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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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permissor_n say_v &_o effector_n ojus_fw-la mali_fw-la prorsus_fw-la invalida_fw-la consequentia_fw-la apparet_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la effector_n omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la n._n b._n vix_fw-la enim_fw-la datur_fw-la aliquod_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la alicui_fw-la conducibile_fw-la neque_fw-la necess●_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la jucundi_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n peccati_fw-la nam_fw-la certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la omnem_fw-la controversiae_fw-la al●am_fw-la positum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la esse_fw-la bonum_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la jucundi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la potest_fw-la enim_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nobis_fw-la cedere_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la vind._n grat._n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o sect_n 7._o p._n 133._o but_o whereas_o the_o doctor_n upbraid_v arminius_n 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no_o power_n use_v to_o produce_v it_o which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o god_n 160._o a_o act_n as_o such_o have_v no_o morality_n in_o it_o but_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o the_o morality_n of_o a_o act_n be_v formal_o the_o relative_n rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o god_n govern_v will_n or_o law_n and_o to_o his_o amiable_a goodness_n or_o will_n as_o it_o be_v man_n end_n and_o material_o it_o be_v not_o the_o act_n as_o such_o but_o the_o act_n as_o exercise_v on_o a_o unmeet_a object_n rather_o than_o on_o a_o meet_a one_o or_o to_o a_o undue_a end_n rather_o than_o a_o due_a end_n or_o else_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o due_a end_n and_o object_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la 161._o this_o comparative_a mode_n of_o exercise_n add_v no_o proper_a physical_a entity_n at_o all_o to_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o the_o act_n as_o such_o in_o omission_n of_o love_v trust_v fear_v serve_v god_n there_o be_v no_o natural_a act_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o it_o in_o commit_v sin_n to_o love_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o natural_a entity_n than_o to_o love_v that_o rather_o than_o this_o and_o no_o more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o love_n as_o such_o a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la be_v not_o ens_fw-la but_o this_o comparative_a choice_n be_v but_o the_o modus_fw-la modi_n entis_fw-la for_o a_o action_n be_v but_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la actionis_fw-la 162._o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o invalid_a argument_n which_o be_v the_o all_o of_o the_o dominican_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o so_o be_v god_n if_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n without_o god_n predetermining_a pre-motion_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o for_o this_o morality_n and_o modality_n be_v no_o proper_a be_v above_o the_o act_n as_o such_o 163._o if_o any_o will_v litigate_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la entis_fw-la let_v they_o call_v it_o be_v or_o nobeing_a as_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n able_a to_o do_v and_o he_o that_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n almighty_a who_o make_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o under_o divine_a universal_a influx_n without_o divine_a predetermining_a pre-motion_n on_o pretence_n that_o his_o wit_n do_v find_v a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o be_v bold_a against_o god_n than_o i_o shall_v be_v and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v do_v 164._o man_n seem_v not_o in_o deny_v this_o to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 457._o word_n word_n word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n therefore_o of_o dr._n twisse_n who_o oft_o say_v that_o god_n deny_v to_o adam_n no_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o he_o deny_v he_o grace_v necessary_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n who_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o act_n vid._n rad._n li._n 1._o cont._n 29._o art_n 1._o pag._n 457._o power_n when_o they_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v man_n the_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v and_o yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_n by_o it_o without_o the_o say_a pre-motion_n if_o so_o it_o be_v only_o a_o power_n to_o choose_v when_o predetermine_v to_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o proper_a power_n to_o choose_v be_v able_a to_o choose_v and_o can_v choose_v by_o that_o power_n 165._o god_n therefore_o be_v true_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n by_o give_v the_o power_n and_o do_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la to_o the_o exercise_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o make_v we_o free-agent_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o our_o action_n by_o all_o that_o he_o do_v by_o his_o law_n providence_n and_o grace_n to_o make_v they_o good_a but_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o they_o as_o evil_n 166._o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la sec●ndarum_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la bellarmin_n universal_a cause_n seem_v the_o same_o wi●●_n what_o durandus_fw-la mean_v and_o pennottus_n deny_v durandus_n opinion_n say_v l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o non_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la opinion_n dari_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la ut_fw-la plato_n aristot_n ●gnoverunt_fw-la unum_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la istud_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la ess●_n causam_fw-la immediatam_fw-la omnium_fw-la esse●luum_fw-la causarum_fw-la sec●ndarum_fw-la the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n must_v needs_o be_v open_v by_o this_o distinction_n a_o cause_n be_v call_v universal_a 1._o in_o praedicando_fw-la logical_o and_o so_o artifex_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la rei_fw-la artificialis_fw-la &_o statuarius_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o polycletus_n est_fw-la causa_fw-la singularis_fw-la huius_fw-la statuae_fw-la 2._o in_o causande_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o that_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n who_o causality_n extend_v to_o many_o effect_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o somewhat_o common_a to_o all_o those_o effect_n but_o not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o unless_o its_o causality_n be_v otherwise_o as_o by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la determine_v and_o 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far_o he_o be_v thus_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o moral_a good_a of_o all_o action_n i_o must_v open_v to_o you_o more_o distinct_o in_o the_o three_o part_n but_o of_o the_o sinful_a morality_n of_o action_n he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a universal_a as_o aforesaid_a 167._o they_o that_o deny_v our_o self-determining_a power_n do_v make_v volition_n and_o free-volition_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o and_o cogency_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v man_n willing_a and_o unwilling_a both_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o act_n do_v seem_v rather_o to_o jest_v than_o serious_o dispute_v and_o to_o define_v freewill_n to_o be_v only_o lubentia_fw-la vel_fw-la volitio_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o other_o for_o velle_fw-la juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o velle_fw-la the_o will_n be_v the_o rational_a appetite_n distinct_a from_o the_o sensitive_a and_o if_o velle_fw-la and_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la be_v all_o 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facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
be_v thy_o duty_n we_o use_v to_o say_v it_o be_v god_n will_n that_o we_o shall_v obey_v he_o and_o so_o when_o we_o do_v not_o obey_v he_o we_o be_v say_v to_o violate_v his_o will_n but_o this_o be_v but_o metonymical_o for_o that_o which_o be_v god_n will_v indeed_o be_v but_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v bind_v to_o obey_v whether_o we_o do_v or_o not_o and_o the_o event_n whether_o we_o shall_v or_o not_o the_o facto_fw-la be_v not_o at_o all_o determine_v by_o the_o law_n 351._o therefore_o if_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o god_n do_v decree_n one_o thing_n and_o command_v the_o contrary_a it_o will_v not_o prove_v two_o contrary_a will_n in_o god_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o great_a show_n of_o a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o for_o to_o say_v i_o forbid_v judas_n to_o hang_v himself_o and_o i_o decree_v that_o he_o shall_v hang_v himself_o be_v no_o contradiction_n it_o be_v but_o to_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v his_o duty_n to_o preserve_v his_o life_n and_o eventual_o he_o shall_v not_o preserve_v it_o all_o that_o be_v a_o man_n duty_n do_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o to_o determine_v of_o duty_n be_v not_o to_o say_v it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v otherwise_o god_n word_n be_v false_a whenever_o man_n sin_v nay_o in_o reality_n augustine_n true_o judge_v that_o by_o god_n law_n hell_n be_v due_a to_o paul_n unconvert_v and_o yet_o then_o he_o be_v a_o choose_a vessel_n and_o god_n decree_v to_o save_v he_o he_o think_v that_o perseverance_n be_v the_o duty_n of_o some_o that_o after_o fall_v away_o and_o that_o heaven_n be_v their_o due_a on_o condition_n of_o perseverance_n till_o they_o fall_v away_o though_o not_o present_o to_o be_v possess_v and_o yet_o that_o god_n decree_v that_o ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la eventual_o they_o shall_v fall_v away_o and_o perish_v 352._o if_o a_o king_n make_v a_o law_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v murder_v another_o and_o yet_o know_v that_o a_o certain_a traitor_n that_o have_v break_v prison_n be_v like_a to_o fall_v into_o 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by_o such_o confuse_a thought_n e._n g._n god_n command_n be_v that_o i_o shall_v relieve_v a_o poor_a man_n and_o not_o let_v he_o fa●ish_v and_o that_o i_o shall_v heal_v the_o sick_a etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o god_n may_v decree_v that_o this_o ●oor_a man_n shall_v be_v famish_v and_o this_o sick_a man_n die_v and_o yet_o no_o contradiction_n for_o indeed_o relieve_v in_o effect_n be_v but_o the_o end_n of_o the_o act_n which_o be_v command_v i_o and_o not_o the_o act_n itself_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o offer_v him●elief_n ●elief_z but_o if_o one_o can_v take_v it_o and_o another_o will_v not_o yet_o i_o have_v do_v my_o duty_n and_o so_o in_o the_o other_o instance_n so_o god_n command_v abraham●o_o ●o_z sacrifice_v his_o son_n and_o yet_o decree_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v sacrifice_v and_o ●his_v without_o any_o contradiction_n for_o the_o act_n that_o under_o that_o name_n be_v command_v abraham_n and_o make_v his_o duty_n be_v not_o actual_a eventual_a sacrifice_v for_o then_o 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that_o can_v distinguish_v and_o judge_v accurate_o may_v blaspheme_v god_n in_o their_o ignorance_n in_o a_o case_n that_o to_o a_o discern_a judgement_n be_v very_o plain_a 355._o universali_fw-la 355._o 355._o 355._o of_o which_o see_v amyraldus_n against_o spanhem_n de_fw-fr grat._n universali_fw-la the_o next_o distinction_n of_o god_n will_n be_v into_o absolute_a and_o conditional_a which_o some_o divine_n use_n and_o other_o condemn_v and_o say_v that_o god_n have_v no_o conditional_a will._n the_o common_a answer_n which_o most_o schoolman_n and_o other_o papist_n agree_v with_o the_o protestant_n in_o be_v that_o there_o be_v condition_n rei_fw-la volitae_fw-la of_o the_o event_n of_o the_o thing_n will_v but_o no_o condition_n of_o the_o act_n of_o volition_n in_o god_n as_o aquinas_n say_v of_o cause_n fancy_v cause_n cause_n cause_n de_fw-fr vol._n conditionali_fw-la &_o authoritatibus_fw-la &_o rationibus_fw-la pro_fw-la eadem_fw-la vide_fw-la ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 20._o but_o his_o assertion_n that_o una_fw-la creatura_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la movens_fw-la tanquam_fw-la objectum_fw-la materiale_a secundario_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la velit_fw-la aliam_fw-la producere_fw-la be_v a_o fiction_n though_o he_o lie_v his_o stress_n on_o it_o about_o the_o ordo_fw-la decretorum_fw-la for_o movere_fw-la be_v causare_fw-la and_o nothing_o do_v cause_n or_o move_v god_n to_o act_v there_o be_v rationes_fw-la effectuum_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la but_o none_o of_o the_o efficient_a act_n of_o god_n in_o he_o if_o you_o say_v it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v that_o god_n have_v no_o reason_n to_o will_v the_o creation_n of_o this_o world_n rather_o than_o another_o i_o answer_v that_o be_v a_o act_n of_o efficient_a wisdom_n above_o all_o reason_n but_o to_o fetch_v reason_n from_o the_o object_n and_o thereby_o to_o be_v move_v to_o act_n be_v the_o part_n of_o the_o imperfect_a creature_n reason_v proper_o be_v below_o god_n much_o more_o to_o be_v move_v by_o extrinsic_a objective_n reason_n yet_o on_o this_o ruiz_n disp_n 24._o lay_v a_o great_a fabric_n and_o so_o man_n may_v draw_v twenty_o scheme_n of_o god_n reason_v as_o they_o various_o fancy_v deus_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la 1._o there_o be_v both_o cause_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o event_n will_v of_o god_n 2._o denominatione_fw-la extrinseca_v ex_fw-la connotatione_n objecti_fw-la his_o will_n be_v hence_o call_v conditional_a meaning_n but_o a_o volition_n of_o conditionals_n 356._o that_o god_n will_v condition_n and_o conditional_a proposition_n and_o grant_n be_v past_o all_o controversy_n for_o he_o will_v his_o own_o word_n which_o be_v his_o work_n but_o his_o word_n have_v conditional_a promise_n and_o threat_n and_o as_o his_o word_n also_o may_v be_v call_v his_o will_n he_o have_v a_o conditional_a will_n because_o a_o conditional_a word_n 357._o god_n eternal_a omniscience_n prove_v that_o at_o no_o instant_n he_o have_v a_o will_n proper_o conditional_a quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la because_o he_o that_o at_o the_o same_o instant_n fore-knoweth_a whether_o the_o condition_n will_v be_v do_v or_o not_o must_v needs_o have_v his_o will_n to_o be_v thereby_o absolute_a but_o yet_o if_o it_o have_v please_v god_n to_o suspend_v the_o act_n of_o his_o own_o volition_n upon_o a_o humane_a condition_n it_o will_v not_o have_v expose_v he_o at_o all_o to_o the_o charge_n either_o of_o mutability_n or_o dependence_n which_o be_v very_o clear_a for_o 1._o it_o be_v presuppose_v his_o will_n as_o voluntas_fw-la &_o essentia_fw-la be_v unalterable_a and_o be_v not_o that_o of_o which_o we_o speak_v 2._o but_o only_o his_o volition_n as_o terminate_v on_o this_o or_o that_o object_n and_o so_o as_o haec_fw-la volitio_fw-la
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
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 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supposition_n of_o his_o natural_a preservation_n and_o universal_a concourse_n and_o of_o his_o direction_n and_o law_n it_o be_v able_a to_o make_v choice_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la to_o will_n or_o not_o will_n to_o will_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o without_o divine_a necessitate_v predetermination_n and_o without_o any_o more_o grace_n or_o help_v than_o sometime_o it_o have_v when_o it_o do_v the_o contrary_a all_o which_o show_v the_o natural_a power_n of_o man_n will_n and_o its_o liberty_n must_v be_v ready_o acknowledge_v by_o all_o side_n that_o will_v not_o say_v that_o adam_n first_o sin_n and_o every_o sin_n of_o all_o man_n else_o be_v all_o resolve_v into_o god_n causation_n in_o case_n of_o commission_n and_o god_n non-causation_a in_o case_n of_o omission_n and_o into_o god_n will_n in_o both_o and_o that_o man_n can_v no_o more_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o he_o do_v than_o he_o can_v be_v god_n or_o overcome_v god_n or_o live_v and_o act_v without_o god_n 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the_o natural_a power_n in_o itself_o but_o by_o so_o do_v formaliter_fw-la &_o relatiuè_v it_o make_v it_o no_o power_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la to_o the_o contrary_a in_o that_o instant_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o §_o 10._o such_o grace_n of_o god_n as_o come_v from_o his_o absolute_a will_n or_o decree_n of_o the_o due_a event_n be_v never_o overcome_v for_o god_n decree_n be_v not_o frustrate_v §_o 11._o god_n gracious_a operation_n be_v never_o overcome_v by_o any_o contrary_a act_n but_o what_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o agent_n cause_n of_o as_o a_o act_n for_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o bebritia_n yet_o man_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o inordination_n of_o that_o act_n by_o which_o it_o be_v set_v in_o opposition_n to_o god_n other_o act_n for_o god_n do_v not_o militate_v against_o himself_o §_o 12._o the_o case_n lie_v thus_o god_n antecedent_o to_o his_o law_n frame_v nature_n that_o be_v the_o be_v and_o natural_a order_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o 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and_o work_v by_o mean_n not_o for_o want_v of_o they_o but_o from_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o goodness_n so_o as_o to_o communicate_v to_o his_o creature_n the_o dignity_n of_o causality_n see_v aquin._n 1._o q._n 103._o a._n 8._o &_o q._n 104._o a._n 2._o alexand._n 1._o p._n q._n 26._o m._n 5._o a._n 2._o &_o 3._o &_o m._n 7._o albert._n 1._o p._n q._n 67._o m._n 4._o a._n 1._o richard_n 1._o d._n 39_o a._n 2._o q._n 3._o &_o d._n 45._o a._n 2._o q._n 2._o agid._n rom._n 2._o d._n 1._o p._n 1._o q._n 2._o a._n 6._o &_o ibi_fw-la gabritl_n d._n 1._o q._n 2._o resist_v which_o call_v he_o to_o his_o duty_n for_o these_o themselves_o be_v gift_n and_o act_n of_o grace_n §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bar●_n word_n or_o means_n alone_o but_o the_o spirit_n work_v in_o and_o by_o those_o mean_n which_o be_v so_o resist_v for_o though_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v clear_o know_v just_a how_o the_o spirit_n concur_v and_o operate_v by_o the_o word_n and_o mean_n yet_o we_o may_v know_v that_o god_n do_v limit_v his_o own_o operation_n to_o the_o aptitude_n of_o the_o mean_n ordinary_o and_o that_o he_o work_v with_o and_o by_o they_o not_o according_a to_o his_o omnipotency_n in_o itself_o consider_v but_o according_a to_o the_o mean_n or_o organ_n and_o as_o in_o nature_n he_o operate_v nor_o quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o agreeable_o to_o the_o order_n and_o aptitude_n of_o natural_a cause_n so_o in_o grace_n he_o operate_v non_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o according_a to_o the_o aptitude_n and_o order_n of_o the_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o governing-mean_n of_o grace_n §_o 16._o when_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n education_n company_n and_o other_o visible_a mean_n seem_v equal_a god_n have_v innumerable_a mean_n supernal_a internal_a external_a invisible_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o by_o which_o he_o can_v make_v all_o the_o difference_n that_o he_o make_v in_o man_n so_o that_o we_o can_v prove_v that_o ever_o he_o work_v on_o soul_n without_o any_o second_o cause_n or_o mean_n at_o all_o though_o we_o can_v prove_v the_o contrary_a neither_o and_o therefore_o he_o that_o resist_v all_o mean_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v in_o so_o do_v resist_v all_o god_n gracious_a operation_n on_o his_o soul_n §_o 17._o grace_n 17._o 17._o 17._o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o find_v both_o sense_n and_o concord_n in_o the_o word_n of_o your_o alvarez_n the_o aex_n l._n 7._o disp_n 59_o p._n 264._o ead●m_fw-la contritio_fw-la que_fw-la est_fw-la ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la genere_fw-la cause_n materialis_fw-la antecedit_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la tamen_fw-la causae_fw-la formalis_fw-la &_o efficientis_fw-la est_fw-la effeclus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la meritoria_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aetern●_n et_fw-la p._n 265._o contritio_fw-la qua_fw-la penitens_fw-la disponitur_fw-la ad_fw-la infusionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la est_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ut_fw-la thom._n 1._o 2._o q._n 112._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o ergo_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la operatio_fw-la hominis_fw-la est-meritoria_a aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la nis●_n procedat_fw-la à_fw-la grati●_n habituali_fw-la &_o ordine_fw-la saltem_fw-la naturae_fw-la sit_fw-la ea_fw-la posterior_n how_o can_v the_o act_n be_v the_o ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la to_o the_o infusion_n of_o that_o habit_n which_o it_o flow_v from_o unless_o he_o mean_v eadem_fw-la specie_fw-la and_o not_o numerical_o which_o yet_o be_v false_a for_o it_o be_v not_o eadem_fw-la or_o else_o he_o false_o suppose_v that_o the_o same_o love_n of_o god_n may_v go_v before_o grace_n whereas_o dr._n twisse_n so_o frequent_o ask_v whether_o god_n condional_a will_v and_o so_o his_o operation_n be_v volo_fw-la te_fw-la velle_fw-la modo_fw-la 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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 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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 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object_n be_v proper_o none_o at_o all_o they_o do_v but_o material_o as_o it_o be_v constitute_v the_o act_n and_o terminate_v it_o and_o occasion_n it_o as_o sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la which_o many_o call_v a_o moral_a reputative_a metaphorical_a causation_n and_o yet_o diversification_n be_v much_o by_o object_n §_o 6._o if_o this_o stumble_v any_o who_o look_v not_o at_o the_o great_a inconvenience_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o occasion_n they_o to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v little_a efficient_a operation_n which_o we_o own_o in_o the_o collation_n of_o faith_n and_o conversion_n i_o desire_v they_o to_o consider_v well_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v no_o new_a substance_n at_o all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v produce_v but_o a_o pray_v existent_n substance_n and_o faculty_n to_o be_v actuate_v 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o act_n as_o such_o in_o genere_fw-la that_o be_v to_o be_v cause_v by_o grace_n but_o the_o due_a order_n of_o act_n as_o to_o right_a object_n etc._n etc._n 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liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o ●o_o quod_fw-la agit_fw-fr liberum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la necessitate_v ut_fw-la proprie_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la necessario_fw-la agere_fw-la quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la respectu_fw-la divinae_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la agate_n ames_n bellarm_n enervat_fw-la to._n 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 1._o he_o mean_v it_o of_o a_o cause_v physical_a necessity_n no_o doubt_n which_o be_v as_o be_v say_v but_o a_o logical_a necessity_n in_o ordine_fw-la probandi_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o good_a consequence_n this_o god_n fore-knoweth_a ergo_fw-la it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la which_o he_o deny_v which_o rob._n baronius_n metaph._n call_v necessitas_fw-la causata_fw-la and_o i_o have_v rather_o call_v necessitas_fw-la effecti_fw-la which_o be_v in_o ordine_fw-la productionis_fw-la and_o dr._n twiss_n do_v sharp_o reprehend_v he_o for_o feign_v that_o he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v assert_v any_o more_o than_o necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o bring_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o schoolman_n profess_v concordant_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o which_o also_o foreknowledge_n itself_o will_v infer_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o recite_v vindic._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 1._o digres_n 5._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eruditis_fw-la eadem_fw-la statuitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la profluens_fw-la tam_fw-la à_fw-la praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluntate_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la arminius_n voluerit_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la à_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la profectam_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la à_fw-la praescientia_fw-la verò_fw-la promanantem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la aliter_fw-la tamen_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la magnis_fw-la theologis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la durandus_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dicunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v eveniant_fw-la per_fw-la comparationem_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la divinam_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la respectu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la evenire_fw-la expressius_fw-la bonaventura_n dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la absolutam_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la impleri_fw-la conditionalem_fw-la verò_fw-la minime_fw-la sed_fw-la advertendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la
de_fw-la praescientia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la sed_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infertur_fw-la &_o sequitur_fw-la deus_fw-la praescivit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la hoc_fw-la erit_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la necessario_fw-la praescit_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la praesciendi_fw-la frequenter_a notatur_fw-la effectus_fw-la contingens_fw-la sic_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la absoluta_fw-la connotat_fw-la eventum_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la consequentis_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la mutat_fw-la eventum_fw-la rei_fw-la unde_fw-la sicut_fw-la praescientia_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infert_fw-la effectum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la falli_fw-la sic_fw-la voluntas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infert_fw-la that_o be_v in_o argue_v non_fw-la potest_fw-la impediri_fw-la be_v annatu●_n the_o scient_a med._n count_v twiss_n de_fw-fr libertate_fw-la cap._n 6._o seem_v not_o to_o understand_v he_o as_o to_o this_o necessity_n consequentiae_fw-la which_o be_v not_o at_o all_o causal_n of_o the_o event_n but_o of_o the_o conclusion_n in_o argue_v leave_v it_o out_o from_o whence_o the_o event_n be_v ita_fw-la trigosius_n in_o sum_n theol._n bonav_n effectus_fw-la contingentes_fw-la &_o liberi_fw-la si_fw-la comparentur_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiam_fw-la providentiam_fw-la &_o voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la necessarii_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n quae_fw-la necessitas_fw-la voco_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la &_o consequentiae_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la absoluta_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la istae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la optimae_fw-la deus_fw-la praescivit_fw-la hoc_fw-la futurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la erit_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fieri_fw-la ergo_fw-la fiet_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la voluerit_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la stat_fw-la dari_fw-la antecedens_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la falsum_fw-la istis_fw-la ad_fw-la amussim_fw-la congruentia_fw-la sunt_fw-la aquinatis_fw-la illa_fw-la quamvis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la sit_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la &_o invincibilis_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sequitur_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la effectus_fw-la sit_fw-la necessarius_fw-la necessitate_v absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la conditionata_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o de_fw-la praescientia_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la but_o the_o word_n effectus_fw-la here_o be_v more_o than_o the_o rest_n say_v and_o more_o full_o ibid._n sect_n 18._o pag._n vol._n min._n 230._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la scholastici_fw-la nominatim_fw-la vero_fw-la aquinas_n &_o durandus_fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la novi_fw-la aliter_fw-la sentientem_fw-la n._n b._n non_fw-la aliam_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la rerum_fw-la ratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o yet_o plain_o ibid._n sect_n 18._o pag._n 332._o c._n 2._o at_o ea_fw-la necessitas_fw-la quam_fw-la juxta_fw-la nostram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la oriri_fw-la putat_fw-la arminius_n ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la revera_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la fluit_fw-la quod_fw-la monuit_fw-la perkinsius_n &_o veer_fw-mi quam_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n decreti_fw-la divini_fw-la in_o argumentatione_n scilicet_fw-la quoties_fw-la scilicet_fw-la posito_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la aliqua_fw-la futura_fw-la legitime_fw-la infertur_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la svo_fw-la tempore_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la at_o hujusmodi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la nihilo_fw-la minus_fw-la evincitur_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n decreti_fw-la divini_fw-la etenim_fw-la posito_fw-la quod_fw-la existat_fw-la actus_fw-la libre_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la existat_fw-la 175._o we_o be_v all_o agree_v then_o what_o necessity_n it_o be_v that_o foreknowledge_n decree_n and_o providence_n infer_v as_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n viz._n of_o logical_a consequence_n let_v they_o now_o but_o make_v it_o good_a that_o their_o physical_a efficient_a predetermine_a premotion_n cause_v no_o other_o and_o i_o will_v contradict_v it_o no_o more_o 176._o but_o whereas_o they_o constant_o say_v that_o god_n predetermine_v man_n will_n to_o the_o mode_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o act_n that_o it_o be_v do_v free_o as_o well_o as_o that_o it_o be_v do_v if_o willingness_n and_o freedom_n be_v all_o one_o i_o will_v grant_v it_o on_o their_o ground_n but_o if_o a_o immediate-physical-predetermining_a efficient_a premotion_n and_o a_o invincible_a causation_n of_o habit_n and_o act_n by_o the_o first_o cause_n bring_v no_o other_o necessity_n but_o of_o logical_a sequel_n and_o be_v no_o real_a cause_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o i_o confess_v i_o understand_v not_o what_o they_o mean_v nor_o know_v what_o liberty_n be_v if_o the_o will_v have_v not_o a_o power_n to_o act_v without_o such_o a_o predetermination_n 177._o the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o camero_n and_o other_o way_n of_o predetermine_v by_o 14._o vid._n bellar._n de_fw-fr lib._n arbitr_n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o prop._n 6._o pennot_v propug_n li._n 1._o c._n 23._o p._n 46_o 47_o etc._n etc._n scot._n 2._o d._n 25._o henric._n quodlib_a 1._o q._n 16._o bannes_n 1._o p._n q._n 83._o a_o 1._o dub_v 2._o cont._n 2._o suar._n met._n q._n 19_o sect_n 6._o vasquez_n 1._o p._n d._n 67._o n._n 14._o a_o chain_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n viz._n that_o god_n by_o the_o object_n necessitate_v the_o act_n of_o the_o intellect_n in_o specie_fw-la 2._o and_o that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n for_o all_o come_v to_o one_o if_o all_o sinful_a volition_n be_v necessitate_v nor_o will_v it_o satisfy_v any_o man_n well_o that_o camero_n do_v resolve_v all_o man_n sin_n into_o the_o devil_n temptation_n as_o a_o necessitating_a cause_n till_o he_o know_v into_o what_o to_o resolve_v the_o devil_n sin_n and_o he_o may_v turn_v manichee_n in_o time_n that_o can_v believe_v that_o god_n give_v the_o devil_n power_n to_o necessitate_v innocent_a man_n to_o sin_n and_o bring_v all_o sin_n and_o misery_n on_o the_o world_n much_o more_o he_o that_o say_v that_o god_n do_v all_o this_o himself_o 178._o as_o there_o be_v libera_n voluntas_fw-la and_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la or_o libertas_n voluntatis_fw-la &_o libertas_n hominis_fw-la so_o there_o be_v a_o coaction_n or_o constraint_n of_o the_o liberum_fw-la co-action_n in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la be_v a_o contradiction_n and_o impossible_a but_o not_o in_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la to_o be_v forcible_o or_o by_o unresistible_a power_n make_v willing_a of_o unwilling_a yet_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n i_o confess_v that_o voluntarium_fw-la quà_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la liberum_fw-la will_n and_o of_o the_o man._n i_o shall_v take_v my_o will_n to_o be_v constrain_v if_o by_o a_o unresistible_a power_n it_o be_v sudden_o make_v impious_a in_o act_n and_o habit_n or_o either_o but_o the_o man_n be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v constrain_v so_o long_o as_o he_o have_v his_o will._n 179._o the_o unhappy_a description_n of_o freewill_n which_o i_o mention_v jansenius_n have_v to._n 3._o li._n 6._o de_fw-fr grat._n salvat_fw-la cap._n 5._o &_o 6._o and_o annatus_n de_fw-fr incoacta_fw-la libertate_fw-la confute_v they_o at_o large_a as_o implicat_fw-la contradictionem_fw-la ut_fw-la voluntas_fw-la seu_fw-la volitio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la sicut_fw-la implicat_fw-la ut_fw-la volendo_n non_fw-la velimus_fw-la latet_fw-la contradictio_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la dictis_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la volitionem_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la apud_fw-la augustinum_n esse_fw-la liberam_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la aliquam_fw-la hominis_fw-la &_o angeli_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la seu_fw-la volitionem_fw-la pro_fw-la iisdem_fw-la prorsus_fw-la usurpantur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la seu_fw-la volitio_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la voluntas_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la &_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la &_o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la ut_fw-la velle_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la liberum_fw-la lege_fw-la etiam_fw-la annatum_fw-la &_o petavium_n cont._n vincent_n lerinens_fw-la &_o pennoti_fw-la propugnacul_fw-la haec_fw-la plenius_fw-la tractans_fw-la 180._o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n consist_v not_o in_o such_o a_o indifferency_n as_o defectibility_n leg._n guil._n camerar_n scot._n disp._n philos_n moral_a qu._n 4._o for_o gibie●fs_n sense_n of_o liberty_n as_o not_o involve_v defectibility_n leave_v it_o in_o aequilibrio_fw-la equal_o incline_v to_o this_o or_o that_o as_o macedo_n against_o tho._n white_n confess_v with_o other_o for_o then_o all_o habit_n or_o inclination_n to_o this_o rather_o than_o that_o destroy_v liberty_n but_o in_o a_o indetermination_n with_o a_o power_n of_o self-determining_a which_o power_n be_v call_v indifferent_a because_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o this_o or_o that_o and_o not_o because_o it_o be_v equal_o incline_v no_o nor_o equal_o a_o power_n to_o either_o for_o there_o may_v be_v inequality_n 181._o when_o dr._n 135._o dr._n dr._n dr._n twiss_n de_fw-fr scient_a med._n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o p._n 265._o annat_n de_fw-fr scient_a med._n disp._n 1._o c._n 6._o §._o 5._o p._n 135._o twisse_n with_o bradwardine_n passim_fw-la bradwardine_n bradwardine_n bradwardine_n vid._n bradward_n l._n 3._o c._n 10_o 11._o &_o passim_fw-la about_o the_o definition_n of_o freewill_n which_o
212._o it_o be_v no_o true_a power_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la which_o be_v put_v to_o overcome_v a_o great_a oppose_a power_n we_o never_o have_v power_n to_o overcome_v god_n or_o to_o act_v against_o his_o premoving_a pre-determination_n as_o bradwardine_n true_o say_v 213._o a_o man_n may_v be_v able_a mediate_o to_o do_v that_o which_o he_o be_v not_o able_a immediate_o to_o do_v i_o mean_v he_o that_o can_v write_v with_o a_o pen_n or_o move_v thing_n with_o a_o engine_n and_o so_o act_v but_o as_o a_o partial_a though_o principal_a cause_n may_v not_o be_v able_a to_o write_v without_o a_o pen_n nor_o to_o do_v the_o same_o alone_a as_o a_o total_a cause_n 214._o and_o a_o man_n may_v have_v power_n to_o do_v that_o mediate_o and_o hypothetical_o hereafter_o which_o he_o can_v do_v immediate_o that_o be_v at_o the_o present_a time_n he_o can_v learn_v to_o write_v and_o after_o can_v write_v who_o can_v write_v till_o he_o have_v learn_v thus_o infant_n have_v a_o remote_a power_n of_o speak_v and_o infidel_n of_o believe_v 215._o no_o man_n do_v all_o that_o he_o be_v true_o and_o proper_o able_a to_o do_v 216._o no_o man_n do_v all_o that_o he_o be_v dispose_v and_o habit_v to_o sudden_a object_n oft_o carry_v we_o againt_v strong_a habit_n 217._o a_o man_n ordinary_o will_n and_o act_v according_a to_o the_o predominant_a habit_n of_o his_o soul_n if_o he_o have_v object_n and_o mean_n 218._o a_o man_n always_o will_v that_o which_o he_o be_v soley_n dispose_v to_o will_n or_o most_o dispose_v to_o will_n at_o that_o moment_n and_o which_o he_o apprehend_v sub_fw-la omnimoda_fw-la ratione_fw-la boni_fw-la much_o more_o if_o he_o be_v perfect_o habit_v to_o it_o in_o his_o vitality_n intellect_n and_o will._n 219._o no_o man_n act_v without_o the_o essential_a fundamental_a inclination_n to_o good_a and_o to_o natural_a felicity_n but_o a_o man_n may_v by_o sudden_a instigation_n and_o occasion_n will_v that_o which_o before_o he_o have_v no_o particular_a disposition_n to_o a_o power_n may_v be_v without_o a_o habit._n 220._o no_o good_a man_n habit_n here_o be_v perfect_a in_o goodness_n 221._o no_o bad_a man_n here_o be_v at_o the_o worst_a nor_o destitute_a of_o all_o moral_a power_n to_o all_o thing_n command_v he_o of_o god_n 222._o a_o bare_a moral_a power_n which_o come_v not_o up_o to_o be_v a_o inclination_n or_o habit_n determine_v not_o the_o will_n of_o itself_o 223._o habit_n tend_v to_o the_o will_n determination_n per_fw-la modum_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la appetitus_fw-la but_o they_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o it_o or_o necessary_a determiner_n de_fw-fr eventu_fw-la 224._o weak_a habit_n be_v oft_o bear_v down_o strong_a one_o rare_o yet_o sometime_o 225._o a_o unholy_a soul_n be_v much_o more_o impotent_a as_o to_o the_o great_a internal_a act_n of_o loving_n god_n delight_v in_o he_o etc._n etc._n than_o to_o any_o mere_a external_a act_n which_o the_o natural_a power_n extend_v to_o and_o so_o be_v the_o regenerate_v in_o that_o measure_n as_o they_o be_v unrenewed_a 226._o but_o we_o be_v more_o able_a to_o love_n or_o will_v aright_o than_o to_o work_n and_o do_v aright_o because_o here_o both_o must_v concur_v which_o require_v more_o power_n than_o one_o alone_a e._n g._n to_o rule_v the_o thought_n aright_o require_v more_o power_n than_o to_o be_v willing_a to_o rule_v they_o 227._o yet_o in_o that_o measure_n that_o a_o man_n be_v willing_a to_o do_v good_a he_o be_v moral_o able_a and_o more_o than_o able_a because_o morality_n be_v first_o seat_v in_o the_o will_n it_o be_v no_o far_o moral_o good_a or_o bad_a than_o it_o be_v positive_o or_o privative_o voluntary_a he_o that_o be_v sincere_o will_v be_v sincere_o abole_n and_o he_o that_o be_v perfect_o will_v be_v perfect_o able_a and_o more_o 228._o every_o man_n natural_a faculty_n may_v be_v call_v moral_a power_n as_o to_o the_o obligation_n as_o be_v oblige_v by_o god_n to_o moral_a good_n 229._o and_o because_o obligation_n presuppose_v some_o true_a power_n to_o obey_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o present_a or_o former_a when_o the_o law_n be_v make_v therefore_o man_n natural_a faculty_n though_o undisposed_a be_v thus_o far_o call_v a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o command_v act_v sect_n xi_o whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o impossibility_n 230._o this_o lead_v we_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o actiuâ_fw-la quaudo_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la supernaturale_fw-la obligat_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la vitari_fw-la peccatum_fw-la contra_fw-la illud_fw-la absque_fw-la auxilio_fw-la gratiae_fw-la pet._n à_fw-fr s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n theol._n de_fw-fr auxiliis_fw-la p._n 83._o alliac_n camerac_n 1._o q._n 14._o r._n say_v 1._o we_o can_v be_v bind_v to_o a_o simple_a impossibility_n 2._o we_o may_v be_v bind_v to_o will_v a_o impossibility_n as_o that_o his_o sin_n past_o have_v not_o be_v though_o he_o doubt_v of_o this_o 4._o he_o may_v be_v bind_v to_o that_o 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therefore_o so_o disoblige_v as_o to_o be_v guiltless_a even_o so_o when_o man_n by_o sin_n disable_v himself_o to_o his_o command_a duty_n the_o law_n be_v not_o change_v but_o be_v still_o the_o same_o nor_o be_v he_o thereby_o excuse_v 236._o here_o the_o primary_n sin_n be_v that_o which_o contract_v the_o impotency_n the_o secondary_a sin_n be_v the_o impotency_n itself_o thus_o wilful_o contract_v and_o seat_v in_o the_o will_n the_o three_o rank_n be_v the_o not_o do_v of_o all_o that_o be_v first_o command_v and_o the_o do_v of_o all_o that_o be_v forbid_v 237._o but_o if_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o moral_a vicious_a impotency_n that_o be_v contract_v such_o as_o the_o habitual_a unwillingness_n in_o question_n but_o a_o physical_a impotency_n as_o if_o a_o man_n drink_v himself_o stark_o mad_a or_o blind_a etc._n etc._n this_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o the_o consequent_a act_n and_o omission_n not_o simple_o in_o itself_o consider_v but_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la and_o participative_o as_o it_o partake_v of_o the_o first_o sin_n which_o be_v describe_v itself_o to_o be_v a_o voluntary_a forbid_a act_n disable_n we_o to_o future_a duty_n and_o 1._o that_o a_o necessity_n contract_v by_o our_o own_o fault_n as_o by_o drunkenness_n excuse_v not_o from_o guilt_n see_v august_n l._n de_fw-fr natur._n &_o grat._n c._n 67._o &_o aquin._n n._n 4._o d._n 50._o q._n 2._o a._n 1._o virtual_o contain_v a_o sinful_a life_n to_o the_o end_n 238._o but_o if_o it_o be_v this_o physical_a impossibility_n that_o be_v contract_v then_o though_o the_o law_n change_v not_o yet_o the_o subject_n capacity_n be_v change_v strict_o and_o proper_o god_n be_v not_o say_v after_o to_o oblige_v he_o by_o that_o law_n because_o he_o be_v not_o receptive_a and_o capable_a of_o such_o new_a obligation_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o disoblige_v as_o to_o his_o benefit_n for_o no_o man_n
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
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la b●na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a ●●●ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à_fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._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 itself_o and_o as_o willing_a from_o eternity_n a_o thing_n not_o yet_o existent_a none_o real_o at_o all_o and_o that_o which_o be_v not_o yet_o be_v nothing_o what_o relative_n connotative_a and_o denominative_a difference_n such_o nothing_o can_v make_v on_o the_o will_n of_o god_n beside_o the_o variety_n of_o imperfect_a notion_n in_o man_n frail_a intellect_n let_v the_o wise_a consider_v §_o 31._o from_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o school-divines_a after_o augustine_n say_v that_o with_o god_n there_o be_v no_o futurum_fw-la velpraeteritum_n no_o foreknowledge_n or_o fore-decree_n proper_o because_o no_o difference_n of_o time_n but_o only_a knowledge_n and_o will_n of_o thing_n as_o present_v §_o 32._o yet_o god_n vital_a activity_n knowledge_n and_o will_n as_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o object_n of_o they_o have_v a_o great_a distinction_n because_o to_o be_v self-living_a self-knowing_a and_o self-loving_a be_v his_o essential_a act_n on_o himself_o the_o eternal_a object_n which_o make_v many_o ancient_n account_v they_o the_o trinity_n of_o person_n and_o also_o to_o will_v a_o existent_a creature_n be_v a_o extrinsic_a denomination_n from_o existence_n but_o to_o will_v that_o which_o be_v not_o that_o man_n shall_v be_v that_o he_o shall_v believe_v hereafter_o etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v nothing_o real_o different_a from_o god_n essence_n so_o it_o be_v but_o a_o extrinsic_a denomination_n of_o his_o essence_n from_o nothing_o sect_n xvi_o of_o infuse_v habit_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n give_v we_o 126._o the_o schoolman_n that_o speak_v most_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o infuse_v habit_n can_v agree_v what_o use_n they_o be_v for_o aureolus_n suppose_v chief_o for_o the_o right_n circumstantiate_v of_o act_n rather_o than_o for_o promptitude_n to_o they_o and_o pleasure_n in_o they_o and_o when_o all_o be_v say_v they_o give_v man_n but_o small_a comfort_n from_o they_o say_v as_o aureolus_n brianson_n etc._n etc._n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o have_v they_o see_v acquire_v habit_n may_v do_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o infuse_v do_v utrum_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la supernaturalis_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la sit_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o habitibus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o operationibus_fw-la vid._n suarez_n metaph._n disp_n 44._o sect_n 8._o n._n 18._o &_o molina_n 1._o p._n q._n 12._o be_v 5._o disp_n 2._o be_v 2._o pro_fw-la habitibus_fw-la sed_fw-la contra_fw-la inquit_fw-la aegid_a de_fw-fr sancta_fw-la praesentatione_fw-la li._n 4._o de_fw-la beatit_fw-la q._n 5._o a._n 3._o p●_n 471._o his_o non_fw-la obstantibus_fw-la oppositum_fw-la affirmant_fw-la omnes_fw-la theologi_fw-la qui_fw-la bac_fw-la de_fw-fr re_fw-mi scripserunt_fw-la nec_fw-la videtur_fw-la posse_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la dubitari_fw-la and_o yet_o alens_fw-la 2._o p._n q._n 104._o m._n 3._o aquin._n 1._o 2._o q._n 51._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 3._o &_o q._n 63._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 3._o &_o valenti●●_n to._n disp_n 4._o q._n 3._o punct_a 2._o etc._n etc._n be_v for_o prefer_v habit_n idem_fw-la aegid_a de_fw-fr praesentat_fw-la li._n 4._o p._n 443_o 444._o tell_v we_o that_o by_o grace_n god_n be_v present_a in_o the_o soul_n as_o his_o temple_n otherwise_o than_o by_o immensity_n and_o sustentation_n but_o his_o praesentia_fw-la pater_fw-la can_v mean_v nothing_o but_o the_o special_a effect_n of_o god_n love_n nostrâ_fw-la tempestate_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la est_fw-la temerarium_fw-la &_o periculosum_fw-la sed_fw-la ferè_fw-la hareticum_fw-la habitus_fw-la insusos_fw-la negare_fw-la nam_fw-la council_n vienens_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o universi_fw-la theologi_fw-la uno_fw-la consensu_fw-la affirmant_fw-la dari_fw-la habitus_fw-la insusos_fw-la medina_n in_o 1._o 2._o q._n 51._o a._n 4._o 282._o but_o soto_n li._n 2._o the_o nat_n &_o great_a c._n 17_o 18._o say_v that_o the_o council_n trid._n purposely_o forbear_v to_o define_v the_o case_n of_o infuse_a habit_n let_v the_o reader_n note_n that_o jansenius_n prove_v that_o pelagius_n himself_o assert_v infuse_a habit_n give_v in_o baptism_n and_o that_o without_o merit_n jans_n aug._n to._n 1._o li._n 5._o c._n 22._o p._n 126._o §_o 1._o every_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o the_o give_v
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thank_v himself_o too_o for_o all_o the_o good_a he_o do_v that_o be_v as_o much_o of_o he_o as_o the_o other_o etc._n etc._n answ_n it_o follow_v not_o for_o 1._o of_o all_o the_o good_a that_o man_n do_v god_n be_v still_o the_o moral_a cause_n egg_v on_o to_o it_o by_o all_o etc._n etc._n 2._o and_o the_o same_o almighty_a hand_n that_o bare_o uphold_v while_o sin_n be_v do_v do_v over_o and_o above_o further_o the_o thing_n that_o good_a be_v by_o enlighten_v the_o mind_n renew_v the_o will_n heal_v the_o spring_n in_o man_n of_o that_o all_o which_o inbred_a sin_n have_v bring_v upon_o it_o and_o in_o a_o word_n make_v it_o every_o way_n more_o itself_o god_n must_v be_v more_o a_o owner_n than_o man_n and_o thence_o the_o thing_n do_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o divine_a will_n because_o it_o flow_v from_o divine_a goodness_n that_o which_o be_v good_a in_o man_n by_o way_n of_o offspring_n be_v so_o in_o god_n by_o way_n of_o wellspring_n ibid._n p._n 10._o the_o same_o degree_n 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not_o actionis_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la but_o of_o the_o comparative_a moral_a species_n of_o its_o own_o act_n as_o choose_v this_o thing_n rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v no_o addition_n to_o real_a entity_n but_o a_o wonderful_a mode_n of_o it_o which_o man_n can_v tell_v whether_o he_o shall_v call_v something_o or_o nothing_o 4._o i_o say_v therefore_o that_o here_o be_v no_o effect_n without_o a_o cause_n freewill_n may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o various_a effect_n without_o a_o various_a predisposition_n c._n do_v not_o the_o will_v act_v as_o it_o be_v dispose_v to_o act_v b._n that_o it_o act_v not_o always_o according_a to_o habit_n which_o be_v more_o than_o disposition_n be_v certain_a by_o experience_n for_o object_n oft_o prevail_v against_o habit_n and_o habit_n do_v not_o necessitate_v c._n that_o be_v because_o the_o will_n be_v otherwise_o dispose_v by_o some_o contrary_n strong_a habit_n as_o either_o
other_o and_o give_v real_a grace_n to_o both_o but_o because_o the_o intellect_n be_v in_o the_o natural_a order_n the_o first_o in_o act_v and_o the_o will_n but_o second_o and_o because_o the_o act_n be_v common_o and_o reasonable_o suppose_v to_o go_v before_o the_o habit_n though_o not_o before_o all_o divine_a influx_n ad_fw-la actum_fw-la therefore_o man_n be_v uncertain_a whether_o god_n who_o first_o act_v the_o intellect_n do_v not_o by_o its_o act_n first_o operate_v on_o the_o will_n but_o this_o depend_v much_o on_o the_o physical_a controversy_n whether_o the_o intellect_n determine_v the_o will_n ad_fw-la speciem_fw-la actus_fw-la or_o at_o least_o real_o and_o efficient_o move_v it_o or_o rather_o only_o present_v the_o object_n to_o it_o and_o so_o work_v but_o in_o subserviency_n to_o the_o material_a cause_n which_o be_v constitutive_a indeed_o of_o the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la but_o not_o efficient_a and_o the_o perception_n of_o it_o go_v to_o the_o conditio_fw-la objectiva_fw-la without_o which_o it_o be_v no_o object_n to_o the_o will_n this_o i_o incline_v to_o with_o scotus_n and_o suppose_v that_o the_o intellect_n move_v not_o the_o will_n per_fw-la modum_fw-la naturae_fw-la by_o necessitation_n but_o while_o we_o know_v not_o the_o order_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n how_o shall_v we_o know_v the_o unsearchable_a way_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o seven_o crimination_n c._n they_o make_v god_n grace_n a_o resistible_a thing_n which_o man_n can_v frustrate_v and_o so_o god_n work_v at_o uncertainty_n operationibus_fw-la uncertainty_n man_n ignorance_n of_o the_o way_n of_o god_n operation_n on_o second_o cause_n tell_v we_o by_o christ_n himself_o job_n 3._o shall_v end_v such_o quarrel_n and_o teach_v we_o all_o with_o judicious_a davenant_n to_o prosess_v uncertainty_n and_o with_o judicious_a jos_n placeus_n de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n p._n 174._o speak_v of_o the_o dependence_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n on_o the_o first_o and_o the_o papist_n digladiation_n about_o concourse_n and_o predetermination_n to_o say_v nos_fw-la quidem_fw-la qua_fw-la reverentia_fw-la erga_fw-la infinitam_fw-la dei_fw-la majestatem_fw-la ducimur_fw-la non_fw-la audemus_fw-la definire_fw-la quanta_fw-la sit_fw-la dependentia_fw-la causae_fw-la secundae_fw-la a_o prima_fw-la nobis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la modo_fw-la ne_fw-la deo_fw-la ullam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la vel_fw-la minimam_fw-la labem_fw-la aspergat_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la nimiam_fw-la stat●i_fw-la to_o which_o also_o the_o very_a judicious_a lt_n blank_n subscribe_v thes_n 51._o de_fw-la concursu_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o remonstrant_n syn._n be_v 3_o 4._o p._n 15._o etc._n etc._n do_v profess_v that_o god_n operation_n of_o the_o intellect_n affection_n and_o will_v do_v thus_o differ_v that_o the_o convert_v work_n on_o the_o will_n be_v more_o resistible_a than_o the_o other_o and_o to_o the_o question_n a_o 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