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A50007	The history of the reign of Lewis the Great till the general peace concluded at Reswick in the year 1697 by Mr. Le Gendre ; made English from the third edition of the French.; Essai de l'histoire du regne de Louis le Grand jusques à la paix générale 1697. English	Le Gendre, Louis, 1655-1733.	1699 (1699)	Wing L944; ESTC R12498	179,772	352

Members of the Catholick Church to Write or enter into any Dispute or to accuse one another of presumption or erroneous Opinions concerning the Doctrine of Grace But this prohibition was not sufficient to terrifie a certain Bishop of Ypres in Flanders whose Name was Cornelius Jansenius a Man of very profound Learning to write a Book concerning this Doctrine in a very lofty Stile as believing that his frequently perusing and pondering upon Austin who was always look'd upon as the true Oracle of Grace he had surmounted all difficulties relating to this Controversie This Book was Printed the first time at Paris 1639. It was upon this assurance that the Bishop flatter'd himself to have found out the true meaning of this Doctor and to have received his Doctrine in its genuine Purity free from the errors which had been neglected in the Catholick Schools for above five hundred Years past but these his specious pretences were not able to exempt his Book from the censure of Pope Urban VIII who condemn'd it without making the least Reflections upon any of his Propositions in particular alledging only for a reason because the Doctrine contained in this Book might revive some errors formerly condemned as such by Pope Pius V. and Pope Gregory XIII France had hitherto stood neuter the Learned there having espous'd neither side but after it began to make such noise in the World a certain set of Men of an extraordinary Zeal and great Austerity of Life besides this well vers'd in all manner of Learning and Writing upon most Subjects with a great deal of Politeness began first to make this Book the object of their Solitary Entertainment and afterwards publickly to espouse the Quarrel with so much boldness that they spared no Body in their Writings a fault commonly belonging to those who are very zealous and passionate for Novelties The extraordinary reputation of the Author the moment of the point in question but above all the great and so much admired Name of St. Austin who appear'd in the Frontispiece of the Book add to this the merits of the Persons who had engaged in its defence their intreagues and Cabals all this together had made this Book so Famous throughout the whole Kingdom that it was the chief object of Entertainment among the Learned who for the most part talk'd of nothing so much as of the Triumph and Omnipotency of Grace over the Free-Will On the other Hand those that oppos'd themselves to this new broach'd Doctrine pretended to evince that what was contain'd in the Bishop's Book was no more than a repetition of those Errors maintain'd by Calvin in respect of the Mystery of Grace Both Parties maintaining their Opinions with so much heat that things seem'd to tend to some remarkable Revolution in the Church if the Bishops had not given as many eminent demonstrations of their Zeal for the suppressing of this new Doctrine as its Defenders shewed eagerness in propagating and spreading it among the People France being about that time involv'd in heavy both Foreign and Civil Wars it was impossible to call together either a National or Provincial Assembly for which reason fourscore and five Bishops writ to Pope Innocent X. to intreat his Holiness to put an end to these Controversies by giving his decisive Opinion concerning these five Propositions which they said were the Foundation and as it were the Abridgment of the whole Doctrine contain'd in the Book of Jansenius His Disciples on the other Hand were not negligent in the matter but sent some of their Members to Rome who endeavour'd to maintain their Doctrine both in several Private Audiences which were granted them by the Pope and in those Congregations which were held in the Pope's Presence to debate upon a matter of so great moment But all their efforts proved fruitless their Arguments not being strong enough to convince the Holy Father who condemned and declared the following Propositions as Heretical I. Some of God's Commandments are impossible to be performed by a righteous Man notwithstanding he does not want Will and does as much as possible in him lies according to his present condition to accomplish them he being destitute of Grace which enables him to fulfil the Will of God II. We don't resist the Internal Grace even considered as in the State of corrupted Nature III. To perform good or bad Works in the State of corrupted Nature there is not absolutely requisite a liberty in us Mortals which implies a necessity but only such a Liberty as excludes all constraint IV. The Demi-Pelagians did admit of the necessity of an Internal preventing Grace in each particular Action even in the first beginning of our Faith and they were Hereticks because they declared this Grace to be of such a Nature as to be in the Power of Men either to resist or obey its motion V. It savours of Demi-Pelagianism to maintain that Jesus Christ did die and shed his Blood for all Mankind in general Before the Condemnation of these Propositions there was no Body who in the least doubted but that they were the same which Jansenius had maintain'd in his Treatise especially since all those who had espoused his Party had declared them to be so in Flanders France and Rome both in publick and private in their Writings and Disputes as being the true sense of the Doctrine of St. Austin But no sooner were they condemn'd by the Pope but the same Persons who not long before had stood up in their defence with so much eagerness declar'd publickly that these five Propositions were no where to be met with in the Writings of Jansenius or at least not in the same sense as they had been presented to the Pope and that being only an Invention of some of his Proselytes this Condemnation did not in the least impair the reputation of the Book or the Author This dispute caused so much heat among both Parties that there appear'd greater animosities about the matter of Fact than there had been before concerning the true merits of the Cause wherefore an Assembly of Bishops being called together March 9 1654. gave their Opinion in express Terms That these were the Propositions of Jansenius and were Condemned as such in the same sense as he had maintained them in his Treatise This Declaration was not long after confirm'd by a Brief from Rome with a certain Formular annex'd to it In May 1654. In September 1656. Two Assemblies were held in France on the account of this Formular in which it was resolved by the Bishops there present that the said Formular should be subscribed by all the Bishops and other Ecclesiasticks of each Diocese But these resolutions were not put in execution at that time but the matter hung in suspense till the King interposing his Authority brought it to perfection After he had taken the Reins of the Government into his own Hands his chiefest care was how to find out suitable remedies against these Intestine