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reliquiis_fw-la pelag._n caeterum_fw-la ad_fw-la nullum_fw-la opus_fw-la vel_fw-la incipiendum_fw-la nedum_fw-la proficiendum_fw-la quenquam_fw-la sibi_fw-la sufficere_fw-la posse_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la hilar._n augustino_n de_fw-fr eâdem_fw-la materia_fw-la that_o all_o man_n sin_v in_o adam_n and_o that_o without_o grace_n a_o man_n natural_o be_v unable_a to_o begin_v or_o perfect_a any_o good_a work_n yet_o they_o hold_v ibid._n hold_v qui_fw-la autem_fw-la credituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la quive_fw-mi in_fw-la eâ_fw-la fide_fw-la quae_fw-la deinceps_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sit_fw-la juvanda_fw-la mansuri_fw-la sunt_fw-la prescisse_fw-la ante_fw-la mundi_fw-la constitutinem_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o eos_fw-la predestinasse_n in_fw-la regnum_fw-la suum_fw-la prosper_v ibid._n that_o 1._o god_n do_v predestinate_a man_n to_o salvation_n upon_o foresight_n of_o their_o believe_v 2._o that_o ibid._n that_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la salutis_fw-la donum_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la universaliter_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la naturalem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la scriptam_fw-la legem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la evangelicam_fw-la praedicationem_fw-la vocari_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la voluerint_fw-la fiant_fw-la silij_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la plurimi_fw-la non_fw-la renovantur_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la renovari_fw-la velle_fw-la habeant_fw-la praenoscantur_fw-la prosper_v ibid._n it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o resist_v and_o turn_v aside_o the_o convert_n grace_n of_o god_n 3._o that_o ibid._n that_o nec_fw-la cviquam_fw-la talem_fw-la dari_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la a_o qua_fw-la non_fw-la permittitur_fw-la praevaricari_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o qua_fw-la possit_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la deficere_fw-la &_o infirmari_fw-la caeterum_fw-la quicquidlibet_fw-la donatum_fw-la sit_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la id_fw-la posse_fw-la &_o amittere_fw-la &_o retinere_fw-la propria_fw-la voluntate_fw-la contendunt_fw-la hilar._n ibid._n the_o saint_n may_v fall_v 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