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this_o impertinency_n in_o this_o question_n he_o let_v it_o fall_v but_o the_o complete_a reason_n of_o catholic_n say_v he_o why_o s_n paul_n call_v the_o sacrament_n bread_n after_o the_o consecration_n oft_o their_o pretend_a reason_n why_o s._n paul_n call_v it_o bread_n so_o oft_o be_v because_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n into_o which_o the_o bread_n be_v change_v be_v put_v under_o the_o species_n of_o bread_n which_o give_v occasion_n of_o give_v it_o the_o same_o denomination_n it_o have_v before_o p._n 272._o what_o have_v before_o that_o denomination_n of_o bread_n the_o species_n or_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n neither_o sure_o such_o careless_a expression_n he_o every_o where_o take_v hold_v of_o when_o they_o fall_v from_o his_o adversary_n and_o can_v spend_v whole_a page_n against_o they_o but_o this_o complete_a reason_n be_v no_o reason_n to_o s._n paul_n neither_o do_v it_o give_v he_o any_o occasion_n of_o give_v it_o still_o the_o same_o denomination_n of_o 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good_a work_n be_v so_o due_a to_o god_n that_o he_o may_v exact_v they_o although_o he_o will_v give_v no_o reward_n debeâ—_n bern._n the_o quadrup_n debito_fw-la creator_n tuus_fw-la est_fw-la tu_fw-la creatura_fw-la tu_fw-la servus_n ille_fw-la dominus_fw-la ille_fw-la figulus_n â—u_n figmenâ—um_n totum_fw-la ergò_fw-la quod_fw-la es_fw-la illi_fw-la debeâ—_n he_o be_v thy_o creator_n say_v bernard_n thou_o his_o creature_n thou_o be_v a_o servant_n he_o thy_o lord_n he_o the_o potter_n thou_o his_o workmanship_n therefore_o all_o that_o thou_o be_v thou_o owe_v to_o he_o of_o who_o thou_o have_v all_o theophyl_n say_v 〈◊〉_d theophyl_n in_o luc._n 17.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o servant_n that_o do_v not_o his_o work_n be_v worthy_a of_o stripe_n but_o when_o he_o have_v do_v his_o work_n let_v he_o be_v content_a that_o he_o have_v escape_v stripe_n that_o be_v if_o reward_v come_v for_o so_o do_v let_v he_o account_v and_o receive_v it_o as_o of_o mere_a bounty_n for_o 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as_o the_o romanist_n pretend_v that_o they_o take_v from_o it_o by_o increase_a our_o duty_n and_o debt_n our_o last_o sort_n or_o rank_n of_o testimony_n be_v of_o such_o as_o speak_v reward_n testimony_n affirm_v the_o improportion_n of_o our_o work_n to_o the_o reward_n our_o suffering_n or_o do_n not_o to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o reward_n in_o any_o proportionable_a measure_n and_o herein_o they_o have_v the_o apostle_n go_v before_o they_o rom._n 8.18_o 2_o cor._n 4.17_o st._n ambrose_n thus_o what_o can_v we_o do_v worthy_a of_o those_o celestial_a reward_n coelestibus_fw-la ambr._n in_o ps_n 118._o conc_fw-fr 20._o quid_fw-la possumus_fw-la praemiis_fw-la dignum_fw-la facere_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la which_o have_v so_o much_o the_o more_o force_n in_o it_o if_o we_o consider_v what_o go_v before_o and_o what_o follow_v after_o it_o he_o have_v say_v before_o god_n temper_v his_o judgement_n with_o mercy_n and_o none_o of_o we_o can_v subsist_v without_o the_o divine_a indulgence_n then_o immediate_o after_o allege_v that_o of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 8.18_o he_o conclude_v therefore_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o heavenly_a decree_n proceed_v not_o according_a to_o our_o merit_n but_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n something_o of_o this_o we_o have_v above_o in_o the_o second_o rank_n of_o argument_n nu._n 6._o greg._n the_o first_o upon_o the_o seven_o penit_fw-la psalm_n have_v say_v god_n render_v according_a to_o work_n apostolus_fw-la greg._n in_o psal_n 142._o illi_fw-la namque_fw-la beatae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o de_fw-la deo_fw-la vivitur_fw-la nullus_fw-la labour_n aequari_fw-la potest_fw-la nulla_fw-la opera_fw-la comparari_fw-la presertim_fw-la cum_fw-la apostolus_fw-la not_o for_o our_o work_n which_o say_v be_v make_v use_n of_o above_o he_o add_v immediate_o as_o a_o reason_n for_o unto_o that_o bless_a life_n in_o which_o we_o live_v with_o god_n and_o of_o god_n no_o labour_n can_v be_v equal_a no_o endeavour_n or_o do_n compare_v with_o it_o especial_o