a_o most_o necessary_a truth_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n i_o have_v more_o abundant_o make_v apparent_a in_o three_o distinct_a tract_n viz._n correct_v copy_n p._n 9_o 10_o 50._o especial_o diu._n philanthropy_n defend_v ch_n 3._o sect_n 34._o p._n 132._o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 139._o &_o sect_n 35._o p._n 141._o and_o again_o diu._n purity_n def_n ch_n 4._o sect_n 3._o p._n 19_o 20._o and_o i_o shall_v do_v it_o yet_o more_o effectual_o in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o chapter_n of_o this_o follow_a work_n in_o particular_a ch_n 3._o sect_n 13._o &_o 27._o and_o therefore_o three_o that_o they_o will_v not_o so_o frequent_o and_o affectionate_o contend_v for_o that_o very_a doctrine_n which_o sometime_o though_o very_o rare_o they_o confess_v to_o be_v false_a &_o blasphemous_a but_o that_o they_o find_v it_o must_v follow_v from_o their_o espouse_a principle_n of_o god_n decree_n so_o as_o they_o see_v they_o must_v relinquish_v either_o both_o or_o neither_o i_o have_v abundant_o evince_v in_o the_o diu._n pur._n def_n ch_n 4._o sect_n 7._o p._n 33_o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 39_o especial_o from_o the_o citation_n out_o of_o doctor_n twisse_n du_n moulin_n remigius_n and_o the_o other_o friend_n of_o gotteschalc_n bishop_n cuthert_n tunstal_n and_o above_o all_o out_o of_o prosper_n who_o they_o many_o time_n dream_v to_o have_v be_v their_o patron_n and_o therefore_o can_v gainsay_v he_o without_o discomfort_n and_o again_o i_o shall_v evince_v it_o in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o follow_a work_n and_o in_o particular_a ch_n 3._o sect_n 8._o &_o 10._o beside_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v so_o conspicuous_a of_o itself_o that_o i_o may_v venture_v to_o make_v the_o adversary_n the_o sole_a judge_n of_o the_o business_n for_o nature_n nothing_o but_o their_o principle_n of_o god_n decree_n can_v lead_v they_o to_o blasphemy_n of_o such_o a_o nature_n sect._n 8._o i_o demand_v of_o any_o man_n live_v what_o shall_v move_v such_o learned_a man_n as_o huldericus_n zuinglius_fw-la doctor_n twisse_n piscator_fw-la zanchy_a triglandius_n beza_n calvin_n martyr_n borrhaus_n and_o many_o other_o to_o teach_v posterity_n in_o their_o print_a work_n that_o god_n do_v make_v man_n transgressor_n 32._o for_o the_o several_a page_n of_o their_o work_n see_v the_o diu._n philan._n def_n ch_n 3._o sect_n 34._o especial_o the_o diu._n purity_n def_n ch_n 4._o sect_n 3._o p._n 19_o 20._o &_o sect_n 6._o p._n 31_o 32._o and_o be_v the_o author_n of_o adultery_n and_o that_o murder_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o that_o sinner_n do_v sin_n by_o the_o force_n of_o god_n will_n that_o god_n predestine_n man_n to_o sin_n and_o to_o sin_n quatenus_fw-la sin_n that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o evil_n not_o only_o of_o punishment_n but_o of_o sin_n too_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n not_o only_o of_o humane_a action_n but_o of_o the_o very_a defect_n and_o privation_n that_o he_o effect_v sin_n that_o he_o excit_v and_o tempt_v and_o 5._o and_o all_o the_o excuse_n mr._n b._n make_v for_o the_o say_n that_o god_n do_v compel_v man_n to_o sin_n be_v that_o they_o use_v it_o but_o seldom_o see_v what_o shall_v be_v say_v ch_n 3._o sect_n 27._o num_fw-la 5._o compel_v man_n to_o sin_n and_o a_o world_n the_o like_a stuff_n i_o say_v what_o move_v they_o to_o print_v such_o loathsome_a doctrine_n be_v it_o that_o they_o esteem_v they_o as_o flower_n of_o rhetoric_n or_o witty_a sentence_n or_o pretty_a conceit_n or_o well-sounding_a period_n or_o soulsaving_a preachment_n or_o hosanna_n to_o the_o most_o high_a this_o can_v be_v no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o be_v imagine_v what_o invite_v mr._n hobbs_n to_o say_v that_o 24._o mr._n hobbs_n of_o liberty_n and_o necessity_n p._n 23_o 24._o sin_n may_v be_v necessary_o cause_v in_o man_n by_o god_n order_v all_o the_o world_n that_o god_n do_v will_v it_o and_o necessitate_v it_o and_o 106._o and_o id._n in_o animadvers_fw-la p._n 11._o &_o 107._o &_o 106._o cause_n man_n to_o err_v and_o be_v the_o principal_a agent_n in_o the_o cause_v of_o all_o action_n which_o he_o who_o say_v do_v also_o say_v that_o he_o find_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o action_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o that_o action_n from_o which_o great_a truth_n he_o shall_v have_v infer_v that_o god_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o sinful_a action_n not_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n what_o make_v the_o 37_o the_o p._n 36_o 37_o comforter_n of_o believer_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sinfulness_n itself_o and_o have_v more_o hand_n in_o man_n sinfulness_n than_o they_o themselves_o be_v these_o writer_n afraid_a lest_o man_n shall_v think_v too_o reverent_o of_o god_n too_o hardly_o of_o the_o devil_n and_o too_o profane_o of_o themselves_o or_o be_v they_o move_v with_o a_o itch_n to_o revive_v the_o doctrine_n of_o carneades_n and_o to_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o name_n invent_v by_o ecclesiastic_n and_o that_o the_o thing_n call_v sin_n be_v just_a as_o good_a as_o the_o thing_n call_v virtue_n as_o be_v equal_o the_o work_n of_o god_n it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o think_v this_o or_o if_o this_o be_v one_o of_o their_o reason_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o certain_o the_o first_o but_o i_o have_v yet_o a_o hard_a question_n what_o shall_v move_v mr._n whitfield_n and_o mr._n barlee_n in_o the_o very_a book_n which_o they_o have_v print_v on_o purpose_n to_o vindicate_v their_o doctrine_n from_o all_o the_o horrible_a absurdity_n wherewith_o they_o stand_v charge_v and_o wherein_o they_o know_v it_o concern_v they_o to_o speak_v as_o wary_o as_o they_o be_v able_a as_o know_v that_o they_o be_v liable_a to_o be_v public_o call_v to_o a_o account_n what_o i_o say_v shall_v move_v they_o at_o such_o a_o time_n and_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n to_o affirm_v that_o god_n 14._o god_n for_o mr._n w_n several_a page_n where_o these_o thing_n be_v teach_v see_v the_o first_o and_o second_o chapter_n of_o the_o follow_a work_n especial_o the_o second_o and_o in_o that_o for_o instance_n sect._n 14._o do_v will_n and_o work_v sin_n that_o he_o have_v a_o efficiency_n in_o sin_n that_o in_o all_o the_o wickedness_n in_o the_o world_n god_n have_v a_o hand_n a_o work_a hand_n yea_o the_o chief_a hand_n that_o sin_n do_v make_v for_o god_n glory_n and_o that_o it_o have_v a_o respect_n of_o good_a and_o that_o god_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o effect_v it_o yea_o that_o god_n do_v act_n in_o it_o as_o a_o natural_a cause_n that_o god_n decree_v the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o so_o order_v the_o whole_a business_n that_o he_o shall_v certain_o fall_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a the_o first_o man_n shall_v sin_v that_o the_o gospel_n do_v stir_v up_o evil_a affection_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o harden_v man_n heart_n and_o god_n intend_v it_o shall_v do_v so_o and_o send_v it_o for_o this_o very_a purpose_n that_o of_o sinful_a action_n god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o proper_a cause_n yea_o that_o he_o do_v both_o will_n and_o work_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o act_n because_o not_o only_o the_o action_n simple_o consider_v but_o the_o very_a pravity_n and_o deformity_n of_o it_o make_v way_n for_o god_n glory_n what_o move_v mr._n barlee_v to_o add_v his_o suffrage_n to_o mr._n whitfield_n and_o to_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o rest_n that_o for_o mr._n b_n several_a page_n where_o these_o thing_n be_v teach_v see_v the_o three_o whole_a chapter_n of_o the_o follow_a work_n and_o the_o index_n of_o the_o divine_a philanthropy_n def._n which_o will_v direct_v to_o the_o rest_n god_n be_v the_o sovereign_a author_n of_o the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o do_v or_o leave_v undo_v not_o only_o a_o natural_a but_o moral_a act_n such_o as_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n or_o cain_n kill_v abel_n as_o doctor_n twisse_n himself_o interpret_v the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n nay_o far_o that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o very_a obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n that_o god_n excit_v man_n to_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n that_o he_o stir_v they_o up_o to_o unjust_a act_n as_o a_o man_n put_v spur_n to_o a_o dull_a jade_n that_o he_o tempt_v man_n to_o sin_n and_o a_o world_n the_o like_a blasphemy_n nay_o what_o make_v he_o and_o mr._n hick_n to_o tell_v the_o world_n 18._o world_n see_v what_o shall_v be_v say_v ch_n 3._o sect._n 18._o that_o if_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n either_o god_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o sin_n or_o else_o sin_n itself_o be_v god_n do_v this_o prodigious_a pair_n of_o writer_n think_v that_o these_o be_v quaint_a apophthegm_n which_o
by_o he_o who_o do_v not_o cite_v so_o much_o as_o one_o in_o this_o place_n who_o can_v help_v it_o 3._o s._n austin_n may_v err_v as_o well_o in_o this_o as_o in_o many_o other_o thing_n wherein_o mr._n b._n will_v say_v he_o err_v arminianism_n 3._o s._n austin_n august_n lib._n 12._o de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 7._o ubi_fw-la de_fw-la causâ_fw-la malae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la agit_fw-fr conferatâ—r_v they_o ejusdem_fw-la lib._n 21._o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 24._o ubi_fw-la paâ—um_fw-la inquit_fw-la veraciter_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mat._n 12.32_o nisi_fw-la essent_fw-la quibus_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la tamen_fw-la remâ—tteretur_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la saeculo_fw-la his_o new_a degree_n of_o arminianism_n and_o in_o the_o very_a same_o book_n which_o here_o he_o cite_v i_o say_v he_o may_v not_o that_o he_o do_v for_o mr._n b._n understand_v not_o his_o own_o citation_n which_o be_v seem_o for_o he_o do_v make_v against_o he_o in_o reality_n for_o augustine_n speech_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o evil_a will_n not_o of_o every_o evil_a act_n of_o which_o the_o will_n be_v the_o cause_n again_o it_o only_o belong_v to_o the_o cause_n that_o be_v without_o the_o man_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o i_o will_v have_v that_o god_n be_v far_o from_o be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o a_o evil_a will_n he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o deficient_a because_o he_o be_v not_o want_v in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_a to_o make_v a_o evil_n will_v good_a so_o far_o be_v austin_n from_o plead_v that_o sin_n have_v no_o efficient_a cause_n notwithstanding_o all_o that_o he_o have_v speak_v the_o impious_a man_n be_v own_o will_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o impiety_n 4._o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o my_o opinion_n be_v most_o contrary_a to_o arminius_n he_o contradict_v a_o good_a part_n of_o both_o his_o book_n wherein_o he_o say_v that_o my_o opinion_n be_v 25._o be_v c._n 3._o p._n 25._o all_o derive_v from_o arminius_n i_o have_v former_o prove_v by_o many_o etc._n many_o div_o phi._n def_n c._n 1._o p._n 12_o 13_o etc._n etc._n instance_n how_o far_a himself_o be_v a_o arminian_n and_o how_o impossible_a it_o be_v that_o i_o shall_v be_v so_o now_o he_o lend_v i_o another_o instance_n wherein_o himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n be_v at_o agreement_n with_o arminius_n and_o i_o be_o contrary_a to_o all_o three_o but_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n he_o wrong_v arminius_n and_o make_v he_o more_o presbyterian_a than_o indeed_o he_o be_v have_v he_o read_v any_o such_o thing_n he_o will_v in_o all_o probability_n have_v set_v down_o the_o â—lace_n his_o case_n be_v sad_a whether_o he_o pretend_v to_o truth_n or_o falsehood_n if_o to_o the_o first_o he_o hurt_v himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n if_o to_o the_o second_o he_o slander_v arminius_n and_o stabb_v himself_o sect._n 25._o have_v make_v this_o way_n for_o his_o own_o unhappiness_n write_v mr._n hick_n heathenish_a expression_n of_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d commend_v by_o mr._n b._n for_o 1._o learned_a 2._o witty_a and_o 3._o well_o write_v by_o that_o variety_n of_o attempt_n to_o which_o mr._n hick_n it_o seem_v betray_v he_o he_o act_v the_o well-natured_a man_n and_o even_o bless_v the_o author_n of_o his_o unhappiness_n he_o declare_v that_o mr._n hick_n be_v his_o cordial_a friend_n who_o write_v well_o to_o he_o tell_v he_o learned_o and_o witty_o that_o mr._n t._n p._n be_v the_o first_o who_o give_v sin_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o extraordinary_a invention_n p._n 114._o here_o be_v his_o tragical_a exit_fw-la for_o many_o reason_n 1._o mr._n hick.'s_n say_v that_o my_o invention_n be_v extraordinary_a be_v no_o proof_n that_o arminius_n do_v say_v the_o contrary_a or_o that_o mr._n hick_n do_v write_v well_o or_o that_o his_o say_n be_v both_o learned_a and_o witty_a each_o of_o these_o i_o deny_v and_o have_v sufficient_o disprove_v 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the_o late_a 3._o all_o mr._n hick_n have_v display_v be_v his_o be_v overflow_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o can_v its_o bank_n have_v contain_v it_o will_v not_o thus_o have_v gush_v over_o on_o no_o occasion_n when_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o effect_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o drown_v his_o credit_n with_o a_o yellow_a as_o well_o as_o his_o cause_n with_o a_o black_a jaundice_n but_o evenit_fw-la malo_fw-la male_a and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d erynnis_n as_o they_o say_v still_o prove_v a_o virgin_n for_o poor_a perillus_n be_v the_o first_o who_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v torture_v with_o his_o invention_n and_o believe_v i_o the_o brazen_a bull_n be_v a_o lesser_a misery_n then_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o impiety_n of_o make_v the_o foul_a action_n to_o be_v the_o rivulet_n issue_v out_o by_o a_o necessity_n from_o god_n the_o source_n what_o spirit_n but_o a_o unclean_a one_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o vacleannesse_n that_o be_v of_o sin_n who_o be_v they_o who_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v print_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o uncleanness_n when_o the_o pharisee_n heretofore_o who_o be_v the_o jewish_a puritan_n or_o preciâ—ans_n and_o reckon_v themselves_o the_o godly_a party_n of_o the_o land_n have_v slander_v our_o saviour_n with_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n who_o although_o he_o be_v god_n do_v appear_v to_o they_o as_o he_o be_v man_n too_o our_o saviour_n tell_v they_o on_o that_o occaâ—â—on_n the_o danger_n of_o blaspheme_v against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n let_v they_o who_o love_v the_o lord_n jesus_n in_o sincerity_n and_o tender_a the_o safety_n of_o their_o own_o as_o well_o as_o of_o other_o man_n soul_n not_o only_o read_v but_o consider_v and_o then_o apply_v what_o be_v speak_v mar._n 3.28_o 29_o 30._o i_o now_o dismiss_v the_o signal_n paragraph_n which_o mr._n hick_n suggest_a to_o mr._n barlee_n and_o mr._n barlee_n have_v vent_v to_o all_o the_o people_n which_o yet_o i_o shall_v not_o have_v dismiss_v so_o soon_o but_o that_o my_o reader_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o several_a section_n for_o a_o enlargement_n as_o ch_z 1._o sect_n 2._o from_o p._n 7._o to_o p._n 13._o ch_z 2._o sect_n 5._o p._n 69_o 70._o sect_n 10._o p._n 79_o 80_o 81._o sect_n 14._o p._n 88_o 90._o all_o which_o be_v consider_v mr._n b._n do_v fit_o dislike_v the_o stile_n of_o unfortunate_a writer_n for_o if_o it_o ever_o belong_v to_o any_o it_o do_v to_o he_o and_o mr._n hick_n sect._n 26._o mr._n b._n have_v thus_o far_o miscarry_v by_o the_o help_n of_o mr._n hick_n proceed_v to_o plead_v for_o himself_o â—ase_v a_o short_a speciâ—â—â—_n of_o m._n b_n remâ—â—nt_v of_o abst_n rsion_n in_o ord_n r_o to_o the_o reader_n and_o pâ—inrs_n â—ase_v and_o his_o guilty_a master_n in_o such_o a_o treacherous_a manner_n both_o to_o they_o and_o himself_o that_o to_o give_v my_o reader_n a_o account_n of_o such_o numerous_a fail_n be_v to_o draw_v out_o the_o man_n unhappiness_n to_o a_o intolerable_a length_n and_o because_o a_o pigmy_n as_o well_o as_o hercules_n may_v be_v judge_v of_o by_o a_o foot_n i_o will_v leave_v the_o reader_n by_o that_o which_o follow_v to_o guess_v at_o the_o body_n of_o his_o abstersion_n 1._o what_o i_o have_v cite_v out_o of_o calvin_n institution_n he_o affirm_v to_o have_v be_v fetch_v from_o calvin_n book_n de_n providentiâ_fw-la and_o say_v i_o do_v as_o good_a as_o name_v it_o i_o etc._n i_o diu._n philaâ—_n def_n ch_n 3._o p._n 127_o etc._n etc._n show_v he_o the_o grosseness_n of_o his_o mistake_n and_o prove_v the_o wilfulness_n of_o it_o which_o raise_v the_o error_n into_o a_o sin_n now_o by_o way_n of_o abstersion_n he_o confess_v the_o fact_n p._n
of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n exhibit_v to_o we_o in_o the_o last_o clause_n of_o the_o article_n the_o second_o be_v ground_v on_o another_o confession_n of_o the_o contrary_a party_n in_o their_o definition_n of_o god_n decree_n sect._n 13._o mr._n w_n mistake_n of_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n represent_v in_o clear_a and_o fair_a colour_n the_o general_a content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n chap._n i._n sect._n 1_o master_n w'_v fanciful_a creation_n of_o three_o general_a objection_n the_o distrust_n he_o put_v in_o his_o cause_n his_o study_a aim_v beside_o the_o mark_n he_o overthrow_v his_o own_o rampire_n his_o second_o overthrow_n of_o himself_o and_o of_o his_o absolute_a decree_n sect._n 2._o his_o three_o overthrow_n of_o himself_o by_o a_o most_o crimson_a contradiction_n he_o enter_v on_o that_o which_o mr._n calvin_n judge_v the_o worst_a part_n of_o libertinism_n his_o new_a contradiction_n about_o the_o manner_n of_o god_n work_v his_o down_n right_a libertinism_n libertine_n no_o christian_n a_o dilemma_n as_o a_o touch_n stone_n to_o try_v his_o meaning_n the_o determination_n of_o man_n will_n to_o wicked_a action_n be_v not_o god_n work_n he_o infer_v god_n to_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n his_o meaning_n ferret_v out_o of_o his_o word_n his_o abuse_n of_o scripture_n to_o serve_v his_o turn_n he_o speak_v worse_a of_o god_n then_o can_v be_v true_o say_v of_o satan_n his_o ugly_a doctrine_n of_o god_n speak_v out_o by_o mr._n barlee_n sect._n 3_o his_o three_o general_n answer_v a_o mere_a majestic_a mistake_n sect._n 4._o he_o descend_v from_o general_n to_o particular_n begin_v with_o the_o charge_n of_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o with_o a_o tergiversation_n and_o imposition_n on_o the_o scripture_n he_o asperse_v god_n with_o the_o decree_a of_o sin_n in_o the_o first_o attempt_n of_o his_o excuse_n his_o memorable_a answer_n to_o his_o own_o objection_n his_o meaning_n catch_v in_o a_o dilemma_n his_o foul_a use_n of_o the_o word_n permission_n and_o its_o odious_a impropriety_n represent_v in_o other_o colour_n the_o common_a poultice_n for_o a_o sore_a doctrine_n sect._n 5._o he_o mould_v a_o new_a objection_n against_o himself_o and_o grant_v what_o his_o doctrine_n be_v charge_v with_o his_o answer_n consist_v in_o shift_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o respondent_fw-la and_o speak_v quite_o another_o thing_n he_o confound_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n with_o sin_n and_o try_v to_o blot_v his_o doctrine_n fair_a his_o abuse_n of_o saint_n austin_n he_o argue_v that_o god_n do_v will_v sin_v perfect_o because_o he_o will_v the_o permission_n of_o it_o and_o fain_o will_v have_v scripture_n to_o speak_v against_o god_n by_o speak_v his_o activity_n in_o the_o production_n of_o sin_n 1._o from_o the_o sell_n of_o joseph_n 2._o pharaoh_n obduration_n 3._o the_o candanite_n harden_v 4._o absaloms_n defile_n his_o father_n concubine_n 5._o shimei_n curse_v david_n 6_o 7_o 8._o three_o other_o text_n 9_o the_o egyptian_n hatred_n of_o israel_n 10._o god_n be_v say_v to_o deceive_v the_o prophet_n 11._o give_v up_o to_o vile_a affection_n 12._o give_v eye_n not_o to_o see_v 13._o send_v delusion_n 14._o the_o nation_n make_v league_n with_o the_o roman_n all_o which_o scripture_n be_v explain_v and_o vindicate_v from_o the_o frightful_a misapprehension_n of_o this_o mistaker_n sect._n 6._o mr._n w._n most_o groundless_o infer_v god_n to_o sit_v still_o and_o to_o be_v a_o idle_a beholder_n if_o he_o be_v not_o busy_a in_o the_o efficiency_n of_o sin_n chap._n ii_o sect._n 1_o of_o the_o common_a hebraisme_n by_o which_o such_o verb_n be_v active_a in_o sound_n be_v only_o permissive_a in_o signification_n by_o the_o admission_n of_o which_o rule_n the_o foul_a absurdity_n aforesaid_a will_v be_v avoid_v and_o scripture_n expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mr._n w'_v manifold_a unhappiness_n in_o reject_v that_o rule_n he_o make_v contradiction_n in_o scripture_n and_o overthrow_v his_o own_o interest_n in_o other_o case_n he_o be_v convince_v by_o that_o which_o he_o can_v but_o confess_v his_o woeful_a shift_n in_o expound_v scripture_n and_o the_o mischief_n ensue_v on_o it_o his_o master_n contradict_v themselves_o by_o not_o observe_v the_o hebraisme_n mr._n w._n make_v light_a to_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o incest_n to_o be_v no_o sin_n by_o make_v a_o parity_n of_o god_n work_v in_o either_o case_n he_o be_v beat_v with_o his_o own_o weapon_n by_o any_o atheist_n dialogue-wise_a condemn_v out_o of_o his_o own_o mouth_n scripture_n interpret_v scripture_n against_o mr._n vv._n sect._n 2._o his_o return_n to_o his_o first_o method_n of_o forge_v objection_n to_o himself_o he_o be_v at_o odds_o with_o doctor_n twisse_n to_o make_v man_n sin_n be_v a_o a_o sin_n of_o the_o worst_a size_n yet_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n by_o that_o sort_n of_o man_n sect._n 3_o the_o ease_n and_o ordinary_a perversion_n of_o the_o scripture_n mr._n w._n mistake_v the_o error_n for_o the_o person_n of_o some_o protestant_n and_o confound_v they_o with_o the_o papist_n his_o party_n clamour_n against_o themselves_o and_o affront_n god_n with_o a_o epitrope_n mr._n w'_v clamour_n against_o protestant_a divine_n he_o jump_v in_o so_o do_v with_o the_o jesuited_a papist_n sect._n 4._o his_o foul_a imputation_n cast_v upon_o the_o scripture_n saint_n peter_n caveat_n touch_v paul_n epistle_n the_o literal_a plalnness_n of_o some_o scripture_n do_v make_v they_o difficult_a to_o some_o a_o short_a direction_n to_o the_o mean_n of_o remedy_n or_o prevention_n remove_v a_o stumbling-block_n out_o of_o the_o people_n way_n sect._n 5._o mr._n w._n either_o mean_n that_o god_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o evil_n because_o in_o good_a or_o that_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o the_o sin_n or_o that_o god_n be_v the_o proper_a cause_n and_o efficient_a of_o sin_n and_o that_o he_o mean_v the_o last_o be_v prove_v by_o a_o dilemma_n humane_a learning_n a_o good_a foundation_n for_o a_o divine_a sect._n 6._o mr._n w'_v rare_a essay_n to_o separate_v the_o wickedness_n from_o the_o act_n of_o the_o wicked_a act_n sect._n 7._o his_o first_o essay_n be_v a_o bare_a dictate_v include_v eight_o gross_a absurdity_n of_o action_n natural_a and_o unnatural_a of_o nature_n corrupt_v and_o uncorrupted_a mr._n vv._n deny_v god_n omnipotence_n and_o make_v he_o the_o proper_a cause_n of_o sin_n sect._n 8._o his_o second_o essay_n be_v a_o impertinence_n beyond_o example_n or_o what_o be_v so_o much_o worse_o as_o that_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v name_v he_o be_v force_v to_o be_v pertinent_a and_o his_o answer_n challenge_v sect._n 9_o his_o three_o essay_n be_v a_o continuance_n of_o his_o tergiversation_n and_o infer_v god_n the_o efficient_a of_o sin_n mr._n vv._n vindicate_v from_o his_o abuse_n put_v upon_o himself_o the_o probable_a cause_n of_o his_o chief_a aberration_n five_o expedient_n propose_v to_o undeceive_v he_o sect._n 10._o his_o four_o essay_n make_v the_o wicked_a action_n to_o be_v good_a and_o from_o god_n sect._n 11._o his_o five_o essay_n do_v betray_v he_o to_o a_o confession_n that_o he_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n he_o mistake_v a_o moral_a for_o a_o natural_a action_n and_o be_v hamper_v in_o some_o dilemma_n the_o method_n by_o which_o he_o be_v lead_v into_o all_o his_o blasphemy_n sect._n 12._o sin_n be_v inseparable_a from_o the_o sinful_a action_n which_o mr._n vv._n seem_v to_o see_v by_o his_o tergiversation_n he_o make_v a_o accident_n the_o subject_n of_o inhesion_n to_o a_o accident_n confound_v the_o act_n of_o differ_v with_o the_o passive_a power_n of_o be_v part_v make_v david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n no_o sin_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o adultery_n separable_a from_o itself_o sect._n 13._o he_o show_v his_o cause_n be_v desperate_a by_o speak_v purposely_o beside_o the_o purpose_n he_o attempt_v the_o wash_n of_o wet_a from_o water_n roundness_n from_o a_o globe_n sect._n 14._o mr._n vv._n affirm_v that_o god_n do_v will_n and_o work_v sin_n and_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o effect_v it_o and_o that_o sin_n make_v for_o god_n glory_n conclude_v sin_n to_o be_v good_a or_o god_n work_v it_o as_o evil_n feign_v god_n to_o work_v evil_a to_o a_o good_a end_n q._n whether_o he_o infer_v not_o god_n to_o be_v a_o sinner_n his_o inconsistence_n with_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n and_o with_o himself_o he_o frame_v not_o his_o proposition_n to_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n but_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n to_o his_o proposition_n sect._n 15_o &_o 16._o mr._n w'_v great_a forgery_n in_o that_o little_a which_o he_o cite_v his_o foul_a sense_n of_o god_n determination_n that_o sin_n shall_v be_v do_v his_o impious_a expression_n or_o god_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o sin_n and_o the_o importance_n of_o that_o phrase_n sect._n
unbeliever_n lest_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n shall_v shine_v unto_o they_o 2_o cor._n 4.4_o again_o it_o be_v say_v of_o our_o god_n who_o can_v endure_v the_o least_o sin_n he_o have_v blind_v their_o eye_n and_o harden_v their_o heart_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o see_v with_o their_o eye_n etc._n etc._n joh._n 12.40_o where_o because_o the_o two_o sense_n of_o those_o two_o text_n can_v possible_o be_v the_o same_o the_o former_a must_v needs_o be_v active_a and_o the_o late_a only_o permissive_a it_o be_v to_o be_v serious_o consider_v whether_o any_o such_o man_n can_v be_v fit_a for_o the_o ministry_n to_o be_v entrust_v with_o the_o key_n of_o knowledge_n to_o be_v steward_n of_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o live_a god_n who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o those_o scripture_n which_o differ_v most_o but_o help_v the_o people_n to_o confound_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o of_o the_o devil_n i_o confess_v my_o indignation_n be_v very_o great_a at_o this_o instant_n while_o i_o observe_v m._n w._n in_o a_o book_n 3_o book_n so_o he_o profess_v in_o his_o epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n p._n 2_o &_o 3_o intend_v for_o the_o unlearned_a to_o present_v the_o letter_n of_o such_o text_n without_o the_o least_o explication_n nay_o opposite_a text_n without_o the_o least_o offer_n of_o reconcilement_n nay_o teach_v that_o god_n have_v a_o 24._o a_o p._n 24._o efficiency_n in_o sin_n and_o 19_o and_o p._n 19_o work_v in_o the_o worst_a action_n as_o a_o natural_a cause_n and_o satan_n and_o 25._o he_o speak_v worse_a of_o god_n then_o can_v be_v true_o say_v of_o satan_n determine_v the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o every_o event_n whereas_o the_o devil_n himself_o can_v contribute_v so_o much_o to_o sin_n by_o the_o utmost_a force_n of_o his_o temptation_n he_o can_v but_o persuade_v and_o incline_v as_o a_o moral_a agent_n which_o can_v necessitate_v to_o wickedness_n as_o the_o natural_a do_v and_o if_o his_o parishioner_n or_o other_o as_o void_a of_o learning_n shall_v ask_v he_o the_o manner_n of_o god_n work_v and_o efficiency_n in_o sin_n that_o they_o may_v know_v how_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o devil_n manner_n of_o work_v in_o the_o very_a same_o sin_n and_o from_o the_o manner_n of_o work_v in_o which_o the_o sinner_n himself_o work_v behold_v his_o answer_n be_v only_o this_o it_o beseem_v we_o humble_o to_o acknowledge_v our_o ignorance_n in_o apprehend_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o work_n p._n 19_o and_o again_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o apprehend_v his_o secret_a and_o wonderful_a manner_n of_o work_v in_o evil_a action_n p._n 23._o lin_v ult_n how_o then_o good_a sir_n say_v the_o amaze_a catechumenist_n what_o shall_v we_o do_v in_o this_o case_n when_o our_o light_n be_v darkness_n where_o shall_v we_o seek_v knowledge_n when_o our_o priest_n lip_n can_v preserve_v it_o mr._n w_n answer_n be_v at_o hand_n 4._o hand_n p._n 24._o lin_v 3_o 4._o though_o he_o do_v it_o miro_n &_o ineffabili_fw-la modo_fw-la as_o austin_n speak_v yet_o we_o be_v not_o to_o deny_v the_o do_n of_o it_o but_o first_o the_o people_n be_v abuse_v with_o augustine_n name_n who_o never_o say_v any_o such_o thing_n his_o 100_o his_o p._n 20._o lin_v 1._o enchirid._n ad_fw-la laurent_n c._n 100_o word_n be_v quite_o contrary_a id_fw-la non_fw-la fit_n that_o be_v not_o do_v beside_o the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o be_v do_v against_o it_o mark_v reader_n he_o do_v not_o say_v what_o god_n do_v but_o what_o be_v do_v against_o god_n will_n by_o god_n permission_n which_o be_v not_o beside_o his_o will_n to_o permit_v it_o next_o suppose_v austin_n have_v say_v any_o such_o thing_n have_v not_o that_o be_v one_o of_o his_o many_o error_n but_o three_o it_o be_v well_o mr._n w._n will_v yield_v any_o authority_n to_o augustine_n enchiridion_n which_o be_v perfect_o 98._o perfect_o august_n enchir_n c._n 98._o destructive_a to_o mr._n w_n doctrine_n well_o mr._n w._n declare_v his_o ignorance_n to_o the_o unlearned_a quaerist_n touch_v the_o manner_n of_o god_n work_v and_o efficiency_n in_o sin_n as_o a_o natural_a cause_n which_o be_v precise_o his_o own_o expression_n do_v put_v we_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o contradiction_n whilst_o he_o confident_o define_v in_o some_o place_n what_o he_o profess_v not_o to_o know_v in_o other_o as_o be_v wonderful_a and_o ineffable_a make_v but_o room_n for_o mr._n barlee_fw-fr and_o he_o will_v help_v his_o fellow-labourer_n to_o make_v it_o out_o with_o a_o wet_a finger_n 12._o finger_n mr._n b_n neces_fw-la vin_fw-fr ch_n 3._o p._n 12._o he_o that_o can_v or_o will_v not_o tell_v how_o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o excite_v man_n to_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n which_o to_o the_o adulterer_n so_o excite_v be_v sin_n ☞_o though_o not_o to_o god_n neither_o will_v he_o tell_v how_o god_n without_o sin_n do_v stir_v up_o man_n to_o the_o act_n of_o lie_v with_o their_o lawful_a wife_n idabid_v wife_n ad_fw-la utrumque_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la generis_fw-la 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to_o be_v a_o sin_n any_o more_o than_o the_o eat_n of_o a_o natural_a agent_n it_o be_v as_o natural_a to_o eat_v as_o to_o grow_v by_o eat_v which_o make_v i_o guess_v a_o four_o cause_n of_o mr._n w_n error_n to_o be_v this_o that_o either_o he_o do_v not_o exact_o know_v or_o not_o incessant_o bear_v in_o mind_n that_o the_o same_o man_n as_o to_o several_a action_n be_v both_o a_o natural_a and_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n we_o eat_v and_o drink_v as_o we_o be_v animal_n but_o we_o fast_o and_o pray_v and_o do_v our_o duty_n or_o eat_v and_o drink_v against_o precept_n as_o we_o be_v man_n the_o former_a as_o we_o be_v spiritual_a and_o the_o late_a as_o carnal_a man_n but_o mr._n w._n in_o his_o instance_n of_o adam_n and_o david_n do_v confound_v the_o brutish_a with_o the_o rational_a property_n of_o the_o man_n the_o five_o cause_n of_o his_o miscarriage_n do_v seem_v to_o be_v his_o not_o animadvert_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o concrete_a in_o respect_n of_o sinfulness_n and_o note_n the_o same_o thing_n in_o one_o word_n which_o sinful_a act_n do_v note_n in_o two_o which_o i_o will_v make_v he_o apprehend_v do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o the_o contrary_a beside_o not_o read_v what_o i_o be_o write_v by_o show_v that_o a_o sin_n and_o a_o sinful_a term_n sinful_a note_v that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o a_o sinful_a act_n be_v as_o true_a if_o apply_v to_o action_n or_o motion_n which_o be_v also_o mr._n w_n term_n act_n have_v the_o same_o enunciation_n in_o all_o proposition_n to_o be_v imagine_v exit_fw-la gr._n it_o be_v as_o true_a a_o praedication_n and_o in_o sense_n the_o same_o to_o say_v that_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v his_o sin_n as_o to_o say_v it_o be_v his_o sinful_a act_n again_o as_o true_a a_o praedication_n and_o in_o sense_n the_o same_o to_o say_v it_o be_v his_o adultery_n as_o to_o say_v his_o adultery_n be_v his_o sin_n mr._n vv._n shall_v find_v upon_o every_o turn_n of_o the_o tongue_n that_o these_o term_n be_v convertible_a and_o that_o in_o recto_n and_o find_v that_o he_o will_v confess_v that_o either_o he_o must_v separate_v the_o same_o thing_n from_o it_o self_n or_o acknowledge_v his_o make_n god_n to_o be_v efficient_a of_o sin_n thus_o far_o be_o i_o bring_v beyond_o what_o i_o be_v bind_v to_o or_o at_o first_o intend_v by_o the_o mere_a strength_n of_o my_o desire_n to_o convert_v my_o aggressor_n while_o i_o confute_v he_o and_o have_v do_v thus_o i_o shall_v only_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o concurrence_n with_o mr._n b._n as_o well_o as_o of_o his_o discord_n with_o doctor_n twisse_n 1._o he_o concurre_v with_o that_o of_o mr._n b._n that_o god_n concurrence_n and_o excitation_n to_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n and_o to_o the_o husband_n lie_v with_o his_o lawful_a wife_n be_v the_o same_o ch_z 3._o p._n 12._o 2._o he_o be_v at_o discord_n with_o doctor_n twisse_n who_o say_v that_o 10._o that_o see_v correctâ—_n copy_n p._n 10._o god_n do_v so_o administer_v the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n and_o do_v so_o urge_v they_o that_o they_o smite_v the_o sinner_n mind_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v to_o act_v in_o sin_n as_o a_o moral_a cause_n whereas_o mr._n w._n affirm_v his_o act_n to_o be_v as_o a_o natural_a cause_n only_o i_o will_v not_o exagitate_v the_o noisome_a instance_n by_o which_o he_o clear_v his_o meaning_n to_o we_o nor_o will_v i_o show_v how_o he_o have_v gratify_v his_o carnal_a reader_n i_o rather_o hasten_v to_o his_o ensue_a word_n sect._n 10._o god_n his_o four_o essay_n infer_v the_o wicked_a action_n to_o be_v good_a and_o from_o god_n his_o four_o answer_n be_v that_o every_o new_a action_n and_o motion_n
god_n glory_n or_o that_o god_n may_v get_v himself_o glory_n by_o it_o and_o be_v apt_a to_o plead_v upon_o his_o commit_n of_o adultery_n or_o incest_n that_o he_o do_v not_o do_v it_o as_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o word_n which_o be_v 47._o be_v this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o dr._n twisse_n &_o other_o particular_o own_v by_o mr._n w._n p._n 47._o improper_o call_v the_o will_n of_o god_n say_v they_o but_o as_o god_n do_v secret_o will_v it_o as_o it_o make_v for_o god_n glory_n or_o to_o the_o end_n that_o god_n may_v get_v himself_o some_o glory_n by_o it_o he_o do_v it_o not_o out_o of_o lust_n or_o as_o a_o sin_n but_o to_o procreate_v a_o saint_n and_o increase_v the_o number_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o withal_o to_o glorify_v that_o discriminate_a mercy_n which_o can_v not_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o pardon_v of_o such_o sin_n if_o they_o be_v not_o commit_v by_o they_o in_o who_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v pardon_v that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o the_o elect._n i_o put_v this_o case_n to_o fright_v man_n out_o of_o those_o premise_n from_o which_o if_o god_n restrain_v they_o not_o they_o have_v be_v know_v by_o experience_n to_o draw_v such_o horrible_a conclusion_n and_o have_v i_o not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v example_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v think_v this_o method_n needful_a mr._n w._n tell_v we_o plain_a enough_o both_o p._n 26._o and_o here_o too_o that_o so_o far_o as_o sin_n make_v for_o god_n glory_n god_n may_v both_o chapter_n both_o note_v that_o all_o be_v his_o own_o expression_n â—_o 26_o &_o 28._o which_o must_v be_v compare_v to_o which_o purpose_n look_v on_o what_o i_o hâ—ve_v say_v sect_n 14._o of_o this_o chapter_n will_n and_o *_o work_n it_o and_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o 〈◊〉_d effect_v or_o *_o work_n of_o it_o and_o though_o sin_n be_v in_o itself_o evil_a yet_o it_o may_v have_v some_o respect_n of_o *_o good_a as_o for_o that_o which_o he_o call_v a_o true_a rule_n and_o what_o he_o have_v out_o of_o austin_n against_o himself_o i_o will_v not_o exagitate_v his_o unhappiness_n therein_o as_o i_o must_v also_o forbear_v to_o do_v it_o in_o many_o other_o particular_n mere_o for_o fear_n i_o shall_v be_v endless_a sect._n 20._o mr._n w._n proceed_v to_o a_o six_o argument_n whereby_o he_o prove_v his_o great_a willingness_n to_o prove_v that_o god_n have_v efficiency_n and_o hand_n in_o sin_n siam_fw-it mr._n w_n dangerous_a misapprehension_n of_o that_o figurative_a sentence_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v sin_n with_o siam_fw-it but_o more_o than_o his_o willingness_n to_o prove_v it_o he_o prove_v not_o for_o his_o argument_n be_v but_o this_o that_o god_n punish_v one_o sin_n with_o another_o and_o punishment_n be_v more_o than_o a_o bare_a permission_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o say_v that_o a_o judge_n only_o permit_v a_o malefactor_n to_o be_v arraign_v condemn_v and_o execute_v p._n 28._o lin_v ult_n p._n 29._o lin_v 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o first_o it_o be_v not_o any_o where_o say_v in_o scripture_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v one_o sin_n with_o another_o but_o it_o be_v a_o sentence_n of_o the_o schoolman_n as_o common_o know_v to_o be_v catachrestical_a as_o any_o beggar_n know_v his_o own_o dish_n and_o have_v neither_o truth_n nor_o sense_n in_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v figurative_o mean_v for_o god_n punish_v the_o sinner_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n nor_o do_v he_o imprint_v sin_n on_o he_o as_o the_o lictor_n do_v stripe_n but_o withdraw_v his_o grace_n and_o leave_v the_o sinner_n to_o himself_o whereupon_o he_o sin_v without_o restraint_n but_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o this_o in_o 9_o in_o see_v the_o sinner_n implead_v c._n 1._o p._n 9_o another_o place_n where_o i_o have_v also_o record_v s._n augustine_n suffrage_n for_o the_o truth_n sin_n 2._o his_o make_v god_n the_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o great_a sin_n 2._o but_o mr._n w._n have_v so_o prodigious_o misunderstand_v that_o sentence_n or_o else_o so_o guilty_o dissemble_v his_o understanding_n as_o to_o express_v god_n punish_v of_o sin_n with_o sin_n by_o the_o positive_a action_n of_o a_o judge_n in_o his_o arraign_v condemn_v and_o execution_n of_o malefactor_n which_o be_v to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n and_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o world_n such_o as_o be_v the_o late_a sin_n which_o be_v call_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o former_a it_o be_v frequent_o the_o doctrine_n of_o mr._n w._n that_o of_o all_o positive_a action_n god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o 11._o and_o exeunt_n of_o god_n prov._n c._n 4._o p._n 11._o proper_a cause_n but_o idolatry_n and_o adultery_n blasphemy_n and_o murder_n and_o the_o sin_n not_o to_o be_v name_v rom._n 1.26_o be_v positive_a action_n and_o punishment_n in_o the_o schoolmen_n sense_n and_o so_o according_a to_o mr._n w._n god_n be_v blasphemous_o infer_v to_o be_v their_o author_n and_o proper_a cause_n act_n 3._o which_o he_o also_o extend_v to_o the_o very_a sin_n of_o the_o act_n 3._o now_o we_o see_v what_o move_v he_o to_o say_v in_o print_n that_o god_n must_v 2._o must_v ibid._n p._n 12._o jin._n 1_o 2._o needs_o some_o way_n both_o will_n and_o work_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o act._n mark_v well_o good_a reader_n he_o do_v not_o say_v as_o at_o other_o time_n the_o act_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o sinful_a act_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o act_n mean_v the_o pravity_n and_o deformity_n and_o obliquity_n itself_o as_o he_o explain_v himself_o in_o the_o next_o two_o line_n wherein_o he_o say_v that_o god_n get_v glory_n to_o himself_o by_o that_o very_a pravity_n and_o deformity_n worst_a 4._o he_o tread_v a_o step_n beyond_o calvin_n worst_a 4._o mr._n w._n in_o this_o do_v tread_v a_o step_n beyond_o calvin_n not_o only_o 68_o †_o calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 18._o sect_n 1._o fol._n 68_o follow_v he_o through_o thick_a and_o thin_a for_o though_o mr._n calvin_n speak_v broad_o that_o the_o wicked_a man_n while_o he_o act_v be_v 7._o be_v id._n ib._n sect_n 2._o fol._n 69._o apparet_fw-la cer_fw-la â_fw-la destinatione_fw-la dei_fw-la fuisse_fw-la impulsos_fw-la fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la interpositâ_fw-la satanae_n operâ_fw-la saepe_fw-la deum_fw-la agere_fw-la in_o reprebis_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la e_fw-la jus_o impulsu_fw-la satan_n ipse_fw-la svas_fw-la part_n agate_n unde_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la manat_fw-la efficacia_fw-la erroris_fw-la ut_fw-la mendacium_fw-la credant_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n summa_fw-la haec_fw-la sit_fw-la quum_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dicitur_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la esse_fw-la cause_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la exerat_fw-la in_o electis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobos_fw-la in_o obsequium_fw-la cogat_fw-la ibid._n et_fw-la jam_fw-la satis_fw-la apertè_fw-la ostendi_fw-la deum_fw-la vocari_fw-la eorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la authorem_fw-la quae_fw-la isti_fw-la censores_fw-la volunt_fw-la otioso_fw-la tantum_fw-la ejus_fw-la permissu_fw-la contingere_fw-la id._n ib._n sect_n 3._o p._n 7._o act_v by_o god_n and_o that_o the_o assyrian_n be_v thrust_v on_o to_o rob_v and_o plunder_v by_o the_o sure_a destination_n of_o god_n and_o that_o god_n do_v act_n in_o the_o reprobate_n by_o the_o interposition_n of_o satan_n help_n that_o satan_n by_o god_n impulse_n may_v act_v his_o own_o part_n also_o and_o that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o error_n proceed_v from_o god_n and_o that_o when_o he_o cast_v man_n into_o filthy_a desire_n he_o be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o his_o just_a vengeance_n that_o be_v of_o sin_n in_o mr._n w_n sense_n and_o satan_n only_o the_o minister_n and_o that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o his_o providence_n do_v not_o only_o exert_v its_o force_n in_o the_o elect_a who_o be_v rule_v by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n but_o do_v also_o compel_v the_o reprobate_n to_o be_v obsequious_a and_o that_o god_n be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o censorious_a will_v have_v to_o happen_v by_o his_o idle_a permission_n only_o though_o these_o be_v frightful_a expression_n and_o apply_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o not_o to_o be_v capable_a of_o excuse_n yet_o mr._n vv._n as_o i_o show_v have_v step_v beyond_o he_o 5._o the_o 95._o the_o veteres_n religiosiù_fw-fr interdum_fw-la simplicem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la confessionem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la reformidant_fw-la ne_fw-la augustinus_n quidem_fw-la illâ_fw-la superstâ—tione_fw-la interdum_fw-la solutus_fw-la est_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ubi_fw-la dicit_fw-la indurationem_fw-la &_o excaecationem_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la operationem_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la spectare_fw-la calv._n inst_z l._n 2._o c._n 4._o sect._n 3._o fol._n 95._o ancient_a father_n be_v afraid_a to_o ascribe_v that_o to_o god_n work_v which_o they_o see_v can_v only_o be_v the_o object_n of_o his_o prescience_n and_o his_o permission_n
that_o ever_o pretend_a to_o stir_v up_o laughter_n i_o will_v immediate_o address_v myself_o to_o the_o uncover_v of_o his_o doctrine_n and_o of_o those_o in_o the_o first_o place_n which_o have_v most_o endear_v he_o to_o mr._n whitfield_n by_o forge_v god_n to_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o all_o the_o wickedness_n in_o the_o world_n without_o exception_n and_o not_o only_o to_o be_v the_o author_n but_o which_o be_v much_o more_o frightful_a the_o necessitator_n of_o sin_n his_o first_o abstersion_n in_o this_o kind_n for_o so_o he_o be_v resolve_v to_o word_n it_o apologize_v his_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o crime_n for_o which_o be_v apologize_v and_o the_o printer_n it_o seem_v do_v let_v he_o have_v his_o own_o will_n be_v a_o plain_a acknowledgement_n of_o the_o crime_n with_o which_o he_o stand_v charge_v for_o of_o 139._o diu._n philan._n c._n 3._o from_o p._n 1â—3_n to_o p._n 139._o all_o those_o author_n and_o assertion_n which_o i_o object_v to_o mr._n b._n as_o to_o a_o follower_n and_o a_o disciple_n he_o profess_v to_o disow_v no_o more_o than_o two_o his_o word_n be_v these_o i_o will_v only_o except_v against_o monstrous_a leviathan_n hobbs_n and_o the_o book_n which_o he_o call_v comfort_n for_o believer_n these_o i_o disow_v from_o ever_o have_v be_v my_o master_n c._n 3._o p._n 7._o away_o with_o these_o two_o then_o they_o be_v except_v against_o but_o for_o zanchie_a borrhaus_n piscator_fw-la beza_n zuinglius_fw-la and_o martyr_n and_o all_o the_o other_o ingredient_n in_o that_o long_a catalogue_n mr._n b._n avow_v they_o to_o be_v his_o master_n ingenuum_fw-la est_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la profeceris_fw-la but_o it_o be_v teach_v by_o those_o author_n in_o the_o very_a ibid._n very_a ibid._n page_n by_o he_o cite_v that_o both_o the_o reprobate_n and_o the_o elect_n be_v preordain_v to_o sin_n as_o sin_n that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n in_o general_a of_o murder_n and_o adultery_n in_o particular_a that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n and_o in_o particular_a the_o cause_n of_o incredulity_n that_o god_n do_v thrust_v man_n on_o unto_o wickedness_n and_o the_o like_a therefore_o these_o and_o the_o rest_n from_o p._n 133._o to_o p._n 139._o be_v avowed_o the_o doctrine_n of_o mr._n barlee_n and_o why_o mr._n hobbs_n be_v out_o of_o favour_n who_o have_v not_o speak_v so_o noisom_o as_o these_o have_v do_v for_o aught_o i_o have_v hitherto_o observe_v i_o can_v guess_v at_o the_o reason_n unless_o he_o have_v offend_v by_o his_o comparative_a reservedness_n sect._n 2._o it_o 1._o he_o contradict_v his_o own_o and_o his_o reader_n eye_n without_o the_o least_o possibility_n of_o gain_v by_o it_o his_o next_o abstersion_n c._n 3._o p._n 11._o have_v the_o unhappiness_n to_o begin_v with_o a_o very_a bold_a falsehood_n in_o contradiction_n to_o his_o own_o and_o his_o reader_n eye_n for_o he_o profess_v every_o where_o in_o his_o correp_n correction_n to_o have_v careful_o distinguish_v these_o three_o thing_n it_o least_o possibility_n of_o gain_v by_o it_o 1._o the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n 2._o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n 3._o the_o roll_a and_o overrule_a the_o sin_n and_o sinner_n this_o he_o profess_v to_o have_v do_v in_o all_o the_o place_n which_o i_o direct_v unto_o and_o fear_v not_o to_o say_v that_o his_o heedful_a reader_n may_v easy_o see_v it_o either_o he_o be_v confident_a of_o no_o such_o reader_n or_o else_o he_o have_v a_o worse_a confidence_n to_o affirm_v pointblank_o he_o care_v not_o what_o for_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o god_n tempt_a man_n to_o sin_n p._n 79._o he_o say_v he_o be_v not_o at_o leisure_n to_o tell_v in_o what_o sense_n nay_o he_o do_v peremptory_o pronounce_v that_o god_n do_v not_o only_o determine_v all_o thing_n and_o action_n without_o exception_n but_o their_o several_a modality_n too_o and_o that_o of_o all_o such_o modality_n god_n be_v the_o supreme_a cause_n p._n 86_o 87._o so_o that_o according_a to_o mr._n b._n god_n be_v not_o only_o the_o determiner_n and_o sovereign_a cause_n of_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n or_o action_n but_o of_o every_o circumstance_n or_o modality_n and_o so_o of_o the_o sinfulness_n itself_o the_o application_n of_o david_n will_n to_o the_o forbid_a object_n and_o of_o every_o point_n of_o aggravation_n with_o which_o the_o adultery_n be_v load_v now_o though_o the_o broad-est-mouthed_a libertine_n must_v study_v hard_a to_o speak_v worse_o yet_o this_o be_v one_o of_o mr._n b_n most_o careful_a speech_n 2._o he_o profess_v his_o care_n for_o the_o clear_n of_o god_n from_o have_v any_o efficiency_n in_o sin_n hick_n 2._o his_o inconsistency_n with_o himself_o with_o mr._n w._n and_o mr._n hick_n as_o such_o p._n 11._o yet_o it_o be_v flat_o his_o language_n as_o well_o as_o mr._n vv'_v p._n 24._o that_o god_n must_v needs_o have_v some_o efficiency_n in_o sin_n and_o his_o master_n say_v in_o sin_n as_o sin_n as_o have_v be_v show_v if_o by_o the_o word_n as_o such_o he_o mean_n another_o modality_n than_o he_o either_o contradict_v what_o be_v so_o late_o cite_v from_o he_o or_o else_o it_o be_v his_o divinity_n that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n as_o such_o but_o this_o again_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o his_o clear_n god_n from_o it_o if_o he_o mean_v as_o mr._n vv._n that_o god_n do_v will_n and_o work_v sin_n not_o as_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o as_o it_o make_v for_o god_n glory_n then_o he_o be_v liable_a to_o all_o those_o misery_n into_o which_o mr._n vv._n have_v plunge_v himself_o and_o condemn_v himself_o out_o of_o his_o own_o mouth_n as_o well_o as_o out_o of_o mr._n vv'_v and_o mr._n hick_n out_o of_o both_o in_o a_o word_n he_o be_v ruin_v seven_o several_a way_n for_o a_o acquaintance_n with_o which_o i_o send_v he_o back_o to_o my_o second_o chapter_n sect._n 14._o but._n 3._o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o utmost_a of_o his_o acumen_fw-la and_o his_o care_n he_o say_v that_o the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n chapter_n 3._o he_o betray_v himself_o many_o way_n in_o his_o very_a provision_n for_o a_o escape_n look_v forward_o on_o sect._n 7._o and_o 12._o of_o this_o chapter_n be_v the_o do_v or_o leave_v undo_v some_o positive_a natural_a or_o moral_a act_n and_o of_o that_o he_o call_v god_n the_o sovereign_a author_n p._n 11._o so_o that_o if_o david_n adultery_n or_o lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v a_o positive_a act_n either_o natural_a or_o moral_a which_o he_o can_v deny_v he_o be_v declare_o of_o opinion_n that_o god_n be_v the_o sovereign_a author_n of_o it_o again_o he_o call_v it_o a_o part_n of_o sin_n while_o he_o call_v it_o the_o material_a part_n of_o sin_n and_o add_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o but_o every_o part_n of_o the_o whole_a must_v needs_o participate_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a especial_o in_o accident_n and_o even_o so_o he_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n not_o only_o in_o equivalence_n but_o even_o in_o those_o very_a term_n nor_o will_v it_o help_v he_o to_o say_v materiale_a substratum_fw-la for_o by_o that_o he_o must_v mean_v either_o the_o substance_n or_o the_o action_n either_o david_n himself_o or_o his_o lie_v with_o bathshebah_n if_o the_o former_a he_o be_v undo_v for_o it_o be_v to_o say_v that_o a_o substance_n be_v a_o part_n of_o a_o accident_n and_o that_o david_n himself_o be_v a_o part_n of_o his_o adultery_n if_o he_o fly_v unto_o the_o late_a he_o be_v worse_a undo_v then_o in_o the_o former_a for_o it_o be_v to_o say_v that_o the_o action_n which_o be_v confess_o positive_a be_v a_o part_n of_o that_o which_o according_a to_o he_o and_o mr._n hick_n be_v mere_o privative_a and_o that_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v but_o part_n of_o his_o adultery_n or_o at_o least_o that_o his_o adultery_n be_v but_o part_n of_o his_o sin_n if_o to_o avoid_v these_o absurdity_n he_o shall_v say_v the_o very_a truth_n that_o the_o action_n itself_o to_o wit_n david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v indeed_o his_o whole_a adultery_n and_o so_o his_o whole_a sin_n then_o his_o misery_n be_v as_o press_v as_o when_o he_o speak_v the_o great_a falsehood_n unless_o he_o cry_v peccavi_fw-la and_o yield_v the_o whole_a cause_n for_o either_o he_o must_v deny_v that_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v a_o positive_a thing_n or_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o as_o here_o he_o do_v or_o else_o he_o must_v say_v that_o sin_n be_v god_n which_o be_v his_o own_o inference_n c._n 3._o p._n 112._o or_o he_o must_v spit_v in_o the_o face_n of_o his_o pious_a friend_n mr._n hick_n who_o betray_v he_o to_o that_o senseless_a blasphemous_a inference_n now_o let_v
with_o that_o natural_a liberty_n that_o be_v neither_o force_v nor_o by_o any_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o nature_n determine_v to_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o adam_n determination_n of_o his_o free_a will_n to_o the_o eat_n of_o forbid_a fruit_n which_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n be_v mere_o from_o adam_n and_o not_o from_o god_n unless_o they_o will_v say_v he_o have_v a_o necessity_n supernatural_a though_o not_o from_o nature_n which_o if_o they_o say_v it_o will_v be_v at_o their_o peril_n again_o it_o be_v grant_v by_o all_o that_o man_n since_o the_o fall_n have_v a_o liberty_n of_o will_n in_o thing_n not_o moral_a and_o in_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v mere_o moral_a which_o infer_v they_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o many_o positive_a acts._n catcchize_v 5._o they_o be_v far_o uncover_v by_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v catcchize_v 5._o if_o mr._n b._n and_o mr._n hick_n be_v to_o be_v public_o catechize_v and_o first_o ask_v who_o make_v they_o man_n 2._o who_o make_v they_o sinner_n 3._o who_o make_v they_o priest_n 4._o who_o make_v their_o doublet_n either_o long_a or_o short-wasted_n 5._o who_o be_v wont_a to_o wash_v their_o clothes_n to_o cleanse_v their_o hand_n and_o their_o foot_n and_o to_o do_v some_o other_o much_o vile_a office_n they_o will_v not_o say_v for_o shame_n that_o god_n do_v make_v or_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v positive_a and_o real_a entity_n but_o to_o each_o of_o those_o question_n they_o will_v certain_o return_v a_o severe_a answer_n again_o if_o they_o be_v ask_v who_o make_v the_o short-wastedness_a of_o the_o doublet_n aforesaid_a they_o will_v say_v the_o same_o tailor_n who_o make_v it_o a_o short-wasted_n doublet_n ask_v they_o then_o who_o make_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o sinful_a action_n to_o wit_n david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n they_o will_v say_v the_o same_o agent_n who_o make_v the_o sinful_a action_n that_o positive_a entity_n david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n against_o the_o law_n who_o make_v that_o positive_a entity_n or_o sinful_a action_n even_o god_n say_v show_v say_v mr._n w._n say_v that_o of_o every_o positive_a act_n god_n be_v the_o proper_a efficient_a cause_n p._n 24._o mr._n b._n and_o mr._n h._n the_o same_o and_o worse_a as_o have_v be_v show_v they_o but_o say_v i_o the_o adulterer_n against_o the_o precept_n and_o will_n of_o god_n and_o against_o that_o measure_n of_o his_o grace_n which_o have_v be_v sufficient_a to_o prevent_v it_o if_o david_n have_v not_o be_v a_o resolute_a and_o wilful_a sinner_n i_o conclude_v this_o section_n with_o the_o confession_n of_o mr._n w._n that_o he_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o action_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sin_n also_o which_o be_v unseparable_a from_o it_o p._n 25._o but_o both_o himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n do_v say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o maker_n of_o the_o action_n as_o be_v a_o positive_a and_o real_a thing_n therefore_o according_a to_o their_o concession_n they_o do_v all_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n sect._n 20._o block_n mr._n b_n second_o chip_n of_o the_o old_a block_n mr._n b._n hew_v out_o his_o second_o chip_n thus_o he_o must_v hold_v that_o there_o be_v miriads_o of_o miriads_o of_o action_n in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v not_o wrought_v by_o god_n etc._n etc._n p._n 113._o this_o second_o chip_n be_v wonderful_a if_o compare_v with_o the_o first_o god_n 1._o his_o inconsistency_n with_o himself_o and_o his_o infer_v all_o sinful_a action_n to_o be_v wrought_v by_o god_n for_o there_o he_o will_v have_v i_o bind_v up_o by_o my_o thesis_n to_o maintain_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n though_o here_o he_o make_v i_o to_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v 100000._o of_o action_n not_o wrought_v by_o god_n if_o the_o first_o be_v swallow_v there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o the_o second_o and_o if_o the_o second_o than_o no_o place_n for_o the_o first_o for_o if_o i_o hold_v as_o i_o do_v that_o there_o be_v miriads_o of_o sin_n or_o sinful_a action_n whereof_o not_o one_o can_v by_o any_o possibility_n be_v wrought_v by_o god_n then_o by_o no_o possibility_n can_v i_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o now_o mr._n b._n declare_v his_o tenet_n that_o all_o the_o action_n in_o the_o world_n however_o filthy_a and_o noisome_a be_v wrought_v by_o god_n i_o say_v the_o contrary_a that_o there_o be_v a_o world_n of_o wickedness_n which_o be_v none_o of_o god_n make_v but_o of_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o party_n whether_o in_o hell_n or_o in_o earth_n jesuit_n 2._o his_o unsuccesful_a reliance_n on_o the_o jesuit_n 2._o while_o i_o deny_v that_o any_o sinful_a action_n be_v wrought_v by_o god_n i_o do_v not_o deny_v that_o he_o permit_v they_o and_o i_o have_v often_o show_v how_o the_o sinner_n depend_v on_o god_n both_o for_o his_o power_n to_o live_v and_o move_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o sesuite_n may_v well_o be_v true_a for_o they_o be_v kinsman_n in_o these_o affair_n the_o jesuit_n in_o waggery_n do_v purposely_o propagate_v many_o blasphemy_n arise_v from_o the_o tenet_n of_o unconditional_a reprobation_n in_o many_o protestant_a part_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n that_o by_o make_v they_o odious_a they_o may_v fright_v man_n from_o thence_o into_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n i_o find_v the_o observation_n in_o the_o renown_a and_o judicious_a 3189._o judicious_a exact_a coll._n l._n 10._o ch_n 39_o sect_n 6._o p._n 3189._o dr._n jackson_n who_o mr._n b._n put_v i_o upon_o read_v by_o his_o say_n that_o i_o have_v read_v he_o when_o indeed_o i_o have_v not_o and_o since_o the_o jesuit_n suarez_n be_v of_o so_o much_o authority_n with_o his_o cousin_n of_o the_o kirk_n i_o will_v observe_v out_o of_o 2._o of_o proprio_fw-la &_o real_a influxu_fw-la concurrit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la ut_fw-la reale_v actus_fw-la sunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la &_o intrinsecè_fw-la mali_fw-la sint_fw-la nam_fw-la cùm_fw-la hi_o actus_fw-la sint_fw-la verè_fw-la res_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la reale_v necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la saltem_fw-la illam_fw-la dopendentiam_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la habeant_fw-la quae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la effect_n bus_fw-la generalis_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr concursu_fw-la motione_fw-la &_o auxiliis_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o suarez_n that_o the_o act_n of_o freewill_n be_v real_a act_n though_o evil_a and_o the_o real_a effect_n of_o second_o cause_n which_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n be_v both_o entreat_v to_o chew_v upon_o and_o again_o i_o will_v observe_v that_o suarez_n give_v those_o act_n but_o a_o general_a dependence_n upon_o god_n whereas_o doctor_n twisse_n as_o i_o late_o cite_v he_o make_v god_n to_o be_v causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la actus_fw-la which_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o jesuit_n though_o the_o jesuit_n and_o dominican_n be_v too_o too_o bad_a in_o their_o assertion_n sect._n 21._o former_a mr._n b_n 3d._a chip_n more_o pitiful_a than_o the_o former_a mr._n b._n say_v far_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o more_o sinful_a act_n any_o commit_v the_o more_o he_o be_v a_o creator_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o god_n of_o himself_o p._n 13._o still_o a_o chip_n of_o the_o same_o block_n but_o 1._o what_o pretence_n have_v he_o for_o this_o when_o i_o have_v say_v so_o often_o that_o though_o the_o sinner_n in_o some_o sort_n may_v be_v call_v the_o creator_n of_o his_o sin_n yet_o the_o evil_n which_o he_o do_v he_o do_v by_o that_o power_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n which_o he_o have_v from_o god_n how_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o any_o sense_n 2._o to_o be_v a_o god_n of_o evil_n be_v a_o very_a sad_a privilege_n and_o the_o word_n god_n be_v so_o far_o from_o signify_v he_o only_o who_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o 22.28_o that_o exod._n 22.28_o man_n and_o 8.5_o and_o 1_o cor._n 8.5_o idol_n be_v call_v god_n in_o scripture_n and_o satan_n himself_o the_o 4.4_o the_o 2_o cor._n 4.4_o god_n of_o this_o world_n and_o so_o the_o sum_n of_o mr._n b_n acumen_fw-la be_v but_o this_o that_o the_o more_o sin_n a_o man_n commit_v of_o the_o more_o sin_n he_o be_v the_o author_n the_o more_o evil_a the_o devil_n invent_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o very_o pretty_a look_v back_o on_o sect._n 18._o &_o 19_o num._n 5._o sect._n 22._o all_o mr._n b_n four_o chip_n the_o most_o lamentable_a of_o all_o mr._n b._n begin_v to_o be_v more_o extravagant_a than_o himself_o not_o only_o more_o than_o other_o man_n by_o argue_v from_o the_o supposal_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o thing_n
17._o his_o gross_a error_n in_o the_o notion_n of_o god_n permission_n his_o tremendous_a notion_n of_o alworking_a providence_n without_o exception_n of_o wickedness_n sect._n 18._o he_o put_v himself_o afresh_o into_o his_o old_a strait_n betwixt_o gross_a blasphemy_n and_o extraordinary_a impertinence_n he_o affirm_v that_o god_n have_v a_o active_a hand_n in_o the_o sin_n of_o oppression_n rebellion_n murder_n treachery_n violence_n and_o wrong_v how_o the_o great_a turk_n proceed_v on_o those_o maxim_n he_o justify_v the_o ranter_n by_o ascribe_v all_o our_o english_a change_n to_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n god_n be_v clear_v from_o carelessness_n or_o weakness_n with_o which_o he_o be_v charge_v by_o mr._n vv._n sect._n 19_o god_n be_v clear_v from_o willing_a and_o effect_v what_o he_o hate_v a_o case_n put_v to_o show_v the_o danger_n of_o mr._n vv_n doctrine_n in_o order_n to_o practice_n sect._n 20._o mr._n vv'_v dangerous_a misapprehension_n of_o that_o figurative_a sentence_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n his_o make_v god_n the_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o great_a sin_n which_o he_o also_o extend_v to_o the_o very_a sin_n of_o the_o act_n the_o pravity_n itself_o he_o tread_v a_o step_n beyond_o calvin_n worst_a sect._n 21._o the_o desperate_a nature_n of_o mr._n vv_n salvo_n and_o the_o hardness_n of_o his_o emollient_n his_o open_a profession_n that_o god_n secret_a will_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o his_o reveal_v will_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o very_a same_o object_n chap._n iii_o sect._n 1_o master_n b_n confession_n of_o the_o fact_n of_o which_o he_o plead_v not_o guilty_a his_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o worse_o than_o so_o in_o his_o endeavour_n to_o speak_v as_o wary_o as_o his_o principle_n will_v suffer_v he_o sect._n 2._o he_o contradict_v his_o own_o and_o his_o reader_n eye_n without_o the_o possibility_n of_o gain_v by_o it_o his_o inconsistency_n with_o himself_o with_o mr._n vv._n and_o mr._n hick_n he_o betray_v himself_o many_o way_n in_o his_o provision_n for_o a_o escape_n make_v god_n verbatim_o the_o sovereign_a author_n of_o sin_n both_o of_o omission_n and_o commission_n grant_v the_o whole_a charge_n or_o understand_v not_o a_o moral_a act_n his_o mixture_n of_o blasphemy_n with_o contradiction_n on_o the_o right_n and_o left_a hand_n sect._n 3_o he_o be_v ashamed_a to_o cite_v his_o own_o word_n true_o prove_v himself_o conscious_a to_o himself_o of_o be_v leave_v without_o excuse_n in_o charge_v god_n with_o be_v a_o tempter_n unto_o sin_n pretend_v a_o want_n of_o leisure_n to_o excuse_v or_o extenuate_v his_o blasphemy_n yet_o baulk_v it_o at_o his_o great_a leisure_n he_o accuse_v god_n of_o that_o which_o be_v the_o worst_a quality_n of_o satan_n flat_o contradict_v the_o scripture_n commit_v the_o worst_a of_o contradiction_n as_o well_o as_o blasphemy_n sect._n 4._o he_o be_v enrage_v that_o his_o meaning_n shall_v be_v measure_v by_o his_o word_n slander_n ancient_a and_o modern_a both_o papist_n and_o protestant_n saint_n austin_n in_o particular_a and_o imply_v it_o a_o sin_n for_o corn_n to_o grow_v sect._n 5._o his_o uncharitable_a reflection_n on_o his_o own_o dr._n twisse_n the_o doctor_n word_n cite_v sect._n 6._o mr._n b_n severity_n to_o himself_o prove_v his_o falsehood_n by_o self-contradiction_n he_o unavoidable_o charge_v god_n with_o sin_n in_o himself_o irrefragable_o prove_v from_o heb._n 6.18_o he_o imply_v his_o blasphemy_n common_a to_o he_o with_o his_o party_n he_o be_v convict_v by_o dr._n twisse_n of_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n sect._n 7._o he_o make_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o act_n of_o adultery_n and_o marriage_n but_o equal_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o both_o worse_o than_o the_o encratitae_n sect._n 8._o the_o undeniable_a blasphemy_n which_o ensue_v upon_o the_o doctrine_n of_o unconditional_a praedestination_n the_o great_a disease_n of_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n the_o original_a cause_n of_o the_o disease_n the_o patient_n prove_v extreme_o sick_a of_o the_o disease_n by_o his_o own_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o cause_n four_o short_a argument_n to_o confirm_v it_o sect._n 9_o the_o easy_a and_o infallible_a mean_n of_o cure_n to_o all_o that_o be_v not_o resolve_v to_o continue_v sick_a the_o nature_n of_o knowledge_n open_v and_o distinguish_v from_o decree_n god_n absolute_a decree_n do_v cause_v a_o necessity_n of_o event_n but_o his_o foreknowledge_n do_v not_o nor_o possible_o can_v it_o the_o absurdity_n which_o will_v follow_v if_o it_o be_v so_o a_o argument_n take_v from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o what_o be_v past_a the_o wide_a difference_n show_v between_o a_o necessity_n of_o consequence_n and_o a_o necessity_n of_o the_o consequent_a it_o be_v vain_a for_o the_o adversary_n to_o quit_v the_o first_o error_n unless_o they_o quit_v the_o second_o also_o d._n reynolds_n his_o concurrence_n with_o t._n p._n in_o this_o point_n god_n prescience_n do_v not_o praesuppose_v a_o praedetermination_n but_o rather_o praedetermination_n do_v connotate_n prescience_n if_o not_o praesuppose_v it_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o error_n show_v and_o remove_v the_o application_n to_o the_o present_a case_n and_o a_o way_n open_v to_o reconcilement_n sect._n 10._o mr._n b_n unavoidable_a consequential_a blasphemy_n that_o god_n determine_v all_o wickedness_n before_o be_v can_v foreknow_v it_o his_o ignorant_a use_n of_o the_o word_n futurition_n will_n certain_a counsel_n a_o threefold_a blasphemy_n beside_o a_o self-contradiction_n sect._n 11._o his_o positive_a doctrine_n of_o god_n ordain_v sin_n both_o original_a and_o actual_a nonsense_n add_v to_o blasphemy_n sect._n 12._o his_o self-contradiction_n in_o deny_v and_o also_o affirm_v that_o he_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n he_o be_v convict_v by_o his_o own_o word_n and_o the_o assembly_n and_o mr._n w_n and_o dr._n twisse_n and_o mr._n hobbs_n which_o last_o be_v justify_v by_o mr._n w._n sect._n 13._o mr._n b_n 10000_o curse_n upon_o himself_o and_o his_o master_n with_o his_o confession_n of_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o which_o he_o be_v accuse_v the_o like_a confession_n of_o his_o own_a master_n together_o with_o their_o commission_n of_o the_o crime_n confess_v sect._n 14._o his_o confession_n of_o faith_n touch_v god_n commerce_n with_o sin_n he_o profess_v open_o to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sinfulness_n itself_o sect._n 15._o concern_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o sin_n the_o state_n of_o the_o case_n from_o the_o beginning_n sin_n prove_v to_o have_v a_o true_a efficient_a cause_n and_o by_o mr._n b_n confession_n who_o also_o deny_v it_o how_o his_o rail_n in_o lieu_n of_o answer_n do_v strike_v at_o s._n james_n but_o hit_v himself_o and_o his_o party_n of_o jam._n 1.15_o sect._n 16._o of_o the_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n clear_o prove_v sect._n 17._o mr._n b_n first_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o goodn'ss_n of_o sin_n in_o which_o mr._n hick_n be_v equal_o concern_v the_o noysomness_n of_o the_o disease_n the_o purge_v out_o of_o the_o peccant_a humour_n of_o metaphysical_a and_o moral_a bonity_n the_o dangerous_a effect_n in_o mr._n b._n and_o mr._n hick_n of_o be_v but_o smatterer_n in_o metaphysic_n dr._n twisse_n his_o foundation_n of_o irrespective_a decree_n a_o thin_a sophism_n how_o a_o lie_n be_v verum_fw-la as_o much_o as_o siâ—_n bonum_fw-la albertus_n magnus_n his_o word_n explain_v and_o augustine_n vindicate_v from_o the_o impertinence_n of_o the_o citation_n sect._n 18._o the_o most_o remarkable_a impiety_n of_o one_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o second_o argument_n infer_v the_o godhead_n of_o sin_n on_o one_o hand_n or_o its_o be_v god_n creature_n on_o the_o other_o mr._n h._n miserable_o toss_v by_o the_o two_o horn_n of_o his_o own_o dilemma_n a_o way_n open_v to_o his_o rescue_n from_o his_o ineffable_a danger_n he_o be_v show_v a_o medium_n betwixt_o god_n and_o god_n creature_n where_o he_o can_v see_v none_o how_o mr._n h._n and_o mr._n b._n do_v infer_v atheism_n itself_o to_o be_v the_o creature_n of_o god_n or_o god_n himself_o sin_n positive_a thing_n because_o inward_a habit_n man_z the_o author_n of_o some_o positive_a thing_n and_o god_n of_o some_o privative_n mr._n h._n confound_v negative_a and_o privative_a as_o well_o as_o privative_a and_o privation_n to_o harden_v our_o own_o heart_n and_o consent_n unto_o temptation_n be_v positive_a thing_n our_o destruction_n from_o our_o self_n a_o positive_a thing_n sin_n speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n as_o a_o positive_a thing_n mr._n hick_n convince_a by_o his_o own_o party_n he_o will_v confess_v he_o have_v blaspheme_v in_o case_n that_o sin_n be_v something_o positive_a which_o be_v further_o prove_v many_o way_n the_o sad_a effect_n of_o forge_v god_n to_o be_v the_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n real_a without_o exception_n
sect._n 19_o mr._n b_n first_o chip_n hew_v out_o of_o mr._n h_n block_n he_o foist_n into_o the_o creed_n the_o word_n real_a and_o make_v it_o supply_v the_o place_n of_o good_a provide_v a_o creed_n for_o the_o libertine_n viz._n that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o all_o sin_n if_o sin_n be_v thing_n real_a and_o thing_n not_o real_a imply_v a_o contradiction_n the_o different_a method_n of_o our_o reason_n and_o what_o come_v of_o it_o they_o ascribe_v the_o filthy_a of_o positive_a entity_n unto_o god_n aâ—c_n convince_v by_o the_o assembly_n confession_n of_o faith_n be_v far_o uncover_v by_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v catechize_v sect._n 20._o his_o second_o chip_n of_o the_o same_o block_n inconsistency_n with_o himself_o and_o make_v all_o sinful_a action_n to_o be_v wrought_v by_o god_n his_o unsuccesful_a reliance_n on_o the_o jesuit_n sect._n 21._o his_o three_o chip_n more_o pitiful_a than_o the_o former_a sect._n 22._o his_o four_o chip_n the_o most_o lamentable_a of_o all_o his_o argue_v conclude_v he_o pelagian_a or_o libertine_n he_o be_v impertinent_a on_o purpose_n to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n sect._n 23._o by_o his_o five_o chip_n he_o deny_v god_n prescience_n of_o all_o wickedness_n unless_o he_o also_o praedetermine_v it_o sect._n 24._o his_o imposition_n upon_o the_o scripture_n the_o schoolman_n austâ—n_n his_o new_a degree_n of_o arminianism_n sect._n 25._o mr._n hick_n heathenish_a expression_n of_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sect._n 26._o of_o calvin_n doctrine_n that_o god_n command_v yea_o compel_v the_o devil_n and_o all_o that_o be_v wicked_a to_o conceive_v &_o execure_v their_o evil_n dve_v sect._n 27._o mr._n b_n affect_a tergiversation_n in_o his_o chief_a concernment_n of_o zuinglius_fw-la his_o doctrine_n that_o god_n be_v in_o plain_a term_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n how_o mr._n b._n hold_v the_o same_o even_o in_o that_o which_o he_o confess_v to_o be_v the_o proper_a notion_n of_o the_o word_n author_n he_o accuse_v calvin_n in_o excuse_v he_o for_o say_v that_o god_n do_v will_n sin_n and_o piscator_fw-la as_o well_o as_o calvin_n for_o say_v that_o god_n do_v thrust_v man_n into_o wickedness_n he_o confess_v his_o master_n do_v some_o time_n teach_v a_o coaction_n from_o god_n to_o sin_n he_o forge_v new_a text_n upon_o the_o scripture_n sect._n 28._o he_o turn_v his_o back_n to_o the_o prime_a charge_n and_o tacit_o yield_v the_o whole_a cause_n sect._n 29._o of_o adam_n inclination_n to_o sin_n before_o he_o sin_v the_o birth_n and_o growth_n of_o the_o very_a first_o sin_n with_o the_o very_a wide_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n and_o the_o will_n sect._n 30._o the_o whole_a importance_n of_o the_o word_n author_n how_o the_o adversary_n say_v worse_o then_o if_o they_o have_v only_o say_v verbatim_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n mr._n rollâ—cks_v strange_a salvo_n chap._n iu._n sect._n 1_o of_o the_o signal_n fallacy_n swallow_v first_o by_o dr._n twisse_n then_o by_o his_o follower_n mr_n w_n essay_n to_o cover_v it_o the_o fallacy_n show_v in_o its_o deformity_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o whole_a mistake_n about_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n that_o cause_n remove_v and_o the_o fallacy_n leave_v naked_a mr._n w'_v indirect_a course_n to_o excuse_v dr._n twisse_n in_o contradiction_n to_o he_o dr._n twisse_n his_o error_n of_o coordination_n in_o thing_n subordinate_a sect._n 2._o mr._n w'_v forgery_n of_o objection_n in_o other_o man_n name_n sect._n 3_o mr._n w'_v second_o part_v display_v and_o universal_a redemption_n vindicate_v as_o to_o the_o true_a intent_n and_o extent_n of_o christ_n death_n from_o the_o feeble_a utmost_a of_o his_o attempt_n in_o a_o subdivision_n of_o eight_o paragraph_n sect._n 4._o how_o the_o presbyterian_o do_v nourish_v socinianism_n in_o contract_v christ_n death_n and_o pervert_v scripture_n daille_n camero_n amâ—rald_n why_o they_o forsake_v their_o party_n abridge_n the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n death_n receive_v rule_n for_o the_o interpret_n of_o word_n and_o end_v controversy_n the_o extreme_a absurdity_n of_o dutiful_a misbelief_n explode_v hy_z the_o lord_n primate_n mr._n w'_v reproach_n cast_v upon_o christendom_n and_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ_n europe_n asia_n africa_n and_o america_n infer_v by_o mr._n w._n to_o be_v the_o least_o part_n of_o the_o world_n sect._n 5._o universal_a redemption_n prove_v from_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o by_o s._n austin_n and_o prosper_n to_o the_o stop_n of_o mr._n w_n and_o mr._n b_n mouth_n sect._n 6._o the_o conclusion_n give_v reason_n why_o no_o more_o time_n be_v to_o be_v lose_v in_o this_o employment_n a_o introduction_n to_o the_o three_o first_o chapter_n concern_v the_o impious_a and_o unexcusable_a because_o blasphemous_a and_o unavoidable_a both_o contradiction_n and_o other_o absurdity_n which_o issue_n out_o from_o the_o denial_n of_o god_n eternal_a respective_a or_o conditional_a decree_n sect_n 1._o error_n the_o near_a way_n to_o end_v a_o controversy_n be_v to_o strike_v altogether_o at_o the_o root_n of_o error_n when_o once_o a_o error_n be_v grow_v fruitful_a and_o have_v run_v itself_o out_o into_o several_a branch_n it_o be_v common_o find_v by_o sad_a experience_n to_o grow_v the_o thick_a for_o be_v lop_v there_o be_v not_o a_o error_n in_o all_o theology_n which_o do_v seem_v to_o have_v take_v so_o deep_a a_o root_n or_o to_o have_v spread_v so_o sturdy_a branch_n or_o to_o have_v bear_v so_o lewd_a a_o fruit_n as_o that_o many-headed_a error_n who_o extirpation_n out_o of_o the_o church_n ought_v so_o much_o the_o rather_o to_o be_v desire_v because_o it_o have_v shed_v such_o a_o fatal_a and_o deadly_a influence_n upon_o a_o multitude_n of_o professor_n who_o have_v late_o sit_v under_o its_o shade_n of_o those_o that_o have_v exercise_v themselves_o in_o so_o good_a a_o work_n i_o may_v call_v it_o my_o lot_n and_o my_o necessity_n to_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o mean_a faithfulness_n and_o affection_n have_v be_v my_o chief_a qualification_n and_o i_o esteem_v it_o a_o privilege_n as_o well_o as_o duty_n to_o have_v do_v god_n service_n in_o any_o measure_n but_o in_o every_o good_a labourer_n there_o be_v a_o skill_n and_o prudence_n as_o well_o as_o industry_n and_o faithfulness_n to_o be_v require_v it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o be_v do_v and_o work_v in_o a_o mere_a opposition_n to_o sloth_n and_o idleness_n but_o by_o contrivance_n and_o forecast_n to_o do_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o work_n in_o a_o little_a time_n sect._n 2._o i_o be_o not_o quite_o so_o sensible_a of_o that_o unquestionable_a aphorism_n set_v down_o by_o solomon_n 12.12_o solomon_n eccles_n 12.12_o much_o study_n be_v a_o weariness_n to_o the_o flesh_n as_o of_o the_o word_n go_v before_o it_o in_o make_v many_o book_n there_o be_v no_o end_n this_o i_o know_v a_o long_a time_n since_o but_o it_o be_v now_o that_o i_o consider_v it_o and_o lay_v it_o serious_o to_o heart_n and_o therefore_o now_o i_o determine_v to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o the_o task_n impose_v on_o i_o not_o content_v myself_o with_o a_o bare_a resistance_n but_o proceed_v to_o a_o dispatch_n of_o that_o hydra-like_a error_n of_o which_o i_o speak_v i_o will_v no_o long_o amuse_v myself_o with_o strike_v off_o now_o and_o then_o a_o head_n which_o beside_o that_o they_o be_v many_o be_v very_o apt_a to_o be_v succeed_v by_o many_o other_o grow_v up_o out_o of_o the_o very_a same_o trunk_n but_o rather_o compendious_o endeavour_v to_o strike_v the_o monster_n into_o the_o heart_n which_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v but_o one_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o part_n that_o live_v and_o the_o last_o that_o die_v in_o every_o creature_n sect._n 3_o thing_n the_o grand_a error_n about_o god_n decree_n and_o its_o numerous_a offspring_n be_v root_v in_o the_o mistake_n of_o two_o thing_n the_o false_a conceit_n of_o god_n prescience_n and_o predetermination_n make_v up_o the_o error_n of_o irrespective_n and_o unconditional_a decree_n i_o do_v not_o say_v of_o the_o most_o natural_a but_o of_o the_o most_o voluntary_a action_n and_o effect_n neither_o reward_n nor_o punishment_n nor_o sin_n itself_o be_v except_v this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o heart_n impart_v life_n and_o activity_n to_o every_o member_n and_o limb_n of_o that_o body_n of_o error_n who_o most_o affectionate_a friend_n and_o abettor_n have_v conspire_v to_o find_v i_o my_o late_a employment_n with_o this_o grand_a error_n all_o the_o rest_n which_o grow_v from_o it_o must_v live_v and_o die_v in_o this_o mr._n whitfield_n have_v put_v his_o chief_a trust_n upon_o this_o he_o have_v be_v pore_v as_o his_o admirer_n have_v â—oasted_v these_o thirty_o year_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o â—his_fw-la he_o have_v
public_o choose_v to_o display_v his_o whole_a strength_n as_o if_o by_o this_o he_o be_v desirous_a that_o every_o part_n of_o the_o controversy_n shall_v be_v decide_v i_o accept_v his_o challenge_n and_o hearty_o thank_v he_o for_o the_o contrivance_n he_o have_v give_v i_o a_o occasion_n of_o take_v much_o a_o near_a way_n to_o my_o journey_n end_n than_o i_o first_o intend_v sect._n 4._o conviction_n the_o speedy_a way_n to_o conviction_n for_o if_o i_o prove_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n and_o out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o predecessor_n that_o what_o they_o public_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v blasphemous_o false_a do_v unavoidable_o follow_v from_o their_o espouse_a notion_n of_o god_n decree_n then_o can_v he_o not_o choose_v but_o acknowledge_v that_o such_o a_o notion_n of_o god_n decree_n must_v needs_o be_v dangerous_o false_a he_o must_v confess_v that_o his_o book_n be_v a_o insufferable_a libel_n against_o his_o maker_n and_o such_o as_o against_o which_o he_o must_v public_o enter_v his_o protestation_n now_o that_o it_o be_v false_a and_o blasphemous_a to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n both_o in_o those_o very_a term_n and_o in_o other_o as_o bad_a and_o in_o many_o other_o much_o worse_o be_v ever_o acknowledge_v by_o themselves_o in_o some_o part_n of_o their_o write_n wherein_o forgetful_a of_o their_o doctrine_n they_o consider_v nothing_o but_o duty_n who_o yet_o in_o other_o part_n of_o their_o own_o writing_n wherein_o forgetful_a of_o duty_n they_o reason_v only_o from_o their_o doctrine_n do_v most_o dogmatical_o deliver_v it_o for_o very_o great_a truth_n sect._n 5._o thing_n make_a plain_a and_o open_a by_o a_o manifestation_n of_o three_o thing_n in_o great_a affection_n to_o the_o most_o vulgar_a and_o less_o intelligent_a reader_n who_o deliverance_n and_o liberty_n from_o the_o worst_a kind_n of_o thraldom_n i_o do_v especial_o aim_v at_o in_o what_o i_o publish_v i_o will_v use_v the_o great_a 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speak_v against_o their_o own_o light_n and_o against_o their_o own_o speaking_n and_o against_o their_o testimony_n of_o conscience_n and_o against_o the_o witness_n of_o other_o man_n eye_n as_o well_o as_o of_o their_o own_o and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o sin_v as_o with_o a_o cart-rope_n to_o turn_v grace_n backward_o to_o bid_v righteousness_n stand_v afar_o off_o and_o to_o say_v we_o will_v be_v stubborn_a in_o spite_n of_o evidence_n and_o conviction_n thus_o it_o be_v if_o they_o will_v proceed_v to_o the_o degree_n of_o madness_n above_o specify_v and_o if_o they_o will_v not_o as_o sure_o they_o will_v not_o then_o in_o spite_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o own_o perverseness_n they_o must_v fly_v by_o way_n of_o refuge_n to_o these_o follow_a confession_n first_o that_o they_o have_v publish_v self-contradiction_n beyond_o compare_n affirm_v what_o they_o deny_v and_o deny_v what_o they_o affirm_v call_v that_o by_o the_o name_n of_o blasphemy_n which_o they_o profess_v to_o think_v orthodox_n and_o assert_v that_o for_o true_a divinity_n with_o one_o stroke_n of_o their_o pen_n which_o with_o another_o dash_n of_o the_o same_o pen_n they_o call_v the_o doctrine_n of_o devil_n their_o second_o confession_n must_v be_v this_o that_o be_v prove_v to_o have_v print_v such_o contradiction_n in_o several_a part_n of_o their_o write_n as_o their_o occasion_n do_v require_v or_o their_o necessity_n enforce_v they_o they_o be_v oblige_v indispensable_o to_o declare_v their_o last_o thought_n and_o to_o name_v that_o part_n of_o their_o contradiction_n to_o which_o they_o will_v final_o adhere_v and_o in_o adherence_n to_o which_o they_o will_v quit_v the_o contrary_a from_o this_o day_n forward_o whether_o the_o affirmative_a or_o the_o negative_a part_n of_o the_o contradiction_n whether_o that_o which_o be_v for_o god_n or_o that_o which_o be_v against_o he_o if_o the_o late_a they_o be_v declare_o libertine_n and_o ranter_n and_o i_o shall_v wish_v for_o nothing_o more_o than_o the_o publick'st_a trial_n in_o the_o world_n to_o prove_v they_o such_o there_o be_v nothing_o now_o want_v but_o a_o sufficient_a publication_n and_o notification_n of_o the_o thing_n to_o effect_v its_o solemn_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o total_a banishment_n out_o of_o the_o world_n thus_o it_o be_v if_o they_o adhere_v to_o the_o late_a part_n of_o their_o contradiction_n and_o if_o they_o adhere_v unto_o the_o former_a which_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o by_o his_o grace_n may_v be_v please_v to_o work_v in_o they_o both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v i_o know_v not_o how_o they_o can_v escape_v a_o entire_a conversion_n unto_o the_o truth_n or_o how_o obstinacy_n itself_o can_v slip_v its_o neck_n out_o of_o the_o collar_n which_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o light_n have_v sit_v for_o it_o and_o in_o a_o willing_a submission_n unto_o which_o the_o ghostly_a freedom_n of_o the_o obstinate_a do_v chief_o stand_v sin_n the_o same_o man_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v both_o blasphemy_n and_o truth_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n sect._n 7._o to_o prove_v the_o three_o thing_n of_o which_o i_o speak_v in_o my_o last_o paragraph_n but_o one_o and_o to_o prove_v they_o so_o large_o as_o i_o desire_v be_v not_o the_o business_n of_o this_o place_n but_o of_o my_o follow_a chapter_n of_o the_o second_o and_o three_o more_o especial_o to_o which_o i_o now_o be_o but_o write_v my_o introduction_n i_o will_v therefore_o say_v no_o more_o here_o then_o what_o may_v serve_v to_o stay_v the_o appetite_n of_o any_o possible_a impatient_a and_o long_a reader_n first_o that_o the_o adversary_n do_v grant_v it_o to_o be_v both_o false_a and_o blasphemous_a to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n good_a note_v the_o double_a concession_n of_o mr._n b._n first_o that_o his_o master_n do_v call_v it_o a_o excerable_a blasphemy_n p._n 129_o etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o they_o teach_v in_o other_o place_n 1._o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n 2._o will_n sin_n 3._o impell_v to_o it_o 4._o force_v man_n to_o it_o p._n 132_o 133._o where_o he_o labour_v to_o make_v it_o good_a i_o have_v abundant_o prove_v in_o my_o defence_n of_o god_n purity_n chap._n 4._o sect._n 6._o p._n 30_o 31._o and_o shall_v far_o do_v it_o in_o this_o follow_a work_n in_o particular_a chap._n 3._o sect_n 13._o &_o 27._o nor_o can_v they_o possible_o eat_v their_o word_n but_o at_o the_o peril_n of_o renounce_v the_o whole_a stream_n of_o church-writer_n both_o ancient_a and_o modern_a of_o who_o i_o have_v give_v a_o large_a specimen_fw-la in_o my_o divine_a purity_n def._n ch_n 4._o sect_n 5._o p._n 22_o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 29._o and_o yet_o second_o that_o the_o same_o party_n do_v affirm_v it_o to_o be_v neither_o false_a nor_o blasphemous_a but_o
first_o he_o decree_v the_o end_n and_o then_o the_o mean_n p._n 7._o do_v m._n w._n here_o mean_v by_o prioritas_fw-la rationis_fw-la one_o of_o the_o quinque_fw-la modi_fw-la priorum_fw-la common_o know_v to_o all_o the_o world_n or_o do_v he_o not_o if_o he_o do_v he_o shall_v have_v tell_v we_o which_o and_o have_v confess_v that_o his_o argument_n p._n 3._o be_v against_o his_o own_o doctrine_n p._n 6._o but_o if_o he_o do_v not_o then_o either_o he_o assert_v a_o six_o way_n of_o priority_n which_o no_o man_n live_a can_v imagine_v or_o else_o he_o speak_v of_o a_o verbal_a priority_n as_o oppose_v to_o real_a and_o then_o his_o fetch_n be_v no_o deep_a than_o this_o that_o there_o be_v no_o priority_n in_o god_n decree_n except_o no_o priority_n and_o because_o it_o be_v ugly_a to_o say_v there_o be_v none_o except_o none_o he_o therefore_o express_v his_o meaning_n of_o none_o by_o prioritas_fw-la ration_n be_v just_o as_o wollebius_n and_o other_o do_v first_o affirm_v that_o god_n 29._o god_n decretum_fw-la reverâ_fw-la est_fw-la ipsissima_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntas_fw-la docendi_fw-la tamen_fw-la causâ_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ut_fw-la causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la decretum_fw-la verò_fw-la ut_fw-la effectum_fw-la consideratur_fw-la loco_fw-la superiùs_fw-la paulò_fw-la cit_fw-la p._n 29._o decree_n be_v real_o his_o will_n ipsissima_fw-la voluntas_fw-la his_o very_a very_o very_a will_n and_o then_o docendi_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la consider_v his_o will_n as_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o decree_n and_o his_o decree_n as_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o will_n this_o be_v still_o mr._n w_n practice_n to_o bring_v about_o his_o little_a end_n and_o to_o effect_v impossibility_n he_o consider_v god_n decree_n as_o such_o in_o some_o place_n as_o p._n 6_o 7_o 42_o which_o he_o profess_v in_o other_o place_n to_o be_v impossible_a that_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o p._n 3_o &_o 44._o and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o they_o can_v procure_v for_o 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dei_fw-la ad_fw-la intra_fw-la against_o his_o own_o party_n who_o teach_v they_o to_o be_v ad_fw-la extra_fw-la 7._o his_o memorable_a parenthesis_n that_o god_n decree_n be_v act_n within_o himself_o and_o therefore_o not_o real_o different_a from_o himself_o p._n 3._o have_v quite_o undo_v he_o many_o way_n for_o first_o he_o mean_v that_o god_n decree_n be_v not_o only_o immanent_a but_o also_o actus_fw-la ad_fw-la intra_fw-la as_o he_o say_v in_o terminis_fw-la p._n 37._o but_o this_o be_v lamentable_o false_a his_o own_o teacher_n be_v witness_n for_o those_o be_v actus_n dei_fw-la ad_fw-la intra_fw-la which_o relate_v to_o nothing_o without_o god_n as_o his_o contemplation_n of_o himself_o the_o generation_n of_o his_o son_n the_o procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n but_o those_o be_v actus_n dei_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la which_o be_v refer_v to_o any_o thing_n without_o the_o godhead_n such_o be_v god_n praedestination_n and_o creation_n which_o respect_n his_o creature_n 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the_o cause_n of_o the_o disagreement_n between_o they_o no_o more_o than_o how_o one_o man_n make_v a_o long_o and_o a_o short_a garment_n another_o can_v make_v the_o inequality_n that_o be_v between_o they_o whether_o mr._n hobbs_n do_v argue_v thus_o from_o his_o heart_n as_o be_v real_o seduce_v by_o mr._n barlee_n principle_n which_o he_o defend_v or_o do_v only_o talk_v it_o from_o his_o tooth_n outward_a as_o play_v the_o drole_n with_o religion_n upon_o the_o ground_n which_o be_v give_v he_o by_o rigid_a presbyterian_o i_o leave_v each_o reader_n to_o pass_v his_o own_o judgement_n but_o sure_o his_o deduction_n be_v due_o make_v from_o the_o error_n of_o absolute_a praedestination_n of_o praedetermination_n antecedent_n to_o prescience_n and_o so_o the_o necessitation_n of_o all_o event_n and_o i_o wonder_v if_o any_o of_o that_o patry_n who_o have_v grant_v and_o give_v he_o his_o premise_n will_v adventure_v public_o to_o deny_v his_o conclusion_n well_o we_o have_v the_o confession_n of_o mr._n hobbs_n what_o that_o doctrine_n do_v unavoidable_o infer_v which_o be_v common_a to_o he_o with_o mr._n w._n and_o mr._n b._n but_o because_o mr._n b._n have_v give_v he_o a_o epithet_n and_o a_o praenomen_fw-la and_o express_v his_o detestation_n by_o call_v he_o 7._o he_o c._n 3._o p._n 7._o monstrous_a leviathan_n hobbs_n i_o will_v add_v to_o his_o the_o like_a confession_n of_o mr._n w._n that_o if_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o separate_v the_o sin_n from_o the_o action_n 10._o look_v back_o onth_n 2._o sect_n 10._o than_o he_o that_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o action_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sin_n also_o which_o be_v inseparable_a from_o it_o p._n 25._o sect._n 13._o notwithstanding_o all_o which_o have_v be_v prove_v on_o 1._o mr._n b_n 10000_o curse_n upon_o himself_o and_o his_o master_n and_o his_o implicit_a confession_n that_o that_o be_v blasphemy_n which_o i_o have_v call_v by_o that_o name_n look_v forward_o on_o sect._n 27._o num._n 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o of_o this_o chap._n where_o mr._n b._n confess_v &_o try_v to_o justify_v what_o here_o he_o pour_v his_o curse_n on_o and_o will_v be_v prove_v yet_o far_o from_o the_o print_a word_n of_o mr._n b._n that_o god_n be_v make_v by_o he_o to_o be_v the_o fountain_n and_o cause_n of_o sin_n yet_o like_o a_o desperate_a malefactor_n he_o fall_v a_o curse_v in_o these_o word_n i_o wish_v miriad_n of_o anathematism_n to_o light_n upon_o he_o who_o hold_v it_o be_v he_o who_o he_o will_v be_v if_o he_o repent_v not_o the_o soon_o p._n 54_o 55._o one_o myriad_o have_v be_v enough_o if_o he_o who_o write_v myriad_o and_o do_v not_o mend_v it_o in_o the_o errata_fw-la understand_v what_o it_o mean_v it_o be_v no_o less_o than_o 10000_o yet_o more_o
infer_v to_o punish_v man_n without_o cause_n 2._o where_o there_o be_v no_o efficient_a there_o be_v no_o effect_n that_o be_v there_o be_v nothing_o and_o so_o according_a to_o mr._n b._n man_n be_v either_o not_o damn_v or_o damn_v for_o nothing_o 3._o if_o the_o sinner_n be_v but_o deficient_a as_o to_o the_o be_v of_o sin_n he_o be_v less_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o then_o god_n be_v infer_v to_o be_v by_o they_o who_o say_v that_o god_n will_v of_o sin_n be_v efficacious_a and_o irresistible_a as_o that_o which_o predetermine_v decree_n and_o necessitate_v sin_n and_o efficacious_a ab_fw-la efficiendo_fw-la be_v prevalent_a forcible_a etc._n etc._n 4._o mr._n b._n confess_v in_o a_o sober_a fit_n that_o the_o sin_v creature_n be_v the_o 79._o the_o corrept_v p._n 79._o efficient_a cause_n of_o sin_n although_o he_o say_v in_o a_o fit_a of_o passion_n that_o sin_n have_v 55._o have_v ib_a d._n p._n 55._o no_o efficient_a cause_n 5._o he_o often_o mention_n the_o 79._o the_o ibid._n p._n 79._o be_v of_o sin_n as_o when_o he_o say_v that_o god_n 178._o god_n p._n 178._o ordain_v it_o whereby_o he_o infer_v it_o to_o be_v effect_v and_o so_o to_o have_v a_o efficient_a 6._o if_o he_o say_v as_o at_o other_o time_n he_o do_v that_o sin_n consist_v whole_o in_o a_o deficiency_n he_o infer_v what_o be_v worse_o that_o no_o creature_n can_v effect_v sin_n nor_o by_o consequence_n commit_v it_o 7._o while_o he_o affirm_v god_n absolute_a ordination_n of_o sin_n in_o one_o breath_n and_o that_o sin_n have_v only_o a_o deficient_a cause_n in_o another_o breath_n he_o charge_v on_o god_n all_o the_o causality_n of_o sin_n of_o which_o he_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v capable_a 8._o as_o when_o he_o breathe_v hot_a he_o say_v that_o god_n ordain_v and_o determine_v sin_n so_o when_o he_o breathe_v cold_a he_o say_v that_o god_n can_v ordain_v nothing_o but_o good_a which_o be_v to_o infer_v that_o sin_n be_v good_a and_o to_o what_o be_v good_a he_o allow_v a_o efficient_a cause_n 9_o if_o sin_n of_o omission_n as_o not_o pray_v and_o not_o give_v alm_n etc._n etc._n have_v but_o a_o deficient_a cause_n yet_o sin_n of_o commission_n as_o curse_v and_o sacrilege_n etc._n etc._n have_v a_o cause_n efficient_a with_o a_o witness_n 10._o admit_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privative_a entity_n it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o it_o have_v not_o any_o efficient_a cause_n for_o he_o who_o deprive_v a_o man_n of_o life_n or_o sight_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o death_n or_o blindness_n and_o darkness_n the_o privative_a of_o light_n be_v one_o of_o the_o work_n of_o god_n creation_n gen._n 1.4_o 5._o of_o all_o which_o he_o be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n 11._o what_o be_v privative_a in_o one_o respect_n may_v be_v positive_a in_o another_o as_o our_o sickness_n and_o sin_n do_v daily_o teach_v we_o murder_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a of_o virtue_n but_o also_o constitutive_a of_o vice_n and_o must_v have_v something_o in_o it_o of_o positive_a to_o make_v it_o differ_v in_o specie_fw-la from_o all_o other_o sin_n and_o in_o degree_n from_o all_o other_o murder_n of_o some_o we_o say_v they_o be_v not_o good_a while_o other_o be_v not_o only_o positive_o but_o superlative_o evil_a 12._o every_o privation_n presuppose_v a_o habit_n to_o which_o it_o stand_v in_o opposition_n but_o a_o man_n may_v be_v covetous_a who_o never_o be_v liberal_a 13._o a_o agent_n moral_o deficient_a in_o the_o performance_n of_o a_o duty_n do_v effect_v that_o evil_a action_n which_o be_v so_o moral_o deficient_a for_o 1._o the_o adulterer_n be_v the_o efficient_a of_o his_o filthy_a act_n which_o be_v his_o sin_n 2._o the_o devil_n be_v the_o father_n of_o lie_n and_o a_o father_n be_v a_o efficient_a 3._o a_o man_n through_o grace_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o a_o good_a action_n and_o mr._n b._n be_v worse_a than_o a_o pelagian_a if_o he_o will_v say_v that_o man_n be_v more_o efficient_a of_o good_a then_o of_o evil_a 14._o mr._n b._n 111._o b._n corrpt_v 111._o confess_v in_o a_o lucid_a interval_n that_o there_o may_v be_v something_o positive_a in_o a_o privation_n 15._o punishment_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n and_o own_a to_o have_v a_o efficient_a cause_n but_o mr._n b._n say_v often_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o punishment_n 16._o while_o he_o deny_v his_o make_n god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o sin_n forsooth_o have_v no_o efficient_a he_o unavoidable_o infer_v 1._o either_o that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o death_n or_o 2._o that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n if_o of_o death_n or_o 3._o of_o both_o or_o 4._o of_o neither_o 17._o if_o when_o they_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n they_o do_v not_o infer_v he_o be_v the_o author_n because_o the_o cause_n be_v but_o deficient_a they_o plead_v no_o more_o for_o god_n then_o for_o the_o devil_n for_o if_o nothing_o be_v a_o author_n which_o be_v not_o efficient_a and_o if_o sin_n have_v no_o efficient_a than_o neither_o man_n nor_o devil_n can_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n 4._o in_o stead_n of_o answer_v these_o thing_n james_n 4._o mr._n b_n impertinency_n and_o rail_n in_o lieu_n of_o answer_n do_v strike_v oblique_o at_o s._n james_n mr._n b._n talk_v thus_o p._n 111._o sect_n 3._o first_o that_o my_o opinion_n of_o sin_n have_v a_o positive_a entity_n and_o a_o efficient_a cause_n be_v a_o dreadful_a opinion_n second_o that_o there_o be_v no_o question_n between_o we_o about_o any_o thing_n else_o which_o if_o true_a than_o my_o evince_v this_o conclude_v the_o controversy_n between_o we_o three_o that_o he_o tremble_v more_o at_o the_o thought_n of_o commit_v sin_n than_o many_o of_o my_o party_n if_o not_o myself_o at_o the_o open_a act_n of_o it_o four_o that_o god_n judicial_a hand_n appear_v against_o i_o five_o that_o my_o conclusion_n out_o of_o s._n james_n ch_z 1._o v._n 15._o be_v 1000_o time_n more_o for_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n than_o the_o word_n of_o his_o party_n which_o i_o have_v cite_v six_o that_o god_n just_a hand_n be_v upon_o i_o seven_o quem_fw-la perdere_fw-la vult_fw-la deus_fw-la hunc_fw-la dementat_fw-la p._n 112._o these_o be_v his_o general_n answer_v thrust_v up_o together_o into_o one_o paragraph_n before_o i_o come_v to_o his_o particular_a answer_n which_o be_v infinite_o worse_o i_o will_v entreat_v my_o reader_n to_o compare_v my_o seventeen_o particular_n with_o mr._n b_n seven_o and_o with_o what_o i_o shall_v now_o say_v from_o the_o express_a word_n of_o s._n james_n who_o say_v that_o 1.15_o that_o jam._n 1.15_o lust_n have_v conceive_v bring_v forth_o sin_n the_o conception_n of_o lust_n be_v before_o express_v by_o a_o man_n be_v draw_v away_o and_o entice_v by_o his_o lust_n v._n 14._o the_o spirit_n solicit_v the_o will_n on_o one_o side_n lust_n on_o the_o other_o if_o lust_n prevail_v and_o carry_v away_o the_o will_n consent_n than_o lust_n conceive_v or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o in_o effect_n the_o will_n be_v 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d draw_v away_o and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d deceive_v or_o overreach_v by_o lust_n not_o only_o invite_v but_o ensnare_v and_o wrought_v upon_o by_o the_o invitation_n so_o as_o to_o give_v up_o its_o consent_n lust_n by_o this_o do_v conceive_v and_o then_o bring_v forth_o sin_n as_o the_o parent_n the_o child_n what_o be_v sin_n therefore_o but_o the_o production_n of_o the_o will_n consent_v to_o lust_n or_o draw_v away_o by_o it_o the_o production_n i_o mean_v of_o the_o evil_a will_n which_o by_o thus_o consent_v become_v evil_a now_o this_o be_v the_o upshot_n of_o what_o i_o mean_v by_o the_o efficient_a cause_n and_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n against_o who_o have_v mr._n b._n spend_v the_o expression_n of_o his_o pet_n against_o we_o only_o who_o speak_v from_o s._n james_n or_o against_o s._n james_n also_o from_o who_o i_o speak_v party_n speak_v note_v how_o the_o bitter_a of_o his_o censure_n do_v hit_v himself_o and_o his_o party_n nay_o have_v he_o not_o spend_v they_o upon_o himself_o who_o have_v confess_v even_o in_o print_n the_o very_a same_o thing_n which_o here_o he_o rail_v at_o he_o have_v open_o affirm_v both_o that_o the_o sin_v creature_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o sin_n corrept_v p._n 79._o and_o that_o there_o ☞_o may_v be_v something_o of_o positive_a in_o a_o privation_n ibid._n p._n 111._o nay_o be_v not_o all_o his_o rail_n against_o all_o his_o own_o party_n who_o say_v that_o god_n do_v 90._o do_v look_v back_o on_o ch_z 2._o p._n 90._o efficere_fw-la peccata_fw-la and_o not_o only_a will_n but_o 21._o but_o m.w's._n own_o word_n p._n 26._o of_o which_o i_o
have_v speak_v ch_n 2._o sect_n 14._o and_o also_o sect_n 20_o 21._o work_v sin_n and_o that_o he_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o *_o effect_n sin_n sure_o these_o be_v very_o frequent_o the_o expression_n of_o his_o master_n as_o well_o as_o brethren_n and_o therefore_o judge_v good_a reader_n whether_o s._n james_n and_o mr._n p._n or_o mr._n b._n and_o his_o party_n be_v the_o pertinent_a object_n of_o mr._n b_n invective_n especial_o his_o last_o express_v in_o sin_n in_o quem_fw-la perdere_fw-la vult_fw-la deus_fw-la hunc_fw-la dementat_fw-la of_o the_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n latin_a 1._o dementation_n send_v from_o god_n and_o 2._o as_o a_o token_n of_o reprobation_n sect._n 16._o to_o the_o preface_n which_o he_o make_v to_o his_o more_o particular_a discussion_n wherein_o he_o only_o take_v occasion_n to_o call_v it_o a_o horrible_a opinion_n that_o sin_n as_o sin_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o obliquity_n have_v a_o positive_a entity_n and_o efficient_a cause_n p._n 112._o lin_v 9_o 10._o i_o have_v but_o three_o thing_n to_o say_v 1._o that_o if_o it_o be_v so_o indeed_o he_o will_v be_v utter_o unexcusable_a for_o have_v embrace_v that_o opinion_n in_o that_o part_n of_o his_o print_n so_o late_o cite_v or_o for_o rail_v at_o a_o opinion_n which_o himself_o confess_v to_o be_v true_a or_o if_o he_o have_v since_o see_v his_o error_n why_o be_v not_o his_o second_o volume_n a_o recantation_n of_o his_o first_o and_o what_o will_v he_o do_v to_o mr._n w._n for_o say_v that_o god_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o effect_v sin_n whereby_o he_o infer_v that_o sin_n have_v a_o effective_a or_o efficient_a cause_n 2._o he_o can_v say_v he_o speak_v of_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n as_o sin_n and_o not_o of_o the_o whole_a sin_n because_o he_o speak_v of_o sin_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o obliquity_n which_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o call_v the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v nonsense_n to_o say_v that_o sin_n as_o sin_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o sin_n or_o that_o obliquity_n as_o obliquity_n in_o respect_n of_o its_o obliquity_n have_v not_o a_o positive_a entity_n or_o efficient_a cause_n so_o as_o he_o dare_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o sin_n do_v signify_v the_o integrum_fw-la peccati_fw-la or_o whole_a filthy_a act_n such_o as_o cain_n kill_v abel_n or_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n who_o repugnance_n with_o god_n law_n be_v call_v obliquity_n and_o because_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o oblique_a or_o crooked_a or_o irregular_a action_n mr._n b._n conclude_v it_o no_o positive_a entity_n 3._o but_o to_o rest_v on_o he_o to_o sobriety_n and_o common_a sense_n i_o shall_v need_v only_o to_o ask_v he_o whether_o rectitude_n be_v not_o a_o positive_a entity_n if_o he_o say_v yes_n as_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o needs_o must_v what_o show_v of_o reason_n can_v he_o pretend_v why_o obliquity_n be_v not_o as_o much_o so_o as_o rectitude_n how_o much_o more_o that_o whole_a sin_n of_o which_o obliquity_n be_v account_v the_o formal_a part_n be_v not_o a_o circle_n quà _fw-la talis_fw-la as_o positive_o a_o figure_n or_o a_o round_a figure_n as_o a_o right_a line_n be_v a_o right_a line_n be_v not_o crookedness_n or_o gibbosity_n in_o any_o man_n shape_n as_o positive_o such_o as_o straightness_n or_o clean_o make_v when_o a_o crooked_a parent_n beget_v a_o child_n which_o be_v also_o as_o crooked_a be_v he_o less_o a_o positive_a and_o efficient_a cause_n then_o if_o he_o and_o his_o child_n be_v both_o well_o shape_v when_o adam_n beget_v cain_n in_o a_o state_n of_o sin_n with_o satan_n image_n in_o stead_n of_o god_n as_o some_o of_o the_o father_n have_v express_v it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o effect_n too_o as_o true_o positive_a as_o if_o they_o both_o have_v be_v sinless_a a_o action_n flow_v from_o a_o agent_n have_v as_o positive_a a_o entity_n as_o the_o agent_n himself_o from_o who_o it_o flow_v the_o sin_n of_o murder_n be_v a_o action_n as_o cain_n kill_v abel_n so_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o adultery_n as_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n nor_o any_o whit_n the_o less_o such_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o be_v irregular_a action_n any_o more_o than_o a_o wicked_a man_n be_v the_o less_o a_o man_n for_o be_v wicked_a david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n before_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n be_v as_o positive_a a_o entity_n and_o have_v a_o cause_n as_o efficient_a as_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n after_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n which_o alone_o be_v sufficient_a to_o fill_v mr._n b._n and_o mr._n hick_n with_o confusion_n of_o face_n and_o to_o compel_v they_o to_o recantation_n unless_o they_o will_v shelter_v themselves_o under_o rantism_n and_o libertinism_n by_o say_v that_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v no_o adultery_n or_o such_o a_o adultery_n as_o be_v no_o sin_n or_o that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a good_a sin_n because_o a_o positive_a entity_n and_o that_o which_o have_v a_o efficient_a cause_n for_o mr._n b_n first_o argument_n do_v follow_v thus_o sect._n 17._o if_o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n concern_v 1._o mr._n b_n first_o argument_n to_o prove_v the_o goodness_n of_o sin_n in_o which_o mr._n hick_n be_v equal_o concern_v than_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o good_a for_o every_o positive_a thing_n be_v good_a it_o be_v to_o all_o scholar_n well_o know_v that_o unum_fw-la verum_fw-la bonum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la p._n 112._o first_o he_o can_v but_o confess_v that_o if_o sin_n be_v a_o thing_n positive_a he_o seek_v to_o prove_v by_o this_o argument_n that_o sin_n be_v good_a but_o that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n positive_a i_o have_v abundant_o prove_v in_o my_o two_o last_o section_n and_o himself_o have_v confess_v in_o his_o correptory_a another_o correptory_a p._n 79._o &_o p._n 111._o both_o before_o cite_v and_o compare_v with_o one_o another_o correction_n therefore_o he_o can_v but_o confess_v that_o all_o the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v only_o to_o prove_v that_o sin_n be_v good_a 2._o a_o thing_n that_o be_v privative_a in_o one_o respect_n be_v also_o positive_a in_o another_o disease_n 2._o the_o noysomeness_n of_o the_o disease_n as_o every_o sciolist_n know_v and_o mr._n b._n have_v virtual_o confess_v every_o sciolist_n can_v tell_v that_o the_o corruption_n of_o one_o thing_n be_v the_o generation_n of_o another_o that_o what_o be_v privative_a of_o life_n or_o sight_n must_v needs_o be_v positive_a of_o death_n or_o blindness_n the_o darkness_n which_o god_n create_v be_v not_o more_o privative_a of_o the_o day_n than_o it_o be_v positive_a of_o the_o night_n nay_o do_v not_o mr._n b._n confess_v as_o much_o for_o in_o say_v that_o the_o sinner_n be_v the_o 79._o the_o correp_n p._n 79._o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o sin_n he_o do_v grant_v it_o to_o be_v a_o thing_n and_o in_o say_v there_o may_v be_v something_o of_o 111._o of_o ib._n p._n 111._o positive_a in_o a_o privation_n he_o do_v more_o than_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v a_o positive_a thing_n i_o therefore_o say_v more_o because_o a_o privation_n be_v but_o the_o abstract_n of_o privative_a and_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v sin_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a privation_n of_o virtue_n but_o a_o positive_a thing_n which_o be_v privative_a of_o virtue_n &_o positive_a of_o vice_n sin_n be_v so_o perfect_o a_o concrete_a that_o unless_o it_o be_v a_o concrete_a it_o can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v a_o sin_n no_o no_o more_o than_o a_o concrete_a can_v be_v conceive_v to_o be_v a_o concrete_a when_o it_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o concrete_a the_o most_o poetical_a brain_n can_v fancy_n the_o least_o â—â—â—ial_a difference_n betwixt_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n and_o his_o adultery_n with_o bathshebah_n at_o the_o time_n of_o her_o be_v uriah_n wife_n so_o that_o now_o mr._n b._n must_v confess_v that_o the_o least_o part_n of_o his_o blasphemy_n be_v no_o less_o than_o this_o that_o sin_n be_v good_a as_o it_o be_v positive_a of_o evil_n although_o it_o be_v evil_a as_o it_o be_v privative_a of_o good_a this_o be_v the_o print_a article_n of_o his_o unchristian_a creed_n that_o every_o positive_a thing_n be_v good_a humour_n 3._o the_o purge_v out_o of_o the_o peccant_a humour_n 3._o have_v show_v he_o the_o noysomness_n of_o his_o disease_n i_o will_v now_o remove_v the_o peccant_a humour_n by_o which_o it_o appear_v to_o have_v be_v feed_v to_o wit_n his_o ignorance_n or_o inadvercency_n that_o bonum_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la which_o be_v convert_v with_o ens_fw-la have_v quite_o another_o signification_n then_o bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la and_o be_v aristotle_n phrase_n who_o be_v neither_o a_o prophet_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n nor_o a_o evangelist_n of_o the_o new_a shall_v rather_o have_v be_v reject_v as_o unsound_a and_o unsafe_a
man_n own_o work_n but_o his_o creator_n who_o then_o be_v make_v by_o mr._n hick_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o such_o impiety_n 8._o sin_n be_v so_o speak_v of_o in_o scripture_n as_o to_o be_v every_o where_o conclude_v a_o very_a positive_a thing_n thing_n 8._o sin_n speak_v of_o scripture_n as_o a_o positive_a thing_n there_o be_v that_o sin_n as_o with_o a_o 5.18_o a_o be_v 5.18_o cart-rope_n and_o 30.1_o and_o be_v 30.1_o add_v sin_n unto_o sin_n christ_n 12_o christ_n be_v 53.10_o 12_o bear_v our_o sin_n and_o make_v his_o soul_n a_o offering_n for_o they_o all_o sin_n shall_v be_v forgive_v 12.31_o forgive_v mat._n 12.31_o except_o that_o against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n we_o read_v of_o 5.16.17_o of_o gen._n 20.9_o joh._n 15.22_o &_o 19.11_o 1_o joh._n 5.16.17_o great_a and_o little_a sin_n in_o comparison_n we_o also_o read_v in_o proportion_n of_o 12.48_o of_o mat._n 23.14_o luk._n 12.48_o great_a and_o lesser_a damnation_n sin_n be_v the_o 15.56_o the_o 1_o cor._n 15.56_o sting_n of_o death_n and_o death_n the_o 6.23_o the_o rom._n 6.23_o wage_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o cause_n can_v have_v a_o lesser_a be_v than_o the_o effect_n sin_n 7.8_o sin_n rom._n 7.8_o wrought_v in_o i_o say_v the_o apostle_n all_o manner_n of_o concupiscence_n and_o perfectius_fw-la est_fw-la agere_fw-la quâm_fw-la esse_fw-la say_v albertus_n magnus_n sin_n have_v its_o 9_o its_o rom._n 7.8_o 9_o life_n and_o death_n and_o resurrection_n there_o be_v a_o 3.13_o a_o heb._n 3.13_o deceitfulness_n of_o sin_n and_o sin_n be_v say_v to_o have_v its_o 11.25_o its_o heb._n 11.25_o pleasure_n sin_n be_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v 12.1_o be_v heb._n 12.1_o lay_v aside_o either_o total_o or_o for_o a_o time_n there_o be_v that_o be_v 7.14_o be_v rom._n 7.14_o sell_v under_o sin_n and_o be_v servant_n to_o it_o and_o can_v 2.14_o can_v 2_o pet._n 2.14_o cease_v from_o it_o insomuch_o that_o sin_n do_v rule_v and_o 6.12_o and_o rom._n 5.21_o &_o 6.12_o reign_v over_o they_o in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o scripture_n that_o from_o the_o time_n in_o which_o sin_n do_v make_v its_o 5.12_o its_o rom._n 5.12_o entrance_n into_o the_o world_n it_o be_v able_a to_o change_v the_o course_n of_o nature_n and_o can_v a_o simple_a privation_n which_o be_v but_o the_o absence_n of_o a_o entity_n suppose_v to_o have_v be_v present_a have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o this_o party_n 9_o mr._n hick_n convince_a by_o his_o own_o party_n 9_o mr._n hick'_v own_o party_n acknowledge_v sin_n to_o be_v a_o compound_n make_v up_o of_o a_o material_a and_o formal_a part_n the_o material_a part_n of_o it_o mr._n w._n call_v a_o natural_a act_n p._n 25._o mr._n b._n both_o a_o natural_a and_o moral_a act_n p._n 11._o doctor_n twisse_n give_v his_o instance_n in_o the_o act_n of_o lie_v with_o another_o man_n wife_n all_o positive_a thing_n nay_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n as_o themselves_o have_v define_v it_o it_o be_v the_o result_n of_o two_o 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proper_o his_o work_n 4._o causa_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la if_o causa_fw-la be_v extreme_o bad_a and_o god_n be_v in_o no_o sense_n the_o cause_n of_o sin_n 5._o removens_fw-la prohibens_fw-la he_o understand_v not_o if_o i_o may_v guess_v by_o the_o use_v he_o make_v of_o it_o for_o zuinglius_fw-la say_v that_o god_n do_v make_v man_n transgressor_n as_o well_o as_o that_o sin_n be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n last_o of_o all_o he_o produce_v some_o popish_a writer_n ibid._n ibid._n who_o write_v as_o gross_o as_o zuinglius_fw-la the_o presbyterian_a and_o who_o do_v ever_o doubt_v of_o it_o sure_a none_o that_o know_v their_o consanguinity_n ocham_n and_o gabriel_n do_v affirm_v a._n ocham_n &_o gabriel_n affirmant_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o rigore_fw-la &_o proprietate_fw-la sermonis_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la medin_n in_o 1.2_o q._n 79._o a._n that_o god_n in_o a_o rigour_n and_o propriety_n of_o speech_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n what_o then_o therefore_o the_o rigide_a sort_n of_o papist_n be_v like_o the_o rigide_a sort_n of_o presbyterian_o 3._o to_o the_o second_o thing_n which_o he_o confess_v as_o his_o master_n doctrine_n sin_n 3._o mr._n b._n accuse_v calvin_n in_o excuse_v he_o for_o say_v god_n do_v will_n sin_n viz._n that_o god_n do_v will_n sin_n he_o say_v these_o thing_n p._n 134.1_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o orthodox_n have_v be_v often_o explain_v 2._o that_o calvin_n explain_v himself_o and_o how_o shall_v that_o be_v but_o that_o though_o god_n do_v will_n sin_n yet_o he_o will_v it_o not_o as_o sin_v the_o horrid_a nature_n of_o which_o shift_n i_o have_v 42._o have_v look_v back_o on_o ch_z 2._o sect_n 19_o and_o see_v diu._n philanth_n c._n 4._o p._n 42._o elsewhere_o display_v this_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o those_o unclean_a say_n that_o adultery_n be_v good_a in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n the_o author_n and_o that_o all_o sin_n be_v good_a in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o make_v for_o god_n glory_n that_o be_v from_o zuinglius_fw-la and_o this_o from_o mr._n w._n 3._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o mr._n calvin_n meaning_n be_v no_o worse_o than_o the_o schoolmen_n name_v a_o papist_n in_o the_o margin_n 61._o look_v back_o on_o ch_z 2._o sect_n 3._o p._n 61._o according_a to_o his_o wont_a to_o show_v a_o very_a great_a affinity_n betwixt_o the_o worst_a sort_n of_o papist_n and_o presbyterian_o do_v universal_o pass_v with_o mr._n b._n for_o a_o abstersion_n yet_o this_o be_v the_o man_n who_o rail_v so_o frequent_o at_o other_o for_o have_v any_o good_a thing_n common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o papist_n 4._o to_o the_o three_o thing_n grant_v to_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o his_o master_n wickedness_n 4._o mr._n b._n accuse_v piscator_fw-la and_o calvin_n in_o his_o way_n of_o excuse_v they_o for_o say_v that_o god_n do_v thrust_v man_n into_o wickedness_n viz._n that_o god_n do_v drive_v or_o thrust_v man_n on_o into_o wickedness_n and_o that_o man_n do_v sin_n by_o god_n impulse_n he_o have_v return_v four_o thing_n p._n 134_o 135.1_o that_o neither_o calvin_n nor_o piscator_fw-la do_v understand_v it_o in_o a_o flagitious_a or_o unconscionable_a manner_n and_o may_v it_o not_o be_v plead_v as_o well_o for_o the_o pharisee_n that_o although_o indeed_o they_o say_v of_o christ_n he_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n mark_n 3.30_o yet_o they_o do_v not_o understand_v it_o in_o a_o flagitious_a sense_n 2._o that_o when_o himself_o have_v affirm_v god_n stir_v up_o the_o wicked_a to_o their_o wicked_a deed_n as_o a_o man_n put_v spur_n to_o a_o dull_a jade_n he_o bring_v the_o simile_n to_o show_v that_o the_o man_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o go_n of_o the_o horse_n but_o not_o
be_v desirous_a to_o show_v his_o good_a will_n to_o mr._n rivet_n who_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o say_v the_o very_a inclination_n which_o adam_n have_v to_o sin_n before_o he_o sin_v can_v not_o choose_v but_o be_v vicious_a and_o yet_o of_o god_n make_v be_v fain_o to_o commit_v a_o world_n of_o fault_n for_o the_o make_v a_o salve_n to_o that_o one_o sore_a from_o p._n 139._o to_o p._n 144._o the_o chief_a ingredient_n in_o his_o salve_n be_v those_o that_o follow_v 1._o rivet_n be_v a_o strong_a disputant_n before_o mr._n t.p._n be_v bring_v forth_o into_o the_o world_n the_o same_o which_o he_o have_v plead_v for_o mr._n w._n as_o if_o the_o old_a man_n must_v needs_o bemost_a orthodox_n and_o of_o quick_a sight_n than_o their_o junior_n 2._o other_o eminent_a man_n have_v use_v that_o argument_n as_o well_o as_o he_o as_o if_o to_o err_v in_o company_n be_v either_o to_o be_v orthodox_n or_o very_o near_o it_o 3._o he_o speak_v of_o concupiscence_n and_o lust_n which_o be_v a_o couple_n of_o sin_n whereas_o the_o question_n be_v only_o of_o adam_n inclination_n before_o his_o very_a first_o sin_n 4._o he_o speak_v of_o lust_n after_o the_o fall_n rom._n 7.7_o and_o which_o be_v in_o the_o will_v too_o whereas_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o dispute_n be_v before_o the_o fall_n nor_o in_o the_o will_n but_o in_o the_o appetite_n and_o so_o he_o either_o understand_v not_o or_o wilful_o fly_v from_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n 5._o he_o call_v a_o inclination_n to_o sin_v a_o weighty_a plummet_n incline_v at_o once_o a_o abstract_n and_o concrete_a in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o respect_n 6._o he_o say_v that_o adam_n even_o before_o the_o fall_n have_v the_o devil_n image_n upon_o he_o as_o well_o as_o god_n if_o his_o inclination_n to_o sin_n be_v before_o his_o first_o sin_n as_o if_o he_o think_v that_o potentia_fw-la can_v not_o be_v before_o actus_fw-la 7._o he_o confound_v temptation_n to_o sin_n with_o sin_n 8._o he_o ask_v why_o i_o shall_v be_v rich_a of_o grant_v that_o christ_n have_v any_o inclination_n to_o sin_n which_o why_o shall_v he_o ask_v if_o he_o do_v not_o think_v that_o impious_a thing_n which_o he_o impute_v to_o castellio_n without_o the_o least_o citation_n from_o he_o 9_o he_o confess_v he_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o salve_v those_o absurdity_n which_o i_o have_v show_v his_o opinion_n must_v needs_o betray_v he_o into_o as_o progressus_fw-la in_o infinitum_fw-la and_o prius_fw-la primo_fw-la 10._o he_o say_v out_o of_o 163._o of_o nulla_fw-la peccati_fw-la adami_n in_o adamo_n reddi_fw-la eausa_fw-la potest_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la peccatum_fw-la camero_n contra_fw-la epist_n viri_fw-la docti_fw-la p._n 163._o camero_n that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o cause_n of_o adam_n be_v sin_n which_o be_v not_o also_o itself_o a_o sin_n and_o so_o his_o party_n by_o consequence_n must_v needs_o be_v charge_v by_o he_o and_o camero_n with_o the_o crime_n of_o make_v god_n to_o be_v sin_n itself_o as_o often_o as_o they_o call_v he_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n will_n 2._o concern_v the_o birth_n &_o growth_n of_o the_o very_a first_o sin_n with_o the_o very_a wide_a difference_n betwixt_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n and_o the_o will_n 2._o though_o i_o need_v not_o say_v more_o than_o what_o remain_v unassaulted_a in_o my_o defence_n of_o the_o divine_a philanthropy_n ch_z 4._o p._n 23_o 24_o 25._o or_o more_o than_o what_o i_o have_v add_v in_o the_o eighteen_o section_n of_o this_o chapter_n num._n 6._o yet_o because_o his_o understanding_n may_v be_v as_o dark_a in_o this_o point_n as_o his_o will_n crooked_a i_o will_v endeavour_v to_o afford_v he_o sufficient_a light_n the_o inclination_n of_o the_o will_v to_o evil_a differ_v much_o from_o that_o of_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n to_o which_o the_o apple_n even_o in_o paradise_n be_v very_o grateful_a the_o will_v we_o know_v be_v the_o middle_a faculty_n betwixt_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n on_o one_o side_n and_o the_o reason_a faculty_n on_o the_o other_o the_o propension_n of_o the_o will_n to_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n be_v proposal_n of_o what_o forbid_v be_v the_o very_a beginning_n of_o adam_n sin_n it_o have_v be_v his_o first_o degree_n of_o aversion_n from_o god_n unto_o the_o creature_n thus_o it_o be_v in_o eve_n also_o before_o it_o be_v in_o adam_n and_o be_v a_o sin_n in_o her_o will_n some_o insensible_a time_n before_o her_o eat_n but_o her_o fullness_n of_o consent_n and_o actual_a eat_n and_o give_v her_o husband_n to_o eat_v also_o be_v all_o addition_n to_o that_o first_o sin_n which_o i_o call_v the_o first_o for_o this_o reason_n because_o nothing_o of_o sin_n can_v be_v so_o much_o as_o imagine_v before_o the_o propend_v of_o the_o will_n to_o the_o forbid_a object_n and_o because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o will_n before_o it_o can_v be_v in_o the_o hand_n or_o mouth_n the_o very_a next_o degree_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o propend_v of_o the_o will_n be_v delectation_n next_o morosa_fw-la cogitatio_fw-la next_o a_o plenitude_n of_o consent_n next_o the_o actual_a eat_n what_o be_v forbid_v but_o now_o the_o gratefulness_n of_o the_o sweet_a to_o one_o sense_n and_o of_o fair_a to_o another_o be_v less_o than_o the_o least_o of_o those_o degree_n and_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o sensitive_a appetite_n can_v be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o remain_v only_o in_o the_o sense_n and_o win_v nothing_o from_o the_o will_n which_o continue_v as_o yet_o in_o its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o when_o the_o will_n of_o eve_n be_v debauch_v by_o her_o appetite_n into_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o bend_n of_o her_o will_n the_o wrong_a way_n so_o as_o her_o mind_n do_v hang_v or_o hanker_v after_o the_o apple_n that_o be_v clear_o the_o begin_n of_o her_o transgression_n sect._n 30._o author_n the_o importance_n of_o the_o word_n author_n to_o conclude_v the_o whole_a chapter_n and_o so_o to_o quit_v the_o whole_a subject_n i_o must_v satisfy_v a_o complaint_n which_o mr._n b._n have_v make_v c._n 3._o p._n 129._o that_o i_o charge_v he_o and_o his_o master_n with_o the_o crime_n of_o have_v say_v a_o great_a deal_n worse_o and_o in_o much_o worse_a term_n then_o that_o god_n be_v verbatim_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n now_o that_o he_o may_v not_o complain_v afresh_o of_o his_o have_v complain_v to_o no_o purpose_n and_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v beware_v of_o rash_a complain_n for_o the_o future_a i_o will_v prove_v my_o charge_n in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o not_o to_o leave_v his_o very_a abettor_n the_o possibility_n to_o dissent_v the_o most_o succinct_a way_n to_o do_v it_o will_v be_v to_o lay_v down_o the_o whole_a importance_n of_o the_o aequivocal_a word_n author_n and_o then_o to_o compare_v it_o with_o those_o expression_n which_o be_v confess_v by_o mr._n b._n to_o have_v be_v use_v by_o his_o master_n as_o well_o as_o 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