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for_o ever_o retain_v let_v the_o same_o man_n also_o be_v weigh_v loco_fw-la de_fw-fr redemp_n where_o he_o say_v we_o know_v that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o make_v partaker_n of_o this_o redemption_n again_o say_v he_o man_n reprobate_a and_o desperate_o wicked_a receive_v not_o redemption_n the_o contrary_a hereof_o huber_n with_o full_a mouth_n avouch_v that_o all_o by_o christ_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o redemption_n that_o all_o receive_v it_o but_o that_o the_o reprobate_n have_v once_o receive_v it_o do_v lose_v it_o again_o nevertheless_o universal_a three_o reason_n of_o musculus_fw-la why_o redemption_n be_v universal_a according_a to_o the_o reason_n assign_v of_o musculus_fw-la this_o redemption_n be_v right_o term_v universal_a 1._o because_o it_o come_v not_o to_o pass_v by_o the_o defect_n of_o grace_n that_o many_o do_v perish_v but_o by_o the_o defect_n of_o faith_n see_v grace_n be_v prepare_v for_o all_o to_o wit_n that_o do_v not_o refuse_v it_o 22._o matth._n 22._o as_o all_o thing_n be_v ready_a for_o the_o marriage_n 2._o because_o all_o be_v call_v unto_o it_o 3._o because_o so_o it_o be_v appoint_v for_o all_o that_o no_o man_n without_o it_o be_v of_o can_v be_v redeem_v where_o now_o he_o do_v understand_v this_o appoint_v otherwise_o than_o before_o yet_o right_o because_o albeit_o many_o be_v not_o redeem_v nor_o justify_v yet_o all_o by_o christ_n be_v redeem_v and_o justify_v because_o no_o man_n be_v redeem_v but_o by_o he_o of_o all_o which_o thing_n it_o plain_o appear_v that_o musculus_fw-la as_o well_o as_o other_o be_v against_o the_o adversary_n and_o nothing_o at_o all_o on_o his_o side_n that_o which_o he_o cit_v out_o of_o hemingius_n his_o syntagma_n hemingius_n the_o 9_o testimony_n hemingius_n or_o treatise_n have_v some_o colour_n to_o wit_n that_o christ_n come_v not_o for_o to_o redeem_v only_o certain_a select_v out_o of_o mankind_n but_o that_o that_o grace_n be_v universal_a as_o touch_v the_o fatherly_a will_n 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