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12._o quaest_n 114._o art_n 7._o c._n c._n this_o council_n speak_v of_o a_o former_a and_o late_a grace_n but_o name_v they_o not_o ses._n 4._o cap._n 5._o council_n trin._n ses._n 6._o can._n 5._o 5._o hoctè_fw-la richardus_fw-la de_fw-la statu_fw-la inter_fw-la hom_n cap._n 12._o cum_fw-la audis_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la esse_fw-la captiwm_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la intellige_fw-la quam_fw-la infirmum_fw-la &_o nativae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la virtute_fw-la privatum_fw-la andr._n vega_n lib._n 15._o de_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o ficta_fw-la iustif_a cap._n 4._o council_n trin._n ses._n 6._o cap._n 5._o prima_fw-la gratia_fw-la seu_fw-la gratia_fw-la grâ—tis_fw-la data_fw-la secunda_fw-la gratia_fw-la seu_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratum_fw-la faciens_fw-la rome_n first_o and_o second_o grace_n aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o 6._o aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 5._o ad_fw-la 2._o aqu._n 12._o qu._n 114_o art_n 3._o c._n vega_n de_fw-fr meritis_fw-la ex_fw-la congruo_fw-la iustif_a cap._n 7._o ibid._n propos_fw-fr 3._o a_o notable_a pontifician_n shift_v ibid_fw-la propos_fw-fr 4._o fides_n &_o alia_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la quibus_fw-la disponimur_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la gratum_fw-la facientem_fw-la qua_fw-la formaliter_fw-la iustificamur_fw-la &_o fimus_fw-la accepti_fw-la deo_fw-la meritoria_fw-la suntex_fw-la congruo_fw-la eiusmodi_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o nostrae_fw-la iustificationis_fw-la soto_n de_fw-fr nat_n &_o great_a lib._n 2._o cap._n â—_o de_fw-fr merito_fw-la ex_fw-la congruo_fw-la what_o the_o ancient_a father_n understand_v by_o the_o word_n merit_n august_n aug_n de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la â—er_n 35._o 35._o greg._n in_o euang_n hom_n 34._o 34._o see_v histor._n council_n trid._n lib._n 2._o pontifician_n can_v with_o facility_n reconcile_v flat_a contradiction_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la hominem_fw-la suis_fw-la operibus_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la humanae_fw-la naturae_fw-la vires_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la legis_fw-la 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