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the_o illustration_n be_v not_o i_o but_o augustine_n in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o his_o 57_o the_o epistle_n ad_fw-la dardanum_n but_o this_o will_v be_v more_o appparent_a if_o we_o will_v consider_v that_o christ_n under_o this_o relation_n of_o head_n be_v to_o be_v causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la and_o exemplar_n be_v the_o principle_n and_o pattern_n of_o grace_n and_o holiness_n unto_o we_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o emptiness_n of_o grace_n in_o we_o to_o expel_v the_o fullness_n of_o sin_n out_o of_o we_o and_o then_o to_o enable_v he_o for_o the_o discharge_n of_o all_o this_o a_o all_o fullness_n of_o grace_n be_v a_o requisite_a qualification_n 1._o christ_n under_o the_o relation_n of_o head_n be_v to_o be_v a_o 9_o a_o christus_fw-la habuit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la in_o sumâ—o_fw-la secundum_fw-la per_fw-la fecâ—…ssimum_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la haberi_fw-la potesâ—_n et_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la aptaret_fw-la ex_fw-la comparatione_fw-la ejus_fw-la adeffect_n they_o sic_fw-la enim_fw-la recipiebat_fw-la anima_fw-la christi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la eâ_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la transfunderetur_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la et_fw-la ideò_fw-la oportuit_fw-la quod_fw-la haberet_fw-la maximam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la ficus_fw-la ignis_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la caloris_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la calidis_fw-la est_fw-la maximè_fw-la calidus_fw-la aquin._n quaest_n 7._o art_n 9_o principle_n and_o fountain_n of_o grace_n &_o holiness_n unto_o his_o church_n even_o as_o the_o head_n in_o the_o natural_a body_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sense_n &_o motion_n in_o the_o member_n and_o therefore_o of_o grace_n and_o holiness_n there_o must_v be_v in_o he_o a_o all-fulnesse_n even_o as_o in_o the_o sun_n the_o fountain_n of_o light_n from_o who_o the_o moon_n and_o star_n borrow_v all_o their_o light_n there_o be_v a_o fullness_n of_o light_n as_o in_o the_o sea_n the_o original_n of_o all_o water_n there_o be_v a_o fullness_n of_o water_n as_o in_o the_o fire_n the_o principile_n of_o all_o elementary_a heat_n there_o be_v a_o fullness_n of_o heat_n grace_n and_o holiness_n be_v confer_v upon_o christ_n not_o as_o a_o private_a but_o as_o a_o public_a person_n as_o the_o head_n of_o his_o church_n as_o the_o universal_a principle_n of_o grace_n from_o whence_o there_o be_v to_o be_v a_o redundance_n and_o overflow_a of_o it_o upon_o all_o his_o member_n of_o his_o all_o fullness_n all_o be_v to_o receive_v john_n 1.16_o and_o therefore_o there_o have_v need_v to_o be_v such_o a_o abundance_n and_o plenitude_n thereof_o in_o he_o as_o that_o in_o 397._o in_o sed_fw-la quaeres_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la haec_fw-la intensio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la christi_fw-la quantumque_fw-la excesserit_fw-la aliorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la vel_fw-la angelo_n rum_o gratias_fw-la respondeo_fw-la hoc_fw-la minime_fw-la posse_fw-la constare_fw-la verisimile_fw-la tamen_fw-la esse_fw-la tantam_fw-la esse_fw-la hanc_fw-la unicam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la animae_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la a'ias_fw-la in_o se_fw-la complectatur_fw-la &_o excedat_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la concipiamus_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aliorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la &_o angelorum_fw-la gratiis_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la unam_fw-la consurgere_fw-la habentem_fw-la omnes_fw-la illos_fw-la gradus_fw-la intensionis_fw-la intensio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la christi_fw-la totam_fw-la illam_fw-la vel_fw-la aequat_fw-la vel_fw-la superat_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la sidignitas_fw-la animae_fw-la christi_fw-la verbo_fw-la unitae_fw-la secundum_fw-la se_fw-la confideretur_fw-la digna_fw-la erat_fw-la summae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la si_fw-la esset_fw-la possibilis_fw-la quià _fw-la verò_fw-la haec_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la est_fw-la definita_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la summa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la gratia_fw-la quae_fw-la maximè_fw-la esset_fw-la consentanea_fw-la dignitati_fw-la &_o muneribus_fw-la christi_fw-la tota_fw-la verò_fw-la illa_fw-la intensio_fw-la optimâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la convenit_fw-la christo_fw-la tum_fw-la propter_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la personalem_fw-la tum_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la universalis_fw-la fons_fw-la gratiae_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la tota_fw-la debuit_fw-la congregari_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o alios_fw-la erat_fw-la diffundenda_fw-la ergo_fw-la credibile_fw-la est_fw-la ità _fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la quià _fw-la juxta_fw-la regulam_fw-la august_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr lib._n arbitr_n cap._n