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have_v show_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n sect_n 2._o christ_n aptitude_n for_o his_o office_n prove_v he_o to_o be_v most_o eligible_a for_o himself_o joh._n 1.14_o 16._o 2._o another_o mediatorie_a excellence_n of_o christ_n be_v his_o divine_a aptitude_n ability_n christ_n aptitude_n and_o ability_n or_o fitness_n for_o his_o office_n which_o be_v relative_a to_o god_n the_o father_n adaptation_n or_o qualification_n institut_fw-la qualification_n qui_fw-fr that_fw-mi sacultatem_fw-la that_fw-mi quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la facultatem_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessaria_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o materia_fw-la moralâ—_n intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la morali_fw-la modo_fw-la grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n l._n 3._o c._n 22._o par_fw-fr 2._o this_o aptitude_n be_v call_v by_o the_o grecian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d power_n or_o force_n as_o the_o former_a faculty_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d authority_n hence_o that_o civil_a axiom_n vis_fw-fr est_fw-la ad_fw-la cogendum_fw-la potest_fw-la as_o ad_fw-la imperandum_fw-la justin_n institut_fw-la as_o in_o civil_a commission_n he_o that_o give_v a_o faculty_n or_o authority_n to_o act_n give_v also_o so_o far_o as_o he_o may_v a_o aptitude_n or_o ability_n for_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o faculty_n and_o commission_n this_o hold_v most_o true_a here_o god_n the_o father_n have_v give_v christ_n not_o only_o a_o faculty_n or_o commission_n but_o also_o a_o aptitude_n or_o ability_n for_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o commission_n and_o office_n this_o aptitude_n or_o fitness_n consist_v in_o that_o divine_a plenitude_n or_o fullness_n of_o grace_n and_o power_n which_o be_v loged_a in_o christ_n as_o mediator_n thus_o 1.14_o thus_o joh._n 1.14_o joh._n 1.14_o and_o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n and_o dwell_v among_o we_o and_o we_o behold_v his_o glory_n the_o glory_n of_o the_o only_o beget_v of_o the_o father_n full_a of_o grace_n and_o truth_n we_o have_v 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