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misperswasion_n of_o many_o modern_a christian_n presume_v love_n to_o our_o saviour_n and_o his_o apostle_n be_v elsewhere_o 245._o elsewhere_o see_v his_o tiâ—eatise_n of_o justify_v faith_n sect._n 2._o ch._n 14._o page_n in_o quarto_fw-la 245._o handle_v in_o the_o general_n and_o shall_v by_o god_n assistance_n be_v further_o prosecute_v in_o some_o particular_n my_o purpose_n for_o the_o present_a be_v to_o show_v how_o near_o it_o concern_v myself_o and_o all_o that_o seek_v to_o prevent_v the_o resubmission_n of_o this_o people_n unto_o the_o roman_a yoke_n to_o beware_v of_o peremptory_a resolution_n concern_v absolute_a reprobation_n 19_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o oecolampadius_n that_o the_o ordinary_a picture_n of_o god_n or_o of_o his_o enemy_n 349._o puerorum_fw-la major_n pars_fw-la nescit_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la quid_fw-la satan_n quid_fw-la bonum_fw-la quid_fw-la malum_fw-la idque_fw-la firmitèr_fw-la credo_fw-la neque_fw-la talis_fw-la deus_fw-la well_fw-mi satan_n quemadmodum_fw-la pictores_fw-la in_o tabellas_fw-la aut_fw-la parietes_fw-la pingunt_fw-la si_fw-mi nosti_fw-la quomodo_fw-la deus_fw-la misericors_fw-la sit_fw-la benignus_fw-la mitis_fw-la mansuetus_fw-la longanimis_fw-la patience_n iustùs_fw-la etc._n etc._n verè_fw-la deum_fw-la agnoscis_fw-la per_fw-la illas_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la propriè_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la discimus_fw-la e_o contrario_fw-la satan_n nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la immiserâ—cordia_fw-la odium_fw-la inuidia_fw-la homicidium_fw-la mendacium_fw-la irrisio_fw-la proximi_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la malum_fw-la oecolamp_n concione_fw-la ad_fw-la adolescent_n pag._n 349._o be_v no_o good_a book_n for_o instruct_v layman_n or_o child_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n or_o of_o satan_n the_o true_a representation_n that_o can_v be_v make_v of_o god_n will_v be_v to_o teach_v they_o what_o truth_n be_v what_o mercy_n what_o love_n or_o goodness_n be_v the_o best_a picture_n that_o can_v be_v take_v of_o satan_n will_v be_v the_o true_a character_n of_o falsehood_n malice_n hatred_n cruelty_n envy_n yet_o by_o this_o good_a author_n leave_v however_o satan_n be_v the_o father_n of_o lie_n the_o author_n of_o malice_n the_o hatcher_n of_o envy_n and_o hatred_n the_o com-plotter_n of_o cruelty_n yet_o can_v he_o not_o so_o true_o and_o proper_o be_v call_v falsehood_n itself_o envy_v itself_o hatred_n itself_o cruelty_n itself_o in_o the_o abstract_n as_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v truth_n itself_o love_v itself_o mercy_n itself_o and_o goodness_n itself_o for_o though_o falsehood_n hatred_n envy_n cruelty_n etc._n etc._n be_v now_o become_v natural_a to_o the_o old_a serpent_n yet_o be_v they_o adventitious_a to_o his_o prime_a nature_n and_o substance_n he_o be_v not_o from_o the_o beginning_n invest_v with_o these_o or_o the_o like_a habit_n but_o if_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o man_n among_o we_o concern_v absolute_a reprobation_n be_v from_o above_o he_o who_o we_o profess_v to_o be_v the_o almighty_a creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v be_v as_o true_o and_o proper_o falsehood_n itself_o hatred_n itself_o cruelty_n itself_o as_o he_o be_v
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degree_n of_o pelagianism_n to_o this_o purpose_n some_o son_n of_o our_o common_a mother_n will_v interpret_v my_o meaning_n shall_v i_o utter_v this_o doctrine_n in_o some_o public_a audience_n since_o this_o be_v a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o c._n c._n c._n chapel_n in_o oxon_n 20_o or_o 30._o year_n since_o howbeit_o in_o truth_n and_o verity_n there_o be_v no_o doctrine_n under_o heaven_n with_o which_o my_o former_a assertion_n may_v better_o stand_v then_o with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o english_a church_n no_o tenet_n or_o principle_n of_o any_o other_o religion_n whatsoever_o that_o can_v so_o direct_o clear_v the_o former_a objection_n as_o do_v the_o fundamental_a article_n of_o that_o religion_n which_o be_v profess_v by_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n do_v not_o all_o these_o express_o teach_v that_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o belief_n in_o christ_n without_o work_n now_o let_v any_o man_n right_o answer_v a_o argument_n usual_o make_v by_o the_o papist_n and_o as_o 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and_o seek_v salvation_n only_o by_o plea_n of_o mercy_n be_v the_o proper_a and_o formal_a work_n of_o faith_n and_o therefore_o be_v essential_o include_v in_o the_o act_n of_o justification_n not_o include_v in_o the_o universality_n of_o work_n which_o be_v exclude_v from_o justification_n do_v not_o priest_n as_o the_o proverb_n be_v forget_v that_o they_o have_v be_v clerk_n or_o rather_o can_v great_a clerk_n in_o divinity_n remember_v what_o they_o have_v learn_v when_o they_o be_v puny_a artist_n the_o former_a objection_n or_o the_o like_a can_v never_o have_v trouble_v they_o the_o form_n of_o it_o draw_v into_o mood_n and_o figure_n be_v so_o childish_o captious_a as_o will_v be_v explode_v out_o of_o the_o school_n of_o art_n shall_v it_o be_v stand_v upon_o in_o good_a earnest_n if_o such_o divine_n as_o urge_v it_o most_o shall_v come_v into_o our_o pervice_n and_o apply_v it_o to_o matter_n there_o discuss_v thus_o omne_fw-la visible_a est_fw-la coloratum_fw-la omnis_fw-la colour_n est_fw-la visibilis_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnis_fw-la colour_n est_fw-la coloratus_fw-la i_o hope_v a_o mean_a artist_n than_o this_o nursery_n god_n be_v praise_v have_v any_o will_v quick_o cut_v off_o their_o progress_n with_o a_o distinction_n of_o visibile_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la &_o visible_a ut_fw-la quo_fw-la and_o show_v that_o the_o major_a though_o universal_o true_a of_o every_o subject_a or_o body_n that_o may_v be_v see_v do_v not_o nor_o can_v not_o comprehend_v colour_n itself_o by_o which_o they_o be_v make_v visible_a and_o by_o who_o formal_a act_n they_o be_v denominate_v colorata_fw-la the_o fallacy_n of_o the_o former_a objection_n draw_v into_o mood_n and_o figure_n be_v the_o same_o but_o more_o apparent_a every_o will_n or_o work_n of_o man_n must_v be_v utter_o renounce_v from_o the_o act_n of_o justification_n or_o conversion_n but_o to_o deny_v ourselves_o and_o renounce_v all_o work_n be_v a_o work_n ergo_fw-la this_o work_n must_v be_v 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still_o cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o our_o sin_n from_o which_o in_o this_o life_n we_o be_v cleanse_v or_o can_v hope_v to_o be_v cleanse_v if_o we_o then_o receive_v remission_n of_o sin_n or_o purification_n from_o our_o sin_n in_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o eucharist_n as_o we_o always_o do_v when_o we_o receive_v it_o worthy_o we_o receive_v it_o not_o immediate_o by_o the_o sole_a serious_a remembrance_n of_o his_o death_n but_o by_o the_o present_a efficacy_n or_o operation_n of_o his_o body_n which_o be_v give_v for_o we_o and_o of_o his_o blood_n which_o be_v shed_v for_o we_o 10._o the_o reason_n why_o the_o blood_n of_o bull_n and_o of_o goat_n have_v no_o long_a force_n or_o efficacy_n to_o cleanse_v man_n though_o but_o from_o sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o ceremony_n then_o while_o they_o be_v offer_v be_v because_o their_o blood_n be_v corruptible_a blood_n and_o do_v perish_v with_o the_o use_n but_o we_o be_v not_o redeem_v say_v s._n peter_n 18._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 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