before_o and_o therefore_o they_o be_v his_o member_n they_o must_v needs_o be_v holy_a 2._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n holy_a spirit_n wherewith_o they_o be_v endue_v as_o faith_n and_o repentance_n whereby_o their_o sin_n be_v cleanse_v and_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n impute_v unto_o they_o for_o the_o word_n sanctus_n may_v be_v take_v à _fw-la verbo_fw-la sanciendi_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n because_o that_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o be_v call_v sanctum_fw-la which_o be_v constant_a and_o firm_a but_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o hinder_v we_o to_o remain_v firm_a for_o ever_o but_o only_a sin_n and_o therefore_o sanctity_n consi_v in_o the_o condonation_n and_o remission_n câ—sinne_v say_v this_o father_n and_o the_o apostle_n do_v infer_v as_o much_o when_o after_o he_o have_v rehearse_v a_o remit_v they_o be_v saint_n that_o have_v their_o sin_n remit_v catalogue_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o corinthian_n and_o say_v that_o sometime_o they_o be_v such_o and_o 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his_o righteousness_n and_o appli_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o and_o make_v we_o saint_n by_o the_o imputative_a sanctity_n of_o christ_n who_o be_v make_v unto_o we_o wisdom_n justification_n sanctification_n and_o redemption_n 3._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o holiness_n and_o piety_n life_n 1._o cor._n the_o christian_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n be_v most_o holy_a in_o all_o their_o life_n which_o they_o practise_v for_o though_o they_o live_v in_o the_o world_n yet_o be_v they_o separate_v from_o the_o world_n and_o have_v their_o conversation_n in_o heaven_n and_o respect_v not_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o life_n but_o deem_v they_o as_o nothing_o and_o worth_a nothing_o damnum_fw-la &_o stercora_fw-la as_o dung_n and_o dross_n and_o trivial_a thing_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v and_o therefore_o if_o we_o compare_v the_o life_n of_o the_o saint_n with_o the_o life_n of_o the_o wicked_a we_o shall_v see_v as_o much_o difference_n betwixt_o they_o as_o be_v betwixt_o light_n 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omnibus_fw-la humiliores_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la say_v s._n ambrose_n they_o be_v more_o meek_a and_o lowly_a than_o all_o other_o and_o they_o be_v so_o bounteous_a that_o christiana_n religio_fw-la propter_fw-la christianorum_fw-la erga_fw-la omnes_fw-la cuiuscunque_fw-la religionis_fw-la beneficentiam_fw-la propagata_fw-la est_fw-la the_o christian_a religion_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o exceed_a liberality_n to_o all_o man_n do_v wonderful_o increase_v say_v maximinus_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v the_o wish_n of_o forefather_n we_o be_v now_o far_o short_a of_o the_o sanctity_n of_o our_o forefather_n caesar_n that_o he_o have_v such_o soldier_n as_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a so_o do_v i_o wish_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n that_o we_o have_v such_o saint_n as_o these_o our_o forefather_n be_v for_o we_o be_v but_o like_o the_o leaf_n of_o the_o cypress_n tree_n whereof_o the_o poet_n say_v pulchra_n coma_fw-la est_fw-la pulchro_fw-la digestaeque_fw-la ordine_fw-la emblem_n alâ—iat_fw-la emblem_n frondes_fw-la sed_fw-la fructus_fw-la nullos_fw-la haec_fw-la coma_fw-la pulchra_fw-la gerit_fw-la fair_a leaf_n but_o no_o fruit_n or_o like_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisy_n who_o righteousness_n and_o sanctity_n be_v say_v s._n chrysostome_n in_o ostentatione_n &_o none_o in_o rectitudine_fw-la intentionis_fw-la in_o ostentation_n &_o not_o in_o sincerity_n of_o intention_n or_o like_o the_o meteor_n which_o the_o philosopher_n call_v assub_n that_o make_v a_o great_a fiery_a show_n for_o a_o while_n and_o then_o sudden_o vanish_v to_o nothing_o but_o the_o whole_a life_n of_o the_o former_a saint_n be_v a_o continual_a exercise_n of_o piety_n and_o sanctity_n they_o be_v just_a in_o promise_n though_o it_o be_v to_o their_o own_o hindrance_n they_o be_v plain_a in_o their_o attire_n and_o moderate_a in_o their_o diet_n s._n basil_n and_o sozomene_n write_v that_o the_o 7._o basil_n orat._n the_o 40._o mart_n sozâ—m_fw-la l._n 7._o behold_v of_o their_o upright_a and_o godly_a life_n move_v many_o heathen_n to_o become_v christian_n and_o eusebius_n say_v that_o maximinus_n and_o other_o cruel_a tyrant_n can_v not_o choose_v but_o wonder_n to_o see_v how_o sedulous_a they_o be_v in_o do_v good_a and_o how_o careful_a in_o avoid_v evil_a with_o true_a fasting_n earnest_a prayer_n diligent_a watch_n and_o painful_a labour_n in_o their_o vocation_n and_o therefore_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o inchoative_a inherent_a sactity_n they_o may_v well_o be_v call_v the_o saint_n of_o god_n that_o live_v so_o holy_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n but_o against_o this_o it_o may_v be_v object_v object_n that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o holy_a nor_o can_v not_o be_v such_o saint_n when_o as_o the_o best_a of_o they_o be_v taint_v with_o great_a and_o grievous_a sin_n as_o noah_n david_n peter_n etc._n etc._n i_o answer_v that_o all_o saint_n in_o earth_n have_v their_o sin_n for_o whosoever_o say_v he_o have_v imperfection_n the_o best_a saint_n have_v their_o imperfection_n no_o sin_n he_o deceive_v himself_o and_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n in_o he_o quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la peccare_fw-la solius_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la sapientis_fw-la est_fw-la emendare_fw-la &_o poenitentiam_fw-la agere_fw-la de_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o yet_o if_o we_o say_v we_o have_v no_o righteousness_n we_o belie_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n or_o else_o we_o be_v no_o christian_n what_o then_o aliquid_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la haebemus_fw-la &_o aliquid_fw-la non_fw-la habemus_fw-la some_o righteousness_n we_o have_v and_o some_o we_o want_v we_o be_v baptize_v and_o therefore_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v to_o we_o and_o yet_o there_o rest_v a_o conflict_n against_o sin_n against_o the_o flesh_n the_o world_n and_o the_o devil_n but_o he_o that_o strive_v sometime_o strike_v and_o sometime_o be_v strike_v and_o therefore_o though_o we_o have_v some_o sanctity_n yet_o all_o sanctity_n we_o can_v have_v say_v s._n augustine_n 131_o aug._n 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the_o same_o petri._n david_n and_o peter_n lose_v not_o all_o grace_n bucerus_n de_fw-fr lapsu_fw-la petri._n i_o answer_v that_o david_n and_o peter_n do_v high_o offend_v and_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o lose_v the_o comfort_n and_o sense_n of_o grace_n but_o not_o all_o grace_n vigour_n spiritus_fw-la repressus_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la extinctus_fw-la mota_fw-la fides_fw-la non_fw-la amota_fw-la the_o strength_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v repress_v not_o extinguish_v his_o faith_n be_v shake_v and_o move_v but_o not_o remove_v for_o if_o peter_n lose_v all_o grace_n and_o all_o faith_n than_o that_o faith_n do_v fail_v which_o confess_v christ_n to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o for_o which_o our_o saviour_n pray_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o fail_v and_o another_o faith_n different_a from_o the_o first_o be_v give_v unto_o he_o which_o be_v most_o absurd_a and_o therefore_o tertullian_n and_o s._n augustine_n 7._o aug._n de_fw-fr cor._n &_o gr_n c._n 7._o do_v expound_v the_o prayer_n of_o christ_n that_o peter_n faith_n shall_v not_o fail_v of_o his_o constant_a &_o firm_a persevere_v in_o faith_n unto_o the_o end_n and_o s._n chrysostome_n say_v that_o christ_n do_v not_o only_o pray_v that_o his_o faith_n shall_v not_o final_o fail_v sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la evanesceret_fw-la aut_fw-la penitus_fw-la extingueretur_fw-la but_o also_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o vanish_v or_o be_v quite_o extinguish_v but_o david_n pray_v to_o create_v a_o new_a ob._n 3_o heart_n in_o he_o and_o to_o restore_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n unto_o he_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n in_o the_o old_a corrupt_a heart_n but_o the_o spirit_n be_v quite_o take_v from_o he_o and_o his_o grace_n quite_o extinguish_v i_o answer_v that_o david_n have_v diminish_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o he_o and_o quite_o lose_v many_o of_o they_o as_o the_o cleanness_n of_o heart_n the_o joy_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o inherent_a sanctity_n and_o faith_n itself_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o act_n or_o sense_n of_o it_o for_o that_o it_o do_v sleep_v in_o he_o but_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o substance_n or_o habit_n of_o it_o for_o else_o how_o can_v he_o pray_v for_o grace_n if_o all_o grace_n have_v be_v take_v from_o he_o grace_n therefore_o still_o lurk_v in_o the_o secret_a corner_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o seem_v asleep_a as_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o ship_n and_o therefore_o david_n awake_v it_o and_o desire_v it_o may_v be_v restore_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o it_o and_o that_o this_o grace_n which_o be_v now_o like_o the_o fire_n that_o be_v in_o the_o cinder_n may_v be_v kindle_v and_o therefore_o david_n lose_v not_o all_o grace_n though_o he_o lose_v the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o all_o grace_n but_o yet_o again_o it_o may_v be_v object_v ob._n 4_o that_o sin_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n can_v dwell_v together_o for_o the_o holy_a spirit_n of_o discipline_n 1._o sap._n 1._o fly_v 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sin_n for_o a_o man_n may_v sin_v and_o yet_o loath_a this_o sin_n while_o he_o be_v in_o the_o very_a act_n and_o do_v of_o that_o sin_n even_o as_o s._n paul_n testify_v that_o evil_a that_o i_o will_v 8._o rom._n 8._o not_o do_v that_o do_v i_o the_o do_v of_o the_o sin_n be_v from_o the_o weakness_n and_o corruption_n of_o nature_n the_o loathe_n and_o dislike_n of_o it_o be_v from_o the_o power_n of_o grace_n but_o sin_n in_o the_o latter_a place_n with_o continuation_n and_o delectation_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n can_v stand_v together_o and_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o first_o of_o wisdom_n for_o he_o say_v not_o he_o dwell_v not_o in_o a_o body_n that_o be_v taint_v with_o sin_n but_o in_o a_o body_n that_o be_v subject_a unto_o sin_n i_o where_o sin_n do_v rule_v and_o reign_v as_o it_o do_v in_o the_o wicked_a but_o not_o in_o the_o godly_a for_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n sin_v not_o i_o with_o delight_n and_o a_o full_a 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to_o obey_v their_o magistrate_n in_o all_o humility_n and_o meekness_n as_o the_o apostle_n show_v they_o must_v honour_v they_o as_o saint_n peter_n say_v and_o that_o because_o they_o bear_v the_o image_n of_o god_n say_v saint_n augustine_n and_o we_o must_v assist_v they_o both_o by_o our_o good_n and_o by_o our_o blood_n if_o need_v require_v and_o above_o all_o thing_n we_o must_v pray_v for_o they_o that_o we_o may_v 1._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 1._o live_v a_o peaceable_a and_o a_o quiet_a life_n under_o they_o say_v the_o apostle_n 3._o equal_n neighbour_n and_o all_o man_n that_o will_v desire_v to_o live_v in_o peace_n must_v look_v unto_o these_o two_o especial_a thing_n 1._o to_o avoid_v those_o sin_n and_o vice_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o
motion_n and_o every_o action_n be_v from_o god_n and_o therefore_o every_o sin_n to_o this_o it_o be_v brief_o answer_v that_o in_o every_o sin_n there_o be_v three_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v 1._o the_o act_n 2._o the_o obliquity_n 3._o obligation_n to_o punishment_n 1._o for_o the_o act_n we_o say_v it_o be_v from_o god_n 36._o rom._n 11._o 36._o for_o of_o he_o and_o in_o he_o and_o for_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n i._n aswell_o action_n as_o substance_n as_o augustine_n say_v 2._o the_o obliquity_n or_o corruption_n of_o 20._o aug._n to_o 7._o the_o great_a &_o lib._n arb_n c._n 20._o the_o action_n be_v only_o from_o man_n and_o no_o way_n from_o god_n as_o from_o a_o efficient_a cause_n thereof_o neither_o shall_v this_o seem_v strange_a to_o any_o man_n that_o in_o the_o self_n same_o sinful_a thing_n the_o action_n and_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n two_o different_a thing_n act_n we_o consider_v the_o act_n and_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n and_o do_v affirm_v 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evil_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o privation_n of_o good_a and_o good_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o subject_n wherein_o this_o privation_n of_o good_a do_v inhere_o and_o so_o you_o see_v that_o although_o every_o action_n be_v from_o god_n yet_o the_o sin_n and_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o action_n be_v from_o man_n but_o then_o again_o it_o be_v object_v that_o god_n know_v we_o will_v commit_v the_o sin_n when_o we_o do_v commit_v the_o act_n and_o he_o know_v adam_n will_v sin_v when_o he_o create_v adam_n and_o therefore_o he_o shall_v either_o hinder_v we_o to_o sin_n or_o not_o complain_v that_o we_o do_v sin_n i_o answer_v that_o knowledge_n be_v a_o sin_n the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n that_o man_n will_v sin_v be_v not_o the_o cause_n that_o he_o do_v sin_n mere_a concein_v of_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n proper_a to_o the_o understanding_n and_o not_o to_o the_o will_v can_v work_v any_o thing_n outward_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o thing_n for_o i_o know_v that_o a_o old_a man_n must_v needs_o die_v and_o that_o a_o rot_a house_n will_v soon_o fall_v if_o it_o be_v not_o re-edify_v and_o yet_o i_o be_o the_o cause_n of_o neither_o even_o so_o deus_fw-la nos_fw-la peccatores_fw-la noscit_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la god_n know_v that_o we_o will_v sin_v but_o he_o do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o sin_n say_v saint_n augustine_n anima_fw-la aug._n l._n 7._o dâ—_n anima_fw-la and_o i_o confess_v that_o god_n can_v as_o easy_o hinder_v sin_n as_o to_o suffer_v sin_n to_o be_v commit_v and_o can_v as_o easy_o have_v hinder_v adam_n to_o have_v sin_v as_o to_o forgive_v he_o when_o he_o have_v sin_v for_o we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o god_n suffer_v sin_n against_o his_o will_n because_o he_o can_v hinder_v it_o for_o that_o do_v derogate_v from_o the_o power_n of_o god_n but_o upon_o just_a reason_n and_o for_o many_o excellent_a cause_n he_o make_v man_n so_o that_o he_o may_v either_o stand_v or_o fall_v 1._o to_o show_v a_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o mutable_a why_o god_n make_v man_n mutable_a creator_n and_o the_o creature_n for_o immutability_n be_v proper_a only_o unto_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v all_o intelligible_a creature_n both_o man_n and_o angel_n so_o that_o they_o may_v either_o stand_v or_o fall_v 2._o that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o more_o praiseworthy_a if_o they_o do_v stand_v or_o most_o just_o conden_v if_o they_o do_v fall_v nam_fw-la si_fw-la diabolus_fw-la seductionis_fw-la potestatem_fw-la 55._o chrys_n oper_n imperfect_a ho._n 55._o non_fw-la accepisset_fw-la homo_fw-la probationis_fw-la mercedem_fw-la non_fw-la recipisset_fw-la for_o if_o the_o devil_n have_v not_o receive_v power_n to_o tempt_v we_o and_o man_n that_o liberty_n of_o will_n either_o to_o have_v yield_v or_o resist_v than_o man_n can_v not_o have_v have_v the_o reward_n of_o his_o resistance_n or_o the_o reproof_n of_o his_o deficiency_n say_v saint_n chrysostome_n and_o so_o you_o see_v the_o reason_n why_o god_n make_v man_n so_o that_o he_o may_v stand_v or_o fall_v and_o there_o be_v many_o reason_n why_o he_o suffer_v he_o and_o do_v suffer_v all_o other_o to_o fall_v into_o sin_n among_o which_o i_o find_v these_o three_o reason_n chief_o allege_v 1._o for_o the_o declaration_n of_o his_o justice_n fall_v why_o god_n suffer_v adam_n and_o all_o the_o son_n of_o adam_n to_o fall_v in_o the_o punish_n of_o all_o sin_n 2._o for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o mercy_n in_o the_o pardon_v of_o many_o sin_n 3._o for_o the_o suppression_n of_o our_o pride_n and_o the_o declaration_n of_o our_o weak_a and_o miserable_a estate_n that_o without_o his_o especial_a grace_n we_o can_v keep_v and_o preserve_v ourselves_o from_o any_o sin_n but_o yet_o further_o it_o will_v be_v object_v ob._n that_o the_o scripture_n seem_v plain_o to_o attribute_v the_o very_a sin_n unto_o god_n as_o the_o lord_n turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o egyptian_n 105._o psal_n 105._o that_o they_o shall_v hate_v his_o people_n and_o deal_v untrue_o with_o his_o servant_n that_o he_o harden_v the_o heart_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o the_o heart_n of_o eglon_n and_o such_o like_a 3._o judg._n 3._o i_o answer_v that_o in_o every_o sin_n there_o be_v three_o concur_v agent_n to_o be_v consider_v and_o the_o sin_n be_v ascribe_v sometime_o to_o the_o one_o and_o sometime_o to_o the_o other_o but_o ever_o in_o a_o different_a respect_n as_o 1._o it_o be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n as_o the_o author_n man_n how_o sin_n be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n to_o the_o devil_n &_o to_o man_n by_o who_o we_o receive_v power_n to_o do_v every_o action_n and_o motion_n and_o as_o the_o voluntary_a sufferer_n of_o the_o obliquity_n or_o pravitie_n of_o the_o action_n for_o the_o reason_n above_o show_v and_o thus_o god_n be_v say_v to_o harden_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o wicked_a or_o to_o deliver_v 20._o psal_n 81._o 13._o rom._n 1._o aug._n tom_n 7._o de_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o lib._n arbit_n cap._n 20._o they_o 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