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quia_fw-la et_fw-la ipsa_fw-la merita_fw-la tua_fw-la dei_fw-la dona_fw-la sunt_fw-la psal_n 103.4_o s_o aust_n de_fw-mi predect_v sanct._n humana_fw-la merita_fw-la hic_fw-la conticescant_fw-la que_fw-la periere_fw-la per_fw-la adam_n &_o regnet_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la s_o august_n epist_n 105._o lest_o any_o man_n shall_v boast_v how_o then_o can_v we_o right_o boast_v of_o our_o merit_n last_o if_o that_o good_a centurion_n who_o faith_n be_v so_o much_o commend_v that_o there_o be_v not_o the_o like_a to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o israel_n matth._n 8.10_o 8.10_o mat._n 8.10_o answer_v our_o saviour_n so_o humble_o with_o a_o domine_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la dignus_fw-la lord_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a that_o thou_o shall_v come_v under_o my_o roof_n with_o what_o pride_n think_v you_o be_v those_o possess_v who_o dare_v so_o audacious_o answer_v god_n with_o a_o domine_fw-la dignus_fw-la sum_fw-la lord_n i_o be_o worthy_a that_o thou_o shall_v 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passionâ—m_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la tua_fw-la iustitia_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la tui_fw-la silij_fw-la pertranseat_fw-la cum_fw-la tandem_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o perveniat_fw-la iam_fw-la mansâ—ueta_fw-la &_o misericordia_fw-la plena_fw-la sit_fw-la ansel_n in_o mâ—dit_n lyran._n in_o expos_n epist_n ad_fw-la rom_n c._n 6._o 23._o bell._n l._n 5_o the_o just_a c._n 7_o propter_fw-la incertitudolâ—m_fw-la propriae_fw-la iustitiae_fw-la &_o periculum_fw-la manis_fw-la gloriae_fw-la tutissimum_fw-la est_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la totam_fw-la in_o sola_fw-la dei_fw-la misâ—recordia_fw-la &_o benignitate_fw-la reponere_fw-la s._n bern._n seâ—_n 68_o hoc_fw-la totum_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la meritum_fw-la si_fw-la totamâ—hâ—m_fw-la svam_fw-la pinat_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la qui_fw-la totum_fw-la saluum_fw-la fecit_fw-la and_o in_o his_o 105._o epistle_n he_o conclude_v haec_fw-la est_fw-la gratia_fw-la gratis_o data_fw-la non_fw-la meritis_fw-la operantis_fw-la sed_fw-la miseratione_n donantis_fw-la this_o be_v a_o grace_n &_o favour_n which_o be_v free_o give_v not_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o worker_n but_o for_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o giver_n to_o which_o accord_v that_o
god_n theodoret_n in_o genes_n cap._n 7._o numb_a 23.19_o malac._n 3.6_o lyra_n &_o glossa_fw-la in_o genes_n not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o repentance_n proper_o to_o be_v find_v in_o god_n for_o as_o theodoret_n demand_v the_o question_n quomodo_fw-la poenitentia_fw-la cadat_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la qui_fw-la suâ_fw-la praescientiâ_fw-la regit_fw-la universa_fw-la how_o shall_v repentance_n be_v find_v in_o he_o who_o by_o his_o eternal_a prescience_n and_o foreknowledge_n do_v govern_v all_o thing_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d figurative_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n non_fw-la secundum_fw-la rem_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la not_o according_a to_o the_o thing_n but_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o lyra_n and_o the_o ordinary_a gloss_n interpret_v according_a to_o that_o golden_a rule_n of_o athanasius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o thing_n be_v speak_v humane_o but_o they_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v divine_o that_o be_v as_o they_o be_v agreeable_a and_o answerable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n 24._o greg._n magnus_fw-la in_o job_n lib._n 20._o cap._n 24._o and_o therefore_o gregory_n the_o great_a do_v witty_o and_o pithy_o conclude_v concern_v god_n in_o his_o moral_a exposition_n upon_o job_n quia_fw-la ipse_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la voluerit_fw-la mutat_fw-la paenitere_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quamuis_fw-la rem_fw-la mutâ—t_fw-la consilium_fw-la non_fw-la mutet_fw-la because_o god_n himself_o be_v immutable_a do_v change_v that_o which_o he_o have_v will_v he_o be_v say_v to_o repent_v although_o indeed_o he_o do_v change_v the_o thing_n but_o do_v never_o change_v his_o counsel_n and_o eternal_a decree_n and_o thus_o it_o repent_v the_o lord_n that_o be_v as_o moses_n do_v express_v the_o hatred_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n grievous_a the_o punishment_n of_o the_o old_a world_n grievous_a according_a to_o the_o capacity_n of_o man_n and_o therefore_o their_o sin_n be_v intolerable_a and_o their_o punishment_n which_o be_v the_o next_o circumstance_n be_v likewise_o grievous_a first_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o author_n of_o it_o a_o mighty_a powerful_a and_o terrible_a god_n who_o be_v a_o consume_a fire_n to_o the_o wicked_a 12.29_o hebr._n 12.29_o and_o a_o lake_n of_o brimstone_n to_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n second_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o time_n which_o be_v the_o spring_n ambigitur_fw-la s._n ambros_n in_o genes_n secundun_v mensem_fw-la verni_fw-la temporis_fw-la fuisse_fw-la non_fw-la ambigitur_fw-la as_o the_o most_o and_o best_a expositor_n do_v judge_v to_o the_o great_a grief_n of_o the_o wicked_a because_o they_o be_v take_v away_o in_o their_o pleasure_n and_o the_o world_n be_v drown_v when_o the_o earth_n be_v fill_v in_o great_a abundance_n three_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o for_o than_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o great_a deep_o break_v up_o and_o the_o mighty_a 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