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4._o aug._n ad_fw-la simpli_fw-la li._n 1._o quaest_n 2._o august_n ad_fw-la simpli_fw-la ib._n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la &_o oper_n c._n 14_o august_n ser_fw-mi 61._o de_fw-la ver_fw-la dom._n ephes_n 4._o which_o must_v be_v join_v with_o good_a work_n as_o abraham_n faith_n be_v or_o else_o justifi_v no_o man_n grace_n go_v before_o say_v s._n augustine_n but_o good_a work_v follow_v every_o man_n that_o will_v be_v save_v must_v be_v make_v a_o member_n of_o christ_n which_o be_v do_v through_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n and_o of_o this_o incorporation_n speak_v s._n paul_n but_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o we_o to_o be_v make_v member_n of_o christ_n unless_o be_v knit_v in_o the_o body_n we_o increase_v in_o all_o thing_n in_o christ_n who_o be_v our_o head_n of_o this_o increase_n and_o grow_v speak_v s._n james_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o we_o to_o be_v call_v and_o justify_v we_o must_v also_o be_v glorify_v 8._o rom._n 8._o and_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v unless_o we_o 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with_o his_o hand_n thereupon_o do_v s._n james_n call_v he_o a_o vain_a man_n that_o think_v faith_n without_o work_v might_n save_o he_o 2._o jacob_n 2._o and_o call_v faith_n without_o work_v a_o dead_a faith_n and_o the_o divelles_n faith_n thereupon_o do_v s._n john_n speak_v as_o much_o in_o the_o commendation_n of_o charity_n as_o s._n paul_n have_v do_v of_o faith_n saying_n he_o that_o love_v not_o remain_v in_o death_n 3._o 1._o joan._n 3._o not_o that_o these_o apostle_n do_v teach_v contrary_a to_o s._n paul_n but_o because_o that_o s._n paul_n be_v misconstrue_v their_o preach_n be_v one_o for_o as_o s._n paul_n do_v say_v 1._o rom_n 3_o ephes_n 2._o jacob_n 1._o by_o faith_n a_o man_n be_v justify_v and_o by_o grace_n be_v you_o save_v not_o of_o yourselves_o so_o say_v s._n james_n every_o good_a thing_n that_o be_v geaven_v and_o every_o perfect_a gift_n come_v from_o above_o and_o see_v that_o faith_n hope_n charity_n and_o good_a work_v be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o grace_n 2._o ephes_n 2._o s._n james_n say_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o work_v disagree_v not_o with_o s._n paul_n that_o say_v we_o be_v save_v by_o grace_n 3._o ephes_n 2._o 1._o joan._n 3._o and_o when_o s._n john_n say_v charity_n come_v of_o god_n and_o we_o know_v we_o be_v translate_v from_o death_n to_o life_n because_o we_o love_v our_o brother_n he_o say_v no_o more_o than_o s._n paul_n do_v 5._o galat._n 5._o that_o in_o christ_n jesu_n neither_o circumcision_n nor_o to_o be_v without_o circumcision_n avail_v aught_o but_o faith_n which_o work_v through_o charity_n so_o do_v s._n paul_n s._n peter_n s._n james_n and_o s._n john_n be_v move_v to_o speak_v by_o one_o spirit_n agree_v in_o one_o mind_n concern_v our_o justification_n s._n paul_n commend_v the_o foundation_n root_n and_o beginning_n of_o it_o s._n james_n the_o increase_n the_o fruit_n and_o perfection_n of_o the_o same_o without_o the_o which_o the_o foundation_n shall_v be_v 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for_o if_o abraham_n faith_n except_o he_o have_v offer_v his_o son_n when_o he_o be_v bid_v 31._o august_n in_o praefation_n psal_n 31._o shall_v have_v be_v dead_a like_o unto_o a_o baren_a and_o wither_a root_n as_o s._n augustine_n say_v he_o be_v the_o example_n and_o pattern_n of_o our_o justification_n what_o can_v we_o look_v for_o if_o we_o have_v faith_n and_o care_v not_o to_o do_v good_a work_v which_o god_n command_v he_o that_o hear_v my_o word_n 7._o math._n 7._o and_o do_v they_o not_o say_v our_o saviour_n shall_v be_v liken_v to_o a_o fool_n that_o have_v build_v his_o house_n upon_o the_o sand_n they_o be_v the_o doer_n not_o the_o knower_n who_o he_o call_v happy_a if_o you_o know_v these_o thing_n you_o shall_v be_v happy_a 13._o joan_n 13._o when_o you_o do_v they_o they_o be_v not_o the_o hearer_n of_o the_o law_n 2._o rom._n 2._o that_o be_v just_a before_o god_n but_o the_o doer_n shall_v be_v justify_v if_o faith_n will_v serve_v without_o good_a work_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v reject_v who_o shall_v say_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n 7._o math._n 7._o lord_n in_o thy_o name_n we_o have_v preach_v in_o thy_o name_n we_o have_v cast_v out_o divelles_n and_o in_o thy_o name_n we_o have_v do_v many_o great_a wounder_n which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v without_o faith_n 25._o math._n 25._o neither_o shall_v the_o five_o foolish_a virgin_n be_v shut_v out_o at_o the_o marriage_n and_o therefore_o say_v cyril_n 15._o cyril_n cateche_n 15._o trust_v not_o upon_o that_o thou_o haste_v a_o lamp_n only_o but_o keep_v it_o burn_v trust_v not_o upon_o this_o alone_a that_o thou_o haste_v faith_n but_o keep_v thy_o faith_n burn_v that_o thy_o light_n may_v shine_v before_o man_n through_o good_a work_n least_o for_o thy_o sake_n christ_n be_v blaspheme_v and_o a_o little_a before_o how_o shall_v we_o get_v say_v he_o into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n i_o be_v hungry_a say_v christ_n and_o thou_o gaveste_n i_o meat_n to_o eat_v learn_v the_o way_n for_o here_o need_v no_o allegory_n if_o thou_o do_v these_o thing_n thou_o shall_v reign_v if_o thou_o do_v not_o thou_o shall_v be_v condemn_v begin_v therefore_o now_o to_o do_v these_o work_v and_o continue_v in_o faith_n apost_n leo._n ser._n 3._o de_fw-fr epiphan_n cypria_n ad_fw-la quiri_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 96._o aug._n ser._n 31._o de_fw-la ver_fw-la apost_n by_o right_a faith_n and_o good_a work_n we_o attain_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n say_v leo._n factis_fw-la non_fw-la verbis_fw-la operandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o must_v work_v by_o deed_n not_o by_o word_n say_v s._n cyprian_n for_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n stand_v not_o in_o talk_n but_o in_o virtue_n
4._o and_o call_v the_o father_n of_o all_o faithful_a and_o beleve_a and_o inheriter_fw-la of_o the_o world_n the_o scripture_n say_v of_o he_o credidit_fw-la abraham_n deo._n 3_o gen._n 15._o galat._n 3_o abraham_n believe_v god_n and_o it_o be_v account_v unto_o he_o for_o justice_n but_o as_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n which_o all_o man_n confess_v so_o be_v it_o to_o be_v consider_v what_o faith_n that_o be_v whereby_o he_o be_v justify_v and_o so_o singuler_o please_v god._n primasius_n say_v abraham_n quia_fw-la credidit_fw-la deo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o in_o cap._n 11._o epist_n ad_fw-la hebrae_fw-la jaco._n 2._o because_o abraham_n believe_v god_n it_o be_v account_v unto_o he_o for_o justice_n and_o he_o be_v call_v god_n friend_n but_o this_o faith_n be_v so_o to_o be_v take_v that_o it_o be_v believe_v in_o heart_n confess_v in_o mouth_n and_o garnish_v in_o work_n and_o here_o it_o be_v well_o to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o scripture_n commend_v abraham_n faith_n say_v not_o abraham_n believe_v there_o be_v a_o god_n but_o credidit_fw-la abraham_n deo_fw-la gen._n hom._n 31._o in_o gen._n abraham_n beleve_v god_n that_o be_v as_o chrysostome_n say_v credidit_fw-la dictis_fw-la dei_fw-la he_o give_v credit_n unto_o god_n word_n and_o say_n many_o evil_a man_n 1._o jaco._n 2._o mar._n 1._o yea_o the_o devil_n himself_o beleve_v that_o there_o be_v one_o god_n but_o neither_o evil_a man_n neither_o the_o divelle_n geve_v credit_n to_o god_n nor_o his_o word_n to_o obey_v they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o good_a and_o ill_a man_n yea_o between_o a_o good_a man_n and_o the_o devil_n the_o one_o beleve_v the_o scripture_n and_o obei_v it_o not_o 102._o psal_n 102._o the_o other_o be_v mindful_a of_o god_n commandment_n to_o do_v they_o so_o do_v the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o to_o believe_v 32._o eccl._n 32._o in_o omni_fw-la opere_fw-la tuo_fw-la crede_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la animae_fw-la tuus_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la conseruatio_fw-la mandatorum_fw-la qui_fw-fr credit_n deo_fw-la attendit_fw-la mandatis_fw-la in_o every_o work_n of_o thou_o believe_v and_o use_v the_o faith_n of_o thy_o soul_n for_o that_o be_v the_o keep_n of_o the_o commandment_n he_o that_o credit_v god_n geve_v heed_n to_o the_o commandment_n 33._o eccl._n 33._o the_o wiseman_n do_v credit_n the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o law_n be_v true_a unto_o he_o then_o to_o credit_n god_n and_o the_o law_n be_v to_o believe_v god_n word_n to_o be_v true_a and_o to_o obey_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o the_o law_n for_o to_o he_o be_v the_o law_n true_a who_o do_v not_o show_v by_o his_o life_n that_o he_o think_v it_o false_a so_o do_v abraham_n believe_v and_o credit_n god_n in_o every_o work_n of_o he_o 12._o gen._n 12._o god_n say_v unto_o he_o egredere_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la tua_fw-la etc._n etc._n go_v out_o of_o thy_o country_n from_o thy_o kindred_n from_o thy_o father_n house_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n that_o i_o shall_v show_v thou_o he_o be_v in_o year_n 11._o hebr._n 11._o he_o go_v as_o s._n paul_n say_v he_o know_v not_o whither_o he_o may_v have_v use_v many_o excuse_n as_o a_o man_n loath_a to_o leave_v his_o native_a country_n his_o kindred_n and_o friend_n which_o natural_o all_o man_n love_v gene._n chrysost_n hom_n 31._o in_o gene._n but_o as_o chrysostome_n say_v nihil_fw-la horum_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la etc._n etc._n he_o think_v it_o not_o his_o part_n so_o much_o as_o to_o take_v any_o of_o these_o thought_n into_o his_o mind_n but_o as_o a_o willing_a servant_n obey_v at_o the_o only_a bid_n and_o ask_v no_o curiouse_a question_n and_o what_o be_v it_o that_o make_v he_o so_o to_o do_v omnia_fw-la levia_fw-la &_o facilia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la chrysost_n ibidem_fw-la his_o love_n that_o he_o bear_v toward_o god_n make_v all_o thing_n appear_v light_a and_o easy_a to_o he_o this_o be_v abraham_n faith_n to_o believe_v god_n that_o be_v to_o credit_n his_o word_n and_o through_o a_o singular_a love_n to_o obey_v his_o commandment_n god_n promise_v he_o a_o child_n 15._o gen._n 15._o when_o both_o his_o wife_n and_o he_o by_o course_n of_o nature_n be_v past_a hope_n of_o issue_n he_o beleve_v the_o promise_n hope_v again_o hope_n 4._o rom._n 4._o many_o year_n pass_v before_o it_o be_v fulfil_v his_o faith_n decay_v not_o he_o still_o persevere_v constante_o beleve_v it_o 22._o gen._n 22._o god_n bid_v he_o offer_v in_o sacrifice_n his_o only_a son_n who_o so_o dear_o he_o love_v gen._n hom._n 47._o in_o gen._n without_o all_o dout_a or_o question_n ask_v he_o obey_v the_o commandment_n o_o religiosam_fw-la animam_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o religiouse_a soul_n say_v chrysostome_n o_o strong_a hart_n and_o mind_n o_o great_a desire_n o_o reason_n pass_v the_o nature_n of_o man._n he_o show_v not_o his_o faith_n only_o in_o beleve_v god_n promise_n but_o also_o in_o keep_v his_o commandment_n credidit_fw-la suscepturus_fw-la filium_fw-la credidit_fw-la occisurus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 12._o aug._n ser_n 72._o de_fw-la tempo_fw-la chrys_n ho._n 24._o ad_fw-la hebre._n hom._n 42._o in_o gen._n hom._n 36._o in_o gen._n rom._n 4._o gala._n 3_o chrysost_n hom_n 36._o in_o gen._n gen._n 15._o gen._n 12._o he_o beleve_v when_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o son_n he_o beleve_v when_o he_o shall_v kill_v his_o son_n in_o all_o point_n faithful_a in_o nothing_o cruel_a he_o have_v not_o only_a faith_n and_o good_a belief_n but_o as_o chrysostome_n say_v possedit_fw-la iustus_fw-la ille_fw-la omnes_fw-la virtutes_fw-la that_o just_a man_n have_v all_o virtue_n he_o note_v in_o he_o fortitude_n magnanimity_n excellent_a faith_n good_a and_o godly_a conversation_n singular_a modesty_n marvellous_a dispisinge_a of_o riches_n worthy_o be_v he_o call_v the_o father_n of_o many_o nation_n sufficit_fw-la enim_fw-la unus_fw-la ille_fw-la iustus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la nos_fw-la erudiat_fw-la for_o that_o one_o 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due_a he_o shall_v condemn_v thou_o for_o the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n so_o be_v neither_o abraham_n nor_o any_o man_n justify_v by_o work_n faith_n work_v do_v without_o faith_n neither_o abraham_n nor_o any_o other_o can_v deserve_v justification_n by_o his_o work_n for_o work_v do_v without_o faith_n and_o before_o god_n geve_v his_o grace_n in_o some_o degree_n deserve_v not_o at_o god_n hand_n either_o grace_n or_o reward_v of_o life_n everlasting_a and_o thus_o do_v we_o see_v in_o what_o sense_n s._n paul_n say_v abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o work_n he_o be_v first_o call_v by_o mercy_n and_o by_o grace_n without_o any_o desert_n of_o he_o work_v go_v before_o the_o like_a he_o say_v general_o of_o all_o man_n that_o by_o grace_n they_o be_v call_v 2._o rom._n 5._o ephes_n 2._o and_o by_o faith_n have_v access_n to_o god_n and_o be_v plant_v in_o christ_n and_o so_o justify_v by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o work_v but_o here_o let_v the_o reader_n 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god_n mercy_n and_o to_o do_v no_o good_a work_n fol._n 33._o b._n chap._n 2_o whence_o the_o opinion_n come_v that_o only_a faith_n justifi_v and_o of_o diverse_a kind_n of_o maintain_v the_o same_o fol._n 34._o b._n chap._n 3_o that_o faith_n exclude_v not_o charity_n in_o our_o justification_n 36._o a_o chap._n 4_o a_o answer_n to_o objection_n that_o be_v make_v to_o prove_v that_o faith_n alone_o justifi_v without_o charity_n fol._n 40._o a._n chap._n 5_o that_o faith_n exclude_v not_o hope_n in_o the_o act_n of_o our_o justification_n fol._n 41._o b._n chap._n 6_o that_o faith_n exclude_v not_o the_o work_n of_o sacrament_n in_o our_o justification_n fol._n 43._o b._n chap._n 7_o what_o be_v the_o true_a meaning_n of_o these_o word_n in_o the_o scripture_n we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n or_o save_v by_o faith._n fol._n 47._o a._n chap._n 8_o that_o s._n paul_n teach_v not_o justification_n by_o only_a faith_n exclude_v charity_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n the_o father_n 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