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yea_o chapt._n 9_o 15._o who_o say_v he_o though_o i_o be_v righteous_a yet_o will_v i_o not_o answer_v but_o i_o will_v make_v supplication_n to_o my_o judge_n indeed_o towards_o his_o friend_n he_o stand_v stout_o in_o the_o justification_n of_o himself_o namely_o of_o his_o integrity_n and_o sincerity_n and_o that_o he_o be_v no_o hypocrite_n as_o they_o no_o less_o uncharitable_o than_o untrue_o charge_v he_o but_o towards_o god_n he_o bear_v himself_o far_o otherwise_o before_o he_o he_o humble_v himself_o he_o make_v supplication_n to_o his_o judge_n &_o say_v chap._n 9_o 30._o if_o i_o wash_v myself_o with_o snow-water_n and_o make_v my_o hand_n never_o so_o clean_o yet_o shall_v thou_o plunge_v i_o in_o the_o ditch_n and_o my_o own_o clothes_n shall_v abhor_v i_o for_o he_o be_v not_o a_o man_n as_o i_o be_o that_o i_o shall_v answer_v he_o and_o we_o shall_v come_v together_o in_o judgement_n and_o chapt._n 10._o 14._o if_o i_o sin_n than_o thou_o mark_v i_o and_o thou_o 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write_v upon_o the_o exposition_n of_o those_o word_n incerta_fw-la &_o occulta_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la manifestasti_fw-la mihi_fw-la that_o be_v thou_o have_v reveal_v unto_o i_o the_o uncertain_a and_o hide_a thing_n of_o thy_o wisdom_n whereupon_o augustine_n say_v quae_fw-la incerta_fw-la quae_fw-la occulta_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la ignoscit_fw-la talibus_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la conâ—itentibus_fw-la &_o punientibus_fw-la sua_fw-la peccata_fw-la what_o uncertainty_n what_o hide_a thing_n because_o god_n do_v pardon_v such_o to_o wit_n sinner_n confess_v and_o punish_v 4._o or_o repent_v of_o their_o sin_n and_o augustine_n add_v as_o vega_n also_o allege_v nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la occultum_fw-la nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la incertum_fw-la nothing_n so_o secret_a nothing_o so_o uncertain_a and_o vega_n here_o leap_v over_o augustine_n amplification_n and_o exposition_n of_o his_o meaning_n he_o only_o add_v augustine_n conclusion_n hoc_fw-la incertum_fw-la patefecerit_fw-la deus_fw-la seruo_fw-la svo_fw-la david_n etc._n etc._n this_o uncertain_a thing_n god_n reveal_v to_o his_o servant_n david_n for_o when_o stand_v and_o accuse_v himself_o he_o say_v peccaâ—i_fw-la i_o have_v sin_v forthwith_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o prophet_n that_o be_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o the_o prophet_n the_o lord_n have_v put_v away_o thy_o sin_n well_o now_o let_v we_o a_o little_a insist_v upon_o these_o word_n of_o augustine_n which_o vega_n ingenious_o confess_v do_v most_o clear_o favour_v their_o cause_n of_o pontifician_n uncertainty_n of_o all_o other_o that_o he_o have_v read_v in_o all_o augustine_n work_n first_o whereas_o augustine_n take_v the_o vulgar_a latin_a for_o the_o only_a text_n which_o he_o follow_v use_v the_o word_n incerta_fw-la i_o answer_v there_o be_v no_o such_o word_n in_o the_o original_a for_o incertum_fw-la the_o word_n in_o the_o original_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o thodhigneni_fw-la be_v word_n for_o 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whereupon_o he_o infer_v quae_fw-la occulta_fw-la quae_fw-la incerta_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la ignoscit_fw-la &_o talibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la poenitentibus_fw-la nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la occultum_fw-la nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la incertum_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la incertum_fw-la ninivitae_n poenitentiam_fw-la egerunt_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la enim_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o hide_v what_o uncertain_a thing_n because_o god_n pardon_v even_o such_o that_o be_v penitent_a person_n nothing_o so_o hide_v nothing_o so_o uncertain_a upon_o this_o certainty_n the_o ninivites_fw-la repent_v for_o they_o say_v though_o after_o the_o prophet_n have_v threaten_v though_o after_o that_o voice_n *_o three_o day_n and_o niniveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v they_o say_v among_o day_n themselves_o that_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v to_o be_v entreat_v they_o say_v thus_o reason_v with_o themselves_o who_o know_v if_o god_n will_v return_v and_o show_v mercy_n it_o be_v uncertain_a when_o they_o say_v quis_fw-la novit_fw-la who_o know_v but_o have_v once_o repent_v they_o reap_v certain_a mercy_n etc._n etc._n so_o augustine_n do_v we_o not_o see_v here_o a_o manifest_a difference_n between_o augustine_n own_o application_n of_o uncertainty_n &_o vega_n strain_a application_n vega_n will_v apply_v this_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o time_n past_a understand_v it_o of_o sin_n already_o pardon_v as_o if_o a_o man_n be_v altogether_o uncertain_a that_o his_o sin_n be_v pardon_v when_o they_o be_v already_o pardon_v but_o augustine_n tell_v we_o plain_o that_o he_o understand_v this_o uncertainty_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o future_a tense_n that_o be_v concern_v the_o uncertainty_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v pardon_v for_o which_o god_n denounce_v express_v judgment_n as_o in_o the_o example_n of_o the_o ninivites_fw-la god_n have_v threaten_v peremptory_o that_o within_o forty_o day_n niniveh_n shall_v be_v destroy_v what_o shall_v the_o ninivites_fw-la now_o 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proceed_v not_o from_o the_o defect_n of_o faith_n but_o from_o the_o excess_n of_o their_o sin_n but_o as_o they_o be_v uncertain_a before_o they_o repent_v after_o they_o have_v repent_v they_o find_v certam_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la certain_a mercy_n say_v augustine_n witness_v the_o preservation_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o city_n as_o therefore_o the_o ninivites_fw-la be_v uncertain_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o grievousnesse_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n judgement_n already_o peremptory_o threaten_v whether_o they_o shall_v find_v god_n favourable_a or_o no_o in_o reverse_v his_o sentence_n and_o preserve_v their_o city_n but_o afterward_o upon_o their_o repentance_n find_v the_o certainty_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o spare_v they_o whereof_o the_o spare_n of_o their_o city_n be_v a_o certain_a and_o infallible_a argument_n so_o sinful_a man_n burden_a with_o the_o guilt_n and_o horror_n of_o sin_n and_o bear_v down_o with_o the_o terror_n of_o god_n 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frailty_n fight_v one_o against_o another_o in_o every_o regenerate_a man_n as_o jacob_n and_o esau_n in_o the_o same_o womb_n shake_v with_o temptation_n not_o subdue_v sustain_v long_a fight_n but_o ever_o at_o length_n victorious_a and_o when_o at_o the_o weak_a yet_o it_o be_v certain_a 24._o believe_v though_o with_o unbelief_n 18._o against_o hope_n believe_v in_o hope_n above_o hope_n under_o hope_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o truth_n we_o call_v the_o two_o testament_n to_o witness_v the_o hebrew_n have_v three_o special_a wordâ—_n whereby_o they_o express_v the_o nature_n of_o true_a justify_n faith_n as_o touch_v the_o certainty_n of_o it_o one_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d emun_n which_o signify_v faith_n the_o root_n whereof_o be_v aman_n which_o signify_v to_o nourish_v to_o which_o david_n allude_v psal._n 37._o 3._o trust_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o do_v good_a so_o shall_v thou_o dwell_v in_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fide_fw-la and_o thou_o shall_v be_v feed_v by_o faith_n word_n for_o word_n as_o tremelius_fw-la render_v it_o and_o in_o the_o â—ixt_v of_o johns_n gospel_n the_o lord_n join_v believe_v on_o he_o and_o feed_v on_o he_o together_o as_o both_o one_o as_o st._n augustine_n say_v crede_fw-la &_o manducastâ—_n believe_v and_o thou_o have_v eat_v now_o this_o word_n which_o the_o hebrew_n use_v for_o faith_n signify_v also_o truth_n or_o that_o which_o be_v firm_a stable_n or_o settle_v and_o what_o can_v be_v more_o firm_a or_o certain_a than_o truth_n the_o prophet_n isaiah_n have_v a_o very_a elegant_a exposition_n of_o this_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o you_o believe_v not_o you_o shall_v not_o be_v establish_v 9_o to_o believe_v and_o to_o be_v establish_v both_o come_n of_o the_o same_o root_n in_o the_o original_n hence_o also_o come_v the_o word_n amen_o use_v in_o all_o language_n which_o be_v a_o note_n of_o believe_v and_o assent_v to_o the_o truth_n and_o as_o it_o be_v seal_v it_o unto_o us._n and_o the_o apostle_n use_v it_o for_o a_o note_n of_o certainty_n 2_o cor._n 1._o 30._o for_o all_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n be_v yea_o and_o in_o he_o amen_o etc._n etc._n that_o be_v most_o true_a and_o certain_a i'faith_o therefore_o be_v no_o doubtful_a conjecture_n or_o waver_a hope_n but_o a_o most_o certain_a belief_n firm_a as_o truth_n itself_o another_o word_n use_v by_o the_o hebrew_n for_o faith_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d betaâ—h_o which_o signify_v trust_v security_n confidence_n and_o affiance_n this_o word_n be_v use_v by_o isaiah_n notable_o to_o set_v forth_o the_o confidence_n and_o security_n of_o god_n saint_n as_o isaiah_n 32._o 17_o where_o speak_v of_o the_o full_a revelation_n of_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n he_o say_v then_o the_o work_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v be_v peace_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o righteousness_n quietness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o assurance_n 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