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of_o god_n in_o which_o they_o can_v be_v employ_v if_o god_n become_v man_n if_o he_o preach_v give_v we_o example_n of_o all_o virtue_n institute_v the_o sacrament_n these_o and_o the_o like_a marvel_n have_v this_o inscription_n upon_o they_o salus_fw-la hominis_fw-la have_v no_o other_o end_n but_o this_o if_o he_o die_v on_o the_o cross_n it_o be_v for_o this_o design_n he_o suffer_v death_n to_o give_v we_o life_n it_o be_v from_o this_o consideration_n that_o tertullian_n say_v nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la dignum_fw-la deo_fw-la quam_fw-la salus_fw-la hominis_fw-la nothing_o so_o worthy_a or_o beseem_v god_n as_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n and_o st._n thomas_n give_v this_o reason_n of_o it_o because_o the_o whole_a universe_n with_o all_o the_o order_n disposition_n and_o marvel_n in_o it_o do_v not_o so_o clear_o and_o full_o manifest_v his_o grandeur_n as_o the_o salvation_n of_o man_n for_o here_o he_o make_v appear_v his_o attribute_n and_o perfection_n which_o be_v his_o 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