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obstinate_a jesuitical_a refractory_n three_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o familiar_a with_o mr._n t._n p._n as_o to_o retract_v augustine_n retractation_n and_o to_o maintain_v that_o his_o first_o write_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v above_o his_o latter_a that_o about_o the_o matter_n in_o debate_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o pelagian_o he_o and_o they_o must_v be_v judge_v by_o the_o father_n before_o he_o who_o all_o as_o i_o have_v tell_v he_o say_v little_a or_o nothing_o and_o can_v say_v as_o little_a as_o may_v be_v in_o these_o matter_n alibi_fw-la matter_n pbil._n 76._o 78._o etc._n etc._n p._n 10._o etc._n etc._n alibi_fw-la ante_fw-la pelagium_fw-la exortum_fw-la seourius_fw-la loquebantur_fw-la patres_fw-la four_o to_o a_o objection_n of_o i_o set_v down_o in_o my_o corrept_n correct_a p._n 186._o of_o his_o mistake_n of_o pelagius_n his_o word_n which_o he_o have_v set_v down_o instead_o of_o augustine_n correct_v copy_n p._n 44._o and_o against_o which_o say_v austin_n 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which_o i_o have_v about_o it_o refer_v he_o in_o my_o corrept_n
etc._n etc._n and_o according_o tilenus_n himself_o when_o he_o be_v on_o our_o side_n take_v exception_n against_o arminius_n his_o state_v the_o decree_n of_o predestination_n and_o reprobation_n according_a to_o our_o opinion_n to_o proceed_v citra_fw-la omnem_fw-la considerationem_fw-la resipiscentiae_fw-la &_o sidei_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la of_o it_o impentitentiae_fw-la &_o infidelitatis_fw-la in_o hisce_fw-la i._n e._n without_o all_o consideration_n of_o repentance_n and_o faith_n in_o those_o or_o of_o impenitence_n and_o infidelity_n in_o these_o and_o this_o that_o rev._n dr._n further_o prove_v p._n 11._o out_o of_o piscator_fw-la and_o out_o of_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n etc._n etc._n so_o oppose_v his_o adversary_n p._n 38._o and_o 39_o he_o have_v these_o word_n second_o he_o aggravate_v it_o by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o least_o consideration_n of_o sin_n which_o we_o be_v say_v to_o deny_v to_o have_v place_n in_o 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rage_v against_o who_o have_v a_o false_a sense_n fasten_v upon_o their_o word_n as_o those_o be_v who_o have_v false_a word_n devise_v against_o they_o or_o else_o our_o saviour_n evangelist_n know_v not_o how_o to_o define_v a_o calumny_n john_n 2._o 19_o 20_o 21._o with_o matth._n 26._o 61._o and_o as_o little_a do_v david_n psal_n 52._o 2_o 3._o with_o 2_o sam._n 22._o 9_o 2._o unto_o the_o world_n end_n he_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v that_o most_o impudent_a assertion_n of_o he_o p._n 123._o that_o he_o say_v no_o more_o of_o doctor_n twisse_n and_o mr._n calvin_n than_o doctor_n twisse_n himself_o have_v say_v not_o only_o of_o mr._n calvin_n but_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o own_o party_n who_o place_n the_o object_n of_o predestination_n in_o massâ_fw-la corruptâ_fw-la viz._n that_o p._n 124._o he_o as_o a_o supralapsarian_a shall_v argue_v against_o the_o sublapsarian_o as_o infer_v god_n by_o their_o way_n to_o be_v of_o necessity_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o first_o to_o all_o those_o who_o ever_o have_v read_v dr._n twisse_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o he_o do_v very_o often_o ingenuous_o confess_v that_o he_o be_v once_o a_o sublapsarian_a saepissime_fw-la sublapsarian_a vindic._n lib._n 1._o saepissime_fw-la and_o yet_o then_o do_v not_o he_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n 2._o since_o from_o the_o low_a way_n he_o clamber_v up_o to_o the_o upper_a way_n he_o divers_a time_n profess_v that_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o supralapsarian_o and_o sublapsarian_o be_v only_o logical_a and_o metaphysical_a and_o not_o at_o all_o or_o not_o considerable_o theological_a 2._o theological_a lib._n 1._o p._n 52._o &_o alibi_fw-la passim_fw-la ingredimur_fw-la speculationem_fw-la de_fw-la ordine_fw-la decretorum_fw-la divinorum_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la difficilem_fw-la meo_fw-la judâ—cio_fw-la quà m_fw-la praesenti_fw-la instituto_fw-la necessariam_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o arminio_n reprehendimus_fw-la quod_fw-la creationem_fw-la &_o lapsum_fw-la praestruxerit_fw-la decreto_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la sidem_fw-la &_o infidelitatem_fw-la sic_fw-la p._n 319._o col._n 2._o 3._o since_o he_o leave_v the_o low_a way_n he_o have_v take_v a_o world_n of_o pâ—ins_n i_o think_v to_o admirable_a purpose_n for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o both_o party_n 92._o party_n ibid._n from_o p._n 55._o to_o 92._o which_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o will_v never_o have_v do_v have_v he_o believe_v what_o mr._n t._n p._n do_v that_o they_o all_o do_v &_o must_v maintain_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n yea_o fourthly_a most_o voluminous_o since_o his_o betake_v of_o himself_o to_o supralapsarianism_n give_v i_o leave_v now_o so_o to_o speak_v he_o have_v spend_v above_o a_o 100_o of_o page_n in_o folio_n to_o clear_v the_o sublapsarian_o from_o all_o such_o crime_n 299._o crime_n answer_v to_o mr._n hoard_n in_o his_o second_o part_n from_o p._n 128._o to_o 299._o even_o as_o dr._n davenant_n about_o the_o same_o time_n have_v do_v much_o what_o the_o same_o christian_a office_n for_o the_o supralapsarian_o unity_n supralapsarian_o doctor_n davenant_n animadversion_n against_o the_o same_o mr._n hoard_n from_o p._n 84._o to_o 198._o psal_n 133._o 2._o behold_v how_o good_a and_o pleasant_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v notwithstanding_o the_o seem_a difference_n betwixt_o these_o two_o great_a doctor_n to_o see_v brethren_n to_o dwell_v together_o in_o unity_n though_o himself_o a_o sublapsarian_a in_o his_o defence_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n both_o which_o be_v for_o the_o sublapsarian_a way_n he_o stout_o quarto_fw-la stout_o see_v doctor_n twisse_n in_o defence_n of_o those_o synod_n a_o english_a pithy_a book_n in_o quarto_fw-la all_o along_o against_o tilenus_n his_o scoptick_a libel_n maintain_v that_o no_o such_o matter_n will_v after_o any_o fashion_n follow_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n who_o yet_o be_v know_v to_o be_v for_o sublapsarianism_n five_o there_o be_v therefore_o nothing_o so_o plain_a as_o that_o what_o mr._n t._n p._n transcribe_v out_o of_o he_o p._n 124._o that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o all_o sublapsarian_o the_o supralap_n do_v infer_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o hold_v god_n to_o decree_v sin_n as_o a_o mean_v accommodate_v for_o god_n to_o attain_v to_o his_o purpose_a end_n of_o praedestination_n the_o doctor_n speak_v sum_fw-la b_o vâ—ndic_n lib._n 1._o p._n 87._o si_fw-mi hunc_fw-la timorem_fw-la in_o anem_fw-la esse_fw-la docuero_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la ad_fw-la tum_fw-la huic_fw-la sententiae_fw-la praecludendum_fw-la nihil_fw-la puto_fw-la reliqui_fw-la facturus_fw-la sum_fw-la not_o of_o what_o the_o sublapsarian_o do_v usual_o infer_v against_o the_o supralapsarâ—ans_n who_o be_v know_v every_o where_o to_o do_v the_o quite_o contrary_a but_o of_o what_o they_o may_v be_v apt_a to_o infer_v if_o they_o by_o fall_v into_o the_o low_a way_n shall_v gratify_v the_o arminian_o too_o much_o he_o express_v what_o the_o fear_n of_o sublapsarian_o may_v be_v not_o what_o their_o faith_n be_v concern_v their_o brethren_n of_o the_o upper_a way_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o follow_a word_n next_o ensue_v those_o quote_v by_o mr._n t._n p._n he_o show_v how_o vain_a their_o fear_n be_v g_o and_o how_o little_a they_o gain_v by_o their_o seem_a condescension_n to_o their_o know_a adversary_n the_o stubborn_a arminâ—ans_n six_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o charge_v the_o sublapsarian_o with_o any_o such_o crime_n as_o mr._n t._n p._n charge_v they_o with_o unless_o he_o will_v much_o more_o besmudge_v his_o own_o doctrine_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v seem_v and_o it_o do_v but_o seem_v the_o crime_n will_v more_o handsome_o be_v conclude_v but_o all_o those_o who_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o perspicaciousness_n of_o that_o transcendent_o acute_a doctor_n will_v laugh_v at_o any_o man_n who_o surmise_v he_o to_o have_v be_v such_o a_o silly_a come_v senseless_a placuit_fw-la senseless_a the_o sublapsarian_a opinion_n be_v candidly_a and_o pithy_o set_v down_o by_o wollebius_n in_o compend_n theolog._n christianae_n cap._n 4._o de_fw-fr praedestinat_a thes_n 5._o &_o 8._o peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la reprobationâ—s_fw-la causa_fw-la impulsiva_fw-la sed_fw-la materiae_fw-la seu_fw-la objecti_fw-la conditio_fw-la necessaria_fw-la licet_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la causa_fw-la sit_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la causa_fw-la reprobabilitatis_fw-la 8._o diversae_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la sunt_fw-la 1._o quo_fw-la jure_fw-la deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la svam_fw-la reprobet_fw-la 2._o cur_n non_fw-la omnes_fw-la sed_fw-la quosdam_fw-la elegerit_fw-la quosdam_fw-la veró_n reprobárit_n 3._o cur_n hunc_fw-la e._n g._n petrum_fw-la elegerit_fw-la alium_fw-la vero_fw-la e._n g._n judam_fw-la reprobârit_fw-la ad_fw-la primum_fw-la respondetur_fw-la ex_fw-la causa_fw-la materiali_fw-la quia_fw-la homo_fw-la quà _fw-la lapsurus_fw-la reprobabilis_fw-la erat_fw-la ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la ex_fw-la sine_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la gloriam_fw-la miserâ—cordia_fw-la