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make_v use_n of_o another_o comparison_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o be_v like_o a_o old_a house_n that_o be_v ready_a to_o fall_v it_o be_v requisite_a we_o shall_v be_v quite_o destroy_v that_o we_o may_v be_v rebuilt_a again_o 3._o ita_fw-la vitiis_fw-la eramus_fw-la immersi_fw-la ut_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la purgari_fw-la possemus_fw-la sed_fw-la opus_fw-la suit_n regeneratione_n nam_fw-la secundam_fw-la nativitatem_fw-la regeneratio_fw-la significat_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la ut_fw-la veterem_fw-la domum_fw-la quam_fw-la evertere_fw-la oportet_fw-la deus_fw-la denuo_fw-la condidit_fw-la theophyl_n ad_fw-la tit._n c._n 3._o st._n augustin_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n when_o observe_v what_o havoc_n sin_n have_v make_v in_o our_o nature_n he_o say_v god_n deal_v with_o we_o as_o he_o do_v with_o decay_a building_n which_o be_v good_a only_o to_o be_v throw_v down_o that_o upon_o their_o ruin_n may_v be_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o a_o new_a structure_n wherein_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o architect_n be_v to_o be_v admire_v who_o from_o a_o heap_n of_o rubbish_n have_v be_v able_a to_o erect_v a_o stately_a palace_n or_o a_o magnificent_a temple_n but_o not_o to_o wander_v from_o the_o subject_n of_o our_o discourse_n in_o such_o figurative_a expression_n 325._o qui_fw-la gaud_n baptismi_fw-la perceptione_n vive_a in_o novi_fw-la hominis_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la &_o tenens_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la habe_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la nondum_fw-la habes_fw-la &_o profit_n tibi_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la habes_fw-la prosp_n sent._n 325._o let_v we_o hold_v to_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o gospel_n affirm_v that_o baptism_n be_v call_v the_o new-birth_n of_o a_o christian_a because_o thereby_o he_o receive_v a_o new-being_a and_o pass_v from_o the_o person_n of_o adam_n into_o that_o of_o jesus_n christ_n he_o happy_o lose_v those_o bad_a quality_n he_o have_v contract_v in_o his_o first_o conception_n he_o become_v a_o member_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n he_o enter_v by_o grace_n upon_o all_o the_o right_n of_o his_o head_n he_o converse_v with_o god_n as_o with_o his_o father_n with_o who_o not_o lose_v his_o respect_n he_o gain_v a_o familiarity_n till_o be_v insensible_o disengage_v from_o the_o earth_n he_o aspire_v to_o heaven_n as_o towards_o his_o lawful_a inheritance_n indeed_o this_o generation_n be_v but_o begin_v in_o baptism_n it_o continue_v the_o whole_a course_n of_o a_o man_n life_n nor_o be_v it_o finish_v till_o the_o general_a resurrection_n for_o though_o sin_n be_v blot_v out_o by_o grace_n in_o a_o christian_a august_n concupiscentia_fw-la tanquam_fw-la lex_fw-la peccati_fw-la manens_fw-la in_o membris_fw-la corporis_fw-la mortis_fw-la huius_fw-la cum_fw-la parvulis_fw-la nascitur_fw-la in_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptizatis_fw-la à _fw-la reatu_fw-la solvitur_fw-la ad_fw-la agonem_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la ante_fw-la agonem_fw-la mortuos_fw-la nulla_fw-la damnatione_fw-la prosequitur_fw-la august_n neither_o can_v all_o that_o he_o have_v receive_v from_o adam_n any_o long_o shut_v the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n against_o he_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o thousand_o disorder_n that_o hinder_v the_o complete_a perfect_a establishment_n of_o charity_n in_o his_o soul_n it_o live_v as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o ungrateful_a and_o barren_a land_n where_o there_o can_v be_v no_o improvement_n without_o a_o kind_n of_o violence_n self-love_n oppose_v all_o its_o design_n and_o this_o enemy_n who_o be_v often_o beat_v but_o never_o vanquish_v give_v it_o so_o many_o turn_n that_o be_v it_o not_o for_o the_o continual_a assistance_n it_o receive_v from_o god_n it_o can_v not_o preserve_v itself_o one_o moment_n but_o admit_v this_o dangerous_a enemy_n persecute_v not_o the_o christian_a with_o so_o cruel_a awar_n the_o bondage_n whereto_o infancy_n have_v reduce_v he_o suffer_v he_o not_o to_o make_v any_o great_a progress_n for_o the_o grace_n that_o we_o receive_v in_o baptism_n can_v make_v we_o operate_v as_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n neither_o have_v we_o that_o of_o charity_n or_o of_o faith_n we_o be_v faithful_a without_o believe_v in_o god_n charitable_a without_o love_v he_o we_o possess_v a_o treasure_n that_o we_o can_v dispose_v of_o and_o our_o happiness_n have_v some_o resemblance_n with_o our_o disaster_n we_o have_v no_o other_o merit_n but_o that_o of_o jesus_n christ_n as_o we_o have_v no_o other_o sin_n but_o those_o of_o adam_n for_o this_o reason_n be_v we_o oblige_v to_o be_v very_o industrious_a as_o soon_o as_o we_o be_v out_o of_o our_o childhood_n and_o not_o to_o suffer_v all_o those_o advantage_n we_o receive_v from_o our_o new-birth_n to_o lie_v useless_a and_o unprofitable_a we_o must_v have_v recourse_n to_o our_o redeemer_n and_o conjure_v he_o by_o our_o prayer_n to_o finish_v the_o work_n he_o have_v begin_v that_o perfect_v we_o in_o grace_n 57_o grace_n cum_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la natus_fw-la es_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la vincas_fw-la noli_fw-la tibi_fw-la host_n addere_fw-la vince_n cum_fw-la quo_fw-la natus_fw-la es_fw-la ad_fw-la stadium_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la huius_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la venisti_fw-la congredere_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la tecum_fw-la procedit_fw-la aug._n ps_n 57_o here_o we_o may_v one_o day_n be_v happy_o consummate_v in_o glory_n hereafter_o but_o to_o return_v to_o the_o subject_n we_o have_v necessary_o digress_v from_o baptism_n bear_v not_o only_o the_o name_n of_o a_o new_a birth_n but_o also_o that_o of_o a_o resurrection_n therefore_o the_o great_a apostle_n say_v 6._o say_v an_fw-mi ignoratis_fw-la quia_fw-la quicunque_fw-la baptizati_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o christ_n jesus_n in_o morte_fw-la ipsius_fw-la baptizati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la in_o mortem_fw-la ut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la christus_fw-la surrexit_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la per_fw-la gloriam_fw-la patris_fw-la ità _fw-la &_o nos_fw-la in_o novitate_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ambulemus_fw-la roman_n 6._o that_o the_o christian_n be_v rise_v with_o christ_n that_o his_o death_n quicken_v their_o soul_n and_o that_o these_o two_o contrary_n agree_v in_o their_o person_n they_o be_v dead_a to_o sin_n and_o alive_a to_o grace_n this_o name_n more_o excellent_a than_o the_o rest_n do_v i_o think_v more_o full_o discover_v the_o misery_n of_o man_n and_o the_o happiness_n of_o a_o christian_a for_o if_o baptism_n be_v a_o resurrection_n if_o a_o believer_n be_v not_o only_o bear_v again_o but_o raise_v from_o the_o grave_n we_o must_v conclude_v that_o before_o this_o second_o birth_n he_o be_v dead_a and_o if_o he_o have_v some_o symptom_n of_o a_o natural_a and_o sensitive_a he_o have_v not_o any_o principle_n of_o a_o supernatural_a and_o divine_a life_n he_o be_v asmuch_o pre-engaged_n in_o death_n as_o in_o sin_n and_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o scripture_n he_o be_v true_o dead_a because_o true_o a_o sinner_n all_o the_o excuse_n he_o can_v allege_v in_o his_o misery_n be_v that_o his_o death_n be_v contract_v by_o the_o fault_n of_o another_o and_o that_o as_o he_o transgress_v not_o but_o by_o the_o will_n of_o his_o father_n so_o neither_o be_v he_o obnoxious_a to_o death_n but_o by_o his_o hand_n in_o a_o word_n to_o comprehend_v this_o right_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o misfortune_n he_o commit_v the_o crime_n that_o we_o contract_v in_o our_o birth_n if_o he_o be_v guilty_a by_o design_n we_o be_v so_o by_o necessity_n and_o before_o we_o have_v the_o use_n of_o reason_n we_o be_v therefore_o sinner_n because_o we_o be_v his_o child_n by_o the_o same_o mean_n that_o he_o convey_v ber._n convey_v sicut_fw-la omnium_fw-la fuisii_fw-la parens_fw-la ità _fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la peremptor_n &_o quod_fw-la infelicius_fw-la omnium_fw-la prius_fw-la peremptor_n quà m_fw-la parens_fw-la ber._n death_n to_o we_o by_o the_o same_o do_v he_o communicate_v sin_n he_o be_v our_o parricide_n just_a as_o he_o be_v our_o parent_n and_o which_o puzzle_v all_o philosophy_n he_o commit_v as_o many_o murder_n as_o his_o posterity_n beget_v child_n in_o this_o deplorable_a condition_n as_o baptism_n find_v we_o it_o not_o only_o give_v we_o life_n but_o restore_v it_o nor_o be_v it_o mere_o our_o birth_n but_o our_o resurrection_n this_o be_v it_o that_o st._n augustine_n with_o no_o less_o eloquence_n than_o learning_n deliver_v when_o he_o say_v tempore_fw-la resurrecturum_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la iâ—_n saeculi_fw-la consummatione_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la nunc_fw-la resurgit_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la suscitandus_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la populus_fw-la dei_fw-la post_fw-la soporem_fw-la nunc_fw-la suscitandus_fw-la post_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la liberandus_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la à _fw-la mortali_fw-la conditione_n nunc_fw-la liberatur_fw-la ab_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la caecitate_fw-la renasciturus_fw-la tunc_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la nunc_fw-la renascitur_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la august_n serm._n 163._o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la that_o the_o church_n acknowledge_v two_o resurrection_n in_o the_o world_n the_o first_o be_v in_o baptism_n the_o second_o will_v be_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n that_o the_o christian_n shall_v then_o awake_v from_o their_o long_a sleep_n which_o
erat_fw-la ut_fw-la idem_fw-la esset_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la esset_fw-la deus_fw-la aug._n lib._n cur_n deus_fw-la homo_fw-la cap._n 6._o it_o be_v jesus_n christ_n that_o save_v we_o it_o be_v a_o woman_n that_o serve_v as_o a_o interpreter_n to_o satan_n to_o deceive_v our_o first_o father_n and_o it_o be_v a_o virgin_n that_o serve_v as_o a_o handmaid_n to_o jesus_n christ_n to_o begin_v the_o work_n of_o our_o restitution_n final_o generation_n be_v the_o channel_n whereby_o sin_n pass_v into_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o baptism_n be_v the_o regeneration_n whereby_o grace_n descend_v into_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o christian_a their_o relation_n be_v so_o wonderful_a that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_n that_o divine_a providence_n have_v order_v they_o both_o and_o that_o we_o shall_v admire_v its_o conduct_n in_o the_o work_n of_o our_o redemption_n the_o first_o resemblance_n be_v that_o sin_n precede_v our_o knowledge_n we_o be_v delinquent_n without_o know_v it_o our_o ignorance_n furnish_v we_o with_o no_o excuse_n and_o though_o we_o know_v not_o the_o parent_n from_o who_o we_o be_v descend_v we_o fail_v not_o to_o be_v the_o heir_n of_o his_o obliquity_n thus_o the_o remedy_n imitate_v the_o disease_n prevent_v our_o reason_v we_o be_v absolve_v in_o our_o baptism_n without_o know_v our_o redeemer_n grace_n enter_v into_o our_o soul_n and_o bring_v no_o light_n along_o with_o it_o it_o leave_v we_o in_o the_o dark_a and_o knock_v off_o our_o chain_n 28._o quaeis_n utrum_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originale_fw-la respondeo_fw-la prorsus_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la seminatü_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o in_fw-la illo_fw-la esset_fw-la et_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la transiret_fw-la aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr nup._n &_o concup_n c._n 28._o and_o the_o divine_a mercy_n regulate_v itself_o after_o the_o measure_n of_o justice_n be_v unwilling_a our_o ignorance_n shall_v exclude_v we_o from_o grace_n since_o it_o no_o way_n excuse_v we_o from_o sin_n beside_o the_o offence_n that_o be_v voluntary_a in_o adam_n be_v natural_a in_o his_o child_n they_o draw_v it_o in_o with_o their_o breath_n it_o infect_v not_o their_o will_n but_o because_o it_o corrupt_v their_o nature_n this_o sin_n be_v voluntary_a only_o in_o the_o first_o man_n his_o posterity_n can_v hinder_v it_o and_o as_o infant_n have_v not_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n they_o be_v transgressor_n by_o the_o will_n of_o their_o father_n we_o must_v rise_v as_o high_a as_o paradise_n to_o find_v the_o spring_n of_o our_o misfortune_n we_o be_v unable_a without_o the_o help_n of_o faith_n so_o much_o as_o to_o comprehend_v that_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o sin_n commit_v in_o the_o nonage_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o without_o know_v or_o will_v it_o we_o do_v in_o the_o first_o moment_n of_o our_o conception_n contract_v it_o but_o if_o the_o disease_n be_v strange_a we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v the_o remedy_n be_v no_o less_o admirable_a for_o christian_n be_v justify_v in_o baptism_n by_o the_o grace_n of_o jesus_n christ_n they_o enjoy_v his_o merit_n without_o ask_v for_o they_o they_o be_v enrich_v with_o his_o spoil_n and_o enter_v into_o a_o community_n of_o good_n with_o he_o they_o have_v as_o much_o share_n in_o his_o innocence_n as_o they_o have_v part_n in_o adam_n transgression_n it_o be_v not_o their_o consent_n that_o sanctify_v they_o their_o salvation_n be_v no_o effect_n of_o their_o will_n and_o if_o they_o satisfy_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n it_o be_v by_o the_o sole_a merit_n of_o jesus_n christ_n they_o believe_v in_o he_o as_o they_o doubt_v in_o adam_n and_o their_o satisfaction_n be_v parallel_n to_o their_o fault_n they_o be_v innocent_a and_o guilty_a in_o the_o person_n of_o their_o father_n in_o the_o three_o place_n adam_n lend_v we_o his_o body_n in_o paradise_n to_o make_v we_o criminal_n we_o see_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n with_o his_o eye_n we_o gather_v it_o with_o his_o hand_n we_o be_v it_o with_o his_o mouth_n and_o as_o if_o with_o he_o we_o have_v commit_v all_o these_o sin_n we_o be_v to_o this_o day_n punish_v in_o all_o our_o member_n after_o his_o death_n for_o whether_o we_o make_v up_o one_o part_n of_o he_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o universal_a and_o general_n man_n whereof_o all_o other_o be_v but_o the_o member_n whether_o he_o perpetuate_v and_o transmits_n himself_n into_o his_o descendant_n or_o whether_o have_v stipulate_v for_o we_o before_o god_n his_o crime_n become_v we_o 3._o we_o per_fw-la unius_fw-la illius_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la malam_fw-la omnes_fw-la in_o co_fw-la peccaverunt_fw-la quando_fw-la omnes_fw-la unus_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la praeterea_fw-la sin_n guli_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originale_fw-la traxerunt_fw-la aug._n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr nup._n &_o concup_n c._n 3._o what_o he_o have_v do_v be_v impute_v to_o we_o and_o we_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o a_o sin_n we_o can_v not_o commit_v but_o in_o his_o person_n but_o that_o our_o salvation_n may_v answer_v our_o fall_n we_o use_v a_o borrow_a support_n in_o our_o baptism_n we_o believe_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o another_o we_o act_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o the_o church_n afford_v we_o her_o favour_n to_o make_v we_o partaker_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o her_o belove_a apo._n belove_a accommodat_fw-la infantibus_fw-la mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la aliorum_fw-la pedes_fw-la ut_fw-la veniant_fw-la aliorum_fw-la cor_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la aliorum_fw-la linguam_fw-la ut_fw-la fatcantur_fw-la ut_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la quod_fw-la aegri_fw-la suut_n alio_fw-la peccaute_fw-la gravantur_fw-la sic_fw-la hi_o cùm_fw-la sani_fw-la sunt_fw-la alio_fw-la consitente_fw-la salventur_fw-la aug._n serm_n 10._o de_fw-fr verb._n apo._n indeed_o this_o charitable_a mother_n lend_v we_o her_o mouth_n to_o answer_v at_o the_o font_n of_o baptism_n the_o arm_n of_o her_o confessor_n to_o carry_v we_o thither_o her_o heart_n to_o form_v act_n of_o faith_n that_o as_o we_o be_v lose_v by_o the_o prevarication_n of_o our_o father_n we_o may_v be_v save_v by_o the_o piety_n of_o our_o mother_n this_o be_v the_o argument_n the_o great_a s._n augustin_n sometime_o make_v use_n of_o to_o confound_v the_o pelagian_o who_o judge_v baptism_n not_o necessary_a for_o infant_n they_o believe_v already_o say_v he_o though_o they_o can_v reason_v and_o if_o you_o ask_v i_o how_o they_o believe_v i_o answer_v it_o be_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o their_o parent_n whence_o i_o conclude_v they_o be_v infect_v with_o their_o sin_n 14._o si_fw-mi baptizatis_fw-la infantibus_fw-la credentibus_fw-la dicis_fw-la aliquid_fw-la christum_fw-la prodesse_fw-la bene_fw-la dicis_fw-la credunt_fw-la &_o infant_n unde_fw-la credunt_fw-la fide_fw-la parentum_fw-la si_fw-la fide_fw-la parentum_fw-la purgantur_fw-la peccato_fw-la parentum_fw-la pollutt_n sunt_fw-la corpus_fw-la morcis_fw-la in_o 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he_o change_v persecutor_n into_o apostle_n wolf_n into_o lamb_n libertine_n into_o believer_n and_o lascivious_a person_n into_o continent_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n this_o spirit_n change_v man_n external_o endue_v they_o with_o new_a strength_n make_v use_v of_o samson_n to_o tame_a lion_n take_v city_n and_o defeat_v army_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n come_v upon_o samson_n and_o he_o slay_v a_o thousand_o man_n he_o change_v the_o mind_n of_o those_o that_o he_o lift_v up_o to_o the_o throne_n and_o put_v the_o sceptre_n into_o their_o hand_n inspire_v the_o politic_n into_o their_o soul_n and_o teach_v they_o that_o science_n whereby_o sovereign_n govern_v state_n and_o kingdom_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v be_v change_v into_o another_o man_n but_o now_o he_o change_v the_o heart_n he_o cause_v a_o metamorphosis_n less_o glitter_a but_o more_o useful_a inspire_v into_o the_o soul_n repentance_n and_o sorrow_n for_o 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that_o fortify_v our_o weakness_n when_o we_o be_v set_v upon_o that_o dissipate_v our_o darkness_n when_o we_o be_v blind_v and_o sweeten_v our_o discontent_n when_o we_o be_v trouble_v he_o weep_v with_o we_o without_o interess_v his_o felicity_n he_o share_v in_o our_o infirmity_n without_o prejudice_v his_o almightiness_n he_o be_v sad_a with_o our_o misery_n without_o disquiet_v his_o own_o contentedness_n he_o put_v sigh_n into_o our_o heart_n word_n into_o our_o mouth_n reason_n into_o our_o understanding_n to_o express_v our_o wretchedness_n and_o to_o pacify_v our_o judge_n postulat_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la gemitibus_fw-la inenarrabilibus_fw-la the_o union_n he_o contract_v with_o we_o be_v so_o strict_a that_o the_o scripture_n attribute_n to_o he_o what_o it_o will_v have_v we_o do_v and_o by_o a_o strange_a liberty_n make_v he_o partaker_n of_o our_o misery_n as_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o his_o happiness_n the_o last_o torment_n of_o man_n a_o sinner_n be_v the_o 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