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which_o they_o be_v find_v and_o so_o leave_v he_o in_o a_o state_n wherein_o he_o have_v nothing_o in_o himself_o that_o can_v or_o will_v procure_v he_o pardon_v and_o other_o which_o though_o in_o themselves_o consider_v and_o never_o remit_v they_o be_v worthy_a of_o eternal_a punishment_n yet_o do_v not_o so_o far_o prevail_v as_o to_o banish_v grace_n the_o fountain_n of_o remission_n of_o all_o misdoing_n all_o sin_n then_o in_o themselves_o consider_v be_v mortal_a a_o as_o gerson_n do_v excellent_o demonstrate_v first_o because_o every_o offence_n against_o god_n may_v just_o be_v punish_v 1._o by_o he_o in_o the_o strictness_n of_o his_o righteous_a judgment_n with_o eternal_a death_n yea_o with_o annihilation_n which_o appear_v to_o be_v most_o true_a for_o that_o there_o be_v no_o punishment_n so_o evil_a and_o so_o much_o to_o be_v avoid_v as_o the_o least_o sin_n that_o may_v be_v imagine_v so_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v rather_o choose_v eternal_a death_n yea_o utter_a annihilation_n than_o commit_v the_o least_o offence_n in_o the_o world_n second_o the_o least_o offence_n that_o can_v be_v imagine_v remain_v eternal_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o stain_n and_o guilt_n of_o it_o though_o not_o in_o act_n as_o do_v all_o sin_n unremit_v must_v be_v punish_v eternal_o for_o else_o there_o may_v some_o sinful_a disorder_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d remain_v not_o order_v by_o divine_a justice_n but_o wheresoever_o be_v eternity_n of_o punishment_n man_n be_v repel_v from_o eternal_a life_n and_o happiness_n and_o consequent_o every_o offence_n that_o eternal_o remain_v not_o remit_v exclude_v from_o eternal_a glory_n and_o happiness_n and_o be_v right_o judge_v a_o mortal_a and_o deadly_a sin_n all_o sin_n than_o be_v mortal_a in_o they_o that_o be_v stranger_n from_o the_o life_n of_o god_n because_o they_o have_v dominion_n and_o full_a command_n in_o they_o or_o be_v join_v withsuch_o as_o have_v and_o so_o leave_v no_o place_n for_o grace_n which_o may_v cry_v unto_o god_n for_o the_o remission_n of_o they_o but_o the_o elect_a and_o choose_a servant_n of_o god_n call_v according_a to_o purpose_n do_v careful_o endeavour_n that_o no_o sin_n may_v have_v dominion_n over_o they_o &_o therefore_o notwithstanding_o any_o degree_n of_o sin_n they_o run_v into_o they_o retain_v that_o grace_n which_o can_n and_o will_v procure_v pardon_n for_o all_o their_o offence_n thus_o all_o sin_n in_o themselves_o consider_v and_o never_o repent_v of_o forsake_v nor_o remit_v be_v mortal_a all_o sin_n that_o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n except_v be_v venial_a ex_fw-la eventu_fw-la that_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v and_o oftentimes_o be_v forgive_v through_o the_o merciful_a goodness_n of_o god_n though_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o party_n offend_v while_o they_o be_v in_o such_o state_n of_o sin_n that_o either_o can_v or_o do_v cry_v for_o remission_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o just_a not_o do_v with_o full_a consent_n and_o therefore_o not_o exclude_v grace_n the_o property_n whereof_o be_v to_o procure_v the_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o be_v venial_a because_o they_o be_v such_o and_o of_o such_o nature_n as_o leave_v place_n in_o that_o soul_n wherein_o they_o be_v for_o grace_n that_o may_v and_o will_v procure_v pardon_n by_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v i_o hope_v it_o do_v appear_v that_o we_o teach_v nothing_o touch_v the_o difference_n of_o venial_a and_o mortal_a sin_n that_o bellarmine_n himself_o can_v except_v against_o and_o that_o we_o differ_v very_o much_o from_o the_o pelagian_n who_o think_v that_o no_o sinful_a defect_n can_v stand_v with_o grace_n or_o a_o state_n of_o acceptation_n and_o favour_n with_o god_n for_o we_o reject_v this_o their_o conceit_n as_o impious_a and_o heretical_a &_o do_v confess_v that_o all_o sin_n not_o do_v with_o full_a consent_n may_v stand_v with_o grace_n and_o so_o be_v right_o name_v venial_a chap._n 33._o of_o the_o heresy_n of_o nestorius_n false_o impute_v to_o beza_n and_o other_o the_o next_o heresy_n it_o please_v this_o heretical_a romanist_n to_o charge_v we_o with_o be_v that_o of_o the_o nestorian_n let_v we_o see_v how_o he_o indeavour_v to_o fasten_v this_o impiety_n upon_o us._n first_o say_v he_o the_o nestorian_n contemn_v the_o father_n and_o so_o do_v the_o protestant_n therefore_o they_o be_v nestorian_n the_o consequence_n of_o this_o argument_n we_o will_v not_o now_o examine_v but_o the_o minor_a proposition_n be_v most_o false_a for_o we_o reverence_v and_o honour_v the_o father_n much_o more_o than_o the_o romanist_n do_v who_o pervert_n corrupt_v and_o adulterate_a their_o write_n but_o dare_v not_o abide_v the_o trial_n of_o their_o doctrine_n by_o the_o indubitate_a write_n of_o antiquity_n second_o say_v he_o the_o nestorian_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v two_o person_n in_o christ_n and_o so_o divide_v the_o unity_n of_o his_o person_n but_o the_o protestant_n think_v so_o likewise_o therefore_o they_o be_v nestorian_n the_o assumption_n we_o deny_v and_o he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v it_o but_o proceed_v particular_o to_o prove_v beza_n a_o nestorian_a heretic_n in_o which_o he_o have_v as_o ill_a success_n as_o he_o have_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o slanderous_a imputation_n beza_n say_v he_o teach_v that_o there_o be_v two_o hypostatical_a union_n in_o christ_n ergo_fw-la two_o hypostasis_n or_o person_n which_o be_v the_o heresy_n of_o nestorius_n the_o consequence_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v too_o weak_a to_o enforce_v the_o intend_a conclusion_n for_o when_o beza_n say_v there_o be_v two_o hypostatical_a union_n in_o christ_n the_o one_o of_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n the_o other_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o man_n he_o do_v not_o conceive_v that_o the_o union_n of_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n do_v in_o christ_n make_v a_o distinct_a humane_a person_n or_o subsistence_n different_a from_o that_o of_o the_o son_n of_o 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truth_n because_o they_o seek_v not_o the_o head_n nor_o keep_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o heavenly_a master_n which_o if_o a_o man_n will_v consider_v and_o think_v of_o he_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o seek_v out_o many_o argument_n nor_o fetch_v any_o great_a compass_n about_o but_o the_o truth_n will_v easy_o without_o any_o great_a search_n offer_v itself_o unto_o he_o for_o therefore_o do_v christ_n when_o he_o be_v to_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n say_v special_o to_o peter_n 19_o thou_o be_v peter_n &_o upon_o this_o rock_n will_v i_o build_v my_o church_n &_o i_o will_v give_v to_o thou_o the_o key_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o again_o after_o his_o resurrection_n 16._o feed_v my_o sheep_n because_o though_o rise_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a he_o give_v like_o power_n to_o all_o the_o apostle_n when_o he_o say_v 23._o as_o my_o father_n send_v i_o so_o send_v i_o you_o who_o sin_n you_o remit_v they_o be_v remit_v who_o sin_n you_o 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of_o sin_n the_o sinner_n be_v denominate_v evil_a partly_o by_o denomination_n passive_a in_o that_o he_o want_v that_o orderly_a disposition_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o himself_o &_o partly_o by_o active_a in_o that_o he_o deprive_v as_o much_o as_o in_o he_o be_v some_o other_o of_o that_o good_a which_o pertain_v to_o he_o some_z not_o right_o observe_v these_o thing_n &_o find_v that_o some_o sin_n be_v positive_a act_n whereas_o the_o nature_n of_o evil_n be_v privative_a distinguish_v that_o which_o be_v material_a in_o the_o sin_n of_o commission_n &_o that_o which_o be_v formal_a the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n &_o the_o difformity_n of_o it_o make_v the_o one_o positive_a &_o the_o other_o privative_a consist_v in_o the_o want_n of_o that_o rectitude_n which_o shall_v be_v in_o it_o but_o these_o man_n seem_v not_o right_o to_o conceive_v the_o thing_n whereof_o they_o speak_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o omission_n be_v formal_o evil_a &_o a_o want_n of_o rectitude_n in_o that_o 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improper_o sin_n and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o offend_v nor_o displease_v god_n and_o that_o therefore_o the_o commit_n of_o those_o no_o way_n hinder_v but_o that_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n may_v be_v account_v perfect_a but_o 13._o andreas_n vega_n learned_o refute_v this_o fancy_n and_o show_v at_o large_a that_o they_o be_v proper_o and_o absolute_o sin_n for_o that_o they_o be_v actus_fw-la mali_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la quip_n qui_fw-la voluntarij_fw-la &_o circa_fw-la materiam_fw-la indebitam_fw-la &_o à _fw-la rectâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la deviant_fw-la ac_fw-la dissentiunt_fw-la &_o poenâ_fw-la ac_fw-la reprehensione_n digni_fw-la jure_fw-la apud_fw-la omnes_fw-la censentur_fw-la and_o sundry_a other_o agree_v with_o he_o in_o the_o same_o so_o that_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o though_o the_o gift_n of_o righteousness_n be_v give_v to_o the_o justify_v and_o they_o incline_v to_o do_v the_o thing_n the_o law_n require_v yet_o it_o do_v not_o make_v they_o to_o decline_v all_o evil_a or_o to_o do_v all_o good_a that_o the_o law_n require_v but_o so_o to_o decline_v evil_a as_o not_o to_o suffer_v it_o to_o be_v predominant_a and_o so_o to_o do_v good_a as_o principal_o to_o delight_v in_o well_o do_v and_o above_o all_o thing_n to_o desire_v to_o please_v god_n only_o one_o thing_n remain_v that_o be_v questionable_a whether_o the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o justify_v be_v sin_n or_o not_o that_o they_o be_v we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o 1_o gregory_n sanctus_n vir_fw-la omne_fw-la meritum_fw-la virtutis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vitium_fw-la esse_fw-la conspicit_fw-la si_fw-la ab_fw-la interno_fw-la arbitro_fw-la districtè_fw-la iudicetur_fw-la ideo_fw-la recte_fw-la subiungit_fw-la si_fw-la voluerit_fw-la contendere_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la non_fw-la poterit_fw-la ei_fw-la respondere_fw-la unum_fw-la pro_fw-la mille_fw-la et_fw-la 9_o moral_a c._n 28._o quamvis_fw-la lamentis_fw-la supernae_fw-la compunctionis_fw-la infundar_fw-la quamvis_fw-la per_fw-la studia_fw-la rectae_fw-la operationis_fw-la exeâ—…cear_n in_fw-la tuâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la munditiâ_fw-la video_fw-la quia_fw-la mundus_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la intentam_o quip_n in_o deum_fw-la animam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la adhuc_fw-la corruptibilis_fw-la caro_fw-la diverberat_fw-la eiusque_fw-la amoris_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la obscaenis_fw-la &_o illicitis_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la motibus_fw-la faedat_fw-la et_fw-la 9_o moral_a c._n 14._o omnis_fw-la humana_fw-la iustiva_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la convincitur_fw-la si_fw-la districtè_fw-la iudicetur_fw-la prece_fw-la ergo_fw-la post_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la indiget_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la succumbere_fw-la discussa_fw-la poterat_fw-la ex_fw-la solà _fw-fr iudicis_fw-la pielate_fw-la convalescat_fw-la and_o 40._o vega_n confess_v that_o not_o only_o the_o life_n of_o all_o the_o holy_a in_o this_o world_n be_v stain_v with_o many_o venial_a sin_n but_o also_o that_o the_o good_a work_n of_o the_o most_o perfect_a come_v short_a of_o that_o goodness_n with_o which_o it_o be_v fit_a we_o shall_v worship_v praise_n and_o honour_n god_n they_o be_v not_o so_o pure_a so_o holy_a so_o fervent_a as_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n and_o of_o his_o benefit_n bestow_v on_o we_o may_v just_o require_v and_o exact_v of_o us._n 21._o stapleton_n say_v non_fw-la est_fw-la tanta_fw-la eorum_fw-la iustitia_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la semper_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la nihil_fw-la illi_fw-la addi_fw-la queat_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la august_n contra_fw-la coelestium_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la charitatis_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la illud_fw-la implebitur_fw-la diliges_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la totâ_fw-la animâ_fw-la tuâ_fw-la &c_n &c_n nam_fw-la cum_fw-la est_fw-la adhuc_fw-la aliquid_fw-la carnalis_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la quod_fw-la vel_fw-la continendo_fw-la fraenetur_fw-la non_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la ex_fw-la totâ_fw-la animâ_fw-la diligitur_fw-la deus_fw-la 10._o propter_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la minuitur_fw-la distrahitur_fw-la &_o impeditur_fw-la illa_fw-la dilectio_fw-la non_fw-la amatur_fw-la deus_fw-la perfectè_fw-la ex_fw-la tota_fw-la anima_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la avertitur_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la avocatur_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la abstrahitur_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la distrahitur_fw-la denique_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la hunc_fw-la conflictum_fw-la tollitur_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la usus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la charitatis_fw-la impeditur_fw-la ut_fw-la scitè_fw-fr distinguit_fw-la thomas_n 2._o 2_o q._n 44._o be_v 4._o ad_fw-la 2._o fit_a autem_fw-la haec_fw-la avocatio_fw-la haec_fw-la distractio_fw-la haec_fw-la diminutio_fw-la delectationis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la in_o ipsà _fw-la animâ_fw-la quia_fw-la sine_fw-la animâ_fw-la caro_fw-la non_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la caro_fw-la concupiscere_fw-la dicatur_fw-la quia_fw-la carnaliter_fw-la anima_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la julian_n concupiscentia_fw-la inquantum_fw-la inest_fw-la nocet_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la ad_fw-la perdendum_fw-la de_fw-la sort_n sanctorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ei_fw-la consentiatur_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la minuendam_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la delectationem_fw-la sanctarum_fw-la mentium_fw-la illam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la condelector_fw-la legi_fw-la dei_fw-la secundum_fw-la interiorem_fw-la hominem_fw-la there_o be_v a_o imperfection_n in_o our_o love_n of_o god_n and_o we_o come_v short_a of_o that_o which_o the_o law_n require_v of_o we_o for_o we_o shall_v love_v he_o so_o as_o to_o love_v or_o desire_v nothing_o more_o nothing_o so_o much_o nothing_o but_o for_o he_o nothing_o that_o he_o will_v not_o have_v love_v nothing_o otherwise_o then_o he_o will_v have_v we_o but_o this_o we_o do_v not_o therefore_o we_o break_v this_o law_n their_o 11._o answer_n be_v that_o 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eiusdem_fw-la loco_fw-la meriti_fw-la quod_fw-la ego_fw-la miser_n habere_fw-la deberem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habeo_fw-la item_n domine_fw-la pono_fw-la eandem_fw-la passionem_fw-la &_o mortem_fw-la domini_fw-la mei_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la inter_fw-la i_o et_fw-la iram_fw-la tuam_fw-la &_o in_o manus_fw-la tuas_fw-la domine_fw-la commendo_fw-la spiritum_fw-la meum_fw-la ibid._n there_o be_v extant_a a_o certain_a form_n of_o confession_n attribute_v to_o s_o bernard_n in_o which_o he_o speak_v to_o god_n in_o this_o sort_n recordare_fw-la domine_fw-la jesu_fw-la quia_fw-la tuum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la perdere_fw-la quicquam_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la pater_fw-la tuus_fw-la dedit_fw-la tibi_fw-la quin_fw-la tibi_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la misereri_fw-la semper_fw-la &_o parcere_fw-la neminem_fw-la perdere_fw-la sed_fw-la salvare_fw-la nam_fw-la pater_fw-la tuus_fw-la misit_fw-la te_fw-la in_o mundum_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la iudices_fw-la mundum_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la habeamus_fw-la per_fw-la te_fw-la ut_fw-la sis_fw-la propitiatio_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o advocatus_fw-la noster_fw-la non_fw-la contra_fw-la nos_fw-la quod_fw-la enim_fw-la debuimus_fw-la tu_fw-la soluisti_fw-la quod_fw-la peccavimus_fw-la tu_fw-la luisti_fw-la quod_fw-la negleximus_fw-la tu_fw-la supplesti_fw-la proficiat_fw-la ergo_fw-la nunc_fw-la domine_fw-la et_fw-la in_o extremis_fw-la meis_fw-la plenaria_fw-la imò_fw-la superflua_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la amarissima_fw-la mors_fw-la tua_fw-la &_o pretium_fw-la inaestimabile_fw-la fusi_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la tui_fw-la commemoratio_fw-la satisfactionis_fw-la tuus_fw-la &c_n &c_n ibid._n ante_fw-la annos_fw-la 200_o quidam_fw-la dominicanus_fw-la coloniae_fw-la quomodo_fw-la forent_fw-la aegroti_fw-la consolandi_fw-la docuit_fw-la his_fw-la verbis_fw-la morti_n jam_fw-la vicinus_fw-la prorsus_fw-la nihil_fw-la suis_fw-la bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la confidere_fw-la debet_fw-la nec_fw-la propter_fw-la mala_fw-la diffidere_fw-la sed_fw-la omnem_fw-la spem_fw-la in_o merita_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la immensam_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la collocare_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la fides_fw-la catholica_fw-la &_o christiana_n quae_fw-la neminem_fw-la fallere_fw-la potest_fw-la so_o that_o hitherto_o we_o find_v the_o church_n wherein_o our_o father_n live_v and_o die_v be_v a_o protestant_a church_n and_o that_o they_o be_v teach_v to_o die_v in_o the_o same_o faith_n that_o we_o now_o be_v but_o some_o man_n will_v say_v howsoever_o these_o disclaim_v all_o merit_n and_o confidence_n in_o work_n as_o live_v in_o bad_a time_n wherein_o iniquity_n abound_v and_o charity_n be_v wax_v cold_a yet_o other_o of_o a_o more_o excellent_a quality_n plead_v their_o own_o righteousness_n and_o innocency_n desire_v to_o be_v judge_v according_a to_o the_o same_o so_o david_n ps._n 26._o and_o elsewhere_o and_o so_o when_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v to_o ezechias_n set_v thy_o house_n in_o order_n for_o thou_o must_v die_v he_o turn_v his_o face_n to_o the_o wall_n and_o pray_v unto_o the_o lord_n &_o say_v 38._o i_o beseech_v thou_o lord_n remember_v how_o i_o have_v walk_v before_o thou_o in_o truth_n &_o with_o a_o perfect_a hart_n &_o have_v do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a in_o thy_o sight_n and_o paul_n 2._o tim._n 4._o with_o more_o confidence_n when_o his_o dissolution_n be_v at_o hand_n &_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v offer_v up_o i_o have_v fight_v a_o good_a fight_n i_o have_v finish_v my_o course_n i_o have_v keep_v the_o faith_n &_o henceforth_o there_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o i_o a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n which_o the_o lord_n the_o righteous_a judge_n shall_v give_v i_o in_o that_o day_n of_o hilarion_n hierom_n report_v that_o when_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o die_v he_o use_v these_o word_n egredere_fw-la quid_fw-la time_n egredere_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la quid_fw-la dubitas_fw-la sexaginta_fw-la annis_fw-la seruivisti_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o mortem_fw-la time_n &_o in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la spiritum_fw-la exhalavit_fw-la but_o the_o answer_n hereunto_o be_v easy_a for_o the_o divine_n do_v note_n that_o there_o be_v justitia_fw-la causae_fw-la facti_fw-la personae_fw-la a_o righteousness_n of_o some_o particular_a cause_n of_o some_o particular_a fact_n &_o of_o the_o person_n causae_fw-la &_o so_o david_n oftentimes_o desire_v of_o god_n to_o be_v judge_v in_o the_o difference_n between_o he_o &_o his_o adversary_n that_o wrong_v he_o according_a to_o his_o righteousness_n &_o innocency_n in_o those_o quarrel_n of_o fact_n so_o it_o be_v say_v that_o phinees_n stand_v up_o &_o wrought_v vengeance_n &_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n that_o be_v he_o be_v judge_v to_o have_v do_v a_o righteous_a act_n in_o so_o do_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o person_n be_v twofold_a for_o there_o be_v a_o righteousness_n that_o be_v sincere_a true_a &_o pure_a &_o there_o be_v a_o righteousness_n that_o be_v true_a &_o sincere_a but_o not_o pure_a none_o of_o the_o ss_n ever_o plead_v the_o former_a kind_n of_o righteousness_n nor_o desire_v to_o be_v judge_v according_a to_o the_o same_o for_o david_n in_o that_o respect_n decline_v judgement_n say_v enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n for_o no_o flesh_n be_v righteous_a in_o thy_o sight_n &_o again_o if_o thou_o lord_n shall_v be_v extreme_a to_o mark_v what_o be_v do_v amiss_o who_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o abide_v it_o but_o in_o the_o latter_a sort_n they_o do_v plead_v the_o truth_n &_o simplicity_n of_o their_o heart_n &_o the_o sincerity_n of_o the_o righteousness_n that_o be_v find_v in_o they_o and_o this_o for_o 2_o reason_n first_o in_o that_o hereby_o they_o be_v assure_v that_o they_o pertain_v to_o god_n that_o have_v thus_o begin_v to_o do_v good_a unto_o they_o &_o so_o confirm_v themselves_o in_o the_o hope_n &_o expectation_n of_o that_o they_o desire_v by_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o good_a he_o have_v already_o do_v unto_o they_o and_o beside_o also_o for_o that_o they_o know_v this_o be_v the_o condition_n wherewith_o all_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n make_v unto_o they_o for_o their_o good_a be_v limit_v and_o therefore_o if_o they_o find_v not_o this_o they_o can_v expect_v nothing_o of_o god_n &_o find_v this_o they_o need_v not_o to_o doubt_v to_o obtain_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_a for_o they_o and_o in_o this_o sort_n do_v cardinal_n contarenus_n &_o albertus_n pighius_fw-la man_n of_o no_o small_a esteem_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n clear_v these_o objection_n so_o that_o it_o remain_v firm_a which_o i_o have_v deliver_v that_o the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v inherent_a in_o the_o just_a be_v impure_a &_o unperfect_a &_o that_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o rely_v upon_o it_o but_o because_o this_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o great_a consequence_n i_o will_v demonstrate_v that_o the_o same_o be_v teach_v before_o at_o &_o after_o luther_n time_n by_o man_n of_o best_a place_n and_o quality_n in_o the_o church_n wherein_o our_o father_n live_v 5._o bernard_n distinguish_v 4_o kind_n of_o righteousness_n our_o righteousness_n he_o say_v be_v recta_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pura_fw-la of_o which_o our_o father_n say_v no_o less_o true_o then_o humble_o all_o our_o righteousness_n be_v as_o the_o pollute_a rag_n of_o a_o menstruous_a woman_n for_o how_o can_v our_o righteousness_n be_v pure_a wherein_o it_o can_v be_v but_o there_o shall_v be_v sin_n the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o first_o man_n be_v both_o right_a and_o pure_a but_o because_o it_o be_v not_o firm_a and_o constant_a it_o lose_a purity_n and_o retain_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o rectitude_n it_o have_v in_o the_o angel_n there_o be_v righteousness_n right_a pure_a and_o firm_a of_o a_o high_a and_o excellent_a nature_n but_o much_o inferior_a to_o that_o of_o god_n non_fw-la enim_fw-la innata_fw-la est_fw-la iis_fw-la sed_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la collata_fw-la ut_fw-la natura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la iniustitiae_fw-la capax_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la numquid_fw-la non_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la pravitas_fw-la quaedam_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o angelis_fw-la suis_fw-la vera_fw-la illa_fw-la iustitia_fw-la legitur_fw-la invenisse_fw-la that_o be_v the_o righteousness_n that_o be_v find_v in_o the_o angel_n be_v not_o inborn_a but_o give_v to_o they_o &_o bestow_v on_o they_o so_o that_o their_o nature_n as_o of_o it_o self_n be_v capable_a not_o only_o of_o righteousness_n but_o of_o unrighteousness_n also_o and_o be_v not_o this_o a_o kind_n of_o pravity_n and_o iniquity_n which_o that_o true_a and_o perfect_a justice_n be_v say_v to_o have_v find_v in_o his_o angel_n for_o he_o that_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n say_v no_o one_o live_v shall_v be_v justify_v in_o thy_o sight_n he_o say_v not_o no_o man_n but_o no_o one_o live_v happy_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v that_o he_o except_v not_o the_o angelical_a spirit_n for_o they_o live_v and_o so_o much_o more_o true_o than_o man_n as_o they_o be_v near_o to_o he_o in_o who_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o life_n yet_o these_o be_v just_a sed_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la non_fw-la coram_fw-la eo_fw-la munere_fw-la eius_fw-la non_fw-la in_o eius_fw-la
by_o eccles._n gerson_n dislike_a the_o honour_n then_o give_v to_o image_n their_o number_n and_o fashion_n as_o be_v occasion_n of_o idolatry_n in_o the_o simple_a which_o to_o be_v true_a the_o word_n of_o 113._o augustine_n be_v proof_n sufficient_a who_o demand_v who_o it_o be_v or_o where_o he_o may_v be_v find_v that_o adore_v or_o pray_v behold_v a_o image_n as_o the_o manner_n be_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n &_o be_v not_o in_o such_o sort_n affect_v that_o he_o persuade_v himself_o it_o hear_v he_o and_o be_v able_a and_o ready_a to_o grant_v he_o the_o thing_n he_o desire_v and_o seek_v in_o his_o prayer_n chap._n 24._o of_o absolution_n absolution_n be_v now_o suppose_a by_o those_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n to_o be_v a_o sacramental_a act_n give_v grace_n ex_fw-la opere_fw-la operato_fw-la and_o so_o remit_v sin_n both_o quoad_fw-la culpam_fw-la &_o poenam_fw-la but_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o restore_n of_o man_n former_o put_v from_o the_o sacrament_n &_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n to_o the_o church_n peace_n and_o use_v of_o the_o sacrament_n again_o as_o appear_v by_o cyprian_n epistle_n neither_o be_v absolution_n give_v in_o those_o time_n till_o penance_n be_v first_o perform_v among_o the_o ancient_a say_v 70._o lindan_n absolution_n be_v seldom_o give_v but_o after_o penance_n perform_v only_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n pestilence_n war_n or_o dangerous_a sickness_n of_o the_o party_n the_o manner_n be_v sometime_o to_o give_v absolution_n present_o at_o the_o suit_n of_o the_o penitent_a &_o to_o require_v of_o he_o the_o performance_n of_o penance_n afterward_o if_o he_o escape_v those_o danger_n hence_o in_o time_n it_o come_v that_o ordinary_o they_o give_v absolution_n first_o and_o then_o impose_v penance_n to_o be_v perform_v afterward_o now_o because_o they_o can_v not_o conceive_v from_o what_o this_o absolution_n shall_v free_v they_o not_o be_v former_o subject_v to_o any_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n some_o begin_v to_o think_v that_o it_o free_v they_o from_o the_o stain_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o punishment_n due_a unto_o the_o same_o thereby_o make_v it_o a_o sacramental_a act_n yet_o so_o as_o many_o retain_v a_o right_a persuasion_n still_o the_o priest_n say_v 1._o alexander_n of_o hales_n be_v a_o mediator_n between_o god_n &_o man_n to_o god_n he_o ascend_v as_o a_o inferior_a by_o way_n of_o petition_n and_o as_o a_o suitor_n to_o man_n he_o descend_v as_o a_o commander_n and_o judge_n in_o the_o first_o sort_n he_o obtain_v for_o man_n by_o his_o prayer_n and_o procure_v acceptation_n with_o god_n in_o the_o second_o he_o reconcile_v they_o to_o the_o church_n his_o prayer_n obtain_v grace_n his_o absolution_n presuppose_v it_o so_o that_o the_o key_n of_o the_o church_n extend_v to_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n by_o way_n of_o request_n obtain_v it_o not_o by_o way_n of_o authority_n give_v it_o chap._n 25._o of_o indulgence_n and_o pardon_n touch_v indulgence_n or_o pardon_n they_o be_v original_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o release_n of_o some_o part_n of_o that_o penance_n that_o have_v be_v enjoin_v as_o appear_v by_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o antiquity_n whereupon_o it_o be_v a_o long_a time_n the_o opinion_n of_o many_o in_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o indulgence_n be_v of_o force_n only_o in_o indicio_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la not_o in_o iudicio_fw-la dei_fw-la and_o that_o they_o free_a man_n only_o from_o enjoin_v penance_n which_o the_o form_n of_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o import_v it_o be_v ever_o add_v in_o those_o relaxation_n ab_fw-la iniunctis_fw-la poenitentiis_fw-la and_o 3._o caietan_n show_v the_o same_o affirm_v that_o a_o indulgence_n be_v principal_o a_o act_n of_o jurisdiction_n and_o the_o free_n from_o enjoin_v penance_n that_o which_o breed_v another_o conceit_n in_o the_o roman_a church_n in_o late_a time_n be_v a_o error_n in_o practice_n for_o whereas_o ancient_o they_o never_o remit_v any_o part_n of_o the_o penance_n they_o have_v enjoin_v but_o out_o of_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o extraordinary_a sign_n of_o repentance_n appear_v in_o the_o penitent_a argue_v that_o to_o be_v perform_v in_o short_a time_n than_o be_v expect_v which_o be_v intend_v in_o late_a time_n they_o grant_v these_o relaxation_n and_o remission_n in_o favour_n when_o there_o be_v no_o inducement_n in_o respect_n of_o any_o thing_n appear_v in_o the_o party_n now_o because_o to_o free_v they_o from_o these_o penitential_a exercise_n tend_v to_o the_o prevent_n of_o god_n judgement_n before_o so_o much_o be_v perform_v as_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o turn_n away_o of_o his_o displeasure_n may_v seem_v hurtful_a rather_o than_o beneficial_a to_o they_o to_o who_o such_o favour_n be_v show_v in_o that_o they_o be_v leave_v to_o god_n judgement_n into_o who_o hand_n it_o be_v fearful_a to_o fall_v they_o begin_v to_o bethink_v they_o how_o they_o may_v supply_v the_o defect_n of_o penitential_a conversion_n unto_o god_n in_o those_o they_o thus_o pardon_v and_o not_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o danger_n of_o his_o future_a judgement_n this_o they_o can_v not_o otherwise_o devise_v to_o do_v but_o by_o cast_v the_o overplus_n of_o other_o man_n satisfaction_n upon_o they_o and_o relieve_v they_o out_o of_o the_o treasury_n of_o the_o church_n which_o grow_v as_o they_o suppose_v out_o of_o the_o satisfactory_a suffering_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o saint_n multis_fw-la tamen_fw-la doctoribus_fw-la adversantibus_fw-la as_o 3._o caietan_n note_v where_o he_o show_v that_o durandus_fw-la teach_v that_o the_o saint_n have_v no_o superfluous_a merit_n not_o reward_v in_o themselves_o touch_v indulgence_n 3._o durandus_fw-la say_v little_o can_v be_v say_v of_o any_o certainty_n or_o as_o undoubted_o true_a see_v the_o scripture_n speak_v not_o express_o of_o they_o neither_o the_o father_n as_o augustine_n hilary_n ambrose_n hierome_n and_o the_o rest_n so_o that_o in_o 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divisa_fw-la est_fw-la mulier_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la quod_fw-la quanquam_fw-la habeat_fw-la suum_fw-la sensum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la se_fw-la quoque_fw-la pro_fw-la qualitate_fw-la loci_fw-la sic_fw-la edissertum_fw-la sit_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la apostolicae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la lib_fw-la 2._o contra_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la pelagianos_fw-la sixtus_n bibliothecae_fw-la li._n 1._o de_fw-la 2._o ordine_fw-la librorum_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la testamenti_fw-la in_o their_o preface_n before_o the_o new_a testament_n translate_v by_o they_o they_o in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o the_o several_a place_n object_v by_o the_o râ—…emists_n râ—…emists_n cameracensis_n in_o principio_fw-la in_o primum_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la contro_fw-la 5._o de_fw-la potestate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la circa_fw-la cultum_fw-la religionis_fw-la quaest_n 6._o art_n 1._o in_o explicatione_n articuli_fw-la articuli_fw-la de_fw-fr imaâ—…inib_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la l_o 2._o cap._n â—…0_n â—…0_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la merit_n &_o remiss_a c._n 26._o 26._o damianus_n agoe_n the_o moribus_fw-la aethiop_n aethiop_n haeresi_fw-la 30_o 30_o hier._n in_o hilar._n vit_fw-mi vit_fw-mi tob._n 11._o 11._o 〈◊〉_d sam._n 16._o 23._o 23._o epist._n lib._n 3._o indict_v 12._o cap._n 30._o l._n 7._o indict_v 1._o cap._n 34._o 34._o these_o be_v often_o accompany_v with_o miraculous_a effect_n in_o those_o time_n as_o appear_v by_o gregory_n in_o the_o place_n cite_v cite_v canon_n 24._o 24._o canon_n 3._o 3._o can_n 28._o 28._o lib._n 5._o &_o valerius_n maximus_n lib._n 1._o ca._n 1._o 1._o math._n 10._o 28._o 28._o gers._fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la spirituali_fw-la animae_fw-la lect_n 4._o corollar_n 1._o 2._o 2._o quamvis_fw-la peccet_fw-la quis_fw-la transgrediendo_fw-la leges_fw-la humanas_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la ligant_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la patet_fw-la per_fw-la simile_n de_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la medicorum_fw-la quae_fw-la despicere_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la ligant_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la gers._fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la spirituali_fw-la anim_fw-la lect_v 4._o corol_fw-la 5._o ubi_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la fulminant_fw-la et_fw-la tot_fw-la condunt_fw-la leges_fw-la quot_fw-la nunquam_fw-la legere_fw-la possumus_fw-la possumus_fw-la act_n 4._o 19_o 19_o stapleton_n contro_fw-la 5._o de_fw-la potest_fw-la eccles_n circa_fw-la leges_fw-la mor._n quaest_n 7._o art_n 2._o in_o explic_n art_n art_n gers._fw-la de_fw-la auferribilitate_fw-la papae_fw-la considerate_a 8._o aequali_fw-la tenore_fw-la quaeritur_fw-la observari_fw-la lex_fw-la humana_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la illa_fw-la canonica_fw-la secularis_fw-la vel_fw-la civilis_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la custodiri_fw-la divinam_fw-la absq_fw-la ulla_fw-la variatione_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la inde_fw-la venit_fw-la illa_fw-la christi_fw-la quaestio_fw-la math._n 5._o irritâ—…_n fecistis_fw-la mandatum_fw-la dei_fw-la propter_fw-la â—…aditiones_n vestras_fw-la vestras_fw-la bellar._n 1._o tom_n contro_fw-la 5._o l._n 3._o de_fw-la laicis_fw-la c._n 11._o 11._o that_o which_o bellarmine_n hâ—…th_v that_o fault_n and_o punish_v ment_n be_v relative_n and_o that_o therefore_o none_o can_v subject_v a_o man_n to_o punishment_n but_o he_o that_o can_v bind_v he_o to_o the_o do_v of_o that_o under_o pain_n of_o sin_n against_o god_n for_o the_o noâ—…_n do_v whereof_o he_o be_v punishable_a be_v too_o childish_a a_o parologisme_n for_o it_o be_v true_a that_o fault_n and_o punishment_n be_v relative_n but_o proportionable_o fault_n against_o god_n and_o punishment_n inflict_v by_o he_o and_o fault_n against_o man_n and_o the_o punishment_n man_n be_v wont_a to_o inflict_v we_o may_v therefore_o conclude_v that_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v any_o punishment_n some_o fault_n wâ—…nt_v before_o the_o reproof_n that_o a_o unskillful_a painter_n be_v subject_a uâ—…to_n be_v a_o punishment_n of_o his_o fault_n in_o paint_v ill_a but_o not_o of_o his_o sin_n against_o god_n for_o defect_n in_o this_o kind_n be_v not_o breach_n of_o his_o law_n law_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la spirituali_fw-la animae_fw-la &_o in_o eodem_fw-la loco_fw-la ait_fw-la hanc_fw-la fuisse_fw-la querelam_fw-la quam_fw-la olim_fw-la ad_fw-la beatum_fw-la bernardum_fw-la detulerunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la ex_fw-la monachis_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la quam_fw-la compescendam_fw-la scripsit_fw-la volumen_fw-la pulcherrimum_n de_fw-la praecepto_fw-la &_o dispensatione_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-fr vibano_n 5._o inquit_fw-la quod_fw-la gloriabatur_fw-la se_fw-la papa_n esse_fw-la ob_fw-la hanc_fw-la causam_fw-la praecipue_fw-la quod_fw-la nullis_fw-la poenis_fw-la excommunicationum_fw-la et_fw-la irregularitatum_fw-la esset_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la qui_fw-la si_fw-la dilexisset_fw-la proximos_fw-la sicut_fw-la seipsum_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la adver_fw-la tisset_fw-la relaxasset_fw-la fortassis_fw-la tot_fw-la laqueos_fw-la tot_fw-la onera_fw-la tot_fw-la peâ—…icula_fw-la peâ—…icula_fw-la scotus_n l._n 〈◊〉_d d._n 40_o q._n 1._o quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la caeremonialia_fw-la lex_fw-la nova_fw-la est_fw-la longè_fw-la facilior_fw-la quam_fw-la vetus_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la à _fw-la christo_fw-la data_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la in_o margin_n pondera_fw-la hoc_fw-la contraprae_fw-la sumptuosos_fw-la praelatos_fw-la slatuta_fw-la in_o laqueum_fw-la damnationis_fw-la subditorum_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la multiplicantes_fw-la multiplicantes_fw-la de_fw-fr vita_fw-la spirit_n animae_fw-la lect_n 2._o 2._o prima_fw-la omne_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la cetera_fw-la autem_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la oriuntur_fw-la &_o post_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la inter_fw-la valla_fw-la temporum_fw-la crescendo_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la venire_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la hugo_n citat_fw-la ab_fw-la alex._n de_fw-fr hales_n part_n 2._o quaest_n 89._o memb_v 2._o 2._o gen._n 49._o 3._o 3._o gen._n 27._o 29._o 29._o num._n 3._o 13._o 13._o gen._n 49._o &_o 49_o 49_o gen_n 4._o 25._o 25._o chap_n 5._o 5._o chap._n 6_o et_fw-la 7._o 7._o chap_n 9_o ver_fw-la 26._o 27._o 27._o chap_n 10._o 11._o 11._o hieronym_n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la euagrium_n euagrium_n gen_n 14._o 18._o 18._o numb_a 3._o 3._o exod._n 28._o 28._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr rep._n hebraeor_n lib._n 5._o c._n 2._o 2._o josephus_n citatus_fw-la à _fw-la sigonio_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n arias_n moâ—…_n tanus_fw-la in_o apparatu_fw-la &_o sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n heb._n l._n 5._o c._n 9_o 9_o rabbi_n salom._n citatus_fw-la à _fw-la bellarm_n de_fw-fr rom._n pont._n l._n 4._o c._n 3._o 3._o aug._n quaest_n â—…17_n in_o exod._n exod._n exod._n 28._o 30._o 30._o levit._n 16._o 30._o 30._o sigon_n de_fw-fr rep._n heb._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o exhier_n &_o eucherio_n eucherio_n levit._fw-la 21._o 18._o 18._o levit._fw-la 10._o 9_o 9_o levit._fw-la 11._o 1._o 1._o ibid._n vers_fw-la 5._o 5._o ibid._n vers_n 7_o 7_o levit_fw-la 8._o 8._o 1_o chron._n 24._o vers_fw-la 2._o 2._o levit._fw-la 10._o 10._o 1_o chr._n 14._o 4._o 4._o joseph_n l._n 2_o contra_fw-la appionem_fw-la citat_fw-la à _fw-fr sigon_n ubi_fw-la suprá_fw-fr suprá_fw-fr 2_o chr._n 23._o 8._o 8._o luk._n 1._o 5._o 5._o ibid_fw-la ver_fw-la 8._o &_o 9_o 9_o sigon_n de_fw-fr rep_n hebr._n l._n 5._o c._n 3._o 3._o mark_n 14._o 53._o 53._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr rep_n hebraeor_fw-la li._n 5._o c._n 4._o 5._o 6_o &_o 7._o 7._o 2_o chron._n 35._o ver_fw-la 10._o &_o 11._o 11._o 1._o chron_n 25._o 1_o 1_o 1._o chron._n 2_o 6._o 6._o 1_o chron._n 9_o 2._o ezâ—…a_n 2._o 70._o 70._o josuah_n 9_o 23._o 23._o epiphan_n contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la lib._n 1._o 1._o haeres_fw-la 15._o 15._o haeres_fw-la 14._o 14._o haeres_fw-la 16._o 16._o haeres_fw-la 17._o 17._o haeres_fw-la 19_o 19_o plinius_n nat_n hist._n l._n 5._o c._n 17._o 17._o epiphan_n li_n 1._o haeres_fw-la 18._o 18._o haeres_fw-la 20._o 20._o sigon_n de_fw-fr rep_n hebr._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 11._o ex_fw-la josepho_n josepho_n act._n 23._o 6._o 6._o ibid_fw-la veâ—…_n veâ—…_n numb_a 6._o 2._o 2._o act._n 21._o 23._o 23._o judge_n 13._o 7._o 7._o 1_o sam._n 1._o 11._o 11._o hier._n catal._n script_n eccles._n in_o lacobo_fw-la lacobo_fw-la greg._n hom_n l._n sup_v ezekielem_fw-la ezekielem_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr s._n vict._n erudit_fw-la theol_n de_fw-fr sacr._n fidei_fw-la lib._n 1._o part_n 1_o prolog_n c._n 17._o 17._o psal._n 1_o vers_fw-la 5._o 5._o numb_a 10_o 2._o 2._o math._n 5._o 22._o 22._o 2._o chron._n 33._o vers_fw-la 6._o 6._o cap._n 19_o apparet_fw-la augustinum_n iudicialis_fw-la rationis_fw-la hebraicae_fw-la notionemnon_fw-la habuisse_fw-la sigonius_n de_fw-fr rep_n hebr._n l_o b._n 6._o cap._n 7._o 7._o loco_fw-la suprà _fw-la citato_fw-la a_o deut_n â—…6_n â—…8_n b_o si_fw-mi go_v de_fw-fr rep_n hebr._n l._n 6_o c._n 7._o 7._o dâ—…_n 17._o 8._o 8._o jerem._n 26._o 8_o 8_o ibid._n ver_fw-la 10_o 10_o ver._n 16._o 16._o jerem._n 37._o 15._o 15._o jer._n 38._o 4._o 4._o 2._o king_n 16._o 3._o 3._o ibid._n ver_fw-la 10._o 11._o 11._o ver._n 15._o 15._o ver._n 16._o 16._o lyra_n in_o deuteron_n 17._o &_o alij_fw-la o_o math._n 23._o 2._o 2._o math._n 16._o 6._o 6._o ibid_fw-la ver_fw-la 12._o r_o math._n 15._o 15._o auâ—…ust_n cont_n faust._n manichaeum_fw-la lib._n â—…9_n cap._n 2â—…_n 2â—…_n math._n 〈◊〉_d â—…3_n aug._n dâ—…_n seâ—…_n doâ—…_n in_o monte_fw-fr lâ—…b_n 1._o c._n 41._o 41._o contra_fw-la faustum_n manichaeum_fw-la li._n 19_o c._n 24._o 24._o math._n 15._o 3._o 3._o math._n 23._o 18._o 18._o math._n 5._o 20._o 20._o in_o illum_fw-la locum_fw-la locum_fw-la bell._n
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