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howsoever_o that_o graceless_a wretch_n boniface_n the_o eight_o who_o institute_v the_o first_o romish_n jubilee_n give_v therein_o immunity_n both_o from_o sin_n and_o the_o punishment_n thereof_o will_v make_v the_o world_n believe_v that_o he_o have_v power_n to_o forgive_v sin_n too_o 1.15_o anton._n part_n 3._o cap._n 8_o tit_n 20._o §._o 2._o the_o fruit_n of_o application_n praefat._n exhort_v ad_fw-la martyr_n ad_fw-la fortunatuâ—_n job_n 19.25.26_o micah_n 7.7_o â—_o tim._n 1.15_o but_o as_o antoninus_n bishop_n of_o florence_n write_v that_o history_n say_v god_n only_o forgive_v sin_n but_o to_o return_v from_o whence_o for_o a_o few_o line_n i_o have_v digress_v when_o we_o can_v in_o this_o sort_n apply_v unto_o ourselves_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o thus_o make_v a_o garment_n fit_v ourselves_o to_o cover_v therewith_o our_o shame_n of_o the_o wool_n of_o the_o lamb_n as_o cyprian_a in_o one_o place_n pretty_o speak_v for_o so_o he_o call_v the_o scripture_n oh_o with_o what_o assurance_n will_v we_o be_v able_a with_o job_n to_o say_v i_o be_o sure_a my_o redeemer_n live_v i_o shall_v see_v god_n in_o my_o flesh_n and_o with_o micah_n i_o will_v wait_v for_o god_n my_o saviour_n my_o god_n will_v hear_v i_o and_o with_o the_o apostle_n christ_n jesus_n come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o save_v sinner_n whereof_o i_o be_o chief_a notwithstanding_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v i_o receive_v to_o mercy_n that_o jesus_n christ_n shall_v first_o show_v on_o i_o all_o long_a suffering_n unto_o the_o example_n of_o they_o who_o shall_v in_o time_n to_o come_v believe_v in_o her_o 〈◊〉_d eternal_a life_n but_o the_o apostle_n show_v in_o many_o place_n unspeakable_a comfort_n by_o apply_v to_o himself_o in_o particular_a the_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o so_o much_o as_o he_o assure_v himself_o that_o none_o can_v charge_v god_n servant_n to_o endanger_v they_o none_o can_v condemn_v they_o 8.33.35.38.39_o rom._n 8.33.35.38.39_o yea_o who_o shall_v separate_v we_o say_v he_o from_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n i_o be_o persuade_v that_o neither_o death_n nor_o life_n nor_o the_o angel_n nor_o principality_n nor_o power_n nor_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n to_o come_v nor_o height_n nor_o depth_n nor_o any_o other_o creature_n be_v able_a to_o separate_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n which_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n our_o lord_n thus_o we_o see_v what_o wonderful_a assurance_n and_o confidence_n they_o have_v who_o god_n spirit_n guide_v to_o apply_v unto_o their_o wound_a conscience_n the_o most_o sovereign_a salve_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o example_n of_o god_n mercy_n whereas_o other_o in_o the_o time_n of_o fear_n and_o danger_n languish_v in_o perplexity_n 3._o luk._n 23_o 30._o bernard_n de_fw-fr annunt_fw-la serm_n 3._o and_o can_v wish_v the_o mountain_n will_v fall_v upon_o they_o and_o the_o hill_n will_v cover_v they_o for_o true_o say_v bernard_n as_o it_o be_v speak_v unto_o god_n non_fw-la reponis_fw-la â—leum_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o vase_n fiduciae_fw-la thou_o lord_n put_v not_o the_o oil_n of_o mercy_n but_o into_o the_o vessel_n of_o confidence_n this_o this_o i_o say_v be_v the_o faith_n commend_v by_o the_o apostle_n this_o be_v the_o faith_n that_o justifi_v before_o god_n which_o beginning_n with_o knowledge_n of_o god_n mercy_n in_o christ_n jesus_n out_o of_o it_o gather_v confidence_n and_o boldness_n and_o thus_o with_o good_a warrant_n out_o of_o the_o word_n i_o trust_v we_o may_v affirm_v that_o this_o faith_n which_o do_v assure_o know_v and_o comfortable_o apply_v unto_o we_o the_o promise_a mercy_n of_o god_n cause_v we_o with_o boldness_n to_o stand_v before_o god_n without_o fear_n of_o condemnation_n yet_o not_o for_o the_o merit_n or_o worthiness_n of_o the_o act_n of_o believe_v but_o because_o the_o office_n yea_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o faith_n be_v to_o apprehend_v and_o take_v hold_v of_o christ_n through_o who_o we_o be_v find_v righteous_a before_o god_n in_o that_o he_o be_v make_v unto_o we_o of_o god_n wisdom_n 1.30_o 1._o cor._n 1.30_o and_o righteousness_n and_o sanctification_n and_o redemption_n as_o before_o i_o have_v say_v the_o last_o word_n in_o this_o sentence_n mean_v what_o work_v of_o the_o law_n be_v mean_v whereof_o there_o be_v any_o question_n between_o our_o adversary_n and_o we_o be_v these_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n out_o of_o these_o arise_v two_o doubt_n the_o first_o be_v what_o law_n the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o in_o these_o word_n for_o some_o even_o very_o ancient_a have_v be_v in_o that_o error_n that_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o law_n ceremonial_a as_o origen_n and_o other_o now_o the_o romish_a church_n not_o see_v how_o they_o may_v maintain_v their_o doctrine_n of_o merit_n and_o justification_n by_o work_n unless_o they_o be_v of_o that_o mind_n also_o be_v in_o former_a time_n of_o that_o mind_n too_o be_v glad_a that_o they_o may_v shroud_v themselves_o under_o the_o name_n of_o ancient_a â—â—â—rs_n i_o need_v not_o speak_v in_o particular_a of_o these_o popish_a writer_n see_v bellarmine_n confess_v as_o much_o as_o i_o say_v nonnulli_fw-la say_v he_o è_fw-la catholicis_fw-la 19_o bellar._n de_fw-fr justific_n l_o 1._o cap._n 19_o docent_fw-la per_fw-la opera_fw-la quae_fw-la apostolus_fw-la à _fw-la iustificatione_n excludit_fw-la intelligi_fw-la obseruationem_fw-la legalium_fw-la ceremoniarum_fw-la many_o of_o the_o catholic_n teach_v that_o by_o the_o work_n which_o the_o apostle_n exclude_v from_o justification_n the_o observation_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n be_v mean_v but_o how_o many_o or_o how_o great_a in_o learning_n 2.13_o not_o work_n ceremonial_a rom._n 2.13_o or_o account_v soever_o they_o be_v s._n paul_n afford_v we_o proof_n enough_o to_o convince_v they_o of_o error_n when_o he_o say_v the_o doer_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v justify_v be_v there_o any_o colour_n of_o reason_n to_o imagine_v that_o they_o who_o observe_v the_o ceremony_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v justify_v we_o see_v in_o the_o first_o and_o last_o chapter_n of_o the_o prophet_n esay_n micah_n the_o 6._o the_o 50._o psalm_n and_o in_o other_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o many_o who_o be_v most_o diligent_a performer_n of_o the_o ceremony_n be_v notwithstanding_o mislike_v of_o god_n yea_o reprove_v for_o satisfy_v themselves_o with_o that_o external_a service_n what_o have_v i_o to_o do_v with_o the_o multitude_n of_o your_o sacrifice_n 1.11_o esa_n 1.11_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o be_o full_a of_o the_o burn_a offering_n of_o ram_n and_o of_o the_o fat_a of_o feed_a beast_n and_o i_o desire_v not_o the_o blood_n of_o bullock_n nor_o of_o lamb_n nor_o of_o goat_n that_o also_o which_o the_o apostle_n write_v of_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o man_n heart_n by_o reason_n whereof_o we_o have_v thought_n accuse_v &_o excuse_v can_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o law_n ceremonial_a but_o to_o come_v yet_o near_o to_o the_o purpose_n s._n paul_n even_o in_o that_o place_n where_o he_o handle_v this_o question_n conclude_v the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o discourse_n and_o have_v prove_v jew_n and_o gentile_n to_o be_v transgressor_n of_o the_o law_n either_o write_v or_o of_o nature_n thus_o say_v therefore_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n 3.20_o rom._n 3.20_o shall_v no_o flesh_n be_v justify_v in_o god_n sight_n and_o lest_o we_o may_v make_v any_o doubt_n what_o law_n he_o mean_v of_o he_o yield_v a_o reason_n of_o his_o former_a assertion_n which_o make_v the_o matter_n plain_a for_o by_o the_o law_n be_v knowledge_n of_o sin_n and_o yet_o that_o it_o may_v be_v more_o manifest_a what_o law_n be_v here_o mean_v elsewhere_o in_o plain_a word_n he_o expound_v himself_o 7.7_o rom_n 7.7_o i_o know_v not_o sin_n but_o by_o the_o law_n for_o i_o have_v not_o know_v lust_n except_o the_o law_n have_v say_v thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n out_o of_o which_o word_n i_o reason_v thus_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o that_o law_n that_o make_v we_o to_o know_v sin_n but_o that_o be_v not_o the_o law_n ceremonial_a therefore_o the_o apostle_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o law_n ceremonial_a yea_o this_o place_n seem_v to_o s._n augustine_n to_o have_v such_o force_n as_o that_o thereupon_o he_o ground_v that_o which_o we_o teach_v 8._o august_n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o light_v cap._n 8._o ac_fw-la ne_fw-la quisquam_fw-la putaret_fw-la hic_fw-la apostolum_n ea_fw-la lege_fw-la dixisse_fw-la hominem_fw-la iustificari_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sacramentis_fw-la veteribus_fw-la multa_fw-la continet_fw-la figurata_fw-la praecepta_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v think_v the_o apostle_n to_o have_v say_v that_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o that_o which_o in_o the_o old_a sacrament_n have_v many_o figurative_a precept_n from_o whence_o come_v circumcision_n which_o child_n be_v commend_v to_o receive_v he_o by_o and_o by_o show_v what_o law_n