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yea_o and_o some_o of_o our_o late_a protestant_a writer_n themselves_o and_o these_o of_o eminent_a worth_n and_o note_n see_v cap._n 13._o sect._n 29._o especial_o when_o man_n have_v no_o better_a or_o more_o satisfactory_a ground_n for_o their_o opinion_n then_o have_v yet_o be_v produce_v against_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o infant-baptism_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n clemens_n of_o alexandria_n another_o famous_a champion_n of_o christianity_n about_o 7._o §._o 7._o these_o time_n be_v of_o the_o same_o faith_n in_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n with_o his_o fellow_n in_o one_o place_n he_o demand_v how_o be_v he_o speak_v of_o christ_n a_o saviour_n and_o lord_n if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o saviour_n and_o lord_n of_o all_z in_o another_o he_o term_v christ_n the_o disposer_n or_o administrator_n of_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o his_o father_n will_n govern_v or_o take_v order_n for_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_z men._n elsewhere_o he_o argue_v thus_o either_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o take_v care_n for_o all_o man_n and_o this_o either_o because_o he_o be_v not_o able_a which_o be_v not_o right_o to_o suppose_v or_o because_o though_o able_a enough_o yet_o he_o will_v not_o but_o this_o be_v not_o incident_a to_o he_o that_o be_v good_a nor_o be_v he_o backward_o or_o indispose_v hereunto_o through_o voluptuousness_n in_o as_o much_o as_o for_o our_o sake_n he_o assume_v flesh_n expose_v to_o suffering_n or_o else_o he_o do_v take_v care_n of_o all_z which_o indeed_o become_v he_o that_o be_v make_v the_o lord_n of_o all_o for_o he_o be_v a_o saviour_n not_o of_o some_o and_o not_o of_o other_o 7._o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la postea_fw-la christum_fw-la vocat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n non_fw-la longè_fw-la antè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n clem._n alexand._n strom._n l._n 7._o etc._n etc._n in_o a_o oration_n to_o the_o gentile_n he_o call_v unto_o they_o thus_o hear_v you_o that_o be_v afar_o off_o and_o harken_v you_o that_o be_v near_o the_o word_n be_v not_o hide_v or_o conceal_a from_o any_o the_o light_n thereof_o be_v common_a it_o shine_v unto_o all_z man_n gentes_fw-la man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d clem._n alexandr_n in_o orat._n â—d_a gentes_fw-la etc._n etc._n justin_n martyr_n who_o write_n among_o those_o that_o treat_v of_o christian_a religion_n and_o be_v judge_v authentic_a and_o not_o spurious_a be_v the_o most_o ancient_a that_o i_o know_v since_o the_o day_n of_o the_o apostle_n give_v frequent_a testimony_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o one_o place_n he_o present_v the_o saint_n as_o know_v or_o acknowledge_v that_o he_o that_o have_v wrought_v that_o great_a salvation_n for_o mankind_n be_v praise_v worthy_a great_o to_o be_v fear_v and_o the_o maker_n or_o creator_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n morel_n earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n just_o martyr_n in_o dialogo_fw-la cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 300_o edit_n morel_n in_o another_o speak_v of_o christ_n he_o say_v that_o now_o through_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v make_v man_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o mankind_n he_o submit_v himself_o to_o suffer_v whatsoever_o the_o inconsiderate_a jew_n be_v inspire_v by_o the_o devil_n to_o inflict_v upon_o he_o christianis_fw-la he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la apol._n 2._o pro_fw-la christianis_fw-la in_o a_o three_o he_o say_v that_o christ_n neither_o submit_v himself_o to_o be_v bear_v nor_o yet_o to_o be_v crucify_v as_o if_o he_o need_v these_o thing_n for_o himself_o but_o for_o that_o kind_n or_o generation_n of_o man_n which_o in_o or_o by_o adam_n be_v fall_v under_o death_n and_o the_o deceit_n of_o the_o serpent_n 316._o serpent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o dial._n p._n 316._o by_o mankind_n or_o the_o kind_n of_o man_n he_o can_v mean_v a_o few_o a_o circumscribe_v number_n a_o small_a parcel_n of_o man_n as_o the_o elect_n so_o call_v be_v know_v to_o be_v these_o in_o no_o propriety_n of_o speech_n can_v be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o generation_n or_o kind_n of_o man_n or_o if_o in_o one_o place_n he_o shall_v have_v mean_v the_o elect_n by_o such_o a_o expression_n it_o be_v no_o way_n like_o but_o that_o in_o some_o other_o he_o will_v have_v express_v himself_o more_o plain_o but_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o genus_fw-la or_o general_a kind_n of_o man_n appear_v evident_o enough_o by_o this_o descriptive_a character_n which_o he_o give_v of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n which_o from_o adam_n or_o through_o adam_n be_v fall_v under_o death_n this_o we_o know_v be_v the_o adequate_a and_o appropriate_a character_n not_o of_o some_o man_n but_o of_o all_o mankind_n without_o exception_n but_o the_o sun_n be_v visible_a enough_o without_o a_o candle_n ireneus_fw-la not_o long_o after_o the_o former_a avouch_v the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o contest_v 8._o §._o 8._o over_o and_o over_o as_o eve_n say_v he_o become_v disobedient_a become_v hereby_o the_o cause_n of_o death_n both_o to_o herself_o and_o to_o the_o universe_n of_o mankind_n so_o mary_n have_v the_o man_n predestinate_v by_o god_n meaning_n christ_n notwithstanding_o her_o be_v involve_v in_o the_o death_n bring_v upon_o all_o mankind_n by_o eve_n yet_o become_v a_o obedient_a virgin_n she_o prove_v the_o cause_n or_o mean_n of_o salvation_n unto_o the_o universe_n of_o men_n 33._o men_n sicut_fw-la eva_n inobaudiens_n facta_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o universo_fw-it generi_fw-la humano_fw-la causa_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la mortâ—_n sic_fw-la &_o maria_fw-la â—abens_fw-la praedestinatum_fw-la virum_fw-la tamen_fw-la virgâ—_n obaudiens_n &_o sibi_fw-la &_o universo_fw-it generi_fw-la humano_fw-la causa_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la salutis_fw-la iren._n lib._n 3._o adversus_fw-la haeres_fw-la cap._n 33._o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o by_o submit_v unto_o the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n signify_v unto_o she_o by_o the_o angel_n concern_v the_o bear_n and_o bring_v forth_o of_o his_o son_n jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n she_o have_v the_o grace_n according_o vouchsafe_v unto_o she_o to_o bear_v and_o bring_v he_o forth_o who_o be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o salvation_n to_o universal_a mankind_n by_o which_o submission_n and_o service_n she_o in_o a_o sense_n become_v the_o cause_n or_o mean_v also_o of_o this_o salvation_n elsewhere_o the_o same_o father_n say_v that_o christ_n recapitulate_v or_o gather_v into_o one_o in_o himself_o all_o nation_n disperse_v up_o and_o down_o the_o world_n even_o from_o adam_n all_z tongve_n and_o every_o generation_n of_o men_n together_o with_o the_o person_n of_o adam_n himself_o 33._o himself_o significans_fw-la quoniam_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la omnes_fw-la gentes_fw-la exinde_fw-la ab_fw-la adam_n dispersas_fw-la &_o universâ—s_fw-la linguas_fw-la &_o generationem_fw-la hominum_fw-la cum_fw-la ipso_fw-la adam_n in_fw-la 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10._o 29_o to_o say_v that_o this_o scripture_n with_o the_o former_a do_v not_o speak_v of_o a_o true_a and_o real_a sanctification_n but_o of_o that_o only_a which_o be_v outside_o seem_o and_o hypocritical_o such_o be_v to_o claim_v a_o mere_a arbitrary_a power_n for_o interpret_n the_o scripture_n for_o 1._o the_o word_n here_o translate_v sanctification_n be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o our_o saviour_n use_v joh._n 17._o 17._o where_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o his_o disciple_n he_o pray_v thus_o unto_o his_o father_n sanctify_v they_o through_o thy_o truth_n thy_o word_n be_v the_o truth_n if_o neither_o reason_n nor_o religion_n suffer_v we_o here_o to_o interpret_v that_o christ_n pray_v unto_o the_o father_n to_o sanctify_v his_o disciple_n outward_o formal_o seem_o only_a but_o real_o and_o in_o truth_n i_o will_v glad_o know_v which_o of_o the_o two_o or_o whether_o both_o lead_v we_o to_o understand_v any_o other_o sanctification_n in_o the_o place_n in_o hand_n 2._o 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the_o gospel_n
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meaning_n shall_v be_v that_o there_o be_v a_o utter_a simple_a or_o logical_a impossibility_n that_o such_o a_o faith_n shall_v be_v whole_o lose_v but_o that_o they_o rather_o speak_v rhetorical_o and_o will_v be_v understand_v of_o a_o kind_n of_o moral_a impossibility_n only_o which_o import_v a_o great_a difficulty_n improbability_n or_o rareness_n of_o a_o event_n in_o which_o sense_n or_o notion_n the_o scripture_n themselves_o as_o knowledge_n have_v be_v give_v elsewhere_o 29._o elsewhere_o cap._n 10._o §._o 28._o
13._o the_o possibility_n of_o a_o total_a fall_v away_o without_o a_o final_a and_o again_o of_o both_o a_o total_a and_o final_a can_v light_o be_v assert_v in_o word_n more_o significant_a and_o express_a than_o these_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o part_n of_o his_o work_n profess_v his_o judgement_n to_o the_o same_o point_n thus_o for_o who_o dare_v deny_v but_o that_o those_o first_o man_n be_v happy_a or_o bless_a in_o paradise_n before_o they_o sin_v although_o they_o be_v uncertain_a how_o long_o this_o their_o blessedness_n shall_v continue_v or_o whether_o it_o will_v be_v eternal_a but_o eternal_a it_o have_v be_v have_v they_o not_o sin_v and_o now_o upon_o good_a ground_n we_o call_v those_o bless_a who_o we_o discern_v to_o live_v righteous_o and_o religious_o with_o a_o hope_n of_o future_a immortality_n without_o the_o perpetration_n of_o any_o such_o crime_n which_o waste_v the_o conscience_n who_o easy_o obtain_v a_o merciful_a pardon_n from_o god_n for_o those_o sin_n of_o infirmity_n whereunto_o at_o present_a they_o be_v obnoxious_a who_o though_o they_o be_v certain_a of_o the_o reward_n of_o their_o perseverance_n yet_o be_v find_v to_o be_v uncertain_a of_o their_o perseverance_n itself_o for_o what_o man_n can_v certain_o know_v that_o he_o shall_v persevere_v in_o the_o practice_n and_o proficiency_n of_o righteousness_n unto_o the_o end_n unless_o by_o some_o revelation_n he_o be_v assure_v hereof_o by_o he_o who_o in_o his_o just_a and_o secret_a judgement_n be_v not_o wont_a to_o inform_v all_o of_o such_o a_o thing_n though_o he_o deceive_v none_o 12._o none_o quis_fw-la enim_fw-la primos_fw-la illos_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o paradiso_n negare_fw-la audeat_fw-la beatos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ante_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quamvis_fw-la de_fw-la suâ_fw-la beatitudine_fw-la quà m_fw-la diuturna_fw-la vel_fw-la utrùm_fw-la aeterna_fw-la esset_fw-la incertos_fw-la esset_fw-la autem_fw-la aeterna_fw-la nisi_fw-la peccassent_fw-la cum_fw-la hodié_fw-fr non_fw-la imprudenter_fw-la beatos_fw-la vocemus_fw-la quosvidemus_fw-la justè_fw-la ac_fw-la pié_fw-fr cum_fw-la spe_fw-la futurae_fw-la immortalitatis_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la ducere_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la vastante_fw-la consciential_a facile_a impetrante_n peccatis_fw-la huius_fw-la infirmitatis_fw-la divinam_fw-la miserecordiam_fw-la qui_fw-la licet_fw-la de_fw-fr suae_fw-la perseverantiae_fw-la praemio_fw-la certi_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la tamen_fw-la perseverantiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la reperiuntur_fw-la incerti_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la hominum_fw-la se_fw-la in_o actione_n profectuque_fw-la justiciae_fw-la perseveraturum_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la sciat_fw-la nisi_fw-la revelatione_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la fiat_fw-la certus_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la hâc_fw-la re_fw-la justo_fw-la latentique_fw-la judicio_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la instruit_fw-la sed_fw-la neminem_fw-la fallit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civiâ—_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 12._o that_o opinion_n of_o this_o father_n which_o lie_v large_a in_o these_o word_n as_o in_o some_o other_o of_o the_o late-recited_n passage_n and_o in_o twenty_o place_n beside_o of_o his_o write_n viz._n that_o they_o who_o at_o present_a be_v true_a saint_n and_o believer_n yea_o and_o know_v this_o certain_o yet_o know_v not_o certain_o whether_o they_o shall_v persevere_v or_o no_o unto_o the_o end_n draw_v along_o with_o it_o by_o a_o pregnant_a and_o undeniable_a consequence_n that_o opinion_n which_o all_o this_o while_n we_o avouch_v for_o his_o also_o viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o impossibility_n at_o all_o but_o that_o true_a believer_n may_v miscarry_v in_o point_n of_o perseverance_n and_o draw_v back_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v to_o perdition_n we_o shall_v uâ—on_v this_o account_n at_o present_a add_v only_o one_o testimony_n more_o from_o his_o pen_n unto_o which_o we_o be_v debtor_n for_o word_n to_o this_o effect_n in_o his_o 107._o epistle_n now_o believer_n 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assensum_fw-la praebent_fw-la minime_fw-la simulatum_fw-la act._n synod_n dordrect_v part_n 2._o pag._n 188._o and_o again_o that_o such_o as_o these_o be_v enlighten_v with_o the_o supernatural_a knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n which_o enlighten_v proceed_n from_o the_o holy_a ghost_n beget_v true_a knowledge_n in_o their_o mind_n from_o whence_o as_o oft_o as_o be_v needful_a they_o may_v act_v or_o work_v conformable_o to_o it_o ibid._n it_o he_o omnes_fw-la illuminati_fw-la sunt_fw-la cognition_n supernaturali_fw-la veritatis_fw-la evangelij_fw-la quae_fw-la illuminatio_fw-la à _fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it profecta_fw-la veram_fw-la notician_n in_fw-la horum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la genuine_a ex_fw-la quâ_fw-la actus_fw-la eliciebant_fw-la quoties_fw-la opus_fw-la erant_fw-la eidem_fw-la conform_v ibid._n and_o yet_o further_o that_o the_o seed_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o stony_a ground_n signify_v or_o point_v out_o such_o hearer_n who_o for_o a_o time_n believe_v i._n e._n who_o assent_n unto_o the_o thing_n reveal_v by_o god_n and_o more_o especial_o to_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o gospel_n and_o that_o their_o assent_n in_o this_o kind_n be_v no_o way_n counterfeit_v or_o feign_v appear_v from_o hence_o that_o they_o receive_v the_o word_n with_o joy_n 189._o joy_n semen_n quod_fw-la cecidit_fw-la super_fw-la petrosam_fw-la eos_fw-la denotat_fw-la auditores_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la credunt_fw-la i._n e._n qui_fw-la divinitus_fw-la revelatis_fw-la assentiuntur_fw-la &_o imprimis_fw-la pacto_fw-la evangelico_n assensum_fw-la autem_fw-la hunc_fw-la minimé_fw-fr simulatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la inde_fw-la constat_fw-la quòd_fw-la sermonen_fw-mi cum_fw-la guadio_fw-la exciperent_fw-la ibid._n p._n 189._o by_o the_o express_a tenor_n of_o all_o this_o discourse_n most_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o this_o synod_n grant_v a_o possibility_n of_o fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o in_o those_o at_o least_o in_o many_o of_o 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traveller_n i._n e._n among_o the_o saint_n that_o be_v yet_o in_o the_o course_n of_o their_o pilgrimage_n upon_o the_o earth_n 326._o earth_n dicimus_fw-la igitur_fw-la fidem_fw-la quoad_fw-la habitum_fw-la manere_fw-la &_o perfici_fw-la in_o futurâ_fw-la vitâ_fw-la licét_v evacuetur_fw-la quoad_fw-la accidentalem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la conditionem_fw-la pro_fw-la statu_fw-la viae_fw-la illam_fw-la concomitantem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la enim_fw-la beati_fw-la sic_fw-la dispositi_fw-la sunt_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la deo_fw-la assentire_fw-la velint_fw-la ex_fw-la evidentia_fw-la rei_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la asserentis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la res_fw-la affirmata_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o se_fw-la inevidens_fw-la imò_fw-la multò_fw-la promptiùs_fw-la propter_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la dicentis_fw-la crederet_fw-la deo_fw-la quivis_fw-la ex_fw-la numero_fw-la beatorun_n quam_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la maximâ_fw-la fide_fw-la praeditus_fw-la est_fw-la 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abettor_n of_o the_o pelagian_a faction_n that_o he_o hold_v that_o christ_n the_o lord_n suffer_v not_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o all_o men._n therefore_o they_o who_o traduce_v the_o doctrine_n maintain_v in_o this_o discourse_n under_o the_o odious_a name_n of_o pelagianism_n either_o declare_v themselves_o notable_o ignorant_a of_o what_o pelagianism_n mean_v or_o else_o asperse_v that_o father_n who_o questionless_a know_v better_a than_o all_o his_o fellow_n what_o belong_v to_o pelagianism_n with_o the_o blot_n of_o this_o ignorance_n by_o his_o vote_n and_o verdict_n the_o doctrine_n which_o contradict_v that_o assert_v by_o we_o be_v pelagianism_n another_o testimony_n from_o the_o same_o father_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n may_v be_v that_o former_o cite_v have_v rehearse_v these_o word_n for_o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n to_o judge_n the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n by_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v he_o infer_v thus_o therefore_o as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v to_o heal_v the_o sick_a that_o man_n slay_v himself_o who_o will_v not_o observe_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v a_o saviour_n unto_o the_o world_n why_o be_v he_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v save_o the_o world_n 12._o world_n ergo_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o medico_n est_fw-la sanare_fw-la venit_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la interimit_fw-la qui_fw-la praecepta_fw-la medici_n observare_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la venit_fw-la salvator_n ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la quare_fw-la salvator_n dictus_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la salvet_fw-la mundum_fw-la aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 12._o elsewhere_o address_v himself_o in_o his_o private_a devotion_n unto_o the_o lord_n christ_n he_o speak_v to_o he_o thus_o i_o know_v thou_o to_o be_v true_a god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n the_o creator_n saviour_n and_o redeemer_n of_o i_o and_o of_o whole_a mankind_n 32._o mankind_n cognovi_fw-la te_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la creatorem_fw-la salvatorem_fw-la &_o redemptorem_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustin_n soliloqu_n c._n 32._o again_o o_o thou_o unclean_a world_n he_o come_v that_o shall_v redeem_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v trouble_v and_o he_o thou_o will_v destroy_v when_o he_o be_v mind_a to_o deliver_v thou_o 2._o thou_o o_o munde_a immunde_n venit_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la redimat_fw-la &_o turbaris_fw-la &_o hunc_fw-la tu_fw-la vis_fw-la perdere_fw-la quando_fw-la ille_fw-la te_fw-la disposuit_fw-la liberare_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symb._n l._n 2._o concern_v judas_n he_o demand_v what_o do_v the_o sin_n of_o judas_n who_o sell_v he_o by_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v or_o be_v to_o have_v be_v redeem_a ibid._n redeem_a quid_fw-la egit_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la judae_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la vendidit_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la redimi_fw-la debuit_fw-la ibid._n afterward_o he_o present_v christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n speak_v to_o the_o unbelieved_a jew_n who_o have_v crucify_v he_o thus_o behold_v the_o man_n who_o you_o have_v crucify_v behold_v that_o god_n and_o man_n in_o who_o you_o refuse_v to_o believe_v you_o see_v the_o wound_n which_o you_o have_v inflict_v the_o side_n which_o you_o have_v pierce_v because_o by_o you_o and_o for_o you_o it_o have_v be_v open_v and_o yet_o you_o will_v not_o enter_v ibid._n enter_v ecce_fw-la hominem_fw-la quem_fw-la crucifixistis_fw-la ecce_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la credere_fw-la noluistis_fw-la videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la infixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la apertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la ibid._n in_o another_o place_n thus_o mankind_n fall_v sick_a not_o of_o bodily_a disease_n but_o of_o sin_n this_o great_a patient_n or_o sick_a man_n lie_v all_o along_o the_o world_n from_o the_o east_n unto_o the_o west_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o this_o great_a sick_a man_n the_o omnipotent_a physician_n come_v down_o 59_o down_o aegrotat_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la morbis_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatis_fw-la iaceo_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentem_fw-la grandis_fw-la aegrotus_fw-la ad_fw-la sanandum_fw-la grandem_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la descendit_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la medice_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la serm._n 59_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o part_n of_o his_o work_n compare_v the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o adam_n together_o discourse_v to_o this_o effect_n what_o therefore_o be_v just_o due_a from_o adam_n christ_n unjust_o by_o suffer_v death_n pay_v he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o apple_n christ_n to_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o cross_n he_o show_v the_o tree_n of_o death_n christ_n the_o tree_n of_o life_n he_o lift_v up_o himself_o against_o god_n and_o fall_v christ_n humele_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v lift_v up_o all._n adam_n bring_v death_n upon_o all_o man_n universal_o and_o christ_n have_v repair_v or_o restore_v life_n unto_o all_o men._n every_o one_o therefore_o look_v towards_o the_o brazen_a serpent_n and_o be_v heal_v of_o the_o wound_n receive_v from_o the_o poisonous_a serpent_n the_o brazen_a serpent_n set_v upon_o a_o wooden_a pole_n overcome_v all_o the_o venom_n of_o the_o live_a serpent_n and_o christ_n be_v hang_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o die_v quench_v the_o old_a poison_n or_o venom_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o deliver_v or_o free_a alice_n that_o be_v strike_n or_o sting_n by_o him_n 101._o him_n ille_fw-la arborem_fw-la necis_fw-la icte_n salutis_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ille_fw-la se_fw-la contrà _fw-la deum_fw-la erexit_fw-la &_o cecidit_fw-la christus_fw-la se_fw-la humiliavit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la erigeret_fw-la adam_n mortem_fw-la universis_fw-la intulit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la vitam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la reparavit_fw-la respiciebat_fw-la ergo_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la ad_fw-la serpentem_fw-la aeneum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la venenatis_fw-la serpentibus_fw-la sanabatur_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la positus_fw-la veâ—ena_fw-la uâ—vorum_fw-la serpentum_fw-la superavit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la in_o cruse_n suspensus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la antiqua_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venena_fw-la restinxit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percussi_fw-la fluerant_fw-la liberavit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 101._o this_o father_n in_o his_o dialect_n and_o manner_n of_o expression_n can_v not_o more_o significant_o declare_v for_o general_n redemption_n than_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o now-recited_n testimony_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o passage_n and_o say_n of_o like_a import_n be_v very_o familiar_a and_o frequent_a in_o his_o write_n in_o one_o place_n he_o say_v that_o judas_n cast_v away_o the_o price_n of_o silver_n for_o which_o he_o sell_v the_o lord_n and_o acknowledge_v not_o the_o price_n with_o which_o himself_o be_v redeem_a by_o the_o lord_n 68_o lord_n judas_n projecit_fw-la precium_fw-la argenti_fw-la quo_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la dominus_fw-la venditus_fw-la erat_fw-la nec_fw-la agnovit_fw-la pretium_fw-la quo_fw-la ipse_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la redemptus_fw-la erat_fw-la aug._n in_o enar._n psal_n 68_o in_o another_o unless_o he_o christ_n have_v be_v crucify_v the_o world_n have_v not_o be_v redeem_a 4._o redeem_a nisi_fw-la enim_fw-la crucifigeretur_fw-la illâ—_n mundus_fw-la non_fw-la redimeretur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symbâ—l_n 3._o c._n 4._o in_o a_o three_o for_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v so_o or_o upon_o such_o term_n shed_v for_o remission_n of_o all_z sin_z or_o for_o remission_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o blot_v out_o that_o very_a sin_n by_o which_o it_o be_v shed_v johan_n shed_v christi_fw-la enim_fw-la sanguis_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatoâ—un_fw-la omnium_fw-la fâ—sus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la etiam_fw-la peccatum_fw-la posset_n delere_fw-la quo_fw-la fusus_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n tract_n 92._o in_o johan_n in_o a_o four_o we_o read_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o
effectus_fw-la hostia_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n origen_n about_o the_o same_o time_n hold_v forth_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o the_o world_n 6._o §._o 6._o affirm_v that_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n be_v lead_v as_o a_o lamb_n unto_o the_o slaughter_n and_o offer_v up_o as_o a_o sacrifice_n of_o or_o upon_o the_o altar_n procure_v remission_n of_o sin_n for_o the_o universal_a world_n etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o so_o than_o the_o world_n be_v train_v up_o first_o to_o seek_v remission_n of_o sin_n by_o divers_a sacrifice_n until_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o a_o perfect_a sacrifice_n a_o complete_a and_o absolute_a sacrifice_n a_o lamb_n of_o a_o year_n old_a perfect_a which_o shall_v take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n etc._n world_n vide_fw-la ergo_fw-la ne_fw-la fortè_fw-la sicut_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o salvator_n noster_fw-la quasi_fw-la agnus_fw-la ad_fw-la occisionem_fw-la ductus_fw-la &_o in_o sacrificium_fw-la altaris_fw-la oblatus_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissionem_fw-la universo_fw-it praestitit_fw-la mundo_fw-la ita_fw-la fortassis_fw-la &_o caeterorun_v sanctorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n origen_n in_o num._n hom._n 24._o et_fw-la mox_fw-la sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la imbuitur_fw-la mundus_fw-la primo_fw-la per_fw-la diversas_fw-la hostias_fw-la remissionem_fw-la quaerere_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la donec_fw-la veniat_fw-la ad_fw-la hostiam_fw-la perfectam_fw-la ad_fw-la hostiam_fw-la consummata_fw-la agnum_fw-la anniculum_fw-la perfectum_fw-la qui_fw-la tollat_fw-la peccata_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n elsewhere_o he_o make_v the_o apostle_n paul_n to_o have_v say_v that_o christ_n have_v give_v himself_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o whole_a mankind_n that_o he_o may_v redeem_v those_o that_o be_v keep_v in_o bondage_n by_o sin_n by_o taste_v death_n without_o deceit_n for_o all_z man_n 25._o man_n nam_fw-la cum_fw-la superius_fw-la dixisset_fw-la quòd_fw-la pro_fw-la omni_fw-la genere_fw-la humano_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la dedisset_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o peccatorum_fw-la captivitate_fw-la tenebantur_fw-la redimeret_fw-la dum_fw-la sine_fw-la dolo_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortem_fw-la gustat_fw-la nunc_fw-la etc._n etc._n origen_n in_o rom._n 3._o v._n 25._o i_o present_v the_o reader_n only_o with_o a_o little_a from_o these_o author_n respective_o in_o comparison_n of_o what_o upon_o the_o same_o account_n may_v be_v transcribe_v from_o they_o cyprian_a a_o worthy_a author_n and_o martyr_n of_o this_o age_n count_v it_o no_o injury_n to_o the_o truth_n to_o abet_v the_o same_o doctrine_n have_v mention_v some_o example_n as_o he_o term_v they_o of_o a_o propagation_n of_o creature_n otherwise_o then_o according_a to_o the_o common_a course_n of_o nature_n he_o advance_v this_o demand_n to_o salve_v the_o possibility_n or_o rather_o to_o evince_v the_o probability_n of_o the_o virgin_n conception_n shall_v then_o say_v he_o that_o seem_v incredible_a to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o power_n of_o god_n for_o the_o redintegration_n or_o new-making_a of_o the_o whole_a world_n example_n whereof_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o propagation_n of_o animal_n creature_n afterward_o christ_n then_o suffer_v not_o in_o the_o flesh_n with_o any_o detriment_n or_o injury_n to_o his_o godhead_n but_o that_o through_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o flesh_n he_o may_v work_v salvation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n symboli_fw-la earth_n hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la incredibile_fw-la videbitur_fw-la divinâ_fw-la virtute_fw-la ad_fw-la totius_fw-la mundi_fw-la redintegrationem_fw-la factum_fw-la cujus_fw-la exempla_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o animalium_fw-la nativitate_fw-la cernuntur_fw-la et_fw-la posteà _fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la damno_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la christus_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la infimitatem_fw-la carnis_fw-la salutem_fw-la operaretur_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la terrae_fw-la cypr._n in_o exposit_n symboli_fw-la meaning_n for_o all_o the_o world_n round_o about_o he_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v the_o corruption_n of_o nature_n even_o in_o our_o first_o beginning_n deserve_v to_o be_v cast_v away_o and_o abandon_v by_o god_n but_o because_o the_o will_n be_v not_o in_o fault_n god_n provide_v a_o remedy_n against_o that_o general_z condemnation_n and_o temper_v or_o qualify_a the_o sentence_n of_o his_o justice_n removing_z that_o hereditary_a burden_n from_o the_o posterity_n or_o child_n and_o merciful_o purge_v out_o the_o leaven_n of_o original_a corruption_n by_o the_o wash_n of_o baptism_n and_o anoint_v but_o indignation_n and_o wrath_n deserve_o return_v back_n upon_o they_o who_o after_o the_o grace_n of_o this_o indulgence_n from_o god_n in_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o their_o sin_n voluntary_o go_v astray_o and_o wander_v by_o sin_v abuse_v their_o own_o freedom_n be_v lead_v not_o by_o necessity_n but_o by_o will_n nor_o do_v there_o remain_v for_o they_o any_o benefit_n or_o any_o thing_n get_v in_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n but_o the_o benefit_n hereof_o being_n despise_v by_o they_o do_v most_o just_o condemn_v they_o pedum_n they_o in_o originalibus_fw-la enim_fw-la corruptio_fw-la naturae_fw-la abjici_fw-la &_o exterminari_fw-la meruerat_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la voluntas_fw-la in_o culpâ_fw-la providit_fw-la deus_fw-la generali_fw-la damnationi_fw-la remedium_fw-la &_o suae_fw-la sententiam_fw-la justiciae_fw-la temperavit_fw-la hereditarium_fw-la onus_fw-la a_o sobole_fw-la removens_fw-la &_o misericorditer_fw-la ablutione_n &_o unctione_n medicinali_fw-la corruptionis_fw-la primitivae_fw-la fermentum_fw-la expurgans_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la post_fw-la huius_fw-la indulgentiae_fw-la gratiam_fw-la voluntarij_fw-la per_fw-la peccata_fw-la evagat_n sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la proprio_fw-la abutuntur_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la &_o voluntate_fw-la non_fw-la necessitate_v ducuntur_fw-la indignatio_fw-la &_o ira_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la redit_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la alâ—_n quis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la superest_fw-la quaestus_fw-la sed_fw-la justissimé_fw-fr eos_fw-la beneficia_fw-la contempta_fw-la condemnant_fw-la cypr._n de_fw-fr ablut_fw-fr pedum_n this_o passage_n be_v pregnant_a with_o the_o assertion_n of_o both_o the_o main_a doctrine_n vindicate_v in_o the_o present_a discourse_n as_o viz._n 1._o that_o christ_n have_v dye_v as_o well_o for_o those_o that_o shall_v be_v condemn_v and_o perish_v as_o for_o those_o that_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o consequent_o for_o all_o man_n 2._o that_o those_o also_o may_v be_v condemn_v and_o perish_v who_o have_v sometime_o obtain_v remission_n of_o sin_n by_o christ._n that_o further_o may_v be_v take_v into_o consideration_n by_o occasion_n of_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o quotation_n that_o it_o be_v 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325_o 5._o 23._o and_o he_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o body_n 252_o 253_o philip._n 1._o 6._o be_v confident_a of_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o he_o which_o have_v begin_v a_o good_a work_n in_o you_o will_v perform_v it_o until_o the_o day_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 241_o 242_o 1._o 7._o even_o as_o it_o be_v meet_v for_o i_o to_o think_v this_o of_o you_o all_o because_o i_o have_v you_o in_o my_o heart_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 2._o 12_o 13._o work_n out_o your_o own_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a for_o it_o be_v god_n that_o work_v in_o you_o both_o to_o will_v etc._n etc._n 176_o colos_n 1._o 20._o and_o have_v make_v peace_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o cross_n by_o he_o to_o reconcile_v all_o thing_n unto_o himself_o by_o he_o i_o say_v whether_o they_o be_v thing_n in_o earth_n or_o thing_n in_o heaven_n 436_o 437_o etc._n etc._n 1._o 21._o and_o you_o that_o be_v sometime_o alienate_v etc._n etc._n 439_o 1._o 23._o if_o you_o continue_v in_o the_o faith_n ground_v and_o settle_v etc._n etc._n 237_o 2._o 8_o 20._o the_o rudiment_n of_o the_o world_n 522_o 523_o 1_o thess_n 5._o 23._o and_o the_o very_a god_n of_o peace_n sanctify_v you_o whole_o and_o i_o pray_v god_n that_o your_o whole_a spirit_n and_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v preserve_v blameless_a unto_o the_o come_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n 238_o 239_o 2_o thess_n 3._o 3_o but_o the_o lord_n be_v faithful_a who_o shall_v establish_v you_o and_o keep_v you_o from_o evil_n 235_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 18._o this_o charge_n i_o commit_v unto_o thou_o son_n timothy_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n which_o go_v before_o on_o thou_o that_o thou_o by_o they_o may_v war_v a_o good_a warfare_n etc._n etc._n 357_o 1._o 19_o which_o some_o have_v put_v away_o concern_v faith_n have_v make_v shipwreck_n 353_o 354_o etc._n etc._n 2._o 4._o who_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v and_o etc._n etc._n 103_o 104_o 284_o 2._o 6._o who_o give_v himself_o a_o ransom_n for_o all_o man_n 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count_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n wherewith_o he_o be_v sanctify_v a_o unholy_a thing_n etc._n etc._n 148_o 149_o etc._n etc._n 282_o 283_o etc._n etc._n 10._o 38._o now_o the_o just_a shall_v live_v by_o faith_n but_o if_o any_o man_n draw_v back_o my_o soul_n shall_v have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o he_o 290_o 11._o 6._o for_o he_o that_o come_v unto_o god_n must_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o rewarder_n of_o those_o who_o diligent_o seek_v he_o 507_o 11._o 7._o by_o faith_n noah_n be_v warn_v of_o god_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v as_o