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A10194 The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis. Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1626 (1626) STC 20471; ESTC S115319 355,787 462

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11._o 12._o pag._n 300._o the_o sixteen_o from_o 2_o cor._n 6._o 1._o and_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 2._o pag._n 301._o the_o seventeen_o from_o psal_n 27._o 9_o 11._o psal._n 51._o 11._o psal._n 71._o 9_o pag._n 302._o the_o eighteen_o from_o gal_n 5._o 4._o pag._n 304._o the_o ninteenth_n from_o prou_z 30._o 8._o 9_o pag._n 305._o the_o twenty_o from_o 1_o thes._n 5._o 19_o pag._n 306._o the_o twenty_o one_o from_o 2_o joh●…_n 8._o pag._n 307._o the_o twenty_o two_o from_o psal._n 119._o 176._o pag._n 309._o the_o twenty_o three_o from_o 1_o cor._n 6._o 15_o 16._o pag._n 310._o the_o twenty_o four_o that_o a_o regenerate_a man_n may_v fall_v into_o a_o gross_a know_v and_o scandalous_a sin_n and_o lie_v in_o it_o for_o a_o time_n or_o die_v in_o it_o without_o repentance_n therefore_o he_o may_v fall_v from_o grace_n pag._n 312._o the_o twenty_o five_o that_o a_o regenerate_a man_n may_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o therefore_o he_o may_v fall_v from_o grace_n pag._n 342._o the_o twenty_o 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atheist_n or_o pagan_n at_o the_o last_o and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v admit_v second_o it_o will_v deprive_v true_a christian_n of_o all_o true_a happiness_n in_o this_o present_a life_n it_o will_v make_v they_o to_o be_v but_o miserable_a and_o wretched_a man_n when_o as_o the_o word_n of_o god_n repute_v they_o happy_a and_o style_v they_o bless_v man_n for_o if_o it_o be_v grace_n and_o that_o only_a which_o make_v the_o saint_n of_o god_n to_o be_v happy_a man_n even_o in_o this_o world_n of_o misery_n as_o the_o scripture_n say_v it_o be_v if_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o christian_n for_o to_o loose_v this_o grace_n and_o to_o fall_v from_o it_o again_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o be_v happy_a here_o for_o happiness_n be_v such_o a_o stable_n and_o perpetual_a
quibus_fw-la providet_fw-la munitos_fw-la reddit_fw-la si_fw-mi vero_fw-la quosdam_fw-la diligentium_fw-la se_fw-la puniri_fw-la sinit_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la animas_fw-la eorum_fw-la custodientis_fw-la illustrioresque_fw-la reddentis_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la corpus_fw-la intereat_fw-la so_o in_o his_o sermon_n de_fw-fr spirito_n sancto_n tom._n 1._o pag._n 416._o quemadmodum_fw-la solis_fw-la radij_fw-la nubes_fw-la illuminant_fw-la et_fw-la asspectu_fw-la fulgido_fw-la splendescere_fw-la faciant_fw-la ita_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la corpus_fw-la hominis_fw-la ingressus_fw-la vitam_fw-la dedit_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la dedit_fw-la sanctimoniam_fw-la dedit_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la iacebat_fw-la erexit_fw-la habet_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la inhabitationem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la propheticam_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la et_fw-la angelicam_fw-la cum_fw-la anteà_fw-la fuerit_fw-la terra_fw-la ac_fw-la cinis_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la participes_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sunt_fw-la divino_fw-la quodam_fw-la modo_fw-la viwnt_fw-la vitam_fw-la adepti_fw-la divinam_fw-la ac_fw-la caelestem_fw-la so_o in_o his_o sermon_n de_fw-fr legend_n libris_fw-la gentilium_fw-la tom._n 1._o pag._n 409._o virtus_fw-la autem_fw-la sola_fw-la possessio_fw-la immortalis_fw-la atque_fw-la immobilis_fw-la et_fw-la viventi_fw-la et_fw-la morienti_fw-la permanens_fw-la ambrose_n saint_n ambrose_n bishop_n of_o milan_n who_o flourish_v from_o the_o 1616._o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 370._o till_o about_o the_o year_n 400._o concur_v 2._o with_o we_o for_o in_o his_o enarration_n upon_o psa._n 36._o alias_o 37._o verse_n 24._o though_o the_o righteous_a fall_n yet_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v utrer_o cast_v down_o his_o word_n be_v these_o justus_n cadit_fw-la interdum_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la iustùs_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la non_fw-la conturbabitur_fw-la quod_fw-la conditionis_fw-la est_fw-la cadit_fw-la quod_fw-la justiciae_fw-la resurgit_fw-la quoniam_fw-la justum_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la derelinquet_fw-la sed_fw-la confirma●…_n manum_fw-la eius_fw-la and_o in_o psal._n 40_o his_o word_n be_v these_o qui_fw-la fidelis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o terram_fw-la non_fw-la cadit_fw-la so_o in_o his_o enaration_n upon_o the_o 50._o psal._n verse_n 12._o confirm_v i_o with_o thy_o principal_a or_o chief_a spirit_n his_o word_n be_v those_o firmamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la spiritus_fw-la principalis_fw-la est_fw-la denique_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la principali_fw-la confirmatur_fw-la spiritu_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la obnoxius_fw-la seruituti_fw-la nescit_fw-la seruire_fw-la peccato_fw-la nescit_fw-la fluitare_fw-la nec_fw-la study_v nutat_fw-la incertus_fw-la sed_fw-la firmatus_fw-la in_o petra_n solido_fw-la stabilitur_fw-la vestigio_fw-la so_o 3._o in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o rom._n 8._o ver_fw-la 29_o 30._o he_o have_v these_o word_n deus_fw-la istos_fw-la quos_fw-la perscivit_fw-la futuros_fw-la sibi_fw-la devotos_fw-la elegit_fw-la ad_fw-la promissa_fw-la praemia_fw-la capescenda_fw-la ut_fw-la hi_o qui_fw-la credere_fw-la videntur_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la permanent_a in_fw-la fide_fw-la caepta_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la electi_fw-la negentur_fw-la quia_fw-la quos_fw-la deus_fw-la elegit_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la permanent_a et_fw-la quos_fw-la vocavit_fw-la ipsos_fw-la et_fw-la iustificavit_fw-la quos_fw-la autem_fw-la iustificavit_fw-la ipsos_fw-la et_fw-la magnificavit_fw-la quia_fw-la quos_fw-la praescivit_fw-la deus_fw-la aptos_fw-la sibi_fw-la hi_o credentes_fw-la permanent_a quia_fw-la aliter_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la quos_fw-la praescivit_fw-la deus_fw-la et_fw-la ipsos_fw-la et_fw-la justificavit_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hec_fw-la magnificavit_fw-la illos_fw-la ut_fw-la simile_n fiant_fw-la filio_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-fr caeteris_fw-la quos_fw-la non_fw-la praescivit_fw-la deu●…_n non_fw-la est_fw-la illi_fw-la cura_fw-la in_fw-la hac_fw-la gratia_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la praescijt_fw-la at_o si_fw-la credant_fw-la aut_fw-la eligantur_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la quia_fw-la videntur_fw-la boni_fw-la ne_fw-la justitia_fw-la contempta_fw-la videatur_fw-la non_fw-la permanent_a tamen_fw-la ut_fw-la magnificentur_fw-la sicut_fw-la saul_n et_fw-fr judas_n and_o again_o in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o ephes._n 1._o 4._o he_o have_v these_o word_n quos_fw-la deus_fw-la vocare_fw-la dicitur_fw-la perseverant_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la so_o in_o his_o first_o book_n de_fw-fr vocatione_n gentium_fw-la cap._n 4._o and_o 9_o his_o word_n be_v these_o charitas_fw-la 4._o christi_fw-la eos_fw-la quos_fw-la diligit_fw-la inseperabiles_fw-la facit_fw-la idest_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la nam_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la perseverare_fw-la quam_fw-la tentatione_n non_fw-la vinci_fw-la and_o there_o he_o produce_v many_o pertinent_a and_o pregnant_a text_n of_o scripture_n as_o phil._n 1._o 6._o cap._n 3._o 13._o rom._n 8._o 35._o 1_o thes._n 2._o 13._o cap._n 5._o 23_o 24._o 2_o thes._n 2._o 17._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 10._o 1_o cor._n 15._o 57_o luke_n 22._o 32._o john_n 10._o 28_o 29._o 1_o john_n 5._o 4_o 5._o to_o prove_v that_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n do_v persevere_v in_o grace_n and_o that_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o author_n and_o giver_n of_o this_o their_o perseverance_n and_o in_o his_o secoud_a book_n de_fw-fr vocatione_n gentium_fw-la cap._n 9_o these_o be_v his_o word_n innumeris_fw-la sanctis_fw-la suis_fw-la donat_fw-la vitutem_fw-la perseverandi_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la divina_fw-la protectio_fw-la à_fw-la nullis_fw-la tamen_fw-la aufert_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsis_fw-la repugnat_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la studijs_fw-la eorum_fw-la atque_fw-la conatibus_fw-la semper_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la velle_fw-la et_fw-la nolle_fw-la decertet_fw-la meritò_fw-la igitur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la incipientibus_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la provectissimis_fw-la sanctis_fw-la uniformiter_fw-la domino_fw-la supplicatur_fw-la et_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ne_fw-fr nos_fw-la inducas_fw-la in_o tentationem_fw-la sed_fw-la libera_fw-la nos_fw-la à_fw-la malo_fw-la universis_fw-la enim_fw-la 6._o qui_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la ac_fw-la dilectione_n permanent_a ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la donatur_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o tentatione_n superentur_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la gloriatur_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la glorietur_fw-la ipsamque_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ijsdem_fw-la quibus_fw-la eam_fw-la impertit_fw-la adscribit_fw-la ut_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o auxilio_fw-la deisteterunt_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o se_fw-la habebant_fw-la undè_fw-la caderent_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la sit_fw-la meritum_fw-la quod_fw-la steterunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la sicut_fw-la qui_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la iuvantur_fw-la ut_fw-la fide_fw-la maneant_fw-la sic_fw-la qui_fw-la nondum_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la iuvantur_fw-la ut_fw-la credant_fw-la and_o a_o little_a 17._o after_o quod_fw-la pater_fw-la filio_fw-la dedit_fw-la filius_fw-la non_fw-la amittit_fw-la neque_fw-la quisquam_fw-la 10._o potest_fw-la de_fw-la manu_fw-la eius_fw-la eripere_fw-la quod_fw-la accepit_fw-la firmum_n fundamentum_fw-la 2._o dei_fw-la stat_fw-la et_fw-la mansuri_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la templi_fw-la eaificatio_fw-la non_fw-la vacillat_fw-la praetenta_fw-la supra_fw-la omnes_fw-la veritate_fw-la et_fw-la misericordia_fw-la dei_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la quod_fw-la et_fw-la nemini_fw-la negatur_fw-la et_fw-la nulli_fw-la debetur_fw-la in_fw-la ijs_fw-la quoque_fw-la promisit_fw-la efficitur_fw-la ipse_fw-la enim_fw-la operatur_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la q●…i_n sicut_fw-la praescivit_fw-la ante_fw-la secula_fw-la quanta_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la hominum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la vel_fw-la communibus_fw-la via_fw-la donis_fw-la vel_fw-la specialibus_fw-la adiuta_fw-la presidijs_fw-la declinas_fw-la tamen_fw-la ab_fw-la itinere_fw-la veritatis_fw-la ac_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la ingressura_fw-la esset_fw-la latitudinem_fw-la erroris_fw-la ac_fw-la mortis_fw-la ita_fw-la semper_fw-la praecognitum_fw-la habuit_fw-la quantus_fw-la piorum_fw-la numerus_fw-la per_fw-la opem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la seruitutem_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la ad_fw-la eternam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la pertineret_fw-la ut_fw-la nullo_n excidente_fw-la de_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la promissorum_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la provectu_fw-la erat_fw-la fallendus_fw-la nec_fw-la auxilio_fw-la defuturus_fw-la eos_fw-la glorificaret_fw-la prae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quos_fw-la elegit_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la universitati_fw-la quip_n hominum_fw-la ita_fw-la multiplex_fw-la atque_fw-la ineffabibilis_fw-la dei_fw-la bonitas_fw-la consuluit_fw-la semper_fw-la et_fw-la consulit_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la ulli_fw-la pereuntium_fw-la excusatio_fw-la suppetat_fw-la de_fw-la abnegati_fw-la lumine_fw-la veritatis_fw-la neque_fw-la cviquam_fw-la sit_fw-la liberum_fw-la de_fw-la sua_fw-la justitia_fw-la gloriari_fw-la cum_fw-la et_fw-la illos_fw-la propria_fw-la nequitia_fw-la demergat_fw-la ad_fw-la paenam_fw-la et_fw-la istos_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la perducat_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la see_v prosper_n aquitanicus_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la gent._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 28._o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n epiphanius_n epiphanius_n bishop_n of_o cyprus_n who_o ●…ourished_v about_o the_o year_n of_o the_o lord_n 300._o and_o after_o coucur_v with_o the_o rest_n and_o conse●…teth_v to_o they_o and_o we_o in_o this_o particular_a for_o lib._n 2._o tom._n 2._o contra_fw-la haereses_fw-la haeres_fw-la 69._o pag._n 627._o edit_n lutesiana_n 1612._o his_o word_n be_v these_o sic_fw-la et_fw-la dominus_fw-la docuit_fw-la discipulos_fw-la suos_fw-la dicens_fw-la si_fw-mi quod_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la a●…divistis_fw-la manserit_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o i_o manebitis_fw-la et_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la et_fw-la vos_fw-la in_o i_o quare_fw-la veritas_fw-la fidei_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la audita_fw-la manet_fw-la in_o sancta_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la propter_fw-la à_fw-fr man_n et_fw-la sancta_fw-la d●…i_n ecclesia_fw-la et_fw-la orthodoxa_fw-la fides_fw-la in_o domino_fw-la et_fw-la dominus_fw-la unigenitus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la et_fw-la pater_fw-la in_o filio_fw-la et_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la per_fw-la sanctum_fw-la spiritum_fw-la si_fw-la facti_fw-la fuerimus_fw-la templa_fw-la sancta_fw-la ipsius_fw-la spiritus_fw-la capacia_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la dixit_fw-la
sanctus_fw-la dei_fw-la apostolus_fw-la vos_fw-fr templum_fw-la dei_fw-la estis_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la dei_fw-la habitat_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la chrysostome_n chrysostome_n whofl●…urished_v from_o the_o the_o year_n 230._o to_o 212._o have_v 〈◊〉_d we_o his_o testimony_n and_o approb●…tion_n upon_o record_n in_o this_o particular_a point_n for_o about_o the_o end_n of_o his_o fi●…st_a homily_n upon_o genesis_n his_o word_n be_v these_o 1581._o spiritualia_fw-la ●…unt_fw-la firma_fw-la immobilia_fw-la vicissitudinem_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la accipientia_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la seculum_fw-la se_fw-la extendentia_fw-la apply_v these_o word_n to_o grace_n which_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o saint_n hom._n in_o psal_n 120._o his_o word_n be_v p●…oper_a custodiet_fw-la introitum_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la exitum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ex_fw-la hoc_fw-la nunc_fw-la et_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o seculum_fw-la hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la certè_fw-la omnem_fw-la vitam_fw-la significat_fw-la in_o his_o enim_fw-la vita_fw-la universa_fw-la confistit_fw-la nempè_fw-la in_o ingressa_fw-la et_fw-la exitu_fw-la et_fw-la id_fw-la volens_fw-la apertius_fw-la significare_fw-la subiungit_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la nunc_fw-la et_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o seculum_fw-la non_fw-la uno_fw-la inquit_fw-la aut_fw-la duobus_fw-la aut_fw-la tribus_fw-la aut_fw-la decem_fw-la aut_fw-la viginti_fw-la aut_fw-la centum_fw-la diebus_fw-la sed_fw-la perpetuò_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la in_o est_fw-la hominibus_fw-la sed_fw-la sunt_fw-la mnltae_fw-la mutationes_fw-la rerum_fw-la frequentes_fw-la traductiones_fw-la et_fw-la continuae_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la hodiè_fw-la amicus_fw-la hodiè_fw-la fert_fw-la opem_fw-la cras_fw-la verò_fw-la te_fw-la deserit_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la oppugnat_fw-la et_fw-la insidiatur_fw-la quovis_fw-la host_n gravius_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la manent_fw-la immobilia_fw-la perpetua_fw-la immortalia_fw-la stabilia_fw-la sine_fw-la carentia_fw-la and_o hom_n in_o psal._n 124._o 1._o montem_fw-la enim_fw-la dixit_fw-la spem_fw-la in_o deu_fw-la immutabilem_fw-la firmam_fw-la et_fw-la constantem_fw-la invincibilem_fw-la et_fw-la inexpugnabilem_fw-la q●…e_n enim_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la quis_fw-la innumerabiles_fw-la adhibeat_fw-la machinas_fw-la montem_fw-la convellere_fw-la nec_fw-la labefactare_fw-la poterit_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la aggreditur_fw-la qui_fw-la spem_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la collocavit_fw-la revertitur_fw-la domum_fw-la manibus_fw-la vacuis_fw-la commotionem_fw-la nè_fw-la voces_fw-la rerum_fw-la casus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la 3._o hoc_fw-la commotio_fw-la sed_fw-la animae_fw-la intertis_fw-la et_fw-la virtutem_fw-la amisisse_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la evenit_fw-la in_o periculis_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la sobrij_fw-la ac_fw-la 4._o sapientes_fw-la hom._n 5._o in_o john_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n whosoever_o shall_v drink_v of_o the_o water_n that_o i_o shall_v give_v he_o shall_v never_o thirst_v etc._n etc._n he_o have_v these_o word_n spiritus_fw-la gratia_fw-la cum_fw-la menti_fw-la illapsa_fw-la est_fw-la eamque_fw-la irrigarit_fw-la omni_fw-la fonte_fw-la uberius_fw-la scaturit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la deficit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la vacuatur_fw-la numquam_fw-la stat_fw-la hom._n 9_o in_o rom._n talis_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la finem_fw-la nullum_fw-la habet_fw-la terminum_fw-la non_fw-la novit_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la maiora_fw-la semper_fw-la propagatur_fw-la atque_fw-la progreditur_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la usu_fw-la venit_fw-la verbi_fw-la gratia_fw-la assecutus_fw-la est_fw-la quis_fw-la magistratum_fw-la gloriam_fw-la principatum_fw-la tamen_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la perpetuus_fw-la non_fw-la manet_fw-la sed_fw-la confestim_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la excutitur_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la honorem_fw-la cum_fw-la humana_fw-la manus_fw-la non_fw-la eripiat_fw-la certò_fw-la superueniens_fw-la mors_fw-la omniò_fw-la ereptura_fw-la est_fw-la at_o quae_fw-la deus_fw-la bona_fw-la largitur_fw-la haudquaquam_fw-la talia_fw-la sunt_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la non_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la tempus_fw-la non_fw-la rerum_fw-la adversarium_fw-la vis_fw-la non_fw-la ipse_fw-la diabolus_fw-la non_fw-la mors_fw-la ingruens_fw-la deturbare_fw-la nos_fw-la poterit_fw-la quin_fw-la vel_fw-la mortui_fw-la cum_fw-la sumus_fw-la tum_fw-la demum_fw-la firmius_fw-la ea_fw-la possidemus_fw-la atque_fw-la adeò_fw-la quo_fw-la progredimur_fw-la magis_fw-la eo_fw-la pluribus_fw-la semper_fw-la maioribusque_fw-la illis_fw-la effectis_fw-la fruimur_fw-la onapropter_fw-la si_fw-la futuris_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la habes_fw-la saltem_fw-la praesentia_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la iam_fw-la es_fw-la assecutus_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la tibi_fw-la fidem_fw-la faciant_fw-la idcircò_fw-la enim_fw-la ait_fw-la gloriamur_fw-la sub_fw-la spe_fw-la gloriae_fw-la quia_fw-la futurarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la spes_fw-la sic_fw-la firma_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la evidens_fw-la ut_fw-la et_fw-la iam_fw-la datarum_fw-la aequè_fw-la et_fw-la super_fw-la illis_fw-la gloriamur_fw-la hom._n 3._o in_o 2_o cor._n upon_o these_o word_n he_o that_o have_v establish_v we_o with_o yond_o in_o christ_n and_o have_v anoint_v we_o be_v god_n who_o have_v also_o seal_v we_o and_o give_v we_o the_o earnest_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o our_o heart_n he_o discourse_v thus_o rursum_fw-la per_fw-la preterita_fw-la fidem_fw-la futuris_fw-la conciliat_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la ipse_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la confirmat_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la a_o fide_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la dimoveri_fw-la non_fw-la sinit_fw-la atque_fw-la ipse_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nos_fw-la unxit_fw-la spiritumque_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la dedit_fw-la qui_fw-la tandem_fw-la non_fw-la futura_fw-la quoque_fw-la daturus_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la principum_fw-la et_fw-la materiam_fw-la et_fw-la radicem_fw-la ac_fw-la fontem_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la veram_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la ac_fw-la spiritus_fw-la participationem_fw-la largitus_fw-la sit_fw-la quî_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la etiàm_fw-la largiatur_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la oriuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la horum_fw-la causa_fw-la donentur_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la haec_fw-la dedit_fw-la illa_fw-la quoque_fw-la praebebit_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la haec_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la hostibus_fw-la dederit_fw-la multò_fw-la magis_fw-la illa_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la receptis_fw-la donabit_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la ne_fw-la spiritum_fw-la quidem_fw-la simplicem_fw-la dixit_fw-la sed_fw-la pignus_fw-la nominavit_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la accipias_fw-la n●…que_fw-la enim_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la daturus_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la pignus_fw-la praebere_fw-la ac_fw-la frustra_fw-la ac_fw-la temerè_fw-la perdere_fw-la in_o animum_fw-la in_o duxisset_fw-la 3._o and_o in_o his_o homil._n 1_o de_fw-fr spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la in_o pentecost_n haec_fw-la nobis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr quo_fw-la dicit_fw-la christus_fw-la regnum_fw-la coelorum_fw-la intra_fw-la vos_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la intus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la intus_fw-la pater_fw-la intus_fw-la quae_fw-la ocutus_fw-la non_fw-la vidit_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la aures_fw-la non_fw-la audierunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la intus_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la consequenter_fw-la omnis_fw-la christianorun_n munda_fw-la mens_fw-la non_fw-la comprobatur_fw-la purum_fw-la coelum_fw-la imò_fw-la etiam_fw-la coelo_fw-la praetiosior_fw-la coeli_fw-la enim_fw-la peribunt_fw-la fideles_fw-la autem_fw-la permanent_a in_fw-la seculum_fw-la quotquot_fw-la d●…ü_fw-la intrinsecus_fw-la in_o seipsis_fw-la ferunt_fw-la ac_fw-la vident_fw-la thus_o be_v saint_n chrysostome_n very_o large_a and_o copious_a for_o us._n augustine_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n the_o most_o judicious_a divine_a of_o all_o the_o father_n who_o flourish_v in_o the_o same_o time_n that_o saint_n chry●…ostome_n and_o epiphanius_n do_v and_o somewhat_o after_o they_o be_v so_o full_a and_o ous_a in_o this_o point_n that_o i_o wonder_v how_o any_o can_v be_v so_o impudent_a shameless_a and_o audacious_a as_o to_o cite_v he_o to_o the_o contrary_n his_o authority_n which_o be_v punctual_a to_o this_o our_o present_a purpose_n be_v so_o many_o and_o so_o common_o cite_v by_o all_o those_o who_o have_v write_v of_o this_o subject_n that_o it_o will_v be_v superfluous_a for_o i_o to_o mention_v they_o yet_o because_o i_o have_v undertake_v for_o to_o prove_v this_o doctrine_n by_o the_o father_n i_o will_v only_o quote_v one_o place_n of_o he_o which_o be_v cite_v on_o all_o hand_n and_o two_o other_o place_n which_o be_v not_o yet_o cite_v by_o any_o if_o my_o memory_n fail_v i_o not_o and_o so_o refer_v you_o to_o the_o rest_n the_o first_o authority_n which_o be_v cite_v on_o all_o hand_n be_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr corrept_v et_fw-la gratia_fw-la cap._n 12._o sanctis_fw-la 7._o in_o regnum_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la tale_n adiutorium_fw-la gratiae_fw-la datur_fw-la ut_fw-la possint_fw-la perseverare_fw-la si_fw-la velint_fw-la sed_fw-la tale_n ut_fw-la eye_v perseverantia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la donetur_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la isto_fw-la dono_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la donum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la enim_fw-la dixit_fw-la sine_fw-la i_o nihil_fw-la potestis_fw-la facere_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la dixit_fw-la non_fw-la vos_fw-la i_o elegistis_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la elegi_fw-la vos_fw-la et_fw-la posui_fw-la vos_fw-la ut_fw-la eatis_fw-la et_fw-la fructum_fw-la afferatis_fw-la et_fw-la fructus_fw-la vester_fw-ge maneat_fw-la quibus_fw-la verbis_fw-la eye_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la se_fw-la dedisse_fw-la monstravit_fw-la christo_fw-la enim_fw-la sic_fw-la eos_fw
aedificat_fw-la valde_fw-la impium_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la adeam_fw-la quae_fw-la inflat_fw-la nos_fw-la habere_fw-la gratiam_fw-la christi_fw-la adeam_fw-la quae_fw-la aedificat_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la donum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la scire_fw-la quid_fw-la facere_fw-la debeamus_fw-la et_fw-la diligere_fw-la ut_fw-la faciamus_fw-la ut_fw-la aedificante_fw-la charitate_fw-la scientia_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n inflare_fw-la sicut_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la docet_fw-la hominem_fw-la scientiam_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la charitas_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la which_o two_o canon_n affirm_v that_o true_a grace_n be_v a_o great_a help_n and_o preseruative_n against_o sin_n enable_v those_o that_o have_v it_o not_o only_o to_o know_v but_o likewise_o for_o to_o do_v and_o love_v the_o thing_n which_o god_n command_v they_o make_v much_o for_o my_o conclusion_n for_o 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that_o the_o perseverance_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v from_o god_n alone_o and_o not_o from_o themselves_o that_o so_o they_o may_v ascribe_v the_o glory_n of_o their_o grace_n and_o their_o perseverance_n not_o unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o god_n alone_o if_o then_o grace_n and_o regeneration_n be_v the_o only_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n if_o the_o continuance_n the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n of_o grace_n and_o perseverance_n in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n be_v from_o god_n alone_o and_o not_o from_o man_n as_o these_o two_o counsel_n have_v determine_v it_o then_o by_o the_o determination_n of_o these_o two_o counsel_n the_o true_a regenerate_a saint_n of_o god_n can_v never_o fall_v final_o nor_o total_o from_o grace_n for_o if_o perseverance_n be_v the_o only_a 27._o work_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n alone_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n can_v never_o choose_v but_o persevere_v because_o that_o god_n have_v promise_v and_o 40._o covenant_v to_o give_v they_o 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