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the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n by_o which_o all_o sin_n perish_v he_o mean_v that_o those_o that_o sincere_o covenant_v with_o god_n in_o baptism_n be_v true_o pardon_v though_o he_o think_v some_o of_o they_o fall_v away_o and_o perish_v be_v blot_v out_o be_v true_a even_o in_o they_o who_o will_v not_o remain_v in_o the_o truth_n and_o for_o they_o that_o be_v not_o predestinate_v unto_o life_n sent._n sup_v 3._o he_o that_o say_v that_o they_o that_o be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o life_n though_o they_o be_v in_o christ_n regenerate_v by_o baptism_n and_o have_v live_v pious_o and_o just_o it_o profit_v they_o nothing_o but_o they_o be_v so_o long_o reserve_v till_o they_o fall_v to_o ruin_v and_o they_o be_v not_o take_v out_o of_o this_o life_n till_o this_o happen_v to_o they_o as_o if_o the_o ruin_n of_o such_o man_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n constitution_n be_v not_o a_o catholic_n for_o god_n do_v not_o therefore_o prolong_v the_o time_n of_o any_o man_n age_n that_o by_o long_o live_v he_o shall_v fall_v to_o ruin_v and_o in_o his_o long_a live_n fall_v from_o the_o right_a â—aith_n see_v long_a life_n be_v to_o be_v number_v with_o the_o gift_n of_o god_n by_o which_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v better_o and_o not_o worse_o sent._n sup_v 4._o he_o that_o say_v that_o all_o be_v not_o call_v to_o grace_n if_o he_o speak_v of_o such_o as_o christ_n be_v not_o declare_v to_o be_v not_o to_o be_v reprehend_v sent._n sup_v 5._o he_o that_o say_v that_o they_o that_o be_v call_v be_v not_o equal_o call_v but_o some_o that_o they_o may_v believe_v and_o some_o that_o they_o may_v not_o believe_v as_o if_o to_o any_o man_n the_o vocation_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o not_o believe_v say_v not_o right_a for_o though_o faith_n be_v not_o but_o by_o god_n gift_n and_o man_n will_n yet_o infidelity_n be_v by_o man_n will_n alone_o sent._n 6._o he_o that_o say_v that_o pree-will_a in_o man_n be_v nothing_o but_o it_o be_v god_n predestination_n which_o work_v in_o man_n whether_o it_o be_v to_o good_a or_o to_o evil_a be_v not_o a_o catholic_n for_o god_n grace_n do_v not_o abolish_v man_n choice_n or_o freewill_n but_o perfect_v it_o and_o revoke_v and_o reduce_v it_o into_o the_o way_n from_o error_n that_o that_o which_o be_v bad_a by_o its_o own_o liberty_n may_v by_o the_o operation_n of_o god_n spirit_n be_v make_v right_o and_o god_n predestination_n be_v always_o in_o good_a which_o know_v how_o either_o to_o pardon_n with_o the_o praise_n of_o mercy_n or_o punish_v with_o the_o praise_n of_o justice_n the_o sin_n which_o be_v commit_v by_o man_n will_n alone_o sent._n 7._o he_o that_o say_v that_o god_n for_o this_o cause_n give_v not_o perseverance_n to_o some_o of_o his_o child_n who_o he_o regenerate_v in_o christ_n to_o who_o he_o give_v faith_n hope_n and_o love_n because_o by_o god_n foreknowledge_n and_o predestination_n they_o be_v not_o difference_v from_o the_o mass_n of_o perdition_n if_o he_o mean_v that_o god_n 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who_o will_v not_o work_v miracle_n with_o some_o that_o he_o say_v will_v have_v believe_v have_v they_o see_v they_o and_o he_o forbid_v his_o apostle_n to_o preach_v to_o some_o people_n and_o now_o suffer_v some_o nation_n to_o live_v without_o his_o grace_n sent._n 11._o he_o that_o say_v that_o god_n by_o his_o power_n compel_v man_n to_o sin_n be_v deserve_o reprehend_v for_o god_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o justice_n and_o goodness_n and_o all_o who_o statute_n and_o command_n be_v against_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v to_o compel_v any_o to_o sin_n and_o precipitate_v they_o from_o innocency_n into_o crime_n but_o if_o there_o be_v any_o of_o so_o profound_a impiety_n as_o that_o they_o be_v reckon_v to_o be_v beyond_o the_o remedy_n of_o correction_n they_o receive_v not_o a_o increase_n of_o their_o iniquity_n from_o god_n but_o be_v make_v â—â—â—â—_o by_o themselves_o because_o they_o deserve_v to_o be_v leave_v of_o god_n and_o give_v up_o to_o themselves_o and_o to_o deceiver_n for_o their_o former_a sin_n that_o so_o their_o sin_n shall_v be_v a_o punishment_n of_o their_o sin_n sent._n 12._o he_o that_o say_v that_o obedience_n be_v withdraw_v from_o some_o that_o be_v call_v and_o live_v pious_o and_o righteous_o that_o they_o may_v cease_v to_o obey_v do_v think_v ill_o of_o god_n goodness_n and_o justice_n as_o seem_v to_o constrain_v the_o godly_a to_o ungodliness_n and_o to_o take_v away_o good_a man_n innocency_n from_o they_o when_o as_o he_o be_v the_o giver_n and_o keeper_n of_o godliness_n and_o innocency_n he_o therefore_o that_o adher_v to_o god_n be_v act_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n but_o he_o that_o depart_v from_o god_n do_v fall_v from_o his_o obedience_n
some_o of_o you_o will_v grant_v that_o as_o motion_n cause_v motion_n by_o contact_n of_o body_n so_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n can_v cause_v the_o second_o and_o other_o of_o you_o will_v deny_v it_o and_o say_v that_o god_n action_n be_v diversify_v only_o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o effect_n and_o object_n that_o which_o cause_v the_o second_o effect_n be_v to_o be_v denominate_v a_o second_o action_n and_o not_o the_o same_o numerical_o which_o cause_v the_o first_o no_o nor_o specifical_o if_o the_o effect_n specifical_o differ_v and_o so_o as_o scholastic_a wit_n here_o exercise_v their_o curiosity_n without_o respect_n to_o arminianism_n or_o calvinism_n you_o will_v here_o fall_v into_o notional_a controversy_n in_o the_o way_n §_o 20._o 2._o but_o grant_v that_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v that_o efficacious_a grace_n which_o must_v cause_v the_o second_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v what_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v and_o what_o the_o second_o god_n grace_n like_o the_o sun_n be_v still_o shine_v though_o we_o be_v not_o still_o receive_v it_o when_o it_o work_v but_o the_o commoner_n sort_n of_o effect_n these_o tend_v to_o more_o and_o more_o the_o first_o gracious_a effect_n may_v be_v forty_o year_n before_o conversion_n but_o this_o be_v not_o your_o meaning_n but_o i_o suppose_v you_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o first_o special_a effect_n or_o gratia_fw-la operata_fw-la that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o save_v which_o you_o mean_v but_o to_o pass_v by_o that_o augustine_n prosper_n fulgentius_n much_o more_o their_o predecessor_n hold_v that_o sincere_a faith_n love_n holiness_n justification_n present_a right_n to_o life_n if_o they_o so_o die_v be_v not_o proper_a to_o the_o save_v but_o that_o some_o lose_v all_o these_o if_o you_o say_v but_o proper_a to_o the_o justify_v or_o sanctify_v or_o convert_v or_o it_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n which_o be_v proprium_fw-la justificandis_fw-la which_o you_o mean_v be_v we_o agree_v what_o that_o be_v §_o 21._o either_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n or_o the_o first_o gratia_n operata_fw-la be_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n itself_o or_o somewhat_o antecedent_n if_o the_o act_n as_o many_o subtle_o maintain_v than_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a question_n to_o ask_v whether_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v effectual_a to_o cause_v itself_o and_o how_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v somewhat_o antecedent_n or_o we_o can_v find_v no_o matter_n for_o our_o controversy_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la gratiae_n ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la §_o 22._o if_o somewhat_o antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n it_o be_v either_o a_o disposition_n or_o infuse_v habit_n or_o a_o impression_n impulse_n or_o influx_n which_o be_v neither_o disposition_n nor_o habit._n afficimur_fw-la habit._n habit._n habit._n dico_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la certo_fw-la constare_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la literis_fw-la esse_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la habitus_n supernaturale_n 2._o at_o baptizatis_fw-la infunditur_fw-la gratia_n â—o_z sensu_fw-la quod_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la dâ—o_fw-la grati_fw-la &_o consortes_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o renati_fw-la 3._o conceditur_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la velimuâ—_n diligamus_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la &_o infusionem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la 4._o dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la desuper_fw-la infusum_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la diligamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la facilius_fw-la credamus_fw-la medina_n in_o 12._o q._n 51._o p._n 282._o see_v many_o definition_n of_o a_o habit_n confute_v in_o medina_n 1._o 2._o p._n 271._o and_o that_o which_o he_o rest_v in_o be_v aristotle_n qualitas_fw-la quâ_fw-la rectè_fw-la vel_fw-la malè_fw-la afficimur_fw-la §_o 23._o 1._o a_o proper_a habit_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v not_o though_o mr._n pemble_n singular_o seem_v so_o to_o think_v yet_o he_o mean_v but_o a_o seminal_a disposition_n and_o it_o be_v common_o hold_v that_o the_o habit_n be_v give_v by_o sanctification_n after_o the_o act_n give_v in_o vocation_n 2._o but_o if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o the_o habit_n be_v not_o always_o sufficient_a to_o ascertain_v the_o act._n for_o holy_a man_n oft_o sin_n against_o a_o habit_n and_o believer_n do_v not_o always_o exercise_v it_o habit_n incline_v per_fw-mi modum_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o do_v not_o certain_o determine_v to_o the_o act_n 3._o and_o of_o a_o disposition_n it_o must_v be_v so_o say_v much_o more_o §_o 24._o 2._o and_o if_o it_o be_v a_o impulse_n or_o influxus_fw-la receptus_n as_o i_o think_v we_o must_v affirm_v this_o be_v but_o a_o general_a notion_n of_o which_o our_o understanding_n be_v very_o crude_a or_o small_a a_o mere_a motus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o for_o as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o divine_a influx_n be_v threefold_a viz._n from_o vital-activity_n or_o power_n wisdom_n and_o love_n to_o life_n light_n and_o love_n in_o man_n now_o as_o i_o say_v if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o impulse_n beside_o the_o life_n light_n and_o love_n produce_v our_o controversy_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o these_o be_v not_o efficacious_a or_o efficient_a of_o themselves_o but_o if_o such_o a_o different_a impulse_n there_o be_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v in_o man_n i_o conceive_v it_o best_o express_v by_o all_o these_o inadequate_a notion_n conjunct_a 1._o a_o inward_a urgency_n to_o this_o threefold_a act_n which_o be_v call_v in_o the_o school_n both_o auxilium_fw-la concourse_n and_o influx_n 2._o by_o which_o urgency_n the_o soul_n be_v more_o dispose_a to_o the_o act_n in_o hoc_fw-la ordine_fw-la than_o it_o be_v before_o 3._o which_o disposition_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o moral_a power_n to_o that_o act_n so_o order_v and_o somewhat_o more_o even_o some_o inclination_n to_o perform_v it_o if_o any_o man_n can_v tell_v i_o better_o what_o that_o divine_a impulse_n be_v which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o man_n act_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o learn_v §_o 25._o now_o if_o this_o be_v the_o question_n whether_o this_o divine_a impulse_n which_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n spirit_n be_v of_o its_o own_o nature_n efficacious_a to_o produce_v it_o according_a to_o jansenius_n the_o first_o grace_n be_v necessary_a delectation_n or_o love_n in_o act_n before_o that_o which_o be_v free_a and_o full_a and_o if_o so_o then_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n cause_v this_o grace_n and_o so_o none_o to_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o this_o question_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o or_o less_o sufficient_a or_o effectual_a operate_a or_o cooperate_a grace_n which_o make_v one_o man_n love_n god_n initial_o rather_o than_o another_o for_o it_o be_v no_o grace_n bâ—_n god_n essential_a will_n this_o love_n be_v the_o first_o grace_n and_o no_o receive_a impulse_n antecedent_n to_o it_o our_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o second_o effect_n i_o answer_v 1._o sometime_o god_n impulse_n be_v so_o great_a as_o propriâ_fw-la vi_fw-la do_v change_v mind_n and_o will_n and_o overcome_v resistance_n and_o procure_v our_o act_n 2._o sometime_o it_o be_v so_o strong_a as_o that_o it_o prevail_v against_o the_o contrary_a ill-disposition_n so_o far_o as_o to_o give_v man_n a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o act_n with_o some_o inclination_n which_o yet_o contrary_a habit_n and_o temptation_n do_v overcome_v and_o the_o act_n do_v not_o follow_v which_o yet_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o and_o this_o be_v call_v sufficient_a grace_n 3._o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o as_o in_o some_o instance_n god_n great_a impress_n be_v the_o chief_a difference_v cause_n so_o in_o other_o instance_n a_o equal_a impulse_n of_o god_n on_o unequal_o dispose_v subject_n do_v produce_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n in_o one_o of_o they_o which_o it_o produce_v not_o in_o the_o other_o through_o the_o incapacity_n of_o the_o recipient_a 4._o therefore_o 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15._o 11._o joel_n 2._o 13._o jer._n 15._o 6._o hos_fw-la 11._o 8._o zeph._n 3._o 17._o jer._n 32._o 41_o etc._n etc._n and_o exterior_a cause_n of_o they_o 287._o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o all_o these_o be_v 1._o that_o man_n be_v so_o far_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o divine_a volition_n as_o the_o dispositio_fw-la receptiva_fw-la may_v be_v call_v a_o cause_n and_o i_o before_o show_v in_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o sun_n influx_n how_o great_a a_o hand_n the_o various_a dispositiones_fw-la materiae_fw-la receptivae_fw-la have_v in_o the_o diversification_n of_o effect_n 2._o and_o that_o god_n volition_n themselves_o be_v hence_o relative_o denominate_v 288._o therefore_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n elect_v peter_n and_o his_o reject_v judas_n his_o love_n to_o peter_n and_o his_o hatred_n of_o judas_n be_v not_o in_o specie_fw-la the_o same_o act_n of_o his_o will_n nor_o his_o love_a peter_n and_o his_o love_a paul_n the_o 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it_o denominative_o and_o therefore_o it_o will_v infer_v god_n to_o be_v mutable_a to_o change_v it_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o other_o which_o as_o to_o the_o relation_n and_o name_n follow_v the_o mutable_a creature_n as_o do_v god_n knowledge_n of_o present_a existent_n and_o preterition_n as_o to_o denomination_n and_o connotation_n and_o it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n so_o to_o name_v they_o than_o to_o his_o simplicity_n to_o name_v they_o many_o and_o divers_a 290._o and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n to_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o be_v before_o in_o potentia_n only_o as_o to_o such_o relative_n denomination_n as_o the_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n have_v not_o yet_o that_o proximity_n to_o the_o wave_n which_o a_o twelvemonth_n hence_o will_v touch_v it_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o therefore_o mutable_a or_o as_o you_o be_v yet_o but_o in_o potentia_fw-la to_o the_o termination_n of_o his_o relation_n 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right_o to_o nobility_n but_o consent_v simple_o to_o be_v his_o wife_n that_o give_v she_o right_o to_o all_o 117._o this_o be_v yet_o fullyer_n evident_a in_o that_o most_o usual_o man_n make_v consent_n to_o one_o thing_n to_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o their_o receive_v or_o right_o to_o another_o and_o usual_o that_o which_o one_o be_v most_o backward_o to_o be_v make_v the_o condition_n of_o their_o right_n to_o that_o which_o they_o be_v most_o forward_o or_o willing_a to_o have_v the_o master_n do_v not_o say_v if_o thou_o will_v have_v thy_o wage_n thou_o shall_v have_v right_a to_o it_o but_o if_o thou_o will_v do_v my_o work_n thou_o shall_v have_v thy_o wage_n the_o condition_n of_o marriage_n be_v conjugal_a love_n and_o fidelity_n q._n d._n i_o will_v be_v thy_o husband_n and_o give_v thou_o right_n to_o all_o that_o i_o have_v if_o thou_o will_v be_v and_o do_v what_o be_v essential_a to_o a_o wife_n and_o not_o if_o thou_o will_v have_v my_o riches_n etc._n etc._n if_o 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that_o be_v be_v the_o condition_n of_o our_o justification_n be_v a_o falsehood_n 118._o therefore_o our_o consent_n to_o be_v a_o holy_a and_o obedient_a people_n or_o to_o take_v christ_n for_o our_o teacher_n exemplar_n ruler_n sanctifier_n by_o his_o word_n and_o spirit_n and_o judge_n have_v at_o least_o as_o great_a a_o hand_n in_o our_o justification_n be_v principal_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o promise_n as_o our_o belief_n in_o our_o acceptance_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n have_v sect_n viii_o of_o justification_n by_o christ_n righteousness_n impute_v 119._o christ_n personal_a righteousness_n divine_a or_o humane_a habitual_a active_a itself_o how_o little_a the_o papist_n differ_v from_o the_o imputation_n which_o they_o quarrel_v with_o see_v in_o bellarm._n word_n cite_v and_o approve_v by_o davenant_n de_fw-fr justit_fw-la and_o pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n theol._n speculat_v l._n 4._o c._n 10._o say_v obj._n pâ—ccatum_fw-la remitti_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la homo_fw-la manet_fw-la conversus_fw-la ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la &_o aversus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la at_o semper_fw-la aversus_fw-la erit_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la nisi_fw-la mutatur_fw-la resp_n sufficere_fw-la mutationem_fw-la moralem_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la solam_fw-la dei_fw-la condonationem_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la dicatur_fw-la aversus_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la this_o be_v antinomianism_n and_o false_a as_o if_o god_n call_v not_o he_o averse_v who_o be_v real_o averse_a obj._n 2._o si_fw-mi peccatum_fw-la remitti_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la actu_fw-la aut_fw-la habitu_fw-la per_fw-la solam_fw-la imputationem_fw-la erit_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la â—aereticorum_fw-la sententia_fw-la resp_n haereticos_fw-la loqui_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la &_o non_fw-la de_fw-fr imputatione_n peccati_fw-la remanentis_fw-la &_o veer_fw-la non_fw-la remissi_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la possibili_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr verâ—_n remissione_n qua_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tollatur_fw-la see_v how_o the_o case_n be_v turn_v and_o wrangler_n
unus_fw-la idemque_fw-la per_fw-la vitam_fw-la totam_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr satis_fw-la quod_fw-la dixi_fw-la nisi_fw-la illud_fw-la etiam_fw-la adjeceris_fw-la qualis_fw-la scopus_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la debeat_fw-la m._n antoninus_n li._n 11._o sect_n 21._o p._n 113._o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o it_o be_v the_o very_a heart_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n the_o sum_n of_o sanctification_n as_o love_n be_v the_o sum_n of_o the_o law_n so_o that_o to_o give_v the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n to_o cry_v abba_n father_n and_o to_o sanctify_v and_o to_o work_v in_o we_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n be_v three_o phrase_n of_o the_o same_o signification_n in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 248._o as_o christ_n as_o mediator_n be_v the_o summary_n mean_v and_o way_n to_o the_o father_n to_o bring_v man_n home_o to_o his_o creator_n so_o faith_n in_o christ_n be_v a_o mediate_a grace_n to_o work_v in_o we_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o as_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v oft_o say_v the_o bellows_n of_o faith_n kindle_v love_n and_o love_n work_v by_o holy_a obedience_n patience_n mortification_n gratitude_n and_o praise_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o all_o true_a religion_n 249._o love_n be_v the_o final_a grace_n and_o faith_n in_o christ_n but_o a_o mean_n to_o imaginable_a 1_o cor._n 12._o last_o &_o 13._o 1._o 2._o 2._o whether_o the_o habit_n of_o love_n in_o patria_fw-la be_v better_o than_o that_o of_o faith_n and_o vision_n in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la only_o or_o also_o in_o genere_fw-la rei_fw-la the_o schoolman_n be_v utter_o disagree_v cacere_n sum_n theol._n 22._o q._n 5._o a._n 1._o utrum_fw-la in_o sola_fw-la charitate_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la sit_fw-la amicitia_fw-la hominis_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la affirm_v quia_fw-la dâ—us_fw-la ut_fw-la aâ—â—hor_fw-la natura_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la communicate_v quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la propria_fw-la ejus_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la esse_fw-la naturale_fw-la &_o potentias_fw-la quae_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o the_o assertion_n vid._n bradward_n li._n 1._o c._n 1._o cor_fw-la 30._o contra_fw-la indoctos_fw-la artis_fw-la amandi_fw-la nâ—scientes_n deum_n esse_fw-la propter_fw-la seipsum_fw-la amandum_fw-la &_o câ—tera_fw-la propter_fw-la deum_fw-la omnesque_fw-la actus_fw-la humanos_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsum_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la finaliter_fw-la ordinandos_fw-la ipsumque_fw-la esse_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la diligendum_fw-la and_o his_o follow_a proof_n that_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v sin_v against_o in_o the_o small_a of_o his_o precept_n or_o in_o the_o small_a thing_n to_o avoid_v the_o great_a pain_n oâ—_n obtain_v the_o great_a good_a imaginable_a it_o the_o end_n must_v needs_o be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o mean_n as_o such_o and_o thus_o paul_n give_v the_o pre-eminence_n to_o love_n 250._o and_o no_o wonder_n if_o he_o prefer_v it_o also_o for_o duration_n for_o love_n be_v heaven_n or_o 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without_o any_o second_o cause_n or_o mean_n at_o all_o though_o we_o can_v prove_v the_o contrary_a neither_o and_o therefore_o he_o that_o resist_v all_o mean_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v in_o so_o do_v resist_v all_o god_n gracious_a operation_n on_o his_o soul_n §_o 17._o grace_n 17._o 17._o 17._o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o find_v both_o sense_n and_o concord_n in_o the_o word_n of_o your_o alvarez_n the_o aex_n l._n 7._o disp_n 59_o p._n 264._o eadâ—m_fw-la contritio_fw-la que_fw-la est_fw-la ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la genere_fw-la cause_n materialis_fw-la antecedit_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la tamen_fw-la causae_fw-la formalis_fw-la &_o efficientis_fw-la est_fw-la effeclus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la meritoria_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternâ—_n et_fw-la p._n 265._o contritio_fw-la qua_fw-la penitens_fw-la disponitur_fw-la ad_fw-la infusionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la est_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ut_fw-la thom._n 1._o 2._o q._n 112._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o ergo_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la operatio_fw-la hominis_fw-la est-meritoria_a aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la nisâ—_n procedat_fw-la à _fw-la gratiâ—_n habituali_fw-la &_o ordine_fw-la saltem_fw-la naturae_fw-la sit_fw-la ea_fw-la posterior_n how_o can_v the_o act_n be_v the_o ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la to_o the_o infusion_n of_o that_o habit_n which_o it_o flow_v from_o unless_o he_o mean_v eadem_fw-la specie_fw-la and_o not_o numerical_o which_o yet_o be_v false_a for_o it_o be_v not_o eadem_fw-la or_o else_o he_o false_o suppose_v that_o the_o same_o love_n of_o god_n may_v go_v before_o grace_n whereas_o dr._n twisse_n so_o frequent_o ask_v whether_o god_n condional_a will_v and_o so_o his_o operation_n be_v volo_fw-la te_fw-la velle_fw-la modo_fw-la velis_fw-la or_o credere_fw-la modo_fw-la credas_fw-la to_o give_v we_o faith_n if_o we_o believe_v and_o so_o make_v non_fw-la credere_fw-la or_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la to_o be_v the_o only_a resistance_n and_o the_o arminian_o to_o be_v ridiculous_a in_o make_v the_o effect_n antecedent_n to_o the_o cause_n as_o a_o condition_n of_o the_o causation_n and_o itself_o this_o semi-subtilty_n though_o it_o beget_v voluminous_a confidence_n must_v cry_v peccavi_fw-la if_o a_o little_a more_o subtlety_n do_v but_o detect_v the_o defectiveness_n of_o it_o we_o be_v not_o now_o inquire_v of_o the_o rationes_fw-la fidem_fw-la habendi_fw-la but_o of_o the_o rationes_fw-la non_fw-la habendi_fw-la nor_o be_v we_o inquire_v whether_o god_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n or_o formal_a promise_n of_o give_v faeith_n upon_o antecedent_n condition_n but_o whether_o he_o deny_v or_o give-not_a grace_n for_o actual_a faith_n effectual_a or_o sufficient_a to_o any_o but_o those_o that_o resist_v and_o 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omne_fw-la agens_fw-la requirit_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v aliquam_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la passo_fw-la maximè_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la pà ssum_fw-la habeat_fw-la dispositiones_fw-la â—_z illius_fw-la agentis_fw-la contrarias_fw-la ut_fw-la patet_fw-la de_fw-la igne_fw-la etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la gratia_n non_fw-la sit_fw-la minus_fw-la inmo_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la naturalis_fw-la forma_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratia_n requirit_fw-la majorem_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la in_o passo_fw-la et_fw-la voco_fw-la illam_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la libertatem_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la svi_fw-la deo_fw-la submittere_fw-la &_o se_fw-la ad_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la declinare_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ad_fw-la volendum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la recipere_fw-la &_o dolere_fw-la de_fw-la culpa_fw-la commissa_fw-la voluntary_a &_o libere_fw-la per_fw-la attritionem_fw-la brianson_n in_o 4._o q._n 8._o cor_fw-la 3._o fol._n 152._o this_o be_v just_a the_o doctrine_n 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god_n do_v intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la and_o what_o be_v his_o end_n the_o order_n and_o object_n open_v p._n 57_o sect._n 16._o what_o election_n and_o reprobation_n be_v the_o order_n of_o the_o decree_v call_v reprobation_n and_o of_o the_o object_n of_o negation_n of_o decree_n p._n 66._o a_o additional_a explication_n of_o divine_a nolition_n p._n 76._o sect._n 17._o whether_o god_n will_v decree_n or_o cause_n sin_n five_o act_n of_o god_n in_o and_o about_o sin_n what_o sin_n be_v many_o way_n god_n can_v cause_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o the_o sinner_n cause_v and_o so_o fulfil_v his_o decree_n without_o will_v or_o cause_v the_o sin_n objection_n answer_v god_n free_o not_o idle_o or_o impotent_o restrain_v his_o own_o possible_a operation_n sometime_o that_o he_o do_v not_o such_o or_o such_o a_o act_n at_o all_o and_o sometime_o that_o he_o do_v but_o so_o much_o towards_o it_o and_o no_o more_o whether_o god_n be_v ever_o causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la p._n 84._o sect._n 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ad_fw-la cap._n gall._n sentent_fw-fr translate_v p._n 115._o sect._n 21._o the_o sum_n of_o prosper_v answer_n to_o vincent_n 16._o object_n p._n 118._o sect._n 22._o fulgentius_n word_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n p._n 121._o sect._n 23._o the_o heal_a doctrine_n and_o concession_n of_o many_o call_v calvinist_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n pet._n molinaeus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 124._o sect._n 24._o and_o of_o petr._n á_z sancto_n joseph_n suarez_n ruiz_n etc._n etc._n on_o the_o other_o side_n especial_o bellarmine_n at_o large_a and_o other_o p._n 127._o errata_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 10._o l._n 38._o in_o mark_fw-mi for_o reason_n be_v r._n relation_n be_v p._n 24._o l._n 25._o r._n those_o cause_n l._n 26._o r._n first_o case_n p._n 27._o l._n 2._o r._n of_o predetermination_n reader_n pain_n and_o great_a business_n forbid_v i_o to_o gather_v the_o errata_fw-la some_o be_v gather_v by_o a_o friend_n out_o of_o the_o first_o book_n many_o more_o i_o must_v leave_v to_o your_o ingenuity_n i_o see_v in_o the_o premonition_n p._n 4._o l._n 22._o for_o mr._n w._n mr._n d._n l._n 47._o for_o armatus_fw-la annatus_n also_o dial._n 11._o p._n 231._o l._n 30._o r._n refuse_v dial._n 13._o p._n 291._o l._n 13._o for_o not_o r._n do_v catholic_n theology_n the_o first_o book_n pacify_v principle_n collect_v from_o the_o common_a notice_n of_o nature_n the_o certain_a oracle_n of_o god_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o christian_n for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o church-dividing_a and_o destroy_a controversy_n especial_o about_o predestination_n providence_n grace._n and_o freewill_n redemption_n justification_n faith_n merit_n work_n certainty_n of_o salvation_n perseverance_n and_o many_o other_o in_o three_o part_n i._o of_o god_n nature_n knowledge_n decree_v and_o providence_n about_o sin_n with_o man_n freewill_n as_o the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a ii_o of_o god_n government_n and_o moral_a work_n iii_o of_o god_n operation_n on_o man_n soul_n by_o richard_n baxter_n a_o earnest_a desirer_n of_o the_o unity_n love_n and_o peace_n of_o christian_n for_o endeavour_v of_o which_o he_o expect_v with_o resolve_v patience_n still_o to_o undergo_v the_o censure_n slander_n and_o cruelty_n of_o ignorance_n pride_n and_o malice_n from_o all_o that_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o zeal_n which_o be_v from_o beneath_o earthly_a sensual_a and_o devilish_a the_o cause_n of_o confusion_n and_o every_o evil_a work_n james_z 3._o 14_o 15_o 16._o london_n print_v by_o robert_n white_a for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o s_n t._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxv_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o nature_n knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o far_o as_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o intend_a conciliation_n and_o concord_n sect_n i._o of_o our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o here_o attainable_a though_o it_o be_v about_o the_o knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n that_o our_o controversy_n be_v agitate_a yet_o because_o the_o consequent_a verity_n be_v scarce_o ever_o well_o understand_v without_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o antecedent_n out_o of_o which_o the_o consequent_n arise_v and_o without_o the_o just_a order_n place_n and_o respect_n which_o the_o late_a have_v unto_o the_o former_a and_o unless_o thing_n be_v understand_v in_o their_o true_a method_n i_o will_v therefore_o expose_v myself_o to_o the_o obloquy_n of_o those_o who_o will_v call_v it_o overdoing_a so_o far_o as_o to_o premise_v somewhat_o of_o the_o deity_n itself_o but_o not_o what_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o full_a explication_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n as_o we_o be_v capable_a as_o must_v be_v in_o a_o method_n of_o theologie_n which_o i_o have_v attempt_v elsewhere_o but_o only_o so_o much_o as_o lie_v under_o our_o controvert_v subject_a and_o when_o i_o have_v do_v that_o i_o shall_v leave_v the_o rest_n thes_n 1._o to_o know_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n who_o he_o have_v send_v be_v life_n eternal_a cognitum_fw-la eternal_a eternal_a eternal_a john_n 17._o 3._o bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 198._o the_o first_o necessary_a incomplex_fw-la principle_n be_v god_n and_o the_o first_o complex_fw-la simple_o be_v of_o god_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o we_o the_o primum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la 2._o to_o 20._o to_o to_o to_o exodus_fw-la 20._o know_v god_n be_v to_o know_v his_o be_v nature_n and_o relation_n for_o though_o those_o relation_n that_o be_v to_o man_n be_v not_o essential_a to_o his_o divine_a nature_n yet_o be_v they_o essential_o contain_v in_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o religion_n for_o to_o be_v our_o god_n do_v speak_v his_o relation_n to_o we_o as_o well_o as_o his_o nature_n as_o the_o name_n king_n and_z father_z do_v among_o man_n 3._o we_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v here_o in_o flesh_n any_o one_o proper_a formal_a conception_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n that_o be_v formal_o suit_v to_o the_o truth_n in_o the_o object_n but_o only_o metaphorical_a or_o analogical_a conception_n borrow_v from_o thing_n better_o know_v 4._o yet_o nothing_o beyond_o sense_n at_o least_o be_v so_o certain_o know_v as_o god_n so_o far_o as_o we_o can_v reach_v though_o nothing_o be_v less_o perfect_o or_o more_o defective_o know_v or_o less_o comprehend_v even_o as_o we_o know_v nothing_o visible_a more_o certain_o than_o the_o sun_n and_o yet_o comprehend_v nothing_o visible_a less_o 5._o it_o be_v not_o true_a which_o many_o great_a metaphysician_n assert_v that_o the_o quiddity_n of_o god_n be_v total_o unknown_a to_o we_o for_o than_o it_o can_v not_o be_v life_n eternal_a to_o know_v he_o nor_o will_v a_o mere_a negative_a knowledge_n cause_n in_o we_o a_o sufficient_a positive_a love_n or_o joy_n or_o trust_v etc._n etc._n but_o to_o know_v that_o we_o can_v know_v he_o will_v but_o infer_v that_o we_o can_v love_v he_o for_o we_o love_v not_o a_o unknown_a good_n 6._o nor_o be_v it_o true_a that_o pet._n hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n in_o fine_a disput_fw-la and_o some_o other_o say_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o life_n and_o intellect_n be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v of_o the_o quiddity_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v not_o a_o quidditative_a notion_n 7._o god_n be_v here_o see_v in_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o work_n with_o the_o revelation_n of_o his_o word_n and_o spirit_n and_o from_o these_o work_v we_o must_v borrow_v our_o conception_n now_o conception_n conception_n conception_n the_o doubt_n be_v how_o imperfect_a work_n can_v notify_v the_o perfect_a god_n and_o the_o schoolman_n manage_v it_o as_o a_o insuperable_a difficulty_n whether_o god_n can_v have_v make_v the_o world_n or_o any_o thing_n better_o than_o it_o be_v if_o you_o will_v pardon_v i_o for_o make_v
ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la essentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la alliac_n camer_n in_o 1._o q._n 12._o d._n see_v in_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 24._o how_o they_o be_v confound_v about_o the_o order_n of_o god_n decree_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n his_o solution_n suppose_v that_o unius_fw-la objecti_fw-la volitio_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la determinans_fw-la ad_fw-la aliorum_fw-la volitionem_fw-la when_o as_o ex_fw-la paâ—te_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o volition_n and_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la be_v a_o deceive_a ambiguous_a word_n and_o his_o decree_n be_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o be_v all_o but_o one_o 374._o 4._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o our_o conception_n of_o god_n be_v improper_a and_o analogical_a or_o metaphorical_a more_o or_o less_o and_o that_o what_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o god_n be_v formal_o no_o mortal_a know_v and_o shall_v we_o dispute_v then_o audacious_o about_o this_o order_n 375._o 5._o none_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o these_o mystery_n require_v the_o high_a reverence_n and_o that_o it_o be_v dreadful_a to_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a and_o dally_v with_o the_o consume_a fire_n and_o yet_o shall_v we_o presume_v 376._o 6._o they_o all_o confess_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n his_o prophet_n apostle_n or_o scripture_n lead_v they_o not_o this_o way_n and_o decide_v not_o these_o controversy_n so_o as_o that_o they_o can_v stand_v to_o their_o decision_n alone_o 377._o 7._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o desire_v arrogant_o to_o be_v as_o god_n in_o knowledge_n be_v our_o first_o parent_n sin_n that_o ruin_v they_o and_o we_o and_o that_o this_o be_v satan_n first_o successful_a game_n and_o that_o our_o disease_n be_v like_a to_o be_v such_o as_o its_o original_n 378._o 8._o last_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v the_o trouble_v of_o the_o church_n with_o new_a article_n and_o new_a practice_n and_o lead_v they_o from_o the_o simplicity_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o serpent_n beguile_v eve_n with_o the_o promise_n of_o more_o knowledge_n which_o have_v be_v the_o great_a plague_n and_o divider_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n though_o the_o apostle_n foretell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v this_o that_o he_o fear_v of_o they_o and_o be_v we_o not_o self-condemned_n if_o after_o all_o this_o we_o will_v censure_v and_o reproach_n one_o another_o and_o foment_n division_n for_o that_o which_o most_o certain_o no_o mortal_a understand_v 379._o i._o and_o first_o your_o very_a foundation_n be_v uncertain_a that_o god_n do_v proper_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la nay_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o aquinas_n aforecited_a 5._o vasquâ—z_n say_v that_o god_n own_o goodness_n be_v not_o a_o final_a cause_n of_o his_o volition_n suppose_v that_o movere_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la medii_fw-la be_v final_a causality_n ruiz_n assert_v the_o contrary_a take_v final_a causality_n to_o be_v first_o esse_fw-la primum_fw-la objectum_fw-la and_o thus_o man_n strive_v about_o artificial_a notion_n vasq_fw-la 1._o d._n 82._o c._n 1._o ruiz_n de_fw-fr voâ—_n dei_fw-la d._n 15._o §._o 1._o p._n 159._o but_o that_o nothing_o be_v the_o ratio_fw-la volendi_fw-la but_o his_o own_o goodness_n see_v albert._n 1._o p._n tr_fw-la 20._o q._n 19_o m._n 1._o a._n 1._o alex._n 1._o p._n q._n 35._o m._n 3._o henric._n quodl_v 4._o q._n 19_o gabr._n 1._o d._n 14._o q._n 1._o a._n 2._o dry_a de_fw-fr concord_n p._n 1._o c._n 3._o vasq_fw-la disp_n 82._o scotus_n 1._o d._n 44._o molin_n 1._o q._n 19_o a._n 5._o say_v though_o vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la he_o prescribe_v end_n to_o man_n and_o set_v end_n to_o mean_n which_o be_v fiâ—es_n operis_fw-la but_o that_o he_o intend_v a_o end_n himself_o must_v be_v say_v very_o improper_o or_o very_o uncertain_o or_o not_o at_o all_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n do_v finem_fw-la intendere_fw-la because_o we_o must_v speak_v of_o he_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n or_o not_o at_o all_o but_o it_o be_v not_o true_a in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o we_o speak_v it_o of_o man_n and_o as_o the_o word_n proper_o signify_v but_o equivocal_o 380._o for_o 1._o to_o intend_v a_o end_n be_v to_o make_v that_o end_v a_o cause_n why_o we_o choose_v the_o mean_n as_o most_o say_v but_o god_n election_n or_o action_n have_v no_o cause_n all_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n cause_n and_o effect_n or_o that_o propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la 381._o 2._o in_o man_n to_o intend_v a_o end_n do_v imply_v that_o a_o man_n yet_o want_v his_o end_n and_o that_o it_o be_v somewhat_o that_o he_o need_v or_o at_o least_o do_v not_o yet_o obtain_v but_o god_n need_v nothing_o and_o have_v no_o end_n that_o be_v desire_v or_o want_v nor_o but_o what_o he_o continual_o possess_v or_o enjoy_v as_o well_o now_o as_o hereafter_o 382._o 3._o we_o know_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la where_o the_o act_n and_o the_o end_n be_v the_o same_o intendere_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o finis_fw-la but_o in_o god_n they_o be_v the_o same_o he_o that_o be_v most_o simple_a have_v no_o intention_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o no_o end_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o so_o both_o be_v one_o 383._o 4._o our_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o real_o with_o electio_fw-la mediorum_fw-la but_o god_n have_v no_o intention_n but_o what_o be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o election_n though_o not_o denominative_o connotative_o and_o relative_o 384._o 5._o divine_v usual_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n himself_o can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o where_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n there_o be_v no_o end_n or_o intention_n of_o it_o but_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o mean_n he_o be_v not_o a_o mean_n of_o himself_o and_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o he_o if_o we_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la maximus_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la optimus_fw-la it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o blasphemy_n god_n then_o have_v not_o a_o end_n like_o man_n 385._o yet_o necessity_n constrain_v we_o to_o use_v the_o phrase_n but_o these_o thing_n must_v still_o be_v understand_v when_o we_o use_v it_o 1._o that_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v god_n end_v unless_o you_o will_v call_v a_o object_n as_o terminative_a a_o end_n or_o else_o a_o effect_n 386._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o god_n essence_n and_o perfection_n that_o be_v a_o end_n as_o to_o any_o medium_n but_o it_o be_v his_o will_n for_o his_o free_a will_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o the_o complacency_n of_o that_o will_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o if_o you_o call_v god_n his_o own_o object_n and_o so_o call_v the_o final_a object_n a_o end_n so_o we_o must_v consider_v god_n as_o love_v himself_o and_o himself_o be_v the_o end_n or_o final_a object_n of_o his_o own_o love_n or_o complacency_n and_o he_o himself_o as_o love_v himself_o be_v say_v to_o act_n on_o that_o end_n or_o object_n and_o indeed_o eternal_a self-knowledge_n and_o self-love_n which_o some_o of_o old_a venture_v to_o call_v the_o second_o and_o three_o person_n be_v the_o great_a immanent_a act_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n with_o the_o sibi_fw-la vivere_fw-la and_o it_o seem_v the_o chief_a notion_n of_o holiness_n in_o god_n that_o he_o love_v himself_o in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v most_o amiable_a to_o his_o creature_n in_o secundo_fw-la instanti_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o end_v of_o all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o they_o thus_o a_o final_a object_n of_o his_o own_o and_o our_o love_n or_o complacency_n god_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n and_o secondary_o his_o will_n be_v please_v and_o fulfil_v in_o all_o his_o work_n 387._o 3._o yet_o by_o that_o complacency_n we_o mean_v not_o that_o god_n be_v passive_a or_o receive_v any_o delight_n from_o the_o creature_n or_o have_v any_o addition_n by_o it_o to_o his_o felicity_n but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o communicative_a good_a by_o way_n of_o efficiency_n as_o the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n so_o be_v he_o a_o felicitate_v good_a to_o the_o creature_n as_o its_o end_n and_o he_o be_v love_n take_v the_o creature_n into_o its_o near_a communion_n with_o he_o which_o be_v his_o complacency_n and_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o god_n be_v say_v when_o he_o have_v finish_v his_o work_n to_o rest_v complacential_o in_o all_o as_o very_a good_n 388._o 4._o as_o the_o complacency_n of_o god_n will_n be_v his_o end_n in_o the_o formal_a notion_n so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o god_n
god_n be_v moral_o and_o most_o fit_o say_v to_o will_v such_o nothing_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_a evil_n for_o only_o evil_a be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o positive_a nolition_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v speak_v fullier_n of_o sin_n than_o of_o other_o nothing_o even_o fit_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n 494._o vii_o last_o act_n of_o will_n be_v ordinary_o ascribe_v to_o god_n when_o it_o be_v mere_a operation_n or_o privation_n that_o be_v mean_v and_o so_o the_o phrase_n be_v as_o they_o say_v ab_fw-la effectu_fw-la ad_fw-la affectum_fw-la when_o a_o man_n 1._o deny_v his_o aid_n 2._o and_o actual_o hinder_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o nolition_n and_o so_o from_o god_n 1._o not_o cause_v 2._o and_o his_o hinder_v he_o be_v say_v to_o will_v that_o nothing_o that_o never_o shall_v be_v so_o much_o of_o the_o phrase_n 495._o now_o for_o application_n 1._o non-dare_a fidem_fw-la aut_fw-la gratiam_fw-la not_o to_o convert_v be_v nothing_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o positive_o will_v or_o decree_v of_o of_o god_n or_o at_o lest_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v it_o so_o to_o be_v so_o not-to_a give_v the_o gospel_n the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 496._o yet_o note_n that_o when_o man_n sin_n have_v so_o forfeit_v such_o gift_n that_o they_o be_v penal_o withhold_v this_o non-agency_a have_v the_o denomination_n of_o a_o moral_a act._n and_o also_o that_o the_o make_n of_o the_o penal_a law_n which_o make_v this_o privation_n due_a as_o a_o punishment_n be_v a_o positive_a act_n of_o god_n and_o have_v a_o positive_a volition_n but_o negation_n not-penal_a be_v not_o so_o 497._o 2._o not_o to_o hinder_v sin_n or_o to_o permit_v sin_n bare_o as_o permission_n be_v nothing_o as_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v prove_v therefore_o it_o have_v no_o positive_a decree_n or_o will_n save_v that_o when_o it_o be_v penal_a and_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o law_n that_o law_n be_v a_o real_a natural_a be_v and_o the_o jus_n thence_o result_v a_o real_a relation_n and_o the_o executive_a privation_n quid_fw-la morale_n they_o be_v will_v and_o decree_v answerable_o as_o they_o be_v to_o permit_v a_o man_n to_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a be_v not-to_a make_v he_o alive_a to_o permit_v his_o darkness_n or_o ignorance_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o light_a or_o knowledge_n to_o permit_v his_o unbelief_n be_v not-to_a cause_n he_o to_o believe_v to_o permit_v his_o want_n of_o love_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o love_n to_o permit_v his_o positive_a sin_n of_o malignity_n or_o carnality_n be_v but_o not-to_a cure_n and_o hinder_v they_o by_o grace_n or_o providence_n suppose_v the_o natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n which_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n give_v to_o all_o thing_n 498._o therefore_o when_o god_n act_n in_o themselves_o be_v his_o essence_n and_o all_o one_o and_o be_v diversify_v but_o by_o connotation_n of_o divers_a object_n relative_o and_o denominative_o when_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n uno_fw-la intuitu_fw-la and_o will_v all_o that_o he_o will_v unica_fw-la volitione_fw-la when_o nihil_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v no_o denominate_v terminus_fw-la of_o a_o physical_a act_n though_o so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v call_v moraliter_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la reputative_a aliquid_fw-la as_o a_o privation_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o denominate_v reputative_o as_o a_o quasi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la and_o that_o which_o be_v moraliter_fw-la vel_fw-la imputative_a nihil_fw-la not_o moral_o denominate_v when_o both_o non_fw-fr dare_v spiritum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la fidem_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o permittere_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la peocatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v true_o nothing_o and_o even_o in_o reputative_a moral_a sense_n be_v wihil_fw-la morale_fw-la when_o they_o be_v not_o penal_a and_o as_o antecedent_n to_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o penal_a judge_v now_o impartial_o whether_o 1._o those_o man_n deal_v not_o presumptuous_o with_o god_n 2._o and_o troublesome_o with_o his_o church_n who_o assert_v the_o be_v of_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n in_o god_n about_o such_o nullity_n and_o raise_v controversy_n about_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o order_n of_o they_o yea_o unto_o dangerous_a inference_n when_o as_o 1._o they_o can_v prove_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o god_n as_o they_o assert_v 2._o nay_o when_o we_o say_v so_o much_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_n 499._o and_o here_o consider_v whether_o scotus_n himself_o assert_v not_o without_o all_o need_n or_o proof_n that_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a knowledge_n and_o reflexive_a volition_n of_o his_o own_o non-volition_a and_o so_o that_o a_o nullity_n as_o to_o his_o own_o act_n must_v be_v the_o terminus_fw-la of_o a_o positive_a act_n when_o that_o nullity_n be_v neither_o god_n nor_o a_o creature_n nor_o aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la creaturae_fw-la and_o so_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o denominate_n terminus_fw-la of_o a_o distinct_a act_n yet_o no_o doubt_n god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v ignorant_a of_o such_o nullity_n or_o idle_a for_o those_o be_v term_n of_o privation_n if_o god_n be_v say_v either_o not_o to_o know_v nothing_o or_o not_o to_o wilâ—_n or_o will_v they_o it_o be_v because_o it_o signify_v his_o perfection_n and_o no_o part_n of_o perfection_n be_v want_v to_o he_o but_o we_o must_v not_o place_v his_o perfection_n in_o a_o conformity_n to_o our_o imperfect_a mode_n of_o know_v or_o will_v 500_o for_o we_o dare_v not_o here_o presume_v peremptory_o to_o determine_v negative_o that_o god_n do_v not_o positive_o will_v his_o own_o non-agency_a or_o non-volitions_a because_o we_o know_v how_o dark_a we_o be_v and_o distant_a from_o god_n and_o unfit_a to_o say_v any_o thing_n but_o certainty_n of_o he_o as_o certain_a truth_n but_o we_o abstain_v from_o the_o contrary_a assertion_n as_o utter_o unprove_v and_o we_o will_v impute_v no_o needless_a act_n to_o god_n as_o his_o perfection_n though_o we_o yield_v to_o reputative_a moral_a denomination_n 501._o and_o so_o i_o contradict_v 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not_o with_o word_n while_o the_o sense_n be_v know_v 502._o but_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o knowledge_n but_o decree_n and_o volition_n of_o god_n that_o our_o enquiry_n now_o be_v about_o and_o aquinas_n and_o his_o follower_n common_o say_v that_o god_n will_v go_v not_o so_o far_o as_o his_o knowledge_n and_o that_o he_o know_v indeed_o mala_fw-la ex_fw-la bonâ—_n of_o which_o they_o be_v the_o privation_n as_o no_o doubt_n he_o do_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v not_o imperfection_n to_o be_v say_v to_o know_v they_o or_o as_o they_o be_v object_n of_o knowledge_n but_o yet_o that_o mala_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la neque_fw-la â—â—lit_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la non-vult_a as_o lombard_n say_v 503._o ockam_n quodlib_n 3._o q._n 6._o have_v the_o question_n utrum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la intuâ—tiva_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la objecto_fw-la cognito_fw-la and_o he_o 1._o conclude_v that_o per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la divinam_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la object_n non_fw-la existente_fw-la but_o he_o mean_v only_o quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la vel_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 2._o that_o natural_o it_o can_v be_v and_o faith_n that_o contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la visâ—o_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o effect_n nec_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la ideo_fw-la contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la chimaera_n videatur_fw-la intuitive_fw-la feed_v non_fw-la est_fw-la contradictio_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la extra_fw-la caâ—som_n svam_fw-la dummodo_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o effectu_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la unde_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la videt_fw-la omnes_fw-la res_fw-la factibiles_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la â—unc_fw-la nullâ—_n fuerunt_fw-la by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o mean_v as_o aquinas_n that_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_n and_o future_n they_o be_v know_v even_o by_o god_n save_v that_o aquinas_n and_o
positivas_fw-la causas_fw-la to_o which_o what_o i_o have_v say_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n and_o 1._o sometime_o they_o have_v not_o but_o only_o the_o cessation_n of_o a_o causation_n 2._o they_o never_o have_v a_o positive_a efficient_a of_o themselves_o for_o nothing_o be_v not_o make_v but_o only_o a_o positive_a remover_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o which_o the_o subject_n be_v deprive_v of_o or_o a_o interposer_n or_o hinderer_n of_o the_o causation_n of_o it_o e._n g._n of_o light_n or_o life_n and_o death_n have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cease_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n reprobation_n be_v common_o look_v at_o in_o the_o two_o most_o notable_a part_n as_o call_v 1._o god_n reprobate_v man_n to_o unbelief_n and_o impenitency_n 2._o his_o reprobate_v man_n to_o final_a damnation_n the_o last_o of_o these_o also_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o execution_n 1._o as_o privative_a 2._o as_o positive_a call_v poena_n damni_fw-la &_o sensus_fw-la and_o both_o especial_o the_o privative_a part_n be_v considerable_a 1._o as_o execute_v by_o man_n himself_o on_o himself_o free_o 2._o or_o as_o execute_v by_o god_n concern_v each_o of_o these_o observe_v 512._o 1._o not_o to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v no_o real_a entity_n and_o not_o to_o give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n as_o be_v say_v be_v no_o real_a entity_n and_o to_o permit_v infedelity_n and_o impenitency_n be_v no_o real_a entity_n as_o be_v prove_v and_o not_o to_o decree_v the_o give_v of_o say_v and_o the_o hinder_v of_o unbelief_n be_v nothing_o and_o most_o clear_o beside_o these_o four_o nothing_o nothing_o can_v be_v prove_v either_o existent_a or_o needful_a all_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v will_v come_v to_o pass_v without_o any_o more_o ado_n therefore_o 513._o as_o far_o as_o any_o mortal_a man_n can_v prove_v god_n have_v no_o such_o act_n of_o reprobation_n at_o all_o as_o be_v 1._o either_o a_o decree_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o eventual_o repent_v 2._o or_o a_o decree_n 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decree_v this_o than_o other_o sin_n 515._o and_o most_o man_n little_a think_v how_o much_o of_o damnation_n lie_v in_o sin_n itself_o and_o the_o privative_a consequent_n which_o need_v no_o other_o cause_n 1._o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o god_n and_o goodness_n 2._o to_o be_v void_a of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n and_o holy_a person_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a employment_n of_o heaven_n 3._o to_o be_v thereby_o void_a of_o all_o the_o delight_n of_o holy_a one_o which_o consist_v in_o such_o knowledge_n love_n and_o employment_n praise_n obedience_n and_o holy_a communion_n 4._o to_o be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o reception_n of_o divine_a complacency_n as_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o blind_a be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o light_n or_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o unlovely_a be_v uncapable_a of_o immediate_a love_n 5._o to_o be_v defile_v and_o disease_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o sinful_a lust_n and_o malignity_n and_o make_v like_o the_o devil_n 6._o to_o have_v all_o sort_n of_o lust_n in_o violence_n when_o they_o can_v have_v no_o fuel_n or_o satisfaction_n and_o so_o to_o be_v torment_v with_o these_o lust_n to_o have_v extreme_a selfishness_n and_o pride_n when_o they_o have_v cast_v themselves_o into_o the_o utmost_a shame_n and_o misery_n 7._o to_o see_v that_o no_o creature_n can_v deliver_v they_o and_o to_o despair_v of_o ever_o be_v better_o as_o have_v no_o hope_n from_o god_n or_o any_o other_o 8._o to_o see_v or_o know_v that_o other_o enjoy_v the_o glory_n and_o everlasting_a felicity_n which_o they_o have_v lose_v 9_o to_o think_v how_o easy_o once_o they_o may_v have_v attain_v it_o and_o how_o it_o be_v offer_v free_o to_o their_o choice_n 10._o to_o think_v of_o all_o the_o solicitation_n of_o mercy_n that_o importune_v they_o and_o all_o the_o time_n and_o mean_v they_o have_v 11._o to_o think_v for_o how_o base_a a_o vanity_n they_o lose_v it_o and_o that_o misery_n be_v their_o wilful_a choice_n 12._o to_o be_v torment_v with_o envy_n and_o malice_n against_o god_n that_o forsake_v they_o and_o against_o his_o saint_n and_o to_o feel_v conscience_n awaken_v set_v home_n all_o their_o former_a folly_n all_o this_o be_v nothing_o but_o sin_n and_o its_o own_o effect_n which_o have_v no_o causation_n at_o all_o from_o god_n but_o to_o continue_v the_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v they_o and_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o destroy_v and_o how_o great_a a_o part_n of_o hell_n be_v this_o 516._o nay_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o sensible_a pain_n may_v be_v the_o consequent_a of_o their_o own_o sin_n without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o his_o common_a continuation_n of_o nature_n itself_o as_o a_o man_n that_o eat_v arsenic_n or_o unwholesome_a meat_n be_v torment_v by_o it_o without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o as_o the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n 517._o all_o this_o much_o of_o damnation_n then_o be_v mere_o the_o work_n of_o the_o sinner_n himself_o so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n in_o the_o execution_n so_o far_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v any_o positive_a act_n of_o volition_n or_o decree_n 518._o but_o 1._o as_o god_n in_o these_o be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o of_o natural_a act_n 2._o and_o as_o in_o other_o instance_n he_o actual_o further_a punish_v they_o 3._o and_o as_o he_o actual_o make_v that_o law_n which_o make_v these_o penalty_n the_o sinner_n due_a so_o far_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n that_o these_o person_n shall_v be_v damn_v and_o moreover_o as_o improper_o or_o moral_o his_o not_o sanctify_v they_o and_o not_o save_v they_o be_v call_v his_o act_n and_o be_v real_o their_o penalty_n even_o so_o may_v his_o not-willing_a to_o save_v or_o glorify_v they_o be_v call_v his_o decree_n and_o will_v to_o damn_v they_o if_o you_o will_n 519._o by_o this_o time_n we_o be_v ready_a to_o answer_v our_o first_o question_n what_o be_v the_o object_n of_o these_o several_a acta_fw-la of_o god_n so_o 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creature_n will_v have_v if_o it_o be_v make_v and_o this_o as_o to_o all_o creature_n which_o never_o will_v be_v what_o putid_v contradiction_n be_v here_o to_o will_v goodness_n which_o be_v no_o goodness_n of_o all_o creature_n which_o be_v no_o creature_n as_o material_a object_n which_o be_v nothing_o god_n will_v his_o own_o power_n whence_o man_n call_v that_o possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o but_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n any_o possible_n not-future_a to_o be_v will_v what_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n but_o god_n and_o be_v all_o theâ—e_n nothing_o god_n himself_o god_n not_o give_v the_o gospel_n to_o any_o person_n be_v no_o act_n and_o so_o have_v no_o object_n but_o reductive_o or_o improper_o the_o object_n be_v man_n sin_v against_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v these_o be_v the_o
arbitrii_fw-la postulat_fw-la sive_fw-la prius_fw-la sive_fw-la posterius_fw-la sive_fw-la simul_fw-la non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la malitiam_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la tribuendam_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la modo_fw-la operandi_fw-la creaturae_fw-la sequatur_fw-la vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o cap._n 4._o the_o general_a nature_n of_o action_n when_o existent_n have_v so_o that_o this_o moral_a specification_n add_v not_o to_o the_o natural_a generical_a entity_n 543._o it_o be_v therefore_o 1._o act_v 2._o not_o act_v 3._o moral_a disposition_n which_o be_v command_v and_o forbid_v by_o god_n and_o not_o any_o one_o only_o and_o these_o not_o in_o themselves_o but_o about_o the_o material_n command_v or_o forbid_v objective_o in_o the_o law_n to_o act_n on_o a_o forbid_a object_n not_o to_o act_n on_o a_o object_n when_o command_v and_o to_o be_v vicious_o dispose_v to_o either_o be_v a_o sin_n 544._o you_o may_v see_v then_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o connotative_a notion_n yea_o and_o a_o relative_n notion_n it_o connote_v a_o ruler_n a_o law_n and_o end_v a_o subject_a and_o be_v thus_o various_o relate_v 545._o as_o subjection_n be_v the_o root_n of_o obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n virtual_o be_v a_o consent_n to_o obey_v and_o love_n be_v the_o root_n of_o benefit_n so_o to_o forsake_v god_n simple_o as_o our_o rector_n or_o our_o end_n or_o our_o owner_n be_v atheism_n practical_a and_o all_o sin_n in_o one_o but_o to_o violate_v only_o a_o particular_a precept_n de_fw-fr mediis_fw-la be_v but_o a_o particular_a sin_n 546._o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o command_v and_o forbid_v and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o object_n and_o action_n as_o action_n that_o therefore_o which_o he_o have_v make_v man_n part_n be_v to_o love_n god_n and_o holiness_n and_o not_o to_o overlove_v the_o creature_n nor_o to_o love_v it_o as_o our_o end_n or_o in_o his_o stead_n and_o to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o command_v and_o not_o to_o do_v the_o particular_a act_n about_o such_o particular_a object_n as_o he_o forbid_v 547._o the_o remote_a subject_n or_o relatum_fw-la then_o of_o sin_n be_v the_o person_n sin_v but_o the_o near_a be_v the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n the_o fundamentum_fw-la or_o ratio_fw-la referendi_fw-la be_v the_o say_a act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o such_o or_o such_o about_o such_o or_o such_o object_n command_v or_o forbid_v which_o be_v a_o relation_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o moral_a relation_n of_o disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o law_n so_o that_o if_o you_o must_v needs_o have_v it_o in_o logical_a notion_n sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n result_v from_o a_o physical_a relation_n of_o action_n omission_n or_o disposition_n of_o god_n subject_n which_o be_v modify_v contrary_a to_o his_o law_n 548._o it_o be_v a_o moral_a relation_n as_o it_o be_v disobedience_n find_v in_o a_o moral_a agent_n against_o a_o law_n and_o rector_n as_o such_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a relation_n as_o the_o act_n etc._n etc._n be_v prius_fw-la naturâ_fw-la quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la about_o a_o object_n that_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v fundamentum_fw-la of_o both_o relation_n and_o one_o relation_n may_v be_v sound_v in_o another_o be_v the_o mode_n of_o the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o to_o a_o undue_a object_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o relatum_fw-la i_o have_v speak_v before_o 549._o so_o that_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v relative_n can_v have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cause_v its_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o can_v possible_o but_o result_v when_o that_o be_v lay_v 550._o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o god_n to_o feign_v he_o to_o make_v such_o a_o law_n as_o shall_v say_v though_o thou_o hate_v i_o see_v that_o that_o hatred_n be_v not_o relate_v formal_o as_o a_o breach_n of_o my_o law_n or_o i_o forbid_v thou_o not_o to_o 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found_v in_o well_o see_v dr._n wallis_n against_o the_o lord_n brook_n of_o this_o very_o well_o actual_a volition_n and_o nolition_n as_o forbid_v and_o not_o only_o in_o omission_n 552._o subtle_a ockam_n quodl_n 3._o q._n 15._o dispute_v utrum_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la &_o deformitas_fw-la actus_fw-la differant_fw-la à _fw-la substantia_fw-la actus_fw-la deny_v it_o and_o after_o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o common_a say_n that_o deformitas_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la &_o distinguitur_fw-la ab_fw-la actu_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la actus_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_a &_o carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a conclude_v quod_fw-la deformitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la voluntati_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la 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commissionis_fw-la aut_fw-la omissionis_fw-la si_fw-la primo_fw-la modo_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_n sine_fw-la formali_fw-la quia_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la modo_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la carentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a sine_fw-la materiali_fw-la resp_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o i_o add_v that_o it_o have_v be_v true_a if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n that_o have_v be_v forbid_v or_o else_o the_o species_n of_o the_o act_n as_o quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la but_o it_o be_v the_o act_n not_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la but_o as_o this_o act_n thus_o modify_v or_o specify_v by_o a_o undue_a object_n that_o act_n with_o its_o relation_n as_o quid_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v presuppose_v as_o the_o relatum_fw-la to_o the_o moral_a relation_n of_o pravity_n or_o disconformity_n and_o to_o the_o second_o i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o omission_n be_v not_o materia_fw-la physica_fw-la but_o it_o be_v a_o inadequate_a first_o conception_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o be_v materia_fw-la moraliter_fw-la dicta_fw-la vel_fw-la loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la and_o the_o omission_n be_v considerable_a 1._o quatenus_fw-la non-agere_a 2._o qua_fw-la privatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 3._o quadratus_n &_o privatio_n &_o disconformitas_fw-la moralis_fw-la these_o three_o inadequate_a conception_n take_v up_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o omission_n 553._o the_o same_o ockam_n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 20._o utrum_fw-la actus_fw-la exterior_a habeat_fw-la propriam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la malitiam_fw-la moralem_fw-la even_o as_o dependent_a on_o the_o will_n and_o he_o deny_v it_o against_o scotus_n who_o affirm_v it_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o their_o reason_n not_o doubt_v but_o ockam_n err_v and_o that_o it_o be_v true_a 1._o that_o no_o exterior_a act_n be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_n primary_o 2._o but_o that_o secondary_o and_o participative_o as_o it_o be_v voluntary_a there_o be_v a_o morality_n in_o the_o act_n word_n and_o deed_n and_o passion_n be_v under_o law_n next_o to_o the_o will_n and_o in_o dependence_n on_o it_o as_o the_o body_n conjunct_a with_o
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the_o holy_a spirit_n an._n 1._o this_o notion_n of_o god_n holiness_n that_o it_o be_v his_o self-love_n be_v not_o to_o be_v contemn_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o with_o this_o limitation_n that_o you_o confine_v not_o his_o holiness_n to_o this_o but_o take_v this_o only_a as_o the_o most_o eminent_a among_o the_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o it_o for_o his_o whole_a transcendency_n in_o be_v life_n and_o knowledge_n as_o be_v adoreable_a by_o the_o creature_n and_o its_o end_n and_o the_o fountain_n of_o all_o create_a goodness_n and_o special_o of_o morality_n be_v also_o god_n holiness_n 2._o but_o the_o say_n that_o god_n be_v his_o own_o end_n seem_v improper_a though_o tolerable_a if_o speak_v but_o analogical_o for_o god_n neither_o have_v nor_o be_v to_o himself_o a_o cause_n nor_o a_o effect_n a_o beginning_n nor_o a_o end_n 3._o that_o the_o three_o person_n proceed_v by_o a_o reflex_n act_n of_o the_o infinite_a will_n many_o schoolman_n bold_o say_v and_o so_o some_o say_v that_o he_o be_v god_n actual_a self-love_n which_o be_v â—he_v same_o that_o you_o call_v his_o holiness_n and_o some_o say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o divine_a will_n or_o love_n consider_v in_o itself_o as_o distinct_a from_o vital_a power_n and_o intellect_n or_o wisdom_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v speak_v more_o large_o elsewhere_o §_o 13._o m._n s._n adam_n promise_a reward_n be_v to_o be_v fix_v in_o a_o unchangeable_a state_n of_o please_a god_n by_o this_o holy_a spirit_n not_o by_o infuse_v any_o new_a quality_n which_o shall_v unchangeable_o fasten_v he_o to_o the_o rule_n for_o no_o create_a thing_n can_v unchangeable_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v an._n 1._o the_o promise_n to_o adam_n be_v very_o obscure_a but_o happiness_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v and_o everlasting_a 2._o but_o it_o be_v pass_v my_o reach_n to_o conceive_v how_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n can_v fix_v man_n in_o perfect_a holiness_n without_o any_o fix_v quality_n as_o it_o be_v call_v on_o his_o soul_n a_o constant_a act_n the_o soul_n must_v have_v and_o 1._o if_o that_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o any_o divine_a impulse_n dispose_v the_o soul_n so_o to_o act_v than_o that_o disposition_n be_v a_o quality_n 2._o and_o if_o there_o be_v not_o both_o disposition_n and_o habit_n than_o the_o soul_n will_v not_o in_o glory_n be_v habitual_o or_o qualitative_o holy_a but_o only_o actual_o 3._o and_o a_o habit-acting_a being_n perfect_a than_o a_o act_n without_o a_o habit_n or_o inclination_n the_o soul_n will_v be_v more_o imperfect_a in_o glory_n than_o in_o this_o state_n of_o grace_n 4._o operari_fw-la sequitur_fw-la esse_fw-la god_n fit_v all_o his_o creature_n to_o their_o work_n and_o as_o when_o he_o will_v give_v immortality_n he_o will_v give_v a_o nature_n fit_a for_o immortality_n even_o indissoluble_a and_o incorruptible_a so_o when_o he_o give_v perpetuity_n of_o love_n he_o give_v a_o nature_n or_o habit_n fit_a for_o perpetual_a action_n christ_n say_v a_o good_a tree_n bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n and_o a_o evil_a tree_n evil_a fruit_n make_v the_o tree_n good_a and_o his_o fruit_n good_a 5._o the_o operation_n of_o love_n in_o glory_n shall_v be_v ex_fw-la potentia_fw-la aut_fw-la violentia_fw-la aut_fw-la neutra_fw-la if_o there_o be_v no_o intrinsic_a disposition_n or_o inclination_n to_o they_o in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o a_o soul_n to_o be_v perfect_o holy_a and_o not_o have_v the_o perfection_n of_o inclination_n to_o its_o acts._n 3._o but_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o no_o holy_a quality_n alone_o suffice_v without_o god_n influx_n that_o be_v no_o more_o than_o what_o must_v be_v faid_fw-we of_o every_o creature_n without_o divine_a influx_n no_o creature_n can_v be_v or_o operate_v a_o moment_n no_o create_a thing_n of_o itself_o without_o god_n can_v continue_v how_o then_o shall_v it_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v but_o if_o the_o soul_n have_v any_o more_o goodness_n of_o nature_n or_o inclination_n in_o it_o than_o the_o devil_n have_v it_o must_v be_v a_o create_a thing_n or_o god_n himself_o if_o only_a god_n that_o prove_v not_o a_o saint_n to_o be_v himself_o better_a than_o a_o devil_n as_o to_o nature_n or_o disposition_n but_o only_o that_o god_n in_o he_o be_v better_a his_o reason_n why_o the_o sun_n be_v natural_o fix_v to_o its_o operation_n but_o not_o a_o glorify_a soul_n be_v §_o 14._o m._n s._n that_o one_o be_v a_o natural_a and_o the_o other_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n one_o as_o gibieuf_n say_v non_fw-fr agit_fw-fr sed_fw-la agitur_fw-la the_o other_o do_v agere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la agitur_fw-la an._n 1._o gibieuf_n and_o you_o be_v deceive_v in_o think_v that_o such_o natural_n none_o agunt_fw-la passive_a matter_n do_v not_o act_n ex_fw-la principio_fw-la essentiali_fw-la unless_a dr._n glissons_n and_o campanellas_n doctrine_n hold_v true_a but_o the_o three_o active_a nature_n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o vegetative_a and_o so_o fire_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v ex_fw-la principio_fw-la activo_fw-la essentali_fw-la agere_fw-la but_o nothing_o do_v act_n without_o a_o antecedent_n influx_n to_o action_n from_o the_o first_o cause_n in_o which_o it_o be_v passive_a for_o no_o creature_n be_v independent_a 2._o voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la quamvis_fw-la libera_fw-la to_o move_v natural_o only_a and_o not_o free_o be_v proper_a to_o agent_n mere_o natural_a distinct_a from_o free_a but_o to_o move_v free_o and_o yet_o from_o a_o fix_a principle_n which_o shall_v infallible_o determine_v the_o soul_n to_o act_v free_o be_v not_o a_o contradiction_n nor_o that_o which_o gibieuf_n shall_v deny_v to_o the_o glorify_a §_o 15._o m._n s._n man_n though_o a_o creature_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o action_n he_o move_v and_o set_v himself_o on_o work_n else_o he_o be_v
si_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la aliquae_fw-la leges_fw-la judiciale_n siâ—t_fw-la necessariae_fw-la ad_fw-la politicum_fw-la regimen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la quod_fw-la svo_fw-la modo_fw-la spiritual_fw-la est_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la noluit_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la illas_fw-la leges_fw-la far_o sed_fw-la id_fw-la vicariis_fw-la suis_fw-la commisit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la illas_fw-la ferendas_fw-la eye_n tribuendo_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la illae_fw-la leges_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la canonica_fw-la computantur_fw-la prâ—prie_fw-la igitur_fw-la loquendo_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la nova_fw-la in_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la praecepta_fw-la judicialia_fw-la so_o that_o christ_n never_o make_v the_o papacy_n nor_o any_o of_o its_o law_n but_o indeed_o he_o appoint_v baptism_n as_o our_o church-entrance_n and_o more_o than_o a_o ceremony_n and_o the_o state_n of_o câ—uâ—ch_a officer_n and_o their_o work_n and_o discipline_n mat._n 18._o and_o what_o his_o spirit_n do_v in_o the_o apostle_n he_o do_v in_o another_o sort_n than_o he_o do_v by_o any_o ordinary_a minister_n that_o have_v but_o the_o spirit_n ordinary_a help_n natura_fw-la help_n help_n help_n aquinas_n and_o many_o other_o papistsâ—oyn_n â—oyn_z with_o some_o late_a sectary_n and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n operation_n on_o the_o heart_n that_o be_v the_o lex_fw-la nova_fw-la and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o write_v but_o he_o can_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o yet_o the_o gospel_n be_v lex_fw-la nova_fw-la scripta_fw-la but_o false_o the_o nomine_fw-la take_v this_o but_o for_o the_o secondary_a sense_n of_o the_o lâ—x_n which_o be_v the_o first_o and_o that_o the_o oblige_a law_n and_o the_o other_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o as_o various_a as_o person_n be_v that_o have_v it_o and_o not_o the_o rule_n of_o obligation_n and_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v show_v also_o the_o lege_fw-la natura_fw-la as_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o christ_n law_n be_v exterior_a insignis_fw-la vocal_a and_o write_v or_o in_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o spirit_n suarez_n true_o say_v that_o lex_fw-la imperans_fw-la be_v in_o signis_fw-la in_o scripture_n word_n but_o lex_fw-la impellens_fw-la be_v the_o spirit_n which_o though_o here_o the_o chief_a yet_o be_v not_o proper_o but_o metaphorical_o call_v a_o law_n pag._n 819._o &_o li._n 1._o in_o principio_fw-la though_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v eight_o year_n before_o the_o gospel_n be_v write_v by_o matthew_n and_o long_o by_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o all_o that_o time_n and_o since_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o heart_n but_o memory_n may_v retain_v a_o vocal_a law_n before_o the_o heart_n by_o love_n and_o subjection_n do_v receive_v it_o 61._o in_o this_o law_n or_o covenant_n be_v make_v a_o free_a universal_a deed_n of_o gift_n of_o christ_n first_o and_o of_o pardon_n spirit_n and_o glory_n in_o and_o by_o he_o to_o all_o mankind_n without_o exception_n who_o will_v believe_o accept_v it_o in_o its_o true_a nature_n as_o it_o be_v offer_v therein_o or_o if_o they_o will_v so_o accept_v it_o as_o believer_n 62._o this_o covenant_n be_v to_o be_v preach_v by_o christ_n minister_n and_o man_n invite_v to_o believe_v and_o consent_v and_o all_o that_o so_o do_v be_v to_o profess_v that_o consent_n by_o a_o solemn_a covenant_n in_o their_o baptism_n and_o so_o to_o give_v up_o themselves_o devote_o to_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n renounce_v the_o devil_n flesh_n and_o world_n 63._o for_o faith_n in_o god_n the_o father_n be_v as_o essential_a a_o part_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o we_o must_v profess_v in_o baptism_n and_o be_v call_v common_o justify_v as_o faith_n in_o christ_n be_v and_o so_o be_v faith_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o its_o place_n for_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o believe_v in_o christ_n without_o believe_v first_o in_o god_n to_o who_o he_o be_v the_o way_n and_o with_o who_o he_o be_v our_o mediator_n nor_o to_o believe_v in_o he_o full_o as_o christ_n unless_o we_o believe_v in_o he_o as_o give_v we_o the_o sanctify_a spirit_n 64._o this_o covenant_n be_v nevertheless_o free_a as_o to_o the_o donation_n of_o the_o gift_n for_o be_v conditional_a for_o the_o condition_n be_v not_o the_o purchase_n procurement_n by_o efficient_a causality_n or_o any_o way_n a_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o gift_n as_o give_v but_o only_o a_o dispositive_a cause_n of_o our_o reception_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o gift_n as_o receive_v it_o be_v a_o removens_fw-la prohibens_fw-la the_o condition_n as_o impose_v and_o as_o the_o mode_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v only_o a_o suspension_n of_o the_o donation_n and_o right_o till_o it_o be_v perform_v the_o condition_n as_o perform_v be_v a_o remove_v the_o suspension_n and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o receive_a cause_n which_o be_v but_o dispositio_fw-la materiae_fw-la receptivae_fw-la of_o which_o more_o in_o due_a place_n 65._o and_o the_o gift_n be_v nevertheless_o free_a because_o the_o condition_n be_v but_o such_o as_o be_v morally-antecedent_o necessary_a to_o the_o reception_n of_o free_a gift_n for_o though_o physical_a donation_n oft_o make_v its_o own_o way_n and_o pre-require_a not_o such_o condition_n as_o these_o at_o least_o yet_o moral_a donation_n by_o deed_n of_o gift_n suppose_v that_o the_o person_n will_v receive_v it_o and_o despise_v or_o unthankful_a refusal_n or_o turn_v it_o against_o the_o donor_n nullifi_v such_o a_o donation_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o man_n 66._o and_o the_o benefit_n be_v nevertheless_o conditional_o give_v though_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n cause_v we_o to_o perform_v the_o condition_n for_o they_o be_v call_v conditional_a from_o the_o mode_n or_o form_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o give_v man_n right_o to_o christ_n and_o life_n express_o on_o condition_n of_o believe_v 67._o though_o this_o believe_a be_v sometime_o describe_v as_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o sometime_o as_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o will_n and_o sometime_o as_o a_o practical_a affiance_n trust_v christ_n as_o a_o saviour_n to_o save_v we_o with_o soul_n and_o body_n to_o the_o renounce_n and_o let_v go_v all_o other_o trust_n yet_o when_o ever_o justification_n and_o life_n be_v promise_v to_o faith_n all_o these_o three_o be_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o it_o 68_o the_o clear_a discovery_n of_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o man_n and_o of_o that_o faith_n by_o which_o we_o partake_v of_o the_o benefit_n of_o it_o be_v in_o baptism_n itself_o which_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o entrance_n of_o man_n into_o god_n covenant_n as_o consent_v to_o and_o mutual_a and_o so_o into_o a_o visible_a state_n of_o christianity_n and_o membership_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v happy_a for_o we_o that_o christ_n so_o express_o deliver_v the_o form_n of_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n and_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v so_o safe_o in_o her_o practice_n keep_v it_o 69._o this_o baptismal_a covenant_n which_o be_v conditional_a and_o the_o consent_n to_o which_o do_v make_v we_o christian_n must_v be_v still_o distinguish_v from_o the_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o christ_n or_o his_o law_n of_o redemption_n and_o god_n promise_v not_o to_o we_o all_o that_o he_o promise_v to_o christ_n for_o we_o nor_o give_v all_o to_o we_o which_o he_o give_v to_o he_o 70._o and_o it_o must_v be_v distinguish_v from_o god_n mere_a prediction_n concern_v his_o elect_n that_o he_o will_v call_v they_o renew_v they_o and_o save_v they_o or_o if_o those_o prediction_n run_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o promise_n either_o as_o they_o be_v promise_n to_o christ_n concern_v the_o elect_n or_o as_o promise_n to_o the_o church_n in_o general_n how_o god_n will_v perfect_v it_o still_o they_o give_v no_o man_n a_o law-title_n or_o right_n to_o any_o of_o the_o benefit_n till_o he_o be_v a_o believer_n they_o justify_v and_o pardon_v no_o man_n and_o so_o they_o must_v not_o be_v confound_v with_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n which_o be_v god_n state_v instrument_n of_o justification_n and_o of_o government_n and_o the_o law_n by_o which_o he_o will_v judge_v we_o at_o the_o last_o 71._o this_o baptismal_a covenant_n be_v the_o character_n and_o test_n by_o which_o we_o must_v judge_v who_o be_v christian_n and_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o by_o their_o subjection_n to_o a_o pretend_a vicarious_a universal_a monarch_n and_o this_o be_v the_o character_n with_o consent_n to_o his_o relation_n there_o by_o which_o every_o man_n fitness_n for_o membership_n in_o a_o particular_a church_n must_v be_v judge_v of_o and_o not_o by_o other_o covenant_n beside_o that_o consent_n and_o proof_n of_o conversion_n not_o here_o include_v and_o this_o contain_v the_o true_a character_n by_o which_o every_o man_n may_v know_v himself_o
he_o total_a resignation_n and_o use_n as_o such_o 2._o as_o our_o ruler_n we_o owe_v he_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n as_o such_o 3._o as_o our_o friend_n benefactor_n &_o amaâ—â—lissimus_fw-la we_o owe_v he_o gratitude_n and_o love_n as_o such_o which_o yet_o be_v part_n â—f_a obedience_n too_o now_o sin_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o all_o this_o god_n be_v to_o â—e_v satisfy_v for_o it_o as_o such_o in_o all_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o be_v pars_fw-la laesaâ—â—_n â—â—_z all_o these_o three_o relation_n that_o be_v he_o be_v injure_v though_o not_o hurt_v it_o be_v â—â—ue_a that_o government_n and_o punish_a justice_n formal_o as_o such_o belong_v to_o god_n only_o as_o rector_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v he_o eminent_o in_o that_o relation_n yet_o also_o to_o compensate_a the_o injury_n do_v by_o sin_n to_o he_o in_o the_o other_o too_o relation_n also_o sect_n ix_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o justification_n 152._o justification_n be_v a_o word_n of_o many_o signification_n the_o scheme_n whereof_o justification_n and_o 1._o of_o constitutive_a justification_n shall_v i_o give_v they_o all_o will_v seem_v to_o most_o reader_n a_o troublesome_a distinguish_n therefore_o i_o take_v up_o with_o these_o three_o most_o notable_a sense_n â—_o justification_n constitutive_a 2._o sentential_a 3._o executive_a the_o first_o be_v to_o make_v a_o man_n righteous_a the_o second_o be_v to_o judge_v he_o righteous_a the_o three_o be_v to_o use_v he_o as_o righteous_a 1._o by_o impunity_n 2._o reward_n 89._o reward_n reward_n reward_n the_o papist_n be_v confound_v in_o the_o point_n of_o justification_n by_o stick_v to_o confound_a word_n they_o talk_v of_o justification_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o can_v tell_v man_n intelligible_o what_o they_o mean_v they_o say_v that_o remission_n be_v a_o put_v away_o the_o sin_n itself_o and_o not_o only_o the_o reatum_fw-la poenae_fw-la and_o yet_o say_v many_z that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v without_o any_o physical_a change_n of_o the_o sinner_n 1._o by_o sin_n they_o mean_v not_o the_o habit_n for_o that_o can_v be_v remove_v without_o a_o physical_a change_n 2._o nor_o the_o act_n for_o that_o be_v past_a as_o soon_o as_o do_v 3._o when_o they_o say_v it_o be_v macula_fw-la moralis_fw-la habitualiter_fw-la remanens_fw-la they_o talk_v gibberish_n and_o play_n with_o a_o metaphor_n and_o the_o word_n habitualiter_fw-la a_o true_a habit_n be_v quid_fw-la physicum_fw-la and_o what_o macula_fw-la be_v they_o can_v tell_v no_o man_n beside_o a_o habit_n disposition_n privation_n â—r_n relation_n if_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v the_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la or_o culpability_n that_o be_v do_v away_o and_o not_o only_o the_o reatus_fw-la poenae_fw-la they_o hold_v â—he_v same_o thing_n which_o they_o oppose_v in_o those_o protestant_n that_o go_v too_o far_o from_o they_o and_o it_o be_v not_o sound_a for_o the_o pardon_a sinâ—er_n will_v be_v culpable_a though_o not_o punishable_a for_o ever_o that_o be_v will_v be_v real_o the_o man_n that_o sin_v and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o everlasting_a truth_n this_o man_n sin_v though_o he_o be_v pardon_v see_v pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n theol._n speculat_v l._n 4._o c._n 10._o pag._n 509_o 510_o 511._o the_o papist_n say_v homo_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la iustùs_fw-la per_fw-la formam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ip_v exâ—riâ—secam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la per_fw-la justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la illi_fw-la imputatam_fw-la and_o yet_o nullus_fw-la actus_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la perfectus_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la contritio_fw-la sive_fw-la amor_fw-la dei_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la est_fw-la causâ—_n formalis_fw-la justificationis_fw-la patres_fw-la diâ—entes_fw-la charitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la dispositive_a non_fw-la autem_fw-la formaliter_fw-la because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o habit_n and_o not_o in_o the_o act_n â—r_o rather_o as_o other_o of_o they_o say_v in_o some_o internal_a inclination_n antecedent_n to_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n hope_n and_o love_n that_o they_o place_n justification_n or_o as_o we_o call_v it_o sanctification_n pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n de_fw-fr great_a hab._n pag._n 88_o 89._o 153_o god_n never_o judge_v a_o man_n righteous_a either_o by_o secret_a esteem_n or_o open_a sentence_n till_o he_o have_v make_v he_o such_o 154._o to_o be_v make_v righteous_a be_v to_o be_v justify_v in_o law-sense_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justifiable_a or_o justificandus_fw-la by_o sentence_n 155._o a_o man_n be_v righteous_a 1._o particular_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la as_o to_o some_o particular_a cause_n that_o he_o be_v accusable_a of_o 2._o or_o universal_o as_o to_o all_o cause_n 3._o or_o eminent_o as_o to_o all_o those_o cause_n that_o heaven_n or_o hell_n depend_v upon_o 156._o 1._o no_o man_n be_v universal_o righteous_a real_o or_o reputative_o god_n judge_v no_o saint_n in_o heaven_n to_o be_v one_o that_o never_o sin_v and_o he_o that_o have_v once_o sin_v be_v unavoidable_o under_o the_o relation_n of_o â—â—â—â—_o that_o sin_v to_o eternity_n ex_fw-la necessitate_v existentiae_fw-la which_o relation_n be_v the_o very_a reatus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccati_fw-la though_o all_o the_o ill_a effect_n be_v remit_v 157._o 2._o every_o man_n have_v some_o particular_a righteousness_n for_o the_o worst_a man_n may_v be_v false_o accuse_v and_o be_v righteous_a as_o to_o that_o false_a accusation_n but_o this_o will_v not_o save_v he_o 158._o 3._o that_o eminent_a righteousness_n necessary_a to_o our_o salvation_n though_o it_o be_v not_o universal_a or_o perfect_a else_o we_o shall_v never_o be_v affict_v by_o chastisement_n or_o denial_n of_o grace_n or_o permission_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o at_o least_o perfect_a as_o to_o its_o proper_a use_n and_o to_o our_o glorious_a perfection_n and_o may_v be_v call_v our_o universal_a righteousness_n because_o it_o be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v and_o â—â—_o consist_v not_o of_o any_o one_o or_o two_o cause_n but_o of_o many_o of_o which_o no_o oâ—â—_n must_v be_v exclude_v or_o set_v against_o the_o rest_n as_o there_o be_v several_a allegatioâ—â—_n or_o accusation_n against_o we_o so_o there_o must_v be_v several_a part_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o justification_n 159._o not_o only_o a_o actual_a accusation_n but_o a_o possible_a or_o a_o virtual_a oâ—â—_n which_o we_o be_v liable_a to_o suffice_v to_o denominate_v justification_n as_o its_o contrary_a in_o the_o first_o law-sense_n of_o justification_n 160._o it_o be_v our_o right_n to_o impunity_n and_o to_o the_o heavenly_a glory_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justify_v final_o in_o judgement_n and_o our_o person_n as_o the_o subject_n of_o that_o right_n and_o our_o action_n but_o mediate_o in_o order_n to_o that_o end_n 161._o it_o be_v only_o at_o the_o bar_n of_o christ_n as_o redeemer_n that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v and_o justify_v and_o not_o by_o god_n only_o as_o a_o creator_n therefore_o it_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o we_o must_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n final_o and_o not_o by_o the_o sole_a law_n of_o innocency_n 162._o therefore_o no_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n either_o by_o the_o preceptive_a or_o retributive_a part_n but_o we_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o the_o lâ—â—_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n against_o the_o accusation_n which_o may_v be_v bring_v against_o we_o from_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n against_o it_o not_o by_o it_o 163._o we_o be_v liable_a to_o all_o these_o follow_a accusation_n which_o will_v opeâ—_n to_o we_o the_o correlate_n justification_n and_o the_o matter_n of_o each_o part_n 1._o it_o may_v be_v say_v by_o the_o accuser_n of_o the_o brethren_n thou_o be_v a_o siâ—â—â—â—_n against_o the_o precept_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n he_o that_o deni_v this_o be_v a_o liar_n against_o this_o charge_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n for_o ever_o but_o we_o must_v â—â—_o heaven_n confess_v that_o we_o have_v sin_v but_o glory_n be_v to_o he_o that_o wash_v â—s_n from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n by_o pardon_n and_o sanctifiation_n 164._o 2._o next_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o we_o do_v deserve_v hell_n by_o our_o sin_n this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v for_o ever_o 165._o 3._o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o by_o god_n law_n of_o innocency_n hell_n be_v ouâ—_n due_a and_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o be_v condemn_v to_o it_o to_o this_o we_o deny_v the_o consequence_n because_o we_o have_v right_a to_o impunity_n and_o to_o glory_n free_o give_v we_o by_o god_n our_o redeemer_n by_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n merit_v for_o we_o by_o the_o obedience_n and_o satisfaction_n give_v for_o we_o by_o christ_n our_o saviour_n where_o note_n that_o here_o in_o this_o first_o part_n of_o our_o justification_n there_o be_v all_o these_o conjunct_a necessary_a cause_n 1._o god_n love_n and_o mercy_n give_v 2._o christ_n righteousness_n and_o satisfaction_n merit_v 3._o the_o covenant_n
elect_v and_o shall_v persevere_v so_o that_o they_o deny_v all_o certainty_n of_o salvation_n by_o ordinary_a mean_n and_o that_o none_o of_o all_o the_o greek_a or_o latin_a father_n then_o or_o long_o after_o go_v further_o from_o the_o pelagian_o than_o augustine_n do_v i_o think_v i_o need_v not_o persuade_v any_o that_o have_v read_v they_o 259._o this_o historical_a truth_n be_v useful_a to_o be_v know_v from_o whence_o i_o infer_v that_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o christian_n to_o live_v in_o settle_a peace_n and_o comfort_n in_o respect_n to_o their_o heavenly_a felicity_n without_o a_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n and_o salvation_n for_o to_o think_v that_o no_o papist_n no_o greek_n no_o arminian_n no_o protestant_n lutheran_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_a holy_a doctor_n nor_o any_o of_o all_o the_o martyr_n or_o other_o christian_n of_o their_o judgement_n do_v attain_v to_o such_o holy_a peace_n and_o comfort_n be_v unreasonable_a and_o contrary_a to_o all_o church-history_n and_o to_o experience_n 260._o and_o though_o it_o be_v a_o far_o more_o joyful_a state_n to_o have_v proper_a certainty_n yet_o reason_n and_o experience_n in_o other_o case_n tell_v we_o that_o without_o certainty_n a_o man_n may_v live_v a_o joyful_a and_o peaceable_a life_n where_o probability_n be_v strong_a enough_o to_o remove_v all_o reasonable_a cause_n of_o fearfulness_n though_o there_o be_v a_o possibility_n of_o the_o worst_a as_o we_o see_v that_o man_n in_o youth_n and_o health_n though_o they_o may_v possible_o die_v or_o fall_v into_o torment_n the_o next_o hour_n yet_o do_v not_o therefore_o cast_v off_o comfort_n and_o live_v in_o such_o trouble_n as_o they_o will_v do_v if_o they_o have_v probable_a cause_n to_o expect_v it_o there_o be_v no_o wife_n live_v be_v certain_a that_o her_o own_o husband_n will_v not_o murder_v she_o the_o next_o night_n nor_o no_o child_n certain_a that_o the_o parent_n will_v not_o cast_v they_o off_o or_o kill_v they_o nor_o no_o friend_n certain_a that_o his_o dear_a friend_n will_v not_o do_v so_o and_o yet_o few_o but_o melancholy_a people_n will_v therefore_o take_v up_o sorrow_n and_o cast_v away_o all_o their_o comfort_n in_o life_n and_o peace_n and_o in_o these_o friend_n even_o these_o person_n be_v their_o trust_n and_o joy_n there_o be_v no_o man_n sure_o but_o he_o may_v be_v execute_v among_o malefactor_n and_o yet_o while_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o expect_v it_o a_o man_n may_v live_v a_o comfortable_a life_n there_o be_v no_o man_n certain_a that_o he_o himself_o shall_v not_o fall_v into_o a_o particular_a crime_n of_o murder_n theft_n perjury_n or_o the_o like_a and_o yet_o we_o live_v not_o therefore_o uncomfortable_o for_o man_n affection_n follow_v the_o powerful_a cause_n 261._o hence_o also_o i_o conclude_v that_o certain_o the_o denial_n of_o certainty_n of_o persevere_v and_o salvation_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n that_o shall_v break_v the_o love_n peace_n or_o concord_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n or_o for_o which_o they_o shall_v cast_v off_o or_o revile_v each_o other_o for_o what_o sober_a man_n can_v do_v so_o by_o all_o those_o that_o i_o have_v instance_a in_o 262._o it_o be_v a_o shameful_a self-delusion_n of_o some_o disputer_n who_o think_v when_o they_o have_v once_o believe_v that_o certainty_n of_o salvation_n may_v be_v have_v that_o they_o be_v then_o certain_a themselves_o or_o next_o to_o certain_a of_o their_o own_o salvation_n but_o he_o that_o have_v no_o more_o certainty_n to_o be_v rich_a or_o healthful_a thaâ—_n to_o believe_v that_o health_n and_o riches_n may_v be_v get_v be_v far_o from_o have_v they_o 263._o who_o be_v more_o full_a of_o confidence_n and_o joy_n than_o luther_n who_o speak_v more_o against_o the_o papist_n command_v man_n to_o doubt_v of_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n who_o speak_v of_o a_o high_a faith_n than_o he_o on_o galat._n yet_o he_o with_o melancthon_n and_o all_o the_o first_o protestant_n in_o the_o august_n confess_v art_n 11._o say_v they_o damn_v the_o anabaptist_n who_o deny_v that_o those_o that_o be_v once_o justify_v can_v again_o lose_v the_o holy_a ghost_n 264._o if_o adam_n in_o innocency_n have_v neither_o solid_a comfort_n or_o cause_n of_o such_o the_o state_n that_o we_o fall_v from_o be_v not_o so_o good_a as_o we_o common_o believe_v but_o adam_n have_v no_o assurance_n of_o his_o perseverance_n in_o that_o state_n for_o he_o fall_v from_o it_o 265._o no_o man_n as_o be_v say_v be_v certain_a that_o he_o shall_v not_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o 3._o vid._n judic_n theol._n palat._n de_fw-fr persevere_v in_o synod_n dord_n p._n 1._o pag._n 208._o pr._n 3._o heinous_a sin_n as_o peter_n david_n etc._n etc._n do_v 266._o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n say_v by_o such_o enormous_a sin_n they_o great_o offend_v god_n they_o incur_v the_o guilt_n of_o death_n they_o grieve_v the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o interrupt_v the_o exercise_n of_o faith_n they_o most_o grievous_o wound_v conscience_n sometime_o they_o lose_v the_o sense_n of_o grace_n for_o a_o time_n till_o by_o serious_a repentance_n return_v into_o the_o way_n god_n fatherly_a countenance_n again_o shine_v upon_o they_o and_o the_o british_a divine_n in_o their_o synodic_n explic._n say_v they_o contract_v damnable_a guilt_n and_o lose_v their_o present_a aptitude_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n add_v so_o that_o while_o they_o remain_v in_o that_o state_n of_o impenitence_n they_o neither_o ought_v nor_o can_v persuade_v themselves_o otherwise_o than_o that_o they_o be_v obnoxious_a to_o death_n rom._n 8._o 13._o if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v for_o they_o be_v bind_v in_o a_o capital_a crime_n by_o the_o desert_n whereof_o according_a to_o god_n ordination_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o death_n though_o they_o be_v not_o yet_o deliver_v to_o death_n nor_o shall_v be_v if_o we_o respect_v god_n fatherly_a love_n but_o shall_v be_v pluck_v out_o of_o this_o sin_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v pluck_v out_o of_o the_o guilt_n of_o death_n last_o for_o their_o present_a condition_n they_o lose_v their_o aptitude_n to_o enter_v into_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n and_o thes_n 4._o p._n 193._o god_n unmovable_a ordination_n require_v that_o a_o believer_n thus_o exorbitant_a do_v first_o return_v into_o the_o way_n by_o renovation_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o act_n of_o repentance_n before_o he_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o way_n end_n which_o be_v the_o heavenly_a kingdom_n by_o the_o decree_n of_o election_n the_o faithful_a be_v so_o predestinate_v to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v bring_v to_o it_o than_o by_o god_n institute_v mean_n as_o by_o the_o king_n high_a way_n and_o god_n decree_n of_o the_o mean_n and_o of_o the_o end_n and_o order_n of_o event_n be_v as_o firm_a and_o certain_a as_o those_o of_o the_o end_n and_o of_o the_o event_n themselves_o if_o any_o man_n therefore_o go_v on_o in_o a_o way_n contrary_a to_o god_n ordination_n as_o the_o broad_a way_n of_o uncleanness_n and_o impenitence_n which_o direct_o lead_v to_o hell_n he_o can_v never_o come_v that_o way_n to_o heaven_n yea_o if_o death_n surprise_v he_o wander_v in_o 31._o luk._n 13._o 3_o 5._o 1_o cor._n 6._o 9_o heb._n 12._o 14._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 19_o act._n 27._o 31._o that_o outweigh_v he_o can_v but_o fall_v into_o everlasting_a death_n this_o be_v the_o constant_a and_o clear_a voice_n of_o the_o scripture_n as_o paul_n say_v of_o those_o in_o the_o ship_n etc._n etc._n act._n 27._o 31._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o david_n and_o peter_n god_n elect_a servant_n be_v to_o come_v to_o heaven_n but_o it_o be_v as_o certain_a that_o if_o one_o have_v remain_v impenitent_a in_o his_o adultery_n and_o murder_n and_o the_o other_o in_o his_o denial_n of_o christ_n and_o perjury_n neither_o of_o they_o can_v have_v be_v save_v providence_n and_o mercy_n untie_v this_o knot_n by_o provide_v that_o no_o elect_a person_n die_v in_o that_o state_n in_o which_o according_a to_o any_o ordination_n of_o god_n will_n he_o shall_v have_v be_v shut_v out_o of_o heaven_n and_o thes_n 5._o in_o that_o interspace_n which_o be_v between_o the_o guilt_n of_o sin_n contract_v by_o a_o grievous_a sin_n and_o the_o renew_a act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n such_o a_o sinner_n stand_v a_o person_n to_o be_v damn_v by_o his_o own_o desert_n but_o by_o christ_n merit_n and_o god_n firm_a purpose_n a_o person_n to_o be_v save_v but_o not_o before_o by_o excite_a faith_n and_o repentance_n he_o have_v obtain_v pardon_n be_v he_o actual_o absolve_v but_o in_o such_o guilt_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o of_o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o the_o same_o to_o the_o unbeliever_n be_v want_v the_o inward_a principle_n of_o faith_n without_o which_o the_o
the_o threefold_a divine_a excellency_n communicate_v and_o the_o threefold_a humane_a receptive_a faculty_n viz._n life_n light_n and_o love_n or_o spiritual_a vivification_n activity_n and_o power_n spiritual_a illumination_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o spiritual_a conversion_n or_o sanctification_n of_o the_o will_n by_o holy_a love_n §_o 21._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o on_o believer_n that_o christ_n operate_v by_o the_o spirit_n for_o he_o draw_v man_n by_o it_o to_o believe_v and_o many_o wicked_a man_n that_o be_v not_o his_o elect_a have_v common_a even_o miraculous_a gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n 14._o spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n mat._n 7._o 21_o 22_o 23._o gal._n 3._o 1_o 2_o 3._o heb._n 6._o 5_o 6._o 1_o cor._n 14._o which_o be_v all_o communicate_v by_o christ_n §_o 22._o as_o nature_n itself_o be_v in_o his_o political_a power_n and_o be_v deliver_v to_o he_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v reparable_a and_o belong_v to_o the_o reparation_n of_o man_n so_o all_o gift_n and_o operation_n receive_v by_o any_o in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v mercy_n contrary_a to_o commerit_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v in_o the_o night_n by_o the_o moon_n and_o in_o the_o dawn_n of_o the_o day_n by_o itself_o unseen_a and_o after_o by_o itself_o appear_a so_o christ_n shine_v to_o the_o heathen_a world_n in_o abundance_n of_o natural_a and_o providential_a mercy_n and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o many_o creature_n and_o experience_n and_o to_o some_o by_o near_a approach_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o church_n by_o the_o manifestation_n of_o himself_o all_o which_o be_v evident_a 1._o because_o the_o whole_a lapse_v world_n in_o adam_n and_o no_n be_v bring_v under_o his_o own_o covenant_n of_o grace_n according_a to_o which_o he_o operate_v 2._o in_o that_o so_o much_o mercy_n after_o sin_n will_v not_o stand_v with_o god_n regiment_n by_o the_o mere_a law_n of_o innocency_n violate_v 3._o in_o that_o christ_n be_v express_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o saviour_n of_o all_o man_n especial_o of_o they_o that_o believe_v who_o die_v for_o all_o in_o that_o all_o be_v dead_a that_o they_o that_o live_v shall_v live_v to_o he_o who_o taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n etc._n etc._n and_o joh._n 1._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o that_o be_v the_o true_a light_n which_o light_v every_o man_n come_v into_o the_o world_n or_o come_v into_o the_o world_n light_v every_o man_n he_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o he_o and_o the_o world_n know_v he_o not_o and_o v._o 4_o 5._o in_o he_o be_v life_n and_o the_o life_n be_v the_o light_n of_o man_n and_o the_o light_n shine_v in_o darkness_n and_o the_o darkness_n comprehend_v it_o not_o etc._n etc._n §_o 23._o this_o threefold_a influx_n of_o christ_n spirit_n for_o life_n light_n and_o love_n be_v not_o equal_o effectual_a on_o all_o nor_o equal_o effectual_a on_o the_o same_o person_n at_o several_a time_n nor_o each_o part_n of_o the_o influx_n equal_o effectual_a on_o the_o same_o person_n at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o reason_n anon_o sect_n iii_o of_o the_o operation_n and_o principles_n as_o compare_v §_o 1._o though_o power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n or_o love_n all_z cooperate_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n yet_o in_o the_o work_n of_o man_n recovery_n their_o impression_n be_v not_o equal_a but_o as_o power_n with_o wisdom_n and_o love_n more_o appear_v in_o the_o creation_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a so_o wisdom_n with_o power_n convey_v love_n appear_v more_o in_o our_o redemption_n and_o love_n with_o power_n and_o wisdom_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a and_o illustrious_a in_o our_o renew_a state_n begin_v indeed_o by_o sanctification_n but_o perfect_a in_o our_o glorification_n all_o glorification_n glorification_n glorification_n as_o to_o the_o question_n between_o the_o schoolman_n define_v &_o beatitudin_fw-mi undoubted_o the_o thomist_n err_v in_o place_v it_o chief_o in_o the_o intellect_n and_o medina_n and_o other_o give_v silly_a reason_n for_o it_o and_o the_o scotist_n of_o who_o rada_n well_o handle_v it_o be_v far_o right_a and_o agid._n romanus_n brief_o and_o clear_o tell_v we_o the_o truth_n quodlib_n 3._o q._n 18._o p._n 187._o btatitudo_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la finaliter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la aâ—â—quo_fw-la formaliter_fw-la naâ—_n si_fw-la ipsum_fw-la objectum_fw-la principaâ—â—_n voluntatis_fw-la prout_fw-la habit_n rationem_fw-la finis_fw-la sit_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la principaliter_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la objecto_fw-la &_o consequent_a formaliter_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la nam_fw-la voluntas_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la objectum_fw-la tendit_fw-la finaliter_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la suum_fw-la actum_fw-la teadit_n in_fw-la objectum_fw-la formaliter_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la apparet_fw-la quod_fw-la be_v â—titudo_fw-la sit_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la objecto_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la quia_fw-la ratio_fw-la finis_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o objecto_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la this_o be_v clear_a truth_n if_o you_o put_v but_o finis_fw-la alone_a for_o beatitudo_fw-la for_o beatitudo_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la be_v not_o the_o principal_a end_n of_o man_n but_o god_n as_o god_n in_o his_o perfect_a goodness_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o his_o will_n next_o and_o then_o our_o own_o beatitude_n with_o that_o of_o the_o blessed_a and_o he_o make_v vision_n and_o not_o love_n to_o be_v the_o secondary_a final_a object_n of_o all_o the_o omnipotent_a father_n as_o be_v say_v creat_v nature_n with_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n the_o son_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o physician_n of_o soul_n and_o heal_v they_o by_o skill_n with_o power_n and_o love_n the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v by_o the_o schoolman_n the_o love_n of_o god_n dwell_v and_o work_v peculiar_o in_o we_o to_o and_o in_o perfection_n with_o power_n and_o wisdom_n be_v the_o perfection_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o natura_n medela_fw-la sanitas_fw-la be_v the_o various_a effect_n of_o the_o divine_a operation_n §_o 2._o therefore_o the_o son_n operation_n in_o procure_v and_o communicate_v the_o spirit_n of_o love_n and_o holiness_n be_v eminent_o sapiential_a §_o 3._o the_o impression_n of_o all_o the_o divine_a virtue_n be_v excellent_a in_o their_o several_a kind_n and_o it_o be_v hard_a for_o we_o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v simple_o more_o excellent_a than_o that_o but_o we_o can_v say_v which_o be_v more_o suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o be_v esteem_v and_o love_v by_o he_o and_o so_o we_o esteem_v the_o impression_n of_o wisdom_n and_o love_n as_o most_o suitable_a to_o we_o §_o 4._o a_o horse_n or_o ox_n excel_v man_n in_o strength_n and_o a_o bird_n or_o hare_n or_o dog_n in_o swiftness_n and_o a_o mountain_n and_o a_o oak_n in_o greatness_n and_o yet_o we_o account_v the_o wisdom_n and_o moral_a goodness_n of_o man_n to_o be_v a_o great_a excellency_n and_o to_o make_v he_o the_o more_o noble_a creature_n §_o 5._o and_o god_n seem_v to_o tell_v it_o we_o 1._o by_o call_v these_o his_o image_n 2._o and_o by_o make_v man_n the_o lord_n of_o these_o strong_a creature_n §_o 6._o and_o among_o man_n we_o take_v he_o not_o for_o the_o most_o excellent_a who_o be_v the_o strong_a but_o who_o be_v the_o wise_a and_o the_o best_a and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a and_o best_a be_v by_o aristotle_n say_v to_o be_v bear_v by_o nature_n to_o rule_v the_o rest_n and_o by_o all_o sober_a man_n be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o fit_a to_o guide_n and_o rule_v other_o how_o seldom_o soever_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v while_o the_o robuster_n sort_n be_v labourer_n and_o mechanic_n §_o 7._o yet_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o the_o effect_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o cause_n and_o as_o active-power_n cause_v action_n and_o wisdom_n and_o government_n cause_v the_o order_n and_o rectitude_n of_o action_n and_o love_n and_o goodness_n the_o perfection_n of_o it_o and_o the_o agent_n so_o god_n vital-power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n be_v equal_a which_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o all_o as_o the_o father_n son_n and_o spirit_n be_v coequal_a and_o god_n be_v indeed_o glorious_a in_o the_o motion_n of_o sun_n and_o star_n etc._n etc._n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o wisdom_n and_o holiness_n of_o man_n but_o beside_o the_o foresay_a suitableness_n this_o difference_n must_v be_v consider_v that_o as_o life_n intellect_n and_o will_n power_n former_a by_o special_a grace_n some_o mean_a two_o distinct_a thing_n viz._n 1._o our_o love_n to_o god_n and_o other_o holy_a habit_n and_o act_n or_o a_o inclination_n to_o they_o 2._o god_n favour_n to_o we_o and_o acceptation_n of_o we_o and_o that_o as_o relate_v to_o the_o glory_n which_o he_o will_v give_v we_o so_o that_o the_o first_o they_o call_v the_o habit_n of_o grace_n quâ—_n ens_fw-la &_o qualitas_fw-la
481._o an_fw-mi concordia_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la cum_fw-la gratia_fw-la posset_n demonstrari_fw-la naturali_fw-la ratione_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la infallibilitate_fw-la praescientiae_fw-la providentiae_fw-la &_o praedestinationis_fw-la divinae_fw-la where_o he_o tell_v you_o that_o one_o opinion_n of_o some_o catholic_n be_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a by_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n that_o man_n have_v freewill_n but_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v by_o natural_a reason_n the_o second_o opinion_n be_v contrary_a that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o evident_a to_o natural_a reason_n that_o man_n have_v freewill_n but_o also_o the_o concord_n of_o it_o with_o the_o infallibility_n of_o divine_a prescience_n and_o providence_n may_v easy_o and_o clear_o be_v make_v out_o by_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la which_o be_v the_o jesuit_n way_n but_o the_o three_o opinion_n which_o he_o defend_v be_v that_o freewill_n may_v be_v evident_o know_v and_o prove_v by_o natural_a reason_n alone_o but_o how_o the_o actual_a use_n of_o it_o consist_v with_o the_o infallibility_n of_o the_o prescience_n providence_n and_o predestination_n of_o god_n and_o with_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n can_v be_v perfect_o know_v or_o comprehend_v by_o natural_a light_n alone_o and_o therefore_o the_o reason_n of_o it_o must_v be_v believe_v and_o the_o understanding_n captivate_v to_o the_o obedience_n of_o faith_n where_o note_n 1._o that_o though_o he_o say_v perfectè_fw-la he_o prove_v that_o it_o can_v be_v know_v by_o that_o which_o be_v below_o a_o perfect_a knowledge_n 2._o and_o that_o he_o deny_v not_o only_o a_o practical_a save_a knowledge_n but_o a_o proper_a theoretical_a or_o dogmatical_a knowledge_n for_o this_o he_o cit_v those_o word_n of_o cajetan_a at_o large_a in_o 1._o p._n q._n 22._o art_n 4._o which_o many_o other_o cite_v and_o commend_v in_o ignorantia_fw-la sola_fw-la quietem_fw-la invenio_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o there_o be_v no_o man_n beside_o alvarez_n high_a for_o the_o dominican_n way_n of_o absolute_a predetermination_n than_o d._n bannes_n who_o be_v of_o cajetans_n opinion_n in_o 1._o p._n q._n 23._o art_n 5._o &_o 2._o 2._o q._n 10._o art_n 1._o siquis_fw-la non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la quomodo_fw-la usus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la sit_fw-la libre_fw-la &_o nihilominus_fw-la sit_fw-la effectus_fw-la jam_fw-la praedefinitus_fw-la à _fw-la divina_fw-la providentia_fw-la oportet_fw-la eum_fw-la credere_fw-la &_o primum_fw-la omnium_fw-la debuisset_fw-la credere_fw-la quod_fw-la aiunt_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la intelligere_fw-la credimus_fw-la enim_fw-la catholicum_fw-la mysterium_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la non_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la and_o alvarez_n cit_v calvin_n lib._n the_o aetern_n dei_fw-la praedest_fw-la count_v pigh_a p._n 136._o say_v siquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la mentis_fw-la suae_fw-la captu_fw-la superius_fw-la esse_fw-la excipiat_fw-la idem_fw-la de_fw-la i_o fateor_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la modulum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la imcomprehensibilis_fw-la &_o immensa_fw-la dei_fw-la majestas_fw-la exsuperet_fw-la atqui_fw-la tantum_fw-la abest_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la carnis_fw-la ratione_fw-la explicandum_fw-la suscipiam_fw-la sublime_a istud_fw-la reconditúmque_fw-la arcanum_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la initio_fw-la praefatus_fw-la sum_fw-la assiduè_fw-la in_o memoriam_fw-la redire_fw-la velim_fw-la desipere_fw-la qui_fw-la plus_fw-la scire_fw-la appetunt_fw-la quà m_fw-la deus_fw-la revelaverit_fw-la quare_fw-la nos_fw-la potiùs_fw-la docta_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la delectet_fw-la quam_fw-la intemperan_n &_o ebria_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la permittit_fw-la curiositas_fw-la what_o augustine_n confess_v you_o may_v see_v a_o little_a in_o alvar._n ib._n p._n 482_o 483._o but_o more_o in_o himself_o often_o what_o suarez_n hurtado_n mendoz._n and_o other_o the_o most_o subtle_a philosophical_a divine_n confess_v common_o of_o the_o incomprehensibility_n of_o these_o thing_n and_o the_o darkness_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o our_o conception_n i_o have_v elsewhere_o partly_o cite_v and_o any_o that_o read_v they_o may_v find_v now_o all_o this_o be_v so_o notorious_a and_o their_o ignorance_n common_o confess_v may_v i_o not_o confident_o infer_v 1._o that_o then_o see_v all_o must_v be_v reconcile_v by_o believe_v we_o must_v have_v nothing_o obtrude_v on_o we_o herein_o which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n what_o the_o word_n say_v of_o predetermination_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o god_n operation_n on_o second_o cause_n and_o influx_n on_o soul_n and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o his_o first_o effect_n or_o vis_fw-fr impressa_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o will_v receive_v but_o yet_o man_n must_v not_o snatch_v up_o a_o metaphorical_a expression_n in_o one_o or_o a_o few_o text_n and_o urge_v that_o against_o the_o frequent_a and_o plain_a expression_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o spirit_n 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libera_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la natura_fw-la est_fw-la quamvis_fw-la antecedenter_fw-la dependeant_fw-la à _fw-la voluntate_fw-la ut_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la quatenus_fw-la viz._n ex_fw-la ejus_fw-la libertate_fw-la fuit_fw-la dependens_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la compararet_fw-la notitias_fw-la mysteriorum_fw-la fidei_fw-la vel_fw-la eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la facienda_fw-la erant_fw-la accedendo_fw-la ad_fw-la praedicatores_fw-la vel_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la eos_fw-la propriâ_fw-la industriâ_fw-la acquirendo_fw-la quibus_fw-la notitiis_fw-la deus_fw-la se_fw-la insereret_fw-la eas_fw-la elevando_fw-la svo_fw-la speciali_fw-la influxu_fw-la ut_fw-la supernaturale_n sint_fw-la &_o quales_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la oportet_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la sortiantur_fw-la naturam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la praevenientis_fw-la suppositâ_fw-la ergo_fw-la illuminatione_fw-la quâ_fw-la deus_fw-la illuminat_fw-la intellectum_fw-la &_o proponit_fw-la voluntati_fw-la bonum_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la conveniens_fw-la affirmant_fw-la quod_fw-la statim_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la libertate_fw-la oritur_fw-la merè_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la in_o voluntate_fw-la motus_fw-la affectionis_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la sibi_fw-la propositum_fw-la quo_fw-la motu_fw-la allicitur_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la invitatur_fw-la ad_fw-la amandum_fw-la illud_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o imperandum_fw-la potentiis_fw-la executivis_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la exequantur_fw-la ut_fw-la v._n g._n ad_fw-la imperandum_fw-la intellectui_fw-la ut_fw-la assentiatur_fw-la rebus_fw-la fidei_fw-la propositis_fw-la &_o explicatis_fw-la in_o his_o ergo_fw-la duobus_fw-la motibus_fw-la viz._n in_o illustratione_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o affectione_n
a_o infinite_a effect_n but_o the_o world_n be_v not_o infinite_a §_o 4._o as_o to_o the_o second_o question_n it_o be_v either_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la or_o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi if_o the_o former_a let_v every_o man_n speak_v as_o he_o listen_v for_o i_o rather_o than_o i_o will_v contend_v with_o he_o whether_o creation_n of_o faith_n be_v a_o fit_a name_n as_o to_o the_o matter_n 1._o it_o be_v agree_v on_o that_o faith_n be_v not_o a_o substance_n 2._o nor_o a_o accident_n concreated_n with_o a_o substance_n 3._o nor_o a_o composition_n of_o substance_n into_o one_o do_v by_o secondary_a creation_n generation_n or_o art_n 4._o but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o right_n order_v act_n of_o a_o substance_n who_o natural_a power_n which_o perform_v it_o be_v pre-existent_a though_o without_o that_o act_n and_o the_o moral_a disposition_n therefore_o it_o be_v a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la that_o we_o talk_v of_o the_o common_a name_n be_v alteration_n and_o 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ignorant_o think_v it_o derogate_v from_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n so_o some_o think_v that_o the_o propagation_n of_o soul_n be_v a_o miracle_n but_o of_o soul_n and_o faith_n it_o be_v much_o unknown_a to_o we_o how_o far_o god_n use_v second_o cause_n but_o that_o generation_n as_o to_o one_o and_o preach_v and_o all_o other_o mean_n to_o the_o other_o be_v some_o sort_n of_o second_o cause_n well_o cause_n cause_n cause_n we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o think_v that_o god_n use_v no_o second_o cause_n in_o work_a faith_n it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v note_v which_o pet._n de_fw-fr alllaco_n say_v in_o 4._o q._n 1._o e._n plus_fw-fr facit_fw-fr deut_n faciendo_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la mediante_fw-la causa_fw-la secunda_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la faceret_fw-la euâ—dem_fw-la effectum_fw-la se_fw-la solo_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o prima_fw-la factione_n sunt_fw-la plures_fw-la termini_fw-la divina_fw-la actionis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o secunda_fw-la for_o as_o he_o say_v before_o quandocunque_fw-la deus_fw-la facit_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la mediante_fw-la causa_fw-la sceunda_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la facit_fw-la illum_fw-la effectum_fw-la sed_fw-la etlam_fw-la facit_fw-la causam_fw-la secundam_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la illius_fw-la effecti_fw-la marâ—_n this_o well_o be_v sure_a 5._o and_o last_o if_o by_o a_o miracle_n be_v mean_v that_o effect_n which_o god_n produce_v both_o above_o the_o power_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o by_o a_o more_o glorious_a exertion_n of_o his_o own_o power_n than_o in_o his_o course_n of_o nature_n and_o government_n he_o use_v by_o and_o with_o second_o cause_n so_o it_o be_v not_o a_o miracle_n because_o in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o ordinate_a co-operation_n with_o his_o gospel_n he_o ordinary_o produce_v it_o §_o 6._o so_o that_o as_o all_o christian_n must_v confess_v that_o we_o have_v never_o believe_v if_o god_n have_v not_o wrought_v it_o in_o we_o by_o that_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o love_n which_o be_v omnipotent_a so_o to_o contend_v any_o further_a whether_o it_o be_v a_o miracle_n and_o a_o proper_a creation_n or_o a_o effect_n of_o omnipotency_n as_o such_o etc._n etc._n be_v such_o question_n as_o presumptuous_a schoolman_n heretofore_o and_o hotheaded_a sectary_n in_o our_o time_n have_v use_v to_o afflict_v the_o church_n of_o christ_n with_o and_o to_o tempt_v their_o ignorant_a zealous_a follower_n into_o such_o employment_n as_o most_o effectual_o destroy_v their_o charity_n and_o injure_v other_o and_o scandalize_v the_o world_n sect_n xv._o of_o the_o sufficiency_n and_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n §_o 1._o i_o have_v say_v so_o much_o of_o this_o before_o as_o that_o lest_o i_o be_v tedious_a by_o repetition_n i_o must_v be_v but_o brief_a eventu_fw-la brief_a brief_a brief_a malderus_n against_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o 1._o 2._o q._n 111._o art_n 3._o dub_v 8._o bestir_n himself_o with_o special_a industry_n to_o tell_v what_o gratia_n efficax_n be_v and_o he_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v afflatus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la praevenientis_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la genere_fw-la gratiae_fw-la excitantis_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la non_fw-la respuitur_fw-la cum_fw-la respui_fw-la possit_fw-la rather_o praeparans_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la quam_fw-la adjuvans_fw-la reject_v valentia_n who_o place_v it_o in_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n cause_v by_o excitation_n and_o à _fw-fr lorca_n who_o take_v it_o to_o be_v adjuvant_fw-la and_o those_o that_o make_v it_o co-operant_a and_o those_o that_o place_n it_o in_o praedetermination_n physical_a of_o which_o he_o confute_v four_o opinion_n p._n 502._o and_o say_v probabilior_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la negate_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la infallibilitatem_fw-la adeóque_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la sumi_fw-la posse_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la real_a aliqua_fw-la differentia_fw-la considerata_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la gratiae_fw-la praevenientis_fw-la and_o that_o just_a and_o unjust_a have_v effectual_a grace_n and_o therefore_o it_o differ_v not_o from_o sufficient_a real_o and_o he_o resolve_v all_o per_fw-la scientiam_fw-la mediam_fw-la that_o grace_n be_v effectual_a because_o ex_fw-la proposito_fw-la convertendi_fw-la deus_fw-la it_o a_o hominem_fw-la trabit_fw-la sicut_fw-la aptum_fw-la novit_fw-la ut_fw-la sequatur_fw-la &_o certissime_fw-la secuâ—urum_fw-la and_o so_o that_o grace_n iâ—_n effectual_a ere_fw-we natura_fw-la sva_fw-la and_o not_o so_o call_v only_o ex_fw-la eventu_fw-la i._o by_o sufficient_a grace_n be_v mean_v that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o effect_n and_o without_o which_o it_o can_v be_v but_o with_o it_o it_o may_v be_v though_o it_o sometime_o be_v not_o §_o 2._o that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o sufficient_a grace_n not_o always_o effectual_a to_o man_n act_n be_v before_o prove_v by_o adam_n case_n and_o that_o no_o man_n have_v such_o now_o for_o any_o mean_n or_o duty_n in_o order_n to_o his_o recovery_n as_o adam_n have_v to_o stand_v when_o 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event_n much_o less_o to_o the_o meliority_n of_o the_o act_n §_o 6._o ii_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n relate_v to_o the_o effect_n and_o
cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o thus_o though_o god_n give_v all_o their_o due_a according_a to_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o give_v to_o his_o elect_n such_o proportion_n of_o grace_n as_o he_o give_v they_o no_o antecedent_n right_o to_o by_o his_o law_n or_o at_o least_o to_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o controversy_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o to_o they_o all_o §_o 21._o god_n can_v cure_v and_o sanctify_v all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v his_o absolute_a will_n but_o he_o do_v not_o and_o will_v not_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v and_o he_o will_v be_v no_o loser_n nor_o sufferer_n by_o the_o creature_n sin_n §_o 22._o god_n absolute_a will_n be_v as_o full_o accomplish_v by_o man_n free_a act_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o necessitate_a and_o natural_a and_o man_n action_n be_v as_o free_v as_o if_o god_n have_v make_v no_o absolute_a decree_n of_o their_o futurity_n as_o in_o good_a he_o have_v do_v if_o we_o may_v so_o ascribe_v futurity_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 23._o it_o seem_v that_o all_o sin_n begin_v in_o the_o will_n omission_n of_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v even_o when_o adam_n appetite_n be_v to_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o will_v not_o restrain_v that_o appetite_n when_o it_o can_v have_v do_v it_o and_o then_o positive_a sin_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o §_o 24._o there_o be_v more_o brutishness_n in_o sin_n and_o consequent_o more_o privative_a and_o less_o positive_a faultiness_n of_o the_o reason_n and_o will_n than_o many_o do_v consider_v which_o paul_n partly_o mean_v rom._n 7._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o a_o passion_n e._n g._n anger_n or_o fear_n may_v be_v force_v on_o a_o man_n sudden_o as_o â—n_v a_o brute_n without_o reason_n as_o if_o you_o come_v behind_o one_o and_o affright_v he_o or_o strike_v he_o sudden_o no_o reason_n raise_v that_o passion_n and_o consequent_o no_o rational_a will._n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o passion_n without_o reason_n can_v cause_v despotical_o a_o corporal_a motion_n as_o the_o fearful_a will_v start_v and_o run_v and_o the_o angry_a strike_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o rational_a will_n but_o as_o a_o beast_n do_v 3._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o will_v to_o rule_v this_o passion_n and_o these_o motion_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v have_v due_a information_n from_o the_o understanding_n that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v good_a and_o best_a 5._o if_o this_o information_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v never_o miss_v of_o determine_v the_o will_n than_o man_n will_v never_o sin_v but_o when_o the_o understanding_n fail_v of_o its_o necessary_a office_n before_o the_o will_v which_o will_v resolve_v all_o sin_n into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o direct_o move_v the_o will_n to_o it_o by_o necessitate_v unresistible_a predetermination_n for_o the_o intellect_n as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o â—â—y_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o â—â—â—_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n and_o so_o as_o quid_fw-la morale_n formaliter_fw-la sin_n have_v as_o much_o relative_n be_v as_o duty_n have_v viz._n 1._o as_o contra_fw-la legem_fw-la significantem_fw-la 2._o contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la significatam_fw-la 3._o et_fw-la contra_fw-la jâ—â—_n divini_fw-la dominii_fw-la imperii_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la §_o 29._o if_o any_o be_v unsatisfied_a in_o this_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la imperatâ—m_fw-la there_o be_v no_o more_o physical_a entity_n than_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la imperatum_fw-la no_o nor_o then_o there_o be_v in_o the_o velle_fw-la indefinite_o consider_v as_o on_o any_o object_n or_o if_o any_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o addition_n of_o entity_n it_o be_v but_o ordo_fw-la modi_fw-la in_o any_o such_o sinful_a act_n from_o which_o as_o such_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n or_o sin_n result_v but_o what_o man_n can_v do_v and_o do_v without_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o so_o order_v and_o terminate_v so_o that_o god_n be_v no_o way_n the_o cause_n of_o formal_a sin_n §_o 30._o otherwise_o 30._o 30._o 30._o bradwardiâ—_n deal_v more_o plain_o and_o make_v god_n effectual_a volition_n to_o be_v the_o total_a immediate_a cause_n that_o man_n sin_v though_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o god_n to_o do_v so_o and_o say_v that_o god_n will_v it_o for_o good_a use_n as_o the_o sinner_n do_v or_o if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o be_v because_o god_n make_v he_o unavoidable_o do_v otherwise_o they_o that_o say_v he_o cause_v all_o that_o man_n cause_v and_o that_o as_o the_o first_o necessitate_v or_o insuperable_a cause_n but_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n contradict_v themselves_o see_v that_o form_n be_v but_o a_o relation_n which_o result_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la from_o its_o fundamentam_fw-la and_o terminus_fw-la and_o nè_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la can_v but_o do_v so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o
therefore_o god_n move_v a_o man_n to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o a_o permit_v he_o to_o sin_n motion_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o not_o hinder_v of_o motion_n another_o thing_n or_o nothing_o §._o v._o iii_o of_o the_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n way_n iii_o and_o as_o to_o the_o three_o way_n ascribe_v by_o alvarez_n to_o the_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n i_o think_v that_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la it_o be_v not_o a_o proper_a expression_n to_o call_v god_n causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la but_o if_o we_o agree_v of_o the_o sense_n we_o may_v bear_v partialis_fw-la vasqu_n ubi_fw-la sup_n take_v alex._n al._n 1._o p._n q._n 26._o n._n 7._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o &_o ronavent_n 1._o d._n 40._o a._n 2._o q._n 1._o to_o be_v for_o he_o because_o they_o say_v actus_fw-la nostros_fw-la esse_fw-la liberos_fw-la quia_fw-la divina_fw-la voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tota_n causa_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la proxima_fw-la causa_fw-la modificatur_fw-la concursum_fw-la primâ—_n but_o if_o this_o be_v his_o opinion_n he_o join_v with_o these_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n de_fw-fr causa_fw-la non-totali_a so_o pet._n à _fw-fr s._n joseph_n thos_n uniu._n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la say_v that_o god_n be_v causa_fw-la totius_fw-la effectus_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la tota_fw-la causa_fw-la sed_fw-la partialis_fw-la with_o improper_a expression_n about_o god_n of_o who_o we_o can_v say_v nothing_o without_o some_o impropriety_n doubtless_o god_n and_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v coordinate_a concause_n of_o the_o act_n but_o whatever_o man_n do_v he_o do_v it_o in_o subordination_n to_o god_n but_o god_n operate_v 1._o as_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o nature_n in_o a_o establish_v way_n by_o natural_a cause_n and_o so_o he_o give_v man_n his_o natural_a vital_a power_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o use_v it_o and_o by_o this_o power_n and_o liberty_n a_o man_n can_v do_v more_o than_o he_o always_o do_v so_o that_o god_n natural_a causality_n and_o concourse_n do_v not_o bring_v all_o the_o power_n which_o he_o give_v man_n into_o proportionable_a adequate_a action_n but_o man_n free_o exercise_v the_o same_o power_n sometime_o more_o and_o sometime_o less_o 2._o and_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n god_n cause_v gracious_a or_o holy_a act_n rectify_v our_o power_n and_o fortify_v they_o by_o holy_a habit_n and_o preserve_v and_o actuate_a they_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n yet_o the_o spirit_n be_v to_o grace_n as_o god_n the_o prime_a cause_n be_v to_o nature_n he_o give_v we_o more_o gracious_a power_n than_o we_o use_v and_o than_o his_o own_o concourse_n always_o reduce_v into_o adequate_a act_n so_o that_o god_n operation_n in_o nature_n and_o grace_n be_v not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la dei_fw-la nor_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la hominis_fw-la but_o limit_v by_o his_o most_o wise_a and_o holy_a will_n and_o man_n as_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v not_o only_o able_a but_o oblige_v to_o use_v his_o power_n further_o than_o by_o all_o god_n concourse_n or_o premotion_n it_o be_v use_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n i_o conceive_v it_o be_v that_o scotus_n and_o other_o call_v god_n and_o man_n causae_fw-la partiale_n in_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a proportion_n of_o premotion_n and_o help_n which_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n do_v afford_v to_o man_n and_o there_o be_v moreover_o a_o certain_a use_n of_o god_n help_n and_o grace_n beyond_o what_o god_n predetermine_v man_n to_o as_o comparative_a to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o etc._n etc._n which_o man_n can_v do_v and_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v not_o independent_o or_o in_o co-ordination_a with_o god_n but_o by_o the_o power_n and_o liberty_n which_o god_n only_o give_v and_o uphold_v and_o afford_v he_o sufficient_a help_n to_o actuate_v now_o if_o man_n do_v this_o part_n which_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o liberty_n the_o effect_n always_o follow_v if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o may_v not_o follow_v though_o god_n give_v he_o that_o necessary_a help_n or_o grace_n or_o premotion_n which_o be_v common_o call_v sufficient_a and_o when_o scotus_n liken_v god_n and_o man_n to_z two_o drawing_z a_o boat_n where_o the_o strength_n of_o both_o must_v concur_v i_o believe_v he_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o i_o have_v say_v 1._o all_o the_o power_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n 2._o all_o the_o grace_n that_o rectifi_v and_o dispose_v our_o faculty_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n 3._o all_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a though_o not_o the_o sole_a cause_n 4._o all_o the_o holiness_n or_o moral_a goodness_n of_o the_o act_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n though_o not_o the_o only_a cause_n 5._o but_o all_o the_o sinfulness_n or_o moral_a evil_n of_o act_n and_o habit_n be_v from_o man._n 6._o and_o that_o impli_v that_o man_n free_a will_n be_v not_o so_o much_o free_v from_o sin_n mutability_n and_o infirmity_n but_o that_o it_o can_v neglect_v to_o use_v well_o the_o power_n and_o help_n of_o grace_n afford_v but_o of_o total_a and_o partial_a causality_n i_o have_v speak_v more_o full_o in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o of_o their_o opinion_n that_o god_n influx_n put_v nothing_o into_o the_o will_n but_o only_o be_v ad_fw-la actum_fw-la seu_fw-la effectum_fw-la if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o easy_o end_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o sufficient_a and_o effectual_a grace_n as_o to_o that_o act_n but_o it_o be_v to_o i_o unintelligible_a and_o the_o thing_n quite_o above_o all_o our_o understanding_n and_o very_o unfit_a for_o bold_a dispute_n or_o mutual_a censure_n §._o vi_o the_o true_a face_n or_o scheme_n of_o the_o dominican_n predeterminant_a way_n as_o to_o the_o sense_n and_o consequent_n i_o do_v ready_o confess_v that_o as_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o the_o controversy_n be_v whether_o man_n have_v true_o any_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o move_v as_o necessary_o as_o any_o natural_a motion_n be_v cause_v so_o the_o argument_n of_o hobbes_n and_o the_o dominican_n and_o dr._n twisse_n be_v not_o easy_o answer_v and_o have_v we_o not_o better_a proof_n of_o all_o that_o morality_n and_o religion_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o this_o opinion_n i_o shall_v myself_o be_v incline_v also_o to_o think_v that_o we_o must_v be_v content_v with_o the_o naked_a name_n of_o liberty_n there_o be_v nothing_o indeed_o but_o volition_n necessitate_v and_o that_o man_n be_v a_o engine_n move_v by_o god_n and_o other_o cause_n no_o less_o necessary_o and_o physical_o than_o a_o clock_n or_o watch_n but_o only_o by_o more_o invisible_a cause_n and_o to_o we_o unknown_a and_o therefore_o our_o volition_n be_v call_v contingent_a and_o free_a when_o true_o there_o be_v nothing_o contingent_a in_o the_o world_n we_o that_o converse_v in_o the_o body_n with_o thing_n corporeal_a be_v so_o much_o stranger_n to_o ourselves_o and_o to_o all_o the_o race_n of_o intellectual-free_a spirit_n that_o we_o be_v very_o prone_a to_o such_o gross_a corporeal_a imagination_n and_o to_o think_v that_o all_o action_n be_v like_o the_o motus_fw-la projectorum_fw-la violent_a and_o necessitate_v and_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o first_o mover_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o yea_o that_o he_o himself_o shall_v be_v in_o all_o thing_n the_o most_o necessary_a agent_n and_o consequent_o all_o thing_n necessitate_v by_o he_o but_o as_o alvarez_n confess_v freewill_n be_v prove_v by_o aquinas_n and_o many_o other_o by_o natural_a proof_n and_o no_o predeterminant_a or_o hobbist_n can_v give_v the_o ten_o part_n so_o full_a and_o certain_a proof_n of_o the_o necessitation_n of_o all_o volition_n as_o we_o can_v give_v of_o all_o the_o contrary_a principle_n in_o morality_n which_o be_v overthrow_v thereby_o and_o therefore_o whatever_o some_o think_v of_o the_o fatum_fw-la stoieorum_fw-la the_o light_n of_o nature_n teach_v almost_o all_o the_o philosopher_n in_o the_o world_n the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n and_o the_o morality_n there_o found_v of_o which_o grotiâ—s_n have_v collect_v so_o full_a a_o volume_n of_o testimony_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v de_fw-fr fato_fw-la that_o it_o shall_v save_v i_o the_o labour_n of_o transcribe_v any_o yet_o though_o i_o think_v christianity_n inconsistent_a with_o their_o opinion_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o of_o the_o predeterminants_n be_v good_a christian_n and_o excellent_o learn_v and_o acute_a divine_n as_o not_o apprehend_v the_o inconsistency_n of_o their_o own_o thought_n and_o i_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v a_o religion_n consistent_a with_o their_o fundamental_a error_n which_o i_o shall_v therefore_o put_v into_o the_o scheme_n lest_o any_o think_v that_o none_o but_o hobbes_n have_v make_v the_o right_a deduction_n from_o it_o and_o remember_v that_o i_o
think_v a_o good_a thought_n by_o any_o help_n that_o god_n can_v give_v he_o unless_o he_o physical_o predetermine_v he_o to_o it_o than_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n do_v it_o not_o be_v as_o notorious_o to_o be_v resolve_v into_o god_n not-predetermining_a he_o to_o it_o as_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o do_v it_o into_o his_o predetermination_n and_o as_o it_o be_v night_n because_o the_o sun_n shine_v not_o xvii_o but_o at_o least_o we_o can_v say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o prohibit_v law_n though_o it_o be_v true_a 1._o that_o his_o nature_n or_o perfection_n the_o root_n of_o all_o law_n be_v more_o than_o a_o law_n 2._o and_o we_o know_v indeed_o that_o this_o prove_v he_o not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n but_o only_o to_o be_v no_o sinner_n himself_o though_o he_o cause_v it_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n xviii_o and_o from_o this_o necessity_n of_o predetermination_n it_o 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because_o he_o take_v it_o or_o else_o have_v not_o have_v it_o it_o be_v a_o ridiculous_a objection_n for_o put_v forth_o the_o hand_n do_v not_o of_o itself_o bring_v he_o a_o gift_n else_o every_o time_n that_o he_o put_v forth_o his_o hand_n it_o will_v bring_v in_o a_o gift_n but_o it_o be_v from_o the_o virtue_n and_o bounty_n of_o the_o giver_n so_o be_v it_o as_o to_o faith_n and_o the_o disposition_n by_o which_o the_o virtue_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o free_a mercy_n of_o god_n do_v give_v remission_n and_o reconciliation_n to_o believer_n and_o dispose_v person_n so_o that_o it_o take_v not_o away_o christ_n merit_n nor_o make_v grace_n less_o free_a that_o faith_n or_o these_o disposition_n be_v assert_v l._n i_o know_v not_o how_o much_o man_n may_v mean_v worse_o than_o they_o speak_v but_o these_o word_n be_v such_o as_o the_o best_a protestant_n use_n r._n they_o be_v the_o word_n translate_v of_o the_o aforesaid_a fr._n tolet_n a_o jesuit_n and_o cardinal_n on_o rom._n 3._o pag._n 157_o 158_o 159._o but_o still_o remember_v that_o by_o justification_n they_o mean_v the_o holy_a effect_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o the_o soul_n and_o indeed_o by_o remission_n of_o sin_n they_o most_o common_o mean_v the_o destroy_n or_o mortify_v sin_n within_o we_o and_o cease_v to_o commit_v the_o act_n and_o they_o be_v dark_a and_o confuse_a in_o these_o matter_n l._n but_o do_v not_o papist_n hold_v forgiveness_n of_o deserve_a punishment_n r._n yes_o but_o they_o bring_v it_o in_o disorderly_a and_o on_o other_o occasion_n but_o if_o they_o do_v not_o how_o can_v they_o hold_v that_o any_o sin_n pass_v from_o our_o childhood_n till_o conversion_n be_v remit_v or_o pardon_v for_o the_o act_n be_v past_a as_o soon_o as_o do_v &_o factum_fw-la infectum_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o so_o such_o past_a sin_n can_v have_v no_o remission_n but_o forgive_a the_o penalty_n and_o heal_v the_o effect_n and_o wrangle_v papist_n consider_v not_o that_o this_o be_v the_o remission_n that_o protestant_n mean_v who_o call_v their_o kind_n of_o remission_n by_o the_o name_n of_o mortification_n and_o so_o we_o endless_o quarrel_v about_o word_n through_o our_o unhappy_a imperfection_n in_o the_o art_n of_o speak_v and_o word_n be_v arbitrary_a sign_n the_o world_n be_v come_v to_o no_o agreement_n of_o their_o sense_n l._n you_o confess_v then_o their_o confuse_a doctrine_n and_o you_o can_v excuse_v many_o of_o their_o doctor_n from_o gross_a error_n herein_o r._n no_o nor_o many_o honest_a pious_a person_n that_o go_v for_o protestant_n what_o papist_n have_v more_o plain_o subvert_v the_o gospel_n by_o their_o doctrine_n on_o these_o subject_n than_o many_o of_o those_o call_a antinomian_o have_v do_v by_o the_o contrary_a extreme_a and_o who_o can_v justify_v all_o the_o sentence_n and_o phrase_n of_o many_o eminent_a divine_n among_o we_o yea_o or_o of_o many_o of_o the_o most_o wise_a and_o accurate_a for_o when_o all_o be_v much_o ignorant_a who_o can_v say_v i_o do_v not_o err_v l._n but_o undoubted_o you_o will_v be_v as_o bitter_o censure_v for_o these_o your_o favourable_a interpretation_n of_o the_o papist_n in_o the_o point_n of_o merit_n as_o if_o you_o be_v half_o a_o papist_n yourself_o and_o be_v but_o such_o a_o mongrel_n as_o erasmus_n wicelius_n cassander_n or_o grotius_n or_o as_o if_o your_o conciliatory_a design_n will_v carry_v you_o as_o far_o at_o last_o as_o grotius_n mileterius_n baldwin_n or_o at_o least_o as_o montague_n guil._n forbes_n and_o such_o other_o go_v and_o other_o will_v then_o say_v that_o you_o be_v just_o serve_v for_o write_v so_o much_o against_o grotius_n and_o his_o follower_n on_o this_o account_n as_o you_o have_v do_v of_o which_o bishop_n bramhall_n and_o his_o epistoler_n have_v already_o tell_v you_o r._n truth_n honesty_n and_o god_n approbation_n change_v not_o as_o man_n interest_n mind_n or_o tongue_n do_v time_n will_v come_v that_o truth_n will_v be_v more_o regard_v when_o love_n and_o peace_n be_v to_o be_v revive_v unless_o god_n will_v forsake_v this_o contentious_a and_o unrighteous_a world_n and_o i_o be_o so_o near_o so_o very_a near_o that_o world_n where_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o truth_n love_n and_o righteousness_n and_o where_o god_n be_v all_o and_o the_o fullness_n and_o felicitate_v object_n of_o holy_a soul_n and_o where_o the_o censure_n of_o man_n be_v of_o no_o signification_n that_o i_o be_o utter_o unexcusable_a if_o i_o shall_v betray_v the_o cause_n of_o truth_n love_n and_o concord_n to_o avoid_v the_o obloquy_n of_o man_n who_o speak_v evil_a of_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o never_o understand_v the_o thirteen_o day_n conference_n of_o the_o great_a error_n sin_n and_o danger_n which_o many_o ignorant_a professor_n fall_v
to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la rationâ—_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individâ—â—aâ—ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n predetermine_v every_o act_n natural_a and_o free_a to_o its_o object_n compare_v with_o other_o possible_a object_n and_o that_o in_o all_o its_o mode_n and_o circumstance_n do_v confound_v nature_n and_o morality_n and_o leave_v nothing_o for_o god_n to_o do_v in_o cause_v holiness_n but_o what_o he_o must_v needs_o do_v to_o cause_v all_o action_n that_o be_v cause_v allow_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n â—_o yea_o but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o cause_v every_o sin_n for_o his_o pracept_n be_v not_o with_o they_o the_o cause_v predetermination_n §_o 19_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n with_o all_o the_o fore_n describe_v frame_n of_o moral_a mean_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o cooperate_v be_v the_o proper_a second_o cause_n by_o which_o god_n as_o rector_n will_v on_o his_o part_n ordinary_o