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just_a namely_o of_o he_o who_o justify_v the_o ungodly_a that_o of_o impious_a he_o may_v be_v make_v righteous_a or_o sure_o it_o be_v so_o say_v they_o shall_v be_v justify_v as_o if_o it_o be_v say_v they_o shall_v be_v account_v just_a they_o shall_v be_v repute_v just_a so_o he_o thus_o we_o see_v though_o st._n augustine_n follow_v the_o etymology_n of_o the_o word_n take_v iustificare_fw-la to_o justify_v or_o make_v just_a yet_o he_o mean_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o account_v or_o repute_v just_a and_o not_o the_o infuse_v 1._o of_o grace_n whereby_o to_o be_v make_v just_a and_o bernard_n also_o say_v add_v huc_fw-la ut_fw-la credas_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la tibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la donantur_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la testimonium_fw-la quod_fw-la perhibet_fw-la in_o cord_n nostro_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la dicens_fw-la dimissa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tibi_fw-la peccata_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la arbitratur_fw-la apostolus_fw-la gratis_o iustificari_fw-la 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joseph_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o cup_n find_v in_o benjamins_n sack_n which_o seem_v now_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o aiudiciall_a trial_n so_o 2._o sam._n 15._o 4._o absalon_n wish_v he_o be_v judge_n of_o the_o land_n that_o he_o may_v do_v every_o man_n justice_n or_o justify_v he_o read_v also_o for_o this_o purpose_n deut._n 25._o 1._o psal._n 51._o 4._o 1_o king_n 8._o 32._o pro._n 17._o 15._o isaiah_n 5._o 23._o &_o 43._o 26._o matth._n 12._o 37._o 1._o cor._n 4._o 4._o and_o many_o other_o place_n in_o scripture_n to_o this_o purpose_n do_v plain_o show_v how_o this_o word_n justify_v be_v proper_o take_v namely_o to_o acquit_v or_o clear_v to_o pronounce_v or_o declare_v one_o just_a by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n this_o sense_n of_o justification_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n can_v endure_v they_o smother_v or_o at_o least_o smooth_a it_o over_o by_o slight_a of_o hand_n as_o a_o matter_n of_o no_o moment_n whereas_o indeed_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o will_v more_o 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but_o confess_v i_o be_o vile_a what_o shall_v i_o answer_v 40._o thou_o i_o will_v lay_v my_o hand_n upon_o my_o mouth_n etc._n etc._n job_n 40._o 4._o and_o 42._o 5._o i_o have_v hear_v of_o thou_o by_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o ear_n but_o now_o my_o eye_n see_v thou_o wherefore_o i_o abhor_v myself_o and_o repent_v in_o dust_n and_o ash_n yea_o he_o have_v say_v before_o chap._n 9_o 15._o who_o though_o i_o be_v righteous_a yet_o will_v i_o not_o answer_v but_o i_o will_v make_v supplication_n to_o my_o judge_n for_o god_n be_v a_o righteous_a and_o severe_a judge_n and_o who_o may_v stand_v in_o his_o sight_n when_o he_o be_v angry_a when_o he_o sit_v to_o judge_v for_o the_o heaven_n be_v not_o clean_o in_o his_o sight_n how_o much_o more_o abominable_a and_o filthy_a be_v man_n which_o drink_v iniquity_n like_o water_n job_n 15._o 16._o if_o therefore_o our_o justification_n be_v such_o as_o must_v proceed_v from_o god_n judgement_n seat_n and_o must_v be_v sentence_v by_o god_n 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bless_v but_o the_o apostle_n or_o rather_o the_o holy_a ghost_n by_o the_o apostle_n be_v the_o best_a interpreter_n of_o that_o prophecy_n gal._n 3._o 16._o now_o to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n be_v the_o promise_v make_v he_o say_v not_o and_o to_o seed_n as_o of_o many_o but_o as_o of_o one_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n which_o be_v christ._n and_o this_o be_v that_o promise_n of_o god_n which_o abraham_n believe_v his_o faith_n be_v count_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n as_o it_o be_v there_o in_o the_o six_o verse_n even_o as_o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v account_v to_o he_o for_o righteousness_n therefore_o vega_n divinity_n have_v very_o much_o fail_v he_o in_o propound_v these_o two_o example_n of_o noah_n and_o abraham_n to_o prove_v the_o justification_n of_o his_o general_a faith_n whereas_o we_o plain_o see_v both_o these_o patriarch_n faith_n have_v special_a and_o principal_a reference_n and_o respect_n to_o christ_n jesus_n and_o therefore_o their_o 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by_o faith_n in_o that_o he_o believe_v 11._o god_n foretell_v the_o flood_n and_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o it_o come_v begin_v to_o build_v the_o ark_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o house_n and_o to_o abraham_n also_o as_o the_o history_n of_o genesis_n plain_o teach_v it_o be_v impute_v for_o righteousness_n because_o he_o believe_v that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v multiply_v as_o the_o star_n of_o heaven_n so_o that_o hence_o he_o conclude_v that_o not_o only_o to_o faith_n in_o god_n promisâ—â—_n in_o christ_n be_v righteousness_n impute_v but_o to_o faith_n in_o general_a believe_a god_n truth_n such_o as_o be_v not_o in_o the_o compass_n of_o god_n promise_n in_o christ_n but_o either_o speculative_a precept_n or_o moral_a doctrine_n or_o other_o prophetical_a prediction_n or_o historical_a relation_n so_o that_o by_o the_o pontifician_n doctrine_n other_o faith_n beside_o that_o in_o god_n promise_n in_o christ_n may_v be_v impute_v to_o a_o man_n for_o 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significarentur_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la christ_n be_v figure_v in_o no_n and_o in_o that_o ark_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o why_o in_o that_o ark_n be_v include_v all_o creature_n but_o that_o all_o nation_n shall_v be_v signify_v by_o they_o and_o there_o he_o apply_v that_o promise_n to_o abraham_n gen._n 22._o 18._o in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v and_o for_o abraham_n faith_n in_o god_n promise_n what_o seed_n of_o abraham_n be_v this_o in_o who_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v bless_v be_v it_o not_o christ_n yes_o christ_n so_o say_v augustine_n in_o the_o forename_a place_n christus_fw-la in_o â—a_n prophetia_fw-la occultus_fw-la erat_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la benedicuntur_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la christ_n say_v he_o be_v hide_v in_o that_o pprophecy_n in_o who_o all_o the_o nation_n be_v
thy_o own_o work_n to_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o glory_n and_o thyself_o of_o all_o grace_n puff_v up_o thyself_o with_o pride_n in_o stead_n thereof_o but_o leave_v we_o these_o puddle_n of_o error_n and_o come_v we_o to_o the_o chryst_n all_o fountain_n of_o christ_n truth_n chap._n vii_o the_o catholic_a faith_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n as_o the_o sole_a immediate_a instrument_n to_o apprehend_v and_o apply_v the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n impute_v to_o we_o to_o our_o justification_n as_o be_v the_o effectual_a means_n of_o our_o union_n with_o he_o have_v see_v what_o credit_n faith_n carry_v among_o the_o pontifician_n in_o the_o work_n of_o justification_n which_o at_o the_o best_a be_v allow_v no_o more_o but_o either_o to_o dispose_v and_o make_v a_o man_n the_o more_o apt_a &_o that_o also_o with_o the_o help_n of_o other_o dispose_n grace_n to_o receive_v justification_n which_o notwithstanding_o for_o all_o his_o faith_n he_o may_v fail_v and_o come_v short_a 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singular_a property_n that_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o ligament_n or_o sinew_n which_o fasten_v and_o unit_v every_o faithful_a member_n to_o the_o head_n christ_n jesus_n from_o the_o influence_n of_o who_o fullness_n we_o receive_v and_o grace_n for_o grace_n and_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n seem_v to_o profess_v as_o much_o though_o with_o limitation_n and_o restriction_n to_o her_o own_o reserve_v sense_n say_v no_o side_n nisi_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la spes_fw-la accedat_fw-la 7._o &_o charitas_fw-la neque_fw-la unit_fw-la perfectè_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la neque_fw-la corporis_fw-la eius_fw-la viwm_fw-la membrum_fw-la efficit_fw-la for_o faith_n say_v they_o unless_o hope_n and_o charity_n be_v add_v unto_o it_o do_v neither_o perfect_o unite_v with_o christ_n nor_o make_v a_o live_a member_n of_o his_o body_n the_o council_n need_v not_o here_o equivocate_v for_o the_o matter_n as_o if_o she_o do_v admit_v of_o our_o spiritual_a union_n with_o christ_n by_o faith_n indeed_o but_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o have_v hope_n and_o charity_n join_v with_o it_o whereas_o in_o truth_n her_o meaning_n be_v that_o not_o faith_n so_o much_o as_o hope_v and_o charity_n do_v unite_v we_o to_o christ_n since_o hope_n and_o charity_n make_v the_o union_n perfect_a which_o faith_n do_v not_o yea_o charity_n and_o penance_n as_o her_o intimous_a vega_n say_v do_v more_o close_o unite_v we_o to_o christ_n than_o faith_n do_v but_o we_o shall_v discuss_v and_o discover_v this_o mystery_n more_o clear_o when_o we_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o kind_n of_o faith_n require_v in_o justification_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n suffice_v it_o we_o that_o we_o have_v the_o counsel_n confession_n that_o faith_n at_o least_o with_o the_o help_n of_o hope_n and_o charity_n do_v unite_v we_o to_o christ._n and_o though_o vega_n prefer_v charity_n and_o penance_n before_o faith_n in_o this_o work_n of_o unite_n with_o christ_n yet_o thereby_o he_o do_v not_o altogether_o exclude_v faith_n faith_n therefore_o according_a to_o the_o pontifician_n confession_n have_v at_o least_o a_o share_n though_o the_o least_o according_a to_o their_o allowance_n in_o work_v our_o union_n with_o christ._n but_o the_o catholic_a belief_n ascribe_v this_o work_n of_o union_n with_o christ_n primary_o yea_o and_o sole_o to_o faith_n namely_o as_o the_o immediate_a and_o only_a instrument_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o us._n now_o our_o justification_n by_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n stand_v in_o our_o union_n with_o christ._n this_o be_v confess_v of_o all_o that_o whatsoever_o we_o receive_v from_o christ_n it_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o our_o mystical_a union_n with_o he_o and_o faith_n it_o be_v that_o work_v this_o union_n not_o faith_n as_o pontifician_n teach_v before_o it_o be_v form_v by_o charity_n to_o which_o faith_n only_a vega_n ascribe_v 1._o a_o certain_a union_n with_o christ_n comparamus_fw-la enim_fw-la nobis_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la &_o iustitiam_fw-la facimusque_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la inhabitet_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la informem_fw-la aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la ut_fw-la prius_fw-la est_fw-la natura_fw-la quam_fw-la formetur_fw-la for_o say_v he_o we_o get_v unto_o ourselves_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o righteousness_n and_o do_v cause_n christ_n to_o dwell_v in_o we_o by_o faith_n unform_v or_o at_o least_o by_o faith_n as_o it_o be_v by_o nature_n before_o it_o be_v form_v so_o that_o by_o this_o doctrine_n a_o dead_a faith_n or_o that_o which_o differ_v not_o from_o the_o faith_n of_o devil_n do_v cause_v our_o union_n with_o christ_n or_o christ_n to_o dwell_v in_o us._n but_o let_v we_o see_v how_o vega_n clear_v this_o doctrine_n from_o this_o imputation_n 2._o a_o little_a after_o in_o his_o second_o question_n of_o faith_n and_o work_v take_v upon_o he_o as_o he_o be_v very_o venturous_a to_o answer_v a_o argument_n bring_v to_o prove_v that_o paul_n exclude_v no_o believer_n from_o salvation_n where_o he_o say_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n by_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o all_o and_o upon_o all_o that_o believe_v to_o this_o place_n say_v vega_n many_o common_o say_v that_o paul_n say_v not_o unto_o all_o and_o upon_o all_o that_o believe_v he_o but_o in_o he_o which_o be_v only_o proper_a to_o those_o that_o have_v charity_n and_o by_o love_n tend_v unto_o he_o aliud_fw-la enim_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la 29._o ei_fw-la fidem_fw-la adhibere_fw-la aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la deum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la credere_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la aliud_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la credendo_fw-la amare_fw-la credendo_fw-la diligere_fw-la credendo_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la ire_n &_o eius_fw-la membris_fw-la incorporari_fw-la for_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n say_v they_o to_o believe_v god_n that_o be_v to_o give_v credit_n unto_o he_o another_o thing_n to_o believe_v god_n that_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v and_o another_o to_o believe_v in_o god_n that_o be_v by_o believe_v to_o love_v he_o by_o believe_v to_o affect_v he_o by_o believe_v to_o go_v into_o he_o and_o to_o be_v incorporate_a into_o his_o member_n they_o be_v the_o word_n of_o st._n augustine_n use_v by_o he_o very_o frequent_o throughout_o his_o work_n and_o by_o name_n in_o his_o nine_o and_o twenty_o tract_n upon_o john_n which_o vega_n quote_v well_o how_o do_v vega_n avoid_v this_o argument_n concern_v faith_n in_o christ_n bring_v salvation_n upon_o all_o that_o believe_v nihil_fw-la valet_fw-la hoc_fw-la refugium_fw-la common_a non_fw-la enim_fw-la habetur_fw-la grace_n â—i_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la sed_fw-la absolute_a dicitur_fw-la in_o omnes_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la credunt_fw-la this_o common_a refuge_n say_v he_o be_v nothing_o worth_a for_o it_o be_v say_v absolute_o unto_o all_o and_o upon_o all_o that_o believe_v the_o greek_a have_v not_o him_z or_o in_o he_o note_v
will_v say_v then_o the_o branch_n be_v break_v off_o that_o i_o may_v be_v graff_v in_o well_o because_o of_o their_o unbelief_n they_o be_v break_v off_o and_o thou_o stand_v by_o faith_n and_o again_o ver_fw-la 23._o if_o the_o jew_n abide_v not_o still_o in_o unbelief_n they_o shall_v be_v graff_v into_o the_o true_a olive_n tree_n that_o be_v into_o christ_n again_o if_o they_o abide_v not_o still_o in_o unbelief_n imply_v if_o they_o believe_v they_o shall_v be_v re-ingraffed_n so_o that_o faith_n be_v the_o instrumental_a means_n of_o our_o engraff_n into_o christ_n of_o our_o unite_n with_o he_o whereupon_o augustine_n say_v quam_fw-la insertionem_fw-la oleastri_fw-la amputatis_fw-la propter_fw-la 20._o infidelitatis_fw-la superbiam_fw-la naturalibus_fw-la ramis_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o euangelio_fw-la praedixit_fw-la occasione_n illius_fw-la centurionis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la ex_fw-la gentibus_fw-la credidit_fw-la significans_fw-la inseri_fw-la 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justification_n by_o faith_n which_o paul_n direct_o oppose_v to_o justification_n by_o work_n rom._n 4._o now_o that_o james_n speak_v of_o justification_n by_o work_n and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o as_o understand_v a_o testification_n and_o demonstration_n of_o sound_n and_o save_a faith_n be_v evident_a by_o the_o whole_a passage_n of_o his_o second_o chapter_n where_o the_o apostle_n exhort_v to_o work_n of_o mercy_n and_o charity_n and_o meet_v with_o false_a professor_n that_o turn_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n into_o wantonness_n profess_v they_o have_v faith_n but_o make_v no_o conscience_n of_o a_o christian_a conversation_n to_o testify_v the_o truth_n and_o life_n of_o their_o faith_n by_o good_a work_n hereupon_o he_o infer_v ver_fw-la 14._o what_o do_v it_o profit_n my_o brethren_n though_o a_o man_n say_v he_o have_v faith_n and_o have_v no_o work_n can_v the_o faith_n save_v he_o no_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v without_o work_n be_v dead_a and_o can_v save_v a_o man_n 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i_o thy_o faith_n without_o thy_o work_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o my_o faith_n by_o my_o work_n in_o which_o word_n the_o apostle_n put_v a_o plain_a difference_n between_o a_o dead_a and_o a_o live_a faith_n which_o yet_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o or_o to_o discern_v one_o from_o another_o but_o by_o good_a work_n and_o so_o speak_v here_o of_o no_o other_o justification_n by_o work_n but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v declarative_n or_o demonstrative_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n as_o it_o be_v say_v here_o show_v i_o thy_o faith_n by_o thy_o work_n so_o that_o we_o see_v here_o how_o it_o be_v the_o apostle_n drift_n to_o discover_v the_o true_a save_v live_a faith_n from_o a_o false_a counterfeit_a and_o dead_a faith_n which_o notwithstanding_o vain_a professor_n so_o much_o glory_n of_o hereupon_o the_o apostle_n instance_v the_o faith_n of_o abraham_n and_o rahab_n which_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v a_o live_n and_o save_v faith_n by_o the_o fruit_n and_o effect_n of_o it_o note_v the_o apostle_n context_n serious_o and_o with_o judgement_n in_o the_o 20._o vers_fw-la will_v thou_o know_v o_o vain_a man_n that_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a be_v not_o abraham_n our_o father_n justify_v by_o work_n when_o he_o have_v offer_v isaac_n his_o son_n upon_o the_o altar_n see_v thou_o how_o faith_n wrought_v with_o his_o work_n and_o by_o work_n be_v faith_n make_v perfect_a and_o the_o scripture_n be_v fulfil_v which_o say_v abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v impute_v unto_o he_o for_o righteousness_n and_o he_o be_v call_v the_o friend_n of_o god_n you_o see_v then_o how_o that_o by_o work_n a_o man_n be_v justify_v and_o not_o by_o faith_n only_o first_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a but_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n but_o by_o what_o faith_n be_v it_o a_o live_n and_o save_v faith_n that_o abraham_n have_v yes_o how_o do_v that_o appear_v by_o his_o work_n even_o by_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n which_o give_v 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question_n gregory_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v excellent_o to_o this_o purpose_n omnis_fw-la humana_fw-la iustitia_fw-la iniustitia_fw-la esse_fw-la convincitur_fw-la si_fw-la districtè_fw-la indicetur_fw-la 24._o prece_fw-la ergo_fw-la post_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la indiget_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la succumbere_fw-la disoussa_fw-la poterat_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la indicis_fw-la pielate_fw-la convalescat_fw-la dicat_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la habuero_fw-la quippium_fw-la iustum_fw-la non_fw-la respondebo_fw-la sed_fw-la meum_fw-la ludicem_fw-la deprecabor_fw-la vâ—lut_fw-la si_fw-la apertiùs_fw-la fateatur_fw-la dicens_fw-la etsi_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la virtutis_fw-la excreâ—ero_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la meritis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la venia_fw-la convalesco_fw-la all_o humane_a righteousness_n say_v he_o if_o it_o be_v strict_o judge_v be_v convince_v to_o be_v unrighteousness_n therefore_o a_o man_n after_o his_o work_n of_o righteousness_n have_v need_n to_o pray_v that_o his_o righteousness_n which_o be_v discuss_v may_v sink_v down_o under_o the_o burden_n may_v recover_v strength_n again_o by_o the_o only_a clemency_n of_o the_o judge_n let_v he_o say_v then_o that_o though_o i_o have_v do_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v just_a yet_o i_o will_v not_o answer_v but_o will_v supplicate_v my_o judge_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v more_o plain_o confess_v say_v although_o i_o attain_v to_o never_o so_o great_a a_o proficiency_n in_o the_o way_n of_o virtue_n yet_o i_o come_v to_o obtain_v life_n not_o of_o merit_n but_o of_o mercy_n this_o be_v the_o constant_a doctrine_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o this_o bishop_n day_n we_o will_v conclude_v this_o point_n in_o set_v down_o the_o judgement_n of_o cardinal_n contarenus_n who_o write_v of_o justification_n a_o little_a iustif_a before_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n where_o have_v before_o of_o set_a purpose_n examine_v the_o protestant_n doctrine_n of_o justification_n confess_v ingenuous_o as_o he_o have_v judicious_o according_a to_o his_o learning_n and_o piety_n scan_v and_o compare_v it_o that_o luther_n doctrine_n together_o with_o the_o protestant_n be_v consonant_a and_o agreeable_a to_o catholic_a doctrine_n for_o as_o yet_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n have_v not_o decree_v against_o the_o catholic_a faith_n which_o have_v be_v maintain_v by_o all_o the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n even_o down_o to_o contarenus_n his_o time_n who_o write_v some_o three_o or_o four_o year_n before_o the_o first_o session_n of_o this_o council_n although_o the_o schoolman_n special_o the_o scotist_n have_v according_a 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o author_n name_n darken_v and_o dim_v the_o truth_n who_o new_a doctrine_n notwithstanding_o prove_v not_o as_o yet_o catholic_a before_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n wherein_o the_o scotist_n bear_v no_o small_a sway_n will_v needs_o make_v it_o romane-catholicke_a in_o despite_n of_o all_o catholic_n where_o also_o we_o may_v note_v by_o the_o way_n the_o falsehood_n of_o that_o scandal_n which_o pontifician_n cast_v upon_o the_o protestant_n religion_n as_o be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o novelty_n broach_v first_o by_o luther_n whereas_o a_o cardinal_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n of_o learning_n and_o piety_n after_o due_a examination_n find_v and_o confess_v that_o the_o protestant_a doctrine_n of_o justification_n be_v the_o main_a fundamental_a doctrine_n of_o christian_a religion_n do_v consent_n with_o catholic_a doctrine_n but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o this_o cardinal_n say_v concern_v justification_n attingimus_fw-la ad_fw-la duplicem_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la alteram_fw-la nobis_fw-la inharentâ—m_fw-la quâ—_n incipimus_fw-la esse_fw-la iusti_fw-la &_o essiâ—imur_fw-la consortes_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o habâ—â—â—â—_n charitatem_fw-la diffusam_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la alteram_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la inharentem_fw-la sed_fw-la nobis_fw-la donatam_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la inquam_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la eius_fw-la meritum_fw-la simul_fw-la tempore_fw-la utraque_fw-la nobis_fw-la donatur_fw-la &_o utramque_fw-la attingimus_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la quòd_fw-la autem_fw-la deus_fw-la donaâ—erit_fw-la nobis_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la est_fw-la textus_fw-la apostoli_fw-la expressus_fw-la in_o epâ—stola_fw-la ad_fw-la romanos_fw-la qui_fw-la filio_fw-la svo_fw-la non_fw-la popercit_fw-la etc._n etc._n his_o reor_fw-la 〈◊〉_d posse_fw-la contradicere_fw-la restat_fw-la iam_fw-la inquirere_fw-la utranam_fw-la dibeamus_fw-la â—iti_fw-la &_o existimare_fw-la nos_fw-la iustificaricoram_fw-la deo_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la sanctos_fw-la &_o iustos_fw-la haberi_fw-la ea_fw-la inquum_fw-la institia_fw-la quae_fw-la deceat_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la ac_fw-la oculis_fw-la dei_fw-la satisfacias_fw-la a_o hac_fw-la iustitia_fw-la &_o charitate_fw-la nobis_fw-la inhaerente_fw-la a_o potius_fw-la iustitâ—â—_n christi_fw-la nobis_fw-la donata_fw-la &_o imputata_fw-la ego_fw-la prorsus_fw-la existimo_fw-la piè_fw-la &_o christianè_fw-la dici_fw-la quòd_fw-la debeamus_fw-la niti_fw-la niti_fw-la inquam_fw-la tanquam_fw-la restabili_fw-la quae_fw-la certò_fw-la nos_fw-la sustentat_fw-la iustitia_fw-la christi_fw-la nobis_fw-la donata_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la sanctitate_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la nobis_fw-la inharente_n haec_fw-la etenim_fw-la nostra_fw-la iustitia_fw-la est_fw-la inchoata_fw-la &_o imperfecta_fw-la quae_fw-la tueri_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la offendamus_fw-la quin_fw-la assiduè_fw-la peccemus_fw-la ac_fw-la propterea_fw-la indigeamus_fw-la oratione_fw-la qua_fw-la quotidiè_fw-la petamus_fw-la dimitti_fw-la nobis_fw-la debita_fw-la nostra_fw-la idcirâ—o_o in_o conspectu_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la possumus_fw-la ob_fw-la hanc_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la haberi_fw-la iusti_fw-la &_o boni_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la deceret_fw-la filios_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o sanctos_fw-la sed_fw-la iustitia_fw-la christi_fw-la nobis_fw-la donata_fw-la est_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la iustitia_fw-la quae_fw-la omnino_fw-la placet_fw-la oeulis_fw-la dei_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la nihâ—l_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la deum_fw-la offendat_fw-la quod_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la summopere_fw-la placeat_fw-la hac_fw-la ergo_fw-la sola_fw-la certa_fw-la &_o stabili_fw-la nobis_fw-la nitendum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la eam_fw-la solam_fw-la credere_fw-la nos_fw-la iustificari_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la iustos_fw-la haberi_fw-la &_o dici_fw-la iustos_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la preciosus_fw-la ille_fw-la christianorum_fw-la the_o saurus_fw-la quem_fw-la qui_fw-la invenit_fw-la vendit_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la habet_fw-la ut_fw-la emat_fw-la illum_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la preciosa_fw-la margarita_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la invenit_fw-la linquit_fw-la omne_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la habeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ind_n est_fw-la quòd_fw-la experimento_fw-la videmus_fw-la viros_fw-la sanctos_fw-la qui_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o sanctitate_fw-la proficiunt_fw-la tanto_fw-la minus_fw-la sibi_fw-la placent_fw-la ac_fw-la propterea_fw-la tanto_fw-la magis_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la se_fw-la indigere_fw-la christo_fw-la &_o iustitia_fw-la christi_fw-la sibi_fw-la donata_fw-la ideoque_fw-la so_o relinquunt_fw-la &_o soli_fw-la christo_fw-la incumbunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la ob_fw-la eam_fw-la accidit_fw-la causam_fw-la quòd_fw-la facti_fw-la sanctiores_fw-la minus_fw-la videant_fw-la quam_fw-la prius_fw-la neque_fw-la quoniam_fw-la facti_fw-la sint_fw-la animo_fw-la dimissiori_fw-la &_o viliori_fw-la imò_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o sanctitate_fw-la proficiunt_fw-la tanto_fw-la maiori_fw-la sunt_fw-la animo_fw-la tantò_fw-la sunt_fw-la perspicaciores_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la facti_fw-la perspicaciores_fw-la magis_fw-la intuentur_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o import_v a_o subsist_v signify_v also_o animum_fw-la praesentem_fw-la a_o confidence_n or_o full_a assurance_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o it_o be_v sometime_o use_v in_o authorsfora_n fasten_v or_o a_o close_o join_v together_o as_o a_o joint_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fast_a juncture_n and_o such_o be_v faith_n which_o plantarum_fw-la join_v the_o object_n &_o the_o subject_n together_o make_v the_o thing_n hope_v for_o to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v in_o our_o present_a possession_n it_o be_v also_o the_o evidence_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v present_v they_o visible_o and_o sensible_o before_o we_o like_o a_o most_o clear_a perspective_n glass_n which_o present_v and_o attract_v as_o it_o be_v the_o most_o remote_a object_n near_o to_o the_o eye_n for_o the_o clear_a view_n of_o it_o thus_o abraham_n and_o those_o other_o saint_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n see_v these_o invisible_a thing_n afar_o off_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o faith_n heb._n 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boldness_n or_o confidence_n can_v a_o man_n have_v without_o assurance_n and_o certainty_n and_o heb._n 3._o 6._o christus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la filius_fw-la in_o dâ—mo_fw-la sua_fw-la â—quae_fw-la domus_fw-la fâ—mâ—â—_n nos_fw-la si_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la spei_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la firmam_fw-la râ—tineamâ—â—s_fw-la christ_n as_o a_o son_n over_o his_o own_o house_n which_o house_n be_v we_o if_o we_o hold_v fast_o the_o confidence_n and_o the_o rejoice_v of_o the_o hope_v firm_a unto_o the_o end_n now_o the_o strength_n of_o a_o house_n do_v main_o stand_v upon_o the_o firmness_n of_o the_o foundation_n and_o the_o apostle_n as_o we_o have_v hear_v call_v faith_n the_o foundation_n of_o thing_n hope_v for_o and_o heb._n 4._o 16._o adeamus_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la fiducia_fw-la ad_fw-la thronum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ut_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la etc._n etc._n let_v we_o therefore_o come_v with_o boldness_n unto_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n that_o we_o 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that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o must_v so_o beleeu_o as_o if_o we_o do_v with_o our_o eye_n behold_v thing_n visible_a before_o us._n and_o much_o more_o certain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n for_o in_o these_o thing_n we_o may_v be_v uncertain_a and_o so_o be_v deceive_v but_o faith_n can_v be_v deceive_v and_o here_o we_o be_v lead_v by_o sense_n but_o in_o matter_n of_o faith_n we_o be_v lead_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o upon_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n ch._n 4._o where_o the_o apostle_n 〈◊〉_d say_v vers_fw-la 21._o be_v certain_o persuade_v etc._n etc._n chrysostome_n say_v observe_v that_o he_o say_v not_o simple_o he_o believe_v but_o he_o be_v certain_o persuade_v for_o such_o a_o thing_n be_v faith_n that_o it_o be_v more_o manifest_a and_o clear_a than_o those_o demonstration_n which_o be_v deduce_v from_o reason_n and_o do_v more_o persuade_v than_o they_o for_o he_o that_o be_v persuade_v by_o reason_n may_v be_v induce_v by_o other_o 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