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of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o saint_n edit_n lugduni_n anno_fw-la 1615._o pag._n 12._o demand_v the_o first_o there_o be_v no_o absolute_a election_n and_o b_o pag._n 25._o absolute_a predestination_n grant_v it_o be_v necessary_a to_o remove_v the_o whole_a scripture_n to_o settle_v that_o head_n or_o doctrine_n arminius_n in_o the_o forecited_a declaration_n pag._n 33._o out_o of_o this_o doctrine_n to_o wit_n of_o absolute_a solute_a predestination_n it_o c_o follow_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_n this_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o a_o fourfold_a argument_n 1._o because_o this_o doctrine_n lay_v it_o down_o that_o god_n precise_o have_v decrâ—ed_v to_o demonstrate_v his_o glory_n by_o punish_v or_o punitive_a justice_n and_o mercy_n save_v some_o man_n and_o damn_v other_o which_o but_o by_o d_o sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v do_v etc._n etc._n arminius_n respon_n add_v artic._n 10._o it_o will_v be_v easy_a for_o i_o to_o convince_v the_o opinion_n of_o some_o of_o the_o brethren_n of_o manichâ—isme_n and_o stoicism_n we_o protest_v to_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o by_o our_o adversary_n e_o manicheisme_n and_o f_o stoicism_n or_o fatal_a necessity_n be_v â—rought_v into_o the_o church_n the_o emblem_n of_o their_o book_n of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n have_v this_o triumphant_a title_n destructo_fw-la fato_fw-la or_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o fate_n exit_fw-la act._n syn._n dordrac_n in_o peror_n bert._n epist_n dedic_n before_o his_o book_n of_o the_o apostasy_n of_o the_o saint_n there_o be_v who_o fly_n pelagianisme_n not_o see_v that_o they_o plain_o side_n with_o the_o manichee_n he_o cit_v these_o word_n as_o out_o of_o a_o epistle_n of_o casâ—ubon_n but_o forge_v by_o himself_o hag_n conference_n set_v out_o by_o bert._n pag._n 90._o this_o absolute_a decree_n open_v a_o gate_n on_o this_o side_n to_o a_o g_o dissolute_a life_n on_o that_o side_n to_o h_o desperation_n appealer_n appeal_v to_o caesar_n pag._n 58._o in_o all_o which_o passage_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o seventeen_o article_n there_o rehearse_v both_o concern_v god_n decree_n and_o execution_n of_o that_o decree_n be_v not_o one_o word_n syllable_n or_o apex_n touch_v your_o absolute_a necessary_a determine_v irresistible_a irrespective_a decree_n of_o god_n to_o call_v save_v and_o glorify_v saint_n peter_n for_o instance_n infallible_o without_o any_o consideration_n have_v of_o or_o regard_n to_o his_o faith_n obedience_n and_o repentance_n appeal_v to_o caesar_n pa._n 54._o nothing_o be_v by_o i_o ascribe_v to_o your_o side_n and_o to_o your_o doctor_n but_o a_o absolute_a and_o irrespective_a decree_n concern_v man_n in_o utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la i_o bring_v no_o inference_n to_o press_v you_o withal_o such_o as_o be_v common_o and_o odious_o make_v against_o you_o by_o opposite_n who_o virulent_a invective_n though_o too_o true_a imputation_n i_o use_v not_o i_o do_v not_o charge_v you_o with_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n that_o the_o reprobate_n be_v incit_v on_o and_o provoke_v to_o sin_n by_o god_n that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o judas_n treason_n and_o the_o like_a appeal_v pag._n 68_o i_o never_o yet_o read_v of_o any_o prime_n previous_a determine_a decree_n by_o which_o man_n be_v irrespective_o deny_v grace_n and_o exclude_v from_o glory_n unless_o from_o damn_a e_o heretic_n or_o f_o stoâ—call_a philosopher_n appeal_v pag._n 30._o against_o that_o absolute_a irrespective_a necessitate_v and_o fatal_a decree_n of_o your_o new_a predestination_n appeal_v pag._n 60._o i_o must_v confess_v my_o dissent_n through_o and_o sincere_a from_o the_o faction_n of_o noâ—â—lising_a puritan_n etc._n etc._n but_o in_o no_o one_o point_n more_o than_o in_o this_o their_o h_o desperate_a doctrine_n of_o predestination_n in_o which_o as_o they_o delight_v to_o trouble_v themselves_o and_o other_o in_o nothing_o more_o so_o i_o profess_v i_o do_v love_n to_o meddle_v nothing_o less_o i_o have_v not_o i_o do_v not_o desire_n nor_o intend_v to_o declare_v my_o opinion_n in_o that_o point_n a_o edit_n lugduni_n batau_n ex_fw-la officina_fw-la tho._n basson_n 1512._o b_o positâ_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la illâ_fw-la absolutâ_fw-la necessarium_fw-la fuit_fw-la totam_fw-la scripturam_fw-la loco_fw-la movere_fw-la ut_fw-la illud_fw-la caput_fw-la adsereretur_fw-la c_o it_o no_o way_n follow_v see_v caluines_n preface_n of_o his_o book_n of_o divine_a predestin_n and_o first_o book_n of_o institut_n 17._o chap._n beza_n against_o castellio_n peter_n martyr_n in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o 1._o chap._n of_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n zuinglius_fw-la in_o his_o sermon_n of_o providence_n abbot_n prelect_a of_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n paraeus_n answer_v to_o bellaâ—mine_n second_o book_n of_o the_o state_n of_o sin_n and_o loss_n of_o grace_n chap._n 4._o and_o diverse_a other_o d_o god_n decree_v the_o permission_n and_o dispose_n of_o sin_n which_o he_o foresee_v upon_o his_o permission_n will_v be_v he_o do_v not_o decree_v the_o effect_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v saint_n augustine_n full_o answer_v these_o and_o the_o like_a argument_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr corrept_v &_o grat._n cap._n 10._o we_o free_o confess_v that_o which_o we_o most_o right_o believe_v that_o the_o god_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o thing_n who_o make_v all_o thing_n exceed_v good_a and_o foresee_v that_o evil_a thing_n will_v arise_v out_o of_o good_a and_o know_v that_o it_o more_o appertain_v to_o his_o most_o omnipotent_a goodness_n to_o draw_v good_a out_o of_o evil_a than_o not_o to_o suffer_v evil_n to_o be_v have_v so_o order_v the_o life_n of_o man_n and_o angel_n that_o in_o it_o first_o he_o may_v show_v the_o power_n of_o their_o own_o freewill_n and_o then_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o grace_n and_o judgement_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o in_o his_o enchiridion_n ad_fw-la laurentium_fw-la cap._n 11._o god_n be_v most_o exceed_o good_a will_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n suffer_v any_o evil_a to_o be_v in_o his_o work_n but_o that_o he_o be_v also_o so_o omnipotent_a and_o good_a that_o he_o can_v and_o do_v work_v good_a even_o out_o of_o evil_a e_o as_o julian_n the_o pelagian_n often_o in_o his_o book_n upbraid_v saint_n augustine_n with_o manicheisme_n so_o do_v arminius_n and_o the_o appealer_n follow_v the_o pelagian_n step_v by_o step_n lay_v the_o same_o imputation_n upon_o the_o orthodox_n defender_n of_o predestination_n but_o the_o imputation_n be_v most_o false_a for_o the_o manichee_n hold_v two_o soul_n in_o a_o man_n one_o good_a another_o bad_a and_o ascribe_v good_a and_o evil_a not_o to_o the_o freewill_n of_o man_n but_o to_o those_o two_o soul_n we_o with_o the_o holy_a father_n teach_v but_o one_o soul_n in_o man_n and_o refer_v good_a and_o evil_a to_o freewill_n but_o so_o that_o the_o will_n of_o itself_o be_v free_a to_o evil_n but_o be_v not_o neither_o can_v since_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n be_v free_a unto_o good_a till_o god_n have_v free_v it_o by_o his_o grace_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n in_o saint_n johns_n gospel_n chap._n 8._o 36._o but_o if_o the_o son_n make_v you_o free_a you_o shall_v be_v free_a indeed_o and_o of_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 6._o 18._o make_a free_a from_o sin_n etc._n etc._n f_o a_o stale_a objection_n long_o sithence_o answer_v by_o saint_n augustine_n in_o his_o second_o book_n cap._n 5._o ad_fw-la bonifac._n we_o maintain_v not_o fate_n or_o fatal_a necessity_n under_o the_o name_n of_o grace_n but_o if_o it_o please_v some_o man_n to_o call_v the_o omnipotent_a will_n of_o god_n under_o the_o name_n of_o fate_n we_o seek_v indeed_o to_o avoid_v profane_a novelty_n of_o word_n but_o we_o will_v not_o contend_v about_o word_n to_o which_o answer_n of_o saint_n augustine_n we_o may_v further_o add_v that_o the_o belief_n of_o christian_n touch_v the_o fall_v out_o of_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o determinate_a counsel_n of_o god_n act._n 2._o differ_v from_o the_o stoic_a fate_n or_o fatality_n in_o four_o thing_n 1._o the_o stoic_n subject_a god_n himself_o to_o fate_n jupiter_n though_o he_o most_o desire_a can_v not_o free_a sarpedon_n we_o subject_a fate_n that_o be_v the_o necessity_n of_o thing_n to_o god_n most_o freewill_n 2._o they_o under_o the_o name_n of_o fate_n understand_v a_o eternal_a flux_n and_o necessary_a connexion_n of_o natural_a cause_n and_o effect_n we_o teach_v that_o all_o natural_a and_o second_o cause_n have_v their_o beginning_n in_o the_o creation_n neither_o be_v there_o such_o a_o necessary_a and_o absolute_a dependence_n of_o effect_n from_o their_o natural_a cause_n but_o that_o god_n can_v and_o often_o do_v suspend_v those_o effect_n and_o miraculous_o work_v beside_o above_o nay_o against_o nature_n 3._o the_o stoic_n by_o their_o fatality_n take_v away_o all_o contingencie_n we_o admit_v
their_o head_n be_v not_o common_a to_o all_o and_o again_o saint_n augustine_n 24._o christ_n be_v put_v on_o sometime_o usque_n ad_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la perceptionem_fw-la as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o sacrament_n sometime_o also_o unto_o sanctification_n of_o life_n atque_fw-la illud_fw-la primum_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la common_a â—oc_fw-la alterum_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la bonorum_fw-la &_o piorum_fw-la the_o first_o be_v common_a to_o good_a and_o bad_a the_o other_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o good_a and_o godly_a saint_n austin_n hand_n be_v support_v by_o chrysostome_n and_o jerome_n as_o moses_n be_v by_o aaron_n and_o hur._n saint_n chrysostome_n 5._o many_o be_v baptize_v with_o water_n which_o be_v not_o baptize_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o baptism_n but_o indeed_o they_o be_v not_o the_o son_n of_o god_n because_o they_o be_v not_o baptize_v with_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 3._o saint_n jerome_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la hoc_fw-la corporeum_fw-la quod_fw-la oculis_fw-la carnis_fw-la aspicitur_fw-la aquae_fw-la tantum_fw-la accipit_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la indutus_fw-la dominum_fw-la jesum_fw-la no_o &_o simon_n ille_fw-la magus_n acceperat_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la aquae_fw-la verum_fw-la quia_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la non_fw-la habebat_fw-la indutus_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la christum_fw-la et_fw-la haeretici_fw-la vel_fw-la hypocritae_fw-la &_o high_a qui_fw-la sordidè_fw-la victitant_fw-la videntur_fw-la quidem_fw-la accipere_fw-la baptismum_fw-la sed_fw-la nescio_fw-la a_o christi_fw-la habeant_fw-la indumentum_fw-la if_o any_o man_n receive_v only_o the_o visible_a laver_n of_o water_n he_o have_v not_o put_v on_o christ_n etc._n etc._n from_o these_o and_o many_o other_o the_o like_a testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n i_o infer_v that_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v sandy_a and_o sink_a although_o the_o inward_a grace_n ordinary_o accompany_v the_o outward_a sign_n and_o we_o ought_v to_o believe_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n that_o all_o who_o be_v baptize_v be_v true_o regenerate_v 〈…〉_z yet_o iudicio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la as_o junius_n distinguish_v that_o be_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o precise_a and_o infallible_a truth_n all_o be_v not_o so_o as_o the_o father_n speak_v roundly_o and_o plain_o now_o as_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n we_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o all_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v regenerate_v so_o by_o the_o same_o judgement_n we_o be_v to_o believe_v that_o though_o they_o fall_v into_o grievous_a sin_n and_o sometime_o come_v to_o a_o fearful_a outward_a end_n god_n notwithstanding_o give_v they_o grace_n to_o repent_v at_o the_o last_o gasp_n and_o consequent_o they_o fall_v not_o away_o final_o inter_fw-la sacrum_fw-la &_o saxum_fw-la inter_fw-la pontem_fw-la &_o fontem_fw-la misericordia_fw-la last_o this_o objection_n may_v be_v retort_v against_o the_o adversary_n thus_o if_o baptism_n may_v not_o be_v reiterated_a than_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n can_v be_v total_o lose_v but_o baptism_n may_v not_o be_v anaâ—aptistâ—_n reiterated_a therefore_o the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n can_v be_v total_o lose_v the_o consequence_n of_o the_o mayor_n be_v thus_o make_v evident_a a_o man_n that_o have_v lose_v the_o grace_n of_o regeneration_n total_o be_v as_o if_o he_o never_o have_v be_v regenerate_v and_o therefore_o must_v be_v bear_v again_o if_o bear_v again_o again_o baptize_v because_o the_o sign_n and_o the_o thing_n signify_v or_o as_o they_o make_v it_o the_o cause_n and_o proper_a effect_n can_v be_v sever_v if_o then_o the_o effect_n to_o wit_n regeneration_n be_v lose_v and_o must_v be_v reproduced_a the_o proper_a cause_n as_o they_o say_v the_o necessary_a condition_n and_o seal_n as_o we_o say_v must_v be_v again_o put_v if_o regeneration_n may_v be_v have_v the_o 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adversary_n unless_o he_o can_v show_v more_o regeneration_n in_o scripture_n then_o baptism_n or_o any_o new_a regeneration_n without_o a_o new_a laver_n any_o new_a covenant_n without_o a_o authentical_a instrument_n and_o new_a seal_n r_o to_o the_o reason_n draw_v from_o mortal_a sin_n in_o the_o regenerate_a we_o answer_v first_o if_o mortal_a sin_n be_v take_v for_o such_o sin_n as_o deserve_v of_o itself_o eternal_a death_n all_o sin_n be_v mortal_a if_o by_o mortal_a sin_n such_o sin_n for_o which_o a_o man_n be_v bind_v over_o by_o god_n and_o sentence_v to_o eternal_a death_n no_o sin_n in_o the_o elect_n be_v mortal_a for_o how_o grievous_a soever_o they_o sin_n the_o seed_n of_o god_n remain_v in_o they_o which_o in_o time_n will_v bring_v forth_o repentance_n and_o repentance_n salvation_n in_o the_o interìm_fw-la between_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o renew_a act_n of_o their_o repentance_n god_n suspend_v but_o he_o revoke_v not_o his_o pardon_n of_o their_o sin_n he_o be_v 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