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himself_o only_o by_o read_v may_v understand_v
per_fw-la opera_fw-la moraliter_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o per_fw-la influxum_fw-la naturae_fw-la communem_fw-la potuissent_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la efficacem_fw-la promereri_fw-la de_fw-la congruo_fw-la primò_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la lumen_fw-la naturae_fw-la deinde_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la erat_fw-la etiam_fw-la voluntas_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la propensa_fw-la ad_fw-la honesta_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la efficacem_fw-la provocantia_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la praesidia_fw-la moraliter_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la studia_fw-la conatus_fw-la honesti_fw-la studiam_fw-la legendi_fw-la &_o audiendi_fw-la precationes_fw-la cleemosynae_fw-la iciunia_fw-la hisce_fw-la natuae_fw-la virtutis_fw-la ac_fw-la gratuitorum_fw-la dei_fw-la bonorum_fw-la adminiculis_fw-la si_fw-la usi_fw-la fuissent_fw-la gentiles_n absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la deus_fw-la omnes_fw-la cum_fw-la cornelio_n ad_fw-la notitiam_fw-la fidei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la efficacem_fw-la &_o reliqua_fw-la dona_fw-la necessaria_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la perduxisset_fw-la joan._n paul_n wind._n de_fw-fr efficac_fw-la mortis_fw-la christi_fw-la pag._n 173._o syllog_n god_n will_v whereby_o he_o will_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v which_o the_o papist_n call_v his_o antecedent_n will_v bind_v he_o to_o no_o more_o than_o for_o example_n he_o do_v to_o the_o gentile_n but_o his_o will_v the_o gentile_n to_o be_v save_v be_v such_o that_o yet_o he_o provide_v not_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n to_o instruct_v they_o therefore_o his_o willing_a all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v be_v such_o that_o yet_o it_o bind_v he_o not_o to_o provide_v the_o mean_n of_o the_o visible_a church_n to_o instruct_v they_o there_o may_v be_v such_o a_o will_v where_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o so_o manifest_v and_o consequent_o god_n may_v will_v their_o salvation_n and_o faith_n by_o antecedence_n though_o he_o provide_v not_o that_o they_o have_v these_o mean_n but_o know_v they_o shall_v not_o attain_v salvation_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o gentile_n who_o so_o far_o as_o we_o know_v have_v not_o the_o outward_a call_n or_o mean_n of_o the_o church_n and_o gospel_n §_o 19_o second_o if_o the_o universal_a church_n be_v invisible_a and_o such_o as_o can_v no_o way_n be_v know_v than_o the_o universal_a church_n shall_v fail_v to_o profess_v outward_o that_o faith_n which_o in_o heart_n it_o do_v believe_v for_o if_o it_o do_v outward_o profess_v how_o shall_v it_o not_o by_o this_o profession_n be_v make_v visible_a and_o know_v but_o if_o the_o universal_a church_n shall_v fail_v to_o profess_v the_o faith_n hell_n gate_n shall_v mighty_o prevail_v against_o it_o contrary_a to_o christ_n his_o promise_n matth._n 16._o porte_fw-fr inferi_fw-la non_fw-la praevalebunt_fw-la adversus_fw-la eam_fw-la for_o be_v it_o not_o a_o mighty_a prevail_a that_o the_o whole_a church_n shall_v fail_v in_o a_o thing_n so_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n as_o we_o know_v outward_a profession_n of_o the_o faith_n to_o be_v both_o by_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n matth._n 10._o qui_fw-la negaverit_fw-la i_o coram_fw-la hominibus_fw-la ego_fw-la negabo_fw-la illum_fw-la coram_fw-la patre_fw-la meo_fw-la and_o by_o that_o qui_fw-fr i_o erubuerit_fw-la &_o meos_fw-la sermon_n hunc_fw-la filius_fw-la hominis_fw-la erubescet_fw-la luc._n 9_o he_o that_o shall_v be_v ashamed_a of_o i_o and_o of_o my_o word_n he_o the_o son_n of_o man_n will_v be_v ashamed_a of_o and_o by_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n cord_n creditur_fw-la ad_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la over_o fit_a confessio_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la rom._n 10_o which_o place_n learned_a man_n interpret_v to_o signify_v that_o profession_n of_o faith_n be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n the_o answer_n 1_o the_o church_n according_a to_o the_o text_n allege_v neither_o fail_v to_o profess_v outward_o the_o faith_n which_o in_o heart_n it_o believe_v nor_o yet_o be_v make_v visible_a and_o know_v to_o all_o by_o this_o profession_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o 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the_o same_o shall_v cease_v when_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o faithful_a shall_v be_v in_o secret_a and_o all_o ecclesiastical_a order_n lie_v bury_v the_o altar_n forsake_v the_o church_n empty_a than_o it_o bind_v not_o because_o the_o mean_n fail_v neither_o do_v it_o imply_v any_o such_o perpetual_a visiblenesse_n as_o the_o jesuite_n will_v tie_v the_o church_n to_o for_o it_o be_v a_o law_n that_o man_n shall_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n and_o worship_n there_o yet_o this_o imply_v not_o any_o perpetual_a glory_n to_o that_o city_n it_o be_v also_o a_o law_n that_o every_o male_a child_n shall_v be_v circumcise_v the_o eight_o day_n and_o yet_o upon_o necessity_n it_o be_v omit_v forty_o year_n and_o the_o papist_n confess_v that_o sometime_o none_o can_v discern_v the_o church_n but_o such_o as_o very_o wise_o esteem_v of_o thing_n hereby_o grant_v that_o all_o man_n at_o all_o time_n can_v tell_v the_o church_n special_o if_o you_o add_v another_o point_n finem_fw-la point_n 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