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A90680 Autokatakrisis, or, Self-condemnation, exemplified in Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barlee, and Mr. Hickman. With occasional reflexions on Mr Calvin, Mr Beza, Mr Zuinglius, Mr Piscator, Mr Rivet, and Mr Rollock: but more especially on Doctor Twisse, and Master Hobbs; against whom, God's purity and his præscience ... with the sincere intention and the general extent of the death of Christ, are finally cleared and made good; and the adversaries absurdities ... are proved against them undeniably, out of their own hand-writings. With an additional advertisement of Mr Baxter's late book entituled The Groatian religion discovered, &c. By Thomas Pierce rector of Brington in Northampon-shire. Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691. 1658 (1658) Wing P2164; Thomason E950_2; ESTC R210640 233,287 279

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a_o most_o necessary_a truth_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n i_o have_v more_o abundant_o make_v apparent_a in_o three_o distinct_a tract_n viz._n correct_v copy_n p._n 9_o 10_o 50._o especial_o diu._n philanthropy_n defend_v ch_n 3._o sect_n 34._o p._n 132._o etc._n etc._n to_o p._n 139._o &_o sect_n 35._o p._n 141._o and_o again_o diu._n purity_n def_n ch_n 4._o sect_n 3._o p._n 19_o 20._o and_o i_o shall_v do_v it_o yet_o more_o effectual_o in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o chapter_n of_o this_o follow_a work_n in_o particular_a ch_n 3._o sect_n 13._o &_o 27._o and_o therefore_o three_o that_o they_o will_v not_o so_o frequent_o and_o affectionate_o contend_v for_o that_o very_a doctrine_n which_o sometime_o though_o very_o rare_o they_o confess_v to_o be_v false_a &_o blasphemous_a but_o that_o they_o find_v it_o must_v follow_v from_o their_o espouse_a principle_n of_o god_n decree_n so_o as_o they_o see_v they_o must_v relinquish_v either_o 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p._n 79._o be_v of_o sin_n as_o when_o he_o say_v that_o god_n 178._o god_n p._n 178._o ordain_v it_o whereby_o he_o infer_v it_o to_o be_v effect_v and_o so_o to_o have_v a_o efficient_a 6._o if_o he_o say_v as_o at_o other_o time_n he_o do_v that_o sin_n consist_v whole_o in_o a_o deficiency_n he_o infer_v what_o be_v worse_o that_o no_o creature_n can_v effect_v sin_n nor_o by_o consequence_n commit_v it_o 7._o while_o he_o affirm_v god_n absolute_a ordination_n of_o sin_n in_o one_o breath_n and_o that_o sin_n have_v only_o a_o deficient_a cause_n in_o another_o breath_n he_o charge_v on_o god_n all_o the_o causality_n of_o sin_n of_o which_o he_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v capable_a 8._o as_o when_o he_o breathe_v hot_a he_o say_v that_o god_n ordain_v and_o determine_v sin_n so_o when_o he_o breathe_v cold_a he_o say_v that_o god_n can_v ordain_v nothing_o but_o good_a which_o be_v to_o infer_v that_o sin_n be_v good_a and_o to_o what_o be_v good_a he_o allow_v a_o efficient_a 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his_o party_n nay_o have_v he_o not_o spend_v they_o upon_o himself_o who_o have_v confess_v even_o in_o print_n the_o very_a same_o thing_n which_o here_o he_o rail_v at_o he_o have_v open_o affirm_v both_o that_o the_o sin_v creature_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o sin_n corrept_v p._n 79._o and_o that_o there_o ☞_o may_v be_v something_o of_o positive_a in_o a_o privation_n ibid._n p._n 111._o nay_o be_v not_o all_o his_o rail_n against_o all_o his_o own_o party_n who_o say_v that_o god_n do_v 90._o do_v look_v back_o on_o ch_z 2._o p._n 90._o efficere_fw-la peccata_fw-la and_o not_o only_a will_n but_o 21._o but_o m.w's._n own_o word_n p._n 26._o of_o which_o i_o
by_o he_o who_o do_v not_o cite_v so_o much_o as_o one_o in_o this_o place_n who_o can_v help_v it_o 3._o s._n austin_n may_v err_v as_o well_o in_o this_o as_o in_o many_o other_o thing_n wherein_o mr._n b._n will_v say_v he_o err_v arminianism_n 3._o s._n austin_n august_n lib._n 12._o de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 7._o ubi_fw-la de_fw-la causâ_fw-la malae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la agit_fw-fr conferat●r_v they_o ejusdem_fw-la lib._n 21._o de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 24._o ubi_fw-la pa●um_fw-la inquit_fw-la veraciter_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la mat._n 12.32_o nisi_fw-la essent_fw-la quibus_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la in_o isto_fw-la tamen_fw-la rem●tteretur_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la saeculo_fw-la his_o new_a degree_n of_o arminianism_n and_o in_o the_o very_a same_o book_n which_o here_o he_o cite_v i_o say_v he_o may_v not_o that_o he_o do_v for_o mr._n b._n understand_v not_o his_o own_o citation_n which_o be_v seem_o for_o he_o do_v make_v against_o he_o in_o reality_n for_o augustine_n speech_n belong_v only_o to_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o evil_a will_n not_o of_o every_o evil_a act_n of_o which_o the_o will_n be_v the_o cause_n again_o it_o only_o belong_v to_o the_o cause_n that_o be_v without_o the_o man_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o i_o will_v have_v that_o god_n be_v far_o from_o be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o a_o evil_a will_n he_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o deficient_a because_o he_o be_v not_o want_v in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_a to_o make_v a_o evil_n will_v good_a so_o far_o be_v austin_n from_o plead_v that_o sin_n have_v no_o efficient_a cause_n notwithstanding_o all_o that_o he_o have_v speak_v the_o impious_a man_n be_v own_o will_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o impiety_n 4._o whereas_o he_o say_v that_o my_o opinion_n be_v most_o contrary_a to_o arminius_n he_o contradict_v a_o good_a part_n of_o both_o his_o book_n wherein_o he_o say_v that_o my_o opinion_n be_v 25._o be_v c._n 3._o p._n 25._o all_o derive_v from_o arminius_n i_o have_v former_o prove_v by_o many_o etc._n many_o div_o phi._n def_n c._n 1._o p._n 12_o 13_o etc._n etc._n instance_n how_o far_a himself_o be_v a_o arminian_n and_o how_o impossible_a it_o be_v that_o i_o shall_v be_v so_o now_o he_o lend_v i_o another_o instance_n wherein_o himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n be_v at_o agreement_n with_o arminius_n and_o i_o be_o contrary_a to_o all_o three_o but_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n he_o wrong_v arminius_n and_o make_v he_o more_o presbyterian_a than_o indeed_o he_o be_v have_v he_o read_v any_o such_o thing_n he_o will_v in_o all_o probability_n have_v set_v down_o the_o ●lace_n his_o case_n be_v sad_a whether_o he_o pretend_v to_o truth_n or_o falsehood_n if_o to_o the_o first_o he_o hurt_v himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n if_o to_o the_o second_o he_o slander_v arminius_n and_o stabb_v himself_o sect._n 25._o have_v make_v this_o way_n for_o his_o own_o unhappiness_n write_v mr._n hick_n heathenish_a expression_n of_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d commend_v by_o mr._n b._n for_o 1._o learned_a 2._o witty_a and_o 3._o well_o write_v by_o that_o variety_n of_o attempt_n to_o which_o mr._n hick_n it_o seem_v betray_v he_o he_o act_v the_o well-natured_a man_n and_o even_o bless_v the_o author_n of_o his_o unhappiness_n he_o declare_v that_o mr._n hick_n be_v his_o cordial_a friend_n who_o write_v well_o to_o he_o tell_v he_o learned_o and_o witty_o that_o mr._n t._n p._n be_v the_o first_o who_o give_v sin_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o extraordinary_a invention_n p._n 114._o here_o be_v his_o tragical_a exit_fw-la for_o many_o reason_n 1._o mr._n hick.'s_n say_v that_o my_o invention_n be_v extraordinary_a be_v no_o proof_n that_o arminius_n do_v say_v the_o contrary_a or_o that_o mr._n hick_n do_v write_v well_o or_o that_o his_o say_n be_v both_o learned_a and_o witty_a each_o of_o these_o i_o deny_v and_o have_v sufficient_o disprove_v in_o my_o 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late_a 3._o all_o mr._n hick_n have_v display_v be_v his_o be_v overflow_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o can_v its_o bank_n have_v contain_v it_o will_v not_o thus_o have_v gush_v over_o on_o no_o occasion_n when_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o effect_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o drown_v his_o credit_n with_o a_o yellow_a as_o well_o as_o his_o cause_n with_o a_o black_a jaundice_n but_o evenit_fw-la malo_fw-la male_a and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d erynnis_n as_o they_o say_v still_o prove_v a_o virgin_n for_o poor_a perillus_n be_v the_o first_o who_o be_v likely_a to_o be_v torture_v with_o his_o invention_n and_o believe_v i_o the_o brazen_a bull_n be_v a_o lesser_a misery_n then_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o impiety_n of_o make_v the_o foul_a action_n to_o be_v the_o rivulet_n issue_v out_o by_o a_o necessity_n from_o god_n the_o source_n what_o spirit_n but_o a_o unclean_a one_o can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o vacleannesse_n that_o be_v of_o sin_n who_o be_v they_o who_o i_o have_v prove_v to_o have_v print_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o uncleanness_n when_o the_o pharisee_n heretofore_o who_o be_v the_o jewish_a puritan_n or_o preci●ans_n and_o reckon_v themselves_o the_o godly_a party_n of_o the_o land_n have_v slander_v our_o saviour_n with_o have_v a_o unclean_a spirit_n who_o although_o he_o be_v god_n do_v appear_v to_o they_o as_o he_o be_v man_n too_o our_o saviour_n tell_v they_o on_o that_o occa●●on_n the_o danger_n of_o blaspheme_v against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n let_v they_o who_o love_v the_o lord_n jesus_n in_o sincerity_n and_o tender_a the_o safety_n of_o their_o own_o as_o well_o as_o of_o other_o man_n soul_n not_o only_o read_v but_o consider_v and_o then_o apply_v what_o be_v speak_v mar._n 3.28_o 29_o 30._o i_o now_o dismiss_v the_o signal_n paragraph_n which_o mr._n hick_n suggest_a to_o mr._n barlee_n and_o mr._n barlee_n have_v vent_v to_o all_o the_o people_n 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of_o quite_o another_o thing_n i_o therefore_o condemn_v he_o out_o of_o his_o own_o mouth_n for_o have_v speak_v against_o a_o truth_n even_o while_o he_o see_v it_o be_v unresistible_a for_o he_o who_o sit_v beside_o the_o cushion_n no_o less_o the_o twenty_o yard_n wide_a even_o after_o he_o take_v it_o into_o his_o hand_n as_o if_o he_o mean_v to_o sit_v on_o it_o can_v be_v think_v to_o sit_v beside_o it_o because_o it_o be_v not_o conspicuous_a but_o because_o it_o be_v conspicuous_o so_o full_a of_o prickle_n or_o any_o otherwise_o so_o frightful_a as_o that_o he_o dare_v not_o adventure_v on_o it_o water_n 2._o his_o wonderful_a attempt_n to_o wash_v wet_a from_o water_n 2._o to_o show_v mr._n w._n both_o his_o danger_n and_o his_o dishonour_n in_o such_o his_o deal_n let_v he_o name_v any_o one_o thing_n in_o any_o part_n of_o his_o doctrine_n wherein_o he_o will_v affirm_v a_o inseparability_n and_o i_o will_v present_o enforce_v he_o to_o confute_v himself_o out_o of_o himself_o i_o will_v prove_v by_o a_o argument_n ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la which_o he_o at_o least_o will_v not_o resist_v that_o mr._n w._n may_v be_v separate_v from_o mr._n w._n nay_o i_o will_v prove_v with_o more_o colour_n that_o the_o difference_n be_v wide_a betwixt_o twenty_o and_o twice_o ten_o because_o that_o be_v but_o one_o number_n but_o this_o be_v two_o i_o will_v prove_v the_o separability_n of_o his_o proper_a passion_n from_o his_o formal_a reason_n and_o again_o of_o his_o formal_a reason_n from_o that_o essential_a whole_a to_o which_o it_o give_v its_o specification_n i_o will_v prove_v that_o a_o disease_n however_o incurable_a may_v be_v cure_v because_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o kill_v the_o patient_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o impossible_a but_o may_v be_v prove_v to_o mr._n w._n to_o be_v the_o contrary_a if_o he_o will_v but_o take_v his_o own_o coin_n for_o current_n which_o here_o he_o put_v off_o to_o other_o without_o a_o blush_n if_o his_o marvellous_a error_n have_v be_v through_o ignorance_n or_o inadvertency_n which_o yet_o i_o can_v conceive_v he_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o study_v the_o nature_n of_o conjugate_v and_o denominative_n of_o adjunct_n and_o subject_n of_o common_a and_o proper_a accident_n and_o if_o he_o will_v try_v but_o to_o put_v his_o present_a sense_n into_o a_o syllogism_n he_o shall_v find_v four_o term_n in_o the_o premise_n or_o ignoratio_fw-la elenchi_fw-la in_o the_o conclusion_n he_o shall_v not_o escape_v one_o of_o the_o two_o let_v he_o go_v which_o way_n he_o will_n 3._o the_o three_o line_n of_o his_o present_a section_n which_o shut_v it_o up_o p._n 26._o be_v cabbage_n not_o only_o twice_o but_o twenty_o time_n boil_v and_o from_o the_o first_o to_o the_o last_o be_v gratis_o dictum_fw-la sect._n 14._o glory_n mr._n w._n affirm_v god_n to_o will_n and_o work_v sin_n and_o to_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o effect_v of_o it_o upon_o his_o supposal_n that_o sin_n make_v for_o god_n glory_n mr._n w_n five_o essay_n instead_o of_o answer_n to_o my_o objection_n be_v now_o at_o a_o end_n he_o proceed_v to_o a_o four_o argument_n as_o he_o call_v it_o in_o the_o margin_n whereby_o to_o prove_v his_o belove_a doctrine_n of_o god_n efficiency_n in_o sin_n and_o thus_o it_o run_v so_o far_o as_o sin_n make_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n so_o far_o he_o may_v both_o will_n and_o work_v it_o for_o if_o he_o neither_o intend_v it_o nor_o have_v any_o hand_n at_o all_o in_o effect_v it_o how_o shall_v it_o make_v for_o his_o glory_n p._n 26._o first_n he_o lay_v for_o his_o foundation_n a_o most_o palpable_a falsehood_n that_o sin_n do_v make_v for_o god_n glory_n this_o be_v his_o postulatum_fw-la he_o will_v
god_n glory_n or_o that_o god_n may_v get_v himself_o glory_n by_o it_o and_o be_v apt_a to_o plead_v upon_o his_o commit_n of_o adultery_n or_o incest_n that_o he_o do_v not_o do_v it_o as_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o word_n which_o be_v 47._o be_v this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o dr._n twisse_n &_o other_o particular_o own_v by_o mr._n w._n p._n 47._o improper_o call_v the_o will_n of_o god_n say_v they_o but_o as_o god_n do_v secret_o will_v it_o as_o it_o make_v for_o god_n glory_n or_o to_o the_o end_n that_o god_n may_v get_v himself_o some_o glory_n by_o it_o he_o do_v it_o not_o out_o of_o lust_n or_o as_o a_o sin_n but_o to_o procreate_v a_o saint_n and_o increase_v the_o number_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o withal_o to_o glorify_v that_o discriminate_a mercy_n which_o can_v not_o be_v exercise_v in_o the_o pardon_v of_o such_o sin_n if_o they_o be_v not_o commit_v by_o they_o in_o who_o they_o be_v capable_a of_o be_v pardon_v that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o the_o elect._n i_o put_v this_o case_n to_o fright_v man_n out_o of_o those_o premise_n from_o which_o if_o god_n restrain_v they_o not_o they_o have_v be_v know_v by_o experience_n to_o draw_v such_o horrible_a conclusion_n and_o have_v i_o not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v example_n i_o shall_v not_o have_v think_v this_o method_n needful_a mr._n w._n tell_v we_o plain_a enough_o both_o p._n 26._o and_o here_o too_o that_o so_o far_o as_o sin_n make_v for_o god_n glory_n god_n may_v both_o chapter_n both_o note_v that_o all_o be_v his_o own_o expression_n ●_o 26_o &_o 28._o which_o must_v be_v compare_v to_o which_o purpose_n look_v on_o what_o i_o h●ve_v say_v sect_n 14._o of_o this_o chapter_n will_n and_o *_o work_n it_o and_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o 〈◊〉_d effect_v or_o *_o work_n of_o it_o and_o though_o sin_n be_v in_o itself_o evil_a yet_o it_o may_v have_v some_o respect_n of_o *_o good_a as_o for_o that_o which_o he_o call_v a_o true_a rule_n and_o what_o he_o have_v out_o of_o austin_n against_o himself_o i_o will_v not_o exagitate_v his_o unhappiness_n therein_o as_o i_o must_v also_o forbear_v to_o do_v it_o in_o many_o other_o particular_n mere_o for_o fear_n i_o shall_v be_v endless_a sect._n 20._o mr._n w._n proceed_v to_o a_o six_o argument_n whereby_o he_o prove_v his_o great_a willingness_n to_o prove_v that_o god_n have_v efficiency_n and_o hand_n in_o sin_n siam_fw-it mr._n w_n dangerous_a misapprehension_n of_o that_o figurative_a sentence_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v sin_n with_o siam_fw-it but_o more_o than_o his_o willingness_n to_o prove_v it_o he_o prove_v not_o for_o his_o argument_n be_v but_o this_o that_o god_n punish_v one_o sin_n with_o another_o and_o punishment_n be_v more_o than_o a_o bare_a permission_n it_o be_v ridiculous_a to_o say_v that_o a_o judge_n only_o permit_v a_o malefactor_n to_o be_v arraign_v condemn_v and_o execute_v p._n 28._o lin_v ult_n p._n 29._o lin_v 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o first_o it_o be_v not_o any_o where_o say_v in_o scripture_n that_o god_n do_v punish_v one_o sin_n with_o another_o but_o it_o be_v a_o sentence_n of_o the_o schoolman_n as_o common_o know_v to_o be_v catachrestical_a as_o any_o beggar_n know_v his_o own_o dish_n and_o have_v neither_o truth_n nor_o sense_n in_o it_o unless_o it_o be_v figurative_o mean_v for_o god_n punish_v the_o sinner_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n nor_o do_v he_o imprint_v sin_n on_o he_o as_o the_o lictor_n do_v stripe_n but_o withdraw_v his_o grace_n and_o leave_v the_o sinner_n to_o himself_o whereupon_o he_o sin_v without_o restraint_n but_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o this_o in_o 9_o in_o see_v the_o sinner_n implead_v c._n 1._o p._n 9_o another_o place_n where_o i_o have_v also_o record_v s._n augustine_n suffrage_n for_o the_o truth_n sin_n 2._o his_o make_v god_n the_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o great_a sin_n 2._o but_o mr._n w._n have_v so_o prodigious_o misunderstand_v that_o sentence_n or_o else_o so_o guilty_o dissemble_v his_o understanding_n as_o to_o express_v god_n punish_v of_o sin_n with_o sin_n by_o the_o positive_a action_n of_o a_o judge_n in_o his_o arraign_v condemn_v and_o execution_n of_o malefactor_n which_o be_v to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n and_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o great_a sin_n in_o the_o world_n such_o as_o be_v the_o late_a sin_n which_o be_v call_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o former_a it_o be_v frequent_o the_o doctrine_n of_o mr._n w._n that_o of_o all_o positive_a action_n god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o 11._o and_o exeunt_n of_o god_n prov._n c._n 4._o p._n 11._o proper_a cause_n but_o idolatry_n and_o adultery_n blasphemy_n and_o murder_n and_o the_o sin_n not_o to_o be_v name_v rom._n 1.26_o be_v positive_a action_n and_o punishment_n in_o the_o schoolmen_n sense_n and_o so_o according_a to_o mr._n w._n god_n be_v blasphemous_o infer_v to_o be_v their_o author_n and_o proper_a cause_n act_n 3._o which_o he_o also_o extend_v to_o the_o very_a sin_n of_o the_o act_n 3._o now_o we_o see_v what_o move_v he_o to_o say_v in_o print_n that_o god_n must_v 2._o must_v ibid._n p._n 12._o jin._n 1_o 2._o needs_o some_o way_n both_o will_n and_o work_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o act._n mark_v well_o good_a reader_n he_o do_v not_o say_v as_o at_o other_o time_n the_o act_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o sinful_a act_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o act_n mean_v the_o pravity_n and_o deformity_n and_o obliquity_n itself_o as_o he_o explain_v himself_o in_o the_o next_o two_o line_n wherein_o he_o say_v that_o god_n get_v glory_n to_o himself_o by_o that_o very_a pravity_n and_o deformity_n worst_a 4._o he_o tread_v a_o step_n beyond_o calvin_n worst_a 4._o mr._n w._n in_o this_o do_v tread_v a_o step_n beyond_o calvin_n not_o only_o 68_o †_o calv._n instit_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 18._o sect_n 1._o fol._n 68_o follow_v he_o through_o thick_a and_o thin_a for_o though_o mr._n calvin_n speak_v broad_o that_o the_o wicked_a man_n while_o he_o act_v be_v 7._o be_v id._n ib._n sect_n 2._o fol._n 69._o apparet_fw-la cer_fw-la â_fw-la destinatione_fw-la dei_fw-la fuisse_fw-la impulsos_fw-la fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la interpositâ_fw-la satanae_n operâ_fw-la saepe_fw-la deum_fw-la agere_fw-la in_o reprebis_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la e_fw-la jus_o impulsu_fw-la satan_n ipse_fw-la svas_fw-la part_n agate_n unde_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la manat_fw-la efficacia_fw-la erroris_fw-la ut_fw-la mendacium_fw-la credant_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n summa_fw-la haec_fw-la sit_fw-la quum_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dicitur_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la esse_fw-la cause_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la vim_o svam_fw-la exerat_fw-la in_o electis_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la reprobos_fw-la in_o obsequium_fw-la cogat_fw-la ibid._n et_fw-la jam_fw-la satis_fw-la apertè_fw-la ostendi_fw-la deum_fw-la vocari_fw-la eorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la authorem_fw-la quae_fw-la isti_fw-la censores_fw-la volunt_fw-la otioso_fw-la tantum_fw-la ejus_fw-la permissu_fw-la contingere_fw-la id._n ib._n sect_n 3._o p._n 7._o act_v by_o god_n and_o that_o the_o assyrian_n be_v thrust_v on_o to_o rob_v and_o plunder_v by_o the_o sure_a destination_n of_o god_n and_o that_o god_n do_v act_n in_o the_o reprobate_n by_o the_o interposition_n of_o satan_n help_n that_o satan_n by_o god_n impulse_n may_v act_v his_o own_o part_n also_o and_o that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o error_n proceed_v from_o god_n and_o that_o when_o he_o cast_v man_n into_o filthy_a desire_n he_o be_v the_o chief_a author_n of_o his_o just_a vengeance_n that_o be_v of_o sin_n in_o mr._n w_n sense_n and_o satan_n only_o the_o minister_n and_o that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o that_o his_o providence_n do_v not_o only_o exert_v its_o force_n in_o the_o elect_a who_o be_v rule_v by_o his_o holy_a spirit_n but_o do_v also_o compel_v the_o reprobate_n to_o be_v obsequious_a and_o that_o god_n be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o censorious_a will_v have_v to_o happen_v by_o his_o idle_a permission_n only_o though_o these_o be_v frightful_a expression_n and_o apply_v in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o not_o to_o be_v capable_a of_o excuse_n yet_o mr._n vv._n as_o i_o show_v have_v step_v beyond_o he_o 5._o the_o 95._o the_o veteres_n religiosiù_fw-fr interdum_fw-la simplicem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la confessionem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la parte_fw-la reformidant_fw-la ne_fw-la augustinus_n quidem_fw-la illâ_fw-la superst●tione_fw-la interdum_fw-la solutus_fw-la est_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ubi_fw-la dicit_fw-la indurationem_fw-la &_o excaecationem_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la operationem_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la spectare_fw-la calv._n inst_z l._n 2._o c._n 4._o sect._n 3._o fol._n 95._o ancient_a father_n be_v afraid_a to_o ascribe_v that_o to_o god_n work_v which_o they_o see_v can_v only_o be_v the_o object_n of_o his_o prescience_n and_o his_o permission_n
and_o this_o by_o the_o confession_n of_o mr._n calvin_n himself_o who_o as_o he_o call_v it_o their_o superstition_n so_o he_o confess_v that_o s._n austin_n be_v not_o always_o free_a from_o it_o but_o mr._n calvin_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o father_n piety_n which_o he_o brand_v with_o the_o title_n of_o superstition_n do_v very_o dogmatical_o pronounce_v of_o those_o late_a sin_n of_o man_n which_o be_v call_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o former_a that_o as_o they_o be_v punishment_n god_n be_v 2._o be_v idem_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 18._o sect._n 2._o author_n praecipuus_fw-la the_o prime_a or_o chief_a author_n and_o that_o the_o devil_n be_v only_a subservient_fw-fr to_o he_o satan_n verò_fw-la tantù_fw-fr minister_n and_o though_o he_o say_v that_o the_o ancient_n be_v somewhat_o too_o religious_a in_o their_o fear_n of_o speak_v the_o simple_a truth_n as_o he_o call_v it_o yet_o he_o confess_v their_o fear_n be_v very_o sober_a because_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o fear_v be_v the_o 95._o the_o idem_fw-la ib._n l._n 2._o c._n 4._o sect._n 3._o fol._n 95._o open_v a_o passage_n unto_o impiety_n of_o irreverent_o defame_v the_o work_n of_o god_n now_o what_o it_o be_v which_o mislead_v mr._n vv._n and_o mr._n b._n from_o that_o holy_a fear_n of_o those_o father_n to_o speak_v of_o god_n in_o such_o a_o fearless_a and_o frightful_a manner_n as_o i_o have_v partly_o already_o show_v and_o be_o partly_o to_o show_v in_o my_o follow_a chapter_n i_o believe_v most_o reader_n do_v judge_v as_o i_o do_v sect._n 21._o emollient_n 1._o the_o desperate_a nature_n of_o mr._n u'_v salvo_n and_o the_o hardness_n of_o his_o very_a emollient_n mr._n w._n have_v now_o do_v with_o the_o prime_a part_n of_o his_o enterprise_n wherein_o he_o have_v often_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o often_o very_o much_o worse_o go_v on_o talk_v to_o himself_o from_o p._n 29._o to_o p._n 35._o in_o a_o endeavour_v excuse_v of_o what_o he_o have_v hitherto_o deliver_v and_o in_o the_o very_a entrance_n on_o that_o attempt_n he_o make_v himselef_n unexcusable_a by_o drop_v out_o such_o excuse_n as_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o a_o excuse_n but_o can_v find_v one_o 1._o though_o god_n permission_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o operative_a permission_n say_v mr._n w._n yet_o he_o be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o the_o evil_n permit_v his_o reason_n be_v because_o what_o the_o wicked_a do_v wicked_o god_n do_v holy_o p._n 29._o which_o be_v only_o to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n in_o himself_o not_o that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n in_o other_o the_o question_n be_v not_o whether_o god_n be_v a_o transgressor_n but_o whether_o he_o make_v man_n transgressor_n as_o zuinglius_fw-la public_o affirm_v not_o whether_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n be_v a_o good_a adultery_n and_o so_o no_o sin_n in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n do_v impel_v he_o to_o it_o as_o zuinglius_fw-la also_o speak_v this_o be_v not_o the_o question_n but_o the_o sordid_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n and_o a_o take_n that_o for_o grant_v which_o we_o deny_v and_o abominate_a with_o all_o our_o might_n as_o most_o blasphemous_a and_o irrational_a the_o question_n be_v whether_o god_n impel_v david_n to_o that_o adultery_n or_o do_v work_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o that_o act_n as_o mr._n w._n speak_v which_o while_o i_o deny_v as_o a_o most_o impious_a and_o a_o most_o senseless_a proposition_n he_o must_v first_o of_o all_o prove_v and_o make_v apparent_a before_o he_o come_v to_o infer_v upon_o it_o that_o the_o very_a same_o thing_n which_o man_n do_v wicked_o god_n do_v holy_o and_o just_o for_o god_n do_v it_o not_o at_o all_o nor_o can_v he_o do_v it_o because_o he_o be_v god_n 2._o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o physician_n occasion_v the_o sickness_n yea_o the_o death_n of_o the_o patient_n 2._o 2._o by_o give_v physic_n which_o meet_v with_o ha_o malignant_a humour_n who_o yet_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o those_o effect_n p._n 29_o 30._o be_v as_o impertinent_a a_o similitude_n as_o he_o can_v easy_o have_v choose_v and_o show_v he_o consider_v not_o of_o what_o he_o speak_v or_o understand_v not_o any_o thing_n of_o the_o word_n author_n or_o seek_v to_o amuse_v his_o illiterate_a reader_n 3._o he_o hope_v to_o excuse_v himself_o by_o utter_v these_o follow_a aphorism_n 3._o 3._o which_o pass_v with_o he_o for_o fan_n and_o soft_a and_o supply_a speech_n 1._o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o administer_v occasion_n of_o sin_v and_o so_o to_o have_v some_o kind_n of_o hand_n in_o it_o speaker_n the_o mollify_a expression_n of_o the_o harsh_a speaker_n by_o his_o word_n and_o by_o his_o work_n p._n 30._o 2._o the_o law_n have_v a_o efficacy_n in_o stir_v up_o sinful_a motion_n p._n 30._o 3._o the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n do_v accidental_o stir_v up_o the_o corruption_n that_o be_v in_o man_n wicked_a heart_n p._n 31._o 4._o christ_n preach_v and_o stephens_n preach_v have_v a_o efficiency_n in_o stir_v up_o the_o wrath_n of_o their_o hearer_n p._n 31._o 5._o the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n do_v stir_v up_o evil_a affection_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o wicked_a man_n p._n 31._o thus_o he_o put_v upon_o himself_o that_o thick_a and_o palpable_a fallacy_n non_fw-la causae_fw-la pro_fw-la causâ_fw-la because_o when_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v preach_v the_o evil_a affection_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v stir_v up_o he_o conclude_v that_o god_n word_n do_v stir_v they_o up_o as_o if_o my_o writing_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o come_v to_o pass_v when_o i_o be_o write_v again_o he_o do_v not_o distinguish_v betwixt_o the_o give_n of_o occasion_n and_o take_v occasion_n when_o none_o be_v give_v god_n have_v speak_v and_o do_v those_o exceed_a good_a thing_n from_o which_o man_n have_v snatch_v a_o occasion_n of_o evil_n but_o to_o administer_v or_o give_v occasion_n of_o do_v wicked_o be_v so_o ill_a a_o phrase_n that_o it_o be_v very_o unskilful_o apply_v to_o god_n to_o say_v no_o worse_o and_o i_o have_v hope_v that_o these_o time_n have_v teach_v the_o unlearnedst_a to_o distinguish_v betwixt_o scandalum_fw-la datum_fw-la &_o acceptum_fw-la acceptum_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la datum_fw-la though_o david_n be_v pardon_v his_o sin_n of_o adultery_n yet_o because_o by_o that_o deed_n he_o have_v give_v great_a occasion_n to_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o blaspheme_v his_o infant_n child_n do_v sure_o die_v 2_o sam._n 12.13_o 14._o if_o mr._n w._n do_v not_o consider_v that_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o the_o sin_n of_o scandal_n or_o do_v not_o know_v what_o scandal_n be_v and_o wherein_o it_o stand_v he_o may_v both_o know_v and_o consider_v it_o another_o time_n he_o who_o in_o do_v what_o be_v lawful_a intend_v to_o make_v another_o man_n sin_n as_o well_o as_o he_o who_o do_v it_o by_o do_v what_o be_v unlawful_a without_o out_o intend_v any_o such_o thing_n be_v proper_o say_v to_o give_v occasion_n to_o scandalize_v to_o lay_v a_o snare_n in_o his_o brother_n way_n object_n 4._o his_o open_a profession_n that_o god_n secret_a will_n be_v contrary_a to_o he_o reveal_v will_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o very_a same_o object_n 4._o i_o be_o urge_v to_o enlarge_v upon_o another_o passage_n in_o mr._n w._n where_o he_o say_v that_o the_o wicked_a in_o their_o evil_a action_n do_v that_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n though_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o he_o will_v viz._n by_o his_o secret_a will_n which_o they_o know_v not_o p._n 34._o but_o i_o count_v the_o number_n of_o my_o page_n and_o be_o exhort_v to_o spend_v but_o little_a time_n against_o a_o man_n of_o no_o great_a strength_n and_o have_v already_o acquaint_v he_o with_o enough_o of_o his_o unhappiness_n and_o whatsoever_o i_o shall_v omit_v of_o his_o other_o misadventure_n i_o shall_v abundant_o meet_v with_o in_o my_o account_n of_o mr._n barlee_n and_o mr._n hick_n who_o i_o intend_v for_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o follow_a chapter_n chap._n iii_o of_o mr._n barlee_n forge_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o very_o much_o worse_a than_o so_o too_o in_o his_o very_a endeavour_n to_o speak_v as_o wary_o as_o his_o principle_n will_v suffer_v he_o sect._n 1_o be_v now_o to_o consider_v the_o doctrinal_a part_n of_o mr._n barlee_n book_n which_o he_o entitle_v a_o necessary_a vindication_n or_o full_a abstersion_n i_o must_v begin_v with_o his_o three_o chapter_n where_o omit_v his_o buffonery_n as_o that_o which_o serve_v to_o no_o end_n but_o to_o proclaim_v he_o to_o the_o world_n for_o the_o most_o lantentable_a zany_n
of_o it_o as_o the_o sinner_n himself_o and_o as_o much_o as_o satan_n who_o tempt_v he_o to_o sin_n and_o in_o some_o respect_v much_o more_o then_o both_o which_o before_o i_o come_v to_o demonstrate_v i_o will_v name_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o disease_n which_o be_v premise_v must_v needs_o be_v follow_v by_o its_o effect_n disease_n 3._o the_o original_a cause_n of_o the_o disease_n 3._o the_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v this_o that_o they_o believe_v god_n prescience_n or_o foreknowledge_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o event_n to_o be_v neither_o praevious_a to_o nor_o simultaneous_a with_o but_o direct_o after_o his_o praedetermination_n of_o they_o mr._n calvin_n express_v it_o thus_o 74._o thus_o see_v the_o divine_a purity_n defend_v ch_n 7._o sect_n 8._o p._n 74._o that_o god_n do_v therefore_o foreknow_v all_o thing_n because_o he_o fore-ordained_n all_o thing_n of_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v on_o another_o occasion_n and_o now_o mr._n barlee_n express_v it_o thus_o god_n prescience_n of_o a_o thing_n future_a must_v needs_o praesuppose_v a_o praedestination_n or_o a_o praedetermination_n of_o it_o chapter_n 4._o the_o patient_n prove_v extrembly_n sick_a of_o the_o disease_n by_o his_o own_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o cause_n look_v sorward_o on_o the_o ten_o section_n of_o this_o chapter_n 4._o that_o mr._n b._n be_v sick_a of_o the_o disease_n i_o mention_v i_o now_o prove_v out_o of_o his_o word_n which_o declare_v the_o cause_n to_o be_v reign_v in_o he_o and_o to_o make_v the_o short_a work_n of_o it_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o conviction_n by_o this_o dilemma_n do_v he_o believe_v god_n prescience_n of_o sin_n or_o not_o if_o he_o do_v not_o than_o all_o his_o own_o party_n will_v send_v he_o pack_v to_o the_o anticyrae_n every_o mouth_n will_v be_v open_v full_a wide_a against_o he_o he_o will_v not_o therefore_o dare_v to_o say_v no_o to_o my_o dilemma_n and_o if_o he_o say_v yes_o his_o calamity_n will_v be_v great_a for_o adhere_v to_o his_o maxim_n he_o must_v confess_v his_o doctrine_n to_o be_v this_o that_o god_n do_v praedetermine_v sin_n antecedent_o to_o his_o prescience_n or_o foreknowledge_n of_o sin_n to_o make_v it_o plain_a by_o syllogism_n 1._o he_o who_o hold_v that_o god_n prescience_n of_o what_o be_v future_a must_v needs_o p_o esuppose_v his_o praedetermination_n of_o it_o hold_v that_o the_o praedetermination_n praecede_v the_o prescience_n 2._o but_o mr._n b._n do_v declare_o hold_v the_o former_a 3._o therefore_o he_o also_o do_v hold_v the_o late_a this_o be_v make_v thus_o evident_a to_o the_o most_o ignorant_a of_o his_o favourer_n and_o undeniable_a to_o the_o most_o obstinate_a i_o will_v now_o go_v on_o to_o prove_v my_o necessary_a assertion_n that_o mr._n b._n be_v sick_a of_o the_o most_o loathsome_a and_o the_o most_o dangerous_a disease_n of_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n and_o cause_n of_o sin_n thought_n 5._o four_o short_a argument_n to_o confirm_v it_o leave_v for_o every_o reader_n to_o enlarge_v upon_o in_o his_o thought_n 1._o if_o god_n foresee_v nothing_o but_o as_o be_v first_o fore-appointed_n or_o predetermine_v by_o himself_o than_o he_o foresee_v not_o any_o man_n determination_n of_o his_o will_n to_o sin_n until_o himself_o have_v predetermine_v that_o man_n determination_n of_o his_o will_n to_o sin_n now_o if_o the_o devil_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o another_o man_n sin_v by_o mere_o incline_v his_o will_n to_o sin_n and_o if_o the_o sinner_n himself_o be_v another_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n by_o mere_o determine_v his_o will_n to_o sin_n though_o not_o as_o sin_n but_o under_o the_o notion_n and_o appearance_n at_o least_o of_o good_a how_o can_v god_n be_v think_v less_o if_o from_o all_o eternity_n before_o the_o man_n or_o the_o devil_n have_v any_o existence_n he_o have_v predetermine_v do_v the_o temptation_n of_o the_o one_o which_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o other_o who_o yield_v himself_o captive_a to_o that_o temptation_n yea_o the_o determination_n of_o both_o their_o will_n to_o both_o their_o sin_n yet_o thus_o he_o do_v say_v mr._n b._n at_o least_o in_o signo_fw-la rationis_fw-la before_o he_o can_v be_v able_a to_o foresee_v the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o 2._o if_o he_o who_o shall_v command_v or_o advise_v a_o man_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n which_o he_o know_v to_o be_v forbid_v and_o so_o a_o sin_n can_v possible_o be_v conceive_v to_o be_v less_o than_o a_o concause_n and_o coadjutor_n what_o then_o must_v he_o be_v conclude_v who_o do_v absolute_o and_o irresistible_o predetermine_v and_o tie_v up_o the_o will_n to_o sin_n 3._o god_n in_o his_o law_n do_v forbid_v the_o whole_a moral_a act_n to_o wit_n adultery_n or_o murder_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o agent_n to_o commit_v it_o thou_o shall_v not_o do_v this_o or_o that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o forbid_v the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n abstract_v from_o the_o act_n as_o the_o repugnance_n of_o kill_v a_o innocent_a with_o the_o law_n which_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v abstract_v from_o kill_v for_o this_o last_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o conceive_v much_o less_o to_o be_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la and_o imply_v a_o gross_a contradiction_n god_n forbid_v we_o to_o blaspheme_v he_o do_v not_o forbid_v we_o to_o blaspheme_v amiss_o imply_v it_o possible_a to_o blaspheme_v aright_o so_o that_o if_o he_o predetermine_v the_o will_n of_o man_n or_o man_n as_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n to_o the_o positive_a act_n of_o blaspheme_v he_o predetermine_v to_o that_o which_o he_o forbid_v that_o be_v to_o sin_n and_o if_o the_o union_n of_o the_o pravity_n with_o the_o act_n do_v move_v god_n to_o forbid_v that_o the_o act_n itself_o be_v free_o do_v how_o can_v he_o then_o predetermine_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v do_v free_o or_o admit_v that_o he_o can_v who_o be_v then_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o say_v whether_o the_o impossibility_n on_o one_o hand_n or_o the_o absurdity_n on_o the_o other_o be_v more_o observable_a in_o the_o case_n obligatio_fw-la impossibilium_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la 4._o if_o god_n be_v not_o by_o his_o predetermination_n of_o sin_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n who_o be_v then_o the_o author_n of_o it_o man_n can_v be_v for_o in_o that_o case_n he_o can_v sin_v for_o can_v he_o possible_o hinder_v the_o for_o bid_a act_n from_o have_v a_o pravity_n or_o filth_n on_o supposition_n that_o it_o be_v free_a and_o know_v to_o be_v forbid_v or_o can_v he_o so_o order_v the_o matter_n that_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o entity_n of_o the_o act_n a_o wilfulness_n of_o the_o agent_n nor_o a_o testimony_n of_o conscience_n against_o the_o thing_n do_v no_o this_o be_v impossible_a the_o predetermination_n be_v suppose_v or_o else_o it_o be_v a_o be_v too_o strong_a for_o god_n which_o be_v blasphemous_a as_o well_o as_o impossible_a how_o then_o can_v god_n be_v conceive_v to_o exact_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o creature_n who_o do_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v forbid_v be_v predetermine_v to_o the_o act_n which_o be_v forbid_v and_o to_o every_o circumstance_n of_o the_o act_n what_o be_v say_v of_o man_n may_v be_v repeat_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o if_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o mr._n b_n maxim_n the_o reader_n know_v what_o to_o think_v of_o he_o and_o them_o sect._n 9_o to_o remove_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o noisome_a and_o inveterate_a disease_n and_o to_o keep_v it_o from_o be_v desperate_a sick_a 1._o the_o easy_a and_o infallible_a mean_n of_o cure_n to_o all_o who_o be_v not_o resolve_v to_o contine_a sick_a at_o least_o from_o be_v epidemical_a i_o must_v clear_v the_o point_n of_o god_n prescience_n to_o my_o less_o instruct_v and_o common_a reader_n such_o as_o mr._n w._n and_o mr._n b._n appear_v to_o be_v and_o because_o they_o be_v reckon_v as_o chief_a man_n of_o their_o party_n there_o must_v needs_o be_v great_a number_n who_o partake_v with_o they_o in_o their_o great_a want_n first_o they_o seem_v not_o to_o consider_v that_o prescience_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o latin_a word_n for_o foreknowledge_n or_o else_o not_o to_o know_v what_o knowledge_n natural_o import_v and_o so_o discern_v not_o precise_o wherein_o god_n knowledge_n do_v differ_v from_o his_o decree_n how_o else_o can_v they_o imagine_v with_o like_a with_o mr._n w._n discover_v his_o opinion_n that_o whatever_o god_n foreknow_v must_v necessary_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o so_o all_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o whatever_o he_o decree_v do_v the_o like_a mr._n w._n that_o god_n foreknowledge_n do_v necessitate_v as_o well_o as_o his_o decree_n or_o how_o can_v they_o dream_v with_o mr._n b._n that_o god_n foreknowledge_n
with_o that_o natural_a liberty_n that_o be_v neither_o force_v nor_o by_o any_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o nature_n determine_v to_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o adam_n determination_n of_o his_o free_a will_n to_o the_o eat_n of_o forbid_a fruit_n which_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n be_v mere_o from_o adam_n and_o not_o from_o god_n unless_o they_o will_v say_v he_o have_v a_o necessity_n supernatural_a though_o not_o from_o nature_n which_o if_o they_o say_v it_o will_v be_v at_o their_o peril_n again_o it_o be_v grant_v by_o all_o that_o man_n since_o the_o fall_n have_v a_o liberty_n of_o will_n in_o thing_n not_o moral_a and_o in_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v mere_o moral_a which_o infer_v they_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o many_o positive_a acts._n catcchize_v 5._o they_o be_v far_o uncover_v by_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v catcchize_v 5._o if_o mr._n b._n and_o mr._n hick_n be_v to_o be_v public_o catechize_v and_o first_o ask_v who_o make_v they_o man_n 2._o who_o make_v they_o sinner_n 3._o who_o make_v they_o priest_n 4._o who_o make_v their_o doublet_n either_o long_a or_o short-wasted_n 5._o who_o be_v wont_a to_o wash_v their_o clothes_n to_o cleanse_v their_o hand_n and_o their_o foot_n and_o to_o do_v some_o other_o much_o vile_a office_n they_o will_v not_o say_v for_o shame_n that_o god_n do_v make_v or_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o they_o know_v to_o be_v positive_a and_o real_a entity_n but_o to_o each_o of_o those_o question_n they_o will_v certain_o return_v a_o severe_a answer_n again_o if_o they_o be_v ask_v who_o make_v the_o short-wastedness_a of_o the_o doublet_n aforesaid_a they_o will_v say_v the_o same_o tailor_n who_o make_v it_o a_o short-wasted_n doublet_n ask_v they_o then_o who_o make_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o sinful_a action_n to_o wit_n david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n they_o will_v say_v the_o same_o agent_n who_o make_v the_o sinful_a action_n that_o positive_a entity_n david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n against_o the_o law_n who_o make_v that_o positive_a entity_n or_o sinful_a action_n even_o god_n say_v show_v say_v mr._n w._n say_v that_o of_o every_o positive_a act_n god_n be_v the_o proper_a efficient_a cause_n p._n 24._o mr._n b._n and_o mr._n h._n the_o same_o and_o worse_a as_o have_v be_v show_v they_o but_o say_v i_o the_o adulterer_n against_o the_o precept_n and_o will_n of_o god_n and_o against_o that_o measure_n of_o his_o grace_n which_o have_v be_v sufficient_a to_o prevent_v it_o if_o david_n have_v not_o be_v a_o resolute_a and_o wilful_a sinner_n i_o conclude_v this_o section_n with_o the_o confession_n of_o mr._n w._n that_o he_o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o action_n must_v needs_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o sin_n also_o which_o be_v unseparable_a from_o it_o p._n 25._o but_o both_o himself_o and_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n do_v say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n and_o maker_n of_o the_o action_n as_o be_v a_o positive_a and_o real_a thing_n therefore_o according_a to_o their_o concession_n they_o do_v all_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n sect._n 20._o block_n mr._n b_n second_o chip_n of_o the_o old_a block_n mr._n b._n hew_v out_o his_o second_o chip_n thus_o he_o must_v hold_v that_o there_o be_v miriads_o of_o miriads_o of_o action_n in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v not_o wrought_v by_o god_n etc._n etc._n p._n 113._o this_o second_o chip_n be_v wonderful_a if_o compare_v with_o the_o first_o god_n 1._o his_o inconsistency_n with_o himself_o and_o his_o infer_v all_o sinful_a action_n to_o be_v wrought_v by_o god_n for_o there_o he_o will_v have_v i_o bind_v up_o by_o my_o thesis_n to_o maintain_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n though_o here_o he_o make_v i_o to_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v 100000._o of_o action_n not_o wrought_v by_o god_n if_o the_o first_o be_v swallow_v there_o be_v no_o place_n for_o the_o second_o and_o if_o the_o second_o than_o no_o place_n for_o the_o first_o for_o if_o i_o hold_v as_o i_o do_v that_o there_o be_v miriads_o of_o sin_n or_o sinful_a action_n whereof_o not_o one_o can_v by_o any_o possibility_n be_v wrought_v by_o god_n then_o by_o no_o possibility_n can_v i_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n but_o now_o mr._n b._n declare_v his_o tenet_n that_o all_o the_o action_n in_o the_o world_n however_o filthy_a and_o noisome_a be_v wrought_v by_o god_n i_o say_v the_o contrary_a that_o there_o be_v a_o world_n of_o wickedness_n which_o be_v none_o of_o god_n make_v but_o of_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o party_n whether_o in_o hell_n or_o in_o earth_n jesuit_n 2._o his_o unsuccesful_a reliance_n on_o the_o jesuit_n 2._o while_o i_o deny_v that_o any_o sinful_a action_n be_v wrought_v by_o god_n i_o do_v not_o deny_v that_o he_o permit_v they_o and_o i_o have_v often_o show_v how_o the_o sinner_n depend_v on_o god_n both_o for_o his_o power_n to_o live_v and_o move_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o sesuite_n may_v well_o be_v true_a for_o they_o be_v kinsman_n in_o these_o affair_n the_o jesuit_n in_o waggery_n do_v purposely_o propagate_v many_o blasphemy_n arise_v from_o the_o tenet_n of_o unconditional_a reprobation_n in_o many_o protestant_a part_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n that_o by_o make_v they_o odious_a they_o may_v fright_v man_n from_o thence_o into_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n i_o find_v the_o observation_n in_o the_o renown_a and_o judicious_a 3189._o judicious_a exact_a coll._n l._n 10._o ch_n 39_o sect_n 6._o p._n 3189._o dr._n jackson_n who_o mr._n b._n put_v i_o upon_o read_v by_o his_o say_n that_o i_o have_v read_v he_o when_o indeed_o i_o have_v not_o and_o since_o the_o jesuit_n suarez_n be_v of_o so_o much_o authority_n with_o his_o cousin_n of_o the_o kirk_n i_o will_v observe_v out_o of_o 2._o of_o proprio_fw-la &_o real_a influxu_fw-la concurrit_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la ut_fw-la reale_v actus_fw-la sunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la &_o intrinsecè_fw-la mali_fw-la sint_fw-la nam_fw-la cùm_fw-la hi_o actus_fw-la sint_fw-la verè_fw-la res_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la reale_v necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la saltem_fw-la illam_fw-la dopendentiam_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la habeant_fw-la quae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la effect_n bus_fw-la generalis_fw-la &_o omnino_fw-la necessaria_fw-la est_fw-la suarez_n de_fw-fr concursu_fw-la motione_fw-la &_o auxiliis_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o suarez_n that_o the_o act_n of_o freewill_n be_v real_a act_n though_o evil_a and_o the_o real_a effect_n of_o second_o cause_n which_o mr._n hick_n and_o mr._n b._n be_v both_o entreat_v to_o chew_v upon_o and_o again_o i_o will_v observe_v that_o suarez_n give_v those_o act_n but_o a_o general_a dependence_n upon_o god_n whereas_o doctor_n twisse_n as_o i_o late_o cite_v he_o make_v god_n to_o be_v causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la uniuscujusque_fw-la actus_fw-la which_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o jesuit_n though_o the_o jesuit_n and_o dominican_n be_v too_o too_o bad_a in_o their_o assertion_n sect._n 21._o former_a mr._n b_n 3d._a chip_n more_o pitiful_a than_o the_o former_a mr._n b._n say_v far_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o more_o sinful_a act_n any_o commit_v the_o more_o he_o be_v a_o creator_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o god_n of_o himself_o p._n 13._o still_o a_o chip_n of_o the_o same_o block_n but_o 1._o what_o pretence_n have_v he_o for_o this_o when_o i_o have_v say_v so_o often_o that_o though_o the_o sinner_n in_o some_o sort_n may_v be_v call_v the_o creator_n of_o his_o sin_n yet_o the_o evil_n which_o he_o do_v he_o do_v by_o that_o power_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n which_o he_o have_v from_o god_n how_o then_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o any_o sense_n 2._o to_o be_v a_o god_n of_o evil_n be_v a_o very_a sad_a privilege_n and_o the_o word_n god_n be_v so_o far_o from_o signify_v he_o only_o who_o be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o 22.28_o that_o exod._n 22.28_o man_n and_o 8.5_o and_o 1_o cor._n 8.5_o idol_n be_v call_v god_n in_o scripture_n and_o satan_n himself_o the_o 4.4_o the_o 2_o cor._n 4.4_o god_n of_o this_o world_n and_o so_o the_o sum_n of_o mr._n b_n acumen_fw-la be_v but_o this_o that_o the_o more_o sin_n a_o man_n commit_v of_o the_o more_o sin_n he_o be_v the_o author_n the_o more_o evil_a the_o devil_n invent_v the_o work_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o very_o pretty_a look_v back_o on_o sect._n 18._o &_o 19_o num._n 5._o sect._n 22._o all_o mr._n b_n four_o chip_n the_o most_o lamentable_a of_o all_o mr._n b._n begin_v to_o be_v more_o extravagant_a than_o himself_o not_o only_o more_o than_o other_o man_n by_o argue_v from_o the_o supposal_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o thing_n