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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o here_o to_o be_v restrain_v according_a unto_o the_o present_a circumstance_n of_o the_o place_n now_o the_o apostle_n speak_v here_o in_o particular_a concern_v the_o spiritual_a government_n of_o the_o church_n and_o unto_o this_o drift_n of_o the_o apostle_n it_o will_v be_v most_o suitable_a to_o understand_v both_o the_o all_o be_v in_o the_o text_n with_o reference_n unto_o the_o church_n in_o all_o concern_v the_o member_n of_o the_o church_n according_a to_o all_o touch_v such_o blessing_n and_o gift_n as_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o church_n member_n there_o be_v also_o another_o interpretation_n that_o come_v home_o to_o our_o purpose_n and_o it_o be_v perficit_fw-la be_v christum_fw-la implere_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la licet_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la sit_fw-la ejus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la idcò_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quòd_fw-la christus_fw-la pierce_v 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the_o apostle_n infer_v the_o honour_n and_o glory_n of_o those_o that_o by_o faith_n lean_a upon_o he_o as_o a_o foundation_n he_o that_o believe_v on_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v confound_v unto_o you_o therefore_o which_o believe_v he_o be_v a_o honour_n v._o 6_o 7._o &_o indeed_o for_o a_o man_n to_o have_v his_o expectation_n concern_v the_o eternal_a happiness_n of_o his_o soul_n full_o answer_v at_o the_o last_o day_n when_o the_o hope_n of_o the_o great_a and_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v utter_o frustrate_a must_v needs_o make_v much_o for_o a_o man_n honour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n unto_o you_o which_o believe_v he_o be_v a_o honour_n because_o you_o have_v honour_v he_o receive_v his_o testimony_n set_v your_o seal_n as_o it_o be_v to_o his_o veracity_n therefore_o he_o will_v honour_v you_o derive_v unto_o you_o his_o honour_n and_o glory_n make_v you_o in_o &_o together_o with_o he_o the_o son_n of_o god_n heir_n of_o heaven_n spiritual_a 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of_o the_o whole_a earth_n this_o be_v a_o unspeakable_a comfort_n unto_o all_o true_a believer_n in_o their_o low_a condition_n and_o shall_v be_v a_o strong_a engagement_n to_o walk_v suitable_o unto_o the_o height_n of_o such_o relation_n as_o become_v the_o servant_n of_o so_o great_a a_o master_n the_o subject_n nay_o friend_n and_o favourite_n of_o so_o redoubt_a a_o king_n the_o spouse_n of_o so_o powerful_a and_o glorious_a a_o husband_n 2._o we_o may_v hence_o infer_v the_o dignity_n of_o the_o minister_n of_o christ_n they_o have_v their_o office_n and_o commission_n from_o he_o that_o have_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o father_n to_o govern_v all_o creature_n in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n they_o be_v the_o only_a ambassador_n of_o the_o king_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o lord_n the_o keeper_n of_o his_o great_a seal_n the_o sacrament_n the_o steward_n and_o ruler_n of_o his_o house_n 1_o cor._n 4.1_o heb._n 13.17_o and_o from_o this_o dignity_n of_o the_o ministerial_a function_n we_o may_v press_v both_o minister_n and_o people_n unto_o their_o several_a and_o respective_a duty_n 1._o the_o dignity_n of_o minister_n shall_v mind_v they_o of_o and_o move_v they_o unto_o their_o duty_n not_o to_o walk_v beneath_o the_o eminency_n of_o that_o relation_n which_o they_o have_v unto_o their_o great_a lord_n and_o master_n the_o prince_n of_o all_o the_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n his_o name_n be_v above_o every_o name_n and_o therefore_o they_o who_o be_v choose_v vessel_n to_o bear_v his_o name_n act._n 9.15_o shall_v be_v very_o careful_a not_o to_o cast_v any_o reproach_n or_o dishonour_n upon_o his_o name_n not_o to_o occasion_v the_o blasphemy_n thereof_o by_o any_o either_o indiscretion_n or_o scandal_n in_o their_o conversation_n it_o will_v be_v a_o very_a great_a and_o foul_a incongruence_n if_o whereas_o christ_n who_o have_v a_o fullness_n of_o all_o authority_n have_v give_v they_o a_o office_n worthy_a of_o double_a honour_n yet_o 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send_v by_o a_o king_n to_o a_o neighbour_n king_n but_o by_o a_o king_n to_o his_o vassal_n the_o more_o be_v they_o to_o be_v respect_v and_o their_o word_n heed_v state_n and_o prince_n in_o all_o age_n have_v have_v a_o very_a deep_a resentment_n of_o injury_n do_v unto_o their_o ambassador_n how_o severe_o do_v david_n revenge_v the_o disgrace_n that_o hanun_n put_v upon_o his_o messenger_n 2_o sam._n chapter_n 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o the_o roman_n extinguish_v corinth_n though_o the_o eye_n of_o greece_n for_o violate_v their_o ambassador_n and_o yet_o the_o violation_n be_v so_o small_a as_o that_o florus_n can_v not_o tell_v whether_o it_o be_v voce_fw-mi or_o manu_fw-la what_o severity_n then_o may_v they_o expect_v in_o the_o day_n of_o retribution_n the_o great_a part_n of_o who_o religion_n be_v to_o heap_v indignity_n upon_o the_o messenger_n of_o christ_n jesus_n who_o he_o have_v send_v with_o the_o offer_n of_o peace_n and_o pardon_v unto_o the_o son_n of_o man_n for_o 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i_o find_v in_o some_o paper_n that_o i_o collect_v when_o i_o be_v first_o a_o student_n in_o divinity_n in_o oxford_n and_o if_o my_o memory_n fail_v i_o not_o it_o be_v somewhere_o in_o aquinas_n that_o the_o preposition_n of_o denote_v three_o thing_n 1._o the_o original_a or_o efficient_a cause_n of_o our_o grace_n 2._o the_o consubstantiality_n of_o the_o principle_n or_o efficient_a cause_n of_o christ_n grace_n and_o we_o thus_o the_o son_n be_v say_v to_o be_v of_o the_o father_n and_o according_a unto_o this_o acception_n of_o the_o particle_n the_o fullness_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o proceed_v from_o he_o consubstantial_a to_o he_o in_o nature_n virtue_n and_o majesty_n for_o although_o the_o habitual_a endowment_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v different_a in_o number_n from_o those_o in_o we_o yet_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o spirit_n that_o fill_v he_o and_o sanctifi_v we_o all_o these_o work_v that_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 1_o cor._n 12.11_o three_o of_o signify_v the_o partiality_n or_o imperfection_n in_o participation_n of_o our_o grace_n from_o christ_n we_o receive_v of_o his_o fullness_n and_o not_o his_o fullness_n itself_o and_o thus_o we_o usual_o say_v take_v and_o receive_v of_o this_o bread_n &_o wine_n when_o we_o mean_v only_o a_o part_n of_o the_o bread_n or_o wine_n &_o not_o the_o whole_a there_o be_v a_o perfect_a fullness_n of_o grace_n in_o christ_n but_o how_o little_a a_o part_n or_o portion_n thereof_o redound_v unto_o we_o unto_o every_o one_o of_o we_o grace_n be_v give_v according_a unto_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o gift_n of_o christ_n eph._n 4.7_o 2._o here_o be_v a_o exact_a conformity_n and_o answerablenesse_n of_o our_o grace_n unto_o the_o fullness_n thereof_o in_o christ_n as_o unto_o its_o rule_n and_o pattern_n of_o his_o fullness_n we_o receive_v grace_n for_o grace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o natural_a 400._o natural_a mr_n bayne_n on_o ephes_n 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we_o have_v receive_v of_o his_o fullness_n grace_n upon_o grace_n that_o be_v omnem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la or_o cumulatissimam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la every_o grace_n or_o most_o abundant_a grace_n and_o they_o parallel_v it_o with_o job_n 2.4_o which_o they_o render_v thus_o skin_n upon_o skin_n yea_o all_o that_o a_o man_n have_v will_v he_o give_v for_o his_o life_n that_o be_v a_o man_n will_v give_v for_o his_o life_n all_o his_o wealth_n or_o substance_n which_o in_o those_o time_n stand_v principal_o in_o cattle_n express_v synechdochical_o by_o skin_n 2._o christ_n communicate_v unto_o such_o of_o his_o member_n as_o be_v of_o full_a age_n and_o strong_a in_o the_o faith_n a_o progressive_a fullness_n of_o grace_n and_o i_o term_v it_o so_o because_o it_o accrew_v unto_o they_o upon_o their_o proficiency_n in_o grace_n and_o holiness_n
eas_fw-la nemo_fw-la subalternasâ—sed_v vicarias_fw-la appellavit_fw-la secundà _fw-it non_fw-la tantum_fw-la aequo_fw-la graâ—u_fw-la cooperante_n causas_fw-la prejudicare_fw-la inviâ—em_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la subalternatas_fw-la gemino_fw-la casu_fw-la primò_fw-la quum_fw-la it_z à _fw-la subalternantur_fw-la ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la absque_fw-la iis_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la producere_fw-la effectum_fw-la exempli_fw-la gratia_fw-la etsi_fw-la sol_fw-la in_o why_fw-mi sico_fw-la ordine_fw-la producat_fw-la poma_fw-la tamen_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sine_fw-la arbore_fw-la quae_fw-la ei_fw-la subordâ—natur_fw-la ideò_fw-la confidenter_fw-la dicat_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la sufficientem_fw-la solemn_a ad_fw-la producenda_fw-la poma_fw-la atqui_fw-la audivimus_fw-la vasquez_n negantem_fw-la posse_fw-la christi_fw-la passionem_fw-la quenquam_fw-la efficere_fw-la dignum_fw-la gloriâ_fw-la absque_fw-la propriâ_fw-la satisfactione_n audivimus_fw-la ab_fw-la aliis_fw-la iniquum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la recipi_fw-la in_o gratiám_fw-la sine_fw-la satis_fw-la factione_n eum_fw-la qui_fw-la multa_fw-la magnaque_fw-la peccata_fw-la admifit_n aequè_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la qui_fw-la pauca_fw-la &_o levia_fw-la necesse_fw-la 〈◊〉_d igitur_fw-la fateri_fw-la have_v satisfactiones_fw-la nonnihil_fw-la saltèm_fw-la decerpere_fw-la de_fw-fr honore_fw-la christi_fw-la altero_fw-la in_fw-la causis_fw-la ethicis_fw-la suâ—alâ—ernae_fw-la causae_fw-la derogant_fw-la primae_fw-la quum_fw-la instituuntur_fw-la praeter_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la eâ—us_fw-la exempli_fw-la gratia_fw-la nor_o patietâ—r_fw-la reâ—…sibi_fw-la proregem_fw-la ullum_fw-la substitui_fw-la a_o quoquam_fw-la at_o nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la omne_fw-la satisfactionum_fw-la praetexiu_fw-la subordinatae_fw-la causae_fw-la christi_fw-la meritis_fw-la substitutum_fw-la esse_fw-la ipso_fw-la christo_fw-la mitto_fw-la jam_fw-la nolente_fw-la certè_fw-la inscio_fw-la quod_fw-la pii_fw-la nec_fw-la far_o nec_fw-la dâ—ssimulare_fw-la possunt_fw-la suppose_v though_o not_o grant_v that_o a_o subordination_n of_o humane_a satisfaction_n unto_o christ_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o possible_a yet_o it_o can_v lawful_o be_v make_v only_o by_o christ_n himself_o now_o that_o the_o papist_n have_v devise_v it_o of_o their_o own_o head_n without_o any_o so_o much_o as_o colourable_a authority_n of_o scripture_n the_o miserable_a weakness_n of_o their_o argument_n be_v a_o sufficient_a evidence_n unto_o unprejudiced_a mind_n but_o second_o they_o ascribe_v satisfaction_n unto_o man_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o that_o they_o thereby_o quite_o exclude_v the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n as_o appear_v by_o bellarmine_n his_o answer_n unto_o this_o follow_a argument_n of_o we_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr purgatorio_fw-la cap._n 14._o if_o christ_n satisfaction_n be_v apply_v unto_o we_o by_o our_o work_n they_o be_v either_o two_o satisfaction_n 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we_o have_v grace_n to_o satisfy_v he_o satisfy_v immediate_o for_o the_o fault_n and_o the_o guilt_n of_o eternal_a death_n and_o mediate_o for_o the_o temporal_a punishment_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o give_v we_o grace_n whereby_o we_o ourselves_o be_v enable_v to_o satisfy_v god_n for_o it_o unto_o this_o aim_n very_o acute_o repli_v bell._n enervat_fw-la tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 5._o pag._n 192_o 193._o in_o such_o a_o respect_n as_o this_o god_n the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v be_v say_v to_o satisfy_v for_o we_o because_o we_o have_v all_o grace_n from_o god_n the_o father_n by_o the_o spirit_n 2._o upon_o this_o account_n the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n shall_v have_v no_o other_o relation_n unto_o our_o sin_n and_o their_o punishment_n then_o unto_o good_a work_n as_o they_o be_v good_a for_o by_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o christ_n we_o have_v grace_n enable_v we_o to_o work_v well_o and_o again_o tom_n 3._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 229_o 230._o 1._o if_o 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