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sacrament_n 47._o in_o praedicatione_n verbi_fw-la &_o administratione_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la idipsum_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quodin_fw-fr usuvini_fw-la etenim_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la assueti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quotidiano_fw-la potu_fw-la vix_fw-la ejus_fw-la vim_o sentiunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la verò_fw-la rariùs_fw-la aliquanto_fw-la exhibetur_fw-la in_fw-la iis_fw-la ejus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la miram_fw-la quandam_fw-la efficacitatem_fw-la exerunt_fw-la cùm_fw-la ad_fw-la vires_fw-la corporis_fw-la recreandas_fw-la tum_fw-la ad_fw-la alacritatem_fw-la inusitatam_fw-la animus_fw-la ingenerandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n thes_n salmur_n p._n 3._o s._n 17._o p._n 35._o idem_fw-la hîc_fw-la fere_n usu_fw-la evenit_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o visu_fw-la quia_fw-la natura_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la objecta_fw-la visibilia_fw-la nos_fw-la perspicere_fw-la velit_fw-la nisi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la moliatur_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la visu_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la caremus_fw-la nec_fw-la quidquam_fw-la videmus_fw-la duobus_fw-la oculis_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquatenus_fw-la cernere_fw-la nequeamus_fw-la uno_fw-la tantum_fw-la at_o id_fw-la facimus_fw-la nimis_fw-la commodè_fw-la &_o fortasse_fw-la minus_fw-la acutum_fw-la ibid._n s._n 49._o pag._n 47._o as_o be_v even_o now_o allege_v out_o of_o chamier_n and_o though_o the_o same_o thing_n have_v be_v propound_v before_o in_o the_o word_n yet_o they_o may_v now_o take_v more_o impression_n be_v hold_v forth_o in_o the_o sacrament_n even_o as_o the_o same_o proposition_n make_v in_o the_o word_n do_v often_o acquire_v better_a and_o more_o happy_a effect_n at_o one_o time_n than_o another_o and_o much_o rather_o may_v it_o do_v so_o when_o it_o be_v tender_v as_o well_o in_o divers_a way_n as_o time_n whatsoever_o effect_n in_o the_o perfect_a of_o faith_n and_o attract_v and_o unite_n the_o love_n of_o the_o heart_n unto_o god_n in_o christ_n can_v be_v produce_v by_o the_o lively_a apprehension_n and_o serious_a meditation_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o love_n in_o die_v for_o the_o salvation_n of_o those_o that_o believe_v the_o sacrament_n may_v be_v productive_a of_o which_o by_o institution_n signify_v and_o by_o similitude_n represent_v and_o show_v forth_o his_o death_n and_o express_o tend_v and_o direct_o and_o apposite_o conduce_v to_o the_o remembrance_n of_o he_o and_o how_o frequent_o and_o urgent_o be_v the_o consideration_n of_o god_n love_v manifest_v in_o send_v his_o son_n to_o die_v and_o christ_n in_o die_v for_o we_o etc._n joh._n 15.12_o &_o 13._o rom._n 5.8_o ephes_n 5.2_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o 15._o 1_o joh._n 3.16_o &_o 4.9_o &_o 11._o etc._n etc._n recommend_v as_o the_o most_o exciting_a and_o as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v constrain_a motive_n to_o the_o interchangable_a love_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o also_o of_o our_o brethren_n as_o material_a object_n of_o our_o love_n whereof_o god_n be_v the_o formal_a and_o as_o participable_a of_o that_o blessedness_n which_o flow_v from_o god_n love_n in_o christ_n this_o be_v plain_o confess_v by_o the_o provincial_a assembly_n of_o london_n who_o pathetical_o say_v that_o the_o break_n of_o the_o bread_n understand_o look_v upon_o 104_o vindicat._n p._n 104_o be_v a_o forcible_a argument_n to_o break_v your_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o right_a use_n to_o effect_v that_o which_o it_o do_v move_v unto_o there_o be_v power_n in_o a_o applicative_a and_o fiducial_a remembrance_n of_o christ_n at_o the_o sacrament_n to_o heal_v all_o the_o sinful_a issue_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o if_o you_o practical_o remember_v the_o sacrament_n of_o his_o death_n you_o will_v find_v virtue_n come_v out_o thereof_o to_o make_v you_o dead_a to_o the_o world_n can_v any_o tell_v i_o 40._o baxter_n praefestinantis_fw-la morator_fw-la p._n 393._o exit_fw-la instituto_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o christi_fw-la ad_fw-la eadem_fw-la illa_fw-la objecta_fw-la quae_fw-la verbo_fw-la continentur_fw-la cum_fw-la repraesentanda_fw-la tum_fw-la praesertim_fw-la obsignanda_fw-la referuntur_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o christum_fw-la testantur_fw-la mortuum_fw-la esse_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ac_fw-la suscitatum_fw-la à _fw-la mortuis_fw-la pro_fw-la justificatione_n nostra_fw-la &_o in_o eo_fw-la nobis_fw-la exhibent_fw-la quicquid_fw-la boni_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o jucundi_fw-la &_o honesti_fw-la &_o utilis_fw-la animos_fw-la nostros_fw-la movere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la studium_fw-la pietatis_fw-la &_o verae_fw-la sanctimoniae_fw-la excitare_fw-la potest_fw-la thes_n salmur_n part_n 3._o s._n 11._o pag._n 33._o mundatio_fw-la animae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la infusam_fw-la accedit_fw-la ad_fw-la rationem_fw-la creationis_fw-la altisiodor_n objecti_fw-la illa_fw-la repraesentatio_fw-la in_o sacramentis_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la pleniùs_fw-la expressa_fw-la fuit_fw-la ideoque_fw-la movet_fw-la efficacius_fw-la thes_n salmur_n s._n 46._o part_n 3._o p._n 46._o vide_fw-la s._n 31._o &_o 38._o p._n 38_o &_o 40._o say_v a_o learned_a man_n in_o what_o kind_n of_o causality_n the_o word_n work_v which_o the_o sacrament_n do_v not_o also_o work_v in_o though_o in_o conversion_n the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n concur_v with_o the_o word_n either_o by_o infuse_v a_o principle_n of_o new_a life_n and_o inspire_v
tiding_n of_o great_a joy_n for_o a_o saviour_n which_o be_v christ_n the_o lord_n and_o must_v they_o not_o then_o also_o grant_v that_o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n unto_o salvation_n 33._o bellarmin_n evernat_fw-la tom_fw-mi 3._o c._n 5._o p._n 33._o from_o which_o very_a text_n of_o rom._n 1.16_o ames_n conclude_v that_o aequè_fw-la tribuitur_fw-la justificatio_fw-la verbo_fw-la &_o sacramentis_fw-la cùm_fw-la ambo_fw-la justificent_a ut_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ambo_fw-la sva_fw-la natura_fw-la significent_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nobis_fw-la fide_fw-la recipiendum_fw-la ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la &_o salutem_fw-la consequens_fw-la est_fw-la ambo_fw-la justificare_fw-la mediante_fw-la fide_fw-la be_v not_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n a_o part_n of_o the_o work_n of_o the_o ministry_n applicatio_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la in_o signis_fw-la and_o be_v not_o those_o office_n and_o that_o work_v also_o for_o the_o perfect_a of_o the_o same_o and_o the_o edify_n of_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n 4.12_o lapide_fw-la in_o ephes_n 4.12_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o erasmus_n and_o vatablus_n translate_v instauration_n come_v say_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v rem_fw-la collapsam_fw-la restaurare_fw-la &_o reparare_fw-la 2._o perficere_fw-la absolvere_fw-la consummare_fw-la which_o as_o they_o will_v grant_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o word_n preach_v so_o they_o can_v deny_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sacrament_n if_o that_o be_v a_o ministerial_a work_n but_o docemus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la esse_fw-la partem_fw-la externi_fw-la ministerii_fw-la gratiae_fw-la quo_fw-la deus_fw-la uti_fw-la voluit_fw-la ad_fw-la promovendam_fw-la salutem_fw-la humanam_fw-la as_o chamier_n witness_v if_o they_o can_v deny_v the_o word_n to_o be_v operative_a to_o conversion_n they_o must_v also_o grant_v the_o like_a operation_n to_o the_o sacrament_n which_o work_v in_o the_o same_o generical_a way_n in_o order_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n these_o be_v like_o two_o needle_n touch_v with_o the_o same_o loadstone_n which_o move_v together_o and_o turn_v alike_o to_o the_o same_o point_n if_o they_o will_v not_o concede_fw-la such_o efficacy_n to_o the_o sacrament_n they_o consequent_o and_o virtual_o denegate_n it_o to_o the_o word_n these_o two_o ordinance_n be_v such_o friend_n as_o to_o have_v thing_n common_a between_o they_o and_o like_o two_o viol_n set_v to_o the_o same_o tune_n 27._o tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o s._n 3._o p._n 27._o touch_v one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v touch_v also_o bellarmine_n deliver_v it_o as_o the_o common_a tenant_n of_o the_o protestant_n sacramenta_fw-la mediatè_fw-la aliquid_fw-la efficere_fw-la quatenus_fw-la videlicet_fw-la excitant_fw-la vel_fw-la alunt_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la homines_fw-la justificat_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la ipsum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la excitare_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la faciunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la repraesentando_fw-la volunt_fw-la enim_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la concurrere_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la 8._o tom._n 2._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o p._n 177._o estius_n in_o sentent_fw-fr l._n 4._o do_v 1._o s._n 8._o quo_fw-la praedicatio_fw-la verbi_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la praedicatum_fw-la adhibetur_fw-la auribus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la auditum_fw-la fidem_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la adhibentur_fw-la oculis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la visum_fw-la excitant_fw-la etiam_fw-la fidem_fw-la and_o estius_n second_v he_o docent_fw-la sectarii_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la eundum_fw-la esse_fw-la usum_fw-la quem_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la &_o proinde_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ascribendam_fw-la volunt_fw-la hominis_fw-la justificationem_fw-la sacramento_fw-la quà m_fw-la verbo_fw-la evangelii_n quia_fw-la inquiunt_fw-la sâ—cut_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la ita_fw-la evangelium_fw-la virtus_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la omni_fw-la credenti_fw-la and_o this_o be_v true_a which_o they_o affirm_v but_o not_o the_o whole_a truth_n for_o beside_o this_o virtue_n of_o represent_v the_o protestant_n do_v attribute_n to_o the_o sacrament_n also_o another_o of_o obsignation_n 3._o ames_n bel._n enervat_fw-la tom._n 3._o c._n 3._o operantur_fw-la ultra_fw-la repraesentationem_fw-la per_fw-la efficacem_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la &_o assistentiam_fw-la dei_fw-la say_v ames_n and_o they_o be_v not_o only_o theoretical_a sign_n to_o signify_v but_o practical_a to_o confer_v the_o thing_n signify_v and_o have_v omnem_fw-la efficientiam_fw-la respectu_fw-la gratiae_fw-la quà m_fw-la signum_fw-la practicum_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la per_fw-la ullam_fw-la relationem_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la efficere_fw-la gratiam_fw-la immediatè_fw-la 38._o tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 7._o s._n 45._o p._n 38._o sed_fw-la mediante_fw-la spiritu_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o fide_fw-la yet_o so_o as_o that_o illa_fw-la non_fw-la propriè_fw-la pendent_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la sed_fw-la fides_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la ex_fw-la constitutione_n dei_fw-la and_o as_o chamier_n speak_v of_o baptism_n justificare_fw-la excitando_fw-la fidem_fw-la non_fw-la dicimus_fw-la sed_fw-la potiùs_fw-la justificando_fw-la excitare_fw-la fidem_fw-la quando_fw-la quidem_fw-la fides_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la praecedens_fw-la but_o that_o they_o excite_v faith_n and_o produce_v real_a grace_n by_o their_o signification_n and_o represent_v as_o the_o word_n do_v be_v the_o common_a opinion_n of_o protestant_n the_o provincial_a assembly_n at_o london_n say_v 17._o vindication_n p._n 104._o instit_fw-la l._n 4_o c._n 14._o s._n 16._o &_o 17._o as_o christ_n in_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o word_n preach_v to_o the_o ear_n and_o by_o the_o ear_n convey_v himself_o into_o the_o heart_n so_o in_o the_o sacrament_n he_o preach_v to_o the_o eye_n and_o convey_v himself_o into_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v well_o call_v a_o visible_a sermon_n fixum_fw-la maneat_fw-la say_v calvin_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la alius_fw-la sacramentorum_fw-la quam_fw-la verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la part_n quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la offer_n nobis_fw-la &_o proponere_fw-la christum_fw-la and_o elsewhere_o he_o add_v hac_fw-la ratione_fw-la augustinus_n sacramentum_fw-la verbum_fw-la visibile_fw-la nuncupat_fw-la a._n loc._n come_v part_n 4._o p._n 194._o a._n quod_fw-la dei_fw-la promissiones_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o tabula_fw-la depictas_fw-la repraesentat_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la aspectam_fw-la graphicè_fw-la atque_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d expressas_fw-la siatuat_fw-la and_o so_o martyr_n call_v they_o speak_v sign_n and_o junius_n match_v they_o and_o the_o word_n as_o twin_n quod_fw-la autem_fw-la foras_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la testimonium_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o sermone_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la 710._o eiren._n part_n 1_o tom_n 1._o p._n 710._o aut_fw-la in_o symbolis_fw-la &_o sacramentis_fw-la ejus_fw-la unum_fw-la sunt_fw-la secundùm_fw-la substantiam_fw-la etsi_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la materiâque_fw-la externâ_fw-la differunt_fw-la so_o likewise_o sacramenta_fw-la conferentia_fw-la gratiam_fw-la significando_fw-la per_fw-la visum_fw-la say_v chamier_n alio_fw-la modo_fw-la significant_a quà m_fw-la evangelium_fw-la per_fw-la auditum_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la utraque_fw-la 15._o cham._n tom_n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 5._o s._n 7._o &_o 15._o conferunt_fw-la significando_fw-la communis_fw-la modus_fw-la significandi_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la operandi_fw-la in_o intellectum_fw-la quanquam_fw-la per_fw-la diversos_fw-la sensus_fw-la and_o what_o he_o say_v of_o prayer_n be_v as_o well_o mean_v of_o and_o applyable_a to_o the_o sacrament_n si_fw-la preces_fw-la habere_fw-la possunt_fw-la intelligentiam_fw-la ergò_fw-la &_o instructionem_fw-la nam_fw-la haec_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la quà m_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la communicata_fw-la 101._o exam._n council_n trident._n 2._o part_n p._n 101._o objectum_fw-la fidei_fw-la say_v chemnicius_n est_fw-la verbum_fw-la &_o sacramenta_fw-la imò_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la &_o sacramentis_fw-la verum_fw-la fidei_fw-la objectum_fw-la est_fw-la christi_fw-la meritum_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o efficacia_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la &_o fides_fw-la ideo_fw-la justificat_fw-la quia_fw-la illa_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la &_o sacramentis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la justificare_fw-la and_o i_o can_v amass_n a_o heap_n of_o testimony_n to_o this_o purpose_n vere_n priùs_fw-la flores_fw-la numero_fw-la comprêndere_fw-la fas_fw-la sit_fw-la and_o that_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o real_a grace_n not_o only_o of_o relative_a and_o of_o the_o first_o conversion_n and_o change_n of_o the_o heart_n not_o only_o seem_v plain_a by_o that_o of_o chamier_n who_o like_o plato_n may_v be_v instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la inter_fw-la viburna_fw-la cupressus_fw-la 13._o tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 2._o s._n 8._o p._n 27._o ibid._n l._n 2._o c._n 12._o s._n 20._o &_o 21._o p._n 13._o docent_fw-la catholici_fw-la in_o sacramentorum_fw-la perceptione_n efficigratiam_fw-la in_o fidelibus_fw-la but_o far_a by_o this_o effici_fw-la antem_fw-la concedimus_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la sed_fw-la hanc_fw-la geminam_fw-la externam_fw-la alias_o internam_fw-la internam_fw-la sanctificationem_fw-la esse_fw-la credimus_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la spiritûs_fw-la sancti_fw-la in_o animum_fw-la accipientis_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la à _fw-la qua_fw-la efficacia_fw-la fit_a etiam_fw-la arcana_fw-la mulatio_fw-la intellectûs_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la cujus_fw-la respectu_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la esse_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la quaedam_fw-la and_o most_o evident_o as_o nihil_fw-la incontradicibilius_fw-la in_o tertullia_n phrase_n by_o this_o passage_n quicquid_fw-la movet_fw-la intellectum_fw-la ad_fw-la assentiendum_fw-la veritati_fw-la divinae_fw-la rat_n fouétque_fw-la fidem_fw-la 31._o tom._n 4._o l._n 2._o c._n 4._o s._n
16._o p._n 31._o geneat_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la movent_fw-la intellectum_fw-la ad_fw-la assentiendum_fw-la veritati_fw-la divinae_fw-la ergo_fw-la major_a patet_fw-la quia_fw-la fidei_fw-la est_fw-la assentire_fw-la veritati_fw-la divinae_fw-la minor_n etiam_fw-la facilè_fw-la probatur_fw-la movent_fw-la enim_fw-la intellectum_fw-la qua_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la itaque_fw-la significant_a significationis_fw-la vis_fw-la tota_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la intellectum_fw-la movent_fw-la autem_fw-la ad_fw-la assentiendum_fw-la quia_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la veracia_fw-la non_fw-la mendacia_fw-la veritas_fw-la autem_fw-la quam_fw-la significant_a est_fw-la divina_fw-la non_fw-la humana_fw-la so_o as_o this_o may_v set_v it_o in_o the_o clear_a sun_n that_o those_o which_o deny_v the_o sacrament_n to_o be_v convert_v ordinance_n in_o this_o point_n they_o be_v also_o speculative_a separatist_n from_o the_o communion_n of_o protestant_n and_o as_o certain_a prince_n in_o some_o strait_n of_o indigence_n have_v coin_a leather_n instead_o of_o silver_n so_o this_o new-minted_a distinction_n of_o a_o convert_n and_o confirm_v ordinance_n be_v stamp_v in_o such_o a_o distress_n and_o necessity_n for_o want_v of_o better_a bullion_n and_o be_v not_o sterling_a only_o i_o have_v not_o read_v of_o prince_n that_o have_v fall_v into_o such_o a_o exigence_n at_o the_o inauguration_n into_o their_o principality_n or_o be_v false_a coin_n rather_o borrow_v from_o the_o papist_n who_o deny_v this_o sacrament_n to_o confer_v the_o first_o grace_n opinion_n suarez_n 2._o in_o 3._o disp_n 7._o q._n 62._o vasquez_n disp_n 205._o c._n 4._o who_o cite_v hales_n durand_n bonaventure_n biel_n paludanus_n major_n and_o other_o for_o this_o opinion_n but_o to_o suppose_v he_o just_a that_o receive_v it_o i_o recognize_v that_o some_o interpose_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o what_o use_n or_o effect_v the_o sacrament_n can_v have_v by_o represent_v may_v be_v acquire_v by_o see_v the_o 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