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A54842 An impartial inquiry into the nature of sin in which are evidently proved its positive entity or being, the true original of its existence, the essentiall parts of its composition by reason, by authority divine, humane, antient, modern, Romane, Reformed, by the adversaries confessions and contradictions, by the judgement of experience and common sense partly extorted by Mr. Hickman's challenge, partly by the influence which his errour hath had on the lives of many, (especially on the practice of our last and worst times,) but chiefly intended as an amulet to prevent the like mischiefs to come : to which is added An appendix in vindication of Doctor Hammond, with the concurrence of Doctor Sanderson, Oxford visitors impleaded, the supreme authority asserted : together with diverse other subjects, whose heads are gathered in the contents : after all A postscript concerning some dealings of Mr. Baxter / by Thomas Pierce ... Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. 1660 (1660) Wing P2184; ESTC R80 247,562 303

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sanct._n theophilus_n ad_fw-la autolychum_fw-la lib._n 3._o p._n 125._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tertullian_n de_fw-fr poenit._n p._n 375._o porrò_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la malum_fw-la factum_fw-la dici_fw-la non_fw-la meretur_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la benefaciendo_fw-la delinquit_fw-la 376._o cum_fw-la deum_fw-la grande_fw-fr quid_fw-la boni_fw-la constet_fw-la esse_fw-la utique_fw-la bono_n nisi_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la displiceret_fw-la quòd_fw-la inter_fw-la contraria_fw-la sibi_fw-la nulla_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la macarius_n in_o hom._n 15._o p._n 100_o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v speak_v before_o of_o adam_n disobedience_n hom._n 24._o p._n 137._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hom._n 38._o p._n 204._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o long_o before_o hom._n 3._o p._n 15._o a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lactantius_n in_o instit._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o p._n 102._o dupliciratione_fw-la peccatur_fw-la ab_fw-la insipientibus_fw-la primum_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la opera_fw-la deo_fw-la praeferunt_fw-la deinde_fw-la quod_fw-la elementorum_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la figuras_fw-la humana_fw-la specie_fw-la comprehensas_fw-la colunt_fw-la 315_o haec_fw-la facere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la 349._o nesciunt_fw-la quantum_fw-la sit_fw-la nefas_fw-la adorare_fw-la aliud_fw-la praeter_fw-la deum_fw-la si_fw-mi libido_fw-la appetit_fw-la thorum_fw-la alienum_fw-la licet_fw-la sit_fw-la mediocris_fw-la vitium_fw-la tamen_fw-la maximum_fw-la est_fw-la 364._o cupiditas_fw-la inter_fw-la vitia_fw-la numeratur_fw-la si_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la terrena_fw-la sunt_fw-la concupiscat_fw-la etc._n etc._n 371._o recens_fw-la natos_fw-la oblidere_fw-la maxima_fw-la impietas_fw-la exponere_fw-la &_o necare_fw-la duplex_fw-la scelus_fw-la see_v much_o more_o l._n 5._o c._n 9_o p._n 299._o especial_o c._n 20._o p._n 319._o so_o whilst_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o marcus_n the_o 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subveniens_fw-la viam_fw-la quandam_fw-la tuendae_fw-la salutis_fw-la aperuisset_fw-la ut_fw-la sordes_fw-la postmodum_fw-la quascunque_fw-la contrahimus_fw-la eleemosynis_fw-la abluamus_fw-la compare_v this_o with_o daniel_n 4.27_o 452._o quia_fw-la voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o culpâ_fw-la providit_fw-la deus_fw-la generali_fw-la damnationi_fw-la remedium_fw-la &_o suae_fw-la sententiam_fw-la justitiae_fw-la temperavit_fw-la haereditarium_fw-la onus_fw-la à_fw-la sobole_fw-la removens_fw-la &_o misericorditer_fw-la ablutione_n &_o unctione_n medicinali_fw-la corruptionis_fw-la primitivae_fw-la fermentum_fw-la expurgans_fw-la origen_n ad_fw-la joan._n 2._o in_o cat._n pat_o gr._n p._n 77._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 95._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d augustinus_n confess_v c._n 11._o talis_fw-la motus_fw-la nimirum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la delictum_fw-la atque_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la 258._o metus_fw-la ille_fw-la aversionis_fw-la quod_fw-la fatemur_fw-la esse_fw-la peccatum_fw-la vide_fw-la quò_fw-la pertineat_fw-la etc._n etc._n salvian_n l._n 4._o p._n 128._o furtum_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la quidem_fw-la est_fw-la homine_fw-la malum_fw-la facinus_fw-la sed_fw-la damnabilius_fw-la ab_fw-la que_fw-la dubio_fw-la si_fw-la senator_n furatur_fw-la aliquando_fw-la cunctis_fw-la fornicatio_fw-la interdicitur_fw-la sed_fw-la gravius_n multò_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-fr de_fw-fr clero_fw-la aliquis_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la de_fw-la populo_fw-la fornicetur_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la qui_fw-la christiani_n catholici_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimur_fw-la si_fw-la simile_n aliquid_fw-la barbarorum_fw-la impuritatibus_fw-la facimus_fw-la gravius_n erramus_fw-la atrocius_fw-la enim_fw-la sub_fw-la sancti_fw-la nominis_fw-la professione_n peccamus_fw-la quanto_fw-la minori_fw-la peccato_fw-la illi_fw-la per_fw-la daemonia_fw-la pejerant_fw-la 237._o quam_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la quanto_fw-la minoris_fw-la res_fw-la criminis_fw-la est_fw-la jovis_n nomen_fw-la quam_fw-la christi_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o force_n of_o this_o last_o testimony_n may_v be_v learn_v by_o mr._n h._n from_o dr._n field_n it_o must_v not_o be_v say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o original_a cause_n that_o man_n have_v any_o such_o action_n of_o will_n as_o be_v evil_a ex_fw-la objecto_fw-la for_o if_o he_o shall_v original_o and_o out_o of_o himself_o will_v any_o such_o act_n he_o must_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n see_v such_o a_o a●t_n be_v intrinsical_o evil_a so_o that_o it_o can_v be_v separate_v from_o deformity_n p._n 125_o 126._o after_o this_o let_v salvian_n speak_v nil_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la pertinens_fw-la leave_v ducendum_fw-la est_fw-la 207._o quia_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la exiguum_fw-la esse_fw-la culpa_fw-la grande_n hoc_fw-la faciebat_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la in●uria_fw-la epiphanius_n adv_o haer._n l._n 1._o tom._n 3._o p._n 265._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 585._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 588._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o instance_n may_v be_v see_v p._n 281.548_o 549._o and_o to_o sin_v be_v express_v at_o every_o turn_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o import_v the_o positivity_n of_o sin_n bernardus_n de_fw-fr modo_fw-la bene_fw-la vivend_fw-mi serm_n 37_o p._n 1281._o superbia_fw-la est_fw-la r●●ix_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la superbia_n &_o cupiditas_fw-la in_o tantum_fw-la est_fw-la unum_fw-la malum_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la superbia_fw-la sine_fw-la cupidita●e_fw-la nec_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la sine_fw-la superbiâ_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la dei_fw-la contemptus_fw-la quo_fw-la ejus_fw-la praecepta_fw-la contemnimus_fw-la 1702._o luxuria_fw-la flagitium_fw-la est_fw-la avaritia_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la nequiti●_n unde_fw-la illud_fw-la vitium_fw-la corporis_fw-la istud_fw-la animae_fw-la viz._n quia_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la inquinet_fw-la corpus_fw-la sicut_fw-la luxuria_fw-la similiter_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la avaritia_fw-la inquinat_fw-la animam_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o idolorum_fw-la servitus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la nor_o do_v i_o see_v how_o 1.13_o those_o father_n who_o say_v that_o a_o habit_n of_o sin_n be_v get_v by_o the_o custom_n of_o such_o act_n as_o be_v avoidable_o of_o themselves_o can_v be_v imaginable_a not_o to_o hold_v the_o positivity_n of_o sin_n or_o to_o hold_v that_o such_o act_n can_v be_v imputable_a to_o god_n which_o they_o affirm_v the_o creature_n may_v have_v avoid_v evitabilium_fw-la actuum_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la censent_fw-la generari_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la habitum_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la so_o ger._n vossius_n in_o hist._n pelag_n p._n 215._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o he_o call_v idolatry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orat._n 38._o p._n 620._o 164._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 254._o initium_fw-la omnis_fw-la peccati_fw-la superbia_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sed_fw-la nullum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fieri_fw-la potuit_fw-la potest_fw-la aut_fw-la poterit_fw-la sine_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la siquidem_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la dei_fw-la contemptus_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la ejus_fw-la praecepta_fw-la calcantur_fw-la which_o compare_n with_o ecclus._n 10.13_o fulgentius_n ad_fw-la monim_n l._n 1._o p._n 275._o so_o also_o p._n 302_o si_fw-la initium_fw-la peccati_fw-la requiritur_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la nisi_fw-la superbia_fw-la invenitur_fw-la quae_fw-la tùm_fw-la initium_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la cum_fw-la angelus_n adversus_fw-la deum_fw-la elatus_fw-la per_fw-la concupiscentiam_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la radix_fw-la omnium_fw-la malorum_fw-la volens_fw-la usurpare_fw-la etc._n etc._n mala_fw-la opera_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la peccata_fw-la praescisse_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la etiam_fw-la praedestinasse_n quia_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la opus_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la dicitur_fw-la 311._o sed_fw-la judicium_fw-la ideo_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la opus_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la operante_fw-la deo_fw-la malus_fw-la operatur_fw-la lombardus_fw-la l._n 2._o d._n 2._o dist._n 40._o c._n opera_fw-la ipsa_fw-la peccata_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la furta_fw-la stupra_fw-la blasphemiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la actus_fw-la qui_fw-la peccata_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la quaerimus_fw-la quis_fw-la actus_fw-la peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la dignosces_fw-la quis_fw-la actus_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la they_o in_o lieu_n of_o produce_v more_o antiquity_n in_o word_n at_o length_n which_o will_v increase_v my_o reader_n trouble_v i_o shall_v insert_v the_o
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conversion_n to_o a_o object_n contrary_a to_o the_o object_n of_o virtue_n as_o of_o a_o aversion_n from_o the_o law_n and_o hence_o say_v the_o cardinal_n there_o be_v in_o sin_n a_o double_a nature_n of_o evil_n the_o one_o arise_v from_o the_o object_n the_o other_o from_o the_o not_o observe_v of_o the_o law_n the_o first_o be_v positive_a the_o second_o privative_a the_o first_o infer_v the_o second_o for_o it_o can_v be_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v hate_v god_n but_o that_o in_o so_o do_v he_o must_v break_v the_o law_n because_o it_o be_v simple_o and_o intrinsical_o evil_a so_o that_o to_o do_v it_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o as_o this_o be_v observe_v by_o d._n field_n in_o confirmation_n of_o his_o doctrine_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o p._n 120._o so_o i_o find_v the_o same_o cardinal_n 5._o elsewhere_o say_v that_o in_o moralibus_fw-la pars_fw-la subjectiva_fw-la mali_fw-la est_fw-la malum_fw-la and_o est_fw-la in_o moralibus_fw-la malum_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la imply_v the_o whole_a sin_n to_o be_v a_o concrete_a not_o a_o repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n without_o a_o act_n which_o do_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n §_o 19_o the_o most_o acute_a episcopius_n do_v implicit_o thus_o argue_v ●_o although_o by_o way_n of_o paralipsis_n as_o a_o act_n command_v by_o the_o law_n be_v the_o virtue_n itself_o or_o ordination_n of_o the_o will_n unto_o the_o law_n so_o the_o act_n forbid_v by_o the_o law_n be_v the_o vice_n itself_o or_o inordination_n of_o the_o will_n against_o the_o law_n and_o as_o the_o act_n of_o virtue_n do_v not_o contain_v or_o connote_v any_o real_a thing_n positive_a superad_v to_o the_o act_n which_o may_v be_v call_v ordination_n so_o the_o act_n of_o vice_n do_v connote_v nothing_o privative_a superad_v to_o the_o act_n which_o may_v be_v call_v inordination_n §_o 20._o doctor_n stern_n a_o very_a late_a 281._o but_o learned_a writer_n do_v brief_o urge_v six_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o sin_n may_v have_v a_o positive_a be_v four_o of_o which_o i_o praetermit_v because_o i_o have_v already_o show_v they_o as_o long_o since_o urge_v by_o other_o man_n though_o otherwise_o urge_v by_o he_o than_o other_o and_o perhaps_o in_o some_o place_n to_o more_o advantage_n the_o other_o two_o i_o shall_v mention_v as_o not_o yet_o touch_v first_o say_v he_o a_o nonentity_n may_v be_v moral_o good_a and_o therefore_o a_o entity_n may_v be_v moral_o evil_a 280._o the_o consequence_n be_v evident_a both_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o opposite_n and_o because_o there_o be_v not_o more_o repugnance_n betwixt_o obliquity_n and_o entity_n as_o obliquity_n be_v take_v or_o mistake_v by_o the_o adverse_a party_n then_o betwixt_o goodness_n and_o nonentity_n the_o antecedent_n be_v prove_v because_o a_o mere_a omission_n of_o a_o forbid_a
act_n although_o a_o nonentity_n be_v moral_o good_a again_o the_o schoolman_n do_v hold_v a_o twofold_a punishment_n 281._o the_o one_o of_o sense_n the_o other_o of_o loss_n whereof_o the_o latter_a be_v the_o wage_n of_o a_o aversion_n from_o god_n as_o be_v also_o the_o former_a of_o a_o conversion_n to_o the_o creature_n so_o that_o if_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o mere_a privation_n the_o poena_fw-la sensus_fw-la will_v be_v inflict_v without_o all_o justice_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o revenge_n for_o a_o conversion_n to_o the_o creature_n §_o 21._o again_o it_o may_v be_v thus_o argue_v and_o out_o of_o baronius_n his_o metaphysica_fw-la generalis_fw-la that_o which_o have_v not_o a_o positive_a entity_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o sin_n many_o way_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o something_o 54._o for_o 1._o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o punishment_n and_o 2_o one_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o another_o a_o vicious_a act_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o vicious_a 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tell_v another_o which_o may_v agree_v with_o the_o context_n as_o well_o as_o this_o which_o i_o have_v give_v beside_o he_o confess_v with_o hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoz●_n that_o in_o the_o exercis●_n of_o the_o will_v there_o be_v a_o positive_a act_n p._n 63._o such_o as_o be_v the_o act_n of_o willing_a sin_n and_o that_o to_o will_v sin_n be_v sin_n i_o know_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v himself_o §_o 28._o but_o now_o mr._n hickman_n out_o of_o all_o measure_n confess_v the_o thing_n that_o he_o deny_v i_o mean_v the_o positive_a be_v of_o sin_n for_o 1._o he_o confess_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o hate_v god_n which_o he_o also_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o action_n and_o so_o to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v p._n 93_o 94_o 95._o again_o 2._o the_o first_o sin_n of_o angel_n he_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v a_o proud_a desire_n to_o be_v equal_a unto_o god_n p._n 103._o now_o that_o pride_n and_o desire_n be_v both_o in_o the_o predicament_n of_o quality_n and_o have_v as_o positive_a entity_n 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formal_a part_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v say_v by_o himself_o to_o denominate_v the_o act_n or_o the_o habit_n evil_a nor_o will_v a_o quasi_fw-la superad_v serve_v to_o do_v he_o a_o good_a turn_n for_o let_v he_o call_v it_o a_o action_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o to_o which_o a_o epithet_n may_v be_v add_v he_o will_v still_o imply_v it_o to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o whilst_o he_o say_v a_o evil_n quality_n he_o imply_v the_o privation_n which_o he_o so_o call_v to_o be_v a_o concrete_a not_o remember_v his_o famous_a say_n that_o he_o can_v so_o much_o as_o conceive_v of_o si●_n unless_o as_o perfect_o a_o abstract_n p._n 54._o and_o that_o sin_n be_v synonymous_a with_o sinfulness_n itself_o p._n 53._o again_o he_o seem_v here_o to_o speak_v of_o a_o external_a denomination_n as_o if_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o what_o he_o be_v afterward_o to_o say_v concern_v the_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n that_o it_o be_v intrinsical_o and_o essential_o evil_a not_o mere_o through_o the_o want_n of_o some_o circumstance_n p._n 94._o again_o he_o say_v 4._o that_o in_o hate_v god_n the_o terminate_n of_o that_o act_n to_o that_o object_n be_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o action_n p._n 95._o now_o we_o know_v it_o be_v a_o action_n for_o the_o will_v to_o determine_v or_o fix_v a_o act_n upon_o a_o object_n and_o so_o according_a to_o mr._n hickman_n sinfulness_n itself_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v even_o while_o he_o say_v it_o be_v but_o privative_a 5._o he_o go_v but_o one_o line_n far_o when_o he_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o moral_a goodness_n and_o evil_n be_v rather_o modi_fw-la entium_fw-la than_o entia_fw-la p._n 95._o whereby_o he_o yield_v i_o as_o much_o advantage_n as_o i_o can_v wish_v to_o my_o whole_a cause_n for_o when_o sin_n or_o moral_a evil_n be_v allow_v as_o much_o entity_n as_o moral_a goodness_n and_o moral_a goodness_n as_o little_a entity_n as_o sin_n it_o must_v either_o be_v his_o tenet_n that_o sin_n have_v also_o a_o positive_a be_v or_o that_o goodness_n have_v none_o at_o all_o if_o the_o first_o he_o at_o once_o betray_v we_o he_o whole_a cause_n and_o withal_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o he_o say_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o positive_a being_n if_o the_o second_o he_o must_v needs_o deny_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o goodness_n or_o lose_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o shift_n by_o which_o he_o will_v seem_v not_o to_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n 6._o again_o if_o the_o evil_a work_n themselves_o be_v positive_a which_o he_o confess_v p._n 96._o there_o need_v no_o more_o to_o be_v add_v by_o he_o for_o that_o there_o be_v also_o some_o privation_n none_o be_v concern_v to_o deny_v whilst_o what_o be_v positive_a in_o sin_n be_v so_o full_o yield_v 7._o he_o grant_v as_o much_o as_o a_o man_n can_v wish_v p._n 102._o viz._n that_o man_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o action_n and_o the_o youngster_n argument_n against_o it_o holds_z as_o much_o against_o good_a as_o evil_a action_n see_v his_o confession_n p._n 103._o 8._o that_o the_o deficient_a cause_n be_v reducible_a to_o the_o efficient_a the_o cause_n of_o the_o action_n per_fw-la se_fw-la of_o the_o vitiosity_n per_fw-la concomitantiam_fw-la he_o confess_v p._n 103._o 9_o far_o yet_o he_o confess_v that_o sin_n in_o scripture_n do_v not_o signify_v abstract_o but_o that_o it_o signify_v our_o faculty_n which_o do_v lust_n against_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n p._n 100_o much_o less_o will_v he_o deny_v the_o very_a lust_a itself_o to_o be_v a_o sin_n which_o be_v as_o positive_a as_o the_o faculty_n to_o which_o the_o lust_a be_v ascribe_v nay_o 10._o he_o confess_v that_o a_o sin_n be_v a_o action_n if_o he_o be_v not_o unpardonable_o impertinent_a p._n 102._o for_o a_o account_n of_o which_o see_v forward_o chap._n 8._o §_o 24._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o but_o mr._n h._n be_v convict_v of_o what_o himself_o do_v acknowledge_v the_o great_a blasphemy_n sin_n to_o wit_n of_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o blunt_o affirm_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o whatsoever_o be_v find_v to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v by_o name_n of_o that_o very_a action_n of_o hate_v god_n p._n 95.96_o hope_n be_v to_o lessen_v the_o odium_fw-la which_o can_v but_o lie_v on_o so_o foul_a a_o doctrine_n by_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o the_o common_a shift_n i_o mean_v by_o make_v such_o a_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o act_n and_o the_o obliquity_n as_o to_o entitle_v god_n unto_o the_o first_o and_o the_o sinner_n only_o unto_o the_o second_o that_o action_n of_o david_n his_o lie_v with_o vriah_n wife_n which_o in_o scripture_n be_v call_v adultery_n he_o say_v be_v positive_a and_o from_o god_n and_o therefore_o one_o of_o god_n creature_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v over_o and_o over_o 3._o p._n 79.82.95.96_o but_o the_o pravity_n or_o obliquity_n which_o he_o call_v the_o evil_a quality_n that_o do_v denominate_v the_o action_n he_o be_v content_a to_o fasten_v upon_o man_n too_o ibid._n now_o it_o remain_v that_o i_o endeavour_v to_o make_v he_o ashamed_a of_o so_o lewd_a a_o refuge_n as_o do_v but_o serve_v to_o encourage_v by_o give_v shelter_n and_o protection_n not_o at_o all_o to_o extenuate_v his_o great_a impiety_n §_o 2._o for_o first_o to_o condemn_v he_o out_o of_o his_o mouth_n he_o speak_v a_o while_n after_o without_o the_o vizor_n of_o this_o distinction_n mouth_n while_o he_o say_v it_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n to_o produce_v not_o only_o every_o real_a be_v but_o also_o the_o real_a positive_a modification_n of_o being_n p._n 95._o now_o that_o the_o very_a repugnance_n of_o the_o act_n to_o the_o ob●ect_n have_v at_o least_o a_o real_a if_o not_o a_o positive_a be_v mr._n hickman_n do_v many_o time_n acknowledge_v as_o when_o he_o rank_n it_o with_o moral_a goodness_n in_o affirm_v both_o to_o be_v modos_fw-la entium_fw-la p._n 95._o 120._o that_o profound_a divine_a and_o subtle_a disputant_n dr._n field_n allow_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n but_o what_o be_v positive_a the_o very_a deformity_n that_o be_v find_v in_o it_o be_v precise_o say_v he_o a_o positive_a repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o his_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v such_o as_o mr._n hickmans_n teacher_n be_v puzzle_v at_o but_o let_v that_o pass_n mr._n hick_n be_v convict_v of_o the_o crime_n allege_v in_o the_o indictment_n if_o the_o repugnance_n have_v nothing_o more_o than_o a_o real_a be_v nor_o dare_v he_o say_v it_o have_v no_o be_v at_o all_o for_o that_o be_v to_o cast_v the_o whole_a adultery_n upon_o god_n by_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v the_o producer_n of_o all_o that_o be_v positive_a or_o real_a in_o it_o they_o be_v every_o one_o mr_n hickmans_n word_n and_o to_o acquit_v the_o adulterer_n from_o have_v any_o share_n in_o it_o whereby_o he_o also_o do_v infer_v he_o to_o be_v but_o titular_o such_o §_o 3._o but_o second_o let_v we_o suppose_v the_o man_n have_v never_o charge_v god_n in_o so_o gross_a a_o manner_n reason_n as_o to_o entitle_v he_o to_o the_o production_n of_o all_o thing_n real_a yet_o his_o shift_n will_v not_o save_v he_o from_o be_v find_v to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o when_o he_o say_v that_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v from_o god_n he_o mean_v it_o be_v from_o he_o as_o the_o mediate_a or_o the_o immediate_a cause_n if_o as_o the_o mediate_a so_o as_o to_o move_v the_o second_o cause_n to_o be_v immediate_o the_o cause_n of_o such_o a_o action_n it_o follow_v then_o that_o the_o 2._o cause_o
be_v subordinate_a and_o determine_v by_o the_o first_o to_o that_o numerical_a and_o particular_a action_n which_o have_v its_o specification_n from_o the_o influx_n of_o god_n either_o the_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n can_v possible_o be_v a_o sin_n or_o not_o impute_v as_o a_o sin_n to_o the_o second_o cause_n thus_o act_v by_o the_o first_o as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o whatsoever_o it_o be_v must_v rest_v upon_o god_n as_o its_o cause_n and_o author_n if_o mr_n hick_n for_o a_o escape_n from_o this_o impiety_n shall_v rather_o say_v it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o immediate_a cause_n his_o case_n will_v then_o be_v so_o much_o worse_o as_o it_o be_v worse_o by_o some_o odds_o to_o make_v god_n a_o sinner_n then_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o creature_n sin_n now_o beside_o that_o god_n be_v say_v to_o make_v the_o action_n which_o he_o forbid_v and_o at_o the_o instant_a that_o he_o forbid_v it_o we_o know_v the_o obliquity_n to_o the_o action_n be_v so_o inseparable_o annex_v 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as_o it_o be_v join_v to_o that_o which_o he_o do_v will_n neither_o can_v be_v separate_v from_o it_o it_o be_v of_o necessity_n that_o he_o must_v will_n both_o the_o case_n appear_v in_o those_o action_n which_o be_v voluntary_a and_o mix_v as_o when_o a_o man_n cast_v into_o the_o sea_n those_o rich_a commodity_n to_o save_v his_o life_n which_o he_o will_v not_o do_v but_o in_o such_o a_o case_n hence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n and_o sinful_a deformity_n be_v so_o inseparable_o join_v together_o that_o the_o one_o can_v be_v divide_v from_o the_o other_o for_o a_o man_n can_v hate_v god_n but_o he_o must_v sin_v damnable_o if_o god_n do_v will_n the_o one_o he_o do_v will_n the_o other_o also_o 522._o §_o 5._o this_o of_o durand_n be_v confirm_v by_o suarez_n who_o say_v he_o shall_v never_o satisfy_v any_o man_n that_o doubt_v how_o god_n may_v be_v clear_v from_o be_v author_n of_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v a_o efficiency_n in_o the_o sinful_a action_n of_o man_n that_o shall_v answer_v that_o all_o th●t_n be_v say_v touch_v god_n efficiency_n and_o concurrence_n be_v true_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o evil_a motion_n of_o man_n will_n material_o consider_v and_o not_o formal_o in_o that_o they_o be_v evil_a and_o sinful_a for_o the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v consequent_a upon_o the_o other_o for_o a_o free_a and_o deliberate_a act_n of_o a_o create_a will_n about_o such_o a_o act_n and_o such_o circumstance_n can_v be_v produce_v but_o it_o must_v have_v deformity_n annex_v to_o it_o 104._o §_o 6._o there_o be_v some_o operation_n or_o action_n say_v cumel_n that_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a so_o that_o in_o they_o we_o can_v separate_v that_o which_o be_v material_a from_o that_o which_o be_v formal_a as_o it_o appear_v in_o the_o hate_n of_o god_n and_o in_o this_o act_n ☞_o when_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v and_o resolve_v i_o will_v do_v evil_a so_o that_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o god_n shall_v effectual_o work_v our_o 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etc._n but_o let_v we_o hear_v dr._n jackson_n also_o 3012._o §_o 9_o the_o hypothesis_n for_o who_o clear_a discussion_n these_o last_o thesis_n have_v be_v praemise_v be_v this_o whether_o it_o be_v once_o grant_v or_o suppose_v that_o the_o almighty_a creator_n be_v the_o cause_n either_o of_o our_o mother_n eve_n desire_n or_o of_o her_o actual_a eat_n of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n or_o of_o her_o delivery_n of_o it_o to_o her_o husband_n or_o of_o his_o take_n and_o eat_v it_o though_o unaware_o the_o same_o almighty_a god_n must_v not_o upon_o like_a necessity_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o the_o obliquity_n which_o do_v accompany_v the_o positive_a act_n or_o do_v necessary_o result_v from_o they_o this_n be_v a_o case_n or_o species_n facti_fw-la which_o we_o can_v determine_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o faith_n it_o must_v be_v try_v by_o the_o undoubted_a rule_n of_o logic_n or_o better_a arts._n these_o be_v the_o only_a perspective_n glass_n which_o can_v 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the_o author_n of_o the_o positive_a act_n of_o hate_v god_n etc._n do_v make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o the_o obliquity_n because_o say_v he_o god_n himself_o can_v effect_v what_o do_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o the_o moral_a obliquity_n of_o a_o act_n which_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a and_o free_o exert_v by_o the_o creature_n shall_v not_o follow_v or_o rather_o attend_v the_o positive_a entity_n of_o the_o act_n which_o be_v such_o as_o have_v be_v say_v and_o so_o exert_v for_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o a_o act_n intrinsical_o evil_a to_o wit_n the_o act_n hate_v god_n shall_v be_v free_o exert_v and_o yet_o not_o evil_a or_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o have_v a_o moral_a pravity_n conjoin_v with_o it_o 2._o they_o who_o hold_v all_o positive_a entity_n to_o be_v effect_v by_o god_n himself_o must_v needs_o believe_v he_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n as_o much_o of_o the_o worst_a as_o of_o the_o best_a action_n in_o the_o world_n both_o because_o hate_v be_v as_o positive_a when_o it_o be_v fix_v upon_o god_n as_o it_o can_v possible_o be_v when_o it_o be_v fix_v upon_o the_o devil_n and_o because_o a_o obliquity_n be_v as_o unavoidable_a to_o the_o one_o as_o rectitude_v or_o conformity_n can_v be_v possible_o to_o the_o other_o 3._o if_o a_o immediate_a work_n of_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n be_v require_v to_o make_v a_o author_n of_o another_o sin_n than_o neither_o man_n nor_o devil_n in_o persuade_v another_o to_o do_v wicked_o can_v possible_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o because_o they_o be_v not_o any_o otherwise_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o obliquity_n then_o by_o tempt_v to_o that_o act_n to_o which_o the_o obliquity_n be_v annex_v and_o for_o the_o very_a same_o reason_n no_o creature_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o such_o sin_n within_o himself_o because_o he_o do_v not_o produce_v the_o moral_a obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n but_o by_o produce_v the_o act_n to_o which_o the_o obliquity_n be_v annex_v 4._o when_o we_o do_v absolute_o and_o simple_o inquire_v after_o the_o cause_n of_o another_o man_n sin_n we_o do_v not_o inquire_v after_o the_o cause_n which_o immediate_o reach_v to_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n but_o after_o the_o induce_n or_o move_v cause_n by_o which_o he_o be_v lead_v to_o such_o a_o voluntary_a act_n who_o object_n be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n that_o be_v the_o method_n of_o aquinas_n de_fw-fr malo_fw-la quaest_n 3._o art_n 1._o &_o 3_o &_o 1.2_o q._n 75._o per_fw-la totam_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o if_o god_n do_v induce_v we_o efficacious_o to_o a_o aversion_n from_o himself_o and_o so_o to_o a_o hatred_n of_o his_o divinity_n it_o be_v every_o whit_n as_o true_a that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o our_o sin_n as_o that_o he_o induce_v we_o efficacious_o to_o that_o aversion_n and_o hatred_n which_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a and_o therefore_o mr._n hickman_n must_v recant_v the_o first_o or_o content_o smart_v for_o the_o impiety_n of_o the_o second_o §_o 11._o doctor_n stearn_n be_v very_o severe_a and_o upon_o very_o just_a ground_n to_o the_o use_n that_o be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o distinction_n 249._o for_o he_o do_v not_o content_v himself_o to_o say_v that_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o action_n from_o which_o the_o obliquity_n can_v be_v separate_a be_v to_o be_v the_o very_a cause_n of_o the_o obliquity_n itself_o because_o the_o obliquity_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o entity_n of_o the_o action_n and_o th●t_v in_o a_o manner_n unavoidable_a nor_o do_v he_o only_o add_v this_o that_o man_n himself_o be_v no_o otherwise_o the_o author_n of_o his_o sin_n then_o as_o he_o be_v author_n of_o that_o action_n to_o which_o the_o obliquity_n be_v annex_v but_o he_o say_v yet_o far_o 249._o that_o if_o god_n well-knowing_a the_o absolute_a inseparability_n of_o the_o obliquity_n from_o the_o action_n do_v willing_o produce_v that_o very_a action_n he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v free_a from_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o action_n that_o he_o be_v môre_o guilty_a of_o it_o than_o the_o man_n himself_o in_o who_o that_o action_n be_v ●o_o produce_v as_o who_o do_v seldom_o or_o never_o think_v of_o the_o obliquity_n annex_v quam_fw-la deus_fw-la nunquam_fw-la non_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la &_o animadvertit_fw-la nay_o he_o charge_v the_o adversary_n with_o a_o high_a blasphemy_n than_o that_o even_o with_o make_v god_n more_o guilty_a than_o the_o devil_n which_o how_o they_o can_v answer_v let_v they_o consider_v who_o it_o concern_v i_o shall_v only_o for_o the_o present_a subjoin_v his_o word_n immo_n daemon_n hominem_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la tentantes_fw-la minori_fw-la jure_fw-la authores_fw-la peccati_fw-la sunt_fw-la censendi_fw-la quam_fw-la causa_fw-la libera_n actionis_fw-la illam_fw-la producens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sciens_fw-la malitiam_fw-la esse_fw-la
the_o negative_a precept_n of_o the_o almighty_a whereby_o he_o forbid_v we_o to_o give_v a_o be_v to_o this_o or_o that_o which_o he_o tell_v we_o he_o hate_v the_o be_v of_o thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o put_v such_o a_o concupiscence_n in_o be_v and_o yet_o to_o covet_v another_o man_n wife_n be_v as_o positive_o something_o as_o to_o covet_v his_o own_o and_o more_o positive_o something_o than_o not_o to_o covet_v another_o man_n though_o that_o be_v the_o vice_n and_o this_o the_o virtue_n 13._o they_o indeed_o who_o deny_v this_o natural_a freedom_n of_o the_o will_n worse_o must_v either_o yield_v to_o the_o manichee_n or_o else_o do_v worse_o as_o have_v be_v show_v but_o this_o be_v grant_v there_o need_v no_o new_a principle_n as_o the_o manichee_n dream_v for_o the_o production_n of_o what_o be_v evil_a for_o he_o that_o may_v do_v good_a by_o ma●king_a use_n of_o that_o talon_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o have_v eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la the_o power_n to_o do_v the_o contrary_a unless_o he_o be_v irresistible_o and_o unavoidable_o good_a which_o no_o man_n be_v on_o this_o side_n heaven_n now_o since_o both_o the_o habit_n and_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v as_o positive_a as_o the_o habit_n and_o act_n of_o virtue_n and_o equal_o reducible_a to_o the_o species_n of_o quality_n and_o that_o there_o need_v no_o other_o power_n for_o the_o production_n of_o the_o former_a than_o what_o be_v give_v we_o whilst_o it_o be_v give_v we_o to_o be_v true_o free_a agent_n it_o will_v be_v fit_a to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o i_o have_v not_o only_o my_o private_a but_o public_a reason_n also_o for_o what_o i_o teach_v §_o 6._o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n 1.2_o who_o refell_n the_o two_o principle_n in_o the_o manichaean_n sense_n do_v set_v they_o up_o and_o assert_v they_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v god_n to_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a and_o the_o devil_n on_o the_o contrary_a of_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v evil_a to_o wit_n the_o evil_a of_o sin_n which_o be_v evil_a proper_o so_o call_v he_o assert_v the_o first_o in_o these_o word●_n of_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 11.36_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o explain_v by_o the_o restriction_n think_v fit_a to_o be_v add_v by_o saint_n james_n c._n 1._o v._n 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n he_o affirm_v the_o second_o in_o these_o term_n 571._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o 3_o the_o 574._o power_n to_o sin_n though_o not_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n itself_o he_o right_o affirm's_n to_o be_v from_o god_n which_o power_n be_v innocent_a as_o in_o adam_n and_o the_o angel_n before_o their_o fall_n who_o can_v never_o have_v sin_v if_o before_o they_o actual_o sin_v they_o have_v not_o have_v the_o power_n to_o sin_n but_o for_o the_o exertion_n of_o that_o power_n into_o act_n that_o be_v evil_n 578._o can_v possible_o proceed_v from_o so_o good_a a_o fountain_n ignatius_n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la p._n 53._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d justin_n martyr_n in_o apolog._n 1._o pro_fw-la christ._n p._n 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d see_v he_o especial_o in_o quaest._n &_o resp._n add_v orthod_n p._n 396._o &_o 436._o tertul_n contra_fw-la martion_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5_o 6._o suae_fw-la po_fw-la testatis_fw-la invenio_fw-la hominem_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la constitutum_fw-la lapsumque_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la libero_fw-la ejus_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la deputandum_fw-la athanasius_n de_fw-la anima_fw-la humana_fw-la loquens_fw-la in_fw-la orat_fw-la contra_fw-la gent._n p._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o very_a much_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n p._n 9.37_o &_o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr incar_n verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la p._n 57_o 58._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 58._o augustin_n retract_v l._n c._n 9_o per_fw-la totum_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la exortum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la libero_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la queri_fw-la unde_fw-la iste_fw-la motus_fw-la existat_fw-la quo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la avertitur_fw-la ab_fw-la incommutabili_fw-la bono_fw-mi ad_fw-la commutabile_fw-la bonum_fw-la 3._o cum_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la animi_fw-la &_o voluntarium_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la culpabile_fw-la esse_fw-la fateamur_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la tandem_fw-la esse_fw-la poterit_fw-la ante_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la causa_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la aut_fw-la igitur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la peccandi_fw-la aut_fw-la nullum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la peccandi_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la rectè_fw-la imputetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la voluntati_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quâ_fw-la &_o peccatur_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la vivitur_fw-la nazianz_n orat_fw-la 40._o p._n 671._o apud_fw-la d._n barl._n p._n 52._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vide_fw-la d._n d._n hammondi_n annot._n in_o 1_o cor._n 8.4_o fulgentius_n apud_fw-la aqu._n 1.2_o q._n 79._o art_n 3._o deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ultor_fw-la istius_fw-la rei_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la actor_n prosper_n in_o senten_a ex_fw-la aug._n p._n 444._o iniquitas_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la facta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la nulla_fw-la substantia_fw-la ●st_fw-la mark_n h●s_v reason_n and_o the_o two_o thing_n which_o it_o imply_v 1_o that_o iniquity_n be_v a_o accident_n and_o 2._o such_o as_o be_v not_o from_o god_n and_o therefore_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 573._o that_o the_o sole_a cause_n of_o evil_a deed_n be_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n ad_fw-la quam_fw-la solam_fw-la male_a gesta_fw-la recurrunt_fw-la clem._n alex._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 167._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 169._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v §_o 3_o he_o say_v all_o substance_n have_v their_o production_n from_o god_n but_o not_o all_o action_n or_o operation_n unless_o when_o they_o be_v good_a the_o original_a of_o the_o evil_n he_o 219._o im●putes_v to_o freewill_n and_o thus_o he_o dispute_v against_o they_o who_o feign_v another_o creator_n even_o of_o substance_n beside_o the_o only_a true_a god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cyrillus_n hiero_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 30._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cite_v that_o text_n eccles._n 7.30_o and_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n ephes._n 2.10_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o after_o in_o the_o same_o page_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o little_a after_o p._n 34._o speak_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o apply_v to_o he_o that_o of_o ezek._n 28.12_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 34._o he_o add_v it_o be_v very_o well_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ambrose_n de_fw-fr cain_n &_o abel_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o fol._n 260._o h._n qui_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suum_fw-la ad_fw-la quandam_fw-la uti_fw-la gentiles_n asserunt_fw-la decreti_fw-la aut_fw-la operis_fw-la svi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la referunt_fw-la divina_fw-la arguere_fw-la videntur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la vis_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la quanto_fw-la gravius_fw-la peccato_fw-la ipso_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la refer_v quod_fw-la feceris_fw-la &_o reatus_fw-la tui_fw-la invidiam_fw-la transsundere_fw-la in_o authorem_fw-la non_fw-la criminis_fw-la sed_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la epiphanius_n l._n 1._o to._n 3._o haeres_fw-la 36._o p._n 266_o 267_o 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nothing_o can_v be_v without_o god_n except_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 587._o and_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n p._n 265.588_o yet_o say_v he_o god_n do_v not_o hinder_v man_n from_o sin_v by_o violence_n or_o force_n upon_o their_o will_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 671._o augustin_n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 9_o malae_fw-la voluntates_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la omnium_fw-la creaturarum_fw-la creator_n est_fw-la ita_fw-la omnium_fw-la potestatum_fw-la dator_fw-la non_fw-la a._n voluntatum_fw-la where_o by_o the_o will_n he_o mean_v the_o action_n of_o the_o will_n §_n 7._o that_o god_n give_v only_o the_o power_n to_o act_v what_o he_o forbid_v and_o that_o no_o more_o be_v mean_v by_o those_o father_n not_o who_o say_v that_o all_o thing_n in_o some_o sort_n do_v come_v from_o god_n still_o imply_v the_o act_n itself_o to_o be_v sole_o from_o the_o creature_n when_o it_o be_v whole_o against_o god_n as_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v confess_v to_o be_v i_o have_v already_o make_v apparent_a by_o diverse_a instance_n recite_v and_o doctor_n stearn_n have_v do_v it_o by_o diverse_a other_o an._n med_a l._n 2._o p._n 256_o 257._o of_o which_o i_o shall_v mark_v but_o three_o or_o four_o anselmus_fw-la de_fw-la concord_n praed_n &_o praesc_fw-la nulla_fw-la
be_v a_o high_a self-determining_a principle_n the_o great_a spring_n of_o our_o action_n of_o judgement_n pag._n 152._o but_o mr._n b._n as_o many_o other_o be_v produce_v by_o i_o in_o no_o f●●_n place_n i_o not_o observe_v any_o order_n either_o of_o dignity_n or_o of_o time_n but_o give_v to_o every_o one_o a_o place_n as_o he_o meet_v my_o memory_n or_o my_o eye_n the_o word_n of_o grotius_n deserve_v great_a heed_n 28._o whilst_o he_o say_v that_o the_o liberty_n of_o a_o man_n will_n be_v not_o vicious_a but_o able_a by_o its_o own_o force_n to_o produce_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v vicious_a that_o be_v a_o action_n meaning_n that_o a_o vicious_a action_n as_o the_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v mere_o from_o the_o sinner_n man_n or_o devil_n and_o not_o without_o impiety_n to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o god_n either_o as_o a_o mediate_a or_o immediate_a cause_n and_o though_o i_o cite_v some_o part_n of_o his_o word_n before_o yet_o not_o to_o fail_v of_o his_o inten●_n i_o shall_v entreat_v my_o reader_n to_o weigh_v the_o whole_a neque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la diximus_fw-la dimovere_fw-la nos_fw-la debet_fw-la quod_fw-la mala_fw-la multa_fw-la evenire_fw-la cernimus_fw-la quorum_fw-la videtur_fw-la origo_fw-la deo_fw-la adscribi_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la perfectissimè_fw-la sicut_fw-la ante_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la bone_fw-la sit_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la diximus_fw-la deum_fw-la omnium_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la addidimus_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la verè_fw-la subsistunt_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la prohibet_fw-la quominus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quae_fw-la subsistunt_fw-la deinde_fw-la causae_fw-la sint_fw-la accidentium_fw-la quorundam_fw-la quales_fw-la sunt_fw-la actiones_fw-la deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la &_o mentes_fw-la sublimiores_fw-la homine_fw-la creavit_fw-la cum_fw-la agendi_fw-la libertate_fw-la quae_fw-la agendi_fw-la libertas_fw-la vitiosa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la potest_fw-la suâ_fw-la vialiquid_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la producere_fw-la et_fw-la huius_fw-la quidem_fw-la generis_fw-la malis_fw-la quae_fw-la moraliter_fw-la mala_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la omnino_fw-la deum_fw-la adscribere_fw-la auctorem_fw-la nefas_fw-la est_fw-la p._n 27_o 28._o lycerus_n vindicate_v god_n from_o the_o very_a same_o calumny_n 1460._o with_o which_o mr._n hickman_n have_v not_o fear_v to_o asperse_v he_o say_v that_o the_o devil_n do_v pecc●re_o ex_fw-la semetipso_fw-la according_a to_o our_o saviour_n joh._n 8.44_o that_o he_o alone_o be_v pater_fw-la &_o fons_fw-la malorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o inventor_n of_o evil_a thing_n to_o which_o he_o accommodate_v that_o of_o austin_n quomodo_fw-la deus_fw-la pater_fw-la genuit_fw-la filium_fw-la veritatem_fw-la sic_fw-la diabolus_fw-la lapsus_fw-la genuit_fw-la quasi_fw-la filium_fw-la mendacium_fw-la god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v omnipotent_a not_o because_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n say_v lombard_n out_o of_o augustin_n but_o because_o he_o can_v do_v whatsoever_o he_o will_v 3._o who_o can_v will_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o be_v good_a but_o there_o be_v some_o thing_n say_v he_o which_o god_n can_v do_v 969._o to_o wit_n those_o thing_n which_o be_v unjust_a sunt_fw-la alia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la quae_fw-la deus_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la facere_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la p●ccata_n p._n 247._o non_fw-la potest_fw-la deus_fw-la facere_fw-la injusta_fw-la p._n 248._o these_o follow_a doctrine_n quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la hominis_fw-la ex_fw-la necessitate_v vult_fw-la &_o eligit_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la potentia_fw-la passiva_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la necessitate_v movetur_fw-la ab_fw-la appetibili_fw-la item_n quod_fw-la dignitas_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o causis_fw-la superioribus_fw-la posse_fw-la facere_fw-la peccata_fw-la item_n quod_fw-la al●quis_fw-la faciat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la omnino_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la ipsum_fw-la facere_fw-la volu●tate_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la quod_fw-la talis_fw-la peccet_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v condemn_v with_o a_o anathema_n by_o the_o bp._n of_o paris_n and_o all_o the_o professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o that_o university_n a._n d._n 1270._o &_o 1341._o together_o with_o the_o blasphemy_n of_o joannes_n de_fw-fr mercurio_n of_o the_o cistercian_n order_n that_o god_n be_v in_o some_o sort_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o sinful_a act_n 2._o and_o that_o whatever_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v so_o cause_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o every_o mode_n of_o the_o act_n and_o of_o every_o circumstance_n that_o be_v produce_v all_o which_o be_v the_o blasphemy_n assert_v as_o necessary_a truth_n by_o mr._n etc._n hickman_n &_o according_o do_o call_v for_o a_o condemnation_n bp._n bramhall_n show_v it_o to_o be_v his_o judgement_n whilst_o he_o censure_v mr._n hobbs_n for_o say_v 94.95_o that_o god_n will_n and_o effect_n by_o the_o second_o cause_n all_o their_o action_n good_a and_o bad_a and_o say_v it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o god_n shall_v willing_o do_v what_o he_o profess_v he_o do_v suffer_v act._n 13.18_o &_o act._n 14.16_o then_o he_o thus_o state_n the_o matter_n god_n cause_v all_o good_a 97._o permit_v all_o evil_a dispose_v all_o thing_n both_o good_a and_o evil_n the_o general_a power_n to_o act_n be_v from_o god_n in_o he_o we_o live_v move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v this_o be_v good_n but_o the_o specification_n and_o determination_n of_o this_o general_a power_n to_o the_o do_v of_o any_o evil_n be_v from_o ourselves_o and_o proceed_v from_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n it_o be_v a_o good_a consequence_n 101._o this_o thing_n be_v unrighteous_a therefore_o it_o can_v proceed_v from_o god_n 3._o thus_o aquinas_n and_o other_o be_v also_o expound_v by_o diotallevius_n not_o to_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v any_o cause_n of_o the_o evil_a act_n but_o that_o he_o do_v not_o withdraw_v his_o necessary_a support_n from_o the_o will_n which_o abuse_v its_o liberty_n in_o determine_v itself_o to_o the_o evil_a act_n and_o so_o that_o god_n be_v only_o the_o condition_n without_o which_o we_o can_v do_v evil_a not_o the_o cause_n by_o which_o we_o do_v it_o and_o so_o say_v 3._o aquinas_n licet_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la universale_fw-la principium_fw-la omnis_fw-la intentionis_fw-la motus_fw-la humani_fw-la quod_fw-la tamen_fw-la determinetur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la humana_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la consilium_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsâ_fw-la again_o he_o say_v non_fw-la à_fw-la motione_fw-la divinâ_fw-la sed_fw-la à_fw-la disp●sitione_n humanae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la oriri_fw-la ut_fw-la malae_fw-la potius_fw-la ●_z quam_fw-la bo●ae_fw-la sequantur_fw-la he_o also_o 3._o cite_v for_o his_o opinion_n what_o i_o have_v cast_v into_o the_o margin_n and_o of_o which_o the_o result_n be_v this_o d●termi●ation●m_fw-la ad_fw-la produc●ndam_fw-la hu●●s_fw-la actus_fw-la en●itatem_fw-la esse_fw-la à_fw-la voluntate_fw-la humanâ_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o deum_fw-la ita_fw-la nolle_fw-la anteceden●er_fw-la ut_fw-la haec_fw-la entitas_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la e●iam_fw-la esse_fw-la patiatur_fw-la suum_fw-la concursum_fw-la non_fw-la subtrahendo_fw-la si_fw-la conditio_fw-la id_fw-la exigat_fw-la ex_fw-la creaturae_fw-la libertate_fw-la opposita_fw-la p._n 92.93.94_o mark_v how_o it_o be_v express_v by_o dr._n go_v ad._n god_n make_v adam_n able_a to_o be_v willing_a to_o sin_n but_o he_o make_v he_o not_o to_o will_v sin_n that_o he_o choose_v death_n ms._n it_o be_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o will_n give_v he_o by_o god_n but_o god_n do_v not_o bind_v he_o to_o choose_v death_n for_o that_o be_v a_o contradiction_n a_o necessitate_a choice_n if_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n be_v well_o observe_v this_o point_n will_v be_v most_o evident_a and_o now_o the_o judicious_a dr._n hammond_n will_v be_v the_o fit_a to_o shut_v up_o all_o he_o that_o first_o give_v the_o law_n and_o then_o pre●etermines_v the_o act_n of_o transgress_v the_o disobedience_n 184._o the_o do_v contrary_a to_o that_o law_n that_o first_o forbid_v eat_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n and_o then_o predetermine_v adam_n will_n to_o choose_v and_o eat_v what_o be_v forbid_v be_v by_o his_o decree_n guilty_a of_o the_o commission_n of_o the_o act_n and_o by_o his_o law_n the_o cause_n of_o its_o be_v a_o obliquity_n and_o indeed_o if_o the_o obliquity_n which_o render_v the_o act_n a_o sinful_a act_n be_v itself_o any_o thing_n it_o must_v necessary_o follow_v that_o either_o god_n do_v not_o predetermine_v all_o thing_n or_o that_o he_o predetermine_v the_o obliquity_n and_o regularity_n bear_v the_o same_o proportion_n of_o relation_n to_o any_o act_n of_o duty_n as_o obliquity_n do_v to_o sin_n it_o can_v be_v imagine_v that_o the_o author_n of_o the_o sinful_a act_n shall_v not_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o obliquity_n as_o well_o as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o pious_a act_n be_v by_o the_o disputer_n acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o regularity_n of_o it_o to_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n in_o the_o word_n of_o dr_n reynolds_n 4to_n let_v not_o any_o man_n resolve_v sin_n into_o any_o other_o original_n than_o his_o
etc._n athanasius_n testimony_n p._n 76._o l._n 4._o à_fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n see_v in_o p._n 55._o l._n 9_o etc._n etc._n greg._n arimin_n a_o noble_a schoolman_n p._n 85._o l._n 10._o etc._n etc._n compare_v p._n 58._o l._n 5._o à_fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n with_o gregor_n arimin_n nobilior_fw-la scholasticus_n p._n 19_o &_o 124._o p._n 53._o l._n ult_n &_o p._n 30._o l._n 14_o etc._n etc._n mr._n hickman_n rob._n baronius_n in_o metaphysica_fw-la generali_fw-la how_o many_o man_n have_v be_v imprison_v for_o not_o pay_v sum_n of_o money_n which_o they_o do_v owe_v p._n 104._o l._n 19_o etc._n etc._n apud_fw-la homines_fw-la debtor_n incarceratur_fw-la ob_fw-la non_fw-la solutam_fw-la summam_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la quod_fw-la negativum_fw-la quid_fw-la est_fw-la §._o 5._o p._n 54._o l._n 5._o etc._n etc._n suppose_v the_o first_o sin_n of_o angel_n to_o have_v be_v a_o proud_a desire_n to_o be_v equal_a unto_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o this_o proud_a desire_n be_v the_o will_n of_o the_o angel_n but_o it_o be_v of_o the_o vitiosity_n of_o the_o action_n only_o the_o cause_n per_fw-la accidens_fw-la &_o per_fw-la concomitantiam_fw-la nor_o do_v the_o vitiosity_n of_o the_o effect_n always_o suppose_v a_o vitiosity_n in_o the_o cause_n though_o it_o always_o presuppose_v a_o imperfection_n in_o the_o cause_n and_o where_o the_o cause_n itself_o be_v vicious_a its_o vitiosity_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o vitiosity_n of_o the_o effect_n for_o vitiosity_n of_o itself_o neither_o can_v effect_v nor_o be_v effect_v but_o the_o vicious_a cause_n take_v together_o the_o be_v and_o the_o supervenient_a privation_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o vicious_a effect_n take_v it_o in_o like_a manner_n for_o the_o be_v and_o the_o superadded_a privation_n p._n 103._o l._n 9_o to_o l._n 20._o supponamus_fw-la primum_fw-la malum_fw-la culpae_fw-la in_o angelis_n fuisse_fw-la vitiosam_fw-la volitionem_fw-la aequalitatis_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la huius_fw-la vitiosae_fw-la volitioni●_n fuit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la voluntas_fw-la angelica_n verùm_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la &_o per_fw-la concomitantiam_fw-la quandam_fw-la producta_fw-la est_fw-la ea_fw-la vitiositas_fw-la vitiositatem_fw-la effect_n non_fw-la semper_fw-la praesupponere_fw-la vitiositatem_fw-la in_o causa_fw-la p._n 59_o l._n 4._o etc._n etc._n non_fw-la ergò_fw-la volumus_fw-la vitiositatem_fw-la causae_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la efficere_fw-la vitiositatem_fw-la effecti_fw-la quia_fw-la vitiositas_fw-la causae_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la nihil_fw-la operari_fw-la potest_fw-la vitiositas_fw-la verò_fw-la effecti_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la produci_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la asserimus_fw-la causam_fw-la vitiosam_fw-la prout_fw-la includit_fw-la ens_fw-la &_o privationem_fw-la enti_fw-la superadditam_fw-la producere_fw-la effectum_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la sumendo_fw-la similiter_fw-la nomen_fw-la effectûs_fw-la vitiosi_fw-la prout_fw-la includit_fw-la ens_fw-la aliquod_fw-la &_o privationem_fw-la enti_fw-la superadditam_fw-la p._n 61._o l._n 12._o etc._n etc._n haddit_n mr_n hickman_n be_v heir_n apparent_a to_o dr._n baron_n and_o mr._n barlow_n aggravation_n as_o sure_o i_o be_o he_o be_v to_o nei●her_n he_o shall_v have_v wait_v for_o the_o decease_n as_o well_o of_o the_o second_o as_o of_o the_o first_o lucan_n for_o how_o liberal_o soever_o a_o man_n intend_v towards_o his_o child_n he_o seldom_o put_v off_o his_o shoe_n till_o he_o go_v to_o bed_n nor_o will_v any_o but_o such_o vermin_n as_o be_v follower_n of_o a_o camp_n not_o at_o all_o to_o fight_v but_o to_o prey_n and_o plunder_v strip_v a_o man_n of_o his_o clothes_n before_o the_o breath_n be_v out_o of_o his_o body_n dr._n robert_n baron_n indeed_o be_v dead_a and_o know_v not_o what_o be_v do_v to_o he_o but_o i_o hope_v mr._n barlow_n be_v both_o alive_a and_o live-like_a and_o so_o it_o be_v too_o soon_o for_o mr._n hickman_n to_o 95._o take_v his_o good_n into_o possession_n if_o mr._n hickman_n shall_v deny_v what_o be_v become_v so_o proverbial_a for_o notoreity_n and_o excuse_v himself_o by_o a_o old_a proverb_n that_o many_o time_n good_a wit_n do_v jump_v which_o be_v true_a when_o mr._n h._n do_v knock_v his_o head_n against_o a_o post_n can_v have_v no_o truth_n here_o even_o for_o that_o very_a reason_n a_o man_n may_v fit_o say_v to_o he_o as_o i_o have_v hear_v sr._n thomas_n more_n once_o say_v to_o gallus_n in_o a_o tetrastick_a although_o what_o gallus_n have_v do_v in_o verse_n as_o mr._n h._n have_v do_v in_o prose_n be_v many_o century_n of_o year_n before_o sr._n thomas_n be_v yet_o in_o be_v vatibus_fw-la idem_fw-la animusque_fw-la &_o veer_fw-la spiritus_fw-la idem_fw-la qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la antiquis_fw-la est_fw-la modo_fw-la gall_n tibi_fw-la carmina_fw-la namque_fw-la eadem_fw-la versusque_fw-la frequent_a eosdem_fw-la quos_fw-la fecere_fw-la illi_fw-la tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la gall_n facis_fw-la now_o because_o that_o great_a and_o good_a man_n be_v no_o philosopher_n of_o the_o heathen_n mr._n hickman_n will_v not_o be_v angry_a at_o it_o if_o i_o try_v to_o put_v his_o good_a latin_a into_o almost_o as_o good_a english_a thou_o gallus_n have_v the_o same_o both_o spirit_n and_o mind_n with_o they_o that_o write_v in_o time_n of_o yore_o for_o when_o thou_o write_v verse_n oft_o i_o find_v thou_o write_v the_o same_o they_o write_v before_o drollerie_n §_o 20._o whereas_o mr·_n hickman_n add_v further_a p._n 2._o that_o i_o abuse_v mr._n barlee_v with_o drollerie_n as_o handsome_a as_o ever_o drop_v from_o the_o pen_n of_o of_o ben_n johnson_n in_o his_o polemicals_n i_o thank_v he_o as_o much_o as_o if_o i_o do_v but_o i_o do_v not_o accept_v of_o his_o commendation_n of_o which_o how_o ambitious_a himself_o have_v be_v we_o see_v by_o other_o man_n drollery_n to_o which_o he_o have_v put_v his_o own_o name_n vindicative_a justice_n be_v such_o a_o necessary_a virtue_n as_o without_o which_o it_o 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