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A26883 Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,; Catholick theologie Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1675 (1675) Wing B1209; ESTC R14583 1,054,813 754

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judge_n 211._o the_o second_o sort_n of_o justification_n which_o be_v by_o sentence_n be_v do_v by_o christ_n as_o judge_n and_o so_o be_v a_o act_n of_o his_o kingly_a office_n 212._o therefore_o be_v it_o true_a as_o it_o be_v not_o that_o justify_v faith_n be_v only_o the_o receive_n or_o believe_v in_o christ_n as_o a_o justifier_n of_o we_o it_o will_v not_o be_v a_o believe_v in_o he_o in_o his_o priestly_a office_n only_o but_o in_o act_n for_o he_o merit_v our_o justification_n as_o a_o humble_a servant_n and_o a_o sacrifice_n he_o give_v it_o we_o in_o right_o by_o his_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o grace_n as_o king_n and_o benefactor_n he_o promulgate_v it_o as_o prophet_n he_o pass_v the_o sentence_n as_o king_n and_o judge_n he_o executive_o take_v off_o the_o penalty_n and_o glorifi_v we_o as_o king_n and_o benefactor_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n by_o a_o partial_a faith_n 213._o though_o the_o estimation_n of_o a_o man_n as_o just_a call_v the_o sententi●_fw-la 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it_o he_o can_v never_o have_v the_o thing_n promise_v for_o that_o be_v to_o have_v god_n and_o not_o to_o have_v he_o nor_o yet_o his_o necessary_a disposition_n for_o fruition_n for_o without_o holiness_n he_o be_v not_o a_o capable_a dispose_v recipient_a of_o salvation_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o argument_n run_v all_o upon_o this_o error_n as_o i●_n love_n and_o holiness_n be_v only_o the_o mean_n and_o not_o the_o end_n and_o salvation_n give_v sect_n xvi_o of_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n justification_n and_o salvation_n and_o whether_o it_o be_v faith_n 224._o the_o faith_n by_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v be_v not_o a_o believe_a that_o ●●●●_o justify_v but_o a_o believe_a that_o we_o may_v be_v justify_v not_o a_o believe_a t●●_n christ_n be_v we_o more_o than_o other_o man_n or_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o ●_o believe_v in_o christ_n that_o he_o may_v be_v we_o and_o we_o may_v be_v save_v by_o he_o 225._o there_o be_v assurance_n in_o this_o faith_n not_o assurance_n that_o we_o be_v s●cere_a or_o shall_v be_v save_v but_o assurance_n that_o god_n promise_n and_o all_o ●●_o word_n be_v true_a and_o that_o he_o will_v perform_v they_o and_o that_o christ_n ●●_o the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v our_o end_v ●●●●_o happiness_n and_o that_o all_o this_o be_v offer_v to_o we_o in_o christ_n even_o pardon_v ●●●_o life_n as_o well_o as_o other_o which_o offer_v faith_n accept_v true_o but_o the_o believer_n be_v oft_o uncertain_a of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o own_o belief_n and_o so_o of_o ●●_o salvation_n 226._o how_o much_o certainty_n we_o have_v of_o divine_a revelation_n and_o scripture_n verity_n i_o have_v so_o full_o open_v in_o many_o tractate_v and_o last_o in_o o●●_n i_o i_o know_v that_o the_o learned_a conciliator_n guiliel_n forbes_n do_v confident_o charge_v they_o as_o guilty_a of_o confusion_n who_o place_n faith_n in_o more_o faculty_n than_o one_o and_o that_o call_v it_o fiducia_n but_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o error_n be_v his_o own_o which_o tend_v to_o confusion_n by_o not_o distinguish_v a_o mere_a physical_a act_n from_o a_o moral_a or_o political_a which_o be_v make_v up_o of_o many_o physical_a act_n and_o if_o he_o or_o bishop_n gror._n downame_n camero_n or_o any_o that_o go_v that_o way_n have_v be_v put_v to_o tell_v what_o one_o physical_a act_n they_o will_v confine_v christian_n justify_v faith_n to_o they_o will_v have_v ●ound_v themselves_o in_o confusion_n to_o say_v it_o be_v assent_n deni_v not_o but_o that_o it_o must_v be_v a_o assent_n to_o many_o verity_n and_o this_o assent_n signify_v at_o once_o a_o belief_n that_o god_n be_v true_a and_o that_o this_o be_v his_o word_n and_o that_o this_o word_n be_v true_a he_o that_o say_v it_o be_v a_o belief_n of_o the_o assertion_n for_o the_o oredibility_n of_o the_o assertor_n can_v scarce_o prove_v that_o he_o name_v but_o one_o act_n and_o i_o know_v no_o such_o assent_n which_o ●●●●_o bite_v essential_o contain_v a_o trust_n to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o assertor_n or_o testifier_n call_v fiduc●a_n can_v you_o believe_v a_o ●a●●_n ●o●●●●_n be_v true_a because_o he_o be_v credible_a and_o not_o trust_v his_o credibility_n so_o far_o as_o believe_v he_o import_v it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n f●●●_n eredentis_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o a_o trust_n to_o the_o fides_n dicentis_fw-la and_o they_o be_v relative_n as_o act_n and_o object_n though_o i_o grant_v that_o ●●●●_o be_v also_o a_o quiet_v applicatory_a trust_n or_o fiducia_n which_o be_v but_o the_o exercise_n of_o faith_n as_o suppose_v i_o to_o see_v my_o 〈…〉_o promise_v which_o come_v after_o our_o first_o believe_v in_o which_o we_o see_v but_o our_o receptive_a capacity_n that_o the_o promise_v 〈…〉_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n and_o the_o thing_n promise_v be_v offer_v to_o i_o call_v the_o certainty_n of_o christianity_n without_o popery_n that_o i_o will_v not_o here_o repeat_v it_o further_o than_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o perfect_a apprehension_n which_o we_o call_v our_o certainty_n nor_o yet_o a_o uneffectual_a doubtful_a one_o but_o such_o ●●●_o as_o will_v carry_v a_o man_n on_o confidence_n of_o god_n word_n to_o a_o holy_a life_n and_o ●●_o the_o forsake_v of_o all_o other_o hope_n even_o life_n itself_o for_o the_o hope_n which_o ●●_o give_v we_o by_o christ_n which_o yet_o may_v have_v several_a degree_n in_o several_a person_n but_o objective_a certainty_n which_o be_v the_o evidence_n of_o verity_n be_v m●●●_n full_a than_o our_o subjective_a certainty_n for_o want_n of_o our_o due_a receptivity_n ●●_o we_o and_o be_v still_o the_o same_o in_o itself_o though_o not_o equal_o bring_v or_o reveal_v to_o all_o 227._o even_o doubt_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o christianity_n may_v stand_v with_o save_v faith_n and_o salvation_n when_o it_o be_v not_o predominant_a nor_o so_o great_a as_o to_o keep_v we_o from_o the_o say_v forsake_v all_o for_o christ_n and_o heaven_n 228._o doubt_v of_o man_n own_o salvation_n be_v not_o always_o from_o weakness_n of_o faith_n direct_o much_o less_o be_v it_o the_o want_n of_o faith_n itself_o ●o●_n sometime_o a_o man_n may_v doubt_v mere_o as_o doubt_v of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o ●●_o own_o faith_n and_o not_o at_o all_o doubt_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o when_o it_o be_v the_o doubt_v whether_o the_o promise_n be_v sure_a which_o make●_n a_o man_n doubt_v whether_o he_o shall_v be_v save_v this_o doubt_v be_v the_o debility_n ●●_o faith_n 229._o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o despair_n that_o despair_n be_v from_o the_o weakness_n or_o want_n of_o faith_n which_o come_v from_o a_o unbelief_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o promise_n and_o that_o also_o be_v pernicious_a despair_n which_o from_o what_o cause_n soever_o be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o take_v man_n off_o the_o use_n of_o necessary_a mean_n to_o attain_v salvation_n but_o that_o despair_n which_o come_v from_o overmuch_o self-condemning_a and_o a_o conceit_n that_o a_o man_n heart_n be_v false_a and_o not_o that_o god_n promise_v be_v false_a may_v stand_v with_o true_a faith_n and_o salvation_n if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o to_o take_v he_o off_o the_o use_n of_o necessary_a mean_n 230._o no_o man_n ordinary_o can_v be_v assure_v of_o his_o salvation_n or_o justification_n without_o extraordinary_a revelation_n but_o by_o be_v assure_v first_o of_o the_o ●ruth_n of_o god_n promise_n and_o of_o his_o own_o sincerity_n in_o believe_v for_o his_o assurance_n be_v of_o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o argument_n whosoever_o sincere_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v justify_v but_o i_o sincere_o believe_v and_o repent_v ●herefore_o i_o be_o justify_v and_o the_o weakness_n of_o the_o apprehension_n of_o either_o of_o the_o premise_n be_v ever_o in_o the_o conclusion_n which_o always_o follow_v partem_fw-la debiliorem_fw-la 231._o there_o be_v therefore_o but_o two_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o can_v believe_v that_o they_o be_v justify_v by_o a_o faith_n proper_o call_v divine_a that_o be_v which_o be_v a_o belief_n of_o god_n word_n herein_o 1._o those_o that_o god_n reveal_v it_o to_o by_o prophetical_a or_o extraordinary_a revelation_n if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o 2._o those_o who_o be_v more_o certain_a of_o their_o own_o sincere_a faith_n than_o they_o be_v that_o god_n word_n itself_o be_v true_a if_o any_o such_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n for_o with_o all_o other_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o their_o own_o faith_n be_v weak_a ●he_v conclusion_n follow_v it_o 232._o if_o any_o man_n can_v possible_o doubt_v more_o of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n word_n ●han_o of_o the_o soundness_n of_o his_o own_o faith_n though_o that_o man_n faith_n may_v be_v call_v divine_a it_o be_v no_o honour_n to_o it_o because_o it_o have_v so_o much_o doubt_v of_o god_n word_n mix_v with_o belief_n and_o it_o be_v like_o his_o great_a assurance_n of_o his_o belief_n of_o it_o be_v but_o his_o error_n or_o infirmity_n 233._o ordinary_o therefore_o no_o christian_n can_v believe_v fide_fw-la divina_fw-la that_o they_o be_v justify_v and_o shall_v be_v save_v that_o be_v this_o be_v no_o word_n of_o god_n but_o a_o conclusion_n of_o which_o one_o of_o the_o premise_n only_o and_o that_o the_o strong_a be_v god_n word_n 234._o to_o say_v that_o he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v be_v equivalent_a to_o this_o i_o shall_v be_v save_v be_v not_o true_a nor_o reasonable_a see_v i_o believe_v be_v not_o god_n word_n nor_o so_o certain_a as_o god_n word_n and_o one_o of_o the_o premise_n be_v not_o equal_a to_o both_o 245._o when_o they_o say_v that_o it_o be_v all_o one_o when_o i_o be_o sure_a that_o
be_v oft_o not_o actual_o effectual_a for_o want_v of_o that_o voluntary_a reception_n and_o self-excitation_n §_o 27._o as_o to_o the_o various_a effect_n of_o grace_n forementioned_a 1._o as_o to_o the_o preparation_n of_o mean_n and_o gracious_a medicine_n christ_n the_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n grace_n be_v efficient_a of_o itself_o and_o do_v it_o 2._o as_o to_o the_o first_o impulse_n or_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n god_n certain_o effect_v it_o in_o some_o degree_n wherever_o his_o spirit_n work_v on_o the_o soul_n 3._o some_o urgency_n and_o some_o degree_n of_o disposition_n to_o the_o act_n be_v constant_o contain_v in_o this_o impulse_n and_o usual_o it_o give_v a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o immediate_a act-required_n 4._o the_o act_n of_o faith_n sometime_o follow_v this_o impulse_n through_o its_o invincible_a force_n and_o sometime_o it_o follow_v it_o through_o its_o sufficient_a force_n and_o the_o due_a reception_n grant_v reception_n reception_n reception_n omne_fw-la agens_fw-la requirit_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v aliquam_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la passo_fw-la maximè_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la pàssum_fw-la habeat_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la ●_z illius_fw-la agentis_fw-la contrarias_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la de_fw-la igne_fw-la etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la gratia_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la minus_fw-la inmo_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la naturalis_fw-la forma_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratia_n requirit_fw-la majorem_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la in_o passo_fw-la et_fw-la voco_fw-la illam_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la libertatem_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la svi_fw-la deo_fw-la submittere_fw-la &_o se_fw-la ad_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la declinare_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la volendum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la &_o dolere_fw-la de_fw-la culpa_fw-la commissa_fw-la voluntary_a &_o libere_fw-la per_fw-la attritionem_fw-la brianson_n in_o 4._o q._n 8._o cor_fw-la 3._o fol._n 152._o this_o be_v just_a the_o doctrine_n of_o our_o protestant_a preacher_n suppose_v that_o common_a grace_n must_v make_v this_o preparation_n which_o the_o papist_n grant_v of_o the_o subject_n and_o sometime_o it_o follow_v it_o not_o at_o all_o through_o the_o recipients_n indisposition_n 5._o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n ever_o follow_v a_o special_a act_n through_o the_o powerful_a operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o usual_o it_o go_v not_o before_o the_o act_n man_n have_v not_o a_o fix_a habit_n to_o promptitude_n and_o facility_n of_o believe_v before_o he_o believe_v but_o after_o 6._o the_o habit_n ordinary_o procure_v follow_v act_n by_o the_o way_n of_o inclination_n but_o not_o necessary_o nor_o always_o for_o by_o strong_a temptation_n habit_n be_v oft_o bear_v down_o §_o 28._o if_o the_o question_n then_o be_v whence_o god_n grace_n be_v aptitudinal_o and_o potential_o efficacious_a able_a and_o fit_a to_o effect_v it_o be_v because_o god_n be_v god_n that_o he_o be_v able_a and_o his_o impulse_n be_v such_o because_o he_o make_v it_o such_o and_o if_o the_o question_n be_v whence_o grace_n be_v actual_o efficient_a of_o its_o first_o effect_n the_o impulse_n it_o be_v because_o god_n will_v so_o do_v and_o his_o will_n have_v no_o cause_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n and_o if_o the_o question_n be_v whence_o grace_n be_v actual_o efficient_a of_o man_n faith_n it_o be_v by_o its_o impel_a man_n to_o believe_v but_o if_o you_o ask_v whence_o faith_n itself_o be_v or_o of_o what_o cause_n be_v it_o a_o effect_n i_o answer_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o the_o mean_n as_o his_o instrument_n and_o of_o the_o believer_n as_o a_o free_a second_o cause_n and_o if_o the_o question_n be_v why_o sufficient_a grace_n which_o be_v effectual_a ad_fw-la posse_fw-la be_v not_o effectual_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la it_o be_v because_o be_v but_o sufficient_a man_v indisposition_n and_o wilful_a neglect_n or_o opposition_n make_v he_o a_o unfit_a receiver_n §_o 29._o there_o be_v nothing_o then_o but_o god_n essence_n and_o the_o mean_n antecedent_n to_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o effect_n ever_o follow_v where_o god_n work_v and_o the_o second_o effect_n be_v the_o effect_n both_o of_o god_n by_o the_o first_o and_o of_o man_n as_o a_o free_a agent_n the_o question_n unde_fw-la efficatia_fw-la gratiae_n and_o unde_fw-la effectus_fw-la be_v thus_o healing_o answer_v §_o 30._o obj._n but_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v the_o first_o difference_v and_o effectual_a cause_n and_o that_o not_o as_o it_o be_v his_o essence_n but_o as_o it_o be_v terminate_v on_o the_o creature_n and_o decree_v such_o a_o effect_n answ_n 1._o it_o be_v no_o will_n but_o his_o essence_n which_o be_v so_o terminate_v or_o decretive_a 2._o that_o termination_n make_v no_o difference_n at_o all_o that_o be_v real_a in_o the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o only_o in_o the_o effect_n or_o object_n 3._o what_o be_v the_o difference_n then_o between_o god_n will_v simple_o in_o 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dei_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quas_fw-la fieri_fw-la velit_fw-la twiss_n recitante_fw-la etiam_fw-la rutherf_n de_fw-fr prov._n c._n 15._o p._n 186._o see_v all_o their_o reason_n for_o god_n cause_v sin_n or_o willing_a its_o existence_n answer_v by_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 26._o p._n 262_o 263_o 264_o 265._o as_o also_o against_o god_n predetermine_v to_o the_o immediate_a materiale_a peccati_fw-la disp_n 27._o p._n 270_o etc._n etc._n disp_n 28_o &_o 29_o &_o 30_o etc._n etc._n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la p._n 580._o as_o to_o the_o common_a say_n that_o god_n will_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n all_o man_n will_v confess_v dr._n twiss_n often_o that_o neither_o do_v a_o wicked_a man_n do_v so_o peccans_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la non_fw-la intendit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quoad_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a in_fw-la peccato_fw-la seu_fw-la carentiam_fw-la conformitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la intendit_fw-la actum_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la in_o 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the_o same_o habit_n serve_v to_o both_o act_n unless_o the_o latter_a be_v for_o the_o noble_a act_n have_v some_o addition_n but_o the_o former_a need_v none_o 2._o and_o that_o this_o habit_n may_v bring_v forth_o the_o act_n in_o that_o circumstance_n no_o more_o be_v necessary_a but_o 1._o god_n word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o and_o god_n influx_n on_o the_o habit_v faculty_n to_o cause_v it_o to_o act_v according_a to_o that_o habit_n so_o that_o when_o god_n have_v reverse_v that_o word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v no_o long_o the_o cause_n determine_v the_o mind_n to_o believe_v that_o word_n but_o only_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n be_v still_o towards_o christ_n but_o not_o at_o all_o sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la venturi_fw-la for_o the_o determine_a word_n be_v call_v in_o and_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n not_o to_o know_v so_o much_o where_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sin_n cause_n of_o the_o act_n the_o liberty_n and_o 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sin_v by_o omission_n 3._o but_o that_o law_n give_v life_n eternal_a only_o to_o obedience_n to_o the_o end_n of_o his_o time_n of_o trial_n he_o merit_v not_o that_o life_n by_o initial_a obedience_n this_o be_v initial_a imperfect_a righteousness_n want_v perseverance_n but_o not_o a_o medium_n between_o just_a and_o unjust_a except_o as_o just_o signify_v the_o merit_n of_o life_n by_o persevere_v righteousness_n to_o the_o last_o and_o so_o i_o never_o deny_v but_o in_o a_o disoblige_v subject_a there_o be_v a_o medium_n adam_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o do_v a_o year_n work_v the_o first_o hour_n and_o so_o be_v neither_o just_a nor_o privative_o unjust_a as_o to_o the_o future_a year_n work_v but_o as_o to_o what_o he_o be_v present_o oblige_v to_o he_o be_v either_o righteous_a or_o a_o sinner_n here_o you_o come_v short_a of_o necessary_a accurateness_n perseverance_n be_v a_o part_n of_o our_o condition_n of_o glorification_n yet_o he_o that_o be_v not_o dead_a be_v just_a if_o he_o be_v a_o believer_n and_o obedient_a and_o if_o god_n now_o call_v he_o by_o death_n he_o shall_v be_v glorify_v but_o he_o have_v not_o now_o do_v all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v do_v till_o his_o death_n if_o he_o live_v long_o so_o that_o his_o right_n to_o the_o present_a possession_n of_o glory_n before_o death_n be_v not_o justifiable_a but_o his_o right_n in_o case_n he_o now_o die_v be_v §_o 41._o m._n s._n faith_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d credere_fw-la can_v be_v put_v in_o exchange_n for_o fac_fw-la hoc_fw-la and_o therefore_o justify_v only_o as_o it_o relate_v to_o he_o who_o have_v suffer_v and_o do_v for_o all_o that_o will_v receive_v he_o an._n 1._o exchange_n be_v a_o ambiguous_a word_n here_o be_v no_o proper_a exchange_n faith_n be_v not_o a_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n nor_o so_o repute_v by_o god_n christ_n do_v both_o satisfy_v for_o our_o not-fulfilling_a it_o and_o also_o by_o that_o and_o by_o fulfil_v it_o himself_o not_o in_o our_o person_n but_o his_o own_o do_v merit_v the_o free_a gift_n of_o life_n to_o we_o to_o be_v we_o upon_o new_a covenant_n term_n and_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o that_o new_a covenant_n and_o so_o be_v that_o duty_n which_o be_v lay_v on_o ourselves_o to_o do_v instead_o of_o perfect_a obedience_n suppose_v christ_n satisfaction_n and_o merit_n which_o be_v instead_o of_o it_o quoad_fw-la precium_fw-la or_o principal_o as_o our_o say_a act_n be_v instead_o of_o it_o as_o to_o what_o be_v necessary_a in_o ourselves_o and_o the_o apostle_n who_o so_o oft_o say_v faith_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o righteousness_n do_v neither_o by_o faith_n mean_a christ_n nor_o mean_v that_o faith_n be_v impute_v as_o a_o fulfil_n the_o law_n of_o work_n but_o that_o have_v no_o such_o merit_n of_o our_o own_o or_o righteousness_n our_o believe_v in_o he_o that_o have_v satisfy_v and_o merit_v for_o we_o be_v reckon_v to_o we_o instead_o of_o a_o righteousness_n or_o merit_n as_o be_v all_o that_o now_o be_v necessary_a to_o our_o justification_n in_o ourselves_o our_o persevere_v obedience_n be_v afterward_o necessary_a to_o our_o glory_n 2._o no_o doubt_n faith_n relate_v to_o christ_n and_o here_o connote_v he_o as_o its_o object_n it_o be_v not_o christian_a faith_n else_o but_o it_o be_v also_o relate_v to_o the_o new_a covenant_n as_o its_o condition_n and_o in_o that_o form_n have_v its_o place_n to_o our_o justification_n which_o can_v be_v deny_v therefore_o you_o untrue_o say_v only_a as_o relate_v to_o christ_n and_o your_o word_n confute_v yourself_o you_o say_v who_o have_v suffer_v and_o do_v for_o all_o that_o will_v receive_v he_o you_o speak_v either_o of_o secret_a decree_n and_o that_o give_v no_o right_n or_o of_o covenant_n donation_n and_o to_o say_v he_o and_o his_o benefit_n be_v give_v in_o covenant_n to_o all_o that_o will_v receive_v he_o be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o say_v the_o covenant_n give_v they_o on_o condition_n that_o we_o receive_v he_o which_o be_v true_a §_o 42._o m._n s._n 5._o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o term_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n can_v be_v any_o other_o than_o they_o be_v because_o nothing_o but_o receive_v he_o can_v make_v he_o i_o an._n 1._o that_o prove_v not_o that_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o condition_n but_o that_o it_o needs_o must_v be_v so_o 2._o it_o be_v impossible_a now_o the_o covenant_n be_v so_o make_v viz._n ex_fw-la necessitate_v existentiae_fw-la but_o that_o god_n can_v have_v make_v it_o not_o otherwise_o be_v not_o a_o thing_n for_o man_n to_o say_v 3._o confound_v not_o passive_a reception_n with_o active_a moral_a reception_n justificari_fw-la be_v passive_o to_o receive_v justification_n and_o to_o be_v first_o relate_v to_o christ_n as_o i_o or_o to_o be_v one_o that_o he_o be_v give_v to_o be_v passive_o to_o receive_v christ_n active_a moral_a receive_n be_v the_o will_n consent_v thus_o to_o have_v he_o on_o all_o his_o term_n and_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o the_o other_o it_o be_v this_o and_o not_o the_o other_o that_o be_v faith_n and_o can_v not_o god_n possible_o have_v make_v christ_n we_o by_o any_o alteration_n of_o the_o term_n sure_o they_o that_o confine_v faith_n to_o the_o receive_n of_o christ_n imputable_a righteousness_n will_v grant_v that_o god_n can_v possible_o have_v put_v one_o act_n more_o of_o faith_n into_o the_o condition_n or_o on●_n act_n of_o gratitude_n desire_n love_n or_o repentance_n and_o dr._n twisse_n think_v he_o can_v have_v give_v a_o man_n a_o right_n to_o life_n without_o christ_n satisfaction_n and_o to_o christ_n without_o faith_n and_o that_o so_o he_o do_v to_o infant_n §_o 43._o m._n s._n there_o be_v no_o righteousness_n in_o point_n of_o justification_n but_o only_o in_o conformity_n to_o the_o rule_n do_v this_o that_o only_o bring_v a_o man_n under_o the_o approve_v will_n of_o god_n an._n 1._o but_o what_o be_v the_o do_v this_o that_o you_o mean_v adam_n law_n say_v do_v this_o and_o live_v moses_n law_n say_v do_v this_o and_o live_v the_o law_n give_v to_o christ_n say_v do_v and_o suffer_v this_o and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o power_n over_o all_o flesh_n to_o give_v eternal_a life_n to_o as_o many_o as_o i_o give_v thou_o and_o believe_v the_o law_n of_o christ_n to_o sinner_n say_v do_v this_o and_o live_v this_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n that_o you_o believe_v etc._n etc._n but_o all_o these_o do_n be_v different_a for_o all_o that_o it_o be_v a_o unknown_a faith_n or_o repentance_n which_o be_v no_o act_n or_o duty_n 2._o there_o be_v no_o righteousness_n but_o the_o conformity_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o righteousness_n if_o you_o speak_v only_o of_o that_o righteousness_n which_o be_v of_o that_o species_n but_o there_o be_v another_o sort_n he_o that_o be_v justifiable_a be_v just_a so_o far_o if_o satan_n say_v thou_o be_v conde●nandus_fw-la to_o be_v damn_v to_o hell_n and_o shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n for_o break_v the_o law_n of_o work_n i_o must_v deny_v it_o not_o by_o say_v i_o do_v not_o break_v it_o but_o keep_v it_o by_o another_o or_o i_o do_v not_o deserve_v damnation_n but_o by_o allege_v he_o that_o be_v pardon_v be_v not_o to_o suffer_v any_o pain_n of_o sense_n or_o loss_n i_o be_o pardon_v by_o the_o new_a covenant_n through_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o satisfaction_n and_o perfect_a righteousness_n of_o christ_n adam_n law_n will_v not_o justify_v you_o nor_o moses_n law_n neither_o the_o law_n require_v personal_a perfect_a obedience_n it_o never_o say_v thou_o or_o another_o for_o thou_o shall_v obey_v it_o know_v no_o surety_n to_o give_v a_o surety_n and_o to_o accept_v his_o suretyship_n be_v the_o act_n of_o the_o law_n giver_n as_o above_o his_o law_n not_o fulfil_v that_o law_n but_o secure_v the_o end_n of_o government_n and_o of_o it_o by_o another_o way_n to_o pardon_v a_o sin_n and_o penalty_n be_v not_o to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n that_o threaten_v it_o but_o to_o dispense_v with_o it_o which_o justice_n can_v do_v upon_o a_o valuable_a consideration_n secure_v the_o end_n of_o government_n and_o veracity_n be_v not_o impeach_v by_o it_o for_o 1._o the_o sense_n of_o silius_fw-la mortis_fw-la be_v death_n shall_v be_v thy_o due_n and_o so_o it_o be_v 2._o and_o death_n be_v actual_o inflict_v on_o man_n himself_o though_o not_o all_o that_o which_o he_o deserve_v if_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n justify_v you_o you_o need_v no_o redeemer_n you_o need_v no_o pardon_n you_o need_v no_o new_a covenant_n to_o justify_v you_o nor_o can_v it_o do_v it_o 3._o we_o be_v justify_v by_o do_v though_o not_o by_o our_o fulfil_n the_o law_n of_o work_n by_o ourselves_o or_o another_o we_o be_v justify_v
whether_o he_o be_v a_o true_a christian_a and_o must_v judge_v of_o his_o sincerity_n and_o right_a to_o christ_n justification_n and_o salvation_n as_o he_o be_v or_o be_v not_o a_o sincere_a consenter_n to_o it_o true_o understand_v in_o the_o essential_a part_n sect_n v._o of_o the_o gift_n and_o work_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 72._o there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n one_o common_a and_o two_o proper_a to_o they_o that_o shall_v have_v or_o already_o have_v justification_n 1._o the_o first_o be_v prepare_v common_a grace_n which_o make_v man_n fit_a for_o special_a grace_n which_o yet_o they_o may_v have_v that_o perish_v 2._o the_o second_o be_v that_o grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o we_o perform_v the_o act_n the_o thomist_n make_v the_o act_n of_o contrition_n and_o chari●y_n to_o be_v the_o ultimate_a disposition_n to_o justification_n which_o be_v with_o they_o the_o habit_n and_o yet_o they_o say_v that_o it_o flow_v from_o that_o habit_n and_o if_o the_o distinction_n of_o alva●ez_n disp_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr 59_o p._n 264._o &_o possim_fw-la be_v not_o contradiction_n i_o understand_v it_o not_o eadem_fw-la contritio_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la materialis_fw-la antecedit_fw-la illam_fw-la in_fw-la genere_fw-la tamen_fw-la causae_fw-la formalis_fw-la &_o efficientis_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la though_o that_o which_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o one_o act_n of_o god_n love_n be_v the_o object_n of_o another_o act_n first_o act_n of_o special_a faith_n and_o repentance_n call_v common_o by_o divine●_n vocation_n which_o go_v before_o any_o special_a habit_n but_o not_o before_o any_o holy_a seed_n because_o the_o very_a influx_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o the_o soul_n be_v as_o a_o seed_n which_o excit_v the_o first_o act_n before_o a_o habit_n though_o not_o ordinary_o before_o some_o preparation_n this_o faith_n be_v command_v we_o as_o our_o duty_n first_o and_o make_v necessary_a to_o we_o as_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o when_o we_o know_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o require_v of_o we_o and_o hear_v in_o the_o gospel_n the_o reason_n which_o shall_v perfwade_v we_o than_o the_o holy_a spirit_n move_v we_o by_o his_o influx_n to_o believe_v and_o consent_v where_o god_n and_o man_n be_v conjunct_a agent_n but_o man_n subordinate_a to_o god_n 3._o the_o three_o sort_n be_v the_o spirit_n operation_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o divine_a love_n and_o all_o other_o grace_n in_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v call_v his_o indwelling_a and_o sanctification_n this_o be_v that_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n beside_o miracle_n of_o old_a which_o be_v promise_v to_o believer_n to_o this_o faith_n be_v the_o condition_n to_o this_o upon_o believe_v it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v right_o give_v we_o by_o god_n covenant_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v that_o by_o baptism_n our_o right_n to_o the_o spirit_n as_o a_o indwelling_a sanctifier_n and_o comforter_n be_v give_v we_o 73._o this_o three_o gift_n or_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n eminent_o so_o call_v be_v in_o the_o same_o instant_n of_o time_n give_v we_o as_o the_o second_o but_o not_o of_o nature_n or_o at_o least_o immediate_o thereupon_o when_o we_o believe_v but_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v confound_v on_o many_o account_n 74._o but_o yet_o though_o some_o degree_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v present_o give_v to_o every_o believer_n it_o be_v usual_o but_o a_o spark_n at_o first_o and_o there_o be_v further_a mean_n and_o condition_n appoint_v we_o for_o the_o increase_n and_o actual_a help_n from_o day_n to_o day_n and_o he_o that_o will_v not_o wait_v on_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o use_n of_o those_o mean_n do_v forfeit_v his_o help_n according_a to_o his_o neglect_n 75._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o most_o if_o not_o all_o christian_n have_v low_a measure_n of_o the_o spirit_n than_o otherwise_o they_o may_v have_v and_o that_o judicial_o as_o a_o punishment_n for_o sin_n however_o god_n be_v free_a herein_o and_o if_o he_o please_v may_v give_v more_o even_o to_o they_o that_o forfeit_v it_o 76._o this_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v a_o conditional_a pardon_n of_o all_o the_o world_n covenant_n the_o extent_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n be_v universal_a in_o the_o tenor_n or_o sense_n of_o it_o it_o be_v of_o all_o mankind_n without_o exception_n that_o christ_n say_v if_o thou_o confess_v with_o thy_o mouth_n and_o believe_v i●_n thy_o heart_n thou_o shall_v be_v save_v no_o person_n antecedent_o be_v exclude_v in_o the_o world_n 77._o and_o as_o to_o the_o promulgation_n of_o it_o christ_n have_v commission_v his_o minister_n to_o preach_v this_o gospel_n to_o all_o the_o world_n and_o to_o every_o creature_n so_o 16._o matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o mark_v 16._o 15_o 16._o that_o to_o the_o utmost_a of_o their_o power_n they_o be_v to_o offer_v and_o publish_v it_o to_o the_o 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proportion_n of_o gracious_a mean_n 114._o mean_n protestant_n divine_v do_v common_o conjoin_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o word_n as_o well_o as_o papist_n and_o in_o some_o case_n more_o thom._n docet_fw-la q._n 22._o de_fw-fr ver._n a._n 8._o deum_fw-la inclinare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la app●tendum_fw-la eam_fw-la ●fficaciter_fw-la &_o physice_n praedeterminando_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la immediate_a sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la mediate_v aliqua_fw-la entitate_fw-la recepta_fw-la in_o voluntate_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ment_fw-la d._n tho._n deus_fw-la movet_fw-la om●●s_fw-la causas_fw-la secundas_fw-la &_o eas_fw-la appl●●a_n '_o ad_fw-la svas_fw-la operation_n ita_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la quando_fw-la ●●●●●t_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ●●●imit_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la per_fw-la mo●●●_n transeuntis_fw-la alva●ez_fw-fr de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr disp_n 23._o p._n 114._o and_o help_n than_o to_o other_o but_o leave_v they_o under_o the_o common_a help_n which_o 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but_o his_o create_a course_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n 6._o he_o that_o will_v but_o try_v the_o text_n which_o his_o concordance_n refer_v he_o to_o and_o can_v find_v a_o multitude_n of_o place_n where_o the_o word_n covenant_n be_v take_v for_o somewhat_o else_o than_o god_n decree_n and_o their_o general_a execution_n even_o for_o a_o law_n with_o its_o premiant_a and_o penal_a sanction_n and_o for_o a_o free_a donation_n or_o promise_n which_o yet_o have_v its_o proper_a condition_n as_o the_o moralis_fw-la dispositio_fw-la recipientium_fw-la and_o that_o can_v find_v divers_a such_o covenant_n make_v by_o god_n with_o christ_n and_o we_o that_o be_v real_o distinct_a and_o not_o to_o be_v confound_v must_v not_o expect_v that_o i_o here_o trouble_v other_o reader_n with_o such_o a_o task_n as_o his_o conviction_n 7._o i_o full_o agree_v that_o christ_n righteousnrss_n be_v fit_o call_v both_o the_o meritorious_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o our_o righteousness_n or_o passive_a 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several_a inadequate_a conception_n which_o together_o make_v up_o the_o most_o exact_a and_o orderly_a knowledge_n of_o god_n p._n 4._o sect._n 4._o the_o relation_n and_o denomination_n of_o god_n active_a power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n as_o to_o the_o creature_n p._n 6._o sect._n 5._o of_o futurity_n and_o the_o pretend_a eternal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o p._n 8._o sect._n 6._o of_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o creature_n with_o god_n in_o eternity_n and_o of_o god_n knowledge_n of_o they_o as_o existent_n p._n 13._o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o many_o scholastic_a dispute_n about_o god_n knowledge_n which_o shall_v moderate_v our_o censure_n of_o dissenter_n in_o such_o matter_n and_o check_v our_o sinful_a curiosity_n p._n 15._o sect._n 8._o more_o of_o god_n know_v thing_n future_a and_o of_o permission_n of_o sin_n p._n 24._o sect._n 9_o of_o predetermination_n universal_a causation_n humane_a power_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o liberty_n of_o will_n distinguish_v in_o a_o table_n p._n 27._o sect._n 10._o of_o natural_a and_o moral_a power_n and_o impotency_n their_o difference_n p._n 36._o sect._n 11._o more_o of_o the_o same_o and_o whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o impossibility_n p._n 39_o sect._n 12._o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 42._o sect._n 13._o of_o the_o will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n in_o general_n their_o simplicity_n and_o diversity_n suppose_a priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o negation_n of_o nolition_n and_o volition_n of_o negative_n etc._n etc._n p._n 45._o sect._n 14._o several_a distinction_n of_o god_n will_v explain_v 1._o positive_a act_n and_o non-agency_a 2._o positive_a and_o negative_a as_o to_o the_o object_n 3._o positive_a and_o oppositive_a volition_n and_o nolition_n 4._o immanent_a and_o transient_a 5._o efficient_o transient_a and_o objective_o transient_a 6._o natural_a and_o free_n 7._o efficient_a and_o permissive_a 8._o beneplaciti_fw-la &_o signi_fw-la de_fw-la eventu_fw-la &_o de_fw-la debito_fw-la decretive_a and_o legislative_a where_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o law_n be_v open_v 10._o absolute_a and_o conditional_a 11._o effectual_a and_o uneffectual_a 12._o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a p._n 49._o sect._n 15._o whether_o god_n decree_n must_v be_v say_v to_o be_v diversify_v and_o prove_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o execution_n whether_o
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power_n 2._o he_o be_v our_o supreme_a rector_n moral_o to_o rule_v we_o as_o intellectual_a free-agent_n eminent_o by_o his_o wisdom_n 3._o he_o be_v our_o lover_n and_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v goodness_n and_o love_n itself_o to_o love_v he_o and_o be_v love_v by_o he_o perfect_o for_o ever_o be_v amantissimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la in_o his_o goodness_n 35._o he_o that_o leave_v out_o any_o one_o of_o these_o relation_n of_o god_n to_o man_n to_o be_v our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o lover_n and_o end_n leave_v out_o that_o which_o be_v essential_a to_o our_o god_n as_o the_o word_n be_v relative_o use_v in_o the_o precept_n and_o promise_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n sect_n iv_o of_o god_n relation_n to_o the_o creature_n and_o denomination_n thereupon_o in_o his_o power_n knowledge_n and_o will._n 36._o the_o three_o divine_a essential_a principle_n relate_v to_o the_o creature_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v denominate_v 1._o his_o omnipotence_n 2._o his_o omniscience_n 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facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
power_n ruiz_n power_n power_n power_n natura_fw-la humana_fw-la e●usque_fw-la potentiae_fw-la naturales_fw-la quamu●s_v mere_a naturales_fw-la sint_fw-la sibi_fw-la innatam_fw-la proserunt_fw-la potentiam_fw-la receptivam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la immo_fw-la ●tiam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la activam_fw-la ●x_fw-la se_fw-la aptam_fw-la ut_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la divino_fw-la auxilio_fw-la vitalit●r_fw-la producat_fw-la supernatural●m_fw-la actum_fw-la fidei_fw-la charitatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ruiz_n 199._o morality_n be_v first_o seat_v in_o the_o will_n and_o from_o it_o our_o power_n be_v first_o call_v moral_a but_o yet_o it_o be_v secondary_o in_o the_o other_o two_o faculty_n 200._o as_o to_o dr._n twisse_n his_o say_n that_o potentia_fw-la non_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la moralis_n scilicet_fw-la in_o naturali_fw-la and_o as_o other_o say_v accidens_fw-la non_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o accident_n i_o answer_v 1._o potentia_fw-la univocè_fw-la sic_fw-la dicta_fw-la non_fw-la 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power_n be_v call_v accident_n which_o be_v a_o falsehood_n of_o very_a ill_a tendency_n in_o many_o respect_n they_o be_v the_o very_a formal_a essence_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sure_o the_o soul_n may_v have_v its_o good_a or_o evil_a disposition_n 201._o there_o be_v in_o the_o very_a essence_n of_o the_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n beside_o the_o vis_fw-fr vel_fw-la virt●s_fw-la agendi_fw-la a_o certain_a natural_a inclination_n to_o some_o thing_n which_o be_v inseparable_a from_o it_o from_o which_o the_o schoolman_n say_v even_o of_o the_o will_n that_o it_o be_v quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o pondus_fw-la animae_fw-la so_o the_o soul_n be_v incline_v or_o propense_a and_o not_o only_o able_a to_o activity_n as_o such_o to_o intellection_n as_o such_o to_o volition_n as_o such_o and_o objective_o to_o truth_n as_o such_o and_o to_o natural_a good_a and_o felicity_n as_o such_o and_o there_o be_v a_o inclination_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v not_o essential_a and_o inseparable_a but_o be_v much_o under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o will_n and_o may_v be_v get_v and_o lose_v 202._o this_o adventitious_a disposition_n be_v find_v in_o the_o soul_n in_o various_a degree_n 1._o when_o it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o degree_n only_o as_o that_o immediate_o and_o proper_o without_o any_o other_o power_n add_v the_o will_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v able_a to_o act_n thus_o or_o thus_o than_o it_o be_v call_v a_o moral_a power_n but_o when_o it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o that_o we_o be_v dispose_v to_o act_n prompt_o and_o easy_o it_o be_v call_v a_o habit._n 203._o he_o therefore_o that_o be_v so_o far_o dispose_v to_o any_o good_a act_n and_o who_o indisposition_n or_o disposition_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v but_o such_o as_o that_o in_o his_o present_a state_n without_o any_o more_o help_n than_o do_v than_o than_o than_o yet_o the_o jesuit_n themselves_o as_o ruiz_n ubi_fw-la sup_n be_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o predisposition_n but_o that_o they_o confess_v that_o grace_n oft_o take_v occasion_n of_o thing_n natural_a or_o indifferent_a yea_o of_o heinous_a sin_n themselves_o and_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o justification_n sanctification_n be_v not_o from_o the_o strength_n or_o endeavour_n of_o nature_n but_o from_o grace_n he_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o whole_a disp_n 17_o 18._o as_o vasquez_n and_o suarez_n and_o other_o jesuit_n also_o do_v he_o have_v he_o can_v move_v his_o own_o will_n to_o the_o say_a act_n and_o the_o difficulty_n be_v not_o so_o great_a but_o that_o such_o power_n sometime_o do_v overcome_v it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o moral_a power_n but_o he_o that_o want_v not_o natural_a force_n or_o power_n but_o only_o a_o right_a disposition_n of_o his_o will_n and_o so_o far_o want_v it_o as_o that_o none_o in_o his_o case_n do_v ever_o change_v their_o own_o act_n to_o good_a without_o more_o help_n and_o power_n than_o he_o have_v be_v say_v to_o be_v moral_o unable_a or_o impotent_a and_o not_o only_o to_o want_v the_o habit._n 204._o whether_o the_o natural_a power_n be_v proper_o call_v a_o power_n to_o believe_v repent_v love_n god_n etc._n etc._n without_o the_o moral_a power_n or_o right_a disposition_n though_o it_o be_v a_o question_n of_o some_o use_n among_o the_o contender_n about_o these_o matter_n yet_o it_o be_v chief_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la and_o therefore_o of_o the_o less_o moment_n this_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v of_o all_o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi impenitency_n re_fw-mi re_fw-mi re_fw-mi of_o this_o see_v mr._n truman_n treatise_n of_o natural_a and_o moral_a impotency_n and_o mr._n william_n fenner_n notable_a though_o popular_a tractate_n of_o wilful_a impenitency_n that_o unbeliever_n want_v not_o that_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n which_o can_v believe_v and_o repent_v if_o due_o suscitate_v and_o dispose_v but_o through_o a_o ill_a disposition_n and_o contrary_a course_n of_o action_n and_o want_v of_o due_a excitation_n that_o power_n will_v not_o act_n without_o god_n special_a grace_n which_o will_v not_o signify_v 1._o the_o undisposedness_n 2._o the_o non-agency_a and_o in_o strict_a speech_n the_o former_a be_v best_a express_v by_o the_o will_n be_v undisposed_a and_o averse_a to_o believe_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o latter_a by_o the_o will_n do_v not_o consent_n but_o the_o first_o may_v be_v express_v by_o it_o can_v because_o it_o will_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v though_o it_o be_v no_o such_o can_v as_o be_v distinct_a from_o will_n not_o but_o the_o very_a same_o and_o as_o power_n be_v distinct_a from_o will_n and_o a_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v if_o he_o will_v so_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o that_o will_v believe_v and_o repent_v can_v do_v it_o so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v willing_a and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o augustine_n so_o much_o plead_v for_o when_o he_o will_v have_v we_o distinguish_v can_v and_o will_n not_o and_o when_o he_o say_v that_o posse_fw-la credere_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la credere_fw-la autem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la 205._o to_o the_o full_a open_n of_o this_o note_v the_o follow_a conclusion_n no_o man_n do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v at_o that_o instant_n 206._o humane_a and_o all_o create_v power_n be_v dependent_a and_o be_v not_o proper_o a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o on_o supposition_n of_o god_n emanant_fw-la support_n and_o concourse_n as_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n 207._o humane_a power_n be_v finite_a and_o be_v not_o a_o power_n ad_fw-la omne_fw-la but_o ad_fw-la haec_fw-la which_o therefore_o be_v call_v possible_a to_o we_o 208._o power_n be_v a_o relative_n word_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v nullify_v ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la by_o a_o alteration_n of_o the_o object_n only_o as_o if_o you_o double_v the_o weight_n that_o man_n may_v be_v unable_a to_o bear_v it_o who_o can_v bear_v it_o when_o it_o be_v less_o when_o the_o object_n be_v change_v and_o not_o the_o power_n indeed_o 209._o power_n suppose_v the_o due_a object_n and_o its_o due_a proposal_n or_o state_n we_o have_v no_o power_n to_o see_v invisibles_fw-fr to_o understand_v thing_n not_o intelligible_a to_o will_v thing_n not_o apprehend_v to_o be_v good_a and_o not_o so_o reveal_v etc._n etc._n 210._o the_o three_o conjunct_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n suppose_v each_o other_o though_o they_o be_v not_o formal_o the_o same_o we_o have_v no_o power_n to_o will_n object_n not_o understand_v nor_o to_o understand_v will_n or_o execute_v without_o vital-activity_n nor_o to_o understand_v most_o thing_n without_o the_o will_n determination_n ad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la 211._o the_o due_a qualification_n also_o of_o the_o inferior_a faculty_n the_o sense_n and_o fantasy_n and_o organ_n be_v suppose_v to_o the_o be_v of_o true_a power_n we_o never_o have_v power_n to_o see_v without_o eye_n no_o more_o than_o without_o light_n this_o power_n of_o the_o inferior_a faculty_n some_o call_n potentia_fw-la secunda_fw-la as_o to_o the_o act_n of_o the_o superior_a
have_v flee_v so_o high_a in_o make_v grace_n supernatural_a feign_v a_o state_n of_o pure_a natural_n that_o have_v none_o and_o talk_v so_o phanatical_o of_o the_o deification_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o think_v have_v ensnare_v some_o sectary_n among_o we_o to_o imitate_v they_o seign_v that_o the_o first_o covenant_n be_v moral_a as_o a_o law_n and_o the_o second_o covenant_n be_v the_o very_a in-being_a of_o a_o divine_a nature_n which_o they_o though_o obscure_o seem_v to_o describe_v as_o somewhat_o above_o all_o habit_n and_o inclination_n put_v into_o our_o own_o nature_n like_o another_o form_n or_o soul_n which_o over_n tend_v to_o tempt_v man_n to_o infidelity_n by_o doubt_v whether_o man_n nature_n be_v make_v by_o the_o creator_n to_o enjoy_v god_n in_o heaven_n or_o not_o when_o it_o must_v be_v make_v another_o thing_n to_o attain_v it_o sect_n xii_o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la 255._o after_o this_o digression_n about_o our_o will_n and_o power_n as_o the_o object_n of_o god_n knowledge_n and_o decree_n i_o return_v to_o the_o doctrine_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la and_o that_o god_n know_v from_o eternity_n the_o truth_n of_o all_o conditional_a proposition_n that_o be_v true_a be_v past_o all_o doubt_n if_o we_o may_v suppose_v that_o god_n have_v eternal_a proposition_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o know_v now_o that_o such_o proposition_n be_v true_a if_o such_o cause_n be_v put_v they_o will_v or_o will_v not_o produce_v this_o or_o that_o as_o the_o effect_n 256._o but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n to_o have_v mental_a proposition_n to_o know_v by_o and_o god_n know_v not_o by_o they_o but_o only_o know_v they_o as_o the_o instrument_n and_o way_n of_o humane_a knowledge_n for_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o know_v all_o that_o be_v we_o than_o it_o must_v be_v say_v that_o he_o have_v from_o eternity_n but_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o the_o creature_n conditional_a proposition_n and_o who_o can_v well_o determine_v this_o 257._o and_o this_o will_v lead_v the_o arrogant_a disputer_n to_o other_o inquiry_n no_o less_o difficult_a whether_o it_o be_v only_o or_o primary_o the_o proposition_n itself_o as_o ens_fw-la rationis_fw-la humanae_fw-la or_o as_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n mind_n which_o god_n know_v or_o the_o res_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la cognita_fw-la that_o be_v futurition_n itself_o and_o if_o the_o former_a how_o god_n know_v they_o to_o be_v true_a if_o the_o latter_a how_o he_o know_v futurition_n 258._o and_o here_o inextricable_a difficulty_n will_v still_o arise_v before_o they_o whether_o to_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o futurity_n be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o creature_n imperfection_n whether_o god_n know_v not_o all_o thing_n as_o present_v whether_o nothing_o be_v proper_o intelligible_a in_o itself_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o only_a proposition_n de_fw-fr nihilo_fw-la that_o be_v know_v and_o not_o the_o ipsum_fw-la nihil_fw-la such_o as_o futurition_n be_v whether_o to_o ascribe_v such_o knowledge_n of_o nothing_n and_o such_o notion_n or_o proposition_n to_o god_n be_v to_o ascribe_v perfection_n or_o imperfection_n to_o he_o 259._o if_o we_o may_v or_o must_v say_v that_o god_n from_o eternity_n fore-knew_a our_o proposition_n of_o future_a contingent_n which_o be_v conditional_a yet_o we_o must_v not_o say_v or_o think_v that_o his_o knowledge_n quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la be_v conditional_a so_o as_o that_o the_o creature_n significat_fw-la *_o nic._n d'orbellis_fw-la say_v communiter_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la triplex_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la viz._n approbationis_fw-la visionis_fw-la &_o intelligentiae_fw-la cognitio_fw-la approbationis_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la visionis_fw-la est_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la vel_fw-la crunt_fw-la cognitio_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la seu_fw-la simplicis_fw-la notitiae_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la possunt_fw-la esse_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la autem_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la non_fw-la differunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la connotatorum_fw-la et_fw-la bonavent_n 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 3._o dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la notitia_fw-la simplex_fw-la &_o notitia_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la dicunt_fw-la diversas_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la &_o diversos_fw-la modos_fw-la cognoscendi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la autem_fw-la una_fw-la tantum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la una_fw-la facit_fw-la deus_fw-la quod_fw-la homines_fw-la multis_fw-la et_fw-la ●●●o_fw-la illa_fw-la una_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la significat_fw-la state_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o god_n knowledge_n in_o itself_o but_o only_o that_o the_o object_n be_v a_o conditional_a proposition_n speak_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o event_n fore-known_a from_o which_o god_n act_n be_v denominate_v conditional_a only_a denominatione_fw-la extrinsecâ_fw-la not_o as_o a_o act_n but_o as_o this_o act_n 260._o we_o deny_v not_o but_o god_n may_v be_v say_v as_o true_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o hypothetical_a as_o of_o absolute_a proposition_n if_o one_o be_v the_o object_n of_o his_o knowledge_n the_o other_o be_v which_o prove_v the_o hypothetical_a proposition_n to_o be_v less_o perfect_a than_o a_o absolute_a but_o not_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o to_o be_v less_o perfect_a 261._o nor_o do_v god_n foreknowledge_n that_o adam_n will_v sin_v in_o such_o circumstance_n make_v his_o understanding_n depend_v on_o the_o creature_n but_o only_o to_o be_v terminate_v on_o the_o creature_n as_o a_o object_n and_o so_o it_o do_v in_o all_o act_n where_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o object_n this_o objection_n therefore_o belong_v also_o to_o the_o dispute_n whether_o god_n know_v any_o thing_n but_o himself_o or_o out_o of_o himself_o 262._o the_o seign_v god_n to_o have_v in_o himself_o so_o many_o act_n of_o knowledge_n real_o distinct_a and_o to_o lie_v in_o such_o a_o order_n be_v intolerable_a see_v god_n be_v most_o simple_a but_o by_o extrinsical_a denomination_n his_o knowledge_n may_v by_o we_o through_o our_o weakness_n and_o necessity_n be_v distinguish_v according_a to_o its_o respect_n to_o diversity_n of_o object_n by_o inadequate_a conception_n but_o on_o that_o pretence_n to_o feign_v many_o needless_a distribution_n be_v profane_a 263._o they_o that_o think_v it_o a_o good_a confutation_n of_o scientia_fw-la mediae_fw-la that_o non_fw-la decreta_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la futura_fw-la therefore_o no_o futurition_n can_v be_v know_v but_o as_o decree_v do_v err_v much_o in_o the_o antecedent_n for_o it_o be_v false_a that_o sin_n be_v decree_v and_o be_v either_o erroneous_a or_o uncertain_a in_o the_o conclusion_n for_o god_n fore-knoweth_a sin_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v intelligible_a 264._o the_o sense_n of_o the_o question_n de_fw-fr scientiae_fw-la media_fw-la be_v not_o the_o conditionatis_fw-la med._n vide_fw-la pet._n à_fw-fr sanct._n jos_n disp._n 4._o sect._n 1._o p._n 465._o the_o scient_a med._n necessaries_n as_o if_o the_o sun_n set_v it_o will_v be_v night_n nor_o yet_o of_o such_o conditional_n as_o be_v mere_o disparate_a and_o have_v no_o kind_n of_o dependence_n or_o connexion_n as_o if_o peter_n die_v quick_o john_n will_v live_v long_o but_o of_o such_o conditional_n as_o have_v some_o reason_n of_o the_o connexion_n and_o yet_o leave_v the_o will_n in_o a_o undetermined_a power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o but_o we_o know_v no_o difference_n between_o these_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la scientis_fw-la but_o only_o denominatione_fw-la extrinseca_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la objecti_fw-la 265._o much_o less_o dare_v we_o conclude_v with_o they_o that_o god_n knowledge_n 10._o see_v all_o this_o modest_o and_o judicious_o handle_v by_o fr._n zumel_n disput._n in_o tho._n p._n 1._o especial_o his_o conclus_fw-la 6._o p._n 127._o and_o ockam_n 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o et._n greg._n arim._n ib._n q._n 2._o a._n 2._o et_fw-la gabr._n biel_n ib._n qu._n 1._o a._n 1._o et_fw-fr ant._n cordub_n quaest_a q._n 55._o dub_v 10._o of_o conditionals_n be_v in_o god_n before_o his_o will_n to_o concur_v or_o that_o they_o exist_v for_o we_o be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o such_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n in_o god_n except_o by_o such_o denomination_n 266._o methinks_v it_o be_v but_o sumble_v to_o say_v with_o pet._n à_fw-fr s._n joseph_n suav_n concord_n disp_n 4._o p._n 484._o a_o nemine_fw-la dubitari_fw-la quin_fw-la ad_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la futurorum_fw-la sub_fw-la conditione_n necessarium_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la decretum_fw-la divinum_fw-la cum_fw-la n●hil_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la futurum_fw-la sive_fw-la absolute_a sive_fw-la sub_fw-la conditione_n nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la dut_n absolute_a aut_fw-la sub_fw-la conditione_n velit_fw-la ad_fw-la ista_fw-la concurrere_fw-la at_o 576._o see_v the_o short_a answer_n in_o pet._n à_fw-fr s._n joseph_n suav_n concord_n p._n 576._o the_o first_o look_v this_o seem_v to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o cause_n of_o futurition_n or_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o and_o if_o not_o the_o decree_n seem_v mention_v to_o no_o purpose_n for_o futurum_fw-la tantum_fw-la sub_fw-la conditione_n be_v not_o as_o such_o futurum_fw-la for_o the_o condition_n suspend_v the_o
denominatione_fw-la extrinseca_v so_o also_o as_o to_o their_o eternity_n god_n act_n be_v all_o eternal_a as_o they_o be_v his_o essence_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la and_o yet_o some_o of_o they_o new_a and_o temporary_a some_o past_a some_o present_a some_o future_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o objecti_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la denominatione_fw-la extrinsecâ_fw-la 277._o yet_o i_o confess_v that_o it_o pass_v my_o understanding_n to_o conceive_v how_o it_o be_v that_o the_o same_o act_n be_v eternal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la and_o yet_o but_o temporary_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la patientis_fw-la &_o effecti_fw-la that_o god_n shall_v from_o eternity_n do_v all_o that_o ever_o he_o do_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la to_o create_v the_o world_n to_o redeem_v sanctify_v justify_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o it_o till_o late_o which_o draw_v ludou._n à_fw-fr dola_n de_fw-la modo_fw-la conjunct_a concur_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 20._o to_o say_v probatur_fw-la actionem_fw-la dei_fw-la externam_fw-la seu_fw-la concursum_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la distinctum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la ante_fw-la opus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la poterat_fw-la nihil_fw-la agere_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la per_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la nullum_fw-la producebat_fw-la effectum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr novo_fw-la incepit_fw-la operari_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la temporis_fw-la igitur_fw-la actio_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la distincta_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la neque_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la actionem_fw-la quidem_fw-la dei_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la sed_fw-la effectum_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la quia_fw-la tametsi_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la agendi_fw-la &_o principium_fw-la operationis_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la antequam_fw-la causa_fw-la actu_fw-la agate_n tamen_fw-la actio_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la causa_fw-la verè_fw-la agate_n &_o producat_fw-la ac_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la causam_fw-la veer_fw-la agere_fw-la &_o producere_fw-la quin_fw-la effectus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la producatur_fw-la &_o agatur_fw-la nullus_fw-la autem_fw-la effectus_fw-la producebatur_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la actionem_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-fr productione_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la &_o transeunte_fw-la sane_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la actio_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la termino_fw-la &_o effectu_fw-la svo_fw-la sed_fw-la actio_fw-la essentialiter_fw-la est_fw-la svi_fw-la termini_fw-la productio_fw-la aut_fw-la conservatio_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la con●ipi_fw-la quidem_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la illo_fw-la estque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la inintelligibile_fw-la dari_fw-la productionem_fw-la aut_fw-la conservationem_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o non_fw-la dari_fw-la actualiter_fw-la ipsam_fw-la rem_fw-la estque_fw-la omnis_fw-la actio_fw-la intime_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la formaliter_fw-la producitur_fw-la aut_fw-la conservatur_fw-la nec_fw-la sejungi_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o so_o aureolus_n 278._o in_o this_o also_o we_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o matter_n quite_o transcend_v our_o capacity_n and_o as_o this_o be_v rash_a in_o a_o dola_n to_o affirm_v so_o confident_o a_o thing_n above_o he_o so_o we_o must_v not_o be_v rash_a to_o affirm_v on_o the_o contrary_n more_o than_o be_v certain_a but_o so_o far_o as_o we_o may_v venture_v the_o common_a way_n seem_v the_o far_o safe_a because_o god_n be_v unchangeable_a not_o only_o moral_o but_o natural_o and_o this_o action_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o effect_n be_v make_v by_o he_o to_o be_v neither_o the_o creator_n nor_o a_o creature_n but_o a_o create_a or_o move_a act_n between_o both_o which_o be_v not_o convenient_a and_o as_o it_o be_v intelligible_a that_o god_n can_v velle_fw-la or_o decree_n ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la mundum_fw-la fieri_fw-la petrum_fw-la justificari_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la so_o we_o be_v not_o sure_a that_o god_n can_v do_v all_o that_o act_n from_o eternity_n which_o shall_v effect_v only_o in_o time_n by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o will_n though_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o case_n much_o differ_v between_o a_o object_n a_o a_o a_o ego_fw-la quidem_fw-la fateor_fw-la nostram_fw-la libertatem_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la facilius_fw-la conciliari_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la actum_fw-la volendi_fw-la &_o intelligendi_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la operationem_fw-la immanentem_fw-la elicitam_fw-la aut_fw-la libere_fw-la additam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la essentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la dicamus_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la quendam_fw-la liberum_fw-la elicitum_fw-la utroqu●_n tamen_fw-la modo_fw-la conandum_fw-la vasqu_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 2._o and_o if_o this_o will_v make_v it_o easy_a easy_a it_o must_v be_v for_o god_n free_a volition_n and_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n extrinsic_a be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v no_o real_a addition_n to_o his_o essence_n but_o dum_fw-la unus_fw-la simplex_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la plura_fw-la &_o mutabilia_fw-la scit_fw-la vult_fw-la facit_fw-la his_o will_n and_o understanding_n be_v denominate_v by_o relation_n and_o connotation_n as_o various_a from_o the_o various_a object_n immanent_a act_n such_o as_o nuda_fw-la volitio_fw-la which_o do_v nihil_fw-la efficere_fw-la and_o a_o effect_v act._n but_o many_o conceive_v that_o god_n cause_v all_o thing_n mere_o by_o will_v they_o though_o i_o see_v not_o but_o that_o will_n must_v be_v a_o powerful_a emanant_fw-la operative_a will_n which_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a will_n and_o we_o be_v so_o unacquainted_a with_o god_n and_o all_o active_a nature_n as_o that_o we_o can_v say_v that_o action_n exparte_v agentis_fw-la may_v not_o be_v sine_fw-la termino_fw-la objecto_fw-la &_o effectis_fw-la and_o all_o philosophical_a divine_n agree_v that_o god_n have_v no_o power_n out_o of_o act_n but_o a_o active_a power_n always_o equal_o in_o act_n exparte_v svi_fw-la and_o so_o be_v a_o pure_a act_n let_v we_o per_fw-la possibile_fw-la vel_fw-la impossibile_fw-it suppose_v the_o sun_n to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v and_o no_o other_o creature_n to_o be_v with_o it_o in_o be_v this_o sun_n will_v in_fw-la vacuo_fw-la emitt_v its_o motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a radios_fw-la by_o action_n and_o yet_o nothing_o will_v be_v move_v illuminate_v or_o heat_v by_o it_o there_o will_v be_v no_o terminus_n and_o no_o effect_n and_o suppose_v afterward_o all_o other_o creature_n to_o be_v make_v then_o the_o divers_a termini_fw-la and_o recipient_n will_v make_v a_o diversity_n of_o effect_n and_o the_o various_a disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n will_v make_v that_o one_o action_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o produce_v motion_n in_o one_o light_n in_o another_o heat_n in_o another_o sweetness_n from_o the_o rose_n and_o stink_v from_o weed_n and_o so_o of_o other_o effect_n i_o do_v but_o tell_v you_o why_o we_o must_v not_o peremptory_o deny_v much_o more_o of_o god_n 279._o prescience_n with_o predefinition_n or_o decree_n do_v not_o infer_v causal_o 2._o that_o the_o potentia_fw-la executi●a_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la be_v principium_fw-la absolute_a p●oximum_fw-la agendi_fw-la ad_fw-la ex●●a_fw-la see_v ●ennot_fw-mi l._n 3._o c._n 13._o n._n v._o &_o a●uin_n 1._o d._n 45._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la 2._o that_o necessity_n of_o the_o event_n as_o predetermine_v premotion_n do_v because_o they_o do_v alone_o nihil_fw-la ponere_fw-la in_o objecto_fw-la so_o that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o god_n do_v eternal_o decree_n or_o will_v the_o event_n of_o sin_n and_o man_n damnation_n absolute_o it_o will_v not_o prove_v alone_o that_o he_o be_v therefore_o the_o cause_n of_o they_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o predetermination_n of_o bare_a decree_n which_o we_o lie_v those_o consequence_n on_o but_o efficient_a predetermination_n 280._o lombard_n d._n 45._o well_o conclude_v that_o even_o that_o freewill_n of_o god_n by_o which_o he_o will_v decree_v and_o love_v the_o creature_n be_v his_o essence_n eternity_n bradwardine_n l._n 3._o c._n 5●_n p._n 8●9_n argue_v that_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi creandis_fw-la be_v antecedent_o free_a and_o yet_o concomitant_o and_o consequent_o necessary_a and_o both_o immutable_o from_o eternity_n but_o yet_o the_o name_n amor_fw-la petri_n odium_fw-la peccati_fw-la etc._n etc._n signify_v not_o his_o essence_n as_o such_o but_o his_o essential_a will_n as_o denominate_v from_o the_o create_a or_o humane_a object_n 281._o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v infer_v hence_o that_o god_n be_v a_o creature_n because_o he_o 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natural_a and_o the_o free_n 7._o the_o efficient_a and_o permissive_a act_n 8._o beneplaciti_fw-la &_o signi_fw-la 9_o absolute_a and_o conditional_a 10._o effectual_a and_o uneffectual_a 11._o the_o decree_v will_n and_o the_o preceptive_a will._n 12._o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a and_o because_o you_o will_v meet_v with_o all_o these_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o in_o what_o sense_n only_o they_o must_v be_v receive_v 306._o i._n of_o the_o first_o i_o have_v say_v enough_o before_o god_n freewill_n have_v its_o free-not-willings_a that_o be_v no_o nolition_n 307._o ii_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o second_o be_v that_o god_n do_v positive_o will_v some_o being_n and_o some_o negative_n if_o they_o mean_v negative_a proposition_n it_o be_v true_a but_o inept_v because_o those_o be_v positive_a being_n if_o they_o mean_v in_o the_o second_o branch_n nothing_o they_o can_v prove_v that_o god_n positive_o at_o all_o will_v they_o but_o he_o oft_o will_v their_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_n and_o occasion_n and_o he_o will_v all_o creature_n to_o be_v limit_v and_o imperfect_a and_o so_o negation_n must_v needs_o consequent_o pass_v upon_o they_o and_o in_o that_o he_o will_v not-more_a and_o will_v cause_n which_o may_v be_v deficient_a man_n improper_o and_o consequent_o say_v he_o will_v negative_o ne_fw-la sint_fw-la plura_fw-la and_o the_o defect_n but_o this_o be_v not_o strict_a speech_n 308._o yet_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n god_n be_v oft_o say_v to_o will_v nothing_o or_o negative_n quoad_fw-la esse_fw-la as_o that_o man_n shall_v not_o have_v grace_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o live_v or_o not_o be_v pardon_v or_o save_v etc._n etc._n 1._o because_o he_o do_v proper_o and_o positive_o will_n and_o make_v that_o law_n which_o condemn_v they_o to_o these_o penalty_n 2._o because_o he_o will_v have_v christ_n positive_o condemn_v they_o to_o privative_a punishment_n 3._o because_o he_o do_v positive_o take_v away_o some_o of_o the_o mercy_n which_o tend_v to_o save_v they_o 4._o and_o he_o do_v free_o and_o penal_o not-give_a
they_o that_o which_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o so_o that_o this_o language_n be_v not_o unfit_a while_o we_o speak_v of_o moral_a subject_n and_o of_o god_n after_o our_o manner_n but_o in_o strict_a speech_n it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o any_o nothing_o be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o a_o volition_n of_o god_n 309._o the_o opinion_n of_o scotus_n and_o his_o follower_n be_v know_v this_o way_n and_o subtle_a albertine_n to._n 1._o princ_fw-la 4._o qu._n 4._o p._n 297._o say_v that_o congruentius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la actu_fw-la positivo_fw-la velle_fw-la negationes_fw-la &_o resp_n deum_fw-la non_fw-la nolition_n see_v after_o the_o addition_n of_o divine_a nolition_n habere_fw-la actum_fw-la positivum_fw-la non_fw-la concurrendi_fw-la sed_fw-la negationem_fw-la actus_fw-la volendi_fw-la dare_v concursum_fw-la efficacem_fw-la &_o ●uxta_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la melius_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la circa_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nam_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la peccatum_fw-la actu_fw-la positivo_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la negative_a se_fw-la habet_fw-la circa_fw-la concursum_fw-la efficacem_fw-la dandi_fw-la remedia_fw-la illa_fw-la per_fw-la quae_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la impediretur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la vid._n caet_fw-la 310._o iii_o the_o three_o distinction_n be_v between_o god_n love_n and_o hatred_n his_o volition_n and_o nolition_n and_o this_o must_v be_v use_v but_o hatred_n and_o nolition_n in_o man_n have_v more_o of_o imperfection_n than_o love_n and_o volition_n import_v somewhat_o contrary_a to_o we_o and_o either_o hurtful_a troublesome_a fear_v or_o that_o possible_o may_v be_v so_o therefore_o we_o must_v confess_v here_o that_o we_o speak_v of_o god_n with_o great_a impropriety_n and_o must_v disclaim_v the_o imperfection_n in_o the_o sense_n 311._o but_o if_o you_o will_v not_o be_v abuse_v into_o many_o error_n swallow_v not_o the_o name_n love_n and_o 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●●nem_fw-la chrys_n in_o eph._n hom._n 1._o damas●_n fid_fw-we orthod_n l._n 2._o c._n 29._o &_o count_v manich._n ad_fw-la ●●nem_fw-la &_o cons_n non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la respectu_fw-la omnium_fw-la volitorum_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la ●orum_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la pendent_fw-la ex_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la creaturae_fw-la 2._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la hominis_fw-la salutem_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la est_fw-la &_o qua_fw-la illum_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la ordinat_fw-la &_o media_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessaria_fw-la praeparat_fw-la quibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hominem_fw-la steterit_fw-la salutem_fw-la assequatur_fw-la 3._o non_fw-la semper_fw-la voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la circa_fw-la objecta_fw-la contraria_fw-la versantur_fw-la sed_fw-la potest_fw-la idem_fw-la objectum_fw-la esse_fw-la volitum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tum_fw-la antecedente_fw-la tum_fw-la consequente_a 4._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la signi_fw-la 5._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la etc._n alliaco_fw-it camerac_n 1._o q._n 14._o d._n e._n tell_v you_o the_o sense_n of_o thom._n scotus_n ockam_n &_o gregor_n of_o this_o distinction_n and_o that_o of_o scotus_n and_o ockam_n be_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n with_o what_o i_o here_o say_v of_o it_o including_z that_o antecedent_n grace_n which_o they_o call_v sufficient_a which_o god_n give_v to_o persuade_v man_n to_o consent_n the_o schoolman_n be_v disagree_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o distinction_n and_o not_o understand_v it_o contend_v about_o it_o see_v ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 19_o §._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o p._n 195_o 196_o etc._n etc._n &_o proprie_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la existens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la per_fw-la metaphoram_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la signi_fw-la 361._o i_o tell_v you_o their_o sense_n that_o i_o may_v the_o better_o open_v the_o plain_a truth_n to_o you_o which_o be_v as_o follow_v 1._o this_o distinction_n of_o vol._n antec_fw-la &_o con_v be_v not_o apply_v to_o god_n as_o he_o be_v our_o creator_n or_o end_v nor_o as_o he_o be_v mere_a proprietor_n or_o benefactor_n but_o only_o as_o he_o be_v rector_n or_o moral_a ruler_n of_o man_n 2._o as_o government_n have_v a_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a part_n viz._n legislation_n and_o judgement_n with_o execution_n so_o god_n antecedent_n will_n be_v nothing_o but_o his_o legal_a will_n or_o his_o will_n as_o rector_n signify_v by_o his_o law_n and_o his_o consequent_a will_n be_v his_o judicial_a will_n or_o express_v in_o judgement_n one_o antecedent_n to_o man_n part_n obedience_n or_o disobedience_n and_o the_o other_o consequent_a to_o it_o 3._o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o god_n 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ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la essentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la alliac_n camer_n in_o 1._o q._n 12._o d._n see_v in_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 24._o how_o they_o be_v confound_v about_o the_o order_n of_o god_n decree_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n his_o solution_n suppose_v that_o unius_fw-la objecti_fw-la volitio_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la determinans_fw-la ad_fw-la aliorum_fw-la volitionem_fw-la when_o as_o ex_fw-la pa●te_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o volition_n and_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la be_v a_o deceive_a ambiguous_a word_n and_o his_o decree_n be_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o be_v all_o but_o one_o 374._o 4._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o our_o conception_n of_o god_n be_v improper_a and_o analogical_a or_o metaphorical_a more_o or_o less_o and_o that_o what_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o god_n be_v formal_o no_o mortal_a know_v and_o shall_v we_o dispute_v then_o 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divina_fw-la be_v but_o the_o scotist_n assimilate_v god_n act_n to_o man_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la sed_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la that_o which_o we_o have_v to_o do_v be_v but_o to_o inquire_v 1._o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi how_o one_o thing_n be_v a_o cause_n or_o other_o mean_n of_o another_o 2._o and_o so_o how_o god_n decree_v it_o to_o work_v and_o be_v 410._o and_o 1._o it_o be_v agree_v that_o the_o creation_n be_v god_n first_o work_n that_o we_o know_v of_o or_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v with_o this_o have_v as_o to_o the_o first_o part_n no_o antecedent_n object_n but_o produce_v its_o effect_n which_o some_o call_v its_o object_n but_o the_o latter_a day_n work_n have_v a_o antecedent_n object_n and_o also_o a_o produce_v effect_n and_o according_o god_n decree_v from_o eternity_n that_o this_o shall_v be_v his_o first_o work_n from_o whence_o by_o connotation_n that_o may_v be_v call_v his_o first_o 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manifest_v 412._o 2._o god_n have_v make_v man_n do_v give_v he_o a_o law_n both_o natural_a and_o positive_a this_o be_v next_o do_v and_o therefore_o decree_v to_o be_v next_o do_v 413._o 3._o man_n have_v break_v this_o law_n god_n judge_v he_o and_o lay_v on_o he_o some_o indispensible_a penalty_n this_o be_v decree_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o three_o place_n 414._o 4._o at_o the_o same_o time_n god_n promise_v man_n the_o victory_n by_o the_o woman_n seed_n and_o give_v he_o pardon_v of_o the_o destructive_a penalty_n become_v his_o redeemer_n and_o put_v he_o under_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n first_o give_v to_o mankind_n in_o adam_n and_o afterward_o in_o noah_n and_o this_o be_v decree_v to_o be_v so_o do_v 415._o 5._o though_o all_o be_v thus_o put_v under_o this_o covenant_n and_o god_n forsake_v none_o that_o first_o forsake_v not_o he_o yet_o do_v he_o give_v more_o grace_n to_o some_o than_o to_o other_o to_o abel_n e._n g._n than_o to_o cain_n so_o that_o those_o that_o do_v actual_o repent_v and_o believe_v and_o live_v to_o god_n be_v justify_v and_o adopt_v and_o make_v heir_n of_o life_n and_o thus_o he_o decree_v to_o do_v 416._o 6._o perseverance_n also_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o special_a grace_n which_o according_o be_v decree_v to_o be_v give_v 417._o 7._o the_o cainites_n canaanites_n and_o other_o that_o be_v the_o wicked_a seed_n of_o wicked_a parent_n who_o forsake_v he_o and_o his_o grace_n he_o according_o judge_v punish_v and_o forsake_v and_o so_o decree_v 418._o 8._o the_o seed_n of_o the_o faithful_a he_o eminent_o bless_v especial_o of_o abraham_n who_o he_o take_v by_o reward_n into_o a_o further_a special_a covenant_n superad_v to_o the_o common_a covenant_n of_o grace_n take_v his_o seed_n into_o a_o peculiar_a political_a and_o gracious_a relation_n to_o he_o promise_v the_o multiplication_n and_o prosperity_n of_o they_o and_o that_o the_o saviour_n shall_v come_v out_o of_o they_o all_o which_o be_v so_o decree_v to_o be_v do_v 419._o 9_o the_o messiah_n come_v in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n and_o do_v and_o suffer_v all_o that_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o gospel_n and_o give_v we_o a_o more_o perfect_a edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o great_a grace_n with_o it_o even_o more_o of_o the_o spirit_n with_o a_o better_a ministry_n ordinance_n and_o church-state_n which_o be_v so_o decree_v to_o be_v do_v 420._o 10._o to_o some_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n this_o second_o edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v the_o gospel_n be_v free_o promulgate_v or_o preach_v who_o deserve_v it_o no_o more_o than_o other_o while_o other_o for_o sin_n be_v leave_v under_o the_o first_o darker_n edition_n and_o under_o desertion_n and_o grievous_a punishment_n for_o their_o forefather_n and_o their_o own_o violation_n of_o it_o 421._o 11._o where_o the_o gospel_n come_v among_o many_o that_o all_o deserve_v rejection_n for_o the_o resist_n of_o grace_n god_n give_v to_o some_o that_o grace_n which_o infallible_o convert_v they_o and_o consequent_o justifi_v adopt_v and_o sanctifi_v they_o all_o which_o he_o decree_v 422._o 12._o give_v also_o perseverance_n as_o aforesaid_a he_o final_o justifi_v all_o such_o in_o judgement_n and_o glorifi_v christ_n first_o and_z they_o with_o christ_n single_o and_o conjunct_o at_o the_o final_a consummation_n and_o he_o decree_v to_o do_v all_o this_o according_o 423._o if_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v call_v but_o one_o for_o the_o reason_n before_o give_v the_o controversy_n be_v then_o at_o a_o end_n but_o if_o it_o must_v be_v distinguish_v and_o call_v many_o decree_n or_o part_n it_o must_v be_v either_o from_o the_o effect_n o●_n from_o the_o suppose_a object_n 424._o 1._o if_o from_o the_o effect_n there_o will_v be_v no_o controversy_n about_o the_o decree_n but_o what_o be_v first_o about_o the_o effect_n themselves_o and_o most_o of_o they_o now_o name_v be_v uncontroverted_a 425._o 2._o and_o we_o can_v well_o denominate_v and_o distinguish_v the_o decree_n from_o any_o thing_n else_o but_o the_o effect_n even_o as_o we_o do_v his_o operation_n as_o creation_n redemption_n etc._n etc._n but_o the_o object_n than_o be_v pass_v doubt_v such_o as_o follow_v 426._o viz._n 1._o the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o creation_n as_o such_o distinct_a from_o the_o effect_n be_v nothing_o that_o be_v there_o be_v no_o object_n 427._o 2._o the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o legislation_n be_v man_n consider_v mere_o in_o his_o be_v and_o natural_n as_o such_o 428._o 3._o the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o first_o judgement_n be_v man_n new_o fall_v 429._o 4._o the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o give_v of_o the_o promise_n of_o christ_n the_o new_a covenant_n in_o the_o first_o edition_n and_o pardon_n and_o grace_n by_o it_o be_v fall_v man_n first_o judge_v 430._o 5._o the_o object_n of_o the_o common_a grace_n of_o that_o covenant_n from_o first_o to_o last_o be_v fall_v judge_v man_n bring_v under_o that_o covenant_n of_o grace_n ut_fw-la norma_fw-la officii_fw-la judicii_fw-la &_o beneficii_fw-la 431._o 6._o the_o object_n of_o the_o special_a grace_n of_o god_n at_o first_o viz._n for_o effectual_a conversion_n to_o man_n under_o that_o covenant_n be_v the_o same_o as_o last_v mention_v man_n bring_v under_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n of_o who_o 1._o some_o be_v prepare_v and_o dispose_v by_o common_a grace_n for_o special_a 2._o and_o it_o be_v like_o some_o not_o but_o sudden_o surpirze_v by_o mercy_n 432._o 7._o the_o object_n of_o abraham_n special_a promise_n beside_o the_o common_a covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v abraham_n eminent_a in_o faith_n and_o self-denying_a obedience_n to_o god_n and_o afterward_o his_o seed_n for_o his_o sake_n 433._o 8._o the_o object_n of_o the_o actual_a gift_n of_o christ_n incarnate_a and_o the_o perfect_a edition_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n by_o he_o be_v the_o sinful_a world_n that_o have_v transgress_v both_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n and_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o jew_n that_o have_v break_v moses_n law_n 434._o 9_o the_o object_n of_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o promulgate_v or_o publish_v be_v the_o same_o add_v the_o world_n as_o now_o redeem_a by_o the_o actual_a sacrifice_n merit_n and_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n incarnate_a 435._o 10._o the_o object_n of_o the_o common_a grace_n of_o the_o gospel_n covenant_n be_v redeem_a man_n bring_v under_o this_o covenant_n as_o the_o norma_n officii_fw-la judicii_fw-la &_o beneficiorum_fw-la quoad_fw-la jus_o or_o subditi_fw-la obligati_fw-la 436._o 11._o the_o object_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o this_o covenant_n proper_a to_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o common_a to_o its_o member_n be_v visible_a christian_n or_o baptise_a professor_n 437._o 12._o the_o object_n of_o the_o first_o effectual_a grace_n of_o save_a conversion_n say_v and_o repentance_n be_v certain_a person_n redeem_a and_o bring_v under_o the_o obligation_n of_o this_o new_a covenant_n of_o who_o some_o be_v prepare_v by_o common_a grace_n and_o its_o like_a some_o be_v not_o 438._o 13._o the_o object_n of_o the_o gift_n pardon_n justification_n adoption_n the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n and_o right_a to_o life_n and_o all_o this_o in_o christ_n by_o union_n be_v a_o penitent_a believer_n and_o the_o seed_n of_o such_o dedicate_v in_o covenant_n to_o god_n 439._o 14._o the_o object_n of_o many_o act_n of_o auxiliary_a grace_n and_o of_o high_a degree_n of_o grace_n be_v ordinary_o such_o as_o have_v well_o use_v former_a degree_n of_o special_a grace_n but_o also_o who_o god_n be_v free_o please_v to_o give_v it_o to_o 440._o 15._o the_o object_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o perseverance_n be_v the_o same_o last_o mention_v if_o not_o all_o the_o justify_v which_o i_o reserve_v as_o almost_o our_o only_a real_a controversy_n to_o handle_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n 441._o 16._o the_o object_n of_o the_o act_n of_o raise_v the_o dead_a be_v all_o the_o world_n as_o appear_v in_o joh._n 5._o 22._o to_o 32._o 442._o 17._o the_o object_n of_o the_o justification_n of_o the_o soul_n alone_o at_o the_o first_o appearance_n be_v the_o soul_n of_o a_o member_n of_o christ_n or_o one_o faithful_a and_o persevere_v c●lor●●_n august_n ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la l●_n ●_o qu._n 2._o quia_fw-la non_fw-la inu●●●●_n deus_fw-la opera_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la qu●●lig●t_fw-la id●o_o man●●_n propositum_fw-la justification_n be_v ips●us_a s●d_fw-la quia_fw-la ill●d_v ●●●●_o ut_fw-mi ●_z cred●nt●s_v id●o_fw-la inu●nit_fw-la opera_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la ●ligat_fw-la ad_fw-la r●gnum_fw-la c●lor●●_n in_o his_o covenant_n or_o a_o saint_n 443._o 18._o the_o object_n of_o the_o final_a justification_n of_o the_o whole_a man_n be_v a_o saint_n ●isen_v from_o
side_n and_o reject_v hate_v forsake_v on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o elect_v impli_v that_o some_o be_v not_o elect_v 458._o about_o the_o object_n of_o that_o which_o many_o call_v reprobation_n be_v sure_a to_o distinguish_v between_o a_o true_a object_n of_o any_o act_n circa_fw-la quod_fw-la versatur_fw-la and_o which_o be_v subjectum_fw-la inhaesionis_fw-la and_o a_o mere_a object_n of_o speech_n or_o subjectum_fw-la praedicationis_fw-la else_o you_o will_v with_o many_o be_v ensnare_v to_o think_v that_o every_o subject_n or_o object_n of_o a_o predication_n which_o in_o the_o series_n of_o god_n judgement_n you_o meet_v with_o be_v the_o object_n of_o some_o positive_a act_n of_o god_n 459._o and_o though_o we_o will_v quarrel_v with_o no_o man_n about_o mere_a word_n yet_o lest_o word_n deceive_v you_o i_o add_v that_o as_o the_o word_n reprobation_n seem_v to_o signify_v a_o positive_a act_n and_o yet_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o desertion_n of_o the_o reprobate_n be_v by_o god_n preterition_n and_o not-acting_a and_o privation_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a series_n that_o the_o word_n reprobation_n apt_o express_v but_o only_o some_o particular_a acts._n 460._o the_o word_n predestinate_a use_v rom._n 8._o 29_o 30._o and_o ephes_n 1._o 5._o it_o the_o presumption_n of_o the_o schoolman_n in_o define_v the_o act_n of_o predestination_n be_v tremendous_a see_v ruiz_n de_fw-mi provide_v disp_n 3._o sect_n 9_o ad_fw-la 11._o who_o conclude_v that_o predestination_n be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n intellect_n and_o a_o practical_a act_n and_o be_v actus_fw-la affirmans_fw-la d●i_fw-la volitionem_fw-la libere_fw-la decern●nt●m_fw-la de_fw-la finibus_fw-la rerum_fw-la &_o mediis_fw-la etc._n etc._n q._n d._n volo_fw-la petrum_fw-la beatificare_fw-la &_o per_fw-la talia_fw-la media_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o this_o will_n but_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o 1_o cor._n 2._o 5._o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o not_o speak_v of_o person_n act._n 4._o 28._o translate_v fore-determine_a when_o apply_v to_o person_n be_v ever_o take_v in_o scripture_n as_o a_o act_n of_o mercy_n and_o the_o ancient_n augustine_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n use_v the_o word_n praedestinati_fw-la &_o praesoiti_fw-la the_o predestinate_a and_o the_o fore-known_a as_o of_o late_a man_n use_v among_o we_o the_o word_n elect_a and_o reprobate_n 461._o though_o man_n differ_v as_o their_o opinion_n lead_v they_o in_o the_o exposition_n of_o such_o text_n as_o proposito_fw-la as_o as_o as_o vid._n bezam_n in_o rom._n 8._o 28._o de_fw-la proposito_fw-la rom._n 8._o 28_o 29_o 30._o ephes_n 1._o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o and_o some_o take_v they_o to_o speak_v of_o predestinate_v individual_n and_o other_o only_o of_o species_n that_o be_v of_o believer_n sufferer_n lover_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n yet_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n itself_o none_o that_o be_v judicious_a can_v or_o do_v deny_v but_o that_o god_n eternal_o predestinate_v individual_n the_o jesuit_n common_o confess_v it_o though_o they_o differ_v on_o the_o question_n how_o far_o it_o be_v on_o foresight_n of_o faith_n but_o that_o foresee_a believer_n individual_o be_v eternal_o elect_v to_o salvation_n thev_n can_v deny_v and_o the_o learn_a jesuit_n maintain_v that_o god_n give_v faith_n in_o time_n and_o elect_v individual_n to_o faith_n itself_o from_o eternity_n that_o be_v eternal_o decree_v to_o give_v they_o faith_n or_o to_o give_v they_o that_o grace_n by_o which_o he_o fore-knew_a that_o in_o the_o advantageous_a circumstance_n in_o which_o he_o decree_v to_o put_v they_o they_o will_v free_o and_o he_o decree_v shall_v infallible_o believe_v 462._o the_o conceit_n and_o supposition_n of_o many_o that_o election_n and_o reprobation_n be_v such_o perfect_a contrary_n as_o that_o they_o run_v pari_fw-la passu_fw-la and_o that_o god_n will_v in_o the_o one_o just_a as_o he_o do_v in_o the_o other_o end_v and_o mean_n for_o matter_n and_o order_n be_v a_o gross_a mistake_n augustine_n prosper_n eulgentius_fw-la and_o davenant_n of_o late_a with_o many_o more_o have_v show_v that_o god_n predestinate_v etc._n leg._n daven_n dissert_n de_fw-fr praed_n &_o reprobat_fw-la copiose_fw-la hae●_n probant●m_fw-la et_fw-la zumel_n disput_fw-la 5._o §._o 5._o p._n 335._o &_o ●●●●_o &_o objec●o_o elect_v pag._n 367_o etc._n etc._n man_n to_o faith_n and_o perseverance_n and_o to_o glory_n and_o not_o only_o to_o glory_n upon_o the_o foresight_n of_o faith_n and_o perseverance_n but_o that_o he_o p●edestinateth_v or_o decree_v man_n to_o damnation_n only_o on_o the_o foresight_n of_o final_a impenitence_n and_o infidelity_n but_o not_o to_o impenitence_n or_o infidelity_n itself_o 463._o the_o grand_a difficulty_n that_o occasion_v all_o our_o controversy_n herein_o be_v how_o to_o discern_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o our_o good_a and_o yet_o not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n nor_o of_o damnation_n save_v for_o sin_n and_o both_o party_n be_v very_o desirous_a to_o hold_v and_o see_v that_o both_o these_o be_v true_a nay_o both_o believe_v they_o but_o they_o differ_v only_o in_o the_o way_n and_o method_n of_o manifest_v it_o 464._o there_o be_v three_o opinion_n about_o reprobation_n 1._o one_o be_v that_o ●od_v positive_o decree_v from_o eternity_n to_o glorify_v his_o justice_n in_o the_o damnation_n of_o the_o most_o and_o to_o that_o end_n to_o occasion_n and_o permit_v their_o harden_v and_o unbelief_n so_o that_o reprobation_n be_v positive_a both_o as_o to_o the_o act_n and_o object_n 2._o the_o other_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n as_o express_v defend_v at_o large_a by_o davenant_n and_o many_o other_o that_o reprobation_n be_v god_n positive_a decree_n not_o to_o give_v say_v and_o and_o repentance_n to_o the_o same_o man_n and_o to_o damn_v they_o for_o impenitence_n and_o infidelity_n and_o so_o be_v positive_a quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la but_o negative_a quoad_fw-la objectum_fw-la as_o to_o the_o first_o part_n not_o give_v faith_n 3._o the_o three_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o subtle_a scotus_n and_o his_o follower_n that_o in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la reprobation_n be_v negative_a quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la &_o objectum_fw-la cite_v so_o albertine_n before_o cite_v that_o be_v it_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n at_o all_o but_o only_o a_o nonelection_n or_o preterition_n which_o be_v i_o suppose_v the_o meaning_n of_o dr._n stern_a of_o dublin_n college_n who_o have_v write_v a_o latin_a tractate_n maintain_v that_o god_n reprobate_v none_o that_o be_v by_o any_o act._n 465._o the_o method_n lay_v down_o by_o scotus_n be_v this_o offertur_fw-la voluntati_fw-la s●●_n hunc_fw-la peccaturum_fw-la vel_fw-la peccare_fw-la primo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ejus_fw-la circa_fw-la hunc_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la intell●●lu_fw-la scot._n 1._o d._n 47._o vid._n signa_fw-la mayronis_fw-la in_o fine_a against_o scotus_n his_o foundation_n that_o god_n know_v future_a contingent_n only_a ut_fw-la volita_fw-la say_v alliac●in_o 1._o q._n 11._o n._n sed_fw-la ista_fw-la propositio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la intelligibil●s_fw-la 1._o quia_fw-la talia_fw-la instantia_fw-la &_o prioritatem_fw-la &_o posterioritatem_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la no●_n est_fw-la verum_fw-la 2._o quia_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la aliquo_fw-la instanti_fw-la talis_fw-la complexio_fw-la de_fw-la futuro_fw-la sit_fw-la neutra_fw-la alias_o pro_fw-la tune_n daretur_fw-la medium_n in_o contradi●●ione_n 3._o quia_fw-la pon●●_n aliquid_fw-la esse_fw-la medium_n &_o rationem_fw-la cog●oscendi_fw-la in_o divino_fw-la intell●●lu_fw-la velle_fw-la velle_fw-la ●nim_fw-la ipsum_fw-la habere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la 2._o potest_fw-la intelligere_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la non_fw-la volentem_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la potest_fw-la velle_fw-la volunt●tem_fw-la svam_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la dic●●ur_fw-la volens_fw-la sinere_fw-la &_o u●luntarie_a permittere_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la alia_fw-la parte_fw-la praesentato_fw-la sibi_fw-la juda_n primo_fw-la deu●_n habet_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la sibi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la primo_fw-la nolle_n &_o potest_fw-la tun●_n secundo_fw-la reflectere_fw-la super_fw-la istam_fw-la negationem_fw-la actus_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la v●lens_fw-la sive_fw-la voluntary_a non_fw-la eligit_fw-la judam_fw-la finaliter_fw-la peccaturum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la nolitione●_n gloriae_fw-la sed_fw-la non-volitionem_a gloriae_fw-la 466._o it_o be_v notable_a that_o both_o dr._n twisse_n and_o bishop_n davenant_n do_v disclaim_v this_o opinion_n of_o scotus_n without_o offer_v we_o any_o one_o argument_n against_o it_o which_o be_v so_o unusual_a a_o course_n with_o one_o of_o they_o as_o will_v persuade_v one_o to_o think_v that_o they_o have_v not_o much_o to_o say_v against_o it_o but_o what_o they_o intimate_v the_o harsh_a sound_n of_o the_o word_n that_o god_n shall_v be_v here_o a_o non-agent_n 467._o the_o truth_n seem_v to_o i_o that_o as_o davenant_n say_v scotus_n be_v the_o first_o artifex_fw-la of_o this_o order_n of_o various_a act_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n so_o here_o he_o say_v too_o much_o and_o be_v
god_n be_v moral_o and_o most_o fit_o say_v to_o will_v such_o nothing_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_a evil_n for_o only_o evil_a be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o positive_a nolition_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v speak_v fullier_n of_o sin_n than_o of_o other_o nothing_o even_o fit_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n 494._o vii_o last_o act_n of_o will_n be_v ordinary_o ascribe_v to_o god_n when_o it_o be_v mere_a operation_n or_o privation_n that_o be_v mean_v and_o so_o the_o phrase_n be_v as_o they_o say_v ab_fw-la effectu_fw-la ad_fw-la affectum_fw-la when_o a_o man_n 1._o deny_v his_o aid_n 2._o and_o actual_o hinder_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o nolition_n and_o so_o from_o god_n 1._o not_o cause_v 2._o and_o his_o hinder_v he_o be_v say_v to_o will_v that_o nothing_o that_o never_o shall_v be_v so_o much_o of_o the_o phrase_n 495._o now_o for_o application_n 1._o non-dare_a fidem_fw-la aut_fw-la gratiam_fw-la not_o to_o convert_v be_v nothing_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o positive_o will_v or_o decree_v of_o of_o god_n or_o at_o lest_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v it_o so_o to_o be_v so_o not-to_a give_v the_o gospel_n the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 496._o yet_o note_n that_o when_o man_n sin_n have_v so_o forfeit_v such_o gift_n that_o they_o be_v penal_o withhold_v this_o non-agency_a have_v the_o denomination_n of_o a_o moral_a act._n and_o also_o that_o the_o make_n of_o the_o penal_a law_n which_o make_v this_o privation_n due_a as_o a_o punishment_n be_v a_o positive_a act_n of_o god_n and_o have_v a_o positive_a volition_n but_o negation_n not-penal_a be_v not_o so_o 497._o 2._o not_o to_o hinder_v sin_n or_o to_o permit_v sin_n bare_o as_o permission_n be_v nothing_o as_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v prove_v therefore_o it_o have_v no_o positive_a decree_n or_o will_n save_v that_o when_o it_o be_v penal_a and_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o law_n that_o law_n be_v a_o real_a natural_a be_v and_o the_o jus_n thence_o result_v a_o real_a relation_n and_o the_o executive_a privation_n quid_fw-la morale_n they_o be_v will_v and_o decree_v answerable_o as_o they_o be_v to_o permit_v a_o man_n to_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a be_v not-to_a make_v he_o alive_a to_o permit_v his_o darkness_n or_o ignorance_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o light_a or_o knowledge_n to_o permit_v his_o unbelief_n be_v not-to_a cause_n he_o to_o believe_v to_o permit_v his_o want_n of_o love_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o love_n to_o permit_v his_o positive_a sin_n of_o malignity_n or_o carnality_n be_v but_o not-to_a cure_n and_o hinder_v they_o by_o grace_n or_o providence_n suppose_v the_o natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n which_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n give_v to_o all_o thing_n 498._o therefore_o when_o god_n act_n in_o themselves_o be_v his_o essence_n and_o all_o one_o and_o be_v diversify_v but_o by_o connotation_n of_o divers_a object_n relative_o and_o denominative_o when_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n uno_fw-la intuitu_fw-la and_o will_v all_o that_o he_o will_v unica_fw-la volitione_fw-la when_o nihil_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v no_o denominate_v terminus_fw-la of_o a_o physical_a act_n though_o so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v call_v moraliter_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la reputative_a aliquid_fw-la as_o a_o privation_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o denominate_v reputative_o as_o a_o quasi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la and_o that_o which_o be_v moraliter_fw-la vel_fw-la imputative_a nihil_fw-la not_o moral_o denominate_v when_o both_o non_fw-fr dare_v spiritum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la fidem_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o permittere_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la peocatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v true_o nothing_o and_o even_o in_o reputative_a moral_a sense_n be_v wihil_fw-la morale_fw-la when_o they_o be_v not_o penal_a and_o as_o antecedent_n to_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o penal_a judge_v now_o impartial_o whether_o 1._o those_o man_n deal_v not_o presumptuous_o with_o god_n 2._o and_o troublesome_o with_o his_o church_n who_o assert_v the_o be_v of_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n in_o god_n about_o such_o nullity_n and_o raise_v controversy_n about_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o order_n of_o they_o yea_o unto_o dangerous_a inference_n when_o as_o 1._o they_o can_v prove_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o god_n as_o they_o assert_v 2._o nay_o when_o we_o say_v so_o much_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_n 499._o and_o here_o consider_v whether_o scotus_n himself_o assert_v not_o without_o all_o need_n or_o proof_n that_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a knowledge_n and_o reflexive_a volition_n of_o his_o own_o non-volition_a and_o so_o that_o a_o nullity_n as_o to_o his_o own_o act_n must_v be_v the_o terminus_fw-la of_o a_o positive_a act_n when_o that_o nullity_n be_v neither_o god_n nor_o a_o creature_n nor_o aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la creaturae_fw-la and_o so_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o denominate_n terminus_fw-la of_o a_o distinct_a act_n yet_o no_o doubt_n god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v ignorant_a of_o such_o nullity_n or_o idle_a for_o those_o be_v term_n of_o privation_n if_o god_n be_v say_v either_o not_o to_o know_v nothing_o or_o not_o to_o wil●_n or_o will_v they_o it_o be_v because_o it_o signify_v his_o perfection_n and_o no_o part_n of_o perfection_n be_v want_v to_o he_o but_o we_o must_v not_o place_v his_o perfection_n in_o a_o conformity_n to_o our_o imperfect_a mode_n of_o know_v or_o will_v 500_o for_o we_o dare_v not_o here_o presume_v peremptory_o to_o determine_v negative_o that_o god_n do_v not_o positive_o will_v his_o own_o non-agency_a or_o non-volitions_a because_o we_o know_v how_o dark_a we_o be_v and_o distant_a from_o god_n and_o unfit_a to_o say_v any_o thing_n but_o certainty_n of_o he_o as_o certain_a truth_n but_o we_o abstain_v from_o the_o contrary_a assertion_n as_o utter_o unprove_v and_o we_o will_v impute_v no_o needless_a act_n to_o god_n as_o his_o perfection_n though_o we_o yield_v to_o reputative_a moral_a denomination_n 501._o and_o so_o i_o contradict_v not_o the_o language_n of_o aquinas_n 1._o q._n 14._o 9_o who_o say_v that_o god_n know_v such_o nonentities_a as_o never_o will_v be_v ut_fw-mi possibili●_n and_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la be_v more_o than_o nothing_o but_o remember_v that_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la speak_v the_o esse_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o the_o possibile_fw-la be_v a_o pure_a nothing_o so_o that_o this_o be_v but_o to_o know_v the_o potentia_fw-la and_o not_o any_o thing_n else_o yet_o no_o doubt_n but_o god_n know_v all_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o himself_o that_o be_v he_o know_v that_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o know_v what_o he_o know_v and_o will_v but_o this_o be_v no_o esse_fw-la creatum_fw-la but_o god_n himself_o at_o least_o as_o to_o that_o which_o never_o will_v be_v but_o if_o any_o will_v call_v it_o a_o know_v of_o thing_n possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o when_o god_n know_v his_o own_o power_n to_o make_v they_o we_o quarrel_v not_o with_o word_n while_o the_o sense_n be_v know_v 502._o but_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o knowledge_n but_o decree_n and_o volition_n of_o god_n that_o our_o enquiry_n now_o be_v about_o and_o aquinas_n and_o his_o follower_n common_o say_v that_o god_n will_v go_v not_o so_o far_o as_o his_o knowledge_n and_o that_o he_o know_v indeed_o mala_fw-la ex_fw-la bon●_n of_o which_o they_o be_v the_o privation_n as_o no_o doubt_n he_o do_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v not_o imperfection_n to_o be_v say_v to_o know_v they_o or_o as_o they_o be_v object_n of_o knowledge_n but_o yet_o that_o mala_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la neque_fw-la ●●lit_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la non-vult_a as_o lombard_n say_v 503._o ockam_n quodlib_n 3._o q._n 6._o have_v the_o question_n utrum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la intu●tiva_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la objecto_fw-la cognito_fw-la and_o he_o 1._o conclude_v that_o per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la divinam_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la object_n non_fw-la existente_fw-la but_o he_o mean_v only_o quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la vel_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 2._o that_o natural_o it_o can_v be_v and_o faith_n that_o contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vis●o_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o effect_n nec_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la ideo_fw-la contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la chimaera_n videatur_fw-la intuitive_fw-la feed_v non_fw-la est_fw-la contradictio_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la extra_fw-la ca●som_n svam_fw-la dummodo_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o effectu_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la unde_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la videt_fw-la omnes_fw-la res_fw-la factibiles_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la ●unc_fw-la null●_n fuerunt_fw-la by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o mean_v as_o aquinas_n that_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_n and_o future_n they_o be_v know_v even_o by_o god_n save_v that_o aquinas_n and_o
positivas_fw-la causas_fw-la to_o which_o what_o i_o have_v say_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n and_o 1._o sometime_o they_o have_v not_o but_o only_o the_o cessation_n of_o a_o causation_n 2._o they_o never_o have_v a_o positive_a efficient_a of_o themselves_o for_o nothing_o be_v not_o make_v but_o only_o a_o positive_a remover_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o which_o the_o subject_n be_v deprive_v of_o or_o a_o interposer_n or_o hinderer_n of_o the_o causation_n of_o it_o e._n g._n of_o light_n or_o life_n and_o death_n have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cease_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n reprobation_n be_v common_o look_v at_o in_o the_o two_o most_o notable_a part_n as_o call_v 1._o god_n reprobate_v man_n to_o unbelief_n and_o impenitency_n 2._o his_o reprobate_v man_n to_o final_a damnation_n the_o last_o of_o these_o also_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o execution_n 1._o as_o privative_a 2._o as_o positive_a call_v poena_n damni_fw-la &_o sensus_fw-la and_o both_o especial_o 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decree_v this_o than_o other_o sin_n 515._o and_o most_o man_n little_a think_v how_o much_o of_o damnation_n lie_v in_o sin_n itself_o and_o the_o privative_a consequent_n which_o need_v no_o other_o cause_n 1._o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o god_n and_o goodness_n 2._o to_o be_v void_a of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n and_o holy_a person_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a employment_n of_o heaven_n 3._o to_o be_v thereby_o void_a of_o all_o the_o delight_n of_o holy_a one_o which_o consist_v in_o such_o knowledge_n love_n and_o employment_n praise_n obedience_n and_o holy_a communion_n 4._o to_o be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o reception_n of_o divine_a complacency_n as_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o blind_a be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o light_n or_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o unlovely_a be_v uncapable_a of_o immediate_a love_n 5._o to_o be_v defile_v and_o disease_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o sinful_a lust_n and_o malignity_n and_o make_v like_o the_o devil_n 6._o to_o have_v all_o sort_n 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and_o malice_n against_o god_n that_o forsake_v they_o and_o against_o his_o saint_n and_o to_o feel_v conscience_n awaken_v set_v home_n all_o their_o former_a folly_n all_o this_o be_v nothing_o but_o sin_n and_o its_o own_o effect_n which_o have_v no_o causation_n at_o all_o from_o god_n but_o to_o continue_v the_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v they_o and_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o destroy_v and_o how_o great_a a_o part_n of_o hell_n be_v this_o 516._o nay_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o sensible_a pain_n may_v be_v the_o consequent_a of_o their_o own_o sin_n without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o his_o common_a continuation_n of_o nature_n itself_o as_o a_o man_n that_o eat_v arsenic_n or_o unwholesome_a meat_n be_v torment_v by_o it_o without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o as_o the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n 517._o all_o this_o much_o of_o damnation_n then_o be_v mere_o the_o work_n of_o the_o sinner_n himself_o so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n in_o the_o execution_n so_o far_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v any_o positive_a act_n of_o volition_n or_o decree_n 518._o but_o 1._o as_o god_n in_o these_o be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o of_o natural_a act_n 2._o and_o as_o in_o other_o instance_n he_o actual_o further_a punish_v they_o 3._o and_o as_o he_o actual_o make_v that_o law_n which_o make_v these_o penalty_n the_o sinner_n due_a so_o far_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n that_o these_o person_n shall_v be_v damn_v and_o moreover_o as_o improper_o or_o moral_o his_o not_o sanctify_v they_o and_o not_o save_v they_o be_v call_v his_o act_n and_o be_v real_o their_o penalty_n even_o so_o may_v his_o not-willing_a to_o save_v or_o glorify_v they_o be_v call_v his_o decree_n and_o will_v to_o damn_v they_o if_o you_o will_n 519._o by_o this_o time_n we_o be_v ready_a to_o answer_v our_o first_o question_n what_o be_v the_o object_n of_o these_o several_a acta_fw-la of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o connotative_o we_o must_v call_v they_o several_a and_o 1._o himself_o 1._o 1._o 1._o beside_o all_o before_o cite_v against_o volition_n de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la see_v ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 6._o §._o 1._o p._n 36._o antiquorum_fw-la gravissimi_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la velle_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la duntarat_n bona_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la differentia_fw-la temporis_fw-la existunt_fw-la proinde_fw-la possibilia_fw-la que_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la amari_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ●●●●_o mala_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la deum_fw-la not_z esse_fw-la omni-volentem_a &_o n●llam_fw-la creaturam_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la amari_fw-la necessario_fw-la ita_fw-la albertus_n alexand._n bo●●vent_n richard_n gaby_n bannez_fw-fr zumel_n molina_n valentia_n scotus_n against_o which_o he_o bring_v frivolous_a reason_n and_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v as_o a_o material_a object_n the_o goodness_n which_o the_o creature_n will_v have_v if_o it_o be_v make_v and_o this_o as_o to_o all_o creature_n which_o never_o will_v be_v what_o putid_v contradiction_n be_v here_o to_o will_v goodness_n which_o be_v no_o goodness_n of_o all_o creature_n which_o be_v no_o creature_n as_o material_a object_n which_o be_v nothing_o god_n will_v his_o own_o power_n whence_o man_n call_v that_o possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o but_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n any_o possible_n not-future_a to_o be_v will_v what_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n but_o god_n and_o be_v all_o the●e_n nothing_o god_n himself_o god_n not_o give_v the_o gospel_n to_o any_o person_n be_v no_o act_n and_o so_o have_v no_o object_n but_o reductive_o or_o improper_o the_o object_n be_v man_n sin_v against_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v these_o be_v the_o
subject_n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la of_o which_o it_o be_v true_o say_v they_o be_v without_o the_o gospel_n 520._o 2._o god_n not_o convert_v effectual_o some_o that_o have_v the_o gospel_n be_v no_o act_n and_o have_v no_o object_n but_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o privation_n call_v the_o object_n be_v some_o part_n of_o those_o man_n who_o have_v forfeit_v the_o help_n of_o special_a grace_n by_o their_o abuse_n or_o neglect_v of_o the_o gospel_n and_o the_o commoner_n grace_n which_o be_v give_v they_o 521._o 3._o god_n not_o pardon_v justify_v adopt_v and_o sanctify_a man_n be_v no_o act_n and_o have_v no_o object_n but_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o privation_n and_o object_n of_o the_o law_n contrary_a sentence_n be_v impenitent_a unbeliever_n or_o the_o non-performer_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o justification_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o covenant_n 522._o 4._o god_n not_o glorify_v man_n be_v no_o act_n nor_o the_o damnation_n which_o consist_v in_o sin_n as_o aforesaid_a be_v none_o of_o god_n act_n but_o the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n be_v god_n act_n and_o no_o doubt_n some_o other_o positive_a execution_n and_o the_o object_n of_o these_o be_v all_o final_o impenitent_a unbeliever_n and_o unholy_a one_o that_o be_v who_o perform_v not_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o they_o be_v under_o 523._o and_o it_o be_v past_o all_o denial_n that_o these_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o executive_a act_n we_o must_v say_v that_o these_o also_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o decree_v according_o where_o a_o decree_n be_v prove_v and_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o they_o only_o juxta_fw-la ordinem_fw-la executionis_fw-la and_o not_o intentionis_fw-la which_o i_o lay_v by_o before_o 524._o and_o lest_o you_o recur_n to_o it_o once_o more_o i_o will_v recite_v more_o of_o davenant_n word_n de_fw-la ordine_fw-la intentionis_fw-la de_fw-fr praed_n &_o reprob_n cap._n 1._o p._n 107._o 1._o sciendum_fw-la &_o tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la dei_fw-la naturam_fw-la &_o perfectionem_fw-la in_o se_fw-la consideremus_fw-la illum_fw-la non_fw-la prius_fw-la unum_fw-la videre_fw-la deinde_fw-la aliud_fw-la neque_fw-la prius_fw-la hoc_fw-la decernere_fw-la aut_fw-la velle_fw-la deinde_fw-la illud_fw-la sed_fw-la unico_fw-la &_o simplicissimo_fw-la actu_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o exit_fw-la parte_fw-la tamen_fw-la rerum_fw-la quae_fw-la decrevit_fw-la signa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la prioritatis_fw-la &_o posterioritatis_fw-la distingui_fw-la possunt_fw-la hic_fw-la tamen_fw-la observandum_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsos_fw-la scholasticos_fw-la non_fw-la admodum_fw-la certam_fw-la &_o constantem_fw-la esse_fw-la hanc_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la hisce_fw-la signis_fw-la seu_fw-la instantibus_fw-la prioritatis_fw-la scotus_n qui_fw-la primarius_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la signa_fw-la fabricanda_fw-la artifex_fw-la videtur_fw-la nonnullis_a non_fw-la solum_fw-la eadem_fw-la posuisse_fw-la priora_fw-la &_o posteriora_fw-la secundum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la modum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la statuisse_fw-la unum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la prius_fw-la naturâ_fw-la alio_fw-la but_o from_o this_o he_o vindicate_v he_o exit_fw-la adversa_fw-la parte_fw-la occamus_fw-la noster_fw-la haec_fw-la signa_fw-la quocunque_fw-la modo_fw-la considerata_fw-la negavit_fw-la in_o 1._o d._n 9_o q._n 3._o et_fw-la biel_n ejus_fw-la sententiam_fw-la amplexus_fw-la haec_fw-la signa_fw-la oppugnavit_fw-la in_o 3._o d._n 2._o q._n 1._o dub_v 3._o prioritate_v in_fw-la divinis_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ponendae_fw-la sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la pluralitates_fw-la actuum_fw-la ordinatorum_fw-la unus_n est_fw-la enim_fw-la actus_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la re_fw-mi &_o ratione_fw-la indistinctus_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la essentia_fw-la divina_fw-la ne_fw-la secundum_fw-la nostram_fw-la quidem_fw-la considerationem_fw-la talem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la prioritatis_fw-la &_o posterioritatis_fw-la concipi_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o decretis_fw-la divinis_fw-la ut_fw-la talis_fw-la consideratio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la falsa_fw-la speculatio_fw-la if_o this_o hold_n our_o controversy_n of_o the_o order_n be_v at_o a_o end_n 525._o and_o he_o add_v the_o word_n even_o of_o a_o rigid_a thomist_n domin_n banne_n quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la omnino_fw-la explodat_fw-la haec_fw-la signa_fw-la cum_fw-la biele_n perpendens_fw-la tamen_fw-la discordiam_fw-la theologorum_fw-la in_o his_o assignandis_fw-la animadvertendum_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la quam_fw-la pro_fw-la libito_fw-la in_o negotio_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la &_o reprobationis_fw-la multiplicentur_fw-la instantiae_fw-la à_fw-la theologis_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la parum_fw-la illa_fw-la conferant_fw-la ad_fw-la assignandam_fw-la rationem_fw-la differentiae_fw-la inter_fw-la praedestinatos_fw-la &_o reprobos_fw-la liceat_fw-la itaque_fw-la hic_fw-la paucis_fw-la monere_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nimis_fw-la confidendum_fw-la aut_fw-la certo_fw-la dogmati_fw-la adhaerendum_fw-la ulli_fw-la certo_fw-la ordini_fw-la decretorum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la sive_fw-la à_fw-la protestantibus_fw-la sive_fw-la à_fw-la pontificiis_fw-la assignato_fw-la cum_fw-la difficile_fw-la sit_fw-la dvos_fw-la reperire_fw-la sive_fw-la inter_fw-la nostros_fw-la sive_fw-la inter_fw-la adversarios_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la amussim_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la consentiant_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la serie_fw-la decretorum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la describenda_fw-la caveat_n it_z aque_fw-la un●squisque_fw-la ne_fw-la talem_fw-la considerationem_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la &_o reprob_fw-la inducat_fw-la quae_fw-la vel_fw-la divinae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la gratiae_fw-la gratuitae_fw-la adversetur_fw-la &_o t●m_fw-la non_fw-la multum_fw-la refert_fw-la quo_fw-la ordine_fw-la prioritatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n sect_n xvii_o of_o god_n cause_v and_o decree_v sin_n 526._o but_o because_o it_o be_v the_o avoid_n of_o god_n cause_v and_o will_v sin_n matter_n of_o too_o many_o such_o enquirer_n it_o may_v be_v say_v with_o augustine_n de_fw-fr utilit_fw-la cred●ndi_fw-la cap._n 18._o dum_fw-la nimis_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la unde_fw-la sit_fw-la malum_fw-la nihil_fw-la reperi●nt_fw-la nisi_fw-la malum_fw-la obj._n omnis_fw-la determinatio_fw-la di●ina_fw-la est_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la omnia_fw-la siu●t_fw-la deo_fw-la determinante_fw-la ergo_fw-la omne_fw-la siunt_fw-la immut●hiliter_fw-la respondet_fw-la m●lan●th_n ad_fw-la maj_o est_fw-fr immut●bil●s_fw-fr necessitate_v conseq●entiae_fw-la ad_fw-la minor_fw-la dissimil●s_fw-la est_fw-la determinatio_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la actionibus_fw-la mala_fw-la siunt_fw-la 1._o deo_fw-la praesciente_fw-la &_o non_fw-la impedi●nte_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la vel_fw-la impellente_fw-la item_n deo_fw-la sustentante_fw-la naturam_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la opus_fw-la item_n deo_fw-la eventus_fw-la certos_fw-la decernente_fw-la strigel_n in_o melancth_v pag._n 296._o carbo_n compend_v thom._n 1._o q._n 19_o a._n 9_o malum_fw-la ut_fw-la malum_fw-la nullo_n app●titu_fw-la potest_fw-la appeti_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la a●●id●ns_fw-la deus_fw-la ●ullo_n modo_fw-la vult_fw-la malum_fw-la culpae_fw-la deus_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la si●ri_fw-la malum_fw-la ●●que_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la sed_fw-la permitti_fw-la ruiz_n de_fw-fr praedesin_n tr._n 2._o disp_n 13._o §._o 3_o 4._o will_v prove_v a_o decree_n to_o permit_v mortal_a sin_n in_o the_o unjust_a and_o just_a ex_fw-la destitutione_fw-la &_o circumstantiis_fw-la and_o d._n 16._o §._o 3._o he_o tell●th_v we_o of_o many_o way_n by_o which_o god_n make_v sin_n the_o occasion_n of_o his_o grace_n without_o cause_v or_o will_v sin_n in_o form_n or_o near_a matter_n which_o be_v a_o great_a reason_n of_o these_o controversy_n i_o shall_v say_v somewhat_o more_o particular_o of_o that_o about_o which_o there_o be_v various_a opinion_n 1._o some_o think_v as_o hobbs_n that_o no_o act_n of_o the_o will_v be_v so_o free_a as_o not_o to_o be_v necessitate_v as_o the_o motion_n in_o a_o engine_n though_o unobserved_a by_o ourselves_o who_o see_v not_o the_o concatenation_n of_o cause_n 527._o 2._o some_o dominican_n and_o our_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n hold_v that_o no_o act_n natural_a or_o free_a can_v be_v do_v by_o any_o creature_n without_o the_o predetermination_n of_o god_n physical_a efficient_a immediate_a premotion_n as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n of_o that_o act_n but_o yet_o that_o this_o stand_v with_o liberty_n because_o god_n cause_v contingentia_fw-la contingenter_n fieri_fw-la and_o that_o he_o so_o cause_v every_o act_n of_o sin_n in_o all_o its_o circumstance_n and_o the_o totum_fw-la materiale_a peccati_fw-la and_o all_o that_o the_o sinner_n cause_v but_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n nor_o cause_v the_o form_n because_o 1._o they_o say_v that_o sin_n have_v no_o efficient_a cause_n but_o a_o deficient_a which_o god_n be_v not_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o act_v and_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o privation_n 2._o because_o god_n be_v under_o no_o law_n and_o therefore_o though_o he_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o man_n do_v it_o be_v sin_n in_o man_n but_o not_o in_o he_o and_o say_v holkot_v he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n but_o not_o the_o author_n because_o he_o command_v it_o not_o by_o his_o law_n 3._o at_o other_o time_n they_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v formal_o a_o relation_n of_o disconformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o whole_a act_n as_o circumstance_v but_o not_o the_o relation_n which_o result_v from_o it_o 4._o and_o god_n cause_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n but_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o glory_n or_o as_o a_o punishment_n of_o former_a sin_n
528._o 3._o other_o say_v as_o camero_n that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n and_o the_o object_n and_o temptation_n necessitate_v the_o intellect_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o object_n and_o law_n and_o permit_v the_o tempter_n 529._o 4._o other_o say_v that_o god_n only_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n 1._o by_o support_n and_o concourse_n necessary_a to_o all_o agent_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o general_n 2._o and_o give_v power_n also_o to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v free_o 3._o and_o as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v that_o which_o he_o know_v man_n will_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o their_o sin_n 4._o and_o also_o by_o his_o providence_n cause_v many_o effect_n of_o which_o man_n sin_n be_v also_o a_o cause_n 5._o and_o after_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o their_o evil_n 6._o but_o as_o to_o the_o sin_n itself_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o it_o either_o as_o sin_n or_o punishment_n either_o of_o the_o form_n or_o of_o the_o act_n as_o moral_o specify_v that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v about_o this_o forbid_v object_n or_o end_v rather_o than_o another_o and_o this_o opinion_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a truth_n 530._o let_v it_o here_o be_v note_v 1._o that_o the_o five_o thing_n here_o grant_v be_v all_o certain_a truth_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a on_o god_n part_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o event_n which_o we_o see_v and_o unnecessary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v 3._o that_o they_o full_o show_v god_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o therein_o 4._o and_o yet_o to_o be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o consider_v of_o the_o particular_n 531._o i._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o creator_n have_v make_v man_n a_o vital_a agent_n and_o therefore_o a_o self-actor_n under_o he_o and_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o follow_v the_o perception_n of_o sense_n alone_o and_o a_o free-willing_a agent_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la or_o to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v or_o to_o choose_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o as_o far_o as_o consist_v with_o his_o necessary_a volition_n which_o i_o acknowledge_v and_o enumerate_v before_o which_o be_v part_n of_o gibieuf_n and_o guil._n camerarius_fw-la scot._n meaning_n by_o their_o servato_fw-la ordine_fw-la finis_fw-la though_o i_o think_v that_o annatus_n do_v not_o unjust_o accuse_v gibieuf_n of_o confusion_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o that_o matter_n 532._o ii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o motus_fw-la vel_fw-la actio_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n conclus_fw-la nature_n nature_n nature_n vid._n gregor_n arim._n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi 8._o &_o 12._o who_o judgement_n many_o schoolman_n follow_v vasquez_n thus_o abbreviate_v and_o report_v he_o in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 4._o m●tionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ordine_fw-la causae_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o determinatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la at_o in_o operibus_fw-la peccati_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la malitia_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la nostram_fw-la determination●m_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternita●●_n exit_fw-la quo_fw-la inserunt_fw-la deum_fw-la praefinisse_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ante_fw-la det●rminati●n●m_fw-la nostram_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la praevisam_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecognita_fw-la determinatione_fw-la nostrae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vid._n marsil_n in_o 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 2._o post_fw-la 4._o conclus_fw-la and_o so_o when_o a_o sinner_n act_v it_o be_v not_o without_o this_o universal_a first_o cause_n whether_o god_n do_v it_o only_o as_o durandus_fw-la thought_n by_o the_o mere_a continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n active_a and_o mobile_n or_o by_o any_o superadded_a concourse_n beside_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a business_n which_o only_o show_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n 533._o iii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o govern_v providence_n by_o do_v good_a do_v set_v before_o man_n that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o occasion_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n every_o thing_n be_v turn_v into_o sin_n by_o sinner_n 16._o sinner_n sinner_n sinner_n titus_n 1._o 15_o 16._o and_o to_o the_o unclean_a all_o thing_n be_v unclean_a through_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o sanctify_a bad_a stomach_n corrupt_v the_o wholsome_a food_n all_o god_n mercy_n be_v abuse_v to_o sin_n 534._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n fore-knew_a this_o and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v to_o deny_v man_n life_n or_o take_v it_o away_o lest_o they_o abuse_v it_o or_o deny_v man_n all_o those_o mercy_n or_o remove_v they_o which_o he_o forsee_v that_o they_o will_v turn_v to_o sin_n 535._o iv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n often_o concur_v to_o the_o cause_v of_o the_o very_a same_o effect_n which_o sin_n also_o cause_v and_o so_o be_v as_o a_o concause_n of_o it_o with_o sin_n and_o this_o effect_n be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o the_o sin_n itself_o be_v oft_o call_v by_o its_o name_n as_o if_o it_o be_v its_o near_a matter_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o man_n in_o this_o case_n that_o canno●_n distinguish_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o instance_n 536._o v._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v do_v much_o good_a by_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o turn_v the_o sin_n itself_o into_o good_a 537._o vi_o and_o to_o these_o five_o operation_n of_o god_n i_o add_v as_o to_o his_o volition_n that_o all_o this_o which_o he_o do_v he_o will_v or_o decree_v to_o do_v and_o he_o have_v no_o contrary_a will_n at_o all_o 538._o but_o that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v that_o he_o be_v any_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n itself_o efficient_a or_o deficient_a culpable_a or_o not_o culpable_a physical_a or_o moral_a for_o the_o open_n of_o which_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o go_v to_o its_o be_v or_o constitution_n 539._o all_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v our_o ruler_n by_o a_o law_n and_o also_o our_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v optimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n and_o that_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n we_o that_o be_v his_o own_o be_v also_o his_o subject_n and_o beneficiaries_n and_o make_v capable_a of_o love_v he_o as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n and_o of_o obey_v his_o law_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v our_o disobedience_n to_o these_o law_n with_o our_o deny_v god_n ourselves_o as_o his_o own_o and_o withhold_v or_o pervert_v the_o love_n which_o we_o owe_v he_o as_o our_o end_n 540._o as_o logic_n have_v confound_v we_o in_o most_o other_o case_n by_o arbitrary_a unsuitable_a second_o notion_n make_v we_o a_o shoe_n not_o meet_v for_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v thing_n without_o those_o unfit_a notion_n than_o with_o they_o so_o have_v it_o do_v here_o man_n may_v more_o easy_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o disobey_v a_o law_n and_o that_o either_o by_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o or_o by_o not_o do_v what_o we_o be_v command_v than_o they_o can_v know_v by_o what_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a name_n it_o shall_v be_v call_v whether_o a_o privation_n or_o a_o relation_n a_o act_n or_o no_o act_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o logician_n that_o god_n make_v his_o law_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o a_o metaphysical_a conscience_n that_o will_v accuse_v man_n or_o condemn_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n 541._o no_o act_n mere_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v forbid_v of_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n and_o can_v no_o more_o cease_v all_o action_n than_o to_o be_v though_o it_o can_v forbear_v a_o particular_a act_n as_o to_o this_o object_n and_o at_o this_o time_n and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o act_n as_o such_o 542._o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o as_o action_n itself_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o motion_n of_o a_o substance_n so_o to_o choose_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o action_n in_o it_o than_o to_o have_v choose_v the_o other_o or_o than_o 4._o exit_fw-la to_o verb_n quoth_v d●us_a conc●●_n at_o nobiscum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la prout_fw-la facultas_fw-la liberi_fw-la
arbitrii_fw-la postulat_fw-la sive_fw-la prius_fw-la sive_fw-la posterius_fw-la sive_fw-la simul_fw-la non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la malitiam_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la tribuendam_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la modo_fw-la operandi_fw-la creaturae_fw-la sequatur_fw-la vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o cap._n 4._o the_o general_a nature_n of_o action_n when_o existent_n have_v so_o that_o this_o moral_a specification_n add_v not_o to_o the_o natural_a generical_a entity_n 543._o it_o be_v therefore_o 1._o act_v 2._o not_o act_v 3._o moral_a disposition_n which_o be_v command_v and_o forbid_v by_o god_n and_o not_o any_o one_o only_o and_o these_o not_o in_o themselves_o but_o about_o the_o material_n command_v or_o forbid_v objective_o in_o the_o law_n to_o act_n on_o a_o forbid_a object_n not_o to_o act_n on_o a_o object_n when_o command_v and_o to_o be_v vicious_o dispose_v to_o either_o be_v a_o sin_n 544._o you_o may_v see_v then_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o connotative_a notion_n yea_o and_o a_o relative_n notion_n it_o connote_v a_o ruler_n a_o law_n and_o end_v a_o subject_a and_o be_v thus_o various_o relate_v 545._o as_o subjection_n be_v the_o root_n of_o obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n virtual_o be_v a_o consent_n to_o obey_v and_o love_n be_v the_o root_n of_o benefit_n so_o to_o forsake_v god_n simple_o as_o our_o rector_n or_o our_o end_n or_o our_o owner_n be_v atheism_n practical_a and_o all_o sin_n in_o one_o but_o to_o violate_v only_o a_o particular_a precept_n de_fw-fr mediis_fw-la be_v but_o a_o particular_a sin_n 546._o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o command_v and_o forbid_v and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o object_n and_o action_n as_o action_n that_o therefore_o which_o he_o have_v make_v man_n part_n be_v to_o love_n god_n and_o holiness_n and_o not_o to_o overlove_v the_o creature_n nor_o to_o love_v it_o as_o our_o end_n or_o in_o his_o stead_n and_o to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o command_v and_o not_o to_o do_v the_o particular_a act_n about_o such_o particular_a object_n as_o he_o forbid_v 547._o the_o remote_a subject_n or_o relatum_fw-la then_o of_o sin_n be_v the_o person_n sin_v but_o the_o near_a be_v the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n the_o fundamentum_fw-la or_o ratio_fw-la referendi_fw-la be_v the_o say_a act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o such_o or_o such_o about_o such_o or_o such_o object_n command_v or_o forbid_v which_o be_v a_o relation_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o moral_a relation_n of_o disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o law_n so_o that_o if_o you_o must_v needs_o have_v it_o in_o logical_a notion_n sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n result_v from_o a_o physical_a relation_n of_o action_n omission_n or_o disposition_n of_o god_n subject_n which_o be_v modify_v contrary_a to_o his_o law_n 548._o it_o be_v a_o moral_a relation_n as_o it_o be_v disobedience_n find_v in_o a_o moral_a agent_n against_o a_o law_n and_o rector_n as_o such_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a relation_n as_o the_o act_n etc._n etc._n be_v prius_fw-la naturâ_fw-la quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la about_o a_o object_n that_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v fundamentum_fw-la of_o both_o relation_n and_o one_o relation_n may_v be_v sound_v in_o another_o be_v the_o mode_n of_o the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o to_o a_o undue_a object_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o relatum_fw-la i_o have_v speak_v before_o 549._o so_o that_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v relative_n can_v have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cause_v its_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o can_v possible_o but_o result_v when_o that_o be_v lay_v 550._o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o god_n to_o feign_v he_o to_o make_v such_o a_o law_n as_o shall_v say_v though_o thou_o hate_v i_o see_v that_o that_o hatred_n be_v not_o relate_v formal_o as_o a_o breach_n of_o my_o law_n or_o i_o forbid_v thou_o not_o to_o commit_v adultery_n but_o only_o forbid_v that_o thy_o adultery_n be_v quid_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la or_o a_o sin_n for_o if_o god_n forbid_v not_o the_o act_n it_o can_v be_v a_o sin_n and_o if_o he_o forbid_v it_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v sin_n and_o so_o of_o omission_n 551._o they_o therefore_o that_o tell_v we_o that_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o privation_n speak_v not_o satisfactory_o nor_o altogether_o true_o it_o be_v no_o substance_n indeed_o nor_o any_o such_o reality_n as_o man_n can_v cause_n without_o god_n cause_v it_o suppose_v his_o universal_a natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n but_o the_o thing_n forbid_v be_v often_o act_n and_o disposition_n as_o well_o as_o omission_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n which_o have_v so_o much_o reality_n as_o a_o relation_n have_v if_o that_o be_v any_o and_o that_o relation_n have_v a_o positive_a name_n it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o mere_a nonconformity_n but_o also_o a_o disconformity_n because_v found_v in_o well_o see_v dr._n wallis_n against_o the_o lord_n brook_n of_o this_o very_o well_o actual_a volition_n and_o nolition_n as_o forbid_v and_o not_o only_o in_o omission_n 552._o subtle_a ockam_n quodl_n 3._o q._n 15._o dispute_v utrum_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la &_o deformitas_fw-la actus_fw-la differant_fw-la à_fw-la substantia_fw-la actus_fw-la deny_v it_o and_o after_o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o common_a say_n that_o deformitas_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la &_o distinguitur_fw-la ab_fw-la actu_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la actus_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_a &_o carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a conclude_v quod_fw-la deformitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la voluntati_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la dicere_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la obligatur_fw-la aliquem_fw-la actum_fw-la elicere_fw-la secundum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la divinum_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la elicit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la actus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la debuit_fw-la elici_fw-la secundum_fw-la rectam_fw-la rationem_fw-la but_o i_o conceive_v 1._o that_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o rectitude_n of_o its_o act_n suspension_n and_o disposition_n 2._o that_o ockam_n here_o describe_v only_a sin_n of_o omission_n whereas_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n be_v ofren_a also_o material_o in_o not_o do_v or_o will_v what_o be_v forbid_v and_o with_o these_o two_o animadversion_n i_o be_o reconcile_v to_o ockam_n who_o add_v ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la dictum_fw-la de_fw-la materiali_fw-la &_o formali_fw-la est_fw-la falsum_fw-la quia_fw-la aut_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la aut_fw-la omissionis_fw-la si_fw-la primo_fw-la modo_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_n sine_fw-la formali_fw-la quia_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la modo_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la carentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a sine_fw-la materiali_fw-la resp_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o i_o add_v that_o it_o have_v be_v true_a if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n that_o have_v be_v forbid_v or_o else_o the_o species_n of_o the_o act_n as_o quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la but_o it_o be_v the_o act_n not_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la but_o as_o this_o act_n thus_o modify_v or_o specify_v by_o a_o undue_a object_n that_o act_n with_o its_o relation_n as_o quid_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v presuppose_v as_o the_o relatum_fw-la to_o the_o moral_a relation_n of_o pravity_n or_o disconformity_n and_o to_o the_o second_o i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o omission_n be_v not_o materia_fw-la physica_fw-la but_o it_o be_v a_o inadequate_a first_o conception_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o be_v materia_fw-la moraliter_fw-la dicta_fw-la vel_fw-la loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la and_o the_o omission_n be_v considerable_a 1._o quatenus_fw-la non-agere_a 2._o qua_fw-la privatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 3._o quadratus_n &_o privatio_n &_o disconformitas_fw-la moralis_fw-la these_o three_o inadequate_a conception_n take_v up_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o omission_n 553._o the_o same_o ockam_n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 20._o utrum_fw-la actus_fw-la exterior_a habeat_fw-la propriam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la malitiam_fw-la moralem_fw-la even_o as_o dependent_a on_o the_o will_n and_o he_o deny_v it_o against_o scotus_n who_o affirm_v it_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o their_o reason_n not_o doubt_v but_o ockam_n err_v and_o that_o it_o be_v true_a 1._o that_o no_o exterior_a act_n be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_n primary_o 2._o but_o that_o secondary_o and_o participative_o as_o it_o be_v voluntary_a there_o be_v a_o morality_n in_o the_o act_n word_n and_o deed_n and_o passion_n be_v under_o law_n next_o to_o the_o will_n and_o in_o dependence_n on_o it_o as_o the_o body_n conjunct_a with_o
the_o soul_n be_v a_o secondary_a part_n of_o the_o man_n so_o be_v our_o exterior_a act_n of_o sin_n 554._o the_o conceit_n that_o make_v sin_n a_o mere_a nothing_o do_v seem_v to_o justify_v god_n as_o not_o cause_v it_o be_v a_o mere_a vanity_n for_o 1._o it_o justifi_v the_o sinner_n more_o who_o no_o more_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o nothing_o than_o god_n 2._o either_o man_n be_v able_a to_o do_v that_o something_o or_o act_n which_o sin_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o without_o any_o other_o power_n than_o he_o have_v or_o not_o if_o he_o be_v than_o even_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o imputable_a to_o god_n if_o he_o be_v not_o than_o every_o sin_n be_v like_o our_o not_o make_v of_o a_o sun_n or_o moon_n or_o world_n which_o if_o it_o be_v a_o culpable_a defect_n they_o make_v god_n the_o first_o deficient_a 555._o he_o that_o will_v see_v more_o of_o this_o question_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o sin_n may_v read_v rada_n lib._n 2._o contr_n 16._o who_o first_o ingenuous_o confess_v that_o tho._n and_o scotus_n differ_v but_o in_o word_n and_o not_o in_o sense_n and_o then_o lay_v down_o eleven_o conclusion_n of_o little_a use_n and_o marius_n scribonius_n cosmo_n disp_n 18._o scotus_n in_o 2._o d._n 37._o bonavent_n in_o 2._o d._n 35._o dub_v 6._o henric._n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 25._o alm●in_n moral_a tract_n 3._o cap._n 17._o richard_n in_o 2._o d._n 34._o be_v 1._o qu._n 7._o alex._n ale●s_o 2._o q._n 94._o memb_v 2._o durand_n 2._o this_o 31._o q._n 2._o medin_n 12._o q._n 71._o be_v 6._o special_o vasquez_n 12._o disp_n 95._o cap._n 9_o guil._n camerar_n scot._n disput_fw-la philos_fw-la part._n 1._o mor._n q._n 3._o pag._n 162_o etc._n etc._n argent_fw-fr in_o 1._o d._n 35._o q._n 1._o be_v 2._o gabriel_n biel_n 2._o d._n 36._o q._n unica_fw-la valent._n 1._o 2._o d._n 2._o q._n 14._o p._n 3_o etc._n etc._n suarez_n 1._o 2._o tract_n de_fw-fr act_n humh_o d._n 2._o sect_n 2._o azor._fw-la li._n 4._o c._n 24._o tanner_n 1._o 2._o disp_n 2._o q._n 5._o dub_v 2._o &_o 3._o &_o disp_n 4._o q._n 1._o dub_v 1._o vega_n in_o trident._n 6._o c._n 39_o &_o li._n 14._o c._n 13._o cordub_n l._n 3._o q._n 10._o &_o cajet_fw-fr zumel_n curiel_n &_o alios_fw-la in_o 1._o 2._o q._n 19_o be_v 4._o &_o q._n 71._o be_v 6._o and_o who_o be_v usual_o sound_a than_o most_o of_o they_o lombard_n himself_o dist_n 35._o &_o ripalda_n open_v he_o and_o cite_n other_o do_v 34_o 35._o but_o the_o ordinary_a christian_n that_o understand_v but_o what_o disobedience_n signify_v need_v none_o of_o they_o all_o 556._o it_o 556._o 556._o 556._o it_o be_v not_o only_a dr._n twisse_n after_o confute_v that_o suppose_v sin_n to_o be_v will_v of_o god_n as_o conducible_a to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o world_n but_o even_o ruiz_n the_o jesuit_n de_fw-fr provide_v this_fw-mi 2._o sec●_n 4._o p._n 27._o maintain_v that_o minus_n perfectus_fw-la evasisset_fw-la mundus_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la permitterentur_fw-la peccata_fw-la nune_fw-la autem_fw-la ●●asit_fw-la perfectior_fw-la occasione_n peccatorum_fw-la and_o cit_v aquin._n alexand._n albert._n bonav_n richard_n agid._n caiet_fw-mi ferrar._n marsil_n for_o the_o same_o but_o 1._o a_o occasion_n be_v no_o cause_n nor_o medium_n as_o such_o and_o therefore_o never_o the_o more_o will_v if_o that_o be_v true_a 2._o but_o i_o have_v before_o brief_o confute_v the_o schoolman_n on_o both_o side_n about_o this_o question_n viz._n particular_a creature_n will_v be_v to_o themselves_o better_a be_v there_o no_o sin_n but_o whatever_o possible_a alteration_n be_v make_v by_o god_n the_o universe_n will_v be_v neither_o worse_o nor_o better_a than_o it_o be_v as_o to_o that_o proper_a goodness_n which_o must_v absolute_o denominate_v it_o for_o the_o goodness_n of_o all_o creature_n be_v to_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o creator_n will_n which_o be_v the_o denominate_a measure_n of_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o so_o they_o be_v and_o so_o they_o will_v be_v be_v they_o alter_v but_o sin_n be_v disform_v to_o his_o command_a will_n and_o not_o conform_v to_o his_o complacence_n or_o efficient_a will._n he_o argue_v have_v there_o be_v no_o sin_n there_o have_v be_v no_o such_o exercise_n of_o liberty_n no_o saviour_n etc._n etc._n answ_n and_o be_v t●e_v angel_n worse_o than_o man_n and_o have_v not_o all_o this_o be_v as_o good_a if_o god_n have_v will_v it_o though_o the_o five_o act_n of_o god_n foremention_v about_o sin_n be_v as_o far_o as_o we_o need_v to_o go_v to_o the_o common_a end_n which_o we_o agree_v in_o yet_o many_o objection_n be_v make_v against_o this_o much_o as_o not_o sufficient_a but_o god_n must_v have_v a_o great_a hand_n in_o sin_n and_o 1._o they_o object_n that_o to_o make_v god_n but_o a_o universal_a cause_n be_v to_o put_v something_o in_o be_v viz._n the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o and_o so_o 1._o to_o make_v he_o idle_a and_o unactive_a as_o to_o that_o 2._o to_o deify_v man_n by_o make_v he_o a_o first_o cause_n of_o that_o moral_a species_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v lay_v down_o such_o answer_n as_o i_o think_v will_v satisfy_v the_o considerate_a to_o this_o objection_n which_o be_v indeed_o their_o all_o but_o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o the_o subject_n occasion_v i_o to_o repeat_v what_o i_o say_v before_o 557._o 1._o remember_v that_o even_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v not_o a_o substance_n and_o that_o the_o moral_a specification_n be_v less_o as_o to_o natural_a entity_n than_o it_o indeed_o make_v no_o addition_n of_o entity_n to_o it_o as_o be_v show_v and_o dr._n twiss_n assert_v that_o this_o moral_a specification_n be_v not_o a_o proper_a specification_n of_o act_n 558._o 2._o note_v that_o few_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o free_a agent_n with_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v without_o god_n further_o predetermine_v premotion_n and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o debase_v his_o work_n and_o think_v he_o do_v not_o 559._o 3._o note_v that_o for_o god_n to_o make_v a_o self_n determine_v agent_n that_o shall_v act_v without_o his_o predetermination_n be_v but_o to_o put_v forth_o his_o own_o active_a power_n with_o limitation_n or_o suspension_n that_o be_v to_o will_n and_o act_n or_o operate_v so_o far_o and_o no_o further_o 560._o 4._o and_o note_v that_o this_o restriction_n of_o the_o divine_a operation_n be_v not_o from_o any_o finiteness_n of_o his_o power_n as_o if_o he_o can_v do_v no_o more_o but_o from_o the_o freedom_n of_o his_o will_n and_o the_o conduct_n of_o his_o wisdom_n who_o see_v it_o good_a to_o do_v no_o more_o 561._o 5._o above_o all_o note_n that_o as_o all_o divine_n agree_v that_o god_n do_v not_o act_n ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la as_o natural_a agent_n do_v so_o the_o truth_n be_v most_o evident_a in_o the_o finiteness_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n for_o god_n do_v not_o make_v as_o many_o man_n or_o other_o creature_n as_o he_o can_v do_v he_o do_v not_o make_v every_o man_n as_o strong_a or_o wise_a or_o good_a or_o long-lived_a as_o he_o can_v do_v he_o do_v not_o make_v every_o stone_n or_o clod_n or_o tree_n as_o active_a as_o he_o can_v do_v nor_o move_v every_o thing_n as_o swift_o as_o he_o can_v do_v now_o all_o that_o be_v undo_v which_o god_n can_v do_v all_o possible_n which_o be_v not_o existent_a or_o future_a do_v tell_v we_o plain_o that_o god_n do_v free_o suspend_v the_o action_n or_o operation_n of_o his_o power_n total_o as_o to_o they_o which_o be_v much_o more_o than_o to_o suspend_v it_o but_o in_o part_n with_o free_a agent_n and_o to_o give_v they_o a_o natural_a self-determining_a power_n without_o further_a premoving_a predetermination_n of_o they_o if_o all_o the_o world_n tell_v we_o that_o he_o have_v the_o far_o great_a suspension_n why_o shall_v we_o think_v the_o less_o absurd_a 562._o 6._o and_o reason_n tell_v we_o what_o the_o schoolman_n oft_o say_v that_o god_n who_o show_v we_o that_o he_o delight_v in_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o his_o creature_n do_v very_o fit_o thus_o beautify_v the_o universe_n by_o a_o middle_a rank_n of_o creature_n that_o stand_v between_o confirm_a angel_n and_o the_o brute_n viz._n intellectual-free-agent_n leave_v to_o a_o natural_a power_n of_o free_a choose_n or_o refuse_v without_o necessitation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o various_a object_n to_o prepare_v they_o by_o trial_n for_o a_o better_a state_n 563._o 7._o and_o note_v too_o that_o we_o say_v not_o that_o god_n predetermination_n of_o man_n will_n destroy_v its_o best_a liberty_n god_n can_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o good_a as_o he_o do_v the_o angel_n as_o a_o great_a
soever_o that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n except_o some_o odd_a presumer_n who_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o generality_n one_o or_o two_o speak_v some_o hard_a word_n that_o way_n in_o belgia_n who_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n reject_v mr._n archer_n book_n be_v burn_v for_o it_o by_o the_o parliament_n or_o westminster_n synod_n beza_n himself_o in_o rom._n 8._o 28._o &_o passim_fw-la abhor_v it_o as_o intolerable_a blasphemy_n but_o this_o doctrine_n in_o question_n plain_o make_v god_n the_o willer_n and_o cause_n of_o sin_n yea_o more_o very_o much_o more_o than_o wicked_a man_n or_o devil_n be_v which_o be_v not_o true_a 578._o for_o they_o make_v man_n and_o devil_n to_o be_v but_o a_o second_o premoved_n predetermine_v cause_n of_o the_o act_n of_o volition_n and_o execution_n whence_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n necessary_o result_v but_o 1._o god_n be_v certain_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o agent_n 2._o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o make_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la to_o be_v sin_n his_o say_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n or_o murder_n make_v adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o be_v sin_n when_o they_o be_v commit_v which_o they_o will_v not_o be_v without_o the_o law_n 3._o god_n cause_v and_o order_v all_o the_o object_n and_o occasion_n 4._o and_o now_o they_o also_o say_v that_o god_n will_v ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la and_o be_v the_o first_o predetermine_v cause_n even_o the_o total_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o act_n and_o all_o its_o circumstance_n without_o which_o predetermination_n it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o that_o man_n do_v but_o will_n what_o god_n first_o will_v and_o act_v what_o god_n first_o move_v he_o unavoidable_o to_o act_v as_o the_o pen_n in_o my_o hand_n 5._o and_o the_o law_n and_o the_o act_n be_v put_v in_o be_v the_o relative_n obliquity_n be_v but_o the_o necessary_a result_n and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n 579._o and_o note_v here_o what_o estius_n before_o cite_v after_o aquinas_n say_v that_o to_o will_v that_o peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la fiat_fw-la be_v all_o that_o the_o sinner_n himself_o do_v when_o he_o will_v sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n here_o to_o distinguish_v between_o willing_a sin_n and_o willing_a the_o event_n futurity_n and_o existence_n of_o it_o ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la eveniat_fw-la though_o i_o confess_v i_o be_v long_o detain_v in_o suspense_n if_o not_o deceive_v by_o that_o distinction_n for_o he_o will_v sin_n who_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o or_o that_o it_o be_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v 580._o and_o note_v that_o it_o be_v both_o matter_n and_o form_n act_n and_o obliquity_n which_o they_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la for_o it_o be_v sin_n and_o forma_fw-la that_fw-mi nomen_fw-la it_o be_v not_o sin_n but_o by_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n but_o if_o they_o have_v say_v otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v all_o one_o for_o he_o that_o will_v the_o fundamentum_fw-la relate_fw-la and_o correlate_n both_o say_v twisse_n vindic._n gra●_n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o sect._n 7._o p._n 137._o posito_fw-la quod_fw-la velit_fw-la per●ectiones_fw-la istas_fw-la manifestare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la impediat_fw-la ingressum_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la permittat_fw-la 1._o as_o if_o he_o have_v prove_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o manifest_v his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n by_o law_n and_o illuminate_v man_n to_o know_v they_o without_o execution_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n 2._o yet_o do_v he_o make_v christ_n death_n unnecessary_a and_o his_o satisfaction_n to_o justice_n so_o far_o as_o that_o god_n can_v have_v accomplish_v our_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n another_o way_n if_o he_o will_v and_o be_v sin_n better_o or_o more_o necessary_a than_o christ_n satisfaction_n 3._o and_o methinks_v they_o that_o lie_v so_o little_a on_o moral_a mean_n and_o operation_n of_o grace_n in_o comparison_n of_o physical_a shall_v not_o give_v so_o much_o to_o sin_n which_o be_v it_o a_o mean_n as_o it_o be_v not_o but_o a_o passive_a and_o opposite_a occasion_n be_v but_o a_o moral_a mean_n and_o himself_o say_v page_n 136._o permissio_fw-la peccati_fw-la proprie_fw-la medium_n est_fw-la assequendi_fw-la ●inem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la praefixum_fw-la at_o peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la medium_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la sive_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la sive_fw-la justitiae_fw-la media_fw-la enim_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la facienda_fw-la mou●atur_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la intention_n finis_fw-la will_v the_o reader_n have_v a_o better_a confuter_n of_o he_o than_o himself_o but_o he_o there_o add_v that_o it_o be_v materia_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la medium_n as_o stone_n and_o timber_n to_o a_o house_n and_o yet_o sin_n they_o say_v have_v no_o matter_n beside_o the_o subject_n and_o object_n but_o be_v a_o mere_a privation_n of_o moral_a rectitude_n but_o if_o it_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la it_o be_v not_o so_o to_o christ_n rather_o if_o a_o beggar_n want_v a_o house_n be_v that_o want_v the_o materia_fw-la domus_fw-la no_o nor_o the_o materia_fw-la of_o his_o mercy_n or_o bounty_n that_o build_v it_o thus_o the_o defectiveness_n of_o the_o subtle_a wit_n abuse_v god_n and_o his_o church_n when_o the_o christian_a simplicity_n of_o modest_a soul_n with_o a_o holy_a life_n will_v honour_v he_o so_o sect._n 9_o pag._n 137._o peccatum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la propri●_n dicendum_fw-la esse_fw-la materiam_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la misericordi●_fw-la sive_fw-la i●stiti●_n poti●s_fw-la quam_fw-la medium_n permissionem_fw-la vero_fw-la peccati_fw-la medium_n esse_fw-la ejus_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la but_o 1._o how_o oft_o elsewhere_o do_v he_o forget_v and_o contradict_v this_o 2._o permission_n itself_o be_v 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fuit_fw-la nulla_fw-la causa_fw-la dari_fw-la potest_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la resp_n hoc_fw-la supponit_fw-la futuritionem_fw-la esse_fw-la aliquid_fw-la real_n à_fw-la re_fw-la ipsa_fw-la distinctum_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la causam_fw-la aliam_fw-la habeat_fw-la quam_fw-la res_fw-la ipsa_fw-la futura_fw-la at_o hoc_fw-la falsissimum_fw-la nam_fw-la futuritio_fw-la nil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la respectus_fw-la quidam_fw-la rationis_fw-la &_o extrin●eca_v denominatio_fw-la rei_fw-la futurae_fw-la recte_fw-la ponitur_fw-la arg●mentum_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuit_fw-la praet●r_fw-la deum_fw-la ac_fw-la
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the_o high_a final_a notion_n as_o if_o god_n be_v to_o be_v love_v chief_o for_o ourselves_o as_o the_o mean_n of_o our_o beatitude_n it_o be_v worth_a the_o consider_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o a_o wrong_n to_o god_n to_o love_v he_o at_o all_o sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la medii_fw-la to_o ourselves_o as_o a_o end_n though_o we_o must_v love_v he_o as_o the_o first_o efficient_a of_o all_o our_o good_a and_o our_o great_a benefactor_n ourselves_o and_o benefit_n be_v but_o mean_n to_o he_o though_o yet_o not_o he_n but_o many_o of_o his_o gift_n may_v be_v love_v as_o mean_n to_o our_o happiness_n and_o that_o and_o all_o thing_n for_o god_n himself_o among_o the_o scotist_n rada_n well_o open_v this_o case_n and_o the_o worst_a of_o they_o all_o in_o 4._o sent._n the_o beatitud_n be_v far_o better_a than_o dr._n stern_a the_o dublin_n physician_n in_o his_o medela_fw-la animae_fw-la and_o too_o many_o more_o novel_a immature_n disputer_n who_o will_v make_v our_o happiness_n the_o 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will_n or_o power_n as_o if_o he_o can_v do_v no_o more_o but_o it_o be_v his_o delight_n thus_o to_o govern_v the_o creature_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n and_o rank_n which_o he_o have_v make_v it_o in_o and_o his_o non-volitions_a and_o non-operation_n of_o a_o high_a sort_n be_v agreeable_a to_o his_o perfection_n wisdom_n and_o liberty_n high_a action_n be_v use_v on_o high_a creature_n 3._o yet_o have_v god_n place_v and_o keep_v these_o free_a agent_n not_o only_o under_o his_o moral_a government_n but_o also_o under_o his_o dominion_n and_o disposal_n so_o that_o he_o will_v do_v with_o they_o as_o his_o own_o what_o he_o lift_v and_o none_o shall_v frustrate_v his_o dispose_n will._n 4._o it_o please_v he_o first_o to_o make_v man_n perfect_a under_o a_o law_n of_o perfection_n make_v innocency_n or_o perfection_n the_o only_a condition_n of_o life_n and_o the_o contrary_a of_o death_n 5._o when_o man_n have_v sufficient_a grace_n to_o have_v keep_v this_o law_n not_o sufficient_a to_o ascertain_v the_o event_n but_o sufficient_a power_n to_o have_v stand_v that_o be_v as_o much_o grace_n as_o be_v necessary_a to_o his_o stand_n sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la potuit_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la qua_fw-la esse_fw-la potuit_fw-la he_o break_v it_o and_o sin_v against_o that_o sufficient_a grace_n before_o god_n either_o deny_v he_o any_o thing_n necessary_a or_o withdraw_v any_o from_o he_o 6._o from_o whence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n will_n be_v such_o as_o that_o it_o be_v make_v to_o use_v a_o power_n which_o do_v not_o necessitate_v or_o determine_v itself_o or_o be_v determine_v necessary_o but_o free_o and_o that_o it_o be_v no_o deify_n of_o the_o will_n nor_o extol_v it_o above_o its_o nature_n to_o say_v that_o it_o can_v act_v or_o determine_v itself_o without_o god_n pre-determinating_a premotion_n or_o by_o that_o same_o measure_n of_o help_n which_o at_o another_o time_n do_v not_o determine_v it_o though_o 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he_o the_o temporal_a death_n nor_o common_a calamity_n of_o this_o life_n but_o curse_v the_o creature_n which_o he_o be_v to_o use_v as_o part_v of_o his_o penalty_n 9_o but_o the_o great_a evil_n which_o sin_n bring_v on_o man_n be_v the_o loss_n of_o god_n approbation_n and_o complacency_n and_o of_o his_o spirit_n save_v communion_n and_o help_n and_o of_o god_n image_n on_o man_n soul_n and_o of_o communion_n with_o god_n herein_o and_o also_o his_o right_n to_o life_n eternal_a all_o which_o man_n be_v own_o sin_n cast_v away_o and_o man_n be_v both_o the_o deserver_n and_o executioner_n without_o any_o change_n in_o god_n 10._o yet_o be_v all_o this_o privation_n penal_a in_o that_o god_n make_v man_n such_o a_o creature_n as_o that_o his_o own_o sin_n shall_v become_v his_o punishment_n or_o ruin_n if_o he_o commit_v it_o so_o that_o all_o punishment_n be_v not_o determinative_o of_o god_n though_o god_n antecedent_n will_n do_v make_v that_o which_o by_o man_n be_v make_v a_o cause_n as_o in_o argument_n god_n say_v antecedent_o if_o thou_o sin_v thy_o own_o sin_n shall_v be_v thy_o torment_n and_o misery_n and_o man_n say_v i_o will_v sin_v therefore_o it_o be_v man_n that_o be_v the_o determine_a cause_n of_o the_o conclusion_n my_o own_o s●●_n shall_v be_v my_o torment_n and_o misery_n so_o it_o be_v in_o causation_n god_n antecedent_o to_o man_n sin_n do_v resolve_v i_o will_v make_v man_n such_o a_o creature_n with_o such_o a_o mind_n conscience_n and_o will_n as_o that_o his_o holiness_n shall_v be_v his_o health_n and_o joy_n and_o his_o immediate_a receptive_a capacity_n of_o my_o favour_n and_o of_o his_o communion_n with_o i_o and_o of_o his_o title_n to_o my_o spirit_n and_o glory_n and_o that_o if_o he_o forsake_v i_o and_o his_o holiness_n in_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o the_o thing_n he_o shall_v lose_v all_o this_o life_n light_n and_o love_n joy_n and_o communion_n and_o title_n to_o my_o grace_n and_o shall_v feel_v the_o torment_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n tell_v he_o of_o his_o sin_n and_o loss_n this_o be_v god_n antecedent_n law_n nay_o this_o be_v god_n antecedent_n creation_n to_o make_v man_n such_o a_o creature_n now_o if_o man_n sin_n his_o ow●_n sin_n do_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la become_v his_o misery_n and_o yet_o be_v not_o cause_v at_o all_o by_o god_n but_o yet_o that_o his_o nature_n be_v make_v such_o as_o sin_n shall_v prove_v a_o misery_n to_o be_v god_n work_n and_o from_o that_o antecedent_n creation_n or_o constitution_n the_o relative_n form_n of_o a_o punishment_n result_v to_o the_o sinner_n even_o as_o god_n say_v if_o thou_o murder_v it_o shall_v be_v thy_o sin_n or_o thou_o shall_v not_o murder_n the_o man_n do_v murder_n here_o the_o act_n that_o be_v sin_n be_v of_o man_n but_o that_o the_o relation_n of_o sin_n belong_v to_o that_o act_n result_v partly_o from_o the_o law_n which_o forbid_v it_o and_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n though_o he_o antecedent_o decree_v murder_n shall_v be_v sin_n if_o thou_o commit_v it_o so_o be_v it_o also_o with_o this_o sort_n of_o punishment_n which_o be_v either_o sin_n itself_o or_o the_o effect_n or_o result_v o●_n sin_n immediate_o by_o which_o we_o see_v that_o when_o sin_n and_o punishment_n be_v find_v in_o one_o thing_n god_n be_v the_o cause_n antecedent_o of_o the_o formal_a relation_n of_o a_o punishment_n without_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o sin_n yea_o antecedent_o be_v some_o cause_n of_o the_o formal_a relation_n of_o the_o sin_n by_o his_o law_n without_o cause_v any_o of_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o the_o author_n of_o it_o as_o if_o god_n make_v man_n of_o such_o a_o temper_n as_o that_o surfeit_v drunkenness_n lust_n will_v make_v he_o sick_a and_o hazard_v his_o life_n here_o god_n do_v not_o otherwise_o punish_v he_o than_o by_o make_v he_o such_o a_o man_n which_o he_o turn_v to_o his_o own_o destruction_n by_o his_o sin_n if_o a_o man_n make_v a_o thorn_n hedge_n about_o his_o garden_n that_o man_n may_v not_o steal_v his_o fruit_n and_o those_o that_o will_n shall_v ●rick_v themselves_o it_o be_v they_o that_o prick_v and_o punish_v themselves_o if_o god_n say_v he_o that_o will_v leap_v into_o the_o fire_n shall_v be_v burn_v or_o into_o the_o water_n shall_v be_v drown_v it_o be_v they_o that_o do_v it_o that_o cause_n the_o evil_a and_o yet_o some_o formal_a relation_n of_o penalty_n may_v result_v to_o it_o from_o god_n conditional_a antecedent_n law_n i_o say_v not_o that_o god_n execute_v no_o other_o kind_n of_o punishment_n but_o these_o be_v the_o most_o common_a 11._o man_n have_v thus_o cast_v away_o god_n image_n and_o his_o innocency_n can_v beget_v a_o child_n no_o pure_a holy_a or_o better_a than_o himself_o for_o he_o can_v not_o communicate_v that_o which_o he_o have_v lose_v so_o that_o our_o nature_n be_v vitiate_a with_o original_a sin_n and_o unhappy_a in_o the_o miserable_a effect_n bradwardine_n have_v a_o shift_n which_o serve_v they_o that_o say_v man_n can_v do_v no_o good_a in_o innocency_n without_o supernatural_a help_n viz._n make_v that_o help_n to_o be_v god_n will_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v but_o be_v not_o god_n will_v call_v our_o natural_a help_n when_o it_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o nature_n work_v by_o natural_a mean_n it_o be_v true_a that_o free_a will_n without_o god_n will_v can_v do_v nothing_o 12._o the_o promisory_a part_n of_o the_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o innocency_n become_v null_a or_o cease_v with_o man_n first_o sin_n cessante_fw-la subditorum_fw-la capacitate_v and_o so_o the_o condition_n which_o be_v its_o modus_fw-la so_o that_o no_o man_n ever_o since_o be_v under_o the_o obligation_n of_o that_o law_n as_o a_o covenant_n of_o life_n
he_o will_v have_v all_o condemn_v who_o he_o do_v condemn_v but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v that_o this_o distinction_n i●_n not_o apply_v to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v mere_o a_o absolute_a proprietary_n or_o benefactor_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o king_n or_o rector_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o his_o legislation_n be_v his_o antecedent_n will_v and_o his_o judgement_n be_v his_o consequent_a will._n and_o no_o man_n of_o religion_n can_v deny_v either_o that_o god_n law_n be_v the_o signification_n of_o his_o will_n or_o his_o will_n signify_v or_o that_o his_o judgement_n and_o locution_n be_v his_o will_n declare_v or_o that_o god_n law_n of_o grace_n do_v conditional_o give_v pardon_n and_o salvation_n to_o all_o antecedent_o to_o man_n performance_n or_o rejection_n of_o the_o condition_n or_o that_o god_n condemn_v infidel_n consequent_o to_o their_o infidelity_n the_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n part_n act_v say_v he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v and_o the_o sentence_n consequent_o to_o his_o fact_n say_v judas_n a_o unbeliever_n or_o impenitent_a shall_v perish_v and_o thus_o the_o distinction_n have_v no_o doubt_n or_o difficulty_n 103._o god_n by_o command_a faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o make_v the●_n necessary_a condition_n of_o justification_n and_o by_o command_a perseverance_n and_o threaten_v the_o justify_v and_o sanctify_v with_o damnation_n if_o they_o f●●_n away_o and_o make_v perseverance_n a_o condition_n of_o salvation_n do_v thereby_o provide_v a_o convenient_a mean_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o own_o decree_n of_o give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o perseverance_n to_o his_o elect_n for_o he_o effect_v his_o end_n by_o suitable_a moral_a mean_n and_o such_o be_v this_o law_n and_o covenant_n to_o provoke_v man_n to_o due_a fear_n and_o care_n and_o obedience_n that_o he_o may_v be_v wrought_v on_o as_o a_o man_n 104._o to_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n in_o general_n agree_v to_o the_o age_n before_o etc._n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n etc._n etc._n christ_n incarnation_n and_o those_o since_o but_o so_o do_v not_o the_o special_a kind_n of_o faith_n by_o which_o they_o be_v justify_v for_o much_o more_o be_v essential_a to_o that_o faith_n which_o we_o must_v be_v justify_v by_o to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o last_o edition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n than_o be_v or_o be_v to_o they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o first_o alone_a abraham_n believe_v not_o all_o our_o essential_a article_n of_o faith_n 105._o to_o be_v justify_v by_o faith_n in_o paul_n sense_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o be_v justify_v be_v what_o that_o faith_n be_v by_o become_a christian_n to_o be_v a_o believer_n a_o disciple_n and_o a_o christian_a be_v all_o one_o in_o the_o gospel_n sense_n 106._o the_o faith_n by_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a be_v best_a understand_v agree_v the_o controversy_n between_o the_o papist_n and_o we_o about_o 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custody_n 2._o that_o the_o confirm_v be_v necessitate_v to_o good_a but_o the_o mere_a persevere_v do_v it_o free_o 3._o that_o confirmation_n be_v only_o a_o more_o intense_a degree_n of_o the_o same_o grace_n 4._o mere_a perseverance_n be_v by_o ordinary_a grace_n with_o god_n custody_n and_o congruous_a mean_n but_o confirmation_n be_v by_o grace_n of_o itself_o most_o effectual_a though_o not_o necessitate_v 5._o that_o confirmation_n be_v by_o a_o participation_n of_o the_o gratia_n et_fw-fr charitas_fw-la patriae_fw-la malderus_n rest_v in_o this_o difference_n that_o the_o confirm_v have_v such_o a_o measure_n of_o divine_a help_n and_o heavenliness_n as_o be_v strong_a than_o the_o strong_a temptation_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o perseverance_n only_o be_v with_o such_o a_o degree_n of_o grace_n as_o will_v not_o serve_v if_o god_n do_v not_o keep_v such_o from_o strong_a temptation_n so_o that_o confirmation_n be_v a_o middle_a state_n between_o mere_a perseverance_n and_o glory_n which_o be_v too_o strong_a for_o he_o for_o 1._o he_o that_o habitual_o prefer_v god_n to_o the_o creature_n and_o his_o life_n may_v yet_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o act_n as_o peter_n do_v and_o by_o act_v contrary_a to_o his_o habitual_a disposition_n and_o resolution_n may_v weaken_v the_o habit_n and_o forfeit_v divine_a assistance_n and_o deserve_v desertion_n 2._o and_o he_o that_o valu_v heaven_n and_o the_o love_n of_o god_n before_o his_o life_n may_v yet_o by_o the_o nearness_n of_o a_o allure_a object_n by_o the_o violence_n of_o sense_n and_o passion_n be_v draw_v to_o a_o fleshly_a sin_n and_o think_v that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o pleasure_n of_o that_o particular_a sin_n without_o lose_v god_n love_n he_o may_v be_v draw_v first_o to_o less_o and_o by_o degree_n to_o great_a 3._o and_o he_o that_o be_v resolve_v for_o god_n and_o glory_n and_o christ_n and_o holiness_n may_v meet_v with_o such_o subtle_a argument_n of_o infidel_n or_o sensualist_n which_o he_o be_v unable_a to_o answer_v and_o consequent_o unable_a to_o overcome_v and_o his_o understanding_n be_v deceive_v his_o will_n may_v follow_v so_o that_o perseverance_n must_v be_v by_o the_o avoid_n of_o temptation_n 345._o the_o great_a sin_n after_o conversion_n which_o be_v true_o repent_v of_o be_v pardon_v by_o god_n and_o must_v be_v pardon_v by_o the_o church_n in_o order_n to_o communion_n if_o the_o manifestation_n of_o repentance_n be_v such_o as_o answer_v the_o end_n the_o signification_n of_o its_o reality_n and_o the_o remove_n of_o the_o scandal_n and_o the_o dishonour_n of_o religion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o christ_n 346._o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n seem_v unpardonable_a by_o the_o text_n though_o the_o papist_n expound_v it_o by_o hardly_o pardonable_o and_o it_o be_v a_o obstinate_a insidelity_n and_o rejection_n of_o christ_n as_o a_o deceiver_n upon_o a_o settle_a conceit_n that_o he_o do_v his_o miracle_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n when_o they_o be_v convince_v that_o they_o be_v actual_o do_v and_o so_o a_o blasphemous_a father_n of_o god_n great_a attestation_n upon_o the_o devil_n and_o a_o reject_v his_o last_o witness_n to_o the_o truth_n which_o must_v convince_v those_o that_o ever_o will_v be_v convince_v but_o i_o have_v write_v a_o treatise_n of_o this_o sin_n and_o so_o shall_v pass_v it_o by_o 347._o if_o a_o true_a believer_n shall_v be_v suppose_v to_o fall_v quite_o away_o from_o the_o belief_n of_o christ_n it_o seem_v hard_a to_o imagine_v how_o he_o can_v do_v it_o without_o this_o blaspheme_n the_o divine_a attestation_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o before_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o believe_v and_o it_o seem_v that_o therefore_o heb._n 6._o &_o 10._o this_o apostasy_n be_v make_v the_o same_o with_o the_o unpardonable_a blasphemy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o yet_o prove_v not_o that_o it_o ever_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o what_o it_o will_v be_v if_o it_o do_v 348._o repentance_n which_o come_v from_o fear_n alone_o without_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n be_v no_o sign_n of_o justification_n nor_o consistent_a with_o it_o nor_o be_v such_o attrition_n sufficient_a to_o forgiveness_n for_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o change_v to_o god_n without_o love_n 349._o though_o where_o there_o be_v more_o love_n to_o the_o creature_n than_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o true_a sanctification_n speak_v of_o rational_a and_o not_o of_o sensual_a love_n yet_o where_o there_o be_v more_o fear_n of_o god_n than_o love_n to_o god_n there_o may_v be_v grace_n though_o weak_a so_o be_v it_o god_n be_v love_v above_o the_o creature_n 350._o a_o deathbed_n or_o late_a repentance_n be_v then_o acceptable_a and_o sufficient_a to_o pardon_v when_o it_o be_v the_o heart_n or_o love_n that_o be_v thus_o turn_v from_o the_o creature_n to_o god_n habitual_o so_o that_o if_o the_o person_n do_v recover_v he_o will_v live_v to_o god_n otherwise_o it_o be_v uneffectual_a not_o because_o too_o late_o but_o because_o unsound_a but_o because_o fear_v be_v usual_o the_o principle_n of_o such_o man_n repentance_n it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v suspect_v though_o not_o dispair_v of_o 351._o the_o day_n of_o grace_n be_v never_o pass_v with_o any_o man_n while_o life_n continue_v so_o as_o that_o if_o he_o true_o repent_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v for_o that_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o gospel-covenant_n but_o it_o be_v so_o far_o pass_v with_o some_o as_o that_o after_o their_o obstinate_a forfeiture_n the_o mean_n help_v and_o grace_n of_o repentance_n shall_v not_o be_v give_v they_o nor_o bring_v so_o near_o they_o as_o they_o be_v sect_n xxvi_o of_o final_a justification_n and_o how_o paul_n and_o james_n agree_v about_o justification_n by_o work_n 352._o have_v say_v this_o much_o of_o constitutive_a justification_n and_o the_o not-losing_a of_o it_o and_o assurance_n of_o it_o and_o its_o continuance_n and_o touch_v the_o second_o and_o three_o sort_n of_o justification_n sentential_a and_o executive_a as_o they_o be_v here_o in_o the_o way_n i_o need_v not_o say_v much_o of_o they_o as_o after_o this_o life_n because_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o what_o be_v say_v of_o pardon_n and_o justification_n constitutive_a yet_o a_o little_a i_o will_v add_v and_o 1._o at_o death_n a_o particular_a doom_n be_v pass_v on_o the_o soul_n as_o separate_v but_o whether_o only_o by_o execution_n and_o self-conviction_n we_o know_v not_o 353._o the_o resurrection_n as_o such_o be_v a_o common_a effect_n of_o redemption_n in_o right_a antecedent_n to_o man_n well_n or_o ill_o deserve_v and_o therefore_o all_o be_v raise_v 27._o joh._n 5_o 22_o 25_o 26_o 27._o by_o christ_n 354._o the_o justification_n of_o believer_n at_o the_o last_o day_n will_v be_v that_o great_a justification_n to_o which_o all_o that_o go_v before_o be_v but_o mean_n and_o imperfect_a 355._o christ_n will_v be_v here_o both_o judge_n and_o advocate_n and_o as_o both_o justify_v believer_n and_o he_o will_v be_v the_o condemn_a judge_n of_o the_o wicked_a 356._o all_o man_n shall_v be_v then_o judge_v according_a to_o their_o work_n or_o deed_n do_v in_o the_o body_n whether_o good_a or_o evil._n they_o evil._n evil._n evil._n it_o be_v a_o gross_a oversight_n of_o d._n petavius_n elen._n ther._n vincent_n c._n 27._o p._n 110_o 111._o to_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o reatus_fw-la but_o obligation_n ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la when_o as_o there_o be_v 1._o reatus_fw-la facti_fw-la 2._o culpae_fw-la which_o be_v the_o violation_n of_o the_o precept_n 3._o ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la which_o result_v from_o the_o threaten_n and_o worse_o p._n 110._o that_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la culpa_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la &_o alectione_n committitur_fw-la nec_fw-la imputatur_fw-la in_o culpam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la deliberatione_n &_o libera_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la electione_n trocedat_fw-la a'as_o that_o god_n law_n must_v be_v thus_o deny_v or_o deprave_a that_o sin_n may_v be_v make_v no_o sin_n and_o so_o to_o need_v no_o christ_n or_o pardon_n cont._n 1._o analogical_o it_o be_v peccatum_fw-la in_o a_o ox_n to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o furrow_n but_o proper_o nothing_o in_o man_n be_v peccatum_fw-la but_o culpa_fw-la and_o all_o break_v a_o law_n be_v culpa_fw-la and_o nothing_o else_o be_v peccatum_fw-la 2._o not_o to_o deliberate_v be_v a_o great_a and_o usual_a sin_n 3._o the_o omission_n of_o the_o will_n election_n or_o intention_n be_v sin_n as_o well_o as_o a_o ill_a election_n woe_n to_o he_o that_o repent_v not_o of_o these_o and_o be_v not_o pardon_v they_o 357._o to_o be_v justify_v then_o will_v not_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v sinless_a as_o be_v aforesaid_a but_o to_o be_v judge_v one_o that_o by_o god_n law_n which_o must_v be_v the_o norma_fw-la judicii_fw-la be_v not_o
can_v do_v no_o more_o than_o this_o nor_o this_o but_o by_o the_o power_n give_v he_o of_o god_n §_o 7._o vain_o therefore_o do_v the_o dominican_n pretend_v that_o it_o be_v a_o deify_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o say_v that_o god_n can_v enable_v it_o to_o cause_n the_o various_a order_n of_o man_n action_n by_o mere_a moral_a help_n without_o god_n predetermine_v premotion_n to_o that_o order_n for_o this_o be_v to_o cause_v no_o real_a be_v and_o he_o that_o be_v move_v to_o the_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la need_v no_o more_o premotion_n from_o god_n to_o the_o disorder_n and_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act._n §_o 8._o and_o they_o that_o will_v call_v the_o production_n of_o faith_n a_o creation_n in_o the_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n do_v not_o understand_v that_o creatio_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la non_fw-la ordinis_fw-la rerum_fw-la jam_fw-la creatarum_fw-la vel_fw-la existentium_fw-la a_o act_n be_v of_o itself_o improper_o say_v to_o be_v create_v in_o a_o 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essence_n yet_o by_o many_o accident_n and_o partly_o because_o those_o accident_n be_v so_o great_a and_o make_v so_o great_a a_o change_n of_o our_o state_n as_o that_o they_o emulate_v a_o natural_a essence_n and_o we_o use_v to_o say_v in_o common_a thing_n that_o when_o a_o unlearned_a man_n be_v make_v learned_a and_o a_o poor_a man_n a_o prince_n and_o a_o die_a man_n healthful_a he_o be_v another_o man_n §_o 10._o though_o god_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o christ_n the_o same_o and_o the_o law_n and_o word_n and_o many_o antecedent_n mean_v the_o same_o to_o many_o on_o who_o they_o have_v different_a effect_n this_o difference_n may_v be_v cause_v many_o way_n difference_n the_o cause_n of_o difference_n as_o 1._o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o other_o inferior_a or_o concomitant_a second_o cause_n 2._o by_o the_o diverse_a disposition_n of_o the_o receiver_n a_o common_a cause_n of_o variety_n in_o the_o world_n 3._o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o impediment_n and_o temptation_n and_o many_o other_o way_n §_o 11._o etc._n 11._o 11._o 11._o i_o know_v that_o bradwardine_n li._n 2._o c._n 32._o cor._n p._n 612._o say_v that_o deum_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v scientiam_fw-la eratiam_fw-la aut_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la seu_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la munus_fw-la suum_fw-la creature_n capaci_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la quare_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la accipit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o non_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la et_fw-la p._n 614._o quicquid_fw-la obex_fw-la dicatur_fw-la potest_fw-la illa_fw-la resp●nsio_fw-la corripi_fw-la cum_fw-la nullus_fw-la possit_fw-la hunc_fw-la obicem_fw-la tollere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la prius_fw-la praetollentem_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ipse_fw-la cum_fw-la voluerit_fw-la tollere_fw-la irresistibiliter_fw-la tollitur_fw-la auferam_fw-la cor_fw-la lapideum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o great_a question_n be_v how_o far_o the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n be_v from_o god_n answ_n 1._o god_n make_v all_o equal_a at_o first_o in_o adam_n 2._o all_o be_v equal_a in_o sin_n by_o his_o fall_n 3._o cain_n and_o abel_n differ_v from_o several_a cause_n and_o not_o one_o alone_a abel_n differ_v from_o cain_n in_o faith_n and_o obedience_n by_o god_n grace_n as_o the_o chief_a cause_n and_o his_o own_o will_n and_o agency_n as_o the_o second_o cause_n cain_n differ_v from_o abel_n by_o unbelief_n and_o sin_n by_o his_o own_o will_n and_o satan_n temptation_n 4._o the_o sin_n of_o late_a parent_n as_o of_o cain_n cham_n esau_n achan_n gehezi_n etc._n etc._n make_v a_o further_a difference_n by_o deprive_v their_o posterity_n of_o some_o mean_n help_n or_o grace_n which_o else_o they_o have_v be_v equal_o capable_a of_o with_o other_o 5._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o man_n have_v much_o to_o do_v about_o his_o own_o heart_n by_o which_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o second_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o if_o he_o fail_v be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o his_o indisposition_n §_o 12._o difference_n be_v but_o dissimilitude_n and_o a_o alteration_n of_o one_o of_o the_o subject_n which_o soever_o will_v make_v it_o dissimile_n or_o to_o differ_v from_o the_o other_o when_o the_o good_a angel_n stand_v and_o the_o evil_n fall_v if_o you_o ask_v who_o make_v the_o difference_n it_o be_v the_o devil_n by_o forsake_v their_o first_o estate_n though_o constitutive_o both_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o angel_n obedience_n make_v the_o dissimilitude_n if_o you_o suppose_v cain_n and_o abel_n equal_o under_o grace_n at_o first_o and_o ask_v who_o make_v the_o difference_n i_o answer_v constitutive_o cain_n sin_n and_o abel_n righteousness_n make_v or_o be_v the_o difference_n but_o as_o to_o reputative_a efficiency_n cain_n make_v the_o difference_n by_o reject_v grace_n so_o if_o you_o shall_v suppose_v two_o equal_o qualify_v with_o common_a grace_n and_o one_o of_o they_o to_o lose_v it_o the_o efficience_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v imputable_a to_o he_o but_o if_o you_o suppose_v two_o equal_o lose_v in_o sin_n and_o one_o convert_v and_o not_o the_o other_o the_o constitutive_a cause_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v once_o sin_n and_o the_o other_o repentance_n but_o the_o imputable_a efficiency_n be_v god_n grace_n and_o man_n repentance_n or_o will_n that_o be_v recover_v §_o 13._o but_o when_o paul_n do_v ask_v who_o make_v thou_o to_o differ_v he_o mean_v who_o give_v thou_o that_o good_a by_o which_o thou_o differe_v and_o expound_v it_o by_o what_o have_v thou_o which_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v and_o no_o doubt_n but_o all_o good_a be_v receive_v from_o god_n and_o this_o will_v have_v hold_v true_a if_o god_n have_v by_o equal_a operation_n do_v as_o much_o on_o the_o other_o which_o have_v be_v uneffectual_a by_o his_o indisposition_n or_o rejection_n §_o 14._o nature_n and_o scripture_n persuade_v we_o that_o the_o same_o measure_n of_o help_n or_o influx_n be_v not_o enough_o to_o make_v one_o repent_v or_o believe_v which_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v another_o for_o the_o difference_n of_o soul_n and_o temptation_n and_o impediment_n plain_o prove_v it_o the_o same_o strength_n will_v not_o move_v a_o mountain_n which_o will_v move_v a_o feather_n nor_o the_o same_o teach_v make_v a_o ignorant_a sot_n to_o understand_v which_o serve_v a_o prepare_a person_n §_o 15._o bodily_a aptitude_n or_o ineptitude_n do_v much_o to_o vary_v receptivity_n which_o be_v usual_o god_n punishment_n or_o reward_n for_o parent_n action_n and_o ofttimes_o for_o man_n own_o some_o by_o fornication_n gluttony_n drunkenness_n sport_n and_o idleness_n make_v themselves_o even_o next_o to_o brute_n §_o 16._o but_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n from_o scripture_n to_o believe_v that_o though_o god_n law_n be_v equal_a and_o his_o judgement_n where_o man_n do_v not_o make_v a_o inequality_n yet_o as_o a_o free_a lord_n and_o benefactor_n he_o deal_v not_o equal_o with_o all_o that_o be_v of_o equal_a merit_n though_o he_o do_v no_o man_n wrong_v nor_o deny_v any_o what_o he_o promise_v in_o his_o word_n but_o keep_v perfect_a justice_n as_o a_o governor_n yet_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o he_o will_v be_v special_o good_a to_o some_o though_o other_o see_v it_o with_o a_o evil_a eye_n §_o 17._o whether_o all_o that_o be_v elect_v have_v at_o first_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o divine_a help_n and_o impress_n than_o any_o that_o be_v not_o convert_v no_o man_n can_v say_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o but_o certain_o all_o the_o elect_a be_v fore-decreed_a by_o god_n will_n to_o that_o certain_a conversion_n which_o other_o be_v not_o so_o decree_v to_o sect_n vi_o of_o the_o limitation_n of_o god_n operation_n on_o the_o soul_n §_o 1._o that_o which_o stick_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o many_o be_v that_o god_n be_v omnipotent_a all_o his_o operation_n must_v be_v equal_o unresistible_a and_o efficacious_a because_o none_o can_v conquer_v god_n but_o they_o must_v
be_v equal_a or_o unequal_a physical_a or_o moral_a etc._n etc._n be_v to_o dote_v §_o 5._o but_o yet_o this_o knowledge_n and_o will_n of_o god_n be_v transient_a or_o terminate_v objective_o when_o it_o be_v not_o so_o effective_o and_o so_o god_n be_v say_v to_o know_v thing_n different_o as_o they_o differ_v and_o to_o will_v thing_n different_o as_o they_o be_v different_a object_n but_o this_o speak_v true_o nothing_o new_a or_o various_a in_o god_n but_o only_o a_o relative_n and_o so_o denominative_a connotation_n of_o his_o simple_a essence_n from_o these_o object_n who_o diversity_n give_v divers_a name_n to_o immutable_a most_o simple_a unity_n of_o this_o all_o schoolman_n for_o substance_n be_v agree_v however_o the_o thomist_n scotist_n and_o occamist_n differ_v about_o the_o notion_n of_o ratio_fw-la ratiocinata_fw-la formalitas_fw-la &_o denominatio_fw-la extrinseca_v §_o 6._o ii_o if_o it_o be_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la operanti●●●n_fw-la and_o so_o of_o god_n by_o they_o that_o we_o dispute_v of_o the_o dispute_n will_v have_v the_o easy_a decision_n but_o this_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o dominican_n and_o another_o infuse_v immediate_a operation_n be_v make_v the_o subject_n of_o these_o controversy_n §_o 7._o iii_o it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o effect_n as_o in_o the_o soul-receiving_a which_o we_o dispute_v of_o and_o if_o so_o this_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o we_o dream_v not_o of_o any_o controversy_n about_o god_n action_n as_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agen●is_fw-la in_o he_o or_o between_o he_o and_o the_o soul_n §_o 8._o in_o man_n soul_n we_o know_v of_o nothing_o but_o 1._o the_o substance_n in_o the_o first_o notion_n as_o answerable_a to_o matter_n in_o body_n 2._o the_o form_n which_o be_v a_o threefold_a virtue_n or_o faculty_n in_o one_o viz._n the_o vital_a power_n intellect_n and_o will_n which_o be_v at_o once_o virtus_n vis_fw-fr &_o inclinatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la ad_fw-la proprias_fw-la actiones_fw-la all_o these_o be_v but_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o the_o same_o simple_a essence_n and_o not_o compound_v part_n none_o of_o this_o be_v the_o thing_n in_o question_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v presuppose_v to_o be_v a_o soul_n 3._o the_o accidental_a and_o mutable_a disposition_n of_o the_o faculty_n to_o the_o acts._n 4._o the_o impression_n of_o superior_a cause_n god_n and_o mean_n in_o move_v to_o the_o acts._n 5._o the_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n themselves_o 6._o the_o habit_n i_o know_v of_o no_o more_o §_o 9_o i._n though_o all_o habit_n be_v disposition_n yet_o all_o disposition_n be_v not_o habit_n and_o before_o habit_n the_o soul_n may_v be_v many_o way_n predispose_v to_o the_o act_n as_o 1._o by_o former_a act_n of_o another_o sort_n which_o yet_o conduce_v to_o this_o 2._o by_o other_o habit_n that_o be_v preparatory_a 3._o by_o deliverance_n from_o many_o internal_a and_o external_n impediment_n 4._o and_o last_o by_o the_o divine_a impress_n itself_o in_o the_o instant_n of_o nature_n though_o not_o of_o time_n before_o the_o act._n for_o god_n so_o dispose_v the_o soul_n to_o act_v §_o 10._o this_o predisposition_n be_v sometime_o but_o a_o moral_a power_n that_o be_v in_o so_o low_a a_o degree_n as_o contain_v only_o the_o necessary_a power_n to_o the_o act_n with_o which_o alone_o it_o be_v sometime_o do_v and_o sometime_o beside_o this_o moral_a power_n it_o contain_v some_o further_a degree_n of_o accidental_a inclination_n or_o propensity_n to_o the_o act._n and_o these_o degree_n be_v various_a in_o various_a instance_n and_o subject_n §_o 11._o ii_o when_o god_n move_v the_o soul_n to_o believe_v or_o repent_v we_o must_v conceive_v that_o in_o the_o instant_a antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n the_o soul_n receive_v some_o impress_n or_o impulse_n from_o the_o divine_a essence_n by_o which_o it_o be_v dispose_v or_o move_v to_o act_n he_o act_n act_n act_n a●xilium_fw-la praevium_fw-la non_fw-la appellatur_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la forma_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la impressa_fw-la quoniam_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la significare_fw-la videtur_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la constituentem_fw-la potentiam_fw-la in_o act_n primo_fw-la sed_fw-la proprio_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la motio_fw-la actualis_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la veer_fw-la efficient_a facit_fw-la ut_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la operetur_fw-la actum_fw-la liberum_fw-la determinatum_fw-la cum_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o expedita_fw-la facultate_fw-la qua_fw-la potest_fw-la illum_fw-la non_fw-la operari_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr auxil_n disp_n 23._o p._n 108._o m●tio_n be_v the_o proper_a notion_n he_o think_v between_o god_n and_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n of_o man_n as_o aforesaid_a but_o unapt_o i_o think_v so_o conceive_v by_o he_o and_o though_o spirit_n especial_o god_n move_v not_o by_o such_o contact_n and_o impress_n as_o thing_n corporeal_a yet_o in_o a_o unconceivable_a manner_n some_o spirit_n some_o spiritual_a impress_n influx_n or_o motion_n must_v be_v receive_v by_o which_o faith_n be_v cause_v and_o this_o impress_n and_o the_o disposition_n to_o the_o act_n cause_v by_o it_o perhaps_o be_v real_o the_o same_o §_o 12._o iii_o the_o act_n itself_o by_o this_o and_o by_o the_o soul_n dispose_v and_o excite_v be_v next_o cause_v not_o give_v as_o pre-existent_a but_o give_v by_o causal_n efficacious_a suscitation_n of_o the_o pre-existent_a faculty_n or_o power_n §_o 13._o iv_o the_o habit_n which_o be_v a_o promptitude_n to_o facile_a act_n be_v cause_v by_o all_o the_o forementioned_a cause_n conjunct_a and_o not_o by_o any_o one_o alone_a viz._n by_o god_n and_o his_o impress_n on_o a_o soul_n some_o way_n pre-disposed_n and_o by_o the_o soul_n itself_o further_o dispose_v and_o excite_v by_o that_o impress_n but_o of_o habit_n more_o anon_o and_o here_o because_o almost_o all_o our_o seem_a difference_n depend_v on_o the_o question_n what_o it_o be_v that_o be_v between_o god_n essence_n and_o man_n act_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o act_n or_o may_v be_v call_v grace_n sufficient_a or_o effectual_a more_o or_o less_o etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v tell_v you_o how_o alvarez_n handle_v the_o question_n and_o thereby_o further_o show_v you_o that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n unsearchable_a and_o past_a man_n knowledge_n and_o though_o i_o satisfy_v myself_o with_o call_v it_o a_o impulse_n or_o impress_n or_o a_o receive_a energy_n or_o force_n or_o influx_n yet_o these_o be_v but_o general_a notion_n and_o tell_v we_o not_o as_o to_o a_o distinct_a formal_a conception_n what_o it_o be_v and_o you_o shall_v see_v that_o the_o bold_a disputer_n know_v no_o more_o alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr l._n 3._o disp_n 19_o p._n 77._o tell_v you_o that_o there_o be_v these_o several_a opinion_n of_o it_o what_o be_v the_o previous_a motion_n by_o which_o god_n move_v and_o appli_v second_o cause_n to_o operate_v i._o some_o thomist_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o quality_n not_o permanent_a but_o by_o way_n of_o transient_a disposition_n with_o operation_n cabrera_n 3._o p._n q._n 18._o be_v 4._o dub_v 1._o conc._n 4._o n._n 58._o for_o it_o must_v be_v some_o virtus_n and_o that_o must_v be_v a_o quality_n imperfect_a supernatural_a act_n as_o attrition_n fear_v of_o hell_n etc._n etc._n be_v before_o habit_n and_o have_v only_o such_o transient_a virtue_n or_o quality_n etc._n etc._n ii_o other_o hold_v contrary_o that_o god_n motion_n be_v nothing_o beside_o his_o own_o will_n or_o essence_n and_o man_n act_n be_v simultaneous_a their_o reason_n i_o omit_v etc._n omit_v omit_v omit_v so_o bradwardine_n and_o many_o other_o and_o this_o will_v cut_v short_a most_o of_o our_o present_a controversy_n if_o it_o will_v hold_v dr._n twisse_n say_v vind._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 2._o crim._n 3._o c._n 15._o §._o 9_o p._n 348._o probabile_fw-la esse_fw-la nullam_fw-la motionem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la recipi_fw-la in_o voluntatem_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la velit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la creaturae_fw-la velle_fw-la aliquid_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la velit_fw-la ratio_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la solutionem_fw-la mihi_fw-la expediat_fw-la arminianus_n aliquis_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la mundus_fw-la crearetur_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la influxus_fw-la dei_fw-la potest_fw-la fingi_fw-la praecedaneus_fw-la qui_fw-la occuparetur_fw-la circa_fw-la nihilum_fw-la etc._n etc._n iii_o other_o hold_v that_o god_n previous_a motion_n be_v somewhat_o receive_v in_o second_o cause_n in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o they_o operate_v and_o when_o they_o be_v ask_v what_o it_o be_v they_o say_v it_o be_v real_o the_o very_a operation_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n e._n g._n man_n itself_o as_o it_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o so_o that_o god_n premotion_n and_o predetermination_n of_o our_o will_n be_v not_o real_o distinct_a from_o the_o actual_a determination_n by_o which_o the_o will_n determine_v itself_o but_o be_v the_o same_o the_o same_o act_n be_v of_o god_n and_o man_n so_o that_o they_o
to_o make_v a_o difference_n 3._o the_o mean_n much_o differ_v which_o several_a man_n have_v and_o god_n usual_o operate_v according_a to_o the_o mean_n upon_o the_o soul_n §_o 5._o if_o the_o question_n be_v either_o of_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n it_o be_v no_o question_n for_o that_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o all_o man_n have_v equal_a faith_n love_n and_o other_o grace_n which_o common_a experience_n deny_v §_o 6._o whereas_o some_o will_v stick_v at_o my_o mention_v a_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o nature_n antecedent_n to_o act_n and_o habit_n i_o will_v have_v they_o remember_v that_o either_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o not_o if_o there_o be_v i_o right_o mention_v it_o if_o not_o we_o be_v instant_o at_o a_o end_n of_o all_o this_o sort_n of_o controversy_n and_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_n can_v differ_v if_o they_o will_v for_o then_o the_o question_n must_v be_v only_o about_o that_o which_o be_v past_a question_n viz._n 1._o either_o about_o god_n act_n as_o in_o himself_o which_o be_v his_o simple_a essence_n 2._o or_o about_o the_o act_n and_o habit_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n in_o man_n which_o all_o the_o world_n know_v be_v not_o equal_a for_o all_o man_n have_v not_o faith_n for_o as_o for_o pre-disposition_n the_o question_n will_v be_v revolve_v to_o the_o same_o point_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o be_v not_o equal_o dispose_v and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n act_n as_o in_o he_o be_v his_o essence_n sect_n x._o whether_o the_o say_a operation_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a §_o 1._o this_o paltry_a question_n be_v worthy_a but_o a_o few_o word_n though_o ●_o make_v too_o much_o stir_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n physical_a and_o moral_a have_v speak_v before_o i_o will_v not_o repeat_v it_o here_o 1._o if_o the_o question_n be_v the_o operatione_n ut_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la agentis_fw-la before_o the_o effect_n it_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o god_n essence_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a which_o be_v unworthy_a a_o answer_n §_o 2._o 2._o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o action_n of_o second_o cause_n as_o the_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n if_o true_o act_v they_o be_v both_o physical_a as_o they_o be_v real_o actus_fw-la naturalis_fw-la and_o moral_a as_o they_o be_v the_o act_n of_o free_a intellectual_a agent_n but_o the_o act_n of_o law_n and_o other_o object_n mere_o as_o object_n on_o man_n be_v call_v moral_a act_n because_o they_o be_v but_o nominal_a but_o indeed_o be_v no_o act_n and_o therefore_o neither_o physical_a nor_o moral_a for_o they_o be_v but_o signa_fw-la and_o significare_fw-la be_v not_o agere_fw-la but_o be_v only_o a_o objective_a aptitude_n by_o which_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n can_v edify_v itself_o all_o the_o book_n in_o my_o library_n teach_v i_o without_o any_o action_n by_o be_v signa_fw-la objective_o to_o my_o active_a intellect_n §_o 3._o 3_o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v quid_fw-la real_n and_o therefore_o physicum_fw-la and_o it_o be_v moral_a as_o it_o be_v the_o principium_fw-la actus_fw-la moralis_fw-la the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o our_o own_o act_n and_o habit_n they_o be_v physical_a and_o moral_a accident_n and_o they_o can_v be_v moral_a unless_o they_o be_v physical_a §_o 4._o but_o it_o must_v be_v know_v that_o to_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la morale_fw-la formal_o differ_v as_o actus_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la and_o ordo_fw-la qua_fw-la ordo_fw-la do_v differ_v ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la se●_n relatione_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la morum_fw-la and_o moralitas_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la physici_fw-la vel_fw-la privationis_fw-la relatio_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la regulam_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la morum_fw-la §_o 5._o but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v not_o of_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o act_n but_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o cause_n viz._n whether_o grace_n or_o divine_a action_n do_v cause_n physical_o or_o moral_o i_o answer_v plain_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a cause_n which_o be_v not_o physical_a a_o moral_a cause_n not_o physical_a be_v but_o causa_fw-la reputata_fw-la vel_fw-la ●●minalis_fw-la object_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o cause_n moral_o but_o if_o they_o be_v mere_o object_n they_o cause_v not_o efficient_o at_o all_o but_o by_o termination_n only_o material_o constitute_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la but_o some_o thing_n vulgar_o call_v object_n as_o light_n heatt_z etc._n etc._n be_v active_a and_o so_o effect_v and_o he_o that_o do_v proponere_fw-la objectum_fw-la do_v indeed_o effect_n by_o speak_v or_o do_v but_o he_o do_v not_o effect_v any_o thing_n by_o the_o object_n on_o the_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a object_n but_o the_o vox_fw-la loquentis_fw-la do_v more_o than_o present_a a_o object_n it_o do_v by_o agency_n suscitate_a the_o spirit_n and_o operate_v on_o the_o organ_n of_o sensation_n and_o many_o mercy_n affliction_n and_o other_o 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in_o you_o be_v not_o able_a certain_o to_o define_v what_o physical_o specifi_v a_o action_n and_o what_o not_o to_o say_v that_o one_o be_v the_o species_n of_o a_o act_n and_o the_o other_o be_v but_o a_o accident_n and_o no_o species_n be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o you_o will_v say_v what_o you_o listen_v we_o use_v to_o say_v that_o act_n be_v specify_v by_o their_o object_n and_o so_o when_o object_n differ_v specie_fw-la physica_fw-la vel_fw-la morali_fw-la the_o act_n do_v so_o but_o when_o the_o question_n be_v with_o judas_n shall_v i_o betray_v my_o master_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o be_v perjure_v or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o commit_v this_o adultery_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o pray_v in_o season_n or_o out_o of_o season_n to_o another_o shall_v i_o love_v god_n or_o the_o creature_n more_o shall_v i_o will_v or_o not_o will_v this_o shall_v i_o will_v it_o or_o will_v it_o etc._n etc._n here_o you_o be_v so_o much_o at_o liberty_n 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§_o 13._o but_o here_o let_v the_o reader_n note_n that_o when_o he_o make_v moral_a good_a and_o evil_a no_o species_n of_o action_n but_o a_o extrinsic_a denomination_n which_o be_v true_a abstract_v the_o relation_n from_o the_o fundamental_a difference_n of_o the_o act_n and_o make_v god_n the_o natural_o necessitate_v cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v physical_a in_o the_o act_n he_o make_v god_n equal_o the_o necessitate_v prime_a cause_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a which_o be_v but_o relation_n result_v from_o the_o specify_v act_n §_o 14._o he_o add_v if_o god_n move_v the_o will_v it_o be_v to_o that_o same_o act_n which_o it_o do_v or_o to_o another_o if_o to_o another_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n move_v it_o to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o do_v rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v do_v when_o we_o speak_v not_o of_o moral_n but_o necessary_a physical_a motion_n answ_n the_o particle_n too_o do_v cheat_n you_o by_o ambiguity_n 1._o as_o too_o note_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n alone_o it_o be_v to_o the_o impress_n which_o he_o make_v on_o the_o soul_n which_o effect_n he_o still_o obtain_v which_o urge_v it_o towards_o its_o own_o act_n 2._o the_o same_o i_o say_v if_o to_o signify_v a_o absolute_o intend_a end_n 3._o but_o if_o to_o signify_v the_o natural_a tendency_n of_o god_n impulse_n as_o to_o a_o effect_n possible_a and_o desirable_a yea_o and_o due_a by_o command_n from_o the_o subordinate_a cause_n man_n will_n than_o it_o be_v to_o our_o act_n of_o repentance_n faith_n duty_n that_o god_n move_v we_o that_o be_v he_o give_v we_o that_o power_n and_o necessary_a influx_n by_o which_o it_o may_v and_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o we_o §_o 15._o it_o be_v but_o to_o make_v toil_n for_o the_o reader_n to_o answer_v all_o these_o fallacy_n and_o quibble_n found_v in_o some_o false_a supposition_n or_o ambiguous_a word_n else_o i_o will_v answer_v the_o rest_n of_o that_o digression_n and_o his_o digre_n 5._o li._n 1._o p._n 2._o contra_fw-la alvar._n only_o here_o i_o must_v take_v notice_n that_o in_o this_o digr_n 9_o he_o himself_o reject_v greg._n arim._n and_o hurtado_n assertion_n of_o god_n determine_v we_o to_o this_o or_o that_o numerical_a act_n as_o distinct_a from_o another_o ejusdem_fw-la speciei_fw-la ut_fw-la merum_fw-la figmentum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la curiositati_fw-la hominum_fw-la nimium_fw-la infoelici_fw-la satisfaciendum_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la introductum_fw-la whereas_o be_v it_o not_o for_o weary_v the_o reader_n i_o may_v show_v that_o the_o same_o reason_n will_v hold_v for_o or_o against_o this_o numerical_a as_o be_v for_o or_o against_o his_o specifical_a predetermination_n and_o the_o species_n have_v no_o existence_n but_o in_o the_o individual_n and_o himself_o say_v that_o god_n motion_n be_v ad_fw-la actus_fw-la singulares_fw-la if_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o that_o singular_a act_n that_o be_v do_v rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v not_o do_v he_o give_v up_o his_o whole_a cause_n §_o 16._o but_o to_o this_o he_o have_v a_o answer_n that_o it_o be_v a_o fiction_n and_o unsound_a to_o say_v that_o possibilia_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la existunt_fw-la do_v differre_fw-la numero_fw-la cum_fw-la differre_fw-la numero_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la answ_n 1._o he_o may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o esse_fw-la possibile_fw-la be_v a_o fiction_n when_o possibile_fw-la be_v terminus_fw-la diminuens_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o be_v not_o possibile_fw-la as_o much_o a_o fiction_n de_fw-fr specie_fw-la as_o de_fw-la numero_fw-la that_o which_o be_v not_o neither_o be_v in_o specie_fw-la nor_o in_fw-la numero_fw-la but_o there_o be_v a_o possibilitas_fw-la numeri_fw-la as_o well_o as_o speciei_fw-la yet_o with_o this_o answer_n he_o oft_o insult_v over_o the_o schoolman_n when_o at_o another_o time_n he_o will_v have_v say_v that_o possibile_fw-la have_v a_o esse_fw-la cognitum_fw-la in_o both_o respect_n §_o 17._o and_o i_o think_v the_o 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be_v of_o future_n and_o non-existents_a it_o may_v be_v of_o individual_n that_o be_v such_o as_o well_o as_o of_o species_n §_o 18._o yea_o he_o proceed_v to_o say_v pag._n 412._o deum_fw-la scire_fw-la plura_fw-la esse_fw-la possibilia_fw-la quam_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la scire_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la rerum_fw-la possibilium_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la scire_fw-la se_fw-la praestare_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la detur_fw-la major_a multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la existentium_fw-la quam_fw-la actu_fw-la sit_fw-la quare_fw-la multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la individuarum_fw-la deo_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la sive_fw-la ea_fw-la sit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la potentialis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la be_v causa_fw-la transitionis_fw-la rerum_fw-la è_fw-la numero_fw-la possibilium_fw-la in_o numerum_fw-la futurorum_fw-la and_o my_o foresay_a opposition_n to_o his_o eternal_a causation_n of_o futurity_n be_v hereby_o confirm_v 2._o it_o be_v
true_a that_o to_o know_v quid_fw-la possibile_fw-la be_v not_o to_o know_v it_o to_o be_v existent_a nor_o any_o more_o than_o to_o know_v what_o god_n e._n g._n can_v do_v and_o so_o to_o denominate_v nothing_o quid_fw-la possibile_fw-la as_o relate_v to_o power_n and_o so_o ariminens_n say_v nothing_o may_v be_v relate_v but_o the_o like_a must_v be_v say_v of_o futurity_n and_o it_o hold_v equal_o of_o the_o species_n and_o de_fw-fr numero_fw-la &_o possibilium_fw-la &_o futurorum_fw-la so_o that_o here_o we_o have_v confitentem_fw-la reum_fw-la about_o the_o dance_n and_o dream_n of_o notion_n and_o nothing_o which_o i_o have_v before_o show_v they_o beguile_v man_n understanding_n with_o and_o hence_o also_o my_o former_a doctrine_n be_v confirm_v of_o the_o nonnecessity_n of_o a_o causal_a decree_n of_o negative_n or_o nothing_o or_o of_o a_o positive_a volition_n of_o they_o §_o 10._o the_o truth_n be_v a_o act_n of_o man_n soul_n be_v such_o a_o thing_n that_o de_fw-fr 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he_o fall_v be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v or_o receive_v and_o that_o no_o prepare_a soul_n have_v such_o sufficient_a grace_n to_o believe_v that_o yet_o believe_v not_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v past_o our_o reach_n to_o know_v §_o 3._o this_o sufficient_a grace_n consist_v in_o a_o power_n to_o the_o act_n when_o the_o indisposition_n of_o the_o natural_a power_n be_v so_o far_o alter_v or_o repress_v as_o that_o by_o the_o mean_n and_o help_v vouchsafe_v by_o god_n the_o act_n be_v moral_o possible_a to_o be_v do_v for_o he_o that_o true_o can_v do_v it_o all_o thing_n consider_v be_v well_o say_v to_o have_v such_o necessary_a grace_n §_o 4._o but_o god_n of_o his_o bounty_n usual_o give_v man_n more_o than_o such_o a_o mere_a moral_a possibility_n by_o many_o additional_a help_n and_o urgency_n to_o the_o act_n which_o i_o mention_v before_o §_o 5._o but_o by_o sufficient_a be_v not_o mean_v as_o much_o as_o be_v useful_a yea_o or_o needful_a to_o the_o ascertain_v of_o the_o event_n much_o less_o to_o the_o meliority_n of_o the_o act_n §_o 6._o ii_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n relate_v to_o the_o effect_n and_o
some_o of_o you_o will_v grant_v that_o as_o motion_n cause_v motion_n by_o contact_n of_o body_n so_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n can_v cause_v the_o second_o and_o other_o of_o you_o will_v deny_v it_o and_o say_v that_o god_n action_n be_v diversify_v only_o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o effect_n and_o object_n that_o which_o cause_v the_o second_o effect_n be_v to_o be_v denominate_v a_o second_o action_n and_o not_o the_o same_o numerical_o which_o cause_v the_o first_o no_o nor_o specifical_o if_o the_o effect_n specifical_o differ_v and_o so_o as_o scholastic_a wit_n here_o exercise_v their_o curiosity_n without_o respect_n to_o arminianism_n or_o calvinism_n you_o will_v here_o fall_v into_o notional_a controversy_n in_o the_o way_n §_o 20._o 2._o but_o grant_v that_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v that_o efficacious_a grace_n which_o must_v cause_v the_o second_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v what_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v and_o what_o the_o second_o god_n grace_n like_o the_o sun_n be_v still_o shine_v though_o we_o be_v not_o still_o receive_v it_o when_o it_o work_v but_o the_o commoner_n sort_n of_o effect_n these_o tend_v to_o more_o and_o more_o the_o first_o gracious_a effect_n may_v be_v forty_o year_n before_o conversion_n but_o this_o be_v not_o your_o meaning_n but_o i_o suppose_v you_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o first_o special_a effect_n or_o gratia_fw-la operata_fw-la that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o save_v which_o you_o mean_v but_o to_o pass_v by_o that_o augustine_n prosper_n fulgentius_n much_o more_o their_o predecessor_n hold_v that_o sincere_a faith_n love_n holiness_n justification_n present_a right_n to_o life_n if_o they_o so_o die_v be_v not_o proper_a to_o the_o save_v but_o that_o some_o lose_v all_o these_o if_o you_o say_v but_o proper_a to_o the_o justify_v or_o sanctify_v or_o convert_v or_o it_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n which_o be_v proprium_fw-la justificandis_fw-la which_o you_o mean_v be_v we_o agree_v what_o that_o be_v §_o 21._o either_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n or_o the_o first_o gratia_n operata_fw-la be_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n itself_o or_o somewhat_o antecedent_n if_o the_o act_n as_o many_o subtle_o maintain_v than_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a question_n to_o ask_v whether_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v effectual_a to_o cause_v itself_o and_o how_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v somewhat_o antecedent_n or_o we_o can_v find_v no_o matter_n for_o our_o controversy_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la gratiae_n ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la §_o 22._o if_o somewhat_o antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n it_o be_v either_o a_o disposition_n or_o infuse_v habit_n or_o a_o impression_n impulse_n or_o influx_n which_o be_v neither_o disposition_n nor_o habit._n afficimur_fw-la habit._n habit._n habit._n dico_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la certo_fw-la constare_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la literis_fw-la esse_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la habitus_n supernaturale_n 2._o at_o baptizatis_fw-la infunditur_fw-la gratia_n ●o_z sensu_fw-la quod_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la d●o_fw-la grati_fw-la &_o consortes_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o renati_fw-la 3._o conceditur_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la velimu●_n diligamus_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la &_o infusionem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la 4._o dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la desuper_fw-la infusum_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la diligamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la facilius_fw-la credamus_fw-la medina_n in_o 12._o q._n 51._o p._n 282._o see_v many_o definition_n of_o a_o habit_n confute_v in_o medina_n 1._o 2._o p._n 271._o and_o that_o which_o he_o rest_v in_o be_v aristotle_n qualitas_fw-la quâ_fw-la rectè_fw-la vel_fw-la malè_fw-la afficimur_fw-la §_o 23._o 1._o a_o proper_a habit_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v not_o though_o mr._n pemble_n singular_o seem_v so_o to_o think_v yet_o he_o mean_v but_o a_o seminal_a disposition_n and_o it_o be_v common_o hold_v that_o the_o habit_n be_v give_v by_o sanctification_n after_o the_o act_n give_v in_o vocation_n 2._o but_o if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o the_o habit_n be_v not_o always_o sufficient_a to_o ascertain_v the_o act._n for_o holy_a man_n oft_o sin_n against_o a_o habit_n and_o believer_n do_v not_o always_o exercise_v it_o habit_n incline_v per_fw-mi modum_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o do_v not_o certain_o determine_v to_o the_o act_n 3._o and_o of_o a_o disposition_n it_o must_v be_v so_o say_v much_o more_o §_o 24._o 2._o and_o if_o it_o be_v a_o impulse_n or_o influxus_fw-la receptus_n as_o i_o think_v we_o must_v affirm_v this_o be_v but_o a_o general_a notion_n of_o which_o our_o understanding_n be_v very_o crude_a or_o small_a a_o mere_a motus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o for_o as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o divine_a influx_n be_v threefold_a viz._n from_o vital-activity_n or_o power_n wisdom_n and_o love_n to_o life_n light_n and_o love_n in_o man_n now_o as_o i_o say_v if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o impulse_n beside_o the_o life_n light_n and_o love_n produce_v our_o controversy_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o these_o be_v not_o efficacious_a or_o efficient_a of_o themselves_o but_o if_o such_o a_o different_a impulse_n there_o be_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v in_o man_n i_o conceive_v it_o best_o express_v by_o all_o these_o inadequate_a notion_n conjunct_a 1._o a_o inward_a urgency_n to_o this_o threefold_a act_n which_o be_v call_v in_o the_o school_n both_o auxilium_fw-la concourse_n and_o influx_n 2._o by_o which_o urgency_n the_o soul_n be_v more_o dispose_a to_o the_o act_n in_o hoc_fw-la ordine_fw-la than_o it_o be_v before_o 3._o which_o disposition_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o moral_a power_n to_o that_o act_n so_o order_v and_o somewhat_o more_o even_o some_o inclination_n to_o perform_v it_o if_o any_o man_n can_v tell_v i_o better_o what_o that_o divine_a impulse_n be_v which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o man_n act_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o learn_v §_o 25._o now_o if_o this_o be_v the_o question_n whether_o this_o divine_a impulse_n which_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n spirit_n be_v of_o its_o own_o nature_n efficacious_a to_o produce_v it_o according_a to_o jansenius_n the_o first_o grace_n be_v necessary_a delectation_n or_o love_n in_o act_n before_o that_o which_o be_v free_a and_o full_a and_o if_o so_o then_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n cause_v this_o grace_n and_o so_o none_o to_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o this_o question_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o or_o less_o sufficient_a or_o effectual_a operate_a or_o cooperate_a grace_n which_o make_v one_o man_n love_n god_n initial_o rather_o than_o another_o for_o it_o be_v no_o grace_n b●_n god_n essential_a will_n this_o love_n be_v the_o first_o grace_n and_o no_o receive_a impulse_n antecedent_n to_o it_o our_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o second_o effect_n i_o answer_v 1._o sometime_o god_n impulse_n be_v so_o great_a as_o propriâ_fw-la vi_fw-la do_v change_v mind_n and_o will_n and_o overcome_v resistance_n and_o procure_v our_o act_n 2._o sometime_o it_o be_v so_o strong_a as_o that_o it_o prevail_v against_o the_o contrary_a ill-disposition_n so_o far_o as_o to_o give_v man_n a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o act_n with_o some_o inclination_n which_o yet_o contrary_a habit_n and_o temptation_n do_v overcome_v and_o the_o act_n do_v not_o follow_v which_o yet_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o and_o this_o be_v call_v sufficient_a grace_n 3._o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o as_o in_o some_o instance_n god_n great_a impress_n be_v the_o chief_a difference_v cause_n so_o in_o other_o instance_n a_o equal_a impulse_n of_o god_n on_o unequal_o dispose_v subject_n do_v produce_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n in_o one_o of_o they_o which_o it_o produce_v not_o in_o the_o other_o through_o the_o incapacity_n of_o the_o recipient_a 4._o therefore_o there_o be_v a_o double_a degree_n of_o efficacy_n or_o vis_fw-fr one_o which_o only_o so_o far_o move_v and_o help_v the_o will_n as_o that_o it_o can_v do_v the_o act_n and_o sometime_o do_v it_o without_o more_o another_o which_o be_v so_o strong_a as_o that_o the_o second_o effect_n always_o follow_v it_o 5._o but_o whenever_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v produce_v by_o force_n or_o impulse_n more_o or_o less_o god_n be_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o man_n but_o the_o second_o and_o the_o praise_n of_o it_o be_v according_o due_a and_o i_o think_v this_o decision_n accommodate_v both_o side_n of_o our_o contender_n §_o 26._o the_o foresay_a impulse_n or_o first_o effect_n be_v only_o the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o the_o mean_n and_o not_o we_o but_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n be_v god_n work_n and_o we_o and_o we_o as_o free-agent_n therefore_o that_o impulse_n of_o god_n which_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a on_o supposition_n of_o man_n due_a reception_n and_o self-excitation_n
be_v a_o active_a spirit_n 115._o *_o indifferentia_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la auxilium_fw-la praevium_fw-la est_fw-la indifferentia_fw-la passiva_fw-la caeterum_fw-la in_o ordint_n ad_fw-la actum_fw-la liberum_fw-la qu●m_fw-la producit_fw-la praedeterminata_fw-la tali_fw-la ●_z praevia_fw-la indifferentia_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la est_fw-la activa_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr disp_n 23._o pag._n 115._o and_o therefore_o what_o ever_o it_o receive_v it_o receive_v it_o as_o it_o be_v in_o that_o nature_n 2._o but_o the_o same_o soul_n be_v passive_a as_o well_o as_o active_a and_o that_o in_o the_o prio_fw-la instant_n of_o nature_n for_o it_o must_v receive_v from_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n which_o make_v the_o greek_a ancient_a doctor_n and_o many_o of_o the_o latin_n say_v as_o damascene_fw-la in_o sense_n though_o in_o grosser_n word_n that_o the_o soul_n in_o respect_n to_o body_n be_v immaterial_a or_o incorporeal_a but_o it_o be_v material_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n §_o 2._o not_o only_o in_o its_o receive_v the_o spirit_n first_o impulse_n to_o believe_v the_o soul_n be_v passive_a before_o it_o be_v active_a but_o also_o in_o its_o reception_n of_o every_o sort_n of_o divine_a influx_n even_o to_o every_o natural_a act_n so_o that_o in_o this_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o conversion_n and_o any_o common_a act_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v first_o passive_a in_o all●_n even_o in_o receive_v that_o natural_a influx_n by_o which_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_z be._n §_o 3._o but_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v passive_a in_o receive_v god_n impulse_n to_o believe_v the_o first_o effect_n be_v active_a in_o the_o produce_v of_o its_o own_o act_n of_o believe_v which_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o many_o concause_n and_o as_o i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n proper_o so_o call_v which_o it_o passive_o receive_v before_o the_o act._n sect_n xviii_o whether_o the_o first_o grace_n and_o the_o new_a and_o soft_a heart_n be_v promise_v and_o give_v absolute_o or_o on_o any_o condition_n on_o our_o part_n and_o so_o of_o faith_n itself_o answ_n §_o 1._o by_o the_o first_o grace_n be_v mean_v either_o simple_o the_o first_o or_o the_o first_o special_a renew_v grace_n on_o the_o soul_n proper_a to_o they_o that_o shall_v be_v justify_v of_o the_o first_o grace_n simple_o there_o be_v no_o condition_n for_o it_o be_v give_v universal_o to_o all_o viz._n a_o reprieval_n a_o law_n of_o grace_n a_o redeemer_n etc._n etc._n and_o after_o this_o there_o be_v much_o common_a personal_a mercy_n give_v conditional_o and_o much_o absolute_o to_o all_o or_o some_o themselves_o some_o some_o some_o and_o as_o to_o the_o first_o move_v inward_a grace_n see_v how_o copious_o the_o jesuit_n ruiz_n as_o vasquez_n and_o other_o prove_v that_o it_o have_v no_o initium_fw-la in_o we_o no_o not_o a_o occasion_n or_o disposition_n much_o less_o merit_n for_o which_o it_o be_v give_v and_o he_o reason_v from_o the_o name_n creation_n generation_n by_o the_o seed_n of_o god_n resuscitation_n and_o god_n be_v find_v of_o they_o that_o seek_v he_o not_o and_o from_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n de_fw-fr prade_v tr._n 3._o disp_n 18._o ●_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n p._n 227_o 228_o etc._n etc._n even_o medina_n 12._o p._n 596._o be_v so_o hesitant_n as_o to_o say_v esse_fw-la probabilem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la doctorum_fw-la quod_fw-la facienti_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la facultate_fw-la naturae_fw-la deus_fw-la ex_fw-la sva_fw-la misericordia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la denegat_fw-la gratiam_fw-la sed_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la probabilius_fw-la est_fw-la &_o magis_fw-la consentaneum_fw-la sanctis_fw-la patri●us_fw-la praeclpu●_n augustino_n non_fw-la esse_fw-la legem_fw-la infallibilem_fw-la quod_fw-la homini_fw-la p●●atori_fw-la facienti_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la se_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la facultate_fw-la natura_fw-la continub_fw-la conferatur_fw-la gratia_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la esser_fw-it lex_fw-la infallibilis_fw-la certè_fw-la initium_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la pars_fw-la justificationis_fw-la esset_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o the_o papist_n herein_o differ_v as_o much_o as_o the_o protestant_n among_o themselves_o §_o 2._o it_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o error_n which_o by_o oversight_n i_o be_v long_o entangle_v in_o myself_o to_o think_v that_o by_o the_o new_a and_o soft_a heart_n be_v mean_v the_o first_o special_a grace_n for_o most_o divine_n agree_v that_o it_o be_v proper_a sanctification_n which_o be_v mean_v by_o it_o as_o distinct_a from_o antecedent_n vocation_n vid._n ames_n medul_a de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la rolloc_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la bishop_n g._n downame_n against_o pemble_n hooker_n soul_n vocation_n joh._n rogers_n of_o faith_n and_o many_o other_o in_o vocation_n they_o suppose_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n suscitate_v by_o the_o spirit_n and_o thereupon_o a_o covenant-relation_n to_o christ_n and_o to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n with_o regenerate_v sanctify_a habit_n ●o_o be_v give_v and_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n to_o be_v singular_a herein_o §_o 3._o that_o faith_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n make_v a_o condition_n of_o this_o sanctification_n and_o the_o spirit_n promise_v we_o if_o we_o will_v believe_v and_o so_o the_o spirit_n give_v to_o we_o by_o covenant_n in_o baptism_n when_o we_o believe_v be_v plain_a ill_a scripture_n and_o the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o all_o divine_n §_o 4._o therefore_o if_o it_o be_v this_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n that_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o new_a the_o tender_a the_o circumcise_a heart_n it_o be_v not_o promise_v and_o give_v absolute_o but_o on_o condition_n of_o faith_n §_o 5._o let_v we_o peruse_v the_o several_a text_n where_o it_o be_v promise_v dent._n 30._o 1_o 2_o 3_o 6._o when_o thou_o shall_v call_v to_o mind_n among_o all_o the_o nation_n and_o shall_v return_v unto_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o obey_v his_o voice_n according_a to_o all_o that_o i_o command_v thou_o this_o day_n thou_o and_o thy_o child_n with_o ●●_o thy_o heart_n and_o all_o thy_o soul_n that_o then_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v turn_v thy_o captivity_n and_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n will_v circumcise_v thy_o heart_n and_o the_o heart_n of_o thy_o seed_n to_o love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o soul_n that_o thou_o may_v live_v here_o it_o be_v a_o grace_n consequent_a to_o a_o condition_n even_o to_o much_o obedience_n which_o be_v describe_v and_o deut._n 10._o 16._o it_o be_v a_o command_v circumcise_v the_o foreskin_n of_o your_o heart_n and_o be_v no_o more_o stiff-necked_a jer._n 32._o 36_o 37_o etc._n etc._n i_o will_v gather_v they_o out_o of_o all_o country_n whither_o i_o have_v drive_v they_o and_o will_v bring_v they_o again_o into_o this_o place_n and_o i_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o dwell_v safe_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n and_o i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n 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 so_o ezek._n 11._o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20._o and_o ezek._n 36._o 25_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o in_o all_o which_o there_o be_v a_o promissory_a prophecy_n how_o great_a a_o deliverance_n god_n will_v give_v the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n both_o for_o body_n and_o soul_n and_o their_o temporal_a return_n and_o liberty_n be_v promise_v and_o prophesy_v in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o a_o new_a heart_n be_v but_o here_o be_v not_o a_o syllable_n to_o prove_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o special_a grace_n any_o more_o than_o perseverance_n be_v which_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v promise_v in_o jer._n 32._o 40._o i_o will_v put_v my_o fear_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o they_o shall_v not_o depart_v to_o say_v nothing_o how_o far_o in_o the_o first_o sense_n this_o be_v national_a to_o the_o jew_n nor_o how_o the_o performance_n do_v expound_v it_o for_o doubtless_o it_o be_v perform_v the_o text_n itself_o premise_v i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n with_o other_o mercy_n and_o no_o doubt_n but_o faith_n and_o repentance_n go_v before_o this_o covenant-relation_n to_o god_n and_o therefore_o before_o the_o follow_a gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n ver_fw-la 9_o and_o ch._n 11._o 19_o and_o ezek._n 18._o 31._o the_o same_o be_v command_v cast_v away_o from_o you_o all_o your_o transgression_n whereby_o you_o have_v transgress_v and_o make_v you_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o a_o new_a spirit_n §_o 6._o the_o promissory_a prophecy_n of_o jer._n 31._o 31_o etc._n etc._n be_v recite_v by_o the_o penman_n of_o heb._n 8._o 8_o etc._n etc._n to_o prove_v the_o cessation_n of_o the_o old_a jewish_a covenant_n and_o that_o a_o better_a shall_v succeed_v and_o this_o much_o be_v easy_o prove_v out_o of_o both_o 1._o that_o god_n will_v certain_o have_v a_o holy_a people_n among_o the_o
to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la ration●_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individ●●a●ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n predetermine_v every_o act_n natural_a and_o free_a to_o its_o object_n compare_v with_o other_o possible_a object_n and_o that_o in_o all_o its_o mode_n and_o circumstance_n do_v confound_v nature_n and_o morality_n and_o leave_v nothing_o for_o god_n to_o do_v in_o cause_v holiness_n but_o what_o he_o must_v needs_o do_v to_o cause_v all_o action_n that_o be_v cause_v allow_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n ●_o yea_o but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o cause_v every_o sin_n for_o his_o pracept_n be_v not_o with_o they_o the_o cause_v predetermination_n §_o 19_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n with_o all_o the_o fore_n describe_v frame_n of_o moral_a mean_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o cooperate_v be_v the_o proper_a second_o cause_n by_o which_o god_n as_o rector_n will_v on_o his_o part_n ordinary_o
cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o thus_o though_o god_n give_v all_o their_o due_a according_a to_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o give_v to_o his_o elect_n such_o proportion_n of_o grace_n as_o he_o give_v they_o no_o antecedent_n right_o to_o by_o his_o law_n or_o at_o least_o to_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o controversy_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o to_o they_o all_o §_o 21._o god_n can_v cure_v and_o sanctify_v all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v his_o absolute_a will_n but_o he_o do_v not_o and_o will_v not_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v and_o he_o will_v be_v no_o loser_n nor_o sufferer_n by_o the_o creature_n sin_n §_o 22._o god_n absolute_a will_n be_v as_o full_o accomplish_v by_o man_n free_a act_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o necessitate_a and_o natural_a and_o man_n action_n be_v as_o free_v as_o if_o god_n have_v make_v no_o absolute_a decree_n of_o their_o futurity_n as_o in_o good_a he_o have_v do_v if_o we_o may_v so_o ascribe_v futurity_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 23._o it_o seem_v that_o all_o sin_n begin_v in_o the_o will_n omission_n of_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v even_o when_o adam_n appetite_n be_v to_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o will_v not_o restrain_v that_o appetite_n when_o it_o can_v have_v do_v it_o and_o then_o positive_a sin_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o §_o 24._o there_o be_v more_o brutishness_n in_o sin_n and_o consequent_o more_o privative_a and_o less_o positive_a faultiness_n of_o the_o reason_n and_o will_n than_o many_o do_v consider_v which_o paul_n partly_o mean_v rom._n 7._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o a_o passion_n e._n g._n anger_n or_o fear_n may_v be_v force_v on_o a_o man_n sudden_o as_o ●n_v a_o brute_n without_o reason_n as_o if_o you_o come_v behind_o one_o and_o affright_v he_o or_o strike_v he_o sudden_o no_o reason_n raise_v that_o passion_n and_o consequent_o no_o rational_a will._n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o passion_n without_o reason_n can_v cause_v despotical_o a_o corporal_a motion_n as_o the_o fearful_a will_v start_v and_o run_v and_o the_o angry_a strike_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o rational_a will_n but_o as_o a_o beast_n do_v 3._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o will_v to_o rule_v this_o passion_n and_o these_o motion_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v have_v due_a information_n from_o the_o understanding_n that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v good_a and_o best_a 5._o if_o this_o information_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v never_o miss_v of_o determine_v the_o will_n than_o man_n will_v never_o sin_v but_o when_o the_o understanding_n fail_v of_o its_o necessary_a office_n before_o the_o will_v which_o will_v resolve_v all_o sin_n into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o direct_o move_v the_o will_n to_o it_o by_o necessitate_v unresistible_a predetermination_n for_o the_o intellect_n as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o ●●y_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o ●●●_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n and_o so_o as_o quid_fw-la morale_n formaliter_fw-la sin_n have_v as_o much_o relative_n be_v as_o duty_n have_v viz._n 1._o as_o contra_fw-la legem_fw-la significantem_fw-la 2._o contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la significatam_fw-la 3._o et_fw-la contra_fw-la j●●_n divini_fw-la dominii_fw-la imperii_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la §_o 29._o if_o any_o be_v unsatisfied_a in_o this_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la imperat●m_fw-la there_o be_v no_o more_o physical_a entity_n than_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la imperatum_fw-la no_o nor_o then_o there_o be_v in_o the_o velle_fw-la indefinite_o consider_v as_o on_o any_o object_n or_o if_o any_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o addition_n of_o entity_n it_o be_v but_o ordo_fw-la modi_fw-la in_o any_o such_o sinful_a act_n from_o which_o as_o such_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n or_o sin_n result_v but_o what_o man_n can_v do_v and_o do_v without_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o so_o order_v and_o terminate_v so_o that_o god_n be_v no_o way_n the_o cause_n of_o formal_a sin_n §_o 30._o otherwise_o 30._o 30._o 30._o bradwardi●_n deal_v more_o plain_o and_o make_v god_n effectual_a volition_n to_o be_v the_o total_a immediate_a cause_n that_o man_n sin_v though_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o god_n to_o do_v so_o and_o say_v that_o god_n will_v it_o for_o good_a use_n as_o the_o sinner_n do_v or_o if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o be_v because_o god_n make_v he_o unavoidable_o do_v otherwise_o they_o that_o say_v he_o cause_v all_o that_o man_n cause_v and_o that_o as_o the_o first_o necessitate_v or_o insuperable_a cause_n but_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n contradict_v themselves_o see_v that_o form_n be_v but_o a_o relation_n which_o result_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la from_o its_o fundamentam_fw-la and_o terminus_fw-la and_o nè_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la can_v but_o do_v so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o
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be_v dam_v i_o think_v you_o will_v not_o deny_v it_o yourself_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v fore-seen_a final_o impenitent_a sinner_n god_n do_v not_o only_a will_n that_o all_o the_o final_o impenitent_a shall_v be_v damn_v nor_o only_o that_o e._n g._n judas_n shall_v be_v damn_v if_o he_o be_v final_o impenitent_a but_o also_o that_o judas_n as_o fore-seen_a final_o impenitent_a shall_v certain_o be_v damn_v so_o that_o when_o the_o condition_n be_v fore-seen_a in_o the_o recipient_a or_o object_n it_o be_v no_o long_o a_o mere_a conditional_a decree_n but_o absolute_a suppose_v that_o condition_n in_o all_o this_o we_o be_v agree_v the_o second_o crimination_n a._n ii_o but_o that_o be_v not_o all_o but_o you_o hold_v that_o god_n eternal_o decree_v man_n sin_n yea_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n and_o devil_n some_o say_v that_o he_o decree_v to_o predetermine_v man_n insuparable_o to_o the_o forbid_a act_n and_o
the_o moderate_v that_o he_o esse_fw-la he_o vid._n episcopii_n resp_n ad_fw-la qu._n 64._o qu._n 33._o pag._n 32._o ●bi_fw-la dicit_fw-la deum_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la judaei_n christum_fw-la e_fw-la medio_fw-la tolleren_fw-mi ex_fw-la praescientia_fw-la quod_fw-la id_fw-la liber●_n voluntate_fw-la facturi_fw-la essent_fw-la atque_fw-la inde_fw-la praedictiones_fw-la certas_fw-la natas_fw-la esse_fw-la decree_v the_o event_n that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la efficiente_a or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o decree_v his_o permission_n of_o it_o b._n i._o the_o first_o sort_n be_v those_o few_o who_o i_o in_o the_o beginning_n renounce_v of_o who_o the_o dominican_n and_o good_a dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n his_o follower_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la be_v the_o chief_a i_o easy_o confess_v to_o you_o that_o god_n make_v the_o law_n and_o god_n make_v man_n and_o god_n make_v the_o object_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o natural_a act_n in_o genere_fw-la by_o a_o natural_a general_a concourse_n and_o if_o it_o can_v be_v also_o prove_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a efficient_a determiner_n of_o the_o will_n and_o that_o by_o necessitation_n to_o this_o act_n or_o object_n comparative_o rather_o than_o to_o that_o e._n g._n that_o david_n will_v the_o act_n which_o be_v murder_n and_o adultery_n i_o can_v never_o deny_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o the_o sin_n for_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o sin_n be_v relative_n viz._n its_o disconformity_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o relation_n result_v without_o any_o new_a act_n or_o agent_n posito_fw-la fundamento_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la absoluto_fw-la and_o neither_o god_n nor_o man_n do_v or_o can_v do_v more_o to_o cause_v the_o relation_n and_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n so_o far_o see_v this_o that_o the_o upshot_n of_o all_o their_o vindication_n be_v 1._o that_o god_n cause_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n but_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o glory_n 2._o that_o god_n be_v under_o no_o law_n as_o we_o be_v and_o therefore_o can_v be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o will_v sin_n as_o sin_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o cause_n sin_n as_o sin_n we_o charge_v they_o not_o with_o infer_v that_o god_n will_v sin_n as_o sin_n but_o 93._o nullus_fw-la est_fw-la catholicus_n qui_fw-la ignoret_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la effectum_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la praedestinatus_fw-la occasionem_fw-la ex_fw-la eo_fw-la saepius_fw-la capiat_fw-la suae_fw-la salutis_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la esse_fw-la nequeat_fw-la efficitur_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nulla_fw-la ratione_fw-la praedestinare_fw-la possit_fw-la neque_fw-la actus_fw-la ipse_fw-la peccati_fw-la secundum_fw-la esse_fw-la naturale_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la quamvis_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la effectus_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vasquez_n in_o tho._n 1._o q._n 23._o cap._n 2._o disp_n 93._o if_o he_o will_v it_o and_o cause_n it_o for_o another_o end_n he_o cause_v the_o formal_a nature_n of_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v not_o play_v with_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o quatenus_fw-la and_o that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o man_n do_v for_o sinner_n do_v not_o all_o if_o any_o will_v sin_v as_o sin_n under_o this_o formal_a notion_n as_o it_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o displease_v he_o but_o as_o it_o bring_v they_o some_o seem_a good_a and_o by_o do_v evil_a for_o that_o good_a they_o be_v sinner_n to_o the_o second_o we_o do_v not_o charge_v the_o dominican_n with_o make_v god_n a_o sinner_n but_o with_o make_v he_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n even_o in_o its_o form_n ii_o but_o this_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o calvinist_n in_o general_n therefore_o i_o say_v that_o yourselves_o hold_v the_o same_o that_o they_o do_v in_o this_o point_n q._n 1._o do_v not_o all_o the_o jesuit_n and_o arminius_n hold_v that_o god_n be_v the_o decreer_n of_o what_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o and_o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n natural_a in_o the_o general_a see_v but_o rob._n baronius_n his_o metaphysic_n and_o bellarmine_n who_o he_o follow_v a._n that_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o moral_a specification_n of_o the_o act._n b._n and_o dr._n twisse_n have_v oft_o enough_o tell_v you_o where_o arminius_n say_v that_o god_n will_v have_v ahab_n to_o fill_v up_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o sin_n a._n that_o be_v not_o that_o he_o will_v the_o sin_n but_o that_o ahab_n have_v make_v himself_o wicked_a god_n decree_v not_o to_o stop_v he_o but_o let_v he_o go_v on_o b._n either_o you_o mean_v that_o the_o object_n of_o god_n decree_n be_v but_o his_o own_o permission_n as_o the_o arminian_o use_v to_o say_v or_o else_o that_o it_o be_v the_o sin_n itself_o matter_n and_o form_n permit_v not_o because_o it_o be_v sin_n or_o evil_n for_o so_o man_n oft_o will_v it_o not_o at_o least_o but_o as_o a_o occasion_n of_o god_n glory_n arminius_n his_o word_n import_v the_o latter_a and_o then_o you_o go_v as_o high_a as_o dr._n twisse_n or_o rutherford_n but_o if_o you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o rash_a word_n of_o arminius_n which_o you_o stand_v not_o to_o to_o make_v plain_a and_o short_a work_n with_o you_o i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o be_v liable_a to_o your_o charge_n that_o i_o charge_v you_o as_o presumptuous_a if_o not_o erroneous_a in_o say_v that_o god_n decree_v or_o will_v to_o permit_v sin_n and_o i_o assert_v 1._o that_o god_n do_v not_o decree_v the_o form_n of_o sin_n as_o sin_n 2._o nor_o yet_o the_o event_n of_o that_o form_n for_o any_o good_a end_n for_o ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la eveniat_fw-la be_v but_o peccatum_fw-la futurum_fw-la and_o what_o be_v it_o to_o decree_v sin_n but_o to_o decree_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v nor_o 3_o have_v he_o decree_v that_o this_o act_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o its_o comparative_a circumstantiated_a state_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o sin_n in_o its_o form_n result_v and_o so_o augustine_n say_n so_o much_o decantate_n by_o dr._n twisse_n and_o other_o do_v other_o as_o bradwardine_n who_o also_o tell_v we_o that_o if_o god_n damn_v the_o innocent_a his_o will_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o justice_n and_o equity_n but_o i_o think_v they_o that_o so_o describe_v his_o justice_n do_v rather_o think_v that_o none_o be_v damn_v than_o that_o the_o innocent_a be_v or_o may_v be_v as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n whatever_o a_o mere_a proprietor_n may_v do_v be_v not_o find_v that_o nothing_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o what_o god_n will_v either_o effect_v it_o or_o permit_v it_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v without_o god_n willing_a it_o or_o decree_a it_o so_o that_o he_o permit_v it_o but_o decree_v not_o that_o it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v not_o that_o it_o be_v against_o his_o contrary_a absolute_a decree_n but_o as_o lombard_n from_o other_o place_n in_o austin_n tell_v you_o plain_o god_n neither_o will_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v because_o it_o be_v sin_n nor_o properly_z and_o simple_o will_v that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v for_o his_o will_n be_v not_o overcome_v 4._o yea_o he_o can_v be_v prove_v to_o decree_v his_o own_o permission_n because_o to_o permit_v be_v but_o not_o to_o hinder_v which_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o negation_n and_o we_o have_v no_o ground_n to_o feign_v that_o god_n have_v volition_n or_o decree_n of_o nothing_o or_o of_o negation_n so_o that_o i_o say_v that_o sin_n come_v to_o pass_v without_o god_n decree_n of_o the_o event_n or_o of_o his_o permission_n though_o not_o without_o his_o decree_n of_o the_o good_a which_o come_v by_o it_o of_o which_o more_o when_o i_o speak_v to_o the_o other_o extreme_a and_o of_o this_o also_o more_o anon_o the_o three_o crimination_n a._n iii_o you_o make_v god_n necessitate_v man_n sin_n and_o damnation_n by_o your_o negative_a decree_n as_o well_o as_o other_o by_o their_o positive_a for_o you_o hold_v that_o no_o man_n can_v believe_v and_o repent_v but_o such_o as_o god_n decree_v to_o give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o and_o no_o man_n can_v do_v any_o more_o good_a than_o god_n decree_v that_o he_o shall_v do_v and_o some_o say_v that_o god_n decree_v not_o to_o give_v man_n any_o more_o grace_n than_o he_o give_v they_o which_o be_v a_o decree_n objective_o negative_a de_fw-la non_fw-la dando_fw-la and_o you_o and_o other_o say_v that_o he_o do_v not_o decree_n to_o give_v they_o more_o and_o so_o as_o a_o stone_n be_v not_o culpable_a for_o not_o fly_v no_o more_o be_v sinner_n not_o elect_v for_o not_o believe_v and_o obey_v god_n praecedere_fw-la god_n note_v what_o vasquez_n grant_v in_o 1._o tho._n q._n 23._o a._n 5
disp_n 92._o c._n 2._o certum_fw-la est_fw-la praedestinationem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la primam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quod_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o nostra_fw-la potestate_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o praedestinationis_fw-la &_o ipsius_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nullam_fw-la causam_fw-la aut_fw-la occasionem_fw-la ex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecedere_fw-la b._n you_o whole_o mistake_v and_o misreport_v we_o if_o we_o differ_v from_o you_o it_o be_v by_o go_v further_o from_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o objection_n than_o you_o do_v yourselves_o 1._o we_o hold_v that_o god_n give_v many_o man_n power_n to_o do_v more_o than_o they_o do_v and_o consequent_o that_o he_o decree_v to_o give_v it_o they_o man_n do_v not_o do_v all_o that_o they_o can_v do_v indeed_o we_o hold_v that_o no_o man_n can_v do_v any_o thing_n which_o god_n do_v not_o give_v he_o power_n to_o do_v and_o decree_n to_o give_v it_o he_o and_o dare_v any_o of_o you_o deny_v this_o there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n 2._o i_o hold_v not_o that_o god_n have_v any_o will_n or_o decree_n in_o proper_a sense_n not_o to_o give_v grace_n not_o to_o give_v faith_n not_o to_o give_v repentance_n help_v means_n etc._n etc._n but_o only_o that_o he_o do_v not_o decree_n to_o give_v it_o where_o he_o give_v it_o not_o indeed_o but_o as_o lombard_n aforecited_a say_v he_o neither_o will_n nor_o nill_v conditionatam_fw-la aquin._n de_fw-fr repub._n a._n 3._o q._n 23._o ad_fw-la 3._o reprobatio_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la subtrahit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la de_fw-la potentia_fw-la reprobati_fw-la unde_fw-la cum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la quod_fw-la reprobatus_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la gratiam_fw-la adipisci_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la secundum_fw-la impossibilitatem_fw-la absolutam_fw-la sed_fw-la conditionatam_fw-la it_o my_o reason_n be_v 1._o only_o good_a be_v the_o object_n of_o god_n will_n and_o evil_a of_o his_o nolition_n but_o nothing_o be_v not_o good_a nor_o 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the_o dead_a 444._o 19_o the_o object_n of_o glorify_v grace_n be_v a_o member_n of_o christ_n or_o a_o saint_n thus_o final_o justify_v either_o in_o soul_n first_o or_o in_o soul_n and_o body_n after_o as_o be_v say_v 445._o 20._o the_o object_n of_o god_n great_a felicitating_a complacency_n be_v the_o glorify_a church_n of_o all_o the_o holy_a one_o and_o the_o object_n of_o his_o utmost_a universal_a complacency_n in_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o image_n shine_v on_o the_o whole_a universe_n in_o perfection_n as_o the_o object_n as_o we_o may_v call_v it_o of_o his_o essential_a volition_n love_n or_o complacency_n be_v himself_o and_o as_o these_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o grace_n thus_o distinguish_v by_o the_o effect_n so_o be_v they_o of_o the_o will_n or_o decree_n of_o give_v it_o as_o denominate_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o execution_n beside_o which_o davenant_n on_o one_o account_n and_o twisse_n on_o another_o grant_n that_o quoad_fw-la 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4._o electi●_n supra_fw-la propositum_fw-la addit_fw-la discretionem_fw-la electi_fw-la à_fw-la ●uo_fw-la contrario_fw-la s●il_fw-la boni_fw-la à_fw-la malo_fw-la 5._o dispositio_fw-la est_fw-la praescientia_fw-la faciendorum_fw-la respiciens_fw-la fi●ri_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o cognitionem_fw-la sicut_fw-la provientia_fw-la respicit_fw-la esse_fw-la rei_fw-la postquam_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o praedestinatio_fw-la est_fw-la propositum_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la conferendi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la 7._o reprobatio_fw-la est_fw-la propositum_fw-la permittendi_fw-la reprobatos_fw-la permanere_fw-la in_o obduratione_fw-la finali_fw-la &_o ●etribu●n●i_fw-la eye_v interminabilem_fw-la p●nam_fw-la propter_fw-la corum_fw-la iniquitat●m_fw-la be_v before_o say_v of_o election_n but_o order_n require_v that_o i_o first_o speak_v of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n as_o in_o themselves_o what_o they_o be_v 449._o election_n as_o to_o the_o etymology_n 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