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see_v first_o all_o be_v suspend_v upon_o the_o motion_n of_o man_n free_a will_n that_o must_v be_v the_o concausa_fw-la the_o social_a cause_n with_o â—race_n if_o not_o as_o in_o true_a reckon_n it_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v at_o last_o the_o primum_fw-la mobile_a the_o first_o mover_n p._n 19_o it_o be_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n and_o the_o cooperation_n of_o grace_n as_o the_o sword_n of_o god_n and_o gideon_n 2._o elsewhere_o as_o at_o large_a he_o diâ—putes_v it_o out_o obduration_n out_o sinner_n implead_v p._n 251._o etc._n etc._n if_o it_o do_v not_o lie_v in_o the_o believer_n power_n to_o live_v like_o a_o infidel_n whâ—ch_v we_o find_v by_o daily_a and_o sad_a experience_n and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o infidel_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o grace_n to_o turn_v belâ—ever_o the_o fâ—rmer_n can_v not_o be_v punish_v for_o apostasy_n nor_o the_o latter_a for_o obduration_n and_o as_o by_o his_o quote_v here_o of_o math._n 13._o 12._o habenti_fw-la 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vitiata_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la sana_fw-la ac_fw-la perfecta_fw-la donata_fw-la sit_fw-la et_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la ibid._n loco_fw-la consequens_fw-la put_v ant_n exhibendam_fw-la ab_fw-la co_fw-la fidem_fw-la cujus_fw-la natura_fw-la id_fw-la voluntate_fw-la conditoris_fw-la concâ—ssum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v with_o they_o forsooth_o
corrept_v correct_a p._n 56._o and_o divers_a more_o which_o d._n reynolds_n have_v quor_v in_o his_o epistle_n p._n 5._o in_o a_o mere_a literal_a sense_n when_o as_o yet_o first_o in_o my_o corrept_n correct_a p._n 69._o 70._o i_o have_v express_o tell_v he_o that_o that_o say_n of_o i_o out_o of_o d._n ames_n sensus_fw-la scripturae_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la unicus_fw-la isque_fw-la grammaticus_fw-la hold_v not_o always_o but_o only_o then_o when_o the_o letter_n be_v not_o plain_o metaphorical_a typical_a or_o contrary_a to_o other_o more_o plain_a place_n and_o the_o clear_a analogy_n of_o faith_n and_o sure_o i_o take_v it_o to_o be_v against_o the_o two_o latter_a for_o to_o maintain_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n or_o as_o he_o most_o malicious_o and_o hateful_o express_v i_o the_o fountain_n or_o cause_n of_o sin_n 2._o it_o be_v plain_a to_o any_o who_o do_v but_o list_n to_o take_v notice_n how_o i_o explain_v the_o place_n former_o mention_v whensoever_o i_o 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permissionem_fw-la revocari_fw-la possint_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la magnopere_fw-la iratus_fw-la davidi_fw-la fore_fw-la denunciat_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la flagitium_fw-la clanculum_fw-la admisit_fw-la id_fw-la in_o apertâ_fw-la luce_fw-fr adeoque_fw-la in_o conspectu_fw-la solis_fw-la vindicet_fw-la putandumne_n est_fw-la eum_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la sibi_fw-la velle_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la absalomi_fw-la nesarios_fw-la coâ—atus_fw-la non_fw-la reprimat_fw-la sinatque_fw-la furere_fw-la intemperanteâ—_n aut_fw-la cum_fw-la joseph_n negate_fw-la alius_fw-la quà m_fw-la dei_fw-la ipsius_fw-la operâ_fw-la factum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aegyptum_fw-la descenderet_fw-la nihil_fw-la ne_fw-la significat_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la impedivit_fw-la quominus_fw-la venderetur_fw-la sonant_fw-la sane_fw-la illa_fw-la verba_fw-la aliquid_fw-la amplius_fw-la istud_fw-la verò_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la neque_fw-la judaei_n neque_fw-la judas_n in_o proditione_n &_o crucifixione_fw-la christi_fw-la fâ—cerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la confilium_fw-la atque_fw-la manus_fw-la factum_fw-la iri_fw-la decreverat_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la admodum_fw-la frigide_a &_o dilutè_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la tamen_fw-la t._n p._n p._n 9_o &_o alibi_fw-la passim_fw-la de_fw-la nuda_fw-la permissione_n explicari_fw-la potest_fw-la aug._n lib._n the_o praedestinat_a &_o gratiâ_fw-la cap._n 4._o 2_o sam._n 12._o 11._o gen._n 45._o 8._o act._n 4._o 28._o huc_fw-la accedit_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la genere_fw-la efficit_fw-la vitari_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la quin_fw-la mala_fw-la perpetrentur_fw-la haud_fw-la enim_fw-la aliter_fw-la creatura_fw-la corrupta_fw-la in_o peccatum_fw-la rvit_fw-la quà m_fw-la ut_fw-la aqua_fw-la sponte_fw-la naturá_fw-fr fluit_fw-la
he_o have_v so_o far_o outstripped_n i_o as_o the_o most_o artificial_a and_o elegant_a scold_n ever_o do_v the_o most_o pule_a smatterer_n in_o a_o tongue-combate_n laureâ_fw-la tu_fw-la dignus_fw-la §_o 8._o a_o answer_n to_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v dogmatical_o material_a in_o his_o 3d_o chapter_n to_o his_o sect._n 6._o p._n 61._o §_o 1._o that_o i_o make_v god_n to_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o devil_n himself_o p._n 10._o quote_v my_o 24._o page_n where_o he_o know_v as_o well_o as_o i_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o word_n in_o all_o my_o page_n 2._o that_o what_o i_o say_v of_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v only_o infer_v from_o that_o doctrine_n which_o i_o resist_v and_o he_o defend_v answ_n 1._o i_o do_v not_o say_v absolute_o that_o he_o say_v so_o but_o that_o upon_o supposition_n of_o a_o absolute_a decree_n which_o elsewhere_o i_o prove_v must_v needs_o be_v so_o 141._o so_o corrept_v correct_a 139_o 140_o 141._o he_o be_v not_o ashamed_a so_o to_o speak_v both_o in_o his_o p._n 24._o and_o in_o his_o p._n 41._o &_o 13._o correct_v copy_n and_o that_o he_o thus_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o inference_n he_o dare_v not_o here_o deny_v secondâ—y_o he_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o what_o i_o have_v divers_a time_n tell_v he_o etc._n he_o p._n 64._o 70._o p._n 72._o 182._o etc._n etc._n that_o while_o he_o make_v no_o proof_n that_o either_o in_o terminis_fw-la his_o adversary_n do_v speak_v thus_o or_o that_o by_o any_o lawful_a consequence_n they_o must_v speak_v thus_o these_o blasphemous_a speech_n be_v rather_o his_o who_o utter_v they_o than_o his_o adversary_n who_o abhor_v the_o thought_n of_o they_o more_o than_o he_o do_v 1._o in_o what_o a_o lamentable_a case_n be_v my_o declamator_n if_o he_o be_v now_o observe_v to_o say_v p._n 115._o that_o punishment_n must_v needs_o be_v decree_v before_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n and_o p._n 87_o that_o god_n be_v the_o determiner_n not_o only_o of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n but_o 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his_o correct_a copy_n he_o have_v make_v himself_o so_o merry_a and_o upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o some_o that_o damnation_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o supreme_a end_n of_o god_n intention_n which_o upon_o the_o place_n i_o dispute_v against_o 3._o if_o any_o body_n will_v but_o yield_v to_o what_o i_o say_v p._n 86._o &_o 87._o and_o if_o he_o yield_v not_o to_o it_o &_o to_o the_o authority_n by_o which_o i_o back_o it_o in_o the_o margin_n he_o be_v worse_a than_o distract_v that_o god_n do_v not_o only_o determine_v all_o thing_n and_o action_n but_o their_o several_a modality_n too_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o be_v whether_o as_o necessary_a contingent_a or_o voluntary_a than_o he_o will_v not_o show_v himself_o a_o lamentable_a declamator_n it_o be_v pity_n so_o egregious_a a_o orator_n as_o himself_o be_v know_v to_o be_v shall_v so_o sow_o stumble_v but_o which_o be_v worse_o he_o will_v prove_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o most_o woeful_a calumniator_n while_o he_o will_v insinuate_v that_o by_o hold_v this_o principle_n i_o must_v needs_o maintain_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n whereas_o any_o learned_a and_o sober_a reader_n will_v easy_o conclude_v that_o i_o must_v needs_o maintain_v the_o contrary_a viz._n that_o if_o god_n determine_v modality_n as_o well_o as_o thing_n that_o then_o he_o do_v determine_v that_o sin_n shall_v be_v by_o he_o permit_v to_o fall_v out_o by_o the_o contingent_a voluntary_a sinful_a will_n of_o the_o creature_n but_o not_o at_o all_o by_o the_o sinful_a will_n of_o the_o creator_n §_o 9_o to_o his_o §_o 2._o p._n 56._o which_o i_o have_v almost_o forget_v that_o i_o allow_v no_o other_o will_n to_o god_n than_o a_o hypothetical_n one_o p._n 4._o yet_o he_o know_v on_o the_o contrary_a that_o he_o neither_o do_v nor_o can_v show_v any_o one_o passage_n in_o my_o note_n where_o i_o deny_v that_o god_n almighty_n have_v as_o well_o a_o absolute_a as_o a_o conditional_a will_n answ_n first_o i_o speak_v that_o only_a by_o the_o by_o in_o that_o place_n and_o therefore_o no_o great_a matter_n shall_v have_v be_v make_v of_o it_o 2._o by_o any_o understand_a man_n i_o must_v needs_o be_v understand_v to_o speak_v it_o in_o reference_n to_o the_o decree_n of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n which_o every_o body_n know_v that_o ever_o have_v read_v he_o he_o maintain_v only_o to_o be_v conditional_a and_o not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v absolute_a so_o that_o if_o here_o or_o as_o again_o he_o do_v chap._n 4._o p._n 2._o he_o shall_v talk_v of_o never_o so_o many_o absolute_a decree_n of_o god_n yet_o every_o body_n will_v see_v that_o he_o do_v vagari_fw-la extra_fw-la oleas_fw-la speak_v nothing_o to_o the_o main_a purpose_n 3._o it_o be_v most_o observable_a that_o where_o he_o speak_v most_o distinct_o about_o god_n absolute_a decree_n as_o he_o do_v philanth_n chap._n 4._o p._n 2._o he_o set_v not_o down_o any_o one_o absolute_a decree_n by_o which_o the_o lord_n determine_v to_o give_v faith_n or_o repentance_n unto_o any_o but_o that_o he_o be_v absolute_a in_o this_o that_o he_o will_v proceed_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o reward_v if_o we_o will_v obey_v and_o of_o punish_v if_o we_o will_v not_o 4._o by_o what_o he_o do_v even_o in_o this_o section_n refer_v we_o unto_o in_o correct_a copy_n p._n 49._o &_o p._n 52._o and_o by_o what_o he_o dispute_v up_o and_o down_o about_o god_n antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o plain_a but_o that_o god_n absolute_a will_n which_o he_o and_o his_o arminian_n with_o he_o call_v his_o consequent_a will_n be_v ground_v upon_o his_o hypothetical_n and_o so_o if_o a_o man_n can_v tell_v how_o to_o believe_v it_o his_o will_n be_v but_o hypothetical_o absolute_a 5._o chap._n 4._o p._n 2._o he_o grant_v god_n decree_n of_o creation_n to_o have_v be_v absolute_a but_o he_o will_v no_o where_o grant_n god_n when_o he_o decree_v to_o create_v man_n to_o have_v resolve_v for_o what_o end_n he_o will_v make_v he_o god_n and_o nature_n use_v to_o make_v nothing_o in_o vain_a but_o according_a to_o this_o man_n goodly_a divinity_n god_n decree_v to_o make_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o his_o creature_n before_o he_o have_v resolve_v upon_o the_o cui_fw-la bene_fw-la he_o be_v extreme_o angry_a with_o calvin_n correct_v copy_n p._n 24._o for_o have_v say_v that_o god_n foreknow_v what_o end_n man_n shall_v have_v before_o he_o make_v he_o and_o dâ—d_v therefore_o foreknow_v it_o because_o by_o his_o decree_n he_o have_v so_o ordain_v it_o ordinaverat_fw-la it_o the_o word_n which_o mr._n t._n p._n find_v fault_n with_o be_v these_o lib._n 3._o instit_fw-la cap._n 23._o §._o 7._o decretum_fw-la quidem_fw-la horribile_fw-la fateor_fw-la infieiari_fw-la tamen_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la praesciverit_fw-la deus_fw-la quem_fw-la exitum_fw-la esset_fw-la habiturus_fw-la homo_fw-la antequam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la conderet_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la praesciverat_fw-la quia_fw-la decreto_fw-la svo_fw-la sic_fw-la ordinaverat_fw-la §_o 10._o to_o his_o 9th_o section_n p._n 62_o 63._o §_o 1._o that_o in_o my_o seventy_o page_n i_o give_v out_o faith_n and_o infidelity_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n p._n 15._o still_o my_o amazement_n grow_v more_o and_o more_o that_o any_o man_n even_o in_o print_n shall_v speak_v so_o clear_o against_o his_o knowledge_n and_o contradict_v his_o own_o eye_n and_o the_o eye_n of_o as_o many_o as_o ever_o have_v or_o shall_v read_v i_o for_o there_o be_v not_o any_o such_o word_n in_o all_o that_o page_n which_o he_o cit_v or_o in_o any_o other_o which_o he_o cit_v not_o in_o the_o page_n which_o he_o cit_v i_o say_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o mean_n the_o meritorious_a
correct_a p._n 227._o 178._o 227._o d._n twiss_n vindic_n lib._n the_o electione_n digress_v 1._o &_o 2da_n etc._n etc._n à _fw-fr p._n 151._o ad_fw-la 178._o 3._o if_o it_o be_v not_o apparent_o absurd_a to_o talk_v of_o mean_n of_o election_n election_n be_v by_o virtue_n of_o one_o entire_a absolute_a eternal_a decree_n of_o god_n which_o comprehend_v in_o it_o both_o end_n and_o mean_n 4._o be_v it_o not_o so_o that_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o consider_v as_o mediator_n be_v not_o himself_o predestinate_v and_o elect_v to_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o elect_n and_o so_o no_o elector_n or_o mean_n of_o election_n rom._n 3._o 25._o §_o 3._o p._n 64._o 1._o 11_o 12._o i_o have_v never_o so_o little_a logic_n as_o to_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n in_o man_n which_o be_v the_o object_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n decree_n but_o that_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o his_o punishment_n answ_n 1._o why_o then_o have_v he_o hitherto_o every_o where_o so_o fierce_o plead_v for_o conditional_a decree_n of_o reprobation_n ground_v on_o or_o at_o least_o occasion_v by_o sin_n as_o the_o conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la the_o necessary_a the_o important_a condition_n which_o in_o this_o case_n be_v tantamount_n '_o with_o a_o cause_n of_o the_o decree_n 2._o why_o do_v he_o but_o just_a now_o tell_v we_o p._n 63._o that_o christ_n be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o election_n and_o what_o be_v election_n but_o god_n eternal_a internal_a immanent_a decree_n appoint_v some_o to_o obtain_v grace_n and_o glory_n 3._o do_v he_o not_o know_v that_o if_o he_o be_v candid_a in_o this_o acknowledgement_n that_o then_o all_o dispute_n betwixt_o he_o and_o the_o man_n he_o contend_v against_o will_v be_v end_v who_o none_o of_o they_o all_o doubt_n but_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n though_o it_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o decree_n itself_o that_o man_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o of_o his_o punishment_n too_o as_o here_o he_o himself_o do_v speak_v that_o though_o christ_n be_v not_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o election_n yet_o he_o be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o salvation_n and_o of_o all_o those_o spiritual_a blessing_n which_o we_o be_v choose_v or_o elect_v to_o gloria_fw-la to_o dr._n ames_n no_o arminian_n sure_a cite_v this_o out_o of_o bellarmine_n with_o approbation_n save_v that_o he_o say_v tollantur_fw-la merita_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la erit_fw-la reprehensione_n dignum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la distinctione_n prout_fw-la à _fw-la bell_n usurpatur_fw-la ames_n antisynod_n dordrac_n cap._n 1._o p._n 15._o bellarmin_n distinction_n in_o the_o grat._n et_fw-fr lib._n arbitr_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 14._o electio_fw-la aeterna_fw-la duobus_fw-la modis_fw-la considerari_fw-la potest_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la intentio_fw-la dandi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la ally_v modo_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la dispositio_fw-la executionis_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la executio_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la divina_fw-la nam_fw-la priori_fw-la modo_fw-la electio_fw-la est_fw-la mere_a gratuita_fw-la &_o nullam_fw-la praerequirit_n praevisionem_fw-la operum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la posteriori_fw-la modo_fw-la praeexigit_fw-la praevisionem_fw-la meritorum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la praemii_fw-la deus_fw-la dare_v disposuit_fw-la nisi_fw-la eye_n quos_fw-la bene_fw-la operaturos_fw-la esse_fw-la praevidit_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la causae_fw-la finalis_fw-la prio_fw-la est_fw-la bovis_fw-la operibus_fw-la in_fw-la genere_fw-la autem_fw-la causae_fw-la effisientis_fw-la priora_fw-la sunt_fw-la bona_fw-la opera_fw-la quà m_fw-la gloria_fw-la 4._o need_v he_o once_o more_o be_v show_v how_o that_o by_o this_o say_n he_o have_v give_v his_o correct_a copy_n and_o now_o this_o pretty_a philanthropy_n of_o he_o a_o fair_a fall_n upon_o their_o back_n corrept_v correct_a p._n 144_o 145._o the_o force_n of_o truth_n be_v often_o such_o as_o that_o it_o wring_v a_o confession_n from_o its_o otherwise_o most_o stubborn_a opposer_n §_o 8._o 64._o §_o 3._o in_o his_o p._n 121._o he_o say_v he_o know_v not_o any_o one_o either_o of_o the_o ancient_a or_o modern_a orthodox_n writer_n who_o will_v not_o ready_o yield_v that_o god_n do_v not_o absolute_o decree_v the_o reprobation_n positive_a of_o any_o creature_n but_o upon_o prescience_n and_o supposition_n of_o wilful_a rebellion_n and_o impenitence_n i_o will_v now_o take_v he_o at_o his_o word_n he_o be_v as_o perfect_v a_o arminian_n as_o i_o have_v ever_o hear_v speak_v or_o else_o he_o confess_v he_o be_v not_o orthodox_n in_o these_o few_o word_n he_o have_v ruin_v himself_o and_o his_o cause_n for_o ever_o unless_o he_o will_v say_v that_o he_o be_v my_o convert_n and_o the_o best_a of_o his_o book_n a_o long_a impertinence_n he_o can_v escape_v by_o any_o service_n etc._n etc._n mr._n t._n p._n go_v on_o triumph_v over_o i_o more_o or_o less_o to_o p._n 68_o answ_n 1._o it_o have_v use_v to_o be_v say_v that_o lapsus_fw-la linguae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la error_n mentis_fw-la the_o trip_n of_o a_o man_n tongue_n be_v no_o error_n of_o his_o mind_n claudius_n that_o dull_a and_o lazy_a emperor_n catch_v not_o more_o at_o fly_n than_o this_o gentleman_n do_v at_o unwary_a syllable_n yet_o he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o discover_v wherein_o the_o stumble_v or_o trip_n of_o my_o phrase_n lie_v by_o what_o i_o do_v in_o that_o very_a p._n 121._o oppoâ—e_n in_o he_o which_o do_v confound_v reprobation_n and_o damnation_n and_o much_o more_o by_o what_o corrept_v correct_a p._n 113._o and_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v distinct_o set_v down_o my_o meaning_n be_v sufficient_o express_v viz._n that_o consider_v two_o thing_n in_o god_n decree_n first_o actum_fw-la volentis_fw-la dei_fw-la the_o act_n of_o god_n decree_n or_o the_o intention_n in_o itself_o consider_v second_o rem_fw-la decretam_fw-la the_o thing_n decree_v or_o the_o will_v to_o execute_v that_o decree_n that_o the_o former_a be_v not_o ground_v upon_o prescience_n of_o any_o wilful_a rebellion_n but_o that_o the_o latter_a be_v of_o which_o alone_o as_o be_v plain_a i_o speak_v in_o my_o text_n p._n 121._o and_o my_o meaning_n be_v much_o the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o but_o just_a now_o i_o express_v out_o of_o ames_n and_o bellarmine_n 2._o if_o the_o say_n of_o this_o can_v make_v i_o as_o very_o a_o arminian_n as_o ever_o he_o hear_v speak_v i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o as_o great_a anti-arminians_a as_o ever_o i_o hear_v of_o or_o ever_o set_v pen_n to_o paper_n have_v speak_v as_o much_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v at_o large_a to_o quote_v doctor_n davenant_n dr._n walaeus_n dr._n rivet_n praevidit_fw-la rivet_n dr._n walaeus_n contra_fw-la corvin_n in_o quarto_n p._n 30._o &_o 152._o bishop_n daun._n animadvers_fw-la p._n 42_o 43_o &_o 111._o imò_fw-la passim_fw-la a._n rivet_n disputat_fw-la quintâ_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la thes_n 8_o 9_o etc._n etc._n paulus_n ferius_n a_o profess_a supralapsarian_a schol_n orth._n cap._n 28._o voluit_fw-la quidem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la bealificare_fw-la judam_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la respectu_fw-la peccati_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la infligendi_fw-la poenam_fw-la nisi_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la praevidit_fw-la nay_o all_o the_o sublapsarian_o who_o speak_v full_a out_o as_o high_a as_o this_o come_v to_o and_o yet_o never_o commence_v arminian_n doctor_n but_o let_v i_o only_o in_o the_o margin_n refer_v he_o to_o multitude_n of_o place_n out_o of_o dr._n twisse_n etc._n twisse_n doctor_n twisse_n vindâ—c_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 100_o certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la deum_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la nolentes_fw-la atque_fw-la impii_fw-la perderentur_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la subjungimus_fw-la hinc_fw-la tantum_fw-la sequi_fw-la impietatem_fw-la causam_fw-la esse_fw-la perditionis_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la decreti_fw-la sive_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la in_o eandem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la saepissime_fw-la p._n 332._o col._n 2._o lib._n 2._o p._n 11._o col_fw-fr 2._o epist_n dedic_n ad_fw-la reg._n bohem._n p._n 4._o lib._n 1._o 83._o 99_o and_o i_o dare_v be_v bold_a to_o say_v in_o a_o 100_o place_n more_o etc._n etc._n and_o for_o the_o behoof_n of_o the_o english_a reader_n i_o shall_v transcribe_v some_o few_o signal_n passage_n out_o of_o dr._n twisse_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n reduce_v to_o practice_v and_o very_o hard_o it_o will_v be_v for_o mr._n t._n p._n to_o prove_v dr._n twisse_n to_o be_v a_o arminian_n and_o yet_o to_o his_o say_n he_o must_v consent_v if_o he_o will_v not_o prove_v himself_o to_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n in_o man_n which_o be_v the_o object_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n decree_n p._n 64._o dr._n twisse_n synod_n of_o dort_n and_o arles_n p._n 10_o 11._o god_n do_v decree_n to_o damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n be_v the_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o all_o our_o divine_n
etc._n etc._n and_o according_o tilenus_n himself_o when_o he_o be_v on_o our_o side_n take_v exception_n against_o arminius_n his_o state_v the_o decree_n of_o predestination_n and_o reprobation_n according_a to_o our_o opinion_n to_o proceed_v citra_fw-la omnem_fw-la considerationem_fw-la resipiscentiae_fw-la &_o sidei_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la of_o it_o impentitentiae_fw-la &_o infidelitatis_fw-la in_o hisce_fw-la i._n e._n without_o all_o consideration_n of_o repentance_n and_o faith_n in_o those_o or_o of_o impenitence_n and_o infidelity_n in_o these_o and_o this_o that_o rev._n dr._n further_o prove_v p._n 11._o out_o of_o piscator_fw-la and_o out_o of_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n etc._n etc._n so_o oppose_v his_o adversary_n p._n 38._o and_o 39_o he_o have_v these_o word_n second_o he_o aggravate_v it_o by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o least_o consideration_n of_o sin_n which_o we_o be_v say_v to_o deny_v to_o have_v place_n in_o reprobation_n whereas_o divine_a consideration_n have_v no_o degree_n at_o all_o whereby_o it_o may_v be_v capable_a of_o great_a or_o less_o a_o fair_a answer_n to_o what_o mr._n t._n p._n have_v p._n 6._o sin_n have_v degree_n in_o man_n but_o divine_a consideration_n have_v no_o degree_n at_o all_o to_o come_v near_o to_o the_o point_n &_o to_o discover_v their_o juggle_n in_o state_v our_o tenet_n most_o calumnious_o consider_v i_o pray_v do_v any_o of_o our_o divine_n maintain_v that_o god_n do_v ordain_v to_o dimn_v any_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n and_o by_o positive_a reprobation_n in_o my_o p._n 121._o i_o mean_v nothing_o or_o can_v mean_v nothing_o but_o damnation_n it_o be_v apparent_a they_o do_v not_o all_o acknowledge_v that_o like_a as_o god_n do_v damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n so_o do_v he_o ordain_v to_o damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n and_o a_o little_a after_o to_o add_v one_o thing_n more_o not_o for_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o sinnedin_fw-mi adam_n only_o but_o for_o those_o very_a actual_a sin_n and_o transgression_n which_o they_o be_v guilty_a of_o and_o if_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v speak_v yet_o more_o plain_o in_o the_o same_o book_n p._n 40_o 41._o have_v speak_v of_o election_n he_o speak_v thus_o about_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n the_o like_a distinction_n be_v considerable_a on_o the_o part_n of_o reprobation_n which_o also_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o a_o certain_a kind_n i_o say_v we_o must_v distinguish_v in_o this_o decree_n the_o act_n of_o god_n decree_a and_o the_o thing_n decree_v by_o he_o and_o these_o thing_n be_v of_o a_o different_a nature_n and_o so_o different_a that_o look_v what_o alone_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n that_o alone_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o one_o thing_n decree_v by_o it_o but_o not_o so_o of_o the_o other_o as_o for_o example_n the_o thing_n deny_v by_o reprobation_n be_v 1._o the_o denial_n of_o grace_n 2._o the_o denial_n of_o glory_n together_o with_o the_o inflict_v of_o damnation_n as_o touch_v the_o first_o of_o these_o look_v what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n as_o touch_v the_o act_n of_o god_n reprobate_v that_o and_o that_o alone_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o denial_n of_o grace_n viz._n that_o of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n to_o wit_n the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o god_n but_o as_o touch_v the_o denial_n of_o glory_n and_o inflict_v of_o damnation_n god_n do_v not_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n but_o according_a to_o a_o law_n which_o be_v this_o whosoever_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v and_o albeit_o god_n make_v that_o law_n according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n yet_o no_o wise_a man_n will_v say_v that_o god_n deny_v glory_n and_o inflict_v damnation_n on_o man_n according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o god_n deny_v the_o one_o and_o inflict_v the_o other_o mere_o for_o their_o sin_n who_o be_v thus_o deal_v withal_o thus_o far_o that_o great_a arminian_n maule_n dr._n twisse_n unto_o all_o which_o as_o a_o signal_n conclusion_n let_v that_o note_a place_n be_v add_v vind_n c._n lib._n 2._o p._n 75._o nunquam_fw-la mihi_fw-la contigit_fw-la incidere_fw-la in_o quempiam_fw-la è_fw-la nostris_fw-la asserentem_fw-la impios_fw-la creatos_fw-la esse_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la divinae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la demonstrandam_fw-la ob_fw-la dcretum_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la signanter_n hoc_fw-la fieri_fw-la passim_fw-la profitentur_fw-la ob_fw-la peccata_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la impiorum_fw-la non_fw-la quod_fw-la peccata_fw-la impiorum_fw-la dicant_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la creationis_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la peccata_fw-la hominum_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o executione_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o intention_n dei_fw-la constituant_fw-la causam_fw-la damnationis_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o as_o for_o what_o he_o subjoin_v next_o p._n 65._o against_o the_o distinction_n betwixt_o reprobation_n positive_a and_o negative_a there_o be_v no_o real_a difference_n betwixt_o not_o choose_v and_o refuse_v or_o betwixt_o not_o save_v and_o damn_v in_o god_n decree_n etc._n etc._n answ_n 1._o i_o trust_v mr._n t._n p._n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o many_o proselyte_n which_o he_o glory_v his_o correct_a copy_n to_o have_v gain_v he_o 55._o he_o phil._n chap._n 3._o p._n 55._o be_v not_o become_v so_o absolute_a a_o dictator_n in_o the_o church_n as_o to_o be_v able_a by_o some_o few_o scrat_n of_o his_o pen_n to_o overthrow_v a_o distinction_n so_o solemn_o and_o so_o long_o receive_v as_o i_o can_v show_v if_o need_n be_v at_o large_a this_o to_o have_v be_v by_o austin_n by_o multitude_n of_o schoolman_n one_o of_o which_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o question_v any_o man_n prudence_n who_o shall_v deny_v so_o plain_a a_o thing_n distinctas_fw-la thing_n pennot_v lib._n 7._o §._o 10._o quis_fw-la tam_fw-la imprudens_fw-la qui_fw-la dicat_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la excludendi_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la aliquem_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la &_o voluntatem_fw-la permittendi_fw-la illum_fw-la pro_fw-la sva_fw-la libertate_fw-la deficere_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la voluntates_fw-la distinctas_fw-la by_o his_o belove_a arminius_n himself_o or_o by_o all_o sort_n of_o neotericks_n second_o though_o in_o god_n decree_n who_o be_v purus_fw-la putus_fw-la actus_fw-la there_o be_v no_o multiplicity_n of_o act_n one_o succeed_v the_o other_o as_o in_o man_n yet_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la and_o to_o we_o poor_a mortal_n there_o must_v needs_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n be_v conceive_v as_o great_a a_o distinction_n betwixt_o these_o two_o as_o there_o will_v be_v betwixt_o a_o earthly_a judge_n leave_v a_o prisoner_n in_o goal_n or_o not_o prefer_v of_o he_o at_o court_n and_o his_o adjudge_v of_o he_o to_o the_o gallow_n for_o his_o felony_n §_o 5._o as_o for_o the_o tedious_a dilemma_n with_o which_o in_o the_o same_o page_n 65._o he_o will_v fain_o gravel_n i_o upon_o occasion_n of_o what_o i_o have_v write_v p._n 197._o in_o defence_n of_o calvin_n a._n 1._o any_o wise_a body_n will_v easy_o perceive_v that_o none_o but_o a_o very_a absurd_a man_n will_v have_v put_v it_o see_v in_o that_o place_n i_o have_v no_o occasion_n at_o all_o nor_o do_v not_o make_v any_o the_o least_o use_n of_o the_o distinction_n betwixt_o reprobation_n positive_a and_o reprobation_n negative_a only_o i_o have_v occasion_n to_o distinguish_v god_n eternal_a reprobation_n from_o the_o first_o adam_n and_o the_o angel_n temporal_a apostasy_n and_o of_o the_o first_o i_o say_v with_o calvin_n that_o god_n secret_a will_n be_v the_o sole_a cause_n but_o of_o the_o latter_a that_o adam_n and_o the_o angel_n sinful_a wilâ—s_n be_v the_o cause_n see_v calvin_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la p._n 711._o 2._o any_o body_n if_o he_o will_v but_o turn_v to_o what_o i_o write_v corrept_v correct_a p._n 195_o 196._o in_o defence_n of_o calvin_n will_v easy_o discover_v mr._n t._n p_n unreasonable_a thriftiness_n in_o spare_v to_o give_v any_o answer_n to_o no_o less_o than_o four_o of_o my_o reply_v against_o what_o he_o have_v say_v against_o calvin_n and_o in_o nibble_v only_o a_o little_a at_o the_o five_o by_o the_o intrusion_n of_o a_o most_o unseasonable_a dilemma_n for_o the_o make_n whereof_o here_o there_o be_v no_o other_o occasion_n give_v he_o than_o what_o he_o be_v please_v to_o take_v from_o his_o own_o work_a wormish_n fancy_n 3._o see_v mr._n calvin_n whensoever_o he_o have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o god_n decree_n of_o leave_v angel_n or_o the_o first_o adam_n to_o themselves_o so_o as_o not_o to_o have_v decree_v they_o that_o efficacious_a grace_n by_o which_o they_o will_v certain_o have_v preserve_v themselves_o from_o fall_v and_o do_v only_o afford_v they_o that_o sufficient_a grace_n by_o which_o they_o may_v have_v stand_v if_o they_o have_v so_o will_v the_o lord_n give_v they_o only_o posse_fw-mi stare_v vel_fw-la non_fw-la peccare_fw-la si_fw-la vellent_fw-la