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the_o conversion_n of_o the_o people_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o have_v inward_o
deliver_v from_o the_o body_n of_o death_n for_o debetur_fw-la for_o de_fw-fr nat_n et_fw-fr great_a ca._n 55._o de_fw-fr corpore_fw-la mors_fw-la corporis_fw-la separat_fw-la sed_fw-la contracta_fw-la exillo_fw-la vitia_fw-la coherent_a quibus_fw-la iusta_fw-la poena_fw-la debetur_fw-la the_o death_n of_o the_o body_n separate_v the_o wicked_a from_o the_o body_n when_o yet_o the_o vice_n and_o sin_n thereby_o gather_v do_v stick_v fast_o to_o which_o just_a punishment_n remain_v due_a therefore_o when_o he_o pray_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o this_o body_n of_o death_n ibid._n death_n ibid._n de_fw-fr vitijs_fw-la corporis_fw-la dicit_fw-la he_o mean_v it_o of_o the_o vicious_a affection_n of_o the_o body_n corpus_fw-la body_n de_fw-fr temp._n ser_n 45._o per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la mortis_fw-la corpus_fw-la by_o concupiscence_n be_v it_o that_o this_o our_o body_n of_o death_n be_v so_o call_v so_o oecumenius_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o sunt_fw-la from_o oecumen_fw-la in_o ro._n ca._n 7._o ex_fw-la corporalibus_fw-la actio_fw-la nibus_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la mortem_fw-la inducentibus_fw-la à _fw-la concupiscentijs_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sunt_fw-la quaeque_fw-la mors_fw-la nobis_fw-la sunt_fw-la the_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v in_o the_o body_n and_o which_o be_v death_n unto_o we_o and_o do_v cause_n a_o spiritual_a death_n causa_fw-la death_n origen_n ibid._n corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la appellatur_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la habitat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la mortis_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o death_n say_v origen_n wherein_o sin_n dwell_v which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o death_n ambrose_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v his_o body_n a_o body_n of_o death_n etc._n death_n ambros_n apud_fw-la aug._n count_n julian_n lib._n 2._o omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la sub_fw-la peccato_fw-la nascimur_fw-la quorum_fw-la ipse_fw-la ortus_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideò_fw-la pauli_n caero_fw-la corpus_fw-la mortis_fw-la erat_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o we_o all_o be_v bear_v under_o sin_n and_o our_o very_a beginning_n be_v in_o trespass_n acknowledge_v as_o touch_v the_o corruption_n of_o sin_n that_o what_o it_o be_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o same_o in_o part_n it_o continue_v still_o epiphanius_n or_o rather_o methodius_n say_v that_o the_o apostle_n here_o mean_v etc._n mean_v method_n apud_fw-la epiphan_n haer_fw-mi 64._o non_fw-la corpus_fw-la hoc_fw-la mortem_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatum_fw-la inhabitans_fw-la per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la dicit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sin_n dwell_v by_o concupiscence_n in_o the_o body_n from_o the_o bad_a imagination_n &_o thought_n whereof_o he_o wish_v to_o be_v deliver_v account_v the_o same_o death_n and_o destruction_n itself_o bernard_n say_v that_o it_o be_v etc._n be_v bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 56._o jpsa_fw-la est_fw-la carnis_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la sanè_fw-la unointeriecto_fw-la pariete_n non_fw-la longè_fw-la peregrinabatur_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o optabas_fw-la clamans_fw-la quis_fw-la i_o liberabit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o sin_n even_o concupiscence_n stand_v as_o a_o wall_n betwixt_o god_n and_o he_o that_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n in_o concupiscence_n then_o stand_v this_o body_n of_o death_n and_o because_o by_o this_o body_n of_o death_n it_o be_v that_o the_o apostle_n call_v himself_o miserable_a it_o be_v concupiscence_n that_o make_v he_o miserable_a which_o therefore_o s._n austin_n call_v 45._o call_v august_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la ser_fw-mi 45._o miseram_fw-la legem_fw-la the_o miserable_a law_n of_o sin_n not_o as_o be_v itself_o capable_a of_o misery_n but_o per_fw-la metonymiam_fw-la because_o it_o make_v we_o miserable_a or_o because_o we_o be_v miserable_a by_o it_o 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the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a bereave_v he_o of_o his_o joy_n while_o in_o most_o earnest_a meditation_n they_o carry_v he_o away_o whether_o he_o will_v or_o not_o from_o that_o wherein_o his_o delight_n be_v if_o outward_a cross_n do_v make_v a_o man_n miserable_a much_o more_o this_o inward_a distraction_n &_o affliction_n which_o gall_v the_o string_n of_o the_o hart_n &_o vex_v the_o very_a spirit_n and_o soul_n more_o than_o the_o bitterness_n of_o death_n itself_o if_o m._n bishop_n know_v this_o affliction_n he_o will_v think_v there_o be_v cause_n enough_o therein_o to_o make_v he_o cry_v out_o miserable_a man_n that_o i_o be_o etc._n etc._n but_o his_o benumb_a heart_n feel_v it_o not_o and_o therefore_o he_o speak_v of_o these_o matter_n but_o as_o a_o philosopher_n in_o the_o school_n without_o any_o conscience_n or_o sense_n of_o that_o he_o say_v and_o to_o a_o formal_a argument_n as_o he_o call_v it_o give_v these_o misshapen_v and_o deform_v answer_n 5._o w._n bishop_n now_o to_o the_o second_o infant_n baptise_a die_v the_o bodily_a death_n before_o they_o come_v to_o the_o year_n of_o discretion_n but_o there_o be_v not_o in_o they_o any_o other_o cause_n of_o death_n beside_o original_a sin_n for_o they_o have_v no_o actual_a sin_n and_o death_n be_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 5._o rom_n 5._o &_o rom._n 5._o death_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n by_o sin_n ans_fw-fr the_o cause_n of_o the_o death_n of_o such_o innocent_n be_v either_o the_o distemperature_n of_o their_o body_n or_o external_a violence_n and_o god_n who_o free_o bestow_v their_o life_n upon_o they_o may_v when_o it_o please_v he_o as_o free_o take_v their_o life_n from_o they_o especial_o when_o he_o mean_v to_o recompense_v they_o with_o the_o happy_a exchange_n of_o life_n everlasting_a true_a it_o be_v that_o if_o our_o first_o parent_n have_v not_o sin_v no_o man_n shall_v have_v die_v but_o have_v be_v both_o long_o preserve_v in_o 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1.8_o if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v no_o sin_n we_o deceive_v ourselves_o that_o they_o may_v say_v we_o say_v we_o have_v
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have_v see_v if_o he_o have_v but_o read_v the_o word_n a_o few_o line_n before_o the_o place_n which_o he_o cit_v where_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o be_v in_o we_o he_o say_v esset_fw-la say_v jbid._n non_fw-fr tan_o tùm_fw-la inesset_fw-la verùm_fw-la &_o granitèr_fw-la obesset_fw-la nisi_fw-la reaetus_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la obstrinxerat_fw-la per_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la solutus_fw-la esset_fw-la it_o shall_v not_o only_o be_v in_o we_o but_o also_o great_o hurt_v we_o but_o that_o the_o guilt_n thereof_o be_v acquit_v by_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n we_o will_v have_v m._n bishop_n tell_v we_o how_o it_o shall_v hurt_v we_o if_o it_o be_v not_o sin_n for_o we_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o man_n that_o can_v hurt_v he_o but_o only_a sin_n especial_o the_o hurt_n be_v such_o as_o s._n austin_n anon_o after_o speak_v of_o mortem_fw-la of_o tantum_n quis_fw-la inest_fw-la pertraheret_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimanâ_n mortem_fw-la to_o draw_v we_o only_o by_o be_v in_o we_o to_o everlasting_a death_n the_o place_n of_o cyril_n affirm_v the_o be_v of_o lust_n insidet_fw-la lust_n cyrilââ_n joan._n lib._n 4._o cap._n 51._o feruens_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la ante_fw-la peccandi_fw-la actum_fw-la insidet_fw-la ante_fw-la peccandi_fw-la actum_fw-la before_o the_o actual_a sin_n but_o have_v nothing_o for_o m._n bishop_n turn_v to_o prove_v that_o lust_n also_o be_v not_o sin_n nay_o in_o the_o word_n immediate_o follow_v he_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v sin_n affirm_v that_o cijciamus_fw-la that_o ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la anigmate_fw-it perdiscamus_fw-la nullo_fw-la nos_fw-la pacto_fw-la mundos_fw-la unquam_fw-la futuros_fw-la nisi_fw-la omnem_fw-la turpen_v ex_fw-la animo_fw-la cupiditaetem_fw-la cijciamus_fw-la by_o circumcision_n we_o shall_v learn_v that_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v clean_o unless_o we_o cast_v out_o of_o our_o mind_n all_o filthy_a lust_n for_o if_o lust_n itself_o do_v make_v we_o unclean_a it_o must_v needs_o be_v sin_n because_o nothing_o can_v make_v a_o man_n unclean_a but_o only_a sin_n that_o which_o m._n perkins_n add_v to_o illustrate_v this_o point_n such_o as_o the_o fruit_n be_v such_o be_v the_o tree_n be_v very_o fit_o speak_v to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n for_o the_o fruit_n have_v it_o whole_a nature_n and_o quality_n from_o the_o tree_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n but_o what_o it_o be_v by_o that_o that_o it_o receive_v from_o thence_o if_o therefore_o the_o action_n of_o concupiscence_n be_v sin_n concupiscence_n which_o be_v the_o tree_n must_v needs_o have_v the_o nature_n and_o condition_n of_o sin_n but_o m._n bishop_n answer_v that_o not_o concupiscence_n but_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v the_o tree_n which_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v that_o not_o the_o will_n of_o man_n but_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v the_o tree_n for_o it_o have_v be_v before_o show_v that_o concupiscence_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o corrupt_a will_n of_o man_n which_o do_v not_o bring_v forth_o either_o evil_a or_o good_a indifferent_o but_o be_v of_o itself_o a_o enticer_n only_o unto_o bad_a until_o god_n do_v create_v it_o anew_o and_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n do_v work_n in_o it_o to_o will_v that_o that_o be_v good_a in_o a_o word_n the_o holy_a scripture_n as_o on_o the_o one_o side_n it_o call_v the_o motion_n of_o concupiscence_n 2.11_o concupiscence_n 1._o pet._n 2.11_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n so_o it_o call_v also_o the_o effect_n &_o deed_n of_o those_o lust_n the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n thereby_o show_v that_o concupiscence_n signify_v by_o the_o name_n of_o 5.9_o of_o gal._n 5.9_o flesh_n and_o import_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o whole_a mind_n and_o will_n of_o man_n be_v right_o say_v to_o be_v the_o tree_n or_o evil_a root_n whence_o all_o evil_a work_n and_o all_o wickedness_n do_v spring_n 7._o w._n bishop_n 3._o lib._n 5._o contr_n julian._n cap._n 3._o but_o s._n augustine_n say_v that_o concupiscence_n be_v 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woman_n who_o with_o her_o tear_n wash_v the_o foot_n of_o christ_n s._n bernard_n say_v that_o fidem_fw-la that_o bernard_n in_o anâunciat_fw-la ser_fw-mi 1._o crede_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la ipsâm_fw-la tibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la doâantur_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la arbitratur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la gratis_o iustificari_fw-la hâminem_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la our_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o faith_n which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o consist_v in_o believe_v that_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v us._n but_o most_o fit_o to_o the_o purpose_n he_o say_v in_o another_o place_n iustificatio_fw-la place_n idem_n epist_n 190_o vbi_fw-la re_fw-la onâiliatio_fw-la ibi_fw-la remâssio_fw-la pec_fw-la catorum_fw-la &_o quid_fw-la ipsa_fw-la nisi_fw-la iustificatio_fw-la where_o there_o be_v reconciliation_n there_o be_v forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o what_o be_v that_o but_o justification_n now_o according_a to_o this_o construction_n of_o justification_n they_o be_v wont_v to_o deliver_v that_o 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sed_fw-la quia_fw-la mihi_fw-la remissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la gloriabor_fw-la quia_fw-la profui_fw-la aut_fw-la quia_fw-la profuit_fw-la mihi_fw-la quisquam_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o advocatus_fw-la apud_fw-la patrem_fw-la christus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o christi_fw-la sanguis_fw-la effusus_fw-la est_fw-la we_o be_v not_o to_o rejoice_v that_o we_o be_v just_a but_o that_o we_o be_v redeem_v not_o that_o we_o be_v without_o sin_n but_o that_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v we_o not_o in_o the_o good_a that_o we_o have_v do_v or_o that_o any_o other_o man_n have_v do_v for_o we_o but_o that_o christ_n be_v our_o advocate_n with_o the_o father_n that_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v shed_v for_o we_o as_o ambrose_n say_v that_o peccatorum_fw-la that_o bernard_n in_o cant._n ser_n 22._o justitia_fw-la in_o absolutione_n peccatorum_fw-la christ_n be_v our_o righteousness_n in_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o our_o sin_n and_o that_o 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bapt._n contra_fw-la donatist_n l._n 5._o cap._n 23._o apostoli_fw-la nihil_fw-la exinde_fw-la praeceperunt_fw-la sed_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la opponebatur_fw-la cypriano_n ab_fw-la eorum_fw-la traditione_n exordium_n sumpsisse_fw-la credenda_fw-la est_fw-la the_o apostle_n command_v nothing_o thereof_o but_o that_o the_o custom_n which_o be_v oppose_v to_o cyprian_n be_v to_o be_v believe_v to_o have_v flow_v from_o a_o apostolical_a tradition_n yet_o he_o himself_o dispute_v that_o point_n against_o the_o donatist_n continual_o by_o the_o scripture_n refuse_v to_o have_v the_o matter_n decide_v but_o only_o by_o the_o scripture_n and_o in_o the_o first_o propound_v thereof_o say_v very_o plain_o to_o they_o vulneraretur_fw-la they_o ibid._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 7._o ne_fw-fr humanis_fw-la argumentis_fw-la id_fw-la agere_fw-la videar_fw-la etc._n etc._n ex_fw-la euangelio_fw-la profero_fw-la ceriae_fw-la documenta_fw-la quibus_fw-la demonstro_fw-la quà m_fw-la rectè_fw-la placuerit_fw-la &_o verè_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o quoquaen_fw-la schismatico_fw-la vel_fw-la heretico_fw-la ecclesiastica_fw-la medicina_fw-la curaret_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la vulnere_fw-la separabatur_fw-la illud_fw-la auten_fw-mi quod_fw-la sanum_fw-la maneret_fw-la agnitum_fw-la potiùs_fw-la approbaretur_fw-la quà m_fw-la improbatum_fw-la vulneraretur_fw-la that_o i_o seem_v not_o to_o deal_v by_o humane_a argument_n namely_o for_o that_o a_o general_a council_n have_v so_o confirm_v i_o bring_v assure_v proof_n out_o of_o the_o gospel_n whereby_o i_o show_v how_o right_o and_o true_o according_a to_o god_n it_o thus_o seem_v good_a to_o they_o that_o ecclesiastical_a medicine_n shall_v cure_v that_o in_o a_o heretic_n or_o schismatic_n wherein_o he_o be_v wound_v and_o separate_v from_o the_o church_n âut_v that_o which_o remain_v sound_n shall_v rather_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o approve_a then_o by_o be_v disallow_v shall_v be_v wound_v to_o omit_v many_o other_o place_n that_o may_v be_v allege_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n soon_o after_o the_o word_n allege_v by_o m._n bishop_n he_o say_v thus_o etc._n thus_o ibid._n lib_n 5._o cap_n 23._o contrae_fw-la maendatum_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la quòd_fw-la venientes_fw-la ab_fw-la haereticis_fw-la si_fw-la illic_fw-la baptismum_fw-la christi_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la quia_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la testimonijs_fw-la pianè_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v against_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n that_o man_n come_v from_o heretic_n shall_v be_v baptize_v if_o there_o they_o have_v receive_v the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n because_o by_o testimony_n of_o holy_a scripture_n it_o be_v plain_o show_v thus_o and_o thus_o literal_o therefore_o and_o as_o touch_v matter_n of_o fact_n and_o example_n saint_n austin_n speak_v of_o it_o as_o not_o write_v in_o the_o scripture_n but_o by_o tradition_n so_o accustom_v because_o there_o be_v nothing_o 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praecepta_fw-la benè_fw-la creduntur_fw-la quanquam_fw-la scripta_fw-la non_fw-la repertiantur_fw-la that_o there_o be_v many_o thing_n which_o the_o whole_a church_n hold_v and_o for_o that_o cause_n be_v believe_v to_o have_v come_v from_o the_o apostle_n albeit_o they_o be_v not_o find_v set_v down_o in_o scripture_n because_o they_o be_v not_o namely_o &_o word_n for_o word_n set_v down_o in_o scripture_n albeit_o they_o be_v to_o be_v justify_v by_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v there_o set_v down_o of_o this_o kind_n be_v that_o which_o m._n bishop_n name_v in_o the_o next_o place_n of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n in_o baptise_v infant_n which_o austin_n say_v traditio_fw-la say_v de_fw-fr genes_n ad_fw-la litter_n lib._n 10._o cap._n 23._o nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la credenda_fw-la nisi_fw-la apostolica_fw-la esse_fw-la traditio_fw-la be_v to_o be_v believe_v to_o be_v no_o other_o but_o a_o apostolic_a tradition_n and_o we_o also_o acknowledge_v no_o less_o but_o what_o do_v 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baptism_n we_o remain_v to_o be_v cleanse_v errorem_fw-la cleanse_v ambros_n de_fw-fr ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la initiantur_fw-la mist_n ca._n 6._o mundus_fw-la erat_fw-la petrus_n sed_fw-la plantam_fw-la lavare_fw-la debebat_fw-la habebat_fw-la enim_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la de_fw-la successioâe_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quaendo_fw-la eum_fw-la supplantatut_o serpens_fw-la &_o persuasit_fw-la errorem_fw-la peter_n be_v clean_o say_v he_o but_o yet_o he_o be_v still_o to_o have_v his_o foot_n wash_v for_o he_o have_v still_o the_o sin_n that_o come_v by_o succession_n from_o the_o first_o man_n who_o the_o serpent_n beguile_v and_o persuade_v he_o to_o error_n therefore_o his_o foot_n be_v wash_v that_o those_o hereditary_a sin_n may_v be_v take_v away_o for_o our_o own_o sin_n do_v by_o ourselves_o be_v release_v in_o baptism_n where_o speak_v of_o man_n baptize_v in_o elder_a year_n as_o peter_n be_v he_o plain_o signify_v that_o what_o sin_n they_o have_v by_o their_o own_o action_n they_o be_v in_o baptism_n whole_o abolish_v but_o that_o original_a sin_n as_o touch_v the_o matter_n and_o corruption_n of_o it_o be_v still_o dwell_v in_o we_o and_o that_o we_o have_v still_o need_n to_o be_v wash_v and_o cleanse_v therefrom_o and_o this_o s._n austin_n give_v to_o understand_v who_o write_v upon_o those_o speech_n of_o christ_n ask_v the_o question_n mundandus_fw-la question_n aug_n in_o joan._n tract_n 80_o quis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la vita_fw-la sic_fw-la mundus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la magis_fw-la magisque_fw-la mundandus_fw-la who_o be_v there_o in_o this_o life_n so_o clean_a as_o that_o he_o be_v not_o more_o and_o more_o to_o be_v cleanse_v or_o make_v clean_o and_o so_o affirm_v that_o the_o faithful_a be_v here_o mundi_fw-la &_o mundandi_fw-la clean_a but_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o in_o part_n they_o remain_v still_o to_o be_v cleanse_v according_o as_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v the_o faithful_a 7.1_o faithful_a 2._o cor._n 7.1_o let_v we_o cleanse_v ourselves_o from_o all_o filthiness_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n and_o grow_v up_o to_o full_a holiness_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n but_o here_o m._n bishop_n allege_v gregory_n affirm_v by_o those_o word_n of_o christ_n that_o he_o that_o be_v wash_v have_v not_o any_o thing_n remain_v of_o his_o sin_n etc._n etc._n which_o word_n gregory_n indeed_o have_v but_o altogether_o to_o other_o purpose_n then_o m._n bishop_n cit_v they_o dispute_v in_o that_o place_n against_o some_o who_o hold_v enfidelius_fw-la hold_v greger_n lib._n 9_o epist_n 39_o siqui_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la superficietenus_o dimitis_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la praeââcatione_n enfidelius_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la superficietenus_o dimitti_fw-la that_o sin_n in_o baptism_n be_v but_o superficial_o pardon_v against_o they_o he_o allege_v the_o word_n of_o christ_n here_o speak_v and_o infer_v redemit_fw-la infer_v si_fw-mi igitur_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o baptismate_fw-la funditùs_fw-la minimè_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la mundus_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la totus_fw-la enim_fw-la mundus_fw-la dici_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la cuide_fw-la peccaeto_fw-la aliquid_fw-la remansit_fw-la sed_fw-la nemo_fw-la resistit_fw-la voci_fw-la veritatit_fw-la quae_fw-la ait_fw-la qui_fw-la totus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n nihil_fw-la ergò_fw-la ei_fw-la de_fw-la peccati_fw-la svi_fw-la contagione_fw-la remanet_fw-la quem_fw-la totum_fw-la fatetur_fw-la mundum_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la redemit_fw-la si_fw-la igitur_fw-la peccata_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la funditùs_fw-la minimè_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o then_o sin_n be_v not_o altogether_o forgive_v in_o baptism_n how_o then_o be_v he_o whole_o clean_a that_o be_v wash_v for_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v whole_o clean_a to_o who_o any_o thing_n be_v remain_v of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o that_o 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