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but_o god_n have_v give_v a_o free_a reward_n unto_o all_o by_o justification_n of_o faith_n 17._o the_o penny_n in_o the_o gospel_n prosper_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la gent._n lib._n c._n 17._o thereby_o prove_v that_o this_o penny_n be_v not_o as_o wage_n but_o a_o free_a reward_n not_o for_o the_o work_n but_o give_v in_o promise_n notable_o therefore_o say_v prosper_n who_o write_v about_o that_o time_n saint_n augustine_n do_v who_o gather_v out_o of_o this_o parable_n operarios_fw-la accepisse_fw-la donum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la non_fw-la mercedem_fw-la operis_fw-la that_o these_o workman_n receive_v a_o gift_n of_o grace_n not_o a_o reward_n or_o wage_n for_o their_o work_n but_o bellarmine_n contend_v for_o merit_n will_v fain_o remove_v this_o block_n out_o of_o the_o way_n he_o fear_v lest_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n stumble_v thereon_o shall_v reel_v from_o the_o romish_a church_n he_o therefore_o out_o of_o augustine_n and_o other_o tell_v we_o that_o denarius_fw-la diurnus_fw-la 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regenerate_v aim_v as_o near_o as_o they_o can_v at_o the_o right_a end_n in_o their_o work_n work_n mat._n 6.1.2_o the_o right_a end_n of_o good_a work_n they_o do_v they_o not_o that_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o man_n &_o praise_v of_o man_n as_o do_v hypocrite_n they_o respect_v not_o their_o profit_n estimation_n or_o reputation_n among_o man_n neither_o have_v any_o other_o such_o worldly_a respect_n in_o frame_v themselves_o to_o obedience_n no_o they_o seek_v not_o thereby_o to_o satisfy_v for_o their_o sin_n as_o papist_n do_v most_o injurious_o against_o the_o satisfaction_n that_o christ_n have_v make_v but_o rather_o confess_v that_o to_o be_v speak_v to_o they_o which_o bernard_n say_v peccata_fw-la tua_fw-la maxima_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o nimium_fw-la multa_fw-la 38._o ber._n in_o cant._n serm._n 38._o nequaquam_fw-la pro_fw-la tot_fw-la &_o tantis_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la te_fw-la excory_n potes_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la thy_o sin_n be_v very_o great_a &_o very_a many_o thou_o can_v not_o satisfy_v for_o they_o be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a though_o thou_o will_v flay_v off_o thy_o skin_n their_o chief_a care_n in_o perform_v their_o obedience_n be_v that_o their_o light_n so_o shine_v before_o man_n 5.16_o mat._n 5.16_o that_o they_o see_v their_o good_a work_n may_v glorify_v their_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o although_o they_o desire_v earnest_o with_o such_o alacrity_n to_o serve_v god_n yet_o find_v they_o that_o most_o true_o saint_n augustine_n write_v 7._o aug._n de_fw-fr peccat_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a l._n 2._o cap._n 7._o allude_v to_o that_o place_n of_o 2._o cor._n 4.16_o profecto_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la die_v in_o diem_fw-la adhuc_fw-la renovatur_fw-la nondum_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la &_o in_o quantum_fw-la nondum_fw-la est_fw-la renovatus_fw-la in_fw-la tantum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la in_o vetustate_fw-la est_fw-la sure_o he_o who_o be_v yet_o day_n by_o day_n renew_v be_v not_o as_o yet_o whole_o renew_v and_o in_o asmuch_o as_o he_o be_v not_o renew_a he_o be_v of_o the_o old_a man_n whereupon_o he_o also_o infer_v proinde_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o vetustate_fw-la sunt_fw-la quamuis_fw-la iam_fw-la baptizati_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la sunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la filii_fw-la seculi_fw-la therefore_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o be_v of_o the_o old_a man_n though_o they_o be_v baptize_v yet_o they_o be_v herein_o the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n and_o what_o perfect_a or_o unstained_a work_n the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n be_v like_a to_o do_v it_o be_v not_o hard_a to_o guess_v see_v therefore_o our_o new_a birth_n be_v here_o never_o perfect_v perfect_a our_o new_a birth_n heâ—_n not_o perfect_a we_o can_v so_o apply_v ourselves_o to_o serve_v god_n as_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o our_o service_n we_o dare_v stand_v as_o just_a before_o god_n but_o with_o good_a bernard_n we_o must_v cry_v meritum_fw-la meum_fw-la miseratio_fw-la domini_fw-la 32._o ber._n in_o cant._n ser_n 61._o ber._n in_o ps_n qui_fw-la habitat_fw-la ser_fw-mi 15._o ber._n in_o cant._n ser_n 67._o august_n de_fw-fr sancta_fw-la virginit_fw-la c._n 32._o my_o merit_n be_v the_o lord_n mercy_n hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la totum_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la meritum_fw-la si_fw-la totam_fw-la spem_fw-la svam_fw-la ponat_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la saluum_fw-la fecit_fw-la for_o this_o be_v all_o man_n merit_n if_o his_o whole_a hope_n be_v only_o in_o he_o who_o have_v save_v the_o whole_a man_n and_o do_v gratiae_fw-la quicquid_fw-la meritis_fw-la deputas_fw-la whatsoever_o thou_o give_v to_o merit_n thou_o take_v from_o grace_n therefore_o with_o augustine_n also_o we_o think_v that_o enumerationi_fw-la meritorum_fw-la praefertur_fw-la confessio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confession_n of_o sin_n be_v better_a than_o reckon_v of_o merit_n out_o of_o all_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o according_a to_o the_o work_n be_v not_o as_o the_o work_n merit_v for_o our_o 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