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find_v that_o they_o oppose_v the_o papist_n concern_v our_o grace_n and_o work_n only_o as_o merirorious_a and_o causal_n of_o save_v benefit_n and_o i_o deny_v they_o to_o be_v either_o see_v even_o chemnit_fw-la exam._n par_fw-fr 1._o p._n 172._o davenant_n de_fw-fr justit_fw-la actuali_fw-la cap._n 30._o q._n 1._o arg_n 1._o ames_n bellarm._n eneru._n tom_n 4._o lib._n 6._o downam_n of_o justif._n p._n 15._o i_o shall_v now_o show_v thou_o what_o our_o calvinist_n and_o orthodox_n divine_v oppose_v the_o arminian_n in_o as_o to_o this_o doctrine_n of_o justification_n the_o synod_n of_o dort_n in_o their_o canon_n part_v 1._o p._n 289._o of_o the_o error_n under_o the_o it_o head_n de_fw-fr morte_fw-la christi_fw-la thus_o condemn_v the_o arminian_n qui_fw-la docent_fw-la foedus_fw-la illud_fw-la novum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o teach_v that_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o the_o father_n upon_o the_o intervention_n of_o christ_n