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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 the_o hand_n of_o some_o thief_n or_o enemy_n that_o will_v kill_v he_o if_o he_o be_v secret_o willing_a that_o he_o be_v kill_v by_o they_o it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n the_o law_n make_v it_o their_o duty_n not_o to_o kill_v but_o it_o say_v not_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o the_o eventu_fw-la by_o way_n of_o prognostication_n 353._o but_o yet_o indeed_o god_n never_o do_v command_v a_o act_n or_o forbid_v a_o act_n â—nd_v yet_o decree_n that_o the_o same_o act_n immediate_o command_v shall_v not_o be_v â—one_n or_o that_o the_o act_n direct_o forbid_v shall_v be_v do_v because_o sin_n be_v a_o thing_n â—hat_n god_n can_v decree_v or_o will_n of_o which_o anon_o 354._o but_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o command_v or_o forbid_a act_n be_v sometime_o say_v â—o_o be_v command_v or_o forbid_v and_o this_o may_v be_v contrary_o decree_v of_o god_n and_o man_n that_o think_v not_o true_o of_o the_o matter_n think_v that_o this_o be_v to_o decree_v a_o thing_n forbid_v and_o so_o they_o err_v 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 faâ—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 â—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 himâ—elief_n â—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 abrahamâ—o_o â—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 â—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 it_o have_v be_v a_o duty_n to_o resist_v the_o angel_n and_o do_v a_o thing_n impossible_a but_o to_o consent_v and_o endeavour_v on_o his_o part_n to_o sacrifice_v his_o son_n which_o he_o do_v so_o the_o preservation_n of_o our_o own_o and_o other_o life_n be_v command_v we_o by_o god_n and_o yet_o at_o the_o same_o time_n man_n death_n decree_v because_o the_o thing_n indeed_o command_v be_v not_o preservation_n as_o it_o signify_v the_o effect_n and_o success_n but_o only_a preservation_n as_o it_o signify_v our_o true_a endeavour_n so_o the_o jew_n be_v forbid_v to_o kill_v christ_n and_o yet_o god_n decree_v that_o christ_n shall_v be_v kill_v for_o the_o thing_n forbid_v they_o be_v their_o own_o consent_n and_o wicked_a act_n but_o the_o thing_n that_o god_n will_v and_o decree_v be_v only_o the_o effect_n without_o any_o will_n of_o their_o act_n that_o cause_v it_o unless_o in_o genere_fw-la actus_fw-la but_o only_a a_o permission_n of_o it_o man_n of_o gross_a brain_n 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 mâ—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 determinationâ—m_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternitaâ—â—_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 detâ—rminatiâ—nâ—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 cannoâ—_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 dâ—us_a concâ—â—_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 graâ—_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 perâ—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 â—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 mouâ—atur_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la intention_n finis_fw-la will_v the_o reader_n have_v a_o better_a confuter_n of_o he_o than_o himself_o but_o he_o there_o add_v that_o it_o be_v materia_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la medium_n as_o stone_n and_o timber_n to_o a_o house_n and_o yet_o sin_n they_o say_v have_v no_o matter_n beside_o the_o subject_n and_o object_n but_o be_v a_o mere_a privation_n of_o moral_a rectitude_n but_o if_o it_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la it_o be_v not_o so_o to_o christ_n rather_o if_o a_o beggar_n want_v a_o house_n be_v that_o want_v the_o materia_fw-la domus_fw-la no_o nor_o the_o materia_fw-la of_o his_o mercy_n or_o bounty_n that_o build_v it_o thus_o the_o defectiveness_n of_o the_o subtle_a wit_n abuse_v god_n and_o his_o church_n when_o the_o christian_a simplicity_n of_o modest_a soul_n with_o a_o holy_a life_n will_v honour_v he_o so_o sect._n 9_o pag._n 137._o peccatum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la propriâ—_n dicendum_fw-la esse_fw-la materiam_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la misericordiâ—_fw-la sive_fw-la iâ—stitiâ—_n potiâ—s_fw-la quam_fw-la medium_n permissionem_fw-la vero_fw-la peccati_fw-la medium_n esse_fw-la ejus_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la but_o 1._o how_o oft_o elsewhere_o do_v he_o forget_v and_o contradict_v this_o 2._o permission_n itself_o be_v nothing_o be_v but_o non-impedire_a and_o be_v nothing_o or_o non-agere_a a_o proper_a mean_n but_o especial_o i_o entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v that_o in_o that_o very_a place_n twisse_n and_o arminius_n be_v herein_o profess_o agree_v that_o it_o be_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v the_o divine_a medium_n only_a one_o say_v praedestinationis_fw-la and_o the_o other_o providentia_fw-la and_o yet_o they_o will_v differ_v while_o they_o agree_v and_o i_o that_o differ_v from_o both_o will_v agree_v with_o both_o will_v the_o relation_n 581._o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v to_o be_v say_v then_o but_o that_o god_n will_v that_o sin_n be_v do_v but_o not_o as_o sin_n or_o because_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o this_o be_v nothing_o for_o 1._o either_o none_n or_o few_o of_o the_o reprobate_n do_v will_v sin_v because_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o because_o of_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sense_n or_o imagination_n or_o for_o seem_v good_a 2._o and_o if_o a_o man_n or_o devil_n do_v malicious_o will_v sin_v as_o sin_v because_o it_o be_v against_o god_n so_o do_v be_v but_o one_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la before_o they_o will_v it_o and_o predetermine_v they_o to_o it_o so_o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o but_o what_o be_v first_o and_o chief_o of_o god_n 582._o if_o they_o say_v that_o god_n will_v it_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o so_o do_v not_o wicked_a man_n but_o for_o wicked_a end_n or_o in_o enmity_n to_o god_n i_o answer_v that_o prove_v that_o god_n have_v a_o will_n which_o the_o wicked_a have_v not_o but_o not_o that_o the_o wicked_a have_v any_o will_n which_o god_n have_v not_o for_o that_o will_v and_o that_o enmity_n to_o god_n still_o be_v but_o one_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o say_v god_n first_o will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la 583._o obj._n but_o it_o be_v only_o ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la non_fw-la faciente_fw-la answ_n the_o hypocrisy_n of_o that_o addition_n make_v it_o but_o the_o worse_a in_o the_o assertor_n for_o 1._o they_o usual_o make_v god_n will_v effective_a of_o the_o thing_n will_v 2._o they_o maintain_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o total_a first_o efficient_a cause_n of_o 3._o they_o confess_v that_o the_o formal_a relation_n necessary_o result_v from_o the_o act_n and_o law_n and_o why_o then_o do_v they_o put_v in_o the_o word_n permittente_fw-la will_v not_o that_o deceitful_o insinuate_v to_o the_o reader_n that_o the_o sinner_n do_v something_o which_o god_n do_v not_o do_v but_o only_o permit_v when_o they_o mean_v no_o such_o thing_n for_o that_o be_v my_o second_o reason_n against_o they_o 584._o 2._o by_o their_o doctrine_n god_n never_o permit_v sin_n which_o be_v false_a for_o that_o which_o he_o will_v and_o cause_v as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o permit_v to_o do_v a_o thing_n and_o
holiness_n the_o holiness_n of_o christ_n humane_a nature_n and_o of_o angel_n and_o saint_n in_o heaven_n be_v as_o much_o the_o creator_n as_o be_v his_o work_n of_o mercy_n and_o justice_n and_o god_n glory_n shine_v as_o much_o in_o they_o and_o it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o goodness_n if_o not_o of_o mercy_n which_o prevent_v sin_n and_o misery_n yea_o and_o of_o mercy_n too_o for_o though_o mercy_n relate_v to_o misery_n it_o be_v as_o well_o to_o possible_a misery_n prevent_v as_o to_o existeâ—â—_n misery_n remove_v and_o if_o he_o speak_v not_o of_o subject_n but_o proprietor_n the_o boâ—um_fw-la creaturae_fw-la be_v also_o creatoris_fw-la sect_n xix_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o rutherford_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la confute_v 625._o i_o have_v be_v too_o long_o in_o confute_v this_o digression_n of_o dr._n twisse_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o protestant_n and_o opinion_n the_o sum_n of_o their_o opinion_n i_o think_v sound_v not_o well_o in_o christian_n ear_n the_o sum_n of_o which_o be_v this_o neither_o god_n nor_o devil_n do_v will_v sin_v as_o it_o be_v evil_a but_o god_n be_v the_o first_o willer_n of_o its_o existence_n because_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n sum_n &_o unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o mercy_n and_o willing_a and_o love_v be_v all_o one_o in_o god_n he_o thus_o singular_o love_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n above_o its_o contrary_a holiness_n for_o this_o end_n and_o by_o predetermine_v premotion_n which_o he_o much_o more_o large_o write_v for_o elsewhere_o he_o cause_v as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n all_o that_o man_n cause_v but_o it_o be_v sin_n in_o man_n because_o forbid_v he_o but_o not_o in_o god_n because_o not_o forbid_v he_o and_o therefore_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v say_v to_o cause_v sin_n though_o he_o cause_v all_o that_o be_v cause_v but_o to_o permit_v it_o because_o he_o cause_v it_o not_o in_o himself_o nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v call_v a_o deficient_a cause_n of_o our_o omission_n because_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o actuate_v we_o but_o man_n be_v to_o be_v call_v the_o efficient_a and_o deficient_a cause_n because_o he_o be_v under_o a_o oblige_a law_n though_o god_n make_v that_o law_n and_o though_o he_o can_v no_o more_o than_o a_o stone_n act_n without_o physical_a predetermination_n nor_o forbear_v act_v when_o so_o act_v yet_o he_o be_v to_o be_v call_v free_a because_o he_o be_v actual_o willing_a or_o his_o will_n do_v act_v and_o because_o he_o be_v predetermine_v by_o none_o but_o god_n this_o be_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o their_o opinion_n as_o open_v by_o themselves_o i_o shall_v now_o brief_o consider_v what_o rutherford_n say_v to_o the_o same_o sense_n 626._o cap._n 15._o pag._n 186._o to_o annatus_n charge_v twisse_n as_o deny_v god_n permission_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o make_v he_o the_o sin_n the_o the_o the_o nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la negari_fw-la potest_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quas_fw-la fieri_fw-la velit_fw-la twiss_n recitante_fw-la etiam_fw-la rutherf_n de_fw-fr prov._n c._n 15._o p._n 186._o see_v all_o their_o reason_n for_o god_n cause_v sin_n or_o willing_a its_o existence_n answer_v by_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 26._o p._n 262_o 263_o 264_o 265._o as_o also_o against_o god_n predetermine_v to_o the_o immediate_a materiale_a peccati_fw-la disp_n 27._o p._n 270_o etc._n etc._n disp_n 28_o &_o 29_o &_o 30_o etc._n etc._n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la p._n 580._o as_o to_o the_o common_a say_n that_o god_n will_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n all_o man_n will_v confess_v dr._n twiss_n often_o that_o neither_o do_v a_o wicked_a man_n do_v so_o peccans_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la non_fw-la intendit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quoad_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a in_fw-la peccato_fw-la seu_fw-la carentiam_fw-la conformitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la intendit_fw-la actum_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la inquit_fw-la aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 42._o a._n 3._o pag._n 319._o i_o will_v not_o conceal_v a_o more_o difficult_a argument_n than_o most_o of_o they_o which_o may_v occur_v to_o other_o god_n cause_v e._n g._n in_o nathanaâ—l_n peter_n etc._n etc._n this_o act_n of_o say_v before_o christ_n come_v the_o messiah_n be_v to_o come_v hereafter_o when_o christ_n be_v come_v this_o be_v false_a and_o so_o evil_a god_n still_o cause_v the_o faith_n which_o he_o give_v they_o therefore_o he_o cause_v a_o untrue_a belief_n and_o evil_n and_o that_o supernatural_o but_o i_o answ_v 1._o god_n cause_v the_o habit_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o the_o act_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o habit_n be_v in_o general_a a_o belief_n of_o all_o divine_a revelation_n and_o in_o special_a a_o belief_n in_o the_o promise_a messiah_n the_o termination_n of_o the_o act_n on_o the_o messiah_n as_o future_a rather_o than_o as_o incarnate_a require_v nothing_o positive_a in_o the_o habit_n the_o same_o habit_n serve_v to_o both_o act_n unless_o the_o latter_a be_v for_o the_o noble_a act_n have_v some_o addition_n but_o the_o former_a need_v none_o 2._o and_o that_o this_o habit_n may_v bring_v forth_o the_o act_n in_o that_o circumstance_n no_o more_o be_v necessary_a but_o 1._o god_n word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o and_o god_n influx_n on_o the_o habit_v faculty_n to_o cause_v it_o to_o act_v according_a to_o that_o habit_n so_o that_o when_o god_n have_v reverse_v that_o word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v no_o long_o the_o cause_n determine_v the_o mind_n to_o believe_v that_o word_n but_o only_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n be_v still_o towards_o christ_n but_o not_o at_o all_o sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la venturi_fw-la for_o the_o determine_a word_n be_v call_v in_o and_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n not_o to_o know_v so_o much_o where_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sin_n cause_n of_o the_o act_n the_o liberty_n and_o the_o prohibition_n and_o to_o cause_n be_v not_o to_o permit_v he_o have_v no_o better_a answer_n than_o to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v not_o permit_v the_o act_n nor_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o act_n but_o he_o permit_v the_o evil_a act_n and_o 2._o to_o say_v that_o the_o dominican_n and_o jesuit_n hold_v the_o same_o as_o he_o which_o be_v to_o jest_v with_o holy_a thing_n and_o not_o to_o argue_v as_o if_o he_o say_v god_n make_v neither_o the_o soul_n nor_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o he_o make_v the_o man_n what!_o be_v it_o as_o it_o be_v say_v that_o none_o animase_v unio_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la so_o do_v god_n permit_v the_o union_n of_o actum_fw-la and_o malâ—m_fw-la no_o that_o he_o pretend_v not_o 627._o to_o prove_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n he_o bring_v the_o instance_n of_o joseph_n case_n gen._n 45._o to_o which_o i_o say_v that_o the_o text_n say_v not_o at_o all_o that_o god_n will_v the_o will_n or_o act_n or_o sin_n of_o joseph_n brethren_n but_o 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christ_n be_v crucify_a and_o yet_o hate_v and_o not_o will_v the_o will_n and_o act_n of_o the_o crucifier_n but_o only_o foresee_v it_o as_o aforesaid_a and_o let_v they_o jeer_v god_n as_o idle_a or_o asleep_a if_o he_o neither_o will_v nor_o effectual_o will_z the_o sin_n we_o will_v believe_v it_o to_o be_v his_o perfection_n and_o liberty_n which_o they_o so_o deride_v 2._o and_o whereas_o he_o add_v that_o active_a verb_n be_v use_v as_o gen._n 45._o misit_fw-la i_o deus_fw-la isa_n 53._o deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la eum_fw-la conterere_fw-la zech._n 13._o ego_fw-la percutiam_fw-la pastorem_fw-la and_o god_n deliver_v christ_n to_o death_n i_o answer_v it_o be_v too_o too_o gross_a to_o persuade_v we_o hence_o that_o any_o of_o these_o text_n say_v that_o god_n will_v the_o sinner_n will_v or_o act._n god_n send_v i_o speak_v god_n act_n that_o be_v his_o disposal_n
to_o make_v a_o difference_n 3._o the_o mean_n much_o differ_v which_o several_a man_n have_v and_o god_n usual_o operate_v according_a to_o the_o mean_n upon_o the_o soul_n §_o 5._o if_o the_o question_n be_v either_o of_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n it_o be_v no_o question_n for_o that_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o all_o man_n have_v equal_a faith_n love_n and_o other_o grace_n which_o common_a experience_n deny_v §_o 6._o whereas_o some_o will_v stick_v at_o my_o mention_v a_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o nature_n antecedent_n to_o act_n and_o habit_n i_o will_v have_v they_o remember_v that_o either_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o not_o if_o there_o be_v i_o right_o mention_v it_o if_o not_o we_o be_v instant_o at_o a_o end_n of_o all_o this_o sort_n of_o controversy_n and_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_n can_v differ_v if_o they_o will_v for_o then_o the_o question_n must_v be_v only_o about_o that_o which_o be_v past_a question_n viz._n 1._o either_o about_o god_n act_n as_o in_o himself_o which_o be_v his_o simple_a essence_n 2._o or_o about_o the_o act_n and_o habit_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n in_o man_n which_o all_o the_o world_n know_v be_v not_o equal_a for_o all_o man_n have_v not_o faith_n for_o as_o for_o pre-disposition_n the_o question_n will_v be_v revolve_v to_o the_o same_o point_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o be_v not_o equal_o dispose_v and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n act_n as_o in_o he_o be_v his_o essence_n sect_n x._o whether_o the_o say_a operation_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a §_o 1._o this_o paltry_a question_n be_v worthy_a but_o a_o few_o word_n though_o â—_o make_v too_o much_o stir_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n physical_a and_o moral_a have_v speak_v before_o i_o will_v not_o repeat_v it_o here_o 1._o if_o the_o question_n be_v the_o operatione_n ut_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la agentis_fw-la before_o the_o effect_n it_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o god_n essence_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a which_o be_v unworthy_a a_o answer_n §_o 2._o 2._o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o action_n of_o second_o cause_n as_o the_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n if_o true_o act_v they_o be_v both_o physical_a as_o they_o be_v real_o actus_fw-la naturalis_fw-la and_o moral_a as_o they_o be_v the_o act_n of_o free_a intellectual_a agent_n but_o the_o act_n of_o law_n and_o other_o object_n mere_o as_o object_n on_o man_n be_v call_v moral_a act_n because_o they_o be_v but_o nominal_a but_o indeed_o be_v no_o act_n and_o therefore_o neither_o physical_a nor_o moral_a for_o they_o be_v but_o signa_fw-la and_o significare_fw-la be_v not_o agere_fw-la but_o be_v only_o a_o objective_a aptitude_n by_o which_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n can_v edify_v itself_o all_o the_o book_n in_o my_o library_n teach_v i_o without_o any_o action_n by_o be_v signa_fw-la objective_o to_o my_o active_a intellect_n §_o 3._o 3_o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v quid_fw-la real_n and_o therefore_o physicum_fw-la and_o it_o be_v moral_a as_o it_o be_v the_o principium_fw-la actus_fw-la moralis_fw-la the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o our_o own_o act_n and_o habit_n they_o be_v physical_a and_o moral_a accident_n and_o they_o can_v be_v moral_a unless_o they_o be_v physical_a §_o 4._o but_o it_o must_v be_v know_v that_o to_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la morale_fw-la formal_o differ_v as_o actus_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la and_o ordo_fw-la qua_fw-la ordo_fw-la do_v differ_v ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la seâ—_n relatione_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la morum_fw-la and_o moralitas_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la physici_fw-la vel_fw-la privationis_fw-la relatio_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la regulam_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la morum_fw-la §_o 5._o but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v not_o of_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o act_n but_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o cause_n viz._n whether_o grace_n or_o divine_a action_n do_v cause_n physical_o or_o moral_o i_o answer_v plain_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a cause_n which_o be_v not_o physical_a a_o moral_a cause_n not_o physical_a be_v but_o causa_fw-la reputata_fw-la vel_fw-la â—â—minalis_fw-la object_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o cause_n moral_o but_o if_o they_o be_v mere_o object_n they_o cause_v not_o efficient_o at_o all_o but_o by_o termination_n only_o material_o constitute_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la but_o some_o thing_n vulgar_o call_v object_n as_o light_n heatt_z etc._n etc._n be_v active_a and_o so_o effect_v and_o he_o that_o do_v proponere_fw-la objectum_fw-la do_v indeed_o effect_n by_o speak_v or_o do_v but_o he_o do_v not_o effect_v any_o thing_n by_o the_o object_n on_o the_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a object_n but_o the_o vox_fw-la loquentis_fw-la do_v more_o than_o present_a a_o object_n it_o do_v by_o agency_n suscitate_a the_o spirit_n and_o operate_v on_o the_o organ_n of_o sensation_n and_o many_o mercy_n affliction_n and_o other_o mean_v foremention_v have_v their_o several_a way_n of_o active_a operation_n but_o it_o be_v ready_o confess_v that_o nothing_o corporeal_a can_v by_o any_o direct_a efficiency_n operate_v on_o a_o soul_n but_o only_o active_a spirit_n like_o itself_o remember_v therefore_o that_o i_o take_v the_o word_n physical_a here_o as_o the_o school_n do_v large_o as_o comprehend_v spiritual_a or_o hyperphysical_a and_o i_o plain_o say_v de_fw-la nomine_fw-la that_o god_n operation_n of_o grace_n be_v to_o be_v call_v hyperphysical_a in_o respect_n to_o god_n the_o agent_n and_o physical_a as_o they_o be_v physical_a effect_n on_o man_n and_o moral_a as_o the_o same_o be_v in_o instanti_fw-la secundo_fw-la also_o moral_a effect_n and_o that_o they_o be_v call_v moral_a in_o two_o usual_a sense_n 1._o in_o that_o it_o be_v morality_n or_o virtue_n that_o be_v produce_v by_o they_o 2._o and_o in_o that_o object_n be_v much_o of_o the_o mean_n the_o operation_n or_o efficiency_n of_o object_n as_o 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 3._o that_o the_o soul_n as_o such_o be_v a_o active_a spirit_n not_o indifferent_a between_o action_n and_o cessation_n but_o as_o natural_o prone_a to_o act_n as_o the_o earth_n to_o rest_v and_o as_o a_o stone_n in_o the_o air_n to_o descend_v and_o as_o the_o sun_n to_o move_v and_o shine_v so_o that_o it_o be_v never_o one_o minute_n out_o of_o action_n even_o in_o this_o earthen_a tabernacle_n from_o its_o first_o be_v to_o the_o last_o breath_n day_n or_o night_n though_o in_o different_a manner_n 4._o that_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n do_v uphold_v the_o soul_n in_o this_o active_a nature_n afford_v it_o that_o concourse_n or_o influx_n necessary_a thereto_o which_o in_o nature_n he_o make_v due_a to_o it_o as_o he_o do_v to_o the_o sun_n in_o its_o action_n and_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n so_o that_o activity_n as_o such_o distinct_a from_o the_o due_a order_n of_o it_o be_v give_v by_o god_n in_o nature_n 5._o and_o god_n have_v place_v the_o soul_n in_o the_o universe_n as_o a_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch_n where_o it_o must_v needs_o have_v some_o effect_n of_o the_o co-operation_n of_o concause_n or_o superior_a agent_n 6._o and_o angel_n and_o devil_n who_o have_v very_o much_o to_o do_v with_o our_o soul_n do_v work_n as_o voluntary_a agent_n in_o political_a order_n though_o not_o without_o the_o regulation_n of_o god_n law_n or_o will._n 7._o and_o god_n can_v do_v what_o he_o will_v on_o soul_n without_o any_o second_o cause_n though_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o or_o what_o we_o know_v not_o 8._o all_o this_o be_v suppose_v for_o efficiency_n object_n due_o qualify_v may_v do_v much_o for_o the_o order_n of_o act_n though_o proper_o they_o do_v nothing_o so_o that_o though_o they_o be_v but_o ut_fw-la materia_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la occasion_n sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la yet_o the_o reason_n
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 necessâ—_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 alâ—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 for_o confusion_n in_o not_o distinguish_v the_o three_o sort_n of_o good_a in_o this_o controversy_n a_o â—â—li_fw-la existentia_fw-la bonum_fw-la sit_fw-la viz._n the_o bonum_fw-la honestum_fw-la utile_fw-la &_o jucundum_fw-la i_o must_v desire_v the_o reader_n to_o avoid_v also_o the_o doctor_n confusion_n and_o to_o be_v so_o much_o more_o accurate_a than_o he_o as_o to_o remember_v that_o this_o distinction_n be_v but_o de_fw-fr bono_n creaturae_fw-la who_o pleasure_n profit_n and_o honesty_n be_v distinguishable_a but_o that_o above_o these_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o absolute_a and_o simple_a good_a and_o that_o thing_n be_v first_o good_a as_o relate_v to_o he_o the_o prime_n and_o ultimate_a good_a and_o that_o the_o high_a formal_a notion_n of_o goodness_n in_o the_o â—creature_n be_v none_o of_o those_o three_o but_o the_o conformity_n of_o thing_n to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o absolute_a rule_n of_o goodness_n and_o therefore_o when_o we_o ask_v a_o bonum_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la malum_fw-la we_o mean_v not_o a_o sit_fw-la bonum_fw-la hominis_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la but_o a_o sit_fw-la bonum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la viz._n conform_v voluntati_fw-la divinae_fw-la and_o if_o they_o can_v prove_v that_o deus_fw-la velit_fw-la â—â—â—â—_o fieri_fw-la we_o will_v confess_v it_o to_o be_v good_n but_o 3._o yet_o i_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v bonum_fw-la utile_fw-la see_v it_o do_v the_o sinner_n no_o good_a for_o bonum_fw-la jucundum_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la be_v not_o sin_n god_n will_v have_v man_n have_v more_o pleasure_n than_o sin_n bring_v and_o not_o less_o but_o it_o be_v hoc_fw-la minus_fw-la jucundum_fw-la sensibile_fw-la prefer_v before_o hoc_fw-la magis_fw-la jucundum_fw-la spiritual_fw-la which_o be_v sin_n now_o the_o prelation_n of_o a_o less_o pleasure_n to_o a_o great_a be_v no_o pleasure_n so_o that_o sin_n be_v neither_o utile_a nor_o jucundum_fw-la and_o the_o doctor_n be_v quite_o out_o in_o calling_z â—ccasio_fw-la 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creature_n able_a to_o cause_n without_o his_o predetermine_a causality_n 3._o this_o power_n be_v the_o excellency_n of_o the_o creature_n and_o the_o honour_n of_o its_o creator_n §_o 5._o as_o for_o their_o argument_n that_o there_o be_v no_o effect_n without_o a_o cause_n nor_o difference_n in_o effect_n without_o a_o difference_n in_o the_o cause_n and_o that_o a_o undetermined_a cause_n can_v produce_v a_o determinate_a effect_n i_o answer_v 1._o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o difference_n without_o any_o diversity_n in_o himself_o and_o he_o be_v the_o free_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n necessary_a in_o the_o world_n 2._o the_o soul_n be_v god_n image_n 3._o the_o will_n when_o undetermined_a have_v a_o self-determining_a power_n therefore_o this_o be_v but_o petere_fw-la principium_fw-la 4._o but_o there_o be_v many_o sub_fw-la cause_n that_o be_v a_o reason_n of_o the_o determination_n as_o object_n opportunity_n knowledge_n the_o remove_n of_o competitor_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o therefore_o gibieuf_n guil._n camerarius_fw-la etc._n etc._n way_n of_o predetermination_n by_o the_o causa_fw-la finalis_fw-la be_v nothing_o to_o our_o question_n that_o be_v no_o efficient_a but_o a_o material_a objective_a or_o moral_a causation_n §_o 7._o when_o they_o say_v that_o else_o god_n depend_v on_o the_o creature_n and_o be_v determine_v by_o it_o as_o to_o his_o concourse_n i_o answer_v 1._o how_o can_v god_n free_a uphold_v the_o power_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v his_o dependence_n on_o it_o when_o it_o express_o speak_v its_o dependence_n on_o he_o without_o who_o it_o can_v be_v nor_o act_n 2._o no_o creature_n determine_v god_n immanent_a act_n nor_o his_o transient_n as_o to_o the_o mere_a impress_n and_o first_o effect_n and_o so_o not_o god_n act_n at_o all_o unless_o terminate_n be_v determine_v it_o be_v only_o its_o own_o act_n which_o the_o creature_n determine_v which_o be_v a_o secondary_a effect_n of_o god_n act_n as_o proceed_v from_o the_o 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than_o his_o essence_n but_o if_o the_o say_a effect_n be_v mean_v i_o have_v show_v you_o that_o both_o indisposition_n in_o the_o recipient_a and_o a_o contrary_a act_n may_v resist_v it_o §_o 10._o against_o our_o passive_a determination_n of_o the_o effect_n he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v deny_v to_o act_v by_o physical_a action_n on_o man_n will_n which_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v rather_o determine_v it_o than_o be_v determine_v by_o it_o because_o it_o can_v resist_v he_o etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr 1._o the_o will_n do_v not_o resist_v by_o reaction_n on_o and_o against_o god_n but_o by_o indisposition_n and_o by_o its_o own_a not_o act_v when_o it_o can_v etc._n etc._n 2._o who_o dare_v deny_v all_o physical_a action_n of_o god_n on_o man_n will_n when_o it_o be_v quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la 3._o the_o will_n do_v not_o determine_v god_n will_n nor_o reject_v his_o impress_n but_o only_o determine_v its_o own_o act._n 4._o if_o god_n will_v act_v ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la the_o will_n will_v never_o disobey_v or_o fail_v of_o the_o due_a effect_n §_o 11._o he_o say_v ib._n do_v god_n move_v only_o to_o the_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la or_o also_o to_o this_o species_n of_o action_n the_o first_o can_v be_v say_v for_o suarez_n hurtado_n say_v that_o god_n determine_v the_o agent_n to_o this_o individual_a act_n and_o the_o creature_n have_v as_o much_o need_n of_o help_n to_o the_o species_n of_o motion_n which_o be_v perfect_a than_o the_o genus_fw-la as_o to_o the_o genus_fw-la and_o god_n influx_n be_v singular_a and_o not_o determine_v to_o generical_a nature_n etc._n etc._n answ_n god_n universal_a motion_n as_o the_o sun_n do_v necessary_o make_v its_o impress_n on_o the_o creature_n and_o give_v he_o sufficient_a help_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la to_o act_n yea_o necessary_o continue_v the_o soul_n in_o some_o action_n and_o that_o action_n be_v singular_a and_o not_o a_o non_fw-la existent_a universal_a but_o it_o be_v only_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o a_o singular_a act_n which_o god_n natural_a influx_n necessary_o cause_v and_o the_o moral_a species_n what_o need_v soever_o we_o
circumstantial_o but_o by_o the_o immediate_a physical_a efficient_a adequate_a predetermine_a premotion_n of_o god_n omnipotency_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n beside_o his_o influx_n by_o which_o he_o sustain_v their_o nature_n and_o concause_n and_o afford_v they_o his_o general_a concourse_n or_o premotion_n to_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la only_o and_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o agent_n so_o predetermine_v by_o physical_a premotion_n not_o to_o act_v in_o all_o the_o circumstance_n that_o it_o be_v so_o move_v to_o act_v in_o ii_o to_o say_v that_o any_o creature_n can_v act_v without_o this_o physical_a predetermination_n to_o all_o the_o circumstance_n or_o can_v forbear_v to_o act_v when_o so_o predetermine_v be_v by_o consequence_n to_o say_v that_o such_o a_o creature_n be_v god_n the_o first_o cause_n for_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a as_o to_o be_v god_n or_o to_o make_v a_o world_n iii_o yea_o the_o creature_n that_o will_v forbear_v any_o act_n which_o god_n so_o predetermine_v he_o to_o must_v be_v strong_a than_o god_n and_o overcome_v he_o or_o do_v contradiction_n iu._n and_o if_o god_n have_v not_o decree_v so_o to_o predetermine_v by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n he_o can_v not_o have_v know_v any_o future_a act_n no_o though_o with_o scotus_n we_o say_v that_o he_o will_v all_o those_o act_n antecedent_o to_o his_o prescience_n it_o will_v not_o serve_v unless_o he_o will_v so_o to_o predetermine_v the_o agent_n in_o cause_v they_o v._o yet_o we_o will_v say_v that_o the_o will_n be_v free_a but_o we_o mean_v only_o that_o to_o will_v and_o to_o will_v free_o be_v word_n of_o the_o same_o sense_n for_o a_o man_n be_v say_v to_o will_v free_o in_o that_o he_o will_v and_o his_o will_v be_v not_o a_o nilling_n vi_o freewill_n then_o be_v nothing_o but_o facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la &_o rationis_fw-la â—d_a utrumlibet_fw-la agendum_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agendum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la unum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterum_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la prout_fw-la à _fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la physice_n praedeterminatur_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v such_o a_o faculty_n as_o god_n can_v predetermine_v to_o act_v which_o way_n he_o will_v by_o make_v it_o will_v yet_o its_o indifferency_n be_v not_o only_a objective_n or_o passive_a but_o also_o active_a because_o it_o be_v a_o active_a power_n of_o the_o will_n which_o god_n predetermine_v god_n predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o determine_v itself_o vii_o we_o will_v call_v this_o the_o will_n power_n but_o it_o be_v but_o hypothetical_o a_o power_n viz._n it_o can_v act_v if_o god_n physical_o predetermine_v it_o else_o not_o at_o all_o as_o the_o wheel_n of_o the_o clock_n can_v move_v if_o the_o poise_n or_o spring_n move_v they_o or_o rather_o as_o the_o hand_n can_v move_v if_o the_o will_n and_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o nerve_n do_v move_v it_o viii_o the_o will_n be_v say_v to_o be_v free_a partly_o by_o reason_n that_o its_o active_a power_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v determine_v by_o god_n and_o then_o by_o itself_o ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la and_o partly_o in_o that_o it_o be_v not_o liable_a to_o coaction_n ix_o the_o will_n that_o be_v by_o omnipotent_a physical_a premotion_n efficient_o predetermine_v by_o god_n be_v not_o constrain_v because_o it_o will_v not_o unwilling_o that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v willing_a it_o be_v not_o unwilling_a and_o reluctant_a x._o yet_o the_o will_n that_o be_v one_o way_n incline_v habituate_v and_o act_v in_o the_o precedent_a instant_n be_v oft_o physical_o premoved_a and_o predetermine_v by_o omnipotency_n to_o the_o contrary_a act_n in_o the_o next_o instant_n which_o it_o can_v not_o resist_v as_o he_o that_o in_o this_o instant_n wilm_v chastity_n may_v in_o tâ—e_v next_o instant_n be_v predetermine_v by_o unresistible_a omnipotency_n to_o will_v fornication_n or_o he_o that_o love_v god_n may_v be_v predetermine_v and_o premoved_a by_o god_n to_o hate_v he_o the_o next_o moment_n but_o we_o will_v not_o call_v this_o irresistible_a efficiency_n coaction_n because_o it_o be_v ad_fw-la volendum_fw-la and_o so_o in_o ipso_fw-la act_v there_o be_v no_o reluctancy_n or_o resistance_n xi_o when_o god_n have_v give_v man_n a_o power_n with_o liberty_n to_o will_n or_o will_v or_o not_o will_n to_o will_v this_o or_o that_o and_o also_o give_v he_o all_o necessary_a object_n and_o concause_n and_o also_o as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o natural_a and_o free_a action_n give_v he_o all_o that_o influx_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o a_o act_n as_o such_o yet_o the_o moral_a specification_n of_o that_o act_n to_o this_o propose_a object_n rather_o than_o that_o as_o to_o hate_n god_n rather_o than_o to_o hate_v sin_n or_o to_o this_o act_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o as_o to_o hate_n god_n rather_o than_o to_o love_v he_o or_o to_o speak_v a_o lie_n rather_o than_o the_o truth_n have_v so_o much_o entity_n in_o it_o that_o it_o be_v a_o 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it_o possible_o be_v but_o it_o must_v exist_v per_fw-la nudam_fw-la resultantiam_fw-la hisce_fw-la positis_fw-la and_o yet_o though_o god_n make_v the_o man_n the_o law_n the_o act_n the_o object_n and_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n from_o whence_o sin_n result_v as_o a_o mere_a relation_n we_o be_v resolve_v to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n xiii_o yea_o though_o the_o habit_n of_o sin_n be_v certain_a entity_n and_o therefore_o god_n must_v needs_o be_v their_o first_o cause_n in_o their_o full_a nature_n according_a to_o our_o principle_n who_o account_v it_o proper_a to_o god_n to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a cause_n of_o any_o such_o entity_n yet_o we_o be_v resolve_v to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n or_o author_n at_o least_o of_o sin_n fourteen_o yet_o we_o will_v say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o god_n providence_n that_o hold_v that_o man_n can_v possible_o do_v any_o wickedness_n unless_o god_n thus_o predetermine_v both_o will_n tongue_n hand_n and_o every_o active_a part_n to_o every_o act_n which_o he_o have_v forbid_v with_o all_o its_o circumstance_n xv._o sin_n be_v cause_v by_o god_n as_o to_o the_o circumstantiated_a act_n which_o be_v the_o materiale_a but_o not_o as_o to_o the_o formale_a and_o yet_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o relation_n be_v cause_v by_o cause_v the_o subject_n foundation_n and_o term_v all_o which_o god_n principal_o do_v and_o can_v be_v cause_v no_o otherwise_o xvi_o but_o the_o formale_a of_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o defect_n or_o privation_n which_o be_v nothing_o therefore_o man_n and_o not_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o god_n can_v be_v a_o deficient_a cause_n nor_o have_v any_o privation_n and_o yet_o we_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o 1._o there_o be_v as_o much_o positivity_n of_o relation_n in_o disobedience_n as_o in_o obedience_n in_o curvity_n as_o in_o rectitude_n in_o disconformity_n as_o in_o conformity_n 2._o nor_o that_o god_n can_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o privation_n such_o as_o death_n be_v though_o not_o a_o subject_n of_o they_o even_o such_o a_o cause_n as_o they_o can_v have_v 3._o nor_o that_o some_o of_o we_o even_a alvarez_n say_v that_o sin_n of_o commission_n and_o habit_n be_v positive_a in_o their_o formale_n 4._o and_o sin_n be_v such_o a_o nothing_o as_o be_v man_n misery_n and_o he_o be_v damn_v for_o and_o by_o and_o if_o it_o be_v such_o a_o nothing_o as_o can_v have_v no_o cause_n man_n can_v no_o more_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o than_o god_n 5._o and_o that_o the_o reason_n of_o non_fw-la existence_n negation_n or_o privation_n be_v as_o notorious_o resolve_v into_o the_o will_n or_o non-agency_a of_o the_o first_o necessary_a cause_n of_o the_o contrary_a as_o existence_n and_o positives_n be_v resolve_v into_o his_o will_n and_o agency_n and_o if_o a_o man_n can_v
&_o rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la agendum_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agendum_fw-la &_o agendum_fw-la unum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterum_fw-la which_o rivet_n rest_v in_o and_o fit_v the_o doctrine_n of_o necessitation_n but_o i_o think_v express_v not_o liberty_n strict_o take_v it_o may_v be_v ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la if_o satan_n have_v a_o power_n to_o move_v it_o as_o i_o move_v my_o pen._n bellarmine_n be_v lib._n arb_n est_fw-la libera_fw-la potestas_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la conducunt_fw-la unum_fw-la prae_fw-la alio_fw-la eligendi_fw-la aut_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la respuendi_fw-la vel_fw-la acceptandi_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la nostro_fw-la ad_fw-la magnam_fw-la dei_fw-la gloridm_n concessa_fw-la which_o paraeus_n dissent_v not_o from_o but_o all_o define_n be_v vain_a â—ill_v the_o ambiguous_a word_n freedom_n be_v distinguish_v and_o the_o sense_n according_o various_o state_v yet_o be_v this_o description_n only_o of_o liberty_n and_o constraint_n too_o common_a with_o some_o 168._o but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o ☞_o 1._o the_o suspension_n of_o the_o will_n may_v be_v nevertheless_o by_o force_n or_o restraint_n which_o be_v a_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la and_o so_o when_o they_o say_v voluntatem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la posse_fw-la because_o when_o it_o act_v it_o act_v willing_o that_o be_v when_o it_o will_v it_o will_v the_o consequence_n hold_v not_o because_o it_o may_v be_v force_v from_o all_o action_n unless_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o can_v noll._n &_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la at_o once_o 2._o and_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o either_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n can_v natural_o necessitate_v the_o will_n to_o act_v or_o that_o such_o a_o natural_a necessitation_n consist_v with_o its_o liberty_n if_o the_o first_o they_o destroy_v their_o doctrine_n of_o predetermination_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o god_n physical_a irresistible_a efficacious_a premotion_n determine_v the_o will_n to_o act_v and_o what_o be_v natural_a necessitation_n if_o this_o be_v not_o if_o the_o latter_a than_o they_o contradict_v their_o own_o definition_n of_o liberty_n which_o they_o oft_o give_v we_o that_o it_o be_v liberty_n from_o natural_a necessity_n which_o twiss_n call_v libertas_n naturae_fw-la distinct_a from_o libertas_n conditionis_fw-la vel_fw-la civilis_fw-la and_o what_o more_o natural_a necessity_n than_o that_o which_o refult_v from_o that_o premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n without_o which_o no_o agent_n natural_a or_o free_a can_v act_v and_o which_o none_o can_v resist_v 169._o their_o opinion_n of_o liberty_n also_o leave_v no_o difference_n between_o brutish_a appetite_n or_o spontaneity_n and_o freewill_n save_v only_o that_o this_o do_v follow_v reason_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o difference_n of_o guide_n but_o not_o of_o liberty_n 170._o and_o according_a to_o this_o opinion_n if_o god_n give_v satan_n power_n to_o move_v any_o man_n will_n to_o sin_n by_o as_o true_a a_o physical_a motion_n and_o as_o unresistible_a as_o i_o move_v my_o pen_n it_o be_v no_o constraint_n nor_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n because_o it_o be_v move_v to_o be_v willing_a 171._o and_o if_o they_o lie_v all_o on_o the_o act_n congruity_n to_o the_o habit_n or_o inclination_n then_o if_o satan_n can_v infuse_v unresistible_o into_o the_o will_n a_o inclination_n to_o hate_n god_n or_o to_o any_o sin_n and_o then_o physical_o determine_v it_o according_a to_o that_o inclination_n it_o be_v no_o force_n or_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n 172._o but_o i_o think_v he_o that_o by_o irresistible_a efficiency_n make_v a_o man_n will_n wicked_a both_o in_o its_o inclination_n and_o act_n do_v incomparable_o more_o against_o he_o and_o his_o liberty_n than_o he_o that_o can_v force_v his_o tongue_n or_o hand_n against_o his_o will_n or_o he_o that_o only_o tempt_v and_o persuade_v he_o 173._o the_o grand_a reason_n why_o we_o can_v receive_v the_o dominican_n doctrine_n of_o predetermine_a premotion_n be_v elsewhere_o give_v i_o now_o name_n but_o these_o three_o 1._o because_o whatever_o vain_a talk_n be_v use_v to_o blind_a man_n it_o make_v god_n the_o sole-total-first-necessitating_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o world_n or_o can_v be_v 2._o it_o unavoidable_o destroy_v the_o christian_a faith_n for_o if_o god_n be_v real_o the_o say_v determine_v cause_n of_o all_o lie_n and_o other_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n than_o his_o veracity_n which_o be_v the_o formal_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v go_v and_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v tell_v whether_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v predetermine_v to_o speak_v true_a or_o false_a nor_o when_o god_n move_v they_o to_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o for_o to_o call_v their_o motion_n by_o the_o name_n of_o inspiration_n will_v satisfy_v no_o man_n that_o god_n inspiration_n can_v do_v any_o more_o at_o least_o to_o interest_n himself_o in_o the_o act_n than_o his_o necessary_a physical_a premove_a determination_n 3._o because_o it_o feign_v god_n to_o damn_v most_o of_o the_o world_n for_o not-conquering_a god_n who_o insuperable_o predetermine_v they_o to_o the_o forbid_a act_n that_o be_v for_o not_o be_v god_n or_o great_a than_o god_n and_o that_o he_o send_v christ_n to_o die_v only_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o thus_o premoved_n we_o to_o irresistible_o and_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a to_o forbear_v as_o to_o touch_v the_o moon_n 174._o in_o the_o issue_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n the_o sharp_a contender_n seem_v agree_v whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o arminius_n grant_v that_o all_o event_n of_o sin_n or_o damnation_n be_v from_o eternity_n necessary_a necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la doubt_n consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o resol_n praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la rebus_fw-la praescitis_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la non_fw-la imponit_fw-la cum_fw-la â—o_o modo_fw-la res_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la quo_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quae_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la respectiva_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiaeut_fw-fr si_fw-la ambulat_fw-la movetur_fw-la in_o praescito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la nicol._n d'orbellis_fw-la 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 1._o duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la bene_fw-la sequitur_fw-la necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la deus_fw-la novit_fw-la i_o cras_fw-la sessurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la sedebo_fw-la consequens_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la contingens_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la currit_fw-la ergo_fw-la movetur_fw-la nos_fw-la concedimus_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o â—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 annatuâ—_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 gibieâ—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
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 unâ—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 tâ—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 credâ—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 reperiâ—nt_fw-la nisi_fw-la malum_fw-la obj._n omnis_fw-la determinatio_fw-la diâ—ina_fw-la est_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la omnia_fw-la siuâ—t_fw-la deo_fw-la determinante_fw-la ergo_fw-la omne_fw-la siunt_fw-la immutâ—hiliter_fw-la respondet_fw-la mâ—lanâ—th_n ad_fw-la maj_o est_fw-fr immutâ—bilâ—s_fw-fr necessitate_v conseqâ—entiae_fw-la ad_fw-la minor_fw-la dissimilâ—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 impediâ—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 appâ—titu_fw-la potest_fw-la appeti_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la aâ—â—idâ—ns_fw-la deus_fw-la â—ullo_n modo_fw-la vult_fw-la malum_fw-la culpae_fw-la deus_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la siâ—ri_fw-la malum_fw-la â—â—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 tellâ—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 â—adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la â—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 bâ—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 â—â—â—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 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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
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freewill_n be_v part_n of_o this_o likeness_n we_o know_v not_o just_a how_o far_o god_n can_v go_v in_o such_o communication_n i_o see_v no_o contradiction_n in_o it_o to_o say_v that_o a_o faculty_n maintain_v by_o god_n in_o its_o natural_a force_n with_o necessary_a though_o not_o determine_v concourse_n can_v determine_v itself_o without_o any_o more_o causation_n and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o contradiction_n god_n can_v do_v it_o 4._o but_o this_o be_v all_o prevent_v by_o consider_v that_o man_n soul_n be_v never_o out_o of_o act._n it_o be_v active_a force_n be_v never_o idle_a though_o it_o act_v not_o always_o the_o same_o way_n nor_o with_o the_o same_o extension_n or_o intention_n so_o that_o to_o reduce_v it_o into_o act_n be_v not_o to_o reduce_v it_o from_o a_o mere_a potentia_fw-la in_o actum_fw-la but_o from_o a_o power_n act_v one_o way_n or_o slow_o to_o act_v another_o way_n or_o more_o intense_o 5._o yea_o this_o be_v all_o answer_v by_o consider_v that_o as_o i_o say_v while_o god_n continue_v the_o soul_n in_o its_o nature_n it_o continue_v a_o natural_o active_a force_n or_o power_n incline_v essential_o to_o activity_n so_o that_o though_o i_o say_v that_o action_n need_v more_o cause_n than_o non-action_n that_o be_v here_o do_v in_o god_n still_o cause_v the_o active_a disposition_n but_o suppose_v that_o uphold_v i_o say_v that_o there_o be_v oft_o more_o need_n of_o other_o causality_n or_o strength_n to_o keep_v it_o from_o action_n than_o to_o cause_v it_o to_o act_v whatever_o the_o world_n talk_v against_o durandus_fw-la they_o be_v never_o well_o able_a to_o answer_v à _fw-fr dola_n though_o in_o sense_n they_o that_o factious_o oppose_v he_o mean_v the_o same_o as_o he_o and_o if_o a_o rock_n hang_v in_o the_o air_n by_o something_o that_o may_v be_v cut_v off_o or_o remove_v as_o a_o thread_n suppose_v god_n to_o continue_v the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o all_o thing_n else_o there_o be_v more_o strength_n and_o causality_n needful_a to_o hold_v it_o from_o fall_v than_o to_o make_v it_o fall_v when_o the_o thread_n be_v cut_v it_o be_v a_o work_n of_o god_n power_n to_o keep_v the_o fire_n from_o burn_v the_o three_o confessor_n dan._n 3._o and_o the_o lion_n from_o devour_a daniel_n dan._n 6._o and_o the_o sea_n from_o flow_v on_o the_o israelite_n and_o the_o sun_n from_o move_v in_o joshuah_n fight_n 6._o and_o yet_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o action_n which_o be_v but_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la that_o be_v in_o question_n but_o only_o the_o comparative_a circumstantiate_v of_o that_o action_n so_o that_o it_o be_v but_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la rei_fw-la 7._o and_o last_o the_o denial_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o power_n and_o liberty_n in_o this_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v overthrow_v the_o certainty_n and_o fundamental_o of_o all_o our_o religion_n now_o whether_o any_o man_n shall_v deny_v all_o our_o religion_n and_o certain_a necessary_a truth_n for_o such_o a_o metaphysical_a uncertain_a notion_n as_o this_o that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v cause_v a_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la in_o determine_v its_o active_a nature_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o without_o divine_a predetermination_n let_v sobriety_n be_v judge_n c._n but_o thus_o you_o make_v man_n the_o specifier_n of_o his_o good_a act_n without_o god_n determination_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o evil_n b._n jansenius_n be_v in_o the_o right_n in_o this_o we_o have_v more_o need_n of_o divine_a help_n to_o the_o willing_a and_o do_v of_o good_a than_o of_o evil_n we_o can_v do_v evil_a without_o his_o natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n but_o we_o can_v do_v good_a especial_o spiritual_a save_v good_a unless_o we_o have_v moreover_o his_o medicinal_a special_a grace_n to_o the_o specify_v of_o good_a action_n there_o must_v ever_o concur_v god_n natural_a help_n god_n gracious_a help_n and_o man_n freewill_n or_o self-determination_n it_o be_v not_o two_o or_o three_o determination_n of_o the_o will_n which_o be_v make_v by_o these_o several_a cause_n but_o one_o determination_n so_o that_o under_o god_n man_n be_v the_o specify_v determiner_n of_o his_o will_n to_o good_a or_o else_o he_o be_v not_o a_o believer_n nor_o rewardable_a or_o punishable_a and_o that_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o will_n to_o good_a as_o well_o as_o to_o evil_a proceed_v not_o from_o the_o original_a nature_n of_o the_o will_n for_o with_o that_o such_o a_o determination_n be_v consistent_a but_o from_o its_o pravity_n or_o corruption_n but_o how_o grace_n and_o freewill_n concur_v be_v after_o to_o be_v handle_v c._n dr._n twisse_n vindic._n grat._n lib._n 2._o p._n 190._o vol._n minoris_fw-la have_v a_o full_a digression_n 4_o to_o prove_v that_o god_n will_v that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v he_o permit_v it_o and_o say_v nostri_fw-la theologi_fw-la affirmanâ—_fw-la arminiani_n â—ontificii_fw-la negant_fw-la causeâ—_n negant_fw-la this_o digression_n of_o dr._n twisse_n be_v answer_v in_o the_o first_o book_n his_o friend_n alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr li._n 11._o disp_n 110._o p._n 442_o etc._n etc._n discuss_v the_o qu._n a_o detur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostra_fw-la causa_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la and_o conclude_v that_o reprobatio_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la statuit_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v aliquibus_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la permittere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la eorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la conditionata_fw-la sed_fw-la absoluta_fw-la nec_fw-la praesupponit_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la demeritorum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la reprobi_fw-la 2._o in_o angelis_n qui_fw-la ceciderunt_fw-la nuâ—la_fw-la datur_fw-la causa_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la integrum_fw-la effectum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o et_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-fr reprobatione_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la
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 of_o impress_n or_o influx_n or_o force_n which_o cause_v one_o man_n to_o believe_v or_o act_v be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o cause_v any_o other_o worse_o dispose_v man_n to_o believe_v or_o act_v nor_o the_o same_o man_n when_o he_o be_v more_o ill_o dispose_v and_o hinder_v 4._o if_o we_o put_v the_o case_n of_o man_n equal_o dispose_v it_o be_v impossible_o to_o prove_v that_o any_o two_o man_n in_o the_o world_n be_v equal_o dispose_v nay_o it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o they_o be_v not_o their_o mind_n have_v far_o great_a variety_n of_o thought_n to_o cause_v a_o difference_n than_o their_o countenance_n have_v of_o particle_n make_v the_o wonderful_a diversity_n which_o we_o see_v nor_o be_v the_o same_o man_n long_o equal_o dispose_v 5._o man_n equal_o dispose_v if_o such_o there_o be_v may_v have_v unequal_a impediment_n without_o and_o in_o their_o body_n and_o temptation_n which_o may_v cause_v they_o to_o need_v unequal_a help_n of_o grace_n 6._o the_o same_o individual_a impress_n which_o cause_v no_o more_o than_o a_o power_n cause_v not_o the_o act_n also_o for_o that_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o cause_v the_o act_n and_o not_o to_o cause_v it_o 7._o but_o a_o less_o degree_n of_o impulse_n or_o help_n may_v cause_v the_o act_n in_o one_o when_o a_o great_a degree_n cause_v it_o not_o in_o another_o 8._o a_o wonderful_a difference_n therefore_o be_v make_v in_o this_o as_o well_o as_o in_o â—ll_o other_o diversity_n in_o the_o world_n by_o the_o diverse_a receptive_a disposition_n of_o the_o patient_n which_o make_v johan_n sarisberiensis_n in_o nugis_fw-la curial_n and_o many_o schoolman_n to_o liken_v god_n with_o some_o acknowledge_a difference_n in_o his_o operation_n to_o the_o sun_n which_o by_o one_o invaried_a efflux_n of_o motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a power_n cause_v innumerable_a variety_n of_o effect_n as_o all_o the_o particular_a creature_n have_v various_a nature_n and_o receptive_a disposition_n 9_o but_o all_o good_a disposition_n or_o preparation_n be_v of_o god_n but_o by_o such_o way_n of_o operation_n as_o we_o be_v search_v after_o but_o all_o ill_a disposition_n be_v from_o ourselves_o 10._o to_o conclude_v god_n give_v man_n sometime_o as_o much_o power_n to_o will_n or_o act_n when_o they_o do_v not_o as_o they_o have_v when_o they_o do_v but_o usual_o not_o a_o equal_a predisposition_n some_o have_v more_o indispose_n themselves_o which_o be_v to_o be_v change_v by_o contrary_a act_n but_o whether_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la man_n equal_o enable_v predispose_v help_v and_o hinder_v do_v yet_o without_o any_o cause_n but_o their_o own_o freewill_n itself_o act_v or_o will_v various_o be_v a_o question_n that_o these_o controversy_n need_v not_o come_v to_o that_o such_o be_v there_o such_o in_o the_o world_n can_v do_v it_o i_o take_v for_o grant_v whatever_o they_o do_v the_o controversy_n be_v well_o know_v which_o hobbes_n have_v raise_v in_o the_o world_n who_o say_v that_o to_o be_v free_a and_o to_o be_v willing_a be_v all_o one_o and_o that_o every_o act_n of_o the_o will_n be_v as_o true_o necessitate_v by_o physical_a premotion_n as_o the_o motion_n of_o any_o engine_n be_v and_o that_o we_o talk_v of_o liberty_n and_o contingency_n in_o the_o dark_a not_o that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n indeed_o but_o when_o we_o know_v not_o the_o train_n of_o cause_n we_o use_v those_o name_n which_o signify_v but_o our_o ignorance_n and_o that_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o other_o superior_a cause_n do_v by_o premotion_n as_o much_o necessitate_v each_o volition_n as_o the_o archer_n do_v the_o motion_n of_o his_o arrow_n and_o the_o dominican_n predetermination_n and_o camero_n necessitation_n by_o a_o train_n of_o second_o cause_n be_v the_o same_o i_o think_v but_o i_o think_v god_n have_v make_v a_o very_a good_a use_n by_o his_o overrule_a ordination_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o hobbes_n learned_o and_o timerous_o or_o cautelous_o second_v by_o gassendus_fw-la and_o improve_v by_o benedictus_n spinosa_n a_o apostate_n jew_n in_o his_o tractatus_fw-la politico-theologicus_a for_o the_o goodness_n and_o learning_n of_o such_o worthy_a man_n as_o be_v alvarez_n twisse_n camero_n in_o all_o other_o point_v moderate_a and_o admirable_o judicious_a have_v be_v the_o grand_a temptation_n to_o the_o church_n to_o receive_v that_o doctrine_n which_o hobbes_n and_o spinosa_n have_v plain_o and_o naked_o propound_v be_v now_o detest_a by_o almost_o all_o good_a man_n for_o from_o thence_o they_o have_v plain_o infer_v the_o subversion_n of_o all_o morality_n as_o distinct_a from_o physical_a motion_n and_o consequent_o of_o all_o true_a religion_n i_o deny_v not_o that_o i_o find_v myself_o the_o controversy_n in_o itself_o exceed_v difficult_a and_o that_o i_o have_v not_o be_v without_o temptation_n to_o their_o opinion_n nor_o yet_o be_o and_o that_o indeed_o all_o pretend_a middle_a way_n between_o hobbes_n his_o necessitation_n physical_a and_o true_a freewill_n be_v but_o fancy_n as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v perceive_v and_o if_o i_o leave_v true_a freewill_n i_o must_v turn_v to_o their_o necessitation_n i_o confess_v their_o argue_v be_v very_o plausible_a that_o there_o be_v no_o effect_n without_o a_o cause_n and_o that_o when_o ever_o the_o will_n choose_v one_o thing_n and_o refuse_v another_o there_o be_v some_o antecedent_n cause_n in_o the_o power_n disposition_n or_o external_a thing_n and_o that_o the_o same_o cause_n in_o the_o same_o state_n and_o mode_n have_v no_o difference_n in_o itself_o do_v always_o produce_v the_o same_o effect_n otherwise_o the_o diversity_n shall_v have_v no_o cause_n and_o that_o the_o will_n be_v in_o the_o same_o disposition_n and_o have_v all_o the_o same_o object_n help_n impediment_n and_o other_o circumstance_n will_v have_v the_o same_o act_n all_o this_o be_v plausible_a but_o 1._o if_o i_o receive_v it_o i_o must_v let_v go_v almost_o all_o religion_n as_o well_o as_o christianity_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o which_o i_o have_v a_o better_a proof_n than_o they_o can_v give_v for_o their_o opinion_n and_o we_o must_v not_o reduce_v certainty_n to_o the_o obscure_a unsearchable_a uncertainty_n 2._o and_o in_o god_n himself_o their_o foundation_n be_v confute_v for_o he_o that_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habens_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la diversitate_fw-la unicus_fw-la plurima_fw-la immo_fw-la omne_fw-la causat_fw-la therefore_o their_o principle_n be_v false_a 3._o and_o find_v man_n make_v after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n not_o only_o as_o holy_a but_o as_o man_n gen._n 6._o i_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o think_v that_o freewill_n be_v part_n of_o his_o natural_a image_n and_o that_o as_o god_n be_v a_o causa_fw-la unica_fw-la plurimorum_fw-la so_o may_v freewill_n be_v and_o that_o as_o a_o god_n be_v causa_fw-la prima_fw-la entium_fw-la so_o freewill_n may_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la 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
by_o itself_o anon_o before_o we_o come_v to_o that_o these_o thing_n i_o here_o conclude_v of_o 1._o that_o the_o diversity_n of_o nature_n or_o receptive_a disposition_n be_v presuppose_v god_n have_v a_o establish_a order_n of_o mean_n and_o a_o congruous_a establish_a universal_a concourse_n which_o quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o it_o to_o do_v work_v equal_o on_o all_o 2._o that_o this_o establish_a measure_n of_o aid_n or_o concourse_n recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la and_o operate_v various_o as_o to_o the_o effect_n according_a to_o the_o various_a disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n from_o who_o the_o ratio_fw-la diversatis_fw-la be_v to_o be_v fetch_v and_o not_o from_o it_o 3._o that_o this_o establish_a measure_n of_o concourse_n or_o aid_n may_v by_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o passive_a and_o active_a indisposition_n and_o illdisposition_n of_o the_o recipient_a be_v both_o resist_v and_o overcome_v or_o frustrate_v 4._o that_o as_o adam_n do_v resist_v and_o overcome_v such_o grace_n so_o do_v all_o wicked_a deâ—_n he_o praecedanâ—i_fw-la effectus_fw-la virtute_fw-la verbi_fw-la spiritusque_fw-la in_o hominum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la producti_fw-la rebellis_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vitio_fw-la suffocari_fw-la &_o penitus_fw-la extingui_fw-la pâ—ssuâ—t_fw-la &_o in_o multis_fw-la solent_fw-la adeâ—_n ut_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la in_o quorum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la virtute_fw-la verbi_fw-la spiritusque_fw-la impressâ—_fw-la fuit_fw-la aliqualis_fw-la notitia_fw-la veritatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la etc._n etc._n mutentur_fw-la plane_n in_fw-la contrarium_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o even_o alvarez_n disp_n 18._o n._n â—0_n say_v si_fw-mi non_fw-la operatur_fw-la actione_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la in_o precept_n imputabitur_fw-la illi_fw-la ad_fw-la culpam_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la suâ—_n culpa_fw-la se_fw-la impedivit_fw-la ne_fw-la dareter_fw-la illi_fw-la auxilium_fw-la efficax_n quod_fw-la necessarium_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la 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agent_n and_o grace_n be_v hiâ—_n immediate_a work_n or_o offspring_n b._n 1._o he_o be_v a_o voluntary_a agent_n in_o creation_n preservation_n and_o in_o all_o the_o work_n and_o change_n of_o nature_n and_o yet_o he_o operate_v constant_o in_o his_o appoint_a course_n 2._o it_o be_v unknown_a to_o we_o what_o mean_v he_o use_v out_o of_o our_o reach_n in_o his_o operation_n upon_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o in_o nature_n 3._o we_o find_v that_o grace_n keep_v a_o harmony_n with_o nature_n yeâ—_n as_o morality_n be_v but_o the_o modality_n of_o thing_n natural_a so_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o god_n may_v possible_o work_v it_o by_o the_o modify_n of_o physical_a agent_n and_o their_o action_n and_o the_o recipient_n 4._o immutability_n and_o constancy_n be_v one_o of_o god_n perfection_n and_o the_o expression_n of_o it_o in_o the_o constant_a order_n of_o his_o work_n be_v part_n of_o his_o glory_n in_o the_o world_n though_o our_o mutable_a free-will_n be_v better_a than_o the_o 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