o sacrifice_a of_o the_o old_a testament_n present_v unto_o god_n a_o more_o perfect_a live_n sacrifice_n for_o all_o the_o world_n afterward_o how_o vain_a be_v bootless_a be_v all_o the_o understanding_n that_o accompany_v heresy_n for_o they_o heretic_n even_o deny_v their_o own_o lord_n that_o buy_v they_o with_o his_o own_o blood_n 〈◊〉_d blood_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d epiph._n adversus_fw-la haereses_fw-la l._n 2._o t._n 1._o haeresi_fw-la 55._o et_fw-la posteà _fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tertullian_n who_o live_v in_o the_o age_n next_o before_o the_o last-mentioned_a author_n though_o in_o some_o other_o point_v he_o decline_v the_o judgement_n of_o his_o orthodox_n predecessor_n yet_o in_o the_o doctrine_n under_o enquiry_n he_o be_v one_o spirit_n with_o they_o what_o say_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o wood_n by_o the_o cast_n of_o which_o into_o the_o water_n the_o prophet_n elisha_n cause_v the_o iron_n to_o swim_v which_o be_v sink_v be_v more_o manifest_a than_o the_o sacrament_n or_o mystical_a signification_n of_o this_o wood_n as_o namely_o that_o the_o hardness_n of_o this_o world_n meaning_n the_o obdurate_a world_n itself_o be_v sink_v in_o the_o depth_n of_o error_n be_v by_o the_o wood_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v of_o his_o passion_n deliver_v or_o recovered_n in_o baptism_n that_o so_o that_o which_o long_o since_o perish_v by_o wood_n or_o by_o a_o tree_n in_o adam_n may_v be_v restore_v by_o the_o wood_n or_o tree_n of_o christ_n a_o little_a after_o apply_v unto_o christ_n the_o story_n of_o isaac_n carry_v the_o wood_n wherewith_o he_o be_v to_o have_v be_v offer_v have_v not_o god_n recall_v the_o command_n give_v to_o abraham_n on_o this_o behalf_n and_o of_o the_o ram_n catch_v by_o the_o horn_n in_o a_o thicket_n which_o be_v offer_v he_o do_v it_o in_o word_n to_o this_o effect_n christ_n in_o his_o own_o time_n carry_v his_fw-la wood_a upon_o his_o shoulder_n stick_v or_o hang_v upon_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o cross_n have_v his_o head_n compass_v about_o with_o a_o crown_n of_o thorn_n for_o it_o become_v he_o to_o be_v make_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o all_o nation_n and_o afterward_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v make_v a_o sacrifice_n or_o offering_z in_o or_o through_z all_o thing_n for_o we_o all_o etc._n all_o quid_fw-la manifestius_fw-la huius_fw-la ligni_fw-la sacramento_n quòd_fw-la duritia_fw-la huius_fw-la seouli_fw-la mersa_fw-la in_o profundo_fw-la erroris_fw-la &_o à _fw-la ligno_fw-la christi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la passionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la liberatur_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la perierat_fw-la olim_fw-la per_fw-la lignum_fw-la in_o adam_n id_fw-la restitueretur_fw-la per_fw-la lignum_fw-la christi_fw-la tertul._n adversus_fw-la judaeos_fw-la c._n 13._o et_fw-la mox_fw-la et_fw-la christus_fw-la suis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la lignum_fw-la humeris_fw-la suis_fw-la portavit_fw-la inhaerens_fw-la cornibus_fw-la crucis_fw-la coronâ_fw-la spineâ_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la ejus_fw-la circundatâ_fw-la hunc_fw-la enim_fw-la oportebat_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la gentibus_fw-la fieri_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la et_fw-la posteà _fw-la sed_fw-la jesus_n ille_fw-la christus_fw-la dei_fw-la patris_fw-la summus_n sacerdos_n qui_fw-la primo_fw-la adventu_fw-la svo_fw-la humanâ_fw-la formâ_fw-la &_o passibilis_fw-la venit_fw-la in_o humilitate_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la passionem_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la
4._o they_o shall_v commit_v iniquity_n etc._n etc._n all_o the_o righteousness_n that_o they_o have_v do_v former_o shall_v not_o be_v mention_v i._n e._n as_o calvin_n himself_o interpret_v shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n as_o to_o matter_n of_o reward_n 24_o reward_n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la satis_fw-la liqueat_fw-la non_fw-la venire_fw-la justiciam_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la defecit_fw-la in_fw-la rationem_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la mercedis_fw-la sperare_fw-la debeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n calv._n in_o ezek._n 18._o 24_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o if_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n at_o all_o as_o for_o example_n to_o obtain_v from_o god_n so_o much_o as_o the_o reward_n of_o a_o temporal_a deliverance_n much_o less_o shall_v it_o turn_v to_o any_o such_o account_n as_o to_o be_v reward_v with_o that_o great_a recompense_n of_o reward_n salvation_n again_o that_o death_n which_o god_n here_o threaten_v against_o that_o double_a or_o two_o fold_n iniquity_n of_o backslide_v be_v oppose_v to_o that_o life_n which_o be_v promise_v to_o repentance_n and_o perseverance_n in_o well_o do_v but_o this_o life_n be_v confess_v by_o all_o to_o be_v eternal_a life_n therefore_o the_o death_n opposite_a to_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v eternal_a or_o the_o second_o death_n when_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a life_n through_o christ_n jesus_n our_o lord_n 23._o lord_n rom._n 6._o 23._o be_v it_o not_o evident_a from_o the_o antithesis_fw-la or_o opposition_n in_o the_o sentence_n between_o the_o death_n and_o life_n mention_v in_o it_o that_o by_o that_o death_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v mean_v eternal_a death_n how_o else_o will_v the_o opposition_n stand_v yet_o again_o when_o god_n in_o the_o scripture_n threaten_v impenitent_a person_n with_o death_n for_o their_o sin_n doubtless_o he_o intend_v and_o mean_n eternal_a death_n or_o that_o death_n which_o be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n otherwise_o we_o have_v no_o sufficient_a ground_n to_o believe_v or_o think_v that_o man_n die_v in_o their_o sin_n without_o repentance_n shall_v suffer_v the_o vengeance_n of_o eternal_a fire_n but_o only_o a_o temporal_a or_o natural_a death_n which_o the_o righteous_a and_o true_o penitent_a themselves_o suffer_v as_o well_o as_o they_o therefore_o to_o say_v that_o god_n threaten_v impenitent_a apostate_n in_o the_o place_n in_o hand_n with_o a_o temporal_a death_n only_o when_o as_o elsewhere_o he_o threaten_v impenitency_n under_o the_o light_a guilt_n of_o all_o with_o eternal_a death_n be_v in_o effect_n to_o represent_v he_o as_o vehement_a and_o sore_a in_o his_o disswasives_n from_o ordinary_a and_o lesser_a sin_n but_o indifferent_a and_o remiss_a in_o dissuade_v from_o sin_n of_o the_o great_a provocation_n once_o more_o if_o it_o be_v only_o a_o temporal_a death_n which_o god_n here_o threaten_v against_o the_o son_n of_o apostasy_n die_v under_o the_o guilt_n of_o their_o apostasy_n and_o of_o all_o the_o sin_n they_o have_v commit_v therein_o without_o repentance_n then_o may_v man_n under_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o great_a and_o foul_a abomination_n remain_v in_o the_o great_a love_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n as_o just_a and_o righteous_a man_n yea_o and_o without_o repentance_n not_o only_o escape_v damnation_n but_o also_o inherit_v eternal_a life_n and_o where_o then_o be_v the_o god_n of_o judgement_n 17._o judgement_n mal._n 2_o 17._o or_o what_o will_v become_v of_o that_o great_a voice_n of_o the_o scripture_n which_o every_o where_o call_v man_n to_o repentance_n for_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n that_o comparative_a allusion_n of_o the_o leper_n under_o the_o law_n wherewith_o the_o 5._o §._o 5._o synod_n of_o dort_n it_o seem_v much_o please_v themselves_o and_o other_o also_o since_o of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o they_o reach_v not_o the_o case_n nor_o administer_v any_o relief_n at_o all_o to_o their_o cause_n against_o the_o scripture_n in_o hand_n the_o leper_n say_v they_o among_o the_o jew_n be_v enforce_v for_o a_o time_n meaning_n while_o his_o leprosy_n be_v upon_o he_o to_o want_v his_o house_n but_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o in_o this_o time_n lose_v the_o right_n of_o title_n which_o he_o have_v to_o this_o house_n because_o upon_o his_o heal_n or_o cleanse_v he_o may_v again_o possess_v it_o 202._o it_o leprosus_fw-la siquidem_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la cogebatur_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la domo_fw-la caâ—ere_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la jus_o ad_fw-la domum_fw-la amisit_fw-la quia_fw-la sanatus_fw-la potuit_fw-la illam_fw-la rursus_fw-la possidere_fw-la dr._n prid._n lect._n 6._o de_fw-fr persevere_v sanct._n p._n 202._o this_o comparison_n i_o say_v square_n not_o with_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n for_o 1._o the_o reason_n why_o the_o person_n leprous_o affect_v do_v not_o lose_v the_o right_n he_o have_v to_o his_o house_n before_o 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shall_v add_v only_o one_o testimony_n more_o from_o calvin_n wherein_o he_o do_v not_o only_o or_o simple_o assert_v a_o possibility_n both_o of_o the_o total_a and_o final_a fall_v away_o of_o true_a believer_n but_o even_o a_o frequent_a reduction_n into_o act_n of_o such_o a_o possibility_n the_o place_n be_v in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o 2_o pet._n 2._o for_o scarce_o every_o ten_o man_n of_o those_o who_o have_v give_v up_o their_o name_n unto_o christ_n retain_v the_o purity_n of_o faith_n unto_o the_o end_n all_o in_o a_o manner_n degenerate_a and_o turn_z aside_o unto_o corruption_n and_o be_v delude_v by_o master_n for_o teacher_n of_o licentiousness_n grow_v profane_a 2._o profane_a vix_fw-la enim_fw-la decimus_fw-la cuique_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la christo_fw-la nomen_fw-la dederunt_fw-la fidei_fw-la puritatem_fw-la ad_fw-la extremum_fw-la usque_fw-la retinent_fw-la omnes_fw-la ferè_fw-la ad_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la degenerant_fw-la atque_fw-la á_z magistris_fw-la licentiae_fw-la delusi_fw-la profanescunt_fw-la calvin_n in_o 2_o pet._n 2._o 2._o by_o man_n give_v up_o their_o name_n to_o christ_n he_o can_v mean_v baâ—e_o formal_a or_o loose_a professor_n i_o mean_v such_o who_o never_o be_v other_o or_o better_o than_o these_o because_o such_o as_o these_o can_v be_v charge_v with_o a_o non-retainment_n of_o the_o purity_n of_o faith_n unto_o the_o end_n but_o rather_o with_o a_o non-receiving_a of_o the_o purity_n of_o faith_n therefore_o he_o must_v of_o necessity_n mean_v sound_a professor_n or_o true_a believer_n and_o consequent_o affirm_v that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o ten_o among_o these_o but_o degenerate_a into_o principle_n and_o practice_n of_o looseness_n and_o turn_v profaneling_n before_o the_o end_n so_o that_o what_o augustin_n say_v long_o since_o concern_v tertullian_n that_o be_v acute_a or_o sharp-witted_a he_o be_v sometime_o overcome_v with_o a_o sight_n of_o the_o truth_n contrary_a to_o his_o opinion_n may_v be_v 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well_o and_o with_o equal_a if_o not_o with_o more_o especial_a intention_n on_o the_o king_n part_n for_o those_o also_o who_o never_o come_v to_o taste_v of_o they_o and_o consequent_o that_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n signify_v by_o the_o ox_n and_o fatling_n slay_v and_o the_o blessedness_n accrue_v unto_o the_o child_n of_o man_n hereby_o signify_v by_o the_o feast_n itself_o be_v equal_o mean_v and_o intend_v by_o god_n for_o those_o who_o perish_v and_o for_o those_o who_o be_v save_v and_o consequent_o for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n of_o any_o and_o indeed_o this_o purport_n of_o the_o parable_n lie_v so_o large_a and_o full_a in_o the_o carriage_n of_o it_o that_o calvin_n himself_o can_v not_o but_o subscribe_v unto_o it_o as_o he_o that_o shall_v please_v to_o peruse_v his_o commentary_n upon_o mat._n 22._o 2._o and_o withal_o acknowledge_v what_o be_v evident_a must_v needs_o confess_v among_o several_a other_o passage_n face_v this_o way_n have_v specify_v some_o 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