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into_o the_o everlasting_a kingdom_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n and_o christian_n reader_n what_o need_v the_o papist_n plead_v for_o merit_n see_v bellarmine_n write_v thus_o lib._n 5._o de_fw-la iusti_fw-la ca._n 14_o ius_n habemus_fw-la we_o have_v right_a to_o a_o everlasting_a inheritance_n before_o we_o begin_v to_o do_v good_a work_n further_o infant_n baptize_v by_o that_o grace_n alone_o before_o all_o good_a work_n be_v save_v and_o therefore_o christ_n have_v merit_v for_o we_o the_o inheritance_n see_v he_o have_v merit_v for_o we_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n &_o adoption_n and_o again_o in_o the_o 17._o chap._n infant_n merit_n not_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o work_n but_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o person_n now_o what_o be_v infant_n merit_n but_o god_n mercy_n as_o barnard_n say_v meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la my_o merit_n be_v the_o lord_n mercy_n i_o conclude_v this_o therefore_o with_o the_o say_n of_o s._n barnard_n 68_o serm_n 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