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rather_o a_o fiction_n of_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o pelagian_n wherewithal_o to_o reproach_v the_o doctrine_n of_o s._n austin_n in_o the_o point_n of_o predestination_n thus_o have_v i_o examine_v this_o author_n pretence_n of_o the_o novelty_n of_o our_o tenent_n i_o come_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o that_o which_o follow_v discourse_n the_o second_o motive_n it_o be_v unwillingness_n to_o abide_v the_o trial_n i_o find_v that_o the_o author_n and_o abettor_n of_o it_o have_v be_v 2dò_fw-la very_o backward_o to_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o standard_n not_o only_a when_o they_o have_v be_v call_v upon_o by_o their_o adversary_n to_o have_v be_v weigh_v but_o also_o when_o they_o have_v be_v entreat_v thereto_o by_o their_o chief_a magistrate_n who_o may_v have_v command_v they_o a_o shrewd_a argument_n i_o think_v that_o it_o be_v too_o light_a in_o the_o disputation_n at_o mompelgard_n anno_fw-la 1586_o hold_v between_o beza_n and_o jacobus_n andreas_n with_o some_o second_o 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can_v well_o be_v handle_v without_o the_o other_o 3._o that_o reprobation_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o uproar_n in_o the_o church_n at_o that_o time_n 4._o that_o it_o be_v accuse_v with_o open_a mouth_n and_o challenge_v of_o falsehood_n and_o therefore_o bind_v in_o justice_n to_o purge_v itself_o of_o the_o crimination_n 5._o that_o it_o may_v easy_o be_v defend_v if_o as_o some_o say_v it_o be_v such_o a_o apparent_a truth_n for_o nihil_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la defendendum_fw-la puritate_fw-la tutius_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la dicendum_fw-la veritate_fw-la facilius_fw-la say_v s._n hierom._n the_o strive_v to_o lie_v close_o and_o hide_v itself_o though_o perhaps_o it_o be_v not_o so_o infallible_a yet_o it_o be_v a_o very_a probable_a argument_n of_o a_o bad_a cause_n truth_n covet_v no_o corner_n but_o be_v willing_a to_o abide_v the_o trial_n whether_o in_o man_n or_o in_o doctrine_n david_n know_v his_o heart_n to_o be_v without_o guile_n offer_v himself_o ready_a to_o the_o 21._o lord_n trial_n search_v i_o o_o god_n and_o know_v my_o heart_n try_v i_o and_o know_v my_o thought_n and_o see_v if_o there_o be_v any_o wicked_a way_n in_o i_o and_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o that_o every_o one_o that_o do_v evil_a hate_v the_o light_n and_o come_v not_o to_o the_o light_n lest_o his_o deed_n shall_v be_v reprove_v but_o he_o that_o do_v truth_n come_v to_o the_o light_n that_o his_o deed_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a that_o they_o be_v wrought_v in_o god_n as_o s._n paul_n say_v of_o a_o heretic_n he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d self_n condemn_v and_o so_o may_v we_o say_v of_o heresy_n and_o untruth_n it_o condemn_v itself_o and_o by_o nothing_o more_o than_o by_o refuse_v the_o touchstone_n he_o be_v to_o be_v think_v a_o empty_a scholar_n who_o be_v loath_a to_o be_v oppose_v and_o his_o gold_n to_o be_v light_n and_o counterfeit_a that_o will_v not_o have_v it_o touch_v and_o weigh_v and_o these_o opinion_n to_o be_v but_o error_n which_o will_v so_o willing_o walk_v in_o a_o mist_n and_o dwell_v in_o silence_n when_o it_o concern_v the_o peace_n of_o the_o church_n so_o much_o to_o have_v they_o examine_v twisse_n consideration_n who_o be_v these_o author_n of_o this_o doctrine_n who_o here_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v backward_o to_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o standard_n be_v beza_n those_o author_n whereof_o be_v he_o the_o author_n be_v it_o the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n as_o proceed_v of_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o god_n and_o not_o upon_o foresight_n of_o man_n faith_n and_o work_v be_v it_o not_o apparent_a that_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o austin_n 1200_o year_n ago_o and_o that_o in_o opposition_n to_o the_o pelagian_n and_o semipelagian_n or_o be_v it_o the_o doctrine_n of_o reprobation_n as_o not_o proceed_v upon_o the_o foresight_n of_o sin_n but_o of_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o god_n be_v this_o author_n so_o ignorant_a as_o not_o to_o know_v what_o be_v the_o conclusion_n of_o alvarez_n in_o the_o question_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n on_o man_n part_n lib._n 10._o the_o auxil_n disc_fw-la 110._o pag._n 866._o 1._o his_o first_o conclusion_n be_v this_o reprobation_n whereby_o god_n decree_v not_o to_o give_v unto_o some_o everlasting_a life_n and_o to_o permit_v their_o sin_n be_v not_o conditionate_n but_o absolute_a neither_o do_v it_o presuppose_v in_o god_n foresight_n of_o the_o desert_n of_o reprobate_n or_o of_o their_o perseverance_n in_o sin_n unto_o the_o last_o period_n of_o their_o life_n 2._o his_o next_o conclusion_n be_v in_o the_o angel_n that_o fall_v there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o their_o reprobation_n on_o their_o part_n as_o touch_v the_o whole_a effect_n thereof_o but_o before_o any_o foresight_n of_o their_o future_a sin_n god_n pro_fw-la sua_fw-la voluntate_fw-la of_o his_o mere_a will_n do_v reprobate_a some_o of_o they_o and_o suffer_v they_o to_o fall_v into_o sin_n 3._o the_o three_o infant_n depart_v in_o original_a sin_n alone_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n on_o their_o part_n of_o reprobation_n if_o they_o be_v consider_v in_o comparison_n with_o other_o which_o be_v not_o reprobate_v and_o the_o like_a be_v to_o be_v say_v proportionable_o of_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n 4._o the_o four_o not_o only_o comparative_o but_o absolute_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o reprobation_n therefore_o neither_o sin_n actual_a nor_o original_a nor_o both_o of_o they_o foresee_v by_o god_n be_v indeed_o the_o meritorious_a and_o motive_n cause_n of_o the_o reprobation_n of_o any_o as_o touch_v all_o the_o effect_n thereof_o and_o the_o proof_n hereof_o he_o prosecute_v at_o large_a 5._o reprobation_n as_o touch_v the_o last_o effect_n thereof_o presuppose_v in_o signo_fw-la rationis_fw-la the_o foresight_n of_o sin_n original_n or_o actual_a for_o which_o a_o reprobate_n be_v damn_v mark_v it_o well_o he_o do_v not_o say_v as_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o god_n decree_v his_o damnation_n but_o as_o the_o cause_n for_o which_o a_o reprobate_n be_v damn_v and_o aquinas_n who_o follower_n the_o dominican_n be_v express_v this_o doctrine_n in_o this_o manner_n and_o that_o more_o scholastical_o and_o accurate_o then_o alvarez_n praescientia_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratio_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la paenae_fw-la quae_fw-la praeparatur_fw-la reprobatis_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la deus_fw-la proponit_fw-la se_fw-la puniturum_fw-la malos_fw-la propter_fw-la peccata_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o ad_fw-la rom._n 9_o sect._n 2._o in_o fine_a that_o be_v prescience_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v some_o reason_n of_o reprobation_n on_o the_o part_n of_o punishment_n to_o wit_n in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n purpose_v to_o punish_v wicked_a man_n for_o their_o sin_n where_o sin_n be_v evident_o make_v the_o cause_n of_o damnation_n and_o that_o by_o virtue_n of_o god_n purpose_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o
can_v like_v as_o arminius_n doctrinam_fw-la de_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la odiosam_fw-la reddere_fw-la conabatur_fw-la as_o it_o be_v profess_v in_o the_o preface_n to_o those_o act._n synod_n fol._n 7._o pag._n 2._o and_o fol._n 8._o pag._n 2._o they_o profess_v in_o like_a manner_n of_o the_o remonstrant_n namely_o that_o in_o their_o remonstrance_n they_o endeavour_v illust_n ordd._n odiosam_fw-la reddere_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la reformatarum_fw-la and_o that_o not_o only_o de_fw-fr divinâ_fw-la predestinatione_fw-la but_o also_o the_o gratiâ_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sanctorum_fw-la perseverantiâ_fw-la but_o all_o this_o malâ_fw-la fide_fw-la nec_fw-la sine_fw-la apertis_fw-la atrocibusque_fw-la calumniis_fw-la moreover_o i_o find_v sess_z 39_o pag._n 151._o this_o decree_n of_o the_o synod_n gratify_v the_o remonstrant_n and_o yield_v to_o their_o motion_n make_v which_o be_v that_o they_o may_v have_v liberty_n to_o treat_v as_o well_o of_o reprobation_n as_o of_o election_n thus_o quoniam_fw-la remonstrantes_n aliquoties_fw-la professi_fw-la sunt_fw-la se_fw-la per_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la in_o synodo_fw-la subsistere_fw-la ulterius_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la caveatur_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fore_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n &_o reprobatione_n eâ_fw-la ratione_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o thesibus_fw-la &_o scriptis_fw-la suis_fw-la hactenus_fw-la exhibitis_fw-la proposuerunt_fw-la in_fw-la posterùm_fw-la agatur_fw-la synodus_fw-la quò_fw-la magis_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fiat_fw-la satis_fw-la publicae_fw-la ac_fw-la corà m_fw-la omnibus_fw-la declarat_fw-la statuisse_fw-la sese_fw-la ac_fw-la statuere_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n modò_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la expendere_fw-la atque_fw-la examinare_fw-la quantum_fw-la nempe_fw-la in_o conscientiâ_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la &_o tranquillitatem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la omniumque_fw-la 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