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then_o christ_n say_v unto_o they_o that_o he_o have_v choose_v they_o viz._n to_o the_o office_n and_o dignity_n of_o apostle_n joh._n 6._o 70._o joh._n 13._o 18._o joh._n 15._o 16._o 19_o but_o because_o god_n the_o father_n by_o a_o work_n appropriable_a unto_o he_o of_o which_o i_o conceive_v we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v more_o at_o large_a hereafter_o have_v qualify_v fit_v and_o prepare_v they_o for_o christ_n hand_n and_o nurture_n and_o so_o to_o make_v apostle_n of_o in_o time_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o work_n of_o god_n the_o father_n in_o and_z upon_z they_o christ_n out_o of_o that_o wisdom_n wherein_o â—e_v excel_v and_o that_o knowledge_n which_o he_o have_v of_o the_o several_a frame_n and_o temper_n of_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n make_v a_o prudent_a and_o deliberate_a choice_n of_o they_o from_o among_o other_o man_n for_o that_o service_n thou_o they_o be_v and_o thou_o give_v they_o unto_o me._n they_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v the_o father_n i._n 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those_o who_o shall_v love_v he_o not_o of_o those_o who_o shall_v cease_v to_o love_v he_o or_o apostatise_v from_o their_o affection_n towards_o he_o nor_o yet_o to_o teach_v imply_v or_o insinuate_v in_o the_o least_o the_o undecayablenesse_n or_o unquenchablenesse_n of_o this_o affection_n in_o men._n but_o enough_o for_o the_o clear_n of_o this_o place_n i_o shall_v only_o propound_v and_o answer_v one_o scripture_n more_o upon_o the_o account_n 52._o §._o 52._o we_o be_v now_o draw_v up_o which_o be_v frequent_o argue_v with_o great_a importunity_n for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o perseverance_n the_o tenor_n of_o the_o place_n be_v this_o and_o i_o will_v give_v they_o one_o heart_n and_o one_o way_n that_o they_o may_v fear_v i_o for_o ever_o for_o the_o good_a of_o they_o and_o of_o their_o child_n after_o they_o and_o i_o will_v make_v a_o everlasting_a covenant_n with_o they_o that_o i_o will_v not_o turn_v away_o from_o they_o to_o do_v they_o good_a but_o i_o will_v put_v my_o 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be_v not_o willing_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v perish_v but_o that_o all_o shall_v come_v to_o repentance_n then_o questionless_a he_o intend_v the_o salvation_n of_o all_o and_o consequent_o die_v intentional_o for_o all_o for_o unless_o he_o intend_v to_o die_v for_o they_o yea_o and_o do_v die_v for_o they_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o he_o shall_v either_o will_n or_o intend_v their_o salvation_n in_o as_o much_o as_o no_o man_n can_v will_n or_o intend_v that_o which_o he_o know_v to_o be_v unpossible_a but_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o christ_n be_v not_o willing_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v perish_v but_o that_o all_o shall_v come_v to_o repentance_n the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o scripture_n in_o hand_n express_o affirm_v it_o ergo._n against_o the_o sense_n and_o interpretation_n of_o the_o word_n give_v and_o so_o to_o the_o invaliditate_v 11._o §._o 11._o of_o the_o argument_n build_v thereon_o it_o be_v pretend_v by_o some_o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v not_o here_o assert_v a_o unwillingness_n in_o christ_n that_o any_o person_n whatsoever_o of_o mankind_n shall_v perish_v but_o only_o that_o any_o person_n of_o the_o elect_n shall_v perish_v to_o give_v colour_n to_o this_o exposition_n they_o circumscribe_v the_o particle_n or_o pronoune_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o with_o the_o limit_n or_o line_n of_o their_o election_n so_o carry_v the_o sense_n thus_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o slack_a etc._n etc._n but_o be_v long-suffering_a to_o us-ward_n viz._n who_o be_v his_o elect_n and_o consequent_o to_o all_o other_o that_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o same_o election_n with_o we_o not_o willing_a that_o any_o viz._n of_o these_o the_o elect_a of_o his_o father_n shall_v perish_v but_o that_o all_o these_o shall_v come_v to_o repentance_n not_o any_o other_o this_o sense_n of_o the_o place_n be_v commend_v by_o estius_n a_o popish_a expositor_n but_o we_o shall_v find_v calvin_n lean_v with_o the_o truth_n another_o way_n so_o then_o peter_n say_v estius_n upon_o the_o place_n say_v that_o the_o lord_n deal_v patient_o i._n e._n delay_v his_o promise_a come_v and_o judgement_n for_o the_o elect_v sake_n that_o they_o may_v not_o perish_v but_o be_v convert_v to_o repentance_n be_v save_v 9_o save_v sic_fw-la ergo_fw-la petrus_n dicit_fw-la dominum_fw-la patient_fw-la agâ—â—e_fw-la i._n e._n adventum_fw-la promissum_fw-la &_o judicium_fw-la suum_fw-la differre_fw-la propter_fw-la electos_fw-la ut_fw-la ne_fw-la per_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—ed_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la conversi_fw-la salventur_fw-la etc._n etc._n estius_n in_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 9_o this_o exposition_n he_o labour_v in_o the_o very_a fire_n to_o make_v to_o stand_v but_o as_o one_o say_v in_o another_o case_n oportet_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intus_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o exposition_n that_o have_v not_o truth_n in_o it_o can_v be_v make_v to_o stand_v 1._o i_o will_v demand_v of_o this_o expositor_n and_o of_o those_o who_o sense_n with_o he_o in_o the_o interpretation_n specify_v why_o or_o by_o what_o authority_n they_o expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d towards_o we_o the_o elect_n rather_o then_o towards_o we_o believer_n for_o if_o they_o will_v needs_o have_v the_o person_n here_o speak_v unto_o to_o be_v consider_v by_o the_o apostle_n not_o in_o their_o nature_n or_o general_a capacity_n viz._n as_o they_o be_v man_n but_o in_o some_o particular_a or_o special_a capacity_n wherein_o other_o man_n or_o all_o man_n do_v not_o partake_v with_o they_o the_o capacity_n of_o saintship_n or_o of_o faith_n be_v as_o near_o at_o hand_n as_o that_o of_o election_n for_o that_o the_o person_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v saint_n and_o believer_n be_v far_o less_o questionable_a then_o that_o they_o be_v elect_a in_o their_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n election_n who_o thus_o interpret_v it_o be_v true_a what_o estius_n allege_v to_o credit_v his_o exposition_n that_o this_o epistle_n be_v write_v to_o the_o same_o person_n with_o the_o former_a who_o be_v 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the_o foreknowledge_n or_o pre-approbation_n of_o god_n i._n e._n as_o god_n approve_v and_o judge_v it_o meet_v and_o consequent_o decree_v from_o eternity_n to_o regulate_v his_o election_n of_o man_n in_o time_n but_o this_o only_a by_o the_o way_n for_o as_o to_o this_o scripture_n with_o other_o which_o treat_v of_o election_n we_o shall_v god_n favour_v speak_v more_o full_o in_o due_a time_n 2._o though_o the_o epistle_n be_v as_o this_o author_n allege_v write_v to_o the_o same_o person_n with_o the_o former_a who_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o say_v former_a epistle_n be_v term_v elect_a yet_o be_v these_o person_n in_o this_o very_a epistle_n and_o much_o near_o to_o the_o place_n in_o hand_n describe_v or_o consider_v in_o their_o capacity_n of_o believe_v simon_n peter_n a_o apostle_n of_o jesus_n christ_n to_o they_o that_o have_v obtain_v like_o precious_a faith_n with_o we_o 1._o we_o 2_o pet._n 1._o 1._o
he_o have_v of_o his_o christ_n and_o that_o most_o gracious_a and_o wise_a contrivement_n of_o he_o in_o order_n to_o such_o a_o purpose_n which_o be_v before_o he_o he_o frame_v and_o make_v within_o himself_o from_o the_o day_n of_o eternity_n or_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n the_o purpose_n or_o intention_n of_o god_n concern_v such_o and_o such_o act_n or_o dispensation_n be_v very_o usual_o in_o scripture_n express_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o act_n or_o dispensation_n themselves_o as_o likewise_o the_o purpose_n or_o intention_n of_o man_n be_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n thus_o rom._n 8._o 30._o 30._o rom._n 8._o 30._o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v glorify_v those_o who_o he_o intend_v or_o have_v decree_v to_o glorify_v thus_o also_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 9_o and_o again_o tit._n 3._o 5._o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v 5._o 2_o tim._n 1._o 9_o tit._n 3._o 5._o save_v those_o who_o be_v not_o actual_o save_v but_o only_o under_o his_o purpose_n of_o save_v they_o 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that_o there_o be_v a_o saviour_n leave_v to_o we_o for_o a_o suffrage_n of_o life_n meaning_n by_o who_o life_n be_v vote_v in_o heaven_n for_o we_o which_o the_o law_n can_v not_o provide_v which_o saviour_n god_n from_o the_o beginning_n decree_v shall_v be_v bear_v who_o because_o he_o be_v the_o only_a person_n that_o can_v be_v find_v without_o sin_n have_v overcome_v the_o enemy_n of_o mankind_n abolish_v or_o blot_v out_o the_o sin_n of_o all_z man_n 9_o man_n salvatorem_fw-la ergo_fw-la nobis_fw-la relictum_fw-la dicit_fw-la ad_fw-la suffragium_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quam_fw-la lex_fw-la providere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la quem_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la deus_fw-la nasci_fw-la decrevit_fw-la qui_fw-la proptereà _fw-la quod_fw-la solus_fw-la sine_fw-la peccato_fw-la inveniretur_fw-la devicto_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la host_n omnium_fw-la peccata_fw-la deleret_fw-la ambr._n epist_n ad_fw-la rom._n c._n 9_o jerom_n who_o also_o be_v contemporary_a with_o augustin_n though_o somewhat_o his_o senior_n give_v the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n unto_o he_o in_o the_o doctrine_n now_o under_o inquest_n we_o shall_v only_o taste_v his_o judgement_n in_o this_o behalf_n in_o a_o few_o testimony_n from_o among_o many_o the_o lord_n say_v he_o be_v about_o to_o suffer_v for_o all_o the_o world_n and_o to_o redeem_v all_o the_o nation_n on_o the_o earth_n with_o his_o blood_n make_v his_o abode_n in_o bethany_n the_o house_n of_o obedience_n 26._o obedience_n passurâ—â—_n pro_fw-la omni_fw-la mundo_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o universas_fw-la nationes_fw-la sâ—â—_n sanguine_fw-la re_fw-la dempturus_fw-la moratur_fw-la iâ—_n bethaniâ_fw-la domo_fw-la obedi_fw-la entiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n hierâ—n_n in_o maâ—_n 26._o etc._n etc._n elsewhere_o have_v recite_v that_o of_o our_o saviour_n so_o god_n love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n etc._n etc._n joh._n 3._o 16._o he_o 〈…〉_o eth_z on_o thus_o but_o if_o now_o a_o considerate_a reader_n shall_v in_o his_o secret_a thought_n answer_v or_o reply_n why_o be_v there_o many_o who_o be_v not_o save_v if_o he_o save_v they_o and_o love_v they_o and_o spare_v their_o child_n and_o redeem_v they_o with_o his_o blood_n and_o assume_v they_o or_o their_o nature_n and_o exalt_v they_o be_v assume_v there_o be_v a_o plain_a reason_n to_o be_v give_v for_o they_o believe_v not_o and_o grieve_a or_o exasperate_v the_o holy_a spirit_n 53_o spirit_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la prudens_fw-la leotâ—r_fw-la tacitâ_fw-la cogitation_n responderit_fw-la quare_fw-la multi_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la sâ—lvati_fw-la si_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la salvavit_fw-la â—â—s_o &_o dilexâ—_n &_o pepercit_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o redemit_fw-la eos_fw-la sanâ—uine_fw-la svo_fw-la suscepitque_fw-la &_o exaltavit_fw-la assumptos_fw-la irfertur_fw-la causa_fw-la perspicua_fw-la ipsi_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la credibâ—runt_fw-la &_o exâ—cerbarunt_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sactum_fw-la etc._n etc._n hieron_n in_o isai_n 53_o etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o speak_v of_o john_n baptist_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o come_v to_o be_v a_o witness_n to_o bear_v witness_n of_o the_o light_n that_o all_o man_n through_o he_o may_v believe_v he_o subjoin_v he_o be_v not_o present_o in_o fault_n if_o many_o refuse_v to_o believe_v for_o the_o will_n of_o he_o that_o come_v be_v that_o all_z man_n shall_v believe_v and_o be_v save_v salvarentur_fw-la save_v et_fw-la mox_fw-la nec_fw-la statim_fw-la in_o culpâ_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la plures_fw-la credere_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntas_fw-la venientis_fw-la haec_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la crederent_fw-la &_o salvarentur_fw-la once_o more_o write_v to_o oceanus_n he_o challenge_v some_o erroneous_a person_n for_o suggest_v unto_o he_o that_o there_o be_v some_o sin_n which_o christ_n can_v purge_v with_o his_o blood_n and_o that_o the_o scar_n of_o man_n old_a sin_n stick_v so_o deep_a in_o their_o body_n and_o soul_n that_o they_o can_v be_v heal_v or_o make_v less_o by_o his_o medicine_n concern_v who_o he_o demand_v what_o elsâ—_n do_v such_o a_o person_n but_o make_v christ_n to_o have_v dye_v in_o vain_a for_o he_o die_v in_o vain_a if_o there_o be_v any_o who_o he_o can_v quicken_v or_o give_v life_n unto_o and_o john_n point_v at_o christ_n with_o his_o finger_n and_o voice_n behold_v the_o lamb_n of_o god_n behold_v he_o that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v speak_v a_o untruth_n if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o person_n in_o the_o world_n who_o sin_n christ_n have_v not_o abolish_v or_o blot_v out_o for_o they_o who_o be_v not_o take_v into_o consideration_n by_o the_o indulgence_n of_o christ_n must_v be_v prove_v not_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o world_n or_o if_o they_o be_v of_o the_o world_n one_o of_o the_o two_o must_v take_v place_n if_o they_o be_v deliver_v from_o their_o sin_n they_o give_v testimony_n to_o the_o power_n of_o christ_n if_o they_o be_v not_o deliver_v they_o do_v in_o effect_n demonstrate_v the_o weakness_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v believe_v concern_v he_o who_o be_v omnipotent_a oceanum_n omnipotent_a dicit_fw-la esse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la christus_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la purgare_fw-la sanguine_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o tam_fw-la profundas_fw-la scelerum_fw-la pristinorum_fw-la inhaerere_fw-la coporibus_fw-la atque_fw-la animus_fw-la cicatrice_n ut_fw-la medicinâ_fw-la illius_fw-la attenuari_fw-la non_fw-la queant_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la agit_fw-fr nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la christus_fw-la frustrà _fw-la mortuus_fw-la sit_fw-la frustrà _fw-la autem_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la aliquos_fw-la vivificare_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la mentitur_fw-la johannes_n digito_fw-la christum_fw-la &_o voce_fw-la demonstrans_fw-la ecce_fw-la agnus_n dei_fw-la ecce_fw-la qui_fw-la tollit_fw-la peccata_fw-la mundi_fw-la si_fw-la adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la quorum_fw-la christus_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la deleverit_fw-la aut_fw-la enim_fw-la ostâ—ndendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-fr mundo_fw-la quos_fw-la christi_fw-la ignoret_fw-la indulgentia_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la munde_fw-la sunt_fw-la eligendum_fw-la è_fw-la duobus_fw-la alterum_fw-la liberati_fw-la à _fw-la peccatis_fw-la christi_fw-la potentiam_fw-la probant_fw-la non_fw-la liberati_fw-la quasi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la rei_fw-la imbecillitatem_fw-la demonstrant_fw-la absit_fw-la hoc_fw-la aâ—_n omnipotent_a credere_fw-la hieron_n epist_n 83._o ad_fw-la oceanum_n he_o that_o remain_v yet_o unsatisfied_a whether_o this_o father_n hold_v general_a redemption_n or_o no_o may_v if_o he_o please_v to_o seek_v find_v more_o ballast_n for_o his_o thought_n in_o this_o kind_n in_o what_o he_o have_v write_v upon_o cap._n 43._o and_o cap._n 45._o of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ezekiel_n i_o confess_v that_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o the_o application_n or_o actual_a enjoyment_n of_o the_o redemption_n purchase_v by_o christ_n he_o than_o limit_v it_o as_o all_o the_o father_n general_o do_v and_o as_o we_o express_o do_v cap._n 17._o of_o this_o discourse_n to_o the_o particular_a society_n of_o believer_n we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o cite_v place_n upon_o this_o account_n chrysostom_n who_o live_v some_o year_n before_o austin_n be_v not_o at_o all_o behind_o 3._o §._o 3._o he_o in_o avouch_v the_o same_o doctrine_n concern_v the_o extent_n of_o the_o redemption_n of_o christ._n write_v upon_o those_o word_n heb._n 9_o 28._o so_o christ_n be_v offer_v to_o bear_v the_o sin_n of_o many_o he_o demand_v thus_o why_o do_v he_o say_v of_o many_o and_o not_o of_o all_o viz._n because_o all_o have_v not_o believe_v for_o he_o indeed_o dye_v for_o all_z man_n and_o to_o save_o all_z man_n as_o much_o as_o be_v in_o he_o for_o that_o death_n of_o his_o do_v counter-balance_n the_o destruction_n of_o all_o men._n but_o he_o do_v not_o bear_v or_o offer_v up_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n because_o they_o themselves_o will_v not_o 17._o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrys_n in_o heb._n c._n 10._o hom._n 17._o so_o that_o he_o clear_o resolve_v the_o perish_v of_o man_n not_o into_o any_o want_n of_o atonement_n make_v by_o christ_n for_o they_o but_o into_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o wilfulness_n in_o not_o believe_v for_o he_o express_o say_v that_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n and_o that_o to_o save_v they_o again_o comment_v upon_o cap._n 2._o 9_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n and_o have_v rehearse_v these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o he_o through_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n shall_v taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n not_o say_v he_o for_o believer_n only_o but_o for_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o he_o die_v for_o all_o men._n for_o what_o though_o all_o do_v not_o believe_v he_o have_v full_o do_v that_o which_o be_v proper_a for_o he_o to_o do_v 9_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la in_o heb._n c._n 2._o vers_fw-la 9_o much_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n in_o another_o place_n although_o christ_n do_v not_o gain_v all_o man_n yet_o he_o die_v for_o all_o man_n so_o fulfil_v that_o which_o belong_v unto_o he_o 15._o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n ad_fw-la rom._n 14._o 15._o
debt_n of_o any_o other_o by_o die_v whereas_o among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n our_o lord_n jesus_n alone_o be_v find_v in_o who_o all_o man_n â—ere_z crucify_v all_o man_n die_v all_o man_n be_v bury_v yea_o and_o all_o man_n rise_v again_o domini_fw-la again_o singulares_fw-la quip_n in_fw-la singulis_fw-la mortes_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la nec_fw-la alterius_fw-la quisquam_fw-la debitum_fw-la sâ—o_fw-la funere_fw-la sâ—lvit_fw-la cum_fw-la inter_fw-la filios_fw-la hominum_fw-la solus_fw-la dominus_fw-la nostor_n jesus_n extiterit_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la omnes_fw-la crucifixi_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortui_fw-la omnes_fw-la sepulti_fw-la omnes_fw-la etiam_fw-la sint_fw-la suscitati_fw-la leo._n serm._n 12._o the_o passione_n domini_fw-la elsewhere_o thus_o that_o general_a and_o deadly_a handwriting_n of_o our_o be_v sell_v under_o sin_n and_o death_n be_v cancel_v and_o make_v void_a and_o the_o bargain_n of_o our_o captivity_n pass_v into_o a_o right_n of_o redemption_n domini_fw-la redemption_n evacuatum_fw-la igitur_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la generale_fw-mi venditionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la &_o lethale_v chirographum_fw-la &_o pactum_fw-la captivitatis_fw-la in_o jus_o transiit_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la idem_fw-la serm._n 10._o the_o passione_n domini_fw-la once_o more_o that_o he_o christ_n might_n repair_v the_o life_n of_o all_z man_n he_o take_v on_o he_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o man_n and_o that_o which_o he_o of_o all_o man_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o do_v he_o make_v void_a the_o force_n of_o the_o old_a hand_n writing_n by_o make_v payment_n of_o the_o debt_n due_a thereby_o for_o all_o man_n 72._o man_n ut_fw-la autem_fw-la repararet_fw-la omnium_fw-la vitam_fw-la recepit_fw-la omnium_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o vim_o veteris_fw-la chirographi_fw-la quod_fw-la solus_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la non_fw-la debuit_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la solvendo_fw-la vacuavit_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 72._o fulgentius_n about_o the_o year_n 500_o succeed_v his_o 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god_n they_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n 325_o 8._o 24._o but_o hope_v that_o be_v see_v be_v not_o hope_v 317_o 8._o 28_o 29_o 30._o and_o we_o know_v that_o all_o thing_n work_v together_o for_o good_a to_o they_o that_o love_n god_n to_o they_o who_o be_v call_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n for_o who_o he_o do_v foreknow_v he_o do_v also_o predestinate_a etc._n etc._n moreover_o who_o he_o do_v predestinate_a they_o he_o also_o call_v and_o who_o he_o call_v etc._n etc._n 207_o 208_o etc._n etc._n 50_o 8._o 31._o if_o god_n be_v for_o we_o who_o can_v be_v against_o we_o 340_o 8._o 34._o who_o be_v he_o that_o condemn_v it_o be_v christ_n that_o die_v yea_o rather_o that_o be_v rise_v again_o who_o also_o etc._n etc._n 248_o 249_o etc._n etc._n 9_o 11._o that_o the_o purpose_n of_o god_n according_a to_o election_n may_v stand_v not_o of_o work_n but_o of_o he_o that_o call_v 462_o 9_o 15._o for_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n on_o who_o i_o will_v have_v mercy_n 68_o 9_o 21._o 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