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the_o five_o of_o his_o ethic_n and_o the_o second_o he_o prove_v apoc._n 22._o 11._o qui_fw-la iustus_fw-la est_fw-la iustificetur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la he_o that_o be_v just_a let_v he_o be_v justify_v still_o but_o in_o this_o as_o in_o many_o more_o their_o latin_a translation_n will_v not_o abide_v the_o touch_n of_o the_o original_n which_o say_v he_o that_o be_v righteous_a 〈◊〉_d let_v he_o be_v righteous_a still_o or_o let_v he_o do_v righteousness_n still_o the_o like_a place_n he_o bring_v out_o of_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la but_o with_o the_o like_a felicity_n and_o success_n and_o he_o allege_v that_o of_o st._n james_n you_o see_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o work_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o by_o 2._o which_o word_n say_v he_o he_o have_v contradict_v paul_n where_o he_o say_v arbitramur_fw-la hominem_fw-la iustificari_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la we_o judge_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n and_o not_o of_o work_n 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