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A18264 The image of nature and grace conteynyng the whole course, and condition of mans estate written by Richard Caundishe. Seene and allowed. Cavendish, Richard, d. 1601? 1571 (1571) STC 4880; ESTC S107922 109,646 288

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quia_fw-la no_n est_fw-la meritorum_fw-la sed_fw-la gratiae_fw-la dei._n but_o that_o man_n shall_v be_v justify_v their_o call_n go_v before_o which_o be_v not_o of_o merit_n but_o of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o again_o propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la 142._o domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o attendite_fw-la quantum_fw-la potestis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la commendationem_fw-la qua_fw-la gratîs_fw-la salui_fw-la facti_fw-la estis_fw-la propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o non_fw-la nobis_fw-la domine_fw-la non_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la nomini_fw-la tuo_fw-la da_fw-la gloriam_fw-la propter_fw-la nomen_fw-la tuum_fw-la domine_fw-la vivificabis_fw-la i_o in_fw-la tua_fw-la iustitia_fw-la non_fw-la in_o mea_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la ego_fw-la merui_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la tu_fw-la misereris_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la meum_fw-la ostenderem_fw-la meritum_fw-la nihil_fw-la abs_fw-la te_fw-la mererer_fw-la nisi_fw-la supplicium_fw-la awlsisti_fw-la merita_fw-la mea_fw-la inseruisti_fw-la dona_fw-la tua_fw-la lord_n thou_o shall_v quicken_v i_o for_o mercy_n thy_o name_n sake_n mark_v diligent_o the_o commendation_n of_o that_o grace_n whereby_o you_o be_v free_o save_v lord_n for_o thy_o name_n sake_n shall_v thou_o quicken_v i_o not_o unto_o we_o lord_n not_o unto_o we_o but_o unto_o thy_o name_n give_v the_o glory_n lord_n for_o thy_o name_n sake_n shall_v thou_o quicken_v i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n not_o in_o i_o not_o because_o i_o have_v deserve_v it_o but_o because_o thou_o have_v mercy_n on_o i_o for_o if_o i_o shall_v show_v my_o merit_n i_o shall_v deserve_v nothing_o of_o the_o punishment_n thou_o have_v weed_v out_o my_o merit_n and_o haste_v ingraft_v thy_o free_a gift_n and_o again_o ipsa_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la hominis_fw-la invenisse_fw-la 49._o se_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectum_fw-la that_o be_v man_n perfection_n to_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v unperfect_a and_o again_o sicut_fw-la nulla_fw-la sunt_fw-la tam_fw-la detestanda_fw-la facinora_fw-la quae_fw-la possunt_fw-la gratiae_fw-la arcere_fw-la donum_fw-la ita_fw-la nulla_fw-la possunt_fw-la tam_fw-la praeclara_fw-la opera_fw-la existere_fw-la 5._o quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la gratîs_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la per_fw-la retributionis_fw-la iudicium_fw-la debeatur_fw-la vilesceret_fw-la enim_fw-la redemptio_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la christi_fw-la nec_fw-la misericerdiae_fw-la dei_fw-la humianorum_fw-la operum_fw-la praerogativa_fw-la succumberet_fw-la si_fw-la iustificatio_fw-la qua_fw-la fit_a per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la meritis_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la deberetur_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la munus_fw-la largientis_fw-la sed_fw-la merces_fw-la esset_fw-la operantis_fw-la like_a as_o there_o be_v none_o so_o detestable_a outrage_n as_o can_v restrain_v the_o free_a gift_n of_o grace_n so_o can_v there_o be_v no_o work_v so_o excellent_a that_o this_o which_o be_v free_o geeven_v shall_v be_v dew_n unto_o they_o by_o admiral_n of_o debt_n for_o then_o the_o redemption_n of_o christ_n shall_v in_o deed_n be_v nothing_o worth_a neither_o shall_v the_o worthiness_n of_o man_n work_v be_v inferior_n to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_o if_o the_o justification_n which_o be_v give_v of_o grace_n shall_v be_v a_o debt_n dew_n unto_o merit_n so_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o largesse_n of_o the_o giver_n but_o the_o dew_n high_a of_o a_o labourer_n and_o again_o augustine_n say_v nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la 46_o dicat_fw-la meritis_fw-la svorum_fw-la operum_fw-la aut_fw-la meritis_fw-la crationum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la meritis_fw-la fidei_fw-la svae_fw-la traditam_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o putetur_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la haeretici_fw-la dicunt_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la dari_fw-la quod_fw-la omnium_fw-la est_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la let_v no_o man_n say_v that_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o work_n or_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o prayer_n or_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o faith_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v deliver_v unto_o he_o and_o so_o that_o which_o those_o physic_n say_v be_v countend_v true_a name_o that_o accord_v to_o our_o merit_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v geeven_v then_o the_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o 105._o false_a and_o again_o gratias_fw-la agamus_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o saluatori_fw-la nostro_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la nullis_fw-la praecendentibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la unlneratos_fw-la curavit_fw-la let_v we_o give_v thanks_n unto_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n which_o heal_v we_o be_v wound_v without_o any_o forgo_a merit_n of_o we_o possunt_fw-la quidem_fw-la dicere_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la esse_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la nullis_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la meritis_fw-la datur_fw-la they_o may_v in_o deed_n affirm_v remission_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v grace_n which_o be_v give_v to_o no_o forgo_a merit_n again_o the_o same_o augustine_n write_v against_o the_o heresy_n of_o extol_a man_n merit_n vnde_fw-la supradictam_fw-la epistolam_fw-la 46_o ad_fw-la sextum_fw-la romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praesbyteron_fw-gr co_fw-la ntra_fw-la novos_fw-la haereticos_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la noveritis_fw-la esse_fw-la conscriptam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la dari_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la non_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la glorietur_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la non_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la whereupon_o understand_v that_o the_o forename_a epistle_n to_o sixtus_n a_o elder_a of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v write_v against_o the_o pelagian_n the_o new_a heretic_n which_o affirm_v the_o grace_n of_o god_o to_o be_v geeven_v accord_v to_o merit_n that_o he_o that_o glory_v shall_v not_o glory_v in_o the_o lord_n but_o in_o himself_o that_o be_v in_o man_n and_o not_o in_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o the_o same_o augustine_n think_v you_o if_o he_o now_o be_v live_a attribute_n the_o same_o name_n of_o heretic_n unto_o the_o papist_n which_o in_o this_o point_n affirm_v pelagian_n heresy_n yes_o assure_o but_o hear_v he_o further_o thus_o write_v he_o in_o a_o other_o place_n sed_fw-la pelagianis_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la anathema_n dicimus_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la sunt_fw-la inimici_fw-la gratiae_fw-la 1_o dei_fw-la quae_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_n dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la dicant_fw-la non_fw-la gratîs_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la nostra_fw-la dari_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la iam_fw-la sit_fw-la gratia_fw-la neither_o do_v we_o unworthe_o accurse_v the_o pelagian_n which_o be_v such_o enemy_n unto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n which_o come_v by_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n that_o they_o affirm_v the_o same_o not_o to_o be_v free_o give_v but_o accord_v unto_o our_o merit_n as_o though_o grace_n be_v now_o no_o grace_n and_o again_o nulla_fw-la ne_fw-la ergo_fw-la sunt_fw-la merita_fw-la iustorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la planè_fw-la quia_fw-la iusti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la 105._o iusti_fw-la fierent_fw-la merita_fw-la non_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la iusti_fw-la enim_fw-la facti_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la iustificati_fw-la gratîs_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la then_o be_v there_o no_o merit_n of_o the_o righteous_a yes_o in_o deed_n be_v there_o because_o the_o doer_n be_v righteous_a but_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v make_v righteous_a their_o merit_n wrought_v not_o that_o they_o in_o deed_n be_v make_v righteous_a but_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v they_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n and_o 37._o again_o he_o affirm_v deum_fw-la nullis_fw-la meritis_fw-la hominum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la svam_fw-la dare_v that_o god_o give_v his_o grace_n in_o respect_n of_o no_o man_n merit_n and_o again_o chrisostom_n say_v thus_o et_fw-la si_fw-la millies_fw-la moriamur_fw-la &_o si_fw-la omnes_fw-la virtutes_fw-la animae_fw-la expleamus●_n nihil_fw-la dignum_fw-la gerimus_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la ipsi_fw-la a_o cordis_fw-la deo_fw-la percepimus_fw-la although_o we_o shall_v die_v a_o thousand_o time_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v accomplish_v all_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n yet_o do_v we_o nothing_o worthy_a of_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o receive_v of_o god._n again_o bernard_n in_o his_o 53._o sermon_n hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la hominis_fw-la meritum_fw-la si_fw-la totam_fw-la spem_fw-la ponat_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la saluum_fw-la fecit_fw-la this_o be_v the_o whole_a merit_n of_o man_n if_o he_o put_v his_o whole_a trust_n in_o he_o that_o have_v save_v the_o whole_a unto_o this_o place_n may_v be_v apply_v all_o the_o authority_n rehearse_v in_o the_o 8._o chapter_n about_o the_o justification_n of_o faith_n have_v now_o show_v what_o man_v merit_n or_o desert_n be_v i_o think_v it_o now_o convenient_a to_o proceed_v to_o the_o consideration_n 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the_o image_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n contain_v the_o whole_a course_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n estate_n write_v by_o richard_n caundishe_v ¶_o sub_fw-la laudibus_fw-la naturae_fw-la latent_fw-la inimici_fw-la gratia_fw-la the_o enemy_n of_o grace_n do_v lurk_v under_o the_o praise_n of_o nature_n augustine_n ¶_o see_v and_o allow_v at_o london_n print_v by_o john_n day_n dwell_v over_o aldersgate_n ¶_o cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o privilegio_fw-la regiae_fw-la maiestatis_fw-la ❧_o to_o all_o that_o through_o simplicity_n of_o conscience_n and_o lack_v of_o true_a knowledge_n embrace_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o papist_n richard_n caundishe_v wish_v the_o spirit_n of_o true_a understanding_n sing_v the_o dignity_n &_o excellency_n of_o every_o knowledge_n stand_v in_o the_o worthiness_n of_o the_o subject_n or_o matter_n whereof_o it_o entreat_v therefore_o be_v this_o know_v ledge_n worthy_a all_o reverence_n which_o between_o your_o unfriendly_a abuser_n and_o we_o your_o 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