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habent_fw-la and_o bellarmine_n 8._o bellarmine_n bellarmin_n de_fw-fr ecclesiâ_fw-la militant_a l._n 4._o c._n 8._o nostri_fw-la temporis_fw-la haeretici_fw-la nec_fw-la ordinationem_fw-la nec_fw-la successionem_fw-la habent_fw-la ideo_fw-la longè_fw-la inverecundiùs_fw-la quam_fw-la ulli_fw-la unquam_fw-la haeretici_fw-la nomen_fw-la &_o munus_fw-la episcopi_fw-la usurpant_fw-la and_o some_o popish_a priest_n in_o their_o petition_n to_o king_n james_n express_o tell_v the_o king_n 1604._o king_n supplicat_fw-la ad_fw-la jacobum_fw-la regem_fw-la 1604._o nulli_fw-la ministrorum_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la ad_fw-la catholicam_fw-la fraternitatem_fw-la accedentes_fw-la habentur_fw-la alii_fw-la quam_fw-la mere_a laici_fw-la last_o not_o to_o trouble_v you_o or_o myself_o with_o more_o quotation_n turrian_n tell_v we_o that_o donatist_n and_o luciferian_a heretic_n have_v some_o kind_n of_o bishop_n and_o priest_n 7._o priest_n turrian_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la ordinand_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 7._o protestant_n vero_fw-la nullam_fw-la penitus_n formam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la habent_fw-la quia_fw-la nullos_fw-la penitus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o verbi_fw-la ministros_fw-la habent_fw-la sed_fw-la meros_n laicos_fw-la this_o be_v their_o opinion_n of_o our_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n that_o they_o have_v no_o just_a call_n or_o ordination_n and_o consequent_o no_o jurisdiction_n and_o than_o it_o necessary_o follow_v if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o all_o their_o sentence_n and_o judicial_a act_n be_v invalid_a and_o absolute_a nullity_n 2._o they_o say_v that_o all_o protestant_n especial_o the_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n be_v heretic_n and_o schismatic_n extra_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la and_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v any_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n so_o that_o whatever_o cause_n be_v bring_v before_o they_o in_o their_o consistory_n it_o be_v coram_fw-la non_fw-la judice_fw-la and_o so_o whatever_o they_o do_v be_v a_o nullity_n that_o heretic_n and_o schismatic_n and_o such_o they_o declare_v all_o protestant_n to_o be_v forfeit_v all_o their_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o jurisdiction_n their_o own_o canon_n own_o gratian._n can._n 4._o audivimus_fw-la can._n vit_fw-mi caelestinus_n 35._o can._n apertè_fw-la 36._o can._n miramur_fw-la 37._o caus_n 24._o quaest_n 1._o vid._n card._n the_o turrecremata_a ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la canon_n canon_n express_o say_v and_o beside_o
psalmist_n occasion_n to_o say_v he_o have_v not_o deal_v so_o with_o any_o nation_n etc._n etc._n for_o 1._o the_o jew_n have_v a_o judicial_a and_o ceremonial_a law_n give_v unto_o they_o immediate_o from_o god_n which_o the_o gentile_n have_v not_o 2._o they_o have_v not_o only_o a_o natural_a and_o inbred_a knowledge_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n as_o the_o gentile_n have_v but_o beside_o a_o relation_n from_o god_n distinct_o explicate_v and_o unfolding_n all_o the_o part_n and_o dictate_v of_o the_o same_o which_o blind_a and_o imperfect_a nature_n can_v not_o discover_v 3._o they_o have_v a_o priesthood_n of_o god_n own_o appointment_n and_o prophet_n of_o his_o mission_n who_o may_v constant_o reveal_v the_o will_n of_o god_n unto_o they_o whereas_o the_o gentile_n have_v no_o such_o thing_n yea_o these_o same_o very_a oracle_n that_o they_o have_v from_o the_o sibyllae_fw-la be_v but_o once_o in_o a_o age_n so_o that_o few_o or_o none_o that_o hear_v of_o they_o understand_v what_o they_o mean_v as_o be_v evident_a from_o the_o doctissimus_fw-la poeta_fw-la virgil_n his_o mis-applying_a the_o sibyllick_n cumean_n verse_n to_o pollio_n son_n so_o much_o for_o the_o sibyllae_fw-la as_o for_o the_o other_o instance_n of_o trismegistus_n hydaspes_n orpheus_n etc._n etc._n i_o answer_v 3._o that_o if_o time_n will_v allow_v i_o to_o examine_v their_o particular_a write_n i_o shall_v find_v many_o thing_n spurious_a and_o false_a especial_o in_o trismegistus_n but_o this_o i_o do_v not_o stand_v upon_o wherefore_o i_o say_v that_o though_o they_o know_v many_o thing_n concern_v christ_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o therefore_o they_o know_v it_o by_o natural_a light_n but_o that_o they_o have_v it_o either_o from_o the_o immediate_a revelation_n of_o god_n who_o as_o justinus_n well_o observe_v have_v so_o well_o provide_v for_o his_o church_n that_o out_o of_o the_o heathen_n their_o own_o write_n there_o may_v be_v weapon_n take_v to_o discomfit_n and_o 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jah_n which_o with_o the_o greek_a termination_n and_o pronunciation_n add_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o their_o exultation_n word_n at_o his_o feast_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d correspond_v to_o the_o jewish_a haleluia_o many_o such_o instance_n may_v be_v give_v that_o the_o gentile_n borrow_v many_o thing_n from_o the_o jew_n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a they_o have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o divine_a mystery_n by_o natural_a light_n which_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v to_o be_v impossible_a but_o either_o by_o immediate_a revelation_n from_o god_n or_o by_o their_o knowledge_n of_o the_o jewish_a constitution_n and_o custom_n i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o second_o thing_n propose_v viz._n what_o be_v the_o media_n whereby_o we_o arise_v unto_o this_o knowledge_n of_o god_n for_o the_o better_a resolve_v of_o which_o we_o be_v to_o know_v that_o these_o media_n be_v either_o inartificial_a viz._n such_o as_o depend_v upon_o no_o art_n of_o man_n or_o artificial_a viz._n such_o as_o be_v invent_v or_o find_v out_o by_o some_o humane_a art_n or_o science_n wherefore_o i_o assert_v 1._o god_n be_v natural_o cognoscible_a by_o inartificial_a mean_n by_o inartificial_a here_o i_o do_v not_o mean_v as_o they_o be_v propose_v and_o make_v use_n of_o by_o metaphysician_n for_o they_o can_v propose_v inartificial_a thing_n in_o a_o artificial_a method_n but_o in_o regard_n of_o a_o ignorant_a man_n who_o though_o destitute_a of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o art_n and_o science_n can_v yet_o make_v use_n of_o this_o medium_n inartificiale_a by_o which_o he_o attain_v to_o the_o natural_a knowledge_n of_o a_o god_n and_o this_o assertion_n be_v plain_a and_o evident_a if_o we_o consider_v reason_n that_o the_o most_o barbarous_a nation_n and_o unpolite_a people_n who_o know_v no_o art_n nor_o science_n and_o consequent_o no_o artificial_a media_n have_v know_v acknowledge_v and_o worship_v a_o god_n as_o tully_n in_o his_o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nat._n deorum_fw-la &_o lib._n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la have_v sufficient_o demonstrateâ—_n but_o acosta_n &_o benzonius_n de_fw-fr rebus_fw-la indicis_fw-la have_v put_v this_o beyond_o all_o doubt_n where_o in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o late_o discover_v west-indies_n they_o show_v that_o this_o most_o barbarous_a and_o rude_a people_n yea_o scarce_o men_n except_v in_o their_o visage_n have_v their_o god_n temple_n and_o â—ests_n and_o among_o their_o many_o god_n they_o have_v one_o who_o they_o imagine_v above_o all_o the_o rest_n who_o be_v omnipotent_a and_o infinite_a and_o unto_o who_o all_o their_o thought_n word_n and_o action_n tender_v the_o high_a reverence_n and_o adoration_n imaginable_a now_o since_o they_o be_v so_o rude_a and_o ignorant_a and_o not_o capable_a of_o have_v artificial_a mean_n how_o come_v they_o to_o know_v a_o god_n but_o by_o inartificial_a mean_n competent_a even_o to_o the_o most_o illiterate_a and_o ignorant_a sort_n assertion_n ii_o since_o god_n be_v natural_o cognoscible_a by_o inartificial_a mean_n much_o more_o by_o artificial_a for_o art_n be_v the_o improvement_n and_o perfect_a of_o nature_n so_o that_o what_o may_v be_v without_o art_n can_v but_o be_v more_o perfect_o accomplish_v where_o the_o subsidiary_a help_n of_o art_n be_v make_v use_n of_o these_o artificial_a media_n or_o argument_n whereby_o the_o learned_a artist_n demonstrate_v the_o natural_a knowledge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o existence_n be_v various_a and_o many_o yea_o so_o great_a be_v the_o variety_n of_o these_o make_a use_n of_o by_o the_o ancient_n that_o some_o of_o they_o seem_v rather_o suasory_n than_o cogent_n wherefore_o i_o shall_v select_v only_o those_o that_o be_v most_o forcible_a and_o urgent_a which_o be_v arg._n i._n all_o entity_n in_o the_o world_n be_v either_o make_v or_o not_o make_v non_fw-la datur_fw-la medium_n but_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o can_v be_v make_v because_o they_o must_v either_o be_v 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quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la futurum_fw-la erat_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la futurum_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la aeâ—erno_fw-la cognitum_fw-la but_o second_o we_o inquire_v of_o the_o habitude_n that_o the_o foresee_v of_o faith_n have_v to_o election_n this_o habitude_n for_o foresee_a faith_n in_o order_n to_o election_n be_v threefold_a and_o may_v have_v the_o notion_n first_o antecedentis_fw-la so_o that_o god_n choose_v none_o to_o heaven_n in_o who_o he_o have_v not_o see_v faith_n to_o come_v or_o do_v see_v that_o faith_n will_v come_v before_o they_o be_v actual_o elect_v second_o it_o may_v have_v the_o notion_n conditionis_fw-la and_o so_o faith_n may_v be_v consider_v as_o a_o condition_n necessary_o require_v in_o election_n three_o foresee_v faith_n may_v further_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o cause_n and_o so_o not_o to_o be_v only_o a_o antecedent_n and_o a_o condition_n of_o election_n but_o to_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o cause_n from_o whence_o election_n follow_v as_o the_o effect_n now_o when_o it_o be_v inquire_v if_o election_n be_v of_o faith_n foresee_v historical_a faith_n be_v not_o mean_v nor_o a_o faith_n of_o miracle_n the_o which_o unregenerate_a man_n may_v have_v but_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o justify_v faith_n which_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o the_o regenerate_v these_o matter_n be_v thus_o settle_v our_o principal_a conclusion_n be_v this_o viz._n in_o illis_fw-la qui_fw-la eliguntur_fw-la &_o praedestinantur_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la actus_fw-la aut_fw-la qualitas_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la praevisa_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la meritum_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la aut_fw-la conditio_fw-la vel_fw-la antecedens_fw-la quolibet_fw-la modo_fw-la ita_fw-la praesuppositum_fw-la decreto_fw-la electionis_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la positione_n talis_fw-la praecedanei_n in_o praevisione_n divinâ_fw-la ponatur_fw-la electio_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la negatione_fw-la negetur_fw-la or_o you_o may_v take_v the_o conclusion_n thus_o viz._n nulla_fw-la datur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la vel_fw-la conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la praedestinatioâ—is_fw-la seu_fw-la electionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la the_o first_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n be_v if_o election_n be_v from_o faith_n foresee_v than_o faith_n foresee_v be_v some_o way_n a_o cause_n of_o election_n the_o which_o consequence_n though_o the_o remonstrant_n will_v sometime_o deny_v and_o seem_v not_o to_o allow_v foresee_v faith_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n elect_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o collatio_fw-la hagiensis_n p._n 103._o yet_o elsewhere_o they_o speak_v it_o out_o plain_o in_o write_n hold_v by_o they_o most_o authentical_a namely_o in_o act_v synodalibus_fw-la part._n 2._o p._n 6._o where_o they_o tell_v we_o fidem_fw-la &_o perseverationem_fw-la in_o electione_n consâ—derari_fw-la ut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ab_fw-la bomine_fw-la praestitam_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la tanquam_fw-la causam_fw-la they_o add_v this_o reason_n because_o the_o condition_n prescribe_v and_o perform_v do_v necessario_fw-la alicujus_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la endure_v and_o indeed_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v this_o for_o if_o we_o ask_v they_o why_o god_n choose_v peter_n and_o not_o judas_n they_o say_v because_o god_n foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v believe_v so_o that_o from_o their_o hypothesis_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o foresee_a faith_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o peter_n be_v choose_v before_o judas_n now_o i_o do_v subsume_v that_o foresee_v faith_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o reason_n nor_o motive_n any_o way_n of_o election_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n allow_v of_o no_o cause_n of_o election_n extra_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la but_o refer_v it_o altogether_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o beneplacitum_fw-la for_o this_o consult_v ephes_n 1.11_o and_o rom._n 9.11_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o you_o will_v believe_v you_o shall_v be_v elect_v be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v find_v in_o holy_a writ_n either_o express_o or_o by_o equi_fw-la valence_n there_o be_v i_o confess_v this_o proposition_n in_o scripture_n he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v but_o not_o he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v predestinate_v because_o god_n never_o require_v faith_n as_o antecedaneous_a to_o his_o decree_n second_o if_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n and_o consequent_a of_o election_n then_o be_v it_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o or_o antecedaneous_a motive_n because_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a and_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n ut_fw-la idem_fw-la respectu_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sit_fw-la antecedens_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la but_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n or_o consequent_a of_o election_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o a_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n motive_n of_o it_o the_o minor_a i_o prove_v out_o of_o eph._n 1.4_o according_a as_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a etc._n etc._n and_o v._o 5_o show_v that_o god_n do_v predestine_v those_o who_o he_o will_v adopt_v for_o son_n not_o such_o as_o be_v son_n but_o if_o he_o have_v choose_v such_o as_o believe_v than_o he_o will_v have_v choose_v holy_a man_n and_o son_n but_o sanctity_n and_o our_o sonship_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o antecedent_n motive_n of_o election_n for_o rom._n 8.29_o for_o who_o he_o do_v foreknow_v he_o also_o do_v predestinate_a to_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o image_n of_o his_o son_n not_o as_o if_o they_o be_v then_o so_o again_o if_o election_n be_v of_o work_n than_o the_o apostle_n may_v have_v have_v a_o answer_n to_o his_o objection_n in_o a_o readiness_n as_o to_o what_o he_o mention_n in_o the_o 9th_o of_o the_o roman_n about_o the_o child_n neither_o have_v do_v any_o good_a or_o evil_n and_o in_o vain_a have_v the_o instance_n there_o be_v bring_v of_o the_o potter_n power_n over_o the_o clay_n of_o the_o same_o lump_n to_o make_v one_o vessel_n unto_o honour_n and_o another_o to_o dishonour_n whereas_o if_o election_n have_v be_v from_o foresee_a faith_n he_o have_v speak_v more_o apt_o thus_o have_v not_o the_o potter_n the_o art_n to_o know_v the_o difference_n in_o several_a part_n of_o clay_n and_o to_o separate_v the_o good_a from_o the_o bad_a but_o the_o apostle_n similitude_n be_v exact_o pertinent_a if_o we_o suppose_v election_n to_o be_v absolute_a and_o all_o creature_n to_o be_v in_o a_o equal_a state_n the_o bishop_n end_v his_o determination_n with_o another_o reason_n for_o his_o conclusion_n namely_o that_o infant_n be_v eleot_v but_o not_o from_o faith_n and_o perseverance_n for_o they_o be_v not_o capable_a thereof_o part_n sub_fw-la antiquo_fw-la saedere_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la mortem_fw-la salutem_fw-la sunt_fw-la consecuti_fw-la to_o begin_v with_o the_o sâ—â—tinâ—_n of_o the_o question_n 1._o by_o father_n here_o we_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n but_o all_o the_o faithful_a under_o the_o old_a testament_n all_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n i_o mean_v not_o of_o