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easy_a and_o yet_o thou_o can_v not_o bring_v forth_o any_o that_o have_v fulfil_v all_o answer_v i_o be_v they_o easy_a or_o hard_o if_o they_o be_v easy_a show_v any_o that_o have_v fulfil_v they_o again_o haec_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sola_fw-la perfectio_fw-la si_fw-la imperfectos_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la noverint_fw-la that_o be_v this_o be_v ibid._n the_o only_a perfection_n of_o man_n to_o acknowledge_v themselves_o to_o be_v imperfect_a again_o tunc_fw-la ergo_fw-la iusti_fw-la sumus_fw-la quando_fw-la nos_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la esse_fw-la peccatores_fw-la fatemur_fw-la &_o iustitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la proprio_fw-la merito_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la dei_fw-la consistit_fw-la misericordia_fw-la that_o be_v then_o we_o be_v just_a when_o we_o confess_v ourselves_o to_o be_v sinner_n and_o our_o justice_n consist_v not_o in_o our_o own_o merit_n but_o in_o god_n mercy_n saint_n augustine_n say_v ipsa_fw-la iustitia_fw-la nostra_fw-la tanta_fw-la est_fw-la in_o 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be_v not_o observe_v forgive_v it_o the_o like_a i_o may_v allege_v out_o of_o many_o other_o place_n of_o his_o work_n as_o de_fw-fr natura_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la cap._n 36._o contra_fw-la julianum_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 3._o de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la cap._n 16._o and_o such_o other_o but_o for_o shortness_n sake_n i_o omit_v they_o chrysostome_n say_v neque_fw-la enim_fw-la alios_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la 17._o iustificari_fw-la nisi_fw-la eum_fw-la qui_fw-la cuncta_fw-la adimpleverit_fw-la id_fw-la verò_fw-la nemini_fw-la dum_fw-la possibile_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la that_o be_v none_o can_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n but_o he_o that_o have_v fulfil_v all_o and_o that_o have_v be_v as_o yet_o possible_a to_o no_o man_n bernard_n say_v quomodo_fw-la ergo_fw-la iubenda_fw-la 50_o fuit_fw-la quae_fw-la implenda_fw-la nullo_fw-la modo_fw-la erat_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o be_v the_o law_n to_o be_v command_v which_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v fulfil_v or_o if_o thou_o rather_o think_v that_o the_o commandment_n affectuasi_fw-la be_v give_v for_o the_o rule_n of_o our_o affection_n i_o will_v not_o hereupon_o strive_v so_o that_o thou_o also_o do_v yield_v unto_o i_o that_o in_o this_o life_n it_o neither_o can_v or_o ever_o can_v be_v fulfil_v of_o any_o man_n for_o who_o dare_v arrogate_v that_o to_o himself_o which_o paul_n himself_o confess_v that_o he_o have_v not_o comprehend_v neither_o be_v the_o commander_n ignorant_a that_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o commandment_n exceed_v man_n strength_n but_o he_o judge_v it_o to_o be_v profitable_a that_o thereby_o they_o may_v be_v put_v in_o mind_n of_o their_o own_o insufficiency_n and_o so_o may_v know_v that_o they_o ought_v according_a to_o their_o power_n labour_n to_o the_o end_n of_o righteousness_n therefore_o by_o command_v thing_n impossible_a he_o make_v man_n not_o transgressor_n but_o humble_a that_o every_o mouth_n may_v be_v stop_v and_o all_o the_o world_n make_v subject_a 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subdue_v but_o not_o utter_o banish_v i_o know_v say_v paul_n that_o no_o goodness_n dwell_v in_o i_o this_o
righteousness_n by_o who_o stripe_n we_o be_v heal_v the_o blood_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 7._o his_o son_n cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o sin_n he_o have_v love_v we_o and_o 5._o wash_v we_o from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n and_o make_v we_o king_n and_o priest_n unto_o god_n his_o father_n as_o these_o place_n attribute_v our_o justification_n and_o salvation_n only_o to_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o merit_n so_o other_o do_v detract_v and_o take_v the_o same_o from_o our_o work_n and_o deserve_n to_o he_o that_o work_v not_o but_o believe_v 5._o in_o he_o that_o justify_v the_o ungodly_a his_o faith_n be_v count_v for_o righteousness_n if_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n it_o be_v no_o more_o of_o work_n or_o else_o 6._o be_v grace_n no_o more_o grace_n but_o if_o it_o be_v of_o work_n it_o be_v no_o more_o grace_n or_o else_o be_v work_v no_o more_o work_v by_o grace_n you_o be_v save_v 8._o through_o faith_n and_o that_o not_o of_o yourselves_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n not_o 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so_o say_v hierome_n si_fw-la inutilis_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la omne_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la illo_fw-la dicendum_fw-la pelagian_a est_fw-la qui_fw-la explere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la i_o if_o he_o be_v unprofitable_a that_o have_v do_v all_o what_o be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o he_o that_o can_v not_o fulfil_v all_o therefore_o we_o be_v not_o to_o trust_v in_o our_o own_o merit_n but_o in_o god_n mercy_n which_o import_v our_o misery_n and_o not_o worthiness_n but_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o your_o minor_n you_o allege_v the_o say_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n call_v the_o labourer_n and_o give_v they_o 8._o their_o wage_n i_o grant_v that_o god_n do_v give_v to_o they_o that_o labour_n in_o his_o vineyard_n a_o reward_n which_o be_v call_v wage_n because_o it_o follow_v piety_n and_o good_a work_n as_o outward_a wage_n follow_v labour_n but_o that_o this_o heavenly_a wage_n be_v not_o deserve_v by_o our_o work_n as_o that_o other_o be_v by_o our_o labour_n it_o evident_o appear_v by_o that_o parable_n where_o they_o that_o have_v wrought_v but_o one_o hour_n receive_v as_o much_o as_o they_o do_v which_o have_v bear_v the_o burden_n and_o heat_n of_o the_o day_n which_o show_v that_o this_o reward_n come_v of_o grace_n and_o not_o of_o merit_n and_o so_o s._n ambrose_n do_v expound_v it_o non_fw-la labori_fw-la praemium_fw-la 5._o soluens_fw-la sed_fw-la divitias_fw-la bonitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la quos_fw-la sine_fw-la operibus_fw-la eligit_fw-la effundens_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la hij_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o multo_fw-la labour_v sudarunt_fw-la nec_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la novissimi_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la intelligant_fw-la donum_fw-la se_fw-la gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la operum_fw-la accepisse_fw-la mercedem_fw-la i._n not_o pay_v a_o reward_n unto_o our_o labour_n but_o pour_v forth_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n upon_o they_o who_o he_o have_v choose_v without_o work_n that_o they_o also_o which_o in_o great_a labour_n 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