the_o more_o intimate_o it_o adhere_v to_o he_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n towards_o its_o last_o end_n be_v much_o strong_a than_o that_o towards_o the_o mean_n and_o therefore_o the_o adherence_n be_v the_o great_a what_o more_o natural_a than_o for_o a_o rational_a creature_n to_o adhere_v to_o its_o last_o end_n and_o o_o what_o perfection_n arise_v hence_o to_o be_v draw_v by_o god_n as_o our_o last_o end_n be_v to_o be_v draw_v by_o our_o most_o noble_a perfect_a and_o best_a self_n and_o therefore_o this_o speak_v not_o only_a subjection_n but_o bless_a constitution_n and_o perfection_n §_o 3._o have_v sum_v up_o plato_n philosopheme_v of_o the_o last_o end_n propriety_n the_o chief_a good_a its_o propriety_n we_o now_o proceed_v to_o his_o contemplation_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a which_o have_v intimate_v connexion_n therewith_o his_o main_a discourse_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a he_o lay_v down_o in_o his_o philebus_n his_fw-la convivium_fw-la good_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o idea_n of_o good_n and_o de_fw-fr repub._n l._n 26._o c._n 9_o we_o shall_v reduce_v the_o whole_a to_o these_o follow_a propriety_n 1._o plato_n style_v the_o chief_a good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o idea_n of_o all_o good_a so_o in_o his_o philebus_n have_v propose_v this_o question_n wherein_o the_o chief_a good_a consist_v he_o resolve_v it_o into_o the_o idea_n of_o good_n which_o he_o elsewhere_o style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a mean_v the_o chief_a he_o term_v the_o chief_a good_a the_o idea_n of_o all_o good_a 1_o because_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o self-sufficient_a good_a yea_o goodness_n itself_o in_o the_o abstract_n i._n e._n all_o good_a pure_a good_a good_a by_o himself_o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perfect_o good_n the_o chief_a good_a be_v good_a by_o his_o own_o goodness_n and_o not_o by_o any_o participate_v goodness_n whence_o some_o of_o the_o platonist_n style_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d superessential_a goodness_n where_o ever_o be_v the_o chief_a good_a there_o be_v the_o essence_n of_o good_a goodness_n in_o the_o abstract_n and_o the_o chief_a good_a be_v convertible_a you_o can_v find_v the_o one_o but_o you_o will_v find_v the_o other_o also_o whatever_o good_a be_v predicable_a of_o any_o creature_n be_v in_o the_o chief_a good_a in_o the_o abstract_n and_o all_o know_v that_o abstract_n speak_v form_n and_o essence_n so_o that_o the_o chief_a good_n must_v needs_o be_v essential_a goodness_n in_o the_o abstract_n and_o thence_o by_o consequence_n all_o good_a in_o idea_n thus_o basil_n in_o psal_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o self-good_a or_o ideal_o good_a be_v real_o bless_v unto_o which_o all_o look_n and_o which_o all_o desire_n as_o the_o measure_n of_o all_o good_a 2_o plato_n style_v the_o chief_a good_n the_o idea_n of_o good_a because_o he_o be_v both_o the_o prime_n efficient_a and_o exemplar_n of_o all_o good_n 1_o he_n be_v the_o prime_n efficient_a of_o all_o good_a as_o all_o creature_n flow_v from_o and_o reflow_v to_o god_n as_o the_o ocean_n or_o plenitude_n of_o all_o be_v so_o also_o their_o goodness_n participate_v of_o the_o like_a flux_n from_o and_o reflux_n to_o the_o divine_a goodness_n no_o creature_n have_v any_o good_a in_o it_o further_o than_o it_o partake_v of_o the_o chief_a good_a whatever_o you_o possess_v if_o you_o want_v the_o chief_a good_a you_o possess_v nothing_o hence_o 2_o the_o chief_a good_a be_v the_o measure_n of_o all_o good_n every_o thing_n be_v so_o far_o good_a to_o we_o as_o it_o correspond_v with_o and_o refer_v to_o the_o chief_a good_n so_o plato_n repub._n 2._o pag._n 357._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o love_v the_o chief_a good_a for_o its_o own_o sake_n as_o also_o allthing_n else_o that_o flow_n from_o it_o mean_v the_o chief_a good_a be_v the_o only_a measure_n of_o our_o love_n so_o arist._n rhet._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o make_v that_o the_o chief_a good_a which_o be_v choose_v for_o itself_o and_o thence_o the_o measure_n of_o all_o good_a 2._o the_o chief_a good_a according_a to_o plato_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beauty_n 2._o the_o chief_a good_n the_o first_o beauty_n beauty_n itself_o or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o beauty_n so_o in_o his_o conviv_n pag._n 210._o whosoever_o be_v bring_v thus_o far_o to_o contemplate_v thing_n beautiful_a right_o and_o in_o their_o order_n arrive_v to_o the_o end_n of_o thing_n lovely_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v immediate_o contemplate_v that_o wonderful_a native_a beauty_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o which_o we_o have_v hitherto_o undertake_v all_o our_o labour_n wherein_o he_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o may_v not_o fix_v our_o eye_n only_o on_o these_o inferior_a beauty_n but_o by_o they_o as_o by_o so_o many_o ascent_n mount_v up_o to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o first_o supreme_a beauty_n which_o be_v our_o chief_a good_a that_o the_o prime_a beauty_n be_v the_o chief_a good_a will_n be_v most_o evident_a if_o we_o look_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o beauty_n as_o open_v by_o plato_n who_o make_v all_o beauty_n to_o consist_v 1_o in_o symmetry_n and_o proportion_n so_o in_o his_o timaeus_n pag._n 87._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d every_o good_a be_v beautiful_a and_o what_o be_v beautiful_a can_v want_v measure_n order_n or_o proportion_n aquinas_n make_v this_o difference_n between_o bonitie_n and_o beauty_n that_o bonitie_n or_o goodness_n proper_o regard_v the_o will_n but_o beauty_n the_o eye_n and_o understanding_n thence_o beautiful_a colour_n arise_v from_o that_o variety_n and_o convenance_n which_o be_v in_o they_o to_o please_v the_o eye_n that_o symmetry_n be_v essential_a to_o beauty_n timaeus_n tell_v we_o p._n 103._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o principes_fw-la of_o beauty_n be_v symmetry_n or_o proportion_n of_o part_n etc._n etc._n thence_o plato_n leg._n 3_o make_v wisdom_n to_o be_v most_o beautiful_a because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o chief_a of_o symphony_n or_o harmony_n so_o conviv_n pag._n 205._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wisdom_n be_v the_o great_a of_o beauty_n now_o plato_n conviv_n pag._n 211._o say_v the_o chief_a good_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o itself_o with_o itself_o the_o most_o uniform_a and_o simple_a be_v and_o therefore_o most_o beautiful_a again_o be_v wisdom_n most_o beautiful_a because_o most_o concordant_a with_o itself_o and_o be_v not_o god_n the_o chief_a good_a also_o the_o most_o uniform_a wisdom_n the_o proportion_n require_v to_o beauty_n be_v well_o express_v by_o sales_n de_fw-fr l'amour_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr l._n 1._o c._n 1._o union_n say_v he_o establish_v in_o distinction_n make_v order_n order_n breed_v convenance_n agreament_n and_o proportion_n and_o convenance_n in_o thing_n entire_a and_o accomplish_a make_v beauty_n a_o army_n be_v beautiful_a when_o it_o be_v compose_v of_o all_o its_o part_n so_o rank_v together_o in_o their_o order_n that_o their_o distinction_n be_v reduce_v to_o that_o agreament_n which_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v together_o to_o make_v music_n beautiful_a there_o be_v require_v not_o only_o that_o the_o voice_n be_v clear_a and_o well_o distinguish_v but_o also_o that_o they_o be_v conjoin_v in_o such_o sort_n one_o to_o tother_o that_o they_o make_v one_o just_a consonance_n and_o harmony_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o union_n that_o be_v in_o the_o distinction_n and_o the_o distinction_n that_o be_v in_o the_o union_n of_o the_o voice_n which_o may_v deserve_o be_v call_v a_o discordant_a accord_n or_o rather_o a_o accordant_a discord_n hence_o 2_o all_o beauty_n arise_v from_o perfection_n and_o integrity_n of_o part_n those_o thing_n be_v most_o beautiful_a in_o their_o kind_n which_o be_v most_o perfect_a and_o be_v not_o the_o chief_a good_a most_o absolute_o and_o simple_o perfect_a 3_o the_o last_o and_o main_a cause_n of_o beauty_n be_v splendour_n light_n and_o claritie_n thence_o beauty_n be_v define_v by_o plato_n the_o fulgour_fw-la and_o lustre_n of_o good_n splendour_n and_o brightness_n be_v essential_a to_o beauty_n to_o the_o end_n that_o it_o may_v be_v visible_a or_o intelligible_a obscurity_n shadow_n and_o darkness_n be_v deform_v and_o render_v allthing_n deformable_a because_o nothing_o in_o they_o be_v visible_a or_o intelligible_a neither_o order_n nor_o distinction_n nor_o union_n nor_o convenance_n so_o job_n 10.22_o in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o grave_n he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o land_n of_o darkness_n as_o darkness_n itself_o and_o of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n without_o any_o order_n and_o where_o the_o light_n be_v as_o darkness_n i.e._n there_o be_v no_o light_n therefore_o no_o order_n and_o beauty_n light_n give_v life_n to_o brightness_n which_o be_v but_o a_o dead_a inutile_fw-la
word_n or_o second_o person_n in_o the_o trinity_n who_o make_v allthing_n as_o john_n 1_o 14_a and_o whereof_o the_o platoniste_n in_o the_o school_n of_o alexandria_n who_o succeed_v ammonius_n have_v great_a notice_n as_o before_o in_o the_o platonic_a trinity_n c._n 6._o §_o 4._o 3._o but_o yet_o the_o immediate_a efficience_n of_o divine_a providence_n be_v in_o a_o more_o peculiar_a manner_n both_o by_o sacred_a and_o platonic_a philosophy_n providence_n the_o spirit_n the_o immediate_a efficient_a of_o providence_n ascribe_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o the_o clear_n whereof_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o albeit_o all_o divine_a operation_n be_v usual_o ascribe_v to_o god_n absolute_o because_o the_o same_o divine_a nature_n be_v the_o individed_a principe_fw-la of_o all_o yet_o sithat_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o subsist_v there_o be_v some_o distinction_n relation_n and_o order_n between_o the_o three_o person_n hence_o the_o divine_a operation_n be_v in_o sacred_a philosophy_n distinct_o assign_v to_o each_o person_n and_o eminent_o to_o some_o one_o and_o in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o order_n of_o operation_n among_o the_o distinct_a person_n depend_v on_o the_o order_n of_o their_o subsistence_n thence_o the_o conclusive_a and_o perfective_a efficience_n in_o all_o the_o great_a divine_a operation_n be_v assign_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o peculiar_a to_o he_o according_a to_o the_o mode_n of_o his_o subsistence_n in_o the_o trinity_n thus_o in_o the_o creation_n the_o completive_a and_o perfective_a efficience_n of_o allthing_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o spirit_n so_o in_o the_o fomentation_n and_o formation_n of_o allthing_n out_o of_o the_o rude_a chaos_n it_o be_v say_v gen._n 1.2_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n i_o e._n in_o order_n to_o the_o eduction_n and_o efformation_n of_o allthing_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o note_v the_o fomentation_n and_o gentle_a motion_n of_o a_o hen_n communicate_v vital_a heat_n to_o its_o egg_n and_o it_o be_v apply_v deut._n 32.11_o to_o the_o motion_n of_o a_o eagle_n over_o its_o young_a one_o for_o their_o protection_n and_o perfection_n this_o efficience_n of_o allthing_n be_v well_o express_v 33.6_o psal_n 33.6_o psal_n 33.6_o by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o heaven_n make_v and_o all_o the_o host_n of_o they_o by_o the_o breath_n of_o his_o mouth_n by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o may_v understand_v 1_o the_o creative_a efficience_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n as_o before_o §_o 1._o or_o 2_o christ_n by_o who_o allthing_n be_v make_v as_o joh._n 1.3_o thence_o it_o follow_v by_o the_o breath_n of_o his_o mouth_n whereby_o we_o must_v understand_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o be_v call_v the_o breath_n of_o his_o mouth_n to_o note_v the_o manner_n of_o his_o procession_n which_o be_v in_o a_o way_n of_o spiration_n as_o the_o scripture_n assure_v we_o 26.13_o job_n 26.13_o thus_o job_n 26.13_o by_o his_o spirit_n he_o have_v garnish_v the_o heaven_n or_o according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n his_o spirit_n have_v garnish_v or_o adorn_v beautify_a the_o heaven_n i._n e._n deck_v they_o with_o those_o eye-pleasing_a gloriose_fw-la light_n 8.3_o psal_n 8.3_o hence_o psal_n 8.3_o the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n finger_n i._n e._n curiose_o wrought_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n for_o by_o the_o finger_n or_o finger_n of_o god_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v in_o a_o more_o peculiar_a manner_n denote_v as_o be_v evident_a by_o compare_v mat._n 12.28_o with_o luk_n 11.20_o where_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n in_o matthew_n be_v call_v the_o finger_n of_o god_n by_o luke_n as_o owen_n on_o the_o spirit_n b._n 1._o c._n 4._o neither_o do_v the_o spirit_n be_v efficience_n extend_v only_o to_o the_o production_n of_o the_o inanimate_a and_o animal_n world_n but_o also_o to_o man_n and_o his_o more_o noble_a part_n the_o soul_n as_o job_n assure_v we_o job_n 33.4_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n have_v make_v i_o and_o the_o breath_n of_o the_o almighty_a have_v give_v i_o life_n answerable_a to_o gen._n 2.7_o and_o as_o the_o first_o efformation_n and_o perfection_n of_o allthing_n in_o the_o creation_n be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n so_o the_o sustentation_n conservation_n and_o gubernation_n of_o allthing_n in_o the_o course_n of_o divine_a providence_n be_v in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n assign_v to_o the_o same_o spirit_n thus_o ps_n 104.27_o 27-30_a psal_n 104_o 27-30_a these_o wait_v all_o upon_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v give_v they_o their_o meat_n in_o due_a season_n 28._o thou_o open_v thy_o hand_n they_o be_v fill_v with_o good_a 29._o thou_o hide_v thy_o face_n they_o be_v trouble_v thou_o take_v away_o their_o breath_n they_o die_v and_o return_v to_o their_o dust_n thou_o hide_v thy_o face_n i._n e._n withdrawe_v the_o providential_a influence_n of_o thy_o spirit_n and_o allthing_n return_v to_o dust_n the_o earth_n itself_o the_o commun_n mother_n of_o all_o corporeous_a creature_n seem_v to_o be_v dead_a '_o till_o the_o spring_n come_v and_o allthing_n receive_v a_o new_a face_n thence_o it_o follow_v v._o 30._o thou_o send_v forth_o thy_o spirit_n they_o be_v create_v and_o thou_o renewe_v the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n thou_o send_v forth_o thy_o spirit_n who_o office_n it_o be_v to_o conserve_v foment_n actuate_v and_o to_o give_v vivific_a heat_n life_n and_o influence_n to_o allthing_n whence_o it_o follow_v they_o be_v create_v this_o creation_n be_v not_o to_o be_v take_v strict_o of_o the_o eduction_n of_o thing_n out_o of_o nothing_o as_o at_o first_o no_o nor_o principal_o of_o the_o production_n of_o new_a individual_n though_o this_o be_v include_v in_o the_o spirit_n providential_a efficience_n but_o of_o the_o spirit_n foment_v vivify_a and_o renew_v thing_n under_o a_o kind_n of_o natural_a death_n or_o decay_n thence_o it_o follow_v and_o thou_o renewe_v the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n i_o e._n whereas_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o winter_n season_n be_v as_o it_o be_v dead_a the_o tree_n and_o other_o plant_n divest_v of_o their_o verdure_n flourish_v beauty_n leaf_n fruit_n yea_o the_o very_a juice_n and_o radical_a moisture_n be_v retire_v unto_o the_o root_n so_o that_o the_o whole_a seem_v dead_a and_o as_o for_o animal_n and_o brute_n the_o great_a number_n of_o those_o we_o call_v infect_v be_v either_o real_o or_o seem_o dead_a be_v without_o motion_n and_o as_o for_o the_o more_o perfect_a brute_n they_o be_v likewise_o under_o a_o kind_n of_o partial_a death_n yea_o the_o human_a body_n also_o in_o the_o more_o cold_a northern_a climate_n yet_o when_o the_o spring_n come_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o supreme_a increate_v universal_a spirit_n make_v use_n of_o the_o warm_a benign_a influence_n of_o the_o sun_n together_o with_o subterraneous_a fire_n that_o great_a create_v mundane_a spirit_n renew_v the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n i._n e._n put_v new_a vital_a spirit_n and_o vivific_a heat_n into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o universe_n both_o inanimate_a and_o animate_v '_o special_o plant_n and_o animal_n so_o that_o there_o be_v a_o new_a face_n or_o verdure_n flourish_v beauty_n vivacity_n activity_n and_o fructification_n in_o thing_n thus_o according_a to_o sacred_a philosophy_n the_o spirit_n of_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v that_o universal_a spirit_n by_o who_o providential_a efficience_n and_o concurrence_n all_o creature_n be_v conserve_v sustain_v actuate_v propagate_v animate_v foment_v dispose_v and_o govern_v to_o their_o proper_a end_n and_o usage_n and_o we_o find_v philosopheme_v not_o a_o little_a conformable_a hereto_o in_o platonic_a philosophy_n what_o plato_n contemplation_n be_v concern_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n we_o have_v before_o examine_v part._n 2._o b._n 3._o c._n 9_o s._n 1._o §_o 5._o we_o shall_v now_o treat_v of_o the_o same_o universal_a spirit_n or_o spirit_n of_o the_o universe_n as_o to_o his_o providential_a influence_n and_o concurrence_n plato_n in_o his_o cratylus_n p._n 396._o call_v this_o mundane_a soul_n or_o universal_a spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zena_n jupiter_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zenocia_n to_o animate_v or_o vivifie_v and_o he_o give_v this_o reason_n of_o the_o origination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o life_n to_o we_o man_n and_o other_o animant_n than_o that_o prince_n and_o king_n of_o allthing_n whence_o he_o add_v right_o therefore_o be_v god_n honour_v with_o this_o name_n because_o it_o demonstrate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o god_n be_v he_o by_o who_o life_n be_v communicate_v to_o all_o animal_n this_o notion_n of_o the_o mundane_a soul_n answer_v to_o job_n 33.4_o and_o psal_n 104.30_o of_o which_o
make_v a_o incomparable_a parallel_n between_o natural_a vision_n and_o divine_a illumination_n in_o natural_a vision_n say_v he_o there_o must_v be_v a_o visive_a faculty_n a_o object_n visible_a and_o light_a to_o discern_v the_o object_n this_o light_n be_v derive_v from_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o principal_a and_o next_o cause_n of_o vision_n for_o add_v he_o as_o oft_o as_o the_o eye_n be_v convert_v to_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v illustrate_v by_o the_o sun_n vision_n in_o the_o eye_n be_v very_o apparent_a then_o he_o draw_v up_o his_o parallel_n pag._n 509._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o also_o think_v of_o the_o mind_n for_o when_o that_o in_o which_o truth_n itself_o and_o be_v itself_o shine_v forth_o inhere_n in_o it_o it_o do_v consider_v and_o understand_v the_o same_o and_o then_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v a_o illuminate_v mind_n and_o divine_a intellect_n wherein_o observe_v 1_o that_o god_n who_o be_v be_v itself_o as_o also_o truth_n itself_o or_o the_o first_o truth_n 2_o that_o before_o there_o can_v be_v any_o true_a light_n in_o the_o mind_n this_o first_o truth_n must_v shine_v forth_o and_o irradiate_a the_o same_o 3_o that_o when_o god_n illuminate_v the_o mind_n there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o transient_a but_o a_o fix_a light_n firm_o impress_v on_o it_o this_o divine_a light_n do_v become_v one_o with_o the_o mind_n and_o so_o form_n conform_v reform_v yea_o transform_v it_o into_o the_o thing_n know_v 4_o that_o the_o intellect_n thus_o illuminate_v become_v true_o divine_a thence_o he_o subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o therefore_o that_o give_v truth_n to_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v know_v as_o also_o a_o faculty_n to_o know_v they_o call_v thou_o the_o idea_n of_o good_a namely_o the_o cause_n of_o science_n and_o truth_n which_o be_v understand_v by_o the_o intellect_n note_v here_o that_o 1_o he_o call_v god_n consider_v as_o the_o fountain_n of_o all_o illumination_n the_o idea_n of_o good_a i._n e._n the_o supreme_a idea_n of_o all_o perfection_n and_o truth_n in_o who_o light_n alone_o we_o can_v see_v light_a 2_o he_o say_v that_o this_o idea_n of_o good_a give_v truth_n to_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v know_v i._n e._n all_o objective_a wisdom_n impress_v on_o thing_n as_o also_o all_o objective_a revelation_n whereby_o thing_n mysterious_a be_v revel_v 3_o also_o a_o faculty_n to_o know_v thing_n intelligible_a i._n e._n subjective_a illumination_n and_o light_n both_o habitual_a and_o actual_a 4_o hence_o this_o idea_n of_o good_a be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o science_n and_o truth_n which_o be_v understand_v the_o sectator_n of_o plato_n thus_o explicate_v his_o mind_n about_o divine_a illumination_n 1_n they_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o true_a essentia_fw-la wisdom_n thus_o plotinus_n en._n 5._o l._n 8._o c._n 5._o pag._n 546._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a wisdom_n be_v essence_n and_o again_o the_o true_a essence_n be_v wisdom_n i._n e._n god_n who_o be_v essence_n itself_o be_v wisdom_n itself_o 2_o this_o essential_a wisdom_n or_o light_n do_v illuminate_v all_o but_o be_v illuminate_v by_o none_o as_o the_o sun_n give_v light_a to_o allthing_n but_o receive_v not_o light_a from_o any_o thing_n 3_o the_o create_v finite_a intellect_n be_v irradiate_v by_o this_o essential_a light_n of_o life_n be_v invest_v with_o true_a form_n and_o idea_n of_o thing_n and_o be_v thereby_o conduct_v into_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n mysterious_a and_o divine_a this_o divine_a illumination_n be_v every_o where_o inculcate_v in_o sacred_a philosophy_n and_o general_o acknowlege_v by_o the_o greek_a theologue_n chrysostome_n style_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o illuminant_fw-la intellect_n the_o superne_fw-la grace_n the_o gift_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n not_o of_o human_a nature_n greg._n neocaesar_n orat._n panegyr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a gift_n of_o god_n and_o the_o illustrious_a afflate_v from_o heaven_n and_o the_o reason_n which_o enforce_v the_o necessity_n of_o such_o a_o divine_a illumination_n for_o the_o apprehend_n of_o supernatural_a truth_n be_v take_v from_o the_o sublimity_n of_o the_o object_n and_o the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o human_a intellect_n we_o find_v both_o conjoin_v 1_o cor._n 2.14_o the_o animal_n man_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o spirit_n 2.14_o 1_o cor._n 2.14_o etc._n etc._n by_o the_o animal_n man_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v every_o man_n void_a of_o supernatural_a light_n by_o which_o alone_a thing_n spiritual_a be_v discern_v for_o all_o knowledge_n suppose_v some_o proportion_n between_o the_o object_n and_o the_o apprehensive_a faculty_n now_o what_o proportion_n be_v there_o between_o the_o natural_a intellect_n and_o supernatural_a truth_n can_v a_o animal_n faculty_n take_v in_o spiritual_a object_n be_v it_o possible_a then_o that_o the_o natural_a mind_n may_v by_o its_o own_o force_n without_o divine_a illumination_n reach_v supernatural_a mystery_n thence_o say_v augustin_n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la l._n 14._o c._n 7._o though_o human_a intellect_n can_v apprehend_v sublime_a intelligible_n unless_o it_o be_v fortify_v and_o perfect_v by_o a_o strong_a light_n and_o greg._n nyssenus_n 2._o in_o eunom_n assure_v we_o that_o it_o appertain_v to_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o illuminate_v mind_n with_o the_o light_n of_o divine_a knowledge_n whence_o this_o divine_a illumination_n be_v style_v by_o the_o greek_a theologue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illumination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d irradiation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d illustrant_fw-la grace_n 2._o have_v explicate_v divine_a illumination_n virtue_n the_o infusion_n of_o virtue_n we_o now_o proceed_v to_o treat_v of_o the_o infusion_n of_o all_o other_o supernatural_a habit_n or_o virtue_n whereby_o the_o rational_a creature_n be_v govern_v and_o conduct_v to_o his_o last_o end_n that_o all_o true_a moral_n and_o supernatural_a good_a be_v no_o way_n attainable_a but_o by_o divine_a infusion_n be_v every_o where_o inculcate_v in_o sacred_a philosophy_n thus_o also_o in_o the_o theology_n of_o the_o grecian_n it_o be_v frequent_o inculcate_v 1_o that_o no_o one_o can_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o sin_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o who_o be_v assist_v and_o fortify_v by_o god_n as_o basil_n eth._n c._n 3._o so_o greg._n nyssen_n orat._n 3._o in_o orat._n domin_n tom._n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o will_v avoid_v domineer_a sin_n must_v call_v god_n for_o his_o succur_v always_o have_v he_o in_o his_o eye_n who_o exercise_v he_o by_o tentation_n 2_o that_o all_o true_a moral_n or_o supernatural_a good_a come_v from_o god_n by_o divine_a infusion_n this_o gratiose_fw-la infusion_n of_o virtue_n by_o god_n be_v by_o various_a and_o emphatic_a notion_n illustrate_v by_o the_o greek_a father_n who_o term_v medicinal_a efficacious_a grace_n the_o spring_n of_o this_o supernatural_a infusion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o salutarie_a grace_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d manuducent_a and_o assistant_n grace_n again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o divine_a infusion_n or_o inspiration_n for_o say_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o we_o can_v do_v any_o thing_n moral_o good_a be_v from_o the_o impulse_n of_o god_n yea_o they_o make_v not_o only_o the_o first_o infusion_n but_o also_o the_o prosecution_n and_o conservation_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a to_o be_v from_o god_n whence_o divine_a grace_n be_v term_v by_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d persequent_fw-la or_o actuate_a and_o conservant_n grace_n hence_o 3_o the_o act_n whereby_o the_o soul_n be_v turn_v from_o vice_n to_o virtue_n be_v term_v by_o the_o greek_a theologue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d restauration_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d revocation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discession_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v off_o the_o old_a man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d progress_n from_o a_o bad_a state_n to_o a_o good_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d transmutation_n of_o soul_n of_o which_o see_v more_o in_o what_o precede_v of_o efficacious_a concourse_n c._n 7._o it_o be_v a_o great_a question_n among_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n whether_o virtue_n come_v by_o institution_n or_o by_o divine_a afflation_n and_o infusion_n the_o cynic_n and_o stoic_n hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o virtue_n be_v teachable_a as_o laertius_n but_o socrates_n and_o plato_n his_o sectator_n hold_v the_o contrary_n so_o plato_n protag_n pag._n 361._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d virtue_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v teach_v or_o gain_v by_o institution_n this_o he_o more_o copiose_o demonstrate_v in_o his_o meno_n pag._n 89._o where_o he_o prove_v 1_o that_o man_n be_v not_o good_a or_o virtuose_fw-la
be_v not_o the_o last_o end_n the_o rule_n and_o measure_n of_o all_o order_n be_v not_o every_o thing_n then_o right_o dispose_v when_o it_o be_v convenient_o bring_v into_o a_o subordination_n to_o its_o last_o end_n wherefore_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o last_o end_n be_v of_o great_a moment_n in_o moral_a philosophy_n and_o they_o say_v that_o plato_n be_v the_o first_o that_o use_v the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o philosophic_a and_o strict_a notion_n for_o homer_n and_o other_o of_o the_o ancient_n use_v the_o word_n to_o express_v a_o effect_n in_o its_o accomplishment_n and_o perfection_n but_o plato_n restrain_v it_o so_o as_o to_o signify_v thereby_o a_o final_a cause_n or_o that_o which_o be_v last_o in_o the_o series_n of_o thing_n desire_v yet_o first_o in_o intention_n this_o cicero_n interpret_v extreme_a last_o chief_a what_o force_n efficace_n and_o influence_n the_o last_o end_n have_v in_o moral_n plato_n frequent_o inculcate_n so_o in_o his_o theaetetus_n he_o assure_v we_o that_o all_o science_n be_v inutile_fw-la yea_o noxious_a without_o the_o notice_n of_o the_o best_a end_n this_o last_o end_n he_o make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o principal_a end_n of_o allthing_n which_o proclus_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n of_o ends._n and_o for_o the_o more_o full_a and_o clear_a explication_n of_o this_o last_o end_n its_o universal_a influence_n and_o excellence_n the_o follow_a proposition_n be_v diligent_o to_o be_v consider_v 1._o prop._n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o constitute_v some_o last_o end_n as_o well_o posititive_o as_o negative_o in_o every_o series_n of_o action_n this_o hypothesis_n be_v well_o argue_v by_o suarez_n metaph._n disput_fw-la 24._o sect._n 1_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v most_o evident_a for_o look_v as_o in_o descent_n from_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o end_n to_o the_o election_n and_o execution_n of_o the_o mean_n we_o must_v necessary_o at_o last_o stop_v in_o some_o one_o or_o more_o mean_n which_o be_v first_o in_o execution_n though_o last_o in_o intention_n so_o in_o ascent_n from_o the_o mean_n to_o the_o end_n it_o be_v as_o necessary_a that_o we_o at_o last_o stop_v in_o some_o last_o end_n which_o be_v first_o in_o intention_n and_o last_o in_o execution_n again_o as_o there_o be_v a_o subordination_n of_o second_o cause_n to_o the_o first_o cause_n so_o in_o like_a manner_n of_o inferior_a end_n to_o the_o last_o end_n for_o in_o end_n and_o those_o thing_n that_o conduce_v thereto_o there_o can_v be_v a_o progress_n into_o infinite_a but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o first_o mean_n from_o whence_o the_o motion_n begin_v so_o there_o must_v be_v a_o last_o end_n in_o which_o it_o terminate_v in_o end_n there_o be_v a_o twofold_a order_n 1_o of_o intention_n 2_o of_o execution_n and_o in_o both_o order_n there_o must_v be_v a_o first_o and_o a_o last_o that_o which_o be_v first_o in_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o principe_n which_o move_v the_o appetite_n and_o give_v bound_n to_o it_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o last_o end_n that_o which_o be_v first_o in_o the_o order_n of_o execution_n be_v the_o first_o mean_v conduce_v to_o the_o last_o end_n so_o that_o a_o progress_n into_o infinite_a be_v on_o neither_o part_n possible_a if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o last_o end_n nothing_o can_v be_v desire_v no_o action_n of_o the_o appetite_n can_v be_v terminate_v neither_o will_v the_o intention_n of_o the_o agent_n ever_o cease_v if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o first_o mean_n from_o whence_o the_o execution_n shall_v begin_v no_o agent_n can_v begin_v to_o work_v etc._n etc._n 2._o prop._n the_o last_o end_n of_o allthing_n must_v be_v as_o extensive_a and_o ample_a as_o the_o first_o principe_n or_o cause_n thus_o plato_n de_fw-fr leg._n 4_o p._n 715._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n as_o the_o old_a tradition_n testify_v have_v in_o himself_o the_o principe_n and_o end_v and_o medium_fw-la of_o allthing_n in_o which_o he_o plain_o indigitates_fw-la that_o god_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n and_o last_o end_n of_o allthing_n that_o the_o last_o end_n be_v as_o large_a as_o the_o first_o principe_n be_v evident_a because_o the_o order_n of_o end_n must_v correspond_v and_o answer_v to_o the_o order_n of_o agent_n as_o they_o who_o be_v under_o god_n ought_v not_o moral_o neither_o can_v they_o physical_o move_v but_o as_o dependent_a on_o the_o motion_n and_o concourse_n of_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n so_o neither_o ought_v they_o to_o desire_v any_o thing_n under_o god_n but_o what_o may_v conduce_v to_o god_n as_o their_o last_n end_n such_o as_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n be_v in_o give_v be_v or_o welbeing_n such_o be_v the_o universality_n of_o the_o last_o end_n in_o require_v and_o call_v for_o the_o improvement_n of_o al._n neither_o do_v man_n pay_v the_o homage_n due_a to_o his_o first_o cause_n far_o than_o his_o regress_n thereto_o answer_v his_o progress_n therefrom_o god_n as_o the_o first_o principe_n give_v be_v and_o as_o the_o last_o end_n terminate_v and_o six_v the_o be_v confer_v wherefore_o the_o creature_n that_o depend_v on_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n must_v tend_v to_o he_o as_o his_o last_n end_n 3._o prop._n the_o last_o end_n of_o allthing_n can_v be_v but_o one_o this_o hypothesis_n both_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n concord_n in_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v most_o apparent_a because_o allthing_n desire_v their_o utmost_a perfection_n which_o consist_v in_o their_o tendence_n to_o the_o most_o perfect_a be_v now_o the_o most_o perfect_a be_v can_v be_v but_o one_o for_o if_o there_o shall_v be_v more_o than_o one_o most_o perfect_a than_o the_o one_o will_v have_v somewhat_o which_o the_o other_o have_v not_o and_o so_o neither_o will_v be_v most_o perfect_a every_o good_a by_o the_o addition_n of_o some_o other_o good_a be_v make_v better_a and_o more_o perfect_a except_o the_o most_o simple_a and_o perfect_a good_a by_o the_o participation_n whereof_o all_o other_o good_n be_v make_v better_a hence_o 4._o prop._n every_o man_n in_o every_o human_a act_n virtual_o if_o not_o actual_o intend_v some_o last_o end_n this_o be_v manifest_a because_o in_o every_o human_a act_n something_o be_v desire_v for_o itself_o which_o can_v be_v refer_v to_o any_o other_o thing_n and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o some_o last_o end_n again_o man_n natural_o desire_v the_o compliment_n of_o all_o good_a and_o albeit_o there_o may_v not_o be_v a_o actual_a elicit_a intention_n in_o every_o man_n as_o to_o his_o last_o end_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o natural_a propension_n thereto_o whence_o proceed_v all_o act_n about_o particular_a good_n 5._o prop._n the_o last_o end_n be_v desire_v infinite_o without_o end_n or_o term_n thence_o aristotle_n follow_v plato_n herein_o in_o his_o magn._n moral_a lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o define_v the_o last_o end_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o perfect_a end_n be_v that_o which_o be_v obtain_v we_o neither_o desire_v nor_o need_v any_o thing_n beyond_o it_o so_o the_o stoic_n who_o be_v akin_a to_o the_o platonist_n define_v the_o last_o end_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o for_o the_o sake_n of_o which_o all_o office_n be_v perform_v but_o it_o for_o nothing_o else_o so_o that_o the_o last_o end_n give_v term_n and_o bound_n to_o allthing_n but_o admit_v no_o term_n or_o measure_n as_o to_o take_v away_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o be_v suppose_v we_o not_o to_o be_v so_o to_o take_v away_o the_o last_o end_n suppose_v a_o confuse_a infinity_n as_o to_o act_n therefore_o something_o must_v be_v simple_o desirable_a for_o itself_o and_o for_o no_o other_o for_o that_o which_o a_o man_n desire_v in_o order_n to_o a_o further_a end_n the_o same_o he_o desire_v in_o such_o a_o measure_n as_o be_v most_o conducible_a to_o that_o end_n but_o what_o he_o desire_v for_o itself_o towards_o that_o his_o desire_n be_v infinite_a for_o the_o better_a it_o be_v the_o more_o desirable_a therefore_o if_o infinite_o good_a infinite_o desirable_a without_o term_n or_o bound_n the_o only_a measure_n of_o love_v our_o last_o end_n be_v to_o love_v it_o without_o measure_n for_o the_o last_o end_n be_v the_o term_n of_o the_o appetite_n it_o may_v not_o receive_v term_n or_o limit_n from_o any_o other_o thing_n but_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o it_o be_v love_v by_o so_o much_o the_o better_a be_v the_o love_n in_o allthing_n appetible_a the_o last_o end_n give_v measure_v but_o receive_v none_o because_o the_o proper_a reason_n of_o allthing_n we_o desire_v be_v take_v from_o the_o end_n hence_o 6._o prop._n the_o last_o end_n be_v the_o term_n and_o measure_n of_o allthing_n what_o
the_o act_n be_v true_o virtuose_fw-la and_o if_o a_o act_n be_v true_o virtuose_fw-la it_o be_v conform_v to_o right_a reason_n or_o the_o moral_a law_n and_o if_o such_o than_o it_o want_v not_o any_o due_a circumstance_n wherefore_o if_o any_o act_n want_v a_o due_a circumstance_n shall_v be_v true_o virtuose_fw-la it_o will_v then_o necessary_o follow_v that_o it_o do_v want_v and_o yet_o that_o it_o do_v not_o want_v a_o due_a circumstance_n or_o that_o it_o be_v true_o virtuose_fw-la and_o yet_o that_o it_o be_v not_o true_o virtuose_fw-la 2._o conclus_fw-la that_o every_o such_o act_n as_o want_v its_o due_a circumstance_n be_v moral_o evil_a and_o sin_n it_o be_v evil_a because_o it_o want_v its_o due_a bonitie_n or_o goodness_n namely_o its_o due_a circumstance_n for_o sin_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o want_n of_o a_o due_a good_a or_o voluntary_o to_o act_v against_o the_o divine_a law_n thus_o much_o also_o suarez_n grant_v we_o that_o some_o condition_n that_o be_v only_o circumstantial_a and_o accidental_a to_o a_o act_n in_o esse_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o to_o the_o physic_n be_v be_v yet_o essential_a in_o esse_fw-la moris_fw-la as_o to_o its_o moral_a be_v so_o suarez_n 1.2_o tract_n 2._o disp_n 5._o pag._n 169._o the_o first_o opinion_n say_v he_o be_v that_o a_o human_a act_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o its_o natural_a or_o moral_a be_v and_o that_o circumstance_n be_v so_o call_v in_o relation_n to_o the_o natural_a not_o the_o moral_a be_v of_o the_o act_n but_o that_o all_o these_o condition_n be_v substantial_a principes_fw-la or_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o moral_a action_n as_o such_o he_o mention_n this_o as_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o schoolman_n namely_o that_o there_o be_v no_o accidental_a circumstance_n of_o human_a act_n moral_o consider_v but_o that_o all_o these_o circumstance_n be_v essential_a and_o proper_o influential_a on_o the_o say_v moral_a acts._n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o great_a truth_n whereunto_o though_o not_o full_o yet_o thus_o far_o he_o assent_v it_o be_v true_a say_v he_o what_o the_o first_o opinion_n assert_v that_o some_o condition_n may_v be_v accidental_a to_o the_o act_n in_o esse_fw-la rei_fw-la as_o a_o natural_a act_n and_o yet_o essential_a to_o it_o in_o esse_fw-la moris_fw-la moral_o consider_v and_o the_o reason_n add_v he_o be_v take_v à _fw-la priori_fw-la because_o the_o esse_fw-la morale_fw-la or_o moral_n be_v of_o a_o act_n primary_o depend_v on_o the_o order_n of_o reason_n we_o say_v of_o the_o law_n but_o now_o it_o oft_o happen_v that_o a_o act_n or_o object_n have_v a_o diverse_a order_n to_o reason_n by_o reason_n of_o diverse_a condition_n of_o those_o thing_n that_o concur_v to_o the_o moral_a act._n thence_o pag._n 174._o he_o tell_v we_o what_o circumstance_n be_v essential_a right_o reason_n which_o must_v be_v understand_v objective_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o human_a act_n and_o their_o circumstance_n therefore_o the_o affection_n or_o reason_n of_o these_o circumstance_n can_v be_v better_a explicate_v than_o by_o their_o order_n or_o regard_n to_o right_a reason_n i_o will_v say_v the_o divine_a law_n and_o the_o same_o rule_n be_v to_o be_v use_v for_o the_o understanding_n when_o the_o condition_n of_o moral_a act_n be_v not_o proper_o circumstance_n but_o essential_a namely_o when_o they_o be_v such_o as_o according_a to_o right_a reason_n be_v altogether_o necessary_a not_o only_o as_o to_o degree_n but_o simple_o as_o to_o the_o honesty_n or_o turpitude_n of_o the_o act_n for_o when_o a_o circumstance_n altogether_o change_v the_o conformity_n or_o difformitie_n of_o a_o human_a act_n it_o change_v its_o species_n in_o which_o he_o plain_o grant_v that_o all_o those_o circumstance_n which_o change_v the_o conformity_n or_o difformitie_n of_o a_o human_a act_n be_v specific_a and_o essential_a which_o be_v all_o that_o we_o need_v contend_v for_o because_o the_o controversy_n be_v not_o about_o natural_a or_o civil_a circumstance_n but_o such_o as_o belong_v to_o the_o act_n moral_o consider_v which_o if_o good_a require_v a_o integrity_n of_o cause_n and_o plenitude_n of_o circumstance_n so_o that_o if_o one_o circumstance_n due_a to_o the_o moral_a bonitie_n of_o the_o act_n be_v defective_a the_o whole_a act_n be_v change_v and_o render_v moral_o evil_a by_o the_o whole_a of_o which_o it_o be_v most_o evident_a that_o all_o circumstance_n due_a to_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o a_o human_a act_n be_v essential_a and_o specific_a such_o as_o concur_v to_o formalise_v moral_a good_a which_o require_v a_o complete_a conformity_n to_o the_o divine_a law_n not_o only_o in_o mater_n principes_fw-la and_o end_v but_o also_o in_o all_o circumstance_n moral_o due_a to_o the_o integrity_n of_o such_o a_o act_n for_o all_o good_a as_o have_v be_v sufficient_o demonstrate_v require_v a_o integrity_n of_o cause_n whereas_o sin_n arise_v from_o the_o least_o defect_n according_a to_o that_o know_a effate_n of_o the_o spurious_a dionysius_n divin_n nom._n cap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d good_a be_v from_o one_o and_o complete_a cause_n but_o sin_n from_o many_o and_o singular_a defect_n §_o 4._o good_n the_o unity_n and_o uniformity_n of_o all_o moral_a good_n have_v consider_v moral_a good_a in_o its_o cause_n and_o constitutive_a part_n we_o now_o descend_v to_o the_o contemplation_n thereof_o in_o its_o proper_a adjunct_n and_o attribute_n which_o we_o shall_v deduce_v and_o draw_v forth_o in_o the_o subsequent_a corollary_n 1._o all_o moral_a good_a virtue_n and_o virtuose_fw-la act_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o simple_a uniform_a idea_n and_o nature_n for_o all_o moral_a good_a and_o virtuose_fw-la act_n flow_v from_o one_o and_o the_o same_o virtuose_fw-la principes_fw-la tend_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o end_n and_o be_v formalise_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o conformity_n to_o the_o divine_a law_n thus_o plato_n repub._n 5._o pag._n 445._o it_o appear_v to_o i_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o watchtower_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o face_n or_o form_n of_o virtue_n be_v one_o but_o that_o of_o improbitie_n manifold_a and_o almost_o infinite_a his_o mind_n be_v that_o all_o virtue_n have_v one_o and_o the_o same_o formal_a idea_n or_o face_n but_o sin_n have_v variety_n yea_o almost_o infinite_a deform_a shape_n this_o aristotle_n eth._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o pag._n 89._o have_v prove_v that_o all_o moral_a virtue_n consist_v in_o a_o mediocrity_n and_o uniformity_n he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d moreover_o we_o may_v sin_v many_o way_n for_o as_o the_o pythagorean_n conjecture_n sin_n be_v infinite_a and_o boundless_a but_o good_a be_v terminate_v and_o bound_v but_o there_o be_v but_o one_o way_n of_o do_v good_a wherein_o we_o may_v observe_v 1_o that_o all_o sin_n be_v difforme_v boundless_a and_o endless_a it_o have_v no_o form_n measure_n or_o number_n 2_o but_o virtue_n and_o moral_a good_a be_v bound_v and_o uniform_a whence_o he_o conclude_v with_o a_o verse_n out_o of_o some_o ancient_a poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o good_a man_n true_o be_v simple_o and_o uniform_o such_o but_o wicked_a man_n be_v difforme_o and_o various_o so_o thus_o also_o aristotle_n mag._n moral_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 25._o affirm_v that_o all_o good_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d uniform_a but_o all_o vice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d multiforme_a hence_o plato_n assert_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v just_a be_v equal_a and_o uniform_a whence_o that_o stoic_a hypothesis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o moral_a good_n be_v equal_a and_o uniform_a i.e._n conform_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o morality_n all_o this_o be_v well_o express_v by_o augustine_n who_o make_v all_o good_a to_o consist_v in_o modo_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o ordine_fw-la in_o mode_n species_n and_o order_n i.e._n in_o a_o uniform_a conformity_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o morality_n hence_o 2._o supernatural_a all_o moral_a good_a and_o virtue_n supernatural_a there_o be_v no_o real_a moral_n good_a or_o natural_a virtue_n but_o what_o be_v supernatural_a this_o corollary_n evident_o follow_v from_o the_o former_a and_o indeed_o from_o the_o whole_a of_o this_o discourse_n about_o moral_a good_n for_o if_o all_o moral_a virtue_n or_o good_a require_v a_o integrity_n of_o cause_n and_o be_v formalise_v by_o conformity_n to_o the_o divine_a law_n thence_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o moral_a good_a or_o virtue_n can_v be_v but_o one_o uniform_a simple_a thing_n thence_o chrysostome_n hom._n 4._o in_o gen._n call_v grace_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o gift_n above_o nature_n overcome_v nature_n and_o cyril_n in_o esa_n term_n it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o proper_a nature_n as_o elsewhere_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o prerogative_n above_o nature_n i_o be_o not_o ignorant_a that_o many_o of_o the_o schoolman_n and_o
any_o republic_n as_o also_o for_o the_o preservation_n thereof_o aught_o to_o be_v for_o the_o establishment_n of_o religion_n the_o like_a aristotle_n eth._n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v manifest_a that_o a_o politician_n ought_v to_o know_v what_o concern_v the_o soul_n as_o he_o that_o will_v cure_v the_o eye_n must_v understand_v the_o whole_a body_n his_o design_n be_v to_o show_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o politician_n and_o statesman_n to_o make_v the_o people_n happy_a and_o thence_o to_o make_v they_o virtuose_fw-la campanella_n polit._n cap._n 7._o tell_v we_o that_o three_o cause_n to_o speak_v politic_o find_v and_o govern_v empire_n namely_o god_n prudence_n and_o occasion_n but_o in_o some_o empire_n one_o be_v more_o visible_a in_o some_o another_o in_o the_o hebraic_a kingdom_n god_n be_v more_o visible_a in_o the_o roman_a prudence_n in_o the_o spanish_a occasion_n although_o physical_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o other_o cause_n whence_o cap._n 8._o he_o add_v that_o all_o governement_n except_o wicked_a machiavelli_n have_v acknowlege_v that_o prudence_n do_v not_o so_o far_o avail_v as_o to_o foreknow_v what_o good_n or_o evil_n be_v approach_v therefore_o all_o nation_n have_v have_v recourse_n to_o god_n etc._n etc._n but_o how_o much_o the_o interest_n of_o any_o politic_a body_n or_o state_n lie_v involve_v in_o that_o of_o religion_n be_v excellent_o lay_v down_o by_o padre_n paul_n the_o venetian_a that_o pious_a and_o great_a politician_n as_o we_o find_v it_o in_o his_o life_n pag._n 161._o touch_v the_o provision_n that_o be_v to_o be_v make_v from_o time_n to_o time_n with_o the_o senator_n the_o father_n give_v his_o opinion_n and_o counsel_n viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la and_o vehement_o upon_o all_o occurrent_n have_v always_o teach_v and_o inculcate_v that_o not_o only_o for_o truth_n and_o conscience_n sake_n but_o even_o for_o necessity_n and_o reason_n of_o state_n every_o faithful_a man_n but_o most_o of_o all_o prince_n ought_v to_o invigilate_v the_o maintenance_n and_o conservation_n of_o religion_n he_o affirm_v that_o to_o this_o end_n god_n have_v constitute_v prince_n as_o his_o lieutenant_n in_o those_o state_n wherein_o the_o church_n be_v plant_v and_o confer_v their_o greatness_n on_o they_o to_o make_v they_o protector_n defender_n conservator_n of_o the_o holy_a church_n as_o sacred_a scripture_n make_v mention_v in_o which_o call_v the_o great_a of_o they_o can_v never_o give_v a_o sufficient_a discharge_n of_o himself_o except_o it_o be_v by_o a_o godly_a and_o vigilant_a care_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n thus_o that_o great_a master_n of_o wisdom_n and_o true_a christian_a politics_n how_o much_o religion_n be_v the_o support_n of_o state_n be_v well_o determine_v by_o solomon_n the_o wise_a politician_n or_o rather_o by_o christ_n himself_o prov._n 8.15_o by_o i_o king_n reign_n etc._n etc._n or_o as_o some_o render_v it_o in_o i_o i._n e._n in_o the_o exalt_v of_o i_o king_n reign_v most_o prosperous_o the_o exaltation_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o support_n and_o exaltation_n of_o state_n religion_n be_v both_o the_o conservant_n and_o promovent_fw-la cause_n of_o state_n 1_o king_n 11.37_o 38._o jeroboam_n hold_v his_o crown_n by_o it_o so_o deut._n 9.25_o 29._o §_o 3._o have_v finish_v the_o original_n and_o principal_a cause_n of_o politic_a society_n we_o now_o descend_v to_o its_o principal_a end_n which_o polity_n the_o end_n of_o polity_n in_o the_o platonic_a definition_n be_v all_o include_v in_o that_o notion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o beatitude_n or_o well-being_n of_o a_o politic_a body_n this_o politic_a beatitude_n imply_v many_o particular_n glory_n god_n glory_n as_o 1._o the_o glory_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o last_o end_n not_o only_o in_o ethic_n or_o moral_n but_o also_o in_o politic_a beatitude_n thus_o plato_n leg._n 4._o pag._n 713._o assure_v we_o that_o all_o manner_n of_o evil_n will_v befall_v that_o state_n where_o god_n reign_v not_o and_o he_o add_v the_o reason_n pag._n 715._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n god_n have_v in_o himself_o the_o principe_fw-la and_o end_n and_o middle_n of_o allthing_n i_o e._n allthing_n not_o only_o natural_a and_o moral_a but_o also_o politic_a have_v their_o origine_fw-la from_o god_n dependence_n on_o he_o and_o therefore_o ought_v to_o end_n in_o he_o as_o their_o main_a centre_n whence_o pag._n 716._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o god_n be_v to_o we_o principal_o the_o measure_n of_o allthing_n last_o pag._n 717._o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n this_o namely_o the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n be_v the_o primary_n end_n of_o our_o life_n unto_o which_o all_o our_o action_n ought_v to_o collime_v as_o arrow_n to_o their_o scope_n thence_o he_o proceed_v according_a to_o his_o blind_a capacity_n to_o show_v how_o we_o ought_v to_o honour_n and_o worship_n god_n hence_o 2._o virtue_n virtue_n another_o principal_a end_n of_o politic_a society_n be_v to_o render_v man_n virtuose_fw-la and_o like_v unto_o god_n this_o indeed_o plato_n great_o inculcate_n so_o leg._n 4._o pag._n 716._o he_o say_v that_o a_o good_a man_n follow_v god_n and_o be_v like_a unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o only_o fit_a to_o honour_n and_o worship_v he_o which_o give_v stability_n to_o a_o state_n so_o leg._n 12._o he_o make_v the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o virtue_n the_o great_a pillar_n and_o principal_a end_n of_o politic_n thence_o leg._n 9_o pag._n 877._o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o behove_v a_o city_n to_o have_v its_o family_n so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v most_o holy_a and_o most_o happy_a wherein_o he_o seem_v to_o place_v the_o happiness_n of_o a_o city_n in_o its_o holiness_n and_o virtue_n so_o alcibiad_n 1._o pag._n 134._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o can_v therefore_o be_v that_o any_o shall_v be_v happy_a unless_o good_a whence_o he_o add_v therefore_o alcibiades_n city_n want_v not_o wall_n or_o naval_a force_n to_o render_v they_o happy_a neither_o can_v they_o be_v so_o by_o a_o multitude_n of_o man_n or_o by_o the_o magnitude_n of_o power_n without_o virtue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o thou_o do_v purpose_n to_o govern_v the_o republic_n right_o and_o worthy_o virtue_n be_v to_o be_v communicate_v to_o thy_o citizen_n thence_o definit_a plat._n pag._n 413._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d politic_a philosophy_n be_v define_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o science_n of_o thing_n honest_a and_o utile_a also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o science_n effective_a of_o justice_n in_o the_o city_n the_o like_a aristotle_n in_o his_o ethic_n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o it_o seem_v that_o he_o who_o be_v real_o a_o politician_n give_v his_o mind_n and_o endeavour_n chief_o to_o this_o namely_o virtue_n because_o his_o design_n be_v to_o make_v citizen_n good_a and_o obedient_a to_o law_n we_o have_v instance_n hereof_o in_o the_o cretensian_a and_o lacedaemonian_a legislator_n who_o make_v it_o the_o grand_a design_n to_o promove_v virtue_n so_o l._n 1._o c._n 9_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o make_v the_o last_o end_n of_o politic_a philosophy_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a good_a but_o this_o make_v it_o the_o chief_a concern_v to_o render_v the_o citizen_n well_o qualify_v and_o good_a and_o agent_n of_o the_o best_a thing_n such_o illustrious_a notice_n have_v these_o poor_a pagan_n of_o the_o essential_a connexion_n between_o virtue_n and_o true_a politics_n 3._o another_o principal_a end_n of_o politic_a society_n be_v the_o good_a of_o the_o whole_a whole_a the_o good_a of_o the_o whole_a not_o only_o of_o particular_n thus_o plato_n repub._n 4._o pag._n 420._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o constitute_v a_o city_n not_o for_o this_o end_n that_o some_o one_o particular_a number_n of_o citizen_n be_v separately_z happy_a but_o principal_o that_o the_o whole_a city_n be_v so_o the_o like_a he_o subjoin_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o therefore_o we_o frame_v a_o republic_n as_o happy_a when_o not_o a_o few_o only_o therein_o be_v such_o but_o the_o whole_a that_o the_o public_a good_a be_v a_o principal_a end_n of_o all_o polity_n and_o politic_a society_n plato_n frequent_o asserte_n so_o repub._n 1._o pag._n 345._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o now_o i_o estimed_a it_o necessary_a for_o we_o to_o confess_v that_o all_o empire_n as_o empire_n must_v regard_v the_o good_a of_o none_o other_o but_o such_o as_o be_v subject_a to_o that_o empire_n and_o commit_v to_o its_o care_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o politic_a or_o private_a empire_n then_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o the_o profit_n from_o that_o dignity_n of_o govern_v
by_o other_o to_o these_o three_o head_n monarchy_n aristocratie_n and_o democraty_n democraty_n monarchy_n aristocratie_n democraty_n of_o these_o he_o treat_v distinct_o in_o his_o politicus_fw-la pag._n 291._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d monarchy_n be_v one_o form_n of_o politic_a gubernation_n then_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o after_o monarchy_n we_o may_v place_v the_o government_n of_o a_o few_o i._n e._n aristocratie_n last_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o three_o form_n of_o government_n be_v it_o not_o that_o of_o the_o people_n call_v democraty_n these_o three_o form_n of_o administration_n he_o distinct_o explicate_v according_a to_o their_o legitime_fw-la constitution_n excess_n and_o comparation_n each_o with_o other_o the_o excess_n of_o monarchy_n he_o make_v to_o be_v tyranny_n when_o prince_n govern_v without_o or_o contrary_a to_o law_n and_o the_o excess_n of_o aristocratie_n he_o make_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d oligarchie_n when_o a_o few_o usurp_v the_o sole_a administration_n of_o politic_a affair_n the_o excess_n of_o democraty_n be_v anarchy_n or_o popular_a confusion_n when_o there_o be_v no_o distinction_n between_o governor_n and_o govern_v as_o for_o the_o comparation_n of_o these_o three_o form_n among_o themselves_o he_o affirm_v that_o monarchy_n or_o the_o administration_n of_o one_o be_v to_o be_v prefer_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v moderate_v and_o bound_v by_o good_a law_n together_o with_o a_o good_a moderator_n and_o interpreter_n of_o those_o law_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o it_o degenerate_a into_o tyranny_n it_o be_v then_o of_o all_o the_o worst_a his_o own_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d monarchy_n bound_v by_o good_a law_n be_v of_o all_o best_a but_o if_o it_o be_v lawless_a it_o be_v of_o all_o the_o most_o difficult_a and_o intolerable_a thence_o definit_a plat._n pag._n 415._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o king_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o prince_n that_o govern_v according_a to_o law_n whereby_o he_o be_v oppose_v to_o a_o tyrant_n who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o that_o govern_v only_o according_a to_o his_o will_n as_o hereafter_o in_o aristocratie_n there_o must_v be_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chief_a among_o the_o senator_n who_o ought_v to_o direct_v and_o order_v affair_n democraty_n the_o athenian_a polity_n mix_v of_o aristocratie_n and_o democraty_n yea_o in_o democraty_n there_o be_v something_o of_o aristocratie_n from_o the_o people_n consent_n thence_o plato_n in_o his_o menexenus_n pag._n 238._o treat_v of_o the_o athenian_a republic_n its_o original_a state_n as_o also_o that_o it_o then_o enjoy_v he_o say_v it_o be_v a_o aristocratie_n mix_v with_o democraty_n his_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n for_o there_o be_v the_o same_o form_n of_o polity_n then_o as_o now_o namely_o aristocratie_n under_o which_o now_o we_o live_v and_o have_v keep_v the_o same_o for_o a_o long_a time_n some_o will_v call_v it_o democraty_n other_o by_o another_o name_n but_o to_o speak_v truth_n it_o be_v the_o gubernation_n of_o the_o best_a man_n with_o the_o people_n consent_n for_o we_o have_v in_o time_n past_o king_n and_o these_o true_o sometime_o come_v to_o the_o government_n by_o inheritance_n sometime_o by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n but_o now_o sithat_o the_o power_n be_v in_o the_o people_n they_o commit_v the_o administration_n to_o some_o most_o excellent_a and_o virtuose_fw-la person_n neither_o be_v any_o lay_v aside_o by_o reason_n of_o infirmity_n or_o poverty_n or_o low_a degree_n of_o parentage_n neither_o if_o the_o contrary_a condition_n be_v find_v be_v he_o therefore_o promote_v as_o in_o other_o city_n but_o there_o be_v one_o rule_n of_o determine_v all_o office_n namely_o he_o that_o be_v judge_v the_o wise_a and_o best_a man_n he_o be_v call_v to_o public_a administration_n and_o office_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o administration_n among_o we_o be_v our_o equality_n and_o parity_n as_o to_o origine_fw-la for_o other_o city_n be_v compose_v of_o person_n different_a and_o inequal_a they_o have_v inequal_a and_o different_a form_n of_o administration_n namely_o tyranny_n and_o oligarchie_n also_o some_o be_v slave_n other_o lord_n but_o we_o be_v bear_v all_o of_o one_o mother_n judge_v it_o not_o equal_a that_o some_o be_v lord_n and_o some_o vassal_n but_o that_o equality_n of_o stock_n have_v make_v we_o to_o find_v out_o this_o equality_n of_o polity_n that_o none_o precede_v the_o other_o but_o in_o the_o estime_fw-fr of_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n wherefore_o their_o parent_n and_o we_o have_v be_v educate_v in_o all_o kind_n of_o liberty_n many_o noble_a deed_n for_o the_o commun_n utility_n of_o mankind_n have_v be_v perform_v have_v always_o judge_v it_o necessary_a for_o liberty_n to_o fight_v against_o the_o grecian_n for_o the_o grecian_n and_o against_o the_o barbarian_n for_o the_o grecian_n thus_o plato_n of_o the_o athenian_a polity_n wherein_o he_o show_v that_o democraty_n do_v not_o require_v that_o all_o administration_n be_v transact_v by_o the_o people_n but_o that_o the_o supreme_a power_n be_v in_o the_o people_n and_o that_o they_o be_v their_o free_a suffrage_n elect_v such_o as_o they_o judge_v to_o excel_v in_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n as_o administrator_n or_o magistrate_n of_o public_a affair_n this_o he_o exemplify_v by_o the_o athenian_a republic_n which_o be_v a_o democraty_n in_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o supreme_a power_n be_v in_o the_o community_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o the_o administrationof_n that_o power_n be_v by_o the_o people_n suffrage_n commit_v to_o such_o as_o they_o judge_v most_o eminent_a for_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n so_o that_o this_o polity_n be_v indeed_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o aristocratie_n with_o the_o people_n consent_n i._n e._n mix_v with_o democraty_n plato_n here_o join_v democraty_n with_o aristocratie_n democraty_n monarchy_n mix_v with_o democraty_n so_o in_o his_o leg._n 3._o pag._n 693._o he_o join_v monarchy_n and_o democraty_n as_o the_o two_o constitutive_a part_n of_o a_o good_a polity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n there_o be_v as_o it_o be_v two_o mother_n of_o public_a administration_n or_o polity_n out_o of_o which_o he_o that_o shall_v say_v other_o form_n of_o gubernation_n result_v speak_v the_o truth_n the_o one_o of_o these_o be_v call_v monarchy_n the_o other_o democraty_n the_o former_a be_v most_o eminent_o in_o use_n among_o the_o persian_n the_o late_a among_o we_o and_o almost_o all_o other_o kind_n of_o polity_n be_v various_o compose_v out_o of_o these_o and_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o a_o city_n which_o will_v enjoy_v her_o liberty_n and_o amity_n with_o prudence_n participate_v of_o both_o of_o these_o which_o indeed_o our_o commun_n speech_n signify_v when_o we_o say_v that_o a_o city_n destitute_a of_o these_o can_v be_v right_o administrate_v and_o govern_v in_o which_o he_o demonstrate_v that_o regal_a monarchy_n contemper_v with_o popular_a democraty_n be_v the_o most_o equal_a and_o best_a of_o domination_n provide_v that_o it_o be_v well_o confine_v and_o bound_v by_o law_n for_o such_o a_o mix_a polity_n come_v near_a to_o pattern_n authority_n which_o be_v most_o natural_a by_o compare_v these_o philosophemes_n of_o plato_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o according_a to_o his_o mind_n use_n mix_a polity_n its_o use_n a_o mix_a polity_n or_o gubernation_n of_o monarchy_n aristocratie_n and_o democraty_n if_o well_o limit_v and_o bound_v by_o law_n be_v general_o useful_a thus_o the_o stoic_n also_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o best_a polity_n or_o regiment_n be_v that_o which_o be_v mix_v of_o democraty_n the_o regal_a power_n and_o aristocratie_n as_o laertius_n in_o zeno._n and_o the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v these_o monarchy_n have_v a_o unitive_a efficace_n for_o the_o rpevent_a division_n dissolution_n and_o ruin_n which_o usual_o arise_v out_o of_o faction_n unto_o which_o democraty_n and_o aristocratie_n be_v obnoxious_a democraty_n have_v a_o diffusive_a faculty_n as_o it_o take_v in_o the_o concern_v and_o interest_n of_o each_o individual_a aristocratie_n have_v a_o collective_a virtue_n as_o it_o gather_v up_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o whole_a community_n into_o a_o system_a of_o the_o wise_a and_o best_a administrator_n as_o all_o these_o three_o kind_n of_o polity_n have_v their_o virtue_n and_o efficace_n so_o also_o they_o have_v their_o excess_n monarchy_n with_o facility_n degenerate_v into_o tyranny_n aristocratie_n into_o oligarchie_n and_o democraty_n into_o anarchy_n as_o plato_n repub._n 8._o pag._n 563._o have_v well_o observe_v whence_o for_o the_o prevent_v the_o excess_n of_o each_o some_o great_a politician_n as_o also_o theologue_n have_v judge_v a_o complexe_n or_o mix_v constitution_n of_o all_o
republic_n which_o whatever_o way_n they_o incline_v draw_v on_o other_o thing_n with_o they_o i._n e._n if_o a_o republic_n be_v give_v to_o sloth_n and_o sensuality_n it_o be_v near_a ruin_n thus_o repub._n 9_o pag._n 564._o he_o say_v that_o idleness_n and_o prodigality_n be_v the_o peste_n of_o republic_n and_o where_o these_o two_o ill_a humour_n be_v find_v they_o infeste_a a_o body_n politic_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o choler_n and_o phlegm_n the_o natural_a body_n thence_o aristotle_n in_o his_o politics_n say_v that_o husbandman_n and_o shepherd_n make_v the_o best_a citizen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o such_o converse_n according_a to_o law_n for_o they_o get_v their_o livelihood_n by_o work_v neither_o can_v they_o be_v idle_a whereas_o other_o vocation_n be_v more_o obnoxious_a to_o idleness_n and_o luxury_n 3._o poverty_n 3._o prosperity_n and_o poverty_n also_o excess_n of_o prosperity_n or_o poverty_n great_o promove_v the_o ruin_n of_o republic_n prosperity_n hasten_v the_o ruin_n of_o republic_n as_o it_o oft_o cause_v luxury_n insolence_n and_o division_n poverty_n as_o it_o produce_v injustice_n and_o idleness_n how_o much_o excess_n of_o prosperity_n promove_v the_o ruin_n of_o a_o republic_n plato_n repub._n 9_o pag._n 564._o illustrate_v by_o the_o republic_n of_o the_o bee_n which_o when_o it_o abound_v with_o much_o honey_n the_o drone_n come_v and_o devour_v all_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rich_a man_n therefore_o according_a to_o my_o opinion_n be_v deserve_o style_v the_o herb_n of_o drone_n which_o they_o devour_v thence_o plato_n repub._n 4._o pag._n 421._o say_v that_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n that_o corrupt_v and_o debauch_v citizen_n and_o so_o bring_v ruin_n to_o republic_n namely_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d richesse_n and_o penury_n and_o he_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o both_o richesse_n make_v man_n idle_a and_o factiose_fw-la a_o artificer_n say_v he_o when_o he_o grow_v rich_a cast_v off_o his_o trade_n again_o poverty_n hinder_v man_n from_o work_n in_o that_o it_o deprive_v they_o of_o necessary_n whence_o he_o conclude_v that_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o take_v diligent_a heed_n that_o a_o city_n be_v not_o bring_v to_o ruin_v by_o the_o excess_n of_o these_o two_o richesse_n and_o poverty_n whereof_o the_o former_a breed_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luxury_n sloth_n and_o innovation_n and_o the_o late_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sordidnesse_n evil_a practice_n as_o also_o desire_v of_o innovation_n again_o repub._n 8._o pag._n 552._o he_o say_v excess_n of_o richesse_n or_o poverty_n threaten_v ruin_n because_o the_o former_a make_v man_n drone_n and_o the_o late_a make_n man_n thief_n sacrilegious_a and_o addict_v to_o evil_a practice_n 4._o animosity_n faction_n and_o division_n be_v a_o principal_a cause_n of_o state-ruine_n division_n 4._o division_n it_o be_v a_o maxim_n of_o politician_n concordant_a with_o plato_n politics_n that_o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o ruin_n to_o politic_a body_n be_v from_o themselves_o as_o in_o body_n natural_a and_o what_o more_o potent_a principe_fw-la of_o self-dissolution_n be_v there_o than_o division_n sacred_a philosophy_n teach_v we_o that_o a_o kingdom_n divide_v can_v stand_v 12.25_o mat._n 12.25_o as_o mat._n 12.25_o for_o indeed_o division_n in_o allthing_n natural_o draw_v on_o dissolution_n plato_n repub._n 4._o assure_v we_o that_o unity_n be_v the_o best_a bond_n of_o any_o society_n whereas_o division_n cause_n dissolution_n thence_o repub._n 5._o pag._n 464._o he_o require_v in_o his_o republic_n that_o there_o be_v a_o community_n as_o well_o of_o good_n as_o affection_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o true_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o man_n be_v free_a from_o all_o contention_n and_o division_n 5._o the_o last_o cause_n we_o shall_v mention_v of_o state-ruine_n be_v injustice_n injustice_n 5._o injustice_n thus_o plato_n repub._n 4._o pag._n 444._o make_v injustice_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o vitiositie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o disease_n of_o person_n and_o republic_n this_o be_v well_o set_v forth_o by_o augustin_n de_fw-fr civit._n l._n 4._o c._n 4._o without_o justice_n what_o be_v kingdom_n but_o great_a place_n of_o robbery_n and_o what_o be_v place_n of_o robbery_n but_o little_a kingdom_n for_o indeed_o the_o pirate_n take_v by_o alexander_n be_v ask_v by_o the_o king_n what_o he_o mean_v thus_o to_o infeste_a the_o sea_n answer_v elegant_o and_o true_o and_o what_o mean_v thou_o thus_o to_o infeste_a the_o whole_a world_n but_o because_o i_o play_v the_o pirate_n in_o a_o little_a ship_n therefore_o i_o pass_v for_o a_o robber_n whereas_o thou_o do_v the_o same_o with_o a_o great_a navy_n pass_v for_o a_o emperor_n see_v more_o of_o politic_a justice_n and_o injustice_n in_o what_o precede_v §_o 7._o parag._n 4._o reform_a philosophy_n book_n ii_o of_o metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophy_n wherein_o plato_n metaphysic_n philosopheme_v be_v methodise_v and_o improve_v chap._n i._o of_o metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophy_n in_o general_n a_o general_a idea_n of_o metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophy_n it_o be_v generic_a notion_n sapience_n its_o object_n thing_n most_o excellent_a etc._n etc._n it_o be_v difference_n from_o theology_n as_o a_o natural_a sapience_n it_o be_v formal_a act_n contemplation_n §_o 1._o general_n metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophy_n in_o general_n before_o we_o enter_v on_o the_o body_n of_o metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophy_n it_o will_v be_v necessary_a that_o we_o give_v some_o general_a notion_n thereof_o thereby_o to_o disabuse_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n who_o have_v be_v so_o long_o impose_v on_o by_o false_a idea_n collect_v out_o of_o aristotle_n suppose_a metaphysic_n for_o since_o aristotle_n metaphysic_n possess_v the_o school_n all_o man_n have_v endeavour_v to_o conform_v their_o metaphysic_n philosopheme_v to_o they_o as_o the_o original_a exemplar_n on_o a_o supposition_n that_o they_o be_v a_o part_n of_o aristotle_n genuine_a work_n but_o i_o conceive_v it_o no_o difficult_a thing_n to_o demonstrate_v what_o some_o learned_a man_n have_v undertake_v that_o those_o metaphysic_n which_o pass_v under_o aristotle_n name_n be_v spurious_a and_o not_o to_o be_v reckon_v among_o his_o genuine_a work_n for_o who_o can_v imagine_v that_o such_o a_o learned_a and_o accurate_a man_n as_o aristotle_n be_v shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o so_o great_a a_o absurdity_n as_o to_o stuff_n up_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o metaphysic_n with_o the_o ten_o predicament_n and_o other_o logic_n notion_n which_o he_o have_v so_o prolixe_o handle_v in_o his_o organ_n of_o logic_n may_v we_o not_o take_v it_o for_o grant_v that_o nothing_o proper_o belong_v to_o metaphysic_n but_o what_o be_v supernatural_a as_o the_o name_n import_v yea_o do_v not_o the_o synonymous_a title_n that_o aristotle_n be_v say_v to_o give_v this_o science_n cut_v off_o above_o the_o moiety_n of_o his_o metaphysic_n for_o stobaeus_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v aristotle_n manner_n to_o call_v metaphysic_n theologie_n and_o this_o indeed_o he_o learn_v from_o his_o master_n plato_n who_o seem_v to_o attribute_v unto_o metaphysic_n one_o and_o the_o same_o idea_n with_o natural_a theology_n the_o object_n whereof_o be_v god_n and_o thing_n supernatural_a so_o far_o as_o they_o may_v be_v contemplate_v by_o natural_a light_n hence_o we_o may_v define_v metaphysic_n or_o prime_a philosophic_a according_a to_o plato_n mind_n a_o natural_a sapience_n or_o theology_n for_o the_o contemplation_n of_o thing_n supernatural_a and_o divine_a as_o for_o the_o generic_a idea_n or_o notion_n of_o metaphysic_n the_o platonist_n general_a term_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sapience_n which_o be_v deduce_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sophe_n sapience_n metaphysic_n sapience_n a_o speculator_n or_o contemplator_n because_o the_o ancient_a wise_a man_n be_v contemplator_n special_o of_o thing_n divine_a indeed_o cicero_n tusc_n 4._o call_v all_o philosophy_n the_o study_n of_o sapience_n but_o the_o grecian_a philosopher_n socrates_n plato_n and_o aristotle_n seem_v to_o confine_v sapience_n to_o metaphysic_n wherefore_o they_o define_v it_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n most_o excellent_a and_o divine_a special_o the_o first_o be_v and_o cause_n of_o allthing_n whence_o they_o make_v the_o object_n of_o this_o sapience_n to_o be_v in_o the_o general_n 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n most_o excellent_a and_o eximious_a as_o the_o first_o be_v and_o cause_n 2_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n wonderful_a i._n e._n such_o oriental_a tradition_n as_o thales_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n bring_v from_o the_o barbarics_n namely_o the_o hebrew_n etc._n etc._n touch_v the_o first_o origine_fw-la of_o thing_n the_o wonder_n of_o providence_n the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o mystery_n of_o religion_n which_o aristotle_n estimed_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thing_n inutile_fw-la
object_n it_o can_v be_v more_o certain_a than_o the_o object_n be_v whatever_o contingence_n belong_v to_o the_o object_n will_v also_o influence_n the_o science_n and_o make_v it_o contingent_a whence_o if_o the_o divine_a science_n be_v certain_a as_o without_o all_o dispute_n it_o be_v than_o it_o can_v depend_v on_o its_o mutable_a contingent_a object_n but_o must_v be_v absolute_a and_o independent_a be_v it_o less_o than_o blasphemy_n to_o conceive_v that_o the_o infinite_a science_n of_o god_n shall_v depend_v on_o any_o finite_a object_n or_o finite_a mutable_a condition_n appendent_a thereto_o yea_o be_v not_o such_o a_o conditionate_n science_n altogether_o impossible_a as_o to_o god_n for_o must_v not_o the_o object_n as_o such_o be_v before_o the_o act_n and_o may_v we_o suppose_v any_o create_a object_n or_o condition_n appertain_v thereto_o in_o any_o regard_n to_o be_v before_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o science_n be_v not_o the_o futurition_n of_o allthing_n both_o object_n and_o condition_n the_o effect_n of_o the_o divine_a decree_n â—â—â—refore_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n subsequent_a to_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o if_o so_o then_o be_v not_o all_o object_n and_o the_o condition_n appendent_a thereto_o foresee_v by_o god_n in_o his_o divine_a decree_n without_o the_o least_o dependence_n on_o the_o thing_n themselves_o or_o their_o contingent_a condition_n indeed_o a_o conditionate_n science_n to_o speak_v proper_o be_v that_o which_o as_o yet_o never_o exist_v but_o will_v follow_v on_o the_o position_n of_o the_o condition_n whence_o true_o such_o a_o science_n can_v existe_v even_o in_o man_n before_o the_o condition_n be_v perform_v and_o therefore_o where_o the_o condition_n be_v never_o perform_v it_o can_v never_o existe_v how_o impossible_a then_o be_v it_o that_o such_o a_o science_n shall_v be_v find_v in_o god_n who_o no_o way_n depend_v on_o extern_a object_n for_o his_o science_n we_o must_v therefore_o conclude_v that_o god_n in_o the_o absolute_a and_o efficacious_a decree_n of_o his_o own_o will_n have_v predetermine_v all_o future_n both_o contingent_a free_a and_o necessary_a in_o particular_a and_o thence_o certain_o and_o infallible_o know_v they_o to_o be_v future_a both_o as_o to_o their_o substance_n and_o circumstance_n as_o for_o sin_n future_a god_n certain_o and_o infallible_o know_v they_o both_o as_o future_a and_o present_a in_o the_o determination_n and_o permission_n of_o his_o own_o will_n whereby_o the_o create_v will_n be_v determine_v to_o the_o entity_n of_o the_o sinful_a act_n as_o a_o real_a act_n and_o permit_v as_o to_o the_o moral_a pravitie_n of_o the_o act_n as_o before_o in_o the_o object_n of_o divine_a prescience_n hence_o 6._o the_o divine_a science_n be_v eternal_a thus_o plato_n eternal_a 6._o divine_a science_n eternal_a both_o in_o his_o timaeus_n and_o parmenides_n make_v his_o divine_a idea_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eternal_a and_o sempiterne_a and_o the_o reason_n be_v most_o evident_a because_o the_o divine_a science_n be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o divine_a essence_n if_o god_n shall_v begin_v to_o know_v any_o thing_n that_o he_o know_v not_o before_o his_o intellection_n shall_v depend_v on_o the_o object_n know_v which_o be_v impossible_a again_o if_o god_n shall_v begin_v to_o know_v what_o he_o know_v not_o before_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v composite_a or_o compound_v of_o act_n and_o power_n and_o so_o not_o a_o pure_a act_n then_o also_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v most_o perfect_a and_o most_o bless_a for_o every_o act_n add_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o habit_n or_o power_n all_o the_o succession_n and_o vicissitude_n of_o time_n or_o thing_n in_o time_n be_v foresee_v by_o god_n in_o his_o eternity_n by_o one_o simple_a intuitive_a act._n thus_o maximus_n tyrius_n dissertat_fw-la 1._o pag._n 10._o the_o divine_a intellect_n be_v not_o perfect_a unless_o it_o be_v add_v to_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d always_o to_o understand_v thus_o also_o aquinas_n part._n 1._o quaest_n 14._o art_n 13._o god_n know_v all_o contingent_n not_o only_o as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o own_o cause_n but_o as_o they_o be_v each_o of_o they_o actual_o in_o themselves_o and_o albeit_o contingent_n be_v bring_v into_o act_n and_o existence_n successive_o yet_o god_n do_v not_o know_v they_o successive_o as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o own_o be_v as_o we_o do_v but_o all_o at_o once_o because_o his_o knowledge_n be_v measure_v by_o eternity_n as_o also_o his_o be_v but_o now_o eternity_n be_v existent_a all_o at_o once_o do_v compass_n about_o all_o time_n whence_o allthing_n that_o be_v in_o time_n be_v present_a to_o god_n from_o all_o eternity_n not_o only_o as_o the_o reason_n of_o allthing_n be_v present_a with_o he_o but_o because_o his_o intuition_n be_v from_o eternity_n cast_v on_o allthing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o their_o presentialitie_n this_o presentialitie_n must_v be_v limit_v to_o the_o divine_a will_n which_o give_v futurition_n to_o allthing_n and_o so_o make_v they_o present_a to_o the_o divine_a understanding_n hence_o 7._o the_o divine_a science_n be_v infinite_o perfect_a perfect_a 7._o divine_a science_n infinite_o perfect_a thus_o plato_n ascribe_v to_o god_n parmenid_n 134._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o most_o exquisite_a perfect_a science_n otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o be_v rector_n of_o the_o universe_n so_o maximus_n tyrius_n dissert_n 1._o pag._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o be_v most_o perfect_a who_o understande_v both_o at_o all_o time_n and_o allthing_n and_o at_o once_o 147.5_o psal_n 147.5_o god_n know_v allthing_n always_o and_o at_o once_o therefore_o most_o perfect_o thus_o psal_n 147.5_o great_a be_v our_o lord_n and_o of_o great_a power_n his_o understanding_n be_v infinite_a or_o of_o his_o understanding_n there_o be_v no_o number_n i._n e._n his_o understanding_n be_v every_o may_v perfect_v he_o know_v allthing_n and_o that_o in_o the_o most_o perfect_a manner_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o psalmist_n ground_n the_o infinitude_n of_o god_n knowledge_n on_o the_o magnitude_n or_o infinitude_n of_o hsi_fw-fr essence_n and_o power_n whereby_o we_o be_v inform_v that_o god_n knowledge_n depend_v not_o on_o the_o object_n know_v but_o arise_v from_o his_o own_o omnipotent_a will_n and_o essence_n the_o perfection_n of_o the_o divine_a science_n may_v be_v consider_v essential_o intensive_o extensive_o 1_o essential_o as_o god_n know_v himself_o perfect_o in_o himself_o and_o by_o himself_o and_o allthing_n else_o in_o himself_o god_n know_v allthing_n distinct_o in_o the_o claritie_n of_o his_o own_o essence_n those_o thing_n that_o be_v diverse_a and_o multiply_v in_o the_o creature_n be_v most_o simple_o and_o unit_o in_o god_n man_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o object_n have_v diverse_a notice_n or_o apprehension_n of_o thing_n as_o he_o understande_v first_fw-mi principes_fw-la so_o his_o knowledge_n be_v style_v intelligence_n as_o conclusion_n flow_v from_o first_o principes_fw-la so_o his_o knowledge_n be_v call_v science_n as_o the_o high_a cause_n so_o sapience_n as_o thing_n practic_a and_o moral_a so_o prudence_n but_o all_o these_o god_n comprehende_v by_o one_o simple_a act_n of_o intuition_n in_o his_o own_o essence_n 2_o god_n knowledge_n be_v most_o perfect_a intensive_o for_o every_o intelligent_a be_v so_o far_o perfect_a as_o to_o degree_n of_o knowledge_n as_o he_o partake_v of_o immaterialitie_n brute_n have_v some_o degree_n of_o apprehension_n as_o they_o have_v spirituose_fw-la soul_n but_o these_o their_o animal_n spirit_n be_v but_o the_o pure_a part_n of_o matter_n therefore_o their_o apprehension_n be_v most_o imperfect_a and_o not_o reckon_v among_o the_o species_n of_o true_a knowledge_n man_n apprehension_n depend_v very_o far_o upon_o his_o sense_n and_o material_a object_n it_o be_v therefore_o more_o imperfect_a than_o that_o of_o angel_n yea_o the_o angelic_a intelligence_n be_v make_v up_o of_o act_n and_o power_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o metaphysic_n matter_n hence_o there_o be_v much_o of_o imperfection_n mix_v therewith_o if_o compare_v with_o god_n intelligence_n which_o be_v pure_a act_n and_o exempt_a from_o all_o mater_fw-la as_o well_o metaphysic_n as_o physic_n hence_o it_o be_v most_o perfect_a intensive_o as_o to_o all_o degree_n of_o knowledge_n 3_o god_n science_n be_v most_o perfect_a extensive_o not_o as_o to_o kind_n or_o part_n of_o science_n for_o it_o be_v most_o indivisible_a and_o simple_a without_o all_o extension_n of_o part_n but_o as_o to_o object_n because_o it_o extend_v unto_o all_o object_n god_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o most_o infinite_a claritie_n comprehende_v all_o particular_a thing_n with_o all_o the_o particle_n of_o time_n in_o and_o by_o himself_o god_n be_v in_o the_o high_a degree_n immaterial_a it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o his_o science_n be_v most_o ample_a and_o extensive_a as_o to_o its_o object_n for_o
depend_v this_o soveraintie_n and_o independence_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n the_o hebrew_n express_v by_o the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adonai_n which_o denote_v god_n sovereign_n dominion_n over_o the_o creature_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o pillar_n or_o basis_n on_o which_o the_o whole_a fabric_n depend_v but_o it_o depend_v not_o on_o the_o fabric_n so_o allthing_n depend_v on_o the_o sovereign_n will_v of_o god_n but_o it_o on_o nothing_o thus_o plato_n epist_n p._n 312._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o king_n of_o allthing_n allthing_n be_v and_o allthing_n be_v for_o his_o sake_n 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o allthing_n beautiful_a wherein_o note_n 1_o thâ—â—e_o style_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sovereign_a king_n or_o lord_n of_o all_o i._n e._n according_a to_o the_o origination_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o basis_n of_o all_o answerable_o to_o the_o import_n of_o adonai_n lord_n 2_o he_o say_v allthing_n be_v for_o god_n i._n e._n to_o be_v dispose_v of_o according_a to_o his_o sovereign_n will_n and_o pleasure_n and_o 3_o he_o add_v the_o reason_n because_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o allthing_n i_o e._n god_n by_o virtue_n of_o his_o prime_a causalitie_n and_o efficience_n have_v a_o universal_a dominion_n over_o all_o thing_n to_o dispose_v of_o they_o as_o he_o please_v for_o his_o glory_n the_o light_n of_o nature_n teach_v that_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o supreme_a moderator_n of_o his_o own_o work_n hence_o what_o ever_o god_n will_v be_v just_a because_o he_o will_v it_o this_o soveraintie_n and_o independence_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v lively_o express_v psal_n 135.5_o 6._o psal_n 135.5_o 6._o for_o i_o know_v that_o jehova_n be_v great_a and_o that_o our_o lord_n be_v superior_a to_o all_o god_n jehovah_n i._n e._n the_o first_o supreme_a be_v who_o give_v be_v to_o allthing_n but_o receive_v nothing_o from_o any_o creature_n be_v great_a i._n e._n infinite_a in_o be_v and_o therefore_o most_o sovereign_n and_o independent_a in_o his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n whence_o it_o follow_v and_o superior_a to_o all_o god_n i._n e._n infinite_o above_o angel_n and_o man_n though_o never_o so_o potent_a who_o all_o depend_v on_o his_o sovereign_a independent_a wil._n thence_o he_o add_v v._o 6._o whatsoever_o the_o lord_n please_v that_o do_v he_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whatsoever_o the_o lord_n will_v which_o note_v the_o soveraintie_n independence_n and_o omnipotence_n of_o his_o wil._n 1.14_o jonah_n 1.14_o so_o jonah_n 1.14_o for_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v do_v as_o it_o please_v thou_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o thy_o sovereign_a independent_a wil._n the_o great_a notion_n or_o attribute_n that_o our_o shallow_a judgement_n can_v invent_v be_v infinite_o too_o short_a to_o express_v the_o soveraintie_n of_o the_o divine_a wil._n but_o the_o more_o full_o to_o explicate_v and_o demonstrate_v the_o soveraintie_n and_o independence_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n moral_o god_n independent_a physical_o and_o moral_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o as_o cause_n so_o dependence_n on_o those_o cause_n be_v twofold_a physic_n or_o moral_a physic_n dependence_n be_v that_o whereby_o a_o inferior_a depend_v on_o a_o superior_a cause_n for_o real_a efficience_n moral_a dependence_n be_v that_o whereby_o a_o inferior_a depend_v on_o its_o superior_a for_o moral_a influence_n and_o there_o be_v this_o commun_n to_o both_o as_o in_o natural_n inferior_a cause_n dependent_a on_o superior_n in_o act_v have_v no_o power_n to_o act_v contrary_a to_o the_o efficace_n of_o their_o superior_n so_o in_o moral_n but_o now_o god_n be_v neither_o physical_o nor_o moral_o dependent_a on_o any_o superior_a cause_n 1_o he_o have_v no_o physic_n dependence_n on_o any_o superior_a cause_n because_o he_o be_v the_o first_o in_o the_o order_n of_o physic_n cause_n again_o he_o be_v superior_a to_o all_o god_n as_o psal_n 135.5_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v influence_v by_o any_o so_o plato_n repub._n assurâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o a_o hypocrite_n be_v neither_o able_a to_o hide_v himself_o from_o god_n nor_o yet_o to_o force_v he_o the_o divine_a will_n receive_v no_o real_a efficience_n or_o influence_n from_o the_o human_a will_n but_o the_o human_a will_n be_v real_o influence_v by_o the_o divine_a will_n god_n will_v not_o thing_n because_o we_o will_v they_o but_o we_o will_v thing_n because_o god_n will_v they_o 2_o neither_o be_v god_n moral_o dependent_a on_o any_o other_o moral_a dependence_n be_v found_v in_o natural_a where_o there_o be_v natural_a independence_n in_o a_o absolute_a degree_n there_o can_v be_v moral_a dependence_n in_o any_o degree_n the_o rational_a creature_n have_v a_o twofold_a relation_n to_o god_n as_o a_o creature_n and_o as_o rational_a hence_o he_o have_v a_o twofold_a dependence_n on_o god_n one_o natural_a the_o other_o moral_a but_o god_n be_v independent_a as_o to_o his_o essence_n must_v necessary_o also_o be_v independent_a as_o to_o moral_n moral_a dependence_n be_v either_o legal_a or_o final_a legal_a dependence_n be_v when_o a_o inferior_a depend_v on_o the_o law_n remuneration_n or_o distribution_n of_o any_o superior_a final_a dependence_n be_v when_o a_o inferior_a depend_v on_o some_o supreme_a last_o end_n the_o divine_a will_n be_v in_o neither_o regard_n dependent_a 1_n it_o be_v not_o legal_o dependent_a because_o not_o subject_a to_o the_o law_n of_o any_o the_o divine_a will_n give_v law_n to_o all_o creature_n but_o receive_v law_n from_o none_o yea_o it_o have_v no_o legal_a dependence_n on_o any_o meritorious_a act_n of_o the_o creature_n god_n will_v nothing_o without_o himself_o because_o it_o be_v just_a but_o it_o be_v therefore_o just_a because_o he_o will_v it_o the_o reason_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n extrinsec_fw-la to_o the_o divine_a essence_n be_v all_o dependent_a on_o the_o divine_a will_n either_o decernent_fw-la or_o legislative_a 2_o the_o divine_a will_n have_v no_o final_a dependence_n on_o any_o superior_a end_n because_o it_o be_v own_o bonitie_n be_v its_o only_a end_n the_o end_n be_v the_o cause_n reason_n or_o motive_n of_o willing_a allthing_n that_o conduce_v to_o the_o end_n but_o now_o nothing_o can_v move_v the_o will_n of_o god_n but_o his_o own_o bonitie_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o same_o with_o his_o will_n and_o essence_n wherefore_o it_o can_v be_v proper_o say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o will_n because_o nothing_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o itself_o when_o theologue_n affirm_v that_o god_n will_v one_o thing_n for_o another_o they_o mean_v not_o that_o the_o other_o thing_n be_v the_o cause_n or_o motive_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n but_o that_o god_n will_v there_o shall_v be_v a_o causal_a connexion_n between_o the_o thing_n will_v as_o god_n will_v the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n shall_v be_v for_o the_o production_n of_o fruit_n and_o these_o for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n etc._n etc._n god_n willing_a one_o thing_n for_o another_o note_v a_o causal_a connexion_n between_o the_o thing_n will_v but_o no_o causal_a influence_n on_o the_o divine_a will_n 5._o deus_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la ephes_n 1.4_o 5._o god_n will_v this_o for_o that_o yet_o for_o this_o he_o do_v not_o will_n that_o i._n e._n god_n will_v effect_n and_o cause_n and_o that_o the_o effect_n be_v for_o the_o cause_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o will_v the_o effect_n for_o the_o cause_n as_o if_o the_o cause_n be_v the_o motive_n of_o his_o wil._n thus_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o text_n eph._n 1.4_o according_a as_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o in_o he_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o without_o blame_n before_o he_o in_o love_n how_o be_v the_o elect_a choose_v in_o christ_n 1_o negative_o they_o be_v not_o choose_v in_o christ_n as_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o election_n nor_o from_o a_o prevision_n of_o their_o faith_n in_o christ_n as_o the_o motive_n of_o divine_a election_n according_a to_o the_o pelagian_a hypothesis_n but_o 2_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v choose_v in_o christ_n as_o their_o commun_n head_n that_o by_o he_o they_o may_v be_v make_v new_a creature_n and_o so_o partaker_n both_o of_o grace_n and_o glory_n christ_n and_o faith_n have_v no_o causal_n influence_n on_o the_o divine_a will_n but_o the_o divine_a will_n decree_n that_o christ_n and_o faith_n shall_v have_v a_o causal_a influence_n on_o salvation_n thence_o it_o follow_v v._o 5._o have_v predestinate_v we_o unto_o the_o adoption_n of_o child_n by_o jesus_n christ_n unto_o himself_o according_a to_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o wil._n here_o
most_o extensive_a as_o to_o all_o effect_n do_v not_o every_o cause_n by_o how_o much_o the_o high_a it_o be_v by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o extend_v itself_o to_o variety_n of_o effect_n must_v not_o god_n then_o by_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n necessary_o extend_v his_o concourse_n to_o all_o effect_n 4_o from_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n that_o allthing_n fall_v under_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n plato_n as_o well_o as_o scripture_n great_o prove_v as_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o ch._n 8._o §_o 2._o show_n and_o if_o so_o must_v not_o then_o the_o concourse_n of_o god_n universal_o extend_v to_o allthing_n so_o far_o as_o they_o partake_v of_o be_v either_o natural_a or_o moral_a 4._o prop._n god_n concourse_n in_o regard_n of_o all_o second_o cause_n and_o object_n be_v principal_a principal_a god_n concourse_n principal_a the_o principatie_n and_o soveraintie_n of_o divine_a concourse_n special_o as_o to_o gratiose_fw-la effect_n be_v frequent_o assert_v in_o sacred_a philosophy_n 53.11_o esa_n 53.11_o so_o it_o be_v say_v of_o christ_n esa_n 53.11_o he_o shall_v see_v the_o travel_n of_o his_o soul_n which_o assure_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o principal_a parent_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o old_a and_o that_o all_o minister_n or_o other_o instrument_n be_v but_o as_o it_o be_v midwife_n unto_o christ_n thence_o plato_n in_o his_o theaetetus_n pag._n 151._o bring_v in_o socrates_n use_v the_o same_o phrase_n touch_v himself_o and_o his_o philosophemes_n socrates_n be_v about_o to_o instruct_v theaetetus_n one_o of_o his_o disciple_n of_o great_a ingeny_n the_o more_o effectual_o to_o engage_v his_o attention_n and_o diligence_n he_o profess_v that_o for_o his_o part_n he_o be_v but_o as_o his_o mother_n a_o midwife_n to_o assist_v the_o soul_n in_o the_o bring_n forth_o of_o moral_a virtue_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n compel_v i_o to_o play_v the_o midwife_n but_o forbid_v i_o to_o generate_v whereby_o he_o ascribe_v the_o principal_a efficience_n of_o all_o moral_a virtue_n to_o god_n reserve_v only_o a_o ministerial_a subservience_n to_o man_n so_o great_a be_v the_o modesty_n of_o this_o poor_a philosopher_n beyond_o many_o that_o profess_v christianity_n thus_o plato_n repub._n 6._o make_n god_n to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o first_o and_o most_o sovereign_a cause_n of_o allthing_n whereas_o all_o second_o cause_n be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yea_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v child_n or_o effect_n and_o product_n and_o therefore_o all_o their_o efficience_n and_o causalitie_n be_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o commistion_n with_o and_o participation_n from_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n thence_o in_o his_o phaedâ—_n pag._n 99_o he_o affirm_v that_o second_o cause_n if_o compare_v with_o the_o first_o deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o cause_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o call_v these_o cause_n be_v very_o importune_v or_o absue_v thence_o he_o add_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o be_v a_o cause_n indeed_o be_v one_o thing_n and_o that_o without_o which_o a_o cause_n be_v not_o a_o cause_n another_o plato_n here_o make_v mention_n of_o two_o sort_n of_o cause_n 1_o one_o which_o be_v true_o a_o cause_n i._n e._n the_o first_o cause_n 2_o another_o which_o be_v only_o causa_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la a_o cause_n without_o which_o the_o effect_n be_v not_o produce_v such_o be_v all_o second_o cause_n who_o ministry_n the_o first_o cause_n make_v use_v of_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o the_o principal_a efficience_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o first_o cause_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o second_o cause_n be_v only_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concause_n or_o subservient_fw-fr cause_n employ_v by_o god_n for_o the_o production_n of_o thing_n so_o in_o his_o timaeus_n pag._n 46._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d these_o be_v concause_n who_o ministry_n god_n use_v to_o perfect_v so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v the_o idea_n and_o form_n of_o what_o be_v best_a but_o very_o many_o estime_fw-fr these_fw-mi to_o be_v not_o concause_n but_o cause_n of_o allthing_n but_o he_o subjoin_v such_o have_v no_o reason_n or_o sense_n for_o what_o they_o assert_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o we_o must_v say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o soul_n of_o allthing_n that_o existe_v to_o who_o only_o belong_v the_o power_n of_o understanding_n but_o he_o be_v invisible_a whence_o in_o what_o follow_v he_o express_o distinguish_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o cause_n ascribe_v principal_a causalitie_n to_o the_o former_a and_o ministerial_a or_o instrumental_a to_o the_o late_a there_o be_v in_o these_o philosopheme_v of_o plato_n observable_a 1_o that_o god_n be_v the_o principal_a prime_a cause_n of_o allthing_n 2_o that_o all_o second_o cause_n if_o compare_v with_o god_n deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o cause_n but_o be_v only_a concause_n or_o instrument_n to_o transfer_v the_o efficience_n of_o god_n unto_o the_o effect_n 3_o that_o such_o as_o ascribe_v any_o causalitie_n to_o second_o cause_n more_o than_o what_o as_o instrument_n they_o receive_v from_o the_o first_o cause_n have_v neither_o sense_n nor_o reason_n on_o their_o side_n 4_o that_o there_o be_v a_o universal_a spirit_n or_o soul_n which_o diffuse_v itself_o throughout_o all_o create_v being_n and_o give_v vigour_n determination_n and_o motion_n to_o all_o second_o cause_n and_o effect_n but_o now_o the_o more_o full_o to_o explicate_v plato_n mind_n touch_v the_o principal_a concourse_n of_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n first_o how_o second_o cause_n be_v instrument_n of_o the_o first_o and_o the_o ministerial_a or_o instrumental_a causalitie_n of_o second_o cause_n we_o must_v first_o distinguish_v and_o then_o state_n and_o determine_v our_o hypothesis_n we_o must_v distinguish_v 1_o between_o principal_a causalitie_n simple_o consider_v and_o that_o which_o be_v such_o in_o its_o kind_n and_o in_o some_o respect_n 2_o between_o the_o second_o cause_n its_o respect_n to_o the_o first_o and_o its_o respect_n to_o the_o effect_n 3_o between_o a_o instrument_n take_v in_o a_o lax_n notion_n and_o in_o a_o strict_a also_o between_o a_o moral_a and_o a_o physic_n instrument_n again_o between_o a_o active_a and_o passive_a instrument_n last_o between_o a_o pure_a instrument_n and_o a_o vital_a elevate_v instrument_n 4_o between_o effect_n natural_a and_o supernatural_a these_o distinction_n be_v premiss_v we_o shall_v state_n and_o determine_v our_o hypothesis_n in_o the_o follow_a proposition_n 1_o the_o causalitie_n of_o god_n be_v simple_o and_o universal_o principal_a yet_o that_o of_o second_o cause_n may_v be_v principal_a in_o its_o kind_n the_o concourse_n of_o god_n be_v so_o far_o principal_a as_o that_o it_o can_v and_o oft_o do_v produce_v its_o effect_n without_o the_o concourse_n of_o second_o cause_n but_o second_o cause_n can_v never_o produce_v their_o effect_n without_o the_o concourse_n of_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n 24._o hinc_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la operationes_fw-la hominis_fw-la bonas_fw-la quantumcunque_fw-la fiant_fw-la à _fw-la libera_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tribuere_fw-la solet_fw-la augustinus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la deo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la libero_fw-la svo_fw-la beneplacito_fw-la agit_fw-fr impellit_fw-la flectit_fw-la vertit_fw-la inclinat_fw-la quoliber_fw-la motus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la operetur_fw-la ipse_fw-la inquit_fw-la cantat_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la cujus_fw-la gratia_fw-la cantamus_fw-la nempe_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la ista_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la homini_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntas_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la gloriatio_fw-la de_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tollatur_fw-la ne_fw-la pater_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la donat_fw-la jansenius_n august_n tom._n 3._o l._n 2._o c._n 24._o there_o be_v no_o effect_n which_o the_o second_o cause_n produce_v but_o the_o first_o cause_n can_v produce_v it_o alone_o for_o his_o omnipotent_a concourse_n reach_v to_o all_o effect_n that_o imply_v not_o a_o contradiction_n without_o the_o least_o dependence_n on_o any_o second_o cause_n the_o second_o cause_n need_v the_o first_o in_o all_o its_o operation_n but_o the_o first_o cause_n need_v not_o the_o second_o in_o any_o yea_o where_o the_o first_o and_o second_o cause_n concur_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n the_o concourse_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n be_v infinite_o more_o principal_a than_o that_o of_o the_o second_o because_o the_o second_o cause_n act_v not_o but_o as_o act_v by_o the_o first_o cause_n the_o excitation_n application_n determination_n and_o actuation_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n be_v from_o the_o first_o yet_o we_o may_v not_o deny_v a_o principal_a efficience_n to_o some_o second_o cause_n so_o far_o as_o the_o first_o cause_n have_v communicate_v to_o they_o a_o virtue_n of_o their_o own_o to_o be_v communicate_v to_o their_o effect_n as_o it_o will_v appear_v by_o what_o follow_v
the_o concourse_n of_o god_n be_v only_a general_n and_o indifferent_a it_o than_o hang_v in_o suspense_n and_o have_v not_o efficace_n enough_o to_o reach_v its_o effect_n unless_o it_o be_v so_o or_o so_o dispose_v whence_o also_o it_o follow_v that_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n to_o resist_v or_o frustrate_v the_o concourse_n of_o god_n so_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o reach_v its_o effect_n hence_o last_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o concourse_n of_o god_n be_v not_o efficacious_a and_o omnipotent_a which_o we_o shall_v anon_o prove_v 3_o that_o the_o concourse_n of_o god_n as_o to_o its_o manner_n of_o work_v be_v not_o general_a but_o particular_a be_v assert_v and_o demonstrate_v by_o some_o of_o the_o most_o acute_a of_o the_o scholastic_a theologue_n so_o bradwardine_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o and_o l._n 3._o c._n 7._o joan._n major_a in_o sentent_fw-fr 2._o dist_n 28._o q._n 1._o p._n 122._o alvarez_n de_fw-fr auxil_n disput_fw-la 23._o with_o several_a other_o but_o here_o it_o be_v object_v 1._o by_o burgersdicius_n and_o other_o concourse_n objection_n against_o god_n particular_a concourse_n 1_o if_o god_n concur_v by_o a_o particular_a concourse_n to_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o action_n than_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o walk_v discourse_n eat_v etc._n etc._n to_o this_o objection_n we_o respond_v 1_o by_o deny_v that_o god_n concur_v to_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o action_n albeit_o he_o concur_v by_o a_o particular_a concourse_n for_o a_o action_n be_v specify_v from_o its_o particular_a cause_n not_o from_o the_o first_o universal_a cause_n so_o that_o here_o be_v that_o which_o they_o call_v a_o fallacy_n of_o many_o interrogation_n whereof_o one_o be_v true_a the_o other_o false_a or_o we_o may_v call_v it_o a_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n in_o that_o they_o suppose_v that_o if_o god_n concur_v by_o a_o particular_a concourse_n he_o concur_v also_o to_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o action_n which_o be_v a_o inconsequent_a consequence_n 2_o those_o animal_n act_n of_o walk_v eat_a etc._n etc._n ascribe_v to_o the_o second_o cause_n can_v be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n albeit_o they_o more_o principal_o belong_v to_o he_o because_o they_o proceed_v not_o from_o pure_a efficience_n but_o from_o information_n to_o use_v the_o aristotelean_a phrase_n or_o a_o body_n so_o organise_v those_o action_n signify_v a_o relation_n to_o the_o particular_a subject_n whence_o they_o slow_a and_o therefore_o can_v be_v proper_o attribute_v to_o god_n as_o bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o p._n 178._o and_o suarez_n metaphys_n disput_fw-la 21._o s._n 3._o acute_o reply_v show_v that_o ambulation_n eat_v etc._n etc._n do_v not_o denote_v pure_a efficience_n but_o a_o subject_n inform_v by_o such_o motion_n which_o be_v therefore_o proper_a to_o the_o say_a subject_n 2_o but_o the_o main_a objection_n of_o burgersdicius_n and_o other_o against_o god_n particular_a concourse_n be_v take_v from_o sinful_a action_n unto_o which_o say_v they_o god_n can_v be_v say_v to_o concur_v by_o a_o particular_a concourse_n unless_o we_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n this_o objection_n make_v a_o great_a noise_n but_o have_v little_a of_o weight_n in_o it_o for_o 1_o the_o deordination_n of_o any_o sinful_a act_n can_v only_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o second_o cause_n who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o not_o unto_o the_o first_o cause_n who_o only_o produce_v the_o physical_a entitative_a act._n 2_o that_o which_o be_v most_o sinful_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n be_v so_o order_v by_o god_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v conduce_v to_o the_o great_a good_a as_o before_o and_o hereafter_o in_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n 6._o efficacious_a god_n concourse_n efficacious_a god_n concourse_n be_v most_o potent_a and_o efficacious_a this_o adjunct_n and_o mode_n of_o operation_n be_v most_o express_a in_o sacred_a philosophy_n special_o as_o to_o gratiose_fw-la influence_n which_o be_v most_o potent_a sin_n be_v a_o mighty_a strong_a poison_n ay_o but_o medicinal_a grace_n be_v a_o much_o strong_a antidote_n the_o power_n of_o darkness_n and_o hell_n be_v very_o strong_a but_o christ_n the_o captain_n of_o our_o salvation_n have_v samson-like_a carry_v away_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n upon_o his_o shoulder_n and_o lead_v captivity_n captive_a his_o grace_n be_v most_o potent_a irresistible_a and_o victorion_n thus_o jansenius_n augustin_n tom._n 3._o l._n 2._o c._n 24._o p._n 43._o have_v in_o what_o precede_v sufficient_o refute_v the_o conditional_a grace_n of_o the_o molimste_n he_o add_v this_o therefore_o be_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o no_o medicinal_a grace_n of_o christ_n ever_o want_v its_o effect_n but_o all_o work_v both_o to_o will_v and_o to_o do_v because_o with_o augustin_n grace_n and_o the_o good_a work_n be_v so_o reciprocate_v that_o as_o from_o grace_n confer_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o work_n may_v be_v infer_v so_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n from_o the_o defect_n of_o the_o work_n it_o may_v be_v infer_v that_o grace_n be_v not_o give_v by_o which_o manner_n of_o reason_v it_o appear_v that_o grace_n as_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o will_n as_o the_o effect_n be_v as_o the_o philosopher_n speak_v convertible_a and_o mutual_o inseparable_a each_o from_o other_o for_o so_o augustin_n speak_v of_o the_o conflict_n against_o tentation_n agis_n si_fw-la ageris_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la agis_fw-la si_fw-la à â—bono_fw-la ageris_fw-la so_o efficacious_a be_v medicinal_a grace_n yea_o jansenins_n a_o vouch_v that_o there_o be_v no_o manner_n of_o speech_n among_o the_o scholastic_a theologue_n so_o efficacious_a to_o express_v that_o the_o determination_n or_o predetermination_n of_o the_o will_n be_v from_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o augustin_n assume_v the_o same_o to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o such_o that_o the_o effect_n shall_v be_v suspend_v or_o dependent_a on_o any_o condition_n to_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o human_a will_n but_o that_o the_o effect_n be_v most_o potent_o produce_v by_o it_o not_o if_o the_o will_n will_v but_o by_o work_v and_o determine_v the_o will_n to_o wil._n so_o habak_v 3.4_o 3.4_o habak_v 3.4_o and_o his_o brightness_n be_v as_o the_o light_n he_o have_v bornes_n come_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o there_o be_v the_o hide_v of_o his_o power_n and_o his_o brightness_n be_v as_o the_o light_n the_o brightness_n of_o christ_n be_v exceed_v gloriose_fw-la even_o like_o the_o brightness_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o its_o meridian_n glory_n thence_o it_o follow_v he_o have_v horn_n come_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d proper_o signify_v to_o send_v forth_o beam_n as_o horn_n to_o irradiate_a and_o shine_v forth_o beam_n and_o horn_n have_v some_o analogy_n and_o ressemblance_n and_o therefore_o the_o same_o word_n among_o the_o hebrew_n signify_v both_o hence_o the_o vulgar_a version_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exod._n 34.29_o horn_n whereas_o it_o signify_v there_o beam_n as_o here_o whence_o it_o follow_v out_o of_o his_o hand_n hand_n here_o denote_v christ_n power_n as_o act._n 11.21_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hand_n signify_v power_n the_o hand_n be_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o body_n whereby_o it_o put_v forth_o its_o power_n thence_o he_o add_v there_o be_v the_o hide_v of_o his_o power_n i._n e._n his_o secret_a power_n lie_v wrap_v up_o in_o his_o efficacious_a ray_n or_o concourse_n which_o be_v exceed_o influential_a and_o potent_a like_a horn_n we_o find_v something_o analogous_a hereto_o in_o plato_n repub_fw-la 6._o pag._n 509._o where_n treat_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o good_a he_o compare_v he_o to_o the_o sun_n and_o his_o concourse_n to_o the_o ray_n thereof_o in_o this_o manner_n thou_o will_v say_v i_o presume_v that_o the_o sun_n do_v not_o only_o cause_v that_o thing_n be_v see_v but_o also_o that_o they_o be_v generate_v do_v grow_v be_v nourish_v although_o it_o be_v not_o the_o generation_n of_o those_o thing_n thus_o therefore_o determine_v that_o the_o chief_a good_a namely_o god_n do_v give_v to_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v know_v not_o only_o that_o they_o be_v know_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o also_o force_n and_o efficace_n for_o their_o existence_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o he_o compare_v the_o efficacious_a concourse_n of_o god_n to_o the_o spermatic_a potent_a influx_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o give_v life_n sense_n motion_n nutrition_n angmentation_n and_o vigour_n to_o all_o manner_n of_o infect_v whence_o those_o blind_a gentile_n make_v the_o sun_n under_o the_o fictitious_a name_n of_o apollo_n and_o his_o son_n esculapius_n the_o supreme_a god_n of_o medicine_n because_o the_o virtue_n of_o plant_n depend_v on_o the_o sun_n 11._o see_v court_n gent._n p._n 1._o b._n 2._o c._n 8._o §._o 11._o its_o heat_n
divine_a gubernation_n do_v not_o every_o one_o keep_v its_o rank_n and_o slation_n perform_v its_o office_n and_o move_v most_o regular_o according_a to_o that_o law_n which_o divine_a ordination_n have_v appoint_v it_o thence_o it_o follow_v and_o call_v they_o all_o by_o name_n i._n e._n have_v a_o accurate_a knowledge_n of_o and_o command_n over_o all_o as_o a_o wise_a general_n that_o can_v call_v all_o his_o soldier_n by_o name_n who_o beck_n and_o nod_v every_o one_o obey_v such_o be_v the_o admirable_a dexterity_n and_o domination_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n but_o whence_o spring_v all_o this_o that_o follow_v by_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o might_n the_o magnitude_n of_o divine_a power_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o admirable_a fix_a gubernation_n because_o he_o be_v omnipotent_a therefore_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o he_o shall_v fail_v in_o his_o gubernation_n thus_o it_o follow_v for_o that_o he_o be_v strong_a in_o power_n not_o one_o fail_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fail_v or_o be_v deprive_v i._n e._n of_o that_o fix_a order_n and_o station_n which_o divine_a gubernation_n have_v allot_v to_o it_o there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o detractes_fw-la its_o office_n but_o all_o subserve_v the_o divine_a order_n thus_o plato_n in_o his_o phado_n p._n 97._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v the_o eternal_a mind_n that_o dispose_v allthing_n in_o the_o best_a order_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o and_o thus_o i_o determine_v with_o myself_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o this_o gubernative_a dispositive_a mind_n do_v thus_o dispose_v allthing_n than_o allthing_n be_v place_v in_o that_o station_n and_o rank_n where_o they_o may_v be_v most_o right_o constitute_v the_o stoic_n also_o as_o laertius_n in_o zeno_n assure_v we_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o world_n be_v govern_v and_o order_v by_o the_o divine_a mind_n and_o providence_n which_o dispose_v allthing_n in_o the_o best_a manner_n this_o gubernative_a providence_n as_o it_o include_v a_o fix_a order_n and_o series_n of_o cause_n and_o effect_n they_o call_v fate_n which_o they_o make_v to_o be_v a_o connexe_n series_n of_o thing_n or_o reason_n whereby_o the_o world_n be_v govern_v so_o chrysippus_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o fate_n be_v a_o natural_a syntaxe_n or_o regular_a connexion_n of_o allthing_n mutual_o follow_v each_o other_o from_o all_o eternity_n by_o a_o immutable_a and_o inviolable_a complication_n whereby_o indeed_o they_o seem_v to_o understand_v no_o other_o than_o the_o series_n and_o order_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n decree_v by_o god_n from_o all_o eternity_n so_o stobaeus_n in_o his_o physics_n explicate_v their_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o reason_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v govern_v in_o the_o world_n by_o providence_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o original_a import_n of_o the_o stoic_a fate_n we_o be_v assure_v by_o seneca_n minutins_n faelix_fw-la lud._n vives_z and_z other_o thus_o robert_n grosseteste_a that_o great_a philosopher_n as_o well_o as_o divine_a in_o his_o tractate_n de_fw-fr libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la to_o be_v find_v in_o mss._n in_o exeter_n college_n library_n we_o must_v know_v say_v he_o that_o fate_n may_v be_v take_v for_o providence_n according_a to_o boetius_fw-la lib._n consol_n philos_fw-la 4._o who_o say_v that_o fate_n be_v the_o same_o with_o providence_n yet_o they_o may_v admit_v different_a consideration_n because_o providence_n be_v that_o divine_a reason_n in_o the_o sovereign_n of_o allthing_n which_o dispose_v allthing_n but_o fate_n be_v the_o disposition_n inherent_a in_o thing_n mobile_a by_o which_o providence_n knit_v they_o together_o in_o their_o proper_a order_n in_o what_o follow_v he_o prove_v out_o of_o cicero_n boetius_fw-la and_o other_o that_o fate_n be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o providence_n of_o which_o see_v philos_n gen._n p._n 2._o l._n 1._o c._n 3._o §_o 5._o hence_o 4._o gubernation_n none_o can_v avoid_v divine_a order_n and_o gubernation_n prop._n no_o second_o cause_n can_v total_o decline_v the_o order_n prefix_v by_o divine_a gubernation_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v evident_a because_o this_o gubernation_n of_o god_n intrinsical_o include_v not_o only_o a_o prudent_a provision_n of_o the_o best_a mean_n but_o a_o efficacious_a execution_n of_o they_o so_o as_o they_o shall_v infallible_o reach_v their_o end_n it_o be_v true_a wicked_a man_n oft_o do_v subtract_v and_o withdraw_v their_o neck_n from_o the_o obediential_a yoke_n of_o god_n preceptive_a gubernation_n but_o yet_o they_o can_v total_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o the_o order_n of_o god_n providential_a gubernation_n while_o they_o violate_v the_o moral_a and_o sacred_a order_n of_o divine_a precept_n do_v they_o not_o fall_v into_o the_o penal_a order_n of_o divine_a punishment_n yea_o oft_o do_v not_o those_o very_a mean_n which_o they_o use_v to_o violate_v the_o divine_a order_n 11.4_o gen._n 11.4_o promove_v the_o same_o thus_o gen._n 11.4_o and_o they_o say_v go_v to_o let_v we_o build_v we_o a_o city_n and_o a_o tower_n who_o top_n may_v reach_v unto_o heaven_n and_o let_v we_o make_v we_o a_o name_n lest_o we_o be_v scatter_v abroad_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n you_o see_v their_o design_n in_o build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n be_v to_o prevent_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n or_o to_o secure_v themselves_o against_o a_o dispersion_n and_o scatter_v and_o yet_o lo_o the_o wise_a gubernation_n of_o god_n make_v this_o very_a tower_n of_o babel_n 8._o v._o 8._o which_o they_o intend_v as_o a_o mean_n to_o prevent_v their_o dispersion_n the_o cause_n thereof_o as_o v._o 8._o so_o the_o lord_n scatter_v they_o abroad_o etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o out_o of_o this_o very_a dispersion_n which_o they_o fear_v and_o feel_v divine_a gubernation_n bring_v another_o sacred_a order_n even_o for_o the_o people_n the_o whole_a earth_n thus_o the_o most_o unnatural_a confusion_n be_v order_v by_o divine_a gubernation_n the_o order_n of_o divine_a providence_n be_v frequent_o advance_v by_o that_o which_o may_v seem_v to_o obstruct_v or_o pull_v it_o down_o while_o man_n endeavour_v to_o escape_v one_o order_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n they_o fall_v into_o another_o 5._o law_n the_o order_n of_o god_n gubernation_n a_o law_n prop._n the_o order_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n whereby_o allthing_n be_v appoint_v and_o reduce_v to_o their_o end_n have_v the_o force_n and_o efficace_n of_o a_o law_n thence_o plato_n term_v this_o order_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n of_o adrastie_a i._n e._n god_n fix_a order_n so_o pindar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o regal_a law_n of_o allthing_n i_o e._n that_o order_n which_o the_o eternal_a law_n of_o divine_a decree_n have_v constitute_v for_o the_o gubernation_n of_o allthing_n this_o law_n whereby_o divine_a gubernation_n order_n and_o dispose_v thing_n as_o it_o refer_v to_o thing_n inanimate_a and_o brute_n comprehende_n in_o it_o all_o those_o natural_a instincte_n instigation_n inclination_n and_o propension_n whereby_o they_o be_v conduct_v to_o their_o proper_a end_n and_o usage_n do_v not_o thing_n natural_a which_o be_v not_o invest_v with_o rational_a notice_n or_o spontaneitie_n certain_o observe_v some_o law_n and_o dictate_v of_o nature_n which_o you_o may_v assoon_o banish_v they_o from_o their_o nature_n as_o divest_v they_o of_o be_v not_o the_o several_a kind_n of_o their_o operation_n constant_o frame_v and_o determine_v according_a to_o this_o order_n or_o law_n of_o their_o nature_n and_o do_v they_o not_o hereby_o follow_v divine_a gubernation_n towards_o their_o end_n albeit_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v nor_o why_o do_v not_o the_o silly_a bird_n curiose_o frame_v its_o nest_n and_o the_o simple_a bee_n its_o cel_z always_o after_o the_o same_o form_n and_o figure_n and_o so_o in_o all_o other_o natural_a operation_n and_o production_n of_o mere_a brute_n what_o a_o fix_a order_n be_v there_o agreeable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o their_o being_n and_o whence_o come_v all_o this_o but_o from_o the_o infinite_a wisdom_n and_o gubernation_n of_o the_o divine_a mind_n who_o conduct_n thing_n most_o irrational_a in_o the_o most_o intelligent_a prudent_a manner_n to_o their_o end_n may_v we_o not_o then_o conclude_v that_o the_o natural_a generation_n and_o operation_n of_o allthing_n proceed_v from_o that_o universal_a law_n engrave_v on_o their_o being_n whereby_o they_o be_v by_o the_o wise_a conduct_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n direct_v to_o their_o respective_a end_n in_o sum_n this_o natural_a law_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n consist_v 1_o in_o the_o natural_a principes_fw-la of_o thing_n 2_o in_o their_o natural_a inclination_n 3_o in_o all_o natural_a instincte_n and_o impulse_n of_o nature_n 4_o in_o their_o obediential_a capacity_n or_o power_n whereby_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o receive_v any_o
a_o moral_a causalitie_n as_o a_o author_n be_v evident_a from_o the_o very_a reason_n that_o he_o give_v thereof_o namely_o because_o god_n be_v most_o good_a which_o only_o exclude_v god_n moral_a efficience_n from_o sin_n as_o sin_n not_o his_o natural_a efficience_n from_o the_o substrate_a matter_n or_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v in_o itself_o good_a and_o therefore_o from_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o good_a so_o that_o plato_n argument_n be_v so_o far_o from_o deny_v god_n natural_a efficience_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o it_o confirm_v the_o same_o the_o holy_a god_n in_o all_o his_o providential_a efficience_n and_o gubernation_n about_o sin_n whether_o it_o be_v permissive_a or_o ordinative_a be_v gloriose_o vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n or_o moral_a cause_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o do_v nothing_o deficient_o as_o fail_v from_o that_o eternal_a immutable_a law_n of_o righteousness_n this_o be_v incomparable_o well_o explicate_v by_o simplicius_n in_o epictetus_n cap._n 1._o pag._n 24._o our_o soul_n while_o good_a desire_n good_a but_o when_o they_o be_v sinful_a sinful_a object_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o both_o i.e._n good_a and_o bad_a act_v from_o their_o own_o election_n not_o as_o be_v compel_v by_o any_o violent_a necessity_n wherefore_o god_n may_v not_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o he_o make_v the_o soul_n which_o be_v natural_o capable_a of_o evil_n as_o be_v good_a according_a to_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o bonitie_n in_o which_o he_o clear_v god_n from_o be_v the_o author_n or_o moral_a cause_n of_o sin_n because_o all_o his_o providential_a efficience_n about_o sin_n be_v only_o as_o he_o be_v good_a a_o author_n '_o properly_z as_o the_o civil_a law_n teach_v we_o be_v he_o that_o give_v command_v institut_fw-la be_v à _fw-fr quo_fw-la consilium_fw-la accepimus_fw-la auctor_fw-la noster_fw-la translatè_fw-la dicatur_fw-la unde_fw-la tutor_n propriè_fw-la auctor_fw-la pulillo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la cvi_fw-la consilium_fw-la impartit_fw-la justin_n institut_fw-la counsel_n or_o encouragement_n to_o a_o act._n so_o a_o tutor_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o what_o his_o pupil_n do_v by_o give_v he_o counsel_n so_o again_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o author_n who_o do_v approve_v what_o another_o do_v in_o philosophy_n he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o author_n who_o by_o suasive_a or_o dissuasive_a reason_n do_v exhort_v the_o principal_a agent_n to_o or_o dehort_v he_o from_o any_o action_n the_o same_o they_o call_v a_o moral_a cause_n as_o oppose_v to_o effective_a now_o in_o no_o one_o of_o these_o respect_n can_v god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n or_o moral_a cause_n of_o sin_n for_o he_o neither_o command_n nor_o counsel_n nor_o encourage_v nor_o approve_v sin_n nor_o yet_o dissuade_v from_o virtue_n neither_o do_v god_n violent_o necessitate_v or_o compel_v man_n to_o sin_n but_o concur_v only_o to_o the_o material_a entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n as_o the_o prime_n universal_a efficient_a not_o as_o a_o particular_a deficient_a moral_a cause_n 3._o sin_n god_n the_o prime_a cause_n of_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n prop._n albeit_o god_n be_v not_o the_o moral_a deficient_a cause_n or_o author_n of_o sin_n yet_o he_o be_v the_o efficient_a and_o prime_a cause_n of_o the_o material_a entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n this_o be_v evident_a both_o from_o sacred_a and_o platonic_a philosophic_a thus_o amos_n 3.6_o shall_v there_o be_v evil_a in_o the_o city_n and_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o do_v it_o i_o acknowledge_v this_o primary_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o evil_a of_o punishment_n yet_o we_o be_v to_o remember_v that_o evil_n of_o punishment_n in_o regard_n of_o second_o cause_n be_v evil_n of_o do_v god_n punish_v israel_n albeit_o it_o be_v good_a as_o from_o god_n yet_o it_o be_v usual_o sinful_a as_o to_o the_o instrument_n make_v use_v of_o therein_o and_o yet_o in_o this_o very_a regard_n god_n be_v the_o prime_n efficient_a of_o the_o material_a entitative_a act_n albeit_o he_o be_v not_o a_o moral_a deficient_a cause_n of_o the_o obliquity_n thus_o plato_n repub._n 10._o pag._n 896._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v it_o not_o then_o necessary_o be_v concede_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o allthing_n good_a both_o honest_a and_o evil_a and_o base_a of_o allthing_n just_a and_o unjust_a and_o of_o all_o contrary_n in_o as_o much_o as_o we_o assert_v he_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o allthing_n wherein_o observe_v 1_o that_o he_o philosophise_v here_o of_o god_n as_o the_o universal_a soul_n or_o spirit_n of_o the_o universe_n influence_v and_o govern_v allthing_n 2_o he_o say_v this_o universal_a spirit_n or_o soul_n be_v the_o prime_n efficient_a of_o allthing_n good_a yea_o 3_o not_o only_o of_o thing_n honest_a or_o moral_o good_a but_o also_o of_o thing_n evil_a base_a and_o unjust_a i._n e._n as_o to_o their_o entitative_a material_a act_n because_o in_o this_o regard_n they_o be_v good_a 4_o he_o ground_n this_o hypothesis_n on_o the_o universal_a causalitie_n of_o god_n as_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o allthing_n thus_o also_o plato_n in_o his_o timaeus_n pag._n 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v necessary_a that_o whatever_o be_v produce_v be_v produce_v by_o some_o cause_n if_o so_o than_o all_o natural_a product_n must_v be_v produce_v by_o god_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o allthing_n and_o be_v not_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n a_o natural_a product_n that_o the_o substrate_a matter_n or_o material_a entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n fall_v under_o the_o providential_a efficience_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o universal_a cause_n of_o allthing_n have_v be_v universal_o avouch_v and_o maintain_v in_o all_o age_n of_o christian_n both_o by_o father_n and_o schoolman_n papist_n and_o protestant_n except_v only_a durandus_fw-la and_o two_o or_o three_o more_o of_o his_o sectator_n thus_o augustin_n de_fw-fr duab_n anim._n contra_fw-la manich._n c._n 6._o about_o the_o end_n where_o he_o prove_v against_o the_o manichee_n who_o hold_v two_o first_o principes_fw-la one_o of_o good_a and_o another_o of_o evil_n that_o whatever_n real_o be_v as_o it_o be_v must_v proceed_v from_o one_o god_n thus_o also_o bradward_n de_fw-fr caus_n dei_fw-la pag._n 739._o where_o he_o strong_o prove_v that_o god_n necessary_o concur_v to_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n albeit_o not_o to_o its_o deformity_n the_o like_a pag._n 289_o 290._o gregor_n ariminensis_n sent._n 2._o distinct_a 34._o art_n 3._o pag._n 110_o etc._n etc._n give_v we_o potent_a and_o invict_a demonstration_n that_o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o entitative_a material_a act_n of_o sin_n not_o to_o mention_v alvarze_n the_o auxil_n l._n 3._o disp_n 34._o and_o other_o late_a dominican_n who_o as_o i_o conceive_v be_v unjust_o load_v with_o prejudices_fw-la by_o a_o divine_a of_o name_n in_o this_o particular_a indeed_o the_o very_a jesuit_n and_o those_o of_o their_o faction_n concur_v with_o we_o in_o this_o hypothesis_n thus_o suarez_n metaph._n disput_fw-la 22._o sect._n 1._o pag._n 551_o etc._n etc._n where_o he_o strong_o demonstrate_v that_o every_o action_n both_o natural_a and_o free_a good_a and_o evil_n as_o action_n be_v produce_v immediate_o by_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n this_o hypothesis_n he_o maintain_v stout_o against_o durandus_fw-la and_o his_o sectator_n and_o as_o i_o judge_v with_o argument_n never_o to_o be_v answer_v thus_o also_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la disput_fw-la 26_o 27._o yea_o penottus_n de_fw-fr libertat_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 11._o assure_v we_o that_o all_o divine_n accord_n that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o natural_a entity_n of_o sin_n among_o reform_a divine_n this_o hypothesis_n be_v general_o maintain_v i_o shall_v mention_v only_a davenant_n who_o be_v not_o rigid_a in_o this_o way_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o god_n love_n to_o mankind_n pag._n 143_o 147_o 174_o etc._n etc._n also_o de_fw-la reprobat_fw-la pag._n 113._o where_o he_o great_o explicate_v and_o demonstrate_v our_o hypothesis_n but_o to_o explicate_v and_o demonstrate_v our_o proposition_n by_o force_n of_o reason_n take_v notice_n that_o we_o say_v not_o that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n demonstrate_v god_n concourse_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n demonstrate_v but_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o material_a entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n for_o the_o clear_n of_o which_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v that_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v true_a under_o a_o hypothesis_n and_o in_o a_o limit_a sense_n be_v not_o so_o absolute_o thus_o here_o we_o may_v not_o say_v simple_o and_o absolute_o that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n yet_o we_o may_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o substrate_a matter_n