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A26883 Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,; Catholick theologie Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1675 (1675) Wing B1209; ESTC R14583 1,054,813 754

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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 wil●_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 not_o the_o language_n of_o aquinas_n 1._o q._n 14._o 9_o who_o say_v that_o god_n know_v such_o nonentities_a as_o never_o will_v be_v ut_fw-mi possibili●_n and_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la be_v more_o than_o nothing_o but_o remember_v that_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la speak_v the_o esse_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o the_o possibile_fw-la be_v a_o pure_a nothing_o so_o that_o this_o be_v but_o to_o know_v the_o potentia_fw-la and_o not_o any_o thing_n else_o yet_o no_o doubt_n but_o god_n know_v all_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o himself_o that_o be_v he_o know_v that_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o know_v what_o he_o know_v and_o will_v but_o this_o be_v no_o esse_fw-la creatum_fw-la but_o god_n himself_o at_o least_o as_o to_o that_o which_o never_o will_v be_v but_o if_o any_o will_v call_v it_o a_o know_v of_o thing_n possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o when_o god_n know_v his_o own_o power_n to_o make_v they_o we_o quarrel_v 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 bon●_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 ●●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 intu●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 vis●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 ca●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 ●unc_fw-la null●_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 not_o to_o give_v he_o repentance_n 3._o or_o a_o decree_n to_o permit_v his_o impenitence_n 4._o nor_o can_v we_o prove_v a_o after_o volition_n of_o his_o own_o former_a non_fw-fr volition_n which_o be_v assert_v by_o scotus_n but_o the_o three_o first_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o lay_v by_o and_o so_o not_o only_o to_o say_v as_o davenant_n that_o this_o part_n of_o reprobation_n be_v a_o act_n negative_a quoad_fw-la objectum_fw-la but_o that_o it_o be_v no_o act_n and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o reprobation_n as_o to_o this_o part_n save_v 1._o god_n not_o decree_a to_o give_v faith_n 2._o and_o his_o not_o give_v it_o 514._o 2._o and_o as_o to_o damnation_n so_o much_o of_o it_o as_o consist_v in_o sin_n itself_o god_n no_o otherwise_o cause_v than_o as_o he_o do_v all_o sin_n which_o be_v proper_o not_o at_o all_o it_o be_v but_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n which_o he_o cause_v as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o as_o sinful_o qualify_v and_o so_o no_o more_o 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 far_o as_o connotative_o we_o must_v call_v they_o several_a and_o 1._o himself_o 1._o 1._o 1._o beside_o all_o before_o cite_v against_o volition_n de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la see_v ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 6._o §._o 1._o p._n 36._o antiquorum_fw-la gravissimi_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la velle_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la duntarat_n bona_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la differentia_fw-la temporis_fw-la existunt_fw-la proinde_fw-la possibilia_fw-la que_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la amari_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ●●●●_o mala_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la deum_fw-la not_z esse_fw-la omni-volentem_a &_o n●llam_fw-la creaturam_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la amari_fw-la necessario_fw-la ita_fw-la albertus_n alexand._n bo●●vent_n richard_n gaby_n bannez_fw-fr zumel_n molina_n valentia_n scotus_n against_o which_o he_o bring_v frivolous_a reason_n and_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v as_o a_o material_a object_n the_o goodness_n which_o the_o 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 the●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
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la b●na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a ●●●ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à_fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
there_o be_v no_o place_n where_o any_o corporeal_a be_v be_v where_o some_o active_a create_a nature_n be_v not_o with_o it_o so_o that_o consider_v the_o proximity_n and_o the_o nature_n we_o may_v well_o conclude_v that_o we_o know_v of_o no_o corporal_a motion_n under_o the_o sun_n which_o god_n effect_v by_o himself_o alone_o without_o any_o second_o cause_n §_o 6._o joh._n sarisburiensis_n and_o some_o schoolman_n liken_v god_n presence_n with_o the_o creature_n in_o operation_n to_o the_o fire_n in_o a_o red_a hot_a iron_n where_o you_o will_v think_v all_o be_v fire_n and_o all_o iron_n but_o the_o similitude_n be_v too_o low_a the_o sun_n be_v the_o most_o notable_a instrument_n in_o visible_a nature_n and_o god_n operate_v on_o all_o low_a thing_n by_o its_o virtue_n and_o influx_n god_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v what_o the_o sun_n do_v and_o we_o know_v of_o nothing_o that_o god_n move_v here_o on_o earth_n that_o be_v corporeal_a without_o it_o §_o 7._o but_o the_o sun_n move_v nothing_o as_o the_o cartesian_o dream_n by_o a_o single_a motive_n influx_n alone_o but_o by_o emission_n of_o its_o threefold_a influx_n as_o every_o active_a nature_n do_v that_o be_v motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a which_o be_v one-radical_o in_o three-effective_o §_o 8._o this_o efflux_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v universal_a and_o equal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la but_o cause_v wonderful_a diversity_n of_o effect_n without_o diversity_n in_o god_n the_o prime_a cause_n or_o in_o itself_o the_o same_o influx_n cause_v the_o weed_n and_o dunghill_n and_o carrion_n to_o stink_v and_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o sweet_a plant_n to_o be_v sweet_a some_o thing_n to_o live_v and_o some_o to_o die_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v soft_a and_o some_o hard_a etc._n etc._n in_o a_o word_n there_o be_v few_o change_n or_o various_a action_n below_o in_o body_n which_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o without_o difference_n in_o itself_o but_o not_o the_o specify_v cause_n §_o 9_o the_o reason_n why_o one_o equal_a influx_n cause_v such_o wonderful_a diversity_n of_o motion_n be_v the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o nature_n recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la so_o one_o poise_n make_v various_a motion_n in_o a_o clock_n etc._n etc._n §_o 10._o god_n operate_v on_o second_o cause_n as_o god_n omnipotent_o but_o not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o free_o as_o he_o please_v §_o 11._o god_n work_v by_o second_o cause_n according_a to_o the_o say_a cause_n aptitude_n so_o that_o the_o operation_n of_o infinite_a power_n be_v limit_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n which_o god_n use_v §_o 12._o there_o be_v a_o superiority_n and_o inferiority_n among_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o body_n and_o whether_o god_n work_v on_o all_o our_o soul_n by_o superior_a spirit_n as_o second_v cause_n be_v unknown_a to_o we_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o his_o providence_n in_o other_o thing_n but_o we_o know_v little_a of_o it_o certain_o §_o 13._o but_o certain_a we_o be_v that_o superior_a voluntary_a agent_n angel_n and_o devil_n have_v very_o much_o to_o do_v with_o our_o soul_n and_o operate_v much_o upon_o they_o it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a power_n which_o wise_a observer_n perceive_v satan_n have_v upon_o the_o imagination_n or_o think_v faculty_n of_o which_o i_o can_v give_v some_o instance_n enough_o to_o convince_v a_o rational_a sadducee_n and_o it_o be_v not_o like_o that_o good_a angel_n have_v less_o power_n skill_n or_o will_n §_o 14._o and_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o god_n have_v ordain_v one_o great_a universal_a second_o cause_n to_o convey_v his_o spirit_n and_o grace_n by_o which_o be_v jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o universal_a cause_n of_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n to_o inferior_a creature_n and_o god_n operate_v by_o the_o sun_n so_o be_v christ_n set_v as_o a_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n by_o who_o god_n will_v convey_v his_o spiritual_a influx_n to_o man_n soul_n and_o there_o be_v now_o no_o other_o conveyance_n to_o be_v expect_v §_o 15._o christ_n humane_a nature_n unite_v personal_o to_o the_o divine_a and_o glorify_a be_v by_o the_o office_n of_o mediator_n authorize_v and_o by_o personal_a union_n and_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n enable_v and_o fit_v to_o this_o communication_n of_o god_n spiritual_a influx_n to_o mankind_n §_o 16._o object_n a_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v god_n the_o creator_n send_v be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o superior_a but_o christ_n humanity_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n answ_n 1._o christ_n as_o a_o creature_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o essential_a or_o pure_o immanent_a act_n of_o god_n for_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n but_o 1._o he_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n as_o it_o signify_v the_o effect_n 2._o and_o so_o the_o cause_n why_o his_o act_n be_v terminate_v on_o the_o soul_n and_o 3._o of_o the_o order_n of_o these_o effect_n why_o rather_o on_o this_o soul_n than_o on_o that_o and_o at_o this_o time_n measure_n etc._n etc._n and_o 2._o this_o christ_n do_v not_o as_o a_o superior_a sender_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o a_o ministerial_a and_o a_o second_o cause_n as_o a_o master_n pay_v his_o servant_n as_o his_o steward_n determine_v §_o 17._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n be_v the_o political_a cause_n or_o head_n of_o this_o spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n that_o be_v as_o mediator_n be_v authorize_v to_o determine_v of_o the_o person_n measure_n time_n condition_n of_o the_o communication_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o physical_a head_n of_o this_o influx_n by_o proper_a efficiency_n give_v the_o spirit_n from_o himself_o as_o the_o sun_n give_v we_o its_o influx_n be_v all_o that_o be_v disputable_a that_o be_v whether_o the_o spirit_n be_v first_o give_v inherent_o to_o christ_n and_o pass_v from_o his_o person_n as_o his_o unto_o we_o as_o the_o spirit_n do_v from_o the_o head_n to_o the_o member_n §_o 18._o this_o question_n may_v be_v put_v either_o of_o all_o natural_a be_v and_o motion_n or_o only_o of_o spiritual_a motion_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n whether_o christ_n be_v so_o the_o head_n of_o nature_n as_o that_o all_o nature_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v sustain_v and_o actuate_v by_o he_o as_o the_o physical_a efficient_a cause_n or_o whether_o this_o be_v true_a of_o this_o low_a world_n which_o be_v curse_v for_o sin_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a at_o least_o of_o humane_a nature_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a only_o of_o gracious_a operation_n §_o 19_o 1._o that_o christ_n have_v the_o political_a dispose_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n contain_v in_o the_o word_n heaven_n and_o earth_n the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o assert_v 2._o that_o he_o have_v the_o political_a disposal_n of_o humane_a nature_n and_o of_o all_o other_o creature_n that_o belong_v to_o man_n so_o far_o as_o they_o belong_v to_o he_o angel_n devil_n sun_n air_n earth_n etc._n etc._n be_v past_a dispute_n 3._o that_o the_o real_a physical_a effect_n act_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o man_n soul_n be_v cause_v by_o christ_n moral_a causation_n by_o his_o merit_n and_o his_o political_a mission_n be_v past_a dispute_n 4._o that_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o spirit_n itself_o by_o baptism_n be_v in_o covenant_n with_o all_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o as_o they_o be_v such_o and_o be_v in_o a_o prio_fw-la covenant_n first_o relate_v to_o christ_n himself_o and_o so_o by_o this_o covenant_n give_v we_o in_o relation_n as_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n be_v past_a dispute_n 5._o and_o that_o christ_n himself_o do_v make_v such_o physical_a change_n on_o our_o soul_n by_o mean_n and_o by_o the_o foresay_a political_n mission_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o we_o be_v make_v receptive_a of_o more_o of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n be_v past_a dispute_n 6._o but_o whether_o moreover_o any_o action_n of_o christ_n own_o humane_a soul_n glorify_v do_v physical_o reach_v our_o soul_n or_o whether_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v in_o its_o own_o essential_a virtue_n which_o be_v every_o where_n be_v say_v to_o be_v more_o in_o christ_n than_o elsewhere_o and_o communicate_v to_o we_o as_o from_o the_o root_n or_o the_o spirit_n effect_n on_o the_o soul_n to_o come_v by_o reflection_n from_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o christ_n as_o light_n and_o heat_n from_o the_o sun_n by_o a_o speculum_fw-la or_o burning-glass_n be_v question_n not_o for_o i_o to_o determine_v §_o 20._o christ_n spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n be_v not_o single_a but_o be_v ever_o three_o in_o one_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v aforesaid_a which_o be_v according_a to_o
the_o natural_a power_n in_o itself_o but_o by_o so_o do_v formaliter_fw-la &_o relatiuè_v it_o make_v it_o no_o power_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la to_o the_o contrary_a in_o that_o instant_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o §_o 10._o such_o grace_n of_o god_n as_o come_v from_o his_o absolute_a will_n or_o decree_n of_o the_o due_a event_n be_v never_o overcome_v for_o god_n decree_n be_v not_o frustrate_v §_o 11._o god_n gracious_a operation_n be_v never_o overcome_v by_o any_o contrary_a act_n but_o what_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o agent_n cause_n of_o as_o a_o act_n for_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o bebritia_n yet_o man_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o inordination_n of_o that_o act_n by_o which_o it_o be_v set_v in_o opposition_n to_o god_n other_o act_n for_o god_n do_v not_o militate_v against_o himself_o §_o 12._o the_o case_n lie_v thus_o god_n antecedent_o to_o his_o law_n frame_v nature_n that_o be_v the_o be_v and_o natural_a order_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o he_o become_v the_o head_n or_o root_n of_o nature_n the_o first_o cause_n who_o by_o his_o wise_a decree_n be_v to_o concur_v to_o the_o end_n with_o that_o natural_a frame_n and_o to_o continue_v to_o thing_n their_o proper_a form_n and_o motion_n and_o man_n be_v one_o of_o his_o creature_n have_v a_o nature_n of_o his_o own_o to_o which_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o name_n do_v antecedent_o concur_v by_o this_o natural_a concourse_n of_o god_n the_o foamy_a cator_n the_o murderer_n the_o thief_n etc._n etc._n be_v natural_o able_a to_o do_v those_o act_n but_o be_v free_a agent_n that_o can_v do_v otherwise_o god_n make_v they_o a_o law_n to_o restrain_v and_o regulate_v they_o and_o when_o they_o break_v this_o law_n they_o resist_v that_o gracious_a concourse_n which_o suitable_a to_o the_o organical_a cause_n god_n conjoyn_v with_o the_o mean_n but_o they_o do_v this_o by_o their_o natural_a power_n and_o activity_n not_o use_v as_o god_n require_v they_o but_o turn_v against_o his_o own_o law_n so_o that_o if_o god_n will_v withdraw_v his_o sustentation_n and_o destroy_v m●ns_n nature_n they_o can_v not_o resist_v his_o grace_n but_o that_o he_o will_v not_o do_v be_v his_o antecedent_n work_v and_o so_o god_n be_v resist_v by_o his_o own-given-power_n and_o act_n disorder_a and_o turn_v against_o his_o grace_n §_o 13._o the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o be_v thus_o resist_v be_v only_o 1._o his_o preceptive_a or_o legal_a will_n de_fw-fr debito_fw-la 2._o and_o his_o will_n of_o purpose_n to_o give_v man_n so_o much_o help_v and_o no_o more_o by_o which_o he_o can_v and_o aught_o to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v say_v to_o be_v resist_v or_o frustrate_v so_o far_o when_o by_o man_n fault_n it_o do_v he_o not_o that_o good_a which_o it_o may_v have_v do_v §_o 14._o god_n grace_n and_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v resist_v when_o the_o word_n and_o other_o mean_n be_v 2._o be_v be_v be_v that_o god_n do_v govern_v inseriora_fw-la per_fw-la superiora_fw-la and_o work_v by_o mean_n not_o for_o want_v of_o they_o but_o from_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o goodness_n so_o as_o to_o communicate_v to_o his_o creature_n the_o dignity_n of_o causality_n see_v aquin._n 1._o q._n 103._o a._n 8._o &_o q._n 104._o a._n 2._o alexand._n 1._o p._n q._n 26._o m._n 5._o a._n 2._o &_o 3._o &_o m._n 7._o albert._n 1._o p._n q._n 67._o m._n 4._o a._n 1._o richard_n 1._o d._n 39_o a._n 2._o q._n 3._o &_o d._n 45._o a._n 2._o q._n 2._o agid._n rom._n 2._o d._n 1._o p._n 1._o q._n 2._o a._n 6._o &_o ibi_fw-la gabritl_n d._n 1._o q._n 2._o resist_v which_o call_v he_o to_o his_o duty_n for_o these_o themselves_o be_v gift_n and_o act_n of_o grace_n §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bar●_n word_n or_o means_n alone_o but_o the_o spirit_n work_v in_o and_o by_o those_o mean_n which_o be_v so_o resist_v for_o though_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v clear_o know_v just_a how_o the_o spirit_n concur_v and_o operate_v by_o the_o word_n and_o mean_n yet_o we_o may_v know_v that_o god_n do_v limit_v his_o own_o operation_n to_o the_o aptitude_n of_o the_o mean_n ordinary_o and_o that_o he_o work_v with_o and_o by_o they_o not_o according_a to_o his_o omnipotency_n in_o itself_o consider_v but_o according_a to_o the_o mean_n or_o organ_n and_o as_o in_o nature_n he_o operate_v nor_o quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o agreeable_o to_o the_o order_n and_o aptitude_n of_o natural_a cause_n so_o in_o grace_n he_o operate_v non_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o according_a to_o the_o aptitude_n and_o order_n of_o the_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o governing-mean_n of_o grace_n §_o 16._o when_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n education_n company_n and_o other_o visible_a mean_n seem_v equal_a god_n have_v innumerable_a mean_n supernal_a internal_a external_a invisible_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o by_o which_o he_o can_v make_v all_o the_o difference_n that_o he_o make_v in_o man_n so_o that_o we_o can_v prove_v that_o ever_o he_o work_v on_o soul_n 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 ead●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 aetern●_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 nis●_n procedat_fw-la à_fw-la grati●_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 wilful_o omit_v the_o preparatory_a act_n which_o they_o be_v able_a to_o perform_v even_o preparatory_a voliton_n or_o if_o you_o will_v make_v the_o question_n to_o be_v de_fw-fr ratisnibus_fw-la fidem_fw-la habendi_fw-la not_o the_o causis_fw-la actus_fw-la donandi_fw-la whether_o god_n do_v not_o ordinary_o give_v or_o produce_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n in_o that_o soul_n which_o do_v not_o wilful_o resist_v and_o omit_v such_o preparatory_a act_n as_o it_o can_v do_v even_o volition_n and_o so_o i_o answer_v 1._o it_o be_v not_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o faith_n if_o thou_o will_v believe_v or_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o willing_a if_o thou_o be_v willing_a of_o the_o same_o thing_n but_o it_o be_v 1._o if_o by_o resist_v common_a prepare_v grace_n thou_o so_o harden_v ●hy_a heart_n or_o increase_v the_o privation_n of_o receptive_a aptitude_n in_o thyself_o as_o that_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o grace_n mean_n help_n impress_n will_v not_o change_v thou_o which_o otherwise_o will_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 ration●_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 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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 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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 ●_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
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willing_o leave_v man_n to_o their_o way_n of_o speech_n 1._o if_o he_o will_v call_v god_n decree_n his_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n 2._o if_o he_o will_v call_v the_o execution_n of_o his_o decree_n his_o covenant_n in_o execution_n 3._o if_o he_o will_v call_v nothing_o else_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n or_o at_o lest_o nothing_o of_o narrow_a extent_n but_o what_o comprehend_v god_n eternal_a decree_n and_o the_o promise_n and_o gift_n of_o a_o redeemer_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n i_o can_v help_v it_o his_o language_n be_v his_o own_o but_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o further_o my_o thought_n de_fw-mi re_fw-mi &_o de_fw-la nomine_fw-la 1._o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi 1._o god_n eternal_a decree_n purpose_n or_o election_n give_v no_o one_o right_a to_o christ_n pardon_v or_o life_n and_o so_o justify_v not_o man_n 2._o the_o execution_n of_o god_n decree_n yea_o of_o election_n have_v many_o act_n beside_o justification_n 3._o it_o must_v therefore_o be_v some_o transient_a act_n do_v in_o time_n &_o ad_fw-la extra_fw-la by_o which_o god_n justifi_v man_n 4._o there_o be_v divers_a such_o act_n concur_v in_o several_a sort_n of_o causality_n or_o respect_n 5._o christ_n meritorious_a righteousness_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v the_o sole_a proper_a immediate_a causemeritorious_a of_o all_o the_o grace_n or_o mercy_n procure_v and_o give_v by_o he_o there_o be_v no_o other_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o the_o same_o kind_a either_o more_o immediate_a or_o at_o all_o coordinate_a and_o copartner_n with_o he_o 6._o as_o christ_n give_v we_o holiness_n qualitative_a and_o active_a by_o the_o real_a operation_n of_o his_o spirit_n though_o he_o merit_v it_o immediate_o himself_n so_o do_v he_o give_v we_o right_o to_o impunity_n to_o the_o further_a grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o to_o glory_n by_o the_o instrumentality_n of_o his_o covenant_n as_o by_o a_o testament_n deed_n of_o gift_n or_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o by_o signify_v god_n donative_n will_v do_v not_o first_o declare_v we_o justify_v or_o to_o have_v the_o foresay_a right_n to_o christ_n and_o life_n but_o do_v first_o give_v we_o instrumental_o that_o right_a and_o so_o immediate_o justify_v we_o and_o god_n will_n give_v we_o not_o right_a as_o secret_a or_o of_o itself_o but_o by_o such_o instrumental_a signification_n 7._o god_n have_v signify_v his_o will_n to_o we_o partly_o by_o absolute_a gift_n and_o promise_n and_o partly_o by_o conditional_a that_o such_o there_o be_v he_o that_o deni_v must_v deny_v much_o of_o the_o scripture_n christ_n be_v absolute_o give_v to_o fall_v mankind_n for_o a_o redeemer_n and_o so_o be_v the_o conditional_a law_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o many_o other_o mercy_n but_o he_o have_v make_v and_o record_v a_o conditional_a gift_n of_o christ_n as_o in_o special_a union_n to_o be_v our_o
beumler_n and_o many_o other_o and_o paraeus_n joh._n crocius_n the_o justif_a and_o many_o more_o express_o deny_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v the_o formal_a cause_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o they_o that_o assert_v it_o mean_v as_o the_o rest_n though_o they_o speak_v incautelous_o and_o unapt_o and_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o imputation_n let_v davenant_n speak_v ib._n c._n 27._o p._n 359._o imputantur_fw-la quando_fw-la illorum_fw-la intuitus_fw-la &_o respectus_fw-la valent_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la aeque_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la essent_fw-la siquis_fw-la indignus_fw-la aut_fw-la ignavus_fw-la ob_fw-la paternam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la erga_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la in_fw-la gratiam_fw-la regis_fw-la admittatur_fw-la gratum_fw-la &_o nobilitatum_fw-la dicamus_fw-la per_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la imputationem_fw-la virtutis_fw-la paternae_fw-la this_o be_v bradshaw_n sense_n but_o yet_o the_o similitude_n fall_v short_a so_o altingius_n state_n the_o question_n loc._n com._n part_n 2._o p._n 679._o a_o justificatio_fw-la consistaet_fw-la in_o imputatione_n justitiae_fw-la christi_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o imputationae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la acquisitae_fw-la and_o what_o protestant_a will_v deny_v this_o and_o maresius_n with_o he_o say_v cum_fw-la paulo_n justitiae_fw-la imputatio_fw-la &_o peccatorum_fw-la remissio_fw-la idem_fw-la sint_fw-la prout_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la inter_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o illius_fw-la meritum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la subtilius_fw-la inter_fw-la haec_fw-la dùo_fw-la scrupulose_a distinguere_fw-la cum_fw-la remissio_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la tum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la tum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illam_fw-la jus_o plenum_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la habeamus_fw-la but_o this_o need_v somewhat_o more_o i_o think_v loc._n 11._o p._n 284._o and_o the_o description_n of_o the_o effect_n show_v what_o the_o imputation_n be_v which_o maresius_n true_o thus_o describe_v exeg_n art_n 23._o p._n 326_o 327._o transit_fw-la reatu_fw-la peccatum_fw-la orig_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la imputetur_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la quidem_fw-la ei_fw-la inseparabiliter_fw-la reatus_fw-la potentialis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la intrinsecum_fw-la meritum_fw-la poenae_fw-la sed_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la secundum_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la jus_o &_o voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la paena_fw-la illa_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exigenda_fw-la n._n b._n thysius_n in_o synopsi_fw-la leidens_fw-la disp_n 33._o p._n 413._o say_v mirum_fw-la hic_fw-la videri_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la non_fw-la meritoriae_fw-la solum_fw-la &_o materialis_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o formalis_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la habere_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la fiat_fw-la diversi_fw-la mode_n nempe_fw-la qua_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quod_fw-la justificamur_fw-la so_o he_o take_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v all_o three_o the_o meritorious_a material_a and_o formal_a cause_n of_o our_o justification_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la i_o add_v as_o to_o our_o author_n 1._o i_o hope_v few_o will_v follow_v he_o in_o call_v the_o decree_n of_o god_n the_o covenant_n and_o confound_a election_n and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n for_o my_o part_n i_o will_v not_o 2._o constitution_n signify_v 1._o actum_fw-la constituentis_fw-la 2._o more_o usual_o passive_o statum_fw-la seu_fw-la rem_fw-la constitutam_fw-la god_n eternal_a purpose_n be_v not_o proper_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n in_o either_o sense_n 3._o god_n eternal_a decree_n be_v nothing_o but_o his_o essence_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o god_n but_o god_n and_o nothing_o but_o god_n eternal_a denominate_v as_o relate_v to_o its_o connoted_a object_n which_o from_o eternity_n be_v nothing_o and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n be_v not_o god_n nor_o shall_v be_v by_o i_o so_o call_v 4._o nor_o will_v i_o call_v the_o whole_a execution_n of_o god_n election_n by_o christ_n the_o covenant_n in_o execution_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o it_o but_o that_o which_o scripture_n so_o call_v 5._o i_o grant_v he_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v usual_o take_v for_o a_o divine_a disposition_n and_o constitution_n but_o that_o be_v not_o mere_o in_o god_n decree_n but_o as_o grotius_n have_v at_o large_a open_v praef._n ad_fw-la annot._n in_o evang._n as_o it_o be_v god_n signal_n reveal_v determination_n of_o the_o term_n of_o life_n and_o death_n or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n and_o a_o covenant_n on_o god_n part_n impose_v on_o we_o before_o we_o consent_v and_o jer._n 33._o 20._o do_v not_o call_v god_n mere_a decree_n his_o covenant_n but_o his_o create_a course_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n 6._o he_o that_o will_v but_o try_v the_o text_n which_o his_o concordance_n refer_v he_o to_o and_o can_v find_v a_o multitude_n of_o place_n where_o the_o word_n covenant_n be_v take_v for_o somewhat_o else_o than_o god_n decree_n and_o their_o general_a execution_n even_o for_o a_o law_n with_o its_o premiant_a and_o penal_a sanction_n and_o for_o a_o free_a donation_n or_o promise_n which_o yet_o have_v its_o proper_a condition_n as_o the_o moralis_fw-la dispositio_fw-la recipientium_fw-la and_o that_o can_v find_v divers_a such_o covenant_n make_v by_o god_n with_o christ_n and_o we_o that_o be_v real_o distinct_a and_o not_o to_o be_v confound_v must_v not_o expect_v that_o i_o here_o trouble_v other_o reader_n with_o such_o a_o task_n as_o his_o conviction_n 7._o i_o full_o agree_v that_o christ_n righteousnrss_n be_v fit_o call_v both_o the_o meritorious_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o our_o righteousness_n or_o passive_a justification_n though_o i_o late_o read_v one_o contend_v that_o it_o can_v be_v both_o for_o we_o mean_v but_o that_o it_o be_v that_o matter_n or_o thing_n which_o merit_v it_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o nature_n relation_n knowledge_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n and_o of_o freewill_n and_o providence_n as_o the_o object_n thereof_o such_o select_a verity_n as_o be_v needful_a to_o reconcile_v the_o common_a difference_n about_o predestination_n providence_n grace_n and_o freewill_n between_o the_o synodist_n and_o arminian_n calvinist_n and_o lutheran_n dominican_n and_o jesuit_n etc._n etc._n by_o richard_n baxter_n 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 content_n sect._n 1_o what_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v here_o to_o be_v expect_v pag._n 1._o sect._n 2._o of_o man_n soul_n as_o the_o glass_n or_o image_n in_o which_o god_n must_v be_v see_v p._n 3._o sect._n 3_o the_o several_a inadequate_a conception_n which_o together_o make_v up_o the_o most_o exact_a and_o orderly_a knowledge_n of_o god_n p._n 4._o sect._n 4._o the_o relation_n and_o denomination_n of_o god_n active_a power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n as_o to_o the_o creature_n p._n 6._o sect._n 5._o of_o futurity_n and_o the_o pretend_a eternal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o p._n 8._o sect._n 6._o of_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o creature_n with_o god_n in_o eternity_n and_o of_o god_n knowledge_n of_o they_o as_o existent_n p._n 13._o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o many_o scholastic_a dispute_n about_o god_n knowledge_n which_o shall_v moderate_v our_o censure_n of_o dissenter_n in_o such_o matter_n and_o check_v our_o sinful_a curiosity_n p._n 15._o sect._n 8._o more_o of_o god_n know_v thing_n future_a and_o of_o permission_n of_o sin_n p._n 24._o sect._n 9_o of_o predetermination_n universal_a causation_n humane_a power_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o liberty_n of_o will_n distinguish_v in_o a_o table_n p._n 27._o sect._n 10._o of_o natural_a and_o moral_a power_n and_o impotency_n their_o difference_n p._n 36._o sect._n 11._o more_o of_o the_o same_o and_o whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o impossibility_n p._n 39_o sect._n 12._o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 42._o sect._n 13._o of_o the_o will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n in_o general_n their_o simplicity_n and_o diversity_n suppose_a priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o negation_n of_o nolition_n and_o volition_n of_o negative_n etc._n etc._n p._n 45._o sect._n 14._o several_a distinction_n of_o god_n will_v explain_v 1._o positive_a act_n and_o non-agency_a 2._o positive_a and_o negative_a as_o to_o the_o object_n 3._o positive_a and_o oppositive_a volition_n and_o nolition_n 4._o immanent_a and_o transient_a 5._o efficient_o transient_a and_o objective_o transient_a 6._o natural_a and_o free_n 7._o efficient_a and_o permissive_a 8._o beneplaciti_fw-la &_o signi_fw-la de_fw-la eventu_fw-la &_o de_fw-la debito_fw-la decretive_a and_o legislative_a where_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o law_n be_v open_v 10._o absolute_a and_o conditional_a 11._o effectual_a and_o uneffectual_a 12._o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a p._n 49._o sect._n 15._o whether_o god_n decree_n must_v be_v say_v to_o be_v diversify_v and_o prove_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o execution_n whether_o
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 18._o a_o confutation_n of_o dr._n twiss_n digress_v 5._o li._n 2._o sect_n 1._o vindic._n gratiae_n where_o he_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o medium_n sva_fw-la natura_fw-la sum_n &_o unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o the_o glorification_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n p._n 92._o sect._n 19_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o rutherford_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la confute_v whether_o thing_n be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o or_o will_v by_o he_o because_o good_a resolve_v whether_o there_o be_v eternal_a rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la dr._n field_n vindicate_v p._n 106._o sect._n 20._o the_o old_a doctrine_n of_o augustine_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n think_v by_o some_o jesuit_n too_o rigid_a but_o indeed_o conciliatory_a for_o absolute_a election_n to_o faith_n and_o so_o to_o salvation_n and_o for_o no_o reprobate_v decree_n but_o only_o of_o punishment_n for_o sin_n foresee_v but_o not_o decree_v prosper_n 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 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some_o call_v the_o three_o person_n yet_o here_o will_v be_v no_o cause_n and_o effect_v but_o our_o distinct_a partial_a conception_n of_o that_o incomprehensible_a simplicity_n which_o have_v no_o real_a diversity_n or_o priority_n sect_n vi_o of_o god_n knowledge_n and_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o creature_n 88_o augustine_n well_o and_o true_o say_v that_o foreknowledge_n in_o god_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n present_a past_a present_a and_o future_a through_o his_o infiniteness_n and_o eternity_n be_v alike_o to_o he_o even_o all_o as_o present_v 89._o but_o this_o depend_v upon_o the_o indivisibility_n of_o eternity_n in_o which_o all_o the_o thing_n of_o time_n be_v include_v and_o co-exist_a 90._o thus_o say_v augustine_n li._n 2._o ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la q._n 2._o quid_fw-la est_fw-la praescientia_fw-la nisi_fw-la scientia_fw-la futurorum_fw-la quid_fw-la autem_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la supergreditur_fw-la tempora_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la in_o scientia_fw-la res_fw-la ipsas_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ei_fw-la futurae_fw-la sed_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ac_fw-la
power_n ruiz_n power_n power_n power_n natura_fw-la humana_fw-la e●usque_fw-la potentiae_fw-la naturales_fw-la quamu●s_v mere_a naturales_fw-la sint_fw-la sibi_fw-la innatam_fw-la proserunt_fw-la potentiam_fw-la receptivam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la immo_fw-la ●tiam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la activam_fw-la ●x_fw-la se_fw-la aptam_fw-la ut_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la divino_fw-la auxilio_fw-la vitalit●r_fw-la producat_fw-la supernatural●m_fw-la actum_fw-la fidei_fw-la charitatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ruiz_n 199._o morality_n be_v first_o seat_v in_o the_o will_n and_o from_o it_o our_o power_n be_v first_o call_v moral_a but_o yet_o it_o be_v secondary_o in_o the_o other_o two_o faculty_n 200._o as_o to_o dr._n twisse_n his_o say_n that_o potentia_fw-la non_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la moralis_n scilicet_fw-la in_o naturali_fw-la and_o as_o other_o say_v accidens_fw-la non_fw-la fundatur_fw-la in_o accident_n i_o answer_v 1._o potentia_fw-la univocè_fw-la sic_fw-la dicta_fw-la non_fw-la 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power_n be_v call_v accident_n which_o be_v a_o falsehood_n of_o very_a ill_a tendency_n in_o many_o respect_n they_o be_v the_o very_a formal_a essence_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sure_o the_o soul_n may_v have_v its_o good_a or_o evil_a disposition_n 201._o there_o be_v in_o the_o very_a essence_n of_o the_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n beside_o the_o vis_fw-fr vel_fw-la virt●s_fw-la agendi_fw-la a_o certain_a natural_a inclination_n to_o some_o thing_n which_o be_v inseparable_a from_o it_o from_o which_o the_o schoolman_n say_v even_o of_o the_o will_n that_o it_o be_v quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la &_o pondus_fw-la animae_fw-la so_o the_o soul_n be_v incline_v or_o propense_a and_o not_o only_o able_a to_o activity_n as_o such_o to_o intellection_n as_o such_o to_o volition_n as_o such_o and_o objective_o to_o truth_n as_o such_o and_o to_o natural_a good_a and_o felicity_n as_o such_o and_o there_o be_v a_o inclination_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v not_o essential_a and_o inseparable_a but_o be_v much_o under_o the_o power_n of_o the_o will_n and_o may_v be_v get_v and_o lose_v 202._o this_o adventitious_a disposition_n be_v find_v in_o the_o soul_n in_o various_a degree_n 1._o when_o it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o degree_n only_o as_o that_o immediate_o and_o proper_o without_o any_o other_o power_n add_v the_o will_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v able_a to_o act_n thus_o or_o thus_o than_o it_o be_v call_v a_o moral_a power_n but_o when_o it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o degree_n as_o that_o we_o be_v dispose_v to_o act_n prompt_o and_o easy_o it_o be_v call_v a_o habit._n 203._o he_o therefore_o that_o be_v so_o far_o dispose_v to_o any_o good_a act_n and_o who_o indisposition_n or_o disposition_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v but_o such_o as_o that_o in_o his_o present_a state_n without_o any_o more_o help_n than_o do_v than_o than_o than_o yet_o the_o jesuit_n themselves_o as_o ruiz_n ubi_fw-la sup_n be_v not_o so_o much_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o predisposition_n but_o that_o they_o confess_v that_o grace_n oft_o take_v occasion_n of_o thing_n natural_a or_o indifferent_a yea_o of_o heinous_a sin_n themselves_o and_o that_o the_o begin_n of_o justification_n sanctification_n be_v not_o from_o the_o strength_n or_o endeavour_n of_o nature_n but_o from_o grace_n he_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o whole_a disp_n 17_o 18._o as_o vasquez_n and_o suarez_n and_o other_o jesuit_n also_o do_v he_o have_v he_o can_v move_v his_o own_o will_n to_o the_o say_a act_n and_o the_o difficulty_n be_v not_o so_o great_a but_o that_o such_o power_n sometime_o do_v overcome_v it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o moral_a power_n but_o he_o that_o want_v not_o natural_a force_n or_o power_n but_o only_o a_o right_a disposition_n of_o his_o will_n and_o so_o far_o want_v it_o as_o that_o none_o in_o his_o case_n do_v ever_o change_v their_o own_o act_n to_o good_a without_o more_o help_n and_o power_n than_o he_o have_v be_v say_v to_o be_v moral_o unable_a or_o impotent_a and_o not_o only_o to_o want_v the_o habit._n 204._o whether_o the_o natural_a power_n be_v proper_o call_v a_o power_n to_o believe_v repent_v love_n god_n etc._n etc._n without_o the_o moral_a power_n or_o right_a disposition_n though_o it_o be_v a_o question_n of_o some_o use_n among_o the_o contender_n about_o these_o matter_n yet_o it_o be_v chief_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la and_o therefore_o of_o the_o less_o moment_n this_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v of_o all_o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi impenitency_n re_fw-mi re_fw-mi re_fw-mi of_o this_o see_v mr._n truman_n treatise_n of_o natural_a and_o moral_a impotency_n and_o mr._n william_n fenner_n notable_a though_o popular_a tractate_n of_o wilful_a impenitency_n that_o unbeliever_n want_v not_o that_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n which_o can_v believe_v and_o repent_v if_o due_o suscitate_v and_o dispose_v but_o through_o a_o ill_a disposition_n and_o contrary_a course_n of_o action_n and_o want_v of_o due_a excitation_n that_o power_n will_v not_o act_n without_o god_n special_a grace_n which_o will_v not_o signify_v 1._o the_o undisposedness_n 2._o the_o non-agency_a and_o in_o strict_a speech_n the_o former_a be_v best_a express_v by_o the_o will_n be_v undisposed_a and_o averse_a to_o believe_v etc._n etc._n and_o the_o latter_a by_o the_o will_n do_v not_o consent_n but_o the_o first_o may_v be_v express_v by_o it_o can_v because_o it_o will_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v though_o it_o be_v no_o such_o can_v as_o be_v distinct_a from_o will_n not_o but_o the_o very_a same_o and_o as_o power_n be_v distinct_a from_o will_n and_o a_o man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v if_o he_o will_v so_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o that_o will_v believe_v and_o repent_v can_v do_v it_o so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v willing_a and_o this_o be_v it_o that_o augustine_n so_o much_o plead_v for_o when_o he_o will_v have_v we_o distinguish_v can_v and_o will_n not_o and_o when_o he_o say_v that_o posse_fw-la credere_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la credere_fw-la autem_fw-la fidelium_fw-la 205._o to_o the_o full_a open_n of_o this_o note_v the_o follow_a conclusion_n no_o man_n do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v do_v at_o that_o instant_n 206._o humane_a and_o all_o create_v power_n be_v dependent_a and_o be_v not_o proper_o a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o on_o supposition_n of_o god_n emanant_fw-la support_n and_o concourse_n as_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n 207._o humane_a power_n be_v finite_a and_o be_v not_o a_o power_n ad_fw-la omne_fw-la but_o ad_fw-la haec_fw-la which_o therefore_o be_v call_v possible_a to_o we_o 208._o power_n be_v a_o relative_n word_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v nullify_v ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la by_o a_o alteration_n of_o the_o object_n only_o as_o if_o you_o double_v the_o weight_n that_o man_n may_v be_v unable_a to_o bear_v it_o who_o can_v bear_v it_o when_o it_o be_v less_o when_o the_o object_n be_v change_v and_o not_o the_o power_n indeed_o 209._o power_n suppose_v the_o due_a object_n and_o its_o due_a proposal_n or_o state_n we_o have_v no_o power_n to_o see_v invisibles_fw-fr to_o understand_v thing_n not_o intelligible_a to_o will_v thing_n not_o apprehend_v to_o be_v good_a and_o not_o so_o reveal_v etc._n etc._n 210._o the_o three_o conjunct_a power_n of_o the_o soul_n suppose_v each_o other_o though_o they_o be_v not_o formal_o the_o same_o we_o have_v no_o power_n to_o will_n object_n not_o understand_v nor_o to_o understand_v will_n or_o execute_v without_o vital-activity_n nor_o to_o understand_v most_o thing_n without_o the_o will_n determination_n ad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la 211._o the_o due_a qualification_n also_o of_o the_o inferior_a faculty_n the_o sense_n and_o fantasy_n and_o organ_n be_v suppose_v to_o the_o be_v of_o true_a power_n we_o never_o have_v power_n to_o see_v without_o eye_n no_o more_o than_o without_o light_n this_o power_n of_o the_o inferior_a faculty_n some_o call_n potentia_fw-la secunda_fw-la as_o to_o the_o act_n of_o the_o superior_a
528._o 3._o other_o say_v as_o camero_n that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n and_o the_o object_n and_o temptation_n necessitate_v the_o intellect_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o object_n and_o law_n and_o permit_v the_o tempter_n 529._o 4._o other_o say_v that_o god_n only_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n 1._o by_o support_n and_o concourse_n necessary_a to_o all_o agent_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o general_n 2._o and_o give_v power_n also_o to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v free_o 3._o and_o as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v that_o which_o he_o know_v man_n will_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o their_o sin_n 4._o and_o also_o by_o his_o providence_n cause_v many_o effect_n of_o which_o man_n sin_n be_v also_o a_o cause_n 5._o and_o after_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o their_o evil_n 6._o but_o as_o to_o the_o sin_n itself_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o it_o either_o as_o sin_n or_o punishment_n either_o of_o the_o form_n or_o of_o the_o act_n as_o moral_o specify_v that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v about_o this_o forbid_v object_n or_o end_v rather_o than_o another_o and_o this_o opinion_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a truth_n 530._o let_v it_o here_o be_v note_v 1._o that_o the_o five_o thing_n here_o grant_v be_v all_o certain_a truth_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a on_o god_n part_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o event_n which_o we_o see_v and_o unnecessary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v 3._o that_o they_o full_o show_v god_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o therein_o 4._o and_o yet_o to_o be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o consider_v of_o the_o particular_n 531._o i._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o creator_n have_v make_v man_n a_o vital_a agent_n and_o therefore_o a_o self-actor_n under_o he_o and_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o follow_v the_o perception_n of_o sense_n alone_o and_o a_o free-willing_a agent_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la or_o to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v or_o to_o choose_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o as_o far_o as_o consist_v with_o his_o necessary_a volition_n which_o i_o acknowledge_v and_o enumerate_v before_o which_o be_v part_n of_o gibieuf_n and_o guil._n camerarius_fw-la scot._n meaning_n by_o their_o servato_fw-la ordine_fw-la finis_fw-la though_o i_o think_v that_o annatus_n do_v not_o unjust_o accuse_v gibieuf_n of_o confusion_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o that_o matter_n 532._o ii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o motus_fw-la vel_fw-la actio_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n conclus_fw-la nature_n nature_n nature_n vid._n gregor_n arim._n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi 8._o &_o 12._o who_o judgement_n many_o schoolman_n follow_v vasquez_n thus_o abbreviate_v and_o report_v he_o in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 4._o m●tionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ordine_fw-la causae_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o determinatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la at_o in_o operibus_fw-la peccati_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la malitia_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la nostram_fw-la determination●m_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternita●●_n exit_fw-la quo_fw-la inserunt_fw-la deum_fw-la praefinisse_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ante_fw-la det●rminati●n●m_fw-la nostram_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la praevisam_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecognita_fw-la determinatione_fw-la nostrae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vid._n marsil_n in_o 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 2._o post_fw-la 4._o conclus_fw-la and_o so_o when_o a_o sinner_n act_v it_o be_v not_o without_o this_o universal_a first_o cause_n whether_o god_n do_v it_o only_o as_o durandus_fw-la thought_n by_o the_o mere_a continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n active_a and_o mobile_n or_o by_o any_o superadded_a concourse_n beside_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a business_n which_o only_o show_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n 533._o iii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o govern_v providence_n by_o do_v good_a do_v set_v before_o man_n that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o occasion_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n every_o thing_n be_v turn_v into_o sin_n by_o sinner_n 16._o sinner_n sinner_n sinner_n titus_n 1._o 15_o 16._o and_o to_o the_o unclean_a all_o thing_n be_v unclean_a through_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o sanctify_a bad_a stomach_n corrupt_v the_o wholsome_a food_n all_o god_n mercy_n be_v abuse_v to_o sin_n 534._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n fore-knew_a this_o and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v to_o deny_v man_n life_n or_o take_v it_o away_o lest_o they_o abuse_v it_o or_o deny_v man_n all_o those_o mercy_n or_o remove_v they_o which_o he_o forsee_v that_o they_o will_v turn_v to_o sin_n 535._o iv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n often_o concur_v to_o the_o cause_v of_o the_o very_a same_o effect_n which_o sin_n also_o cause_v and_o so_o be_v as_o a_o concause_n of_o it_o with_o sin_n and_o this_o effect_n be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o the_o sin_n itself_o be_v oft_o call_v by_o its_o name_n as_o if_o it_o be_v its_o near_a matter_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o man_n in_o this_o case_n that_o canno●_n distinguish_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o instance_n 536._o v._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v do_v much_o good_a by_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o turn_v the_o sin_n itself_o into_o good_a 537._o vi_o and_o to_o these_o five_o operation_n of_o god_n i_o add_v as_o to_o his_o volition_n that_o all_o this_o which_o he_o do_v he_o will_v or_o decree_v to_o do_v and_o he_o have_v no_o contrary_a will_n at_o all_o 538._o but_o that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v that_o he_o be_v any_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n itself_o efficient_a or_o deficient_a culpable_a or_o not_o culpable_a physical_a or_o moral_a for_o the_o open_n of_o which_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o go_v to_o its_o be_v or_o constitution_n 539._o all_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v our_o ruler_n by_o a_o law_n and_o also_o our_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v optimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n and_o that_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n we_o that_o be_v his_o own_o be_v also_o his_o subject_n and_o beneficiaries_n and_o make_v capable_a of_o love_v he_o as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n and_o of_o obey_v his_o law_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v our_o disobedience_n to_o these_o law_n with_o our_o deny_v god_n ourselves_o as_o his_o own_o and_o withhold_v or_o pervert_v the_o love_n which_o we_o owe_v he_o as_o our_o end_n 540._o as_o logic_n have_v confound_v we_o in_o most_o other_o case_n by_o arbitrary_a unsuitable_a second_o notion_n make_v we_o a_o shoe_n not_o meet_v for_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v thing_n without_o those_o unfit_a notion_n than_o with_o they_o so_o have_v it_o do_v here_o man_n may_v more_o easy_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o disobey_v a_o law_n and_o that_o either_o by_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o or_o by_o not_o do_v what_o we_o be_v command_v than_o they_o can_v know_v by_o what_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a name_n it_o shall_v be_v call_v whether_o a_o privation_n or_o a_o relation_n a_o act_n or_o no_o act_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o logician_n that_o god_n make_v his_o law_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o a_o metaphysical_a conscience_n that_o will_v accuse_v man_n or_o condemn_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n 541._o no_o act_n mere_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v forbid_v of_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n and_o can_v no_o more_o cease_v all_o action_n than_o to_o be_v though_o it_o can_v forbear_v a_o particular_a act_n as_o to_o this_o object_n and_o at_o this_o time_n and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o act_n as_o such_o 542._o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o as_o action_n itself_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o motion_n of_o a_o substance_n so_o to_o choose_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o action_n in_o it_o than_o to_o have_v choose_v the_o other_o or_o than_o 4._o exit_fw-la to_o verb_n quoth_v d●us_a conc●●_n at_o nobiscum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la prout_fw-la facultas_fw-la liberi_fw-la
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 commit_v adultery_n but_o only_o forbid_v that_o thy_o adultery_n be_v quid_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la or_o a_o sin_n for_o if_o god_n forbid_v not_o the_o act_n it_o can_v be_v a_o sin_n and_o if_o he_o forbid_v it_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v sin_n and_o so_o of_o omission_n 551._o they_o therefore_o that_o tell_v we_o that_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o privation_n speak_v not_o satisfactory_o nor_o altogether_o true_o it_o be_v no_o substance_n indeed_o nor_o any_o such_o reality_n as_o man_n can_v cause_n without_o god_n cause_v it_o suppose_v his_o universal_a natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n but_o the_o thing_n forbid_v be_v often_o act_n and_o disposition_n as_o well_o as_o omission_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n which_o have_v so_o much_o reality_n as_o a_o relation_n have_v if_o that_o be_v any_o and_o that_o relation_n have_v a_o positive_a name_n it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o mere_a nonconformity_n but_o also_o a_o disconformity_n because_v 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 dicere_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la obligatur_fw-la aliquem_fw-la actum_fw-la elicere_fw-la secundum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la divinum_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la elicit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la actus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la debuit_fw-la elici_fw-la secundum_fw-la rectam_fw-la rationem_fw-la but_o i_o conceive_v 1._o that_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o rectitude_n of_o its_o act_n suspension_n and_o disposition_n 2._o that_o ockam_n here_o describe_v only_a sin_n of_o omission_n whereas_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n be_v ofren_a also_o material_o in_o not_o do_v or_o will_v what_o be_v forbid_v and_o with_o these_o two_o animadversion_n i_o be_o reconcile_v to_o ockam_n who_o add_v ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la dictum_fw-la de_fw-la materiali_fw-la &_o formali_fw-la est_fw-la falsum_fw-la quia_fw-la aut_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la 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
soever_o that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n except_o some_o odd_a presumer_n who_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o generality_n one_o or_o two_o speak_v some_o hard_a word_n that_o way_n in_o belgia_n who_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n reject_v mr._n archer_n book_n be_v burn_v for_o it_o by_o the_o parliament_n or_o westminster_n synod_n beza_n himself_o in_o rom._n 8._o 28._o &_o passim_fw-la abhor_v it_o as_o intolerable_a blasphemy_n but_o this_o doctrine_n in_o question_n plain_o make_v god_n the_o willer_n and_o cause_n of_o sin_n yea_o more_o very_o much_o more_o than_o wicked_a man_n or_o devil_n be_v which_o be_v not_o true_a 578._o for_o they_o make_v man_n and_o devil_n to_o be_v but_o a_o second_o premoved_n predetermine_v cause_n of_o the_o act_n of_o volition_n and_o execution_n whence_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n necessary_o result_v but_o 1._o god_n be_v certain_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o agent_n 2._o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o make_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la to_o be_v sin_n his_o say_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n or_o murder_n make_v adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o be_v sin_n when_o they_o be_v commit_v which_o they_o will_v not_o be_v without_o the_o law_n 3._o god_n cause_v and_o order_v all_o the_o object_n and_o occasion_n 4._o and_o now_o they_o also_o say_v that_o god_n will_v ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la and_o be_v the_o first_o predetermine_v cause_n even_o the_o total_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o act_n and_o all_o its_o circumstance_n without_o which_o predetermination_n it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o that_o man_n do_v but_o will_n what_o god_n first_o will_v and_o act_v what_o god_n first_o move_v he_o unavoidable_o to_o act_v as_o the_o pen_n in_o my_o hand_n 5._o and_o the_o law_n and_o the_o act_n be_v put_v in_o be_v the_o relative_n obliquity_n be_v but_o the_o necessary_a result_n and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n 579._o and_o note_v here_o what_o estius_n before_o cite_v after_o aquinas_n say_v that_o to_o will_v that_o peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la fiat_fw-la be_v all_o that_o the_o sinner_n himself_o do_v when_o he_o will_v sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n here_o to_o distinguish_v between_o willing_a sin_n and_o willing_a the_o event_n futurity_n and_o existence_n of_o it_o ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la eveniat_fw-la though_o i_o confess_v i_o be_v long_o detain_v in_o suspense_n if_o not_o deceive_v by_o that_o distinction_n for_o he_o will_v sin_n who_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o or_o that_o it_o be_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v 580._o and_o note_v that_o it_o be_v both_o matter_n and_o form_n act_n and_o obliquity_n which_o they_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la for_o it_o be_v sin_n and_o forma_fw-la that_fw-mi nomen_fw-la it_o be_v not_o sin_n but_o by_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n but_o if_o they_o have_v say_v otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v all_o one_o for_o he_o that_o will_v the_o fundamentum_fw-la relate_fw-la and_o correlate_n both_o say_v twisse_n vindic._n gra●_n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o sect._n 7._o p._n 137._o posito_fw-la quod_fw-la velit_fw-la per●ectiones_fw-la istas_fw-la manifestare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la impediat_fw-la ingressum_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la permittat_fw-la 1._o as_o if_o he_o have_v prove_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o manifest_v his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n by_o law_n and_o illuminate_v man_n to_o know_v they_o without_o execution_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n 2._o yet_o do_v he_o make_v christ_n death_n unnecessary_a and_o his_o satisfaction_n to_o justice_n so_o far_o as_o that_o god_n can_v have_v accomplish_v our_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n another_o way_n if_o he_o will_v and_o be_v sin_n better_o or_o more_o necessary_a than_o christ_n satisfaction_n 3._o and_o methinks_v they_o that_o lie_v so_o little_a on_o moral_a mean_n and_o operation_n of_o grace_n in_o comparison_n of_o physical_a shall_v not_o give_v so_o much_o to_o sin_n which_o be_v it_o a_o mean_n as_o it_o be_v not_o but_o a_o passive_a and_o opposite_a occasion_n be_v but_o a_o moral_a mean_n and_o himself_o say_v page_n 136._o permissio_fw-la peccati_fw-la proprie_fw-la medium_n est_fw-la assequendi_fw-la ●inem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la praefixum_fw-la at_o peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la medium_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la sive_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la sive_fw-la justitiae_fw-la media_fw-la enim_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la facienda_fw-la mou●atur_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la intention_n finis_fw-la will_v the_o reader_n have_v a_o better_a confuter_n of_o he_o than_o himself_o but_o he_o there_o add_v that_o it_o be_v materia_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la medium_n as_o stone_n and_o timber_n to_o a_o house_n and_o yet_o sin_n they_o say_v have_v no_o matter_n beside_o the_o subject_n and_o object_n but_o be_v a_o mere_a 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not_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o modified_a or_o oblique_a or_o as_o that_o circumstantiated_a act_n but_o when_o the_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o man_n god_n by_o his_o law_n cause_v two_o relation_n to_o result_v first_o that_o of_o sin_n and_o then_o that_o of_o punishment_n so_o that_o man_n first_o cause_v the_o sinful_a act_n and_o then_o that_o it_o be_v quid_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la poenale_n result_v from_o god_n will_v and_o law_n make_v before_o now_o if_o god_n cause_v not_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v a_o punishment_n to_o ourselves_o he_o cause_v not_o that_o which_o be_v a_o punishment_n to_o other_o and_o yet_o suppose_v it_o he_o make_v it_o a_o punishment_n to_o we_o and_o they_o on_o several_a account_n 639._o but_o though_o god_n cause_v not_o the_o sin_n yet_o when_o he_o have_v before_o in_o his_o law_n threaten_v to_o withhold_v his_o grace_n and_o spirit_n if_o we_o sin_v without_o which_o grace_n and_o spirit_n we_o will_v sin_v if_o god_n now_o 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weary_a of_o pursue_v this_o ungrateful_a dispute_n as_o to_o his_o controversy_n good_a q._n whether_o thing_n be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o or_o he_o will_v they_o because_o they_o be_v good_a against_o camero_n cap._n 22._o whether_o god_n will_v justice_n and_o holiness_n because_o it_o be_v good_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v it_o it_o trouble_v i_o to_o read_v bitter_a and_o tedious_a dispute_n about_o that_o which_o one_o easy_a distinction_n put_v pass_v all_o controversy_n of_o thing_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la god_n will_n be_v first_o the_o efficient_a and_o then_o the_o ultimate_a end_n as_o be_v oft_o say_v god_n will_v as_o efficient_a give_v first_o the_o be_v and_o then_o the_o order_n to_o all_o thing_n or_o else_o they_o can_v never_o be_v
what_o they_o be_v all_o create_v justice_n and_o holiness_n be_v such_o that_o be_v good_a for_o goodness_n be_v their_o essence_n because_o god_n efficient_a will_n make_v they_o so_o and_o then_o god_n final_a will_n take_v complacency_n in_o they_o or_o love_v they_o because_o they_o be_v so_o but_o if_o they_o talk_v of_o goodness_n or_o justice_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n there_o be_v in_o he_o no_o effect_n and_o so_o no_o cause_n of_o himself_o or_o any_o thing_n in_o himself_o 642._o but_o some_o thing_n god_n make_v moral_a duty_n by_o the_o very_a work_n of_o creation_n and_o ordination_n of_o the_o world_n without_o any_o other_o law_n and_o these_o be_v call_v duty_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n because_o the_o very_a natura_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v a_o law_n that_o be_v a_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v constitute_v man_n duty_n it_o be_v man_n essence_n to_o be_v a_o intellectual-free-agent_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o such_o a_o agent_n create_v of_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v god_n creature_n and_o god_n own_o and_o dispositive_o a_o moral_a governable_a agent_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o owe_v god_n all_o that_o he_o be_v and_o have_v and_o can_v do_v and_o that_o god_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la &_o imperii_fw-la over_o he_o and_o jus_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la ejus_fw-la amorem_fw-la happy_a amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n obligare_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la teneatur_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la quaero_fw-la enim_fw-la a_o tenetur_fw-la obedire_fw-la a_o non_fw-la si_fw-mi sic_fw-la habetur_fw-la propositum_fw-la quia_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it consequentia_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la teneri_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la est_fw-la teneri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la pet._n de_fw-mi alliaco_fw-it 1._o q._n 14._o t._n yet_o after_o he_o think_v it_o possible_a for_o god_n to_o have_v make_v a_o reasonable_a creature_n not_o oblige_v as_o if_o his_o very_a nature_n be_v not_o obligatory_a his_o instance_n of_o the_o mad_a be_v vain_a for_o they_o be_v not_o actual_o reasonable_a ockam_n presumptuous_o conclude_v that_o god_n can_v command_v a_o man_n to_o hate_n god_n and_o make_v it_o meritorious_a it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n his_o follower_n greg._n arim._n confute_v he_o and_o cameracensis_n invalidate_v the_o confutation_n and_o leave_v it_o doubtful_a but_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v a_o man_n and_o not_o oblige_v by_o nature_n to_o love_n god_n and_o a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v bind_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v he_o and_o yet_o stante_fw-la natura_fw-la bind_v to_o hate_v he_o and_o a_o contradiction_n to_o hate_n god_n and_o be_v good_a or_o happy_a it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v a_o create_a man_n and_o not_o god_n own_o and_o his_o oblige_a subject_n and_o beneficiary_a therefore_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n that_o submission_n obedience_n and_o love_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o moral_a duty_n and_o good_a and_o that_o self-alienation_a rebellion_n or_o disobedience_n and_o hatred_n shall_v be_v no_o sin_n 643._o to_o dispute_v then_o as_o he_o do_v with_o camero_n and_o his_o follower_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la or_o by_o god_n mere_a freewill_n be_v a_o strange_a dispute_n and_o of_o most_o easy_a resolution_n either_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n create_v will_n or_o of_o some_o other_o subsequent_a volition_n man_n be_v make_v man_n by_o god_n free_a create_a will_n and_o the_o foresay_a relation_n and_o duty_n be_v make_v such_o by_o make_v he_o man._n and_o the_o duty_n of_o love_n and_o justice_n to_o other_o be_v make_v such_o by_o his_o creator_n place_v he_o in_o a_o world_n where_o his_o neighbour_n be_v about_o he_o who_o be_v due_a object_n as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o society_n 330._o this_o he_o himself_o confess_v pag._n 329_o 330._o like_o a_o wheel_n in_o a_o clock_n the_o creator_n will_n be_v before_o nature_n and_o therefore_o before_o natural_a duty_n as_o the_o cause_n before_o the_o effect_n god_n can_v have_v make_v beast_n instead_o of_o man_n who_o have_v owe_v he_o no_o more_o than_o beast_n can_v do_v but_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o man_n coexistent_a with_o god_n his_o say_a duty_n to_o god_n so_o necessary_o result_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v otherwise_o nor_o do_v there_o need_v any_o subsequent_a act_n of_o god_n will_v to_o make_v that_o duty_n 644._o but_o those_o that_o be_v not_o duty_n by_o nature_n must_v have_v moreover_o a_o 4._o vid._n durand_n 1._o d._n 38._o qi_fw-la 4._o n._n 9_o 10_o 11._o scot._n 3._o d._n 37._o q._n 1._o gabr._n 3._o d._n 37._o a._n 2._o suarez_n de_fw-fr legib._n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o aquin._n 1_o 2._o q._n 94._o a._n 5._o &_o q._n 100_o a._n 4._o further_a act_n of_o god_n will_v as_o signify_v to_o make_v they_o so_o as_o the_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n our_o sacrament_n etc._n etc._n 645._o and_o many_o natural_a law_n and_o duty_n be_v mutable_a towards_o one_o another_o because_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o natural_a location_n or_o order_n of_o the_o thing_n from_o which_o they_o do_v result_v be_v mutable_a and_o a_o word_n of_o god_n can_v make_v a_o change_n when_o yet_o before_o such_o antecedent_n mutation_n the_o duty_n must_v be_v duty_n still_o 646._o as_o to_o mr._n rutherford_n oft_o say_v that_o omnis_fw-la actus_fw-la entitativus_fw-la simplex_fw-la est_fw-la moraliter_fw-la de_fw-fr se_fw-la indifferens_fw-la neque_fw-la bone_fw-la neque_fw-la malus_fw-la and_o then_o that_o per_fw-la actum_fw-la simplicem_fw-la he_o mean_v such_o as_o include_v not_o the_o object_n it_o be_v ludicrous_a or_o vain_a talk_n there_o be_v no_o such_o act_n as_o have_v not_o a_o object_n any_o more_o than_o physical_a form_n without_o matter_n quicunque_fw-la movet_fw-la aliquid_fw-la movet_fw-la quicunque_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la vel_fw-la seipsum_fw-la vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la a_o act_n without_o its_o object_n be_v but_o a_o partial_a or_o inadequate_a generical_a conceptus_fw-la of_o that_o act_n which_o have_v a_o object_n or_o a_o abstract_n partial_a notion_n of_o a_o act_n why_o then_o do_v he_o talk_v of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o have_v he_o say_v that_o every_o act_n be_v in_o the_o first_o instant_n rationis_fw-la or_o abstract-partial_a conception_n a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la before_o it_o be_v intelligible_a as_o this_o or_o that_o act_n about_o this_o or_o that_o object_n he_o have_v speak_v intelligible_o as_o other_o man_n do_v 647._o such_o another_o question_n many_o call_v arminian_o much_o use_n whether_o aeternam_fw-la whether_o justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o have_v rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la aeternam_fw-la justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o a_o dentur_fw-la rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o indispensabiles_fw-la which_o need_v no_o other_o solution_n than_o this_o last_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o universal_a existent_a per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o not_o in_o some_o individual_a and_o so_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o love_n justice_z etc._n etc._n bonum_fw-la malum_fw-la which_o be_v not_o alicujus_fw-la justitia_fw-la bonum_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o creature_n from_o eternity_n be_v just_a or_o unjust_a good_a or_o bad_a but_o god_n perfect_a nature_n veracity_n but_o that_o god_n own_o eternal_a perfection_n have_v in_o it_o that_o root_n of_o humane_a virtue_n truth_n justice_n etc._n etc._n which_o therefore_o analogical_o have_v the_o same_o name_n our_o holiness_n be_v god_n image_n i_o will_v prove_v to_o the_o reader_n by_o this_o weighty_a reason_n because_o else_o we_o have_v no_o certainty_n that_o god_n word_n be_v true_a for_o all_o our_o certainty_n be_v hence_o that_o god_n can_v lie_v but_o if_o veracity_n be_v not_o in_o god_n we_o can_v prove_v that_o and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v eminenter_fw-la justice_n mercy_n etc._n etc._n how_o can_v we_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v veracity_n may_v be_v call_v eternal_o just_o in_o that_o he_o must_v necessary_o be_v just_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o governor_n and_o necessary_o be_v just_a when_o he_o free_o become_v a_o governor_n and_o also_o this_o proposition_n be_v eternal_o true_a if_o there_o be_v eternal_o proposition_n si_fw-la homines_fw-la existerent_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la foret_fw-la &_o quandocunque_fw-la homines_fw-la fuerint_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la fuerit_fw-la but_o when_o all_o the_o sense_n of_o these_o question_n be_v no_o more_o but_o what_o duty_n be_v natural_a and_o what_o superad_v call_v positive_a and_o what_o natural_a duty_n be_v immutable_a and_o what_o mutable_a it_o be_v a_o unhappiness_n that_o the_o world_n must_v be_v trouble_v with_o such_o uncouth_a form_n of_o speech_n as_o make_v the_o question_n unintelligible_a till_o unravel_v 648._o as_o to_o
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they_o for_o these_o end_n god_n make_v and_o manage_v they_o according_o by_o skill_n and_o power_n §_o 4._o but_o here_o motion_n the_o effect_n of_o active_a force_n and_o order_n of_o motion_n as_o the_o effect_n of_o government_n must_v be_v well_o distinguish_v for_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o second_o cause_n of_o the_o soul_n action_n as_o such_o that_o we_o be_v now_o inquire_v after_o but_o of_o the_o order_n and_o rectitude_n of_o its_o action_n which_o be_v do_v by_o government_n §_o 5._o that_o god_n do_v work_v grace_n on_o man_n by_o mean_n ordinary_o as_o ordinary_o he_o cause_v natural_a effect_n by_o mean_n and_o miracle_n be_v rare_a may_v be_v prove_v by_o all_o
these_o follow_a evidence_n §_o 6._o 1._o in_o that_o he_o have_v make_v so_o large_a provision_n of_o mean_n and_o that_o in_o a_o admirable_a frame_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o moral_a world_n which_o he_o will_v never_o do_v in_o vain_a nor_o if_o he_o ordinary_o work_v without_o they_o that_o work_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v they_o to_o do_v it_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o british_a divine_n in_o their_o suffrage_n at_o dort_n have_v not_o god_n decree_v to_o work_v grace_n by_o mean_n he_o can_v have_v do_v it_o with_o a_o fiat_fw-la §_o 7._o 2._o the_o glory_n of_o this_o kingdom_n or_o sapiential_a rule_n which_o be_v so_o constant_o and_o large_o give_v he_o in_o the_o scripture_n psal_n 103._o 10._o and_o 145._o and_o 119._o throughout_o and_o matth._n 25._o as_o the_o ship_n master_n or_o pilat_z be_v praise_v who_o by_o a_o helm_n can_v turn_v about_o the_o ship_n as_o he_o will_v jam._n 3._o 4._o §_o 8._o 3._o god_n work_v on_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o this_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o the_o causation_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o effect_n and_o order_n be_v a_o moral_a effect_n which_o need_v not_o a_o creation_n but_o a_o moral_a order_n causation_n §_o 9_o 4._o experience_n tell_v we_o that_o those_o prosper_v best_a in_o grace_n that_o most_o faithful_o and_o diligent_o use_v the_o mean_n and_o we_o never_o know_v of_o any_o man_n 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 15._o prov._n ●_o 20_o 21._o &_o 3_o &_o 5._o &_o 8._o &_o 13._o 4._o in_o the_o world_n that_o come_v to_o actual_a knowledge_n faith_n or_o love_n without_o mean_n but_o all_o by_o the_o causality_n of_o they_o §_o 10._o 5._o we_o find_v that_o the_o great_a neglecter_n and_o despiser_n of_o mean_n be_v every_o where_o most_o graceless_a and_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n §_o 11._o 6._o we_o have_v minister_n and_o people_n frequent_a and_o strict_a command_n to_o use_v mean_n most_o diligent_o constant_o and_o careful_o §_o 12._o 7._o we_o have_v abundance_n of_o promise_n of_o god_n blessing_n upon_o the_o f._n licet_fw-la omnis_fw-la causa_fw-la secund●_n proprie_fw-la dicta_fw-la causet_fw-la effectum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sit_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la quia_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la alliac_n in_o 4._o q._n 1._o f._n use_n of_o mean_n act._n 26._o 17._o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o turn_v they_o rom._n 10._o how_o shall_v they_o hear_v without_o a_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n isa_n 55._o 2_o 3._o hear_v and_o your_o soul_n shall_v live_v matth._n 28._o 20._o i_o be_o with_o you_o always_o etc._n etc._n luke_n 10._o 16._o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o psal_n 19_o 7_o etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v pure_a convert_v the_o soul_n 1_o pet._n 1._o it_o be_v the_o incorruptible_a seed_n that_o regenerate_v we_o heb._n 4._o the_o word_n be_v powerful_a and_o a_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n etc._n etc._n §_o 13._o 8._o when_o god_n will_v save_v a_o people_n he_o send_v they_o the_o gospel_n and_o 1●_n amos_n 8._o 11._o prov._n 29._o 1●_n when_o he_o will_v forsake_v they_o he_o take_v it_o away_o §_o 14._o 9_o the_o devil_n show_v his_o malice_n to_o soul_n and_o grace_n by_o oppose_v the_o mean_n deprive_v man_n of_o they_o or_o keep_v they_o from_o they_o or_o from_o the_o faithful_a use_v of_o they_o §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v none_o of_o my_o meaning_n that_o the_o bare_a mean_n of_o itself_o do_v change_v the_o soul_n or_o that_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n but_o only_o that_o god_n operate_v moral_a effect_n by_o moral_a mean_n as_o he_o do_v natural_a by_o natural_a mean_n be_v still_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o all_o himself_o §_o 16._o if_o we_o thus_o conjoin_v all_o cause_n and_o separate_v not_o what_o god_n have_v conjoin_v it_o will_v help_v we_o the_o better_a to_o escape_v error_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o if_o man_n will_v dream_v that_o all_o the_o honour_n or_o action_n that_o be_v ascribe_v to_o second_o cause_n be_v a_o derogation_n from_o god_n and_o a_o dishonour_n of_o he_o they_o forsake_v the_o truth_n and_o injure_v he_o §_o 17._o for_o if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o to_o honour_v the_o mean_n or_o acknowledge_v operate_v though_o god_n be_v proxi●u●●_n not_o as_o in_o loco_fw-la in_o all_o his_o operation_n yet_o see_v he_o operate_v by_o second_o cause_n he_o do_v it_o according_a to_o they_o as_o all_o experience_n tell_v we_o therefore_o to_o end_v these_o controversy_n we_o shall_v consider_v more_o how_o those_o cause_n operate_v second_o cause_n and_o their_o aptitude_n and_o efficacy_n be_v to_o dishonour_n god_n than_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o great_a dishonourer_n of_o himself_o by_o make_v and_o use_v such_o cause_n and_o mean_n and_o so_o many_o creature_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n so_o many_o dishonour_n be_v cast_v on_o god_n and_o the_o excellent_a creature_n will_v dishonour_v he_o most_o which_o sottish_a conceit_n must_v needs_o be_v join_v with_o manichaeism_n that_o a_o ill_a god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n and_o shine_v to_o we_o in_o they_o all_o sect_n v._o of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o different_a effect_n of_o grace_n and_o means_n §_o 1._o grati●_n 1._o 1._o 1._o gerhard_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr lib._n a●b_fw-la cap._n 6._o §._o 1._o suppose_v that_o no_o cause_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n be_v find_v in_o the_o will_n of_o man_n as_o be_v dead_a and_o vicious_a but_o yet_o that_o grace_n do_v not_o physical_o determine_v the_o will_n but_o so_o work_v as_o leave_v it_o a_o power_n to_o resist_v and_o that_o resistance_n be_v it_o that_o make_v the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n by_o make_v grace_n uneffectual_a and_o georg._n calixtus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o his_o word_n the_o minist_n verbi_fw-la p._n 241._o &_o in_o judic_n de_fw-fr controver_n num_fw-la 33._o see_v ●e_n blank_n thes_n de_fw-fr distinct_a grati●_n all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n be_v will_v by_o god_n and_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o nothing_o that_o be_v moral_o evil._n §_o 2._o as_o in_o nature_n god_n seem_v to_o cause_n motion_n in_o genere_fw-la by_o a_o equal_a universal_a influx_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o make_v no_o difference_n per_fw-la se_fw-la but_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la but_o the_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o motion_n and_o effect_n be_v otherwise_o cause_v so_o it_o seem_v that_o christ_n the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n afford_v by_o his_o mean_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o political_o manage_v a_o indifferent_a influx_n or_o help_n for_o action_n as_o action_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o as_o dr._n twisse_n frequent_o say_v well_o be_v to_o be_v call_v nature_n rather_o than_o grace_n except_o as_o the_o reprive_v of_o nature_n be_v grace_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v mere_a power_n to_o act_n because_o it_o be_v equal_o indifferent_a to_o a_o good_a act_n as_o a_o bad_a and_o to_o do_v or_o not_o do_v §_o 3._o the_o power_n of_o action_n as_o such_o be_v give_v by_o a_o equal_a natural_a universal_a influx_n it_o be_v the_o order_n of_o action_n where_o we_o must_v inquire_v of_o the_o difference_n and_o its_o cause_n §_o 4._o action_n itself_o be_v not_o a_o proper_a substantial_a be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la but_o yet_o it_o be_v such_o a_o mode_n as_o by_o the_o cartesian_o leave_n require_v more_o causation_n to_o it_o than_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la agere_fw-la do_v but_o ordo_fw-la actionum_fw-la be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la §_o 5._o ordo_fw-la be_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o soul_n the_o genus_fw-la of_o all_o relation_n in_o fundamento_fw-la and_o of_o all_o morality_n and_o worthy_a to_o have_v have_v a_o notable_a place_n in_o the_o predicament_n and_o yet_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o call_v it_o whether_o any_o thing_n or_o nothing_o the_o ordo_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v not_o res_n and_o it_o be_v rerum_fw-la status_fw-la which_o we_o better_o know_v in_o se_fw-mi than_o we_o know_v with_o what_o logical_a notion_n to_o clothe_v it_o §_o 6._o this_o excellent_a nothing_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o morality_n in_o its_o form_n and_o the_o business_n of_o frail_a man_n on_o earth_n and_o much_o of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n triumphant_a in_o heaven_n it_o be_v god_n work_n and_o not_o we_o to_o make_v new_a substance_n it_o be_v we_o to_o keep_v order_n in_o ourselves_o as_o god_n work_n yea_o in_o the_o action_n which_o god_n by_o nature_n enable_v we_o to_o so_o vain_a a_o thing_n be_v man_n that_o
consider_v that_o though_o he_o be_v almighty_a yet_o he_o do_v not_o all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v nor_o do_v his_o work_n equal_o manifest_v his_o omnipotency_n and_o there_o be_v these_o cause_n for_o limit_v his_o operation_n in_o the_o effect_n §_o 2._o 1._o 15._o 1._o 1._o 1._o gemina_n operatio_fw-la providentiae_fw-la reperitur_fw-la partim_fw-la naturalis_fw-la partim_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la naturalis_fw-la per_fw-la occultam_fw-la dei_fw-la administrationem_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la lignis_fw-la &_o herbis_fw-la that_o incrementum_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la vero_fw-la per_fw-la angelorum_fw-la opera_fw-la &_o hominum_fw-la vid._n catera_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr genesi_fw-la ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr l._n 8._o cap._n 9_o &_o plura_fw-la li._n 9_o cap._n 15._o the_o chief_a cause_n be_v his_o wisdom_n and_o freewill_n it_o be_v his_o will_n to_o do_v what_o he_o do_v and_o to_o do_v no_o more_o which_o have_v no_o cause_n §_o 3._o 2._o another_o cause_n be_v that_o god_n operate_v by_o jesus_n christ_n who_o humanity_n be_v finite_a be_v a_o creature_n and_o god_n work_v according_a to_o the_o instrument_n or_o medium_n as_o he_o shine_v by_o the_o sun_n moon_n or_o star_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n and_o not_o according_a to_o his_o mere_a omnipotency_n so_o do_v he_o communicate_v grace_n by_o jesus_n christ_n §_o 4._o posse_fw-la 4._o 4._o 4._o mark_v 6._o 5._o he_o christ_n can_v there_o do_v no_o mighty_a work_n because_o of_o their_o unbelief_n and_o 7._o 24._o he_o can_v not_o be_v hide_v and_o 1._o 45._o jesus_n can_v no_o more_o open_o enter_v into_o the_o city_n with_o many_o such_o place_n all_o speak_v of_o a_o ordinate_a power_n work_v not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la and_o christ_n by_o office_n be_v king_n and_o prophet_n will_v operate_v upon_o certain_a term_n which_o in_o his_o sapiential_a government_n he_o set_v down_o and_o god_n will_v not_o violate_v those_o term_n §_o 5._o 3._o also_o under_o christ_n there_o be_v many_o subordinate_a cause_n there_o be_v his_o word_n preacher_n and_o all_o the_o forementioned_a mean_n and_o help_n and_o christ_n will_v work_v according_a to_o these_o mean_n though_o he_o tie_v not_o himself_o from_o do_v more_o or_o otherwise_o i_o have_v prove_v that_o this_o be_v his_o usual_a way_n and_o the_o effect_n will_v be_v limit_v according_a to_o these_o second_o cause_n §_o 6._o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v on_o we_o first_o in_o and_o through_o the_o air_n which_o abate_v somewhat_o of_o its_o force_n and_o then_o through_o the_o exhalation_n and_o then_o through_o the_o glass_n window_n and_o each_o make_v some_o alteration_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n on_o we_o so_o be_v it_o in_o this_o case_n §_o 7._o 4._o but_o the_o notable_a limitation_n be_v the_o foresay_a indisposition_n of_o the_o receiver_n every_o eye_n have_v a_o tunicle_n which_o the_o sun_n light_n must_v penetrate_v but_o he_o that_o have_v a_o suffusion_n or_o he_o that_o wink_v have_v a_o great_a impediment_n to_o limit_v the_o effect_n so_o be_v it_o with_o the_o various_a degree_n of_o indisposition_n or_o moral_a incapacity_n which_o yet_o be_v nothing_o if_o god_n do_v work_v ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la and_o do_v not_o as_o aforesaid_a work_n according_a to_o his_o free_a will_n and_o second_v cause_n sect_n vii_o of_o the_o resistibility_n of_o grace_n §_o 1._o to_o resist_v grace_n signify_v 1._o either_o not-to_a receive_v it_o passive_o effectum_fw-la passive_o passive_o passive_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 1●_n §._o 6._o p._n 187._o distinguish_v of_o god_n will_n 1._o as_o to_o its_o ratio_fw-la totalis_fw-la including_z not_o only_o the_o vi●_n aut_fw-la causalitas_fw-la effectiva_fw-la but_o also_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o volitio_fw-la effi●ax_fw-la which_o include_v the_o prescience_n of_o future_a contingent_n and_o so_o he_o say_v it_o be_v never_o resist_v 2._o secundum_fw-la partialem_fw-la &_o inadaequatam_fw-la rationem_fw-la praecise_a ut_fw-la causa_fw-la efficiens_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la liberorum_fw-la &_o prout_fw-la offer_v motiva_fw-la &_o confert_fw-la causas_fw-la secundas_fw-la &_o suum_fw-la concursum_fw-la abstrahendo_fw-la à_fw-la formalissima_fw-la ratione_fw-la volitionis_fw-la efficacis_fw-la quae_fw-la quidditatiuè_fw-la supponit_fw-la formalissimam_fw-la rationem_fw-la praescientiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la cum_fw-la tota_fw-la causalitate_fw-la illius_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la ut_fw-la praecisus_fw-la ab_fw-la actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la sortiri_fw-la effectum_fw-la as_o a_o stone_n receive_v not_o the_o rain_n ad_fw-la intus_fw-la or_o as_o oil_n resist_v water_n or_o hard_a thing_n receive_v not_o impression_n as_o the_o soft_a 2._o or_o not-to-receive-actual_o which_o be_v receptio_fw-la moralis_n as_o a_o man_n receive_v not_o a_o gift_n who_o consent_v not_o or_o as_o he_o resist_v the_o light_n who_o will_v not_o open_v his_o eye_n the_o bare_a not-consenting_a with_o the_o will_n or_o not_o use_v the_o sense_n or_o organ_n not_o open_v the_o hand_n etc._n etc._n be_v such_o a_o resist_a 3._o or_o a_o active_a opposition_n which_o be_v more_o as_o a_o man_n resist_v a_o enemy_n with_o heart_n or_o hand_n or_o a_o man_n by_o nolition_n and_o not_o only_o non-volition_a resist_v a_o suitor_n §_o 2._o man_n sinful_a soul_n resist_v god_n gracious_a operation_n all_o these_o way_n 1._o it_o be_v passive_o become_v undisposed_a to_o reception_n and_o thus_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o hard_a heart_n of_o stone_n and_o a_o sear_a conscience_n and_o to_o be_v dead_a and_o past_a feel_n eph._n 4._o 18_o 19_o &_o 2._o 1_o 2._o 2._o it_o do_v not_o do_v what_o it_o can_v do_v moral_o to_o receive_v grace_n that_o be_v it_o do_v not_o conari_fw-la or_o suscitate_a it_o self_n to_o be_v willing_a of_o it_o 3._o yea_o it_o do_v positive_o resist_v by_o action_n and_o be_v unwilling_a of_o god_n gracious_a operation_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o by_o will_v the_o contrary_a and_o prosecute_a carnal_a interest_n overloving_a the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o so_o turn_v away_o from_o the_o motion_n of_o grace_n 2._o and_o therefore_o by_o a_o enmity_n to_o that_o grace_n and_o work_v which_o will_v it_o will_v will_v will_v bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 1._o cor_fw-la 8._o p._n 5._o prove_v that_o god_n will_v be_v universaliter_fw-la efficax_n nec_fw-la impedibilis_fw-la frustrabilis_fw-la aut_fw-la defectibilis_fw-la which_o we_o grant_v as_o to_o his_o will_n as_o it_o be_v efficient_a and_o not_o mere_o final_a and_o complacite_n but_o yet_o the_o schoolman_n that_o say_v he_o be_v not_o omnivolens_n give_v reason_n for_o it_o convert_v he_o and_o take_v he_o off_o his_o choose_a idol_n §_o 3._o no_o creature_n by_o resist_a god_n do_v abate_v or_o retund_v his_o essential_a power_n or_o activity_n nor_o make_v any_o thing_n proper_o difficult_a to_o he_o §_o 4._o all_o the_o elect_a resist_n grace_n before_o it_o overcome_v and_o convert_v they_o and_o all_o our_o life_n after_o we_o resist_v it_o too_o common_o when_o it_o excit_v we_o to_o duty_n and_o draw_v we_o from_o sin_n §_o 5._o he_o that_o repent_v not_o of_o his_o resist_a of_o god_n spirit_n and_o grace_n do_v not_o understand_v and_o well_o repent_v of_o his_o sin_n §_o 6._o all_o resist_a be_v not_o overcome_v all_o resist_v grace_n but_o all_o overcome_v it_o not_o that_o be_v do_v not_o frustrate_v it_o as_o to_o the_o due_a effect_n §_o 7._o there_o be_v several_a degree_n of_o yield_v to_o god_n motion_n and_o operation_n and_o so_o several_a degree_n of_o overcome_v he_o be_v full_o overcome_v by_o it_o who_o yield_v to_o it_o whole_o he_o overcome_v it_o in_o some_o part_n who_o yield_v to_o it_o but_o in_o part_n and_o because_o god_n grace_n move_v we_o to_o more_o than_o we_o ordinary_o yield_v to_o therefore_o we_o do_v ordinary_o overcome_v it_o in_o too_o great_a measure_n even_o when_o we_o be_v happy_o overcome_v by_o it_o §_o 8._o god_n work_v not_o alike_o on_o all_o sometime_o as_o on_o paul_n he_o so_o sudden_o change_v the_o mind_n and_o will_n as_o that_o at_o once_o he_o both_o produce_v the_o act_n of_o man_n consent_n and_o also_o take_v away_o even_o the_o moral_n though_o not_o the_o natural_a power_n to_o the_o contrary_a in_o the_o antecedent_n instant_a so_o that_o no_o man_n ever_o deny_v consent_n who_o be_v so_o move_v and_o sometime_o he_o procure_v actual_a consent_n by_o such_o a_o operation_n as_o in_o the_o antecedent_n instant_a may_v have_v be_v resist_v and_o overcome_v there_o be_v a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o contrary_n so_o that_o there_o be_v actually-converting_a grace_n which_o be_v superable_a in_o the_o antecedent_n instant_a as_o to_o moral_a power_n and_o there_o be_v such_o a_o convert_v grace_n as_o no_o man_n ever_o do_v overcome_v §_o 9_o god_n grace_n when_o it_o prevail_v do_v not_o take_v away_o but_o determine_v
be_v equal_a or_o unequal_a physical_a or_o moral_a etc._n etc._n be_v to_o dote_v §_o 5._o but_o yet_o this_o knowledge_n and_o will_n of_o god_n be_v transient_a or_o terminate_v objective_o when_o it_o be_v not_o so_o effective_o and_o so_o god_n be_v say_v to_o know_v thing_n different_o as_o they_o differ_v and_o to_o will_v thing_n different_o as_o they_o be_v different_a object_n but_o this_o speak_v true_o nothing_o new_a or_o various_a in_o god_n but_o only_o a_o relative_n and_o so_o denominative_a connotation_n of_o his_o simple_a essence_n from_o these_o object_n who_o diversity_n give_v divers_a name_n to_o immutable_a most_o simple_a unity_n of_o this_o all_o schoolman_n for_o substance_n be_v agree_v however_o the_o thomist_n scotist_n and_o occamist_n differ_v about_o the_o notion_n of_o ratio_fw-la ratiocinata_fw-la formalitas_fw-la &_o denominatio_fw-la extrinseca_v §_o 6._o ii_o if_o it_o be_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la operanti●●●n_fw-la and_o so_o of_o god_n by_o they_o that_o we_o dispute_v of_o the_o dispute_n will_v have_v the_o easy_a decision_n but_o this_o be_v deny_v by_o the_o dominican_n and_o another_o infuse_v immediate_a operation_n be_v make_v the_o subject_n of_o these_o controversy_n §_o 7._o iii_o it_o remain_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o effect_n as_o in_o the_o soul-receiving_a which_o we_o dispute_v of_o and_o if_o so_o this_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o we_o dream_v not_o of_o any_o controversy_n about_o god_n action_n as_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agen●is_fw-la in_o he_o or_o between_o he_o and_o the_o soul_n §_o 8._o in_o man_n soul_n we_o know_v of_o nothing_o but_o 1._o the_o substance_n in_o the_o first_o notion_n as_o answerable_a to_o matter_n in_o body_n 2._o the_o form_n which_o be_v a_o threefold_a virtue_n or_o faculty_n in_o one_o viz._n the_o vital_a power_n intellect_n and_o will_n which_o be_v at_o once_o virtus_n vis_fw-fr &_o inclinatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la ad_fw-la proprias_fw-la actiones_fw-la all_o these_o be_v but_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o the_o same_o simple_a essence_n and_o not_o compound_v part_n none_o of_o this_o be_v the_o thing_n in_o question_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v presuppose_v to_o be_v a_o soul_n 3._o the_o accidental_a and_o mutable_a disposition_n of_o the_o faculty_n to_o the_o acts._n 4._o the_o impression_n of_o superior_a cause_n god_n and_o mean_n in_o move_v to_o the_o acts._n 5._o the_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n themselves_o 6._o the_o habit_n i_o know_v of_o no_o more_o §_o 9_o i._n though_o all_o habit_n be_v disposition_n yet_o all_o disposition_n be_v not_o habit_n and_o before_o habit_n the_o soul_n may_v be_v many_o way_n predispose_v to_o the_o act_n as_o 1._o by_o former_a act_n of_o another_o sort_n which_o yet_o conduce_v to_o this_o 2._o by_o other_o habit_n that_o be_v preparatory_a 3._o by_o deliverance_n from_o many_o internal_a and_o external_n impediment_n 4._o and_o last_o by_o the_o divine_a impress_n itself_o in_o the_o instant_n of_o nature_n though_o not_o of_o time_n before_o the_o act._n for_o god_n so_o dispose_v the_o soul_n to_o act_v §_o 10._o this_o predisposition_n be_v sometime_o but_o a_o moral_a power_n that_o be_v in_o so_o low_a a_o degree_n as_o contain_v only_o the_o necessary_a power_n to_o the_o act_n with_o which_o alone_o it_o be_v sometime_o do_v and_o sometime_o beside_o this_o moral_a power_n it_o contain_v some_o further_a degree_n of_o accidental_a inclination_n or_o propensity_n to_o the_o act._n and_o these_o degree_n be_v various_a in_o various_a instance_n and_o subject_n §_o 11._o ii_o when_o god_n move_v the_o soul_n to_o believe_v or_o repent_v we_o must_v conceive_v that_o in_o the_o instant_a antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n the_o soul_n receive_v some_o impress_n or_o impulse_n from_o the_o divine_a essence_n by_o which_o it_o be_v dispose_v or_o move_v to_o act_n he_o act_n act_n act_n a●xilium_fw-la praevium_fw-la non_fw-la appellatur_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la forma_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la impressa_fw-la quoniam_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomen_fw-la significare_fw-la videtur_fw-la qualitatem_fw-la constituentem_fw-la potentiam_fw-la in_o act_n primo_fw-la sed_fw-la proprio_fw-la vocabulo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la motio_fw-la actualis_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la veer_fw-la efficient_a facit_fw-la ut_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la operetur_fw-la actum_fw-la liberum_fw-la determinatum_fw-la cum_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o expedita_fw-la facultate_fw-la qua_fw-la potest_fw-la illum_fw-la non_fw-la operari_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la alvarez_n de_fw-fr auxil_n disp_n 23._o p._n 108._o m●tio_n be_v the_o proper_a notion_n he_o think_v between_o god_n and_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n of_o man_n as_o aforesaid_a but_o unapt_o i_o think_v so_o conceive_v by_o he_o and_o though_o spirit_n especial_o god_n move_v not_o by_o such_o contact_n and_o impress_n as_o thing_n corporeal_a yet_o in_o a_o unconceivable_a manner_n some_o spirit_n some_o spiritual_a impress_n influx_n or_o motion_n must_v be_v receive_v by_o which_o faith_n be_v cause_v and_o this_o impress_n and_o the_o disposition_n to_o the_o act_n cause_v by_o it_o perhaps_o be_v real_o the_o same_o §_o 12._o iii_o the_o act_n itself_o by_o this_o and_o by_o the_o soul_n dispose_v and_o excite_v be_v next_o cause_v not_o give_v as_o pre-existent_a but_o give_v by_o causal_n efficacious_a suscitation_n of_o the_o pre-existent_a faculty_n or_o power_n §_o 13._o iv_o the_o habit_n which_o be_v a_o promptitude_n to_o facile_a act_n be_v cause_v by_o all_o the_o forementioned_a cause_n conjunct_a and_o not_o by_o any_o one_o alone_a viz._n by_o god_n and_o his_o impress_n on_o a_o soul_n some_o way_n pre-disposed_n and_o by_o the_o soul_n itself_o further_o dispose_v and_o excite_v by_o that_o impress_n but_o of_o habit_n more_o anon_o and_o here_o because_o almost_o all_o our_o seem_a difference_n depend_v on_o the_o question_n what_o it_o be_v that_o be_v between_o god_n essence_n and_o man_n act_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o act_n or_o may_v be_v call_v grace_n sufficient_a or_o effectual_a more_o or_o less_o etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v tell_v you_o how_o alvarez_n handle_v the_o question_n and_o thereby_o further_o show_v you_o that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n unsearchable_a and_o past_a man_n knowledge_n and_o though_o i_o satisfy_v myself_o with_o call_v it_o a_o impulse_n or_o impress_n or_o a_o receive_a energy_n or_o force_n or_o influx_n yet_o these_o be_v but_o general_a notion_n and_o tell_v we_o not_o as_o to_o a_o distinct_a formal_a conception_n what_o it_o be_v and_o you_o shall_v see_v that_o the_o bold_a disputer_n know_v no_o more_o alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr l._n 3._o disp_n 19_o p._n 77._o tell_v you_o that_o there_o be_v these_o several_a opinion_n of_o it_o what_o be_v the_o previous_a motion_n by_o which_o god_n move_v and_o appli_v second_o cause_n to_o operate_v i._o some_o thomist_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o quality_n not_o permanent_a but_o by_o way_n of_o transient_a disposition_n with_o operation_n cabrera_n 3._o p._n q._n 18._o be_v 4._o dub_v 1._o conc._n 4._o n._n 58._o for_o it_o must_v be_v some_o virtus_n and_o that_o must_v be_v a_o quality_n imperfect_a supernatural_a act_n as_o attrition_n fear_v of_o hell_n etc._n etc._n be_v before_o habit_n and_o have_v only_o such_o transient_a virtue_n or_o quality_n etc._n etc._n ii_o other_o hold_v contrary_o that_o god_n motion_n be_v nothing_o beside_o his_o own_o will_n or_o essence_n and_o man_n act_n be_v simultaneous_a their_o reason_n i_o omit_v etc._n omit_v omit_v omit_v so_o bradwardine_n and_o many_o other_o and_o this_o will_v cut_v short_a most_o of_o our_o present_a controversy_n if_o it_o will_v hold_v dr._n twisse_n say_v vind._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 2._o crim._n 3._o c._n 15._o §._o 9_o p._n 348._o probabile_fw-la esse_fw-la nullam_fw-la motionem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la recipi_fw-la in_o voluntatem_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la velit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la creaturae_fw-la velle_fw-la aliquid_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la velit_fw-la ratio_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la solutionem_fw-la mihi_fw-la expediat_fw-la arminianus_n aliquis_fw-la sola_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la factum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la mundus_fw-la crearetur_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la influxus_fw-la dei_fw-la potest_fw-la fingi_fw-la praecedaneus_fw-la qui_fw-la occuparetur_fw-la circa_fw-la nihilum_fw-la etc._n etc._n iii_o other_o hold_v that_o god_n previous_a motion_n be_v somewhat_o receive_v in_o second_o cause_n in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o they_o operate_v and_o when_o they_o be_v ask_v what_o it_o be_v they_o say_v it_o be_v real_o the_o very_a operation_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n e._n g._n man_n itself_o as_o it_o proceed_v from_o god_n and_o so_o that_o god_n premotion_n and_o predetermination_n of_o our_o will_n be_v not_o real_o distinct_a from_o the_o actual_a determination_n by_o which_o the_o will_n determine_v itself_o but_o be_v the_o same_o the_o same_o act_n be_v of_o god_n and_o man_n so_o that_o they_o
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 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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 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he_o fall_v be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v or_o receive_v and_o that_o no_o prepare_a soul_n have_v such_o sufficient_a grace_n to_o believe_v that_o yet_o believe_v not_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o be_v past_o our_o reach_n to_o know_v §_o 3._o this_o sufficient_a grace_n consist_v in_o a_o power_n to_o the_o act_n when_o the_o indisposition_n of_o the_o natural_a power_n be_v so_o far_o alter_v or_o repress_v as_o that_o by_o the_o mean_n and_o help_v vouchsafe_v by_o god_n the_o act_n be_v moral_o possible_a to_o be_v do_v for_o he_o that_o true_o can_v do_v it_o all_o thing_n consider_v be_v well_o say_v to_o have_v such_o necessary_a grace_n §_o 4._o but_o god_n of_o his_o bounty_n usual_o give_v man_n more_o than_o such_o a_o mere_a moral_a possibility_n by_o many_o additional_a help_n and_o urgency_n to_o the_o act_n which_o i_o mention_v before_o §_o 5._o but_o by_o sufficient_a be_v not_o mean_v as_o much_o as_o be_v useful_a yea_o or_o needful_a to_o the_o ascertain_v of_o the_o 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
by_o the_o effect_n it_o must_v be_v describe_v efficacy_n be_v aptitudinal_n which_o be_v the_o force_n and_o fitness_n of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o actual_a which_o be_v efficienty_n itself_o §_o 7._o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n be_v 1._o in_o god_n 2._o in_o the_o mean_n and_o 1._o in_o god_n absolute_a power_n 2._o in_o his_o ordinate_a power_n §_o 8._o 1._o god_n absolute_a power_n be_v omnipotency_n or_o infinite_a and_o therefore_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a to_o make_v a_o world_n before_o it_o be_v make_v §_o 9_o 2._o god_n ordinate_a power_n be_v the_o same_o essential_a omnipotency_n denominate_v from_o the_o connotation_n of_o those_o effect_n which_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o produce_v according_a to_o the_o limit_a aptitude_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o mean_n or_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_a or_o at_o least_o as_o limit_v in_o the_o effect_n by_o his_o mere_a free_a will_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o respect_n though_o still_o god_n power_n in_o itself_o be_v omnipotency_n yet_o in_o the_o limit_a way_n of_o operation_n it_o be_v various_a 1._o as_o god_n will_v quoad_fw-la terminos_fw-la be_v various_a 2._o and_o as_o the_o mean_n be_v various_a 3._o and_o as_o the_o receiver_n capacity_n be_v various_a to_o one_o the_o same_o operation_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o mediorum_fw-la though_o not_o from_o the_o same_o decree_n be_v abundant_o efficacious_a and_o to_o another_o not_z §_o 11._o and_o thus_o god_n so_o limit_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v effectual_a sometime_o on_o a_o condition_n to_o be_v free_o perform_v by_o man_n receive_v it_o even_o by_o a_o former_a help_n and_o not_o absolute_o §_o 12._o therefore_o all_o that_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a be_v not_o actual_o efficient_a of_o every_o effect_n to_o which_o it_o be_v thus_o apt_a §_o 13._o the_o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n of_o the_o mean_n be_v of_o god_n fall_v in_o with_o his_o ordinate_a power_n herein_o and_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n §_o 14._o the_o effect_n in_o respect_n to_o which_o grace_n be_v call_v efficacious_a be_v 1._o the_o giving_z of_o the_o mean_n themselves_o 2._o the_o first_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n 3._o the_o alter_n of_o the_o soul_n disposition_n 4._o the_o production_n of_o the_o act_n 5._o and_o of_o the_o habit._n and_o it_o must_v be_v some_o of_o these_o effect_n which_o be_v call_v efficacious_a or_o inefficacious_a to_o other_o so_o that_o by_o that_o time_n the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n be_v true_o open_v this_o which_o dr._n twisse_n say_v arminius_n dare_v never_o speak_v out_o his_o opinion_n of_o and_o which_o he_o and_o other_o make_v to_o be_v the_o very_a heart_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n perhaps_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v nothing_o §_o 15._o for_o what_o be_v that_o grace_n who_o efficacy_n you_o inquire_v of_o ●_o be_v it_o gratia_n operans_fw-la or_o operata_fw-la the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o the_o effect_n if_o it_o be_v god_n gratia_n operans_fw-la it_o be_v either_o the_o prime_a cause_n or_o the_o second_o cause_n if_o it_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n it_o be_v god_n essence_n only_o even_o his_o essential_a power_n ●●ch_a vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n ●●●●_o 19_o disp_n 8c_fw-la p._n 5●●●●●_n voluntas_fw-la libera_fw-la de●_n ●●●●_o essentia_fw-la divina_fw-la significata_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la actus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la &_o affectus_fw-la eliciti_fw-la cum_fw-la revera_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la substantia_fw-la dei_fw-la includit_fw-la tamen_fw-la habitudinem_fw-la etiam_fw-la qúandam_fw-la rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la futuras_fw-la quae_fw-la liber●_n deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la sient_fw-la etiam_fw-la res_fw-la libere_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la haec_fw-la relatio_fw-la consurgat_fw-la ex_fw-la fundamentis_fw-la non_fw-la necessary_n ●●●●_o ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la &_o object_n futuri●_n ipsa_fw-la etiam_fw-la habitud●●●●●re_fw-la deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la non_fw-la intrinsicè_fw-la sed_fw-la extrinsec●_n solum_fw-la denomination●_n quam_fw-la deo_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o non_fw-la conve●ire_n ●on_v est_fw-la absurdum_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la velle_fw-la liberam_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la includat_fw-la essentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la tali_fw-la respect_n ●ti-●●s●_a libera_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o poss●●_n d●o_n adesse_fw-la &_o abesse_fw-la ni●il_fw-la sequitur_fw-la absurdi_fw-la quod_fw-la divina_fw-la simplicitati_fw-la &_o immutabilitati_fw-la repug●et_fw-la this_o little_a be_v all_o that_o they_o can_v tell_v we_o what_o god_n free_a volition_n of_o extrinsic_a effect_n be_v and_o can_v you_o tell_v we_o any_o more_o bradwardine_n deny_v in_o god_n any_o executive_a power_n beside_o mere_a volition_n though_o he_o call_v he_o o●●nipotent_a antecedent_o to_o his_o self-knowledge_n and_o volition_n do_v make_v grace_n ●x_v part_n d●●_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o his_o will_n that_o we_o shall_v do_v the_o act_n and_o be_v such_o and_o ●●ch_a intellect_n and_o will_n and_o be_v that_o the_o question_n wherein_o consist_v the_o efficacy_n of_o god_n essence_n why_o it_o consist_v in_o itself_o if_o you_o mean_v aptitudinal_a efficacy_n it_o be_v god_n essential_a virtue_n if_o you_o mean_v actual_a efficiency_n that_o speak_v the_o effect_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o so_o that_o about_o god_n essential_a efficacy_n there_o be_v no_o controversy_n §_o 16._o but_o if_o you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v his_o potentia_fw-la quà_fw-la ordinata_fw-la and_o not_o quà_fw-la essentialis_fw-la vel_fw-la absoluta_fw-la that_o you_o inquire_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o remember_v that_o the_o word_n ordinata_fw-la or_o limit_v signify_v no_o alteration_n in_o god_n power_n at_o all_o but_o only_o a_o effect_n which_o as_o limit_v and_o ordinate_a from_o whence_o the_o power_n cause_v it_o be_v extrinsecal_o so_o name_v god_n essential_a power_n be_v never_o limit_v but_o infinite_a and_o to_o be_v ordinate_a be_v but_o to_o have_v ordinate_a effect_n so_o that_o still_o either_o the_o controversy_n must_v be_v of_o god_n essence_n which_o be_v past_a controversy_n or_o of_o some_o second_o cause_n or_o some_o mere_a effect_n §_o 17._o and_o if_o you_o transferr_v the_o question_n to_o the_o efficacy_n of_o second_o cause_n 1._o you_o will_v deny_v yourselves_o that_o mean_n and_o second_o cause_n have_v any_o power_n but_o from_o god_n 2._o and_o that_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o those_o cause_n be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o ascertain_v of_o the_o effect_n because_o they_o cause_v most_o morally●_n and_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o accu●ations_n against_o the_o a●minians_n right_a or_o wrong_n that_o they_o lay_v all_o on_o moral_a suasion_n or_o causality_n 3._o and_o second_o cause_n be_v so_o numerous_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o that_o we_o be_v uncapable_a of_o judge_v well_o of_o their_o efficacy_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v i_o think_v agree_v between_o you_o that_o the_o force_n of_o mean_n or_o second_o cause_n in_o conversion_n be_v not_o such_o as_o necessitate_v the_o will_n or_o if_o some_o of_o the_o schoolman_n and_o jesuit_n which_o with_o their_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la do_v join_v gratiam_fw-la per_fw-la congruitatem_fw-la mediorum_fw-la efficacem_fw-la do_v make_v this_o efficacy_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o effect_n yet_o they_o deny_v it_o to_o cause_n necessary_o at_o least_o always_o when_o the_o effect_n follow_v and_o what_o if_o we_o add_v that_o object_n effect_v not_o as_o such_o and_o therefore_o this_o question_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la must_v extend_v to_o some_o second_o effective_a agent_n and_o not_o only_o to_o object_n as_o such_o nor_o to_o those_o that_o preach_v present_a and_o offer_v object_n as_o such_o and_o what_o that_o agent_n cause_o must_v be_v under_o god_n by_o that_o time_n you_o be_v agree_v you_o will_v find_v that_o they_o be_v new_a controversy_n that_o will_v there_o rise_v up_o before_o you_o and_o yet_o i_o think_v that_o if_o we_o will_v needs_o wrangle_v about_o the_o efficaciousness_n of_o any_o cause_n forego_v the_o first_o effect_n itself_o on_o the_o soul_n it_o must_v be_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o some_o or_o all_o these_o second_o cause_n or_o we_o must_v question_v whether_o god_n be_v god_n for_o i_o can_v find_v nothing_o else_o to_o question_v §_o 18._o it_o remain_v then_o that_o the_o question_n wherein_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n consist_v must_v be_v mean_v of_o gratia_n operata_fw-la even_o of_o the_o effect_n itself_o and_o then_o either_o you_o mean_v that_o this_o effect_n be_v efficacious_a to_o itself_o or_o to_o something_o else_o the_o first_o be_v such_o a_o contradiction_n as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o you_o shall_v think_v that_o a_o effect_n be_v its_o own_o cause_n and_o ask_v how_o do_v faith_n e._n g._n cause_n itself_o therefore_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v but_o only_o to_o question_v how_o the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o its_o conversion_n be_v efficacious_a of_o the_o second_o §_o 19_o and_o here_o 1
say_v be_v not_o will_v by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o §_o 33._o so_o far_o as_o god_n cause_v not_o sin_n he_o will_v it_o not_o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o he_o love_v and_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o glory_n abuse_v god_n moliness_n and_o be_v confute_v before_o par._n 1._o §_o 34._o how_o god_n overrule_v sinner_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o sin_n and_o procure_v his_o own_o end_n not_o by_o the_o mean_n or_o causality_n but_o occasion_n of_o it_o i_o have_v so_o large_o there_o open_v that_o i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n thither_o sect_n xx._n how_o far_o god_n and_o how_o far_o man_n himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o hell_n and_o other_o punishment_n though_o somewhat_o be_v say_v of_o this_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o second_o wicked_a jo._n major_a in_o 4._o scent_n d._n 50._o fol._n 289._o q._n 1._o inquit_fw-la concl_n 3._o sive_fw-la actus_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la dicantur_fw-la mali_fw-la culp●_n vel_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la patientur_fw-la aliquam_fw-la poenam_fw-la inflictam_fw-la ratione_fw-la illorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la merendi_fw-la &_o demerendi_fw-la sed_fw-la addit_fw-la signanter_n de_fw-fr poena_fw-la inflicta_fw-la loquor_fw-la quae_fw-la à_fw-la culpa_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la est_fw-la reordinativa_fw-la per_fw-la cruciatum_fw-la de_fw-fr poena_fw-la enim_fw-la acta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la possibile_fw-la dare_v culpam_fw-la quin_fw-la svam_fw-la poenam_fw-la habeat_fw-la annexam_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la idem_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la se_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scilicet_fw-la peccandi_fw-la continuatio_fw-la est_fw-la poenae_fw-la &_o miseriae_fw-la continuatio_fw-la nec_fw-la mihi_fw-la probabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la demerendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessat_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la praemium_fw-la quidem_fw-la mereri_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la at_o quare_fw-la non_fw-la poenam_fw-la commereri_fw-la sunt_fw-la putandi_fw-la nun_n adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la subditi_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la daemon_n &_o sub_fw-la quadam_fw-la lege_fw-la ide●que_fw-la peccandi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la capaces_fw-la &_o nun_n omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la meretur_fw-la poenam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la scilicet_fw-la joh._n majoris_fw-la ibid._n conclus_fw-la 1._o est_fw-la damnati_fw-la habent_fw-la multos_fw-la malos_fw-la actus_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la libere_fw-la an_fw-mi op●abilius_fw-la sit_fw-la damnàtum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la vide_fw-la quae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la ubi_fw-la concludit_fw-la itaque_fw-la tenco_n si_fw-la daretur_fw-la viro_fw-la optio_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o perpetua_fw-la flamma_fw-la quod_fw-la licitè_fw-fr posset_n vel_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la eligendum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nam_fw-la minus_fw-la malum_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la see_v aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 31._o a._n 2._o pag._n 301._o show_v ten_o way_n how_o one_o sin_n cause_v another_o and_o so_o multipli_v and_o continue_v itself_o in_o the_o wicked_a part_n i_o think_v meet_v to_o say_v more_o here_o because_o i_o find_v that_o the_o not_o understand_v it_o do_v tempt_v many_o to_o unbelief_n and_o other_o to_o hard_a repine_v disaffect_v atheistical_a thought_n of_o god_n §_o 1._o again_o here_o consider_v that_o god_n make_v man_n such_o as_o he_o be_v in_o nature_n before_o either_o law_n or_o sin_n or_o punishment_n have_v any_o be_v so_o that_o if_o you_o can_v but_o forgive_v god_n for_o make_v you_o man_n that_o be_v rational_a free-agent_n you_o can_v have_v no_o fair_a pretence_n of_o quarrel_n with_o he_o as_o will_v appear_v by_o these_o consideration_n follow_v §_o 2._o man_n body_n and_o sensitive_a soul_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o that_o thing_n inconvenient_a will_v be_v his_o pain_n he_o that_o will_v take_v poison_n shall_v be_v gripe_v and_o torment_v by_o it_o 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that_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a operate_v on_o the_o low_a and_o more_o ignoble_a and_o in_o that_o sense_n we_o may_v conceive_v that_o some_o creature_n be_v first_o from_o god_n or_o near_a to_o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o high_a nature_n and_o use_n and_o so_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o it_o be_v like_a that_o in_o the_o creation_n god_n make_v one_o nature_n existent_a e._n g._n the_o high_a intellectual_a as_o more_o excellent_a powerful_a pregnant_a active_a and_o perfect_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o wonderful_a diversity_n some_o one_o that_o be_v best_o and_o above_o the_o rest_n §_o 22._o 5._o i_o grant_v that_o it_o sound_v probable_o that_o the_o first_o and_o noble_a nature_n in_o specie_fw-la shall_v be_v find_v but_o in_o one_o individual_a but_o of_o this_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o certainty_n to_o we_o mortal_n viz._n whether_o from_o one_o god_n first_o flow_v one_o perfect_a create_v intelligence_n of_o spirit_n or_o 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reveal_v they_o and_o therefore_o must_v confess_v our_o ignorance_n §_o 23._o 6._o we_o grant_v that_o all_o god_n work_n have_v some_o union_n concord_n and_o harmony_n among_o themselves_o which_o yet_o consist_v with_o numerical_a diversity_n and_o though_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n walk_v about_o with_o body_n that_o touch_v not_o one_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorant_a conceive_v of_o they_o as_o total_o incoherent_a and_o think_v that_o though_o pear_n apple_n and_o other_o fruit_n on_o the_o tree_n and_o tree_n in_o the_o earth_n be_v both_o many_o and_o divert_v and_o yet_o part_n of_o one_o tree_n and_o of_o one_o earth_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o animal_n because_o the_o union_n of_o spiritual_a being_n in_o invisible_a yet_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o animal_n have_v no_o dependent_a coherence_n with_o noblet_n supriour_a spirit_n though_o because_o we_o know_v of_o no_o nature_n above_o the_o intellectual_a it_o be_v utter_o uncertain_a to_o we_o whether_o humane_a soul_n depend_v on_o any_o proper_a superior_a cause_n of_o their_o be_v but_o god_n alone_o immediate_o for_o god_n cause_v the_o high_a nature_n without_o any_o mediate_a second_o cause_n though_o as_o to_o order_n and_o help_n of_o action_n and_o well_o be_v they_o may_v depend_v on_o other_o as_o the_o several_a wheel_n or_o part_n of_o the_o same_o watch_n or_o clock_n or_o as_o the_o sheep_n upon_o the_o shepherd_n §_o 24._o augustine_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la be_v put_v to_o it_o whether_o he_o will_v hold_v 1._o that_o soul_n be_v many_o and_o not_o one_o 2._o or_o one_o and_o not_o many_o 3._o on_o both_o one_o and_o many_o the_o two_o first_o he_o reject_v the_o last_o he_o confess_v hard_a to_o defend_v but_o seem_v most_o incline_v to_o but_o what_o union_n he_o mean_v be_v hard_o to_o conjecture_v whether_o that_o they_o be_v all_o the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o one_o universal_a or_o one_o great_a soul_n if_o soul_n may_v be_v 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this_o universal_a intelligence_n be_v any_o constitutive_a cause_n or_o part_n of_o each_o creature_n for_o as_o god_n cause_v they_o by_o creative_a emanation_n and_o not_o as_o a_o constitutive_a part_n of_o they_o so_o we_o shall_v rather_o hold_v that_o under_o god_n by_o a_o power_n of_o produce_v entity_n receive_v from_o he_o this_o universal_a spirit_n do_v the_o same_o in_o a_o subordinate_a second_o place_n §_o 26._o but_o his_o opinion_n which_o i_o be_o now_o most_o concern_v to_o renounce_v be_v those_o about_o god_n moral_a government_n his_o law_n justice_n our_o freewill_n sin_n guilt_n and_o god_n redemption_n judgement_n and_o punishment_n of_o man_n all_o which_o i_o think_v he_o much_o subvert_v §_o 27._o and_o i._o i_o take_v the_o root_n of_o his_o error_n to_o be_v
first_o give_v all_o creature_n what_o they_o have_v and_o next_o fail_v they_o and_o leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n as_o the_o sun_n set_v and_o then_o rise_v again_o revolve_v all_o thing_n into_o his_o original_a pure_a spirituality_n like_o the_o revolution_n of_o day_n and_o night_n summer_n and_o winter_n it_o be_v sure_a another_o thing_n than_o the_o scripture_n describe_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o noble_a part_n of_o that_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a government_n which_o some_o despise_v §_o 37._o ix_o but_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o we_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o almighty_a father_n be_v the_o glorious_a creator_n motor_n and_o life_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n the_o glorious_a ordinator_n rector_n and_o redeemer_n so_o the_o eternal_a love_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o final_a perfect_a of_o believer_n even_o of_o god_n elect_n and_o that_o this_o sanctification_n and_o proficiency_n be_v by_o more_o than_o moral_a sapiential_a regiment_n even_o by_o the_o real_a shed_n abroad_o god_n love_n upon_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o a_o quicken_a illuminate_a felicitate_v communication_n of_o divine_a life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n which_o yet_o make_v not_o the_o sapiential_a regiment_n vain_a §_o 38._o and_o as_o to_o freewill_n i_o further_o say_v that_o we_o be_v far_o from_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o be_v above_o god_n or_o independent_a and_o as_o a_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o god_n be_v any_o way_n a_o defective_a or_o idle_a as_o they_o call_v it_o spectator_n of_o man_n sin_n or_o free_a act_n but_o that_o this_o rank_n and_o state_n of_o free_a agent_n be_v god_n own_o wisely-chosen_a work_n in_o which_o he_o be_v delight_v and_o that_o he_o do_v true_o attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 39_o therefore_o as_o mr._n sterry_n magnify_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a as_o design_v and_o necessitate_v by_o god_n so_o we_o first_o admire_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o natural_a and_o free_a agent_n and_o their_o work_n which_o must_v not_o be_v dishonour_v and_o leave_v out_o §_o 40._o and_o more_o than_o so_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o god_n work_n be_v perfect_a it_o be_v their_o perfection_n to_o be_v suit_v to_o his_o own_o will_n and_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o mr._n sterry_n dr._n twisse_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o whether_o god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n or_o they_o be_v perfect_a for_o we_o say_v that_o though_o man_n sin_n be_v find_v upon_o god_n work_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v none_o of_o his_o work_n nor_o any_o mean_n proper_o so_o call_v of_o please_a or_o glorify_v he_o nor_o at_o all_o will_v or_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o hate_v and_o punish_v yet_o he_o lose_v none_o of_o his_o complacency_n or_o glory_n by_o it_o but_o notwithstanding_o its_o malignity_n shine_v glorious_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o his_o work_n §_o 41._o yea_o more_o we_o say_v that_o man_n sin_n under_o his_o dispose_v power_n and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v use_n of_o their_o evil_n unto_o good_a and_o sin_n shall_v become_v a_o occasion_n of_o that_o glory_n to_o god_n as_o sickness_n to_o the_o physician_n of_o which_o it_o be_v no_o cause_n or_o proper_a mean_n nor_o of_o itself_o cond●ceth_v thereunto_o yea_o and_o that_o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n how_o sinful_a soever_o be_v do_v but_o by_o god_n causation_n as_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o prime_a motor_n yea_o more_o that_o all_o the_o effect_n and_o consequent_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o sin_v itself_o be_v under_o the_o causal_a government_n and_o disposal_n of_o god_n who_o will_v attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 42._o therefore_o we_o differ_v but_o in_o this_o whether_o god_n get_v not_o all_o that_o glory_n which_o mr._n st._n florid_o describe_v notwithstanding_o sin_n or_o on_o supposition_n of_o it_o as_o bare_o permit_v negative_o but_o with_o a_o decree_n or_o volition_n of_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n occasion_v by_o it_o rather_o than_o by_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o will_v design_a effect_n of_o his_o own_o necessitate_v negation_n and_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v of_o his_o determine_a premotion_n whether_o man_v permit_v sin_n be_v any_o of_o god_n work_n and_o whether_o god_n glory_n be_v not_o rather_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o also_o by_o occasion_n of_o it_o suppose_v to_o be_v man_n work_n only_o and_o by_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n cause_v by_o god_n than_o by_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o mean_n conducible_a or_o a_o cause_n §_o 43._o for_o we_o deny_v not_o that_o god_n can_v have_v prevent_v all_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v so_o resolve_v and_o yet_o we_o believe_v not_o that_o such_o a_o permission_n be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n or_o privation_n as_o mr._n sterry_n will_v persuade_v we_o to_o make_v a_o creature_n no_o better_o than_o such_o as_o can_v do_v good_a if_o he_o will_v and_o can_v be_v willing_a with_o a_o decree_n to_o make_v many_o willing_a be_v much_o different_a from_o make_v the_o creature_n bad_a and_o then_o condemn_v he_o to_o hell_n for_o be_v so_o as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n yet_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o divine_a light_n will_v short_o give_v we_o all_o a_o full_a discovery_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v vindicate_v the_o wisdom_n goodness_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o his_o government_n of_o man_n than_o yet_o the_o wise_a mortal_n have_v §_o 44._o either_o you_o suppose_v that_o god_n do_v all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v or_o not_o if_o yea_o than_o you_o suppose_v that_o he_o can_v nor_o ever_o can_v make_v any_o one_o creature_n worm_n or_o grass_n more_o or_o less_o great_a or_o small_a soon_o or_o late_a or_o otherwise_o than_o he_o do_v which_o few_o will_v believe_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n but_o through_o perfection_n of_o wisdom_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n that_o he_o do_v no_o more_o but_o if_o god_n can_v make_v one_o creature_n more_o or_o one_o motion_n more_o and_o yet_o do_v not_o i_o ask_v whether_o you_o dare_v call_v that_o non-agency_a by_o the_o name_n of_o idleness_n or_o deficiency_n if_o not_o why_o shall_v the_o non-causation_a of_o sinful_a volition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la or_o the_o leave_v freewill_n to_o its_o own_o determination_n be_v so_o call_v not_o to_o make_v more_o creature_n or_o more_o physical_a motion_n or_o not_o to_o give_v more_o grace_n and_o glory_n be_v as_o much_o a_o non-agency_a as_o not_o to_o determine_v a_o sin_v will._n §_o 45._o as_o to_o all_o mr._n sterry_n reason_n against_o freewill_n they_o be_v so_o rhetorical_o rather_o than_o logical_o deliver_v that_o i_o think_v it_o not_o meet_v to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o further_a answer_n of_o they_o or_o to_o suppose_v they_o to_o have_v any_o more_o strength_n than_o those_o that_o other_o man_n plain_o have_v deliver_v §_o 46._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o repeat_v profession_n that_o i_o be_o full_o satisfy_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o grace_n and_o nature_n and_o predestination_n and_o redemption_n as_o they_o stand_v between_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o the_o arminian_o be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n than_o i_o have_v oft_o express_v in_o this_o book_n nor_o worthy_a any_o of_o that_o stir_n and_o contention_n which_o man_n that_o sufficient_o difference_n not_o word_n method_n and_o matter_n have_v make_v to_o the_o mischievous_a injury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o true_a life_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a difficulty_n be_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o defender_n of_o necessary_a predetermination_n and_o of_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o what_o freewill_n sinner_n have_v leave_v but_o whether_o ever_o in_o angel_n or_o innocent_a man_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o will_n that_o can_v and_o ever_o do_v determine_v itself_o to_o a_o volition_n or_o nolition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la without_o the_o predetermine_a efficient_a necessitate_v premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n or_o as_o hobbes_n speak_v whether_o ever_o a_o create_a will_n do_v act_n without_o a_o necessitating_a premotion_n and_o whether_o to_o will_n and_o to_o will_v free_o be_v all_o one_o and_o whether_o the_o will_v except_o as_o to_o the_o kind_n of_o action_n be_v not_o as_o much_o necessitate_v to_o will_n or_o not_o will_n as_o my_o pen_n to_o write_v or_o not_o write_v be_v we_o call_v not_o its_o act_n contingent_a or_o free_a either_o because_o they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v volition_n or_o though_o ignorance_n because_o we_o see_v not_o the_o move_a cause_n §_o 47._o and_o if_o
what_o man_n can_v do_v further_o open_v p._n 114._o crim._n 3_o hold_v free_a will_n to_o good_a p._n 121._o a_o manifold_a liberty_n evince_v by_o many_o question_n p._n 122._o whether_o any_o that_o use_v it_o not_o have_v liberty_n to_o believe_v p._n 124_o 125._o crim._n 4._o that_o man_n be_v not_o dead_a in_o sin_n p._n 125._o crim._n 5._o that_o man_n be_v not_o mere_o passive_a in_o his_o first_o conversion_n p._n 126._o crim_n 6._o none_o damn_v for_o adam_n sin_n only_o p._n 128._o the_o seven_o day_n conference_n of_o sufficient_a and_o effectual_a grace_n crim._n 1_o of_o the_o armin._n deny_v sufficient_a grace_n they_o damn_v man_n for_o mere_a impossibility_n p._n 130._o have_v adam_n sufficient_a grace_n p._n 132._o of_o the_o 13_o artic._n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 133._o how_o god_n will_v man_n salvation_n p._n 134._o crim._n 2._o make_v grace_n unresistible_a p._n 136._o how_o far_o they_o do_v so_o the_o eight_o day_n conference_n crim._n 1_o of_o the_o calv._n they_o assert_v universal_a sufficient_a grace_n p._n 139._o query_n evince_v common_a grace_n p._n 139._o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o error_n that_o deny_v it_o p._n 141._o do_v this_o satisfy_v while_o god_n that_o can_v save_v man_n will_v not_o p._n 143._o what_o grace_n and_o what_o sufficient_a grace_n be_v p._n 145._o whether_o the_o same_o measure_n of_o grace_n call_v mere_o sufficient_a be_v ever_o effectual_a p._n 148._o what_o the_o grace_n in_o that_o question_n be_v whether_o a_o vis_fw-la impressa_fw-la of_o determination_n by_o god_n and_o by_o the_o intellect_n p._n 151_o 152_o 153._o crim._n 2._o by_o grace_n they_o mean_v nature_n as_o pelagius_n p._n 156._o what_o nature_n be_v grace_n how_o far_o supernatural_a p._n 158._o crim._n 3_o make_v grace_n but_o a_o moral_a suasion_n p._n 160._o physical_a operation_n what_o p._n 162._o crim._n 4._o they_o hold_v faith_n to_o be_v acquire_v and_o not_o infuse_v p._n 162._o what_o acquire_v and_o infuse_v mean_n p._n 163._o dr._n twisse_n about_o this_o note_a p._n 167_o etc._n etc._n crim._n 5._o they_o hold_v grace_n give_v according_a to_o work_n or_o preparation_n p._n 169._o crim._n 6._o they_o make_v the_o will_v to_o have_v no_o sin_n or_o grace_n p._n 171._o crim._n 7._o they_o make_v grace_n resistible_a p._n 172._o the_o case_n further_o open_v p._n 173_o 174_o etc._n etc._n be_v there_o any_o universal_a second_o cause_n of_o grace_n under_o god_n as_o the_o sun_n in_o nature_n which_o work_v resistible_o and_o god_n by_o it_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la p._n 177._o christ_n how_o far_o such_o ib._n crim._n 8._o they_o make_v man_n will_n to_o make_v himself_o to_o differ_v etc._n etc._n p._n 180._o what_o differ_v be_v what_o the_o cause_n as_o to_o believe_v ib._n how_o far_o god_n work_v by_o universal_a grace_n p._n 185._o who_o make_v thou_o to_o differ_v open_v p._n 186._o crim._n 9_o man_n will_v make_v god_n grace_n effectual_a and_o not_o god_n p._n 186._o whence_o grace_n be_v effectual_a p._n 189._o difference_v grace_n what_o p._n 192._o it_o not_o all_o the_o question_n of_o the_o divine_a impress_n p._n 193_o 194._o the_o case_n summary_o open_v p._n 196._o the_o nine_o day_n conference_n of_o perseverance_n the_o arm._n crim._n 1_o they_o make_v fear_n and_o care_n to_o be_v folly_n p._n 198._o crim._n 2._o they_o cherish_v all_o sin_n p._n 200._o crim._n 3_o their_o doctrine_n be_v uncomfortable_a on_o pretence_n of_o confute_v p._n 200_o 201._o both_o side_n charge_v each_o other_o thus_o a_o middle_a way_n about_o perseverance_n avoid_v both_o p._n 204._o crim._n 4._o they_o dishonour_n god_n image_n make_v heinous_a sin_n consistent_a with_o it_o p._n 204._o crim._n 5._o immodesty_n and_o singularity_n contradict_v all_o the_o ancient_a church_n p._n 206._o crim._n 6._o contradict_v express_a scripture_n p._n 207._o the_o ten_o day_n conference_n the_o calv._n crimination_n about_o perseverance_n crim._n 1_o they_o overthrow_v the_o comfort_n of_o believer_n that_o deny_v perseverance_n p._n 208._o what_o comfort_n may_v be_v have_v by_o such_o p._n 211._o crim._n 2._o and_o 3._o they_o make_v god_n or_o his_o covenant_n mutable_a p._n 212._o crim._n 4._o they_o deny_v the_o promise_n of_o perseverance_n p._n 213._o crim._n 5._o they_o infer_v a_o second_o regeneration_n p._n 214._o crim._n 6._o they_o go_v against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o augustine_n etc._n etc._n p._n 215._o the_o just_a extenuation_n of_o this_o last_o controversy_n p._n 215._o the_o eleven_o day_n conference_n with_o a_o libertine_n call_v antinomian_n vindicate_v sound_a doctrine_n against_o divers_a accusation_n chap._n 1._o whether_o we_o must_v call_v man_n to_o come_v to_o christ_n without_o preparation_n p._n 220._o chap._n 2._o of_o deny_v our_o own_o righteousness_n p._n 223._o personal_a righteousness_n necessary_a p._n 224._o of_o reward_n and_o worthiness_n or_o merit_n p._n 225._o the_o truth_n large_o open_v about_o merit_n and_o reward_n p._n 230._o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 232_o etc._n etc._n ch._n 3._o whether_o our_o own_o righteousness_n conduce_v to_o our_o justification_n or_o we_o be_v any_o way_n justify_v by_o it_o p._n 238._o ch._n 4._o whether_o the_o gospel_n be_v a_o law_n of_o christ_n p._n 243._o ch._n 5._o whether_o christ_n and_o not_o we_o be_v the_o only_a party_n in_o covenant_n with_o god_n p._n 245._o ch._n 6._o whether_o the_o new_a covenant_n have_v condition_n p._n 247._o ch._n 7._o whether_o justify_v faith_n be_v a_o believe_v in_o christ_n as_o teacher_n ruler_n etc._n etc._n or_o only_o a_o receive_v his_o righteousness_n p._n 251._o ch._n 8._o of_o faith_n justify_v instrumental_o p._n 251._o ch._n 9_o whether_o faith_n itself_o be_v impute_v for_o righteousness_n p._n 252._o ch._n 10._o whether_o it_o be_v a_o change_n in_o god_n to_o justify_v the_o before_o unjustify_v p._n 256._o ch._n 11._o whether_o a_o justify_v man_n shall_v fear_v become_v unjustified_a ibid._n ch._n 12._o of_o man_n power_n to_o believe_v and_o our_o calling_n the_o unregenerate_a to_o duty_n p._n 258._o ch._n 13._o of_o the_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o of_o evidence_n of_o justification_n p._n 261._o the_o conclusion_n the_o twelve_o day_n conference_n with_o a_o learned_a lutherane_n whether_o the_o difference_n among_o christian_n about_o merit_n be_v as_o great_a as_o some_o think_v it_o p._n 263._o some_o protestant_n and_o the_o late_a lecturer_n reason_n against_o merit_n propose_v p._n 265._o and_o the_o case_n open_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n p._n 266_o etc._n etc._n of_o condignity_n p._n 267._o the_o doctrine_n of_o vega_n scotus_n waldensis_n eckius_fw-la marsilius_n bellarmine_n greg._n armin._n durand_n brugens_fw-la cusanus_fw-la stapleton_n bradwardine_n soto_n bonaventure_n st_o clara_n and_o all_o the_o schoolman_n as_o he_o judge_v carthus_n cassander_n p._n 270._o holiness_n and_o glory_n a_o great_a gift_n than_o glory_n without_o holiness_n p._n 271._o aquinas_n judgement_n his_o confusion_n occasion_v by_o his_o opinion_n that_o the_o new_a law_n be_v that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o not_o write_v viz._n the_o spirit_n as_o the_o quaker_n hold_v ib._n vasquez_n deny_v commutative_a justice_n in_o god_n with_o all_o the_o school_n doctor_n 17_o of_o they_o cite_v he_o confute_v it_o even_o as_o to_o christ_n he_o deny_v proper_a distributive_a justice_n also_o in_o god_n cite_v bonavent_n scotus_n durand_n palud_v gabriel_n alexand._n aquin._n etc._n etc._n p._n 272_o etc._n etc._n aquinas_n sense_n in_o carbo_n word_n p._n 275._o many_o schoolman_n deny_v as_o much_o as_o legal_a or_o govern_v justice_n in_o god_n ruiz_n cit_v for_o this_o argent_fw-fr bassol_n suarez_n peasant_n suarez_n say_v god_n promise_n be_v but_o naked_a assertion_n declare_v his_o will._n durand_n that_o promise_n signify_v not_o obligation_n greg._n armin._n that_o the_o crown_n be_v no_o debt_n but_o of_o free_a ordination_n marsil_n that_o god_n be_v no_o debtor_n but_o free_a giver_n scotus_n major_n ricard_n deny_v god_n to_o be_v a_o debtor_n by_o his_o promise_n but_o hold_v that_o merit_n be_v such_o by_o promise_n ruiz_n say_v against_o suarez_n that_o promise_n be_v more_o than_o assertion_n but_o that_o god_n obligation_n be_v to_o himself_o p._n 276._o medina_n against_o merit_v remission_n p._n 277._o against_o preparation_n p._n 277._o contarenus_n judgement_n fisher_n of_o rochester_n p._n 278._o the_o word_n of_o tolet_n p._n 280._o the_o thirteen_o day_n conference_n with_o a_o sectary_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 into_o on_o the_o pretence_n of_o abhor_v and_o avoid_v popery_n p._n 283._o the_o sin_n of_o such_o as_o calumniate_v sound_a teacher_n as_o favour_a popery_n p._n 285._o error_n vend_v by_o some_o protestant_n through_o a_o injudicious_a opposition_n to_o
but_o god_n himself_o 3._o that_o understanding_n and_o will_n be_v not_o univocal_a term_n speak_v of_o god_n and_o of_o man_n nor_o of_o the_o same_o formal_a conception_n and_o 4._o that_o our_o formal_a conception_n of_o understanding_n and_o will_n be_v only_o of_o they_o as_o they_o be_v in_o man_n and_o not_o as_o in_o god_n and_o so_o this_o to_o we_o be_v the_o prius_fw-la significatum_fw-la 5._o and_o therefore_o that_o god_n do_v not_o understand_v or_o will_v in_o our_o sense_n formaliter_fw-la but_o only_o eminenter_fw-la 6._o and_o last_o that_o mortal_n know_v not_o just_a how_o god_n eminent_a intellection_n and_o volition_n differ_v from_o the_o formal_a in_o man._n all_o this_o you_o must_v grant_v i_o or_o be_v singular_a and_o ignorant_a a._n all_o this_o be_v past_a denial_n but_o proceed_v to_o the_o case_n b._n do_v you_o differ_v from_o we_o de_fw-la eventu_fw-la whether_o there_o be_v a_o hell_n or_o yet_o of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o that_o be_v damn_v 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the_o election_n of_o mean_n where_o divers_a be_v offer_v 5._o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o act_n of_o intend_v our_o end_n 6._o in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o mean_n and_o command_v the_o imperate_a faculty_n therein_o xii_o i_o hold_v that_o this_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v of_o three_o sort_n though_o but_o two_o be_v common_o hold_v 1._o contradictionis_fw-la vel_fw-la exercitii_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la nolle_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la nolle_fw-la 2._o contrarietatis_fw-la seu_fw-la specificationis_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la nolle_fw-la hoc_fw-la 3._o competitionis_fw-la vel_fw-la comparationis_fw-la i._n e._n contrarietatis_fw-la seu_fw-la specificationis_fw-la quoad_fw-la objecta_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la nolle_fw-la aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la vel_fw-la hoc_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la illud_fw-la xiii_o out_o of_o all_o these_o freedom_n of_o the_o will_n itself_o result_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o person_n usual_o call_v large_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la or_o free-choice_n which_o be_v 1._o that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v compel_v to_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n against_o his_o will._n 2._o no_o man_n can_v deserve_v reward_n or_o punishment_n of_o god_n against_o his_o will._n 3._o no_o man_n can_v be_v happy_a against_o his_o will_n nor_o unhappy_a unless_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n fourteen_o all_o this_o that_o i_o have_v hitherto_o name_v be_v but_o man_n natural_a liberty_n as_o a_o man_n which_o all_o man_n have_v and_o be_v part_n of_o that_o common_a natural_a image_n of_o god_n which_o difference_v we_o from_o bruit_n and_o be_v mention_v gen._n 9_o 6._o xv._o beside_o this_o there_o be_v a_o political_a or_o civil_a liberty_n according_a to_o which_o no_o man_n or_o angel_n have_v power_n to_o command_v we_o to_o sin_n against_o god_n or_o to_o cast_v away_o our_o innocency_n or_o happiness_n or_o undo_v our_o soul_n xvi_o and_o god_n as_o our_o governor_n
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who_o i_o recite_v to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o singular_a alex._n alens_fw-la 1._o p._n q._n 39_o m._n 1._o scot._n in_o 1._o d._n 46._o q._n 1._o in_o solut_a arg_fw-mi richard_n art_n 1._o qu._n 1._o durand_n q._n 1._o palud_v q._n 1._o art_n 1._o capreol_n in_o 1._o d._n 45._o q._n 1._o art_n 1._o concl._n 14._o &_o art_n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi s._n thom._n 1._o contra_fw-la g._n c._n 39_o &_o ibid._n ferrarian_n hosius_n in_o confess_v polon_n c._n 73._o ruard_n art_n 11._o sot_n 3._o the_o nat_n &_o great_a c._n 7._o &_o 3._o de_fw-fr justit_fw-la q._n 5._o art_n ult_n ad_fw-la 1._o cajet_fw-fr in_o hunc_fw-la art_n joh._n bunder_n in_o compend_v concert_n do_fw-mi 6._o art_n 7._o gabr._fw-la biel_n supplem_fw-la in_o 4._o d._n 49._o q._n 4._o art_n 4._o dub_v 3._o bonavent_n in_o 4._o d._n 46._o art_n 2._o q._n 1._o ad_fw-la 2._o s._n thom._n 1._o 2._o q._n 114._o art_n 1._o conrade_n ibid._n durand_n iterum_fw-la in_o 2._o d._n 27._o q._n 2._o perrar_n count_v gent._n 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