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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o inclination_n to_o salvation_n in_o the_o socalled_n ignatius_n epistle_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o beginning_n of_o life_n as_o it_o be_v the_o punctum_fw-la saliens_fw-la in_o the_o new_a creature_n in_o which_o the_o first_o motion_n and_o course_n of_o spiritual_a life_n begin_v vita_fw-la sancta_fw-la à _fw-la fide_fw-la sumit_fw-la initium_fw-la say_v fulgentius_n and_o fides_n prima_fw-la datur_fw-la ex_fw-la quá_fw-la extera_fw-la impotrantur_fw-la say_v st._n augustine_n all_o other_o grace_n be_v the_o fruit_n of_o faith_n not_o as_o if_o faith_n do_v produce_v they_o radical_o or_o fontal_o out_o of_o itself_o or_o its_o own_o virtue_n but_o that_o it_o unite_v to_o christ_n and_o so_o derive_v the_o spirit_n with_o its_o grace_n unto_o the_o believer_n that_o faith_n be_v at_o least_o in_o nature_n before_o other_o grace_n will_v appear_v very_o probable_a upon_o divers_a congruity_n first_o it_o be_v congruous_a to_o 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