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this_o digression_n of_o dr._n twisse_n be_v answer_v in_o the_o first_o book_n his_o friend_n alvarez_n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr li._n 11._o disp_n 110._o p._n 442_o etc._n etc._n discuss_v the_o qu._n a_o detur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostra_fw-la causa_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la and_o conclude_v that_o reprobatio_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la statuit_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v aliquibus_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la permittere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la eorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la conditionata_fw-la sed_fw-la absoluta_fw-la nec_fw-la praesupponit_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la demeritorum_fw-la ipsius_fw-la reprobi_fw-la 2._o in_o angelis_n qui_fw-la ceciderunt_fw-la nuâla_fw-la datur_fw-la causa_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la integrum_fw-la effectum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o et_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-fr reprobatione_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la
proportion_n of_o gracious_a mean_n 114._o mean_n protestant_n divine_v do_v common_o conjoin_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o word_n as_o well_o as_o papist_n and_o in_o some_o case_n more_o thom._n docet_fw-la q._n 22._o de_fw-fr ver._n a._n 8._o deum_fw-la inclinare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la appâtendum_fw-la eam_fw-la âfficaciter_fw-la &_o physice_n praedeterminando_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la immediate_a sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la mediate_v aliqua_fw-la entitate_fw-la recepta_fw-la in_o voluntate_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la ment_fw-la d._n tho._n deus_fw-la movet_fw-la omââs_fw-la causas_fw-la secundas_fw-la &_o eas_fw-la applââa_n '_o ad_fw-la svas_fw-la operation_n ita_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la quando_fw-la ââââât_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la aliquid_fw-la âââimit_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la per_fw-la moâââ_n transeuntis_fw-la alvaâez_fw-fr de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr disp_n 23._o p._n 114._o and_o help_n than_o to_o other_o but_o leave_v they_o under_o the_o common_a help_n which_o convert_v the_o more_o prepare_v soul_n not_o that_o god_n always_o do_v so_o for_o oft_o time_n to_o his_o elect_n he_o do_v as_o he_o do_v by_o paul_n or_o the_o eunuch_n vouchsafe_v they_o extraordinary_a mean_n for_o as_o a_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a and_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o may_v make_v vessel_n of_o mercy_n and_o honour_n of_o they_o that_o deserve_v worst_a and_o the_o case_n of_o the_o tyrian_n and_o sidonian_n compare_v with_o they_o of_o capernaum_n and_o bethsaida_n do_v prove_v that_o less_o mean_n be_v proportionable_a to_o some_o as_o be_v less_o ill-disposed_a when_o great_a to_o other_o may_v be_v uneffectual_a iii_o and_o then_o as_o to_o objective_a grace_n it_o be_v the_o same_o god_n the_o same_o heaven_n the_o same_o christ_n and_o the_o same_o promise_n which_o be_v set_v before_o all_o that_o have_v the_o gospel_n this_o can_v be_v the_o controversy_n though_o the_o reveal_n mean_n be_v divers_a with_o many_o so_o be_v not_o the_o object_n nor_o the_o mean_n to_o all_o iu._n all_o that_o remain_v then_o to_o be_v question_v be_v the_o effect_n which_o be_v subjective_a grace_n whether_o that_o grace_n in_o one_o man_n which_o be_v but_o sufficient_a be_v efficient_a in_o another_o or_o in_o the_o same_o man_n at_o several_a time_n and_o here_o by_o this_o subjective_a grace_n be_v mean_v either_o 1._o the_o vis_fw-la impressa_fw-la 2._o or_o the_o power_n 3._o or_o the_o act_n produce_v 4._o or_o the_o disposition_n or_o habit._n the_o two_o latter_a be_v shut_v out_o of_o the_o question_n which_o be_v not_o whether_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n be_v sufficient_a and_o effectual_a but_o whether_o the_o grace_n be_v so_o that_o be_v to_o cause_v they_o whether_o this_o vis_fw-la impressa_fw-la be_v always_o cause_v by_o mean_n with_o god_n power_n set_v home_o as_o the_o impress_n of_o a_o signature_n by_o the_o arm_n and_o seal_n or_o be_v cause_v immediate_o by_o god_n without_o any_o proper_a mean_n the_o word_n be_v but_o a_o concomitant_a and_o not_o mediate_v operator_n be_v make_v a_o controversy_n by_o some_o but_o he_o that_o well_o consider_v the_o scripture_n here_o about_o and_o the_o experience_n of_o man_n will_v be_v likely_a to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v god_n by_o mean_n that_o ordinary_o make_v the_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o the_o same_o impress_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o both_o though_o extraordinary_o god_n can_v do_v without_o mean_n for_o 1._o it_o be_v most_o likely_a that_o god_n shall_v work_v on_o man_n most_o agreeable_o to_o his_o nature_n and_o to_o his_o subject_a state_n under_o god_n his_o governor_n 2._o and_o christ_n himself_o as_o our_o teacher_n and_o example_n and_o all_o his_o gospel_n be_v appoint_v to_o this_o use_n 3._o the_o ministry_n and_o ordinance_n be_v appoint_v to_o the_o same_o end_n and_o minister_n command_v to_o fit_v their_o teach_n to_o that_o end_n 4._o no_o man_n can_v prove_v that_o ever_o any_o come_v to_o actual_a knowledge_n faith_n or_o love_n but_o by_o some_o mean_n experience_n tell_v god_n servant_n that_o he_o work_v by_o they_o 5._o the_o most_o apt_a and_o powerful_a usual_o have_v best_a success_n and_o those_o prosper_v most_o in_o grace_n that_o use_n mean_v best_a and_o those_o speed_n worst_a that_o use_v they_o least_o 6._o god_n strict_o command_v the_o use_n of_o the_o mean_n as_o mean_n for_o that_o end_n that_o his_o grace_n may_v be_v wrought_v by_o they_o 7._o god_n promise_v his_o blessing_n on_o the_o mean_n act._n 26._o 17_o 18._o 1_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n etc._n etc._n rom._n 1._o 16._o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o salvation_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 16._o thou_o shall_v save_v thyself_o and_o they_o that_o hear_v thou_o jam._n 6._o last_o he_o that_o convert_v a_o sinner_n save_v a_o soul_n from_o death_n etc._n etc._n 8._o when_o god_n forsake_v a_o nation_n by_o take_v away_o the_o mean_n he_o usual_o forsake_v they_o as_o to_o further_a grace_n 9_o the_o devil_n seem_v to_o know_v this_o by_o his_o earnest_a opposition_n to_o a_o holy_a powerful_a ministry_n and_o other_o mean_n throughout_o the_o world_n so_o that_o we_o may_v say_v with_o cypriam_fw-la epist._n 69._o ad_fw-la pupian_n ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la credebant_fw-la deo_fw-la episcopum_fw-la constitâenti_fw-la vel_fw-la diabâlo_fw-it credebant_fw-la episcopum_fw-la proscribenti_fw-la but_o whether_o it_o be_v by_o mean_n or_o not_o it_o must_v be_v somewhat_o different_a from_o god_n own_o essence_n which_o be_v imprint_v or_o communicate_v and_o to_o get_v a_o formal_a conception_n of_o it_o what_o it_o be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o the_o power_n disposition_n act_n or_o habit_n be_v pass_v man_n reach_n whatsoever_o it_o be_v this_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o god_n do_v not_o give_v a_o act_n as_o a_o thing_n pre-existent_a but_o give_v faith_n be_v but_o cause_v we_o to_o believe_v or_o do_v that_o act_n ourselves_o which_o be_v none_o till_o we_o perform_v it_o 2._o that_o quoad_fw-la effectum_fw-la dispose_v power_n and_o act_n also_o be_v more_o than_o power_n and_o disposition_n without_o the_o act_n 3._o undoubted_o 10._o dr._n fairfax_n of_o the_o bulk_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o world_n pag._n 5._o 6_o 7_o etc._n etc._n though_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o every_o be_v that_o be_v physica_o so_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o he_o be_v so_o of_o every_o be_v that_o be_v moral_o so_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o power_n to_o do_v evil_a which_o be_v good_a may_v spring_v from_o he_o etc._n etc._n all_o that_o god_n do_v towards_o sin_n be_v to_o leave_v we_o to_o ourselves_o to_o bring_v it_o forth_o if_o we_o will_v and_o instead_o of_o drive_v on_o to_o it_o as_o a_o fellow-helper_n or_o procatarktick_a cause_n he_o draw_v from_o it_o and_o towards_o the_o good_a with_o unspeakable_a endearment_n of_o woo_v and_o drive_v from_o it_o by_o forbid_v the_o evil_a with_o all_o that_o earnestness_n of_o threaten_v which_o may_v beget_v in_o man_n the_o utmostness_n of_o dread_n nor_o be_v he_o any_o near_a the_o physical_a cause_n of_o it_o than_o to_o give_v that_o good_a power_n which_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n at_o all_o as_o it_o look_v towards_o he_o for_o by_o give_v this_o power_n he_o be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o evil_n be_v do_v as_o much_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o good_a that_o be_v not_o do_v therefore_o he_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n at_o all_o beside_o this_o power_n be_v not_o only_o good_a but_o also_o needful_a for_o though_o the_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o will_n in_o the_o next_o life_n will_v not_o be_v in_o a_o waver_a alike_o towards_o good_a and_o evil_a but_o only_o in_o a_o selfwillingness_n to_o good_a yet_o in_o this_o life_n i_o think_v it_o main_o do_v and_o must_v for_o this_o be_v a_o life_n of_o do_v or_o believe_v as_o it_o look_v on_o to_o reward_v in_o that_o to_o come_v and_o that_o be_v a_o life_n of_o reward_v as_o it_o look_v back_o to_o do_v or_o believe_v here_o etc._n etc._n hence_o we_o may_v answer_v the_o old_a ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o âs_n sin_n be_v a_o moral_a thing_n etc._n etc._n unbounded_a wisdom_n and_o goodness_n have_v âaid_v out_o endless_a happiness_n as_o a_o reward_n for_o obedience_n and_o endless_a wretchedness_n as_o punishment_n for_o sin_n without_o this_o obedience_n there_o can_v be_v no_o heaven_n without_o sin_n no_o hell_n and_o without_o a_o power_n not_o to_o do_v in_o both_o there_o can_v be_v neither_o so_o then_o that_o god_n may_v have_v leave_n to_o make_v man_n happy_a for_o holiness_n man_n must_v needs_o have_v power_n to_o make_v himself_o wretched_a for_o sin_n that_o evil_n shall_v always_o flow_v from_o evil_a in_o a_o chain_n of_o breeder_n be_v a_o great_a misunderstanding_n object_n then_o man_n may_v
no_o power_n use_v to_o produce_v it_o which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o god_n 160._o a_o act_n as_o such_o have_v no_o morality_n in_o it_o but_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o the_o morality_n of_o a_o act_n be_v formal_o the_o relative_n rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o god_n govern_v will_n or_o law_n and_o to_o his_o amiable_a goodness_n or_o will_n as_o it_o be_v man_n end_n and_o material_o it_o be_v not_o the_o act_n as_o such_o but_o the_o act_n as_o exercise_v on_o a_o unmeet_a object_n rather_o than_o on_o a_o meet_a one_o or_o to_o a_o undue_a end_n rather_o than_o a_o due_a end_n or_o else_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o due_a end_n and_o object_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la 161._o this_o comparative_a mode_n of_o exercise_n add_v no_o proper_a physical_a entity_n at_o all_o to_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o the_o act_n as_o such_o in_o omission_n of_o love_v trust_v fear_v serve_v god_n there_o be_v no_o natural_a act_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o it_o in_o commit_v sin_n to_o love_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o natural_a entity_n than_o to_o love_v that_o rather_o than_o this_o and_o no_o more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o love_n as_o such_o a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la be_v not_o ens_fw-la but_o this_o comparative_a choice_n be_v but_o the_o modus_fw-la modi_n entis_fw-la for_o a_o action_n be_v but_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la actionis_fw-la 162._o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o invalid_a argument_n which_o be_v the_o all_o of_o the_o dominican_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o so_o be_v god_n if_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n without_o god_n predetermining_a pre-motion_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o for_o this_o morality_n and_o modality_n be_v no_o proper_a be_v above_o the_o act_n as_o such_o 163._o if_o any_o will_v litigate_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la entis_fw-la let_v they_o call_v it_o be_v or_o nobeing_a as_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n able_a to_o do_v and_o he_o that_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n almighty_a who_o make_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o under_o divine_a universal_a influx_n without_o divine_a predetermining_a pre-motion_n on_o pretence_n that_o his_o wit_n do_v find_v a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o be_v bold_a against_o god_n than_o i_o shall_v be_v and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v do_v 164._o man_n seem_v not_o in_o deny_v this_o to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 457._o word_n word_n word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n therefore_o of_o dr._n twisse_n who_o oft_o say_v that_o god_n deny_v to_o adam_n no_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o he_o deny_v he_o grace_v necessary_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n who_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o act_n vid._n rad._n li._n 1._o cont._n 29._o art_n 1._o pag._n 457._o power_n when_o they_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v man_n the_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v and_o yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_n by_o it_o without_o the_o say_a pre-motion_n if_o so_o it_o be_v only_o a_o power_n to_o choose_v when_o predetermine_v to_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o proper_a power_n to_o choose_v be_v able_a to_o choose_v and_o can_v choose_v by_o that_o power_n 165._o god_n therefore_o be_v true_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n by_o give_v the_o power_n and_o do_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la to_o the_o exercise_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o make_v we_o free-agent_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o our_o action_n by_o all_o that_o he_o do_v by_o his_o law_n providence_n and_o grace_n to_o make_v they_o good_a but_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o they_o as_o evil_n 166._o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la secândarum_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la bellarmin_n universal_a cause_n seem_v the_o same_o wiââ_n what_o durandus_fw-la mean_v and_o pennottus_n deny_v durandus_n opinion_n say_v l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o non_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la opinion_n dari_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la ut_fw-la plato_n aristot_n âgnoverunt_fw-la unum_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la istud_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la essâ_n causam_fw-la immediatam_fw-la omnium_fw-la esseâluum_fw-la causarum_fw-la secândarum_fw-la the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n must_v needs_o be_v open_v by_o this_o distinction_n a_o cause_n be_v call_v universal_a 1._o in_o praedicando_fw-la logical_o and_o so_o artifex_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la rei_fw-la artificialis_fw-la &_o statuarius_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o polycletus_n est_fw-la causa_fw-la singularis_fw-la huius_fw-la statuae_fw-la 2._o in_o causande_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o that_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n who_o causality_n extend_v to_o many_o effect_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o somewhat_o common_a to_o all_o those_o effect_n but_o not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o unless_o its_o causality_n be_v otherwise_o as_o by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la determine_v and_o so_o the_o sun_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o rose_n and_o the_o stink_n of_o the_o dunghill_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la ut_fw-la fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la by_o his_o common_a sustain_n and_o move_a influx_n of_o all_o sinful_a action_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o action_n not_o only_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o but_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o by_o which_o they_o differ_v from_o one_o another_o and_o that_o of_o itself_o and_o not_o as_o determine_v by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la or_o by_o any_o other_o cause_n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v mere_o physical_a in_o all_o being_n and_o action_n as_o in_o generation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v proper_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v at_o once_o both_o cause_n universalis_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v thus_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o moral_a good_a of_o all_o action_n i_o must_v open_v to_o you_o more_o distinct_o in_o the_o three_o part_n but_o of_o the_o sinful_a morality_n of_o action_n he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a universal_a as_o aforesaid_a 167._o they_o that_o deny_v our_o self-determining_a power_n do_v make_v volition_n and_o free-volition_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o and_o cogency_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v man_n willing_a and_o unwilling_a both_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o act_n do_v seem_v rather_o to_o jest_v than_o serious_o dispute_v and_o to_o define_v freewill_n to_o be_v only_o lubentia_fw-la vel_fw-la volitio_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o other_o for_o velle_fw-la juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o velle_fw-la the_o will_n be_v the_o rational_a appetite_n distinct_a from_o the_o sensitive_a and_o if_o velle_fw-la and_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la be_v all_o one_o why_o do_v we_o blind_v the_o world_n with_o word_n and_o do_v not_o plain_o put_v the_o case_n whether_o man_n have_v any_o will_n and_o not_o whether_o his_o will_n be_v free_a and_o if_o to_o take_v away_o its_o liberty_n or_o constrain_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o make_v the_o same_o numerical_a act_n which_o be_v a_o volition_n simultaneous_o to_o be_v no_o volition_n or_o not_o the_o volition_n of_o another_o thing_n the_o question_n whether_o the_o will_n may_v be_v constrain_v be_v ridiculous_a if_o the_o will_v be_v not_o force_v as_o long_o as_o it_o will_v or_o will_v juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la then_o to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v will_n by_o constraint_n be_v to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v at_o once_o will_v and_o not_o will_n state_v will_n will_n will_n of_o this_o see_v je_fw-fr blank_n excellent_a thesis_n de_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la absolute_a the_o definition_n of_o alvarââ_n of_o freewill_n be_v lib._n arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
528._o 3._o other_o say_v as_o camero_n that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n and_o the_o object_n and_o temptation_n necessitate_v the_o intellect_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o object_n and_o law_n and_o permit_v the_o tempter_n 529._o 4._o other_o say_v that_o god_n only_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n 1._o by_o support_n and_o concourse_n necessary_a to_o all_o agent_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o general_n 2._o and_o give_v power_n also_o to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v free_o 3._o and_o as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v that_o which_o he_o know_v man_n will_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o their_o sin_n 4._o and_o also_o by_o his_o providence_n cause_v many_o effect_n of_o which_o man_n sin_n be_v also_o a_o cause_n 5._o and_o after_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o their_o evil_n 6._o but_o as_o to_o the_o sin_n itself_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o it_o either_o as_o sin_n or_o punishment_n either_o of_o the_o form_n or_o of_o the_o act_n as_o moral_o specify_v that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v about_o this_o forbid_v object_n or_o end_v rather_o than_o another_o and_o this_o opinion_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a truth_n 530._o let_v it_o here_o be_v note_v 1._o that_o the_o five_o thing_n here_o grant_v be_v all_o certain_a truth_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a on_o god_n part_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o event_n which_o we_o see_v and_o unnecessary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v 3._o that_o they_o full_o show_v god_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o therein_o 4._o and_o yet_o to_o be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o consider_v of_o the_o particular_n 531._o i._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o creator_n have_v make_v man_n a_o vital_a agent_n and_o therefore_o a_o self-actor_n under_o he_o and_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o follow_v the_o perception_n of_o sense_n alone_o and_o a_o free-willing_a agent_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la or_o to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v or_o to_o choose_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o as_o far_o as_o consist_v with_o his_o necessary_a volition_n which_o i_o acknowledge_v and_o enumerate_v before_o which_o be_v part_n of_o gibieuf_n and_o guil._n camerarius_fw-la scot._n meaning_n by_o their_o servato_fw-la ordine_fw-la finis_fw-la though_o i_o think_v that_o annatus_n do_v not_o unjust_o accuse_v gibieuf_n of_o confusion_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o that_o matter_n 532._o ii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o motus_fw-la vel_fw-la actio_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n conclus_fw-la nature_n nature_n nature_n vid._n gregor_n arim._n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi 8._o &_o 12._o who_o judgement_n many_o schoolman_n follow_v vasquez_n thus_o abbreviate_v and_o report_v he_o in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 4._o mâtionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ordine_fw-la causae_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o determinatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la at_o in_o operibus_fw-la peccati_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la malitia_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la nostram_fw-la determinationâm_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternitaââ_n exit_fw-la quo_fw-la inserunt_fw-la deum_fw-la praefinisse_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ante_fw-la detârminatiânâm_fw-la nostram_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la praevisam_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecognita_fw-la determinatione_fw-la nostrae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vid._n marsil_n in_o 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 2._o post_fw-la 4._o conclus_fw-la and_o so_o when_o a_o sinner_n act_v it_o be_v not_o without_o this_o universal_a first_o cause_n whether_o god_n do_v it_o only_o as_o durandus_fw-la thought_n by_o the_o mere_a continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n active_a and_o mobile_n or_o by_o any_o superadded_a concourse_n beside_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a business_n which_o only_o show_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n 533._o iii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o govern_v providence_n by_o do_v good_a do_v set_v before_o man_n that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o occasion_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n every_o thing_n be_v turn_v into_o sin_n by_o sinner_n 16._o sinner_n sinner_n sinner_n titus_n 1._o 15_o 16._o and_o to_o the_o unclean_a all_o thing_n be_v unclean_a through_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o sanctify_a bad_a stomach_n corrupt_v the_o wholsome_a food_n all_o god_n mercy_n be_v abuse_v to_o sin_n 534._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n fore-knew_a this_o and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v to_o deny_v man_n life_n or_o take_v it_o away_o lest_o they_o abuse_v it_o or_o deny_v man_n all_o those_o mercy_n or_o remove_v they_o which_o he_o forsee_v that_o they_o will_v turn_v to_o sin_n 535._o iv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n often_o concur_v to_o the_o cause_v of_o the_o very_a same_o effect_n which_o sin_n also_o cause_v and_o so_o be_v as_o a_o concause_n of_o it_o with_o sin_n and_o this_o effect_n be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o the_o sin_n itself_o be_v oft_o call_v by_o its_o name_n as_o if_o it_o be_v its_o near_a matter_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o man_n in_o this_o case_n that_o cannoâ_n distinguish_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o instance_n 536._o v._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v do_v much_o good_a by_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o turn_v the_o sin_n itself_o into_o good_a 537._o vi_o and_o to_o these_o five_o operation_n of_o god_n i_o add_v as_o to_o his_o volition_n that_o all_o this_o which_o he_o do_v he_o will_v or_o decree_v to_o do_v and_o he_o have_v no_o contrary_a will_n at_o all_o 538._o but_o that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v that_o he_o be_v any_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n itself_o efficient_a or_o deficient_a culpable_a or_o not_o culpable_a physical_a or_o moral_a for_o the_o open_n of_o which_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o go_v to_o its_o be_v or_o constitution_n 539._o all_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v our_o ruler_n by_o a_o law_n and_o also_o our_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v optimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n and_o that_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n we_o that_o be_v his_o own_o be_v also_o his_o subject_n and_o beneficiaries_n and_o make_v capable_a of_o love_v he_o as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n and_o of_o obey_v his_o law_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v our_o disobedience_n to_o these_o law_n with_o our_o deny_v god_n ourselves_o as_o his_o own_o and_o withhold_v or_o pervert_v the_o love_n which_o we_o owe_v he_o as_o our_o end_n 540._o as_o logic_n have_v confound_v we_o in_o most_o other_o case_n by_o arbitrary_a unsuitable_a second_o notion_n make_v we_o a_o shoe_n not_o meet_v for_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v thing_n without_o those_o unfit_a notion_n than_o with_o they_o so_o have_v it_o do_v here_o man_n may_v more_o easy_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o disobey_v a_o law_n and_o that_o either_o by_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o or_o by_o not_o do_v what_o we_o be_v command_v than_o they_o can_v know_v by_o what_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a name_n it_o shall_v be_v call_v whether_o a_o privation_n or_o a_o relation_n a_o act_n or_o no_o act_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o logician_n that_o god_n make_v his_o law_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o a_o metaphysical_a conscience_n that_o will_v accuse_v man_n or_o condemn_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n 541._o no_o act_n mere_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v forbid_v of_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n and_o can_v no_o more_o cease_v all_o action_n than_o to_o be_v though_o it_o can_v forbear_v a_o particular_a act_n as_o to_o this_o object_n and_o at_o this_o time_n and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o act_n as_o such_o 542._o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o as_o action_n itself_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o motion_n of_o a_o substance_n so_o to_o choose_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o action_n in_o it_o than_o to_o have_v choose_v the_o other_o or_o than_o 4._o exit_fw-la to_o verb_n quoth_v dâus_a concââ_n at_o nobiscum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la prout_fw-la facultas_fw-la liberi_fw-la
no_o warning_n take_v what_o thou_o get_v by_o it_o can_v you_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v his_o will_n that_o this_o man_n eat_v the_o poison_n prohibit_v 608._o next_o he_o cit_v augustine_n threadbare_a saying_n and_o blame_v aquinas_n and_o arminius_n for_o deny_v his_o authority_n and_o commend_v the_o great_a reverence_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o so_o anselm_n hugo_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o we_o stick_v not_o on_o one_o man_n authority_n god_n hold_v not_o his_o holiness_n and_o the_o church_n its_o religion_n on_o augustine_n authority_n 2._o augustine_n have_v ten_o time_n more_o plain_a enough_o for_o what_o i_o hold_v see_v the_o place_n cite_v in_o paul_n eiren._n triad_n patrum_fw-la 3._o he_o know_v its_o like_a that_o estius_n and_o many_o more_o expound_v augustine_n word_n as_o terminate_a god_n volition_n on_o his_o own_o permission_n and_o not_o on_o the_o sin_n or_o fieri_fw-la 4._o i_o think_v plain_o that_o augustine_n there_o speak_v not_o of_o inward_a volition_n but_o outward_a act_n and_o that_o not_o as_o agentis_fw-la but_o in_fw-la passo_fw-la or_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o it_o be_v true_a that_o no_o murder_n theft_n treason_n or_o other_o effect_n be_v produce_v in_o the_o world_n but_o what_o god_n positive_o decreeth_n shall_v be_v produce_v either_o by_o do_v some_o effect_n himself_o as_o drown_v the_o world_n or_o permit_v sinner_n to_o do_v they_o while_o he_o cause_v not_o their_o act_n but_o the_o receptivity_n of_o the_o passum_fw-la and_o so_o the_o effect_n etc._n etc._n 609._o pag._n 194._o retort_a on_o aquin._n he_o thus_o argue_v because_o god_n do_v will_n his_o own_o goodness_n therefore_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o god_n will_v that_o sin_n be_v do_v he_o permit_v it_o for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o will_v his_o essential_a goodness_n which_o need_v no_o acquisition_n but_o he_o will_v to_o manifest_v his_o goodness_n but_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n be_v not_o opposite_a to_o the_o manifest_v of_o god_n goodness_n yea_o nothing_o be_v more_o can_v more_o more_o more_o so_o twiss_n contr_n armin._n pro_fw-la junio_fw-la pag._n 91._o dissent_v from_o jâniuâ_n that_o say_v peceatum_fw-la ad_fw-la rationem_fw-la universi_fw-la facere_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la and_o say_v mibi_fw-la vero_fw-la dicendum_fw-la videtur_fw-la peceatum_fw-la conducibile_fw-la esse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la universi_fw-la quatenus_fw-la conducit_fw-la ad_fw-la illustrandos_fw-la tale_n divinae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la radios_fw-la and_o if_o so_o it_o must_v per_fw-mi se_fw-mi be_v love_v of_o god_n as_o good_n yet_o contr_n corvin_n he_o say_v that_o no_o sober_a man_n say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o medium_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o reprobation_n but_o only_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n reconcile_v they_o that_o can_v conducible_a to_o it_o than_o this_o i_o say_v to_o the_o manifest_v of_o god_n goodness_n by_o way_n of_o mercy_n in_o spare_v or_o by_o way_n of_o justice_n in_o punish_v answ_n horresco_fw-la recitans_fw-la 1._o god_n volition_n of_o his_o essential_a goodness_n be_v his_o necessary_a volition_n 2._o god_n have_v no_o end_n to_o acquire_v but_o always_o have_v his_o end_n and_o be_v never_o without_o it_o 3._o if_o god_n have_v necessary_o will_v the_o particular_a way_n of_o manifest_v his_o goodness_n than_o he_o do_v all_o thing_n necessary_o and_o can_v do_v no_o otherwise_o and_o it_o seem_v by_o you_o can_v not_o manifest_v it_o without_o sin_n 4._o do_v he_o not_o manifest_v his_o goodness_n as_o much_o to_o the_o innumerable_a glorious_a angel_n who_o never_o sin_v and_o will_v it_o not_o have_v be_v as_o much_o manifest_v to_o we_o if_o we_o have_v be_v as_o they_o 5._o the_o very_a indetermination_n of_o the_o will_n and_o its_o mediate_a liberty_n be_v not_o the_o high_a excellency_n of_o his_o creature_n it_o be_v better_a than_o the_o sensitive_a necessity_n of_o bruit_n and_o low_a than_o the_o confirm_a necessity_n of_o the_o bless_a it_o be_v our_o defectibility_n and_o the_o excellent_a or_o best_a of_o his_o work_n most_o honour_n god_n goodness_n 6._o be_v it_o not_o the_o strong_a temptation_n that_o man_n have_v in_o this_o world_n to_o doubt_v of_o or_o dishonour_v the_o goodness_n of_o god_n to_o think_v how_o he_o permit_v the_o world_n to_o be_v drown_v in_o wickedness_n and_o be_v so_o like_a to_o hell_n 7._o do_v not_o christ_n turn_v the_o prayer_n of_o all_o christian_n against_o your_o doctrine_n viz._n that_o god_n name_n may_v be_v hallow_v his_o kingdom_n come_v and_o his_o will_n do_v on_o earth_n as_o it_o be_v in_o heaven_n which_o be_v not_o by_o any_o sin_n 8._o do_v not_o your_o word_n tempt_v man_n to_o be_v indifferent_a to_o sin_n if_o not_o to_o love_v it_o if_o nothing_o be_v more_o conducible_a to_o honour_v god_n goodness_n 9_o be_v not_o that_o conclusion_n a_o great_a wrong_n to_o christ_n scripture_n ministry_n and_o holiness_n as_o be_v no_o more_o conducible_a to_o manifest_v god_n 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it_o be_v clear_a 1._o that_o in_o the_o first_o case_n the_o motion_n will_v be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o hinder_v but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o cause_v by_o not-hindering_a it_o but_o by_o its_o proper_a move_a cause_n in_o the_o second_o case_n the_o consequence_n of_o futurity_n be_v false_a and_o where_o the_o inclination_n to_o good_a and_o evil_n that_o be_v to_o superior_a and_o inferior_a prohibit_v good_a be_v equal_a yea_o though_o antecedent_o somewhat_o unequal_a yet_o bare_a permission_n ascertain_v not_o futurity_n 3._o much_o less_o in_o the_o three_o case_n where_o the_o soul_n must_v have_v positive_a help_n or_o provocation_n sure_o he_o do_v not_o think_v that_o all_o or_o any_o ungodly_a man_n will_v infallible_o love_v god_n if_o god_n do_v but_o permit_v they_o but_o god_n permit_v or_o not_o hinder_v sin_n may_v respect_v divers_a act_n 1._o iâ_n god_n continue_v not_o his_o natural_a support_n man_n will_v be_v no_o man_n but_o be_v aââââlated_v and_o so_o will_v 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the_o holy_a spirit_n and_o continue_v his_o influx_n necessary_a to_o the_o continuation_n of_o the_o power_n and_o habit_n of_o holy_a action_n with_o necessary_a mean_n and_o do_v no_o more_o this_o man_n will_v do_v some_o good_a and_o some_o evil_n and_o though_o he_o may_v be_v equal_o say_v to_o be_v permit_v to_o do_v this_o sin_n as_o another_o yet_o he_o may_v do_v one_o and_o not_o another_o 6._o god_n total_o permit_v no_o man_n to_o sin_n but_o hinder_v they_o many_o way_n though_o he_o hinder_v not_o all_o alike_o 7._o it_o be_v possible_a for_o two_o man_n to_o have_v equal_a help_n to_o duty_n and_o equal_a hindrance_n to_o sin_n or_o the_o same_o man_n at_o several_a time_n and_o yet_o for_o one_o to_o do_v the_o duty_n and_o forbear_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o other_o to_o commit_v the_o sin_n and_o omit_v the_o duty_n as_o many_o schoolman_n have_v copious_o prove_v yet_o in_o this_o case_n permission_n will_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n to_o both_o but_o if_o you_o use_v the_o word_n permission_n as_o connote_v the_o event_n than_o indeed_o you_o may_v say_v that_o the_o event_n from_o another_o cause_n will_v follow_v and_o god_n non-impedition_a will_n ab_fw-la eventu_fw-la actionis_fw-la be_v extrinsecal_o denominate_v permission_n in_o the_o one_o case_n and_o not_o in_o the_o other_o but_o this_o be_v but_o from_o your_o arbitrary_a use_n of_o the_o word_n 615._o next_o the_o doctor_n assault_v durandus_fw-la who_o thus_o argue_v god_n will_v follow_v only_o his_o approve_v knowledge_n but_o he_o know_v not_o sin_v approve_o be_v of_o pure_a eye_n etc._n etc._n he_o answer_v 1._o god_n approve_v that_o sin_n be_v though_o he_o approve_v not_o sin_n 2._o god_n will_v the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n ergo_fw-la he_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o it_o to_o which_o i_o reply_v 1._o the_o first_o answer_n be_v unprove_v and_o false_a god_n approve_v not_o that_o 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be_v a_o presuppose_a mischief_n our_o deliverance_n from_o which_o ââ_o punishment_n for_o it_o be_v will_v for_o his_o glory_n it_o be_v indeed_o necessary_a but_o ââly_a necessitate_v existentiae_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la praecognito_o as_o a_o foresee_a evil_n and_o so_o preâpposed_v to_o those_o act_n of_o god_n which_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o his_o glory_n therefore_o his_o assertion_n of_o a_o notitia_fw-la approbationis_fw-la rei_fw-la tanquam_fw-la bonae_fw-la in_o ânere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la honesti_fw-la be_v detestable_a 616._o ibid._n p._n 196._o he_o again_o say_v that_o though_o it_o be_v dishonest_a in_o the_o âeature_n to_o sin_n because_o forbid_v it_o be_v not_o dishonest_a in_o god_n to_o will_n that_o he_o ââ_o it_o by_o his_o permission_n it_o be_v unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o his_o glory_n ânsw_o 1._o fie_o upon_o this_o conducibile_fw-la and_o unicè_fw-la too_o 2._o fie_o upon_o this_o oft_o âpeated_v permittente_fw-la non_fw-la efficiente_a it_o be_v utter_o lusory_a or_o immodest_a âor_a a_o man_n that_o maintain_v that_o no_o sinner_n do_v any_o thing_n in_o sin_v but_o âhat_n god_n as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n predetermine_v his_o will_n to_o even_o as_o to_o all_o âe_a entity_n in_o act_n and_o circumstance_n imaginable_a and_o that_o in_o all_o omission_n â_o be_v a_o natural_a impossibility_n to_o have_v do_v one_o omit_v act_n without_o this_o âedetermining_a premotion_n and_o for_o the_o man_n that_o in_o the_o next_o say_v that_o âalum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la volentis_fw-la aut_fw-la facientis_fw-la but_o ipsa_fw-la effectio_fw-la rei_fw-la i_o ây_a for_o this_o man_n yet_o to_o say_v that_o the_o creature_n effect_v sin_n and_o god_n effect_v â_o not_o be_v too_o too_o gross_a the_o common_a evasion_n be_v that_o sin_n be_v not_o any_o ââing_n and_o therefore_o not_o effectible_a but_o why_o then_o do_v they_o say_v that_o the_o âeature_n effect_v it_o when_o they_o have_v say_v and_o defend_v that_o the_o creaâre_n do_v nothing_o but_o what_o god_n do_v and_o what_o he_o unavoidable_o make_v ââm_fw-la do_fw-mi 617._o durandus_fw-la argue_v that_o sin_n can_v be_v judge_v convenient_a by_o a_o ââght_n understanding_n ergo_fw-la not_o by_o god_n the_o doctor_n answer_v that_o âes_v own_o sin_n can_v be_v judge_v convenient_a but_o another_o may_n he_o inâanceth_v 1._o when_o a_o man_n will_v that_o a_o usurer_n lend_v he_o money_n on_o usury_n â_o when_o a_o christian_a prince_n will_v a_o turk_n to_o swear_v to_o a_o league_n by_o maââmet_n 3._o when_o god_n will_v that_o absalon_n shall_v defile_v his_o father_n concuânes_n and_o he_o add_v that_o for_o we_o to_o sin_n be_v contrary_a to_o our_o right_a reaâân_n because_o it_o be_v forbid_v and_o hurtful_a to_o we_o but_o for_o god_n to_o will_v that_o âe_a sin_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o his_o right_a reason_n as_o not_o forbid_v or_o hurtful_a â_o he_o repl._n 1_o no_o man_n shall_v will_v unlawful_a usury_n he_o that_o will_v to_o borââw_v though_o he_o can_v have_v it_o without_o usury_n do_v not_o will_n the_o usury_n âut_v the_o money_n non-obstante_a usura_fw-la as_o he_o that_o choose_v to_o travel_v with_o blasphemer_n rather_o than_o to_o go_v alone_o in_o danger_n he_o do_v not_o will_n his_o blasphemy_n but_o his_o company_n non_fw-fr obstante_fw-la blasphemia_fw-la 2._o the_o same_o be_v to_o âe_v say_v of_o swear_v by_o mahomet_n it_o be_v only_o the_o oath_n as_o a_o oath_n that_o be_v ââ_o be_v will_v and_o not_o as_o by_o mahomet_n that_o be_v not_o will_v but_o unwilling_o ââdured_v 3._o absaloms_n instance_n be_v answer_v before_o god_n will_v only_a david_n punishment_n and_o the_o passive_a constupration_n as_o a_o effect_n of_o sin_n ân_v a_o foresight_n of_o absaloms_n active_a volition_n and_o sin_n and_o not_o as_o
rutherford_n charge_v of_o camero_n and_o his_o follower_n in_o france_n amyraldus_n etc._n etc._n with_o semipelagianism_n and_o arminianism_n and_o filthy_a opinion_n it_o be_v but_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o good_a man_n overween_a and_o conceitedness_n of_o his_o own_o apprehension_n which_o must_v be_v allow_v or_o endure_v in_o most_o of_o these_o contender_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o such_o dispute_n be_v like_a to_o be_v little_a better_o but_o the_o worthy_a praise_n of_o blondel_n dallaeus_n placeus_n capellus_n amyraldus_n testardus_n etc._n etc._n shall_v survive_v such_o reproach_n and_o a_o thousand_o pity_n it_o be_v to_o read_v a_o good_a man_n voluminous_o prove_v god_n to_o be_v a_o willer_n of_o sin_n existence_n and_o a_o prime-predetermining_a cause_n of_o all_o prohibit_v volition_n and_o act_n and_o reproach_v the_o jesuit_n lutheran_n arminian_o and_o socinian_o as_o the_o great_a enemy_n of_o god_n providence_n for_o deny_v this_o as_o if_o he_o will_v tempt_v 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dei_fw-la vâlitio_fw-la qua_fw-la vult_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la seu_fw-la fiat_fw-la actus_fw-la dei_fw-la odii_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la deum_fw-la malitia_fw-la qââ_n other_o i_o confess_v gab._n biel_n in_o 2._o d._n 37._o speak_v too_o like_o these_o several_a atheological_a assertion_n as_o do_v many_o other_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la sequitur_fw-la actum_fw-la authorem_fw-la resp_n but_o that_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la be_v no_o reason_n of_o the_o denial_n if_o god_n cause_v that_o accident_n also_o as_o the_o first_o cause_n if_o he_o make_v a_o law_n and_o make_v the_o forbid_a act_n the_o relation_n of_o sinfulness_n be_v a_o accident_n indeed_o but_o arise_v from_o the_o say_v fundamentum_fw-la so_o necessary_o that_o it_o can_v be_v otherwise_o but_o it_o shall_v have_v make_v a_o holy_a divine_a to_o tremble_v to_o have_v say_v that_o god_n direct_o express_o and_o effectual_o will_v man_n act_n of_o hate_v god_n viz._n that_o it_o exist_v or_o be_v 653._o and_o it_o be_v false_a that_o he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v equal_o the_o cause_n that_o man_n hate_v he_o if_o he_o will_v the_o act_n hypothetical_o ineffectual_o and_o determiâably_o by_o another_o will_n as_o if_o he_o will_v it_o efficacious_o and_o so_o when_o he_o make_v the_o doctrine_n of_o universal_a concourse_n and_o causation_n as_o guilty_a as_o âis_n predetermine_v pre-motion_n as_o if_o god_n can_v not_o make_v man_n a_o free-âiller_a and_o agent_n and_o as_o the_o spring_n of_o nature_n enable_v he_o and_o concur_v âo_o his_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la without_o cause_v it_o to_o terminate_v on_o the_o forbid_a object_n in_o specie_fw-la as_o if_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o sun_n to_o be_v ân_o universal_a cause_n of_o the_o stink_a of_o a_o dunghill_n and_o weed_n without_o be_v âhe_v special_a or_o as_o if_o god_n must_v be_v make_v the_o cause_n of_o every_o blasphemy_n unless_o âe_n will_v make_v the_o blasphemer_n speechless_a and_o of_o every_o villainy_n unless_o he_o will_v strike_v man_n dead_a to_o prevent_v it_o this_o be_v not_o reverend_a and_o holy_a judge_v of_o the_o most_o holy_a god_n the_o judge_n of_o all_o 654._o the_o sum_n of_o all_o his_o vindication_n of_o god_n from_o be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o all_o sin_n pag._n 387._o &_o passim_fw-la be_v but_o this_o one_o reason_n god_n be_v under_o no_o law_n but_o if_o this_o be_v all_o why_o do_v you_o not_o speak_v out_o what_o you_o mean_v but_o hold_v that_o which_o you_o dare_v not_o name_n viz._n that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a evil_a so_o banne_n in_o 1._o q._n 23._o â_o 3._o p._n 270_o 271._o voluntas_fw-la hominis_fw-la malâ_n est_fw-la quia_fw-la exercet_fw-la actum_fw-la odii_fw-la dei_fw-la sine_fw-la regula_fw-la rationis_fw-la immo_fw-la contra_fw-la legem_fw-la dei_fw-la deus_fw-la autem_fw-la bona_fw-la vol_fw-it untate_fw-la vult_fw-la fieri_fw-la illum_fw-la actum_fw-la permittens_fw-la defectum_fw-la causâ_n secundâ_n in_o ipso_fw-la ut_fw-la inde_fw-la aliquod_fw-la majus_fw-la bonum_fw-la faciat_fw-la which_o be_v true_a of_o the_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la but_o not_o as_o it_o be_v odium_n dei._n for_o so_o if_o he_o will_v it_o and_o cause_n it_o he_o do_v more_o than_o permit_v and_o the_o defectus_fw-la causae_fw-la secundae_fw-la be_v that_o very_a odium_fw-la as_o against_o god_n and_o do_v god_n cause_v the_o great_a sin_n that_o he_o may_v do_v good_a by_o it_o he_o can_v do_v as_o much_o good_a without_o cause_v the_o evil_a ânsuperable_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o devil_n and_o man_n for_o which_o he_o damn_v âhem_n and_o that_o both_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n and_o form_n but_o yet_o thus_o to_o do_v be_v no_o sin_n in_o god_n himself_o because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n this_o be_v your_o most_o âlain_a undoubted_a sense_n or_o else_o your_o book_n be_v nonsense_n what_o need_v we_o then_o any_o further_a enquiry_n what_o you_o hold_v it_o be_v
can_v do_v no_o more_o than_o this_o nor_o this_o but_o by_o the_o power_n give_v he_o of_o god_n §_o 7._o vain_o therefore_o do_v the_o dominican_n pretend_v that_o it_o be_v a_o deify_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o say_v that_o god_n can_v enable_v it_o to_o cause_n the_o various_a order_n of_o man_n action_n by_o mere_a moral_a help_n without_o god_n predetermine_v premotion_n to_o that_o order_n for_o this_o be_v to_o cause_v no_o real_a be_v and_o he_o that_o be_v move_v to_o the_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la need_v no_o more_o premotion_n from_o god_n to_o the_o disorder_n and_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act._n §_o 8._o and_o they_o that_o will_v call_v the_o production_n of_o faith_n a_o creation_n in_o the_o strict_a and_o proper_a sense_n do_v not_o understand_v that_o creatio_fw-la est_fw-la rerum_fw-la non_fw-la ordinis_fw-la rerum_fw-la jam_fw-la creatarum_fw-la vel_fw-la existentium_fw-la a_o act_n be_v of_o itself_o improper_o say_v to_o be_v create_v in_o a_o pre-existent_a agent_n that_o be_v not_o call_v create_v which_o be_v educe_v è_fw-la potentia_fw-la materiae_fw-la nor_o that_o which_o be_v produce_v by_o the_o potentia_fw-la activa_fw-la prae-existentis_a forma_fw-la faith_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o same_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n which_o we_o have_v before_o and_o grace_n or_o rather_o nature_n usual_o suscitate_v that_o faculty_n to_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la and_o grace_n do_v cause_v we_o to_o order_n that_o act_n aright_o as_o to_o the_o due_a object_n and_o other_o circumstance_n but_o if_o any_o will_v call_v it_o a_o creation_n i_o contend_v not_o about_o the_o name_n §_o 9_o but_o the_o whole_a state_n of_o the_o man_n habitual_a relative_n and_o practical_a set_v together_o be_v call_v in_o scripture_n a_o new_a creature_n and_o the_o new_a man_n tropical_o but_o not_o unfit_o partly_o because_o we_o be_v real_o new_a though_o not_o by_o another_o humanity_n or_o species_n of_o natural_a essence_n yet_o by_o many_o accident_n and_o partly_o because_o those_o accident_n be_v so_o great_a and_o make_v so_o great_a a_o change_n of_o our_o state_n as_o that_o they_o emulate_v a_o natural_a essence_n and_o we_o use_v to_o say_v in_o common_a thing_n that_o when_o a_o unlearned_a man_n be_v make_v learned_a and_o a_o poor_a man_n a_o prince_n and_o a_o die_a man_n healthful_a he_o be_v another_o man_n §_o 10._o though_o god_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o christ_n the_o same_o and_o the_o law_n and_o word_n and_o many_o antecedent_n mean_v the_o same_o to_o many_o on_o who_o they_o have_v different_a effect_n this_o difference_n may_v be_v cause_v many_o way_n difference_n the_o cause_n of_o difference_n as_o 1._o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o other_o inferior_a or_o concomitant_a second_o cause_n 2._o by_o the_o diverse_a disposition_n of_o the_o receiver_n a_o common_a cause_n of_o variety_n in_o the_o world_n 3._o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o impediment_n and_o temptation_n and_o many_o other_o way_n §_o 11._o etc._n 11._o 11._o 11._o i_o know_v that_o bradwardine_n li._n 2._o c._n 32._o cor._n p._n 612._o say_v that_o deum_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v scientiam_fw-la eratiam_fw-la aut_fw-la perseverantiam_fw-la seu_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la munus_fw-la suum_fw-la creature_n capaci_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la quare_fw-la ipsa_fw-la non_fw-la accipit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la habet_fw-la &_o non_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la et_fw-la p._n 614._o quicquid_fw-la obex_fw-la dicatur_fw-la potest_fw-la illa_fw-la respânsio_fw-la corripi_fw-la cum_fw-la nullus_fw-la possit_fw-la hunc_fw-la obicem_fw-la tollere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la prius_fw-la praetollentem_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ipse_fw-la cum_fw-la voluerit_fw-la tollere_fw-la irresistibiliter_fw-la tollitur_fw-la auferam_fw-la cor_fw-la lapideum_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o great_a question_n be_v how_o far_o the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n be_v from_o god_n answ_n 1._o god_n make_v all_o equal_a at_o first_o in_o adam_n 2._o all_o be_v equal_a in_o sin_n by_o his_o fall_n 3._o cain_n and_o abel_n differ_v from_o several_a cause_n and_o not_o one_o alone_a abel_n differ_v from_o cain_n in_o faith_n and_o obedience_n by_o god_n grace_n as_o the_o chief_a cause_n and_o his_o own_o will_n and_o agency_n as_o the_o second_o cause_n cain_n differ_v from_o abel_n by_o unbelief_n and_o sin_n by_o his_o own_o will_n and_o satan_n temptation_n 4._o the_o sin_n of_o late_a parent_n as_o of_o cain_n cham_n esau_n achan_n gehezi_n etc._n etc._n make_v a_o further_a difference_n by_o deprive_v their_o posterity_n of_o some_o mean_n help_n or_o grace_n which_o else_o they_o have_v be_v equal_o capable_a of_o with_o other_o 5._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o man_n have_v much_o to_o do_v about_o his_o own_o heart_n by_o which_o he_o be_v to_o be_v the_o second_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o if_o he_o fail_v be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o his_o indisposition_n §_o 12._o difference_n be_v but_o dissimilitude_n and_o a_o alteration_n of_o one_o of_o the_o subject_n which_o soever_o will_v make_v it_o dissimile_n or_o to_o differ_v from_o the_o other_o when_o the_o good_a angel_n stand_v and_o the_o evil_n fall_v if_o you_o ask_v who_o make_v the_o difference_n it_o be_v the_o devil_n by_o forsake_v their_o first_o estate_n though_o constitutive_o both_o their_o sin_n and_o the_o angel_n obedience_n make_v the_o dissimilitude_n if_o you_o suppose_v cain_n and_o abel_n equal_o under_o grace_n at_o first_o and_o ask_v who_o make_v the_o difference_n i_o answer_v constitutive_o cain_n sin_n and_o abel_n righteousness_n make_v or_o be_v the_o difference_n but_o as_o to_o reputative_a efficiency_n cain_n make_v the_o difference_n by_o reject_v grace_n so_o if_o you_o shall_v suppose_v two_o equal_o qualify_v with_o common_a grace_n and_o one_o of_o they_o to_o lose_v it_o the_o efficience_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v imputable_a to_o he_o but_o if_o you_o suppose_v two_o equal_o lose_v in_o sin_n and_o one_o convert_v and_o not_o the_o other_o the_o constitutive_a cause_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v once_o sin_n and_o the_o other_o repentance_n but_o the_o imputable_a efficiency_n be_v god_n grace_n and_o man_n repentance_n or_o will_n that_o be_v recover_v §_o 13._o but_o when_o paul_n do_v ask_v who_o make_v thou_o to_o differ_v he_o mean_v who_o give_v thou_o that_o good_a by_o which_o thou_o differe_v and_o expound_v it_o by_o what_o have_v thou_o which_o thou_o have_v not_o receive_v and_o no_o doubt_n but_o all_o good_a be_v receive_v from_o god_n and_o this_o will_v have_v hold_v true_a if_o god_n have_v by_o equal_a operation_n do_v as_o much_o on_o the_o other_o which_o have_v be_v uneffectual_a by_o his_o indisposition_n or_o rejection_n §_o 14._o nature_n and_o scripture_n persuade_v we_o that_o the_o same_o measure_n of_o help_n or_o influx_n be_v not_o enough_o to_o make_v one_o repent_v or_o believe_v which_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v another_o for_o the_o difference_n of_o soul_n and_o temptation_n and_o impediment_n plain_o prove_v it_o the_o same_o strength_n will_v not_o move_v a_o mountain_n which_o will_v move_v a_o feather_n nor_o the_o same_o teach_v make_v a_o ignorant_a sot_n to_o understand_v which_o serve_v a_o prepare_a person_n §_o 15._o bodily_a aptitude_n or_o ineptitude_n do_v much_o to_o vary_v receptivity_n which_o be_v usual_o god_n punishment_n or_o reward_n for_o parent_n action_n and_o ofttimes_o for_o man_n own_o some_o by_o fornication_n gluttony_n drunkenness_n sport_n and_o idleness_n make_v themselves_o even_o next_o to_o brute_n §_o 16._o but_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n from_o scripture_n to_o believe_v that_o though_o god_n law_n be_v equal_a and_o his_o judgement_n where_o man_n do_v not_o make_v a_o inequality_n yet_o as_o a_o free_a lord_n and_o benefactor_n he_o deal_v not_o equal_o with_o all_o that_o be_v of_o equal_a merit_n though_o he_o do_v no_o man_n wrong_v nor_o deny_v any_o what_o he_o promise_v in_o his_o word_n but_o keep_v perfect_a justice_n as_o a_o governor_n yet_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o he_o will_v be_v special_o good_a to_o some_o though_o other_o see_v it_o with_o a_o evil_a eye_n §_o 17._o whether_o all_o that_o be_v elect_v have_v at_o first_o a_o great_a measure_n of_o the_o divine_a help_n and_o impress_n than_o any_o that_o be_v not_o convert_v no_o man_n can_v say_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o but_o certain_o all_o the_o elect_a be_v fore-decreed_a by_o god_n will_n to_o that_o certain_a conversion_n which_o other_o be_v not_o so_o decree_v to_o sect_n vi_o of_o the_o limitation_n of_o god_n operation_n on_o the_o soul_n §_o 1._o that_o which_o stick_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o many_o be_v that_o god_n be_v omnipotent_a all_o his_o operation_n must_v be_v equal_o unresistible_a and_o efficacious_a because_o none_o can_v conquer_v god_n but_o 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in_o you_o be_v not_o able_a certain_o to_o define_v what_o physical_o specifi_v a_o action_n and_o what_o not_o to_o say_v that_o one_o be_v the_o species_n of_o a_o act_n and_o the_o other_o be_v but_o a_o accident_n and_o no_o species_n be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o you_o will_v say_v what_o you_o listen_v we_o use_v to_o say_v that_o act_n be_v specify_v by_o their_o object_n and_o so_o when_o object_n differ_v specie_fw-la physica_fw-la vel_fw-la morali_fw-la the_o act_n do_v so_o but_o when_o the_o question_n be_v with_o judas_n shall_v i_o betray_v my_o master_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o be_v perjure_v or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o commit_v this_o adultery_n or_o not_o with_o another_o shall_v i_o pray_v in_o season_n or_o out_o of_o season_n to_o another_o shall_v i_o love_v god_n or_o the_o creature_n more_o shall_v i_o will_v or_o not_o will_v this_o shall_v i_o will_v it_o or_o will_v it_o etc._n etc._n here_o you_o be_v so_o much_o at_o liberty_n 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whole_a cause_n §_o 16._o but_o to_o this_o he_o have_v a_o answer_n that_o it_o be_v a_o fiction_n and_o unsound_a to_o say_v that_o possibilia_fw-la quae_fw-la nondum_fw-la existunt_fw-la do_v differre_fw-la numero_fw-la cum_fw-la differre_fw-la numero_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la answ_n 1._o he_o may_v as_o well_o say_v that_o esse_fw-la possibile_fw-la be_v a_o fiction_n when_o possibile_fw-la be_v terminus_fw-la diminuens_fw-la ad_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o be_v not_o possibile_fw-la as_o much_o a_o fiction_n de_fw-fr specie_fw-la as_o de_fw-la numero_fw-la that_o which_o be_v not_o neither_o be_v in_o specie_fw-la nor_o in_fw-la numero_fw-la but_o there_o be_v a_o possibilitas_fw-la numeri_fw-la as_o well_o as_o speciei_fw-la yet_o with_o this_o answer_n he_o oft_o insult_v over_o the_o schoolman_n when_o at_o another_o time_n he_o will_v have_v say_v that_o possibile_fw-la have_v a_o esse_fw-la cognitum_fw-la in_o both_o respect_n §_o 17._o and_o i_o think_v the_o good_a man_n forget_v that_o by_o this_o he_o quite_o overthrow_v his_o book_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la and_o much_o of_o all_o his_o other_o book_n which_o be_v animate_v with_o the_o supposition_n of_o god_n will_v cause_v faturition_n from_o eternity_n for_o if_o only_a existentia_fw-la differunt_fw-la numero_fw-la futura_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la existentia_fw-la and_o if_o the_o futurition_n of_o differentia_fw-la numero_fw-la be_v not_o decree_v nor_o eternal_a as_o of_o this_o sun_n this_o earth_n paul_n peter_n and_o their_o singular_a act_n etc._n etc._n than_o nothing_o be_v future_a from_o eternity_n and_o so_o we_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o arminian_o election_n of_o species_n only_o and_o not_o of_o individual_n in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la which_o be_v reject_v sure_a god_n elect_v individual_n or_o none_o and_o if_o so_o it_o be_v future_a individual_n individuation_n exi_v not_o but_o in_o existentibus_fw-la but_o if_o foreknowledge_n and_o decree_n may_v be_v of_o future_n and_o non-existents_a it_o may_v be_v of_o individual_n that_o be_v such_o as_o well_o as_o of_o species_n §_o 18._o yea_o he_o proceed_v to_o say_v pag._n 412._o deum_fw-la scire_fw-la plura_fw-la esse_fw-la possibilia_fw-la quam_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la scire_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la rerum_fw-la possibilium_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la scire_fw-la se_fw-la praestare_fw-la posse_fw-la ut_fw-la detur_fw-la major_a multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la existentium_fw-la quam_fw-la actu_fw-la sit_fw-la quare_fw-la multitudo_fw-la rerum_fw-la individuarum_fw-la deo_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la existentium_fw-la sive_fw-la ea_fw-la sit_fw-la multitudo_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la potentialis_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la be_v causa_fw-la transitionis_fw-la rerum_fw-la è_fw-la numero_fw-la possibilium_fw-la in_o numerum_fw-la futurorum_fw-la and_o my_o foresay_a opposition_n to_o his_o eternal_a causation_n of_o futurity_n be_v hereby_o confirm_v 2._o it_o be_v
cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o thus_o though_o god_n give_v all_o their_o due_a according_a to_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o give_v to_o his_o elect_n such_o proportion_n of_o grace_n as_o he_o give_v they_o no_o antecedent_n right_o to_o by_o his_o law_n or_o at_o least_o to_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o controversy_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o to_o they_o all_o §_o 21._o god_n can_v cure_v and_o sanctify_v all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v his_o absolute_a will_n but_o he_o do_v not_o and_o will_v not_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v and_o he_o will_v be_v no_o loser_n nor_o sufferer_n by_o the_o creature_n sin_n §_o 22._o god_n absolute_a will_n be_v as_o full_o accomplish_v by_o man_n free_a act_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o necessitate_a and_o natural_a and_o man_n action_n be_v as_o free_v as_o if_o god_n have_v make_v no_o absolute_a decree_n of_o their_o futurity_n as_o in_o good_a he_o have_v do_v if_o we_o may_v so_o ascribe_v futurity_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 23._o it_o seem_v that_o all_o sin_n begin_v in_o the_o will_n omission_n of_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v even_o when_o adam_n appetite_n be_v to_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o will_v not_o restrain_v that_o appetite_n when_o it_o can_v have_v do_v it_o and_o then_o positive_a sin_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o §_o 24._o there_o be_v more_o brutishness_n in_o sin_n and_o consequent_o more_o privative_a and_o less_o positive_a faultiness_n of_o the_o reason_n and_o will_n than_o many_o do_v consider_v which_o paul_n partly_o mean_v rom._n 7._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o a_o passion_n e._n g._n anger_n or_o fear_n may_v be_v force_v on_o a_o man_n sudden_o as_o ân_v a_o brute_n without_o reason_n as_o if_o you_o come_v behind_o one_o and_o affright_v he_o or_o strike_v he_o sudden_o no_o reason_n raise_v that_o passion_n and_o consequent_o no_o rational_a will._n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o passion_n without_o reason_n can_v cause_v despotical_o a_o corporal_a motion_n as_o the_o fearful_a will_v start_v and_o run_v and_o the_o angry_a strike_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o rational_a will_n but_o as_o a_o beast_n do_v 3._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o will_v to_o rule_v this_o passion_n and_o these_o motion_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v have_v due_a information_n from_o the_o understanding_n that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v good_a and_o best_a 5._o if_o this_o information_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v never_o miss_v of_o determine_v the_o will_n than_o man_n will_v never_o sin_v but_o when_o the_o understanding_n fail_v of_o its_o necessary_a office_n before_o the_o will_v which_o will_v resolve_v all_o sin_n into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o direct_o move_v the_o will_n to_o it_o by_o necessitate_v unresistible_a predetermination_n for_o the_o intellect_n as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o âây_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o âââ_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n and_o so_o as_o quid_fw-la morale_n formaliter_fw-la sin_n have_v as_o much_o relative_n be_v as_o duty_n have_v viz._n 1._o as_o contra_fw-la legem_fw-la significantem_fw-la 2._o contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la significatam_fw-la 3._o et_fw-la contra_fw-la jââ_n divini_fw-la dominii_fw-la imperii_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la §_o 29._o if_o any_o be_v unsatisfied_a in_o this_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la imperatâm_fw-la there_o be_v no_o more_o physical_a entity_n than_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la imperatum_fw-la no_o nor_o then_o there_o be_v in_o the_o velle_fw-la indefinite_o consider_v as_o on_o any_o object_n or_o if_o any_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o addition_n of_o entity_n it_o be_v but_o ordo_fw-la modi_fw-la in_o any_o such_o sinful_a act_n from_o which_o as_o such_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n or_o sin_n result_v but_o what_o man_n can_v do_v 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so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o
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against_o the_o common_a principle_n of_o nature_n in_o which_o the_o vulgar_a be_v founder_v than_o yourself_o 9_o and_o much_o of_o this_o be_v because_o you_o can_v tell_v how_o god_n punish_v sin_n with_o sin_n unless_o he_o cause_v sin_n what_o if_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o creation_n he_o ordain_v that_o he_o that_o be_v a_o glutton_n shall_v be_v sick_a and_o that_o arsenic_n shall_v corrode_v his_o bowel_n that_o eat_v it_o etc._n etc._n and_o drink_v too_o much_o wine_n shall_v breed_v the_o gout_n etc._n etc._n do_v he_o therefore_o cause_v man_n to_o eat_v and_o drink_v too_o much_o or_o be_v not_o the_o excess_n from_o they_o and_o yet_o the_o penal_a relation_n and_o consequent_n from_o god_n and_o suitable_o to_o all_o this_o he_o define_v grace_n and_o freewill_n viz._n grace_n effectual_a without_o which_o no_o one_o sin_n can_v be_v avoid_v be_v god_n will_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v and_o so_o no_o man_n can_v any_o more_o do_v any_o thing_n than_o what_o he_o do_v than_o he_o can_v make_v a_o world_n and_o freewill_n li._n 2._o c._n 1._o be_v potentia_fw-la rationalis_fw-la rationaliter_fw-la judicandi_fw-la &_o voluntarit_fw-mi exeâquendi_fw-la so_o that_o to_o will_n and_o free_o to_o will_v be_v all_o one_o and_o so_o man_n be_v move_v to_o every_o sin_n by_o necessitate_v premotion_n to_o do_v it_o free_o that_o be_v he_o be_v make_v willing_a that_o be_v sinful_a so_o c._n 32._o in_o omni_n nonactione_n deo_fw-la &_o creaturae_fw-la communi_fw-la prius_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la non-agere_a quam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la &_o quia_fw-la deus_fw-la certam_fw-la actionem_fw-la per_fw-la creaturam_fw-la non_fw-la agit_fw-fr ideo_fw-la creatura_fw-la illam_fw-la non_fw-la agit_fw-fr &_o non_fw-la è_fw-la contra_fw-la so_o that_o all_o omission_n of_o faith_n repentance_n obedience_n etc._n etc._n be_v full_o resolve_v into_o god_n first_o non-agency_a p._n 611._o quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la quod_fw-la quia_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la unum_fw-la angelum_fw-la aliam_fw-la stellam_fw-la coelum_fw-la majus_fw-la ideo_fw-la non_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la ità _fw-la quioquid_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a à _fw-la causa_fw-la secunda_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la non_fw-la fieri_fw-la &_o non_fw-la vult_fw-la positiué_fw-fr scilicet_fw-la habet_fw-la nollâ_n illud_fw-la fieri_fw-la ab_fw-la ta_fw-la prius_fw-la ergo_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la &_o causaliter_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la nolle_fw-la positive_a quare_fw-la &_o non_fw-la uâlle_fw-la &_o non_fw-la facere_fw-la causam_fw-la secundam_fw-la agere_fw-la quam_fw-la ipsam_fw-la non_fw-la agere_fw-la this_o be_v plain_a deal_n all_o man_n that_o love_v not_o god_n and_o all_o that_o hate_v he_o be_v such_o because_o god_n will_v have_v it_o so_o and_o make_v they_o do_v as_o they_o do_v it_o will_v save_v many_o tedious_a volume_n and_o intricate_a dispute_n if_o all_o will_v speak_v as_o plain_o but_o what_o be_v the_o christian_a religion_n 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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 âffect_n as_o receive_v but_o not_o of_o the_o act_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la solââ_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 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it_o denominative_o and_o therefore_o it_o will_v infer_v god_n to_o be_v mutable_a to_o change_v it_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o other_o which_o as_o to_o the_o relation_n and_o name_n follow_v the_o mutable_a creature_n as_o do_v god_n knowledge_n of_o present_a existent_n and_o preterition_n as_o to_o denomination_n and_o connotation_n and_o it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n so_o to_o name_v they_o than_o to_o his_o simplicity_n to_o name_v they_o many_o and_o divers_a 290._o and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n to_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o be_v before_o in_o potentia_n only_o as_o to_o such_o relative_n denomination_n as_o the_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n have_v not_o yet_o that_o proximity_n to_o the_o wave_n which_o a_o twelvemonth_n hence_o will_v touch_v it_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o therefore_o mutable_a or_o as_o you_o be_v yet_o but_o in_o potentia_fw-la to_o the_o termination_n of_o his_o relation_n who_o will_v pass_v about_o you_o before_z and_o behind_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a so_o god_n be_v but_o potential_o the_o creator_n and_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n from_o eternity_n though_o as_o to_o any_o real_a passion_n god_n have_v no_o passive_a power_n 291._o in_o this_o sense_n of_o relation_n to_o the_o object_n and_o effect_n it_o be_v that_o we_o conceive_v of_o god_n act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o volition_n in_o a_o certain_a order_n of_o nature_n as_o one_o be_v before_o and_o one_o after_o another_o though_o not_o as_o they_o be_v god_n essence_n 292._o yet_o because_o the_o use_n and_o truth_n of_o word_n or_o name_n be_v their_o signification_n of_o thing_n as_o indeed_o they_o be_v and_o we_o shall_v put_v no_o name_n on_o any_o creature_n but_o what_o be_v adapt_v to_o notify_v it_o aright_o
ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la essentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la alliac_n camer_n in_o 1._o q._n 12._o d._n see_v in_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 24._o how_o they_o be_v confound_v about_o the_o order_n of_o god_n decree_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n his_o solution_n suppose_v that_o unius_fw-la objecti_fw-la volitio_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la determinans_fw-la ad_fw-la aliorum_fw-la volitionem_fw-la when_o as_o ex_fw-la paâte_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o volition_n and_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la be_v a_o deceive_a ambiguous_a word_n and_o his_o decree_n be_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o be_v all_o but_o one_o 374._o 4._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o our_o conception_n of_o god_n be_v improper_a and_o analogical_a or_o metaphorical_a more_o or_o less_o and_o that_o what_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o god_n be_v formal_o no_o mortal_a know_v and_o shall_v we_o dispute_v then_o 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 and_o lead_v they_o from_o the_o simplicity_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o serpent_n beguile_v eve_n with_o the_o promise_n of_o more_o knowledge_n which_o have_v be_v the_o great_a plague_n and_o divider_n of_o the_o church_n in_o all_o age_n though_o the_o apostle_n foretell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v this_o that_o he_o fear_v of_o they_o and_o be_v we_o not_o self-condemned_n if_o after_o all_o this_o we_o will_v censure_v and_o reproach_n one_o another_o and_o foment_n division_n for_o that_o which_o most_o certain_o no_o mortal_a understand_v 379._o i._o and_o first_o your_o very_a foundation_n be_v uncertain_a that_o god_n do_v proper_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la nay_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o aquinas_n aforecited_a 5._o vasquâz_n say_v that_o god_n own_o goodness_n be_v not_o a_o final_a cause_n of_o his_o volition_n suppose_v that_o movere_fw-la ad_fw-la electionem_fw-la medii_fw-la be_v final_a causality_n ruiz_n assert_v the_o contrary_a take_v final_a causality_n to_o be_v first_o esse_fw-la primum_fw-la objectum_fw-la and_o thus_o man_n strive_v about_o artificial_a notion_n vasq_fw-la 1._o d._n 82._o c._n 1._o ruiz_n de_fw-fr voâ_n dei_fw-la d._n 15._o §._o 1._o p._n 159._o but_o that_o nothing_o be_v the_o ratio_fw-la volendi_fw-la but_o his_o own_o goodness_n see_v albert._n 1._o p._n tr_fw-la 20._o q._n 19_o m._n 1._o a._n 1._o alex._n 1._o p._n q._n 35._o m._n 3._o henric._n quodl_v 4._o q._n 19_o gabr._n 1._o d._n 14._o q._n 1._o a._n 2._o dry_a de_fw-fr concord_n p._n 1._o c._n 3._o vasq_fw-la disp_n 82._o scotus_n 1._o d._n 44._o molin_n 1._o q._n 19_o a._n 5._o say_v though_o vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la he_o prescribe_v end_n to_o man_n and_o set_v end_n to_o mean_n which_o be_v fiâes_n operis_fw-la but_o that_o he_o intend_v a_o end_n himself_o must_v be_v say_v very_o improper_o or_o very_o uncertain_o or_o not_o at_o all_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n do_v finem_fw-la intendere_fw-la because_o we_o must_v speak_v of_o he_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n or_o not_o at_o all_o but_o it_o be_v not_o true_a in_o the_o same_o sense_n as_o we_o speak_v it_o of_o man_n and_o as_o the_o word_n proper_o signify_v but_o equivocal_o 380._o for_o 1._o to_o intend_v a_o end_n be_v to_o make_v that_o end_v a_o cause_n why_o we_o choose_v the_o mean_n as_o most_o say_v but_o god_n election_n or_o action_n have_v no_o cause_n all_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v in_o god_n cause_n and_o effect_n or_o that_o propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la 381._o 2._o in_o man_n to_o intend_v a_o end_n do_v imply_v that_o a_o man_n yet_o want_v his_o end_n and_o that_o it_o be_v somewhat_o that_o he_o need_v or_o at_o least_o do_v not_o yet_o obtain_v but_o god_n need_v nothing_o and_o have_v no_o end_n that_o be_v desire_v or_o want_v nor_o but_o what_o he_o continual_o possess_v or_o enjoy_v as_o 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 himself_o and_o himself_o be_v the_o end_n or_o final_a object_n of_o his_o own_o love_n or_o complacency_n and_o he_o himself_o as_o love_v himself_o be_v say_v to_o act_n on_o that_o end_n or_o object_n and_o indeed_o eternal_a self-knowledge_n and_o self-love_n which_o some_o of_o old_a venture_v to_o call_v the_o second_o and_o three_o person_n be_v the_o great_a immanent_a act_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n with_o the_o sibi_fw-la vivere_fw-la and_o it_o seem_v the_o chief_a notion_n of_o holiness_n in_o god_n that_o he_o love_v himself_o in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v most_o amiable_a to_o his_o creature_n in_o secundo_fw-la instanti_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n and_o end_v of_o all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o they_o thus_o a_o final_a object_n of_o his_o own_o and_o our_o love_n or_o complacency_n god_n be_v pass_v all_o doubt_n and_o secondary_o his_o will_n be_v please_v and_o fulfil_v in_o all_o his_o work_n 387._o 3._o yet_o by_o that_o complacency_n we_o mean_v not_o that_o god_n be_v passive_a or_o receive_v any_o delight_n from_o the_o creature_n or_o have_v any_o addition_n by_o it_o to_o his_o felicity_n but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o communicative_a good_a by_o way_n of_o efficiency_n as_o the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n so_o be_v he_o a_o felicitate_v good_a to_o the_o creature_n as_o its_o end_n and_o he_o be_v love_n take_v the_o creature_n into_o its_o near_a communion_n with_o he_o which_o be_v his_o complacency_n and_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o god_n be_v say_v when_o he_o have_v finish_v his_o work_n to_o rest_v complacential_o in_o all_o as_o very_a good_n 388._o 4._o as_o the_o complacency_n of_o god_n will_n be_v his_o end_n in_o the_o formal_a notion_n so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o god_n
the_o dead_a 444._o 19_o the_o object_n of_o glorify_v grace_n be_v a_o member_n of_o christ_n or_o a_o saint_n thus_o final_o justify_v either_o in_o soul_n first_o or_o in_o soul_n and_o body_n after_o as_o be_v say_v 445._o 20._o the_o object_n of_o god_n great_a felicitating_a complacency_n be_v the_o glorify_a church_n of_o all_o the_o holy_a one_o and_o the_o object_n of_o his_o utmost_a universal_a complacency_n in_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o image_n shine_v on_o the_o whole_a universe_n in_o perfection_n as_o the_o object_n as_o we_o may_v call_v it_o of_o his_o essential_a volition_n love_n or_o complacency_n be_v himself_o and_o as_o these_o be_v the_o object_n of_o the_o grace_n thus_o distinguish_v by_o the_o effect_n so_o be_v they_o of_o the_o will_n or_o decree_n of_o give_v it_o as_o denominate_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o execution_n beside_o which_o davenant_n on_o one_o account_n and_o twisse_n on_o another_o grant_n that_o quoad_fw-la media_fw-la there_o be_v no_o other_o for_o man_n to_o know_v 446._o by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o corrupt_a mass_n simple_o consider_v be_v the_o object_n of_o no_o one_o of_o all_o these_o grace_n but_o the_o corrupt_a mass_n as_o judged_n first_o and_o after_o as_o redeem_v and_o after_o as_o under_o covenant_n etc._n etc._n much_o less_o be_v it_o any_o effect_n of_o god_n as_o corrupt_v 447._o the_o corrupt_a mass_n judge_v be_v not_o as_o such_o the_o object_n of_o god_n discrimination_n by_o election_n of_o some_o and_o rejection_n of_o other_o for_o they_o be_v common_o bring_v all_o under_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o have_v a_o common_a sort_n of_o grace_n before_o the_o discrimination_n sect_n xvi_o of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o decree_v call_v reprobation_n and_o of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n in_o themselves_o 448._o according_o in_o the_o order_n of_o execution_n we_o must_v reckon_v the_o object_n of_o that_o which_o some_o call_v reprobation_n answerable_a to_o what_o iniquitatâm_fw-la d'orbellis_fw-la in_o â_o d._n 40._o distinguuntur_fw-la scientia_fw-la praescientia_fw-la providentia_fw-la propositum_fw-la electio_fw-la dispositio_fw-la praedestinatio_fw-la &_o reprobatio_fw-la haec_fw-la different_a secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la licet_fw-la sint_fw-la idem_fw-la realiâer_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la 1._o scientia_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la cognitio_fw-la omnium_fw-la praeteritorum_fw-la praesentium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la fierique_fw-la possibilium_fw-la tam_fw-la bonorum_fw-la quam_fw-la malorum_fw-la 2._o praescientia_fw-la est_fw-la futurorum_fw-la praecognitio_fw-la reprobati_fw-la vero_fw-la appropriate_a dicuntur_fw-la praesciti_fw-la providenââa_n est_fw-la praescientâa_fw-la futurorum_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la âânt_fw-la â_o praescientâ_n in_o âinâm_n ordinabilia_fw-la 3._o proposâtââ_n est_fw-la actus_fw-la voluntatiâ_n divinâ_n tam_fw-la respecâââuturorum_fw-la agândorum_fw-la quam_fw-la permittendorum_fw-la 4._o electiâ_n supra_fw-la propositum_fw-la addit_fw-la discretionem_fw-la electi_fw-la à _fw-la âuo_fw-la contrario_fw-la sâil_fw-la boni_fw-la à _fw-la malo_fw-la 5._o dispositio_fw-la est_fw-la praescientia_fw-la faciendorum_fw-la respiciens_fw-la fiâri_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o cognitionem_fw-la sicut_fw-la provientia_fw-la respicit_fw-la esse_fw-la rei_fw-la postquam_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o praedestinatio_fw-la est_fw-la propositum_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la conferendi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la praedestinatis_fw-la 7._o reprobatio_fw-la est_fw-la propositum_fw-la permittendi_fw-la reprobatos_fw-la permanere_fw-la in_o obduratione_fw-la finali_fw-la &_o âetribuânâi_fw-la eye_v interminabilem_fw-la pânam_fw-la propter_fw-la corum_fw-la iniquitatâm_fw-la be_v before_o say_v of_o election_n but_o order_n require_v that_o i_o first_o speak_v of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n as_o in_o themselves_o what_o they_o be_v 449._o election_n as_o to_o the_o etymology_n i_o need_v not_o explain_v it_o be_v take_v 1._o for_o a_o temporary_a actual_a take_v one_o rather_o than_o another_o by_o way_n of_o choice_n which_o be_v 1._o by_o mere_a volition_n or_o election_n of_o the_o will_n 2._o or_o also_o by_o manual_a apprehension_n or_o executive_a election_n as_o a_o man_n take_v a_o woman_n to_o wife_n 2._o or_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o eternal_a elect_v decree_n of_o god_n 450._o god_n executive_a election_n in_o time_n be_v twofold_a 1._o by_o give_v one_o man_n convert_v effectual_a grace_n which_o he_o give_v not_o to_o another_o 2._o by_o take_v confequent_o that_o convert_v person_n to_o be_v one_o of_o his_o adopt_a and_o justify_v one_o as_o his_o choice_n peculiar_a treasure_n 451._o god_n mental_a election_n be_v a_o act_n of_o his_o will_n be_v either_o his_o mere_a decree_n of_o the_o event_n 2._o or_o his_o decree_n as_o efficient_a 3._o or_o else_o his_o complacency_n the_o first_o be_v eternal_a the_o second_o be_v eternal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la but_o not_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la effectus_fw-la the_o three_o be_v eternal_a as_o it_o be_v god_n essence_n but_o be_v denominate_v temporary_a by_o connotation_n of_o the_o object_n as_o also_o may_v the_o second_o be_v about_o these_o there_o need_v no_o quarrel_n 452._o all_o the_o special_a grace_n which_o god_n give_v in_o time_n he_o decree_v from_o eternity_n to_o give_v and_o though_o some_o decree_n have_v special_a object_n in_o esse_fw-la cogniââ_n suppose_a none_o of_o they_o have_v a_o proper_a exterior_a cause_n 453._o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o any_o creature_n can_v have_v any_o good_a which_o be_v not_o a_o pure_a gift_n of_o god_n however_o he_o may_v require_v of_o man_n condition_n of_o reception_n in_o the_o order_n of_o collation_n therefore_o the_o decree_n must_v needs_o be_v free_a 454._o as_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o god_n elect_a man_n upon_o foresight_n of_o any_o good_a in_o they_o enough_o be_v say_v before_o to_o answer_v it_o if_o the_o question_n mean_v whether_o god_n knowledge_n or_o volition_n be_v first_o in_o themselves_o i_o answer_v neither_o for_o nothing_o in_o he_o be_v before_o or_o after_o other_o but_o if_o god_n may_v be_v speak_v of_o as_o man_n we_o must_v say_v that_o his_o understanding_n be_v the_o first_o specify_v primiciple_n and_o the_o will_v the_o first_o quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la actus_fw-la and_o therefore_o that_o the_o divine_a understanding_n represent_v to_o his_o will_n the_o object_n iâ_n its_o eligibility_n if_o the_o question_n be_v what_o be_v the_o object_n represent_v eligibility_n in_o esse_fw-la cognito_fw-la vel_fw-la ideali_fw-la it_o be_v answer_v 1._o we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o the_o divine_a volition_n call_v election_n by_o the_o divers_a effect_n 1._o to_o pass_v by_o the_o rest_n it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o elect_a to_o glory_n or_o velle_fw-la glorificare_fw-la and_o here_o the_o object_n of_o actual_a glorification_n be_v a_o persevere_v saint_n and_o you_o must_v distinguish_v god_n volition_n by_o his_o execution_n or_o not_o at_o all_o which_o you_o have_v rather_o 2._o it_o be_v another_o thing_n to_o choose_v one_o to_o the_o first_o grace_n of_o faith_n or_o true_a conversion_n and_o here_o the_o object_n of_o the_o execution_n be_v as_o be_v aforesaid_a sometime_o one_o prepare_v by_o common_a grace_n though_o without_o merit_n sometime_o one_o extraordinary_o wicked_a look_v over_o what_o i_o say_v of_o the_o object_n and_o the_o question_n of_o foresight_n be_v answer_v as_o far_o as_o it_o belong_v to_o our_o enquiry_n 455._o those_o that_o deny_v all_o special_a arbitrary_a election_n must_v deny_v all_o special_a arbitrary_a effectual_a differ_a grace_n which_o i_o shall_v prove_v elsewhere_o by_o itself_o and_o now_o refer_v such_o to_o davenant_n dissertation_n de_fw-la praedest_fw-la where_o it_o be_v full_o prove_v and_o defend_v 456._o one_o thing_n which_o deceive_v such_o man_n be_v that_o they_o forget_v that_o god_n stand_v to_o man_n not_o only_o in_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o rector_n per_fw-la leges_fw-la for_o so_o he_o deal_v equal_o with_o all_o that_o make_v not_o the_o inequality_n themselves_o but_o also_o as_o a_o proprietor_n and_o a_o benefactor_n in_o both_o which_o relation_n he_o be_v free_a to_o do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o please_v and_o free_a lord_n and_o benefactor_n use_v not_o to_o distribute_v equal_o their_o gift_n nor_o do_v they_o consider_v that_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la god_n visible_o make_v wonderful_a inequality_n he_o make_v not_o man_n as_o great_a or_o good_a as_o angel_n nor_o star_n as_o glorious_a as_o the_o sun_n the_o whole_a show_v we_o admirable_a variety_n arbitrary_o make_v by_o the_o great_a benefactor_n who_o give_v not_o to_o we_o a_o reason_n of_o his_o will_n 457._o the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d reprobus_fw-la in_o scripture_n be_v use_v no_o where_n that_o 30._o jer._n 6._o 30._o i_o remember_v but_o rom._n 1._o 28._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 27._o 2_o cor._n 13._o 5_o 6_o 7._o 2_o tim._n 3._o 8._o tit._n 1._o 16._o heb._n 6._o and_o the_o word_n reprobation_n be_v not_o use_v at_o all_o as_o any_o act_n of_o god_n but_o predestination_n and_o election_n be_v oft_o use_v on_o the_o better_a
noxious_a evil_n we_o must_v not_o ascribe_v such_o imperfection_n to_o god_n but_o only_o such_o nolition_n as_o his_o action_n as_o rector_n per_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o judicia_fw-la have_v make_v to_o signify_v no_o imperfection_n as_o be_v not_o contra_fw-la nocumenta_fw-la but_o only_o contra_fw-la injurias_fw-la as_o against_o himself_o &_o contra_fw-la nocumenta_fw-la as_o against_o his_o creature_n i._n e._n contra_fw-la peccatum_fw-la and_o now_o i_o may_v answer_v the_o solitary_a argument_n of_o vasquez_n mention_v in_o the_o margin_n that_o non_fw-la entia_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la impedire_fw-la peccatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n may_v have_v aliquam_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o amabilitatis_fw-la and_o so_o may_v be_v will_v love_v or_o decree_v answ_n 1._o in_o mere_a natural_n negation_n be_v not_o proper_o any_o way_n good_a or_o evil_n but_o privation_n be_v natural_a evil_n and_o not_o good_a 2._o to_o be_v occasio_fw-la sinè_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la of_o good_a as_o sickness_n be_v of_o the_o physicians_n honour_n and_o sin_n of_o god_n be_v not_o any_o true_a ratio_fw-la boni_fw-la vel_fw-la amabilis_fw-la the_o bonum_fw-la &_o amabile_fw-la be_v only_a the_o good_a that_o on_o that_o occasion_n be_v do_v the_o occasion_n be_v neither_o efficient_a constitutive_a or_o final_a cause_n of_o any_o good_a nor_o any_o causal_n proper_a medium_n 3._o in_o moral_n mere_a negation_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a nor_o have_v any_o morality_n but_o only_o positives_n and_o privation_n 4._o in_o moral_n god_n judicial_o do_v that_o whence_o penal_a privation_n follow_v and_o he_o may_v penal_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v gratiam_fw-la to_o execute_v his_o law_n and_o demonstrate_v his_o truth_n and_o justice_n on_o sinner_n and_o occasion_n the_o perception_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o other_o and_o here_o the_o non-agere_a non-dare_a permittere_fw-la be_v loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la volitae_fw-la may_v after_o our_o mode_n be_v say_v to_o be_v volita_fw-la seu_fw-la decreta_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la but_o proper_o it_o be_v not_o the_o nonentity_n that_o be_v bonum_fw-la or_o volitum_fw-la but_o the_o positive_a law_n and_o judgement_n and_o the_o relatio_fw-la debiti_fw-la pânae_fw-la and_o the_o ratio_fw-la poenae_fw-la in_o the_o privation_n and_o the_o demonstration_n of_o truth_n justice_n holiness_n etc._n etc._n therein_o 5._o but_o sinful_a privation_n that_o be_v sinful_a volition_n nolition_n or_o non-vâlitions_a of_o the_o creature_n be_v not_o proper_o per_fw-mi se_fw-mi or_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la aliud_fw-la good_a or_o amiable_a or_o will_v or_o decree_v of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o prove_v that_o god_n can_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o can_v be_v causa_fw-la deficiens_fw-la must_v mean_v as_o much_o or_o speak_v impertinent_o and_o deceitful_o it_o be_v not_o impertinent_a which_o judicious_a strangius_n say_v lib._n 3._o c._n 13._o p._n 677_o 678._o if_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la be_v a_o useless_a conceit_n how_o much_o more_o cum_fw-la extenditur_fw-la ad_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la infinitas_fw-la &_o vanissimas_fw-la connexiones_fw-la rerum_fw-la disparatarum_fw-la quae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la he_o instance_v in_o many_o and_o add_v de_fw-fr hac_fw-la re_fw-mi ariaga_n disp_n to_o 1._o d._n 21._o sect_n 7._o dicit_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la videri_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la esse_fw-la scientiam_fw-la harum_fw-la quia_fw-la talis_fw-la scientia_fw-la videtur_fw-la plane_n impertinens_fw-la ad_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la nosceret_fw-la deus_fw-la quid_fw-la chimaera_n esset_fw-la factura_fw-la sub_fw-la tali_fw-la conditione_n impossibili_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la ipse_fw-la d._n twissus_n the_o scient_a med._n p._n 472._o si_fw-mi plures_fw-la angelos_n deus_fw-la condidisset_fw-la certe_fw-la decrevisset_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la illi_fw-la agerent_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la decretum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la deo_fw-la decenter_n tribui_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o know_v the_o case_n be_v not_o just_a the_o same_o with_o that_o before_o we_o but_o the_o reason_n be_v the_o same_o for_o both_o but_o still_o i_o profess_v that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o injurious_a impute_v imperfection_n to_o god_n to_o assign_v he_o positive_a volition_n of_o every_o negative_a i_o shall_v concur_v with_o they_o that_o do_v and_o extend_v god_n volition_n as_o far_o as_o ever_o the_o object_n and_o his_o perfection_n will_v allow_v and_o say_v of_o they_o as_o judicious_a blank_n do_v of_o god_n knowledge_n de_n concord_n lib._n cum_fw-la decret_a 1._o n._n 64._o saltem_fw-la ille_fw-la minus_fw-la periculose_a errat_fw-la qui_fw-la putat_fw-la deum_fw-la scire_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la forte_fw-fr scibilia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la negate_fw-la deum_fw-la scire_fw-la quae_fw-la 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the_o reader_n i_o pass_v by_o other_o school-controversy_n here_o and_o only_o propound_v to_o each_o man_n conscience_n whether_o 1._o he_o that_o be_v the_o affirmer_n of_o unproved_a act_n of_o god_n 2._o and_o that_o about_o his_o secret_a unsearchable_a volition_n 3._o and_o of_o such_o act_n as_o make_v the_o difficulty_n inextricable_a about_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o on_o the_o far_o unsafe_a side_n than_o he_o that_o only_o say_v quae_fw-la supra_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la if_o these_o be_v not_o certain_o false_a they_o be_v certain_o unprove_v and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v here_o receive_v 510._o and_o i_o say_v here_o as_o buridane_n say_v about_o the_o forementioned_a nature_n of_o liberty_n ethic._n li._n 3._o qu._n 1._o p._n 152._o simpliciter_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la credere_fw-la volo_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habentibuâ_n potest_fw-la in_o actus_fw-la 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application_n life_n application_n application_n application_n vasquez_n in_o 1._o tho._n q._n 23._o a._n 3._o d._n 95._o c._n 1._o sunt_fw-la nonnulli_a thomistae_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la severe_a hanc_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la opinionem_fw-la ut_fw-la affirment_fw-la âundem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la servasse_fw-la deum_fw-la in_o reprobatione_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o praedestinatione_fw-la tenuit_fw-la scil_n ut_fw-la ante_fw-la praevisa_fw-la peccata_fw-la sola_fw-la sva_fw-la voluntate_fw-la decreverit_fw-la quosdam_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la coelorum_fw-la excludere_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la sensus_fw-la destinaverit_fw-la deinde_fw-la quos_fw-la voluit_fw-la excludere_fw-la permiserit_fw-la labi_fw-la in_o peccatum_fw-la ea_fw-la intention_n ut_fw-la eos_fw-la excluderet_fw-la à _fw-la regno_fw-la sicut_fw-la decreverat_fw-la et_fw-fr c._n 2._o parum_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la sententia_fw-la dissert_v scotus_n qui_fw-fr qu._n 1._o d._n 41._o asserit_fw-la in_o 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just_o so_o here_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o god_n causation_n and_o man_n be_v more_o than_o god_n alone_a and_o i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o god_n be_v a_o part_n nor_o yet_o that_o man_n be_v none_o nor_o that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o god_n but_o that_o god_n act_v and_o concourse_n be_v quite_o above_o the_o reach_n of_o mortal_n 568._o but_o here_o again_o note_v what_o i_o say_v even_o now_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o sign_n of_o finiteness_n in_o god_n nor_o dishonour_n to_o he_o to_o be_v a_o limit_a or_o partial_a cause_n than_o to_o be_v no_o cause_n and_o limit_v total_o by_o suspension_n of_o the_o whole_a act_n and_o yet_o so_o he_o be_v as_o to_o all_o possible_n which_o he_o do_v not_o make_v or_o move_v 2._o and_o that_o it_o be_v his_o own_o free_a will_v only_o that_o thus_o limit_v he_o as_o it_o do_v from_o give_v all_o man_n more_o grace_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o real_o here_o be_v matter_n of_o satisfaction_n 569._o though_o he_o offend_v i_o by_o make_v god_n the_o cause_n of_o sin_n i_o will_v here_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o our_o countryman_n holkot_n quodl_n lib._n 2._o qu._n 1._o est_fw-la sententia_fw-la omnium_fw-la theologorum_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la immediata_fw-la omnis_fw-la rei_fw-la productae_fw-la sic_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la creaturae_fw-la agenti_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la natura_fw-la sive_fw-la voluntas_fw-la deus_fw-la coagit_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la imaginandum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la actione_n creaturae_fw-la qua_fw-la aliquid_fw-la producit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o creatura_fw-la sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la causae_fw-la partiales_n illius_fw-la producti_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la imaginando_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la producit_fw-la unam_fw-la partem_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o creatura_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicatur_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la quia_fw-la concurrunt_fw-la in_o agendo_fw-la vel_fw-la causando_fw-la unde_fw-la tam_fw-la causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la quam_fw-la particularis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la communiter_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la etiam_fw-la sol_fw-la &_o homâ_n sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la causae_fw-la partiale_n hominis_fw-la generandi_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la vir_fw-la &_o mulier_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la tale_n quod_fw-la propter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la &_o quoddam_fw-la aliud_fw-la vel_fw-la quaedam_fw-la alia_fw-la res_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la illis_fw-la positis_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aliquo_fw-la istorum_fw-la ablato_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la fiet_fw-la 570._o further_o i_o desire_v that_o it_o may_v be_v special_o note_v that_o god_n be_v our_o creator_n in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o he_o be_v our_o ruler_n and_o that_o nature_n be_v before_o morality_n obedience_n or_o sin_n and_o that_o god_n as_o creator_n first_o settle_v the_o order_n of_o nature_n so_o as_o that_o the_o alteration_n of_o that_o law_n or_o settle_a order_n shall_v not_o be_v ordinary_o expect_v by_o we_o though_o he_o can_v alter_v it_o and_o therefore_o that_o man_n be_v man_n and_o have_v a_o natural_a power_n of_o self-determination_n and_o that_o god_n uphold_v he_o and_o concur_v as_o a_o universal_a cause_n belong_v to_o this_o fore-setled_n natural_a order_n and_o be_v presuppose_v to_o moral_a determination_n and_o specification_n either_o as_o from_o god_n or_o man_n 571._o and_o note_v that_o to_o good_a act_n we_o have_v need_n of_o more_o help_n from_o god_n than_o this_o mere_a natural_a causality_n and_o concourse_n and_o therefore_o god_n afford_v we_o more_o according_o but_o not_o to_o all_o alike_o 572._o it_o be_v further_a object_v against_o this_o way_n that_o our_o make_a reprobation_n to_o infidelity_n permission_n of_o sin_n not-giving_a faith_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n come_v all_o to_o one_o as_o to_o man_n sin_n and_o damnation_n because_o man_n can_v believe_v nor_o avoid_v sin_n without_o those_o act_n of_o grace_n which_o god_n withhold_v answ_n i_o confess_v it_o be_v all_o one_o if_o the_o supposition_n be_v true_a as_o it_o be_v not_o for_o we_o have_v prove_v after_o that_o man_n have_v power_n without_o those_o act_n of_o grace_n which_o god_n suspend_v by_o that_o common_a grace_n which_o he_o give_v to_o do_v more_o good_a and_o forbear_v more_o evil_a than_o they_o do_v of_o which_o in_o due_a place_n 573._o it_o be_v object_v also_o that_o while_o we_o make_v god_n providence_n to_o fill_v the_o world_n with_o occasion_n of_o sin_n which_o he_o fore-knoweth_a man_n will_v take_v to_o their_o damnation_n yea_o as_o long_o as_o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o sin_n and_o save_v all_o soul_n and_o yet_o will_v not_o it_o come_v all_o to_o one_o which_o way_n soever_o you_o go_v in_o these_o controversy_n i_o answer_v 1._o undoubted_o god_n judgement_n be_v unsearchable_a but_o when_o we_o come_v into_o his_o light_n we_o shall_v be_v perfect_o reconcile_v to_o they_o all_o 2._o and_o undoubted_o god_n do_v whatsoever_o he_o will_v and_o all_o that_o he_o think_v meet_v to_o decree_n or_o will_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o despite_n of_o sin_n 3._o and_o when_o we_o have_v say_v all_o flesh_n and_o blood_n will_v be_v unsatisfied_a till_o faith_n and_o the_o will_n of_o god_n do_v satisfy_v we_o 4._o but_o yet_o be_v it_o know_v to_o you_o that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o god_n permit_v sin_n after_o great_a mean_n against_o it_o and_o his_o cause_v it_o between_o the_o make_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n and_o put_v life_n or_o death_n in_o his_o choice_n and_o his_o cause_v man_n unavoidable_o to_o sin_n and_o then_o to_o damn_v they_o for_o it_o the_o holiness_n of_o god_n nature_n will_v stand_v with_o the_o be_v of_o sin_n by_o man_n cause_v but_o not_o with_o god_n cause_v it_o and_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n word_n must_v be_v consider_v 574._o if_o this_o be_v all_o one_o to_o damn_v man_n unavoidable_o and_o to_o give_v they_o their_o free_a choice_n of_o heaven_n or_o hell_n in_o the_o mean_n it_o be_v strange_a that_o so_o many_o learned_a man_n as_o among_o the_o jesuit_n arminian_o lutheran_n and_o greek_n do_v hold_v no_o other_o grace_n at_o all_o but_o what_o leave_v man_n to_o such_o a_o free_a choice_n can_v ever_o be_v so_o satisfy_v when_o other_o hold_v that_o the_o elect_n have_v more_o sect_n xviii_o a_o confutation_n of_o dr._n twisse_n be_v digr_n 5._o l._n 2._o sect_n 1._o vind._n grat._n 575._o i_o come_v now_o to_o consider_v of_o what_o be_v say_v by_o they_o that_o go_v further_o about_o god_n will_n or_o causality_n as_o to_o sin_v and_o because_o dr._n twisse_n have_v a_o peculiar_a digression_n vindic._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 1._o digr_n 4._o i_o will_v somewhat_o animadvert_v upon_o it_o he_o begin_v sententia_fw-la nostra_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la dici_fw-la posse_fw-la velle_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quatenus_fw-la vult_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la âiat_fw-la viz._n ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la and_o so_o he_o make_v the_o question_n a_o den_n velit_fw-la ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la eveniat_fw-la ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la arminius_n think_v god_n will_v only_o his_o own_o permission_n of_o the_o sin_n twisse_n say_v that_o he_o will_v that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v god_n permit_v it_o arminius_n his_o concession_n can_v be_v prove_v as_o i_o have_v show_v but_o twisses_n must_v be_v disprove_v and_o 1._o i_o will_v give_v you_o our_o reason_n against_o it_o locum_fw-la bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 46._o q._n 3._o resolve_v this_o question_n very_o plain_o and_o true_o mala_fw-la âieri_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la sed_fw-la bene_fw-la occasio_fw-la boni_fw-la and_o show_v the_o difference_n between_o causa_fw-la casus_fw-la &_o occasio_fw-la he_o say_v that_o causa_fw-la est_fw-la 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more_o help_v it_o than_o make_v a_o world_n so_o that_o all_o the_o mystery_n of_o his_o language_n be_v this_o that_o because_o man_n be_v under_o a_o law_n and_o god_n be_v not_o therefore_o man_n do_v the_o same_o act_n as_o move_v by_o god_n must_v be_v call_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o sin_n because_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o god_n but_o if_o we_o speak_v as_o plain_a man_n ought_v to_o do_v shall_v it_o not_o rather_o be_v thus_o express_v by_o you_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o sin_n in_o man_n but_o not_o in_o himself_o 624._o pag._n 200_o &_o 201._o he_o have_v the_o same_o over_o and_o over_o again_o that_o non_fw-la abhorret_fw-la à _fw-la recta_fw-la ratione_fw-la dei_fw-la velle_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fieri_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la conducibile_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la âonum_fw-la tanquam_fw-la materia_fw-la scilicet_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la idonea_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o necessaria_fw-la exercendae_fw-la 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at_o his_o left_a hand_n shall_v be_v damn_v because_o he_o execute_v not_o god_n will_v but_o his_o own_o obj._n 11._o when_o incest_n be_v commit_v between_o father_n and_o their_o daughter_n mother_n and_o their_o son_n it_o be_v therefore_o do_v because_o so_o god_n fore-decreed_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v resp_n this_o resp_n resp_n resp_n let_v the_o dominican_n notâ_n this_o if_o it_o be_v object_v to_o the_o devil_n himself_o that_o he_o be_v the_o author_n and_o incenter_n of_o such_o villainy_n i_o think_v that_o with_o some_o reason_n he_o may_v discharge_v himself_o of_o the_o envy_n and_o overcome_v the_o committer_n of_o such_o wickedness_n by_o his_o own_o willing_a of_o they_o because_o though_o he_o be_v delight_v with_o the_o madness_n of_o sinner_n he_o can_v yet_o prove_v that_o he_o force_v they_o not_o to_o sin_n with_o what_o folly_n and_o madness_n than_o be_v that_o ascribe_v to_o god_n which_o may_v not_o be_v whole_o ascribe_v to_o the_o devil_n who_o be_v but_o the_o adjutor_fw-la of_o the_o bait_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o the_o causer_n generater_n of_o the_o will_n god_n then_o fore-decreed_a not_o that_o any_o such_o business_n shall_v be_v do_v nor_o prepare_v that_o soul_n to_o any_o such_o end_n who_o will_v live_v wicked_o and_o filthy_o but_o he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o it_o will_v be_v such_o and_o he_o fore-knew_a that_o he_o will_v just_o judge_v of_o such_o so_o that_o to_o his_o fore-decree_n nothing_o else_o can_v be_v refer_v but_o either_o 1._o that_o which_o belong_v to_o the_o due_a retribution_n of_o justice_n 2._o or_o to_o the_o not_o due_a bestow_n of_o grace_n obj._n 12._o that_o by_o god_n fore-decree_n man_n be_v make_v of_o child_n of_o god_n to_o be_v child_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o of_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o temple_n of_o devil_n and_o of_o member_n of_o christ_n member_n of_o a_o harlot_n resp_n god_n predestination_n though_o to_o we_o while_o we_o be_v in_o 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according_a to_o they_o but_o in_o a_o unsearchable_a manner_n as_o god_n do_v in_o nature_n by_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o natural_a cause_n sect_n xi_o what_o freewill_n man_n have_v to_o spiritual_a good_a etc._n etc._n §_o 1._o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o power_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v the_o very_a key_n to_o open_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controvert_v difficulty_n in_o these_o matter_n but_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o so_o much_o before_o in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o book_n and_o more_o elsewhere_o i_o shall_v no_o further_o weary_a the_o reader_n with_o repetition_n than_o to_o note_v these_o few_o thing_n follow_v §_o 2._o if_o any_o like_v not_o the_o name_n of_o freewill_n libera_n voluntas_fw-la let_v they_o but_o agree_v about_o these_o two_o the_o power_n of_o the_o will_n and_o free-choice_n 1._o free-choice_n free-choice_n free-choice_n nolite_fw-la esse_fw-la adeo_fw-la delicati_fw-la ut_fw-la abhorreatis_fw-la ab_fw-la usâ_n vocabuli_fw-la lib._n arbit_fw-la hypocritarum_fw-la propriâm_fw-la est_fw-la rixari_fw-la de_fw-fr vocabulis_fw-la nemo_fw-la offendatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la titulo_fw-la quia_fw-la august_n in_o multae_fw-la volume_n &_o singulis_fw-la fere_n pagellis_fw-la ad_fw-la fastidium_fw-la lectoris_fw-la hoc_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la inculcat_fw-la melancth_v loc._n com._n de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n c._n 1._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la and_o they_o need_v not_o contend_v about_o freewill_n §_o 3._o 1._o as_o to_o the_o first_o it_o be_v the_o very_a essence_n of_o the_o will_v to_o be_v a_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n of_o will_v good_a and_o nilling_n evil_a apprehend_v by_o the_o intellect_n and_o command_v the_o inferior_a faculty_n either_o political_o or_o despotical_o difficult_o or_o easy_o perfect_o or_o imperfect_o according_a to_o its_o resolution_n and_o their_o receptivity_n §_o 4._o 2._o the_o liberty_n of_o choice_n be_v not_o only_a libertas_n voluntatis_fw-la but_o libertas_n hominis_fw-la when_o a_o man_n may_v have_v what_o he_o choose_v or_o will_v here_o the_o act_n of_o choose_v be_v the_o will_n but_o the_o object_n be_v somewhat_o else_o either_o a_o imperate_a act_n of_o some_o inferior_a faculty_n or_o some_o extrinsic_a thing_n so_o we_o say_v true_o that_o the_o unbeliever_n or_o unconvert_v sinner_n may_v believe_v may_v repent_v may_v have_v christ_n and_o life_n if_o he_o will_v as_o dr._n twisse_n frequent_o assert_v §_o 5._o 3._o but_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n itself_o be_v but_o the_o mode_n of_o its_o self-determination_n as_o without_o constraint_n it_o be_v a_o self-determining_a principle_n in_o its_o elicit_a act_n consider_v comparative_o §_o 6._o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v threefold_a 1._o liberty_n of_o contradiction_n or_o exercitii_fw-la 2._o of_o 90._o of_o of_o of_o note_v that_o the_o papist_n confess_v that_o by_o christ_n case_n it_o be_v prove_v that_o libertas_n specificationis_fw-la inter_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o malum_fw-la be_v not_o necessary_a to_o merit_v so_o pet._n â_o s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n pag._n 90._o contrariety_n or_o specification_n in_o the_o act_n 3._o of_o objective_a specification_n which_o be_v liberty_n of_o competition_n 1._o the_o first_o liberty_n be_v to_o will_v or_o not_o will_n to_z will_z or_o not_o will_z 2._o the_o second_o be_v liberty_n to_o will_n or_o will_v this_o 3._o the_o three_o be_v liberty_n to_o will_v this_o object_n or_o that_o or_o to_o will_v this_o or_o that_o perfectione_n that_o that_o that_o of_o the_o real_a difference_n of_o these_o three_o see_v rob._n baron_n metaphys_n i_o take_v not_o that_o which_o many_o schoolman_n call_v liberty_n of_o complacence_n to_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o liberty_n though_o i_o distinguish_v liberty_n of_o simple_a complacence_n from_o liberty_n of_o election_n as_o be_v a_o prior_n distribution_n and_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o liberty_n of_o complacency_n special_o 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&_o cessationem_fw-la aâ_n vaâationem_fw-la ab_fw-la aââu_fw-la &_o boâ_n necessitate_v naturaliter_fw-la praecedentâ_n &_o cor_fw-la p._n 649._o omnia_fw-la quâ_n sunt_fw-la fiunt_fw-la aut_fw-la eveniâât_fw-la sunt_fw-la ââââ_o &_o eveniunt_fw-la ââ_o aliquâ_n necessitate_v ipââ_n naturalâtâr_n praecedentâ_n this_o be_v just_a hobbs_n soâ_n 5._o ââ_o 654_o that_o no_o creature_n have_v simple_a liberty_n of_o contradiction_n or_o contingency_n but_o only_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o respect_n to_o second_o cause_n but_o only_a god_n act_n of_o will_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v simple_o free_a and_o contingent_a as_o if_o god_n have_v give_v no_o creature_n liberty_n to_o forbear_v sin_n or_o do_v good_a but_o do_v it_o or_o not_o do_v it_o be_v from_o god_n necessitation_n though_o not_o from_o the_o creature_n the_o dominican_n the_o master_n of_o the_o inquisition_n and_o murderer_n of_o the_o waldenses_n and_o albigenses_n of_o old_a and_o therefore_o faulty_a as_o well_o as_o 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death_n and_o from_o the_o contract_a custom_n of_o sin_v he_o hold_v that_o grace_n do_v regenerate_v illuminate_v cause_n faith_n justify_v even_o infant_n sanctify_v make_v we_o new_a creature_n incorporate_v we_o into_o christ_n as_o his_o member_n give_v we_o the_o anoint_v of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n not_o only_o restore_v we_o to_o the_o state_n that_o we_o be_v in_o in_o adam_n but_o to_o a_o better_a and_o to_o be_v adopt_v son_n of_o god_n and_o save_v cap._n 24._o and_o 25._o as_o to_o the_o relative_n effect_n that_o grace_n reconcile_v man_n to_o god_n make_v he_o a_o adopt_a son_n of_o god_n and_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n a_o heir_n of_o god_n and_o co-heir_n with_o christ_n so_o that_o they_o acknowledge_v not_o only_o habitual_a infuse_v grace_n but_o more_o even_o in_o baptism_n as_o also_o the_o assist_v motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n to_o good_a act_n make_v they_o possible_a also_o that_o after_o pope_n zozymus_n have_v condemn_v the_o pelagian_o they_o go_v further_o and_o that_o their_o design_n be_v but_o to_o lay_v man_n salvation_n or_o damnation_n on_o freewill_n lib._n 6._o c._n 7._o etc._n etc._n and_o when_o he_o come_v to_o characterise_v pelagius_n he_o do_v it_o as_o he_o do_v elsewhere_o the_o protestant_n and_o as_o malignant_n do_v religious_a person_n by_o presumption_n viz._n that_o he_o be_v indeed_o as_o augustine_n say_v temperate_a and_o of_o a_o good_a life_n but_o singular_a and_o very_a proud_a which_o he_o prove_v by_o his_o opinion_n and_o because_o he_o be_v against_o swear_v and_o say_v that_o god_n servant_n mouth_n shall_v vent_v no_o bitter_a thing_n but_o only_o that_o which_o be_v sweet_a and_o that_o christian_n must_v be_v so_o patient_a as_o ready_o to_o let_v go_v what_o be_v take_v from_o they_o and_o that_o gallantry_n and_o gay_a clothing_n be_v contrary_a to_o god_n and_o that_o enemy_n must_v be_v love_v as_o friend_n and_o yet_o not_o believe_v and_o that_o riches_n must_v be_v forsake_v 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 âuffinus_fw-la palladius_n evagrius_n jovinâan_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
sinner_n find_v a_o good_a will_n to_o goodness_n and_o like_o it_o and_o many_o year_n perhaps_o be_v wish_v and_o purpose_v to_o leave_v their_o sin_n for_o it_o and_o turn_v to_o god_n till_o at_o last_o love_n prevail_v and_o this_o though_o imperfect_a be_v true_a sincere_a love_n not_o from_o a_o perfect_a habit_n but_o from_o the_o excitation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n it_o have_v the_o same_o object_n as_o perfect_a love_n that_o be_v justice_n for_o justice_n or_o god_n for_o god_n not_o love_v on_o consideration_n of_o any_o other_o reward_n which_o prove_v it_o sincere_a love_n such_o wish_n to_o live_v chaste_o temperate_o just_o but_o can_v come_v to_o it_o out_o of_o this_o imperfect_a love_n spring_v faith_n faith_n may_v be_v habitual_o many_o year_n before_o justification_n justification_n be_v the_o grace_n of_o perfect_a love_n to_o god_n above_o all_o hope_v and_o perfect_a love_n also_o come_v from_o this_o initial_a love_n c._n 7_o 8_o 9_o xviii_o as_o hope_v so_o reward_v and_o respect_n to_o it_o may_v stand_v with_o this_o grace_n of_o love_n for_o the_o reward_n be_v not_o desire_v ex_fw-la amore_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la for_o ourselves_o only_o cum_fw-la enim_fw-la charitatis_fw-la proprium_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o unica_fw-la voluptas_fw-la diligere_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la sibi_fw-la suave_fw-la vel_fw-la utile_fw-la vel_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la alia_fw-la quacunque_fw-la consideratione_n redundat_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la ordo_fw-la creature_n sub_fw-la creatore_fw-la qui_fw-la propter_fw-la seipsum_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la ex_fw-la superexcellenti_fw-la bonitate_fw-la diligendus_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la unicum_fw-la praemium_fw-la est_fw-la veritatem_fw-la &_o bonitatem_fw-la dei_fw-la fancy_n ad_fw-la faciem_fw-la contemplando_fw-la ardentius_fw-la amare_fw-la &_o lavaare_v deum_n non_fw-la quia_fw-la utile_fw-la est_fw-la &_o beatificum_fw-la diligenti_fw-la sed_fw-la quid_fw-la aeâârnae_fw-la veritati_fw-la congruum_fw-la dilecto_fw-la debitum_fw-la etc._n etc._n amoris_fw-la hic_fw-la inchoati_fw-la amor_fw-la futurus_fw-la consummatus_fw-la unica_fw-la merces_fw-la praemium_fw-la dei_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la quisquis_fw-la delabitur_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la charitatis_fw-la puritate_fw-la ut_fw-la amore_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la incipiat_fw-la velle_fw-la &_o concupiscere_fw-la sibi_fw-la deum_fw-la totum_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la ordinem_fw-la quem_fw-la natura_fw-la docet_fw-la &_o lex_fw-la aeterna_fw-la praecipit_fw-la diligendi_fw-la perversitate_fw-la perturbat_fw-la no_o &_o deum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la refert_fw-la &_o seipso_fw-la fruitur_fw-la quorum_fw-la utrumque_fw-la aeterna_fw-la &_o indispensabili_fw-la lege_fw-la proscriptum_fw-la est_fw-la c._n 10._o xix_o the_o fear_n of_o punishment_n and_o attrition_n be_v good_a be_v fâgâ_n mali_fw-la a_o antecedent_n of_o wisdom_n it_o be_v from_o a_o certain_a general_a grace_n but_o not_o that_o proper_o call_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n even_o of_o fear_n be_v god_n spirit_n not_o that_o which_o christ_n die_v to_o give_v man_n which_o be_v contrary_a delectation_n but_o another_o much_o inferior_a grace_n which_o after_o the_o firm_a belief_n of_o god_n judgement_n and_o eternal_a punishment_n fortassis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la peculiaris_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la providentiae_fw-la &_o operationis_fw-la non_fw-la excedit_fw-la they_o that_o have_v but_o the_o righteousness_n of_o fear_n by_o know_v the_o law_n have_v not_o god_n righteousness_n but_o their_o own_o indeed_o they_o have_v faith_n and_o that_o radicate_v but_o not_o christ_n proper_a grace_n but_o that_o which_o may_v come_v ex_fw-la proprii_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la viribus_fw-la excite_v by_o providence_n or_o if_o you_o will_v inspire_v fear_n no_o sin_n can_v be_v avoid_v by_o it_o but_o by_o other_o sin_n c._n 22_o 23_o etc._n etc._n it_o be_v but_o of_o self-love_n it_o be_v legal_a righteousness_n and_o our_o own_o c._n 31_o 32._o xx._n liberty_n of_o will_n be_v either_o mere_a voluntariness_n who_o contrary_a necessity_n be_v involuntarii_fw-la coactio_fw-la or_o that_o free_a state_n which_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n consistent_a with_o simple_a necessity_n lib._n 7._o xxi_o gratia_n christi_fw-la est_fw-la praedeterminatio_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la dominicanorum_fw-la praedeterminatio_fw-la 1._o praedeterminatio_fw-la physica_fw-la est_fw-la motio_fw-la nescio_fw-la quae_fw-la virtuosa_fw-la habens_fw-la esse_fw-la incompletum_fw-la ut_fw-la colores_fw-la in_o aâre_n impetus_fw-la in_o impulso_fw-la gratia_n christi_fw-la est_fw-la verissimus_fw-la motus_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la ineffabilis_fw-la viz._n delectatio_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o praed_n physica_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la eye_v actus_fw-la vitalis_n animi_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquid_fw-la cvi_fw-la voluntas_fw-la tantum_fw-la passive_a subjacet_fw-la gratia_n contra_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o praedet_fw-la physica_fw-la in_o quibuscunque_fw-la circumstantiis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la collocetur_fw-la omnem_fw-la superat_fw-la resistentiam_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la facit_fw-la effectum_fw-la contra_fw-la delectatia_fw-la victrix_fw-la si_fw-la alter_fw-la ardântior_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la solis_fw-la inefficacibus_fw-la desideriis_fw-la haerebit_fw-la animus_n 4._o praed_n physica_fw-la est_fw-la instar_fw-la concursus_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la generalis_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la supernaturali_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la 5._o praed_n physica_fw-la necessaria_fw-la statuitur_fw-la omnibus_fw-la agentibus_fw-la ex_fw-la vi_fw-la causae_fw-la secundae_fw-la etc._n etc._n christi_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la laesa_fw-la tantum_fw-la voluntati_fw-la propter_fw-la vulnus_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la 6._o praed_n physica_fw-la propter_fw-la naturalem_fw-la indifferentiam_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la exigitur_fw-la gratia_n non_fw-la ita_fw-la 7._o praed_n physica_fw-la statui_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la necessaria_fw-la dicitur_fw-la gratia_n christi_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la ergo_fw-la hi_o dominicani_n magis_fw-la aristotelici_fw-la quam_fw-la augustiniani_fw-la sunt_fw-la gratia_n tamen_fw-la est_fw-la praed_n physica_fw-la and_o grace_n and_o freewill_n be_v reconcilable_a as_o predetermination_n and_o freewill_n be_v l._n 8._o c._n 2_o 3_o 4._o summa_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratia_n amantem_fw-la &_o volentem_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la posse_fw-la velle_fw-la that_fw-mi in_o conclusion_n he_o bely_v calvin_n 1._o as_o deny_v in_o man_n boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la electionem_fw-la and_o so_o in_o many_o âther_n point_n cap._n 21._o xxii_o his_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n as_o congruous_a to_o this_o i_o pass_v by_o ânly_o add_v that_o he_o deny_v angel_n to_o be_v elect_v of_o grace_n or_o to_o perseverance_n which_o be_v but_o foresee_v and_o they_o be_v 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he_o set_v up_o a_o law_n good_a holy_a and_o spiritual_a but_o such_o that_o sin_n inevitable_o may_v take_v occasion_n from_o it_o through_o the_o frailty_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o of_o the_o creature_n to_o spring_v up_o as_o a_o overflow_a flood_n to_o display_v itself_o over_o all_o thing_n in_o its_o full_a foul_a birth_n this_o law_n be_v to_o convince_v we_o of_o the_o frailty_n and_o mutability_n in_o man_n primitive_a state_n etc._n etc._n viz._n that_o he_o be_v a_o creature_n for_o 176._o pag._n 175_o 176._o man_n be_v compose_v of_o the_o light_n of_o god_n and_o his_o own_o proper_a darkness_n these_o two_o the_o school_n call_v the_o act_n and_o potentiality_n the_o form_n and_o the_o matter_n be_v and_o not_o be_v which_o constitute_v every_o creature_n the_o darkness_n or_o nothingness_n which_o be_v the_o creature_n own_o be_v the_o proper_a ground_n of_o sin_n the_o law_n come_v and_o distinguish_v the_o light_n from_o the_o darkness_n 177._o pag._n 177._o so_o that_o to_o see_v sin_n be_v to_o see_v that_o we_o be_v creature_n god_n withhold_v his_o 178._o pag._n 178._o divine_a presence_n appearance_n and_o influence_n from_o man_n and_o so_o the_o darkness_n discover_v itself_o in_o man_n and_o predominate_v and_o captivate_v he_o entire_o and_o become_v his_o choice_n and_o lord_n so_o that_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o imperfect_a creature_n and_o the_o law_n to_o cause_n and_o show_v it_o §_o 9_o pag._n 113_o 114_o etc._n etc._n he_o say_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o the_o first_o change_v make_v in_o the_o understanding_n at_o the_o fall_n be_v the_o divine_a glory_n withdraw_a or_o withhold_v itself_o darkness_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o light_n privation_n have_v no_o proper_a cause_n but_o accidental_a only_o thus_o the_o divine_a glory_n retire_v from_o the_o understanding_n or_o cease_v to_o shine_v in_o it_o be_v by_o accident_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o darkness_n there_o as_o the_o set_v or_o depart_v of_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o night_n which_o be_v not_o a_o blemish_n to_o the_o sun_n but_o its_o glory_n that_o in_o its_o presence_n be_v all_o the_o beauty_n and_o joy_n of_o light_n in_o its_o absence_n all_o the_o disagreeableness_n and_o melancholy_n of_o night_n and_o darkness_n pag._n 115._o all_o evil_a be_v from_o the_o absence_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n p._n 117._o the_o fault_n in_o man_n be_v the_o deficiency_n which_o arise_v from_o the_o defectibility_n or_o nothingness_n of_o the_o creature_n in_o its_o shadowy_a state_n in_o the_o purity_n of_o its_o first_o creation_n pag._n 122._o the_o fall_n spring_v from_o the_o harmony_n of_o the_o eternal_a design_n in_o the_o divine_a mind_n be_v comprehend_v in_o it_o as_o a_o part_n of_o it_o §_o 10._o and_o yet_o he_o make_v man_n guilty_a and_o unexcusable_a and_o god_n just_a iâ_n this_o because_o gild_n be_v but_o our_o be_v real_o bad_a and_o he_o that_o can_v deny_v himself_o to_o be_v bad_a be_v unexcusable_a and_o the_o open_n of_o this_o cause_v shame_n and_o justice_n be_v to_o judge_n and_o use_v all_o creature_n as_o they_o be_v §_o 11._o to_o be_v short_a he_o maintain_v that_o man_n can_v have_v no_o freedom_n from_o necessitate_v predetermination_n if_o he_o shall_v it_o will_v cross_v the_o nature_n of_o god_n of_o the_o creature_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o unity_n and_o harmony_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o that_o god_n cause_v all_o sin_n negative_o as_o necessary_o as_o he_o cause_v darkness_n or_o any_o natural_a privation_n but_o then_o he_o do_v with_o a_o torrent_n of_o rhetoric_n so_o praise_n god_n design_n in_o it_o and_o the_o beauty_n and_o harmony_n of_o all_o thing_n make_v up_o of_o good_a and_o evil_n unity_n variety_n diversity_n and_o contrariety_n and_o show_v so_o large_o the_o glory_n that_o come_v to_o god_n by_o sin_n and_o the_o good_a to_o the_o universe_n and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o our_o narrowness_n and_o weakness_n of_o sight_n that_o make_v we_o take_v it_o to_o be_v any_o 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to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la rationâ_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o 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active_a power_n be_v capable_a of_o be_v determine_v by_o god_n and_o then_o by_o itself_o ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la and_o partly_o in_o that_o it_o be_v not_o liable_a to_o coaction_n ix_o the_o will_n that_o be_v by_o omnipotent_a physical_a premotion_n efficient_o predetermine_v by_o god_n be_v not_o constrain_v because_o it_o will_v not_o unwilling_o that_o be_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v willing_a it_o be_v not_o unwilling_a and_o reluctant_a x._o yet_o the_o will_n that_o be_v one_o way_n incline_v habituate_v and_o act_v in_o the_o precedent_a instant_n be_v oft_o physical_o premoved_a and_o predetermine_v by_o omnipotency_n to_o the_o contrary_a act_n in_o the_o next_o instant_n which_o it_o can_v not_o resist_v as_o he_o that_o in_o this_o instant_n wilm_v chastity_n may_v in_o tâe_v next_o instant_n be_v predetermine_v by_o unresistible_a omnipotency_n to_o will_v fornication_n or_o he_o that_o love_v god_n may_v be_v predetermine_v and_o premoved_a by_o god_n to_o hate_v he_o the_o next_o moment_n but_o we_o will_v not_o call_v this_o irresistible_a efficiency_n coaction_n because_o it_o be_v ad_fw-la volendum_fw-la and_o so_o in_o ipso_fw-la act_v there_o be_v no_o reluctancy_n or_o resistance_n xi_o when_o god_n have_v give_v man_n a_o power_n with_o liberty_n to_o will_n or_o will_v or_o not_o will_n to_o will_v this_o or_o that_o and_o also_o give_v he_o all_o necessary_a object_n and_o concause_n and_o also_o as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o natural_a and_o free_a action_n give_v he_o all_o that_o influx_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o a_o act_n as_o such_o yet_o the_o moral_a specification_n of_o that_o act_n to_o this_o propose_a object_n rather_o than_o that_o as_o to_o hate_n god_n rather_o than_o to_o hate_v sin_n or_o to_o this_o act_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o as_o to_o hate_n god_n rather_o than_o to_o love_v he_o or_o to_o speak_v a_o lie_n rather_o than_o the_o truth_n have_v so_o much_o entity_n in_o it_o that_o it_o be_v a_o 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it_o possible_o be_v but_o it_o must_v exist_v per_fw-la nudam_fw-la resultantiam_fw-la hisce_fw-la positis_fw-la and_o yet_o though_o god_n make_v the_o man_n the_o law_n the_o act_n the_o object_n and_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n from_o whence_o sin_n result_v as_o a_o mere_a relation_n we_o be_v resolve_v to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n xiii_o yea_o though_o the_o habit_n of_o sin_n be_v certain_a entity_n and_o therefore_o god_n must_v needs_o be_v their_o first_o cause_n in_o their_o full_a nature_n according_a to_o our_o principle_n who_o account_v it_o proper_a to_o god_n to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a cause_n of_o any_o such_o entity_n yet_o we_o be_v resolve_v to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n or_o author_n at_o least_o of_o sin_n fourteen_o yet_o we_o will_v say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o god_n providence_n that_o hold_v that_o man_n can_v possible_o do_v any_o wickedness_n unless_o god_n thus_o predetermine_v both_o will_n tongue_n hand_n and_o every_o active_a part_n to_o every_o act_n which_o he_o have_v forbid_v with_o all_o its_o circumstance_n xv._o sin_n be_v cause_v by_o god_n as_o to_o the_o circumstantiated_a act_n which_o be_v the_o materiale_a but_o not_o as_o to_o the_o formale_a and_o yet_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o relation_n be_v cause_v by_o cause_v the_o subject_n foundation_n and_o term_v all_o which_o god_n principal_o do_v and_o can_v be_v cause_v no_o otherwise_o xvi_o but_o the_o formale_a of_o sin_n be_v but_o a_o defect_n or_o privation_n which_o be_v nothing_o therefore_o man_n and_o not_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o for_o god_n can_v be_v a_o deficient_a cause_n nor_o have_v any_o privation_n and_o yet_o we_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o 1._o there_o be_v as_o much_o positivity_n of_o relation_n in_o disobedience_n as_o in_o obedience_n in_o curvity_n as_o in_o rectitude_n in_o disconformity_n as_o in_o conformity_n 2._o nor_o that_o god_n can_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o privation_n such_o as_o death_n be_v though_o not_o a_o subject_n of_o they_o even_o such_o a_o cause_n as_o they_o can_v have_v 3._o nor_o that_o some_o of_o we_o even_a alvarez_n say_v that_o sin_n of_o commission_n and_o habit_n be_v positive_a in_o their_o formale_n 4._o and_o sin_n be_v such_o a_o nothing_o as_o be_v man_n misery_n and_o he_o be_v damn_v for_o and_o by_o and_o if_o it_o be_v such_o a_o nothing_o as_o can_v have_v no_o cause_n man_n can_v no_o more_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o than_o god_n 5._o and_o that_o the_o reason_n of_o non_fw-la existence_n negation_n or_o privation_n be_v as_o notorious_o resolve_v into_o the_o will_n or_o non-agency_a of_o the_o first_o necessary_a cause_n of_o the_o contrary_a as_o existence_n and_o positives_n be_v resolve_v into_o his_o will_n and_o agency_n and_o if_o a_o man_n can_v
think_v a_o good_a thought_n by_o any_o help_n that_o god_n can_v give_v he_o unless_o he_o physical_o predetermine_v he_o to_o it_o than_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n do_v it_o not_o be_v as_o notorious_o to_o be_v resolve_v into_o god_n not-predetermining_a he_o to_o it_o as_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o do_v it_o into_o his_o predetermination_n and_o as_o it_o be_v night_n because_o the_o sun_n shine_v not_o xvii_o but_o at_o least_o we_o can_v say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o prohibit_v law_n though_o it_o be_v true_a 1._o that_o his_o nature_n or_o perfection_n the_o root_n of_o all_o law_n be_v more_o than_o a_o law_n 2._o and_o we_o know_v indeed_o that_o this_o prove_v he_o not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n but_o only_o to_o be_v no_o sinner_n himself_o though_o he_o cause_v it_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n xviii_o and_o from_o this_o necessity_n of_o predetermination_n it_o follow_v that_o all_o that_o part_n of_o our_o holiness_n and_o obedience_n which_o consist_v in_o not_o sin_v be_v not_o at_o all_o cause_v by_o god_n e._n g._n that_o we_o hate_v he_o not_o nor_o his_o truth_n and_o way_n and_o servant_n that_o we_o murder_v not_o commit_v not_o adultery_n steal_v not_o lie_v not_o covet_v not_o blaspheme_v not_o wrong_v none_o do_v no_o evil_n etc._n etc._n we_o need_v no_o help_n of_o god_n for_o this_o because_o if_o he_o will_v not_o move_v our_o will_n by_o efficient_a predetermination_n to_o do_v they_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o we_o to_o do_v they_o at_o all_o xix_o and_o though_o we_o say_v that_o god_n will_v sin_n to_o be_v by_o his_o permission_n only_o and_o not_o by_o his_o efficience_n yet_o indeed_o predetermine_v by_o efficiency_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n be_v the_o principal_a efficiency_n and_o proper_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n permit_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o for_o we_o say_v that_o his_o permission_n prove_v the_o consequence_n of_o the_o thing_n permit_v and_o therefore_o we_o must_v say_v that_o he_o permit_v no_o sin_n but_o what_o be_v do_v and_o that_o which_o be_v do_v by_o commission_n positive_o he_o effect_v by_o effect_v the_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o therefore_o permit_v not_o and_o man_n sin_n by_o omission_n because_o god_n do_v not_o make_v they_o sin_n and_o not_o because_o he_o mere_o permit_v it_o for_o permission_n be_v not_o the_o impossibilibus_fw-la xx._n god_n will_v not_o sin_n because_o he_o will_v it_o not_o as_o sin_v in_o its_o formale_a which_o also_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o wicked_a themselves_o do_v not_o xxi_o and_o whereas_o we_o hold_v that_o god_n can_v foreknow_v thing_n future_a but_o as_o he_o will_v or_o decree_v they_o we_o must_v confess_v that_o the_o formale_a peccati_fw-la as_o well_o as_o the_o materiale_a be_v such_o as_o it_o be_v quid_fw-la futurum_fw-la if_o it_o be_v but_o futura_fw-la privatio_fw-la and_o therefore_o this_o will_v infer_v that_o god_n will_v and_o decree_v the_o formale_a peccati_fw-la also_o xxii_o god_n will_v be_v his_o love_n and_o what_o he_o will_v he_o love_v xxiii_o god_n will_v the_o futurity_n and_o existence_n of_o sin_n not_o only_o of_o the_o materiale_a but_o the_o formale_a even_o of_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o ever_o be_v do_v xxiv_o the_o existence_n of_o sin_n be_v good_a and_o amiable_a not_o only_o by_o accident_n but_o per_fw-la se_fw-la as_o be_v very_o conducible_a to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n justice_n and_o mercy_n and_o therefore_o be_v per_fw-la se_fw-la will_v and_o love_v of_o god_n xxv_o it_o be_v incomparable_o much_o more_o sin_n than_o holiness_n which_o god_n will_v and_o love_n and_o by_o predetermination_n cause_v in_o mankind_n on_o earth_n for_o it_o be_v much_o more_o sin_n than_o holiness_n that_o exi_v in_o man_n and_o all_o that_o exi_v god_n cause_v as_o aforesaid_a the_o circumstantiated_a act_n and_o so_o the_o resultancy_n of_o the_o relative_a form_n and_o he_o will_v and_o love_v the_o existence_n of_o all_o and_o the_o thing_n exist_v so_o far_o as_o he_o cause_v it_o xxvi_o god_n willeth_n love_n and_o cause_v sin_n incomparable_o more_o than_o wicked_a man_n do_v for_o they_o will_v and_o love_v it_o with_o a_o humane_a mutable_a dependent_a will_n but_o god_n with_o a_o divine_a primary_n immutable_a will_n man_n cause_v the_o forbid_a act_n whence_o the_o relation_n result_v with_o a_o will_n that_o be_v irresistible_o move_v so_o to_o do_v by_o god_n as_o the_o pen_n write_v only_o sâo_o modo_fw-la with_o volition_n but_o god_n cause_v it_o as_o the_o first_o omnipotent_a unresistible_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o the_o creature_n do_v in_o sin_v xxvii_o the_o same_o must_v be_v say_v of_o god_n and_o the_o devil_n who_o can_v no_o more_o commit_v one_o sinful_a act_n till_o god_n unavoidable_o predetermine_v his_o will_n to_o it_o by_o his_o premotion_n than_o sinful_a man_n can_v xxviii_o god_n by_o his_o law_n do_v strict_o forbid_v all_o those_o sinful_a act_n which_o he_o principal_o and_o unavoidable_o cause_v and_o he_o strict_o command_v all_o those_o good_a act_n who_o contrary_n he_o thus_o cause_v we_o to_o do_v xxix_o though_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o sin_n which_o can_v have_v a_o cause_n of_o which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o principal_a cause_n and_o though_o he_o will_v and_o love_v all_o that_o he_o cause_v yet_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o god_n hate_v sin_n and_o can_v behold_v it_o and_o hate_v all_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n and_o that_o it_o be_v abomination_n to_o he_o that_o he_o be_v as_o one_o lade_v with_o it_o and_o weary_v provoke_v and_o offend_v by_o it_o and_o that_o he_o love_v the_o act_n of_o obedience_n and_o holiness_n when_o he_o will_v not_o cause_v they_o but_o do_v cause_n and_o will_v the_o contrary_n xxx_o pardon_v and_o salvation_n be_v promise_v and_o earnest_o offer_v by_o god_n to_o the_o reprobate_n themselves_o on_o condition_n that_o they_o will_v believe_v and_o repent_v when_o god_n do_v avoidable_a as_o the_o first_o cause_n determine_v their_o will_n to_o the_o contrary_a act_n even_o to_o disbelief_n and_o impenitent_a hatred_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n xxxi_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v that_o all_o the_o reprobate_n shall_v be_v damn_v to_o hell_n fire_n if_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v and_o repent_v when_o his_o omnipotence_n do_v unavoidable_o premove_v and_o determine_v they_o to_o unbelief_n and_o impenitence_n and_o if_o they_o will_v not_o give_v over_o those_o act_n of_o sin_n to_o which_o god_n do_v thus_o unavoidable_o move_v and_o determine_v they_o xxxii_o god_n execution_n be_v answerable_a to_o these_o law_n and_o all_o save_v christian_n and_o all_o profess_a christian_n save_v the_o sanctify_a be_v to_o be_v punish_v in_o hell_n fire_n for_o ever_o only_o for_o not_o do_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n love_n and_o obedience_n when_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n predetermine_v they_o to_o the_o contrary_a and_o for_o do_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n when_o god_n unavoidable_o move_v they_o to_o it_o and_o make_v they_o do_v it_o so_o that_o consequent_o all_o that_o be_v damn_v suffer_v in_o hell_n for_o not_o be_v god_n even_o the_o first_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o their_o own_o act_n and_o for_o not_o be_v above_o god_n or_o strong_a than_o he_o that_o be_v for_o not_o overcome_v or_o avoid_v his_o invincible_a and_o unavoidable_a predetermine_a premotion_n unto_o evil_a act_n xxxiii_o the_o same_o must_v be_v say_v of_o the_o devil_n who_o sin_n and_o suffer_v on_o the_o same_o term_n xxxiv_o q._n what_o kind_n of_o torment_n than_o will_v there_o be_v in_o hell_n can_v conscience_n torment_v man_n for_o do_v that_o which_o they_o be_v unavoidable_o make_v to_o do_v by_o omnipotency_n and_o for_o not_o do_v that_o which_o without_o divine_a predetermination_n they_o can_v no_o more_o do_v than_o make_v a_o world_n or_o for_o not_o do_v that_o who_o contrary_a they_o be_v thus_o predetermine_v to_o that_o be_v for_o not_o overcome_v god_n when_o they_o know_v the_o case_n or_o must_v we_o not_o more_o congruous_o say_v that_o the_o state_n of_o hell_n torment_n lie_v in_o a_o most_o vehement_a hatred_n of_o god_n for_o so_o use_v they_o and_o a_o justify_n of_o themselves_o or_o will_v every_o mouth_n be_v thus_o stop_v in_o judgement_n xxxv_o q._n be_v not_o divine_a justice_n the_o most_o perfect_a justice_n and_o the_o exemplar_n of_o all_o humane_a justice_n allow_v for_o disparity_n and_o shall_v king_n and_o judge_n imitate_v this_o fore-described_n course_n and_o how_o then_o will_v they_o be_v esteem_v xxxvi_o q_o be_v not_o that_o best_a which_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o god_n will_v and_o love_n and_o therefore_o sin_v better_a than_o
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 condâceth_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
this_o hold_n for_o my_o part_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o i_o think_v the_o religion_n which_o agree_v with_o it_o must_v neither_o be_v so_o good_a as_o dr._n twisses_n rutherford_n bradwardines_n or_o alvarez'_v nor_o yet_o so_o bad_a as_o hobbes_n or_o spinosa_n but_o just_o such_o as_o mr._n sterry_n or_o the_o old_a platonic_a or_o stoic_a philosopher_n i_o mean_v not_o such_o as_o mr._n sterry_n be_v for_o i_o hear_v he_o be_v a_o excellent_a person_n but_o such_o as_o his_o book_n though_o obscure_o intimate_v and_o if_o any_o of_o that_o judgement_n have_v a_o better_a or_o worse_o it_o be_v not_o in_o consistency_n with_o his_o own_o principle_n finis_fw-la catholic_n theology_n the_o second_o book_n the_o synodist_n and_o arminian_n calvinist_n and_o lutheran_n dominican_n and_o jesuit_n reconcile_v or_o a_o end_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o god_n decree_n and_o grace_n and_o man_n freewill_n merit_n etc._n etc._n if_o man_n be_v willing_a a_o retreat_n to_o the_o militant_a divine_n who_o have_v too_o long_o war_v about_o word_n and_o unrevealed_a thing_n and_o keep_v the_o church_n of_o god_n in_o flame_n and_o draw_v christ_n member_n to_o hate_n reproach_n and_o persecute_v each_o other_o for_o they_o know_v not_o what_o in_o a_o dialogue_n between_o c._n a_o calvinist_n a._n a_o arminian_n and_o b._n the_o reconciler_n and_o other_o by_o richard_n baxter_n tim._n 2._o 14_o 15_o 16._o of_o these_o put_v they_o in_o remembrance_n charge_v they_o before_o the_o lord_n that_o they_o strive_v not_o about_o word_n to_o no_o profit_n but_o to_o the_o subvert_v of_o the_o hearer_n study_v to_o show_v thyself_o approve_v unto_o god_n a_o workman_n that_o need_v not_o to_o be_v ashamed_a right_o divide_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n but_o shun_v profane_a and_o vain_a babble_n for_o they_o will_v increase_v unto_o more_o ungodliness_n and_o their_o word_n will_v eat_v as_o do_v a_o canker_n london_n print_v for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1675._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n the_o first_o day_n conference_n about_o predestination_n the_o need_n of_o conciliatory_a endeavour_n p._n 1_o 2._o what_o this_o undertake_n be_v p._n 3._o predetermination_n to_o sin_n exclude_v the_o case_n brief_o open_v p._n 4._o the_o first_o crimination_n by_o the_o arminian_n of_o eternal_a absolute_a reprobation_n p._n 6._o whether_o a_o thing_n not_o existent_a may_v be_v a_o moral_a cause_n or_o god_n act_n have_v cause_n p._n 7._o how_o far_o god_n decree_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v extrinsic_a cause_n p._n 8._o the_o second_o crimination_n of_o god_n decree_a sin_n either_o to_o predetermine_v it_o or_o the_o event_n or_o his_o permission_n p._n 9_o the_o three_o crimination_n necessitution_n of_o sin_n by_o negative_a decree_n negation_n of_o decree_n open_v p._n 11._o the_o four_o crimination_n the_o pure_a mass_n whether_o the_o object_n of_o predestination_n p._n 12._o decree_n distinguish_v p._n 13._o the_o five_o crimination_n do_v the_o decree_n proceed_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o of_o execution_n p._n 14._o the_o six_o crimination_n deny_v all_o conditional_a decree_n p._n 16._o the_o seven_o crimination_n of_o absolute_a election_n p._n 17._o the_o eight_o crimination_n lead_v man_n to_o presumption_n hereby_o p._n 18._o the_o nine_o crimination_n set_v necessity_n and_o fate_n p._n 19_o the_o ten_o crimination_n make_v god_n a_o respecter_n of_o person_n by_o unequal_a decree_n p._n 21._o the_o eleven_o crimination_n make_v god_n and_o minister_n dissembler_n p._n 22._o crim._n 12._o of_o a_o vain_a power_n give_v p._n 23._o the_o second_o day_n conference_n the_o crimination_n by_o the_o calvinist_n what_o good_a this_o conciliatory_a attempt_n may_v do_v p._n 24._o the_o first_o crimination_n deny_v election_n uncomfortable_a the_o second_o crim._n a_o election_n of_o thing_n instead_o of_o person_n p._n 26._o the_o three_o crim._n deny_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o first_o special_a grave_n the_o four_o crim._n of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 27._o the_o five_o crim._n deny_v absolute_a reprobation_n reprobation_n open_v p._n 29_o 30._o whether_o god_n will_v sin_n p._n 30._o or_o the_o act_n p._n 31._o how_o far_o man_n can_v cause_v his_o act_n undetermined_a p._n 32._o pretence_n for_o god_n cause_v sin_n answer_v how_o god_n cause_v the_o effect_n and_o not_o the_o volition_n p._n 85_o etc._n etc._n what_o god_n do_v about_o sin_n p._n 37._o the_o six_o crim._n of_o conditional_a decree_n p._n 38._o the_o seven_o crim._n of_o foresee_a merit_n p._n 39_o the_o eight_o crim._n of_o make_v many_o election_n p._n 40._o the_o nine_o crim._n order_v the_o decree_n according_a to_o execution_n p._n 41._o how_o god_n do_v velle_fw-la finem_fw-la the_o case_n open_v p._n 42._o the_o ten_o crim._n deny_v a_o eternal_a cause_n of_o futurition_n p._n 45._o whether_o futurity_n be_v any_o thing_n and_o have_v any_o cause_n p._n 48._o the_o three_o day_n conference_n of_o universal_a and_o special_a redemption_n the_o first_o crim._n of_o the_o armin._n deny_v christ_n office_n to_o the_o world_n p._n 50._o calvinist_n for_o universal_a redemption_n what_o all_o agree_v in_o p._n 54._o decree_n 54._o to_o which_o i_o here_o add_v the_o church_n of_o england_n homil._n li._n 2._o p._n 185._o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a son_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o who_o do_v he_o give_v he_o he_o give_v he_o to_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_z adam_z and_o to_o all_o that_o shall_v come_v after_o he_o o_o lord_n what_o have_v adam_n or_o any_o other_o man_n deserve_v at_o god_n hand_n that_o he_o shall_v give_v we_o his_o only_a son_n we_o be_v all_o miserable_a sinner_n damnable_a person_n just_o drive_v out_o of_o paradise_n just_o exclude_v from_o heaven_n and_o just_o condemn_v to_o hell_n see_v a_o learned_a gentleman_n reason_n for_o univers_n redemp_n yet_o live_a mr._n polehill_n of_o god_n decree_n do_v christ_n die_v equal_o for_o all_o p._n 55._o the_o second_o crim._n deny_v express_a scripture_n p._n 57_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n vindicate_v p._n 59_o the_o three_o crim._n they_o deny_v the_o gospel_n covenant_n itself_o p._n 61._o the_o four_o and_o five_o crim._n make_v a_o impossibility_n or_o falsehood_n the_o object_n of_o faith_n p._n 62._o the_o six_o seven_o and_o eight_o crim._n disable_n minister_n to_o preach_v leave_v most_o man_n remediless_a teach_v infidel_n impenitence_n p._n 63._o the_o nine_o ten_o eleven_o and_o twelve_o crim._n exempt_v man_n from_o hell_n torment_n justify_v ingratitude_n deny_v christ_n kingdom_n tempt_v man_n to_o infidelity_n p._n 64_o 65._o the_o four_o day_n conference_n the_o calvinist_n first_fw-mi crim._n make_v christ_n die_v in_o vain_a for_o they_o that_o he_o know_v will_v perish_v p._n 66._o the_o second_o crim._n a_o imperfect_a saviour_n p._n 67._o the_o three_o crim._n die_v for_o man_n in_o hell_n p._n 67._o the_o four_o crim._n to_o die_v for_o those_o who_o he_o will_v not_o pray_v for_o p._n 68_o the_o five_o crim._n make_v christ_n not_o to_o purchase_v faith_n p._n 69._o the_o six_o seven_o eight_o and_o nine_o crim._n uncertain_a conditional_a redemption_n no_o more_o for_o the_o save_v than_o the_o damn_a christ_n sheep_n to_o know_v he_o before_o he_o know_v they_o pardon_v original_a sin_n to_o all_o p._n 70._o crim._n 10._o to_o die_v for_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o serpent_n p._n 72._o the_o five_o day_n conference_n of_o man_n sinfulness_n and_o impotency_n and_o of_o freewill_n the_o armin._n crim._n one_a deny_v all_o freewill_n they_o deny_v all_o morality_n p._n 73._o what_o liberty_n be_v here_o mean_v large_o discuss_v to_o p._n 79._o what_o liberty_n we_o hold_v p._n 79._o do_v original_a sin_n necessitate_v all_o evil_a p._n 82._o the_o second_o crim._n deny_v power_n to_o believe_v p._n 85._o what_o power_n can_v and_o can_v mean_v p._n 86._o fullier_n open_v p._n 87_o etc._n etc._n question_n hence_o answer_v p._n 96_o etc._n etc._n the_o advantage_n of_o some_o by_o deny_v habit_n beside_o power_n and_o act_n p._n 99_o habit_n prove_v p._n 100_o crim._n 3_o make_v all_o man_n utter_o and_o equal_o bad_a p._n 101._o crim._n 4._o infant_n heathen_n and_o most_o man_n make_v and_o necessitate_v to_o sin_n and_o damnation_n p._n 103._o of_o infant_n remedy_n p._n 104._o parent_n sin_n defile_v they_o p._n 105._o of_o heathen_n case_n p._n 106._o crim._n 5._o that_o none_o can_v do_v more_o good_a or_o less_o evil_a than_o he_o do_v p._n 107._o the_o six_o day_n conference_n the_o calvinist_n crim._n 1_o deny_v original_a sin_n p._n 109._o original_a sin_n open_v p._n 111._o crim._n 2._o that_o man_n can_v use_v their_o natural_n to_o prepare_v for_o grace_n p._n 113._o