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come_v so_o far_o as_o clear_o to_o profess_v that_o christ_n merit_v not_o faith_n and_o regeneration_n for_o any_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o god_n do_v give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n unto_o any_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o for_o christ_n sake_n that_o he_o give_v it_o or_o be_v demand_v how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o god_n give_v it_o not_o to_o all_o if_o his_o mere_a pleasure_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o difference_n as_o namely_o in_o show_v mercy_n unto_o some_o when_o he_o harden_v other_o they_o be_v put_v upon_o this_o shift_n to_o say_v that_o if_o they_o will_v believe_v god_n will_v give_v they_o faith_n if_o they_o will_v repent_v god_n will_v give_v they_o repentance_n and_o one_o that_o i_o have_v have_v to_o deal_v with_o on_o this_o very_a argument_n spare_v not_o to_o profess_v that_o god_n do_v work_v in_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d velle_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o resipiscere_fw-la modè_fw-la velit_fw-la one_o thing_n i_o have_v almost_o 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&_o pag._n 710._o cum_fw-la de_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la sermo_fw-la habetur_fw-la inde_fw-la exordiendum_fw-la esse_fw-la constantèr_fw-la semper_fw-la docui_fw-la atquè_fw-fr hodiè_fw-la doceo_fw-la jure_fw-la in_o more_o relinqui_fw-la omnes_fw-la reprobos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o adam_n mortui_fw-la sunt_fw-la atquè_fw-fr damnati_fw-la as_o for_o beza_n i_o know_v full_a well_o he_o maintain_v that_o man_n not_o create_v be_v the_o object_n of_o predestination_n but_o can_v this_o author_n represent_v unto_o we_o any_o place_n out_o of_o beza_n wherein_o he_o shall_v affirm_v that_o god_n do_v decree_n to_o damn_v any_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n or_o that_o damnation_n be_v the_o end_n that_o god_n intend_v in_o the_o decree_n of_o predestination_n to_o death_n in_o his_o question_n and_o answer_v he_o profess_v the_o contrary_a pag._n 111._o postremò_fw-la non_fw-la dixi_fw-la exitium_fw-la istorum_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o reprobate_n esse_fw-la finem_fw-la deo_fw-la decernenti_fw-la propositum_fw-la sed_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la nequè_fw-fr etiam_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la dixi_fw-la istos_fw-la esse_fw-la exitio_fw-la destinatos_fw-la sed_fw-la justo_fw-la exitio_fw-la destinatos_fw-la dixi_fw-la and_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr aeternâ_fw-la dei_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la contrà _fw-la sebastian_n castell_n ad_fw-la argument_n castell_n 2._o pag._n 346._o quamobrem_fw-la etiam_fw-la illud_fw-la quoquè_fw-fr probavimus_fw-la nos_fw-la ita_fw-la loqui_fw-la non_fw-la solere_fw-la &_o quanquam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la conditum_fw-la dicamus_fw-la ad_fw-la perditionem_fw-la sed_fw-la idcircò_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsius_fw-la justa_fw-la condemnatione_fw-la dominus_fw-la justitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la patefaciat_fw-la as_o for_o zanchy_a peter_n baro_n that_o cause_v such_o perturbation_n in_o cambridge_n about_o this_o very_a argument_n he_o deny_v this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o zanchy_a in_o summa_fw-la trium_fw-la de_fw-la 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to_o stretch_v himself_o thereon_o and_o therefore_o he_o desire_v to_o change_v his_o lodging_n and_o to_o pass_v from_o the_o desert_n of_o good_a action_n to_o the_o desert_n of_o evil_a action_n which_o he_o former_o insist_v upon_o and_o he_o tell_v a_o story_n of_o zeno_n servant_n most_o suitable_a to_o his_o jambick_a take_v out_o of_o seneca_n though_o he_o quote_v the_o place_n of_o neither_o well_o zeno_n servant_n he_o say_v when_o he_o be_v punish_v by_o his_o master_n for_o a_o fault_n that_o he_o have_v do_v tell_v his_o master_n out_o of_o his_o own_o ground_n that_o he_o be_v unjust_o beat_v because_o he_o be_v fato_fw-la coactus_fw-la peccare_fw-la and_o hereupon_o make_v his_o reckon_n without_o his_o host_n conclude_v that_o certain_o if_o malefactor_n can_v not_o choose_v but_o play_v their_o rude_a prank_n they_o can_v not_o be_v just_o punish_v for_o they_o wherein_o he_o tell_v we_o what_o the_o servant_n say_v but_o what_o the_o master_n answer_v thereof_o he_o 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take_v he_o by_o the_o cloak_n to_o draw_v he_o away_o from_o stilpo_n say_v o_o crates_n commodissimè_fw-la auribus_fw-la philosophum_fw-la teneas_fw-la cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la persuaseris_fw-la tum_fw-la illum_fw-la trahe_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o egeris_fw-la corpus_fw-la quidem_fw-la apud_fw-la te_fw-la sed_fw-la animus_n apud_fw-la stilponem_fw-la erit_fw-la neither_o be_v any_o philosopher_n more_o studious_a of_o morality_n than_o the_o stoic_n they_o write_v de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la de_fw-la affectibus_fw-la de_fw-la virtute_fw-la de_fw-fr fine_a deque_fw-la primâ_fw-la aestimatione_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr actibus_fw-la ac_fw-la de_fw-la officiis_n de_fw-fr adhortationibus_fw-la &_o dehortationibus_fw-la as_o diogenes_n write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o zeno._n and_o austin_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 9_o profess_v of_o the_o stoic_n that_o though_o omnia_fw-la fato_fw-la fieri_fw-la contenderent_fw-la yet_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la necessitate_v fieri_fw-la dicerent_fw-la and_o more_o than_o this_o whereas_o the_o stoic_n be_v so_o jealous_a of_o maintain_v the_o liberty_n of_o man_n will_n that_o they_o deny_v they_o of_o all_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o necessity_n austin_n profess_v that_o their_o fear_n of_o subject_v the_o will_n of_o man_n unto_o necessity_n in_o this_o respect_n be_v a_o causeless_a fear_n ibid._n cap._n 10._o unde_fw-la nec_fw-la illa_fw-la necessitas_fw-la formidanda_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la formidando_fw-la stoici_fw-la laboraverunt_fw-la causas_fw-la rerum_fw-la ita_fw-la distinguere_fw-la ut_fw-la quasdam_fw-la subtraherent_fw-la necessitati_fw-la quasdam_fw-la subderent_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o his_o quas_fw-la esse_fw-la sub_fw-la necessitate_v noluerunt_fw-la posuerunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la nostras_fw-la voluntates_fw-la ne_fw-la videlicet_fw-la non_fw-la essent_fw-la liberae_fw-la si_fw-la subderentur_fw-la necessitati_fw-la and_o then_o proceed_v to_o show_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a necessity_n nothing_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o will_n albeit_o the_o will_v be_v acknowledge_v in_o subjection_n thereunto_o and_o that_o necessity_n he_o describe_v to_o be_v this_o as_o when_o we_o say_v that_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la fiat_fw-la his_o word_n be_v these_o si_fw-la autem_fw-la illa_fw-la definitur_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitas_fw-la secundum_fw-la quam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la fiat_fw-la nescio_fw-la cur_n eam_fw-la timemus_fw-la ne_fw-la nobis_fw-la libertatem_fw-la auferat_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la herein_o austin_n profess_v to_o go_v beyond_o the_o stoic_n in_o acknowledge_v a_o necessity_n whereunto_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v subject_a and_o that_o without_o detriment_n to_o the_o liberty_n thereof_o yet_o in_o my_o judgement_n it_o will_v better_o become_v a_o christian_a divine_a to_o inform_v both_o himself_o and_o other_o out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o rest_v thereon_o for_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o providence_n and_o predestination_n divine_a then_o to_o go_v a_o forage_n among_o poet_n and_o stoic_n for_o the_o justification_n of_o his_o own_o in_o point_n of_o christian_a faith_n and_o for_o the_o redargution_n of_o the_o way_n of_o his_o opposite_n introduction_n sect_n iv._o these_o absurdity_n follow_v too_o evident_o from_o the_o upper_a way_n other_o of_o the_o same_o side_n wil_v to_o decline_v they_o as_o rock_n and_o precipice_n do_v leave_v that_o way_n and_o present_a man_n to_o god_n in_o his_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n lie_v in_o the_o fault_n and_o under_o the_o guilt_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o say_v that_o god_n look_v upon_o miserable_a mankind_n lie_v in_o adam_n sin_n do_v decree_v the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o to_o eternal_a torment_n in_o hell_n without_o remedy_n for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o severe_a justice_n but_o notwithstanding_o this_o difference_n among_o themselves_o they_o agree_v well_o enough_o together_o for_o this_o little_a jar_n be_v not_o in_o their_o judgement_n enough_o to_o make_v a_o breach_n between_o they_o as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n and_o in_o the_o synod_n at_o dort_n in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n the_o contra-remonstrants_a have_v these_o word_n quoad_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la diversitatem_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la argumento_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la respexit_fw-la 37._o in_o hoc_fw-la decreto_fw-la nondum_fw-la creätum_fw-la vel_fw-la creätum_fw-la &_o lapsum_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la huius_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la libentèr_fw-la alii_fw-la alios_fw-la aequitate_fw-la christiana_n toleramus_fw-la after_o this_o in_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n they_o permit_v gomarus_n to_o go_v the_o supralapsarian_a way_n and_o the_o delegate_n of_o south_n holland_n be_v very_o indifferent_a which_o way_n they_o take_v for_o these_o be_v their_o word_n a_o deus_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la consideravit_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la lapsos_fw-la a_o etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la nondum_fw-la lapsos_fw-la existimant_fw-la viz._n the_o delegate_n aforesaid_a non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la definiatur_fw-la modo_fw-la statuatur_fw-la 48._o deum_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la considerasse_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o pari_fw-la statu_fw-la and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o they_o shall_v quarrel_v about_o circumstance_n see_v they_o agree_v in_o the_o substance_n for_o they_o both_o say_v 1._o that_o the_o move_a cause_n of_o reprobation_n be_v the_o alone_a will_n of_o god_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n original_n or_o actual_a 2._o that_o the_o final_a impenitency_n and_o damnation_n of_o reprobate_n be_v necessary_a and_o unavoidable_a by_o god_n absolute_a decree_n these_o two_o thing_n be_v the_o maxima_fw-la gravamina_fw-la that_o the_o other_o side_n stick_v at_o so_o that_o these_o two_o path_n meet_v at_o last_o in_o the_o same_o way_n but_o because_o this_o last_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o most_o and_o late_a maintainer_n of_o the_o absolute_a decree_n as_o the_o more_o moderate_a of_o the_o two_o and_o the_o easy_a to_o be_v defend_v i_o will_v set_v down_o the_o conclusion_n which_o i_o dislike_v in_o their_o way_n and_o word_n god_n have_v absolute_o purpose_v
of_o they_o proceed_v on_o this_o manner_n the_o first_o thus_o praedestinatio_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la illustrandâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la gloriâ_fw-la per_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la &_o justitiam_fw-la at_o illa_fw-la voluntas_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o nondum_fw-la condito_fw-la ceu_fw-la condendo_fw-la the_o three_o thus_o praedestinatio_fw-la est_fw-la pars_fw-la providentiae_fw-la administrantis_fw-la &_o gubernantis_fw-la humanum_fw-la genus_fw-la ergò_fw-la posterior_n naturâ_fw-la actu_fw-la creationis_fw-la vel_fw-la proposito_fw-la creandi_fw-la si_fw-mi posterior_n actu_fw-la creationis_fw-la vel_fw-la propositio_fw-la creandi_fw-la hominem_fw-la jam_fw-la homo_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la objectum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la consideratus_fw-la ut_fw-la nondum_fw-la conditus_fw-la his_o 4_o the_o argument_n be_v this_o predestinatio_fw-la est_fw-la praeparatio_fw-la supernaturalium_fw-la bonorum_fw-la ergo_fw-la praecedit_fw-la communicatio_fw-la naturalium_fw-la &_o proptereà _fw-la creatio_fw-la in_o naturâ_fw-la sive_fw-la actu_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la his_o last_o reason_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n thus_o illustratio_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la dei_fw-la per_fw-la creationem_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la illustratione_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la administratio_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la 1_o cor._n 1._o 21._o ergo_fw-la creatio_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la to_o all_o which_o reason_n of_o he_o i_o have_v answer_v in_o my_o vindic._n grat._n dei_fw-la lib._n 1._o part_n 1._o de_fw-fr praedestin_n digress_v 5._o in_o several_a chapter_n only_o the_o second_o argument_n of_o arminius_n insist_v upon_o god_n ordination_n of_o man_n fall_n and_o to_o be_v free_v from_o the_o trouble_n of_o answer_v this_o argument_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n that_o i_o know_v we_o gain_v by_o leave_v the_o first_o and_o second_o way_n and_o embarking_a ourselves_o in_o the_o three_o but_o how_o free_v sure_o only_o so_o far_o as_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n suppose_v adam_n fall_n do_v not_o engage_v we_o to_o inquire_v into_o divine_a providence_n concern_v adam_n fall_n but_o nevertheless_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o have_v not_o god_n permit_v adam_n to_o fall_v he_o have_v never_o fall_v and_o we_o that_o take_v the_o first_o way_n acknowledge_v no_o other_o providence_n divine_a concern_v the_o ingress_n of_o sin_n as_o sin_n into_o the_o world_n but_o in_o the_o way_n of_o permission_n sin_n as_o sin_n admit_v no_o cause_n efficient_a but_o deficient_a only_o and_o it_o be_v utter_o impossible_a that_o god_n either_o in_o do_v what_o he_o do_v or_o in_o forbear_v to_o do_v what_o he_o do_v not_o shall_v in_o any_o culpable_a or_o just_o unblamable_a manner_n be_v deficient_a and_o if_o it_o be_v far_o demand_v whether_o upon_o god_n permission_n it_o follow_v 7._o that_o sin_n shall_v be_v commit_v by_o the_o creature_n we_o ready_o profess_v it_o do_v this_o vorstius_n acknowledge_v a_o favourite_n of_o the_o arminian_n nay_o do_v not_o arminius_n himself_o deliver_v it_o express_o where_o he_o say_v that_o when_o god_n permit_v the_o willing_a of_o aught_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nullo_n argumentorum_fw-la genere_fw-la persuadeatur_fw-la ad_fw-la nolendum_fw-la this_o he_o deliver_v without_o all_o qualification_n of_o the_o necessity_n mention_v which_o we_o do_v not_o and_o this_o also_o navarettus_n a_o papist_n profess_v and_o though_o he_o be_v a_o dominican_n yet_o i_o know_v no_o jesuit_n that_o oppose_v he_o in_o this_o and_o if_o any_o man_n infer_v herehence_a that_o then_o god_n determine_v to_o permit_v sin_n do_v determine_v that_o sin_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o world_n we_o willing_o grant_v that_o god_n do_v so_o ordain_v namely_o that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v by_o his_o permission_n non_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fit_v say_v 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yet_o be_v drive_v to_o devise_v what_o may_v be_v say_v to_o excuse_v they_o as_o in_o the_o very_a point_n of_o freewill_n they_o desire_v to_o excuse_v chrysostome_n sixtus_n senensis_n bibliothâ—â—_n lib._n 5._o annotat_fw-la 101._o well_fw-mi dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la annianus_n in_fw-la praefatione_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la chryjostomi_n in_o math._n annotavit_fw-la chrysostomum_fw-la interdum_fw-la naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vires_fw-la plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la extulisse_fw-la ex_fw-la contentione_n disceptandi_fw-la cum_fw-la manichaeis_n &_o gentilibus_fw-la qui_fw-la hominem_fw-la asserebant_fw-la vel_fw-la naturâ_fw-la malum_fw-la vel_fw-la fati_fw-la violentia_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la compelli_fw-la nay_o what_o think_v we_o of_o vossius_fw-la himself_o from_o who_o labour_n it_o be_v and_o nothing_o of_o their_o own_o that_o our_o arminian_n will_v seem_v to_o breath_n so_o much_o antiquity_n this_o vossius_fw-la profess_v they_o mistake_v he_o 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infant_n depart_v in_o original_a sin_n alone_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n on_o their_o part_n of_o reprobation_n if_o they_o be_v consider_v in_o comparison_n with_o other_o which_o be_v not_o reprobate_v and_o the_o like_a be_v to_o be_v say_v proportionable_o of_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n 4._o the_o four_o not_o only_o comparative_o but_o absolute_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n therefore_o neither_o sin_n actual_a nor_o original_a nor_o both_o of_o they_o foresee_v by_o god_n be_v indeed_o the_o meritorious_a and_o motive_n cause_n of_o the_o reprobation_n of_o any_o as_o touch_v all_o the_o effect_n thereof_o and_o the_o proof_n hereof_o he_o prosecute_v at_o large_a 5._o reprobation_n as_o touch_v the_o last_o effect_n thereof_o presuppose_v in_o signo_fw-la rationis_fw-la the_o foresight_n of_o sin_n original_n or_o actual_a for_o which_o a_o reprobate_n be_v damn_v mark_v it_o well_o he_o do_v not_o say_v as_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o god_n decree_v his_o damnation_n but_o as_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o a_o reprobate_n be_v damn_v and_o aquinas_n who_o follower_n the_o dominican_n be_v express_v this_o doctrine_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o that_o more_o scholastical_o and_o accurate_o then_o alvarez_n praescientia_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratio_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la paenae_fw-la quae_fw-la praeparatur_fw-la reprobatis_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la deus_fw-la proponit_fw-la se_fw-la puniturum_fw-la malos_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o ad_fw-la rom._n 9_o sect._n 2._o in_o fine_a that_o be_v prescience_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v some_o reason_n of_o reprobation_n on_o the_o part_n of_o punishment_n to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n purpose_v to_o punish_v wicked_a man_n for_o their_o sin_n where_o sin_n be_v evident_o make_v the_o cause_n of_o damnation_n and_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o god_n purpose_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n the_o cause_n 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death_n upon_o a_o sinner_n of_o mere_a pleasure_n but_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o first_o place_n ezech_n 18._o by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o and_o also_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o second_o place_n only_o in_o case_n of_o impenitency_n and_o i_o concur_v with_o he_o in_o this_o and_o so_o i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o that_o lament_n 3._o 32_o 33._o for_o though_o he_o cause_n grief_n to_o wit_n by_o reason_n of_o man_n sin_n v._n 39_o yet_o will_v he_o have_v compassion_n according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o wit_n in_o case_n he_o repent_v jer._n 18._o 7._o judg._n 10._o 16._o for_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v willing_o nor_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o man_n mark_v i_o pray_v not_o willing_o to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o by_o sin_n and_o by_o refusal_n to_o repent_v and_o this_o be_v in_o the_o former_a 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that_o in_o respect_n of_o original_a sin_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o sin_v but_o this_o be_v right_o to_o be_v understand_v namely_o thus_o that_o true_a good_a they_o can_v do_v so_o that_o whatsoever_o they_o do_v be_v evil_a only_o that_o it_o be_v free_a unto_o they_o to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o evil_a which_o be_v most_o true_a second_o thus_o far_o they_o qualify_v this_o necessity_n of_o sin_v that_o never_o any_o man_n be_v carry_v by_o the_o divine_a providence_n so_o as_o to_o sin_n whether_o they_o will_v or_o no._n for_o albeit_o rabanus_n charge_v they_o who_o he_o oppose_v herewith_o pag._n 53._o si_fw-mi enim_fw-la secundum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la qui_fw-la talia_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la dei_fw-la praedestinatio_fw-la invitum_fw-la hominem_fw-la facit_fw-la peccare_fw-la quomodo_fw-la deus_fw-la justo_fw-la judicio_fw-la damnat_fw-la peccantem_fw-la cum_fw-la ille_fw-la non_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sed_fw-la necessitate_v peccaverit_fw-la for_o if_o according_a to_o they_o 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or_o particular_a action_n but_o here_o first_o he_o imply_v a_o exception_n of_o general_n and_o comprehensive_a sin_n that_o either_o lie_n at_o the_o root_n of_o or_o be_v concomitant_a unto_o every_o sin_n as_o inordinate_a self-love_n etc._n etc._n fortè_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la ex_fw-la carentià _fw-la justitiae_fw-la originalis_fw-la sequi_fw-la necessario_fw-la ut_fw-la creatura_fw-la feratur_fw-la in_o amorem_fw-la svi_fw-la inordinatè_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la operatur_fw-la illud_fw-la faciat_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la second_o he_o desire_v chief_o to_o be_v understand_v concern_v the_o imperate_a or_o external_a action_n of_o sin_n and_o such_o action_n of_o the_o will_n as_o be_v of_o efficacy_n purpose_n resolution_n etc._n etc._n for_o upon_o god_n permission_n that_o be_v not_o cure_v or_o heal_v not_o subdue_a of_o particular_a sinful_a habit_n v_o g._n covetousness_n luxury_n there_o do_v 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