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gen._n 17.7_o like_a as_o then_o the_o want_n of_o circumcision_n be_v
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justify_v circumcision_n of_o faith_n and_o uncircumcision_n through_o faith_n between_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o faith_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o faith_n he_o make_v this_o difference_n that_o to_o be_v justify_v ex_fw-la fide_fw-la of_o faith_n be_v to_o begin_v with_o faith_n and_o end_n with_o work_n and_o to_o be_v justify_v through_o faith_n be_v to_o begin_v with_o work_n and_o end_n with_o faith_n etc._n etc._n whereas_o the_o apostle_n intend_v one_o and_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o justification_n the_o like_a curiosity_n there_o be_v in_o this_o distinction_n between_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n and_o by_o the_o law_n 3._o and_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o apostle_n they_o follow_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n show_v as_o much_o which_o he_o interprete_v afterward_o they_o seek_v it_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o
as_o there_o be_v a_o say_n in_o philosophy_n that_o the_o corruption_n of_o one_o thing_n be_v the_o generation_n of_o a_o other_o not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o but_o the_o efficient_a have_v expel_v one_o form_n do_v bring_v in_o a_o other_o and_o as_o in_o a_o syllogism_n out_o of_o false_a and_o untrue_a proposition_n a_o true_a conclusion_n may_v be_v infer_v not_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o premise_n but_o of_o the_o syllogism_n and_o form_n of_o reason_v so_o god_n providence_n as_o the_o chief_a efficient_a cause_n do_v by_o occasion_n of_o that_o which_o be_v evil_a bring_v forth_o that_o which_o be_v good_a 3._o anselm_n think_v that_o the_o rejection_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n because_o thereupon_o follow_v their_o dispersion_n through_o the_o world_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n they_o bring_v the_o scripture_n to_o the_o gentile_n but_o this_o be_v a_o occasion_n rather_o that_o after_o that_o the_o jew_n 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a_o people_n that_o be_v no_o people_n so_o the_o question_n here_o be_v not_o what_o god_n can_v do_v but_o what_o the_o jew_n have_v do_v and_o will_v do_v by_o their_o good_a will_n neither_o they_o themselves_o will_v come_v nor_o suffer_v the_o gentile_n to_o enter_v pareus_n 4._o and_o though_o the_o jew_n have_v not_o be_v reject_v at_o all_o 〈◊〉_d yet_o the_o gentile_n also_o shall_v have_v be_v call_v but_o in_o the_o second_o place_n as_o chrysostome_n show_v out_o of_o that_o place_n act._n 13.46_o vobis_fw-la oportuit_fw-la primum_fw-la annuntiari_fw-la verbum_fw-la the_o word_n of_o god_n ought_v first_o to_o have_v be_v preach_v unto_o you_o but_o now_o through_o their_o incredulity_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v ut_fw-la inverteretur_fw-la hic_fw-la ordo_fw-la that_o this_o order_n be_v invert_v so_o in_o the_o parable_n luk._n 14._o after_o that_o they_o which_o be_v invite_v to_o the_o feast_n refuse_v than_o the_o good_a man_n of_o the_o house_n say_v unto_o his_o servant_n exi_fw-la cito_fw-la go_v forth_o quick_o into_o the_o street_n etc._n etc._n the_o gentile_n than_o shall_v have_v be_v call_v though_o the_o jew_n have_v not_o be_v incredulous_a but_o not_o so_o quick_o quest._n 15._o how_o the_o jew_n be_v provoke_v to_o follow_v the_o gentile_n 1._o whereas_o the_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v proper_o to_o provoke_v to_o emulation_n the_o vulgar_a latin_a do_v not_o well_o translate_v ut_fw-la emulentur_fw-la illos_fw-la to_o imitate_v or_o emulate_v they_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o jew_n that_o they_o shall_v emulate_v the_o gentile_n either_o imitande_v in_o imitate_v they_o as_o lyranus_fw-la expound_v and_o before_o he_o photius_n that_o say_v the_o gentile_n be_v examplaria_fw-la example_n herein_o to_o the_o jew_n or_o invidendo_fw-la in_o envy_v the_o faith_n and_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gentile_n gorrhan_n 2._o some_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o gentile_n as_o origen_n understand_v it_o of_o the_o 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pet._n martyr_n reason_n totum_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la refortur_v all_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n and_o pareus_n prove_v it_o by_o that_o place_n deut._n 32.21_o i_o will_v provoke_v you_o to_o emulation_n by_o a_o nation_n that_o be_v no_o nation_n but_o tolet_n observe_v well_o that_o the_o word_n their_o use_v by_o moses_n be_v in_o hiphil_n of_o the_o word_n kanah_n which_o signify_v to_o emulate_v or_o envy_v and_o in_o hiphil_n to_o cause_v to_o emulate_v and_o so_o the_o apostle_n be_v to_o be_v translate_v here_o as_o likewise_o v_o 14._o if_o i_o may_v by_o any_o mean_n provoke_v they_o of_o myself_o where_o the_o latin_a interpreter_n so_o read_v also_o and_o therefore_o he_o fail_v here_o in_o translate_n that_o they_o may_v emulate_v they_o whereas_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v to_o provoke_v they_o to_o emulation_n 4._o but_o it_o will_v be_v object_v that_o this_o be_v no_o commendable_a thing_n by_o envy_n or_o emulation_n to_o be_v bring_v to_o be_v believe_v the_o answer_n be_v that_o god_n simple_o approve_v not_o such_o emulation_n or_o envy_n but_o as_o he_o can_v use_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a to_o good_a purpose_n so_o by_o this_o emulation_n it_o please_v he_o to_o incite_v and_o stir_v up_o the_o jew_n to_o return_v unto_o he_o like_v as_o the_o husband_n put_v away_o his_o adulterous_a wife_n that_o she_o thereby_o may_v be_v provoke_v by_o a_o kind_n of_o emulation_n leave_v a_o other_o shall_v be_v receive_v in_o her_o place_n to_o seek_v to_o be_v reconcile_v pareus_n 5._o but_o here_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o jew_n shall_v be_v provoke_v not_o all_o for_o the_o obstinate_a thereby_o be_v make_v worse_o martyr_n and_o further_o the_o apostle_n must_v not_o be_v take_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o jew_n in_o particular_a for_o they_o which_o stumble_v and_o fall_v away_o be_v not_o restore_v but_o of_o the_o nature_n in_o general_a that_o though_o some_o be_v unbeliever_n yet_o the_o whole_a nation_n be_v not_o cast_v off_o calvin_n beza_n quest._n 16._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o diminish_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o their_o abundance_n v_o 12._o 1._o whereas_o the_o apostle_n have_v show_v that_o the_o fall_v away_o of_o the_o jew_n be_v a_o occasion_n of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o gentile_n it_o may_v be_v object_v that_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o jew_n may_v likewise_o be_v a_o occasion_n of_o the_o fall_v away_o of_o the_o gentile_n hereunto_o the_o apostle_n answer_v negative_o and_o he_o confirm_v his_o answer_n by_o a_o argument_n from_o the_o less_o to_o the_o great_a that_o if_o their_o empayr_n and_o diminish_v and_o poverty_n as_o it_o be_v be_v the_o riches_n of_o the_o gentile_n much_o more_o their_o plentiful_a call_n for_o god_n can_v turn_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o gentile_n much_o more_o that_o which_o be_v good_a 2._o by_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o world_n we_o understand_v both_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o gentile_n 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till_o the_o second_o come_v of_o christ._n 4._o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o there_o be_v many_o thousand_o of_o luther_n opinion_n both_o then_o and_o before_o time_n which_o be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o weldenses_n pauperes_fw-la lugduno_n leonistae_n lollardes_n and_o opprobrious_a name_n as_o the_o augronian_n in_o their_o supplication_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n do_v affirm_v that_o they_o profess_v the_o religion_n of_o their_o ancestor_n for_o certain_a hudnred_n year_n fox_n martyrolog_n p._n 982.5_o and_o that_o be_v but_o a_o simple_a evasion_n that_o in_o all_o point_v they_o be_v not_o of_o the_o same_o belief_n it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o they_o agree_v in_o the_o chief_a point_n of_o their_o profession_n and_o though_o they_o differ_v in_o some_o small_a matter_n yet_o that_o let_v not_o but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v count_v of_o the_o same_o profession_n as_o there_o be_v difference_n between_o anicetus_n and_o polycarpus_n ireneus_fw-la and_o victor_n chrysostome_n and_o epiphanius_n hierome_n and_o augustine_n theodoret_n and_o cyril_n yet_o be_v they_o count_v of_o the_o same_o church_n and_o in_o the_o popish_a church_n much_o difference_n there_o be_v in_o opinion_n between_o the_o scotist_n and_o thomist_n dominican_n and_o fransiscans_n jesuit_n and_o priest_n and_o yet_o i_o think_v they_o hold_v they_o all_o very_a sound_a member_n of_o their_o church_n controv._n 3_o that_o work_n be_v exclude_v both_o from_o election_n and_o justification_n whereas_o the_o apostle_n say_v v_o 6._o if_o it_o be_v of_o grace_n it_o be_v no_o more_o of_o work_n etc._n etc._n stapleton_n antid_v p._n 706._o think_v thus_o to_o avoid_v this_o place_n by_o a_o distinction_n of_o the_o first_o and_o second_o grace_n he_o say_v that_o the_o merit_n of_o work_n be_v exclude_v from_o election_n to_o the_o first_o grace_n in_o our_o vocation_n and_o calling_n but_o not_o from_o the_o second_o in_o our_o sanctification_n and_o glorification_n which_o may_v be_v merit_v the_o rhemist_n also_o in_o their_o annotation_n here_o exclude_v the_o work_n of_o nature_n but_o not_o christian_n work_v from_o the_o merit_n of_o salvation_n contra._n 1._o the_o apostle_n reason_n be_v general_a take_v from_o the_o opposition_n between_o grace_n and_o work_n and_o merit_n if_o of_o grace_n than_o not_o of_o work_n for_o then_o grace_n be_v no_o more_o grace_n whereupon_o this_o argument_n may_v be_v frame_v the_o election_n of_o grace_n exclude_v work_n but_o the_o election_n unto_o the_o first_o and_o second_o grace_n and_o consequent_o unto_o glory_n be_v of_o grace_n ergo_fw-la and_o so_o haymo_n well_o expound_v these_o word_n else_o grace_n be_v no_o more_o grace_n si_fw-la aliter_fw-la salui_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la if_o they_o be_v save_v any_o other_o way_n which_o can_v be_v but_o by_o grace_n etc._n etc._n to_o