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their_o crime_n be_v against_o herod_n that_o deserve_v such_o a_o butchery_n shall_v the_o piety_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v less_o powerful_a than_o the_o impiety_n of_o herod_n shall_v the_o tyrant_n be_v able_a to_o massacre_v innocent_n and_o their_o saviour_n not_o able_a to_o crown_v their_o suffering_n their_o martyrdom_n exalt_v the_o mercy_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o their_o example_n teach_v we_o that_o as_o good_a desire_n without_o work_n be_v sometime_o recompense_v in_o man_n work_n without_o desire_n may_v be_v recompense_v in_o child_n if_o we_o doubt_v of_o their_o martyrdom_n ibid._n ille_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la trucidatos_fw-la infant_n dubitet_fw-la inter_fw-la martyr_n coronari_fw-la qui_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la non_fw-la credit_n inter_fw-la adoptionis_fw-la silios_fw-la numerari_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n as_o the_o same_o father_n go_v on_o we_o must_v doubt_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v and_o if_o we_o believe_v that_o baptism_n sanctify_v infant_n though_o they_o can_v speak_v we_o must_v believe_v that_o martyrdom_n consecrate_v these_o though_o they_o can_v express_v themselves_o after_o this_o example_n we_o need_v not_o think_v it_o strange_a that_o the_o eternal_a father_n acknowledge_v those_o for_o his_o child_n who_o the_o son_n acknowledge_v for_o his_o brethren_n nor_o doubt_v that_o imitate_v his_o justice_n he_o save_v by_o borrow_a merit_n those_o he_o have_v condemn_v for_o accessary_a crime_n but_o one_o of_o the_o most_o remarkable_a resemblance_n between_o our_o recovery_n and_o our_o fall_n be_v that_o both_o of_o they_o begin_v by_o the_o body_n for_o though_o this_o be_v less_o guilty_a than_o the_o soul_n neither_o do_v the_o corporal_a revolt_n solicit_v our_o first_o father_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o the_o pipe_n through_o which_o his_o offence_n pass_v into_o the_o essence_n of_o his_o posterity_n 41._o certum_fw-la tenemus_fw-la quia_fw-la caro_fw-la contracta_fw-la de_fw-la carne_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la cito_fw-la vivificatur_fw-la originalis_fw-la culpae_fw-la vinculo_fw-la premitur_fw-la cjusque_fw-la affectionibus_fw-la anima_fw-la quae_fw-la carnem_fw-la vivificat_fw-la aggravatur_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la peccati_fw-la vinculo_fw-la demerguntur_fw-la parvuli_fw-la qui_fw-la sine_fw-la remedio_fw-la baptismi_fw-la moriuntur_fw-la habent_fw-la enim_fw-la originale_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la animam_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la carnem_fw-la utique_fw-la contractum_fw-la animaeque_fw-la infusum_fw-la carni_fw-la namque_fw-la ita_fw-la unitur_fw-la anima_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la carne_fw-la fit_a una_fw-la persona_fw-la aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o anim._n c._n 41._o if_o they_o be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o his_o flesh_n they_o shall_v inherit_v neither_o his_o sin_n nor_o his_o punishment_n and_o if_o concupiscence_n be_v full_o extinguish_v by_o grace_n generation_n 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