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justice_n of_o god_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o yet_o this_o do_v the_o man_n jesus_n christ_n that_o one_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n the_o man_n jesus_n christ_n say_v the_o apostle_n 1._o tim._n 2._o 5._o nothing_o but_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o god_n can_v reconcile_v we_o to_o god_n in_o appease_v his_o justice_n towards_o we_o nothing_o â—8_o but_o the_o blood_n of_o god_n can_v purchase_v for_o we_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n and_o eternal_a life_n so_o that_o in_o jesus_n christ_n be_v reveal_v unto_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o manifold_a wisdom_n of_o god_n as_o the_o apostle_n speak_v ephes._n 3._o 10._o in_o he_o alone_o and_o none_o but_o he_o be_v the_o father_n well_o please_v with_o us._n so_o be_v christ_n the_o only_a sovereign_a absolute_a mean_n in_o who_o as_o we_o be_v elect_v so_o we_o be_v also_o save_v yet_o to_o the_o end_n that_o all_o the_o elect_a may_v be_v make_v effectual_o partaker_n of_o the_o love_n and_o 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of_o this_o tabernacle_n be_v dissolve_v we_o have_v a_o building_n of_o god_n a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n eternal_a in_o the_o heaven_n he_o say_v not_o only_o i_o know_v but_o we_o know_v saint_n augustine_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o christ_n you_o have_v not_o choose_v i_o but_o i_o have_v choose_v you_o and_o ordain_v you_o that_o you_o shall_v go_v and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n and_o that_o your_o fruit_n shall_v remain_v say_v thus_o quibus_fw-la verbis_fw-la eye_n non_fw-la solùm_fw-la iustitiam_fw-la verùm_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la 12_o se_fw-la dedisse_fw-la monstravit_fw-la christo_fw-la enim_fw-la sic_fw-la eos_fw-la ponenteut_fw-la eant_fw-la &_o fructum_fw-la afferant_fw-la &_o fructus_fw-la eorum_fw-la maneat_fw-la quis_fw-la audeat_fw-la dicere_fw-la forsitan_fw-la non_fw-la manebit_fw-la sine_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la dona_fw-la &_o vocatio_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la vocatio_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la 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the_o contrary_a yes_o the_o all-daring_a pontifician_n dare_v say_v forsitan_fw-la non_fw-la manebit_fw-la perhaps_o faith_n shall_v not_o remain_v and_o it_o be_v doubtful_a whether_o such_o faith_n shall_v continue_v unto_o the_o end_n but_o i_o think_v i_o hear_v the_o pontifician_n say_v saint_n augustine_n do_v not_o yet_o say_v that_o the_o elect_n do_v know_v certain_o that_o they_o shall_v persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n no_o quis_fw-la audeat_fw-la dicere_fw-la forsitan_fw-la non_fw-la manebit_fw-la who_o dare_v say_v perhaps_o it_o shall_v not_o continue_v and_o shall_v the_o elect_a themselves_o who_o bring_v forth_o this_o fruit_n and_o have_v this_o faith_n say_v perhaps_o they_o shall_v not_o persevere_v or_o that_o their_o perseverance_n be_v doubtful_a yea_o if_o none_o ought_v to_o doubt_v of_o it_o much_o less_o themselves_o the_o same_o augustine_n say_v again_o ibid._n quando_fw-la rogavit_fw-la christus_fw-la ne_fw-la fides_fw-la petri_n deficeret_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la rogavit_fw-la niâ—i_fw-la ut_fw-la haberet_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la liberrimam_fw-la fortissimam_fw-la invictisfimam_fw-la perseverantissimem_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la when_o christ_n pray_v that_o peter_n faith_n shall_v not_o fail_v what_o else_o do_v he_o pray_v for_o but_o that_o in_o his_o faith_n he_o may_v have_v a_o most_o free_a most_o firm_a most_o invincible_a and_o most_o persevere_v will_n and_o christ_n prayer_n can_v be_v in_o vain_a as_o augustine_n say_v now_o if_o faith_n have_v a_o most_o constant_a will_n to_o persevere_v do_v not_o the_o faithful_a certain_o know_v that_o he_o shall_v persevere_v since_o he_o can_v but_o know_v his_o own_o will_n as_o also_o that_o this_o will_n of_o he_o be_v establish_v by_o christ_n effectual_a prayer_n 4._o hence_o saint_n augustine_n to_o consentius_n say_v quis_fw-la it_o a_o evanescat_fw-la ut_fw-la existimet_fw-la petrum_fw-la hoc_fw-la habuisse_fw-la in_o cord_n quoth_v in_o ore_fw-la quando_fw-la christum_fw-la negavit_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la negatione_fw-la intus_fw-la veritatem_fw-la tenebat_fw-la &_o foris_fw-la mendacium_fw-la proferebat_fw-la who_o so_o vain_a as_o to_o think_v that_o peter_n have_v that_o in_o his_o heart_n which_o he_o have_v in_o his_o mouth_n when_o he_o deny_v christ_n for_o in_o that_o denial_n he_o hold_v the_o truth_n inward_o and_o utter_v a_o lie_n outward_o but_o say_v they_o this_o be_v speak_v special_o to_o peter_n object_n no_o say_v saint_n augustine_n dicente_fw-la christo_fw-la rogavi_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la ne_fw-la deficiat_fw-la fides_fw-la tua_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la ei_fw-la dictum_fw-la qui_fw-la aedificatur_fw-la super_fw-la pâ—â—raâ—s_n christ_n say_v i_o have_v pray_v for_o thou_o that_o thy_o faith_n fail_v not_o let_v we_o understand_v it_o to_o be_v speak_v to_o he_o who_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o rock_n by_o which_o place_n we_o see_v that_o saint_n augustine_n do_v neither_o hold_n peter_n to_o be_v the_o rock_n nor_o that_o stability_n of_o faith_n be_v give_v to_o he_o alone_o but_o to_o every_o one_o build_v upon_o the_o rock_n but_o the_o pontifician_n object_n that_o both_o saint_n augustine_n and_o other_o do_v say_v that_o god_n only_o know_v who_o be_v the_o predestinate_a unto_o life_n and_o bernard_n say_v solus_fw-la deus_fw-la scit_fw-la quos_fw-la elegerit_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la only_a god_n know_v who_o he_o have_v choose_v from_o the_o beginning_n i_o answer_v that_o when_o bernard_n or_o augustine_n etc._n etc._n say_v thus_o it_o be_v evident_a they_o mean_v that_o god_n only_o know_v this_o secret_a immediate_o and_o of_o himself_o alone_o also_o from_o eternity_n and_o before_o the_o elect_a themselves_o namely_o before_o their_o effectual_a vocation_n come_v to_o know_v it_o but_o that_o the_o saint_n themselves_o be_v now_o effectual_o call_v do_v know_v this_o mediate_o to_o wit_n by_o mean_n of_o their_o faith_n give_v they_o of_o god_n and_o by_o the_o infallible_a testimony_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n dwell_v in_o all_o the_o faithful_a let_v we_o hear_v what_o bernard_n say_v quando_fw-la sine_fw-la testimonio_fw-la electos_fw-la suos_fw-la deserat_fw-la deus_fw-la 2._o aut_fw-la certè_fw-la quâ—nam_fw-la eye_n esse_fw-la poterat_fw-la consolatio_fw-la inter_fw-la spem_fw-la &_o metum_fw-la sollicitudine_fw-la anxia_fw-la fluctuantibus_fw-la si_fw-la nulluns_fw-la omnino_fw-la electionis_fw-la suae_fw-la habere_fw-la testimonium_fw-la mererentur_fw-la when_o do_v god_n leave_v his_o elect_a without_o witness_n or_o what_o consolation_n i_o pray_v you_o can_v they_o have_v float_v in_o a_o anxious_a doubtfulness_n between_o hope_n and_o fear_n if_o they_o can_v obtain_v no_o testimony_n at_o all_o of_o their_o election_n quam_fw-la enim_fw-la requiem_n habene_fw-la potest_fw-la spiritus_fw-la noster_fw-la dum_fw-la praedestinationes_fw-la suae_fw-la nullum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la testimonium_fw-la tenet_fw-la for_o what_o rest_n can_v our_o spirit_n have_v while_o it_o retain_v as_o yet_o no_o testimony_n of_o its_o predestination_n and_o for_o perseverance_n the_o same_o bernard_n say_v quis_fw-la nos_fw-la separabit_fw-la sermo_n à _fw-la charitate_fw-la dei_fw-la hoc_fw-la glutine_fw-la agglutinavit_fw-la nos_fw-la sibi_fw-la ille_fw-la divinus_fw-la intuitus_fw-la à _fw-la constitutione_n mundi_fw-la ut_fw-la essemus_fw-la sancti_fw-la &_o immaculati_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la eius_fw-la in_fw-la charitate_fw-la scimus_fw-la enim_fw-la quia_fw-la qui_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la peecat_fw-la quia_fw-la generatio_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la sernat_fw-la eum_fw-la generatio_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la est_fw-la aeterna_fw-la praedestinatio_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la praevidit_fw-la eos_fw-la conform_v fieri_fw-la imagini_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la exit_fw-la his_fw-la nullus_fw-la peccat_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la peccato_fw-la perseverat_fw-la quia_fw-la novit_fw-la dominus_fw-la qui_fw-la sunt_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o propositum_fw-la dei_fw-la manet_fw-la immobile_fw-la who_o shall_v separate_v we_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n with_o this_o glue_n that_o divine_a look_n and_o respect_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o have_v from_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n cement_v we_o unto_o himself_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o without_o blame_n before_o he_o in_o love_n for_o we_o know_v that_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o god_n sin_v not_o because_o the_o heavenly_a generation_n preserve_v he_o the_o heavenly_a generation_n be_v the_o eternal_a predestination_n whereby_o god_n do_v foresee_v that_o we_o shall_v be_v make_v conformable_a unto_o the_o image_n of_o his_o son_n of_o these_o none_o sin_v that_o be_v none_o persever_v in_o sin_n because_o the_o lord_n know_v who_o be_v his_o and_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n abide_v unmoveable_a so_o bernard_n now_o of_o the_o certainty_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o particular_a apprehension_n and_o application_n of_o the_o whole_a mystery_n of_o our_o redemption_n we_o have_v speak_v large_o before_o in_o the_o fifteen_o chapter_n only_o let_v i_o add_v here_o one_o say_v of_o 18._o bernard_n noli_fw-la i_o tangere_fw-la inquit_fw-la john_n 20._o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la desuesce_fw-la huic_fw-la seducibili_fw-la sensui_fw-la innitere_fw-la verbo_fw-la fidei_fw-la assuesce_fw-la fides_fw-la nescia_fw-la falli_fw-la fides_fw-la invisibilia_fw-la comprehendens_fw-la sensus_fw-la penuriam_fw-la non_fw-la sentit_fw-la denique_fw-la transgreditur_fw-la fine_n etiam_fw-la rationis_fw-la humanae_fw-la naturae_fw-la