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the_o hire_n of_o our_o own_o work_n but_o that_o we_o be_v be_v evident_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o creator_n which_o will_v have_v we_o to_o be_v even_o so_o although_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n it_o come_v of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n not_o be_v the_o hire_n of_o any_o duty_n or_o work_v and_o thus_o say_v s._n augustine_n write_v upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o 30._o psal_n deliver_v i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n quis_fw-la inquam_fw-la 30_o est_fw-la qui_fw-la scruatur_fw-la gratis_o be_v in_o quo_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la seruator_fw-la quod_fw-la coronet_n sed_fw-la quod_fw-la damnet_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la merita_fw-la bonorum_fw-la sed_fw-la invenit_fw-la merita_fw-la suppliciorum_fw-la who_o be_v he_o i_o say_v that_o be_v save_v free_o even_o he_o in_o who_o the_o saviour_n find_v nothing_o to_o crown_n but_o to_o condemn_v no_o merit_n of_o good_a thing_n but_o desert_n of_o punishment_n again_o the_o same_o augustine_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o pauline_n operibus_fw-la debitum_fw-la redditur_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratis_o datur_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o nuncupatur_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la autem_fw-la