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attain_v unto_o perfection_n &_o notwithstanding_o he_o say_v that_o he_o have_v keep_v the_o law_n that_o he_o have_v do_v the_o commandment_n as_o he_o himself_o expound_v it_o say_v i_o have_v incline_v my_o heart_n to_o perform_v thy_o statute_n always_o even_o unto_o the_o end_n vers_fw-la 112._o vii_o the_o ancient_a father_n have_v thus_o expound_v these_o place_n of_o scripture_n as_o indeed_o they_o can_v be_v otherwise_o expound_v then_o so_o consider_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o holy_a which_o have_v often_o trip_v and_o stumble_v in_o the_o law_n saint_n bernard_n show_v in_o what_o sense_n the_o scripture_n term_v christian_n saint_n vocat_fw-la saint_n bernar._n serm_n 3._o ad_fw-la fratres_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la verbo_fw-la non_fw-la te_fw-la terreat_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la nomen_fw-la quando_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la meritum_fw-la sed_fw-la propositum_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la affectionem_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la intentionem_fw-la sanctos_fw-la vocat_fw-la 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they_o with_o the_o title_n and_o name_n of_o 1.2_o of_o bellar._n de_fw-fr monach._n â—_o 7_o §._o 1.2_o perfection_n to_o cast_v a_o mist_n before_o the_o eye_n of_o those_o thâ—â—_n swallow_v without_o chow_v all_o that_o be_v set_v before_o they_o for_o there_o be_v no_o place_n either_o in_o the_o old_a or_o new_a testament_n that_o term_n and_o name_n the_o counsel_n of_o perfection_n it_o be_v a_o new_a name_n invent_v of_o late_a to_o advance_v and_o give_v credit_n unto_o a_o doctrine_n as_o new_a as_o the_o name_n and_o as_o imaginary_a or_o chimerical_a as_o falsehood_n and_o untruth_n have_v publish_v it_o and_o set_v it_o forth_o for_o real_a true_a and_o emphatical_a ii_o etc._n ii_o ibid._n 11._o consilium_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la vocamus_fw-la opus_fw-la
say_v august_n de_fw-fr ecclesiast_fw-la dogmat_fw-la c._n 85._o nullus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la &_o iustus_fw-la caret_fw-la peccato_fw-la nec_fw-la â—amen_fw-la ex_fw-la â—oâ—_n desiâ—it_fw-la esse_fw-la iustus_fw-la vel_fw-la sanctus_fw-la cum_fw-la â—ffectu_fw-la tenent_fw-la sanctâ—tatem_fw-la there_o be_v no_o holy_a nor_o righteous_a man_n without_o sin_n who_o notwithstanding_o cease_v not_o for_o all_o that_o to_o be_v holy_a &_o righteous_a because_o they_o retain_v holiness_n in_o affection_n in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v that_o 41._o that_o jdem_fw-la in_o joan._n tract_n 41._o many_o have_v be_v call_v righteous_a because_o they_o be_v sine_fw-la querela_fw-la blameless_a that_o be_v to_o say_v without_o reproof_n for_o there_o be_v no_o just_a complaint_n among_o man_n against_o they_o which_o be_v without_o crime_n now_o a_o crime_n be_v a_o great_a sin_n worthy_a of_o accusation_n and_o condemnation_n but_o if_o you_o think_v that_o to_o be_v righteous_a be_v to_o be_v without_o sin_n read_v a_o few_o line_n before_o and_o he_o will_v tell_v you_o discuss_v and_o sift_v i_o out_o any_o how_o righteous_a soever_o he_o be_v in_o this_o life_n although_o he_o be_v well-nigh_o worthy_a of_o the_o name_n of_o righteousness_n he_o be_v not_o for_o all_o that_o without_o sin_n and_o that_o prove_v he_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o job_n and_o of_o saint_n john_n and_o except_v none_o but_o jesus_n christ_n in_o like_a manner_n expound_v in_o what_o manner_n the_o scripture_n term_v good_a those_o that_o be_v bad_a he_o say_v etc._n say_v idem_fw-la epist_n 54._o ad_fw-la macedomun_n sed_fw-la enim_fw-la â—icimus_fw-la bonum_fw-la cvius_fw-la praevalent_fw-la eumque_fw-la optimum_fw-la qui_fw-la peccat_fw-la minimùm_fw-la idcirco_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la quos_fw-la dicit_fw-la bonos_fw-es propter_fw-mi participationem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la eosaem_fw-la etiam_fw-la malos_fw-la dicit_fw-la propter_fw-la vitia_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la humanae_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o how_o much_o a_o man_n do_v well_o that_o be_v to_o say_v witting_o charitable_o and_o religious_o so_o much_o be_v he_o good_a but_o so_o much_o as_o he_o sin_n that_o be_v to_o say_v stray_v from_o the_o truth_n from_o charity_n and_o from_o godliness_n so_o much_o be_v he_o evil_a and_o who_o be_v in_o this_o world_n without_o some_o sin_n but_o we_o call_v he_o good_a who_o goodness_n overcome_v and_o he_o best_o who_o sin_n least_o and_o therefore_o they_o who_o the_o lord_n call_v good_a by_o participation_n of_o his_o divine_a grace_n even_o those_o he_o call_v evil_a because_o of_o the_o vice_n of_o humane_a frailty_n until_o that_o all_o whereof_o we_o consist_v heal_v of_o all_o vice_n and_o corruption_n pass_v into_o that_o life_n wherein_o we_o shall_v not_o sin_n at_o all_o for_o sure_o they_o be_v good_a and_o not_o evil_a who_o he_o teach_v to_o pray_v our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n for_o they_o be_v good_a in_o as_o much_o 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than_o they_o which_o be_v marry_v except_o they_o say_v that_o all_o marry_a folk_n be_v adulterer_n and_o that_o marriage_n be_v more_o 13.4_o more_o heb._n 13.4_o the_o bed_n undefiled_a last_o bellarmine_n confess_v that_o this_o place_n be_v like_a to_o that_o of_o isaiah_n allege_v heretofore_o wherefore_o if_o he_o have_v in_o vain_a and_o with_o no_o effect_n build_v his_o counsel_n upon_o isaiahs_n word_n which_o be_v canonical_a these_o than_o which_o be_v apocrypha_fw-la will_v serve_v he_o to_o no_o purpose_n no_o more_o than_o a_o staff_n which_o be_v nought_o but_o a_o break_a reed_n chap._n xvi_o i._o as_o the_o pretend_a counsel_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n no_o more_o be_v they_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o new_a ii_o bellarmine_n three_o objection_n take_v from_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o ground_n bring_v forth_o a_o hundred_o sixty_o thirty_o â—old_a iii_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o the_o parable_n be_v expound_v and_o bellarmine_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v make_v themselves_o eunuch_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n sake_n and_o say_v not_o that_o shall_v make_v themselves_o eunuch_n second_o that_o saint_n paul_n say_v evident_o 7.25_o evident_o 1._o cor._n 7.25_o concern_v virgin_n i_o have_v no_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n with_o what_o truth_n if_o god_n have_v speak_v thereof_o in_o isaiah_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n in_o saint_n matthew_n it_o be_v will_v they_o say_v a_o counsel_n but_o every_o counsel_n of_o god_n be_v a_o commandment_n and_o if_o god_n have_v give_v this_o counsel_n the_o apostle_n will_v have_v say_v i_o have_v no_o commandment_n but_o i_o have_v a_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n according_a unto_o that_o which_o he_o protest_v elsewhere_o say_v 20.27_o say_v act._n 20.27_o i_o have_v not_o shan_v to_o declare_v unto_o you_o all_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n now_o he_o say_v manifest_o continentiae_fw-la manifest_o ephiphan_n baeres_fw-la 16._o quidam_fw-la 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