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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hope_v in_fw-la god_n be_v a_o complication_n of_o faith_n and_o hope_n in_o one_o word_n and_o translate_v by_o we_o trust_v in_o god_n 4._o though_o the_o willing_a consent_n or_o acceptance_n of_o a_o offer_a benefit_n have_v true_o somewhat_o of_o love_n in_o it_o yet_o love_n be_v not_o the_o proper_a name_n of_o that_o act._n every_o volition_n be_v not_o usual_o call_v love_n prop._n 3._o it_o be_v not_o not_o only_a god_n the_o father_n nor_o only_a christ_n the_o redeemer_n nor_o only_o the_o promise_n nor_o only_a pardon_n or_o righteousness_n or_o heaven_n that_o be_v the_o object_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o paul_n oppose_v to_o work_n in_o jusification_n argument_n 1._o if_o many_o or_o all_o these_o art_n so_o link_v together_o that_o to_o believe_v one_o of_o they_o as_o reveal_v in_o scripture_n be_v to_o believe_v more_o or_o all_o than_o it_o
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sanctification_n and_o the_o exciting_a and_o act_v of_o our_o grace_n then_o i_o shall_v confess_v that_o it_o be_v only_o that_o act_n of_o faith_n which_o be_v the_o apprehension_n of_o this_o object_n that_o do_v help_v we_o direct_o to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o object_n proposition_n 3._o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o the_o object_n justify_v we_o causal_o by_o way_n of_o merit_n and_o moral_a procurement_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o merit_n be_v partly_o the_o promise_n convey_v to_o we_o justification_n and_o partly_o justification_n convey_v by_o that_o promise_n not_o to_o speak_v now_o of_o other_o benefit_n and_o the_o promise_n convey_v justification_n by_o moral_a donation_n as_o a_o deed_n of_o gift_n or_o a_o pardon_n to_o a_o traitor_n therefore_o the_o gift_n flow_v pure_o from_o the_o will_n of_o the_o giver_n and_o the_o promise_n or_o deed_n of_o gift_n be_v the_o immediate_a instrumental_a efficient_a cause_n of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v signum_fw-la 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etc._n praxis_fw-la cathol_n dissert_v 7._o pag._n 973._o etc._n etc._n §_o 41._o nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la negat_fw-la quisquam_fw-la fidem_fw-la esse_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la in_o sano_fw-la sensu_fw-la ex_fw-la rom._n 1.5_o &_o 6.17_o &_o 10.16_o &_o 16_o 26._o 2_o thess_n 1_o 8._o act._n 5.3_o 2._o heb._n 5.9_o 1_o pet._n 1.2_o 14_o 22._o 1._o fides_n est_fw-la obedientia_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ejus_fw-la actus_fw-la proprius_fw-la respondet_fw-la praecepto_fw-la evangelii_n crede_fw-la in_o dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la etc._n etc._n ideo_fw-la enim_fw-la ut_fw-la calvinus_n aâ—t_fw-la ad_fw-la rom._n 1.5_o nomine_fw-la obedientiae_fw-la insignitur_fw-la quod_fw-la dominus_fw-la per_fw-la evangelium_fw-la nos_fw-la vocat_fw-la nos_fw-la vocanti_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la respondemus_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la fides_fw-la ut_fw-la loquor_fw-la apol._n august_n conf._n in_o resp_n ad_fw-la arg._n pag._n 125._o est_fw-la obedientia_fw-la erga_fw-la evangelium_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la obedientia_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la legis_fw-la minime_fw-la confundi_fw-la debet_fw-la nam_fw-la ut_fw-la recte_fw-la meutzerus_fw-la in_o exeg_n august_n conf._n â—ct_n 4_o cont_n phot._n in_o 15._o quantum_fw-la ab_fw-la evangelio_n lex_fw-la distat_fw-la tantum_fw-la haec_fw-la obedientia_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la disterminatur_fw-la 42._o 2._o est_fw-la etiam_fw-la fides_fw-la obed_a entia_fw-la quantenus_fw-la per_fw-la synecdochen_n metonymicam_fw-la significat_fw-la totum_fw-la cultum_fw-la à _fw-la fidelibus_fw-la praestiâ—um_fw-la radicem_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la fructibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n nota_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la sermonis_fw-la ut_fw-la inquit_fw-la apol._n conf._n august_n de_fw-fr impl_a leg_n pag._n 87._o quod_fw-la interdum_fw-la eodem_fw-la verbo_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la complectimur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la accipi_fw-la potest_fw-la fides_fw-la heb._n 13.7_o and_o 12.1_o 2._o rom._n 1.8_o 1_o thess_n 1.8_o 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though_o he_o judge_v it_o as_o camero_n not_o accurate_a in_o medul_n l._n 1._o c._n 3._o sect_n 22._o yea_o he_o that_o though_o it_o must_v be_v but_o in_o one_o faculty_n choose_v to_o place_v it_o only_o in_o the_o will_n and_o exclude_v assent_v as_o be_v call_v faith_n quia_fw-la parit_fw-la fidem_fw-la excellent_a davenant_n say_v insactu_fw-la fidei_fw-la justifit_n antis_fw-la totu_n anima_fw-la se_fw-la convertit_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la justificantem_fw-la determine_v q._n 38._o pag._n 174._o and_o again_o fides_n illa_fw-la quam_fw-la scriptura_fw-la justificantem_fw-la agnoscit_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la complicatum_fw-la actum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la &_o intellectus_fw-la determine_v q._n 37._o pag._n 166_o again_o neque_fw-la nobis_fw-la absurdum_fw-la sed_fw-la valde_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la videtur_fw-la actum_fw-la illum_fw-la quo_fw-la tota_fw-la anima_fw-la purificatur_fw-la &_o justificatur_fw-la ad_fw-la totam_fw-la animam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ita_fw-la 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