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ex_fw-la injustis_fw-la for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o faith_n it_o be_v dead_a and_o of_o no_o force_n 2._o i_o hope_v you_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o be_v justify_v by_o believe_v every_o after_o act_n of_o faith_n do_v find_v we_o justify_v for_o you_o be_v against_o the_o amission_n and_o intercision_n of_o justification_n yet_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o continuance_n of_o faith_n be_v necessary_a to_o the_o continuance_n of_o justification_n so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v see_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n therefore_o every_o act_n of_o faith_n may_v be_v say_v to_o justify_v as_o well_o as_o the_o first_o act_n because_o by_o after-act_n of_o faith_n we_o continue_v justify_v nihil_fw-la erit_fw-la absurdi_fw-la inquit_fw-la rivetus_fw-la si_fw-la dicamus_fw-la 83._o in_fw-la quâ—libet_fw-la verae_fw-la fidei_fw-la actu_fw-la imputari_fw-la justitiam_fw-la credenti_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la justificatio_fw-la sit_fw-la actus_fw-la momentaneus_fw-la cujus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la planè_fw-la amittitur_fw-la effectus_fw-la in_o piis_fw-la qui_fw-la semel_fw-la justificatâ—_n sunt_fw-la indigent_a nihilominùs_fw-la renovatione_fw-la sensus_fw-la justificationis_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la sensus_fw-la fit_a per_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la dicitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la fides_fw-la imputarâ—_n ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la nam_fw-la apprehensio_fw-la illâ—_n fides_fw-la habet_fw-la fluxum_fw-la suum_fw-la continuum_fw-la secundùm_fw-la plus_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la fidelis_fw-la &_o si_fw-la justificatus_fw-la subinde_fw-la in_o peccata_fw-la incidat_fw-la propter_fw-la quae_fw-la opus_fw-la etiam_fw-la habet_fw-la remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la quod_fw-la continuum_fw-la beneficirum_fw-la fide_fw-la apprehensum_fw-la si_fw-la secundam_fw-la justificationem_fw-la appellare_fw-la velâ—â—t_fw-la adversarii_fw-la imò_fw-la tertiam_fw-la quaâ—tam_fw-la quintam_fw-la &_o millesimam_fw-la non_fw-la repugnabimus_fw-la dummodo_fw-la constet_fw-la nullâ—_n alià _fw-la ratione_fw-la nos_fw-la justificari_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la sequentibus_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d quâ—_n semel_fw-la justificati_fw-la futmus_n à _fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la work_v therefore_o do_v not_o concur_v with_o faith_n unto_o justification_n no_o more_o afterward_o than_o at_o first_o 3._o your_o reason_n whereby_o you_o endeavour_v to_o