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though_o it_o be_v not_o voluntary_a among_o all_o those_o that_o have_v be_v their_o advocate_n there_o be_v none_o have_v plead_v their_o cause_n with_o more_o eloquence_n than_o st_n bernard_n his_o reason_n and_o his_o word_n be_v equal_o powerful_a and_o it_o seem_v that_o preserve_v the_o glory_n of_o their_o martyrdom_n his_o design_n be_v to_o preserve_v that_o of_o their_o baptism_n inn._n si_fw-mi quaeric_a corum_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la merita_fw-la ut_fw-la coronarentur_fw-la quaere_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la herodem_fw-la crimina_fw-la ut_fw-la occiderentur_fw-la a_o fort_n minor_fw-la christi_fw-la pietas_n quà m_fw-la herodis_fw-la impietas_fw-la ut_fw-la ille_fw-la quidem_fw-la potuit_fw-la innoxios_fw-la neci_fw-la dare_fw-mi christus_fw-la non_fw-la potuerit_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la occisos_fw-la coronare_fw-la bern._n the_o natal_a inn._n if_o you_o ask_v say_v he_o what_o desert_n they_o have_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o merit_v a_o crown_n ask_v what_o their_o crime_n be_v against_o herod_n that_o deserve_v such_o a_o butchery_n shall_v the_o piety_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v less_o powerful_a than_o the_o impiety_n of_o herod_n shall_v the_o tyrant_n be_v able_a to_o massacre_v innocent_n and_o their_o saviour_n not_o able_a to_o crown_v their_o suffering_n their_o martyrdom_n exalt_v the_o mercy_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o their_o example_n teach_v we_o that_o as_o good_a desire_n without_o work_n be_v sometime_o recompense_v in_o man_n work_n without_o desire_n may_v be_v recompense_v in_o child_n if_o we_o doubt_v of_o their_o martyrdom_n ibid._n ille_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la trucidatos_fw-la infant_n dubitet_fw-la inter_fw-la martyr_n coronari_fw-la qui_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la non_fw-la credit_n inter_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la silios_fw-la numerari_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n as_o the_o same_o father_n go_v on_o we_o must_v doubt_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v and_o if_o we_o believe_v that_o baptism_n sanctify_v infant_n though_o they_o can_v speak_v we_o must_v believe_v that_o martyrdom_n consecrate_v these_o though_o they_o can_v express_v themselves_o after_o this_o example_n we_o need_v not_o think_v it_o strange_a that_o the_o eternal_a father_n acknowledge_v those_o for_o his_o child_n who_o the_o son_n acknowledge_v for_o his_o brethren_n nor_o doubt_v that_o imitate_v his_o justice_n he_o save_v by_o borrow_a merit_n those_o he_o have_v condemn_v for_o accessary_a crime_n but_o one_o of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a resemblance_n between_o our_o recovery_n and_o our_o fall_n be_v that_o both_o of_o they_o begin_v by_o the_o body_n for_o though_o this_o be_v less_o guilty_a than_o the_o soul_n neither_o do_v the_o corporal_a revolt_n solicit_v our_o first_o father_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o the_o pipe_n through_o which_o his_o offence_n pass_v into_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o posterity_n 41._o certum_fw-la tenemus_fw-la quia_fw-la caro_fw-la contracta_fw-la de_fw-la carne_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la cito_fw-la vivificatur_fw-la originalis_fw-la culpae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la premitur_fw-la cjusque_fw-la affectionibus_fw-la anima_fw-la quae_fw-la carnem_fw-la vivificat_fw-la aggravatur_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la peccati_fw-la vinculo_fw-la demerguntur_fw-la parvuli_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la remedio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la habent_fw-la enim_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la animam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la carnem_fw-la utique_fw-la contractum_fw-la animaeque_fw-la infusum_fw-la carni_fw-la namque_fw-la ita_fw-la unitur_fw-la anima_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la carne_fw-la fit_a una_fw-la persona_fw-la aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o anim._n c._n 41._o if_o they_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o his_o flesh_n they_o shall_v inherit_v neither_o his_o sin_n nor_o his_o punishment_n and_o if_o concupiscence_n be_v full_o extinguish_v by_o grace_n generation_n will_v not_o be_v criminal_a man_n be_v not_o faulty_a in_o his_o conception_n but_o because_o he_o be_v clothe_v with_o adam_n flesh_n it_o be_v by_o mean_n of_o it_o that_o sin_n overspread_v the_o soul_n for_o issue_v from_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n it_o be_v stain_v with_o no_o impurity_n but_o no_o soon_o be_v it_o unite_v to_o the_o body_n but_o it_o become_v guilty_a their_o marriage_n beget_v sin_n and_o have_v quicken_v that_o unhappy_a moiety_n it_o enter_v into_o its_o imperfection_n and_o disorder_n it_o begin_v to_o affect_v terrestrial_a thing_n it_o dwell_v upon_o perishable_a good_n and_o be_v at_o a_o distance_n from_o eternal_a one_o lest_o it_o shall_v sad_a the_o body_n it_o ready_o complye_v with_o all_o its_o desire_n and_o as_o if_o it_o be_v become_v corporeal_a it_o belong_v for_o those_o object_n that_o please_v and_o entertain_v the_o sense_n though_o it_o be_v not_o carry_v yet_o by_o deliberation_n this_o way_n it_o be_v by_o inclination_n and_o though_o it_o offend_v not_o willing_o we_o may_v say_v it_o do_v natural_o and_o that_o the_o privation_n of_o grace_n join_v to_o its_o union_n with_o the_o body_n be_v the_o source_n of_o its_o transgression_n and_o misery_n in_o this_o point_n the_o regeneration_n of_o the_o christian_a hold_v so_o full_a a_o proportion_n with_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o man_n that_o the_o one_o be_v as_o well_o the_o proof_n as_o the_o image_n of_o the_o other_o 41._o quaeris_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la culpam_fw-la invenis_fw-la ex_fw-la carne_fw-la traductam_fw-la quaeris_fw-la in_o eye_n gratiam_fw-la invenis_fw-la à _fw-fr deo_fw-la collatam_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o anim._n c._n 41._o for_o grace_n though_o spiritual_a enter_v not_o into_o the_o soul_n but_o by_o the_o mediation_n of_o the_o body_n the_o sacrament_n that_o dispense_v it_o communicate_v not_o their_o virtue_n to_o the_o spirit_n till_o they_o have_v first_o impart_v it_o to_o the_o flesh_n god_n be_v please_v to_o imitate_v his_o enemy_n and_o follow_v his_o step_n he_o cure_v the_o noble_a part_n of_o man_n by_o the_o more_o ignoble_a carnis_fw-la caro_fw-la abluitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la emaculetur_fw-la caro_fw-la ungitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la consecretur_fw-la caro_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o sanguine_fw-la christi_fw-la vescitur_fw-la ut_fw-la anima_fw-la saginetur_fw-la tert._n the_o resurrect_n carnis_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o the_o christian_a champion_n be_v not_o strengthen_v in_o confirmation_n till_o the_o holy_a oil_n be_v sprinkle_v on_o their_o forehead_n their_o soul_n to_o use_v tertullian_n expression_n be_v not_o fat_v with_o the_o eucharist_n till_o it_o receive_v the_o body_n and_o blood_n of_o christ_n by_o their_o mouth_n nor_o be_v their_o spirit_n purify_v in_o baptism_n but_o when_o their_o body_n be_v dip_v in_o water_n the_o remedy_n be_v symbolical_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n it_o be_v affix_v to_o the_o prime_a delinquent_n and_o this_o maxim_n admit_v 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