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he_o have_v absolute_a dominion_n over_o all_o his_o creature_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o goodness_n chap._n 13._o in_o what_o sense_n or_o how_o god_n infinite_a will_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o goodness_n 1_o bid_v be_v the_o doctrine_n and_o worse_o the_o application_n or_o use_n 4._o which_o anaxarchus_n will_v have_v gather_v from_o some_o hieroglyphicall_a device_n of_o antiquity_n wherein_o justice_n be_v paint_v as_o jupiters_n assistant_n in_o his_o regiment_n hereby_o say_v this_o sophister_n unto_o alexander_n than_o bitter_o lament_v the_o death_n of_o his_o dear_a friend_n clitus_n who_o he_o have_v new_o slay_v in_o his_o temelent_a rage_n your_o majesty_n be_v give_v to_o understand_v that_o the_o decree_n of_o great_a monarch_n who_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o god_n on_o earth_n must_v be_v repute_v oracle_n of_o justice_n and_o their_o practice_n may_v not_o be_v repute_v unjust_a either_o by_o themselves_o or_o by_o other_o but_o this_o sophistical_a inversion_n 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way_n hinder_v but_o rather_o suppose_v justice_n and_o goodness_n to_o be_v more_o essential_a object_n of_o his_o will_n than_o they_o be_v of_o we_o and_o therefore_o when_o it_o be_v say_v thing_n be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o this_o illative_a infer_v only_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o knowledge_n not_o of_o the_o goodness_n which_o we_o know_v and_o the_o logical_a resolution_n of_o this_o vulgar_a dialect_n will_v be_v this_o we_o know_v this_o or_o that_o to_o be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v reveal_v commend_v it_o for_o such_o but_o his_o will_n reveal_v commend_v it_o for_o such_o because_o it_o be_v in_o it_o nature_n good_a for_o unless_o such_o it_o have_v be_v he_o have_v not_o will_v it_o these_o principle_n though_o unquestionable_a to_o such_o as_o fetch_v their_o divinity_n from_o the_o fountain_n will_v perhaps_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o that_o never_o taste_v it_o but_o
make_v a_o conscience_n as_o well_o of_o their_o word_n as_o of_o their_o way_n herein_o perhaps_o especial_o faulty_a that_o they_o be_v too_o zealous_o solicitous_a not_o to_o speak_v amiss_o make_v no_o scruple_n of_o entertain_v these_o and_o the_o like_a inference_n follow_v as_o natural_o descend_v from_o the_o former_a maxim_n it_o be_v impossible_a aught_o shall_v fall_v out_o otherwise_o than_o it_o do_v all_o thing_n in_o respect_n of_o god_n and_o his_o omnipotent_a decree_n be_v necessary_a contingencie_n be_v but_o a_o solecism_n of_o secular_a language_n or_o if_o any_o thing_n may_v without_o offence_n be_v term_v contingent_a it_o must_v be_v repute_v such_o only_o with_o reference_n to_o second_o cause_n 2_o howbeit_o such_o good_a man_n as_o do_v thus_o write_v and_o speak_v will_v give_v we_o leave_v i_o know_v to_o take_v it_o in_o the_o first_o place_n as_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v wise_a than_o we_o be_v and_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o their_o difference_n better_a than_o they_o or_o we_o do_v this_o be_v grant_v we_o will_v in_o the_o second_o place_n suppose_v that_o contingency_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a fictitious_a name_n of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o as_o tragelaphus_n nor_o altogether_o synonymall_a to_o necessity_n the_o question_n about_o contingency_n and_o of_o its_o difference_n from_o necessity_n be_v not_o such_o as_o one_o in_o merriment_n once_o propose_v in_o school_n a_o chimaera_n calcitrans_fw-la in_o vacuo_fw-la terat_fw-la calceos_fw-la the_o very_a name_n of_o contingency_n and_o necessity_n to_o ordinary_a latinist_n differ_v more_o than_o ensis_n and_o gladius_n than_o vestis_fw-la and_o indumentum_fw-la betwixt_o which_o perhaps_o the_o ancient_a latin_a artificer_n or_o nomenclator_n know_v some_o difference_n yet_o be_v it_o impossible_a for_o they_o to_o know_v any_o thing_n which_o god_n know_v not_o who_o out_o of_o all_o controversy_n know_v the_o true_a difference_n between_o contingency_n and_o necessity_n much_o better_a than_o we_o can_v do_v for_o both_o of_o they_o be_v entity_n of_o his_o make_n and_o serve_v as_o different_a law_n to_o the_o diversity_n of_o his_o creature_n or_o their_o different_a action_n all_o the_o reason_n that_o can_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o immutability_n of_o god_n decree_n to_o the_o contrary_a may_v with_o great_a facility_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o same_o decree_n be_v retort_v than_o bring_v against_o we_o for_o god_n immutable_o decree_v mutability_n now_o who_o will_v say_v that_o thing_n mutable_a be_v in_o respect_n of_o god_n decree_n or_o knowledge_n immutable_a the_o heaven_n and_o other_o body_n movable_a according_a to_o local_a motion_n be_v true_o movable_a in_o themselves_o absolute_o movable_a not_o immovable_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n decree_n or_o knowledge_n for_o he_o know_v they_o to_o be_v movable_a because_o he_o decree_v they_o so_o to_o be_v he_o do_v not_o know_v they_o to_o be_v immovable_a 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or_o respect_n for_o in_o as_o much_o as_o both_o be_v immediate_a and_o real_a effect_n of_o divine_a omnipotency_n both_o must_v have_v absolute_a be_v the_o be_v of_o neither_o be_v mere_o relative_a now_o if_o contingency_n have_v a_o true_a and_o absolute_a be_v it_o be_v neither_o constitute_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o contingency_n by_o any_o respect_n or_o relation_n to_o second_o cause_n nor_o can_v any_o respect_n or_o relation_n to_o the_o first_o cause_n deprive_v it_o of_o that_o absolute_a nature_n which_o the_o omnipotent_a efficacy_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o cause_n have_v irrevocable_o bestow_v upon_o it_o brief_o if_o contingency_n be_v any_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o which_o it_o be_v by_o the_o omnipotent_a decree_n and_o be_v such_o it_o be_v altogether_o as_o impossible_a that_o some_o effect_n shall_v not_o be_v absolute_o contingent_a as_o that_o such_o effect_n as_o the_o divine_a decree_n have_v appoint_v to_o be_v necessary_a shall_v not_o be_v at_o all_o or_o 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reason_n add_v reason_n to_o contingency_n and_o we_o have_v the_o complete_a definition_n of_o freewill_n in_o those_o case_n wherein_o the_o creator_n have_v exempt_v man_n from_o restraint_n of_o necessity_n his_o will_n be_v free_a the_o divine_a will_n itself_o be_v not_o free_a in_o those_o operation_n which_o be_v essential_a though_o most_o delectable_a god_n the_o father_n be_v more_o delight_v in_o the_o eternal_a generation_n of_o his_o son_n so_o be_v god_n the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n in_o the_o eternal_a procession_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n than_o in_o the_o creation_n production_n or_o preservation_n of_o all_o the_o creature_n yet_o be_v not_o these_o or_o other_o internal_a operation_n of_o the_o bless_a trinity_n so_o free_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n as_o be_v the_o production_n of_o the_o world_n whatsoever_o god_n decree_v he_o decree_v it_o free_o that_o be_v so_o as_o he_o may_v not_o decree_v it_o whatsoever_o he_o make_v he_o make_v it_o free_o that_o be_v he_o so_o make_v it_o as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a for_o he_o to_o make_v it_o chap._n 13._o contingency_n be_v absolute_o possible_a and_o part_n of_o the_o object_n of_o omnipotency_n as_o formal_a a_o part_n as_o necessity_n be_v 1_o it_o be_v a_o unquestionable_a rule_n in_o the_o art_n of_o art_n that_o proposition_n for_o their_o form_n not_o incompatible_a may_v from_o the_o necessity_n of_o their_o matter_n or_o subject_n become_v equivalent_a to_o proposition_n direct_o contradictory_n who_o indispensable_a law_n or_o rule_v it_o be_v that_o if_o the_o one_o be_v true_a the_o other_o must_v needs_o be_v false_a they_o admit_v of_o no_o mean_a betwixt_o they_o now_o there_o be_v no_o matter_n or_o subject_n in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v so_o absolute_o necessary_a as_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n or_o the_o internal_a operation_n of_o the_o trinity_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o between_o these_o two_o proposition_n the_o 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