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translate_v thus_o that_o you_o may_v be_v make_v worthy_a and_o so_o be_v worthy_a of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n for_o which_o also_o you_o suffer_v you_o know_v the_o case_n be_v like_a in_o both_o place_n and_o in_o the_o greek_a doctor_n you_o special_o shall_v know_v by_o your_o ostentation_n of_o read_v they_o in_o greek_a that_o they_o according_a to_o this_o use_n of_o holy_a scripture_n very_o often_o use_v also_o this_o word_n both_o active_o and_o passive_o to_o make_v 〈◊〉_d worthy_a and_o to_o be_v make_v or_o to_o be_v worthy_a see_v the_o greek_a liturgy_n fulk_n 15._o they_o must_v needs_o be_v worthy_a who_o god_n make_v worthy_a but_o then_o be_v they_o not_o worthy_a by_o their_o merit_n or_o desert_n but_o by_o his_o grace_n in_o jesus_n christ_n &_o so_o our_o translator_n mean_v when_o they_o say_v 2._o thess._n 1._o 11._o that_o our_o god_n may_v make_v you_o worthy_a of_o this_o call_n although_o the_o clear_a translation_n have_v be_v that_o god_n may_v account_v you_o worthy_a as_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v ut_fw-la dignetur_fw-la for_o dignor_fw-la be_v not_o to_o make_v worthy_a but_o to_o vouchsafe_v or_o to_o account_v worthy_a wherefore_o you_o do_v vain_o here_o snatch_v at_o a_o word_n contrary_a to_o the_o meaning_n both_o of_o the_o translator_n and_o of_o the_o text_n for_o those_o who_o god_n make_v worthy_a be_v not_o worthy_a by_o their_o desert_n but_o by_o his_o grace_n accept_v they_o how_o the_o greek_a doctor_n use_v the_o word_n it_o be_v not_o now_o the_o question_n but_o how_o it_o signify_v in_o the_o scripture_n although_o i_o see_v not_o how_o you_o prove_v that_o the_o doctor_n use_v it_o to_o make_v worthy_a or_o to_o be_v make_v worthy_a by_o desert_n mart._n 16._o which_o saint_n chrysostome_n to_o put_v all_o out_o 〈◊〉_d of_o doubt_n explicate_v thus_o in_o other_o word_n that_o he_o make_v we_o worthy_a of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n ser._n 1._o de_fw-la orando_fw-la deo_fw-la and_o upon_o the_o epistle_n to_o titus_n cap._n 3._o in_o the_o same_o sense_n passive_o god_n grant_v we_o may_v all_o be_v make_v worthy_a 〈◊〉_d or_o be_v worthy_a of_o the_o good_a thing_n promise_v to_o they_o that_o love_v he_o and_o in_o a_o other_o place_n of_o the_o say_v doctor_n it_o must_v needs_o signify_v to_o be_v worthy_a as_o when_o he_o say_v in_o colos_n 1._o no_o man_n live_v such_o a_o trade_n of_o life_n that_o he_o be_v worthy_a 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o kingdom_n but_o all_o be_v his_o gift_n for_o to_o say_v thus_o no_o man_n so_o live_v that_o he_o can_v be_v count_v worthy_a of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n be_v false_a be_v against_o the_o protestant_n own_o opinion_n which_o say_v they_o be_v count_v worthy_a that_o be_v not_o again_o to_o say_v no_o man_n so_o live_v that_o he_o can_v be_v make_v worthy_a be_v false_a because_o god_n can_v make_v the_o worst_a man_n worthy_a it_o remain_v then_o to_o say_v no_o man_n so_o live_v that_o he_o be_v worthy_a which_o a_o little_a before_o he_o declare_v thus_o no_o man_n by_o his_o own_o proper_a 〈◊〉_d merit_n obtain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n that_o be_v as_o his_o own_o and_o of_o himself_o without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o we_o must_v show_v further_a out_o of_o the_o scripture_n that_o god_n make_v we_o worthy_a and_o so_o we_o be_v in_o deed_n worthy_a and_o here_o also_o we_o must_v convince_v you_o of_o false_a and_o partial_a interpretation_n fulk_n 16._o saint_n chrysostome_n put_v not_o the_o matter_n any_o whit_n out_o of_o doubt_n for_o your_o side_n for_o he_o do_v not_o expound_v this_o text_n of_o 2._o thess._n 1._o but_o only_o in_o the_o late_a end_n of_o his_o sermon_n pray_v that_o god_n have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o all_o will_v make_v we_o worthy_a of_o his_o kingdom_n where_o you_o may_v have_v see_v if_o you_o have_v not_o be_v blind_a with_o frowardness_n that_o god_n make_v we_o worthy_a by_o his_o mercy_n not_o by_o our_o merit_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o prayer_n upon_o the_o 3._o to_o titus_n be_v take_v to_o be_v make_v worthy_a rather_o than_o to_o be_v account_v worthy_a you_o have_v no_o proof_n but_o your_o own_o authority_n although_o for_o god_n to_o make_v worthy_a by_o his_o mercy_n &_o to_o account_v worthy_a be_v all_o one_o in_o effect_n the_o three_o place_n in_o epist._n ad_fw-la col._n cap._n 1._o be_v altogether_o against_o you_o where_o he_o say_v no_o man_n live_v such_o a_o trade_n of_o life_n that_o he_o may_v be_v judge_v or_o account_v worthy_a of_o that_o kingdom_n but_o all_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n be_v not_o his_o meaning_n plain_a that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v account_v worthy_a by_o work_n or_o merit_n but_o altogether_o by_o the_o grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n with_o this_o distinction_n therefore_o which_o be_v plain_a even_o by_o those_o word_n which_o you_o cite_v that_o chrysostome_n make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o any_o inconvenience_n may_v signify_v in_o this_o place_n to_o be_v account_v worthy_a no_o man_n by_o his_o own_o proper_a merit_n obtain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n say_v he_o but_o even_o as_o a_o lot_n be_v rather_o by_o hap_n &_o chance_n so_o it_o be_v here_o mean_v that_o god_n give_v his_o kingdom_n no_o more_o according_a to_o man_n desert_n than_o lot_n do_v fall_v to_o man_n by_o chance_n which_o yet_o god_n dispose_v as_o it_o please_v he_o final_o the_o whole_a discourse_n of_o the_o doctor_n be_v against_o man_n merit_n use_v the_o word_n in_o the_o same_o place_n so_o often_o of_o god_n dignation_n vouchsafe_v or_o account_v worthy_a you_o have_v great_a scarcity_n of_o example_n out_o of_o the_o doctor_n that_o bring_v this_o place_n to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v to_o be_v make_v worthy_a by_o merit_n and_o not_o by_o mere_a mercy_n mart._n 17._o the_o greek_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o pray_v you_o what_o do_v it_o signify_v â—_o you_o must_v answer_v that_o it_o signify_v not_o only_o meet_v but_o also_o worthy_a for_o so_o beza_n reach_v you_o and_o so_o you_o 〈◊〉_d translate_v mat._n 3._o 11._o &_o cap._n 8._o &_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 9_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a in_o all_o three_o place_n and_o why_o i_o pray_v you_o do_v you_o not_o likewise_o follow_v the_o old_a latin_a interpreter_n one_o step_n further_o say_v give_v thanks_n to_o god_n the_o father_n that_o have_v make_v we_o worthy_a but_o translate_n rather_o thus_o 12._o which_o have_v make_v we_o meet_v to_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o light_n here_o be_v the_o place_n where_o you_o shall_v have_v
paul_n ro._n 5._o v._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d who_o make_v it_o all_o one_o to_o be_v justify_v and_o to_o be_v make_v just_a and_o again_o by_o this_o reason_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v manifest_o repugnant_a to_o god_n justice_n to_o account_v he_o for_o just_a that_o be_v not_o just_a and_o therefore_o that_o man_n in_o deed_n be_v make_v just_a thus_o beza_n will_v you_o not_o think_v he_o be_v come_v to_o be_v of_o our_o opinion_n but_o he_o revolt_v again_o and_o interpreat_v all_o these_o goodly_a word_n in_o his_o old_a sense_n say_v not_o that_o any_o quality_n be_v inward_o qualitas_fw-la give_v unto_o we_o of_o which_o we_o be_v name_v just_a but_o because_o the_o justice_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o by_o faith_n free_o by_o faith_n then_o at_o the_o least_o we_o be_v true_o justify_v not_o so_o neither_o but_o faith_n say_v he_o be_v a_o instrument_n wherewith_o 2_o we_o apprehend_v christ_n our_o justice_n so_o that_o we_o have_v no_o more_o justice_n in_o we_o than_o we_o have_v glory_n for_o glory_n also_o we_o apprehend_v by_o faith_n fulk_n 2._o all_o learned_a man_n i_o hope_v do_v see_v that_o you_o have_v no_o regard_n how_o vain_o you_o cavil_v so_o you_o may_v seem_v to_o the_o ignorant_a to_o say_v something_o against_o they_o that_o be_v godly_a and_o learned_a act._n 13._o v._n 39_o beza_n translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d absolui_fw-la that_o be_v say_v he_o to_o be_v declare_v just_a or_o absolve_v and_o give_v this_o reason_n why_o he_o use_v not_o the_o word_n iustificaâ—i_fw-mi in_o that_o place_n which_o he_o use_v elsewhere_o ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la illud_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la perinde_v acciperet_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la casus_fw-la esset_fw-la modi_fw-la aut_fw-la instrumenti_fw-la per_fw-la quod_fw-la iustiâ—icemur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la iustifiamus_fw-la ac_fw-la pronunciemur_fw-la aut_fw-la pro_fw-la iustis_fw-la habeamur_fw-la hoc_fw-la quidem_fw-la loco_fw-la malui_fw-la absoluendi_fw-la verbum_fw-la usurpare_fw-la ut_fw-la magis_fw-la perspicua_fw-la esset_fw-la oratio_fw-la lest_o any_o man_n shall_v take_v this_o word_n of_o the_o text_n ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la as_o though_o it_o be_v the_o case_n of_o the_o mean_a or_o instrument_n by_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v that_o be_v make_v and_o pronounce_v just_a or_o account_v for_o just_a in_o this_o place_n i_o choose_v rather_o to_o use_v the_o word_n of_o absolve_a that_o the_o sentence_n may_v be_v more_o clear_a the_o latin_a ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la may_v signify_v by_o all_o thing_n or_o from_o all_o thing_n therefore_o jest_n any_o man_n shall_v mistake_v the_o apostle_n as_o though_o he_o say_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o all_o those_o thing_n where_o he_o mean_v we_o be_v justify_v from_o all_o thing_n beza_n in_o this_o place_n use_v the_o word_n of_o absolve_a or_o acquit_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o he_o do_v justify_v in_o other_o place_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o same_o matter_n and_o say_v as_o plain_o as_o a_o man_n can_v speak_v that_o to_o be_v justify_v and_o to_o be_v make_v just_a or_o pronounce_v or_o account_v just_a before_o god_n be_v all_o one_o yet_o our_o momus_n find_v fault_n with_o he_o for_o expound_v to_o be_v justify_v rom._n 2._o v._n 13._o to_o be_v pronounce_v just_a as_o though_o god_n will_v pronounce_v any_o man_n just_a which_o be_v not_o just_a indeed_o but_o beza_n he_o say_v elsewhere_o protest_v that_o to_o be_v justify_v be_v not_o to_o be_v pronounce_v or_o account_v just_a but_o rather_o to_o be_v just_a indeed_o if_o martin_n have_v not_o beely_v beza_n we_o shall_v have_v have_v bezaes_n word_n set_v down_o both_o in_o latin_a and_o english_a but_o in_o truth_n beza_n have_v no_o such_o word_n yet_o in_o sense_n he_o have_v thus_o much_o that_o to_o be_v justify_v before_o god_n be_v to_o be_v just_a indeed_o and_o not_o to_o be_v only_o pronounce_v or_o account_v just_a when_o he_o be_v not_o so_o in_o deed_n but_o that_o we_o be_v make_v true_o just_a indeed_o by_o the_o justice_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v impute_v unto_o we_o free_o by_o faith_n and_o as_o for_o that_o new_a life_n or_o justice_n which_o be_v call_v inherent_a in_o we_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n but_o the_o witness_n of_o that_o justice_n by_o imputation_n of_o which_o we_o be_v save_v follow_v he_o that_o be_v justify_v and_o not_o go_v before_o justification_n and_o faith_n indeed_o be_v the_o instrument_n by_o which_o we_o apprehend_v christ_n our_o justice_n neither_o do_v beza_n say_v that_o we_o be_v not_o true_o justify_v by_o faith_n but_o that_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o principal_a efficient_a cause_n which_o be_v the_o mercy_n of_o god_n but_o the_o instrumental_a cause_n by_o which_o we_o take_v hold_v of_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n in_o all_o this_o beza_n have_v say_v nothing_o contrary_a to_o himself_o nor_o to_o the_o truth_n and_o it_o be_v no_o absurdity_n to_o say_v that_o the_o justice_n of_o christ_n by_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v be_v no_o more_o inherent_a in_o we_o than_o his_o glory_n and_o yet_o both_o assure_v unto_o we_o by_o faith_n as_o for_o that_o justice_n which_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o god_n sanctify_a spirit_n and_o a_o fruit_n of_o our_o justification_n before_o god_n by_o which_o also_o we_o be_v justify_v or_o declare_v just_a before_o man_n as_o s._n james_n teach_v be_v inherent_a in_o we_o as_o also_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o glorification_n by_o that_o peace_n of_o conscience_n &_o joy_n that_o we_o have_v in_o god_n be_v reconcile_v to_o we_o by_o christ._n mart._n 3._o for_o this_o purpose_n both_o he_o and_o the_o english_a 〈◊〉_d bibles_n translate_v thus_o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v repute_v to_o he_o for_o justice_n rom._n 4._o v._n 3._o &_o 9_o where_o he_o interpreat_v for_o justice_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but._n in_o loco_fw-la the_o steed_n &_o place_n of_o justice_n so_o also_o take_v away_o true_a inherent_a justice_n even_o from_o abraham_n himself_o but_o to_o admit_v their_o translation_n which_o notwithstanding_o in_o their_o sense_n be_v most_o false_a must_v it_o needs_o signify_v not_o true_a inherent_a justice_n because_o the_o scripture_n say_v it_o be_v repute_v for_o justice_n do_v such_o speech_n import_v that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o deed_n but_o be_v only_o repute_v so_o then_o if_o we_o say_v this_o shall_v be_v repute_v to_o thou_o for_o sin_n for_o a_o great_a benefit_n and_o so_o forth_o it_o shall_v signify_v it_o be_v no_o sin_n indeed_o nor_o great_a benefit_n but_o let_v they_o call_v to_o mind_n peccatum_fw-la that_o the_o scripture_n use_v to_o speak_v of_o sin_n and_o of_o justice_n alike_o it_o shall_v be_v sin_n in_o thou_o or_o unto_o thou_o as_o they_o translate_v bibl._n 〈◊〉_d 1577_o or_o as_o s._n hierome_n translate_v it_o shall_v be_v repute_v to_o thou_o for_o sin_n deut._n c._n 23._o &_o 24._o &_o as_o themselves_o translate_v it_o shall_v be_v righteousness_n unto_o thou_o before_o the_o lord_n thy_o 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