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negetur_fw-la or_o you_o may_v take_v the_o conclusion_n thus_o viz._n nulla_fw-la datur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la vel_fw-la conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la praedestinatioâ—is_fw-la seu_fw-la electionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la the_o first_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n be_v if_o election_n be_v from_o faith_n foresee_v than_o faith_n foresee_v be_v some_o way_n a_o cause_n of_o election_n the_o which_o consequence_n though_o the_o remonstrant_n will_v sometime_o deny_v and_o seem_v not_o to_o allow_v foresee_v faith_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n elect_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o collatio_fw-la hagiensis_n p._n 103._o yet_o elsewhere_o they_o speak_v it_o out_o plain_o in_o write_n hold_v by_o they_o most_o authentical_a namely_o in_o act_v synodalibus_fw-la part._n 2._o p._n 6._o where_o they_o tell_v we_o fidem_fw-la &_o perseverationem_fw-la in_o electione_n consâ—derari_fw-la ut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ab_fw-la bomine_fw-la praestitam_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la tanquam_fw-la causam_fw-la they_o add_v this_o reason_n because_o the_o condition_n prescribe_v and_o perform_v do_v necessario_fw-la alicujus_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la endure_v and_o indeed_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v this_o for_o if_o we_o ask_v they_o why_o god_n choose_v peter_n and_o not_o judas_n they_o say_v because_o god_n foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v believe_v so_o that_o from_o their_o hypothesis_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o foresee_a faith_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o peter_n be_v choose_v before_o judas_n now_o i_o do_v subsume_v that_o foresee_v faith_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o reason_n nor_o motive_n any_o way_n of_o election_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n allow_v of_o no_o cause_n of_o election_n extra_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la but_o refer_v it_o altogether_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o beneplacitum_fw-la for_o this_o consult_v ephes_n 1.11_o and_o rom._n 9.11_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o you_o will_v believe_v you_o shall_v be_v elect_v be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v find_v in_o holy_a writ_n either_o express_o or_o by_o equi_fw-la valence_n there_o be_v i_o confess_v this_o proposition_n in_o scripture_n he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v but_o not_o he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v predestinate_v because_o god_n never_o require_v faith_n as_o antecedaneous_a to_o his_o decree_n second_o if_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n and_o consequent_a of_o election_n then_o be_v it_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o or_o antecedaneous_a motive_n because_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a and_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n ut_fw-la idem_fw-la respectu_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sit_fw-la antecedens_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la but_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n or_o consequent_a of_o election_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o a_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n motive_n of_o it_o the_o minor_a i_o prove_v out_o 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officiosum_fw-la be_v lawful_a as_o appear_v out_o of_o volkelius_n de_fw-fr verâ_fw-la religione_fw-la l._n 4._o c._n 14._o and_o albericus_fw-la gentilis_fw-la a_o learned_a civilian_n assert_n and_o endeavour_n to_o prove_v the_o same_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr abusu_fw-la mendacii_fw-la and_o so_o grotius_n hold_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la &_o pacis_fw-la and_o indeed_o some_o of_o the_o father_n hold_v so_o and_o so_o do_v dr._n jeremy_n taylor_n in_o his_o grand_a exemplar_n but_o the_o schoolman_n and_o all_o divine_v both_o popish_a and_o reform_a do_v condemn_v all_o kind_n of_o lie_v as_o unlawful_a both_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n and_o scripture_n and_o as_o appear_v out_o of_o suarez_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la i_o shall_v here_o make_v use_n of_o the_o definition_n of_o a_o lie_n that_o be_v most_o general_o receive_v among_o philosopher_n divine_n and_o lawyer_n which_o be_v mendacium_fw-la est_fw-la significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la cum_fw-la intention_n fallendi_fw-la first_o i_o say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la vocem_fw-la sive_fw-la per_fw-la notas_fw-la or_o nutus_fw-la still_o as_o grotius_n say_v it_o be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la a_o lie_n may_v be_v not_o only_o in_o dictis_fw-la but_o in_o factis_fw-la as_o if_o titius_n be_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n and_o ask_v sempronius_n the_o way_n thither_o and_o sempronius_n say_v nothing_o but_o point_v he_o the_o wrong_a way_n with_o his_o finger_n on_o purpose_n he_o do_v digito_fw-la mentiri_fw-la and_o so_o a_o dumb_a man_n may_v be_v a_o liar_n if_o by_o any_o sign_n he_o do_v point_n out_o that_o which_o be_v false_a know_v it_o to_o be_v so_o second_o therefore_o mendacium_fw-la be_v significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la now_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v false_a two_o way_n first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la rei_fw-la so_o gen._n 3._o satan_n tell_v a_o lie_n when_o he_o say_v you_o shall_v not_o sure_o die_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v not_o necessary_a that_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_v it_o shall_v be_v always_o significatio_fw-la falsi_fw-la and_o second_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o that_o which_o seem_v false_a to_o we_o though_o it_o may_v be_v true_a in_o itself_o the_o signification_n of_o falseness_n in_o this_o sense_n be_v always_o necessary_a to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n so_o that_o if_o caius_n signify_v the_o truth_n and_o think_v it_o to_o be_v false_a he_o lie_v and_o signify_v that_o which_o be_v false_a believe_v it_o to_o be_v true_a he_o do_v not_o lie_n thus_o necessary_a be_v it_o to_o make_v up_o a_o lie_n that_o he_o who_o lie_n shall_v know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n and_o that_o either_o first_o cognition_n actuali_fw-la when_o he_o at_o present_a know_v that_o to_o be_v false_a which_o he_o assert_n to_o another_o or_o second_o cognition_n potentiali_fw-la which_o knowledge_n though_o he_o have_v not_o at_o present_a yet_o he_o 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