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part_n of_o two_o page_n p._n 5._o 6._o and_o yet_o he_o be_v upon_o it_o again_o p._n 66._o take_v from_o god_n eternal_a omniscience_n prescience_n oâ—â—n_a potence_n &c_n &c_n unto_o which_o because_o i_o have_v already_o show_v that_o the_o question_n lie_v not_o upon_o i_o to_o answer_v let_v he_o content_v himself_o with_o this_o brief_a resolution_n answ_n 1._o he_o show_v himself_o to_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o foul_a antiscriptural_a 12._o antiscriptural_a rom._n 5._o 12._o and_o pelagian_a 260._o pelagian_a valensis_n part_n a._n q._n 105._o memb_v 1._o p._n 296._o secundum_fw-la augustinum_n concedimus_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la punitur_fw-la parvulus_fw-la pro_fw-la culpa_fw-la patris_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la culpa_fw-la sva_fw-la propriè_fw-la loquendo_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la quod_fw-la solum_fw-la adam_n peccavit_fw-la sed_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la omnes_fw-la peccaverunt_fw-la in_o adam_n erat_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o adamo_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la unius_fw-la singularis_fw-la personae_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntas_fw-la universalis_fw-la naturae_fw-la adamo_n cadente_fw-la o_o justitia_fw-la oâ—iginali_fw-la â—â—â—idit_fw-la etiam_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la voluntas_fw-la posterorum_fw-la ca_o et_fw-la enim_fw-la voluntas_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la illa_fw-la recti_fw-la tudine_fw-la quam_fw-la habuissâ—t_fw-la si_fw-mi adam_n stetisset_fw-la vide_fw-la in_o eandem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la maldâ—rum_fw-la in_o gra_fw-mi 2._o qu._n 8â—_n art_n 1._o pag._n 260._o error_n when_o he_o say_v that_o man_n original_a sin_n be_v actual_o commit_v by_o none_o but_o adam_n and_o eve_n before_o reprobate_n be_v bear_v which_o if_o so_o i_o think_v he_o can_v tell_v that_o original_a sin_n shall_v be_v at_o all_o our_o own_o if_o in_o no_o sense_n it_o have_v be_v commit_v by_o any_o other_o person_n than_o adam_n and_o eve_n the_o ground_n of_o his_o error_n be_v because_o all_o along_o he_o take_v original_a sin_n 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one_o to_o another_o from_o the_o first_o to_o the_o second_o etc._n etc._n 2_o but_o as_o for_o we_o poor_a crazy_a mortal_n if_o we_o have_v no_o mind_n to_o continue_v in_o puris_fw-la tenebris_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la to_o be_v whole_o leave_v in_o the_o cloud_n of_o darkness_n we_o for_o the_o help_a of_o our_o childish_a intellect_n must_v needs_o distinguish_v of_o all_o thing_n so_o know_v by_o god_n and_o we_o must_v needs_o think_v of_o some_o order_n among_o that_o infinite_a number_n of_o thing_n which_o all_o be_v at_o once_o the_o object_n of_o god_n omniscience_n and_o prescience_n 3_o the_o best_a distinction_n which_o we_o can_v possible_o light_v upon_o be_v whereby_o we_o distinguish_v all_o thing_n eternal_o fore-known_a either_o as_o mere_o possible_a to_o be_v or_o as_o such_o thing_n as_o shall_v have_v a_o actual_a be_v or_o futurition_n and_o then_o next_o whereby_o we_o distinguish_v moral_a good_a thing_n from_o moral_a bad_a and_o evil_a thing_n 4._o we_o 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synod_n remonstrant_fw-la artic._n 1._o deus_fw-la constituere_fw-la voluit_fw-la mediatorem_fw-la qui_fw-la pro_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la moreretur_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la jus_fw-la acquireret_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o vitam_fw-la câ—rta_fw-la lege_fw-la isdem_fw-la conferrendi_fw-la decrevit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o illum_fw-la redemptorem_fw-la crederent_fw-la &_o credentes_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la perseverarent_fw-la servarentur_fw-la alii_fw-la veró_n damnarentur_fw-la arminian_o either_o first_o that_o god_n decree_n of_o give_v jesus_n christ_n and_o all_o other_o grace_n in_o he_o be_v absolute_a because_o it_o be_v by_o virtue_n of_o his_o counsel_n and_o will_v alone_o upon_o what_o condition_n whether_o of_o legal_a obedience_n or_o of_o evangelical_n faith_n and_o obedience_n he_o will_v bestow_v all_o grace_n or_o 2_o rather_o as_o mr._n t._n p._n in_o a_o true_a genuine_a manuscript_n of_o he_o express_v himself_n 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see_v first_o all_o be_v suspend_v upon_o the_o motion_n of_o man_n free_a will_n that_o must_v be_v the_o concausa_fw-la the_o social_a cause_n with_o â—race_n if_o not_o as_o in_o true_a reckon_n it_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v at_o last_o the_o primum_fw-la mobile_a the_o first_o mover_n p._n 19_o it_o be_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n and_o the_o cooperation_n of_o grace_n as_o the_o sword_n of_o god_n and_o gideon_n 2._o elsewhere_o as_o at_o large_a he_o diâ—putes_v it_o out_o obduration_n out_o sinner_n implead_v p._n 251._o etc._n etc._n if_o it_o do_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o believer_n power_n to_o live_v like_o a_o infidel_n whâ—ch_v we_o find_v by_o daily_a and_o sad_a experience_n and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o infidel_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o grace_n to_o turn_v belâ—ever_o the_o fâ—rmer_n can_v not_o be_v punish_v for_o apostasy_n nor_o the_o latter_a for_o obduration_n and_o as_o by_o his_o quote_v here_o of_o math._n 13._o 12._o habenti_fw-la dabitur_fw-la according_a to_o his_o and_o the_o arminian_n way_n of_o understanding_n that_o note_a scripture_n all_o this_o free_a special_a grace_n depend_v upon_o mâ—ns_n good_a husband_n of_o his_o talon_n which_o all_o â—en_n have_v receive_v by_o receive_v of_o their_o nature_n for_o so_o do_v both_o they_o and_o the_o massilian_n explain_v this_o matter_n est_fw-la matter_n prosper_n excerpt_v à _fw-fr gensen_n ideo_fw-la ipsos_fw-la fidem_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la retulisse_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sit_fw-la creata_fw-la natura_fw-la cvi_fw-la rationabilem_fw-la inseruiâ—_n voluntatem_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la &_o credere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la credere_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la habeat_fw-la potestate_fw-la sic_fw-la massil_n in_o epist_n hilar_n ad_fw-la august_n nec_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la fide_fw-la posse_fw-la dici_fw-la quid_fw-la habes_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la accepisti_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la natura_fw-la remanserit_fw-la licet_fw-la vitiata_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la sana_fw-la ac_fw-la perfecta_fw-la donata_fw-la sit_fw-la et_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la ibid._n loco_fw-la consequens_fw-la put_v ant_n exhibendam_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la fidem_fw-la cujus_fw-la natura_fw-la id_fw-la voluntate_fw-la conditoris_fw-la concâ—ssum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v with_o they_o forsooth_o
correct_a p._n 227._o 178._o 227._o d._n twiss_n vindic_n lib._n the_o electione_n digress_v 1._o &_o 2da_n etc._n etc._n à _fw-fr p._n 151._o ad_fw-la 178._o 3._o if_o it_o be_v not_o apparent_o absurd_a to_o talk_v of_o mean_n of_o election_n election_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o one_o entire_a absolute_a eternal_a decree_n of_o god_n which_o comprehend_v in_o it_o both_o end_n and_o mean_n 4._o be_v it_o not_o so_o that_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o consider_v as_o mediator_n be_v not_o himself_o predestinate_v and_o elect_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o elect_n and_o so_o no_o elector_n or_o mean_n of_o election_n rom._n 3._o 25._o §_o 3._o p._n 64._o 1._o 11_o 12._o i_o have_v never_o so_o little_a logic_n as_o to_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n in_o man_n which_o be_v the_o object_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n decree_n but_o that_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o his_o punishment_n answ_n 1._o why_o then_o have_v he_o hitherto_o every_o where_o so_o fierce_o plead_v for_o conditional_a decree_n of_o reprobation_n ground_v on_o or_o at_o least_o occasion_v by_o sin_n as_o the_o conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la the_o necessary_a the_o important_a condition_n which_o in_o this_o case_n be_v tantamount_n '_o with_o a_o cause_n of_o the_o decree_n 2._o why_o do_v he_o but_o just_a now_o tell_v we_o p._n 63._o that_o christ_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o election_n and_o what_o be_v election_n but_o god_n eternal_a internal_a immanent_a decree_n appoint_v some_o to_o obtain_v grace_n and_o glory_n 3._o do_v he_o not_o know_v that_o if_o he_o be_v candid_a in_o this_o acknowledgement_n that_o then_o all_o dispute_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o man_n he_o contend_v against_o will_v be_v end_v who_o none_o of_o they_o all_o doubt_n but_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n though_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o decree_n itself_o that_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o his_o punishment_n too_o as_o here_o he_o himself_o do_v speak_v that_o though_o christ_n be_v not_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o election_n yet_o he_o be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o salvation_n and_o of_o all_o those_o spiritual_a blessing_n which_o we_o be_v choose_v or_o elect_v to_o gloria_fw-la to_o dr._n ames_n no_o arminian_n sure_a cite_v this_o out_o of_o bellarmine_n with_o approbation_n save_v that_o he_o say_v tollantur_fw-la merita_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la erit_fw-la reprehensione_n dignum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la distinctione_n prout_fw-la à _fw-la bell_n usurpatur_fw-la ames_n antisynod_n dordrac_n cap._n 1._o p._n 15._o bellarmin_n distinction_n in_o the_o grat._n et_fw-fr lib._n arbitr_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 14._o electio_fw-la aeterna_fw-la duobus_fw-la modis_fw-la considerari_fw-la potest_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la intentio_fw-la dandi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ally_v modo_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la dispositio_fw-la executionis_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la executio_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la divina_fw-la nam_fw-la priori_fw-la modo_fw-la electio_fw-la est_fw-la mere_a gratuita_fw-la &_o nullam_fw-la praerequirit_n praevisionem_fw-la operum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la posteriori_fw-la modo_fw-la praeexigit_fw-la praevisionem_fw-la meritorum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la praemii_fw-la deus_fw-la dare_v disposuit_fw-la nisi_fw-la eye_n quos_fw-la bene_fw-la operaturos_fw-la esse_fw-la praevidit_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la finalis_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la bovis_fw-la operibus_fw-la in_fw-la genere_fw-la autem_fw-la causae_fw-la effisientis_fw-la priora_fw-la sunt_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la quà m_fw-la gloria_fw-la 4._o need_v he_o once_o more_o be_v show_v how_o that_o by_o this_o say_n he_o have_v give_v his_o correct_a copy_n and_o now_o this_o pretty_a philanthropy_n of_o he_o a_o fair_a fall_n upon_o their_o back_n corrept_v correct_a p._n 144_o 145._o the_o force_n of_o truth_n be_v often_o such_o as_o that_o it_o wring_v a_o confession_n from_o its_o otherwise_o most_o stubborn_a opposer_n §_o 8._o 64._o §_o 3._o in_o his_o p._n 121._o he_o say_v he_o know_v not_o any_o one_o either_o of_o the_o ancient_a or_o modern_a orthodox_n writer_n who_o will_v not_o ready_o yield_v that_o god_n do_v not_o absolute_o decree_v the_o reprobation_n positive_a of_o any_o creature_n but_o upon_o prescience_n and_o supposition_n of_o wilful_a rebellion_n and_o impenitence_n i_o will_v now_o take_v he_o at_o his_o word_n he_o be_v as_o perfect_v a_o arminian_n as_o i_o have_v ever_o hear_v speak_v or_o else_o he_o confess_v he_o be_v not_o orthodox_n in_o these_o few_o word_n he_o have_v ruin_v himself_o and_o his_o cause_n for_o ever_o unless_o he_o will_v say_v that_o he_o be_v my_o convert_n and_o the_o best_a of_o his_o book_n a_o long_a impertinence_n he_o can_v escape_v by_o any_o service_n etc._n etc._n mr._n t._n p._n go_v on_o triumph_v over_o i_o more_o or_o less_o to_o p._n 68_o answ_n 1._o it_o have_v use_v to_o be_v say_v that_o lapsus_fw-la linguae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la error_n mentis_fw-la the_o trip_n of_o a_o man_n tongue_n be_v no_o error_n of_o his_o mind_n claudius_n that_o dull_a and_o lazy_a emperor_n catch_v not_o more_o at_o fly_n than_o this_o gentleman_n do_v at_o unwary_a syllable_n yet_o he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o discover_v wherein_o the_o stumble_v or_o trip_n of_o my_o phrase_n lie_v by_o what_o i_o do_v in_o that_o very_a p._n 121._o oppoâ—e_n in_o he_o which_o do_v confound_v reprobation_n and_o damnation_n and_o much_o more_o by_o what_o corrept_v correct_a p._n 113._o and_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v distinct_o set_v down_o my_o meaning_n be_v sufficient_o express_v viz._n that_o consider_v two_o thing_n in_o god_n decree_n first_o actum_fw-la volentis_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o act_n of_o god_n decree_n or_o the_o intention_n in_o itself_o consider_v second_o rem_fw-la decretam_fw-la the_o thing_n decree_v or_o the_o will_v to_o execute_v that_o decree_n that_o the_o former_a be_v not_o ground_v upon_o prescience_n of_o any_o wilful_a rebellion_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v of_o which_o alone_o as_o be_v plain_a i_o speak_v in_o my_o text_n p._n 121._o and_o my_o meaning_n be_v much_o the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o but_o just_a now_o i_o express_v out_o of_o ames_n and_o bellarmine_n 2._o if_o the_o say_n of_o this_o can_v make_v i_o as_o very_o a_o arminian_n as_o ever_o he_o hear_v speak_v i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o as_o great_a anti-arminians_a as_o ever_o i_o hear_v of_o or_o ever_o set_v pen_n to_o paper_n have_v speak_v as_o much_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v at_o large_a to_o quote_v doctor_n davenant_n dr._n walaeus_n dr._n rivet_n praevidit_fw-la rivet_n dr._n walaeus_n contra_fw-la corvin_n in_o quarto_n p._n 30._o &_o 152._o bishop_n daun._n animadvers_fw-la p._n 42_o 43_o &_o 111._o imò_fw-la passim_fw-la a._n rivet_n disputat_fw-la quintâ_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la thes_n 8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n paulus_n ferius_n a_o profess_a supralapsarian_a schol_n orth._n cap._n 28._o voluit_fw-la quidem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la bealificare_fw-la judam_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la respectu_fw-la peccati_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la infligendi_fw-la poenam_fw-la nisi_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la praevidit_fw-la nay_o all_o the_o sublapsarian_o who_o speak_v full_a out_o as_o high_a as_o this_o come_v to_o and_o yet_o never_o commence_v arminian_n doctor_n but_o let_v i_o only_o in_o the_o margin_n refer_v he_o to_o multitude_n of_o place_n out_o of_o dr._n twisse_n etc._n twisse_n doctor_n twisse_n vindâ—c_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 100_o certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la deum_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la nolentes_fw-la atque_fw-la impii_fw-la perderentur_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la subjungimus_fw-la hinc_fw-la tantum_fw-la sequi_fw-la impietatem_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la perditionis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la decreti_fw-la sive_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la in_o eandem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la saepissime_fw-la p._n 332._o col._n 2._o lib._n 2._o p._n 11._o col_fw-fr 2._o epist_n dedic_n ad_fw-la reg._n bohem._n p._n 4._o lib._n 1._o 83._o 99_o and_o i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v in_o a_o 100_o place_n more_o etc._n etc._n and_o for_o the_o behoof_n of_o the_o english_a reader_n i_o shall_v transcribe_v some_o few_o signal_n passage_n out_o of_o dr._n twisse_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n reduce_v to_o practice_v and_o very_o hard_o it_o will_v be_v for_o mr._n t._n p._n to_o prove_v dr._n twisse_n to_o be_v a_o arminian_n and_o yet_o to_o his_o say_n he_o must_v consent_v if_o he_o will_v not_o prove_v himself_o to_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n in_o man_n which_o be_v the_o object_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n decree_n p._n 64._o dr._n twisse_n synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n p._n 10_o 11._o god_n do_v decree_n to_o damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n be_v the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o our_o divine_n
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