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canonical_a epistle_n say_v omne_fw-la datum_fw-la optimum_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la donum_fw-la perfectum_fw-la de_fw-la sursum_fw-la est_fw-la descendens_fw-la a_o patre_fw-la hominum_fw-la all_o good_a and_o perfect_a gift_n come_v to_o we_o from_o a_o above_o from_o the_o father_n of_o light_n and_o the_o apostle_n saint_n paul_n say_v quid_fw-la habes_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la accepisti_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la sufficientes_fw-la simus_fw-la cogitare_fw-la aliquid_fw-la à _fw-la nobis_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la sufficientia_fw-la nostra_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la operatur_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la &_o perficere_fw-la pro_fw-la bona_fw-la volontate_fw-la he_o say_v that_o we_o can_v work_v nor_o speak_v nor_o desire_n nor_o think_v nor_o begin_v nor_o finish_v any_o thing_n which_o may_v serve_v for_o our_o salvation_n without_o god_n from_o who_o all_o our_o sufficiency_n proceed_v and_o by_o what_o more_o clear_a comparison_n can_v it_o be_v give_v we_o to_o understand_v all_o this_o then_o by_o that_o which_o christ_n our_o lord_n himself_o declare_v sicut_fw-la palm_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la far_o fructum_fw-la à _fw-la semetipso_fw-la nisi_fw-la manserit_fw-la in_o vite_fw-la sic_fw-la nec_fw-la vos_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o i_o manseritis_fw-la will_v you_o see_v say_v he_o the_o little_a or_o indeed_o the_o nothing_o which_o you_o can_v do_v without_o i_o the_o vine_n branch_n can_v give_v fruit_n of_o itself_o unless_o it_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o vine_n so_o no_o man_n can_v perform_v any_o meritorious_a work_n for_o himself_o unless_o he_o be_v unite_v with_o i_o ego_fw-la sum_fw-la vitis_fw-la vos_fw-la palmites_fw-la qui_fw-la manet_fw-la in_o i_o &_o ego_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la hic_fw-la fert_fw-la fructum_fw-la multum_fw-la quia_fw-la sine_fw-la i_o nihil_fw-la potestis_fw-la facere_fw-la what_o be_v more_o fruitful_a than_o the_o branch_n unite_v to_o the_o vine_n and_o what_o 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thereof_o which_o be_v god_n give_v he_o the_o glory_n of_o all_o himself_o remain_v the_o while_n in_o his_o own_o unworthines_n and_o baseness_n as_o if_o he_o do_v nothing_o nor_o have_v nothing_o but_o now_o we_o say_v not_o for_o all_o this_o that_o we_o do_v not_o also_o work_v or_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o part_n in_o those_o good_a work_n which_o we_o do_v for_o this_o be_v a_o great_a ignorance_n and_o error_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o by_o mean_n of_o our_o free_a will_n we_o concur_v and_o work_v joint_o with_o god_n towards_o our_o good_a work_n for_o man_n give_v free_o his_o consent_n to_o the_o do_v of_o they_o so_o he_o come_v to_o work_v since_o by_o his_o proper_a and_o free_a will_v he_o will_v what_o he_o will_v and_o work_n what_o he_o work_v &_o it_o be_v in_o his_o hand_n whether_o he_o will_v work_v or_o no_o nay_o rather_o this_o be_v that_o very_a thing_n which_o make_v this_o degree_n of_o humility_n so_o very_o hard_o to_o be_v obtain_v for_o on_o the_o 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