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only_o in_o power_n be_v for_o his_o sin_n punish_v in_o act_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o answer_v for_o we_o so_o sin_v in_o adam_n in_o power_n that_o also_o the_o sin_n be_v in_o we_o in_o act_n neither_o do_v we_o only_o bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o another_o sin_n but_o also_o of_o our_o own_o nor_o be_v it_o any_o marvel_n if_o god_n have_v pardon_v adam_n and_o do_v not_o pardon_v many_o of_o his_o posterity_n for_o adam_n believe_v and_o repent_v but_o these_o refuse_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n offer_v and_o persist_v in_o impenitency_n chap._n x._o of_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n to_o his_o posterity_n where_o also_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o sin_n itself_o we_o have_v already_o say_v that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n be_v convey_v to_o his_o posterity_n two_o manner_n of_o way_n by_o imputation_n and_o propagation_n of_o imputation_n it_o have_v be_v speak_v now_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o propagation_n i._o that_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n have_v infect_v all_o mankind_n with_o a_o hereditary_a depravation_n and_o that_o this_o contagion_n have_v far_o spread_v itself_o have_v be_v abundant_o prove_v by_o those_o place_n by_o which_o we_o have_v declare_v that_o every_o man_n be_v conceive_v and_o bear_v in_o sin_n as_o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n so_o death_n go_v over_o all_o in_o who_o all_o man_n sin_v rom._n 5._o ii_o and_o if_o any_o one_o will_v exact_o view_v the_o manner_n and_o circumstance_n of_o adam_n sin_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o in_o every_o man_n the_o character_n and_o no_o obscure_a image_n of_o that_o first_o sin_n be_v deep_o impress_v for_o there_o be_v engraft_v in_o every_o man_n curiosity_n &_o desire_n of_o know_v those_o thin_a g_n which_o pertain_v nothing_o to_o he_o and_o also_o a_o distrustful_a haesitation_n and_o doubt_v of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o as_o adam_n lay_v the_o fault_n upon_o his_o wife_n and_o his_o wife_n upon_o the_o serpent_n so_o be_v it_o natural_a to_o every_o man_n to_o cover_v his_o fault_n with_o another_o fault_n also_o flight_n and_o tremble_a at_o the_o meeting_n of_o god_n lie_v dissemble_a and_o a_o sense_n of_o undecent_a nakedness_n be_v in_o all_o man_n by_o nature_n and_o be_v derive_v into_o posterity_n from_o that_o fountain_n and_o to_o these_o thing_n we_o be_v not_o teach_v but_o make_v not_o instruct_v but_o infect_v to_o these_o thing_n we_o do_v not_o only_o not_o need_v a_o master_n but_o contrary_a to_o the_o teach_n of_o master_n and_o to_o discipline_n all_o stay_v and_o bar_n be_v break_v we_o return_v to_o they_o nature_n be_v conqueror_n iii_o as_o therefore_o the_o egg_n of_o the_o asp_n be_v just_o break_v and_o serpent_n new_a breed_v be_v just_o kill_v although_o they_o have_v yet_o poison_v none_o so_o infant_n be_v right_o obnoxious_a and_o subject_a to_o punishment_n for_o although_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o sin_v in_o act_n yet_o there_o be_v in_o they_o that_o contagious_a pestilence_n and_o that_o natural_a proneness_n to_o sin_n iu._n but_o hence_o arise_v a_o question_n hard_a to_o be_v dissolve_v to_o wit_n by_o what_o mean_v sin_n be_v traduce_v from_o parent_n to_o their_o posterity_n and_o how_o man_n soul_n may_v draw_v this_o depravation_n for_o see_v all_o thing_n that_o god_n do_v be_v good_a it_o be_v not_o credible_a nor_o likely_a that_o god_n put_v original_a sin_n into_o man_n soul_n for_o how_o shall_v he_o punish_v those_o soul_n which_o he_o himself_o have_v corrupt_v and_o if_o he_o create_v the_o soul_n pure_a and_o just_a but_o be_v include_v in_o the_o body_n it_o be_v defile_v with_o the_o contagion_n other_o discommodity_n no_o whit_n less_o do_v arise_v for_o to_o include_v a_o pure_a and_o innocent_a soul_n in_o a_o stink_a prison_n and_o to_o thrust_v it_o as_o it_o be_v into_o a_o bridewell_n that_o it_o may_v be_v corrupt_v there_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o agree_v with_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n v._o hereto_o be_v add_v also_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o depravation_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o of_o the_o body_n for_o sin_n be_v a_o spiritual_a thing_n a_o vice_n of_o the_o will_n the_o body_n therefore_o can_v give_v that_o to_o the_o soul_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o see_v the_o body_n do_v not_o sin_n but_o when_o the_o soul_n do_v use_v the_o body_n as_o a_o organ_n to_o sin_n rom._n 6.13_o it_o be_v manifest_v that_o sin_n do_v pass_v from_o the_o soul_n into_o the_o body_n and_o not_o from_o the_o body_n into_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o thing_n the_o very_a sin_n of_o adam_n be_v a_o clear_a testimony_n to_o we_o for_o adam_n first_o sin_v in_o will_n before_o he_o stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n to_o the_o forbid_a apple_n caluin_n see_v this_o who_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n have_v these_o word_n this_o contagion_n have_v not_o its_o cause_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o flesh_n or_o of_o the_o soul_n but_o because_o it_o be_v so_o appoint_v by_o god_n that_o what_o gift_n he_o have_v bestow_v upon_o the_o first_o man_n he_o shall_v have_v they_o and_o also_o loose_v they_o both_o for_o himself_o and_o he_o vi_o here_o be_v a_o way_n that_o be_v obscure_a and_o slippery_a in_o which_o we_o must_v go_v with_o wary_a step_n i_o do_v not_o propound_v to_o myself_o to_o satisfy_v they_o that_o be_v brainsick_a and_o wicked_o acute_a i_o will_v only_o set_v down_o those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o to_o reason_n whereunto_o that_o the_o way_n may_v be_v make_v plain_a some_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o traduction_n of_o it_o vii_o origen_n follow_v plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o soul_n be_v at_o first_o create_v together_o with_o the_o angel_n and_o afterward_o put_v into_o body_n this_o he_o dispute_v lib._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 7._o tertullian_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v convey_v with_o the_o seed_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o son_n to_o be_v from_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o father_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v marvel_v at_o in_o he_o who_o do_v contend_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o body_n lib_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la chap._n 5._o saint_n jerome_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o marcellina_n and_o anapsychia_n do_v witness_n that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o west_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n saint_n austin_n have_v write_v four_o book_n of_o the_o original_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o which_o he_o leave_v this_o question_n undecided_a neither_o dare_v he_o rash_o determine_v any_o thing_n and_o his_o second_o book_n of_o retractation_n chap._n 56._o do_v witness_n that_o he_o continue_v in_o that_o doubt_n to_o his_o death_n yet_o in_o his_o 157._o epistle_n he_o do_v debate_n with_o tertullian_n and_o do_v more_o incline_v to_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n viii_o but_o we_o determine_v that_o the_o reasonable_a soul_n be_v infuse_v into_o the_o bear_v the_o i_o e._n the_o child_n conceive_v and_o not_o yet_o bear_v embryo_n but_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o come_v from_o without_o as_o aristotle_n will_v have_v it_o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la generate_fw-la animal_n cap._n 3._o but_o we_o think_v that_o it_o be_v form_v by_o god_n in_o the_o fruit_n and_o in_o the_o rudiment_n of_o man_n body_n be_v lead_v thereto_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o scripture_n whereunto_o reason_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n itself_o do_v agree_v ix_o moses_n numb_a 27.16_o say_v thus_o to_o god_n let_v the_o lord_n the_o
believe_v be_v of_o grace_n therefore_o to_o be_v able_a to_o believe_v be_v not_o of_o grace_n there_o be_v indeed_o natural_o in_o man_n a_o possibility_n of_o have_v or_o receive_v faith_n but_o it_o be_v not_o in_o he_o by_o nature_n to_o be_v able_a to_o believe_v for_o these_o thing_n do_v very_o much_o differ_v the_o first_o note_n the_o susceptability_n and_o possibility_n of_o receive_v faith_n the_o other_o signisi_v the_o active_a power_n and_o faculty_n of_o believe_v which_o sure_o be_v not_o in_o man_n by_o nature_n but_o be_v only_o from_o grace_n xxvi_o arnoldus_fw-la pag._n 271._o lay_v this_o to_o our_o charge_n as_o a_o very_a great_a error_n that_o we_o say_v that_o the_o regenerate_a man_n can_v do_v any_o good_a unless_o he_o be_v move_v by_o grace_n true_o a_o great_a crime_n and_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o we_o with_o the_o apostle_n who_o do_v pronounce_v that_o we_o be_v not_o sufficient_a of_o ourselves_o to_o think_v any_o thing_n as_o of_o ourselves_o but_o all_o our_o sufficiency_n be_v of_o god_n 2_o cor._n 3.5_o the_o same_o arnoldus_fw-la pag._n 447._o do_v make_v the_o use_n of_o grace_n subject_n to_o man_n will_n it_o be_v determine_v say_v he_o that_o the_o use_n of_o grace_n be_v subject_a to_o man_n will_n that_o man_n may_v use_v it_o or_o not_o use_v it_o according_a to_o his_o natural_a liberty_n and_o a_o little_a after_o he_o do_v confess_v that_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v make_v by_o arminius_n to_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n but_o such_o a_o man_n as_o be_v already_o strengthen_v with_o grace_n to_o use_v which_o grace_n or_o not_o to_o use_v it_o to_o believe_v or_o not_o to_o believe_v he_o think_v be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n freewill_n final_o the_o arminian_o will_v have_v the_o efficacy_n that_o be_v the_o efficiency_n and_o work_a power_n of_o it_o to_o depend_v on_o freewill_n arnoldus_fw-la against_o bogermannus_n pag._n 263._o and_o 274._o all_o the_o operation_n of_o grace_n which_o god_n do_v use_v to_o work_v our_o conversion_n be_v grant_v yet_o the_o conversion_n itself_o do_v remain_v so_o free_a in_o our_o power_n that_o we_o may_v not_o be_v convert_v that_o be_v that_o we_o may_v convert_v or_o not_o convert_v ourselves_o grevinchovius_fw-la pag._n 198._o i_o say_v that_o the_o sffect_n of_o grace_n after_o the_o ordinary_a and_o usual_a rule_n do_v depend_v on_o some_o act_n of_o free_a will_n as_o on_o a_o forego_n conâ—ition_n without_o which_o it_o be_v not_o the_o same_o man_n pag._n 203._o and_o 204._o do_v say_v that_o there_o câ—n_v no_o other_o common_a cause_n be_v guten_v of_o the_o whole_a why_o this_o grace_n shall_v beâ—essectuall_a rather_o in_o paul_n or_o peter_n then_o in_o another_o than_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n perkins_n say_v as_o there_o can_v no_o good_a either_o be_v or_o be_v do_v unless_o god_n do_v it_o so_o there_o can_v no_o evil_n be_v avoid_v unless_o god_n hinder_v it_o this_o true_a and_o holy_a sentence_n arminius_n carp_v at_o and_o do_v deprave_v pag._n 113_o and_o for_o the_o word_n can_v be_v avoid_v he_o put_v be_v avoid_v for_o he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v in_o all_o man_n power_n of_o do_v good_a and_o avoid_v evil_a and_o that_o a_o man_n may_v avoid_v evil_a and_o abstain_v from_o sin_n although_o god_n do_v not_o hold_v he_o from_o it_o but_o that_o the_o act_n itself_o be_v partly_o from_o grace_n and_o partly_o from_o freewill_n which_o as_o it_o please_v do_v either_o admit_v or_o refuse_v grace_n here_o the_o word_n of_o arnoldus_fw-la pag._n 381._o the_o good_a use_v of_o freewill_n be_v principal_o from_o grace_n but_o yet_o so_o that_o man_n himself_o do_v use_v well_o his_o own_o freewill_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o use_v or_o not_o use_v grace_n be_v leave_v to_o he_o for_o these_o sectary_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o power_n of_o believe_v be_v unresistable_o give_v to_o all_o and_o that_o the_o act_n of_o believe_v be_v so_o help_v by_o grace_n that_o it_o be_v leave_v to_o man_n freewill_n to_o believe_v in_o act_n or_o not_o to_o believe_v &_o to_o use_v grace_n either_o well_o or_o ill_o xxvii_o and_o they_o deny_v that_o faith_n be_v from_o grace_n alone_o but_o that_o it_o be_v partly_o from_o grace_n and_o partly_o from_o freewill_n grevinchovius_fw-la pag._n 208._o and_o 210._o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o freewill_n and_o grace_n be_v together_o cause_n in_o part_n and_o pag._n 211._o we_o join_v grace_n and_o freewill_n together_o as_o cause_n in_o part_n he_o must_v so_o speak_v who_o say_v that_o election_n be_v for_o faith_n fore-seen_a for_o god_n will_v be_v very_o unfit_o say_v to_o foresee_v that_o which_o he_o alone_o be_v to_o do_v for_o this_o be_v not_o to_o foresee_v but_o to_o decree_v hitherto_o also_o pertain_v that_o conditional_a decree_n of_o save_v man_n if_o they_o shall_v believe_v for_o by_o this_o it_o be_v place_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n to_o believe_v for_o this_o be_v a_o foolish_a decree_n i_o will_v save_v he_o if_o i_o shall_v give_v he_o faith_n arminius_n against_o perkins_n pa._n 223._o and_o 224._o say_v that_o the_o total_a cause_n why_o one_o believe_v and_o another_o not_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o the_o freewill_n of_o man_n arnoldus_fw-la pag._n 228._o say_v that_o arminius_n give_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n to_o grace_v viz._n because_o in_o the_o work_n of_o faith_n he_o will_v have_v freewill_n to_o have_v a_o part_n which_o part_n that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o least_o yea_o that_o it_o be_v the_o great_a in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o sectary_n although_o they_o will_v make_v another_o show_n arminius_n and_o after_o he_o arnoldus_fw-la pag._n 125._o do_v sufficient_o acknowledge_v we_o deny_v say_v he_o that_o this_o difference_n of_o call_v grace_n be_v not_o place_v so_o much_o in_o man_n freewill_n as_o in_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o true_o in_o the_o conversion_n of_o man_n freewill_n must_v have_v the_o chief_a part_n if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o arminian_o contend_v for_o to_o wit_n that_o the_o efficiency_n and_o work_a power_n of_o grace_n do_v depend_v on_o freewill_n and_o that_o the_o right_a use_n of_o grace_n be_v make_v subject_n to_o man_n will_n and_o that_o which_o arnoldus_fw-la say_v pag._n 444._o that_o god_n do_v so_o work_v in_o man_n that_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n man_n be_v not_o want_v to_o himself_o he_o can_v convert_v himself_o and_o grevinchovius_n against_o ames_n pag._n 205._o grace_n do_v not_o determine_v and_o conclude_v unless_o freewill_n work_v with_o it_o in_o which_o respect_n and_o manner_n what_o if_o we_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n do_v after_o a_o certain_a manner_n depend_v upon_o freewill_n as_o concern_v the_o event_n if_o therefore_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n as_o concern_v the_o event_n that_o be_v the_o effect_n do_v depend_v on_o man_n freewill_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o freewill_n have_v far_o the_o great_a part_n in_o our_o conversion_n and_o regeneration_n the_o same_o man_n pa._n 214._o in_o compare_v between_o themselves_o 235._o arnold_n pa._n 234._o &_o 235._o the_o effectual_a help_n of_o god_n and_o the_o insluence_n of_o freewill_n there_o be_v no_o priority_n between_o they_o both_o and_o see_v it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o freewill_n so_o to_o use_v grace_n that_o he_o may_v believe_v and_o obtain_v faith_n we_o be_v by_o faith_n the_o son_n of_o god_n gal_n 3.26_o it_o appear_v if_o we_o may_v credit_v arminius_n that_o to_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v a_o thing_n proper_a to_o freewill_n and_o although_o it_o can_v be_v do_v without_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n yet_o the_o effect_n do_v depend_v on_o man_n will_n so_o that_o god_n be_v willing_o indebt_v to_o man_n for_o he_o be_v behold_v to_o freewill_n that_o he_o have_v son_n xxviii_o this_o be_v the_o malicious_a and_o black_a ivyce_n of_o the_o fish_n loligo_n and_o this_o be_v their_o most_o pestilent_a doctrine_n of_o which_o what_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o conjecture_v by_o those_o speech_n which_o every_o where_n meet_v we_o in_o the_o book_n of_o these_o sectary_n that_o lydia_n open_v she_o own_o heart_n when_o yet_o as_o luke_n witness_v act._n 16.14_o god_n open_v the_o heart_n of_o lydia_n and_o that_o a_o man_n do_v separate_v himself_o although_o saint_n paul_n say_v who_o separate_v thou_o 1_o cor._n 4.7_o and_o that_o a_o unregenerate_a man_n be_v not_o altogether_o dead_a in_o sin_n and_o that_o god_n do_v give_v man_n power_n of_o believe_v if_o he_o himself_o will_v when_o yet_o god_n give_v both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v phil._n