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metal_n which_o effect_n some_o ascribe_v to_o the_o water_n of_o burton_n though_o myself_o have_v long_o doubt_v thereof_o how_o soever_o that_o be_v to_o go_v thither_o for_o merit_n or_o in_o way_n of_o such_o satisfaction_n for_o our_o sin_n be_v flat_a idolatry_n the_o sixth_o objection_n s._n justine_n who_o live_v short_o after_o the_o apostle_n tell_v of_o great_a honour_n do_v unto_o relic_n 2d_o as_o that_o the_o body_n of_o martyr_n defend_v man_n from_o the_o devil_n &_o cure_v many_o incurable_a disease_n the_o answer_n i_o say_v first_o that_o justinus_n live_v more_o than_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n after_o christ_n and_o speak_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o adoration_n only_o this_o he_o say_v that_o great_a miracle_n have_v be_v do_v at_o the_o sepulcher_n of_o martyr_n which_o no_o learned_a man_n can_v or_o will_v deny_v i_o say_v second_o that_o the_o question_n from_o whence_o your_o objection_n come_v be_v counterfeit_a and_o not_o s._n justins_n indeed_o i_o prove_v it_o because_o in_o the_o 82._o and_o in_o the_o 86._o question_n i_o find_v mention_n make_v of_o origen_n who_o be_v bear_v long_o after_o the_o death_n of_o s._n justinus_n so_o likewise_o in_o the_o 127._o question_n mention_n be_v make_v of_o the_o manichee_n who_o yet_o follow_v long_o after_o s._n justines_n death_n chap._n ix_o of_o christian_a righteousness_n or_o justification_n the_o papist_n do_v not_o only_a dishonour_n god_n while_o they_o seek_v to_o establish_v their_o own_o righteousness_n but_o withal_o they_o slander_v good_a and_o true_a christian_n avouch_v they_o to_o be_v contemner_n of_o good_a work_n but_o how_o blasphemous_a they_o be_v on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o how_o malicious_a on_o the_o other_o shall_v sufficient_o appear_v by_o these_o brief_a conclusion_n the_o first_o conclusion_n man_n albeit_o he_o be_v so_o create_v as_o he_o may_v sin_v and_o die_v which_o thing_n the_o event_n itself_o declare_v yet_o be_v he_o so_o adorn_v and_o beautify_v with_o supernatural_a gift_n and_o grace_n aswell_o external_a as_o internal_a that_o he_o may_v have_v live_v eternal_o and_o have_v eschew_v all_o sin_n world_n without_o end_n this_o conclusion_n i_o thus_o prove_v that_o man_n may_v have_v live_v ever_o if_o he_o have_v not_o sin_v be_v evident_a by_o god_n own_o word_n when_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v eat_v free_o of_o every_o tree_n of_o the_o garden_n but_o of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v of_o it_o for_o in_o the_o day_n that_o thou_o eat_v thereof_o 17._o thou_o shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o again_o in_o another_o place_n after_o that_o he_o have_v pronounce_v the_o earth_n curse_v for_o adam_n sin_n he_o utter_v these_o word_n for_o out_o of_o it_o waste_v thou_o take_v because_o thou_o be_v dust_n and_o to_o dust_n shall_v thou_o return_v by_o which_o word_n it_o appear_v 19_o that_o if_o he_o have_v not_o transgress_v he_o shall_v not_o have_v die_v 3._o s._n austen_n confirm_v the_o same_o in_o these_o word_n quapropter_fw-la fatendum_fw-la est_fw-la primos_fw-la homines_fw-la ita_fw-la fuisse_fw-la institutos_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la peccassent_fw-la nullum_fw-la mortis_fw-la experirentur_fw-la genus_fw-la wherefore_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o our_o first_o parent_n be_v so_o create_v that_o unless_o they_o have_v sin_v gen._n they_o shall_v have_v feel_v no_o kind_n of_o death_n neither_o of_o soul_n nor_o of_o body_n death_n say_v s._n bernard_n shall_v never_o have_v follow_v if_o sin_n have_v not_o go_v before_o s._n chrysostome_n gather_v this_o conclusion_n out_o of_o the_o express_a text_n of_o genesis_n these_o be_v his_o word_n factus_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la mortalis_fw-la propter_fw-la praevaricationem_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la mandato_fw-la &_o his_fw-la quae_fw-la secuta_fw-la sunt_fw-la claret_n sequitur_fw-la itaque_fw-la ante_fw-la praevaricationem_fw-la immortales_fw-la erant_fw-la alioqui_fw-la post_fw-la cibum_fw-la non_fw-la hoc_fw-la supâ—licij_fw-la loco_fw-la imposuisset_fw-la for_o he_o become_v mortal_a by_o reason_n of_o transgression_n as_o be_v evident_a by_o this_o commandment_n and_o that_o which_o follow_v after_o therefore_o they_o be_v immortal_a before_o the_o transgression_n otherwise_o after_o the_o eat_v thereof_o this_o punishment_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v impose_v upon_o they_o he_o confirm_v the_o same_o in_o another_o place_n where_o he_o write_v thus_o cum_fw-la adam_n peccasset_fw-la corpus_fw-la illius_fw-la confestim_fw-la mortale_fw-la ac_fw-la passibile_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la plurimosque_fw-la recepit_fw-la naturales_fw-la defectus_fw-la so_o soon_o as_o adam_n have_v sin_v rom._n his_o body_n forthwith_o become_v mortal_a and_o passable_a and_o receive_v many_o natural_a defect_n that_o adam_n may_v have_v live_v without_o all_o kind_n of_o sin_n be_v likewise_o manifest_a by_o y_z e_z scripture_n 31_o which_o say_v that_o god_n make_v man_n