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A17299 The Christians bulvvarke, against Satans battery. Or, The doctrine of iustification so plainely and pithily layd out in the severall maine branches of it as the fruits thereof may be to the faithfull, as so many preservatives against the poysonous heresies and prevailing iniquities of these last times. By H.B. pastor of S. Mathevvs Friday-street.; Truth's triumph over Trent Burton, Henry, 1578-1648. 1632 (1632) STC 4140; ESTC S119545 312,003 390

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hope_n in_o god_n love_v god_n and_o cleave_v unto_o he_o and_o so_o in_o the_o rest_n and_o therefore_o st._n augustine_n place_v 33._o faith_n in_o the_o will_n say_v a_o domino_fw-la praeparatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la hominis_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la fidei_fw-la receptaculum_fw-la the_o will_n be_v prepare_v of_o the_o lord_n to_o be_v the_o receptacle_n of_o faith_n and_o again_o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la 3._o ex_fw-la fide_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la bona_fw-la voluntas_fw-la quae_fw-la se_fw-la abstrabit_fw-la à_fw-la peccato_fw-la fidelis_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la iustus_fw-la ex_fw-la fide_fw-la vivit_fw-la whatsoever_o be_v not_o of_o faith_n be_v sin_n and_o therefore_o the_o good_a will_n which_o withdraw_v itself_o from_o sin_n be_v faithful_a because_o the_o just_a man_n live_v by_o faith_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o bernard_n say_v credere_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la fide_fw-la
as_o unto_o every_o faithful_a receiver_n wheresoever_o the_o visible_a sign_n be_v administer_v the_o invisible_a grace_n signify_v be_v together_o exhibit_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o sacramental_a union_n have_v dependence_n on_o christ_n promise_n and_o reference_n to_o the_o condition_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o communicant_a so_o such_o be_v the_o union_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o believer_n that_o wheresoever_o faith_n be_v there_o also_o be_v christ_n with_o all_o his_o grace_n present_a to_o the_o believer_n for_o he_o dwell_v in_o our_o heart_n by_o faith_n ephes._n 3._o 17._o four_o this_o union_n between_o christ_n and_o the_o believer_n be_v not_o natural_a or_o native_a as_o bernard_n call_v it_o as_o that_o between_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o body_n in_o man_n because_o the_o one_o of_o they_o may_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o other_o by_o death_n but_o christ_n and_o the_o believer_n be_v never_o separate_v no_o not_o in_o death_n for_o to_o i_o to_o live_v be_v 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