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vitâ_fw-la priusquam_fw-la hoc_fw-la eye_n contingat_fw-la auferri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la cap._n 13._o doubtless_o there_o be_v no_o faith_n at_o all_o either_o justify_n or_o say_v but_o that_o which_o work_v by_o love_n and_o yet_o we_o clear_o see_v that_o augustin_n opinion_n be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n i._n e._n such_o who_o perish_v eternal_o be_v very_o capable_a of_o such_o a_o faith_n and_o consequent_o may_v yea_o and_o sometime_o do_v fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o from_o it_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o tract_n discover_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n query_v in_o these_o word_n that_o of_o two_o both_o be_v godly_a perseverance_n unto_o the_o end_n shall_v be_v give_v unto_o the_o one_o and_o not_o give_v unto_o the_o other_o belong_v to_o the_o unsearchable_a judgement_n of_o god_n 8._o god_n exit_fw-la duobus_fw-la autem_fw-la piis_fw-la cur_n huic_fw-la donetur_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n illi_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la donetur_fw-la inscrutabilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la dei_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr bono_n persev_n c._n 8._o that_o in_o this_o sentence_n he_o speak_v of_o person_n true_o godly_a and_o not_o seem_o only_a beside_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o passage_n itself_o to_o make_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o regular_a as_o well_o that_o which_o go_v a_o little_a before_o as_o what_o follow_v after_o make_v manifest_a the_o word_n a_o little_a before_o be_v these_o for_o of_o he_o they_o receive_v this_o power_n viz._n of_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o give_v pious_a cogitation_n to_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n by_o which_o he_o come_v to_o have_v faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n dilectionem_fw-la love_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quippy_a accipiunt_fw-la eam_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi cordi_fw-la humano_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la pias_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la habeat_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la operetur_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la the_o word_n a_o little_a after_o these_o 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sight_n of_o they_o the_o lord_n christ_n say_v this_o author_n as_o the_o father_n record_v his_o gloss_n foresee_v that_o the_o man_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n will_v afterward_o have_v apostatise_v from_o their_o faith_n in_o case_n they_o have_v be_v bring_v over_o to_o believe_v by_o such_o miracle_n wrought_v among_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n it_o be_v out_o of_o mercy_n that_o he_o forbear_v the_o work_n of_o they_o there_o because_o they_o have_v be_v liable_a to_o a_o much_o great_a punishment_n in_o case_n they_o shall_v have_v turn_v their_o back_n upon_o the_o faith_n which_o they_o have_v once_o receive_v then_o if_o they_o have_v never_o receive_v it_o 10._o it_o quidam_fw-la disputator_fw-la catholicus_fw-la non_fw-la ignobilis_fw-la hunc_fw-la evangelij_fw-la locum_fw-la sic_fw-la exposuit_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la praescisse_fw-la dominum_fw-la tyrios_fw-la &_o sidonios_n a_o fide_fw-la fuisse_fw-la posteà _fw-la recessuros_fw-la cum_fw-la factis_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la miraculis_fw-la credidissent_fw-la &_o misericordiâ_fw-la potiùs_fw-la non_fw-la eum_fw-la illic_fw-la ista_fw-la fecisse_fw-la quoniam_fw-la graviori_fw-la poenae_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la fierent_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la quam_fw-la tenuerant_fw-la reliquissent_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la eam_fw-la nullo_n tempore_fw-la tenuissent_fw-la ibid._n c._n 10._o in_o process_n of_o the_o same_o discourse_n he_o have_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n that_o of_o regenerate_v man_n some_o dye_n persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n other_o be_v detain_v in_o life_n until_o they_o fall_v away_o who_o certain_o have_v not_o fall_v away_o in_o case_n they_o have_v dye_v before_o they_o so_o fall_v and_o again_o that_o some_o who_o thus_o fall_n pass_v not_o out_o of_o this_o life_n until_o they_o return_v or_o rise_v again_o who_o certain_o shall_v have_v perish_v have_v they_o die_v before_o their_o return_n 13._o return_n ipsos_fw-la quóque_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la alios_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n hînc_fw-la abire_fw-la alios_fw-la quibusque_fw-la decidant_fw-la hic_fw-la teneri_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la non_fw-la decidissent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la laberentur_fw-la hînc_fw-la issent_fw-la &_o rursus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la lapsos_fw-la quousque_fw-la redeant_fw-la non_fw-la exire_fw-la de_fw-fr hâc_fw-la vitâ_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la perirent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la redirent_fw-la exirent_fw-la ibid._n cap
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