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ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la meum_fw-la i_o will_v rise_v and_o go_v to_o my_o father_n 106._o aug._n epistola_fw-la 106._o quam_fw-la cogitationem_fw-la bonam_fw-la quando_fw-la haberet_fw-la nisi_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la illi_fw-la in_o occulto_fw-la pater_fw-la misericordissimus_fw-la inspirasset_fw-la which_o good_a thought_n when_o shall_v he_o have_v have_v unless_o his_o most_o merciful_a father_n have_v inspire_v it_o into_o he_o as_o many_o as_o sin_n sever_v themselves_o and_o stray_v from_o god_n and_o sure_o we_o be_v it_o can_v not_o be_v false_a that_o truth_n say_v nemo_fw-la venit_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o nisi_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ei_fw-la datum_fw-la à _fw-la patre_fw-la meo_fw-la 6._o joan._n 6._o no_o man_n come_v to_o i_o unless_o it_o be_v give_fw-ge he_o of_o my_o father_n what_o thing_n so_o ever_o man_n think_v hear_v or_o see_v whereby_o he_o be_v move_v to_o good_a that_o motion_n come_v of_o god._n visorum_fw-la suasionibus_fw-la agit_fw-fr deus_fw-la god_n work_v in_o we_o 3._o de_fw-fr spiri_fw-la &_o lit._n cap_n 34._o 2._o cor._n 3._o say_v s._n austin_n by_o persuasion_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o we_o see_v not_o only_o to_o will_n but_o also_o to_o believe_v he_o work_v it_o either_o outwarde_o by_o exhortation_n of_o the_o gospel_n or_o inward_o for_o that_o no_o man_n can_v choose_v what_o shall_v come_v into_o his_o mind_n 7._o the_o church_n sound_a doctrine_n of_o god_n grace_n de_fw-fr spirit_n &_o lit._n cap._n 7._o but_o it_o be_v in_o his_o own_o will_n to_o consent_n or_o disagree_v without_o this_o help_n of_o grace_n no_o man_n be_v able_a so_o much_o as_o to_o think_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v please_v god._n as_o this_o commendation_n of_o grace_n be_v plain_o set_v forth_o in_o the_o scripture_n so_o have_v it_o be_v in_o all_o age_n faithful_o teach_v by_o the_o church_n because_o as_o s._n augustine_n say_v hac_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la sancta_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o holy_a think_n keep_v the_o child_n of_o man_n under_o the_o defence_n of_o god_n wing_n this_o thought_n bring_v no_o pride_n the_o church_n commend_v good_a work_n but_o it_o set_v grace_n before_o they_o 8._o council_n arausi_n cap._n 8._o say_v debetur_fw-la merces_fw-la etc._n etc._n reward_n be_v due_a to_o good_a work_n if_o they_o be_v do_v but_o grace_n that_o be_v not_o due_a go_v before_o that_o they_o may_v be_v do_v it_o teach_v that_o man_n justification_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o grace_n per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la iustificatur_fw-la 10._o de_fw-fr spiri_fw-la et_fw-fr lit_fw-fr c._n 10._o etc._n etc._n by_o grace_n man_n be_v justify_v free_o that_o be_v to_o say_v no_o merit_n of_o his_o work_n go_v before_o otherwise_o grace_n be_v not_o grace_n it_o teach_v that_o no_o man_n do_v good_a work_n before_o he_o have_v receive_v grace_n thereby_o to_o deserve_v god_n grace_n but_o that_o god_n geve_v his_o grace_n first_o whereby_o man_n do_v good_a work_n afterward_o which_o thing_n s._n augustine_n declare_v by_o two_o apt_a similitude_n non_fw-la ut_fw-la ferueat_fw-la 2._o li._n 1._o ad_fw-la simplicia_fw-la quaest._n 2._o calefacit_fw-la ignis_fw-la the_o fire_n do_v not_o heat_n to_o be_v make_v hot_a itself_o but_o because_o it_o be_v hot_a neither_o do_v the_o wheel_v run_v well_o thereby_o to_o be_v make_v round_o but_o because_o it_o be_v round_o even_o so_o no_o man_n work_v well_o that_o he_o may_v thereby_o receive_v grace_n but_o because_o he_o have_v receive_v it_o for_o how_o can_v he_o live_v just_o that_o be_v not_o justify_v but_o grace_n do_v justify_v that_o a_o justify_v man_n may_v live_v just_o and_o further_o to_o show_v how_o necessary_a god_n help_v and_o grace_n be_v to_o every_o man_n and_o at_o all_o time_n the_o church_n teach_v that_o god_n do_v not_o give_v his_o grace_n only_o once_o and_o then_o leave_v man_n to_o himself_o palest_fw-la aug._n epistola_fw-la 106._o the_o council_n palest_fw-la but_o assi_v
in_o gen._n god_n have_v deliver_v his_o son_n for_o our_o sin_n he_o have_v grant_v the_o gift_n of_o baptism_n he_o have_v give_v remission_n of_o our_o former_a sin_n he_o have_v open_v unto_o we_o the_o way_n of_o penance_n by_o this_o remedy_n such_o as_o fall_v into_o sin_n after_o baptism_n may_v be_v restore_v again_o to_o the_o state_n of_o justice_n for_o to_o such_o as_o do_v penance_n god_n have_v promise_v grace_n and_o reconciliation_n 18._o ezech._n 18._o say_v by_o the_o prophet_n si_fw-la impius_fw-la egerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o the_o wicked_a man_n do_v penance_n for_o all_o his_o sin_n that_o he_o have_v commit_v he_o shall_v assure_o live_v and_o not_o die_v the_o like_a promise_n he_o have_v make_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n by_o s._n peter_n 3._o acto_fw-la 3._o poenitemini_fw-la &_o convertimini_fw-la ut_fw-la deleantur_fw-la peccata_fw-la vestra_fw-la do_v penance_n and_o turn_n that_o your_o sin_n may_v be_v blot_v out_o but_o unto_o such_o as_o fall_n and_o will_v not_o do_v penance_n god_n threaten_v damnation_n 33._o ezech._n 33._o si_fw-mi impius_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la conversus_fw-la à _fw-la via_fw-la sva_fw-la etc._n etc._n ipse_fw-la in_o iniquitate_fw-la sva_fw-la morietur_fw-la if_o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o turn_v from_o his_o way_n in_o his_o wickedness_n shall_v he_o die_v and_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n christ_n himself_o say_v 13._o luca._n 13._o nisi_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la egeritis_fw-la omnes_fw-la similiter_fw-la peribitis_fw-la unless_o you_o do_v penance_n you_o shall_v perish_v all_o after_o like_a sort_n by_o which_o word_n put_v together_o we_o understande_v that_o as_o penance_n be_v the_o sure_a and_o undoubted_a way_n to_o restore_v a_o sinner_n again_o so_o without_o the_o same_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o his_o reconciliation_n as_o this_o order_n be_v command_v by_o the_o scripture_n so_o have_v it_o in_o all_o age_n ben_fw-mi practise_v by_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n that_o sinner_n shall_v be_v reconcile_v and_o justify_v by_o penance_n 3._o clem._n lib._n 2._o ca._n 45._o constitu_fw-la apost_n tit._n 3._o clement_n s._n peter_n scholar_n and_o successor_n compare_v penance_n with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n say_v to_o the_o bishop_n quemadmodum_fw-la gentilem_fw-la per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o thou_o receive_v the_o heathen_a by_o baptism_n after_o that_o he_o be_v instruct_v so_o shall_v thou_o restore_v this_o man_n that_o be_v the_o penitent_a to_o his_o old_a estate_n when_o he_o be_v cleanse_v by_o lay_v hand_n on_o he_o as_o by_o penance_n all_o man_n pray_v for_o he_o and_o the_o lay_n of_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o stead_n of_o baptism_n he_o say_v that_o penance_n stand_v in_o stead_n of_o baptism_n because_o as_o by_o baptism_n the_o sinner_n be_v save_v even_o so_o by_o penance_n his_o sin_n be_v forgeven_v for_o christ_n have_v say_v quorum_fw-la remiseritis_fw-la peccata_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la illis_fw-la 20._o joan._n 20._o who_o sin_n you_o forgeve_v they_o be_v forgeven_v they_o s._n augustine_n make_v the_o same_o comparison_n say_v quae_fw-la autem_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la eadem_fw-la reconciliationis_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la 28_o de_fw-fr adulter_fw-la coniug_v li._n 1._o ca._n 28_o the_o like_a respect_n be_v to_o be_v have_v of_o reconciliation_n and_o absolution_n as_o of_o baptism_n if_o it_o happen_v the_o penitent_a to_o fall_v in_o danger_n of_o death_n for_o the_o church_n our_o mother_n ought_v not_o by_o her_o will_n to_o suffer_v they_o pass_v cut_v of_o this_o life_n without_o the_o pledge_n of_o their_o peace_n he_o call_v absolution_n the_o pledge_n of_o our_o peace_n as_o whereby_o our_o sin_n be_v forgeven_v and_o conscience_n quiet_v he_o make_v penance_n as_o necessary_a to_o a_o sinner_n after_o baptism_n as_o baptism_n itself_o to_o he_o that_o be_v heathen_a s._n leo_n say_v peccata_fw-la baptismi_fw-la aquis_fw-la et_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la lachrymus_fw-la abluuntur_fw-la pasch_fw-mi ser._n 11._o the_o quadrag_n &_o ser_n 9_o the_o pasch_fw-mi sin_n be_v wassh_v away_o by_o the_o water_n of_o baptism_n and_o by_o the_o tear_n of_o penance_n and_o as_o man_n entre_fw-fr into_o the_o church_n and_o be_v make_v member_n of_o christ_n by_o baptism_n so_o if_o they_o fall_v away_o again_o by_o sin_n they_o may_v return_v say_v s._n cyprian_n by_o penance_n 2._o cypria_n li._n 4._o epist_n 2._o nam_fw-la cùm_fw-la scriptum_fw-la sit_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o since_o it_o be_v write_v god_n make_v not_o death_n neither_o be_v delit_v to_o have_v the_o live_n cast_v away_o undoubted_o he_o that_o will_v none_o to_o perish_v desire_v that_o sinner_n shall_v do_v penance_n and_o by_o penance_n return_v to_o life_n again_o pacianus_n faith_n that_o god_n have_v provide_v this_o remedy_n for_o man_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sentence_n idem_fw-la stantibus_fw-la praemia_fw-la qui_fw-la iacentibus_fw-la remedia_fw-la largitus_fw-la est_fw-la pronia_fw-la pacia_n epi._n 1._o ad_fw-la sym_n pronia_fw-la even_o he_o have_v give_v reward_n to_o they_o that_o stand_v who_o have_v grant_v remedy_n to_o such_o as_o lie_v and_o be_v fall_v and_o thus_o we_o see_v it_o prove_v by_o authority_n of_o scripture_n and_o ancient_a father_n that_o the_o right_n and_o assure_a remedy_n to_o heal_v a_o sinner_n after_o baptism_n be_v penance_n and_o that_o the_o sacrament_n of_o penance_n by_o the_o promise_n of_o christ_n have_v virtue_n to_o reconcile_v and_o justify_v a_o sinner_n for_o which_o cause_n it_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o call_v by_o s._n cyprian_n a_o return_v to_o life_n by_o s._n clement_n a_o restore_n and_o cleanse_v by_o s._n augustine_n a_o pledge_n of_o our_o peace_n and_o quiet_a of_o conscience_n by_o s._n leo_n a_o wash_a away_o of_o sin_n by_o pacianus_n the_o remedy_n of_o such_o as_o be_v fall_v and_o to_o make_v uppe_o the_o matter_n s._n chrysostome_n call_v it_o the_o cure_n of_o our_o wound_n and_o by_o the_o plain_a term_n justification_n contritionem_fw-la vult_fw-la cordis_fw-la genes_n chrysost_n ho._n 20._o in_o genes_n god_n will_v have_v say_v he_o contrition_n of_o heart_n remorse_n of_o mind_n confession_n of_o the_o fall_n a_o continual_a care_n and_o diligence_n and_o geve_v not_o only_o the_o curinge_v of_o wound_n and_o cleanse_v from_o sin_n but_o even_o he_o that_o be_v before_o lade_v with_o innumerable_a burden_n of_o sin_n he_o make_v a_o just_a man._n and_o hereby_o also_o may_v the_o reader_n perceive_v how_o good_a cause_n the_o ancient_a bishop_n pacianus_n ocea_n pacia_n epi._n 1._o ad_fw-la symproniae_fw-la hiero._n ad_fw-la pamma_fw-la &_o ocea_n and_o s._n jerome_n have_v to_o call_v penance_n a_o board_n to_o save_v he_o that_o have_v suffer_v wreck_v or_o a_o second_o board_n after_o wreck_v that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o second_o refuge_n when_o the_o first_o help_n be_v lose_v and_o also_o he_o may_v see_v how_o little_a ground_n they_o have_v who_o against_o authority_n truth_n and_o reason_n mislike_v that_o manner_n of_o speech_n seeinge_v that_o by_o penance_n a_o sinner_n may_v be_v reconcile_v and_o save_v which_o without_o the_o same_o shall_v perish_v as_o have_v be_v prove_v how_o a_o sinner_n come_v to_o true_a penance_n and_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o receive_v his_o justification_n i_o have_v declare_v before_o 8._o cap._n 8._o and_o shall_v for_o the_o reader_n remembrance_n only_a repete_fw-la the_o same_o here_o it_o be_v grace_n first_o that_o move_v he_o to_o amendment_n and_o to_o say_v surgam_n &_o ibo_fw-la ad_fw-la patrem_fw-la meum_fw-la 15._o luc._n 15._o i_o will_v rise_v and_o go_v to_o my_o father_n through_o which_o grace_n faith_n be_v stir_v to_o believe_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n utter_v therein_o against_o sinner_n strike_v into_o he_o a_o fear_n of_o god_n just_a judgement_n and_o further_o because_o he_o shall_v not_o despair_v move_v he_o to_o conceive_v hope_n of_o mercy_n for_o that_o god_n be_v full_a of_o compassion_n and_o mercy_n 114._o psal_n 102._o 1._o tim._n 1._o aug._n in_o psal_n 114._o and_o come_v to_o save_v sinner_n and_o that_o hope_v be_v once_o enter_v engender_v a_o love_n of_o god_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v quia_fw-la credidisti_fw-la sperasti_fw-la quia_fw-la sperasti_fw-la iam_fw-la dilexisti_fw-la because_o thou_o have_v beleve_v thou_o haste_v hope_v because_o thou_o haste_v hope_v now_o have_v thou_o love_v charity_n take_v root_n in_o the_o heart_n bring_v forth_o a_o love_a fear_n and_o care_n loath_a to_o offend_v god_n and_o such_o as_o make_v all_o penance_n be_v it_o never_o so_o sharp_a to_o seem_v easy_a and_o light_a and_o these_o be_v the_o five_o point_n appertein_v to_o true_a penance_n faith_n a_o dreadful_a fear_n of_o god_n hope_v charity_n and_o a_o love_a fear_n or_o careful_a love_n which_o thing_n may_v not_o only_o be_v note_v in_o the_o ninivites_fw-la in_o marie_n magdalene_n zacheus_n and_o such_o as_o the_o
say_v i_o take_v they_o all_o as_o hindrance_n and_o loss_n and_o account_v they_o as_o dirt_n so_o that_o i_o may_v gain_v christ._n leave_v then_o aside_o these_o two_o kind_n of_o work_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v damnable_a and_o the_o other_o unprofitable_a there_o remain_v the_o work_n which_o the_o jew_n call_v the_o work_n of_o god_n 6._o joan._n 6._o say_v to_o christ_n quid_fw-la faciemus_fw-la ut_fw-la operemur_fw-la opera_fw-la dei_fw-la what_o shall_v we_o do_v to_o work_v the_o work_n of_o god_n these_o work_n be_v such_o as_o be_v do_v by_o the_o motion_n and_o inspiration_n of_o god._n christ_n say_v 3._o joan._n 3._o qui_fw-la facit_fw-la veritatem_fw-la he_o that_o do_v uprighte_o and_o true_o come_v to_o the_o light_n that_o his_o work_n may_v be_v show_v because_o they_o be_v do_v in_o god_n that_o be_v by_o the_o inspiration_n and_o help_n of_o god._n these_o work_n s._n paul_n call_v the_o fruit_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n because_o the_o holy_a ghost_n bring_v they_o forth_o 5._o gala._n 5._o such_o be_v charity_n joy_n patience_n gentleness_n sufferance_n mâ—â—â—nes_n faith_n modesty_n continence_n chastity_n these_o work_n as_o all_o christian_a man_n be_v will_v to_o do_v so_o no_o man_n do_v they_o without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n prevent_v he_o and_o move_v his_o will_n to_o mind_v they_o and_o follow_v and_o work_v with_o he_o to_o do_v they_o neither_o do_v the_o scripture_n and_o the_o church_n of_o god_n teach_v we_o that_o faith_n be_v god_n gift_n 105._o aug._n epist_n 105._o and_o charity_n with_o good_a work_n our_o own_o as_o of_o ourselves_o all_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n of_o all_o and_o singular_a it_o be_v say_v sine_fw-la i_o nihil_fw-la potestis_fw-la facere_fw-la 8._o joan._n 15._o 1._o cor._n 4._o rom._n 8._o aug._n epist_n 105._o 2._o cor._n 8._o without_o i_o you_o can_v do_v nothing_o what_o haste_v thou_o that_o thou_o receive_v not_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o pray_v as_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v but_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v ask_v for_o we_o that_o be_v to_o say_v do_v teach_v we_o and_o make_v we_o to_o ask_v s._n paul_n call_v almose_n the_o grace_n of_o god._n and_o brief_o of_o all_o good_a work_n he_o say_v we_o be_v make_v and_o frame_v in_o chriiste_n jesu_n to_o do_v good_a work_n quae_fw-la praeparavit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la ambulemus_fw-la 2._o ephes_n 2._o which_o god_n have_v prepare_v for_o we_o to_o walk_v in_o whereupon_o s._n augustine_n say_v fingimur_fw-la ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o be_v make_v and_o fashion_v that_o be_v 8._o de_fw-fr great_a &_o lib._n arbit_n cap._n 8._o we_o be_v form_n and_o shape_v in_o good_a work_n which_o we_o have_v not_o be_v the_o preparer_n of_o but_o god_n have_v prepare_v they_o for_o we_o to_o work_v in_o by_o this_o rule_n s._n augustine_n say_v our_o good_a life_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o gift_n of_o god._n quisquis_fw-la tibi_fw-la enumerat_fw-la vera_fw-la merita_fw-la sva_fw-la 13._o aug._n confess_v lib._n 9_o cap._n 13._o quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la enumerat_fw-la nisi_fw-la munera_fw-la tua_fw-la whosoever_o recken_v uppe_o unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n his_o true_a merit_n what_o do_v he_o reckon_v up_o arbit_n how_o good_a work_n be_v call_v oute_n aug._n in_o joan._n tractat_fw-la 72._o 1._o cor._n 3._o bernar._n the_o great_a &_o lib._n arbit_n but_o thy_o gift_n here_o it_o may_v be_v say_v what_o part_n have_v we_o then_o in_o our_o good_a work_n and_o why_o be_v they_o call_v we_o if_o they_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n i_o answer_v god_n work_v all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o we_o but_o as_o s._n augustine_n say_v not_o without_o us._n and_o therefore_o as_o they_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n who_o inspire_v they_o so_o be_v they_o the_o work_n of_o man_n that_o do_v they_o dei_fw-la adiutores_fw-la sumus_fw-la we_o be_v the_o helper_n and_o worker_n with_o god._n dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la munera_fw-la tam_fw-la nostra_fw-la opera_fw-la quà m_fw-la eius_fw-la 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