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all_o divine_n 1._o that_o god_n can_v will_v nothing_o in_o time_n if_o so_o then_o that_o will_v of_o his_o by_o which_o the_o world_n be_v at_o first_o create_v and_o by_o which_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o continuance_n and_o succession_n of_o time_n produce_v must_v needs_o be_v from_o or_o in_o eternity_n 2._o that_o god_n can_v but_o have_v that_o will_v which_o he_o have_v if_o so_o then_o that_o will_v by_o which_o he_o create_v the_o world_n and_o give_v be_v unto_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o receive_v be_v in_o time_n be_v unchangeable_o permanent_a in_o he_o â—_o 3._o and_o last_o that_o god_n can_v have_v any_o will_n which_o for_o the_o present_a he_o have_v not_o 484._o not_o deus_fw-la potest_fw-la nihil_fw-la velle_fw-la ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la volitionem_fw-la quam_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la volitionem_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la davenant_n animadversion_n upon_o a_o treatise_n entitle_v god_n love_n to_o mankind_n pag_n 484._o if_o so_o then_o that_o will_v of_o he_o by_o which_o he_o operate_v or_o work_v faith_n in_o peter_n in_o time_n as_o for_o instance_n to_o day_n be_v in_o he_o from_o eternity_n and_o consequent_o god_n wrought_v as_o much_o towards_o the_o make_n of_o peter_n a_o believer_n before_o he_o do_v believe_v as_o he_o do_v when_o he_o be_v actual_o bring_v to_o believe_v a_o three_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v for_o a_o right_a understanding_n of_o the_o point_n in_o 18._o §._o 18._o hand_n be_v that_o that_o act_n of_o god_n we_o speak_v of_o though_o from_o eternity_n and_o the_o effect_n or_o production_n of_o it_o in_o time_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o to_o be_v conceive_v as_o precedaneous_a in_o time_n to_o these_o effect_n or_o production_n themselves_o though_o god_n for_o example_n will_v that_o will_n from_o eternity_n which_o be_v efficacious_a to_o make_v peter_n a_o believer_n in_o time_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o act_n of_o this_o will_n in_o god_n to_o be_v look_v upon_o or_o conceive_v as_o precede_v in_o time_n that_o act_n of_o peter_n will_n by_o which_o he_o become_v or_o be_v make_v a_o believer_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v because_o there_o be_v no_o succession_n nothing_o soon_o nothing_o late_a nothing_o before_o nothing_o after_o other_o in_o order_n of_o time_n in_o eternity_n nor_o yet_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v measure_v by_o eternity_n as_o by_o their_o proper_a and_o adequate_a measure_n as_o all_o the_o act_n of_o god_n be_v this_o be_v the_o constant_a and_o know_a doctrine_n of_o the_o able_a and_o best_a divine_n as_o well_o modern_a as_o more_o ancient_a 23._o ancient_a in_o deo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la vicissitudo_fw-la temporum_fw-la p._n mart._n loc._n class_n 3._o c._n 1._o sect_n 6._o aeternum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la principio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la caret_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la vrsinus_n expl._n cat._n qu._n 58._o quod_fw-la autem_fw-la principio_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la caret_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la medium_n nec_fw-la prius_fw-la aut_fw-la posterius_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la neque_fw-la habet_fw-la neque_fw-la habere_fw-la possit_fw-la prius_fw-la aut_fw-la posterius_fw-la zanch._n de_fw-fr nat._n dei_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 3._o qu._n 1._o thes_n 1._o et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la illa_fw-la veer_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la aeterna_fw-la quae_fw-la principio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la carentia_fw-la eadem_fw-la semper_fw-la sunt_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la successione_n libera_fw-la vid._n plura_fw-la húc_fw-la spectantia_fw-la in_o seqq_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la aeternitate_fw-la nulla_fw-la spacia_fw-la temporis_fw-la cerno_fw-la quia_fw-la spacia_fw-la temporis_fw-la praeteritis_fw-la &_o futuris_fw-la rerum_fw-la motibus_fw-la constant_a nihil_fw-la autem_fw-la praeterit_fw-la in_o aeterno_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la praeterit_fw-la esse_fw-la desinit_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la nondum_fw-la esse_fw-la coepit_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la autem_fw-la tantum_fw-la modo_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la fuit_fw-la quasi_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la nec_fw-la erit_fw-la quasi_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la rel._n cap._n 49._o aeternitas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la substantia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la nihil_fw-la habet_fw-la mutabile_fw-la ibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la praeteritum_fw-la quasi_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la ibi_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la futurum_fw-la quasi_fw-la nondum_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la nisi_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o erit_fw-la quia_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la erit_fw-la nondum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la quicquid_fw-la ibi_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la â—isi_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o psal_n 101._o praesens_fw-la autem_fw-la tempus_fw-la si_fw-la semper_fw-la esset_fw-la praesens_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o praeteritum_fw-la transiret_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la tempus_fw-la sed_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la idem_fw-la confess_v l._n 11._o c._n 14._o et_fw-la si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la semper_fw-la vivat_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la mutabilitatem_fw-la patiatur_fw-la non_fw-la propriè_fw-la aeternum_fw-la appellatur_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la quanvis_n immortal_a quia_fw-la semper_fw-la vivit_fw-la recte_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la aug._n lib._n qu._n 83._o qu._n 9_o carere_n initio_fw-la &_o fine_a &_o omni_fw-la mutabilitate_fw-la that_fw-mi aeternum_fw-la esse_fw-la rich._n de_fw-fr s._n victore_fw-la l._n 2._o de_fw-fr trin._n c._n 9_o in_o illo_fw-la deo_fw-la nec_fw-la praeterita_fw-la nec_fw-la futura_fw-la reperiri_fw-la queunt_fw-la sed_fw-la cuncta_fw-la mutabilia_fw-la immutabiliter_fw-la durant_fw-mi et_fw-fr quae_fw-la in_o scipsis_fw-la simul_fw-la existere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la illi_fw-la 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ad_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la perducit_fw-la electos_fw-la scitque_fw-la illos_fw-la ita_fw-la stare_n ut_fw-la praesciat_fw-la esse_fw-la casuros_fw-la hic_fw-la si_fw-la à _fw-la i_o quaeratur_fw-la cur_n eye_v deus_fw-la perseverantian_n non_fw-la dederit_fw-la quia_fw-la eam_fw-la quâ_fw-la christianè_fw-la viverent_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la dedit_fw-la i_o ignorare_fw-la respondeo_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr corr._n &_o grat._n c._n 7._o &_o 8._o if_o all_o this_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o satisfy_v the_o reader_n that_o this_o great_a and_o learned_a defender_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n who_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n we_o be_v now_o inquire_v after_o be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o we_o herein_o let_v he_o feed_v further_o upon_o what_o yet_o remain_v have_v assert_v a_o beneficial_a necessity_n even_o to_o the_o elect_a or_o predestinate_a one_o themselves_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o ignorance_n by_o god_n of_o their_o predestination_n or_o election_n in_o this_o life_n he_o subjoin_v word_n of_o this_o import_n so_o then_o for_o the_o beneficialness_n of_o this_o secret_a it_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v that_o some_o of_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n who_o receive_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n yet_o begin_v to_o live_v in_o such_o a_o faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n yea_o and_o live_v for_o a_o time_n faithful_o and_o just_o and_o afterward_o fall_v away_o nor_o be_v they_o take_v away_o by_o death_n before_o this_o happen_v to_o they_o 13._o they_o propter_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la ergo_fw-la huius_fw-la secreti_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la quosdam_fw-la dâ—_n filiis_fw-la perditionis_fw-la non_fw-la accepto_fw-la dono_fw-la perseverandi_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la incipere_fw-la vivere_fw-la &_o aliquamdiù_fw-fr fideliter_fw-la ac_fw-la justé_fw-fr vivere_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la cadere_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la hâc_fw-la vitâ_fw-la priusquam_fw-la hoc_fw-la eye_n contingat_fw-la auferri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la cap._n 13._o doubtless_o there_o be_v no_o faith_n at_o all_o either_o justify_n or_o say_v but_o that_o which_o work_v by_o love_n and_o yet_o we_o clear_o see_v that_o augustin_n opinion_n be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n i._n e._n such_o who_o perish_v eternal_o be_v very_o capable_a of_o such_o a_o faith_n and_o consequent_o may_v yea_o and_o sometime_o do_v fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o from_o it_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o tract_n discover_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n query_v in_o these_o word_n that_o of_o two_o both_o be_v godly_a perseverance_n unto_o the_o end_n shall_v be_v give_v unto_o the_o one_o and_o not_o give_v unto_o the_o other_o belong_v to_o the_o unsearchable_a judgement_n of_o god_n 8._o god_n exit_fw-la duobus_fw-la autem_fw-la piis_fw-la cur_n huic_fw-la donetur_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n illi_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la donetur_fw-la inscrutabilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la dei_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr bono_n persev_n c._n 8._o that_o in_o this_o sentence_n he_o speak_v of_o person_n true_o godly_a and_o not_o seem_o only_a beside_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o passage_n itself_o to_o make_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o regular_a as_o well_o that_o which_o go_v a_o little_a before_o as_o what_o follow_v after_o make_v manifest_a the_o word_n a_o little_a before_o be_v these_o for_o of_o he_o they_o receive_v this_o power_n viz._n of_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o give_v pious_a cogitation_n to_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n by_o which_o he_o come_v to_o have_v faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n dilectionem_fw-la love_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quippy_a accipiunt_fw-la eam_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi cordi_fw-la humano_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la pias_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la habeat_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la operetur_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la the_o word_n a_o little_a after_o these_o to_o conclude_v be_v they_o not_o both_o call_v and_o both_o follow_v he_o that_o call_v they_o be_v they_o not_o both_o of_o sinner_n make_v righteous_a or_o justify_v and_o both_o renew_v by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n renovati_fw-la regeneration_n nun_n postremò_fw-la utrique_fw-la vocati_fw-la fuerant_fw-la &_o vocantâ—m_a seâ—_n cuti_fw-la utrique_fw-la ex_fw-la impiis_fw-la justificati_fw-la &_o per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la utrique_fw-la renovati_fw-la afterward_o in_o the_o same_o treatise_n he_o cite_v with_o approbation_n the_o judgement_n of_o a_o orthodox_n man_n of_o good_a repute_n in_o his_o day_n to_o who_o also_o he_o give_v the_o testimony_n of_o learning_n and_o much_o acuteness_n concern_v the_o reason_n which_o move_v christ_n not_o to_o work_v those_o mighty_a work_n among_o the_o man_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n which_o he_o wrought_v in_o capernaum_n although_o he_o know_v that_o they_o will_v have_v believe_v and_o repent_v upon_o the_o sight_n of_o they_o the_o lord_n christ_n say_v this_o author_n as_o the_o father_n record_v his_o gloss_n foresee_v that_o the_o man_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n will_v afterward_o have_v apostatise_v from_o their_o faith_n in_o case_n they_o have_v be_v bring_v over_o to_o believe_v by_o such_o miracle_n wrought_v among_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n it_o be_v out_o of_o mercy_n that_o he_o forbear_v the_o work_n of_o they_o there_o because_o they_o have_v be_v liable_a to_o a_o much_o great_a punishment_n in_o case_n they_o shall_v have_v turn_v their_o back_n upon_o the_o faith_n which_o they_o have_v once_o receive_v then_o if_o they_o have_v never_o receive_v it_o 10._o it_o quidam_fw-la disputator_fw-la catholicus_fw-la non_fw-la ignobilis_fw-la hunc_fw-la evangelij_fw-la locum_fw-la sic_fw-la exposuit_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la praescisse_fw-la dominum_fw-la tyrios_fw-la &_o sidonios_n a_o fide_fw-la fuisse_fw-la posteà _fw-la recessuros_fw-la cum_fw-la factis_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la miraculis_fw-la credidissent_fw-la &_o misericordiâ_fw-la potiùs_fw-la non_fw-la eum_fw-la illic_fw-la ista_fw-la fecisse_fw-la quoniam_fw-la graviori_fw-la poenae_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la fierent_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la quam_fw-la tenuerant_fw-la reliquissent_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la eam_fw-la nullo_n tempore_fw-la tenuissent_fw-la ibid._n c._n 10._o in_o process_n of_o the_o same_o discourse_n he_o have_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n that_o of_o regenerate_v man_n some_o dye_n persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n other_o be_v detain_v in_o life_n until_o they_o fall_v away_o who_o certain_o have_v not_o fall_v away_o in_o case_n they_o have_v dye_v before_o they_o so_o fall_v and_o again_o that_o some_o who_o thus_o fall_n pass_v not_o out_o of_o this_o life_n until_o they_o return_v or_o rise_v again_o who_o certain_o shall_v have_v perish_v have_v they_o die_v before_o their_o return_n 13._o return_n ipsos_fw-la quóque_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la alios_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n hînc_fw-la abire_fw-la alios_fw-la quibusque_fw-la decidant_fw-la hic_fw-la teneri_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la non_fw-la decidissent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la laberentur_fw-la hînc_fw-la issent_fw-la &_o rursus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la lapsos_fw-la quousque_fw-la redeant_fw-la non_fw-la exire_fw-la de_fw-fr hâc_fw-la vitâ_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la perirent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la redirent_fw-la exirent_fw-la ibid._n cap
write_n which_o pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o augustins_n work_n at_o this_o day_n but_o may_v upon_o a_o pretence_n every_o whit_n as_o plausible_a be_v traduce_v as_o illegicimate_v before_o i_o pass_v from_o this_o testimony_n i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v knowledge_n that_o the_o worthy_a author_n thereof_o towards_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o say_v tract_n and_o a_o few_o line_n before_o the_o recite_v testimony_n profess_v that_o what_o he_o shall_v deliver_v therein_o be_v his_o sense_n and_o judgement_n in_o the_o respective_a article_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_o and_o their_o doctrine_n ergo_fw-la doctrine_n propositis_fw-la ergo_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o manifest_o appear_v that_o in_o augustins_n day_n it_o be_v no_o orthodox_n doctrine_n but_o a_o pelagian_a error_n to_o hold_v that_o christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o man_n in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o father_n complain_v as_o we_o hear_v before_o that_o he_o be_v false_o charge_v by_o some_o abettor_n of_o the_o pelagian_a faction_n that_o he_o hold_v that_o christ_n the_o lord_n suffer_v not_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o all_o men._n therefore_o they_o who_o traduce_v the_o doctrine_n maintain_v in_o this_o discourse_n under_o the_o odious_a name_n of_o pelagianism_n either_o declare_v themselves_o notable_o ignorant_a of_o what_o pelagianism_n mean_v or_o else_o asperse_v that_o father_n who_o questionless_a know_v better_a than_o all_o his_o fellow_n what_o belong_v to_o pelagianism_n with_o the_o blot_n of_o this_o ignorance_n by_o his_o vote_n and_o verdict_n the_o doctrine_n which_o contradict_v that_o assert_v by_o we_o be_v pelagianism_n another_o testimony_n from_o the_o same_o father_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n may_v be_v that_o former_o cite_v have_v rehearse_v these_o word_n for_o god_n send_v not_o his_o son_n to_o judge_n the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n by_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v he_o infer_v thus_o therefore_o as_o much_o as_o lie_v in_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v to_o heal_v the_o sick_a that_o man_n slay_v himself_o who_o will_v not_o observe_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o physician_n he_o come_v a_o saviour_n unto_o the_o world_n why_o be_v he_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v save_o the_o world_n 12._o world_n ergo_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o medico_n est_fw-la sanare_fw-la venit_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la ipse_fw-la se_fw-la interimit_fw-la qui_fw-la praecepta_fw-la medici_n observare_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la venit_fw-la salvator_n ad_fw-la mundum_fw-la quare_fw-la salvator_n dictus_fw-la est_fw-la mundi_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la salvet_fw-la mundum_fw-la aug._n in_o joh._n tract_n 12._o elsewhere_o address_v himself_o in_o his_o private_a devotion_n unto_o the_o lord_n christ_n he_o speak_v to_o he_o thus_o i_o know_v thou_o to_o be_v true_a god_n and_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n the_o only_o beget_v son_n of_o god_n the_o creator_n saviour_n and_o redeemer_n of_o i_o and_o of_o whole_a mankind_n 32._o mankind_n cognovi_fw-la te_fw-la verum_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la filium_fw-la dei_fw-la unigenitum_fw-la creatorem_fw-la salvatorem_fw-la &_o redemptorem_fw-la meum_fw-la &_o totius_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la etc._n etc._n augustin_n soliloqu_n c._n 32._o again_o o_o thou_o unclean_a world_n he_o come_v that_o shall_v redeem_v thou_o and_o thou_o be_v trouble_v and_o he_o thou_o will_v destroy_v when_o he_o be_v mind_a to_o deliver_v thou_o 2._o thou_o o_o munde_a immunde_n venit_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la redimat_fw-la &_o turbaris_fw-la &_o hunc_fw-la tu_fw-la vis_fw-la perdere_fw-la quando_fw-la ille_fw-la te_fw-la disposuit_fw-la liberare_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr symb._n l._n 2._o concern_v judas_n he_o demand_v what_o do_v the_o sin_n of_o judas_n who_o sell_v he_o by_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v or_o be_v to_o have_v be_v redeem_a ibid._n redeem_a quid_fw-la egit_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la judae_fw-la qui_fw-la eum_fw-la vendidit_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la redimi_fw-la debuit_fw-la ibid._n afterward_o he_o present_v christ_n after_o his_o resurrection_n speak_v to_o the_o unbelieved_a jew_n who_o have_v crucify_v he_o thus_o behold_v the_o man_n who_o you_o have_v crucify_v behold_v that_o god_n and_o man_n in_o who_o you_o refuse_v to_o believe_v you_o see_v the_o wound_n which_o you_o have_v inflict_v the_o side_n which_o you_o have_v pierce_v because_o by_o you_o and_o for_o you_o it_o have_v be_v open_v and_o yet_o you_o will_v not_o enter_v ibid._n enter_v ecce_fw-la hominem_fw-la quem_fw-la crucifixistis_fw-la ecce_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la in_fw-la quem_fw-la credere_fw-la noluistis_fw-la videtis_fw-la vulnera_fw-la quae_fw-la infixistis_fw-la agnoscitis_fw-la latus_fw-la quod_fw-la pupugistis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la vos_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la vos_fw-la apertum_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la intrare_fw-la voluistis_fw-la ibid._n in_o another_o place_n thus_o mankind_n fall_v sick_a not_o of_o bodily_a disease_n but_o of_o sin_n this_o great_a patient_n or_o sick_a man_n lie_v all_o along_o the_o world_n from_o the_o east_n unto_o the_o west_n for_o the_o heal_n of_o this_o great_a sick_a man_n the_o omnipotent_a physician_n come_v down_o 59_o down_o aegrotat_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la morbis_fw-la corporis_fw-la sed_fw-la peccatis_fw-la iaceo_fw-la toto_fw-la orbe_fw-la terrarum_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentem_fw-la grandis_fw-la aegrotus_fw-la ad_fw-la sanandum_fw-la grandem_fw-la aegrotum_fw-la descendit_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la medice_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la domini_fw-la serm._n 59_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o part_n of_o his_o work_n compare_v the_o first_o and_o the_o second_o adam_n together_o discourse_v to_o this_o effect_n what_o therefore_o be_v just_o due_a from_o adam_n christ_n unjust_o by_o suffer_v death_n pay_v he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o 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contrà _fw-la deum_fw-la erexit_fw-la &_o cecidit_fw-la christus_fw-la se_fw-la humiliavit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la erigeret_fw-la adam_n mortem_fw-la universis_fw-la intulit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la vitam_fw-la omnibus_fw-la reparavit_fw-la respiciebat_fw-la ergo_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la ad_fw-la serpentem_fw-la aeneum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la venenatis_fw-la serpentibus_fw-la sanabatur_fw-la serpens_fw-la aeneus_fw-la in_o ligno_fw-la positus_fw-la veâ—ena_fw-la uâ—vorum_fw-la serpentum_fw-la superavit_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la in_o cruse_n suspensus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la antiqua_fw-la diaboli_fw-la venena_fw-la restinxit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la percussi_fw-la fluerant_fw-la liberavit_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 101._o this_o father_n in_o his_o dialect_n and_o manner_n of_o expression_n can_v not_o more_o significant_o declare_v for_o general_n redemption_n than_o he_o have_v do_v in_o the_o now-recited_n testimony_n and_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o 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