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cause_n of_o justification_n viz._n god_n the_o efficient_a christ_n the_o meritorious_a faith_n the_o instrumental_a remission_n of_o sin_n through_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n obedience_n the_o formal_a cause_n and_o the_o declaration_n of_o god_n righteousness_n and_o man_n glory_v in_o god_n alone_o the_o two_o final_a cause_n thereof_o these_o 2._o proposition_n afterward_o join_v together_o in_o one_o dogmatical_a conclusion_n that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n without_o the_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v again_o repeat_v gal._n 3._o and_o confirm_v by_o ten_o argument_n 8._o the_o best_a way_n of_o argue_v in_o this_o heavenly_a doctrine_n be_v by_o argument_n that_o come_v from_o heaven_n agree_v not_o only_o with_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o doctrine_n they_o prove_v but_o also_o with_o the_o analogy_n of_o the_o text_n in_o the_o manâ—…er_n of_o their_o proof_n 9_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v without_o work_n justify_v not_o give_v not_o work_v a_o share_n in_o justify_v 10._o that_o charity_n be_v great_a than_o faith_n give_v it_o not_o a_o great_a influence_n in_o justification_n 11._o this_o text_n not_o the_o hearer_n of_o the_o law_n be_v just_a before_o god_n but_o the_o doer_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v justify_v for_o faith_n be_v not_o in_o hear_v but_o in_o do_v not_o in_o the_o ear_n but_o in_o the_o heart_n 12._o st._n james_n and_o st._n paul_n deliver_v one_o and_o the_o same_o doctrine_n concern_v justification_n that_o it_o be_v by_o faith_n in_o chtist_n not_o by_o work_n but_o st._n paul_n speak_v of_o faith_n more_o in_o relation_n to_o christ_n its_o proper_a object_n to_o teach_v the_o jew_n the_o necessity_n of_o faith_n st._n james_n speak_v of_o faith_n more_o in_o relation_n to_o work_n its_o proper_a effect_n to_o teach_v unsanctified_a christian_n the_o obedience_n of_o faith_n 13._o the_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v the_o whole_a scope_n both_o of_o the_o law_n and_o of_o the_o gospel_n as_o be_v particular_o prove_v in_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o hebrew_n 14._o good_a work_n be_v necessary_a consequent_n of_o the_o faith_n that_o justify_v not_o cause_n of_o the_o justification_n and_o be_v no_o further_o require_v of_o we_o by_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n or_o prophet_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o st._n austin_n st._n ambrose_n and_o st._n chrysostom_n therefore_o justification_n by_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v then_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o indeed_o be_v now_o of_o the_o present_a roman_a church_n if_o we_o look_v upon_o her_o devotion_n not_o her_o dispute_n 15._o to_o maintain_v justification_n by_o man_n righteousness_n be_v not_o only_o to_o forsake_v christ_n church_n but_o also_o to_o destroy_v it_o 16._o christ_n impute_a righteousness_n blasphemous_o call_v a_o fiction_n by_o bellarmin_n pious_o acknowledge_v a_o reality_n by_o pererius_n his_o brother_n jesuit_n but_o the_o saint_n impute_v righteousness_n be_v a_o mere_a fiction_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o imputation_n which_o have_v no_o promise_n of_o god_n acceptance_n and_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o righteousness_n which_o can_v challenge_v it_o as_o be_v incomplete_a because_o of_o original_a and_o actual_a sin_n therefore_o not_o superfluous_a in_o the_o best_a of_o god_n saint_n as_o 〈◊〉_d prove_v by_o several_a text_n of_o holy_a scripture_n according_a to_o the_o exposition_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n 17._o all_o man_n be_v sinner_n no_o man_n can_v be_v justify_v by_o his_o own_o righteousness_n 18._o to_o be_v justify_v by_o work_n be_v to_o be_v justify_v without_o if_o not_o against_o grace_n christ_n and_o faith_n 19_o it_o be_v madness_n and_o wickedness_n for_o man_n to_o set_v up_o his_o own_o against_o his_o saviour_n righteousness_n yet_o self-justiciaries_a be_v guilty_a of_o this_o madness_n and_o wickedness_n undervalue_v both_o christ_n death_n and_o the_o redemption_n thereby_o purchase_v for_o true_a bliever_n the_o six_o exception_n ibidem_fw-la sect_n 3._o pag._n 196._o against_o justification_n by_o work_n you_o allege_v be_v justify_v by_o faith_n we_o have_v peace_n with_o god_n rom._n 5._o 1._o but_o what_o faith_n the_o same_o st._n paul_n gal._n 5._o 5_o 6._o say_v thus_o ex_fw-la fide_fw-la spem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la expectamus_fw-la sed_fw-la fides_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la operatur_fw-la here_o be_v work_v require_v to_o justification_n as_o well_o as_o faith_n which_o must_v proceed_v from_o charity_n which_o according_a to_o st._n paul_n 1_o cor._n 13._o 13._o be_v great_a than_o faith_n and_o must_v needs_o therefore_o have_v the_o great_a influence_n in_o our_o justification_n for_o as_o he_o say_v rom._n 2._o 13._o not_o the_o hearer_n of_o the_o law_n there_n be_v faith_n be_v just_o before_o god_n but_o the_o doer_n of_o the_o law_n there_o be_v good_a work_n shall_v be_v justify_v the_o answer_n 1._o he_o that_o walk_v 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withstand_v moses_n so_o do_v these_o also_o resist_v the_o truth_n man_n of_o corrupt_a mind_n reprobate_a concern_v the_o faith_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 8._o they_o that_o use_v trick_n and_o device_n to_o elude_v the_o sense_n when_o they_o can_v evade_v the_o sentence_n of_o the_o law_n curse_a be_v every_o one_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v wâ—…itten_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n to_o do_v they_o gal._n 3._o 10._o do_v like_o jannes_n and_o jambres_n withstand_v moses_n by_o enchantment_n make_v themselves_o egyptian_n when_o god_n make_v they_o israelites_n or_o make_v themselves_o magician_n when_o god_n make_v they_o divine_n only_o they_o seldom_o cry_v out_o digitus_fw-la dei_fw-la this_o be_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n though_o they_o be_v show_v never_o so_o plain_o his_o own_o very_a hand_n write_v to_o convence_n they_o of_o their_o resistance_n against_o the_o truth_n for_o the_o same_o corrupt_a mind_n that_o make_v they_o resist_v the_o truth_n do_v also_o make_v they_o reprobate_n or_o of_o no_o judgement_n concern_v the_o faith_n for_o who_o can_v be_v judicious_a in_o the_o faith_n but_o from_o the_o truth_n and_o therefore_o he_o that_o resist_v the_o truth_n must_v needs_o be_v of_o no_o judgement_n concern_v the_o faith_n and_o since_o we_o find_v among_o all_o the_o multitude_n of_o factious_a man_n so_o little_a judgement_n concern_v the_o faith_n we_o can_v but_o feat_n that_o they_o have_v all_o more_o or_o less_o resist_v the_o truth_n i_o be_o the_o way_n and_o the_o truth_n say_v christ_n so_o that_o if_o the_o christian_a look_v direct_o and_o constant_o on_o he_o he_o shall_v not_o walk_v out_o of_o the_o right_a way_n nor_o err_v from_o the_o save_a truth_n sure_o then_o it_o be_v because_o we_o have_v not_o look_v on_o our_o saviour_n but_o on_o ourselves_o on_o our_o own_o interest_n that_o our_o straying_n have_v be_v so_o many_o from_o this_o right_a
end_n but_o the_o faith_n which_o do_v not_o this_o as_o it_o proceed_v not_o from_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n but_o from_o the_o strength_n of_o our_o own_o conviction_n and_o tend_v not_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n so_o it_o be_v rather_o the_o faith_n of_o devil_n than_o of_o good_a christian_n and_o may_v well_o let_v a_o man_n go_v to_o hell_n for_o it_o may_v go_v thither_o along_o with_o he_o and_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v not_o the_o foundation_n of_o righteousness_n so_o it_o can_v be_v the_o foundation_n of_o blessedness_n again_o the_o same_o father_n tell_v we_o that_o though_o our_o bless_a saviour_n have_v at_o first_o in_o effect_n call_v the_o woman_n of_o canaan_n a_o dog_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o take_v the_o child_n bread_n and_o give_v it_o unto_o dog_n yet_o when_o he_o see_v in_o her_o soul_n â—…he_v fruit_n of_o that_o reproof_n he_o change_v his_o dialect_n and_o say_v not_o o_o dog_n but_o o_o woman_n great_a be_v thy_o faith_n non_fw-fr ait_fw-fr o_fw-fr canis_fw-la sed_fw-la o_fw-la mulier_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la fides_fw-la tua_fw-la mutavit_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la quia_fw-la mutatum_fw-la vidit_fw-la affectum_fw-la that_o faith_n which_o christ_n approve_v in_o she_o have_v change_v the_o affection_n and_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a but_o the_o affection_n shall_v change_v the_o action_n and_o therefore_o st._n james_n fear_v not_o to_o call_v a_o actionless_a faith_n or_o a_o faith_n not_o work_v by_o love_n a_o faith_n not_o of_o christian_n but_o of_o devil_n fidem_fw-la non_fw-la christianorum_fw-la sed_fw-la daemonum_n for_o they_o be_v not_o christian_n but_o dog_n and_o devil_n who_o persist_v in_o ungodly_a affection_n and_o in_o unrighteous_a action_n nay_o indeed_o they_o be_v infidel_n so_o far_o from_o have_v true_a faith_n in_o christ_n that_o they_o do_v not_o know_v what_o be_v true_a faith_n they_o right_o affirm_v say_v he_o that_o whosoever_o will_v not_o believe_v in_o christ_n do_v in_o some_o sort_n sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o put_v himself_o under_o a_o necessity_n of_o damnation_n but_o they_o do_v not_o right_o understand_v what_o it_o be_v to_o believe_v in_o christ_n for_o that_o be_v not_o to_o believe_v as_o devil_n but_o as_o christian_n not_o to_o have_v a_o dead_a faith_n but_o a_o faith_n live_v and_o work_v by_o love_n illud_fw-la sane_fw-la non_fw-la absurd_a intelligunt_fw-la eum_fw-la peccare_fw-la in_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la sine_fw-la veniâ_fw-la reum_fw-la aeterni_fw-la peccati_fw-la qui_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la noluerit_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la rectè_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o christum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la habere_fw-la daemonum_n fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la rectè_fw-la mortua_fw-la perhibetur_fw-la sed_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la aug._n ibid._n cap._n 16._o i_o have_v of_o purpose_n allege_v many_o quotation_n out_o of_o st._n augustine_n indeed_o most_o of_o they_o which_o concern_v this_o argument_n that_o all_o the_o world_n may_v see_v that_o his_o intent_n in_o confute_v those_o mistake_a brethren_n who_o think_v to_o be_v save_v by_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v only_o to_o show_v out_o of_o â—…t_n james_n and_o the_o other_o catholic_n epâ—…stles_n what_o faith_n it_o be_v that_o justify_v sc_n a_o faith_n work_v by_o love_n but_o not_o to_o ascribe_v the_o glory_n of_o justification_n either_o to_o work_n or_o love_n because_o they_o hold_v of_o mansrighteousness_n but_o only_o to_o faith_n which_o hold_v of_o the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n i_o will_v now_o to_o st._n augustine_n further_o add_v st._n ambrose_n who_o in_o his_o comment_n upon_o the_o roman_n cap._n 3._o have_v these_o word_n justificati_fw-la sunt_fw-la gratis_o quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la operantes_fw-la neque_fw-la vicem_fw-la reddentes_fw-la solâ_fw-la fide_fw-la justificati_fw-la sunt_fw-la they_o be_v justify_v free_o by_o his_o grace_n because_o work_v nothing_o sc_n worth_a god_n acceptance_n and_o their_o own_o acquitment_n and_o make_v no_o recompense_n they_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o faith_n through_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o again_o upon_o those_o word_n cap._n 4._o credenti_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la but_o to_o he_o that_o work_v not_o but_o believe_v on_o he_o that_o justify_v the_o ungodly_a he_o say_v thus_o sic_fw-la decretum_fw-la dicit_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la cessante_fw-la lege_fw-la solam_fw-la fidem_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la posceret_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la the_o apostle_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v so_o decree_v of_o god_n that_o the_o law_n cease_v sc_n as_o to_o that_o male_a diction_n curse_v be_v he_o that_o continue_v not_o in_o all_o thing_n to_o do_v they_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n shall_v require_v only_a faith_n to_o our_o salvation_n we_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o decree_n in_o the_o text_n either_o in_o the_o greek_a original_a or_o in_o the_o latin_a translation_n yet_o st._n ambrose_n set_v down_o the_o word_n thus_o ei_o veer_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la operatur_fw-la credenti_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la justificat_fw-la impium_fw-la reputatur_fw-la fides_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la propositum_fw-la gratiae_n dei_fw-la to_o he_o that_o work_v not_o but_o believe_v in_o he_o that_o justify_v the_o ungodly_a his_o faith_n be_v account_v for_o righteousness_n according_a to_o the_o purpose_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n not_o intend_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o these_o word_n according_a to_o the_o purpose_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o any_o shall_v cavil_v against_o the_o true_a read_n of_o the_o truth_n as_o of_o late_a some_o critic_n have_v teach_v we_o to_o do_v but_o that_o all_o shall_v understand_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o it_o and_o no_o more_o question_n that_o in_o 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the_o jewish_a doctor_n solemon_n jarchi_n who_o best_o understand_v his_o own_o dialect_n gloss_v those_o word_n he_o that_o be_v â—…oly_a and_o bless_a impute_v it_o tâ—…_n abraham_n for_o purity_n and_o justice_n or_o righteousness_n because_o of_o the_o faith_n through_o which_o he_o have_v believe_v he_o if_o abraham_n be_v make_v just_a by_o impute_a righteousness_n then_o so_o also_o be_v the_o son_n of_o abraham_n therefore_o say_v the_o prophet_n look_v untâ—…_n abraham_n your_o father_n isa._n 51._o 2._o exhort_v all_o the_o son_n of_o abraham_n after_o the_o pattern_n of_o their_o father_n to_o trust_v in_o christ_n as_o say_v our_o church_n in_o the_o content_n nay_o as_o say_v god_n holy_a spirit_n in_o the_o text_n foâ—…_n st._n paul_n argue_v from_o abraham_n justification_n to_o we_o that_o as_o he_o be_v not_o so_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v by_o inherent_a but_o by_o impute_a righteousness_n for_o god_n be_v always_o like_o himself_o not_o one_o to_o abraham_n 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