christian_n vives_z l._n 4_o page_n 4â—9_n qui_fw-la veritate_fw-la suâ_fw-la sidit_fw-la nihil_fw-la reformidat_fw-la examen_fw-la ingenii_fw-la imo_fw-la advocate_n &_o quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la exacuit_fw-la who_o be_v confident_a of_o the_o goodness_n of_o his_o faith_n fear_v no_o examination_n but_o rather_o as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v solicit_v and_o provoke_v his_o adversary_n to_o the_o combat_n truth_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o man_n or_o doctrine_n be_v best_a when_o it_o be_v uncover_v it_o covet_v no_o corner_n though_o error_n do_v but_o be_v willing_a to_o abide_v the_o trial_n 139.23.24_o trial_n psal_n 139.23.24_o search_v i_o o_o lord_n and_o know_v my_o heart_n try_v i_o and_o know_v my_o thought_n and_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o way_n of_o wickedness_n in_o i_o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n know_v his_o heart_n to_o be_v without_o guile_n and_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o 21._o we_o joh._n 3.20_o 21._o that_o every_o one_o that_o do_v evil_a hate_v the_o light_n 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they_o religionem_fw-la they_o quia_fw-la enunciata_fw-la injiciunt_fw-la scrupulos_fw-la &_o ausam_fw-la praebent_fw-la adversatiis_fw-la infamandi_fw-la veram_fw-la religionem_fw-la because_o when_o they_o be_v teach_v and_o defend_v they_o fill_v man_n head_n with_o scruple_n and_o give_v occasion_n to_o the_o adversary_n of_o defame_v the_o true_a religion_n the_o same_o may_v as_o true_o be_v say_v of_o the_o sublapsarian_a way_n for_o as_o i_o have_v say_v they_o be_v in_o substance_n all_o one_o and_o sir_n edwin_n sandys_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n too_o for_o in_o his_o most_o excellent_a book_n call_v a_o survey_n of_o the_o state_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n speak_v of_o the_o deadly_a division_n between_o the_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n in_o germany_n 172._o sir_n edwin_n sandys_n pag._n 172._o he_o have_v these_o word_n that_o though_o the_o palsgrave_n and_o landsgrave_n have_v with_o great_a judgement_n and_o wisdom_n to_o asslake_v those_o flame_n impose_v silence_n in_o that_o part_n to_o the_o minister_n of_o their_o party_n hope_v the_o charity_n and_o discretion_n of_o the_o other_o party_n will_v have_v do_v the_o like_a yet_o it_o fall_v out_o otherwise_o for_o both_o the_o lutheran_n preacher_n rail_v as_o bitter_o against_o they_o in_o their_o pulpit_n as_o ever_o and_o their_o prince_n and_o people_n have_v they_o in_o as_o great_a detestation_n not_o forbear_v to_o profess_v open_o that_o they_o will_v return_v to_o the_o papacy_n rather_o than_o ever_o admit_v that_o sacramentary_a and_o predestinary_a pestilence_n for_o these_o two_o point_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o quarrel_n and_o the_o latter_a more_o scandalous_a at_o this_o day_n than_o the_o former_a and_o in_o the_o same_o book_n pag._n 194._o and_o 198._o speak_v of_o man_n who_o he_o commend_v for_o singular_a learning_n and_o piety_n who_o judgement_n he_o so_o set_v down_o as_o that_o he_o declare_v it_o to_o be_v his_o own_o he_o say_v that_o they_o think_v it_o be_v no_o blemish_n for_o the_o reform_a doctor_n to_o revise_v their_o doctrine_n and_o to_o abate_v the_o rigour_n of_o speculative_a opinion_n for_o so_o he_o be_v please_v to_o call_v they_o especial_o touch_v the_o eternal_a decree_n of_o god_n wherein_o some_o of_o their_o chief_a author_n have_v run_v into_o such_o a_o extreme_a to_o all_o romish_a doctrine_n as_o to_o have_v exceed_o scandalize_v all_o other_o church_n withal_o yea_o and_o many_o of_o their_o own_o to_o rest_v very_o ill_o satisfy_v at_o the_o close_n up_o of_o the_o conference_n at_o mompelgart_n 16._o coll._n momp_n pa._n 566.567_o ofiand_n hist_o eccles_n pa._n 1040._o cent._n 16._o when_o frederick_n barle_n of_o wortenberg_n exhort_v his_o divine_n to_o acknowledge_v beza_n and_o his_o company_n for_o brethren_n and_o to_o declare_v it_o by_o give_v they_o their_o hand_n they_o utter_o refuse_v say_v they_o will_v pray_v to_o god_n to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o will_v do_v they_o any_o office_n of_o humanity_n and_o charity_n but_o they_o will_v not_o give_v they_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o brotherhood_n because_o they_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v guilty_a errorum_fw-la teterrimorum_fw-la of_o most_o pestilent_a error_n among_o which_o they_o reckon_v for_o one_o hemingius_n leave_v his_o own_o side_n and_o join_v with_o we_o in_o the_o point_n of_o the_o sacrament_n but_o he_o will_v come_v no_o near_o mainteyn_v always_o a_o distance_n in_o this_o and_o as_o for_o the_o grecian_n 237._o pag._n 237._o we_o learn_v also_o by_o sir_n edwin_n sandys_n his_o relation_n that_o they_o do_v mighty_o descent_n from_o that_o doctrine_n touch_v the_o eternal_a counsel_n of_o god_n which_o calvin_n as_o some_o conceive_v first_o full_o reveal_v or_o rather_o introduce_v into_o the_o christian_a world_n and_o since_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n and_o follower_n have_v second_v as_o think_v it_o very_o injurious_a to_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n and_o direct_o and_o immediate_o opposite_a to_o his_o very_a nature_n in_o regard_n of_o which_o one_o of_o their_o bishop_n have_v write_v a_o book_n against_o it_o which_o have_v be_v send_v to_o geneva_n and_o there_o receive_v it_o be_v a_o morsel_n which_o the_o great_a part_n of_o christian_a church_n can_v swallow_v and_o therefore_o i_o think_v it_o shall_v not_o very_o easy_o without_o suspicion_n down_o with_o we_o and_o to_o say_v one_o thing_n more_o by_o this_o infamy_n of_o it_o among_o christian_n 224._o pag._n 223._o 224._o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o among_o the_o too_o many_o scandal_n give_v to_o the_o jew_n by_o christian_n among_o who_o they_o dwell_v this_o doctrine_n be_v not_o one_o of_o the_o least_o rub_v in_o the_o way_n of_o their_o conversion_n for_o they_o think_v it_o a_o bad_a opinion_n say_v the_o same_o judicious_a and_o learned_a gentleman_n which_o some_o of_o great_a name_n have_v seem_v to_o hold_v that_o god_n in_o his_o everlasting_a and_o 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quip_n cum_fw-la nisi_fw-la naratione_fw-la pervenâ—e_fw-la non_fw-la pâ—uent_fw-la â—d_a sin_n illos_fw-la sâ—os_fw-la principales_fw-la god_n say_v piscator_fw-la do_v create_v man_n for_o this_o very_a purpose_n that_o they_o may_v indeed_o fall_v for_o otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o have_v attain_v those_o his_o principal_a end_n he_o mean_v the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o justice_n in_o the_o damnation_n of_o reprobate_n and_o of_o his_o mercy_n in_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o elect._n maccovius_fw-la also_o say_v the_o same_o exâ—et_fw-la same_o mâ—oc_fw-la disp_n 17._o p._n 11._o locus_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la &_o justiuâ—_n manifestaâ—ae_fw-la nâ—llus_fw-la fuâ—let_fw-la fuâ—s_fw-la si_fw-la precatum_fw-la non_fw-la exâ—et_fw-la if_o sin_n have_v not_o be_v the_o manifestation_n of_o justice_n and_o mercy_n which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o the_o damnation_n of_o reprobate_n have_v never_o be_v 3_o that_o therefore_o god_n decree_v that_o reprobate_n shall_v avoidable_o sin_v and_o sin_n unto_o death_n that_o his_o eternal_a ordinance_n may_v be_v execute_v and_o they_o damn_v perire_fw-la damn_v zanch_n lib_n 5_o dâ—_n nat_n dei_fw-la c._n 2._o the_o praed_fw-we part_n 4._o resp_n ad_fw-la postr_n arg_fw-mi prope_fw-la finem_fw-la damus_fw-la reprobos_fw-la necessitate_v peccandiâ—_n eoque_fw-la &_o pereundi_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la dei_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la constringi_fw-la atqueâ—ta_fw-la constringi_fw-la ut_fw-la nequcant_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la atque_fw-la perire_fw-la we_o grâ—t_v say_v zanchius_n that_o reprobate_n be_v hold_v so_o fast_o under_o god_n almighty_a decree_n that_o they_o can_v but_o sin_n and_o perish_v a_o little_a after_o he_o say_v incumbere_fw-la say_v non_fw-la dubitamus_fw-la itaque_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ex_fw-la immutabili_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la peccandi_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la sine_fw-la resipiscentia_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la peâ—candi_fw-la enque_fw-la &_o paenas_fw-la aeternas_fw-la dandi_fw-la reprobis_fw-la incumbere_fw-la we_o doubt_v not_o therefore_o to_o confess_v that_o there_o lie_v upon_o reprobate_n by_o the_o power_n of_o their_o unchangeable_a reprobation_n a_o necessity_n of_o sin_v yea_o of_o sin_v unto_o death_n without_o repentance_n and_o consequent_o of_o perish_v everlasting_o calvin_n also_o say_v that_o reprobate_n obey_v not_o the_o word_n of_o god_n partly_o through_o the_o wickedness_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n and_o partly_o because_o illustrandum_fw-la because_o calv._n l._n 3_o instit_fw-la cap._n 24._o sect._n 14._o inse_v utabili_fw-la deâ—_n judicio_fw-la suscitati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ejus_fw-la suâ_fw-la damnatione_fw-la illustrandum_fw-la they_o be_v raise_v up_o by_o the_o unsearchable_a judgement_n of_o god_n to_o illustrate_v his_o glory_n by_o their_o damnation_n i_o will_v end_v this_o with_o that_o speech_n of_o piscator_fw-la possint_fw-la piscator_fw-la pisc_n resp_v ad_fw-la dupl_n vor_v part_n 1._o pag._n 220._o reprobri_n ad_fw-la utrumque_fw-la ho_o malum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la praecise_a destinal_n sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la puniantur_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la peccent_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la ideo_fw-la peccent_fw-la quo_fw-la justè_fw-la puniri_fw-la possint_fw-la reprobate_n be_v precise_o appoint_v to_o this_o double_a evil_n to_o be_v punish_v everlasting_o and_o to_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o sin_n that_o they_o may_v be_v just_o punish_v 4_o that_o as_o he_o have_v immutable_o decree_v that_o reprobate_n shall_v live_v and_o die_v in_o sin_n so_o he_o procure_v their_o sin_n in_o due_a time_n by_o his_o almighty_a hand_n partly_o by_o withdraw_v from_o they_o grace_v necessary_a for_o the_o avoid_n of_o sin_n and_o partly_o by_o move_a and_o incline_v they_o by_o his_o irresistible_a and_o secret_a working_n on_o their_o heart_n to_o sinful_a action_n 11._o action_n calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 17._o sect._n 11._o calvin_n say_v that_o devil_n and_o reprobate_a man_n be_v not_o only_o hold_v fast_o in_o god_n fetter_n so_o as_o they_o can_v do_v what_o they_o will_v but_o be_v also_o urge_v and_o force_v by_o god_n bridle_n ad_fw-la obsequia_fw-la praestanda_fw-la to_o do_v as_o he_o will_v have_v they_o and_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n there_o be_v his_o word_n probatur_fw-la word_n ib._n v._n 18._o sect_n 1._o quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la efficiant_fw-la homines_fw-la nisi_fw-la arcano_fw-la der_fw-mi nutu_fw-la nec_fw-la quicquam_fw-la deliberando_fw-la agitent_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la jam_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la decreverit_fw-la &_o arcanâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la directione_n constitua_fw-la â—_o innumeris_fw-la &_o claris_fw-la testimoniis_fw-la probatur_fw-la that_o man_n have_v nothing_o in_o agitation_n that_o they_o bring_v nothing_o into_o action_n but_o what_o god_n by_o his_o secret_a direction_n have_v order_v be_v apparent_a by_o many_o and_o clear_a testimony_n in_o the_o section_n 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