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regressusuo_fw-la erigit_fw-la &_o exultatione_n ejus_fw-la seipsum_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la denuo_fw-la malus_fw-la recuperata_fw-la praeda_fw-la sua_fw-la adversus_fw-la dominâ—m_fw-la gaudeat_fw-la nun_n quod_fw-la dicere_fw-la quoque_fw-la periculosum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la adificationem_fw-la proferendum_fw-la est_fw-la dâ—abolum_fw-la domino_fw-la praeponit_fw-la comparationem_fw-la enim_fw-la videtur_fw-la egisse_fw-la qui_fw-la utrumque_fw-la cognoverit_fw-la &_o judicato_fw-la pronunciasse_n â—um_fw-la meliorem_fw-la cujus_fw-la se_fw-la rursus_fw-la esse_fw-la maluerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la aiunt_fw-la quidam_fw-la satis_fw-la deum_fw-la habere_fw-la si_fw-la cord_n &_o animo_fw-la suspiciatur_fw-la licet_fw-la actu_fw-la minus_fw-la fiat_fw-la itaque_fw-la se_fw-la salvo_fw-la metu_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la peccare_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la salva_fw-la castitate_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la violare_fw-la salva_fw-la pielate_fw-la parenti_fw-la venenum_fw-la temperare_fw-la sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la salva_fw-la venia_fw-la in_o gehennans_n detrudentur_fw-la dum_fw-la salvo_fw-la metu_fw-la peccant_a again_o your_o doctrine_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o overthrow_v the_o comfort_n of_o believer_n exceed_o for_o how_o can_v they_o have_v any_o comfort_n that_o know_v not_o whether_o they_o be_v justify_v and_o shall_v be_v save_v and_o how_o can_v they_o know_v that_o who_o know_v not_o whether_o they_o have_v faith_n and_o how_o can_v they_o know_v that_o when_o they_o know_v not_o what_o justify_n say_v be_v and_o how_o can_v they_o know_v what_o it_o be_v when_o it_o be_v by_o divine_n involve_v in_o such_o a_o cloud_n and_o maze_n of_o difficulty_n some_o place_v it_o in_o this_o act_n and_o some_o in_o that_o and_o some_o in_o a_o passive_a instrumentality_n which_o few_o understand_v if_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n do_v for_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n that_o can_v be_v feel_v or_o know_v of_o itself_o immediate_o but_o by_o its_o act_n for_o so_o it_o be_v conclude_v of_o all_o habit_n suarez_n metap_n t._n 2._o disp_n 44_o §_o 1._o pag_n 332._o and_o instead_o of_o the_o act_n we_o be_v now_o set_v to_o inquire_v after_o the_o passion_n and_o so_o in_o the_o work_n of_o examination_n the_o business_n be_v to_o inquire_v how_o and_o when_o we_o do_v passive_o receive_v righteousness_n or_o justification_n or_o christ_n for_o these_o which_o let_v he_o answer_v for_o himself_o that_o can_v for_o i_o can_v but_o now_o on_o the_o other_o side_n what_o inconvenience_n be_v there_o in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o justification_n as_o i_o deliver_v it_o as_o it_o be_v plain_a and_o certain_a say_v no_o more_o than_o be_v general_o grant_v so_o i_o think_v it_o be_v safe_a do_v i_o ascribe_v any_o of_o christ_n honour_n in_o the_o work_n to_o man_n no_o man_n yet_o have_v dare_v to_o charge_v i_o with_o that_o to_o my_o knowledge_n and_o no_o considerate_a man_n i_o believe_v will_v do_v it_o i_o conclude_v that_o neither_o faith_n nor_o work_n be_v the_o least_o part_n of_o our_o legal_a righteousness_n or_o of_o that_o righteousness_n which_o we_o must_v plead_v against_o the_o accuser_n for_o our_o justification_n which_o be_v common_o call_v by_o divine_n the_o matter_n of_o our_o justification_n the_o law_n which_o we_o have_v break_v can_v be_v satisfy_v nor_o god_n for_o the_o breach_n of_o it_o in_o the_o least_o measure_n by_o our_o faith_n or_o obedience_n nor_o do_v they_o concur_v as_o the_o least_o degree_n of_o that_o satisfaction_n but_o we_o must_v turn_v the_o law_n over_o whole_o to_o our_o surety_n only_o whereas_o he_o have_v make_v a_o new_a law_n or_o covenant_n contain_v the_o condition_n on_o our_o part_n of_o the_o say_a justification_n and_o salvation_n i_o say_v these_o condition_n must_v needs_o be_v perform_v and_o that_o by_o ourselves_o and_o who_o dare_v deny_v this_o and_o i_o say_v that_o the_o performance_n of_o these_o condition_n be_v our_o evangelical_n righteousness_n in_o reference_n to_o that_o covenant_n as_o christ_n satisfaction_n be_v our_o legal_a righteousness_n in_o reference_n to_o that_o first_o covenant_n or_o as_o perfect_a obedience_n will_v have_v be_v our_o legal_a righteousness_n if_o we_o have_v so_o obey_v and_o for_o they_o that_o speak_v of_o inherent_a righteousness_n in_o any_o other_o sense_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v a_o imperfect_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o work_n rather_o than_o as_o a_o true_a conformity_n to_o the_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n i_o renounce_v their_o doctrine_n both_o as_o contradictory_n to_o itself_o and_o to_o the_o truth_n and_o as_o that_o which_o will_v make_v the_o same_o law_n to_o curse_v and_o bless_v the_o same_o man_n and_o which_o will_v set_v up_o the_o desperate_a doctrine_n of_o justification_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n for_o if_o man_n be_v righteous_a in_o reference_n to_o that_o law_n than_o they_o may_v be_v so_o far_o justify_v by_o it_o nor_o do_v i_o ascribe_v to_o work_n any_o part_n of_o the_o office_n or_o
popular_a sermon_n and_o that_o many_o time_n over_o do_v make_v faith_n to_o be_v the_o receive_n christ_n for_o prophet_n and_o only_a rabbi_n to_o be_v his_o disciple_n and_o as_o the_o only_a way_n and_o truth_n and_o also_o as_o king_n head_z husband_n priest_n etc._n etc._n and_o by_o this_o we_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o he_o and_o all_o his_o benefit_n pag._n 6.29.31.82_o etc._n etc._n and_o for_o the_o great_a point_n that_o you_o stick_v at_o of_o justification_n i_o will_v repeat_v the_o word_n of_o two_o of_o those_o author_n which_o i_o have_v name_v and_o 1._o of_o learned_a conr._n bergius_n in_o who_o you_o shall_v have_v the_o testimony_n of_o the_o augustane_n confession_n luther_n meutzer_n etc._n etc._n include_v both_o about_o the_o nature_n and_o extent_n of_o faith_n about_o work_n legal_a and_o evangelical_n about_o justification_n as_o begin_v and_o as_o continue_v and_o the_o distinct_a condition_n and_o about_o the_o concurrence_n of_o obedience_n etc._n 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 jer._n 7.28_o 43._o nec_fw-la dubium_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la mandatum_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la &_o diligamus_fw-la 1_o john_n 3.23_o sicut_fw-la in_o praecepto_fw-la diligendi_fw-la &_o habitus_fw-la charitatis_fw-la &_o fructus_fw-la atque_fw-la opera_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la habitus_fw-la ordinatur_fw-la mandata_fw-la sunt_fw-la itâ—_n etiam_fw-la in_o praecepto_fw-la credendi_fw-la &_o habitum_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o fructus_fw-la ejus_fw-la nobis_fw-la mandatos_fw-la esse_fw-la vnde_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la etiam_fw-la charitas_fw-la inter_fw-la fructus_fw-la sit_fw-la fidei_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la tota_fw-la doctrina_fw-la christiana_n aliquando_fw-la verbum_fw-la vel_fw-la pradieatio_fw-la fidei_fw-la tota_fw-la religio_fw-la christiana_n tota_fw-la oeconomia_fw-la novi_fw-la testamenti_fw-la fides_fw-la praecipue_fw-la appelletur_fw-la gal._n 1.23_o 1_o tim._n 4.6_o gal._n 5.6_o and_o 3.23_o so_o he_o proceed_v and_o allege_v luther_n 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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 ut_fw-la in_o nudo_fw-la intellectu_fw-la habeat_fw-la initium_fw-la in_fw-la voluntate_fw-la complementum_fw-la ibidem_fw-la again_o quod_fw-la philosophantur_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la esse_fw-la dvas_fw-la potentias_fw-la reipsa_fw-la distinctas_fw-la dogma_fw-la philosophicum_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la haud_fw-la receptum_fw-la &_o theologicis_fw-la dogmatibus_fw-la firmandis_fw-la aut_fw-la infirmandis_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la minime_fw-la idoneum_fw-la idem_n ibid._n 2._o assent_n be_v not_o any_o full_a moral_n receive_v of_o christ_n but_o faith_n which_o justify_v be_v a_o full_a moral_n receive_v of_o christ_n job_n 1.12_o therefore_o assent_v alone_o be_v not_o the_o faith_n that_o justify_v i_o know_v there_o be_v a_o metonymy_n in_o the_o word_n receive_v because_o in_o strict_a speech_n in_o physics_n recipere_fw-la est_fw-la pati_fw-la but_o it_o be_v so_o usual_a and_o near_a that_o in_o morality_n it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o proper_a speech_n to_o call_v the_o acceptation_n of_o a_o offer_v good_a a_o receive_v 3._o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o the_o proper_a accept_n of_o christ_n require_v as_o of_o flat_a necessity_n to_o justification_n and_o salvation_n but_o this_o acceptation_n be_v not_o in_o scripture_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o any_o other_o grace_n therefore_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o act_n of_o faith_n the_o maj._n i_o hope_v no_o christian_n will_v deny_v for_o when_o christ_n be_v offer_v to_o the_o world_n as_o their_o saviour_n redeemer_n teacher_n king-husband_n who_o can_v think_v that_o the_o accept_n of_o he_o be_v not_o require_v yea_o even_o in_o the_o offer_n not_o a_o physical_a reception_n which_o some_o absurd_o and_o dangerous_o dream_v of_o but_o a_o moral_a as_o when_o a_o people_n take_v a_o man_n for_o their_o king_n or_o teacher_n or_o a_o woman_n take_v a_o man_n for_o her_o husband_n and_o for_o the_o minor_a receive_v christ_n offer_v be_v not_o usual_o express_v in_o the_o term_n hope_v joy_n charity_n repentance_n therefore_o it_o be_v include_v in_o the_o word_n faith_n unless_o you_o can_v name_v some_o other_o grace_n which_o it_o be_v usual_o express_v by_o 4._o the_o grace_n by_o which_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n be_v faith_n but_o it_o be_v receive_v christ_n by_o which_o we_o be_v so_o unite_v to_o he_o therefore_o it_o be_v faith_n which_o be_v the_o receive_n of_o christ_n i_o suppose_v none_o will_v deny_v that_o it_o be_v christ_n himself_o that_o we_o must_v be_v unite_v to_o by_o believe_v and_o not_o the_o word_n or_o promise_n and_o that_o it_o be_v receive_v christ_n which_o unite_v we_o to_o he_o be_v obvious_a both_o from_o the_o language_n of_o scripture_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n a_o people_n be_v unite_v to_o their_o prince_n as_o the_o head_n of_o the_o republic_n and_o a_o church_n to_o their_o teacher_n and_o a_o woman_n to_o her_o husband_n by_o the_o will_n consent_n or_o acceptance_n and_o not_o 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