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justify_v make_v righteous_a and_o bring_v they_o to_o glory_n 3._o all_o he_o die_v for_o he_o make_v intercession_n for_o for_o collate_v on_o they_o all_o the_o choice_n benefit_n of_o his_o death_n in_o pag._n 75._o where_o i_o say_v the_o ascribe_v a_o antecedent_n will_v who_o fulfil_n depend_v on_o any_o free_a contingent_a act_n of_o we_o fall_v not_o upon_o we_o my_o meaning_n be_v it_o fall_v not_o upon_o what_o i_o say_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o chapter_n about_o impretration_n and_o application_n that_o that_o follow_v viz._n but_o i_o conceive_v etc._n etc._n shall_v have_v be_v yet_o i_o conceive_v that_o without_o injury_n to_o god_n that_o may_v be_v call_v a_o antecedent_n will_v which_o respect_v some_o antecedent_n condition_n in_o we_o in_o respect_n of_o some_o will_n of_o god_n respect_v we_o as_o its_o proper_a object_n in_o a_o consequent_a condition_n in_o which_o i_o hope_v the_o ingenuous_a reader_n will_v conceive_v that_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o act_n or_o determination_n of_o god_n will_v which_o be_v call_v sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o that_o i_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n divers_a will_n or_o principia_fw-la volendi_fw-la for_o that_o will_v be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o assert_v divers_a god_n or_o divers_a essence_n of_o the_o same_o god_n what_o i_o say_v in_o pag._n 58._o about_o christ_n merit_v his_o own_o exaltation_n in_o the_o humane_a nature_n be_v so_o clear_a that_o i_o hope_v none_o will_v deny_v it_o and_o yet_o i_o find_v that_o zanchy_a be_v somewhat_o question_v about_o it_o by_o some_o in_o his_o time_n the_o learned_a reader_n may_v see_v his_o defence_n of_o himself_o and_o his_o confirmation_n of_o the_o orthodoxness_n of_o that_o assertion_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o divers_a of_o the_o ancient_a father_n as_o augustine_n jerome_n ambrose_n beda_n etc._n etc._n in_o epist_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la tractatui_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la christianâ_fw-la five_o confessioni_fw-la suae_fw-la praefixâ_fw-la among_o the_o rest_n that_o of_o augustine_n be_v curt_a and_o pithy_a in_o phil._n 2.10_o wherefore_o god_n have_v high_o exalt_v he_o humilitas_fw-la claritatis_fw-la meritum_fw-la olaritas_fw-la humilitireis_n praemium_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o formâ_fw-la servi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o by_o humility_n he_o merit_v his_o glory_n and_o his_o glory_n be_v the_o reward_n of_o his_o humility_n but_o this_o be_v not_o in_o the_o form_n of_o god_n but_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n or_o as_o he_o be_v make_v man_n etc._n etc._n zanchy_n assertion_n that_o occasion_v that_o defence_n be_v thus_o de_fw-fr relig._n christ_n cap._n 11._o apho._n 15._o credimus_fw-la christum_fw-la suâ_fw-la perfectâ_fw-la obedientiâ_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la sibi_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la nobis_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la promeruisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o i_o say_v pag._n 125_o to_o that_o place_n in_o phil._n 1.29_o that_o the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v rather_o be_v translate_v as_o pertain_v to_o christ_n be_v the_o judgement_n of_o divers_a learned_a man_n as_o well_o as_o i_o zanchi_n render_v it_o pro_fw-la christi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o christi_fw-la negotio_fw-la vid._n zanch._n in_o loc_n beza_n in_o negotio_fw-la christo_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la in_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la suscipitur_fw-la alioqui_fw-la inquit_fw-la redundaret_fw-la articulus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bez_fw-fr annot._n in_o loc_fw-la camerarius_fw-la in_o loc_fw-la thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la attinet_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la ea_fw-la vobis_fw-la contigit_fw-la gratia_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o pag._n 173._o that_o of_o every_o herb_n i_o think_v upon_o further_a conâ—â—deration_n may_v be_v number_v among_o those_o place_n which_o speak_v 〈◊〉_d the_o species_n or_o sort_n of_o thing_n and_o so_o the_o sense_n be_v they_o 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b_o vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la zâ—nch_n in_o jud_v 4._o qui_fw-la deitatem_fw-la christi_fw-la inde_fw-la arguens_fw-la haec_fw-la habet_fw-la petrus_n verò_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la judas_n desumpsitsua_fw-la docet_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la esse_fw-la hunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quem_fw-la falsi_fw-la doctores_fw-la negant_fw-la etiam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inquit_fw-la petrus_n qui_fw-la illos_fw-la mercatus_fw-la est_fw-la abnegantes_fw-la quis_fw-la mercatus_fw-la nos_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la christus_fw-la svo_fw-la sanguine_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la confirmat_fw-la judas_n christum_fw-la esse_fw-la hunc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nostrum_fw-la deum_fw-la illà _fw-fr enim_fw-la omne_fw-la praedicata_fw-la de_fw-la uno_fw-la subjecto_fw-la jesus_n christo_fw-la praedicantur_fw-la cum_fw-la unus_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sit_fw-la articulus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d communis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ille_fw-la 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after_o make_v i_o have_v undertake_v it_o here_o with_o he_o though_o not_o in_o every_o passage_n in_o terminis_fw-la but_o thus_o i_o will_v maintain_v that_o the_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n have_v not_o only_o the_o elect_n and_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v eternal_o for_o its_o object_n but_o be_v in_o general_a a_o ransom_n for_o all_o man_n and_o that_o christ_n have_v thereby_o obtain_v life_n and_o salvation_n in_o himself_o free_a for_o all_o man_n or_o any_o man_n to_o look_v to_o he_o for_o and_o to_o partake_v of_o in_o believe_v in_o pag._n 271_o 272._o there_o be_v a_o controversy_n about_o that_o in_o joh._n 1.7_o that_o all_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d through_o he_o may_v believe_v whether_o that_o be_v speak_v of_o john_n the_o baptist_n or_o of_o the_o light_n to_o which_o he_o witness_v author_n there_o be_v of_o both_o mind_n yet_o it_o must_v be_v attribute_v to_o m._n moor_n sophistry_n learn_v from_o the_o old_a serpent_n to_o apply_v it_o 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suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v wrought_v upon_o and_o to_o receive_v it_o m._n o._n in_o pag._n 273._o all_o to_o berate_v that_o say_n and_o tell_v we_o there_o be_v in_o it_o of_o the_o poison_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n the_o pelagian_a poison_n of_o freewill_n and_o popish-merit_n of_o congruity_n with_o i_o know_v not_o what_o as_o if_o he_o think_v it_o speak_v too_o well_o of_o god_n who_o they_o rather_o make_v to_o be_v a_o abaddon_n a_o man-destroyer_n as_o if_o he_o make_v they_o in_o hatred_n and_o with_o intent_n to_o ruin_v they_o and_o therefore_o be_v not_o so_o gracious_a to_o they_o but_o i_o will_v mr._n owen_n will_v disprove_v the_o say_n and_o show_v that_o god_n ever_o deny_v sufficiency_n of_o helpfulnesse_n to_o any_o one_o for_o come_v to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n that_o as_o light_n be_v afford_v receive_v it_o and_o submit_v to_o it_o or_o else_o be_v more_o sober_a then_o to_o speak_v so_o evil_o of_o thing_n he_o know_v not_o and_o that_o 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he_o that_o yet_o doubt_n of_o god_n love_n to_o he_o reject_v that_o devise_v doctrine_n that_o contradict_v the_o scripture_n and_o let_v alone_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n which_o pertain_v not_o to_o he_o yet_o to_o know_v nor_o shall_v hurt_v he_o if_o he_o attend_v and_o yield_v up_o to_o that_o that_o be_v reveal_v yea_o shall_v be_v also_o profitable_o reveal_v to_o he_o if_o he_o submit_v to_o what_o be_v reveal_v psal_n 25.14_o let_v he_o i_o say_v mind_n the_o record_n of_o god_n that_o he_o have_v give_v of_o his_o son_n that_o he_o have_v give_v himself_o a_o ransom_n for_o all_o yea_o and_o that_o god_n have_v give_v we_o eternal_a life_n even_a we_o who_o he_o command_v to_o believe_v in_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n 1_o joh._n 3.23_o and_o this_o life_n be_v in_o his_o son_n he_o that_o have_v the_o son_n have_v life_n &_o he_o that_o have_v not_o the_o son_n have_v not_o life_n thence_o shall_v he_o see_v both_o ground_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v give_v he_o eternal_a life_n and_o put_v it_o into_o christ_n and_o also_o both_o necessity_n and_o encouragement_n to_o believe_v on_o christ_n that_o in_o believe_v he_o may_v have_v that_o life_n even_o that_o eternal_a enjoyment_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n that_o will_v for_o ever_o satisfy_v he_o and_o make_v he_o happy_a finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o symphony_n of_o some_o ancient_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n with_o the_o truth_n here_o defend_v add_v to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v no_o novelty_n of_o yesterday_n stand_v as_o some_o be_v please_v to_o charge_v it_o chrysostome_n in_o joh._n 1.29_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o heb._n 2.9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n clemens_n alexandrinus_n orat._n ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n athanasius_n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n et_fw-la paulo_n post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o sentence_n forealledge_v be_v in_o english_a thus_o chrysostome_n upon_o joh._n 1.29_o that_o lamb_n speak_v of_o the_o paschall_n lamb_n or_o the_o lamb_n offer_v up_o in_o the_o jewish_a sacrifice_n never_o take_v away_o any_o one_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o that_o be_v christ_n the_o lamb_n of_o god_n take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o it_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n to_o be_v destroy_v he_o quick_o free_v it_o from_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n the_o same_o author_n upon_o heb._n 2.9_o say_v thus_o that_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o may_v taste_v death_n for_o every_o one_o not_o for_o the_o believer_n only_o but_o also_o for_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o he_o die_v for_o all_o but_o what_o if_o all_o believe_v not_o yet_o he_o have_v perform_v that_o which_o concern_v he_o to_o do_v clemens_n alexand._n hear_v you_o that_o be_v afar_o off_o and_o hear_v you_o that_o be_v nigh_o hand_n the_o word_n be_v not_o hide_v from_o any_o the_o light_n be_v common_a and_o 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offer_v that_o as_o his_o own_o for_o all_o and_o that_o he_o suffer_v for_o all_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o conjunction_n with_o that_o he_o may_v destroy_v he_o that_o have_v the_o power_n of_o death_n to_o wit_n the_o devil_n cyrillus_n hierosolymitanus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theophylact_fw-mi in_o johan_n 6.51_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d august_n in_o joh._n 3.14_o 15._o serpens_fw-la aneus_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la positus_fw-la venena_fw-la vivorium_fw-la serpentum_fw-la superavit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la in_o cruse_n suspensus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la antiqua_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venena_fw-la restinxit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percussi_fw-la fuerant_fw-la liberavit_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 69._o judas_n abjecit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la vendidit_fw-la christium_fw-la &_o non_fw-la agnovit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la redemptus_fw-la erat_fw-la prosper_v in_o respon_n ad_fw-la object_n gallorum_n christus_fw-la dedit_fw-la pro_fw-la mundo_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o mundus_fw-la redimi_fw-la noluit_fw-la item_n send_v quartâ_fw-la super_fw-la capita_fw-la gallorum_n qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la redemptione_n salvator_fw-la sit_fw-la crucifixus_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la virtutem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la infidelium_fw-la respicit_fw-la partem_fw-la quum_fw-la sanguis_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la pretium_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la sit_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la pretio_fw-la extranei_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la aut_fw-la delectati_fw-la captivitate_fw-la redimi_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la aut_fw-la post_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la ad_fw-la candem_fw-la servitutem_fw-la sunt_fw-la reversi_fw-la vide_fw-la ambrosium_fw-la in_o pag._n titul_a cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n in_o joh._n evang._n lib._n 11.25_o quemadmodum_fw-la praevaricatione_fw-la primi_fw-la hominis_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o primitiis_fw-la generis_fw-la nostri_fw-la morti_fw-la addicti_fw-la sumus_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la per_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la seipsum_fw-la legi_fw-la subjecit_fw-la quamvis_fw-la legis_fw-la author_n esset_fw-la benedictio_fw-la atque_fw-la vivificatio_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la nostram_fw-la penetravit_fw-la naturam_fw-la leo_n epist_n 72._o ad_fw-la juvenalem_fw-la ut_fw-la autem_fw-la repararet_fw-la omnium_fw-la vitam_fw-la recepit_fw-la omnium_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o vim_o veteris_fw-la chirographi_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la solvendo_fw-la vacuavit_fw-la ut_fw-la sicut_fw-la per_fw-la unius_fw-la reatum_fw-la omnes_fw-la facti_fw-la suerant_fw-la peccatores_fw-la ita_fw-la per_fw-la unius_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la fierent_fw-la innocent_n inde_fw-la in_o homines_fw-la manante_fw-la justitiá_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la humana_fw-la suscepta_fw-la natura_fw-la cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o his_o instruction_n or_o catechise_v 13._o the_o crown_n of_o the_o cross_n be_v that_o it_o enlighten_v those_o that_o be_v blind_a in_o ignorance_n and_o loose_v all_o that_o be_v hold_v in_o bondage_n under_o sin_n and_o redeem_v the_o whole_a world_n of_o mankind_n nor_o marvel_v thou_o that_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v redeem_v by_o it_o for_o he_o be_v not_o a_o bare_a man_n but_o the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n that_o die_v upon_o it_o theophylact_fw-mi in_o john_n 6.51_o by_o the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n perhaps_o he_o mean_v the_o resurrection_n for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o lord_n procure_v the_o general_n resurrection_n of_o all_o the_o whole_a kind_n or_o race_n of_o man_n perhaps_o also_o he_o name_v the_o life_n of_o holiness_n and_o happiness_n the_o life_n of_o the_o world_n for_o though_o all_o have_v not_o receive_v that_o sanctification_n and_o that_o life_n that_o be_v in_o the_o spirit_n yet_o christ_n give_v himself_o for_o the_o world_n and_o as_o to_o what_o appertain_v to_o he_o the_o world_n be_v save_v and_o the_o whole_a nature_n sanctify_v inasmuch_o as_o he_o have_v receive_v power_n to_o conquer_v sin_n and_o sin_n flee_v away_o by_o that_o one_o man_n our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n even_o as_o by_o that_o one_o man_n adam_z it_z that_o be_v the_o world_n or_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n fall_v into_o sin_n austin_n in_o joh._n 3.14_o 15._o the_o brazen_a serpent_n put_v upon_o a_o pole_n of_o wood_n overcome_v all_o the_o venom_n of_o the_o live_a serpent_n and_o christ_n be_v hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o die_v quench_v the_o force_n of_o the_o old_a poison_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o free_v all_o that_o be_v smite_v by_o he_o the_o same_o upon_o psal_n 69._o judas_n cast_v away_o the_o price_n for_o which_o he_o sell_v christ_n and_o acknowledge_v or_o own_a not_o the_o price_n by_o which_o he_o be_v redeem_v by_o christ_n prosper_v in_o answer_n to_o some_o objection_n of_o the_o gaul_n christ_n give_v 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the_o lutheran_n divine_n as_o also_o musculus_fw-la vrsinus_n suffragium_fw-la britannicum_fw-la bishop_n davenant_n yea_o the_o article_n and_o catechise_v of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o these_o already_o allege_a may_v be_v sufficient_a