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way_n let_v no_o man_n go_v to_o far_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o free_a will_n let_v no_o man_n turn_v to_o far_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o think_v that_o freewill_n without_o grace_n may_v suffice_v he_o to_o live_v well_o manicheus_fw-la take_v on_o the_o left_a hand_n pelagius_n on_o the_o right_n but_o a_o council_n of_o bishop_n assemble_v in_o palestina_n against_o pelagius_n keep_v the_o high_a way_n geve_v out_o this_o rule_n for_o he_o to_o follow_v 106_o august_n epist_n 106_o fateatur_fw-la esse_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la divino_fw-la indiget_fw-la adiutorio_fw-la let_v he_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v free_a will_n although_o it_o have_v need_n of_o god_n help_n and_o here_o note_v that_o albeit_o pelagius_n do_v attribute_v to_o much_o to_o free_a will_n and_o the_o bishop_n contrary_v he_o say_v that_o free_a will_n without_o grace_n suffice_v not_o yet_o do_v they_o never_o say_v man_n have_v no_o free_a will._n whereby_o we_o perceive_v that_o it_o be_v ever_o a_o truth_n receive_v in_o the_o church_n that_o man_n have_v free_a will_n and_o they_o will_v not_o pull_v down_o one_o ttueth_n to_o set_v up_o a_o other_o this_o decree_n of_o they_o make_v in_o asia_n be_v allow_v by_o s._n augustine_n and_o the_o bishop_n of_o africa_n confirm_v by_o innocentius_n zozimus_n and_o bonifacius_n pope_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o europa_n and_o so_o be_v one_o of_o the_o thing_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v there_o quae_fw-la semper_fw-la tenet_fw-la catholica_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la 106._o august_n epist_n 106._o which_o the_o catholic_a church_n have_v ever_o hold_v it_o remain_v now_o to_o show_v what_o free_a will_v which_o no_o man_n can_v with_o reason_n and_o truth_n deny_v woork_v in_o our_o justification_n which_o to_o resolve_v it_o be_v true_o say_v first_o arbit_fw-la bernard_n de_fw-fr great_a &_o libre_fw-la arbit_fw-la that_o free_a will_n be_v save_v next_o that_o free_a 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neither_o faith_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n sometime_o to_o hope_v sometime_o to_o baptism_n or_o penance_n without_o the_o rest_n sometime_o it_o promise_v reward_v of_o life_n everlasting_a to_o faith_n without_o mention_n of_o good_a work_n sometime_o to_o good_a work_n say_v nothing_o of_o faith_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o no_o one_o of_o they_o mean_v to_o be_v exclude_v or_o leave_v out_o and_o therefore_o the_o godly_a reader_n wise_o meek_a and_o meek_o wise_a when_o he_o see_v life_n everlasting_a promise_v to_o every_o one_o of_o these_o particular_o scripture_n a_o rule_n for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o scripture_n remember_v that_o every_o word_n of_o god_n be_v like_o true_a join_v they_o all_o together_o and_o true_o beleve_v that_o to_o the_o perfit_v of_o our_o justification_n and_o salvation_n there_o be_v require_v grace_n faith_n the_o fear_n of_o god_n hope_v charity_n together_o with_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o penance_n and_o also_o 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