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

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god_n do_v intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la and_o what_o be_v his_o end_n the_o order_n and_o object_n open_v p._n 57_o sect._n 16._o what_o election_n and_o reprobation_n be_v the_o order_n of_o the_o decree_v call_v reprobation_n and_o of_o the_o object_n of_o negation_n of_o decree_n p._n 66._o a_o additional_a explication_n of_o divine_a nolition_n p._n 76._o sect._n 17._o whether_o god_n will_v decree_n or_o cause_n sin_n five_o act_n of_o god_n in_o and_o about_o sin_n what_o sin_n be_v many_o way_n god_n can_v cause_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o the_o sinner_n cause_v and_o so_o fulfil_v his_o decree_n without_o will_v or_o cause_v the_o sin_n objection_n answer_v god_n free_o not_o idle_o or_o impotent_o restrain_v his_o own_o possible_a operation_n sometime_o that_o he_o do_v not_o such_o or_o such_o a_o act_n at_o all_o and_o sometime_o that_o he_o do_v but_o so_o much_o towards_o it_o and_o no_o more_o whether_o god_n be_v ever_o causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la p._n 84._o sect._n 18._o a_o confutation_n of_o dr._n twiss_n digress_v 5._o li._n 2._o sect_n 1._o vindic._n gratiae_n where_o he_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o medium_n sva_fw-la natura_fw-la sum_n &_o unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o the_o glorification_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n p._n 92._o sect._n 19_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o rutherford_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la confute_v whether_o thing_n be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o or_o will_v by_o he_o because_o good_a resolve_v whether_o there_o be_v eternal_a rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la dr._n field_n vindicate_v p._n 106._o sect._n 20._o the_o old_a doctrine_n of_o augustine_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n think_v by_o some_o jesuit_n too_o rigid_a but_o indeed_o conciliatory_a for_o absolute_a election_n to_o faith_n and_o so_o to_o salvation_n and_o for_o no_o reprobate_v decree_n but_o only_o of_o punishment_n for_o sin_n foresee_v but_o not_o decree_v prosper_n ad_fw-la cap._n gall._n sentent_fw-fr translate_v p._n 115._o sect._n 21._o the_o sum_n of_o prosper_v answer_n to_o vincent_n 16._o object_n p._n 118._o sect._n 22._o fulgentius_n word_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n p._n 121._o sect._n 23._o the_o heal_a doctrine_n and_o concession_n of_o many_o call_v calvinist_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n pet._n molinaeus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 124._o sect._n 24._o and_o of_o petr._n á_z sancto_n joseph_n suarez_n ruiz_n etc._n etc._n on_o the_o other_o side_n especial_o bellarmine_n at_o large_a and_o other_o p._n 127._o errata_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 10._o l._n 38._o in_o mark_fw-mi for_o reason_n be_v r._n relation_n be_v p._n 24._o l._n 25._o r._n those_o cause_n l._n 26._o r._n first_o case_n p._n 27._o l._n 2._o r._n of_o predetermination_n reader_n pain_n and_o great_a business_n forbid_v i_o to_o gather_v the_o errata_fw-la some_o be_v gather_v by_o a_o friend_n out_o of_o the_o first_o book_n many_o more_o i_o must_v leave_v to_o your_o ingenuity_n i_o see_v in_o the_o premonition_n p._n 4._o l._n 22._o for_o mr._n w._n mr._n d._n l._n 47._o for_o armatus_fw-la annatus_n also_o dial._n 11._o p._n 231._o l._n 30._o r._n refuse_v dial._n 13._o p._n 291._o l._n 13._o for_o not_o r._n do_v catholic_n theology_n the_o first_o book_n pacify_v principle_n collect_v from_o the_o common_a notice_n of_o nature_n the_o certain_a oracle_n of_o god_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o christian_n for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o church-dividing_a and_o destroy_a controversy_n especial_o about_o predestination_n providence_n grace._n and_o freewill_n redemption_n justification_n faith_n merit_n work_n certainty_n of_o salvation_n perseverance_n and_o many_o other_o in_o three_o part_n i._o of_o god_n nature_n knowledge_n decree_v and_o providence_n about_o sin_n with_o man_n freewill_n as_o the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a ii_o of_o god_n government_n and_o moral_a work_n iii_o of_o god_n operation_n on_o man_n soul_n by_o richard_n baxter_n a_o earnest_a desirer_n of_o the_o unity_n love_n and_o peace_n of_o christian_n for_o endeavour_v of_o which_o he_o expect_v with_o resolve_v patience_n still_o to_o undergo_v the_o censure_n slander_n and_o cruelty_n of_o ignorance_n pride_n and_o malice_n from_o all_o that_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o zeal_n which_o be_v from_o beneath_o earthly_a sensual_a and_o devilish_a the_o cause_n of_o confusion_n and_o every_o evil_a work_n james_z 3._o 14_o 15_o 16._o london_n print_v by_o robert_n white_a for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o s_n t._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxv_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o nature_n knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o far_o as_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o intend_a conciliation_n and_o concord_n sect_n i._o of_o our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o here_o attainable_a though_o it_o be_v about_o the_o knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n that_o our_o controversy_n be_v agitate_a yet_o because_o the_o consequent_a verity_n be_v scarce_o ever_o well_o understand_v without_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o antecedent_n out_o of_o which_o the_o consequent_n arise_v and_o without_o the_o just_a order_n place_n and_o respect_n which_o the_o late_a have_v unto_o the_o former_a and_o unless_o thing_n be_v understand_v in_o their_o true_a method_n i_o will_v therefore_o expose_v myself_o to_o the_o obloquy_n of_o those_o who_o will_v call_v it_o overdoing_a so_o far_o as_o to_o premise_v somewhat_o of_o the_o deity_n itself_o but_o not_o what_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o full_a explication_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n as_o we_o be_v capable_a as_o must_v be_v in_o a_o method_n of_o theologie_n which_o i_o have_v attempt_v elsewhere_o but_o only_o so_o much_o as_o lie_v under_o our_o controvert_v subject_a and_o when_o i_o have_v do_v that_o i_o shall_v leave_v the_o rest_n thes_n 1._o to_o know_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n who_o he_o have_v send_v be_v life_n eternal_a cognitum_fw-la eternal_a eternal_a eternal_a john_n 17._o 3._o bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 198._o the_o first_o necessary_a incomplex_fw-la principle_n be_v god_n and_o the_o first_o complex_fw-la simple_o be_v of_o god_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o we_o the_o primum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la 2._o to_o 20._o to_o to_o to_o exodus_fw-la 20._o know_v god_n be_v to_o know_v his_o be_v nature_n and_o relation_n for_o though_o those_o relation_n that_o be_v to_o man_n be_v not_o essential_a to_o his_o divine_a nature_n yet_o be_v they_o essential_o contain_v in_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o religion_n for_o to_o be_v our_o god_n do_v speak_v his_o relation_n to_o we_o as_o well_o as_o his_o nature_n as_o the_o name_n king_n and_z father_z do_v among_o man_n 3._o we_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v here_o 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he_o will_v but_o infer_v that_o we_o can_v love_v he_o for_o we_o love_v not_o a_o unknown_a good_n 6._o nor_o be_v it_o true_a that_o pet._n hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n in_o fine_a disput_fw-la and_o some_o other_o say_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o life_n and_o intellect_n be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v of_o the_o quiddity_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v not_o a_o quidditative_a notion_n 7._o god_n be_v here_o see_v in_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o work_n with_o the_o revelation_n of_o his_o word_n and_o spirit_n and_o from_o these_o work_v we_o must_v borrow_v our_o conception_n now_o conception_n conception_n conception_n the_o doubt_n be_v how_o imperfect_a work_n can_v notify_v the_o perfect_a god_n and_o the_o schoolman_n manage_v it_o as_o a_o insuperable_a difficulty_n whether_o god_n can_v have_v make_v the_o world_n or_o any_o thing_n better_o than_o it_o be_v if_o you_o will_v pardon_v i_o for_o make_v
a_o mean_n 2._o make_v one_o little_a parcel_n of_o that_o mean_n to_o be_v the_o end_n 3._o insert_v two_o act_n or_o part_n only_o of_o that_o which_o they_o themselves_o confess_v to_o be_v but_o mean_v for_o what_o shall_v the_o name_n of_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n do_v in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o end_n be_v they_o any_o part_n of_o the_o end_n why_o be_v not_o redemption_n justification_n sanctification_n preservation_n resurrection_n etc._n etc._n as_o well_o put_v in_o be_v he_o not_o glorify_v in_o they_o as_o well_o as_o in_o final_a salvation_n or_o damnation_n yea_o and_o in_o creation_n and_o the_o fr●me_n of_o nature_n too_o yea_o why_o be_v not_o the_o glory_n of_o angel_n and_o all_o the_o world_n put_v in_o as_o part_v of_o the_o same_o mean_n to_o his_o end_n 406._o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o be_v only_a god_n glory_n of_o mercy_n and_o justice_n in_o men●_n salvation_n and_o damnation_n which_o be_v the_o end_n of_o redemption_n conversion_n 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pipe_n of_o a_o organ_n or_o the_o string_n of_o a_o lute_n and_o tell_v you_o of_o their_o beauty_n and_o harmony_n only_o distinct_o well_o therefore_o do_v dr._n twisse_n reduce_v all_o the_o decree_n de_fw-fr mediis_fw-la to_o one_o but_o they_o be_v one_o in_o their_o apt_a composition_n for_o one_o end_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o sun_n and_o star_n and_o angel_n and_o the_o whole_a creation_n be_v a_o part_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n be_v but_o another_o part_n 408._o the_o order_n therefore_o of_o god_n decree_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o execution_n be_v on●y_o fit_a for_o our_o debate_n any_o far_a than_o that_o we_o may_v moreover_o say_v that_o god_n will_v or_o himself_o be_v all_o his_o ultimate_a end_n and_o his_o glory_n shine_v in_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o entire_a work_n be_v the_o perfect_a mean_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o that_o we_o can_v reasonable_o controvert_v and_o about_o this_o our_o controversy_n be_v next_o to_o none_o at_o all_o here_o we_o may_v well_o inquire_v what_o be_v prius_fw-la vel_fw-la posterius_fw-la quid_fw-la superius_fw-la quid_fw-la inferius_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o to_o our_o edification_n 409._o see_v then_o that_o we_o be_v agree_v as_o be_v say_v with_o aquinas_n that_o man_n that_o that_o that_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vo●●n_n dei_fw-la disp_n 15._o §._o 4._o p._n 163._o pretty_o argue_v that_o si_fw-mi non_fw-la potest_fw-la dari_fw-la ratio_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ●olitionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la sed_fw-la solius_fw-la denomination_n extrinse●ae_fw-la resultant●s_fw-la ab_fw-la e●●●●lis_fw-la creat●●_n sequitur_fw-la ●anas_fw-la esse_fw-la plurima●_n th●o●ogorum_n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la depend●●tia_fw-la vel_fw-la ratione_fw-la divi●●●um_fw-la volitionum_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la constat_fw-la quem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la dependentiam_fw-la u●l_fw-la ration●m_fw-la habeant_fw-la externa_fw-la objecta_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la the_o conscquent_a be_v true_a they_o be_v vain_a indeed_o though_o he_o deny_v it_o and_o all_o his_o reason_n p._n 161_o 162_o etc._n etc._n to_o prove_v that_o dantur_fw-la i●_n creat●●a_fw-la rationes_fw-la finales_fw-la moventes_fw-la divinam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la be_v but_o trifling_n with_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o word_n ratio_fw-la and_o abuse_n of_o the_o word_n causa_fw-la have_v before_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a cause_n and_o be_v there_o cause_n that_o be_v not_o real_a 1._o we_o grant_v the_o creature_n be_v a_o object_n of_o god_n will_v and_o the_o object_n be_v b●_n some_o call_v the_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o act_n in_o ●●●●●●●●_o numero_fw-la 2._o it_o be_v the_o terminus_n and_o recipient_a of_o the_o divine_a influx_n 3._o it_o may_v therefore_o ●e_v causa_fw-la materials_n of_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o god_n influx_n as_o receive_v in_o patiente_a ex_fw-la di●ersitate_fw-la disposition_n 4._o our_o act_n may_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n 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the_o effectual_a unresistible_a grace_n ●●_o parte_fw-la dei_fw-la operantis_fw-la 691._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o he_o make_v two_o act_n of_o reprobation_n the_o very_a same_o that_o almost_o all_o the_o suffrage_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n assign_v and_o the_o same_o doctrine_n that_o davenant_n and_o the_o synod_n deliver_v his_o first_o act_n of_o reprobation_n be_v negative_a the_o second_o positive_a 1._o non_fw-la habet_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la eos_fw-la salvandi_fw-la 2._o habet_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la eos_fw-la damnandi_fw-la and_o as_o to_o the_o first_o nulla_fw-la datur_fw-la ejus_fw-la causa_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la hominum_fw-la sieut_n neque_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la posterioris_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la praevisio_fw-la peccati_fw-la they_o be_v unmerciful_a contender_n that_o this_o much_o reprobation_n will_v not_o satisfy_v 692._o he_o prove_v as_o the_o calvinist_n do_v that_o it_o
he_o total_a resignation_n and_o use_n as_o such_o 2._o as_o our_o ruler_n we_o owe_v he_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n as_o such_o 3._o as_o our_o friend_n benefactor_n &_o ama●●lissimus_fw-la we_o owe_v he_o gratitude_n and_o love_n as_o such_o which_o yet_o be_v part_n ●f_a obedience_n too_o now_o sin_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o all_o this_o god_n be_v to_o ●e_v satisfy_v for_o it_o as_o such_o in_o all_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o be_v pars_fw-la laesa●●_n ●●_z all_o these_o three_o relation_n that_o be_v he_o be_v injure_v though_o not_o hurt_v it_o be_v ●●ue_a that_o government_n and_o punish_a justice_n formal_o as_o such_o belong_v to_o god_n only_o as_o rector_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v he_o eminent_o in_o that_o relation_n yet_o also_o to_o compensate_a the_o injury_n do_v by_o sin_n to_o he_o in_o the_o other_o too_o relation_n also_o sect_n ix_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o justification_n 152._o justification_n be_v a_o word_n of_o many_o 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ever_o that_o be_v will_v be_v real_o the_o man_n that_o sin_v and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o everlasting_a truth_n this_o man_n sin_v though_o he_o be_v pardon_v see_v pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n theol._n speculat_v l._n 4._o c._n 10._o pag._n 509_o 510_o 511._o the_o papist_n say_v homo_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la iustùs_fw-la per_fw-la formam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ip_v ex●ri●secam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la per_fw-la justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la illi_fw-la imputatam_fw-la and_o yet_o nullus_fw-la actus_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la perfectus_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la contritio_fw-la sive_fw-la amor_fw-la dei_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la est_fw-la caus●_n formalis_fw-la justificationis_fw-la patres_fw-la di●entes_fw-la charitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la dispositive_a non_fw-la autem_fw-la formaliter_fw-la because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o habit_n and_o not_o in_o the_o act_n ●r_o rather_o as_o other_o of_o they_o say_v in_o some_o internal_a inclination_n antecedent_n to_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n hope_n and_o love_n that_o they_o place_n justification_n or_o as_o we_o call_v it_o sanctification_n pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n de_fw-fr great_a hab._n pag._n 88_o 89._o 153_o god_n never_o judge_v a_o man_n righteous_a either_o by_o secret_a esteem_n or_o open_a sentence_n till_o he_o have_v make_v he_o such_o 154._o to_o be_v make_v righteous_a be_v to_o be_v justify_v in_o law-sense_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justifiable_a or_o justificandus_fw-la by_o sentence_n 155._o a_o man_n be_v righteous_a 1._o particular_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la as_o to_o some_o particular_a cause_n that_o he_o be_v accusable_a of_o 2._o or_o universal_o as_o to_o all_o cause_n 3._o or_o eminent_o as_o to_o all_o those_o cause_n that_o heaven_n or_o hell_n depend_v upon_o 156._o 1._o no_o man_n be_v universal_o righteous_a real_o or_o reputative_o god_n judge_v no_o saint_n in_o heaven_n to_o be_v one_o that_o never_o sin_v and_o he_o that_o have_v once_o sin_v be_v unavoidable_o under_o the_o relation_n of_o ●●●●_o that_o sin_v to_o eternity_n ex_fw-la necessitate_v existentiae_fw-la which_o relation_n be_v the_o very_a reatus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccati_fw-la though_o all_o the_o ill_a effect_n be_v remit_v 157._o 2._o every_o man_n have_v some_o particular_a righteousness_n for_o the_o worst_a man_n may_v be_v false_o accuse_v and_o be_v righteous_a as_o to_o that_o false_a accusation_n but_o this_o will_v not_o save_v he_o 158._o 3._o that_o eminent_a righteousness_n necessary_a to_o our_o salvation_n though_o it_o be_v not_o universal_a or_o perfect_a else_o we_o shall_v never_o be_v affict_v by_o chastisement_n or_o denial_n of_o grace_n or_o permission_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o at_o least_o perfect_a as_o to_o its_o proper_a use_n and_o to_o our_o glorious_a perfection_n and_o may_v be_v call_v our_o universal_a righteousness_n because_o it_o be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v and_o ●●_o consist_v not_o of_o any_o one_o or_o two_o cause_n but_o of_o many_o of_o which_o no_o o●●_n must_v be_v exclude_v or_o set_v against_o the_o rest_n as_o there_o be_v several_a allegatio●●_n or_o accusation_n against_o we_o so_o there_o must_v be_v several_a part_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o justification_n 159._o not_o only_o a_o actual_a accusation_n but_o a_o possible_a or_o a_o virtual_a o●●_n which_o we_o be_v liable_a to_o suffice_v to_o denominate_v justification_n as_o its_o contrary_a in_o the_o first_o law-sense_n of_o justification_n 160._o it_o be_v our_o right_n to_o impunity_n and_o to_o the_o heavenly_a glory_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justify_v final_o in_o judgement_n and_o our_o person_n as_o the_o subject_n of_o that_o right_n and_o our_o action_n but_o mediate_o in_o order_n to_o that_o end_n 161._o it_o be_v only_o at_o the_o bar_n of_o christ_n as_o redeemer_n that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v and_o justify_v and_o not_o by_o god_n only_o as_o a_o creator_n therefore_o it_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o we_o must_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n final_o and_o not_o by_o the_o sole_a law_n of_o innocency_n 162._o therefore_o no_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n either_o by_o the_o preceptive_a or_o retributive_a part_n but_o we_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o the_o l●●_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n against_o the_o accusation_n which_o may_v be_v bring_v against_o we_o from_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n against_o it_o not_o by_o it_o 163._o we_o be_v liable_a to_o all_o these_o follow_a accusation_n which_o will_v ope●_n to_o we_o the_o correlate_n justification_n and_o the_o matter_n of_o each_o part_n 1._o it_o may_v be_v say_v by_o the_o accuser_n of_o the_o brethren_n thou_o be_v a_o si●●●●_n against_o the_o precept_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n he_o that_o deni_v this_o be_v a_o liar_n against_o this_o charge_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n for_o ever_o but_o we_o must_v ●●_o heaven_n confess_v that_o we_o have_v sin_v but_o glory_n be_v to_o he_o that_o wash_v ●s_n from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n by_o pardon_n and_o sanctifiation_n 164._o 2._o next_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o we_o do_v deserve_v hell_n by_o our_o sin_n this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v for_o ever_o 165._o 3._o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o by_o god_n law_n of_o innocency_n hell_n be_v ou●_n due_a and_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o be_v condemn_v to_o it_o to_o this_o we_o deny_v the_o consequence_n because_o we_o have_v right_a to_o impunity_n and_o to_o glory_n free_o give_v we_o by_o god_n our_o redeemer_n by_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n merit_v for_o we_o by_o the_o obedience_n and_o satisfaction_n give_v for_o we_o by_o christ_n our_o saviour_n where_o note_n that_o here_o in_o this_o first_o part_n of_o our_o justification_n there_o be_v all_o these_o conjunct_a necessary_a cause_n 1._o god_n love_n and_o mercy_n give_v 2._o christ_n righteousness_n and_o satisfaction_n merit_v 3._o the_o covenant_n
reject_v and_o resist_v god_n grace_n and_o break_v his_o covenant_n he_o forfeit_v god_n further_a grace_n and_o i_o have_v note_v 1._o that_o most_o child_n which_o i_o have_v see_v very_o early_o wicked_a have_v be_v such_o who_o parent_n gross_o neglect_v their_o duty_n and_o covenant_n as_o to_o a_o holy_a prudent_a careful_a education_n of_o they_o as_o if_o god_n must_v needs_o save_v their_o child_n because_o they_o be_v the_o child_n of_o believer_n who_o thus_o betray_v they_o 2._o and_o those_o that_o be_v well_o educate_v by_o their_o parent_n usual_o show_v hopeful_a sign_n at_o first_o till_o their_o own_o lust_n grow_v up_o and_o deceive_v and_o overthrow_v they_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o mutual_a covenant_n and_o the_o sad_a experience_n of_o the_o case_n of_o many_o baptize_v child_n make_v i_o incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n which_o i_o do_v not_o peremptory_o assert_v but_o humble_o propose_v to_o better_a judgement_n with_o submission_n ●ut_fw-la whatever_o we_o say_v of_o the_o parent_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o the_o person_n at_o age_n future_a benefit_n have_v future_a condition_n 174._o though_o god_n decree_n be_v that_o his_o elect_n shall_v persevere_v yet_o i_o conceive_v with_o submission_n to_o better_a information_n that_o the_o baptismal-covenant_n as_o such_o do_v not_o absolute_o promise_v or_o give_v right_a to_o so_o much_o grace_n as_o shall_v certain_o cause_v the_o baptize_v to_o persevere_v that_o be_v all_o that_o be_v rightful_o baptize_v even_o coram_fw-la deo_fw-la as_o well_o as_o coram_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la have_v not_o perseverance_n secure_v to_o they_o by_o baptism_n but_o only_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v give_v to_o they_o by_o covenant_n to_o be_v their_o sanctifier_n and_o carry_v on_o his_o work_n to_o their_o salvation_n if_o they_o will_v use_v those_o mean_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v and_o do_v enable_v they_o to_o use_v in_o attendance_n on_o his_o spirit_n though_o election_n infer_v the_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n i_o never_o see_v their_o assertion_n prove_v who_o say_v 1._o that_o if_o adam_n have_v once_o obey_v say_v some_o or_o overcome_v that_o one_o temptation_n say_v other_o god_n promise_v confirmation_n to_o he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n 2._o that_o the_o baptismal-covenant_n promise_v confirmation_n and_o certain_a perseverance_n to_o all_o the_o baptize_v regenerate_v or_o justify_v what_o god_n do_v i_o be_o not_o now_o question_v but_o what_o in_o that_o covenant_n he_o promise_v to_o do_v 175._o it_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o scripture_n that_o when_o man_n be_v convert_v and_o baptize_v the_o particular_a help_n of_o grace_n be_v promise_v they_o upon_o further_a particular_a condition_n and_o that_o the_o continuance_n of_o pardon_n and_o right_o to_o life_n be_v promise_v they_o upon_o the_o continuance_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o use_v of_o mean_n and_o that_o actual_a glorification_n be_v promise_v they_o on_o condition_n of_o overcome_v and_o persevere_v and_o therefore_o that_o we_o must_v use_v and_o take_v all_o these_o as_o condition_n 176._o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o some_o writer_n and_o preacher_n to_o tell_v man_n ourselves_o what_o must_v be_v in_o ourselves_o that_o no_o part_n of_o their_o righteousness_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o with_o other_o that_o at_o least_o none_o which_o they_o be_v justify_v by_o in_o any_o part_n be_v in_o they_o and_o that_o it_o be_v all_o in_o christ_n only_o and_o that_o nature_n be_v loath_a to_o yield_v to_o this_o but_o think_v it_o a_o fine_a thing_n to_o have_v some_o little_a part_n of_o the_o honour_n to_o itself_o and_o as_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o good_a action_n if_o it_o be_v but_o 999_o part_n that_o it_o ascribe_v to_o god_n and_o take_v one_o part_n of_o a_o thousand_o to_o ourselves_o it_o be_v a_o dangerous_a arrogation_n we_o must_v have_v none_o this_o well_o explain_v may_v be_v make_v sound_n but_o thus_o gross_o deliver_v it_o be_v but_o a_o popular_a cheat_n under_o the_o take_a pretence_n of_o self-abasement_n and_o give_v christ_n all_o the_o devil_n be_v as_o willing_a as_o any_o one_o that_o you_o shall_v have_v nothing_o honourable_a or_o praiseworthy_a in_o you_o and_o be_v as_o vile_a as_o he_o can_v make_v you_o it_o be_v god_n who_o honour_v those_o that_o honour_n he_o and_o praise_v his_o saint_n as_o the_o excellent_a on_o earth_n and_o his_o jewel_n and_o peculiar_a treasure_n adorn_v with_o his_o own_o lovely_a image_n and_o partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o member_n of_o christ_n as_o his_o own_o flesh_n and_o it_o be_v satan_n and_o wicked_a man_n that_o vilify_v and_o dishonour_v they_o and_o i_o have_v oft_o lament_v it_o that_o these_o very_a man_n that_o hold_v this_o kind_n of_o doctrine_n of_o self-abasement_n as_o have_v no_o part_n of_o righteousness_n nor_o share_v at_o all_o in_o any_o good_a work_n be_v yet_o too_o oft_o so_o proud_o conceit_v of_o their_o own_o goodness_n even_o for_o hold_v that_o they_o have_v none_o for_o which_o they_o be_v praiseworthy_a as_o that_o their_o pride_n be_v no_o small_a trouble_n to_o the_o church_n and_o all_o about_o they_o 177._o whatever_o be_v of_o god_n be_v good_a and_o whatever_o be_v good_a be_v laudable_a or_o praiseworthy_a and_o merit_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o it_o be_v 178._o all_o the_o sanctify_a be_v inherent_o righteous_a but_o with_o a_o imperfect_a righteousness_n which_o will_v no_o further_o justify_v they_o in_o judgement_n save_v only_o against_o this_o accusation_n that_o they_o be_v unholy_a 179._o there_o be_v no_o righteousness_n which_o will_v not_o justify_v he_o that_o have_v it_o in_o tantum_fw-la so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v righteous_a for_o the_o contrary_n be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o to_o be_v just_a be_v to_o be_v justifiable_a he_o that_o give_v but_o six_o penny_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v justifiable_a against_o this_o accusation_n that_o he_o do_v not_o give_v it_o 181._o all_o the_o righteousness_n which_o formal_o justifi_v we_o be_v our_o own_o or_o on_o ourselves_o where_o it_o justify_v we_o for_o to_o be_v make_v just_a or_o justify_v in_o the_o 10._o i_o will_v here_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o b●za_n paraeus_n dr._n field_n bonhaus_n b●llinger_n alberius_n zanchy_a aepinus_n spang●●bergius_n brentius_n confess_v augustan_n etc._n etc._n assert_v that_o justification_n be_v oft_o use_v as_o sanctification_n in_o scripture_n and_o that_o plenary_a justification_n have_v three_o part_n 1._o pardon_n 2._o accept_n we_o into_o favour_n and_o life_n 3._o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o inherent_a righteousness_n but_o that_o guil._n forbes_n have_v large_o do_v it_o consid_fw-la pacific_n 2_o thes_n 1._o 9_o 10._o first_o sense_n constitutive_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o be_v make_v such_o as_o be_v personal_o themselves_o just_o pardon_v of_o sin_n be_v make_v our_o own_o right_o to_o christ_n and_o glory_n be_v make_v our_o own_o though_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v the_o only_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o this_o which_o therefore_o be_v and_o may_v be_v call_v our_o material_a righteousness_n as_o that_o which_o merit_v it_o be_v the_o matter_n 182._o he_o that_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o good_a work_n be_v no_o christian_a but_o a_o damnable_a wretch_n and_o worse_o than_o any_o wicked_a man_n i_o know_v in_o the_o world_n and_o he_o that_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v false_o to_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o it_o nor_o a_o saint_n deny_v to_o be_v a_o saint_n upon_o a_o false_a pretence_n of_o sel●denyal_n 183._o as_o god_n be_v see_v here_o in_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o work_n so_o he_o be_v to_o be_v love_v and_o praise_v as_o so_o appear_v therefore_o he_o that_o dishonour_v his_o work_n dishonour_v god_n and_o hinder_v his_o due_a love_n and_o praise_n and_o his_o most_o lovely_a and_o honourable_a work_n on_o earth_n be_v his_o holy_a image_n on_o his_o saint_n and_o as_o christ_n will_v come_v to_o be_v admire_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o at_o last_o so_o god_n must_v be_v see_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o here_o in_o some_o degree_n and_o to_o deny_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o image_n be_v the_o malignant_n way_n of_o injure_v he_o and_o that_o in_o which_o the_o worst_a will_v serve_v you_o he_o that_o will_v praise_v god_n as_o creator_n and_o redeemer_n must_v praise_v his_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o be_v it_o the_o way_n of_o praise_v he_o as_o our_o sanctifier_n to_o dispraise_v his_o work_n of_o sanctification_n 184._o those_o poor_a sinner_n of_o my_o acquaintance_n who_o live_v in_o the_o grosse●●_n sin_n against_o conscience_n as_o drunkenness_n whoredom_n etc._n etc._n have_v be_v glad_a enough_o of_o such_o doctrine_n and_o forward_o enough_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o man_n that_o in_o any_o part_n can_v justify_v
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la b●na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a ●●●ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à_fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
return_a israelite_n 2._o and_o especial_o that_o he_o will_v have_v such_o in_o the_o christian_a church_n as_o shall_v be_v sanctify_v to_o he_o by_o his_o spirit_n and_o have_v a_o new_a and_o tender_a ●eart_n and_o predestination_n be_v well_o prove_v from_o the_o text._n but_o there_o be_v not_o a_o word_n to_o prove_v this_o to_o be_v the_o first_o grace_n nor_o that_o god_n promise_n give_v any_o man_n right_a to_o it_o but_o upon_o condition_n of_o believe_v for_o if_o god_n decree_n prophecy_n or_o general_a promise_n say_v absolute_o i_o will_v do_v it_o do_v prove_v it_o to_o be_v the_o first_o grace_n it_o will_v prove_v perserance_n such_o which_o be_v false_a the_o word_n prove_v no_o more_o but_o that_o god_n will_v do_v it_o §_o 7._o and_o as_o this_o be_v no_o personal_a promise_n give_v any_o man_n a_o right_a to_o the_o thing_n promise_v which_o he_o may_v claim_v but_o only_o foretell_v what_o god_n will_v do_v or_o give_v to_o some_o so_o he_o have_v other_o promise_n which_o be_v part_n of_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n and_o do_v give_v man_n right_o to_o these_o same_o benefit_n and_o so_o the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n and_o a_o new_a heart_n be_v promise_v on_o condition_n of_o believe_v which_o therefore_o be_v the_o former_a special_a grace_n §_o 8._o if_o any_o therefore_o will_v prove_v that_o faith_n be_v give_v absolute_o they_o must_v not_o do_v it_o by_o those_o text_n which_o speak_v of_o sanctification_n which_o faith_n be_v a_o condition_n of_o §_o 9_o but_o as_o to_o the_o question_n itself_o whether_o faith_n be_v give_v absolute_o or_o conditional_o i_o answer_v 1._o there_o be_v no_o absolute_a promise_n of_o faith_n make_v to_o any_o person_n but_o only_o promissory_a prediction_n of_o some_o indeterminate_a unnamed_a person_n that_o god_n will_v draw_v they_o and_o give_v they_o to_o christ_n and_o they_o shall_v believe_v and_o live_v 2._o all_o man_n have_v mean_n and_o duty_n appoint_v they_o for_o the_o seek_n of_o that_o grace_n which_o may_v convert_v they_o 3._o they_o be_v hereby_o bind_v to_o believe_v that_o if_o they_o so_o do_v they_o shall_v not_o lose_v their_o labour_n for_o god_n set_v man_n on_o no_o unprofitable_a work_n 4._o those_o that_o do_v this_o most_o faithful_o and_o have_v most_o prepare_v grace_n be_v the_o like_a to_o become_v believer_n and_o the_o ordinary_a receiver_n of_o special_a grace_n 5._o whether_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la this_o encouragement_n shall_v be_v call_v a_o promise_n or_o equipollent_a let_v they_o contend_v that_o list_n 6._o god_n can_v and_o do_v sudden_o convert_v some_o without_o such_o preparation_n or_o else_o give_v they_o both_o sort_n of_o grace_n immediate_o as_o once_o sect_n xix_o how_o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o cause_n the_o act_n of_o sin_n i_o have_v say_v of_o this_o also_o so_o much_o before_o as_o that_o this_o breviate_v here_o must_v serve_v well_o it_o be_v ill_o say_v profite●_n mur_fw-la incunctanter_fw-la prorsus_fw-la impeditum_fw-la iri_fw-la quod_fw-la universi_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la impeditetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la h●●_n pact_n impediretur_fw-la patesactio_fw-la divin●_n misericordi●_fw-la parcentis_fw-la &_o justitia_fw-la vindicant_fw-la be_v qu●_n quidem_fw-la patesactio_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la universi_fw-la bonum_fw-la censenda_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la q●●libet_fw-la alia_fw-la c●jus●ibet_fw-la del_fw-it proprietatis_fw-la in_fw-la ipso_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o speculo_fw-la rel●cent_fw-la be_v twiss_n vindic_n grat._n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o pag._n 133._o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o talk_v so_o bold_o of_o these_o mystery_n here_o seem_v to_o i_o many_o error_n and_o confusion_n 1._o it_o be_v false_a that_o god_n can_v not_o make_v know_v to_o the_o world_n that_o merciful_a nature_n which_o now_o pardon_v sin_n and_o that_o justice_n which_o now_o punish_v if_o there_o have_v be_v no_o sin_n his_o law_n promise_v and_o threat_n do_v antecedent_o make_v they_o know_v and_o god_n can_v cause_v bless_v spirit_n to_o know_v all_o his_o perfection_n before_o there_o be_v any_o sin_n 2._o god_n holiness_n and_o goodness_n be_v call_v mercy_n and_o justice_n by_o extrinsic_a denomination_n and_o connotation_n of_o sin_n and_o misery_n and_o if_o his_o holiness_n and_o goodness_n have_v be_v know_v as_o prevent_v all_o sin_n and_o misery_n man_n will_v think_v that_o he_o have_v not_o prove_v that_o this_o have_v be_v evil_a in_o the_o universe_n or_o less_o good_n 3._o posita_fw-la divina_fw-la volitione_fw-la as_o the_o rule_n of_o good_a it_o follow_v i_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v evil_a not_o to_o have_v that_o will_v fulfil_v but_o i_o deny_v that_o god_n will_v sin_n or_o its_o existence_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o good_a because_o not_o volitum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o far_o evil_a as_o to_o be_v absolutè_fw-la nolitum_fw-la but_o only_o evil_a 1._o as_o prohibitum_fw-la 2._o as_o hurtful_a to_o the_o sinner_n and_o to_o other_o methinks_v they_o that_o maintain_v that_o sin_n be_v privatio_n shall_v not_o say_v that_o it_o be_v positiuè_fw-la volitum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la 4._o all_o this_o depend_v on_o that_o curious_a question_n can_v not_o god_n have_v make_v the_o world_n better_o than_o it_o be_v or_o at_o least_o as_o good_a with_o many_o alteration_n from_o what_o it_o be_v they_o that_o hold_v the_o first_o say_v that_o god_n free_o make_v thing_n no_o better_o than_o they_o be_v but_o have_v there_o be_v no_o devil_n no_o sin_n no_o toad_n no_o disorder_n the_o world_n have_v be_v better_a that_o be_v a_o perfect_a demonstration_n of_o god_n perfection_n but_o they_o that_o be_v more_o modest_a ar●_n content_a with_o the_o latter_a and_o say_v that_o god_n free_o make_v thing_n as_o they_o be_v and_o not_o necessary_o but_o it_o have_v be_v necessary_o if_o no_o other_o way_n have_v be_v as_o good_a and_o that_o if_o god_n have_v please_v to_o show_v his_o goodness_n by_o prevent_v all_o sin_n it_o have_v be_v as_o good_a and_o no_o loss_n or_o disparagement_n to_o the_o universe_n 5._o and_o he_o do_v through_o all_o his_o book_n beg_v the_o question_n whether_o a_o mere_a occasion_n be_v a_o conducible_a medium_n and_o so_o good_a if_o he_o will_v stretch_v the_o word_n medium_fw-la so_o wide_o as_o to_o extend_v it_o to_o a_o mere_a evil_a sin●_n quo_fw-la non_fw-la or_o presuppose_v which_o have_v not_o the_o least_o causality_n efficient_a material_a formal_a or_o final_a i_o will_v not_o strive_v for_o a_o word_n but_o conducibile_fw-la note_v some_o kind_n and_o degree_n of_o causality_n which_o sin_n have_v not_o to_o the_o glorify_v of_o god_n it_o be_v the_o destroy_n of_o sin_n that_o god_n be_v glorify_v by_o where_o the_o malum_fw-la amovendum_fw-la be_v not_o the_o bonum_fw-la conducibile_fw-la but_o the_o ill_a state_n of_o the_o matter_n without_o which_o god_n have_v not_o glorify_v himself_o by_o this_o act_n but_o by_o some_o other_o as_o well_o §_o 1._o it_o must_v be_v well_o consider_v that_o god_n make_v man_n nature_n before_o he_o make_v any_o positive_a law_n for_o he_o and_o that_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n itself_o be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n after_o nature_n though_o not_o in_o time_n man_n be_v first_o considerable_a as_o man_n before_o he_o be_v considerable_a as_o oblige_v to_o duty_n and_o also_o that_o the_o law_n both_o natural_a and_o positive_a be_v before_o man_n obedience_n and_o sin_n so_o that_o as_o man_n be_v first_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n man_n and_o then_o god_n governable_a subject_n and_o then_o in_o order_n of_o time_n obedient_a or_o disobedient_a so_o god_n be_v first_o his_o creator_n and_o then_o nature_n motor_n and_o then_o his_o governor_n by_o legislation_n and_o then_o his_o gracious_a helper_n and_o last_o his_o judge_n and_o rewarder_n §_o 2._o therefore_o as_o natural_a be_v substance_n and_o faculty_n and_o 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beumler_n and_o many_o other_o and_o paraeus_n joh._n crocius_n the_o justif_a and_o many_o more_o express_o deny_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v the_o formal_a cause_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o they_o that_o assert_v it_o mean_v as_o the_o rest_n though_o they_o speak_v incautelous_o and_o unapt_o and_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o imputation_n let_v davenant_n speak_v ib._n c._n 27._o p._n 359._o imputantur_fw-la quando_fw-la illorum_fw-la intuitus_fw-la &_o respectus_fw-la valent_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la aeque_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la essent_fw-la siquis_fw-la indignus_fw-la aut_fw-la ignavus_fw-la ob_fw-la paternam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la erga_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la in_fw-la gratiam_fw-la regis_fw-la admittatur_fw-la gratum_fw-la &_o nobilitatum_fw-la dicamus_fw-la per_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la imputationem_fw-la virtutis_fw-la paternae_fw-la this_o be_v bradshaw_n sense_n but_o yet_o the_o similitude_n fall_v short_a so_o altingius_n state_n the_o question_n loc._n com._n part_n 2._o p._n 679._o a_o justificatio_fw-la consistaet_fw-la in_o imputatione_n justitiae_fw-la christi_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o imputationae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la acquisitae_fw-la and_o what_o protestant_a will_v deny_v this_o and_o maresius_n with_o he_o say_v cum_fw-la paulo_n justitiae_fw-la imputatio_fw-la &_o peccatorum_fw-la remissio_fw-la idem_fw-la sint_fw-la prout_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la inter_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o illius_fw-la meritum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la subtilius_fw-la inter_fw-la haec_fw-la dùo_fw-la scrupulose_a distinguere_fw-la cum_fw-la remissio_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la tum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la tum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illam_fw-la jus_o plenum_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la habeamus_fw-la but_o this_o need_v somewhat_o more_o i_o think_v loc._n 11._o p._n 284._o and_o the_o description_n of_o the_o effect_n show_v what_o the_o imputation_n be_v which_o maresius_n true_o thus_o describe_v exeg_n art_n 23._o p._n 326_o 327._o transit_fw-la reatu_fw-la peccatum_fw-la orig_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la imputetur_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la quidem_fw-la ei_fw-la inseparabiliter_fw-la reatus_fw-la potentialis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la intrinsecum_fw-la meritum_fw-la poenae_fw-la sed_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la secundum_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la jus_o &_o voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la paena_fw-la illa_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exigenda_fw-la n._n b._n thysius_n in_o synopsi_fw-la leidens_fw-la disp_n 33._o p._n 413._o say_v mirum_fw-la hic_fw-la videri_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la non_fw-la meritoriae_fw-la solum_fw-la &_o materialis_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o formalis_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la habere_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la fiat_fw-la diversi_fw-la mode_n nempe_fw-la qua_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quod_fw-la justificamur_fw-la so_o he_o take_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v all_o three_o the_o meritorious_a material_a and_o formal_a cause_n of_o our_o justification_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la i_o add_v as_o to_o our_o author_n 1._o i_o hope_v few_o will_v follow_v he_o in_o call_v the_o decree_n of_o god_n the_o covenant_n and_o confound_a election_n and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n for_o my_o part_n i_o will_v not_o 2._o constitution_n signify_v 1._o actum_fw-la constituentis_fw-la 2._o more_o usual_o passive_o statum_fw-la seu_fw-la rem_fw-la constitutam_fw-la god_n eternal_a purpose_n be_v not_o proper_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n in_o either_o sense_n 3._o god_n eternal_a decree_n be_v nothing_o but_o his_o essence_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o god_n but_o god_n and_o nothing_o but_o god_n eternal_a denominate_v as_o relate_v to_o its_o connoted_a object_n which_o from_o eternity_n be_v nothing_o and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n be_v not_o god_n nor_o shall_v be_v by_o i_o so_o call_v 4._o nor_o will_v i_o call_v the_o whole_a execution_n of_o god_n election_n by_o christ_n the_o covenant_n in_o execution_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o it_o but_o that_o which_o scripture_n so_o call_v 5._o i_o grant_v he_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v usual_o take_v for_o a_o divine_a disposition_n and_o constitution_n but_o that_o be_v not_o mere_o in_o god_n decree_n but_o as_o grotius_n have_v at_o large_a open_v praef._n ad_fw-la annot._n in_o evang._n as_o it_o be_v god_n signal_n reveal_v determination_n of_o the_o term_n of_o life_n and_o death_n or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n and_o a_o covenant_n on_o god_n part_n impose_v on_o we_o before_o we_o consent_v and_o jer._n 33._o 20._o do_v not_o call_v god_n mere_a decree_n his_o covenant_n but_o his_o create_a course_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n 6._o he_o that_o will_v but_o try_v the_o text_n which_o his_o concordance_n refer_v he_o to_o and_o can_v find_v a_o multitude_n of_o place_n where_o the_o word_n covenant_n be_v take_v for_o somewhat_o else_o than_o god_n decree_n and_o their_o general_a execution_n even_o for_o a_o law_n with_o its_o premiant_a and_o penal_a sanction_n and_o for_o a_o free_a donation_n or_o promise_n which_o yet_o have_v its_o proper_a condition_n as_o the_o moralis_fw-la dispositio_fw-la recipientium_fw-la and_o that_o can_v find_v divers_a such_o covenant_n make_v by_o god_n with_o christ_n and_o we_o that_o be_v real_o distinct_a and_o not_o to_o be_v confound_v must_v not_o expect_v that_o i_o here_o trouble_v other_o reader_n with_o such_o a_o task_n as_o his_o conviction_n 7._o i_o full_o agree_v that_o christ_n righteousnrss_n be_v fit_o call_v both_o the_o meritorious_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o our_o righteousness_n or_o passive_a 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several_a inadequate_a conception_n which_o together_o make_v up_o the_o most_o exact_a and_o orderly_a knowledge_n of_o god_n p._n 4._o sect._n 4._o the_o relation_n and_o denomination_n of_o god_n active_a power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n as_o to_o the_o creature_n p._n 6._o sect._n 5._o of_o futurity_n and_o the_o pretend_a eternal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o p._n 8._o sect._n 6._o of_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o creature_n with_o god_n in_o eternity_n and_o of_o god_n knowledge_n of_o they_o as_o existent_n p._n 13._o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o many_o scholastic_a dispute_n about_o god_n knowledge_n which_o shall_v moderate_v our_o censure_n of_o dissenter_n in_o such_o matter_n and_o check_v our_o sinful_a curiosity_n p._n 15._o sect._n 8._o more_o of_o god_n know_v thing_n future_a and_o of_o permission_n of_o sin_n p._n 24._o sect._n 9_o of_o predetermination_n universal_a causation_n humane_a power_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o liberty_n of_o will_n distinguish_v in_o a_o table_n p._n 27._o sect._n 10._o of_o natural_a and_o moral_a power_n and_o impotency_n their_o difference_n p._n 36._o sect._n 11._o more_o of_o the_o same_o and_o whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o impossibility_n p._n 39_o sect._n 12._o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 42._o sect._n 13._o of_o the_o will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n in_o general_n their_o simplicity_n and_o diversity_n suppose_a priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o negation_n of_o nolition_n and_o volition_n of_o negative_n etc._n etc._n p._n 45._o sect._n 14._o several_a distinction_n of_o god_n will_v explain_v 1._o positive_a act_n and_o non-agency_a 2._o positive_a and_o negative_a as_o to_o the_o object_n 3._o positive_a and_o oppositive_a volition_n and_o nolition_n 4._o immanent_a and_o transient_a 5._o efficient_o transient_a and_o objective_o transient_a 6._o natural_a and_o free_n 7._o efficient_a and_o permissive_a 8._o beneplaciti_fw-la &_o signi_fw-la de_fw-la eventu_fw-la &_o de_fw-la debito_fw-la decretive_a and_o legislative_a where_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o law_n be_v open_v 10._o absolute_a and_o conditional_a 11._o effectual_a and_o uneffectual_a 12._o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a p._n 49._o sect._n 15._o whether_o god_n decree_n must_v be_v say_v to_o be_v diversify_v and_o prove_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o execution_n whether_o
eligible_a to_o be_v produce_v in_o their_o fit_a season_n 47._o they_o that_o say_v god_n can_v do_v no_o more_o than_o he_o do_v must_v mean_v only_o in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o instant_n or_o sense_n or_o speak_v very_o presumptuous_o if_o not_o blasphemous_o 48._o that_o god_n do_v not_o all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v be_v no_o note_n of_o imperfection_n in_o his_o wisdom_n or_o will_n but_o be_v from_o the_o perfection_n of_o both_o 49._o nor_o do_v it_o hence_o follow_v that_o he_o have_v either_o a_o vain_a or_o a_o unactive_a power_n for_o his_o power_n be_v his_o perfection_n and_o therefore_o not_o vain_a and_o it_o be_v ever_o essential_o active_a in_o himself_o as_o he_o be_v the_o live_a god_n and_o be_v neither_o vain_a nor_o unactive_a when_o there_o be_v yet_o no_o creature_n 50._o god_n power_n do_v not_o therefore_o create_v or_o operate_v ad_fw-la extra_fw-la mere_o as_o power_n for_o than_o it_o shall_v do_v so_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la and_o from_o eternity_n but_o as_o it_o voluntary_o put_v forth_o the_o effect_n 51._o god_n knowledge_n mere_o as_o knowledge_n or_o as_o the_o knowledge_n of_o congruity_n future_a thing_n yea_o or_o thing_n existent_a be_v not_o efficient_a nor_o yet_o as_o it_o concur_v with_o his_o will_n ut_fw-la finis_fw-la or_o his_o will_n of_o complacency_n but_o only_a as_o it_o concur_v with_o his_o efficient_a will._n 52._o god_n knowledge_n and_o will_v effect_v nothing_o add_v extra_fw-la but_o by_o and_o with_o his_o active_a power_n as_o efficient_a 53._o therefore_o bradwardine_n and_o many_o other_o schoolman_n do_v not_o congruous_o say_v that_o god_n mere_a volition_n without_o any_o effective_a power_n be_v all_o his_o cause_v influx_n unless_o they_o thrust_v two_o conception_n into_o one_o word_n and_o mean_v a_o powerful_a active_a volition_n for_o 1._o by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o we_o must_v ascribe_v to_o god_n intellection_n and_o volition_n we_o must_v also_o ascribe_v active_a power_n these_o being_n three_o principle_n in_o his_o image_n 2._o and_o in_o man_n mere_a willing_a effect_n not_o 3._o and_o they_o that_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la eveniat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ipso_fw-la non_fw-la efficiente_a sed_fw-la permittente_fw-la suppose_v that_o he_o will_v something_o which_o he_o effect_v not_o but_o against_o they_o in_o this_o suarez_n and_o other_o have_v say_v enough_o 54._o though_o god_n nature_n have_v no_o real_a accident_n but_o simple_a essential_a perfection_n yet_o relation_n or_o relative_n accident_n be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v of_o he_o for_o indeed_o as_o ockam_n have_v copious_o prove_v show_v prove_v prove_v prove_v that_o relation_n have_v no_o entity_n extra_fw-la intellectum_fw-la prae●er_fw-la absolutum_fw-la ockam_n in_o many_o dispute_v in_o his_o quod_fw-la lib._n show_v relation_n have_v no_o real_a entity_n or_o be_v nothing_o beside_o the_o absoluta_fw-la and_o the_o act_n of_o reason_n about_o they_o comparabilitas_fw-la they_o they_o they_o relation_n be_v but_o comparabilitas_fw-la relation_n be_v but_o rerum_fw-la comparabilitas_fw-la which_o reason_n use_v by_o actual_a compare_v conception_n of_o they_o 55._o though_o the_o thomist_n say_v that_o man_n only_o be_v relate_v to_o god_n rationis_fw-la god_n god_n god_n an_fw-mi relationes_fw-la reale_v sint_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la ad_fw-la creaturas_fw-la e._n g._n creator_n dominus_fw-la etc._n etc._n affirmatur_fw-la ab_fw-la ockam_n &_o gabr._n 1._o d._n 30._o q._n 5._o durand_n q._n 3._o marsil_n 1._o q._n 32._o a._n 1._o greg._n ar._n 1._o d._n 28._o q._n 3._o a._n 1._o pet._n hurtad_n negatur_fw-la à_fw-la thomistis_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la lis_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la ut_fw-la notat_fw-la vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 13._o a._n 7._o nullum_fw-la quip_n fundamentum_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la creaturae_fw-la ideo_fw-la thomistae_fw-la ●ocant_fw-la relationem_fw-la rationis_fw-la relatione_fw-la rationis_fw-la and_o not_o god_n to_o man_n yet_o pet._n hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n and_o other_o strong_o assert_v that_o god_n himself_o have_v not_o only_a relationes_fw-la rationis_fw-la and_o transcendental_a but_o predicamental_a relation_n also_o as_o creator_n dominus_fw-la rector_n etc._n etc._n which_o the_o scripture_n constant_o ascribe_v to_o he_o and_o which_o indeed_o be_v no_o way_n note_n of_o imperfection_n for_o if_o it_o be_v no_o imperfection_n in_o god_n to_o create_v redeem_v sanctify_v rule_n etc._n etc._n it_o can_v be_v none_o to_o be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o a_o creator_n redeemer_n sanctifier_n ruler_n etc._n etc._n for_o it_o be_v nothing_o more_o 56._o as_o god_n immanent_a act_n be_v his_o essence_n but_o not_o simple_o as_o essence_n but_o as_o essence_n in_o the_o distinct_a act_n of_o self-living_a self-knowing_a self-loving_a relate_v to_o himself_o so_o his_o action_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v his_o essence_n as_o relate_v to_o the_o creature_n but_o not_o simple_o as_o essence_n but_o as_o essence-acting_a 57_o god_n will_v as_o mere_o ordinant_n or_o dirigent_n effect_v only_a order_n and_o direction_n but_o not_o the_o substance_n order_v 58._o his_o will_n quà_fw-la finis_fw-la be_v not_o efficient_a nomine_fw-la efficient_a efficient_a efficient_a bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 45._o q._n 2._o resol_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la dicitur_fw-la omnivolens_a sicut_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la &_o omnisciens_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la abstrahat_fw-la &_o à_fw-la ratione_fw-la actualitatis_fw-la &_o à_fw-la ratione_fw-la causae_fw-la see_v his_o plain_a explication_n of_o it_o vide_fw-la alliac_n in_o princip_n 1._o at_o è_fw-la contrà_fw-la bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 10._o cor_fw-la pag._n 197._o but_o not_o accurate_o enough_o though_o it_o seem_v but_o lis_fw-fr de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la 59_o his_o will_n quà_fw-la finis_fw-la be_v his_o will_n as_o please_v by_o be_v fulfil_v 60._o all_o that_o be_v good_a be_v please_a to_o god_n and_o so_o be_v the_o final_a fulfil_n of_o his_o will._n 61._o god_n will_v efficient_o all_o that_o be_v good_a which_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o all_o good_a that_o be_v ever_o do_v be_v do_v by_o he_o though_o not_o by_o he_o only_o 62._o but_o he_o will_v the_o various_a production_n of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v various_o produce_v some_o sole_o by_o himself_o and_o some_o by_o creature_n and_o mean_n some_o necessary_o by_o necessitate_a agent_n and_o some_o free_o by_o free_a agent_n 63._o as_o god_n efficient_a will_n cause_v the_o thing_n will_v whether_o substance_n accident_n rule_n order_n etc._n etc._n so_o his_o final_a will_n or_o complacence_n suppose_v the_o please_a thing_n in_o be_v that_o be_v if_o it_o be_v the_o thing_n itself_o that_o he_o be_v please_v in_o it_o be_v suppose_v existent_n if_o the_o thing_n as_o past_a it_o be_v suppose_v past_o or_o that_o it_o be_v existent_a if_o the_o thing_n as_o future_a or_o fore-known_a or_o forewilled_n it_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n itself_o that_o be_v in_o that_o instant_n proper_o say_v to_o please_v he_o but_o his_o own_o knowledge_n and_o will_n concern_v it_o though_o we_o use_v to_o call_v this_o the_o thing_n in_o esse_fw-la cognito_fw-la aut_fw-la volito_fw-la sect_n v._o of_o futurity_n and_o its_o pretend_a cause_n 64._o the_o possibility_n and_o futurity_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o accidental_a notion_n or_o relation_n of_o the_o thing_n themselves_o but_o be_v termini_fw-la diminuentes_fw-la future_a of_o futurity_n see_v bonaventure_n distinction_n of_o futur_fw-la quoad_fw-la successionem_fw-la temporis_fw-la &_o quoad_fw-la ordinem_fw-la temporalis_fw-la ad_fw-la aeternum_fw-la secundum_fw-la consecutionem_fw-la with_o the_o application_n in_o 1._o do_v 38._o dub_v 2._o vid._n blank_a de_fw-fr concord_n lib._n &_o decret_a 1._o n._n 54._o that_o futurity_n be_v nothing_o but_o respectus_fw-la rationis_fw-la and_o needs_o no_o cause_n but_o that_o of_o the_o thing_n future_a as_o to_o the_o thing_n and_o be_v speak_v of_o nothing_o to_o say_v that_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v or_o will_v be_v which_o now_o be_v not_o be_v to_o say_v that_o now_o it_o be_v nothing_o 65._o nothing_o be_v no_o effect_n and_o therefore_o have_v no_o cause_n therefore_o thing_n possible_a and_o future_a as_o such_o have_v no_o cause_n 66._o therefore_o possibility_n and_o futurity_n as_o they_o be_v take_v for_o any_o attribute_n or_o accident_n or_o mode_n of_o creature_n as_o object_n be_v mistake_v though_o they_o may_v be_v conception_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o creature_n concern_v that_o which_o be_v not_o 67._o therefore_o also_o god_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o eternal_a possibility_n or_o futurity_n 68_o therefore_o the_o possibility_n and_o futurity_n of_o thing_n conceive_v as_o a_o effect_n have_v no_o eternal_a cause_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o eternal_a but_o god_n 69._o though_o man_n imagine_v thing_n which_o be_v not_o and_o then_o think_v that_o they_o can_v be_v and_o will_v be_v because_o that_o be_v which_o can_v or_o will_v cause_v they_o and_o thence_o frame_v notion_n and_o name_n of_o nothing_o and_o call_v it_o
possible_a and_o future_a we_o must_v be_v very_o fearful_a and_o not_o unreverent_a and_o rash_a in_o ascribe_v such_o a_o dance_n or_o lusus_fw-la of_o notion_n to_o god_n unless_o as_o use_v with_o great_a impropriety_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o weak_a man_n 70._o god_n know_v his_o own_o power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n and_o so_o know_v what_o he_o can_v do_v what_o he_o know_v to_o be_v eligible_a and_o what_o he_o will_v do_v and_o if_o any_o will_v call_v this_o knowledge_n of_o god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o possibility_n or_o futurity_n of_o the_o thing_n know_v or_o will_v denominate_v nothing_o as_o a_o imaginary_a something_o as_o possible_a and_o future_a relative_o from_o god_n power_n will_n or_o knowledge_n let_v they_o remember_v 1._o that_o nothing_o have_v no_o relation_n 2._o that_o proper_o they_o shall_v but_o give_v the_o denomination_n to_o that_o which_o be_v that_o be_v to_o god_n power_n will_n and_o knowledge_n and_o say_v god_n can_v e._n g._n make_v a_o world_n or_o will_v do_v it_o and_o not_o to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o and_o when_o they_o say_v that_o e._n g._n the_o world_n be_v eternal_o possible_a or_o future_a they_o can_v just_o mean_v no_o more_o but_o that_o god_n can_v and_o will_v make_v it_o 3._o and_o that_o this_o be_v but_o lis_fw-fr de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la and_o not_o a_o real_a difference_n whether_o futurition_n be_v thus_o from_o eternity_n 71._o and_o especial_o let_v they_o remember_v that_o nothing_o in_o god_n be_v cause_v there_o be_v no_o effect_n in_o god_n therefore_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o from_o eternity_n but_o god_n and_o therefore_o possibility_n and_o futurition_n must_v needs_o be_v name_n of_o god_n himself_o or_o some_o divine_a perfection_n or_o conception_n which_o be_v himself_o if_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v eternal_a so_o such_o possibility_n and_o futurity_n can_v have_v no_o eternal_a cause_n for_o god_n have_v no_o cause_n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o god_n 72._o if_o the_o futurity_n of_o sin_n must_v have_v a_o eternal_a cause_n than_o god_n cause_v be_v pennot_v l._n 3._o c._n 14._o cit_v many_o father_n saying_n that_o thing_n be_v not_o future_a because_o fore-known_a but_o fore-known_a because_o future_a and_o augustine_n greg._n m._n boetius_fw-la ans●lm_n lomb._n &_o aquin._n say_v the_o contrary_a and_o he_o cit_v the_o four_o way_n of_o the_o schoolmen_n reconcile_n they_o and_o conclude_v that_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o first_o be_v true_a and_o in_o regard_n of_o free_a act_n the_o second_o i_o think_v that_o in_o regard_n of_o sin_n neither_o be_v true_a unless_o because_o signify_v only_o rationem_fw-la denominationis_fw-la objectivam_fw-la and_o even_o if_o so_o it_o be_v dubious_a whether_o they_o be_v not_o simultaneous_a as_o relation_n be_v the_o futurity_n of_o all_o sin_n but_o that_o be_v not_o so_o for_o none_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o sin_n will_v be_v but_o he_o that_o mediate_o or_o immediate_o cause_v the_o be_v of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v 73._o imagine_v per_fw-la possibile_fw-la vel_fw-la impossibile_fw-it that_o a_o thousand_o year_n hence_o a_o free_a create_a agent_n that_o can_v do_v otherwise_o will_v cause_v such_o a_o act_n it_o may_v be_v denominate_v future_a without_o the_o take_n in_o of_o any_o antecedent_n cause_n into_o the_o notion_n it_o be_v call_v future_a because_o it_o will_v be_v and_o not_o because_o there_o be_v at_o present_a existent_n any_o cause_n from_o whence_o it_o will_v be_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o 74._o though_o futurity_n be_v nothing_o yet_o this_o proposition_n be_v something_o this_o or_o that_o will_v be_v and_o to_o know_v the_o futurity_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v most_o proper_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o proposition_n it_o will_v be_v 75._o god_n know_v not_o by_o proposition_n for_o that_o be_v the_o imperfect_a mode_n of_o man_n but_o he_o know_v proposition_n when_o they_o be_v existent_a as_o humane_a instrument_n or_o conception_n and_o therefore_o he_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o all_o true_a proposition_n of_o futurity_n 76._o what_o man_n know_v by_o proposition_n god_n know_v otherwise_o by_o a_o more_o transcendent_a perfect_a but_o incomprehensible_a way_n therefore_o god_n know_v that_o every_o thing_n will_v be_v which_o will_v be_v 77._o there_o be_v ●o_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n for_o man_n that_o use_v they_o be_v not_o and_o god_n use_v they_o not_o though_o he_o know_v they_o as_o use_v by_o man_n therefore_o this_o proposition_n hoc_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la be_v not_o from_o eternity_n because_o non_fw-la entis_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la affectiones_fw-la 78._o but_o if_o there_o have_v be_v such_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n as_o the_o world_n will_v be_v make_v christ_n will_v be_v incarnate_a etc._n etc._n they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a and_o so_o the_o eternal_a futurity_n of_o thing_n as_o common_o dispute_v of_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o eternal_a verity_n of_o a_o proposition_n de_fw-fr futuritione_fw-la which_o be_v no_o proposition_n because_o then_o there_o be_v none_o only_o in_o time_n man_n brain_n imagine_v or_o feign_v that_o then_o there_o may_v have_v be_v creature_n who_o may_v have_v use_v proposition_n the_o futuritione_fw-la rerum_fw-la which_o if_o they_o have_v they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a 79._o all_o verity_n be_v either_o 1._o rei_fw-la 2._o conceptus_fw-la 3._o expressionis_fw-la and_o 1._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la rei_fw-la the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o from_o eternity_n be_v not_o a_o true_a thing_n from_o eternity_n 2._o the_o divine_a knowledge_n that_o such_o and_o such_o thing_n will_v be_v be_v true_a from_o eternity_n by_o a_o incomprehensible_a way_n above_o proposition_n 3._o if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o proposition_n mental_a or_o verbal_a de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la futuritione_fw-la they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o can_v true_o be_v say_v of_o the_o eternity_n of_o futurition_n 80._o only_o this_o be_v add_v that_o so_o far_o as_o god_n will_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n determine_v of_o any_o thing_n that_o will_v be_v so_o far_o he_o be_v eternal_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o proposition_n hoc_fw-la erit_fw-la when_o such_o a_o proposition_n shall_v be_v 81._o but_o where_o god_n will_v be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o will_v be_v there_o it_o be_v not_o his_o cause_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o proposition_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o it_o will_v be_v though_o his_o knowledge_n be_v a_o medium_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v logical_o be_v infer_v that_o it_o will_v be_v 82._o moreover_o whatever_o be_v from_o eternity_n must_v be_v res_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la or_o relatio_fw-la but_o from_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o res_fw-la futura_fw-la no_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la futurae_fw-la no_o relatio_fw-la rei_fw-la futurae_fw-la etc._n futurae_fw-la futurae_fw-la futurae_fw-la i_o know_v that_o the_o judicious_a greg._n arim._n 1._o d._n 28._o q._n 3._o pag._n 122_o etc._n etc._n assert_v these_o four_o thing_n 1._o that_o aliquid_fw-la potest_fw-la reserri_fw-la realiter_fw-la ad_fw-la non_fw-la ens_fw-la 2._o non_fw-la ens_fw-la potest_fw-la realiter_fw-la referri_fw-la ad_fw-la ens_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la deus_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la referebatur_fw-la ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la 4._o quod_fw-la deus_fw-la realiter_fw-la reserlur_n ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la and_o his_o reason_n be_v very_o considerable_a for_o three_o of_o they_o but_o as_o to_o the_o second_o which_o concern_v our_o case_n he_o fail_v for_o 1._o his_o first_o reason_n that_o relation_n be_v ever_o mutual_a or_o convertible_a i_o deny_v his_o proof_n as_o vain_a as_o to_o the_o reality_n of_o the_o relation_n 2._o and_o that_o res_fw-la non_fw-la existens_fw-la be_v causa_fw-la i_o deny_v fuit_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o and_o remember_v that_o he_o instance_v only_o in_o thing_n as_o cause_v or_o foreknow_v sin_n therefore_o can_v be_v call_v future_a but_o as_o fore-known_a 3._o remember_v that_o his_o master_n ockam_n have_v oft_o in_o quodl_n prove_v that_o relation_n be_v nothing_o beside_o the_o quid_fw-la absolution_n and_o reason_n be_v nothing_o but_o comparabilitas_fw-la all_o be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o god_n fore-knew_a what_o will_v be_v and_o therefore_o have_v there_o be_v such_o a_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n as_o this_o will_n be_v it_o have_v be_v true_a vid._n aquin._n 1._o p._n d._n 38._o q._n 1._o a._n 1._o bonav_n ib._n a._n 1._o q._n 1._o &_o 2._o durand_n 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o scot._n ib._n q._n 1._o cajet_fw-fr banne_n rip_n zumel_n nazar_n molin_n vasqu_n arrub._n etc._n etc._n 1._o p._n q._n 14._o a._n 8._o greg._n valent._n 1._o p._n d._n 1._o q._n 14._o punc_fw-la 5._o s_o 3._o alvar._n the_o auxil_n disp_n 16._o snarez_n de_fw-fr a●xil_n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o
ledesm_n de_fw-fr a●xil_fw-fr this_fw-mi 2._o ruiz_n the_o scient_a d._n 15_o 16_o 33_o 36_o etc._n etc._n for_o non_fw-la entis_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la modus_fw-la vel_fw-la relatio_fw-la if_o you_o add_v that_o it_o be_v denominatio_fw-la extrin_n eca_v i_o answer_v it_o must_v be_v then_o god_n himself_o only_o as_o denominate_v know_v or_o will_v that_o this_o or_o that_o shall_v be_v which_o be_v not_o proper_o the_o futurity_n of_o the_o thing_n for_o otherwise_o it_o must_v be_v a_o denomination_n of_o nothing_o 83._o obj._n the_o object_n be_v before_o the_o act_n of_o knowledge_n therefore_o a_o thing_n be_v future_a before_o god_n know_v it_o to_o be_v future_a answ_n 1._o to_o be_v future_a be_v a_o word_n who_o sound_n deceive_v man_n as_o if_o it_o signify_v some_o be_v which_o be_v not_o so_o 2._o god_n can_v know_v that_o a_o thing_n will_v be_v unless_o it_o will_v be_v but_o this_o signify_v no_o more_o but_o that_o he_o can_v know_v this_o proposition_n to_o be_v 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tempora_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la in_o scientia_fw-la res_fw-la ipsas_fw-la habet_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ei_fw-la futurae_fw-la sed_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ac_fw-la
he_o but_o it_o follow_v not_o necessary_o that_o this_o will_v be_v do_v because_o it_o be_v possible_a no_o nor_o because_o it_o be_v easy_a or_o not_o difficult_a to_o be_v do_v 150._o permission_n 150._o 150._o 150._o rui●_n de_fw-fr praedet_fw-la tr._n 2._o di●p_n 12._o §._o 1_o 2._o p._n 172._o so_o define_v permission_n as_o i_o confess_v so_o it_o be_v positive_o decree_v viz._n increatam_fw-la permissionem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la praed●finit_a creata_fw-la permissio_fw-la simul_fw-la complec●itur_fw-la qu●rundam_fw-la rerum_fw-la productionem_fw-la &_o aliarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la negationem_fw-la quibus_fw-la positis_fw-la peccatum_fw-la permittitur_fw-la and_o if_o by_o permission_n they_o will_v mean_v quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la it_o must_v have_v a_o positive_a will_n and_o cause_n but_o what_o be_v that_o to_o the_o negative_a or_o mere_a non_fw-la impedire_fw-la thus_o still_o all_o our_o wrangling_n shall_v be_v but_o about_o ambiguous_a word_n his_o reason_n §._o 2._o 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not_o make_v it_o move_v but_o to_o permit_v a_o stone_n in_o the_o air_n to_o fall_v i_o think_v with_o durandus_fw-la be_v enough_o to_o make_v it_o fall_v suppose_v the_o continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o and_o all_o circumstance_n and_o so_o be_v it_o in_o permit_v some_o sinner_n to_o sin_n 151._o but_o yet_o here_o we_o must_v distinguish_v 1._o between_o a_o necessary_a and_o a_o free_a agent_n 2._o between_o adam_n sin_v and_o we_o 3._o and_o between_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o man_n strong_o incline_v or_o but_o weak_o or_o that_o have_v many_o dissuasion_n or_o but_o few_o 1._o though_o a_o bad_a man_n be_v under_o a_o moral_a necessity_n of_o sin_v in_o the_o general_n that_o be_v of_o not_o live_v innocent_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o under_o a_o necessity_n of_o commit_v every_o sin_n that_o he_o commit_v nor_o be_v it_o a_o valid_a consequence_n he_o be_v a_o bad_a man_n ergo_fw-la he_o will_v do_v this_o and_o that_o and_o the_o other_o sin_n because_o a_o free_a agent_n oft_o act_v contrary_a to_o his_o habit_n 2._o and_o some_o sinner_n have_v so_o great_a impediment_n in_o sin_v that_o they_o stand_v long_o in_o aequilibrio_fw-la before_o the_o act_n 3._o and_o adam_n have_v no_o more_o propensity_n to_o his_o first_o sin_n than_o to_o the_o contrary_a so_o that_o bare_a permission_n will_v not_o infer_v the_o certainty_n of_o all_o sin_n atlea_v and_o therefore_o will_v not_o here_o serve_v turn_n 152._o but_o say_v rada_n it_o be_v not_o common_a permission_n but_o also_o a_o withdraw_a of_o effectual_a help_n against_o sin_n answ_n 1._o god_n do_v not_o so_o by_o adam_n at_o first_o 2._o but_o be_v sufficient_a or_o necessary_a help_n also_o withdraw_v as_o well_o as_o effectual_a if_o so_o then_o adam_n be_v as_o much_o necessitate_v to_o sin_n by_o god_n as_o he_o be_v to_o die_v by_o god_n withdraw_v his_o vital_a influx_n or_o sustentation_n and_o it_o will_v have_v be_v as_o natural_o impossible_a for_o he_o not_o to_o sin_v as_o to_o live_v without_o god_n but_o if_o not_o so_o then_o while_o necessary_a grace_n call_v sufficient_a be_v continue_v the_o withdraw_a of_o any_o other_o infer_v not_o a_o necessity_n of_o sin_v but_o indeed_o it_o be_v a_o unproved_a and_o improbable_a fiction_n that_o god_n withdraw_v from_o adam_n any_o grace_n which_o he_o have_v give_v he_o till_o adam_n cast_v it_o away_o it_o be_v therefore_o no_o good_a illation_n deus_fw-la permittit_fw-la aliquem_fw-la peccare_fw-la ergo_fw-la peccat_fw-la unless_o by_o permit_v you_o mean_v withhold_v necessary_a help_n which_o be_v more_o than_o proper_a permission_n 153._o and_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o god_n be_v far_o from_o a_o total_a permission_n or_o non-impedition_a of_o sin_n he_o always_o hinder_v it_o so_o far_o as_o to_o forbid_v it_o to_o threaten_v damnation_n to_o affright_v man_n from_o it_o to_o promise_v salvation_n and_o all_o felicity_n to_o draw_v man_n from_o it_o he_o tell_v man_n of_o the_o vanity_n of_o all_o which_o will_v allure_v they_o to_o it_o and_o his_o daily_a mercy_n and_o correction_n shall_v withhold_v man_n from_o it_o only_o by_o do_v no_o more_o nor_o effectual_o change_v or_o restrain_v sinner_n but_o leave_v they_o to_o their_o own_o choice_n under_o all_o these_o moral_a restrain_v mean_n he_o permit_v sin_n 154._o but_o it_o be_v also_o confess_v that_o when_o by_o great_a sin_n these_o mean_n themselves_o be_v forfeit_v some_o of_o they_o be_v ofttimes_o withdraw_v or_o not_o give_v and_o so_o some_o be_v without_o that_o teach_v those_o mercy_n or_o those_o correction_n which_o other_o have_v but_o yet_o they_o be_v still_o under_o a_o law_n of_o grace_n 155._o and_o it_o be_v still_o suppose_a that_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n uphold_v man_n in_o the_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v he_o and_o concur_v with_o it_o as_o the_o first_o mover_n and_o universal_a cause_n and_o therefore_o that_o man_n inclination_n to_o felicity_n truth_n and_o goodness_n which_o be_v natural_a do_v continue_v otherwise_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o permission_n will_v infer_v sin_n material_o but_o no_o sin_n formal_o if_o by_o permission_n be_v mean_v god_n withdraw_a reason_n freewill_n or_o executive_a power_n 156._o but_o i_o easy_o confess_v that_o if_o the_o dominican_n predetermine_v premotion_n pass_v premotion_n premotion_n premotion_n or_o bradwardines_n effective_a volition_n as_o necessary_a and_o productive_a of_o all_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o sinful_a action_n can_v be_v prove_v that_o will_v certain_o infer_v the_o event_n of_o sin_n and_o if_o god_n decree_v so_o to_o pre-determine_a the_o will_n sin_n may_v be_v fore_o know_v in_o that_o decree_n and_o if_o scotus_n or_o the_o rest_n have_v be_v of_o that_o mind_n they_o have_v never_o omit_v that_o easy_a solution_n of_o the_o case_n how_o god_n fore-knoweth_a sin_n but_o this_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o confute_v and_o shall_v add_v a_o little_a here_o 157._o but_o first_o have_v disprove_v all_o these_o presumption_n of_o god_n way_n of_o foreknowing_a future_a sin_n i_o shall_v in_o a_o word_n tell_v you_o the_o answer_n which_o may_n and_o must_v satisfy_v we_o which_o be_v that_o god_n understanding_n be_v infinite_a and_o therefore_o extend_v by_o its_o own_o perfection_n unto_o all_o thing_n intelligible_a but_o how_o his_o understanding_n reach_v they_o what_o idea_n he_o have_v of_o they_o how_o they_o be_v intelligible_a to_o he_o with_o such_o like_a be_v sinful_a presumptuous_a question_n of_o blind_a man_n who_o know_v not_o their_o own_o ignorance_n and_o no_o manner_n of_o understanding_n be_v proper_o divine_a which_o mortal_n can_v comprehend_v sect_n ix_o of_o predestination_n and_o freewill_n of_o which_o see_v more_o sect._n 20._o against_o mr._n rutherford_n 158._o though_o pre-determination_n belong_v to_o god_n execution_n and_o be_v after_o his_o volition_n in_o order_n yet_o because_o i_o be_o now_o only_o to_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o a_o pretend_a medium_n of_o his_o knowledge_n of_o sin_n and_o as_o quid_fw-la decretum_fw-la i_o shall_v touch_v it_o here_o it_o be_v confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o substance_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o maker_n of_o beside_o himself_o nor_o any_o action_n of_o which_o he_o be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n 159._o god_n may_v well_o be_v call_v the_o perfect_a first_o cause_n of_o humane_a action_n in_o that_o he_o give_v man_n all_o his_o natural_a faculty_n and_o a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v at_o this_o time_n or_o to_o choose_v this_o or_o that_o and_o as_o the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o life_n and_o motion_n do_v afford_v his_o influx_n necessary_a to_o this_o free_a agency_n so_o that_o when_o ever_o any_o act_n be_v do_v as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la god_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o it_o be_v do_v by_o the_o power_n which_o he_o give_v and_o continue_v and_o by_o his_o vital_a influx_n and_o there_o be_v
&_o rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la agendum_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agendum_fw-la &_o agendum_fw-la unum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterum_fw-la which_o rivet_n rest_v in_o and_o fit_v the_o doctrine_n of_o necessitation_n but_o i_o think_v express_v not_o liberty_n strict_o take_v it_o may_v be_v ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la if_o satan_n have_v a_o power_n to_o move_v it_o as_o i_o move_v my_o pen._n bellarmine_n be_v lib._n arb_n est_fw-la libera_fw-la potestas_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la conducunt_fw-la unum_fw-la prae_fw-la alio_fw-la eligendi_fw-la aut_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la respuendi_fw-la vel_fw-la acceptandi_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la nostro_fw-la ad_fw-la magnam_fw-la dei_fw-la gloridm_n concessa_fw-la which_o paraeus_n dissent_v not_o from_o but_o all_o define_n be_v vain_a ●ill_v the_o ambiguous_a word_n freedom_n be_v distinguish_v and_o the_o sense_n according_o various_o state_v yet_o be_v this_o description_n only_o of_o liberty_n and_o constraint_n too_o common_a with_o some_o 168._o but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o ☞_o 1._o the_o suspension_n of_o the_o will_n may_v be_v nevertheless_o by_o force_n or_o restraint_n which_o be_v a_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la and_o so_o when_o they_o say_v voluntatem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la posse_fw-la because_o when_o it_o act_v it_o act_v willing_o that_o be_v when_o it_o will_v it_o will_v the_o consequence_n hold_v not_o because_o it_o may_v be_v force_v from_o all_o action_n unless_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o can_v noll._n &_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la at_o once_o 2._o and_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o either_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n can_v natural_o necessitate_v the_o will_n to_o act_v or_o that_o such_o a_o natural_a necessitation_n consist_v with_o its_o liberty_n if_o the_o first_o they_o destroy_v their_o doctrine_n of_o predetermination_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o god_n physical_a irresistible_a efficacious_a premotion_n determine_v the_o will_n to_o act_v and_o what_o be_v natural_a necessitation_n if_o this_o be_v not_o if_o the_o latter_a than_o they_o contradict_v their_o own_o definition_n of_o liberty_n which_o they_o oft_o give_v we_o that_o it_o be_v liberty_n from_o natural_a necessity_n which_o twiss_n call_v libertas_n naturae_fw-la distinct_a from_o libertas_n conditionis_fw-la vel_fw-la civilis_fw-la and_o what_o more_o natural_a necessity_n than_o that_o which_o refult_v from_o that_o premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n without_o which_o no_o agent_n natural_a or_o free_a can_v act_v and_o which_o none_o can_v resist_v 169._o their_o opinion_n of_o liberty_n also_o leave_v no_o difference_n between_o brutish_a appetite_n or_o spontaneity_n and_o freewill_n save_v only_o that_o this_o do_v follow_v reason_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o difference_n of_o guide_n but_o not_o of_o liberty_n 170._o and_o according_a to_o this_o opinion_n if_o god_n give_v satan_n power_n to_o move_v any_o man_n will_n to_o sin_n by_o as_o true_a a_o physical_a motion_n and_o as_o unresistible_a as_o i_o move_v my_o pen_n it_o be_v no_o constraint_n nor_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n because_o it_o be_v move_v to_o be_v willing_a 171._o and_o if_o they_o lie_v all_o on_o the_o act_n congruity_n to_o the_o habit_n or_o inclination_n then_o if_o satan_n can_v infuse_v unresistible_o into_o the_o will_n a_o inclination_n to_o hate_n god_n or_o to_o any_o sin_n and_o then_o physical_o determine_v it_o according_a to_o that_o inclination_n it_o be_v no_o force_n or_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n 172._o but_o i_o think_v he_o that_o by_o irresistible_a efficiency_n make_v a_o man_n will_n wicked_a both_o in_o its_o inclination_n and_o act_n do_v incomparable_o more_o against_o he_o and_o his_o liberty_n than_o he_o that_o can_v force_v his_o tongue_n or_o hand_n against_o his_o will_n or_o he_o that_o only_o tempt_v and_o persuade_v he_o 173._o the_o grand_a reason_n why_o we_o can_v receive_v the_o dominican_n doctrine_n of_o predetermine_a premotion_n be_v elsewhere_o give_v i_o now_o name_n but_o these_o three_o 1._o because_o whatever_o vain_a talk_n be_v use_v to_o blind_a man_n it_o make_v god_n the_o sole-total-first-necessitating_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o world_n or_o can_v be_v 2._o it_o unavoidable_o destroy_v the_o christian_a faith_n for_o if_o god_n be_v real_o the_o say_v determine_v cause_n of_o all_o lie_n and_o other_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n than_o his_o veracity_n which_o be_v the_o formal_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v go_v and_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v tell_v whether_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v predetermine_v to_o speak_v true_a or_o false_a nor_o when_o god_n move_v they_o to_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o for_o to_o call_v their_o motion_n by_o the_o name_n of_o inspiration_n will_v satisfy_v no_o man_n that_o god_n inspiration_n can_v do_v any_o more_o at_o least_o to_o interest_n himself_o in_o the_o act_n than_o his_o necessary_a physical_a premove_a determination_n 3._o because_o it_o feign_v god_n to_o damn_v most_o of_o the_o world_n for_o not-conquering_a god_n who_o insuperable_o predetermine_v they_o to_o the_o forbid_a act_n that_o be_v for_o not_o be_v god_n or_o great_a than_o god_n and_o that_o he_o send_v christ_n to_o die_v only_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o thus_o premoved_n we_o to_o irresistible_o and_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a to_o forbear_v as_o to_o touch_v the_o moon_n 174._o in_o the_o issue_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n the_o sharp_a contender_n seem_v agree_v whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o arminius_n grant_v that_o all_o event_n of_o sin_n or_o damnation_n be_v from_o eternity_n necessary_a necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la doubt_n consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o resol_n praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la rebus_fw-la praescitis_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la non_fw-la imponit_fw-la cum_fw-la ●o_o modo_fw-la res_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la quo_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quae_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la respectiva_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiaeut_fw-fr si_fw-la ambulat_fw-la movetur_fw-la in_o praescito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la nicol._n d'orbellis_fw-la 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 1._o duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la bene_fw-la sequitur_fw-la necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la deus_fw-la novit_fw-la i_o cras_fw-la sessurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la sedebo_fw-la consequens_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la contingens_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la currit_fw-la ergo_fw-la movetur_fw-la nos_fw-la concedimus_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o ●o_o quod_fw-la agit_fw-fr liberum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la necessitate_v ut_fw-la proprie_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la necessario_fw-la agere_fw-la quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la respectu_fw-la divinae_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la agate_n ames_n bellarm_n enervat_fw-la to._n 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 1._o he_o mean_v it_o of_o a_o cause_v physical_a necessity_n no_o doubt_n which_o be_v as_o be_v say_v but_o a_o logical_a necessity_n in_o ordine_fw-la probandi_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o good_a consequence_n this_o god_n fore-knoweth_a ergo_fw-la it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la which_o he_o deny_v which_o rob._n baronius_n metaph._n call_v necessitas_fw-la causata_fw-la and_o i_o have_v rather_o call_v necessitas_fw-la effecti_fw-la which_o be_v in_o ordine_fw-la productionis_fw-la and_o dr._n twiss_n do_v sharp_o reprehend_v he_o for_o feign_v that_o he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v assert_v any_o more_o than_o necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o bring_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o schoolman_n profess_v concordant_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o which_o also_o foreknowledge_n itself_o will_v infer_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o recite_v vindic._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 1._o digres_n 5._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eruditis_fw-la eadem_fw-la statuitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la profluens_fw-la tam_fw-la à_fw-la praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluntate_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la arminius_n voluerit_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la à_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la profectam_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la à_fw-la praescientia_fw-la verò_fw-la promanantem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la aliter_fw-la tamen_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la magnis_fw-la theologis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la durandus_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dicunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v eveniant_fw-la per_fw-la comparationem_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la divinam_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la respectu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la evenire_fw-la expressius_fw-la bonaventura_n dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la absolutam_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la impleri_fw-la conditionalem_fw-la verò_fw-la minime_fw-la sed_fw-la advertendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la
denominatione_fw-la extrinseca_v so_o also_o as_o to_o their_o eternity_n god_n act_n be_v all_o eternal_a as_o they_o be_v his_o essence_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la and_o yet_o some_o of_o they_o new_a and_o temporary_a some_o past_a some_o present_a some_o future_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o objecti_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la denominatione_fw-la extrinsecâ_fw-la 277._o yet_o i_o confess_v that_o it_o pass_v my_o understanding_n to_o conceive_v how_o it_o be_v that_o the_o same_o act_n be_v eternal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la and_o yet_o but_o temporary_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la patientis_fw-la &_o effecti_fw-la that_o god_n shall_v from_o eternity_n do_v all_o that_o ever_o he_o do_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la to_o create_v the_o world_n to_o redeem_v sanctify_v justify_v etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o that_o nothing_o shall_v be_v do_v by_o it_o till_o late_o which_o draw_v ludou._n à_fw-fr dola_n de_fw-la modo_fw-la conjunct_a concur_v par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 2._o p._n 20._o to_o say_v probatur_fw-la actionem_fw-la dei_fw-la externam_fw-la seu_fw-la concursum_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la secundo_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la distinctum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la ante_fw-la opus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la poterat_fw-la nihil_fw-la agere_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la facto_fw-la per_fw-la aeternitatem_fw-la nullum_fw-la producebat_fw-la effectum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr novo_fw-la incepit_fw-la operari_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la temporis_fw-la igitur_fw-la actio_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la distincta_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la neque_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la actionem_fw-la quidem_fw-la dei_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la sed_fw-la effectum_fw-la non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la quia_fw-la tametsi_fw-la virtus_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la agendi_fw-la &_o principium_fw-la operationis_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la antequam_fw-la causa_fw-la actu_fw-la agate_n tamen_fw-la actio_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la causa_fw-la verè_fw-la agate_n &_o producat_fw-la ac_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la causam_fw-la veer_fw-la agere_fw-la &_o producere_fw-la quin_fw-la effectus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la producatur_fw-la &_o agatur_fw-la nullus_fw-la autem_fw-la effectus_fw-la producebatur_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la actionem_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la loquimur_fw-la de_fw-fr productione_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la &_o transeunte_fw-la sane_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la actio_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la termino_fw-la &_o effectu_fw-la svo_fw-la sed_fw-la actio_fw-la essentialiter_fw-la est_fw-la svi_fw-la termini_fw-la productio_fw-la aut_fw-la conservatio_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la con●ipi_fw-la quidem_fw-la potest_fw-la sine_fw-la illo_fw-la estque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la inintelligibile_fw-la dari_fw-la productionem_fw-la aut_fw-la conservationem_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o non_fw-la dari_fw-la actualiter_fw-la ipsam_fw-la rem_fw-la estque_fw-la omnis_fw-la actio_fw-la intime_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la cum_fw-la effectu_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la ipsam_fw-la formaliter_fw-la producitur_fw-la aut_fw-la conservatur_fw-la nec_fw-la sejungi_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la potest_fw-la and_o so_o aureolus_n 278._o in_o this_o also_o we_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o matter_n quite_o transcend_v our_o capacity_n and_o as_o this_o be_v rash_a in_o a_o dola_n to_o affirm_v so_o confident_o a_o thing_n above_o he_o so_o we_o must_v not_o be_v rash_a to_o affirm_v on_o the_o contrary_n more_o than_o be_v certain_a but_o so_o far_o as_o we_o may_v venture_v the_o common_a way_n seem_v the_o far_o safe_a because_o god_n be_v unchangeable_a not_o only_o moral_o but_o natural_o and_o this_o action_n as_o distinct_a from_o the_o effect_n be_v make_v by_o he_o to_o be_v neither_o the_o creator_n nor_o a_o creature_n but_o a_o create_a or_o move_a act_n between_o both_o which_o be_v not_o convenient_a and_o as_o it_o be_v intelligible_a that_o god_n can_v velle_fw-la or_o decree_n ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la mundum_fw-la fieri_fw-la petrum_fw-la justificari_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la so_o we_o be_v not_o sure_a that_o god_n can_v do_v all_o that_o act_n from_o eternity_n which_o shall_v effect_v only_o in_o time_n by_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o will_n though_o i_o confess_v that_o the_o case_n much_o differ_v between_o a_o object_n a_o a_o a_o ego_fw-la quidem_fw-la fateor_fw-la nostram_fw-la libertatem_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la facilius_fw-la conciliari_fw-la juxta_fw-la eorum_fw-la sententiam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la actum_fw-la volendi_fw-la &_o intelligendi_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la operationem_fw-la immanentem_fw-la elicitam_fw-la aut_fw-la libere_fw-la additam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la essentiae_fw-la quam_fw-la si_fw-la dicamus_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la quendam_fw-la liberum_fw-la elicitum_fw-la utroqu●_n tamen_fw-la modo_fw-la conandum_fw-la vasqu_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 2._o and_o if_o this_o will_v make_v it_o easy_a easy_a it_o must_v be_v for_o god_n free_a volition_n and_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n extrinsic_a be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v no_o real_a addition_n to_o his_o essence_n but_o dum_fw-la unus_fw-la simplex_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la plura_fw-la &_o mutabilia_fw-la scit_fw-la vult_fw-la facit_fw-la his_o will_n and_o understanding_n be_v denominate_v by_o relation_n and_o connotation_n as_o various_a from_o the_o various_a object_n immanent_a act_n such_o as_o nuda_fw-la volitio_fw-la which_o do_v nihil_fw-la efficere_fw-la and_o a_o effect_v act._n but_o many_o conceive_v that_o god_n cause_v all_o thing_n mere_o by_o will_v they_o though_o i_o see_v not_o but_o that_o will_n must_v be_v a_o powerful_a emanant_fw-la operative_a will_n which_o be_v more_o than_o mere_a will_n and_o we_o be_v so_o unacquainted_a with_o god_n and_o all_o active_a nature_n as_o that_o we_o can_v say_v that_o action_n exparte_v agentis_fw-la may_v not_o be_v sine_fw-la termino_fw-la objecto_fw-la &_o effectis_fw-la and_o all_o philosophical_a divine_n agree_v that_o god_n have_v no_o power_n out_o of_o act_n but_o a_o active_a power_n always_o equal_o in_o act_n exparte_v svi_fw-la and_o so_o be_v a_o pure_a act_n let_v we_o per_fw-la possibile_fw-la vel_fw-la impossibile_fw-it suppose_v the_o sun_n to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v and_o no_o other_o creature_n to_o be_v with_o it_o in_o be_v this_o sun_n will_v in_fw-la vacuo_fw-la emitt_v its_o motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a radios_fw-la by_o action_n and_o yet_o nothing_o will_v be_v move_v illuminate_v or_o heat_v by_o it_o there_o will_v be_v no_o terminus_n and_o no_o effect_n and_o suppose_v afterward_o all_o other_o creature_n to_o be_v make_v then_o the_o divers_a termini_fw-la and_o recipient_n will_v make_v a_o diversity_n of_o effect_n and_o the_o various_a disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n will_v make_v that_o one_o action_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o produce_v motion_n in_o one_o light_n in_o another_o heat_n in_o another_o sweetness_n from_o the_o rose_n and_o stink_v from_o weed_n and_o so_o of_o other_o effect_n i_o do_v but_o tell_v you_o why_o we_o must_v not_o peremptory_o deny_v much_o more_o of_o god_n 279._o prescience_n with_o predefinition_n or_o decree_n do_v not_o infer_v causal_o 2._o that_o the_o potentia_fw-la executi●a_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la be_v principium_fw-la absolute_a p●oximum_fw-la agendi_fw-la ad_fw-la ex●●a_fw-la see_v ●ennot_fw-mi l._n 3._o c._n 13._o n._n v._o &_o a●uin_n 1._o d._n 45._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la 2._o that_o necessity_n of_o the_o event_n as_o predetermine_v premotion_n do_v because_o they_o do_v alone_o nihil_fw-la ponere_fw-la in_o objecto_fw-la so_o that_o if_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o god_n do_v eternal_o decree_n or_o will_v the_o event_n of_o sin_n and_o man_n damnation_n absolute_o it_o will_v not_o prove_v alone_o that_o he_o be_v therefore_o the_o cause_n of_o they_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o the_o predetermination_n of_o bare_a decree_n which_o we_o lie_v those_o consequence_n on_o but_o efficient_a predetermination_n 280._o lombard_n d._n 45._o well_o conclude_v that_o even_o that_o freewill_n of_o god_n by_o which_o he_o will_v decree_v and_o love_v the_o creature_n be_v his_o essence_n eternity_n bradwardine_n l._n 3._o c._n 5●_n p._n 8●9_n argue_v that_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi creandis_fw-la be_v antecedent_o free_a and_o yet_o concomitant_o and_o consequent_o necessary_a and_o both_o immutable_o from_o eternity_n but_o yet_o the_o name_n amor_fw-la petri_n odium_fw-la peccati_fw-la etc._n etc._n signify_v not_o his_o essence_n as_o such_o but_o his_o essential_a will_n as_o denominate_v from_o the_o create_a or_o humane_a object_n 281._o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v infer_v hence_o that_o god_n be_v a_o creature_n because_o he_o will_v or_o love_v the_o creature_n because_o his_o love_v it_o denominate_v his_o essence_n as_o terminate_v on_o or_o connote_v the_o object_n and_o not_o as_o in_o itself_o simple_o 282._o it_o be_v not_o fit_a or_o lawful_a to_o ask_v after_o any_o cause_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n because_o it_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n else_o and_o have_v nothing_o superior_a or_o antecedent_n to_o cause_n it_o and_o god_n be_v absolute_o independent_a and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v the_o cause_n of_o himself_o sol●●_n ruiz_n who_o say_v that_o
god_n will_v have_v a_o final_a cause_n mean_v but_o a_o final_a object_n as_o he_o confess_v a_o tree_n be_v a_o passive_a recipient_a cause_n of_o the_o termination_n of_o the_o sun_n calefacient_fw-la act_n and_o of_o the_o ●ffect_n as_o receive_v but_o not_o of_o the_o act_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la sol●●_n 283._o even_o the_o act_n of_o god_n freewill_n or_o decree_n have_v no_o cause_n even_o in_o god_n himself_o no_o more_o than_o those_o call_v necessary_a for_o we_o must_v not_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n in_o god_n be_v a_o effect_n 284._o yet_o as_o god_n act_n be_v oft_o denominate_v by_o connotation_n from_o the_o object_n which_o in_o man_n be_v a_o constitutive_a cause_n of_o the_o act_n loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la so_o extrinsic_a object_n may_v be_v call_v the_o cause_n but_o rather_o the_o object_n of_o god_n will_n love_n or_o knowledge_n not_o as_o his_o essence_n but_o only_o as_o so_o denominate_v by_o that_o connotation_n of_o the_o object_n 285._o these_o distribution_n of_o god_n volition_n in_o number_n and_o by_o specify_v object_n and_o individuate_a object_n which_o be_v call_v material_a constitutive_a cause_n of_o the_o act_n be_v all_o according_a to_o humane_a weakness_n in_o we_o who_o know_v god_n but_o enigmatical_o and_o in_o a_o glass_n but_o yet_o if_o any_o man_n use_v such_o word_n in_o a_o broad_a manner_n than_o we_o think_v fit_a before_o we_o censure_v and_o condemn_v he_o we_o must_v hear_v his_o sense_n explain_v for_o all_o that_o ever_o we_o can_v say_v of_o god_n be_v improper_a analogical_a yea_o metaphorical_a and_o it_o be_v but_o in_o degree_n of_o impropriety_n that_o all_o word_n about_o god_n attribute_n and_o action_n differ_v for_o as_o be_v oft_o say_v no_o man_n have_v formal_a proper_a conception_n of_o any_o thing_n in_o god_n if_o god_n shall_v not_o speak_v to_o we_o in_o this_o improper_a language_n of_o our_o own_o he_o must_v not_o speak_v intelligible_o to_o we_o unless_o he_o create_v another_o understanding_n in_o we_o and_o he_o himself_o in_o scripture_n use_v such_o language_n of_o himself_o allow_v we_o to_o use_v it_o while_o we_o profess_v to_o disclaim_v ascribe_v to_o god_n any_o of_o the_o imperfection_n which_o it_o seem_v to_o import_v 286._o on_o these_o term_v not_o only_o various_a volition_n be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n in_o scripture_n and_o exterior_a cause_n of_o they_o as_o john_n 16._o 27._o the_o father_n love_v you_o because_o you_o have_v love_v i_o and_o believe_v etc._n etc._n 14._o etc._n etc._n etc._n so_o gen._n 22._o 16._o &_o 26._o 5._o prov._n 1._o 24._o luke_n 11._o 8._o &_o 19_o 17._o gal._n 4._o 6._o eph._n 5._o 6._o 1_o sam._n 28._o 18._o 1_o king_n 9_o 9_o &_o 11._o 34._o &_o 20._o 42._o 2_o king_n 10._o 30._o 2_o chron._n 34._o 27._o psal_n 91._o 14._o but_o also_o fear_v affliction_n grief_n hatred_n repent_v rejoice_v etc._n etc._n deut._n 32._o 27._o isa_n 63._o 9_o gen._n 6._o 6._o psal_n 5._o 5._o gen._n 6._o 7._o 1_o sam._n 15._o 11._o joel_n 2._o 13._o jer._n 15._o 6._o hos_fw-la 11._o 8._o zeph._n 3._o 17._o jer._n 32._o 41_o etc._n etc._n and_o exterior_a cause_n of_o they_o 287._o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o all_o these_o be_v 1._o that_o man_n be_v so_o far_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o divine_a volition_n as_o the_o dispositio_fw-la receptiva_fw-la may_v be_v call_v a_o cause_n and_o i_o before_o show_v in_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o sun_n influx_n how_o great_a a_o hand_n the_o various_a dispositiones_fw-la materiae_fw-la receptivae_fw-la have_v in_o the_o diversification_n of_o effect_n 2._o and_o that_o god_n volition_n themselves_o be_v hence_o relative_o denominate_v 288._o therefore_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n elect_v peter_n and_o his_o reject_v judas_n his_o love_n to_o peter_n and_o his_o hatred_n of_o judas_n be_v not_o in_o specie_fw-la the_o same_o act_n of_o his_o will_n nor_o his_o love_a peter_n and_o his_o love_a paul_n the_o same_o numerical_o as_o his_o know_v of_o peter_n to_o be_v a_o saint_n and_o his_o know_a judas_n to_o be_v a_o saint_n be_v not_o the_o same_o numerical_a act_n of_o knowledge_n though_o as_o they_o be_v god_n essence_n all_o be_v but_o one_o and_o we_o must_v say_v that_o he_o love_v one_o because_o he_o be_v good_a and_o hate_v another_o because_o he_o be_v evil_a and_o he_o justifi_v man_n because_o they_o believe_v and_o condemn_v man_n because_o they_o believe_v not_o that_o he_o forgive_v a_o sinner_n because_o he_o repent_v etc._n etc._n though_o god_n will_v have_v no_o efficient_a cause_n 289._o those_o volition_n of_o god_n which_o be_v but_o immanent_a as_o to_o efficiency_n but_o transient_a objective_o be_v some_o of_o they_o to_o be_v denominate_v as_o before_o the_o thing_n will_v and_o some_o as_o after_o the_o will_n of_o effect_v be_v before_o the_o thing_n will_v the_o will_n ut_fw-la finis_fw-la or_o complacency_n and_o displicency_n as_o also_o intuitive_a 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audacious_o about_o this_o order_n 375._o 5._o none_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o these_o mystery_n require_v the_o high_a reverence_n and_o that_o it_o be_v dreadful_a to_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a and_o dally_v with_o the_o consume_a fire_n and_o yet_o shall_v we_o presume_v 376._o 6._o they_o all_o confess_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n his_o prophet_n apostle_n or_o scripture_n lead_v they_o not_o this_o way_n and_o decide_v not_o these_o controversy_n so_o as_o that_o they_o can_v stand_v to_o their_o decision_n alone_o 377._o 7._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o desire_v arrogant_o to_o be_v as_o god_n in_o knowledge_n be_v our_o first_o parent_n sin_n that_o ruin_v they_o and_o we_o and_o that_o this_o be_v satan_n first_o successful_a game_n and_o that_o our_o disease_n be_v like_a to_o be_v such_o as_o its_o original_n 378._o 8._o last_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v the_o trouble_v of_o the_o church_n with_o new_a article_n and_o new_a practice_n 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well_o now_o as_o hereafter_o 382._o 3._o we_o know_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la where_o the_o act_n and_o the_o end_n be_v the_o same_o intendere_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o finis_fw-la but_o in_o god_n they_o be_v the_o same_o he_o that_o be_v most_o simple_a have_v no_o intention_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o no_o end_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o so_o both_o be_v one_o 383._o 4._o our_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o real_o with_o electio_fw-la mediorum_fw-la but_o god_n have_v no_o intention_n but_o what_o be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o election_n though_o not_o denominative_o connotative_o and_o relative_o 384._o 5._o divine_v usual_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n himself_o can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o where_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n there_o be_v no_o end_n or_o intention_n of_o it_o but_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o mean_n he_o be_v not_o a_o mean_n of_o himself_o and_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o he_o if_o we_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la maximus_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la optimus_fw-la it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o blasphemy_n god_n then_o have_v not_o a_o end_n like_o man_n 385._o yet_o necessity_n constrain_v we_o to_o use_v the_o phrase_n but_o these_o thing_n must_v still_o be_v understand_v when_o we_o use_v it_o 1._o that_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v god_n end_v unless_o you_o will_v call_v a_o object_n as_o terminative_a a_o end_n or_o else_o a_o effect_n 386._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o god_n essence_n and_o perfection_n that_o be_v a_o end_n as_o to_o any_o medium_n but_o it_o be_v his_o will_n for_o his_o free_a will_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o the_o complacency_n of_o that_o will_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o if_o you_o call_v god_n his_o own_o object_n and_o so_o call_v the_o final_a object_n a_o end_n so_o we_o must_v consider_v god_n as_o love_v 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pocket_n or_o heaven_n and_o earth_n in_o every_o man_n fist_n etc._n etc._n though_o as_o to_o the_o truth_n all_o be_v one_o 490._o iii_o when_o god_n positive_o will_v the_o positive_a hinder_v of_o a_o thing_n he_o may_v moral_o be_v say_v to_o will_v the_o thing_n or_o to_o will_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v that_o there_o be_v positive_a impedition_n of_o god_n by_o dr._n twisses_n leave_n i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v but_o than_o you_o must_v suppose_v that_o as_o the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o decree_n he_o have_v resolve_v to_o continue_v the_o nature_n of_o thing_n and_o his_o natural_a concourse_n which_o suppose_v their_o nature_n may_v incline_v they_o to_o such_o action_n as_o need_v positive_a impedition_n so_o god_n hinder_v the_o fire_n from_o burn_a and_o the_o lion_n from_o kill_a daniel_n its_o like_a dan._n 3._o &_o 6._o certain_o if_o a_o man_n can_v stop_v a_o cartwheel_n with_o a_o stone_n or_o bind_v a_o man_n in_o chain_n god_n 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and_o malice_n against_o god_n that_o forsake_v they_o and_o against_o his_o saint_n and_o to_o feel_v conscience_n awaken_v set_v home_n all_o their_o former_a folly_n all_o this_o be_v nothing_o but_o sin_n and_o its_o own_o effect_n which_o have_v no_o causation_n at_o all_o from_o god_n but_o to_o continue_v the_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v they_o and_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o destroy_v and_o how_o great_a a_o part_n of_o hell_n be_v this_o 516._o nay_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o sensible_a pain_n may_v be_v the_o consequent_a of_o their_o own_o sin_n without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o his_o common_a continuation_n of_o nature_n itself_o as_o a_o man_n that_o eat_v arsenic_n or_o unwholesome_a meat_n be_v torment_v by_o it_o without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o as_o the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n 517._o all_o this_o much_o of_o damnation_n then_o be_v mere_o the_o work_n of_o the_o sinner_n himself_o so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o 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judge_n requite_v sinner_n with_o not_o to_o that_o destruction_n or_o death_n by_o which_o the_o iniquity_n of_o sinner_n provoke_v god_n wrath_n against_o they_o the_o apostle_n call_v they_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n not_o vessel_n of_o sin_n cap._n 27._o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o the_o first_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o to_o the_o second_o death_n they_o be_v that_o which_o follow_v the_o sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n not_o that_o which_o precede_v in_o the_o evil_a concupiscence_n of_o the_o sinner_n ibid._n c._n 23._o it_o beseem_v believer_n to_o confess_v that_o the_o good_a and_o just_a god_n fore-knew_a indeed_o that_o man_n will_v sin_v for_o all_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v know_v to_o he_o for_o they_o be_v not_o future_a if_o they_o be_v not_o in_o his_o foreknowledge_n but_o not_o that_o he_o predestinate_v any_o to_o sin_n for_o if_o he_o predestinate_v man_n to_o any_o sin_n he_o will_v not_o punish_v man_n for_o sin_n for_o god_n 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and_o that_o god_n predestinate_v not_o man_n to_o sin_n but_o to_o damnation_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o help_v by_o god_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o recite_v again_o ex_fw-la lib._n 2._o aug._n de_fw-fr baptis_fw-la parvul_a that_o their_o will_n be_v not_o help_v by_o grace_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o again_o repeat_v pag._n 69._o 70_o 71_o 72._o and_o that_o augustine_n mind_n be_v that_o good_a work_n god_n both_o fore-knew_a and_o predestinate_v but_o evil_a work_n that_o be_v sin_n he_o foreknow_v indeed_o but_o do_v not_o predestinate_a or_o decree_n for_o there_o be_v not_o god_n work_n but_o his_o judgement_n therefore_o in_o sin_n god_n work_n be_v not_o because_o that_o sin_n shall_v be_v do_v be_v not_o decree_v by_o he_o but_o therefore_o there_o be_v his_o judgement_n because_o it_o be_v not_o leave_v unrevenged_a that_o a_o evil_a man_n work_v without_o god_n 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sensible_a ipsius_fw-la rei_fw-la yet_o veritatis_fw-la testim●●ii_fw-la they_o beget_v not_o in_o we_o so_o firm_a a_o assent_n as_o mathematical_a demonstration_n and_o common_a notion_n but_o in_o behold_v they_o from_o the_o relic_n of_o carnal_a diffidence_n some_o vapour_n as_o it_o be_v sometime_o arise_v by_o which_o the_o light_n of_o divine_a immutable_a verity_n seem_v to_o we_o to_o be_v resringe_v and_o to_o waver_v how_o much_o great_a and_o daily_o be_v the_o error_n of_o every_o believer_n in_o the_o behold_n of_o their_o own_o personal_a affiance_n 269._o it_o be_v too_o certain_a by_o sad_a experience_n that_o a_o true_a believer_n may_v lose_v much_o of_o the_o grace_n which_o he_o once_o have_v and_o may_v die_v in_o a_o worse_o and_o weak_a state_n 270._o it_o be_v certain_a by_o god_n word_n that_o the_o justify_v have_v need_n of_o warning_n that_o they_o fall_v not_o away_o and_o of_o threaten_n if_o they_o fall_v and_o 29._o luk._n 12._o 4_o 5._o h●b_n 4._o 1._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 27._o heb._n 12._o 28_o 29._o that_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o fear_v it_o by_o a_o cautelous_a prevent_a fear_n that_o they_o may_v escape_v it_o 271._o it_o be_v certain_a therefore_o that_o if_o the_o thing_n be_v denominate_v possible_a in_o relation_n to_o our_o own_o power_n it_o be_v not_o only_o possible_a that_o we_o shall_v fall_v away_o but_o too_o certain_a that_o we_o shall_v 272._o but_o if_o the_o event_n be_v denominate_v possible_a or_o impossible_a in_o relation_n to_o god_n mere_a decree_n or_o foreknowledge_n which_o as_o such_o do_v nihil_fw-la salvation_n they_o that_o be_v too_o favourable_a to_o the_o dominicant_a predeterminant_n shall_v remember_v how_o far_o their_o doctrine_n of_o supernaturality_n of_o grace_n have_v carry_v they_o against_o all_o possibility_n of_o know_v not_o only_o our_o perseverance_n and_o salvation_n but_o our_o present_a state_n of_o grace_n for_o they_o say_v that_o nothing_o but_o divine_a revelation_n can_v assure_v any_o man_n that_o his_o act_n be_v from_o a_o supernatural_a principle_n yea_o that_o only_a by_o the_o beatifical_a vision_n which_o be_v by_o uncreated_a species_n can_v the_o true_a difference_n between_o the_o act_n of_o acquire_v and_o infuse_v habit_n be_v know_v so_o alvarez_n li._n 6._o disp_n 51._o p._n 232._o habitus_n virtutum_fw-la theologicalium_fw-la solum_fw-la divina_fw-la revelatione_fw-la cognoscuntur_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la immo_n bannes_n addit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la ●videnter_fw-la cognosci_fw-la secundam_fw-la svam_fw-la ultimam_fw-la differentiam_fw-la per_fw-la speciem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la creatam_fw-la propter_fw-la similitudinem_fw-la quam_fw-la habent_fw-la actus_fw-la charitatis_fw-la infusae_fw-la &_o acquisitae_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quis_fw-la secusa_fw-la divina_fw-la revelatione_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la infallibiliter_fw-la actum_fw-la charitatis_fw-la quem_fw-la habet_fw-la in_o via_fw-la esse_fw-la supernaturalem_fw-la nec_fw-la discernere_fw-la certo_fw-la utrum_fw-la procedat_fw-la effective_a ab_fw-la habitu_fw-la infuso_fw-la vel_fw-la acquisito_fw-la aut_fw-la a_o nuda_fw-la potential_a ●_z beside_o banne_n he_o cite_v as_o his_o consenter_n d._n toom_n p._n 1._o q._n 62._o a._n 1._o c._n &_o 1._o d._n 17._o q._n 1._o a._n 4._o &_o sotus_n de_fw-fr grat._n li._n 1._o c._n 22._o corol_fw-la 3._o cajet_fw-fr 22._o q._n 6._o a._n 1._o and_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o their_o very_a doctrine_n of_o infusion_n and_o supernaturality_n in_o excess_n be_v the_o very_a ground_n of_o their_o deny_v all_o certainty_n of_o justification_n and_o salvation_n efficere_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la without_o respect_n to_o his_o operative_a power_n so_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o elect_n be_v impossible_a logical_o or_o their_o perseverance_n necessary_a necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la probandi_fw-la it_o be_v impossible_a that_o both_o these_o shall_v be_v true_a paul_n will_v apostatise_v and_o god_n decree_v the_o paul_n shall_v not_o or_o fore-knoweth_a that_o he_o will_v not_o apostatise_v but_o posita_fw-la nulla_fw-la operatione_n divina_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la it_o will_v be_v nevertheless_o possible_a in_o re_fw-mi &_o in_fw-la causis_fw-la that_o such_o a_o one_o shall_v fall_v away_o for_o all_o possible_n be_v not_o future_n therefore_o as_o god_n may_v both_o foreknow_v and_o decree_v the_o nonfurity_n of_o a_o thing_n if_o a_o negative_a need_v a_o decree_n and_o yet_o decree_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v possible_a so_o god_n may_v decree_v the_o futurity_n of_o a_o man_n perseverance_n and_o yet_o decree_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v possible_a as_o to_o all_o cause_n that_o ●e_v persevere_v not_o for_o he_o be_v suppose_v to_o decree_v only_o the_o determination_n of_o a_o undetermined_a power_n but_o not_o antecedent_o to_o take_v it_o away_o and_o make_v it_o no_o free_a power_n 273._o but_o if_o the_o relation_n of_o 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impotency_n of_o all_o other_o cause_n to_o overcome_v god_n the_o cause_n of_o perseverance_n but_o when_o god_n only_o work_v the_o latter_a way_n not_o take_v away_o the_o moral_a power_n ad_fw-la contrarium_fw-la but_o determine_v
etc._n etc._n and_o the_o latter_a they_o call_v the_o formal_a nature_n of_o grace_n viz._n quatenus_fw-la deo_fw-la gratiosi_fw-la seu_fw-la amati_fw-la sumus_fw-la so_o alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr disp_n 60._o p._n 275._o gratiam_fw-la augeri_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la charitas_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la charitatis_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la illam_fw-la acceptetur_fw-la iustùs_fw-la ad_fw-la majorem_fw-la gloriam_fw-la by_o which_o he_o decide_v the_o question_n whether_o grace_n or_o charity_n be_v increase_v by_o remiss_a act_n or_o only_o by_o intense_a act_n say_v that_o 1._o gratia_n in_o esse_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la charitas_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la charitatis_fw-la statim_fw-la augentur_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la actus_fw-la remissos_fw-la that_o be_v we_o be_v make_v more_o acceptable_a to_o god_n for_o great_a glory_n but_o augmentum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o charitatis_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la habitûs_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la meretur_fw-la per_fw-la actus_fw-la remissos_fw-la dabitur_fw-la postea_fw-la in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la glorificationis_fw-la and_o it_o seem_v that_o so_o they_o sometime_o take_v charitas_fw-la too_o both_o for_o the_o habit_n and_o act_n of_o our_o love_n and_o for_o our_o amability_n or_o dearness_n to_o god_n now_o this_o be_v ill_o do_v for_o these_o equivocal_a word_n signify_v these_o not_o as_o one_o but_o as_o two_o distinct_a thing_n amor_n &_o amabilitas_fw-la or_o dearness_n be_v two_o thing_n though_o love_n be_v material_o our_o loveliness_n yet_o not_o formal_o the_o latter_a be_v a_o objective_a relation_n result_v from_o the_o former_a wisdom_n and_o goodness_n be_v inadequate_a conception_n of_o one_o god_n so_o all_o together_o be_v a_o more_o perfect_a expression_n of_o he_o than_o one_o of_o they_o alone_o now_o in_o all_o these_o the_o former_a be_v still_o employ_v in_o the_o latter_a as_o to_o the_o very_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n but_o not_o contrary_o power_n do_v not_o always_o signify_v wisdom_n or_o love_n but_o wisdom_n signify_v the_o wisdom_n of_o one_o potent_a include_v power_n for_o there_o be_v potentia_fw-la intellectiva_fw-la and_o will_v or_o love_n include_v power_n and_o act._n so_o action_n may_v be_v without_o order_n or_o rectitude_n and_o perfection_n but_o the_o order_n and_o perfection_n of_o act_n include_v or_o suppose_v the_o acts._n §_o 8._o it_o be_v therefore_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n sapiential_a work_n of_o government_n which_o eminent_o shine_v forth_o in_o the_o communication_n of_o grace_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n but_o not_o that_o government_n which_o be_v fit_v to_o the_o state_n of_o innocency_n but_o that_o which_o stand_v near_o to_o the_o end_n as_o more_o demonstrate_v love_n and_o tend_v more_o effectual_o to_o it_o §_o 9_o therefore_o it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v note_v that_o all_o this_o frame_n of_o grace_n as_o tend_v to_o glory_n be_v usual_o call_v in_o scripture_n the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n matth._n 13._o 45_o etc._n etc._n which_o contain_v the_o whole_a frame_n of_o political_a order_n and_o government_n §_o 10._o this_o kingdom_n be_v the_o state_n of_o relation_n between_o god_n and_o the_o mediator_n as_o the_o head_n or_o ruler_n and_o man_n as_o the_o subject_a as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v guide_v by_o grace_n to_o glory_n god_n who_o be_v physical_o neither_o parson_n nor_o totum_fw-la make_v himself_o here_o as_o it_o be_v a_o relative_n part_n be_v the_o supreme_a head_n and_o the_o mediator_n the_o supreme_a official_a head_n or_o general_a administrator_n who_o have_v under_o he_o a_o course_n of_o political_a mean_n for_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o this_o his_o work_n §_o 11._o as_o christ_n himself_o be_v the_o head_n mean_v or_o second_o cause_n so_o under_o he_o be_v prophet_n and_o apostle_n eminent_o qualify_v to_o make_v they_o fit_a to_o do_v this_o work_n so_o as_o tend_v to_o success_n §_o 12._o these_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v endue_v with_o that_o special_a infallible_a spirit_n by_o which_o they_o certain_o deliver_v christ_n doctrine_n and_o action_n and_o faithful_o discharge_v all_o their_o trust_n §_o 13._o they_o have_v the_o power_n of_o work_a miracle_n many_o way_n to_o confirm_v their_o doctrine_n as_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n beside_o christ_n miracle_n §_o 14._o the_o scripture_n be_v god_n record_n which_o they_o leave_v we_o to_o be_v the_o continual_a stand_a signifier_n of_o his_o will_n §_o 15._o in_o these_o scripture_n be_v his_o doctrine_n to_o teach_v his_o precept_n to_o make_v duty_n and_o oblige_v and_o forbid_v sin_n by_o prohibition_n his_o own_o and_o servant_n example_n to_o move_v his_o threaten_n to_o drive_v his_o promise_n to_o draw_v form_v into_o a_o covenant_n strong_o to_o engage_v the_o record_n also_o of_o his_o judgement_n and_o mercy_n upon_o other_o that_o they_o may_v every_o way_n be_v fit_v to_o their_o sanctify_a use_n §_o 16._o he_o have_v also_o institute_v his_o sacrament_n by_o which_o the_o mutual_a covenant_n may_v be_v celebrate_v the_o more_o oblige_o for_o its_o effect_n §_o 17._o he_o have_v appoint_v his_o ordinary_a minister_n as_o his_o stand_a officer_n through_o all_o generation_n to_o preach_v this_o word_n and_o he_o endow_v they_o with_o special_a gift_n thereto_o and_o charge_v they_o vehement_o to_o preach_v in_o season_n and_o out_o of_o season_n with_o urgency_n and_o importunity_n even_o to_o all_o mankind_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 1_o 2._o mat._n 28._o 19_o 20._o whatever_o it_o cost_v they_o and_o whatever_o they_o undergo_v §_o 18._o he_o have_v appoint_v also_o prayer_n as_o his_o mean_n to_o obtain_v grace_n by_o prepare_v the_o heart_n to_o a_o due_a receptivity_n by_o the_o excitation_n of_o desire_n after_o it_o and_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n to_o sweeten_v it_o to_o we_o in_o the_o review_n when_o we_o have_v receive_v it_o §_o 19_o he_o have_v command_v exercise_n of_o humiliation_n confession_n bring_v down_o the_o body_n to_o fit_v we_o to_o receive_v it_o by_o a_o due_a sense_n of_o our_o sin_n unworthiness_n and_o want_n §_o 20._o he_o have_v appoint_v the_o public_a assemble_v of_o his_o servant_n that_o concourse_n may_v augment_v the_o sacred_a flame_n in_o the_o performance_n of_o all_o this_o sacred_a work_n §_o 21._o he_o have_v institute_v the_o lord_n day_n to_o be_v whole_o employ_v in_o such_o work_n and_o help_n that_o it_o be_v not_o neglect_v and_o light_o do_v §_o 22._o he_o have_v command_v every_o private_a christian_n to_o be_v a_o helper_n to_o other_o by_o conference_n exhortation_n and_o good_a example_n §_o 23._o he_o have_v make_v pastoral_a discipline_n a_o great_a ordinance_n to_o promote_v the_o due_a performance_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n §_o 24._o he_o have_v command_v we_o by_o secret_a meditation_n consideration_n examination_n etc._n etc._n to_o preach_v to_o ourselves_o and_o night_n and_o day_n to_o think_v on_o scripture_n god_n christ_n glory_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o stir_v up_o all_o god_n grace_n in_o ourselves_o and_o to_o reprove_v ourselves_o for_o all_o our_o sin_n §_o 25._o he_o have_v make_v it_o the_o duty_n of_o parent_n to_o teach_v their_o child_n diligent_o his_o word_n lie_v down_o and_o rise_v up_o at_o home_o and_o abroad_o deut._n 6._o &_o 11._o and_o to_o educate_v they_o in_o the_o nurture_n and_o admonition_n of_o the_o lord_n have_v bind_v they_o first_o in_o covenant_n to_o god_n and_o the_o mediator_n §_o 26._o he_o have_v make_v it_o the_o duty_n of_o husband_n and_o wife_n to_o help_v each_o other_o herein_o and_o of_o master_n to_o help_v their_o servant_n and_o all_o relation_n to_o sanctify_v their_o place_n and_o opportunity_n to_o this_o use_n §_o 27._o he_o do_v by_o multitude_n of_o mercy_n and_o deliverance_n further_o all_o this_o work_n to_o make_v know_v the_o more_o his_o love_n to_o win_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n §_o 28._o he_o great_o promote_v it_o also_o by_o seasonable_a affliction_n to_o humble_v the_o proud_a and_o awake_v the_o sleepy_a §_o 29._o he_o make_v it_o man_n great_a duty_n to_o tame_v the_o body_n and_o mortify_v concupiscence_n and_o make_v no_o provision_n for_o the_o flesh_n to_o satisfy_v the_o lust_n thereof_o rom._n 13._o 13_o 14._o &_o 8._o 13._o gal._n 5._o 21_o 22._o §_o 30._o he_o command_v we_o to_o avoid_v the_o company_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o join_v in_o the_o communion_n of_o saint_n and_o walk_v with_o such_o as_o will_v be_v our_o helper_n towards_o heaven_n §_o 31._o he_o command_v we_o to_o avoid_v all_o temptation_n of_o satan_n and_o the_o world_n and_o flesh_n and_o to_o live_v in_o a_o continual_a war_n against_o they_o §_o 32._o he_o make_v all_o the_o world_n about_o we_o the_o book_n or_o glass_n in_o which_o we_o may_v see_v our_o maker_n and_o his_o will_n yea_o even_o our_o own_o nature_n and_o every_o
creature_n do_v preach_v he_o to_o we_o and_o all_o thing_n must_v be_v sanctify_v and_o use_v to_o this_o holy_a end_n §_o 33._o he_o set_v death_n continual_o before_o our_o eye_n assure_v we_o of_o the_o shortness_n of_o our_o life_n and_o show_v we_o how_o we_o must_v leave_v this_o world_n that_o we_o may_v read_v vanity_n upon_o all_o and_o not_o be_v deceive_v by_o it_o §_o 34._o by_o all_o this_o we_o see_v that_o this_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a cause_n design_v for_o the_o government_n of_o man_n in_o right_a order_v his_o internal_a and_o external_a act_n and_o glorify_v eminent_o the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o ruler_n §_o 35._o and_o he_o that_o will_v think_v right_o of_o this_o excellent_a frame_n must_v have_v all_o these_o thing_n in_o his_o consideration_n 1._o that_o christ_n himself_o be_v not_o only_o a_o justifier_n and_o actor_n of_o we_o but_o a_o prophet_n priest_n and_o king_n and_o that_o the_o government_n be_v lay_v upon_o 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etc._n etc._n as_o hold_v nothing_o mean_a and_o moderate_a that_o he_o affect_v novelty_n and_o yet_o his_o error_n be_v old_a come_v from_o origen_n ●uffinus_fw-la palladius_n evagrius_n jovin●an_n and_o the_o philosopher_n that_o he_o affect_v fame_n admiration_n hypocrisy_n pretend_v to_o more_o holiness_n than_o other_o under_o the_o garb_n of_o poverty_n etc._n etc._n overvalued_n reason_n logic_n syllogism_n philosopher_n etc._n etc._n all_o which_o i_o mention_v not_o to_o abate_v any_o man_n dislike_n of_o any_o one_o error_n of_o pelagius_n but_o to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v so_o usual_a for_o dissenter_n to_o make_v one_o another_o seem_v odious_a and_o to_o feign_v or_o aggravate_v fault_n and_o to_o vilify_v or_o deny_v god_n grace_n in_o other_o that_o he_o that_o will_v not_o be_v tempt_v into_o malice_n uncharitableness_n and_o slander_n must_v take_v heed_n what_o he_o believe_v even_o of_o man_n account_v most_o abominable_a heretic_n doubtless_o pelagius_n his_o deny_v original_a sin_n and_o his_o lay_v too_o much_o on_o man_n will_n and_o too_o little_a on_o grace_n be_v thing_n to_o be_v detest_v ii_o jansenius_n assert_v that_o the_o angel_n and_o adam_n have_v such_o freewill_n as_o can_v obey_v or_o disobey_v and_o so_o can_v determine_v itself_o to_o good_a and_o persevere_v therein_o without_o any_o more_o grace_n than_o they_o have_v when_o they_o do_v it_o not_o and_o that_o by_o this_o freewill_n some_o angel_n stand_v and_o some_o fell_a and_o adam_n fall_v when_o he_o may_v by_o it_o have_v stand_v and_o thereby_o fall_v from_o a_o noble_a sort_n of_o freewill_n which_o consist_v in_o a_o due_a subservience_n to_o god_n and_o fall_v to_o the_o love_n of_o himself_o not_o primary_o of_o external_a thing_n instead_o of_o god_n and_o to_o selfdependency_n and_o dominion_n de_fw-fr grat._n primi_fw-la hom_n c._n 6._o p._n 40_o 41_o 42._o etc._n etc._n 7._o nos_fw-la hic_fw-la asserimus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sine_fw-la dubitatione_n verissimum_fw-la juxta_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la sancti_fw-la augustini_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la omne_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la opera_fw-la adeoque_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o dilectionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la potuisse_fw-la per_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la libertatem_fw-la fieri_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la non_fw-la donaret_fw-la ei_fw-la gratia_fw-la dei_fw-la vid._n c._n 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n of_o this_o be_v sanitas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la adami_n c._n 9_o iii_o yet_o grace_n be_v necessary_a to_o man_n and_o angel_n both_o to_o perseverance_n and_o to_o every_o good_a act_n c._n 10_o 11._o and_o c._n 12_o 13_o etc._n etc._n this_o grace_n necessary_a to_o all_o be_v not_o habitual_a grace_n for_o that_o they_o have_v nor_o general_a concourse_n which_o none_o deny_v but_o it_o be_v actual_a adjuvant_fw-la roborate_n help_v but_o the_o grace_n give_v to_o angel_n and_o adam_n be_v adjutorium_fw-la sine_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la give_v the_o will_v power_n to_o determine_v itself_o but_o not_o adjutorium_fw-la quo_fw-la which_o ever_o determine_v it_o one_o give_v the_o power_n and_o the_o other_o the_o act._n the_o same_o that_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o common_a distinction_n of_o grace_n sufficient_a and_o effectual_a by_o the_o dominican_n yet_o this_o adjutorium_fw-la sine_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la do_v with_o free_a will_v procure_v the_o act_n in_o the_o stand_a angel_n and_o adam_n while_o he_o stand_v but_o that_o make_v it_o not_o adjutorium_fw-la quo_fw-la because_o it_o be_v not_o so_o call_v efficax_n only_o ab_fw-la eventu_fw-la but_o because_o it_o so_o help_v that_o illo_fw-la praesente_fw-la continuo_fw-la fiat_fw-la id_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la datur_fw-la illo_fw-la absente_n nunquam_fw-la fiat_fw-la p._n 63._o c._n 14_o 15._o one_o be_v like_a light_n and_o the_o visive_a faculty_n ad_fw-la videndum_fw-la the_o other_o ut_fw-la ipsa_fw-la visio_fw-la such_o as_o all_o formal_a cause_n be_v and_o god_n simultaneous_a efficiency_n the_o difference_n be_v c._n 15._o that_o adjutorium_fw-la sine_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la do_v but_o perfect_a the_o power_n and_o the_o chief_a honour_n belong_v to_o the_o will_n that_o use_v it_o and_o can_v choose_v but_o contrary_o the_o adjutorium_fw-la quo_fw-la be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o the_o act_n and_o leave_v not_o the_o event_n to_o the_o will_n but_o use_v it_o effectual_o to_o the_o act_n intend_v therefore_o merit_n and_o perseverance_n in_o innocency_n be_v no_o special_a gift_n of_o god_n iv_o that_o without_o or_o before_o say_v no_o good_a work_n be_v do_v but_o lie_v and_o sin_n l._n 3_o &_o 4._o c._n 1._o p._n 223._o no_o nor_o without_o true_a godliness_n p._n 261._o &_o passim_fw-la to_o think_v that_o infidel_n and_o ungodly_a have_v any_o true_a virtue_n be_v dotage_n c._n 17._o v._o the_o first_o sin_n have_v no_o necessity_n be_v mere_a sin_n and_o no_o punishment_n and_o so_o easy_o avoidable_a and_o whole_o voluntary_a other_o sin_n
strange_a but_o i_o must_v say_v 1._o that_o i_o see_v no_o cogent_a proof_n of_o this_o superangelical_a nature_n 2._o that_o seem_v congruity_n and_o convenience_n must_v not_o embolden_v we_o to_o take_v up_o a_o doctrine_n which_o be_v new_a and_o strange_a to_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o so_o great_a a_o matter_n as_o the_o nature_n and_o person_n of_o christ_n be_v 3._o and_o be_v it_o never_o so_o true_a if_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o reveal_v to_o we_o in_o god_n word_n it_o can_v be_v necessary_a to_o our_o salvation_n 4._o yea_o presume_v too_o bold_o to_o conclude_v of_o unrevealed_a thing_n so_o high_a seem_v to_o i_o dangerous_a temerity_n curiosity_n and_o profaneness_n like_o the_o bethshemite_n or_o uzzah_n meddle_v with_o the_o ark_n and_o the_o son_n of_o a●r●n_n offer_v false_a fire_n let_v they_o therefore_o here_o thus_o proceed_v that_o dare_v for_o i_o dare_v not_o §_o 18._o but_o this_o much_o i_o easy_o concede_fw-la 1._o that_o as_o all_o be_v be_v original_o from_o god_n so_o there_o be_v a_o continue_a divine_a causation_n of_o they_o without_o which_o they_o will_v all_o cease_v or_o be_v annihilate_v which_o some_o call_v a_o continue_a creation_n and_o some_o a_o emanation_n and_o some_o a_o continue_a action_n or_o operation_n ad_fw-la rerum_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o intolerable_a error_n to_o hold_v that_o god_n have_v make_v the_o world_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o self-sufficient_a or_o independent_a as_o to_o himself_o as_o to_o be_v action_n or_o perfection_n we_o grant_v therefore_o that_o all_o the_o world_n be_v so_o far_o unite_v to_o god_n as_o to_o depend_v on_o his_o continue_a causality_n and_o that_o the_o beam_n do_v not_o more_o depend_v on_o the_o sun_n or_o light_n heat_n and_o motion_n on_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o fire_n nor_o the_o branch_n fruit_n and_o leaf_n more_o depend_v on_o the_o tree_n than_o the_o creature_n on_o god_n §_o 19_o 2._o i_o grant_v that_o thus_o far_o the_o world_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o as_o all_o thing_n be_v unite_v in_o one_o first_o cause_n from_o which_o they_o flow_v and_o by_o which_o they_o be_v §_o 20._o 3._o but_o yet_o all_o these_o be_v no_o part_n of_o god_n as_o the_o fruit_n and_o leaf_n be_v of_o the_o tree_n and_o as_o the_o beam_n be_v of_o the_o sun_n be_v but_o they_o be_v creature_n because_o god_n emanation_n or_o causation_n be_v creative_a cause_v the_o whole_a be_v of_o the_o effect_n and_o it_o seem_v like_a to_o the_o sun_n or_o fire_n causation_n of_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o recipient_a distinct_a ab_fw-la essentia_fw-la &_o actione_n agentis_fw-la quà_fw-la tuli_fw-la §_o 21._o 4._o i_o grant_v that_o though_o as_o to_o proximity_n of_o essence_n god_n be_v no_o further_o from_o one_o creature_n than_o from_o another_o be_v intimate_a to_o all_o immediatione_fw-la essentiae_fw-la yet_o he_o use_v one_o creature_n as_o a_o second_o cause_n to_o operate_v on_o another_o and_o that_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a operate_v on_o the_o low_a and_o more_o ignoble_a and_o in_o that_o sense_n we_o may_v conceive_v that_o some_o creature_n be_v first_o from_o god_n or_o near_a to_o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o high_a nature_n and_o use_n and_o so_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o it_o be_v like_a that_o in_o the_o creation_n god_n make_v one_o nature_n existent_a e._n g._n the_o high_a intellectual_a as_o more_o excellent_a powerful_a pregnant_a active_a and_o perfect_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o wonderful_a diversity_n some_o one_o that_o be_v best_o and_o above_o the_o rest_n §_o 22._o 5._o i_o grant_v that_o it_o sound_v probable_o that_o the_o first_o and_o noble_a nature_n in_o specie_fw-la shall_v be_v find_v but_o in_o one_o individual_a but_o of_o this_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o certainty_n to_o we_o mortal_n viz._n whether_o from_o one_o god_n first_o flow_v one_o perfect_a create_v intelligence_n of_o spirit_n or_o ab_fw-la uno_fw-la plures_fw-la two_o three_o or_o million_o in_o the_o first_o order_n flow_v from_o one_o god_n though_o in_o nature_n we_o see_v that_o from_o the_o trunk_n of_o the_o tree_n few_o great_a member_n first_o arise_v and_o multiplicity_n be_v in_o the_o extremity_n and_o we_o grant_v that_o the_o great_a multiplicity_n appear_v where_o thing_n dwindle_v to_o littleness_n or_o baseness_n one_o sound_a sheep_n i●_n better_o than_o a_o rot_a one_o that_o have_v a_o thousand_o worm_n in_o his_o vein_n and_o intestine_n and_o a_o man_n that_o have_v a_o thousand_o louse_n on_o his_o head_n be_v not_o the_o noble_a and_o when_o the_o one_o soul_n have_v leave_v a_o garkass_n it_o may_v turn_v to_o thousand_o of_o contemptible_a vermin_n and_o a_o looking-glass_n break_v into_o a_o hundred_o piece_n be_v not_o the_o better_a because_o it_o will_v make_v a_o hundred_o image_n of_o the_o face_n but_o yet_o we_o be_v stranger_n to_o god_n unseen_a work_n further_o than_o he_o reveal_v they_o and_o therefore_o must_v confess_v our_o ignorance_n §_o 23._o 6._o we_o grant_v that_o all_o god_n work_n have_v some_o union_n concord_n and_o harmony_n among_o themselves_o which_o yet_o consist_v with_o numerical_a diversity_n and_o though_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n walk_v about_o with_o body_n that_o touch_v not_o one_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorant_a conceive_v of_o they_o as_o total_o incoherent_a and_o think_v that_o though_o pear_n apple_n and_o other_o fruit_n on_o the_o tree_n and_o tree_n in_o the_o earth_n be_v both_o many_o and_o divert_v and_o yet_o part_n of_o one_o tree_n and_o of_o one_o earth_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o animal_n because_o the_o union_n of_o spiritual_a being_n in_o invisible_a yet_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o animal_n have_v no_o dependent_a coherence_n with_o noblet_n supriour_a spirit_n though_o because_o we_o know_v of_o no_o nature_n above_o the_o intellectual_a it_o be_v utter_o uncertain_a to_o we_o whether_o humane_a soul_n depend_v on_o any_o proper_a superior_a cause_n of_o their_o be_v but_o god_n alone_o immediate_o for_o god_n cause_v the_o high_a nature_n without_o any_o mediate_a second_o cause_n though_o as_o to_o order_n and_o help_n of_o action_n and_o well_o be_v they_o may_v depend_v on_o other_o as_o the_o several_a wheel_n or_o part_n of_o the_o same_o watch_n or_o clock_n or_o as_o the_o sheep_n upon_o the_o shepherd_n §_o 24._o augustine_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la be_v put_v to_o it_o whether_o he_o will_v hold_v 1._o that_o soul_n be_v many_o and_o not_o one_o 2._o or_o one_o and_o not_o many_o 3._o on_o both_o one_o and_o many_o the_o two_o first_o he_o reject_v the_o last_o he_o confess_v hard_a to_o defend_v but_o seem_v most_o incline_v to_o but_o what_o union_n he_o mean_v be_v hard_o to_o conjecture_v whether_o that_o they_o be_v all_o the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o one_o universal_a or_o one_o great_a soul_n if_o soul_n may_v be_v part_n or_o whether_o distinct_a product_n of_o one_o such_o soul_n either_o universitatis_fw-la or_o huius_fw-la systematis_fw-la or_o whether_o one_o relative_o and_o political_o by_o make_v up_o one_o society_n or_o whether_o one_o because_o emane_v from_o one_o spring_n or_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la the_o two_o last_o be_v certain_a the_o two_o first_o be_v far_o otherwise_o §_o 25._o 7._o if_o he_o can_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v one_o first_o best_a universal_a create_v intelligence_n or_o superangelical_a spirit_n which_o god_n make_v the_o chief_a of_o all_o second_o cause_n by_o which_o he_o create_v and_o govern_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o this_o be_v christ_n in_o his_o second_o nature_n we_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o christ_n as_o the_o mediator_n of_o nature_n as_o mr._n sterry_n call_v he_o be_v in_o all_o other_o creature_n as_o the_o cause_n be_v in_o the_o be_v of_o the_o effect_n but_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o christ_n or_o this_o universal_a intelligence_n be_v any_o constitutive_a cause_n or_o part_n of_o each_o creature_n for_o as_o god_n cause_v they_o by_o creative_a emanation_n and_o not_o as_o a_o constitutive_a part_n of_o they_o so_o we_o shall_v rather_o hold_v that_o under_o god_n by_o a_o power_n of_o produce_v entity_n receive_v from_o he_o this_o universal_a spirit_n do_v the_o same_o in_o a_o subordinate_a second_o place_n §_o 26._o but_o his_o opinion_n which_o i_o be_o now_o most_o concern_v to_o renounce_v be_v those_o about_o god_n moral_a government_n his_o law_n justice_n our_o freewill_n sin_n guilt_n and_o god_n redemption_n judgement_n and_o punishment_n of_o man_n all_o which_o i_o think_v he_o much_o subvert_v §_o 27._o and_o i._o i_o take_v the_o root_n of_o his_o error_n to_o be_v
first_o give_v all_o creature_n what_o they_o have_v and_o next_o fail_v they_o and_o leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n as_o the_o sun_n set_v and_o then_o rise_v again_o revolve_v all_o thing_n into_o his_o original_a pure_a spirituality_n like_o the_o revolution_n of_o day_n and_o night_n summer_n and_o winter_n it_o be_v sure_a another_o thing_n than_o the_o scripture_n describe_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o noble_a part_n of_o that_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a government_n which_o some_o despise_v §_o 37._o ix_o but_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o we_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o almighty_a father_n be_v the_o glorious_a creator_n motor_n and_o life_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n the_o glorious_a ordinator_n rector_n and_o redeemer_n so_o the_o eternal_a love_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o final_a perfect_a of_o believer_n even_o of_o god_n elect_n and_o that_o this_o sanctification_n and_o proficiency_n be_v by_o more_o than_o moral_a sapiential_a regiment_n even_o by_o the_o real_a shed_n abroad_o god_n love_n upon_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o a_o quicken_a illuminate_a felicitate_v communication_n of_o divine_a life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n which_o yet_o make_v not_o the_o sapiential_a regiment_n vain_a §_o 38._o and_o as_o to_o freewill_n i_o further_o say_v that_o we_o be_v far_o from_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o be_v above_o god_n or_o independent_a and_o as_o a_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o god_n be_v any_o way_n a_o defective_a or_o idle_a as_o they_o call_v it_o spectator_n of_o man_n sin_n or_o free_a act_n but_o that_o this_o rank_n and_o state_n of_o free_a agent_n be_v god_n own_o wisely-chosen_a work_n in_o which_o he_o be_v delight_v and_o that_o he_o do_v true_o attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 39_o therefore_o as_o mr._n sterry_n magnify_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a as_o design_v and_o necessitate_v by_o god_n so_o we_o first_o admire_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o natural_a and_o free_a agent_n and_o their_o work_n which_o must_v not_o be_v dishonour_v and_o leave_v out_o §_o 40._o and_o more_o than_o so_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o god_n work_n be_v perfect_a it_o be_v their_o perfection_n to_o be_v suit_v to_o his_o own_o will_n and_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o mr._n sterry_n dr._n twisse_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o whether_o god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n or_o they_o be_v perfect_a for_o we_o say_v that_o though_o man_n sin_n be_v find_v upon_o god_n work_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v none_o of_o his_o work_n nor_o any_o mean_n proper_o so_o call_v of_o please_a or_o glorify_v he_o nor_o at_o all_o will_v or_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o hate_v and_o punish_v yet_o he_o lose_v none_o of_o his_o complacency_n or_o glory_n by_o it_o but_o notwithstanding_o its_o malignity_n shine_v glorious_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o his_o work_n §_o 41._o yea_o more_o we_o say_v that_o man_n sin_n under_o his_o dispose_v power_n and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v use_n of_o their_o evil_n unto_o good_a and_o sin_n shall_v become_v a_o occasion_n of_o that_o glory_n to_o god_n as_o sickness_n to_o the_o physician_n of_o which_o it_o be_v no_o cause_n or_o proper_a mean_n nor_o of_o itself_o cond●ceth_v thereunto_o yea_o and_o that_o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n how_o sinful_a soever_o be_v do_v but_o by_o god_n causation_n as_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o prime_a motor_n yea_o more_o that_o all_o the_o effect_n and_o consequent_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o sin_v itself_o be_v under_o the_o causal_a government_n and_o disposal_n of_o god_n who_o will_v attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 42._o therefore_o we_o differ_v but_o in_o this_o whether_o god_n get_v not_o all_o that_o glory_n which_o mr._n st._n florid_o describe_v notwithstanding_o sin_n or_o on_o supposition_n of_o it_o as_o bare_o permit_v negative_o but_o with_o a_o decree_n or_o volition_n of_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n occasion_v by_o it_o rather_o than_o by_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o will_v design_a effect_n of_o his_o own_o necessitate_v negation_n and_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v of_o his_o determine_a premotion_n whether_o man_v permit_v sin_n be_v any_o of_o god_n work_n and_o whether_o god_n glory_n be_v not_o rather_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o also_o by_o occasion_n of_o it_o suppose_v to_o be_v man_n work_n only_o and_o by_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n cause_v by_o god_n than_o by_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o mean_n conducible_a or_o a_o cause_n §_o 43._o for_o we_o deny_v not_o that_o god_n can_v have_v prevent_v all_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v so_o resolve_v and_o yet_o we_o believe_v not_o that_o such_o a_o permission_n be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n or_o privation_n as_o mr._n sterry_n will_v persuade_v we_o to_o make_v a_o creature_n no_o better_o than_o such_o as_o can_v do_v good_a if_o he_o will_v and_o can_v be_v willing_a with_o a_o decree_n to_o make_v many_o willing_a be_v much_o different_a from_o make_v the_o creature_n bad_a and_o then_o condemn_v he_o to_o hell_n for_o be_v so_o as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n yet_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o divine_a light_n will_v short_o give_v we_o all_o a_o full_a discovery_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v vindicate_v the_o wisdom_n goodness_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o his_o government_n of_o man_n than_o yet_o the_o wise_a mortal_n have_v §_o 44._o either_o you_o suppose_v that_o god_n do_v all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v or_o not_o if_o yea_o than_o you_o suppose_v that_o he_o can_v nor_o ever_o can_v make_v any_o one_o creature_n worm_n or_o grass_n more_o or_o less_o great_a or_o small_a soon_o or_o late_a or_o otherwise_o than_o he_o do_v which_o few_o will_v believe_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n but_o through_o perfection_n of_o wisdom_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n that_o he_o do_v no_o more_o but_o if_o god_n can_v make_v one_o creature_n more_o or_o one_o motion_n more_o and_o yet_o do_v not_o i_o ask_v whether_o you_o dare_v call_v that_o non-agency_a by_o the_o name_n of_o idleness_n or_o deficiency_n if_o not_o why_o shall_v the_o non-causation_a of_o sinful_a volition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la or_o the_o leave_v freewill_n to_o its_o own_o determination_n be_v so_o call_v not_o to_o make_v more_o creature_n or_o more_o physical_a motion_n or_o not_o to_o give_v more_o grace_n and_o glory_n be_v as_o much_o a_o non-agency_a as_o not_o to_o determine_v a_o sin_v will._n §_o 45._o as_o to_o all_o mr._n sterry_n reason_n against_o freewill_n they_o be_v so_o rhetorical_o rather_o than_o logical_o deliver_v that_o i_o think_v it_o not_o meet_v to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o further_a answer_n of_o they_o or_o to_o suppose_v they_o to_o have_v any_o more_o strength_n than_o those_o that_o other_o man_n plain_o have_v deliver_v §_o 46._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o repeat_v profession_n that_o i_o be_o full_o satisfy_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o grace_n and_o nature_n and_o predestination_n and_o redemption_n as_o they_o stand_v between_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o the_o arminian_o be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n than_o i_o have_v oft_o express_v in_o this_o book_n nor_o worthy_a any_o of_o that_o stir_n and_o contention_n which_o man_n that_o sufficient_o difference_n not_o word_n method_n and_o matter_n have_v make_v to_o the_o mischievous_a injury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o true_a life_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a difficulty_n be_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o defender_n of_o necessary_a predetermination_n and_o of_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o what_o freewill_n sinner_n have_v leave_v but_o whether_o ever_o in_o angel_n or_o innocent_a man_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o will_n that_o can_v and_o ever_o do_v determine_v itself_o to_o a_o volition_n or_o nolition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la without_o the_o predetermine_a efficient_a necessitate_v premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n or_o as_o hobbes_n speak_v whether_o ever_o a_o create_a will_n do_v act_n without_o a_o necessitating_a premotion_n and_o whether_o to_o will_n and_o to_o will_v free_o be_v all_o one_o and_o whether_o the_o will_v except_o as_o to_o the_o kind_n of_o action_n be_v not_o as_o much_o necessitate_v to_o will_n or_o not_o will_n as_o my_o pen_n to_o write_v or_o not_o write_v be_v we_o call_v not_o its_o act_n contingent_a or_o free_a either_o because_o they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v volition_n or_o though_o ignorance_n because_o we_o see_v not_o the_o move_a cause_n §_o 47._o and_o if_o
popery_n p._n 287._o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o we_o mention_v they_o and_o repent_v of_o they_o p._n 288._o wherein_o these_o sectary_n agree_v with_o the_o papist_n while_o they_o over-oppose_a they_o p._n 289._o the_o great_a mischief_n that_o be_v do_v by_o rail_v at_o truth_n as_o popery_n and_o call_v good_a thing_n antichristian_a and_o prate_v thus_o before_o they_o understand_v p._n 289._o more_o of_o such_o mischief_n with_o counsel_n to_o the_o guilty_a p._n 291_o etc._n etc._n horrid_a lie_v of_o papist_n against_o protestant_n instance_a out_o of_o tympius_fw-la shall_v warn_v we_o that_o we_o imitate_v they_o not_o more_o objection_n answer_v p._n 296_o etc._n etc._n a_o dialogue_n between_o a._n a_o arminian_n and_o b._n the_o conciliator_n the_o first_o day_n conference_n about_o predestination_n a._n i_o perceive_v by_o your_o write_n that_o you_o will_v make_v man_n believe_v that_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o arminian_o and_o calvinist_n be_v matter_n of_o 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philos_fw-la nat._n li._n 9_o c._n 10._o pag._n 416._o errant_a scholae_fw-la reformat●_n doctores_fw-la qui_fw-la asserunt_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la suum_fw-la determinari_fw-la a_o judicio_fw-la intellectus_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la voluntatic_a libertas_fw-la nulla_fw-la sit_fw-la constricta_fw-la vero_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la intellectus_fw-la ductum_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la semper_fw-la determinatur_fw-la joh._n camero_n mart._n schogkius_n hornbeck_n maccovius_fw-la heerbord_o host_n prolix_a &_o bene_fw-la refellit_fw-la episcopius_n but_o forget_v not_o that_o the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v between_o we_o and_o the_o hobbist_n or_o infidel_n and_o fatist_n and_o not_o between_o the_o true_a christian_n among_o themselves_o as_o to_o our_o present_a controversy_n i_o confess_v that_o the_o confute_v of_o their_o opinion_n that_o all_o volition_n be_v necessitate_v unavoidable_o by_o god_n operation_n be_v a_o far_o hard_a work_n than_o the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o 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