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the_o will_n to_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o they_o yet_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v a_o free_a and_o not_o necessary_a agent_n proceed_v not_o to_o work_v but_o according_a unto_o judgement_n and_o occasion_n and_o opportunitye_n from_o without_o and_o albeit_o a_o purser_n that_o maintain_v himself_o by_o robbery_n have_v a_o fair_a opportunity_n offer_v he_o to_o advantage_n himself_o to_o take_v a_o purse_n yet_o if_o upon_o consideration_n he_o find_v himself_o too_o weak_a to_o go_v through_o with_o it_o or_o that_o he_o can_v do_v it_o safe_o he_o will_v forbear_v for_o albeit_o a_o vicious_a habit_n do_v natural_o and_o necessary_o incline_v he_o to_o a_o naughty_a end_n yet_o in_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o mean_n conduce_v to_o this_o end_n he_o be_v free_a how_o much_o more_o plain_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o want_n of_o supernatural_a grace_n be_v far_o off_o from_o be_v either_o the_o sole_a cause_n or_o the_o immediate_a or_o the_o principal_a cause_n of_o any_o 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death_n upon_o a_o sinner_n of_o mere_a pleasure_n but_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o first_o place_n ezech_n 18._o by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o and_o also_o according_a to_o the_o purport_n of_o the_o second_o place_n only_o in_o case_n of_o impenitency_n and_o i_o concur_v with_o he_o in_o this_o and_o so_o i_o conceive_v it_o to_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n with_o that_o lament_n 3._o 32_o 33._o for_o though_o he_o cause_n grief_n to_o wit_n by_o reason_n of_o man_n sin_n v._n 39_o yet_o will_v he_o have_v compassion_n according_a to_o the_o multitude_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o wit_n in_o case_n he_o repent_v jer._n 18._o 7._o judg._n 10._o 16._o for_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v willing_o nor_o grieve_v the_o child_n of_o man_n mark_v i_o pray_v not_o willing_o to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o by_o sin_n and_o by_o refusal_n to_o repent_v and_o this_o be_v in_o the_o former_a 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fides_fw-la à _fw-la naturâ_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o my_o poor_a judgement_n the_o father_n as_o many_o as_o state_v predestination_n according_a to_o the_o prescience_n of_o man_n work_n have_v no_o other_o meaning_n but_o this_o that_o god_n do_v predestine_v no_o man_n to_o eternal_a life_n but_o such_o as_o come_n to_o ripe_a year_n shall_v believe_v in_o christ_n and_o repent_v no_o man_n unto_o eternal_a death_n but_o such_o as_o shall_v final_o persevere_v in_o infidelity_n and_o impenitency_n so_o make_v work_n foresee_v the_o cause_n of_o salvation_n but_o not_o of_o god_n decree_n and_o aquinas_n be_v bold_a to_o profess_v that_o nemo_fw-la fuit_fw-la it_o a_o insanae_fw-la mentis_fw-la qui_fw-la diceret_fw-la merita_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la divinae_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la praedestinantis_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o good_a rule_n that_o gerson_n give_v that_o holy_a man_n write_n be_v not_o to_o be_v urge_v precise_o according_a to_o the_o letter_n de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la spirituali_fw-la animae_fw-la sect._n 1_o co_fw-la 11._o notet_fw-la his_fw-la quód_fw-la doctores_fw-la etiam_fw-la sancti_fw-la sunt_fw-la magis_fw-la reverenter_fw-la glossandi_fw-la in_o multis_fw-la quam_fw-la ampliandi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la semper_fw-la adverterunt_fw-la aut_fw-la advertere_fw-la cogitaverunt_fw-la ad_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la locutionis_fw-la improprietas_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la ampliari_fw-la debet_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la reduci_fw-la alioquin_fw-la quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la augetur_fw-la deceptio_fw-la 5._o we_o know_v what_o answer_n austin_n himself_o make_v unto_o this_o de_fw-fr praedestin_n sanct._n cap._n 14._o quid_fw-la igitur_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la scrutemur_fw-la opuscula_fw-la qui_fw-la priusquam_fw-la ista_fw-la haeresis_fw-la oriretur_fw-la non_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la difficili_fw-la ad_fw-la solvendum_fw-la quaestione_fw-la versari_fw-la quod_fw-la proculdubio_fw-la facerent_fw-la si_fw-la respondere_fw-la talibus_fw-la cogerentur_fw-la 6._o as_o before_o i_o show_v fulgentius_n himself_o maintain_v predestination_n to_o be_v secundum_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la yet_o vossius_fw-la acknowledge_v he_o as_o well_o as_o austin_n to_o have_v maintain_v the_o absoluteness_n of_o predestination_n 7._o last_o this_o passage_n concern_v predestination_n alone_o as_o it_o signify_v the_o divine_a decree_n of_o confer_v glory_n but_o who_o ever_o be_v know_v to_o maintain_v the_o divine_a decree_n of_o confer_v grace_n to_o have_v be_v secundum_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la according_a to_o foresight_n of_o any_o work_n in_o man_n for_o this_o be_v plain_o to_o maintain_v that_o grace_n be_v give_v according_a unto_o work_n which_o in_o the_o ancient_n phrase_n be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o acknowledge_v that_o grace_n be_v give_v according_a unto_o merit_n which_o be_v direct_a pelagianism_n and_o condemn_v 1200_o year_n ago_o in_o the_o synod_n of_o palestine_n as_o for_o that_o of_o minutius_n foelix_n we_o deny_v that_o god_n do_v sortem_fw-la in_o hominibus_fw-la punire_fw-la non_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la we_o do_v not_o say_v genitura_fw-la plectitur_fw-la we_o say_v that_o in_o every_o one_o who_o be_v punish_v by_o god_n ingenii_fw-la natura_fw-la punitur_fw-la we_o confess_v that_o fatum_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr unoquoque_fw-la deus_fw-la fatus_fw-la est_fw-la and_o that_o pro_fw-la meritis_fw-la &_o singulorum_fw-la qualitatibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la fata_fw-la determinat_fw-la yet_o the_o holy_a ghost_n profess_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o all_o his_o apostle_n that_o both_o herod_n and_o pontius_n pilate_n together_o with_o the_o gentile_n and_o people_n of_o israel_n be_v gather_v together_o against_o the_o holy_a son_n of_o god_n to_o do_v that_o which_o god_n hand_n and_o god_n council_n predetermine_v to_o be_v do_v and_o yet_o this_o predetermination_n divine_a i_o shall_v think_v be_v nothing_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o their_o will_n as_o for_o hierome_n this_o author_n say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o eager_a opposer_n of_o the_o pelagian_n but_o no_o where_o do_v it_o appear_v that_o the_o point_n of_o predestination_n come_v in_o question_n between_o they_o these_o very_a passage_n out_o of_o hierome_n be_v propose_v by_o grotius_n in_o his_o pietas_n ordinum_fw-la hollandiae_fw-la and_o answer_v by_o gratianus_n civilis_n punctual_o and_o long_o before_o by_o bellarmine_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr grat._n &_o lib._n arb_n cap._n 14._o i_o answer_v what_o be_v this_o any_o other_o but_o that_o which_o the_o father_n many_o of_o they_o have_v profess_v in_o say_v that_o predestination_n be_v secundum_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la and_o do_v not_o fulgentius_n affirm_v the_o same_o yet_o be_v he_o acknowledge_v by_o vossius_fw-la a_o maintainer_n of_o the_o absoluteness_n of_o predestination_n as_o well_o as_o austin_n do_v hierome_n deny_v faith_n to_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n or_o grant_v it_o to_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o god_n do_v he_o maintain_v that_o god_n give_v it_o according_a unto_o work_n if_o not_o but_o according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n have_v mercy_n on_o some_o while_o he_o harden_v other_o the_o case_n be_v clear_a that_o he_o maintain_v absolute_a election_n unto_o faith_n as_o for_o god_n decree_n of_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n we_o willing_o profess_v that_o god_n decree_v to_o save_v no_o man_n but_o upon_o his_o final_a perseverance_n in_o faith_n and_o piety_n to_o damn_v none_o but_o such_o as_o final_o persevere_v in_o infidelity_n and_o impenitency_n now_o compare_v we_o these_o decree_n together_o the_o decree_n of_o give_v faith_n and_o the_o decree_n of_o save_v which_o of_o these_o be_v most_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o foremost_a it_o be_v apparent_a that_o salvation_n be_v more_o likely_a to_o be_v the_o end_n in_o respect_n of_o faith_n and_o faith_n the_o mean_n in_o respect_n of_o salvation_n than_o the_o contrary_n and_o the_o general_a and_o most_o receive_a rule_n of_o school_n be_v that_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o end_n be_v before_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o mean_n i_o think_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n in_o the_o way_n of_o mercy_n mix_v with_o justice_n be_v the_o end_n of_o both_o and_o that_o the_o decree_n of_o give_v faith_n and_o salvation_n be_v simultaneous_a as_o decree_n of_o mean_n tend_v to_o the_o same_o end_n and_o so_o neither_o before_o the_o other_o but_o hierome_n say_v that_o ex_fw-la praescientia_fw-la futurorum_fw-la nascitur_fw-la dilectio_fw-la vel_fw-la odium_fw-la i_o confess_v he_o do_v in_o a_o disjunctive_a manner_n thus_o vel_fw-la ex_fw-la praescientia_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la and_o we_o know_v that_o passion_n such_o as_o love_n and_o hatred_n be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o god_n not_o quoad_fw-la affectum_fw-la but_o quoad_fw-la effectum_fw-la and_o so_o they_o may_v fair_o stand_v for_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n which_o proceed_v ex_fw-la operibus_fw-la in_o hieroms_n phrase_n but_o admit_v he_o mean_v hereby_o decretum_fw-la salvandi_fw-la which_o rising_z expraescientia_fw-la fidei_fw-la must_v presuppose_v the_o decree_n of_o give_v faith_n to_o precede_v i_o answer_v then_o there_o be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v a_o impropriety_n of_o speech_n and_o here_o be_v place_n for_o gerson_n rule_v sancti_fw-la non_fw-la semper_fw-la adverterunt_fw-la ad_fw-la proprietatem_fw-la locutionis_fw-la and_o the_o rather_o because_o hierome_n we_o never_o find_v exercise_v in_o this_o controversy_n and_o it_o be_v against_o common_a reason_n that_o faith_n shall_v be_v intend_v before_o salvation_n and_o last_o this_o be_v to_o impute_v unto_o he_o to_o acknowledge_v 2_o motive_n cause_n of_o predestination_n quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la praedestinantis_fw-la which_o aquinas_n profess_v against_o as_o a_o thing_n impossible_a namely_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o god_n will_v quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la volentis_fw-la nay_o he_o be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o no_o man_n be_v so_o mad_a to_o say_v that_o merit_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o predestination_n quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la praedestinantis_fw-la the_o last_o part_n of_o this_o author_n performance_n in_o the_o point_n of_o antiquity_n be_v the_o council_n of_o arles_n subscribe_v as_o he_o say_v the_o letter_n which_o be_v write_v by_o faustus_n against_o lucidus_fw-la the_o predestinarian_a for_o so_o he_o style_v he_o and_o in_o his_o epistle_n he_o insist_o upon_o two_o anathema_n the_o one_o this_o anathema_n illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dixerit_fw-la illum_fw-la qui_fw-la periit_fw-la non_fw-la accepisse_fw-la ut_fw-la salvus_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la the_o other_o this_o anathema_n illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dixerit_fw-la quod_fw-la vas_fw-la contumcliae_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la affurgere_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la vas_fw-la in_o honorem_fw-la first_o i_o will_v answer_v as_o touch_v the_o anathema_n themselves_o then_o as_o touch_v the_o credit_n and_o authority_n of_o this_o story_n 1._o as_o touch_v the_o anathema_n the_o first_o proceed_v as_o well_o of_o he_o that_o be_v baptize_v and_o afterward_o perish_v as_o of_o he_o that_o be_v a_o pagan_a and_o never_o be_v baptize_v and_o perish_v in_o his_o paganism_n as_o the_o anathema_n itself_o witness_v if_o it_o be_v repeat_v at_o
be_v here_o pass_v over_o unto_o the_o three_o instance_n to_o wit_n of_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n but_o upon_o my_o look_v into_o the_o history_n thereof_o to_o prepare_v myself_o for_o a_o answer_n thereunto_o ere_o i_o be_v a_o ware_n i_o light_v upon_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a motion_n to_o be_v spare_v prefer_v unto_o the_o state_n and_o they_o utter_o deny_v what_o be_v here_o cast_v upon_o they_o namely_o that_o they_o deprecate_v at_o all_o that_o they_o may_v be_v spare_v from_o confer_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o reprobation_n but_o whereas_o the_o remonstrant_n have_v encumber_v the_o point_n of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n with_o seven_o question_n which_o pertain_v not_o to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o controversy_n concern_v the_o first_o article_n and_o be_v also_o imperfect_a and_o intricate_a for_o the_o most_o part_n and_o propose_v to_o this_o end_n to_o draw_v their_o adversary_n away_o from_o the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o question_n they_o desire_v to_o be_v spare_v from_o answer_v unto_o they_o and_o upon_o this_o petition_n of_o they_o it_o please_v the_o state_n that_o leave_v those_o thorny_a question_n they_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o handle_n of_o the_o article_n this_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o preface_n to_o those_o acta_fw-la synodalia_fw-la set_v forth_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o state_n fol._n 10._o pag._n 1._o for_o after_o the_o propose_v of_o these_o two_o question_n to_o the_o remonstrant_n as_o touch_v the_o decree_n of_o predestination_n 1._o whether_o the_o entire_a decree_n of_o predestination_n be_v contain_v in_o this_o article_n namely_o that_o god_n do_v from_o everlasting_a decree_n to_o save_v believer_n which_o no_o man_n deny_v 2._o whether_o they_o think_v faith_n &_o perseverance_n therein_o do_v precede_v election_n as_o the_o cause_n or_o condition_n thereof_o after_o the_o remonstrant_n have_v answer_v affirmative_o unto_o they_o both_o hereupon_o they_o bring_v in_o their_o seven_o for_o the_o most_o part_n intricate_a question_n reponebant_fw-la deinde_fw-la septem_fw-la alius_fw-la tum_fw-la de_fw-la electione_n tum_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la questiones_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la a_o pastoribus_fw-la à _fw-la classibus_fw-la deputatis_fw-la responderi_fw-la volebant_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la controversiae_fw-la de_fw-la primo_fw-la articulo_fw-la statum_fw-la non_fw-la spectarent_fw-la etiam_fw-la mutilae_fw-la atque_fw-la intricatae_fw-la pleraeque_fw-la essent_fw-la eumque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la proponerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la a_o praecipuo_fw-la controversiae_fw-la statu_fw-la rectaque_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la in_o ambage_n ad_fw-la ducerent_fw-la pastor_n expositâ_fw-la per_fw-la libellum_fw-la supplicem_fw-la illust_n ordd._n iniquâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la deprecati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la manifestarent_fw-la uti_fw-la remonstrantes_n improbè_fw-la saepius_fw-la ipsis_fw-la objectarunt_fw-la sed_fw-la disertè_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pacem_fw-la atque_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la sufficere_fw-la existimarent_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o scripto_fw-la declararunt_fw-la se_fw-la nimirum_fw-la cum_fw-la aeternum_fw-la electionis_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la ponunt_fw-la simul_fw-la quoque_fw-la ponere_fw-la aeternum_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la &_o rejectione_n quarundam_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la quum_fw-la fieri_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la electio_fw-la quin_fw-la simul_fw-la quòque_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la aut_fw-la derelictio_fw-la difficiles_fw-la omnes_fw-la circa_fw-la hunc_fw-la articulum_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la temere_fw-la excutere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la inutilibus_fw-la disputationibus_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la profuturis_fw-la litibus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la replere_fw-la ejusque_fw-la pacem_fw-la perturbare_fw-la declarationem_fw-la svam_fw-la hanc_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n expressam_fw-la moderatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la paceâ—que_fw-la amantibus_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la credi_n videlicet_fw-la ac_fw-la doceri_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la deum_fw-la neminem_fw-la condemnare_fw-la imò_fw-la verò_fw-la ne_fw-la statuisse_fw-la quidem_fw-la condemnare_fw-la quenquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la justè_fw-la propter_fw-la propria_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccata_fw-la placuit_fw-la itaque_fw-la illust_n ordd._n ut_fw-la missis_fw-la illis_fw-la spinosis_n quaestionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la articulorum_fw-la pertractationem_fw-la deveniretur_fw-la and_o pag._n 136._o &_o 156._o i_o find_v this_o objection_n propose_v by_o the_o remonstrant_n in_o these_o word_n pag._n 156._o in_o collatione_fw-la haghiensi_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n illust_n hollandiae_fw-la &_o westfriziae_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la exhibito_fw-la deprecati_fw-la sunt_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la &_o more_o at_o large_a pag._n 195._o thus_o ipsi_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a cum_fw-la in_o colloquio_fw-la haghiensi_fw-la jussi_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la interrogata_fw-la quaedam_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la respondere_fw-la magistratui_fw-la morem_fw-la gerere_fw-la gravati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la usque_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la collationem_fw-la caeptam_fw-la abrumpere_fw-la se_fw-la it_fw-la profiterentur_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la summarum_fw-la potestatum_fw-la imperio_fw-la se_fw-la constringi_fw-la paterentur_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praetexentes_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationi_fw-la obfuturam_fw-la eam_fw-la agendi_fw-la rationem_fw-la judicarent_fw-la now_o to_o this_o pag._n 157._o festus_n hominus_fw-la one_o present_a in_o that_o conference_n stand_v up_o and_o answer_v exposuitque_fw-la paucis_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la bonâ_fw-la fide_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la dicerentur_fw-la se_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la deprecatos_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la quia_fw-la remonstrantes_n subdolè_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la collationis_fw-la initio_fw-la septem_fw-la questionibus_fw-la spinosis_n ac_fw-la minime_fw-la necessariis_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la sed_fw-la electionis_fw-la quoque_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la à _fw-la recto_fw-la agendi_fw-la ordine_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a in_o ambage_n adducere_fw-la conarentur_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a libello_fw-la supplice_n apud_fw-la illust-ordd_a de_fw-fr tam_fw-la iniquâ_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la conquestos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la remonstrantibus_fw-la mandaretur_fw-la 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shall_v account_v the_o matter_n of_o reprobation_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o doctrine_n of_o reprobation_n a_o odious_a matter_n a_o odious_a doctrine_n for_o we_o common_o signify_v hereby_o such_o a_o doctrine_n as_o deserve_v to_o be_v hate_v but_o i_o think_v withal_o that_o they_o may_v express_v rather_o what_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o it_o in_o the_o event_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v entertain_v with_o hatred_n not_o of_o all_o neither_o nor_o of_o any_o of_o those_o that_o submit_v their_o judgement_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o rather_o of_o those_o and_o of_o those_o only_a who_o follow_v the_o judgement_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n yet_o i_o think_v good_a to_o inquire_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o fact_n here_o mention_v and_o i_o find_v it_o in_o the_o page_n mention_v and_o how_o the_o remonstrant_n themselves_o do_v express_v this_o even_o as_o here_o it_o be_v express_v thus_o a_o reverendo_fw-la praeside_fw-la moniti_fw-la sumus_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la negativis_fw-la enunciationibus_fw-la abstineremus_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr electione_n potius_fw-la quam_fw-la odiosâ_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la materiâ_fw-la ageremus_fw-la yet_o i_o confess_v this_o do_v not_o satisfy_v i_o for_o why_o shall_v this_o author_n make_v choice_n to_o express_v it_o in_o the_o remonstrants_n term_n rather_o than_o in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o precedent_n himself_o therefore_o i_o turn_v to_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o session_n be_v sess_z 32._o there_o i_o find_v this_o particular_a submonuit_fw-la &_o praeses_fw-la ut_fw-la potius_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la illis_fw-la inhaererent_fw-la quae_fw-la circa_fw-la suavem_fw-la de_fw-la electione_n doctrinam_fw-la versarentur_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la dâ—_n odiosè_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la exagitarent_fw-la now_o i_o find_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o difference_n between_o profess_v the_o matter_n of_o reprobation_n or_o the_o doctrine_n hereof_o to_o be_v odious_a 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god_n providence_n as_o to_o make_v he_o deride_v and_o mock_v miserable_a people_n though_o the_o jebusite_n do_v mock_v david_n as_o this_o author_n give_v his_o word_n for_o it_o though_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o ribbi_n david_n kimhi_n or_o piscator_fw-la count_v it_o any_o derision_n but_o a_o plain_a representation_n of_o their_o confidence_n that_o david_n be_v never_o able_a to_o take_v it_o such_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o towerâ—_n that_o the_o weak_a even_o the_o blind_a and_o the_o lame_a be_v sufficient_a to_o defend_v it_o though_o withal_o kimhi_n acquaint_v we_o with_o a_o strange_a story_n out_o of_o the_o jew_n darashe_n of_o a_o covenant_n make_v between_o abraham_n and_o king_n abimelech_n and_o that_o concern_v not_o he_o alone_o but_o his_o son_n and_o his_o nephew_n to_o suffer_v they_o quiet_o to_o enjoy_v their_o own_o and_o that_o the_o nephew_n of_o that_o abimelech_n be_v alive_a at_o that_o time_n when_o david_n come_v to_o besiege_v that_o 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de_fw-la formali_fw-la ratione_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la qua_fw-la peccator_fw-la est_fw-la as_o you_o know_v resp_n every_o one_o indeed_o know_v that_o peccatum_fw-la be_v de_fw-la formali_fw-la ratione_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o second_o syllogism_n give_v no_o mite_n of_o proof_n unto_o the_o t._n first_o for_o see_v formalis_fw-la ratio_fw-la of_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v separate_v from_o the_o thing_n itself_o and_o consequent_o neither_o peccatum_fw-la from_o peccator_fw-la you_o may_v easy_o perceive_v that_o when_o we_o deny_v that_o the_o decree_n of_o liberation_n from_o sin_n presuppose_v sin_n we_o must_v therewithal_o necessary_o deny_v that_o it_o presuppose_v sinner_n your_o three_o syllogism_n add_v as_o little_a force_n unto_o the_o former_a be_v mere_o identica_fw-la probatio_fw-la for_o every_o man_n know_v that_o to_o be_v a_o sinner_n and_o to_o have_v need_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o sin_n be_v all_o one_o in_o such_o 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