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 order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à _fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
there_o be_v no_o place_n where_o any_o corporeal_a be_v be_v where_o some_o active_a create_a nature_n be_v not_o with_o it_o so_o that_o consider_v the_o proximity_n and_o the_o nature_n we_o may_v well_o conclude_v that_o we_o know_v of_o no_o corporal_a motion_n under_o the_o sun_n which_o god_n effect_v by_o himself_o alone_o without_o any_o second_o cause_n §_o 6._o joh._n sarisburiensis_n and_o some_o schoolman_n liken_v god_n presence_n with_o the_o creature_n in_o operation_n to_o the_o fire_n in_o a_o red_a hot_a iron_n where_o you_o will_v think_v all_o be_v fire_n and_o all_o iron_n but_o the_o similitude_n be_v too_o low_a the_o sun_n be_v the_o most_o notable_a instrument_n in_o visible_a nature_n and_o god_n operate_v on_o all_o low_a thing_n by_o its_o virtue_n and_o influx_n god_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v what_o the_o sun_n do_v and_o we_o know_v of_o nothing_o that_o god_n move_v here_o on_o earth_n that_o be_v corporeal_a without_o it_o §_o 7._o but_o the_o sun_n move_v nothing_o as_o the_o cartesian_o dream_n by_o a_o single_a motive_n influx_n alone_o but_o by_o emission_n of_o its_o threefold_a influx_n as_o every_o active_a nature_n do_v that_o be_v motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a which_o be_v one-radical_o in_o three-effective_o §_o 8._o this_o efflux_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v universal_a and_o equal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la but_o cause_v wonderful_a diversity_n of_o effect_n without_o diversity_n in_o god_n the_o prime_a cause_n or_o in_o itself_o the_o same_o influx_n cause_v the_o weed_n and_o dunghill_n and_o carrion_n to_o stink_v and_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o sweet_a plant_n to_o be_v sweet_a some_o thing_n to_o live_v and_o some_o to_o die_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v soft_a and_o some_o hard_a etc._n etc._n in_o a_o word_n there_o be_v few_o change_n or_o various_a action_n below_o in_o body_n which_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o without_o difference_n in_o itself_o but_o not_o the_o specify_v cause_n §_o 9_o the_o reason_n why_o one_o equal_a influx_n cause_v such_o wonderful_a diversity_n of_o motion_n be_v the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o nature_n recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la so_o one_o poise_n make_v various_a motion_n in_o a_o clock_n etc._n etc._n §_o 10._o god_n operate_v on_o second_o cause_n as_o god_n omnipotent_o but_o not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o free_o as_o he_o please_v §_o 11._o god_n work_v by_o second_o cause_n according_a to_o the_o say_a cause_n aptitude_n so_o that_o the_o operation_n of_o infinite_a power_n be_v limit_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n which_o god_n use_v §_o 12._o there_o be_v a_o superiority_n and_o inferiority_n among_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o body_n and_o whether_o god_n work_v on_o all_o our_o soul_n by_o superior_a spirit_n as_o second_v cause_n be_v unknown_a to_o we_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o his_o providence_n in_o other_o thing_n but_o we_o know_v little_a of_o it_o certain_o §_o 13._o but_o certain_a we_o be_v that_o superior_a voluntary_a agent_n angel_n and_o devil_n have_v very_o much_o to_o do_v with_o our_o soul_n and_o operate_v much_o upon_o they_o it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a power_n which_o wise_a observer_n perceive_v satan_n have_v upon_o the_o imagination_n or_o think_v faculty_n of_o which_o i_o can_v give_v some_o instance_n enough_o to_o convince_v a_o rational_a sadducee_n and_o it_o be_v not_o like_o that_o good_a angel_n have_v less_o power_n skill_n or_o will_n §_o 14._o and_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o god_n have_v ordain_v one_o great_a universal_a second_o cause_n to_o convey_v his_o spirit_n and_o grace_n by_o which_o be_v jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o universal_a cause_n of_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n to_o inferior_a creature_n and_o god_n operate_v by_o the_o sun_n so_o be_v christ_n set_v as_o a_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n by_o who_o god_n will_v convey_v his_o spiritual_a influx_n to_o man_n soul_n and_o there_o be_v now_o no_o other_o conveyance_n to_o be_v expect_v §_o 15._o christ_n humane_a nature_n unite_v personal_o to_o the_o divine_a and_o glorify_a be_v by_o the_o office_n of_o mediator_n authorize_v and_o by_o personal_a union_n and_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n enable_v and_o fit_v to_o this_o communication_n of_o god_n spiritual_a influx_n to_o mankind_n §_o 16._o object_n a_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v god_n the_o creator_n send_v be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o superior_a but_o christ_n humanity_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n answ_n 1._o christ_n as_o a_o creature_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o essential_a or_o pure_o immanent_a act_n of_o god_n for_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n but_o 1._o he_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n as_o it_o signify_v the_o effect_n 2._o and_o so_o the_o cause_n why_o his_o act_n be_v terminate_v on_o the_o soul_n and_o 3._o of_o the_o order_n of_o these_o effect_n why_o rather_o on_o this_o soul_n than_o on_o that_o and_o at_o this_o time_n measure_n etc._n etc._n and_o 2._o this_o christ_n do_v not_o as_o a_o superior_a sender_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o a_o ministerial_a and_o a_o second_o cause_n as_o a_o master_n pay_v his_o servant_n as_o his_o steward_n determine_v §_o 17._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n be_v the_o political_a cause_n or_o head_n of_o this_o spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n that_o be_v as_o mediator_n be_v authorize_v to_o determine_v of_o the_o person_n measure_n time_n condition_n of_o the_o communication_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o physical_a head_n of_o this_o influx_n by_o proper_a efficiency_n give_v the_o spirit_n from_o himself_o as_o the_o sun_n give_v we_o its_o influx_n be_v all_o that_o be_v disputable_a that_o be_v whether_o the_o spirit_n be_v first_o give_v inherent_o to_o christ_n and_o pass_v from_o his_o person_n as_o his_o unto_o we_o as_o the_o spirit_n do_v from_o the_o head_n to_o the_o member_n §_o 18._o this_o question_n may_v be_v put_v either_o of_o all_o natural_a be_v and_o motion_n or_o only_o of_o spiritual_a motion_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n whether_o christ_n be_v so_o the_o head_n of_o nature_n as_o that_o all_o nature_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v sustain_v and_o actuate_v by_o he_o as_o the_o physical_a efficient_a cause_n or_o whether_o this_o be_v true_a of_o this_o low_a world_n which_o be_v curse_v for_o sin_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a at_o least_o of_o humane_a nature_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a only_o of_o gracious_a operation_n §_o 19_o 1._o that_o christ_n have_v the_o political_a dispose_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n contain_v in_o the_o word_n heaven_n and_o earth_n the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o assert_v 2._o that_o he_o have_v the_o political_a disposal_n of_o humane_a nature_n and_o of_o all_o other_o creature_n that_o belong_v to_o man_n so_o far_o as_o they_o belong_v to_o he_o angel_n devil_n sun_n air_n earth_n etc._n etc._n be_v past_a dispute_n 3._o that_o the_o real_a physical_a effect_n act_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o man_n soul_n be_v cause_v by_o christ_n moral_a causation_n by_o his_o merit_n and_o his_o political_a mission_n be_v past_a dispute_n 4._o that_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o spirit_n itself_o by_o baptism_n be_v in_o covenant_n with_o all_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o as_o they_o be_v such_o and_o be_v in_o a_o prio_fw-la covenant_n first_o relate_v to_o christ_n himself_o and_o so_o by_o this_o covenant_n give_v we_o in_o relation_n as_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n be_v past_a dispute_n 5._o and_o that_o christ_n himself_o do_v make_v such_o physical_a change_n on_o our_o soul_n by_o mean_n and_o by_o the_o foresay_a political_n mission_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o we_o be_v make_v receptive_a of_o more_o of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n be_v past_a dispute_n 6._o but_o whether_o moreover_o any_o action_n of_o christ_n own_o humane_a soul_n glorify_v do_v physical_o reach_v our_o soul_n or_o whether_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v in_o its_o own_o essential_a virtue_n which_o be_v every_o where_n be_v say_v to_o be_v more_o in_o christ_n than_o elsewhere_o and_o communicate_v to_o we_o as_o from_o the_o root_n or_o the_o spirit_n effect_n on_o the_o soul_n to_o come_v by_o reflection_n from_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o christ_n as_o light_n and_o heat_n from_o the_o sun_n by_o a_o speculum_fw-la or_o burning-glass_n be_v question_n not_o for_o i_o to_o determine_v §_o 20._o christ_n spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n be_v not_o single_a but_o be_v ever_o three_o in_o one_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v aforesaid_a which_o be_v according_a to_o
cause_v no_o antecedent_n necessity_n but_o concomitant_a existentiae_fw-la 3._o this_o suppose_v god_n scientia_fw-la futuri_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la against_o this_o dr._n twisse_n have_v say_v much_o in_o a_o peculiar_a digression_n and_o sure_o god_n ever_o operate_v as_o god_n which_o be_v ut_fw-la causa_fw-la prima_fw-la but_o how_o far_o he_o determine_v be_v the_o doubt_n i_o a_o capable_a object_n of_o knowledge_n and_o therefore_o he_o know_v what_o conditional_a proposition_n of_o future_a contingent_n be_v true_a 2._o whether_o this_o shall_v be_v call_v scientia_fw-la media_fw-la or_o not_o be_v a_o vain_a question_n 3._o god_n act_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la be_v but_o his_o essence_n and_o all_o one_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v distinguish_v nor_o order_v as_o to_o the_o denomination_n of_o priority_n or_o posteriority_n than_o as_o the_o object_n be_v distinct_a and_o by_o their_o order_n of_o priority_n and_o posteriority_n allow_v we_o by_o connotation_n so_o 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supereminence_n consist_v in_o 1._o the_o sub-propriety_n which_o we_o have_v in_o inferior_a creature_n 2._o the_o sub-government_n 3._o that_o we_o be_v under_o god_n their_o end_n and_o benefactor_n sect_n iii_o the_o several_a inadequate_a conception_n which_o in_o order_n make_v up_o our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n 21._o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o own_o act_n we_o know_v our_o power_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n though_o imperfect_o and_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o our_o soul_n we_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o other_o intellectual_a spirit_n and_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o ourselves_o and_o they_o and_o the_o scripture_n expression_n of_o his_o attribute_n we_o know_v so_o much_o of_o god_n as_o we_o can_v here_o know_v and_o according_o must_v speak_v of_o he_o or_o be_v silent_a for_o we_o have_v no_o high_a notion_n than_o such_o as_o be_v thus_o analogical_a express_v that_o which_o be_v in_o god_n in_o a_o unconceivable_a eminency_n and_o 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transeunte_fw-la of_o the_o first_o i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o but_o what_o be_v say_v before_o by_o the_o second_o i_o mean_v god_n own_o most_o perfect_a essence_n as_o active_a in_o itself_o without_o extrinsic_a effect_n or_o object_n by_o the_o three_o i_o mean_v not_o the_o creature_n or_o the_o divine_a action_n ut_fw-la recipitur_fw-la in_o passo_fw-la or_o the_o effect_n but_o the_o divine_a essence_n itself_o in_o the_o state_n of_o agency_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la which_o the_o school_n conclude_v to_o be_v eternal_a though_o the_o effect_n be_v but_o in_o time_n yet_o if_o any_o will_v call_v this_o a_o free_a and_o not_o a_o necessary_a state_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n i_o contend_v not_o 25._o iv_o the_o essential_a immanent_a act_n of_o god_n be_v three_o 1._o sibi_fw-la vivere_fw-la or_o to_o be_v essential_a active_a life_n in_o himself_o 2._o see_fw-la intelligere_fw-la to_o know_v himself_o 3._o see_fw-la amare_fw-la or_o to_o be_v amor_fw-la svi_fw-la 26._o 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first_o have_v disprove_v all_o these_o presumption_n of_o god_n way_n of_o foreknowing_a future_a sin_n i_o shall_v in_o a_o word_n tell_v you_o the_o answer_n which_o may_n and_o must_v satisfy_v we_o which_o be_v that_o god_n understanding_n be_v infinite_a and_o therefore_o extend_v by_o its_o own_o perfection_n unto_o all_o thing_n intelligible_a but_o how_o his_o understanding_n reach_v they_o what_o idea_n he_o have_v of_o they_o how_o they_o be_v intelligible_a to_o he_o with_o such_o like_a be_v sinful_a presumptuous_a question_n of_o blind_a man_n who_o know_v not_o their_o own_o ignorance_n and_o no_o manner_n of_o understanding_n be_v proper_o divine_a which_o mortal_n can_v comprehend_v sect_n ix_o of_o predestination_n and_o freewill_n of_o which_o see_v more_o sect._n 20._o against_o mr._n rutherford_n 158._o though_o pre-determination_n belong_v to_o god_n execution_n and_o be_v after_o his_o volition_n in_o order_n yet_o because_o i_o be_o now_o only_o to_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o a_o pretend_a medium_n of_o his_o knowledge_n of_o sin_n and_o as_o quid_fw-la decretum_fw-la i_o shall_v touch_v it_o here_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o substance_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o maker_n of_o beside_o himself_o nor_o any_o action_n of_o which_o he_o be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n 159._o god_n may_v well_o be_v call_v the_o perfect_a first_o cause_n of_o humane_a action_n in_o that_o he_o give_v man_n all_o his_o natural_a faculty_n and_o a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v at_o this_o time_n or_o to_o choose_v this_o or_o that_o and_o as_o the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o life_n and_o motion_n do_v afford_v his_o influx_n necessary_a to_o this_o free_a agency_n so_o that_o when_o ever_o any_o act_n be_v do_v as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la god_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o power_n which_o he_o give_v and_o continue_v and_o by_o his_o vital_a influx_n and_o there_o be_v
no_o power_n use_v to_o produce_v it_o which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o god_n 160._o a_o act_n as_o such_o have_v no_o morality_n in_o it_o but_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o the_o morality_n of_o a_o act_n be_v formal_o the_o relative_n rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o god_n govern_v will_n or_o law_n and_o to_o his_o amiable_a goodness_n or_o will_n as_o it_o be_v man_n end_n and_o material_o it_o be_v not_o the_o act_n as_o such_o but_o the_o act_n as_o exercise_v on_o a_o unmeet_a object_n rather_o than_o on_o a_o meet_a one_o or_o to_o a_o undue_a end_n rather_o than_o a_o due_a end_n or_o else_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o due_a end_n and_o object_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la 161._o this_o comparative_a mode_n of_o exercise_n add_v no_o proper_a physical_a entity_n at_o all_o to_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o the_o act_n as_o such_o in_o omission_n of_o love_v trust_v fear_v serve_v god_n there_o be_v no_o natural_a act_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o it_o in_o commit_v sin_n to_o love_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o natural_a entity_n than_o to_o love_v that_o rather_o than_o this_o and_o no_o more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o love_n as_o such_o a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la be_v not_o ens_fw-la but_o this_o comparative_a choice_n be_v but_o the_o modus_fw-la modi_n entis_fw-la for_o a_o action_n be_v but_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la actionis_fw-la 162._o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o invalid_a argument_n which_o be_v the_o all_o of_o the_o dominican_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o so_o be_v god_n if_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n without_o god_n predetermining_a pre-motion_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o for_o this_o morality_n and_o modality_n be_v no_o proper_a be_v above_o the_o act_n as_o such_o 163._o if_o any_o will_v litigate_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la entis_fw-la let_v they_o call_v it_o be_v or_o nobeing_a as_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n able_a to_o do_v and_o he_o that_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n almighty_a who_o make_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o under_o divine_a universal_a influx_n without_o divine_a predetermining_a pre-motion_n on_o pretence_n that_o his_o wit_n do_v find_v a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o be_v bold_a against_o god_n than_o i_o shall_v be_v and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v do_v 164._o man_n seem_v not_o in_o deny_v this_o to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 457._o word_n word_n word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n therefore_o of_o dr._n twisse_n who_o oft_o say_v that_o god_n deny_v to_o adam_n no_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o he_o deny_v he_o grace_v necessary_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n who_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o act_n vid._n rad._n li._n 1._o cont._n 29._o art_n 1._o pag._n 457._o power_n when_o they_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v man_n the_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v and_o yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_n by_o it_o without_o the_o say_a pre-motion_n if_o so_o it_o be_v only_o a_o power_n to_o choose_v when_o predetermine_v to_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o proper_a power_n to_o choose_v be_v able_a to_o choose_v and_o can_v choose_v by_o that_o power_n 165._o god_n therefore_o be_v true_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n by_o give_v the_o power_n and_o do_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la to_o the_o exercise_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o make_v we_o free-agent_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o our_o action_n by_o all_o that_o he_o do_v by_o his_o law_n providence_n and_o grace_n to_o make_v they_o good_a but_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o they_o as_o evil_n 166._o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la secâ—ndarum_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la bellarmin_n universal_a cause_n seem_v the_o same_o wiâ—â—_n what_o durandus_fw-la mean_v and_o pennottus_n deny_v durandus_n opinion_n say_v l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o non_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la opinion_n dari_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la ut_fw-la plato_n aristot_n â—gnoverunt_fw-la unum_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la istud_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la essâ—_n causam_fw-la immediatam_fw-la omnium_fw-la esseâ—luum_fw-la causarum_fw-la secâ—ndarum_fw-la the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n must_v needs_o be_v open_v by_o this_o distinction_n a_o cause_n be_v call_v universal_a 1._o in_o praedicando_fw-la logical_o and_o so_o artifex_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la rei_fw-la artificialis_fw-la &_o statuarius_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o polycletus_n est_fw-la causa_fw-la singularis_fw-la huius_fw-la statuae_fw-la 2._o in_o causande_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o that_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n who_o causality_n extend_v to_o many_o effect_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o somewhat_o common_a to_o all_o those_o effect_n but_o not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o unless_o its_o causality_n be_v otherwise_o as_o by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la determine_v and_o so_o the_o sun_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o rose_n and_o the_o stink_n of_o the_o dunghill_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la ut_fw-la fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la by_o his_o common_a sustain_n and_o move_a influx_n of_o all_o sinful_a action_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o action_n not_o only_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o but_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o by_o which_o they_o differ_v from_o one_o another_o and_o that_o of_o itself_o and_o not_o as_o determine_v by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la or_o by_o any_o other_o cause_n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v mere_o physical_a in_o all_o being_n and_o action_n as_o in_o generation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v proper_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v at_o once_o both_o cause_n universalis_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v thus_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o moral_a good_a of_o all_o action_n i_o must_v open_v to_o you_o more_o distinct_o in_o the_o three_o part_n but_o of_o the_o sinful_a morality_n of_o action_n he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a universal_a as_o aforesaid_a 167._o they_o that_o deny_v our_o self-determining_a power_n do_v make_v volition_n and_o free-volition_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o and_o cogency_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v man_n willing_a and_o unwilling_a both_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o act_n do_v seem_v rather_o to_o jest_v than_o serious_o dispute_v and_o to_o define_v freewill_n to_o be_v only_o lubentia_fw-la vel_fw-la volitio_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o other_o for_o velle_fw-la juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o velle_fw-la the_o will_n be_v the_o rational_a appetite_n distinct_a from_o the_o sensitive_a and_o if_o velle_fw-la and_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la be_v all_o one_o why_o do_v we_o blind_v the_o world_n with_o word_n and_o do_v not_o plain_o put_v the_o case_n whether_o man_n have_v any_o will_n and_o not_o whether_o his_o will_n be_v free_a and_o if_o to_o take_v away_o its_o liberty_n or_o constrain_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o make_v the_o same_o numerical_a act_n which_o be_v a_o volition_n simultaneous_o to_o be_v no_o volition_n or_o not_o the_o volition_n of_o another_o thing_n the_o question_n whether_o the_o will_n may_v be_v constrain_v be_v ridiculous_a if_o the_o will_v be_v not_o force_v as_o long_o as_o it_o will_v or_o will_v juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la then_o to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v will_n by_o constraint_n be_v to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v at_o once_o will_v and_o not_o will_n state_v will_n will_n will_n of_o this_o see_v je_fw-fr blank_n excellent_a thesis_n de_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la absolute_a the_o definition_n of_o alvarâ—â—_n of_o freewill_n be_v lib._n arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la essentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la alliac_n camer_n in_o 1._o q._n 12._o d._n see_v in_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 24._o how_o they_o be_v confound_v about_o the_o order_n of_o god_n decree_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n his_o solution_n suppose_v that_o unius_fw-la objecti_fw-la volitio_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la determinans_fw-la ad_fw-la aliorum_fw-la volitionem_fw-la when_o as_o ex_fw-la paâ—te_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o volition_n and_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la be_v a_o deceive_a ambiguous_a word_n and_o his_o decree_n be_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o be_v all_o but_o one_o 374._o 4._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o our_o conception_n of_o god_n be_v improper_a and_o analogical_a or_o metaphorical_a more_o or_o less_o and_o that_o what_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o god_n be_v formal_o no_o mortal_a know_v and_o shall_v we_o dispute_v then_o audacious_o about_o this_o order_n 375._o 5._o none_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o these_o mystery_n require_v the_o high_a reverence_n and_o that_o it_o be_v dreadful_a to_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a and_o dally_v with_o the_o consume_a fire_n and_o yet_o shall_v we_o presume_v 376._o 6._o they_o all_o confess_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n his_o prophet_n apostle_n or_o scripture_n lead_v they_o not_o this_o way_n and_o decide_v not_o these_o controversy_n so_o as_o that_o they_o can_v stand_v to_o their_o decision_n alone_o 377._o 7._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o desire_v arrogant_o to_o be_v as_o god_n in_o knowledge_n be_v our_o first_o parent_n sin_n that_o ruin_v they_o and_o we_o and_o that_o this_o be_v satan_n first_o successful_a game_n and_o that_o our_o disease_n be_v like_a to_o be_v such_o as_o its_o original_n 378._o 8._o last_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v the_o trouble_v of_o the_o church_n with_o new_a article_n and_o new_a practice_n and_o lead_v they_o from_o the_o simplicity_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o serpent_n beguile_v eve_n with_o the_o promise_n of_o more_o knowledge_n which_o have_v be_v the_o great_a plague_n and_o divider_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n though_o the_o apostle_n foretell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v this_o that_o he_o fear_v of_o they_o and_o be_v we_o not_o self-condemned_n if_o after_o all_o this_o we_o will_v censure_v and_o reproach_n one_o another_o and_o foment_n division_n for_o that_o which_o most_o certain_o no_o mortal_a understand_v 379._o i._o and_o first_o your_o very_a foundation_n be_v uncertain_a that_o god_n do_v proper_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la nay_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o aquinas_n aforecited_a 5._o vasquâ—z_n say_v that_o god_n own_o goodness_n be_v not_o a_o final_a cause_n of_o his_o volition_n suppose_v that_o movere_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la medii_fw-la be_v final_a causality_n ruiz_n assert_v the_o contrary_a take_v final_a causality_n to_o be_v first_o esse_fw-la primum_fw-la objectum_fw-la and_o thus_o man_n strive_v about_o artificial_a notion_n vasq_fw-la 1._o d._n 82._o c._n 1._o ruiz_n de_fw-fr voâ—_n dei_fw-la d._n 15._o §._o 1._o p._n 159._o but_o that_o nothing_o be_v the_o ratio_fw-la volendi_fw-la but_o his_o own_o goodness_n see_v albert._n 1._o p._n tr_fw-la 20._o q._n 19_o m._n 1._o a._n 1._o alex._n 1._o p._n q._n 35._o m._n 3._o henric._n quodl_v 4._o q._n 19_o gabr._n 1._o d._n 14._o q._n 1._o a._n 2._o dry_a de_fw-fr concord_n p._n 1._o c._n 3._o vasq_fw-la disp_n 82._o scotus_n 1._o d._n 44._o molin_n 1._o q._n 19_o a._n 5._o say_v though_o vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la he_o prescribe_v end_n to_o man_n and_o set_v end_n to_o mean_n which_o be_v fiâ—es_n operis_fw-la but_o that_o he_o intend_v a_o end_n himself_o must_v be_v say_v very_o improper_o or_o very_o uncertain_o or_o not_o at_o all_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n do_v finem_fw-la intendere_fw-la because_o we_o must_v speak_v of_o he_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n or_o not_o at_o all_o but_o it_o be_v not_o true_a in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o we_o speak_v it_o of_o man_n and_o as_o the_o word_n proper_o signify_v but_o equivocal_o 380._o for_o 1._o to_o intend_v a_o end_n be_v to_o make_v that_o end_v a_o cause_n why_o we_o choose_v the_o mean_n as_o most_o say_v but_o god_n election_n or_o action_n have_v no_o cause_n all_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n cause_n and_o effect_n or_o that_o propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la 381._o 2._o in_o man_n to_o intend_v a_o end_n do_v imply_v that_o a_o man_n yet_o want_v his_o end_n and_o that_o it_o be_v somewhat_o that_o he_o need_v or_o at_o least_o do_v not_o yet_o obtain_v but_o god_n need_v nothing_o and_o have_v no_o end_n that_o be_v desire_v or_o want_v nor_o but_o what_o he_o continual_o possess_v or_o enjoy_v as_o well_o now_o as_o hereafter_o 382._o 3._o we_o know_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la where_o the_o act_n and_o the_o end_n be_v the_o same_o intendere_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o finis_fw-la but_o in_o god_n they_o be_v the_o same_o he_o that_o be_v most_o simple_a have_v no_o intention_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o no_o end_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o so_o both_o be_v one_o 383._o 4._o our_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o real_o with_o electio_fw-la mediorum_fw-la but_o god_n have_v no_o intention_n but_o what_o be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o election_n though_o not_o denominative_o connotative_o and_o relative_o 384._o 5._o divine_v usual_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n himself_o can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o where_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n there_o be_v no_o end_n or_o intention_n of_o it_o but_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o mean_n he_o be_v not_o a_o mean_n of_o himself_o and_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o he_o if_o we_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la maximus_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la optimus_fw-la it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o blasphemy_n god_n then_o have_v not_o a_o end_n like_o man_n 385._o yet_o necessity_n constrain_v we_o to_o use_v the_o phrase_n but_o these_o thing_n must_v still_o be_v understand_v when_o we_o use_v it_o 1._o that_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v god_n end_v unless_o you_o will_v call_v a_o object_n as_o terminative_a a_o end_n or_o else_o a_o effect_n 386._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o god_n essence_n and_o perfection_n that_o be_v a_o end_n as_o to_o any_o medium_n but_o it_o be_v his_o will_n for_o his_o free_a will_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o the_o complacency_n of_o that_o will_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o if_o you_o call_v god_n his_o own_o object_n and_o so_o call_v the_o final_a object_n a_o end_n so_o we_o must_v consider_v god_n as_o love_v 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his_o perfection_n and_o not_o any_o privative_a ignorance_n or_o negligence_n for_o he_o know_v all_o that_o be_v a_o object_n of_o knowledge_n and_o will_v all_o that_o his_o wisdom_n judge_v meet_v to_o will_v or_o will_z respective_o so_o that_o to_o tell_v god_n that_o he_o be_v ignorant_a if_o he_o know_v not_o a_o unintelligible_a object_n or_o idle_a if_o he_o will_v or_o will_v not_o at_o our_o direction_n be_v as_o much_o blasphemy_n as_o to_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o be_v impotent_a if_o he_o can_v sin_v or_o cause_n contradiction_n to_o be_v true_a the_o case_n be_v the_o very_a same_o 487._o object_n but_o scripture_n oft_o ascribe_v both_o nolition_n of_o nothing_o and_o knowledge_n of_o they_o unto_o god_n answ_n and_o so_o must_v we_o in_o that_o sense_n as_o the_o scripture_n do_v we_o will_v say_v and_o must_v say_v of_o some_o nothing_o that_o god_n nill_v they_o i_o hope_v the_o learned_a will_v not_o take_v it_o amiss_o if_o i_o speak_v where_o the_o schoolman_n be_v too_o silent_a as_o well_o as_o desire_v silence_n where_o they_o unprofitable_o speak_v as_o long_o as_o the_o case_n be_v 1._o weighty_a 2._o and_o make_v plain_a 3._o and_o i_o go_v the_o middle_a heal_a way_n 488._o in_o all_o these_o case_n and_o respect_n we_o ascribe_v nolition_n unto_o godâ—_n i._o he_o that_o by_o a_o positive_a operation_n cause_v a_o limit_a cause_n may_v be_v say_v to_o cause_v the_o limitation_n of_o effect_n by_o consequence_n and_o he_o that_o positive_o will_v reality_n with_o such_o limitation_n from_o whence_o the_o consequence_n necessary_o follow_v nothing_o else_o will_v ever_o be_v be_v say_v moral_o or_o â—reputatively_o or_o by_o consequence_n to_o will_n that_o nothing_o else_o shall_v be_v and_o he_o that_o know_v all_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o knowledge_n be_v improper_o say_v to_o know_v all_o nothing_o in_o that_o he_o know_v that_o nothing_o more_o be_v or_o will_v be_v and_o so_o as_o know_v being_n be_v by_o consequence_n reputative_o or_o moral_o call_v the_o know_v of_o nothing_o by_o man_n we_o be_v say_v to_o use_v such_o term_n of_o imperfection_n even_o of_o god_n lest_o we_o seem_v to_o make_v he_o idle_a or_o ignorant_a when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o thâ—re_o be_v no_o more_o creature_n we_o mean_v but_o that_o he_o cause_v not_o more_o creature_n and_o so_o to_o say_v that_o god_n will_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o world_n mean_v but_o that_o god_n will_v not_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v more_o 489._o ii_o this_o interpretative_a consequential_a act_n which_o be_v but_o moral_o so_o call_v be_v fitly_a express_v in_o the_o gross_a of_o universal_a nothing_o than_o of_o million_o of_o imaginary_a particular_n it_o be_v fit_a to_o say_v that_o by_o willing_a a_o limit_a or_o finite_a world_n god_n will_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o more_o than_o to_o say_v he_o will_v that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o sun_n in_o every_o man_n pocket_n or_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o every_o man_n fist_n etc._n etc._n though_o as_o to_o the_o truth_n all_o be_v one_o 490._o iii_o when_o god_n positive_o will_v the_o positive_a hinder_v of_o a_o thing_n he_o may_v moral_o be_v say_v to_o will_v the_o thing_n or_o to_o will_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v that_o there_o be_v positive_a impedition_n of_o god_n by_o dr._n twisses_n leave_n i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v but_o than_o you_o must_v suppose_v that_o as_o the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o decree_n he_o have_v resolve_v to_o continue_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o his_o natural_a concourse_n which_o suppose_v their_o nature_n may_v incline_v they_o to_o such_o action_n as_o need_v positive_a impedition_n so_o god_n hinder_v the_o fire_n from_o burn_a and_o the_o lion_n from_o kill_a daniel_n its_o like_a dan._n 3._o &_o 6._o certain_o if_o a_o man_n can_v stop_v a_o cartwheel_n with_o a_o stone_n or_o bind_v a_o man_n in_o chain_n god_n can_v do_v the_o same_o and_o man_n inclination_n to_o sin_n need_v a_o positive_a impedition_n now_o though_o non-agere_a be_v nothing_o and_o have_v no_o cause_n yet_o he_o that_o destroy_v or_o hinder_v the_o cause_n of_o action_n be_v moral_o say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o there_o be_v no_o action_n though_o strict_o it_o be_v but_o destroy_v the_o cause_n of_o action_n and_o so_o prevent_v further_a action_n and_o this_o moral_a language_n even_o of_o god_n be_v the_o fit_a because_o it_o be_v of_o moral_a thing_n 491._o iu._n and_o here_o god_n law_n be_v call_v his_o will_n though_o it_o be_v formal_o but_o de_fw-la debito_fw-la yet_o be_v material_o de_fw-mi re_fw-mi ipsa_fw-la a_o double_a reason_n will_v thence_o arise_v for_o when_o god_n forbid_v and_o condemn_v sin_n etc._n etc._n 1._o he_o do_v very_o much_o to_o hinder_v it_o and_o that_o positive_o and_o so_o he_o do_v by_o his_o grace_n 2._o and_o his_o prohibition_n may_v be_v call_v his_o nolition_n signify_v 492._o v._o and_o god_n proper_o will_v the_o be_v and_o truth_n of_o negative_a proposition_n viz._n this_n or_o that_o will_v not_o be_v and_o know_v they_o as_o make_v by_o man_n at_o least_o and_o as_o i_o say_v sin_n as_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o proposition_n be_v not_o sin_n or_o have_v no_o harm_n in_o it_o as_o sin_v repent_v of_o or_o the_o object_n of_o repentance_n and_o hatred_n make_v up_o a_o virtue_n and_o be_v not_o sin_n indeed_o but_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o so_o here_o but_o yet_o hence_o the_o phrase_n may_v be_v borrow_v and_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o god_n nill_v the_o existence_n of_o such_o possible_n because_o he_o will_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o proposition_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v 493._o vi_o but_o here_o note_v that_o when_o
proper_a sense_n of_o create_a goodness_n because_o he_o can_v make_v it_o any_o other_o than_o what_o he_o will_v it_o to_o be_v but_o he_o may_v make_v it_o otherwise_o and_o may_v diversify_v it_o and_o make_v particular_a creature_n better_a to_o themselves_o and_o one_o another_o which_o be_v a_o low_a sense_n of_o goodness_n but_o in_o all_o diversification_n they_o will_v be_v still_o perfect_o agreeable_a to_o his_o will_n and_o so_o be_v still_o equal_o good_a or_o best_n 10._o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o three_o rank_n of_o being_n the_o act_n of_o free-agent_n be_v their_o conformity_n to_o his_o law_n or_o govern_v regulate_a will._n 11._o god_n have_v as_o creator_n and_o motor_n become_v the_o voluntary_a root_n or_o spring_n of_o nature_n and_o natural_a motion_n and_o according_o establish_v all_o second_o cause_n as_o natural_a agent_n under_o he_o and_o do_v by_o they_o operate_v in_o a_o natural_a necessitate_v and_o constant_a way_n and_o this_o be_v antecedent_n to_o his_o law_n to_o free_a agent_n and_o this_o natural_a course_n of_o agency_n we_o must_v not_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v alter_v but_o rare_o by_o miracle_n 12._o nothing_o be_v at_o enmity_n and_o active_o opponent_n to_o god_n natural_a agency_n or_o motion_n for_o else_o there_o shall_v be_v something_o beside_o god_n and_o his_o work_n which_o he_o must_v overcome_v though_o some_o natural_a motion_n may_v oppose_v each_o other_o yet_o all_o concur_v to_o one_o end_n 13._o nonentity_n or_o nothingness_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o god_n as_o a_o opponent_n 14._o therefore_o see_v ibid._n see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v say_v alliac_n camerac_n 1._o q._n 12._o a._n 1._o b._n reprobatio_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la est_fw-la non-propositum_a dandi_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la ille_fw-la dicitur_fw-la reprobatus_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la proposuit_fw-la dare_v vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la meritoriis_fw-la perseverent_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la conditio_fw-la impleatur_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la vellet_fw-la utique_fw-la impleretur_fw-la but_o he_o say_v not_o vult_fw-la non_fw-la impleri_fw-la etc._n etc._n gregorius_n non_fw-la debuit_fw-la infer_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la misereri_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n nolle_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la velle_fw-la but_o a_o velle-non_a which_o be_v the_o war_n of_o the_o will_n against_o a_o opponent_n and_o the_o root_n of_o opposition_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la it_o be_v a_o unmeet_a phrase_n to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v nile_n any_o nonentity_n or_o any_o mere_a natural_a opposition_n to_o he_o or_o that_o he_o will_v any_o natural_a entity_n or_o motion_n which_o he_o effect_v not_o 15._o but_o god_n be_v secondary_o the_o rector_n of_o free-agent_n and_o make_v they_o law_n to_o rule_v their_o own_o volition_n and_o action_n he_o do_v by_o those_o law_n oblige_v their_o reason_n and_o will_n to_o restrain_v and_o resist_v some_o natural_a or_o sensitive_a appetite_n and_o inclination_n and_o so_o to_o resist_v some_o natural_a motion_n of_o god_n in_o nature_n in_o which_o he_o be_v please_v to_o operate_v by_o second_o cause_n but_o in_o tantum_fw-la and_o resistible_o as_o a_o strong_a natural_a motion_n may_v resist_v a_o weak_a 16._o and_o god_n do_v by_o his_o grace_n and_o help_v internal_a and_o external_a assist_v they_o in_o that_o resist_a agency_n which_o he_o oblige_v they_o to_o 17._o therefore_o god_n may_v two_o way_n be_v say_v to_o resist_v his_o own_o natural_a motion_n by_o his_o law_n and_o by_o his_o assist_a grace_n but_o his_o law_n contradict_v not_o one_o another_o 18._o to_o god_n as_o mere_a rector_n therefore_o two_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v opponent_n 1._o such_o sensitive_a and_o natural_a inclination_n and_o action_n as_o be_v by_o grace_n to_o be_v resist_v 2._o and_o all_o moral_a evil_n 19_o and_o therefore_o as_o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o resist_v these_o so_o also_o first_o to_o will_v they_o and_o so_o to_o have_v decree_n against_o they_o 20._o god_n volition_n and_o nolition_n here_o be_v his_o essential_a will_n denominate_v from_o the_o effect_n and_o object_n and_o that_o effect_n of_o god_n from_o which_o he_o be_v say_v to_o will_v both_o these_o be_v as_o be_v say_v 1._o his_o law_n 2._o his_o grace_n or_o help_v and_o in_o this_o we_o be_v agree_v 1._o that_o he_o forbid_v sin_n and_o command_v we_o the_o restraint_n of_o appetite_n and_o sense_n etc._n etc._n 2._o and_o that_o he_o help_v we_o so_o to_o do_v therefore_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o school-controversy_n here_o that_o trouble_v the_o world_n be_v but_o logomachy_n about_o the_o name_n of_o nolition_n and_o nolitive_a decree_n 21._o the_o thing_n proper_o will_v by_o god_n in_o a_o law_n be_v but_o the_o debitum_fw-la the_o duty_n of_o the_o subject_n to_o do_v what_o be_v command_v and_o not_o to_o do_v what_o be_v forbid_v 22._o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a non-agency_a that_o be_v mean_v by_o a_o prohibition_n but_o a_o positive_a nolition_n of_o the_o subject_n restrain_v he_o from_o the_o forbid_a act_n and_o all_o proper_a moral_a obedience_n or_o disobedience_n good_a or_o evil_a be_v primary_o in_o the_o will_n and_o no_o further_a secondary_o in_o the_o exterior_a act_n or_o restraint_n than_o as_o they_o be_v voluntary_a and_o in_o non-agency_a but_o in_o a_o three_o sense_n or_o instance_n as_o the_o consequent_a of_o nolition_n and_o the_o refrain_v act_n 23._o if_o any_o therefore_o will_v say_v in_o this_o sense_n that_o god_n do_v positive_o nile_n the_o forbid_a act_n and_o so_o will_v a_o nonentity_n sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la mali_fw-la moralis_fw-la in_o this_o remote_a sense_n we_o will_v not_o contradict_v he_o but_o say_v as_o he_o 24._o and_o according_o we_o may_v say_v that_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a decree_n of_o nonentities_a or_o against_o moral_a evil_n where_o non-agency_a be_v loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la that_o be_v in_o tantum_fw-la so_o far_o as_o to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o do_v against_o it_o but_o not_o absolutè_fw-la ne_fw-la eveniat_fw-la ubi_fw-la evenit_fw-la 25._o but_o we_o may_v not_o therefore_o speak_v so_o unapt_o as_o to_o say_v that_o he_o will_v positive_o all_o or_o any_o nonentity_n or_o non-futurity_n of_o mere_a natural_n that_o be_v non-futura_a 26._o therefore_o we_o may_v much_o less_o say_v it_o of_o his_o own_o natural_a impedition_n that_o he_o positive_o will_v non-impedire_a ubi_fw-la non_fw-la impedit_fw-la for_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v of_o as_o a_o restrainer_n of_o himself_o by_o law_n or_o self-opposition_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o say_v that_o non-vult_a impedire_fw-la 27._o much_o less_o may_v we_o say_v that_o positive_o vult_fw-la non_fw-la velle-impedire_a lest_o we_o make_v another_o velle_fw-la necessary_a to_o that_o velle_fw-la and_o so_o in_o infinitum_fw-la peccati_fw-la â—annes_n in_o 1._o q._n 23._o a._n 3._o p._n 2â—â—_n confess_v that_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o this_o question_n be_v but_o which_o way_n god_n who_o be_v one_o pure_a act_n unvaried_a about_o all_o variety_n be_v most_o convenient_o to_o be_v mention_v by_o we_o and_o that_o deus_n respect_v culpae_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la â—â—at_fw-la in_o reprobiâ—_n non_fw-la habuit_fw-la aâ—â—um_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la affirmatiâ—um_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la esse_fw-la pecâ—ata_fw-la aâ—â—_n illos_fw-la pâ—ccaturos_fw-la whence_o it_o follow_v that_o all_o future_n or_o existent_n be_v not_o positive_o will_v even_o the_o formale_a pâ—â—cati_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la â—uturum_fw-la but_o he_o think_v it_o most_o fit_a to_o say_v that_o god_n positive_o will_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v good_n ansâ—r_n nothing_o be_v â—â—â—ther_o good_a nor_o bad_a 2._o bâ—â—_n ause_fw-la else_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o predestinate_a and_o reprobate_a will_v not_o fall_v under_o providence_n answ_n as_o if_o give_v that_o grace_n to_o onâ—_n which_o be_v not_o give_v to_o another_o make_v no_o difference_n 3._o because_o else_o â—n_o will_v come_v by_o chaâ—â—â—e_a as_o to_o god_n foreknowledge_n answ_n as_o if_o nothing_o will_v not_o be_v nothing_o without_o a_o positive_a dâ—â—râ—e_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v nothing_o or_o god_n can_v not_o know_v a_o nothing_o or_o a_o crime_n as_o such_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v quid_fw-la intellectâ—i_fw-la perfeâ—â—â—â—imâ—_n intelligibile_fw-la without_o positive_a willing_a it_o how_o then_o know_v he_o the_o female_a peccati_fw-la 28._o it_o be_v proper_a to_o say_v that_o deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la permittere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ubi_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la permittit_fw-la and_o that_o vult_fw-la permittere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la indifferens_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la positive_a permissum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la permissio_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la 29._o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n
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 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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
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one_o of_o they_o and_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n he_o may_v imagine_v that_o heaven_n do_v bow_v down_o to_o he_o when_o indeed_o it_o move_v not_o but_o he_o will_v draw_v himself_o up_o to_o it_o so_o when_o upon_o prayer_n or_o other_o second_o cause_n god_n do_v we_o good_a he_o seem_v to_o incline_v and_o bend_v to_o we_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o he_o be_v unchangeable_a and_o it_o be_v we_o that_o be_v draw_v and_o move_v to_o he_o and_o by_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n by_o we_o we_o be_v conjoin_v to_o god_n purpose_n that_o the_o thing_n may_v be_v do_v for_o we_o which_o he_o have_v decree_v vid._n reliq_n where_o he_o confute_v the_o contrary_a error_n faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n without_o those_o cause_n i_o can_v better_o illustrate_v it_o than_o by_o the_o cause_v of_o sight_n hear_v etc._n etc._n the_o light_n without_o we_o be_v not_o only_o a_o terminate_a object_n as_o some_o dream_n but_o a_o active_a thing_n or_o action_n which_o operate_v by_o appulse_n upon_o 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motion_n or_o action_n towards_o and_o on_o the_o exterior_a light_n be_v past_o our_o knowledge_n though_o the_o order_n observe_v in_o other_o case_n make_v it_o not_o improbable_a even_o so_o in_o the_o illumination_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o conversion_n of_o the_o will_n we_o be_v sure_a that_o beside_o the_o terminative_a object_n there_o be_v a_o external_a motion_n which_o by_o the_o foresay_a mean_n be_v make_v at_o least_o on_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n whatever_o it_o do_v further_o on_o the_o intellect_n but_o in_o the_o superior_a influx_n on_o the_o soul_n itself_o what_o use_n god_n may_v make_v of_o angel_n or_o other_o superior_a spirit_n or_o cause_n we_o can_v tell_v we_o be_v sure_a as_o be_v say_v that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o second_o cause_n yet_o as_o to_o proximity_n it_o be_v never_o the_o less_o near_o from_o god_n and_o soul_n be_v intellectual_a and_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v of_o the_o high_a nature_n of_o creature_n though_o not_o the_o high_a 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make_v of_o they_o for_o these_o end_n god_n make_v and_o manage_v they_o according_o by_o skill_n and_o power_n §_o 4._o but_o here_o motion_n the_o effect_n of_o active_a force_n and_o order_n of_o motion_n as_o the_o effect_n of_o government_n must_v be_v well_o distinguish_v for_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o second_o cause_n of_o the_o soul_n action_n as_o such_o that_o we_o be_v now_o inquire_v after_o but_o of_o the_o order_n and_o rectitude_n of_o its_o action_n which_o be_v do_v by_o government_n §_o 5._o that_o god_n do_v work_v grace_n on_o man_n by_o mean_n ordinary_o as_o ordinary_o he_o cause_v natural_a effect_n by_o mean_n and_o miracle_n be_v rare_a may_v be_v prove_v by_o all_o
these_o follow_a evidence_n §_o 6._o 1._o in_o that_o he_o have_v make_v so_o large_a provision_n of_o mean_n and_o that_o in_o a_o admirable_a frame_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o moral_a world_n which_o he_o will_v never_o do_v in_o vain_a nor_o if_o he_o ordinary_o work_v without_o they_o that_o work_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v they_o to_o do_v it_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o british_a divine_n in_o their_o suffrage_n at_o dort_n have_v not_o god_n decree_v to_o work_v grace_n by_o mean_n he_o can_v have_v do_v it_o with_o a_o fiat_fw-la §_o 7._o 2._o the_o glory_n of_o this_o kingdom_n or_o sapiential_a rule_n which_o be_v so_o constant_o and_o large_o give_v he_o in_o the_o scripture_n psal_n 103._o 10._o and_o 145._o and_o 119._o throughout_o and_o matth._n 25._o as_o the_o ship_n master_n or_o pilat_z be_v praise_v who_o by_o a_o helm_n can_v turn_v about_o the_o ship_n as_o he_o will_v jam._n 3._o 4._o §_o 8._o 3._o god_n work_v on_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o this_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o the_o causation_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o effect_n and_o order_n be_v a_o moral_a effect_n which_o need_v not_o a_o creation_n but_o a_o moral_a order_n causation_n §_o 9_o 4._o experience_n tell_v we_o that_o those_o prosper_v best_a in_o grace_n that_o most_o faithful_o and_o diligent_o use_v the_o mean_n and_o we_o never_o know_v of_o any_o man_n 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 15._o prov._n â—_o 20_o 21._o &_o 3_o &_o 5._o &_o 8._o &_o 13._o 4._o in_o the_o world_n that_o come_v to_o actual_a knowledge_n faith_n or_o love_n without_o mean_n but_o all_o by_o the_o causality_n of_o they_o §_o 10._o 5._o we_o find_v that_o the_o great_a neglecter_n and_o despiser_n of_o mean_n be_v every_o where_o most_o graceless_a and_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n §_o 11._o 6._o we_o have_v minister_n and_o people_n frequent_a and_o strict_a command_n to_o use_v mean_n most_o diligent_o constant_o and_o careful_o §_o 12._o 7._o we_o have_v abundance_n of_o promise_n of_o god_n blessing_n upon_o the_o f._n licet_fw-la omnis_fw-la causa_fw-la secundâ—_n proprie_fw-la dicta_fw-la causet_fw-la effectum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sit_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la quia_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la alliac_n in_o 4._o q._n 1._o f._n use_n of_o mean_n act._n 26._o 17._o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o turn_v they_o rom._n 10._o how_o shall_v they_o hear_v without_o a_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n isa_n 55._o 2_o 3._o hear_v and_o your_o soul_n shall_v live_v matth._n 28._o 20._o i_o be_o with_o you_o always_o etc._n etc._n luke_n 10._o 16._o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o psal_n 19_o 7_o etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v pure_a convert_v the_o soul_n 1_o pet._n 1._o it_o be_v the_o incorruptible_a seed_n that_o regenerate_v we_o heb._n 4._o the_o word_n be_v powerful_a and_o a_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n etc._n etc._n §_o 13._o 8._o when_o god_n will_v save_v a_o people_n he_o send_v they_o the_o gospel_n and_o 1â—_n amos_n 8._o 11._o prov._n 29._o 1â—_n when_o he_o will_v forsake_v they_o he_o take_v it_o away_o §_o 14._o 9_o the_o devil_n show_v his_o malice_n to_o soul_n and_o grace_n by_o oppose_v the_o mean_n deprive_v man_n of_o they_o or_o keep_v they_o from_o they_o or_o from_o the_o faithful_a use_v of_o they_o §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v none_o of_o my_o meaning_n that_o the_o bare_a mean_n of_o itself_o do_v change_v the_o soul_n or_o that_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n but_o only_o that_o god_n operate_v moral_a effect_n by_o moral_a mean_n as_o he_o do_v natural_a by_o natural_a mean_n be_v still_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o all_o himself_o §_o 16._o if_o we_o thus_o conjoin_v all_o cause_n and_o separate_v not_o what_o god_n have_v conjoin_v it_o will_v help_v we_o the_o better_a to_o escape_v error_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o if_o man_n will_v dream_v that_o all_o the_o honour_n or_o action_n that_o be_v ascribe_v to_o second_o cause_n be_v a_o derogation_n from_o god_n and_o a_o dishonour_n of_o he_o they_o forsake_v the_o truth_n and_o injure_v he_o §_o 17._o for_o if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o to_o honour_v the_o mean_n or_o acknowledge_v operate_v though_o god_n be_v proxiâ—uâ—â—_n not_o as_o in_o loco_fw-la in_o all_o his_o operation_n yet_o see_v he_o operate_v by_o second_o cause_n he_o do_v it_o according_a to_o they_o as_o all_o experience_n tell_v we_o therefore_o to_o end_v these_o controversy_n we_o shall_v consider_v more_o how_o those_o cause_n operate_v second_o cause_n and_o their_o aptitude_n and_o efficacy_n be_v to_o dishonour_n god_n than_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o great_a dishonourer_n of_o himself_o by_o make_v and_o use_v such_o cause_n and_o mean_n and_o so_o many_o creature_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n so_o many_o dishonour_n be_v cast_v on_o god_n and_o the_o excellent_a creature_n will_v dishonour_v he_o most_o which_o sottish_a conceit_n must_v needs_o be_v join_v with_o manichaeism_n that_o a_o ill_a god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n and_o shine_v to_o we_o in_o they_o all_o sect_n v._o of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o different_a effect_n of_o grace_n and_o means_n §_o 1._o gratiâ—_n 1._o 1._o 1._o gerhard_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr lib._n aâ—b_fw-la cap._n 6._o §._o 1._o suppose_v that_o no_o cause_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n be_v find_v in_o the_o will_n of_o man_n as_o be_v dead_a and_o vicious_a but_o yet_o that_o grace_n do_v not_o physical_o determine_v the_o will_n but_o so_o work_v as_o leave_v it_o a_o power_n to_o resist_v and_o that_o resistance_n be_v it_o that_o make_v the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n by_o make_v grace_n uneffectual_a and_o georg._n calixtus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o his_o word_n the_o minist_n verbi_fw-la p._n 241._o &_o in_o judic_n de_fw-fr controver_n num_fw-la 33._o see_v â—e_n blank_n thes_n de_fw-fr distinct_a gratiâ—_n all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n be_v will_v by_o god_n and_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o nothing_o that_o be_v moral_o evil._n §_o 2._o as_o in_o nature_n god_n seem_v to_o cause_n motion_n in_o genere_fw-la by_o a_o equal_a universal_a influx_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o make_v no_o difference_n per_fw-la se_fw-la but_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la but_o the_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o motion_n and_o effect_n be_v otherwise_o cause_v so_o it_o seem_v that_o christ_n the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n afford_v by_o his_o mean_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o political_o manage_v a_o indifferent_a influx_n or_o help_n for_o action_n as_o action_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o as_o dr._n twisse_n frequent_o say_v well_o be_v to_o be_v call_v nature_n rather_o than_o grace_n except_o as_o the_o reprive_v of_o nature_n be_v grace_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v mere_a power_n to_o act_n because_o it_o be_v equal_o indifferent_a to_o a_o good_a act_n as_o a_o bad_a and_o to_o do_v or_o not_o do_v §_o 3._o the_o power_n of_o action_n as_o such_o be_v give_v by_o a_o equal_a natural_a universal_a influx_n it_o be_v the_o order_n of_o action_n where_o we_o must_v inquire_v of_o the_o difference_n and_o its_o cause_n §_o 4._o action_n itself_o be_v not_o a_o proper_a substantial_a be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la but_o yet_o it_o be_v such_o a_o mode_n as_o by_o the_o cartesian_o leave_n require_v more_o causation_n to_o it_o than_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la agere_fw-la do_v but_o ordo_fw-la actionum_fw-la be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la §_o 5._o ordo_fw-la be_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o soul_n the_o genus_fw-la of_o all_o relation_n in_o fundamento_fw-la and_o of_o all_o morality_n and_o worthy_a to_o have_v have_v a_o notable_a place_n in_o the_o predicament_n and_o yet_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o call_v it_o whether_o any_o thing_n or_o nothing_o the_o ordo_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v not_o res_n and_o it_o be_v rerum_fw-la status_fw-la which_o we_o better_o know_v in_o se_fw-mi than_o we_o know_v with_o what_o logical_a notion_n to_o clothe_v it_o §_o 6._o this_o excellent_a nothing_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o morality_n in_o its_o form_n and_o the_o business_n of_o frail_a man_n on_o earth_n and_o much_o of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n triumphant_a in_o heaven_n it_o be_v god_n work_n and_o not_o we_o to_o make_v new_a substance_n it_o be_v we_o to_o keep_v order_n in_o ourselves_o as_o god_n work_n yea_o in_o the_o action_n which_o god_n by_o nature_n enable_v we_o to_o so_o vain_a a_o thing_n be_v man_n that_o
have_v do_v it_o and_o will_v change_v another_o not_o so_o self-hardened_n thy_o gracelesness_n and_o destruction_n both_o absolute_o and_o as_o compare_v to_o other_o that_o be_v convert_v be_v imputable_a only_o to_o thyself_o 2._o and_o if_o thou_o be_v unwilling_a to_o use_v the_o mean_n as_o thou_o be_v able_a to_o hear_v read_v or_o meditate_v on_o that_o which_o shall_v affect_v thou_o and_o unwilling_a privative_o to_o hear_v and_o receive_v the_o inward_a motion_n of_o my_o spirit_n which_o shall_v convince_v and_o turn_v thou_o and_o will_v not_o either_o by_o previous_a cogitation_n or_o immediate_a conatus_fw-la and_o suscitation_n of_o thy_o intellect_n to_o think_v and_o of_o the_o will_n to_o its_o act_n active_o concur_v to_o receive_v my_o gracious_a motion_n and_o influx_n thy_o gracelesness_n absolute_o and_o comparative_o be_v imputable_a not_o to_o i_o but_o to_o thyself_o 3._o much_o more_o if_o when_o thou_o can_v do_v otherwise_o thou_o run_v the_o contrary_a 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degree_n beside_o what_o be_v say_v be_v most_o evident_o prove_v 1._o in_o that_o all_o divine_n confess_v that_o in_o make_v the_o world_n he_o have_v not_o do_v quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o quantum_fw-la voluit_fw-la 2._o in_o that_o there_o be_v innumerable_a possibilia_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la aut_fw-la existentia_fw-la aut_fw-la futura_fw-la god_n can_v have_v make_v the_o world_n soon_o or_o make_v more_o orb_n earth_n tree_n man_n brute_n in_o specie_fw-la numero_fw-la and_o do_v more_o act_n and_o make_v more_o alteration_n than_o he_o do_v 3._o there_o be_v certain_o some_o divine_a operation_n with_o and_o by_o he_o institute_v mean_n which_o be_v limit_v to_o their_o instrumental_a aptitude_n §_o 19_o and_o it_o be_v no_o dishonour_n to_o god_n omnipotency_n to_o work_v thus_o limited_o and_o resistible_o for_o 1._o else_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o author_n of_o his_o own_o dishonour_n who_o free_o diversifi_v instrument_n receptivity_n and_o effect_n 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place_n §_o 1._o i_o think_v the_o ignorance_n of_o this_o in_o a_o great_a measure_n be_v common_a to_o all_o mankind_n but_o the_o ignorance_n of_o man_n ignorance_n and_o presumptuous_a contend_v about_o what_o we_o understand_v not_o pretend_v even_o to_o triumphant_a scorn_n of_o dissenter_n that_o we_o do_v understand_v it_o be_v the_o very_a life_n of_o most_o of_o our_o contention_n about_o these_o point_n §_o 2._o my_o own_o judgement_n be_v that_o our_o own_o intellection_n and_o volition_n in_o the_o body_n be_v act_n that_o take_v in_o so_o much_o of_o the_o sense_n imagination_n and_o corporeal_a spirit_n into_o that_o of_o they_o which_o we_o perceive_v and_o denominate_v as_o that_o we_o can_v tell_v how_o far_o the_o act_n even_o of_o our_o own_o separate_a soul_n will_v differ_v from_o these_o which_o we_o here_o perceive_v and_o from_o perception_n call_v intellection_n and_o volition_n and_o much_o less_o do_v i_o know_v the_o difference_n between_o god_n 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god_n and_o the_o pacify_v of_o the_o contentious_a and_o the_o heal_n of_o division_n and_o call_v off_o the_o presumptuous_a do_v require_v §_o 3._o fit_a 3._o 3._o 3._o the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v what_o it_o be_v which_o we_o must_v conceive_v to_o go_v between_o god_n essence_n and_o man_n act_n or_o inclination_n give_v dr._n twiss_n accuse_v the_o jesuit_n for_o deny_v intellection_n and_o volition_n to_o be_v instantaneous_a act_n sine_fw-la motu_fw-la and_o yet_o his_o friend_n alvarez_n hold_v the_o divine_a act_n antecedent_n to_o be_v proper_o motio_fw-la and_o will_v have_v his_o predetermination_n so_o describe_v quâ_fw-la praeviâ_fw-la â—_z actuali_fw-la causis_fw-la secundis_fw-la praesertâ—m_fw-la libre_fw-la be_v inharente_n illas_fw-la applicâ—t_fw-la â—d_a operandum_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v either_o god_n or_o a_o effect_n of_o god_n which_o he_o call_v motio_fw-la if_o a_o effect_n it_o be_v so_o call_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o receiver_n and_o 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to_o make_v a_o difference_n 3._o the_o mean_n much_o differ_v which_o several_a man_n have_v and_o god_n usual_o operate_v according_a to_o the_o mean_n upon_o the_o soul_n §_o 5._o if_o the_o question_n be_v either_o of_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n it_o be_v no_o question_n for_o that_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o all_o man_n have_v equal_a faith_n love_n and_o other_o grace_n which_o common_a experience_n deny_v §_o 6._o whereas_o some_o will_v stick_v at_o my_o mention_v a_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o nature_n antecedent_n to_o act_n and_o habit_n i_o will_v have_v they_o remember_v that_o either_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o not_o if_o there_o be_v i_o right_o mention_v it_o if_o not_o we_o be_v instant_o at_o a_o end_n of_o all_o this_o sort_n of_o controversy_n and_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_n can_v differ_v if_o they_o will_v for_o then_o the_o question_n must_v be_v only_o about_o that_o which_o be_v past_a question_n viz._n 1._o either_o about_o 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 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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 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second_o cause_n god_n influx_n make_v all_o that_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n which_o god_n intend_v absolute_o but_o whether_o by_o that_o impress_n the_o sinner_n will_v consent_v the_o will_n determine_v and_o be_v the_o chief_a determiner_n in_o evil._n §_o 8._o say_v dr._n twisse_n vindic._n grat._n lib._n 2._o p._n 2._o digres_n 9_o the_o second_o cause_n non_fw-fr agit_fw-fr in_fw-la primam_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la faceret_fw-la vel_fw-la volendo_fw-la vel_fw-la ally_v agendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n answ_n it_o be_v grant_v god_n be_v not_o passive_a nor_o do_v any_o second_o cause_n act_n on_o he_o as_o passive_a who_o be_v his_o adversary_n in_o this_o §_o 9_o he_o add_v neither_o on_o the_o influx_n of_o god_n do_v we_o act_v for_o a_o act_n be_v not_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o act_n answ_n 1._o if_o by_o god_n act_n and_o influx_n he_o mean_v not_o the_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v a_o false_a supposition_n that_o god_n influx_n or_o act_n be_v any_o other_o 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
have_v of_o help_n to_o it_o be_v cause_v otherwise_o not_o by_o this_o common_a influx_n of_o god_n as_o the_o root_n of_o nature_n but_o by_o a_o special_a gracious_a influx_n with_o and_o by_o special_a supernatural_a mean_n and_o this_o it_o do_v only_o to_o good_a and_o not_o to_o evil_a and_o not_o always_o with_o a_o causal_o necessitate_v influx_n as_o to_o our_o act_n §_o 12._o he_o add_v if_o the_o will_v need_v not_o god_n motion_n to_o its_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la it_o be_v either_o in_o genere_fw-la entis_fw-la or_o in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la the_o first_o can_v be_v say_v for_o the_o special_a nature_n include_v the_o general_n and_o more_o and_o the_o species_n in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la be_v no_o species_n of_o act_n but_o only_a accident_n of_o humane_a act_n and_o that_o only_a by_o extrinsic_a denomination_n as_o to_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o the_o vanity_n of_o arbitrary_a logical_a notion_n be_v a_o wood_n for_o you_o to_o hide_v the_o matter_n in_o you_o be_v not_o able_a certain_o to_o define_v what_o physical_o specifi_v a_o action_n and_o what_o not_o to_o say_v that_o one_o be_v the_o species_n of_o a_o act_n and_o the_o other_o be_v but_o a_o accident_n and_o no_o species_n be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o you_o will_v say_v what_o you_o listen_v we_o use_v to_o say_v that_o act_n be_v specify_v by_o their_o object_n and_o so_o when_o object_n differ_v specie_fw-la physica_fw-la vel_fw-la morali_fw-la the_o act_n do_v so_o but_o when_o the_o question_n be_v with_o judas_n shall_v i_o betray_v my_o master_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o be_v perjure_v or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o commit_v this_o adultery_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o pray_v in_o season_n or_o out_o of_o season_n to_o another_o shall_v i_o love_v god_n or_o the_o creature_n more_o shall_v i_o will_v or_o not_o will_v this_o shall_v i_o will_v it_o or_o will_v it_o etc._n etc._n here_o you_o be_v so_o much_o at_o liberty_n that_o you_o may_v please_v yourself_o with_o say_v that_o to_o betray_v and_o not_o betray_v to_o forswear_v and_o not_o to_o forswear_v to_o love_v more_o or_o less_o in_o degree_n etc._n etc._n be_v physical_a species_n of_o entity_n and_o so_o make_v physical_a species_n of_o action_n but_o i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ens_fw-la be_v a_o species_n of_o entity_n physical_a nor_o do_v i_o believe_v that_o we_o need_v god_n influx_n ad_fw-la non_fw-la agendum_fw-la as_o such_o and_o as_o for_o your_o accident_n of_o action_n if_o you_o mean_v relation_n it_o be_v their_o fundamentum_fw-la that_o we_o be_v question_v the_o extrinsic_a denomination_n be_v found_v in_o relation_n or_o else_o it_o be_v causeless_a in_o a_o word_n man_n by_o common_a influx_n can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o go_v this_o way_n rather_o than_o that_o and_o also_o not_o to_o go_v and_o this_o without_o a_o further_a physical_a predetermine_a premotion_n of_o god_n §_o 13._o but_o here_o let_v the_o reader_n note_n that_o when_o he_o make_v moral_a good_a and_o evil_a no_o species_n of_o action_n but_o a_o extrinsic_a denomination_n which_o be_v true_a abstract_v the_o relation_n from_o the_o fundamental_a difference_n of_o the_o act_n and_o make_v god_n the_o natural_o necessitate_v cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v physical_a in_o the_o act_n he_o make_v god_n equal_o the_o necessitate_v prime_a cause_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a which_o be_v but_o relation_n result_v from_o the_o specify_v act_n §_o 14._o he_o add_v if_o god_n move_v the_o will_v it_o be_v to_o that_o same_o act_n which_o it_o do_v or_o to_o another_o if_o to_o another_o why_o shall_v it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n move_v it_o to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o do_v rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v do_v when_o we_o speak_v not_o of_o moral_n but_o necessary_a physical_a motion_n answ_n the_o particle_n too_o do_v cheat_n you_o by_o ambiguity_n 1._o as_o too_o note_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n alone_o it_o be_v to_o the_o impress_n which_o he_o make_v on_o the_o soul_n which_o effect_n he_o still_o obtain_v which_o urge_v it_o towards_o its_o own_o act_n 2._o the_o same_o i_o say_v if_o to_o signify_v a_o absolute_o intend_a end_n 3._o but_o if_o to_o signify_v the_o natural_a tendency_n of_o god_n impulse_n as_o to_o a_o effect_n possible_a and_o desirable_a yea_o and_o due_a by_o command_n from_o the_o subordinate_a cause_n man_n will_n than_o it_o be_v to_o our_o act_n of_o repentance_n faith_n duty_n that_o god_n move_v we_o that_o be_v he_o give_v we_o that_o power_n and_o necessary_a influx_n by_o which_o it_o may_v and_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v do_v by_o we_o §_o 15._o it_o be_v but_o to_o make_v toil_n for_o the_o reader_n to_o answer_v all_o these_o fallacy_n and_o quibble_n found_v in_o some_o false_a supposition_n or_o ambiguous_a word_n else_o i_o will_v answer_v the_o rest_n of_o that_o digression_n and_o his_o digre_n 5._o li._n 1._o p._n 2._o contra_fw-la alvar._n only_o here_o i_o must_v take_v notice_n that_o in_o this_o digr_n 9_o he_o himself_o reject_v greg._n arim._n and_o hurtado_n assertion_n of_o god_n determine_v we_o to_o this_o or_o that_o numerical_a act_n as_o distinct_a from_o another_o ejusdem_fw-la speciei_fw-la ut_fw-la merum_fw-la figmentum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la curiositati_fw-la hominum_fw-la nimium_fw-la infoelici_fw-la satisfaciendum_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la introductum_fw-la whereas_o be_v it_o not_o for_o weary_v the_o reader_n i_o may_v show_v that_o the_o same_o reason_n will_v hold_v for_o or_o against_o this_o numerical_a as_o be_v for_o or_o against_o his_o specifical_a predetermination_n and_o the_o species_n have_v no_o existence_n but_o in_o the_o individual_n and_o himself_o say_v that_o god_n motion_n be_v ad_fw-la actus_fw-la singulares_fw-la if_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o that_o singular_a act_n that_o be_v do_v rather_o than_o that_o which_o be_v not_o do_v he_o give_v up_o his_o whole_a cause_n §_o 16._o but_o to_o this_o he_o have_v a_o answer_n that_o it_o be_v a_o fiction_n and_o unsound_a to_o say_v that_o possibilia_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la existunt_fw-la do_v differre_fw-la numero_fw-la cum_fw-la differre_fw-la numero_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la answ_n 1._o he_o may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o esse_fw-la possibile_fw-la be_v a_o fiction_n when_o possibile_fw-la be_v terminus_fw-la diminuens_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o be_v not_o possibile_fw-la as_o much_o a_o fiction_n de_fw-fr specie_fw-la as_o de_fw-la numero_fw-la that_o which_o be_v not_o neither_o be_v in_o specie_fw-la nor_o in_fw-la numero_fw-la but_o there_o be_v a_o possibilitas_fw-la numeri_fw-la as_o well_o as_o speciei_fw-la yet_o with_o this_o answer_n he_o oft_o insult_v over_o the_o schoolman_n when_o at_o another_o time_n he_o will_v have_v say_v that_o possibile_fw-la have_v a_o esse_fw-la cognitum_fw-la in_o both_o respect_n §_o 17._o and_o i_o think_v the_o good_a man_n forget_v that_o by_o this_o he_o quite_o overthrow_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la and_o much_o of_o all_o his_o other_o book_n which_o be_v animate_v with_o the_o supposition_n of_o god_n will_v cause_v faturition_n from_o eternity_n for_o if_o only_a existentia_fw-la differunt_fw-la numero_fw-la futura_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la existentia_fw-la and_o if_o the_o futurition_n of_o differentia_fw-la numero_fw-la be_v not_o decree_v nor_o eternal_a as_o of_o this_o sun_n this_o earth_n paul_n peter_n and_o their_o singular_a act_n etc._n etc._n than_o nothing_o be_v future_a from_o eternity_n and_o so_o we_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o arminian_o election_n of_o species_n only_o and_o not_o of_o individual_n in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la which_o be_v reject_v sure_a god_n elect_v individual_n or_o none_o and_o if_o so_o it_o be_v future_a individual_n individuation_n exi_v not_o but_o in_o existentibus_fw-la but_o if_o foreknowledge_n and_o decree_n may_v be_v of_o future_n and_o non-existents_a it_o may_v be_v of_o individual_n that_o be_v such_o as_o well_o as_o of_o species_n §_o 18._o yea_o he_o proceed_v to_o say_v pag._n 412._o deum_fw-la scire_fw-la plura_fw-la esse_fw-la possibilia_fw-la quam_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la scire_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la rerum_fw-la possibilium_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la scire_fw-la se_fw-la praestare_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la detur_fw-la major_a multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la existentium_fw-la quam_fw-la actu_fw-la sit_fw-la quare_fw-la multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la individuarum_fw-la deo_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la sive_fw-la ea_fw-la sit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la potentialis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la be_v causa_fw-la transitionis_fw-la rerum_fw-la è_fw-la numero_fw-la possibilium_fw-la in_o numerum_fw-la futurorum_fw-la and_o my_o foresay_a opposition_n to_o his_o eternal_a causation_n of_o futurity_n be_v hereby_o confirm_v 2._o it_o be_v
to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la rationâ—_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individâ—â—aâ—ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n predetermine_v every_o act_n natural_a and_o free_a to_o its_o object_n compare_v with_o other_o possible_a object_n and_o that_o in_o all_o its_o mode_n and_o circumstance_n do_v confound_v nature_n and_o morality_n and_o leave_v nothing_o for_o god_n to_o do_v in_o cause_v holiness_n but_o what_o he_o must_v needs_o do_v to_o cause_v all_o action_n that_o be_v cause_v allow_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n â—_o yea_o but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o cause_v every_o sin_n for_o his_o pracept_n be_v not_o with_o they_o the_o cause_v predetermination_n §_o 19_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n with_o all_o the_o fore_n describe_v frame_n of_o moral_a mean_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o cooperate_v be_v the_o proper_a second_o cause_n by_o which_o god_n as_o rector_n will_v on_o his_o part_n ordinary_o
first_o give_v all_o creature_n what_o they_o have_v and_o next_o fail_v they_o and_o leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n as_o the_o sun_n set_v and_o then_o rise_v again_o revolve_v all_o thing_n into_o his_o original_a pure_a spirituality_n like_o the_o revolution_n of_o day_n and_o night_n summer_n and_o winter_n it_o be_v sure_a another_o thing_n than_o the_o scripture_n describe_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o noble_a part_n of_o that_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a government_n which_o some_o despise_v §_o 37._o ix_o but_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o we_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o almighty_a father_n be_v the_o glorious_a creator_n motor_n and_o life_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n the_o glorious_a ordinator_n rector_n and_o redeemer_n so_o the_o eternal_a love_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o final_a perfect_a of_o believer_n even_o of_o god_n elect_n and_o that_o this_o sanctification_n and_o proficiency_n be_v by_o more_o than_o moral_a sapiential_a regiment_n even_o by_o the_o real_a shed_n abroad_o god_n love_n upon_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o a_o quicken_a illuminate_a felicitate_v communication_n of_o divine_a life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n which_o yet_o make_v not_o the_o sapiential_a regiment_n vain_a §_o 38._o and_o as_o to_o freewill_n i_o further_o say_v that_o we_o be_v far_o from_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o be_v above_o god_n or_o independent_a and_o as_o a_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o god_n be_v any_o way_n a_o defective_a or_o idle_a as_o they_o call_v it_o spectator_n of_o man_n sin_n or_o free_a act_n but_o that_o this_o rank_n and_o state_n of_o free_a agent_n be_v god_n own_o wisely-chosen_a work_n in_o which_o he_o be_v delight_v and_o that_o he_o do_v true_o attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 39_o therefore_o as_o mr._n sterry_n magnify_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a as_o design_v and_o necessitate_v by_o god_n so_o we_o first_o admire_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o natural_a and_o free_a agent_n and_o their_o work_n which_o must_v not_o be_v dishonour_v and_o leave_v out_o §_o 40._o and_o more_o than_o so_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o god_n work_n be_v perfect_a it_o be_v their_o perfection_n to_o be_v suit_v to_o his_o own_o will_n and_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o mr._n sterry_n dr._n twisse_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o whether_o god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n or_o they_o be_v perfect_a for_o we_o say_v that_o though_o man_n sin_n be_v find_v upon_o god_n work_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v none_o of_o his_o work_n nor_o any_o mean_n proper_o so_o call_v of_o please_a or_o glorify_v he_o nor_o at_o all_o will_v or_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o hate_v and_o punish_v yet_o he_o lose_v none_o of_o his_o complacency_n or_o glory_n by_o it_o but_o notwithstanding_o its_o malignity_n shine_v glorious_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o his_o work_n §_o 41._o yea_o more_o we_o say_v that_o man_n sin_n under_o his_o dispose_v power_n and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v use_n of_o their_o evil_n unto_o good_a and_o sin_n shall_v become_v a_o occasion_n of_o that_o glory_n to_o god_n as_o sickness_n to_o the_o physician_n of_o which_o it_o be_v no_o cause_n or_o proper_a mean_n nor_o of_o itself_o condâ—ceth_v thereunto_o yea_o and_o that_o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n how_o sinful_a soever_o be_v do_v but_o by_o god_n causation_n as_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o prime_a motor_n yea_o more_o that_o all_o the_o effect_n and_o consequent_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o sin_v itself_o be_v under_o the_o causal_a government_n and_o disposal_n of_o god_n who_o will_v attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 42._o therefore_o we_o differ_v but_o in_o this_o whether_o god_n get_v not_o all_o that_o glory_n which_o mr._n st._n florid_o describe_v notwithstanding_o sin_n or_o on_o supposition_n of_o it_o as_o bare_o permit_v negative_o but_o with_o a_o decree_n or_o volition_n of_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n occasion_v by_o it_o rather_o than_o by_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o will_v design_a effect_n of_o his_o own_o necessitate_v negation_n and_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v of_o his_o determine_a premotion_n whether_o man_v permit_v sin_n be_v any_o of_o god_n work_n and_o whether_o god_n glory_n be_v not_o rather_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o also_o by_o occasion_n of_o it_o suppose_v to_o be_v man_n work_n only_o and_o by_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n cause_v by_o god_n than_o by_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o mean_n conducible_a or_o a_o cause_n §_o 43._o for_o we_o deny_v not_o that_o god_n can_v have_v prevent_v all_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v so_o resolve_v and_o yet_o we_o believe_v not_o that_o such_o a_o permission_n be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n or_o privation_n as_o mr._n sterry_n will_v persuade_v we_o to_o make_v a_o creature_n no_o 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plain_o have_v deliver_v §_o 46._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o repeat_v profession_n that_o i_o be_o full_o satisfy_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o grace_n and_o nature_n and_o predestination_n and_o redemption_n as_o they_o stand_v between_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o the_o arminian_o be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n than_o i_o have_v oft_o express_v in_o this_o book_n nor_o worthy_a any_o of_o that_o stir_n and_o contention_n which_o man_n that_o sufficient_o difference_n not_o word_n method_n and_o matter_n have_v make_v to_o the_o mischievous_a injury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o true_a life_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a difficulty_n be_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o defender_n of_o necessary_a predetermination_n and_o of_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o what_o freewill_n sinner_n have_v leave_v but_o whether_o ever_o in_o angel_n or_o innocent_a man_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o will_n that_o can_v and_o ever_o 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nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la inaequalitas_fw-la inter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la constituta_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la objectum_fw-la injustitiae_fw-la proprâ—ae_fw-la he_o add_v that_o his_o punishment_n be_v no_o part_n of_o commutative_a justice_n in_o resarciendis_fw-la &_o vindicandis_fw-la injuriis_fw-la because_o here_o be_v no_o reparation_n of_o damage_n as_o thom._n 2._o 2._o q._n 108._o art_n 2._o and_o cap._n 5._o he_o proceed_v to_o prove_v his_o doctrine_n from_o the_o condition_n of_o god_n and_o the_o creature_n we_o be_v as_o child_n and_o slave_n absolute_o his_o own_o therefore_o there_o can_v be_v no_o proper_a justice_n between_o we_o and_o he_o come_v to_o the_o great_a objection_n that_o as_o free_v our_o action_n be_v our_o own_o and_o so_o may_v merit_v of_o justice_n and_o answer_v no_o because_o the_o value_n of_o our_o work_n to_o which_o the_o reward_n be_v give_v depend_v on_o god_n grace_n which_o he_o free_o give_v and_o conserve_v to_o we_o though_o as_o free_v the_o action_n be_v of_o we_o as_o cause_n and_o because_o that_o liberty_n be_v only_o a_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o merit_n but_o give_v not_o the_o work_n its_o value_n or_o worth_a therefore_o we_o can_v make_v god_n our_o debtor_n by_o any_o meritorious_a work_n of_o which_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o author_n and_o cause_n and_o hence_o he_o be_v so_o much_o against_o this_o merit_n of_o justice_n as_o to_o infer_v that_o christ_n himself_o can_v not_o satisfy_v god_n according_a to_o strict_a justice_n proper_o by_o the_o work_n of_o his_o humane_a nature_n because_o the_o whole_a value_n come_v from_o the_o godhead_n itself_o sanctify_v the_o humanity_n and_o make_v his_o work_n worthy_a cap._n 6._o he_o proceed_v to_o show_v that_o though_o it_o be_v not_o true_a that_o some_o say_v that_o full_a equal_a satisfaction_n may_v be_v refuse_v it_o be_v not_o the_o ipsum_fw-la debitum_fw-la and_o that_o he_o prove_v that_o a_o full_a equal_a satisfaction_n to_o proper_a justice_n can_v in_o justice_n be_v refuse_v and_o if_o it_o be_v refuseable_a it_o be_v unequal_a though_o it_o may_v be_v equal_a condignitate_fw-la meriti_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la justitiam_fw-la propriè_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la yet_o even_o from_o god_n promise_v itself_o it_o be_v no_o obligation_n of_o proper_a justice_n that_o be_v on_o god_n to_o we_o confute_v sotus_n that_o say_v that_o god_n fidelity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o virtue_n of_o verity_n but_o proper_o belong_v to_o commutative_a justice_n if_o this_o be_v not_o enough_o disput_fw-la 86._o he_o come_v to_o the_o other_o branch_n whether_o god_n have_v distributive_a justice_n to_o we_o and_o deny_v this_o also_o in_o proper_a sense_n and_o prove_v it_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o bonavent_n in_o 4._o d._n 46._o art_n 2._o q._n 1._o ad_fw-la 1._o scotus_n qu._n 1._o durand_n ib._n q._n 1._o &_o in_o