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of_o his_o mercy_n and_o the_o eternal_a salvation_n of_o his_o elect_a so_o saint_n augustine_n say_v cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la &_o pater_fw-la tradiderit_fw-la 109._o filium_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la christus_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o judas_n dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la cur_n in_o hac_fw-la traditione_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la pius_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la reus_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o re_fw-la una_fw-la quam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la ob_fw-la quam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la that_o be_v whereas_o both_o the_o father_n give_v his_o son_n and_o christ_n give_v his_o own_o body_n and_o judas_n give_v or_o betray_v christ_n why_o in_o this_o give_n be_v god_n holy_a and_o man_n guilty_a but_o that_o in_o one_o thing_n which_o they_o do_v there_o be_v not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o cause_n wherefore_o they_o do_v it_o this_o be_v not_o to_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v of_o it_o for_o all_o action_n as_o they_o be_v of_o god_n be_v good_a and_o righteous_a for_o if_o a_o good_a tree_n can_v bring_v forth_o evil_a fruit_n as_o our_o saviour_n christ_n say_v 18._o how_o much_o less_o can_v god_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o goodness_n and_o even_o goodness_n itself_o bring_v forth_o evil_a action_n neither_o do_v god_n direct_o or_o effectual_o intend_v the_o sin_n of_o man_n nor_o their_o danation_n but_o his_o own_o glory_n which_o shine_v not_o only_o in_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o mercy_n towards_o the_o faithful_a and_o godly_a but_o also_o in_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o justice_n against_o the_o wicked_a and_o reprobate_a the_o similitude_n of_o intend_v the_o burn_a of_o a_o ship_n and_o consequent_o the_o death_n of_o they_o that_o be_v in_o it_o will_v not_o here_o hold_v for_o god_n as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o do_v intend_v neither_o the_o sin_n nor_o perdition_n of_o man_n but_o his_o own_o glory_n and_o the_o execution_n of_o his_o just_a judgement_n your_o own_o angelical_a doctor_n thomas_n aquinas_n to_o the_o like_a similitude_n of_o drown_v a_o ship_n answer_v thus_o ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la subver_fw-la sio_fw-la navis_fw-la attributur_fw-la 49._o nautae_fw-la ut_fw-la causae_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la agit_fw-fr quod_fw-la requiritur_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la navis_fw-la sed_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la deficit_fw-la ab_fw-la agendo_fw-la quodest_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la inde_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la simile_n i._o to_o the_o three_o we_o say_v that_o the_o drown_n of_o a_o ship_n be_v attribute_v to_o the_o mariner_n as_o the_o cause_n there_o of_o because_o he_o do_v not_o that_o which_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o ship_n but_o god_n fail_v not_o from_o do_v that_o which_o be_v necessary_a unto_o salvation_n whereupon_o this_o be_v not_o like_a so_o in_o burn_v a_o ship_n malice_n in_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o but_o there_o be_v no_o malice_n in_o god_n neither_o do_v he_o desire_v the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v but_o the_o execution_n 32._o of_o his_o justice_n yet_o it_o be_v true_a which_o augustine_n say_v deus_fw-la operatur_fw-la in_o cord_n bus_fw-la hominum_fw-la ad_fw-la inclinandas_fw-la voluntates_fw-la 21._o eorum_fw-la quocunque_fw-la vult_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la bona_fw-la pro_fw-la sua_fw-la misericordia_fw-la sive_fw-la ad_fw-la mala_fw-la pro_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la meritis_fw-la iudicio_fw-la utique_fw-la aliquando_fw-la aperto_fw-la aliquando_fw-la occulto_fw-la semper_fw-la autem_fw-la iusto_fw-la i._o god_n work_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n to_o incline_v their_o will_n to_o whatsoever_o he_o will_v either_o to_o good_a thing_n by_o his_o mercy_n or_o to_o evil_a for_o their_o desert_n by_o his_o judgement_n which_o sometime_o be_v open_a and_o sometime_o secret_a but_o always_o just_a and_o which_o fulgentius_n say_v deus_fw-la licet_fw-la auctor_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la