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be_v make_v wide_o open_a for_o all_o miserable_a wretch_n &_o penitent_a sinner_n be_v endue_v with_o faith_n to_o have_v freé_v access_n unto_o christ_n and_o so_o lay_v open_a as_o that_o freély_a through_o faith_n without_o all_o merit_n of_o we_o without_o all_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n they_o be_v pardon_v and_o accept_v upon_o this_o point_n i_o say_v i_o will_v fain_o hear_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o catholic_a reader_n whether_o this_o assertion_n have_v any_o manner_n of_o novelty_n in_o it_o which_o have_v not_o proceéd_v from_o christ_n himself_o from_o saint_n paul_n from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o from_o the_o sacred_a word_n of_o god_n i_o think_v no_o man_n will_v say_v so_o confidence_n what_o mean_v this_o that_o where_o the_o same_o scripture_n do_v teach_v we_o to_o repose_v all_o our_o affiance_n not_o in_o work_n but_o in_o christ_n only_o ground_v ourselves_o in_o the_o mean_a space_n assure_o upon_o the_o infallible_a promise_n of_o god_n whereof_o we_o have_v no_o mistrust_n but_o that_o he_o which_o promise_v free_o the_o same_o will_v perform_v most_o faithful_o not_o for_o any_o our_o sake_n but_o for_o his_o son_n sake_n only_o in_o who_o we_o do_v believe_v so_o that_o now_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n else_o of_o any_o our_o righteousness_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n then_o through_o faith_n only_o let_v the_o godly_a and_o upright_o reader_n judge_v here_o again_o with_o i_o what_o novelty_n or_o sacrilege_n be_v in_o this_o manner_n of_o doctrine_n heretic_n if_o according_a to_o the_o authority_n of_o tertullian_n that_o thing_n ought_v to_o be_v prefer_v that_o be_v first_o deliver_v i_o will_v ask_v again_o of_o any_o indifferent_a reader_n whether_o this_o custom_n be_v receyve_v in_o the_o church_n first_o namely_o that_o we_o shall_v acknowledge_v one_o only_a advocate_n and_o mediator_n of_o god_n and_o man_n the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n or_o
142._o osori_fw-la exposition_n upon_o the_o epistle_n of_o s._n paul_n to_o the_o roman_n pag._n 142._o wherein_o the_o savetie_n of_o a_o christian_a consist_v accord_v to_o osorius_n pag._n 142._o phil._n 3._o the_o true_a understanding_n of_o justification_n accord_v to_o s._n paul_n rom._n 7._o rom._n 4._o rom._n 3._o ephes._n 2._o pag._n 143._o deut._n 4._o 5._o rom._n 2._o a_o double_a observation_n of_o the_o law_n deut._n 27._o gallat_n 3._o james._n 2._o galat._n 3_o wherefore_o the_o law_n justifi_v not_o what_o work_n do_v signify_v by_o paul_n rom._n 4._o 5.2_o 3.7.9.13_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o jew_n pag._n 143._o the_o faith_n and_o righteousness_n of_o abraham_n rom._n 4._o gene._n 15._o rom._n 4._o the_o faith_n and_o righteousness_n of_o david_n psal._n 142._o the_o righteousness_n of_o job._n the_o faith_n and_o righteousness_n of_o paul_n phil._n 3._o the_o faith_n and_o righteousness_n of_o cornelius_n before_o god_n the_o scotfree_a young_a man_n in_o the_o gospel_n the_o pharisie_n pray_v in_o the_o temple_n nathaniel_n the_o true_a israelite_n the_o scope_n of_o paul_n disputation_n to_o the_o roman_n work_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a and_o moral_a law_n both_o be_v exclude_v from_o justification_n osori_fw-la do_v take_v the_o work_v exclude_v from_o justification_n for_o the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n pag._n 142._o â—_o 140._o â—_o faith_n have_v no_o place_n almost_o with_o osorius_n pag._n 143._o osori_fw-la objection_n confute_v osori_fw-la do_v err_v in_o the_o rule_n of_o logic_n osori_fw-la paralogism_n from_o the_o insufficient_a enumeration_n of_o part_n the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n very_o hardly_o abrogate_a in_o the_o primitive_a church_n act_n 15._o the_o moral_a law_n abrogate_a not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o use_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o justification_n psal._n 142._o galat._n 3_o rom._n 4._o osori_fw-la judgement_n of_o justification_n the_o fruit_n of_o good_a work_n betwixt_o the_o papist_n &_o protestates_fw-la to_o be_v weigh_v indifferent_o the_o mark_n of_o true_a righteousness_n among_o the_o papist_n a_o exhortation_n to_o the_o reader_n the_o praise_n of_o cicero_n and_o other_o ancient_a philosopher_n discourse_v upon_o virtue_n the_o difference_n between_o moral_a and_o christian_a philosophy_n the_o end_n of_o christian_a philosophy_n who_o osorius_n do_v chief_o imitate_v virtue_n to_o be_v embrace_v of_o all_o man_n true_a innocence_n in_o mankind_n lose_v long_o sithence_o osor._n objection_n confute_v by_o what_o mean_v we_o do_v recover_v true_a innocence_n psal._n 31._o how_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v geve_v righteousness_n to_o man_n bern._n in_o sermo_n 23._o super_fw-la cant._n basil._n in_o psal._n 32._o orig._n ad_fw-la rom._n lib._n 9_o cap._n 12._o aug._n epi._n 105._o ad_fw-la sixtum_fw-la baunl_n in_o psal._n 32._o aug._n the_o civit_n lib._n 19_o cap._n 27._o aug._n retra_n lib._n 1_o cap._n 19_o jerome_n our_o salvation_n consist_v not_o in_o our_o own_o righteousness_n but_o in_o the_o free_a mercy_n of_o god_n job._n even_o the_o most_o perfect_a work_n of_o man_n of_o no_o value_n with_o god_n paul_n david_n august_n in_o psal._n 94._o jer._n in_o esay_n cap._n 64._o luther_n defend_v against_o osorius_n osori_fw-la pag._n 141._o cicer._n tuscul_fw-la lib._n 3._o osori_fw-la accuse_v luther_n to_o be_v a_o epicurean_a pag._n 141._o how_o absurde_o osorius_n do_v compare_v luther_n with_o epicurus_n osorius_n rom._n 3._o luther_n false_o accuse_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o wicked_a boldness_n the_o opinion_n of_o schoolman_n and_o papist_n touch_v the_o way_n of_o righteousness_n be_v false_a &_o wicked_a hosius_n osorius_n rosfenfiâ—_n against_o luther_n congruum_fw-la condignum_fw-la conveniency_n and_o worthiness_n pag._n 141._o â—_o â—_o thess._n 5._o osori_fw-la ibid._n oâ—or_n cavil_v against_o the_o lutheran_n work_n a_o threefold_a lie_n of_o osorius_n disable_a of_o work_n desperation_n confidence_n after_o what_o manner_n luther_n teach_v confidence_n and_o desperation_n and_o how_o not_o pag._n 141._o 141._o the_o mark_n of_o osorius_n accusation_n consider_v pag._n 145._o two_o lie_v utter_v by_o osorius_n only_o faith_n do_v justâ—tie_a the_o testimony_n of_o most_o ancient_a writer_n touch_v only_a faith_n a_o argument_n from_o the_o proposition_n exponent_fw-la to_o the_o exclusive_a the_o vocable_n only_o ambr._n in_o 1._o cor._n 1._o chrisost._n in_o epist._n paul_n ad_fw-la galat._n cap._n 3._o chrisosto_n homel_n 4._o in_o timoth._n basil._n in_o homel_n de_fw-fr humilit_fw-la basil._n in_o psal._n 32._o theophil_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la rom._n cap._n 3._o thom._n aquin_n in_o 1._o tim._n 1._o lect._n 3_o rom._n 3._o pag._n 145._o osori_fw-la his_o objection_n frame_v out_o of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o galat._n cap._n 5._o the_o answer_n bernarde_n rom._n 2._o the_o sum_n of_o paul_n disputation_n comprehend_v in_o one_o syllogism_n gallat_n 3._o rom._n 4._o galat._n 2._o right_o of_o inheritance_n be_v not_o promise_v to_o work_n as_o paul_n affirm_v osori_fw-la take_v tardy_a that_o be_v â—o_o say_v a_o scourger_n fallacia_fw-la a_o dicto_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la ad_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la fallacia_fw-la a_o non_fw-la causa_fw-la ut_fw-la causa_fw-la faith_n do_v justify_v both_o the_o person_n and_o the_o work_n pag._n 141._o 146._o a_o double_a lie_n make_v by_o osorius_n pag._n 146._o work_n be_v not_o examine_v a_o part_n by_o they_o self_n in_o god_n judgement_n tit._n 3._o collos._n 2._o rom._n 3._o david_n terrify_v with_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o law_n pag._n 146._o osor._n objection_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o righteousness_n by_o work_n against_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n rom._n 2._o 2._o cor._n 5._o john_n 5._o pag._n 146._o collos._n 3_o john_n 11._o the_o objection_n confute_v fallacia_fw-la a_o non_fw-la causa_fw-la ut_fw-la causa_fw-la the_o word_n of_o christ_n expound_v the_o person_n accept_v not_o for_o the_o work_v sake_n 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