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no_o power_n use_v to_o produce_v it_o which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o god_n 160._o a_o act_n as_o such_o have_v no_o morality_n in_o it_o but_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o the_o morality_n of_o a_o act_n be_v formal_o the_o relative_n rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o god_n govern_v will_n or_o law_n and_o to_o his_o amiable_a goodness_n or_o will_n as_o it_o be_v man_n end_n and_o material_o it_o be_v not_o the_o act_n as_o such_o but_o the_o act_n as_o exercise_v on_o a_o unmeet_a object_n rather_o than_o on_o a_o meet_a one_o or_o to_o a_o undue_a end_n rather_o than_o a_o due_a end_n or_o else_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o due_a end_n and_o object_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la 161._o this_o comparative_a mode_n of_o exercise_n add_v no_o proper_a physical_a entity_n at_o all_o to_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o the_o act_n as_o such_o in_o omission_n of_o love_v trust_v fear_v serve_v god_n there_o be_v no_o natural_a act_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o it_o in_o commit_v sin_n to_o love_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o natural_a entity_n than_o to_o love_v that_o rather_o than_o this_o and_o no_o more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o love_n as_o such_o a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la be_v not_o ens_fw-la but_o this_o comparative_a choice_n be_v but_o the_o modus_fw-la modi_n entis_fw-la for_o a_o action_n be_v but_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la actionis_fw-la 162._o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o invalid_a argument_n which_o be_v the_o all_o of_o the_o dominican_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o so_o be_v god_n if_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n without_o god_n predetermining_a pre-motion_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o for_o this_o morality_n and_o modality_n be_v no_o proper_a be_v above_o the_o act_n as_o such_o 163._o if_o any_o will_v litigate_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la entis_fw-la let_v they_o call_v it_o be_v or_o nobeing_a as_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n able_a to_o do_v and_o he_o that_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n almighty_a who_o make_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o under_o divine_a universal_a influx_n without_o divine_a predetermining_a pre-motion_n on_o pretence_n that_o his_o wit_n do_v find_v a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o be_v bold_a against_o god_n than_o i_o shall_v be_v and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v do_v 164._o man_n seem_v not_o in_o deny_v this_o to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 457._o word_n word_n word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n therefore_o of_o dr._n twisse_n who_o oft_o say_v that_o god_n deny_v to_o adam_n no_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o he_o deny_v he_o grace_v necessary_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n who_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o act_n vid._n rad._n li._n 1._o cont._n 29._o art_n 1._o pag._n 457._o power_n when_o they_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v man_n the_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v and_o yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_n by_o it_o without_o the_o say_a pre-motion_n if_o so_o it_o be_v only_o a_o power_n to_o choose_v when_o predetermine_v to_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o proper_a power_n to_o choose_v be_v able_a to_o choose_v and_o can_v choose_v by_o that_o power_n 165._o god_n therefore_o be_v true_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n by_o give_v the_o power_n and_o do_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la to_o the_o exercise_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o make_v we_o free-agent_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o our_o action_n by_o all_o that_o he_o do_v by_o his_o law_n providence_n and_o grace_n to_o make_v they_o good_a but_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o they_o as_o evil_n 166._o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la secâ—ndarum_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la bellarmin_n universal_a cause_n seem_v the_o same_o wiâ—â—_n what_o durandus_fw-la mean_v and_o pennottus_n deny_v durandus_n opinion_n say_v l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o non_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la opinion_n dari_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la ut_fw-la plato_n aristot_n â—gnoverunt_fw-la unum_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la istud_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la essâ—_n causam_fw-la immediatam_fw-la omnium_fw-la esseâ—luum_fw-la causarum_fw-la secâ—ndarum_fw-la the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n must_v needs_o be_v open_v by_o this_o distinction_n a_o cause_n be_v call_v universal_a 1._o in_o praedicando_fw-la logical_o and_o so_o artifex_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la rei_fw-la artificialis_fw-la &_o statuarius_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o polycletus_n est_fw-la causa_fw-la singularis_fw-la huius_fw-la statuae_fw-la 2._o in_o causande_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o that_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n who_o causality_n extend_v to_o many_o effect_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o somewhat_o common_a to_o all_o those_o effect_n but_o not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o unless_o its_o causality_n be_v otherwise_o as_o by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la determine_v and_o so_o the_o sun_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o rose_n and_o the_o stink_n of_o the_o dunghill_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la ut_fw-la fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la by_o his_o common_a sustain_n and_o move_a influx_n of_o all_o sinful_a action_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o action_n not_o only_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o but_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o by_o which_o they_o differ_v from_o one_o another_o and_o that_o of_o itself_o and_o not_o as_o determine_v by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la or_o by_o any_o other_o cause_n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v mere_o physical_a in_o all_o being_n and_o action_n as_o in_o generation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v proper_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v at_o once_o both_o cause_n universalis_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v thus_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o moral_a good_a of_o all_o action_n i_o must_v open_v to_o you_o more_o distinct_o in_o the_o three_o part_n but_o of_o the_o sinful_a morality_n of_o action_n he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a universal_a as_o aforesaid_a 167._o they_o that_o deny_v our_o self-determining_a power_n do_v make_v volition_n and_o free-volition_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o and_o cogency_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v man_n willing_a and_o unwilling_a both_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o act_n do_v seem_v rather_o to_o jest_v than_o serious_o dispute_v and_o to_o define_v freewill_n to_o be_v only_o lubentia_fw-la vel_fw-la volitio_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o other_o for_o velle_fw-la juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o velle_fw-la the_o will_n be_v the_o rational_a appetite_n distinct_a from_o the_o sensitive_a and_o if_o velle_fw-la and_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la be_v all_o one_o why_o do_v we_o blind_v the_o world_n with_o word_n and_o do_v not_o plain_o put_v the_o case_n whether_o man_n have_v any_o will_n and_o not_o whether_o his_o will_n be_v free_a and_o if_o to_o take_v away_o its_o liberty_n or_o constrain_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o make_v the_o same_o numerical_a act_n which_o be_v a_o volition_n simultaneous_o to_o be_v no_o volition_n or_o not_o the_o volition_n of_o another_o thing_n the_o question_n whether_o the_o will_n may_v be_v constrain_v be_v ridiculous_a if_o the_o will_v be_v not_o force_v as_o long_o as_o it_o will_v or_o will_v juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la then_o to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v will_n by_o constraint_n be_v to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v at_o once_o will_v and_o not_o will_n state_v will_n will_n will_n of_o this_o see_v je_fw-fr blank_n excellent_a thesis_n de_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la absolute_a the_o definition_n of_o alvarâ—â—_n of_o freewill_n be_v lib._n arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
&_o rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la agendum_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agendum_fw-la &_o agendum_fw-la unum_fw-la vel_fw-la alterum_fw-la which_o rivet_n rest_v in_o and_o fit_v the_o doctrine_n of_o necessitation_n but_o i_o think_v express_v not_o liberty_n strict_o take_v it_o may_v be_v ad_fw-la utrumlibet_fw-la if_o satan_n have_v a_o power_n to_o move_v it_o as_o i_o move_v my_o pen._n bellarmine_n be_v lib._n arb_n est_fw-la libera_fw-la potestas_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la conducunt_fw-la unum_fw-la prae_fw-la alio_fw-la eligendi_fw-la aut_fw-la unum_fw-la &_o idem_fw-la respuendi_fw-la vel_fw-la acceptandi_fw-la pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la nostro_fw-la ad_fw-la magnam_fw-la dei_fw-la gloridm_n concessa_fw-la which_o paraeus_n dissent_v not_o from_o but_o all_o define_n be_v vain_a â—ill_v the_o ambiguous_a word_n freedom_n be_v distinguish_v and_o the_o sense_n according_o various_o state_v yet_o be_v this_o description_n only_o of_o liberty_n and_o constraint_n too_o common_a with_o some_o 168._o but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o ☞_o 1._o the_o suspension_n of_o the_o will_n may_v be_v nevertheless_o by_o force_n or_o restraint_n which_o be_v a_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la and_o so_o when_o they_o say_v voluntatem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la posse_fw-la because_o when_o it_o act_v it_o act_v willing_o that_o be_v when_o it_o will_v it_o will_v the_o consequence_n hold_v not_o because_o it_o may_v be_v force_v from_o all_o action_n unless_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o can_v noll._n &_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la at_o once_o 2._o and_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o either_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n can_v natural_o necessitate_v the_o will_n to_o act_v or_o that_o such_o a_o natural_a necessitation_n consist_v with_o its_o liberty_n if_o the_o first_o they_o destroy_v their_o doctrine_n of_o predetermination_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o god_n physical_a irresistible_a efficacious_a premotion_n determine_v the_o will_n to_o act_v and_o what_o be_v natural_a necessitation_n if_o this_o be_v not_o if_o the_o latter_a than_o they_o contradict_v their_o own_o definition_n of_o liberty_n which_o they_o oft_o give_v we_o that_o it_o be_v liberty_n from_o natural_a necessity_n which_o twiss_n call_v libertas_n naturae_fw-la distinct_a from_o libertas_n conditionis_fw-la vel_fw-la civilis_fw-la and_o what_o more_o natural_a necessity_n than_o that_o which_o refult_v from_o that_o premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n without_o which_o no_o agent_n natural_a or_o free_a can_v act_v and_o which_o none_o can_v resist_v 169._o their_o opinion_n of_o liberty_n also_o leave_v no_o difference_n between_o brutish_a appetite_n or_o spontaneity_n and_o freewill_n save_v only_o that_o this_o do_v follow_v reason_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o difference_n of_o guide_n but_o not_o of_o liberty_n 170._o and_o according_a to_o this_o opinion_n if_o god_n give_v satan_n power_n to_o move_v any_o man_n will_n to_o sin_n by_o as_o true_a a_o physical_a motion_n and_o as_o unresistible_a as_o i_o move_v my_o pen_n it_o be_v no_o constraint_n nor_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n because_o it_o be_v move_v to_o be_v willing_a 171._o and_o if_o they_o lie_v all_o on_o the_o act_n congruity_n to_o the_o habit_n or_o inclination_n then_o if_o satan_n can_v infuse_v unresistible_o into_o the_o will_n a_o inclination_n to_o hate_n god_n or_o to_o any_o sin_n and_o then_o physical_o determine_v it_o according_a to_o that_o inclination_n it_o be_v no_o force_n or_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n 172._o but_o i_o think_v he_o that_o by_o irresistible_a efficiency_n make_v a_o man_n will_n wicked_a both_o in_o its_o inclination_n and_o act_n do_v incomparable_o more_o against_o he_o and_o his_o liberty_n than_o he_o that_o can_v force_v his_o tongue_n or_o hand_n against_o his_o will_n or_o he_o that_o only_o tempt_v and_o persuade_v he_o 173._o the_o grand_a reason_n why_o we_o can_v receive_v the_o dominican_n doctrine_n of_o predetermine_a premotion_n be_v elsewhere_o give_v i_o now_o name_n but_o these_o three_o 1._o because_o whatever_o vain_a talk_n be_v use_v to_o blind_a man_n it_o make_v god_n the_o sole-total-first-necessitating_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o world_n or_o can_v be_v 2._o it_o unavoidable_o destroy_v the_o christian_a faith_n for_o if_o god_n be_v real_o the_o say_v determine_v cause_n of_o all_o lie_n and_o other_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n than_o his_o veracity_n which_o be_v the_o formal_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v go_v and_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v tell_v whether_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v predetermine_v to_o speak_v true_a or_o false_a nor_o when_o god_n move_v they_o to_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o for_o to_o call_v their_o motion_n by_o the_o name_n of_o inspiration_n will_v satisfy_v no_o man_n that_o god_n inspiration_n can_v do_v any_o more_o at_o least_o to_o interest_n himself_o in_o the_o act_n than_o his_o necessary_a physical_a premove_a determination_n 3._o because_o it_o feign_v god_n to_o damn_v most_o of_o the_o world_n for_o not-conquering_a god_n who_o insuperable_o predetermine_v they_o to_o the_o forbid_a act_n that_o be_v for_o not_o be_v god_n or_o great_a than_o god_n and_o that_o he_o send_v christ_n to_o die_v only_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o thus_o premoved_n we_o to_o irresistible_o and_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a to_o forbear_v as_o to_o touch_v the_o moon_n 174._o in_o the_o issue_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n the_o sharp_a contender_n seem_v agree_v whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o arminius_n grant_v that_o all_o event_n of_o sin_n or_o damnation_n be_v from_o eternity_n necessary_a necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la doubt_n consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o resol_n praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la rebus_fw-la praescitis_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la non_fw-la imponit_fw-la cum_fw-la â—o_o modo_fw-la res_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la quo_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quae_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la respectiva_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiaeut_fw-fr si_fw-la ambulat_fw-la movetur_fw-la in_o praescito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la nicol._n d'orbellis_fw-la 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 1._o duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la bene_fw-la sequitur_fw-la necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la deus_fw-la novit_fw-la i_o cras_fw-la sessurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la sedebo_fw-la consequens_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la contingens_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la currit_fw-la ergo_fw-la movetur_fw-la nos_fw-la concedimus_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o â—o_o quod_fw-la agit_fw-fr liberum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la necessitate_v ut_fw-la proprie_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la necessario_fw-la agere_fw-la quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la respectu_fw-la divinae_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la agate_n ames_n bellarm_n enervat_fw-la to._n 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 1._o he_o mean_v it_o of_o a_o cause_v physical_a necessity_n no_o doubt_n which_o be_v as_o be_v say_v but_o a_o logical_a necessity_n in_o ordine_fw-la probandi_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o good_a consequence_n this_o god_n fore-knoweth_a ergo_fw-la it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la which_o he_o deny_v which_o rob._n baronius_n metaph._n call_v necessitas_fw-la causata_fw-la and_o i_o have_v rather_o call_v necessitas_fw-la effecti_fw-la which_o be_v in_o ordine_fw-la productionis_fw-la and_o dr._n twiss_n do_v sharp_o reprehend_v he_o for_o feign_v that_o he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v assert_v any_o more_o than_o necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o bring_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o schoolman_n profess_v concordant_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o which_o also_o foreknowledge_n itself_o will_v infer_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o recite_v vindic._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 1._o digres_n 5._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eruditis_fw-la eadem_fw-la statuitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la profluens_fw-la tam_fw-la à _fw-la praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluntate_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la arminius_n voluerit_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la à _fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la profectam_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la à _fw-la praescientia_fw-la verò_fw-la promanantem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la aliter_fw-la tamen_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la magnis_fw-la theologis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la durandus_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dicunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v eveniant_fw-la per_fw-la comparationem_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la divinam_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la respectu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la evenire_fw-la expressius_fw-la bonaventura_n dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la absolutam_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la impleri_fw-la conditionalem_fw-la verò_fw-la minime_fw-la sed_fw-la advertendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la
528._o 3._o other_o say_v as_o camero_n that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n and_o the_o object_n and_o temptation_n necessitate_v the_o intellect_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o object_n and_o law_n and_o permit_v the_o tempter_n 529._o 4._o other_o say_v that_o god_n only_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n 1._o by_o support_n and_o concourse_n necessary_a to_o all_o agent_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o general_n 2._o and_o give_v power_n also_o to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v free_o 3._o and_o as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v that_o which_o he_o know_v man_n will_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o their_o sin_n 4._o and_o also_o by_o his_o providence_n cause_v many_o effect_n of_o which_o man_n sin_n be_v also_o a_o cause_n 5._o and_o after_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o their_o evil_n 6._o but_o as_o to_o the_o sin_n itself_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o it_o either_o as_o sin_n or_o punishment_n either_o of_o the_o form_n or_o of_o the_o act_n as_o moral_o specify_v that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v about_o this_o forbid_v object_n or_o end_v rather_o than_o another_o and_o this_o opinion_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a truth_n 530._o let_v it_o here_o be_v note_v 1._o that_o the_o five_o thing_n here_o grant_v be_v all_o certain_a truth_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a on_o god_n part_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o event_n which_o we_o see_v and_o unnecessary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v 3._o that_o they_o full_o show_v god_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o therein_o 4._o and_o yet_o to_o be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o consider_v of_o the_o particular_n 531._o i._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o creator_n have_v make_v man_n a_o vital_a agent_n and_o therefore_o a_o self-actor_n under_o he_o and_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o follow_v the_o perception_n of_o sense_n alone_o and_o a_o free-willing_a agent_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la or_o to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v or_o to_o choose_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o as_o far_o as_o consist_v with_o his_o necessary_a volition_n which_o i_o acknowledge_v and_o enumerate_v before_o which_o be_v part_n of_o gibieuf_n and_o guil._n camerarius_fw-la scot._n meaning_n by_o their_o servato_fw-la ordine_fw-la finis_fw-la though_o i_o think_v that_o annatus_n do_v not_o unjust_o accuse_v gibieuf_n of_o confusion_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o that_o matter_n 532._o ii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o motus_fw-la vel_fw-la actio_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n conclus_fw-la nature_n nature_n nature_n vid._n gregor_n arim._n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi 8._o &_o 12._o who_o judgement_n many_o schoolman_n follow_v vasquez_n thus_o abbreviate_v and_o report_v he_o in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 4._o mâ—tionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ordine_fw-la causae_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o determinatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la at_o in_o operibus_fw-la peccati_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la malitia_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la nostram_fw-la determinationâ—m_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternitaâ—â—_n exit_fw-la quo_fw-la inserunt_fw-la deum_fw-la praefinisse_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ante_fw-la detâ—rminatiâ—nâ—m_fw-la nostram_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la praevisam_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecognita_fw-la determinatione_fw-la nostrae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vid._n marsil_n in_o 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 2._o post_fw-la 4._o conclus_fw-la and_o so_o when_o a_o sinner_n act_v it_o be_v not_o without_o this_o universal_a first_o cause_n whether_o god_n do_v it_o only_o as_o durandus_fw-la thought_n by_o the_o mere_a continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n active_a and_o mobile_n or_o by_o any_o superadded_a concourse_n beside_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a business_n which_o only_o show_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n 533._o iii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o govern_v providence_n by_o do_v good_a do_v set_v before_o man_n that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o occasion_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n every_o thing_n be_v turn_v into_o sin_n by_o sinner_n 16._o sinner_n sinner_n sinner_n titus_n 1._o 15_o 16._o and_o to_o the_o unclean_a all_o thing_n be_v unclean_a through_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o sanctify_a bad_a stomach_n corrupt_v the_o wholsome_a food_n all_o god_n mercy_n be_v abuse_v to_o sin_n 534._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n fore-knew_a this_o and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v to_o deny_v man_n life_n or_o take_v it_o away_o lest_o they_o abuse_v it_o or_o deny_v man_n all_o those_o mercy_n or_o remove_v they_o which_o he_o forsee_v that_o they_o will_v turn_v to_o sin_n 535._o iv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n often_o concur_v to_o the_o cause_v of_o the_o very_a same_o effect_n which_o sin_n also_o cause_v and_o so_o be_v as_o a_o concause_n of_o it_o with_o sin_n and_o this_o effect_n be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o the_o sin_n itself_o be_v oft_o call_v by_o its_o name_n as_o if_o it_o be_v its_o near_a matter_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o man_n in_o this_o case_n that_o cannoâ—_n distinguish_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o instance_n 536._o v._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v do_v much_o good_a by_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o turn_v the_o sin_n itself_o into_o good_a 537._o vi_o and_o to_o these_o five_o operation_n of_o god_n i_o add_v as_o to_o his_o volition_n that_o all_o this_o which_o he_o do_v he_o will_v or_o decree_v to_o do_v and_o he_o have_v no_o contrary_a will_n at_o all_o 538._o but_o that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v that_o he_o be_v any_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n itself_o efficient_a or_o deficient_a culpable_a or_o not_o culpable_a physical_a or_o moral_a for_o the_o open_n of_o which_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o go_v to_o its_o be_v or_o constitution_n 539._o all_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v our_o ruler_n by_o a_o law_n and_o also_o our_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v optimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n and_o that_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n we_o that_o be_v his_o own_o be_v also_o his_o subject_n and_o beneficiaries_n and_o make_v capable_a of_o love_v he_o as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n and_o of_o obey_v his_o law_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v our_o disobedience_n to_o these_o law_n with_o our_o deny_v god_n ourselves_o as_o his_o own_o and_o withhold_v or_o pervert_v the_o love_n which_o we_o owe_v he_o as_o our_o end_n 540._o as_o logic_n have_v confound_v we_o in_o most_o other_o case_n by_o arbitrary_a unsuitable_a second_o notion_n make_v we_o a_o shoe_n not_o meet_v for_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v thing_n without_o those_o unfit_a notion_n than_o with_o they_o so_o have_v it_o do_v here_o man_n may_v more_o easy_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o disobey_v a_o law_n and_o that_o either_o by_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o or_o by_o not_o do_v what_o we_o be_v command_v than_o they_o can_v know_v by_o what_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a name_n it_o shall_v be_v call_v whether_o a_o privation_n or_o a_o relation_n a_o act_n or_o no_o act_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o logician_n that_o god_n make_v his_o law_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o a_o metaphysical_a conscience_n that_o will_v accuse_v man_n or_o condemn_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n 541._o no_o act_n mere_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v forbid_v of_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n and_o can_v no_o more_o cease_v all_o action_n than_o to_o be_v though_o it_o can_v forbear_v a_o particular_a act_n as_o to_o this_o object_n and_o at_o this_o time_n and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o act_n as_o such_o 542._o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o as_o action_n itself_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o motion_n of_o a_o substance_n so_o to_o choose_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o action_n in_o it_o than_o to_o have_v choose_v the_o other_o or_o than_o 4._o exit_fw-la to_o verb_n quoth_v dâ—us_a concâ—â—_n at_o nobiscum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la prout_fw-la facultas_fw-la liberi_fw-la
but_o rather_o than_o another_o 603._o as_o the_o wind_n have_v its_o natural_a course_n and_o so_o have_v the_o water_n and_o the_o miller_n cause_v neither_o of_o they_o but_o suppose_v they_o do_v so_o set_v his_o mill_n to_o wind_n and_o water_n that_o by_o the_o mere_a receptive_a qualification_n of_o the_o patient_a they_o shall_v fulfil_v his_o will_n and_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o effect_n viz._n that_o they_o turn_v his_o mill_n and_o grind_v his_o corn_n so_o be_v it_o easy_a for_o god_n to_o use_v man_n sin_n permit_v to_o his_o end_n without_o will_v they_o sin_n they_o they_o they_o even_o vasq_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 49._o c._n 8._o pag._n 758._o say_v that_o of_o man_n non_fw-la respondere_fw-la vocationi_fw-la god_n be_v causa_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la ut_fw-la removens_fw-la prohibens_fw-la dum_fw-la negate_fw-la auxilium_fw-la efficax_n congruum_fw-la but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o controversy_n about_o a_o logical_a name_n causa_fw-la per_fw-la accidens_fw-la which_o gibieuf_n and_o many_o other_o do_v with_o as_o good_a reason_n deny_v to_o be_v fit_o applicable_a to_o god_n as_o to_o man_n sin_n 604._o next_o the_o doctor_n come_v with_o reason_n and_o the_o first_o be_v because_o culpae_fw-la because_o because_o because_o pet._n alliac_n cam._n 1._o q._n 14._o a._n secundum_fw-la bradward_n &_o alios_fw-la qui_fw-la tenent_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la mala_fw-la culpae_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la respectu_fw-la cujuslibet_fw-la rei_fw-la habet_fw-la velle_fw-la vel_fw-la nolle_fw-la nec_fw-la habet_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la deus_fw-la illo_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la permittit_fw-la mala_fw-la culpae_fw-la fieri_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la secundum_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la permittere_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la approbat_fw-la ea_fw-la neâ—_n impedit_fw-la ea_fw-la fieri_fw-la cum_fw-la possâ—t_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la magistrum_fw-la deus_fw-la permittit_fw-la ea_fw-la quia_fw-la 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of_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v god_n creature_n and_o god_n own_o and_o dispositive_o a_o moral_a governable_a agent_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o owe_v god_n all_o that_o he_o be_v and_o have_v and_o can_v do_v and_o that_o god_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la &_o imperii_fw-la over_o he_o and_o jus_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la ejus_fw-la amorem_fw-la happy_a amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n obligare_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la teneatur_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la quaero_fw-la enim_fw-la a_o tenetur_fw-la obedire_fw-la a_o non_fw-la si_fw-mi sic_fw-la habetur_fw-la propositum_fw-la quia_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it consequentia_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la teneri_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la est_fw-la teneri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la pet._n de_fw-mi alliaco_fw-it 1._o q._n 14._o t._n yet_o after_o he_o think_v it_o possible_a for_o 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that_o submission_n obedience_n and_o love_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o moral_a duty_n and_o good_a and_o that_o self-alienation_a rebellion_n or_o disobedience_n and_o hatred_n shall_v be_v no_o sin_n 643._o to_o dispute_v then_o as_o he_o do_v with_o camero_n and_o his_o follower_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la or_o by_o god_n mere_a freewill_n be_v a_o strange_a dispute_n and_o of_o most_o easy_a resolution_n either_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n create_v will_n or_o of_o some_o other_o subsequent_a volition_n man_n be_v make_v man_n by_o god_n free_a create_a will_n and_o the_o foresay_a relation_n and_o duty_n be_v make_v such_o by_o make_v he_o man._n and_o the_o duty_n of_o love_n and_o justice_n to_o other_o be_v make_v such_o by_o his_o creator_n place_v he_o in_o a_o world_n where_o his_o neighbour_n be_v about_o he_o who_o be_v due_a object_n as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o society_n 330._o this_o he_o himself_o confess_v pag._n 329_o 330._o like_o a_o wheel_n in_o a_o clock_n the_o creator_n will_n be_v before_o nature_n and_o therefore_o before_o natural_a duty_n as_o the_o cause_n before_o the_o effect_n god_n can_v have_v make_v beast_n instead_o of_o man_n who_o have_v owe_v he_o no_o more_o than_o beast_n can_v do_v but_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o man_n coexistent_a with_o god_n his_o say_a duty_n to_o god_n so_o necessary_o result_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v otherwise_o nor_o do_v there_o need_v any_o subsequent_a act_n of_o god_n will_v to_o make_v that_o duty_n 644._o but_o those_o that_o be_v not_o duty_n by_o nature_n must_v have_v moreover_o a_o 4._o vid._n durand_n 1._o d._n 38._o qi_fw-la 4._o n._n 9_o 10_o 11._o scot._n 3._o d._n 37._o q._n 1._o gabr._n 3._o d._n 37._o a._n 2._o suarez_n de_fw-fr legib._n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o aquin._n 1_o 2._o q._n 94._o a._n 5._o &_o q._n 100_o a._n 4._o further_a act_n of_o god_n will_v as_o signify_v to_o make_v they_o so_o as_o the_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n our_o sacrament_n etc._n etc._n 645._o and_o many_o natural_a law_n and_o duty_n be_v mutable_a towards_o one_o another_o because_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o natural_a location_n or_o order_n of_o the_o thing_n from_o which_o they_o do_v result_v be_v mutable_a and_o a_o word_n of_o god_n can_v make_v a_o change_n when_o yet_o before_o such_o antecedent_n mutation_n the_o duty_n must_v be_v duty_n still_o 646._o as_o to_o mr._n rutherford_n oft_o say_v that_o omnis_fw-la actus_fw-la entitativus_fw-la simplex_fw-la est_fw-la moraliter_fw-la de_fw-fr se_fw-la indifferens_fw-la neque_fw-la bone_fw-la neque_fw-la malus_fw-la and_o then_o that_o per_fw-la actum_fw-la simplicem_fw-la he_o mean_v such_o as_o include_v not_o the_o object_n it_o be_v ludicrous_a or_o vain_a talk_n there_o be_v no_o such_o act_n as_o have_v not_o a_o object_n any_o more_o than_o physical_a form_n without_o matter_n quicunque_fw-la movet_fw-la aliquid_fw-la movet_fw-la quicunque_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la vel_fw-la seipsum_fw-la vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la a_o act_n without_o its_o object_n be_v but_o a_o partial_a or_o inadequate_a generical_a conceptus_fw-la of_o that_o act_n which_o have_v a_o object_n or_o a_o abstract_n partial_a notion_n of_o a_o act_n why_o then_o do_v he_o talk_v of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o have_v he_o say_v that_o every_o act_n be_v in_o the_o first_o instant_n rationis_fw-la or_o abstract-partial_a conception_n a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la before_o it_o be_v intelligible_a as_o this_o or_o that_o act_n about_o this_o or_o that_o object_n he_o have_v speak_v intelligible_o as_o other_o man_n do_v 647._o such_o another_o question_n many_o call_v arminian_o much_o use_n whether_o aeternam_fw-la whether_o justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o have_v rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la aeternam_fw-la justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o a_o dentur_fw-la rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o indispensabiles_fw-la which_o need_v no_o other_o solution_n than_o this_o last_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o universal_a existent_a per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o not_o in_o some_o individual_a and_o so_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o love_n justice_z etc._n etc._n bonum_fw-la malum_fw-la which_o be_v not_o alicujus_fw-la justitia_fw-la bonum_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o creature_n from_o eternity_n be_v just_a or_o unjust_a good_a or_o bad_a but_o god_n perfect_a nature_n veracity_n but_o that_o god_n own_o eternal_a perfection_n have_v in_o it_o that_o root_n of_o humane_a virtue_n truth_n justice_n etc._n etc._n which_o therefore_o analogical_o have_v the_o same_o name_n our_o holiness_n be_v god_n image_n i_o will_v prove_v to_o the_o reader_n by_o this_o weighty_a reason_n because_o else_o we_o have_v no_o certainty_n that_o god_n word_n be_v true_a for_o all_o our_o certainty_n be_v hence_o that_o god_n can_v lie_v but_o if_o veracity_n be_v not_o in_o god_n we_o can_v prove_v that_o and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v eminenter_fw-la justice_n mercy_n etc._n etc._n how_o can_v we_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v veracity_n may_v be_v call_v eternal_o just_o in_o that_o he_o must_v necessary_o be_v just_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o governor_n and_o necessary_o be_v just_a when_o he_o free_o become_v a_o governor_n and_o also_o this_o proposition_n be_v eternal_o true_a if_o there_o be_v eternal_o proposition_n si_fw-la homines_fw-la existerent_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la foret_fw-la &_o quandocunque_fw-la homines_fw-la fuerint_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la fuerit_fw-la but_o when_o all_o the_o sense_n of_o these_o question_n be_v no_o more_o but_o what_o duty_n be_v natural_a and_o what_o superad_v call_v positive_a and_o what_o natural_a duty_n be_v immutable_a and_o what_o mutable_a it_o be_v a_o unhappiness_n that_o the_o world_n must_v be_v trouble_v with_o such_o uncouth_a form_n of_o speech_n as_o make_v the_o question_n unintelligible_a till_o unravel_v 648._o as_o to_o
after_o he_o and_o find_v he_o though_o he_o be_v not_o far_o from_o every_o one_o of_o we_o for_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v for_o we_o be_v also_o his_o offspring_n act._n 17._o 25_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o for_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o greek_a for_o the_o same_o lord_n over_o all_o be_v rich_a unto_o all_o that_o call_v upon_o he_o for_o whoever_o shall_v call_v on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v save_v but_o have_v they_o not_o hear_v yes_o very_o their_o sound_n go_v into_o all_o the_o earth_n and_o their_o word_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n rom._n 10._o 12_o 13_o 18._o despise_v thou_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o forbearance_n and_o long_a suffering_n not_o know_v that_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n lead_v thou_o to_o repentance_n who_o will_v render_v to_o every_o man_n according_a to_o his_o deed_n to_o they_o who_o by_o patient_a continuance_n in_o well_o do_v seek_v for_o glory_n and_o honour_n and_o immortality_n eternal_a life_n glory_n honour_n and_o peace_n and_o to_o every_o man_n that_o work_v good_a to_o the_o jew_n first_o and_o also_o to_o the_o greek_a for_o there_o be_v no_o respect_n of_o person_n with_o god_n for_o not_o the_o hearer_n of_o the_o law_n be_v just_a before_o god_n but_o the_o doer_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v justify_v for_o when_o the_o gentile_n which_o have_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n these_o have_v not_o the_o law_n be_v a_o law_n unto_o themselves_o which_o show_v the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n write_v in_o their_o heart_n their_o conscience_n also_o bear_v witness_n and_o their_o thought_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n accuse_v or_o else_o excuse_v one_o another_o in_o the_o day_n when_o god_n shall_v judge_v the_o secret_n of_o man_n by_o jesus_n christ_n according_a to_o my_o gospel_n if_o the_o uncircumcision_n keep_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o his_o uncircumcision_n be_v count_v for_o circumcision_n he_o be_v a_o jew_n which_o be_v one_o inward_o and_o circumcision_n be_v that_o of_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o not_o in_o the_o letter_n who_o praise_n be_v not_o of_o man_n but_o of_o god_n rom._n 2._o sect_n iii_o of_o christ_n incarnation_n and_o our_o redemption_n 36._o in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n god_n send_v his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n make_v under_o the_o law_n to_o redeem_v they_o that_o be_v under_o the_o law_n rom._n 4._o 4._o but_o not_o they_o only_o for_o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a beget_v son_n that_o whoever_o believe_v in_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v but_o have_v everlasting_a life_n joh._n 3._o 16._o he_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o who_o know_v no_o sin_n that_o we_o may_v be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o he_o redeem_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n be_v make_v a_o curse_n for_o we_o for_o he_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o lamb_n of_o god_n that_o take_v away_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n he_o be_v the_o propitiation_n for_o our_o sin_n and_o not_o for_o we_o only_o but_o for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 1_o joh._n 2._o 2._o for_o he_o taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n heb._n 2._o being_n the_o saviour_n of_o all_o man_n but_o especial_o of_o those_o that_o believe_v 1_o tim._n 4._o 10._o for_o if_o one_o die_v for_o all_o then_o be_v all_o dead_a and_o he_o die_v for_o all_o that_o they_o which_o live_v shall_v not_o henceforth_o live_v unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o that_o die_v for_o they_o and_o rise_v again_o 2_o cor._n 5._o 14_o 15._o 37._o as_o the_o eternal_a word_n and_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n in_o his_o divine_a nature_n only_o be_v the_o interpose_v redeemer_n by_o undertake_v before_o his_o incarnation_n and_o govern_v the_o fall_a world_n by_o the_o fore-described_n law_n of_o grace_n so_o upon_o his_o incarnation_n initial_o and_o upon_o his_o performance_n plenary_o all_o thing_n be_v deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n even_o all_o the_o world_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v defile_v and_o curse_a by_o man_n sin_n man_n as_o the_o redeem_a the_o creature_n as_o his_o utensil_n and_o good_n and_o devil_n as_o he_o and_o our_o enemy_n all_o power_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v give_v he_o matth._n 26._o 19_o joh._n 13._o 1_o 3._o and_o 17._o 2_o 3._o all_o judgement_n be_v commit_v to_o he_o and_o the_o father_n judge_v no_o man_n but_o by_o he_o but_o have_v give_v he_o to_o have_v life_n in_o himself_o and_o to_o raise_v the_o dead_a joh._n 5._o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o for_o he_o have_v make_v he_o head_n over_o all_o thing_n to_o his_o church_n eph._n 1._o 22_o 23._o and_o for_o this_o end_n he_o die_v rose_n and_o revive_v that_o he_o may_v be_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o the_o live_n rom._n 14._o 9_o 10._o for_o god_n have_v exalt_v he_o and_o give_v he_o a_o name_n above_o every_o name_n that_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n every_o knee_n shall_v â—ow_o phil._n 2._o 7_o 8._o and_o as_o in_o adam_n all_o die_n even_o so_o in_o christ_n shall_v all_o be_v make_v alive_a 1_o cor._n 15._o 22._o 38._o christ_n upon_o his_o incarnation_n perform_v but_o what_o god_n have_v decree_v before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v obscure_o and_o general_o promise_v after_o the_o fall_n at_o the_o first_o make_v of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n call_v by_o some_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n especial_o because_o the_o prophet_n have_v sometime_o as_o isa_n 53._o describe_v it_o by_o way_n of_o prediction_n as_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o christ_n incarnate_a if_o we_o conceive_v of_o it_o proper_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o decree_n first_o and_o a_o promise_v after_o unto_o the_o world_n so_o the_o will_n and_o mercy_n of_o 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righteousness_n which_o formal_o justifi_v we_o be_v our_o own_o or_o on_o ourselves_o where_o it_o justify_v we_o for_o to_o be_v make_v just_a or_o justify_v in_o the_o 10._o i_o will_v here_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o bâ—za_n paraeus_n dr._n field_n bonhaus_n bâ—llinger_n alberius_n zanchy_a aepinus_n spangâ—â—bergius_n brentius_n confess_v augustan_n etc._n etc._n assert_v that_o justification_n be_v oft_o use_v as_o sanctification_n in_o scripture_n and_o that_o plenary_a justification_n have_v three_o part_n 1._o pardon_n 2._o accept_n we_o into_o favour_n and_o life_n 3._o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o inherent_a righteousness_n but_o that_o guil._n forbes_n have_v large_o do_v it_o consid_fw-la pacific_n 2_o thes_n 1._o 9_o 10._o first_o sense_n constitutive_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o be_v make_v such_o as_o be_v personal_o themselves_o just_o pardon_v of_o sin_n be_v make_v our_o own_o right_o to_o christ_n and_o glory_n be_v make_v our_o own_o though_o 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will_v come_v to_o be_v admire_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o at_o last_o so_o god_n must_v be_v see_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o here_o in_o some_o degree_n and_o to_o deny_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o image_n be_v the_o malignant_n way_n of_o injure_v he_o and_o that_o in_o which_o the_o worst_a will_v serve_v you_o he_o that_o will_v praise_v god_n as_o creator_n and_o redeemer_n must_v praise_v his_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o be_v it_o the_o way_n of_o praise_v he_o as_o our_o sanctifier_n to_o dispraise_v his_o work_n of_o sanctification_n 184._o those_o poor_a sinner_n of_o my_o acquaintance_n who_o live_v in_o the_o grosseâ—â—_n sin_n against_o conscience_n as_o drunkenness_n whoredom_n etc._n etc._n have_v be_v glad_a enough_o of_o such_o doctrine_n and_o forward_o enough_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o man_n that_o in_o any_o part_n can_v justify_v
and_o the_o righteousness_n which_o be_v not_o in_o we_o but_o in_o he_o be_v â—urs_n so_o far_o as_o to_o be_v for_o our_o good_a as_o far_o as_o his_o office_n and_o covenant_n do_v oblige_v he_o so_o that_o a_o righteous_a christ_n and_o therefore_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v we_o relative_o themselves_o quoad_fw-la jus_o beneficis_fw-la so_o as_o â—hat_n we_o have_v right_a to_o these_o benefit_n by_o they_o which_o we_o shall_v possess_v â—nd_v for_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o righteousness_n we_o be_v conditional_o justify_v and_o save_v before_o we_o believe_v and_o actual_o after_o but_o be_v not_o account_v to_o be_v christ_n nor_o the_o legal_a actor_n of_o what_o he_o do_v nor_o christ_n account_v to_o be_v each_o of_o we_o sect_n v._o merit_n 192._o the_o great_a controversy_n about_o humane_a merit_n which_o have_v make_v â—o_o great_a a_o noise_n in_o the_o world_n be_v of_o so_o easy_a solution_n that_o i_o can_v scarce_o aternaâ—_n confess_v august_n art_n 6._o semper_fw-la sentiendum_fw-la est_fw-la nos_fw-la consequt_fw-la remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la &_o personam_fw-la pranâ—nciari_fw-la justam_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la acceptari_fw-la gratis_o propter_fw-la christum_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la postea_fw-la vero_fw-la placere_fw-la etiam_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la erga_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o reputari_fw-la quandam_fw-la justiciam_fw-la &_o mereri_fw-la praemia_fw-la et_fw-fr art_n de_fw-fr bon._n operib_o quanquam_fw-la hac_fw-la nova_fw-la obedientia_fw-la procul_fw-la abest_fw-la a_o perfectione_n legis_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la â—usâ—iâ—ia_fw-la &_o meretur_fw-la praemia_fw-la ideo_fw-la quia_fw-la personae_fw-la reconciliatae_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la it_o a_o dâ—_n operibus_fw-la judicandum_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la amplissâ—â—iâ—_n laâ—dibuâ—_n orâ—anda_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la necessariá_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la cultus_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o sacrificia_fw-la spiriâ—â—alia_fw-la &_o mereantur_fw-la praemia_fw-la ib._n exâ—recitatio_fw-la nostra_fw-la &_o conservat_fw-la ea_fw-la &_o meretur_fw-la incrementum_fw-la uxta_fw-la illud_fw-la habenti_fw-la dabitur_fw-la &_o augustinus_n praeclare_fw-la dixit_fw-la dilectio_fw-la â—erâ—ur_fw-la incrementum_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la cum_fw-la viz_o exercetur_fw-la habent_fw-la enim_fw-la bonâ—_n apera_fw-la praemia_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la tum_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la vitam_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la aternaâ—_n â—hink_v but_o almost_o all_o sober_a understand_a christian_n in_o the_o world_n be_v â—greed_v in_o sense_n while_o they_o abhor_v each_o other_o opinion_n as_o ill_o express_v or_o misunderstand_v distinguish_v but_o 1._o of_o commutative_a justice_n and_o distributive_a govern_v justice_n 2._o and_o of_o govern_v justice_n according_a â—o_o god_n several_a law_n of_o innocency_n moysaicall_a work_n and_o of_o grace_n â—_o and_o of_o justify_v and_o merit_v simple_o and_o comparative_o and_o the_o case_n be_v so_o plain_a that_o few_o thing_n be_v more_o plain_a to_o we_o that_o christian_n controvert_v viz._n 1._o to_o dream_v of_o merit_v from_o god_n by_o any_o creature_n man_n or_o angel_n in_o point_n of_o commutative_a justice_n be_v blasphemy_n and_o madness_n that_o be_v that_o we_o can_v give_v he_o any_o thing_n that_o shall_v profit_v he_o or_o which_o be_v not_o absolute_o his_o own_o as_o a_o compensation_n for_o what_o he_o give_v we_o he_o make_v himself_o a_o god_n that_o assert_v this_o of_o himself_o 2._o to_o say_v that_o any_o since_o adâ—â—_n save_o christ_n do_v merit_n of_o god_n in_o point_n of_o govern_v justice_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n be_v a_o falsehood_n and_o he_o that_o say_v he_o bâ—â—â—_n no_o sin_n be_v a_o liar_n 3._o to_o say_v that_o we_o can_v merit_v pardon_n or_o justification_n oâ—_n salvation_n mere_o by_o observe_v moses_n law_n be_v the_o jew_n pernicious_a erroâ—_n 4._o to_o say_v that_o our_o faith_n and_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n do_v merit_n by_o the_o retributive_a sentence_n of_o the_o old_a covenant_n or_o that_o it_o be_v in_o whole_a or_o part_v any_o meritorious_a cause_n that_o god_n give_v the_o world_n a_o saviour_n or_o that_o christ_n free_o pardon_v and_o justifi_v we_o all_o conditional_o by_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o that_o it_o suppose_v not_o christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v the_o total_a sole_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o that_o pardon_v covenant_n and_o all_o the_o benefit_n as_o thereby_o conditional_o give_v all_o this_o be_v gross_a contradiction_n 5._o to_o deny_v subordinate_a comparative_a merit_n or_o rewardableness_n as_o from_o god_n govern_v distributive_a paternal_a justice_n according_a to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n consist_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o that_o covenant_n and_o presuppose_v christ_n total_a merit_n as_o aforesaid_a iâ—_n to_o subvert_v all_o religion_n and_o true_a morality_n and_o to_o deny_v the_o scope_n of_o all_o the_o scripture_n and_o the_o express_a assertion_n of_o a_o evangelical_n worthiness_n which_o be_v all_o that_o this_o merit_n signifi_v to_o say_v nothing_o of_o contradict_v catholic_n antiquity_n and_o harden_v the_o papist_n against_o the_o truth_n 193._o this_o comparative_a merit_n be_v but_o such_o as_o a_o thankful_a child_n have_v towards_o his_o father_n who_o give_v he_o a_o purse_n of_o gold_n on_o condition_n thâ—â—_n he_o put_v off_o his_o hat_n and_o say_v i_o thank_v you_o who_o deserve_v it_o in_o comparison_n of_o his_o brother_n who_o disdainful_o or_o neglectfully_a refuse_v it_o this_o last_o be_v absolute_o say_v to_o deserve_v to_o be_v without_o it_o but_o the_o former_a only_o comparative_o say_v to_o deserve_v to_o have_v it_o as_o a_o free_a gift_n 194._o and_o those_o that_o reject_v the_o say_n of_o some_o papist_n who_o in_o thiâ—_n sense_n say_v that_o christ_n merit_v that_o we_o may_v merit_v place_v our_o evangelical_n merit_n in_o a_o mere_a subordination_n to_o christ_n do_v but_o show_v what_o prejudice_n and_o partiality_n can_v do_v and_o harden_v those_o who_o perceive_v their_o error_n 195._o some_o man_n may_v think_v that_o the_o high_a thing_n require_v in_o the_o gospel_n self-denial_n forsake_v all_o running_z strive_v work_a love_a overcome_a 240._o whether_o faith_n be_v not_o the_o mere_a acceptance_n of_o a_o free_a gift_n according_a to_o its_o nature_n against_o merit_n read_v of_o papist_n walden_v de_fw-fr sacram._n tit_n 1._o gregor_n armin._n 1._o d._n 17._o q._n 1._o a._n 2._o durand_n 1._o d._n 27._o q._n 2._o marsil_n 2._o d._n 27._o brugers_n in_o psal_n 35._o eckin_n in_o centur._n de_fw-la praedest_fw-la et_fw-la inquit_fw-la fr._n a_o sancta_fw-la clara_n deus_fw-la nat._n grat._n p._n 138._o tribuitur_fw-la etiam_fw-la cusano_n nec_fw-la long_a differt_fw-la stapletonus_fw-la nostras_fw-la leg._n &_o suarez_n in_o 3._o p._n tho._n disp_n 10._o sect._n 7._o q._n 3._o see_v the_o thomist_n sense_n of_o merit_n in_o lud._n carbo_n tho._n compend_v 1._o 2._o q._n 23._o art_n 4._o p._n 240._o etc._n etc._n be_v more_o than_o the_o mere_a receive_v of_o a_o free_a gift_n but_o 1._o if_o it_o be_v so_o yet_o our_o first_o faith_n will_v be_v no_o more_o by_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v from_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o unregeneracy_n 2._o but_o upon_o consideration_n it_o will_v all_o appear_v to_o be_v no_o more_o material_o for_o 1._o when_o we_o say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o receive_v of_o the_o free_a gift_n we_o must_v mean_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n and_o to_o the_o use_n of_o that_o gift_n as_o if_o you_o be_v require_v to_o take_v food_n the_o meaning_n be_v to_o eat_v it_o and_o not_o to_o throw_v it_o away_o if_o you_o be_v require_v to_o take_v such_o a_o man_n to_o be_v your_o king_n your_o master_n your_o tutor_n your_o husband_n your_o physician_n etc._n etc._n the_o meaning_n be_v as_o such_o to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o proper_a office_n and_o so_o accept_v of_o god_n as_o god_n that_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n ruler_n and_o end_v and_o christ_n as_o our_o saviour_n prophet_n priest_n and_o king_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n as_o our_o sanctifier_n to_o illuminate_v quicken_v and_o renew_v we_o be_v the_o suâ—_n of_o all_o the_o positives_n of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o for_o this_o very_a acceptance_n of_o they_o in_o this_o nature_n and_o to_o this_o use_n include_v the_o use_n of_o they_o after_o according_o and_o if_o we_o do_v not_o so_o use_v they_o we_o thereby_o reject_v they_o and_o lose_v our_o own_o benefit_n of_o they_o as_o he_o that_o eat_v not_o his_o meat_n refuse_v and_o lose_v it_o and_o he_o that_o wear_v not_o his_o clothes_n and_o he_o that_o learn_v not_o of_o his_o teacher_n 3._o and_o then_o self-denial_n and_o forsake_v contrary_n and_o resist_a impediment_n be_v but_o the_o same_o motus_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o termino_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la and_o he_o that_o refuse_v to_o come_v out_o of_o his_o prison_n and_o chain_n refuse_v his_o liberty_n and_o he_o refuse_v the_o gold_n that_o will_v not_o cast_v away_o his_o handful_n of_o dirt_n to_o take_v it_o so_o that_o
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o â—adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la â—aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la bâ—na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a â—â—â—ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à _fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
creature_n do_v preach_v he_o to_o we_o and_o all_o thing_n must_v be_v sanctify_v and_o use_v to_o this_o holy_a end_n §_o 33._o he_o set_v death_n continual_o before_o our_o eye_n assure_v we_o of_o the_o shortness_n of_o our_o life_n and_o show_v we_o how_o we_o must_v leave_v this_o world_n that_o we_o may_v read_v vanity_n upon_o all_o and_o not_o be_v deceive_v by_o it_o §_o 34._o by_o all_o this_o we_o see_v that_o this_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a cause_n design_v for_o the_o government_n of_o man_n in_o right_a order_v his_o internal_a and_o external_a act_n and_o glorify_v eminent_o the_o wisdom_n of_o our_o ruler_n §_o 35._o and_o he_o that_o will_v think_v right_o of_o this_o excellent_a frame_n must_v have_v all_o these_o thing_n in_o his_o consideration_n 1._o that_o christ_n himself_o be_v not_o only_o a_o justifier_n and_o actor_n of_o we_o but_o a_o prophet_n priest_n and_o king_n and_o that_o the_o government_n be_v lay_v upon_o his_o shoulder_n isa_n 9_o 6._o 2._o that_o we_o be_v not_o only_a patient_n and_o pardon_v sinner_n but_o also_o subject_n and_o engage_v covenanter_n 3._o that_o christ_n church_n be_v not_o like_o a_o statuary_n shop_n but_o a_o kingdom_n and_o a_o school_n where_o all_o must_v learn_v and_o obey_v 4._o that_o christ_n have_v not_o only_a motive_n power_n but_o law_n promise_n threaten_n etc._n etc._n to_o work_v by_o 5._o that_o his_o great_a blessing_n of_o glory_n be_v his_o reward_n and_o hell_n at_o last_o after_o those_o here_o be_v his_o punishment_n foretell_v to_o work_v on_o soul_n 6._o that_o he_o have_v a_o day_n in_o which_o as_o rector_n he_o will_v judge_v the_o world_n in_o righteousness_n according_a to_o what_o we_o have_v do_v in_o the_o body_n 7._o that_o faith_n be_v wrought_v by_o preach_v and_o love_n and_o hope_n and_o obedience_n be_v the_o end_n and_o use_n of_o faith_n 8._o that_o the_o felicity_n of_o individual_n and_o in_o they_o of_o the_o heavenly_a society_n in_o one_o glorify_a body_n with_o christ_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o where_o god_n remunerate_v justice_n be_v to_o be_v glorify_v and_o his_o govern_n wisdom_n and_o love_n for_o ever_o §_o 36._o from_o all_o this_o i_o conclude_v that_o they_o that_o slight_a all_o this_o work_n of_o god_n by_o the_o contemptuous_a name_n of_o moral_a suasion_n and_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o diminutive_a term_n as_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o it_o to_o call_v it_o moral_a and_o by_o mean_n and_o talk_v of_o god_n work_n of_o grace_n on_o the_o soul_n as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o more_o in_o it_o very_o honourable_a than_o a_o physical_a motion_n and_o god_n convert_v soul_n but_o as_o boy_n whip_v their_o top_n or_o woman_n turn_v their_o wheel_n or_o the_o spring_n move_v the_o watch_n be_v cartesian_a blind_a theologue_n and_o overlook_v the_o very_a nature_n of_o that_o theology_n which_o they_o profess_v which_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n over_o man_n and_o while_o they_o see_v little_a but_o matter_n and_o motion_n they_o be_v fit_a mechanical_o to_o treat_v of_o or_o deal_v with_o stone_n or_o brick_n or_o timber_n than_o menâ—_n â—_z be_v unfit_a to_o treat_v of_o humane_a government_n much_o more_o of_o divine_a sect_n iv_o how_o far_o god_n use_v means_n §_o 1._o christ_n who_o be_v the_o chief_a mean_n be_v use_v in_o all_o the_o conveyance_n of_o grace_n to_o any_o one_o in_o the_o world_n §_o 2._o god_n have_v a_o double_a work_n in_o illuminate_v and_o convert_v soul_n one_o by_o activity_n of_o exterior_a appulsive_a cause_n the_o other_o within_o we_o on_o the_o error_n agid._n column_n rom._n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 2._o p._n 5._o cit_v dioâ—ys_n de_fw-fr div_o nom_fw-fr l._n 3._o as_o hold_v that_o every_o order_n of_o second_o cause_n be_v like_o a_o beam_n of_o light_n stream_v down_o from_o god_n as_o so_o many_o cord_n let_v down_o to_o man_n to_o draw_v they_o up_o to_o god_n and_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v take_v hold_n of_o one_o of_o they_o and_o ascend_v to_o heaven_n he_o may_v imagine_v that_o heaven_n do_v bow_v down_o to_o he_o when_o indeed_o it_o move_v not_o but_o he_o will_v draw_v himself_o up_o to_o it_o so_o when_o upon_o prayer_n or_o other_o second_o cause_n god_n do_v we_o good_a he_o seem_v to_o incline_v and_o bend_v to_o we_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o he_o be_v unchangeable_a and_o it_o be_v we_o that_o be_v draw_v and_o move_v to_o he_o and_o by_o the_o use_n of_o mean_n by_o we_o we_o be_v conjoin_v to_o god_n purpose_n that_o the_o thing_n may_v be_v do_v for_o we_o which_o he_o have_v decree_v vid._n reliq_n where_o he_o confute_v the_o contrary_a error_n faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n without_o those_o cause_n i_o can_v better_o illustrate_v it_o than_o by_o the_o cause_v of_o sight_n hear_v etc._n etc._n the_o light_n without_o we_o be_v not_o only_o a_o terminate_a object_n as_o some_o dream_n but_o a_o active_a thing_n or_o action_n which_o operate_v by_o appulse_n upon_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o sun_n and_o aire_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o the_o eye_n be_v not_o only_o a_o passive_a receiver_n as_o some_o dream_n but_o a_o organ_n where_o the_o visive_a spirit_n and_o soul_n be_v active_a and_o god_n work_v internal_o on_o this_o visive_a faculty_n by_o his_o influx_n to_o sustain_v it_o in_o its_o activity_n and_o by_o a_o congress_n of_o these_o two_o fire_n or_o active_a cause_n the_o sensitive_a soul_n do_v see_v now_o we_o all_o know_v that_o god_n give_v the_o external_a light_n only_o per_fw-la media_fw-la by_o the_o sun_n etc._n etc._n but_o how_o he_o sustain_v and_o actuate_v the_o visive_n faculty_n be_v more_o difficult_a his_o own_o influx_n or_o causation_n be_v undoubted_a and_o that_o the_o same_o sun_n ut_fw-la causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la cherish_v and_o move_v the_o visive_a spirit_n but_o whether_o god_n move_v the_o sensitive_a faculty_n or_o soul_n itself_o by_o any_o superior_a spirit_n or_o mediate_v cause_n in_o its_o motion_n or_o action_n towards_o and_o on_o the_o exterior_a light_n be_v past_o our_o knowledge_n though_o the_o order_n observe_v in_o other_o case_n make_v it_o not_o improbable_a even_o so_o in_o the_o illumination_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o conversion_n of_o the_o will_n we_o be_v sure_a that_o beside_o the_o terminative_a object_n there_o be_v a_o external_a motion_n which_o by_o the_o foresay_a mean_n be_v make_v at_o least_o on_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n whatever_o it_o do_v further_o on_o the_o intellect_n but_o in_o the_o superior_a influx_n on_o the_o soul_n itself_o what_o use_n god_n may_v make_v of_o angel_n or_o other_o superior_a spirit_n or_o cause_n we_o can_v tell_v we_o be_v sure_a as_o be_v say_v that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o second_o cause_n yet_o as_o to_o proximity_n it_o be_v never_o the_o less_o near_o from_o god_n and_o soul_n be_v intellectual_a and_o for_o aught_o we_o know_v of_o the_o high_a nature_n of_o creature_n though_o not_o the_o high_a degree_n neither_o be_v improbable_a that_o god_n move_v we_o by_o a_o second_o cause_n or_o that_o he_o do_v it_o without_o §_o 3._o but_o as_o christ_n fore-described_n mediate_v causality_n be_v still_o suppose_a so_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n do_v not_o only_a work_n as_o some_o think_v concomitant_o with_o the_o word_n but_o by_o it_o as_o his_o instrument_n though_o his_o way_n of_o co-operation_n be_v past_o the_o reach_n of_o man_n yet_o this_o much_o be_v sure_a 1._o that_o he_o adapâ—eth_v the_o mean_n to_o do_v their_o work_n both_o word_n minister_n etc._n etc._n 2._o and_o that_o his_o concourse_n make_v the_o due_a impression_n on_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n 3._o and_o though_o no_o philosopher_n certain_o know_v whether_o the_o image_n in_o the_o fantasy_n be_v mere_o passive_a as_o to_o the_o intellect_n or_o what_o use_n be_v make_v of_o they_o and_o the_o passion_n to_o intellection_n and_o volition_n yet_o such_o use_n as_o be_v natural_o to_o be_v make_v of_o they_o for_o these_o end_n god_n make_v and_o manage_v they_o according_o by_o skill_n and_o power_n §_o 4._o but_o here_o motion_n the_o effect_n of_o active_a force_n and_o order_n of_o motion_n as_o the_o effect_n of_o government_n must_v be_v well_o distinguish_v for_o it_o be_v not_o so_o much_o the_o second_o cause_n of_o the_o soul_n action_n as_o such_o that_o we_o be_v now_o inquire_v after_o but_o of_o the_o order_n and_o rectitude_n of_o its_o action_n which_o be_v do_v by_o government_n §_o 5._o that_o god_n do_v work_v grace_n on_o man_n by_o mean_n ordinary_o as_o ordinary_o he_o cause_v natural_a effect_n by_o mean_n and_o miracle_n be_v rare_a may_v be_v prove_v by_o all_o
these_o follow_a evidence_n §_o 6._o 1._o in_o that_o he_o have_v make_v so_o large_a provision_n of_o mean_n and_o that_o in_o a_o admirable_a frame_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o moral_a world_n which_o he_o will_v never_o do_v in_o vain_a nor_o if_o he_o ordinary_o work_v without_o they_o that_o work_n which_o he_o have_v appoint_v they_o to_o do_v it_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o british_a divine_n in_o their_o suffrage_n at_o dort_n have_v not_o god_n decree_v to_o work_v grace_n by_o mean_n he_o can_v have_v do_v it_o with_o a_o fiat_fw-la §_o 7._o 2._o the_o glory_n of_o this_o kingdom_n or_o sapiential_a rule_n which_o be_v so_o constant_o and_o large_o give_v he_o in_o the_o scripture_n psal_n 103._o 10._o and_o 145._o and_o 119._o throughout_o and_o matth._n 25._o as_o the_o ship_n master_n or_o pilat_z be_v praise_v who_o by_o a_o helm_n can_v turn_v about_o the_o ship_n as_o he_o will_v jam._n 3._o 4._o §_o 8._o 3._o god_n work_v on_o all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o this_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o the_o causation_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o effect_n and_o order_n be_v a_o moral_a effect_n which_o need_v not_o a_o creation_n but_o a_o moral_a order_n causation_n §_o 9_o 4._o experience_n tell_v we_o that_o those_o prosper_v best_a in_o grace_n that_o most_o faithful_o and_o diligent_o use_v the_o mean_n and_o we_o never_o know_v of_o any_o man_n 4._o 1_o tim._n 4._o 15._o prov._n â—_o 20_o 21._o &_o 3_o &_o 5._o &_o 8._o &_o 13._o 4._o in_o the_o world_n that_o come_v to_o actual_a knowledge_n faith_n or_o love_n without_o mean_n but_o all_o by_o the_o causality_n of_o they_o §_o 10._o 5._o we_o find_v that_o the_o great_a neglecter_n and_o despiser_n of_o mean_n be_v every_o where_o most_o graceless_a and_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n §_o 11._o 6._o we_o have_v minister_n and_o people_n frequent_a and_o strict_a command_n to_o use_v mean_n most_o diligent_o constant_o and_o careful_o §_o 12._o 7._o we_o have_v abundance_n of_o promise_n of_o god_n blessing_n upon_o the_o f._n licet_fw-la omnis_fw-la causa_fw-la secundâ—_n proprie_fw-la dicta_fw-la causet_fw-la effectum_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la tamen_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la sit_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la quia_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la dei_fw-la alliac_n in_o 4._o q._n 1._o f._n use_n of_o mean_n act._n 26._o 17._o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n and_o turn_v they_o rom._n 10._o how_o shall_v they_o hear_v without_o a_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n isa_n 55._o 2_o 3._o hear_v and_o your_o soul_n shall_v live_v matth._n 28._o 20._o i_o be_o with_o you_o always_o etc._n etc._n luke_n 10._o 16._o he_o that_o hear_v you_o hear_v i_o psal_n 19_o 7_o etc._n etc._n the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v pure_a convert_v the_o soul_n 1_o pet._n 1._o it_o be_v the_o incorruptible_a seed_n that_o regenerate_v we_o heb._n 4._o the_o word_n be_v powerful_a and_o a_o searcher_n of_o the_o heart_n etc._n etc._n §_o 13._o 8._o when_o god_n will_v save_v a_o people_n he_o send_v they_o the_o gospel_n and_o 1â—_n amos_n 8._o 11._o prov._n 29._o 1â—_n when_o he_o will_v forsake_v they_o he_o take_v it_o away_o §_o 14._o 9_o the_o devil_n show_v his_o malice_n to_o soul_n and_o grace_n by_o oppose_v the_o mean_n deprive_v man_n of_o they_o or_o keep_v they_o from_o they_o or_o from_o the_o faithful_a use_v of_o they_o §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v none_o of_o my_o meaning_n that_o the_o bare_a mean_n of_o itself_o do_v change_v the_o soul_n or_o that_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n but_o only_o that_o god_n operate_v moral_a effect_n by_o moral_a mean_n as_o he_o do_v natural_a by_o natural_a mean_n be_v still_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o all_o himself_o §_o 16._o if_o we_o thus_o conjoin_v all_o cause_n and_o separate_v not_o what_o god_n have_v conjoin_v it_o will_v help_v we_o the_o better_a to_o escape_v error_n in_o this_o matter_n but_o if_o man_n will_v dream_v that_o all_o the_o honour_n or_o action_n that_o be_v ascribe_v to_o second_o cause_n be_v a_o derogation_n from_o god_n and_o a_o dishonour_n of_o he_o they_o forsake_v the_o truth_n and_o injure_v he_o §_o 17._o for_o if_o this_o be_v true_a that_o to_o honour_v the_o mean_n or_o acknowledge_v operate_v though_o god_n be_v proxiâ—uâ—â—_n not_o as_o in_o loco_fw-la in_o all_o his_o operation_n yet_o see_v he_o operate_v by_o second_o cause_n he_o do_v it_o according_a to_o they_o as_o all_o experience_n tell_v we_o therefore_o to_o end_v these_o controversy_n we_o shall_v consider_v more_o how_o those_o cause_n operate_v second_o cause_n and_o their_o aptitude_n and_o efficacy_n be_v to_o dishonour_n god_n than_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o great_a dishonourer_n of_o himself_o by_o make_v and_o use_v such_o cause_n and_o mean_n and_o so_o many_o creature_n as_o there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n so_o many_o dishonour_n be_v cast_v on_o god_n and_o the_o excellent_a creature_n will_v dishonour_v he_o most_o which_o sottish_a conceit_n must_v needs_o be_v join_v with_o manichaeism_n that_o a_o ill_a god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o the_o world_n god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n and_o shine_v to_o we_o in_o they_o all_o sect_n v._o of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o different_a effect_n of_o grace_n and_o means_n §_o 1._o gratiâ—_n 1._o 1._o 1._o gerhard_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr lib._n aâ—b_fw-la cap._n 6._o §._o 1._o suppose_v that_o no_o cause_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n be_v find_v in_o the_o will_n of_o man_n as_o be_v dead_a and_o vicious_a but_o yet_o that_o grace_n do_v not_o physical_o determine_v the_o will_n but_o so_o work_v as_o leave_v it_o a_o power_n to_o resist_v and_o that_o resistance_n be_v it_o that_o make_v the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n by_o make_v grace_n uneffectual_a and_o georg._n calixtus_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o his_o word_n the_o minist_n verbi_fw-la p._n 241._o &_o in_o judic_n de_fw-fr controver_n num_fw-la 33._o see_v â—e_n blank_n thes_n de_fw-fr distinct_a gratiâ—_n all_o that_o be_v good_a in_o the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o man_n be_v will_v by_o god_n and_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o nothing_o that_o be_v moral_o evil._n §_o 2._o as_o in_o nature_n god_n seem_v to_o cause_n motion_n in_o genere_fw-la by_o a_o equal_a universal_a influx_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o make_v no_o difference_n per_fw-la se_fw-la but_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la but_o the_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o motion_n and_o effect_n be_v otherwise_o cause_v so_o it_o seem_v that_o christ_n the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n afford_v by_o his_o mean_n of_o nature_n which_o he_o political_o manage_v a_o indifferent_a influx_n or_o help_n for_o action_n as_o action_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o as_o dr._n twisse_n frequent_o say_v well_o be_v to_o be_v call_v nature_n rather_o than_o grace_n except_o as_o the_o reprive_v of_o nature_n be_v grace_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v mere_a power_n to_o act_n because_o it_o be_v equal_o indifferent_a to_o a_o good_a act_n as_o a_o bad_a and_o to_o do_v or_o not_o do_v §_o 3._o the_o power_n of_o action_n as_o such_o be_v give_v by_o a_o equal_a natural_a universal_a influx_n it_o be_v the_o order_n of_o action_n where_o we_o must_v inquire_v of_o the_o difference_n and_o its_o cause_n §_o 4._o action_n itself_o be_v not_o a_o proper_a substantial_a be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la but_o yet_o it_o be_v such_o a_o mode_n as_o by_o the_o cartesian_o leave_n require_v more_o causation_n to_o it_o than_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la agere_fw-la do_v but_o ordo_fw-la actionum_fw-la be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la modi_fw-la §_o 5._o ordo_fw-la be_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o soul_n the_o genus_fw-la of_o all_o relation_n in_o fundamento_fw-la and_o of_o all_o morality_n and_o worthy_a to_o have_v have_v a_o notable_a place_n in_o the_o predicament_n and_o yet_o we_o know_v not_o what_o to_o call_v it_o whether_o any_o thing_n or_o nothing_o the_o ordo_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v not_o res_n and_o it_o be_v rerum_fw-la status_fw-la which_o we_o better_o know_v in_o se_fw-mi than_o we_o know_v with_o what_o logical_a notion_n to_o clothe_v it_o §_o 6._o this_o excellent_a nothing_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o morality_n in_o its_o form_n and_o the_o business_n of_o frail_a man_n on_o earth_n and_o much_o of_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o church_n triumphant_a in_o heaven_n it_o be_v god_n work_n and_o not_o we_o to_o make_v new_a substance_n it_o be_v we_o to_o keep_v order_n in_o ourselves_o as_o god_n work_n yea_o in_o the_o action_n which_o god_n by_o nature_n enable_v we_o to_o so_o vain_a a_o thing_n be_v man_n that_o
the_o natural_a power_n in_o itself_o but_o by_o so_o do_v formaliter_fw-la &_o relatiuè_v it_o make_v it_o no_o power_n ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la to_o the_o contrary_a in_o that_o instant_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o §_o 10._o such_o grace_n of_o god_n as_o come_v from_o his_o absolute_a will_n or_o decree_n of_o the_o due_a event_n be_v never_o overcome_v for_o god_n decree_n be_v not_o frustrate_v §_o 11._o god_n gracious_a operation_n be_v never_o overcome_v by_o any_o contrary_a act_n but_o what_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o agent_n cause_n of_o as_o a_o act_n for_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o bebritia_n yet_o man_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o the_o inordination_n of_o that_o act_n by_o which_o it_o be_v set_v in_o opposition_n to_o god_n other_o act_n for_o god_n do_v not_o militate_v against_o himself_o §_o 12._o the_o case_n lie_v thus_o god_n antecedent_o to_o his_o law_n frame_v nature_n that_o be_v the_o be_v and_o natural_a order_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o so_o he_o become_v the_o head_n or_o root_n of_o nature_n the_o first_o cause_n who_o by_o his_o wise_a decree_n be_v to_o concur_v to_o the_o end_n with_o that_o natural_a frame_n and_o to_o continue_v to_o thing_n their_o proper_a form_n and_o motion_n and_o man_n be_v one_o of_o his_o creature_n have_v a_o nature_n of_o his_o own_o to_o which_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o name_n do_v antecedent_o concur_v by_o this_o natural_a concourse_n of_o god_n the_o foamy_a cator_n the_o murderer_n the_o thief_n etc._n etc._n be_v natural_o able_a to_o do_v those_o act_n but_o be_v free_a agent_n that_o can_v do_v otherwise_o god_n make_v they_o a_o law_n to_o restrain_v and_o regulate_v they_o and_o when_o they_o break_v this_o law_n they_o resist_v that_o gracious_a concourse_n which_o suitable_a to_o the_o organical_a cause_n god_n conjoyn_v with_o the_o mean_n but_o they_o do_v this_o by_o their_o natural_a power_n and_o activity_n not_o use_v as_o god_n require_v they_o but_o turn_v against_o his_o own_o law_n so_o that_o if_o god_n will_v withdraw_v his_o sustentation_n and_o destroy_v mâ—ns_n nature_n they_o can_v not_o resist_v his_o grace_n but_o that_o he_o will_v not_o do_v be_v his_o antecedent_n work_v and_o so_o god_n be_v resist_v by_o his_o own-given-power_n and_o act_n disorder_a and_o turn_v against_o his_o grace_n §_o 13._o the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o be_v thus_o resist_v be_v only_o 1._o his_o preceptive_a or_o legal_a will_n de_fw-fr debito_fw-la 2._o and_o his_o will_n of_o purpose_n to_o give_v man_n so_o much_o help_v and_o no_o more_o by_o which_o he_o can_v and_o aught_o to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v say_v to_o be_v resist_v or_o frustrate_v so_o far_o when_o by_o man_n fault_n it_o do_v he_o not_o that_o good_a which_o it_o may_v have_v do_v §_o 14._o god_n grace_n and_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v resist_v when_o the_o word_n and_o other_o mean_n be_v 2._o be_v be_v be_v that_o god_n do_v govern_v inseriora_fw-la per_fw-la superiora_fw-la and_o work_v by_o mean_n not_o for_o want_v of_o they_o but_o from_o the_o abundance_n of_o his_o goodness_n so_o as_o to_o communicate_v to_o his_o creature_n the_o dignity_n of_o causality_n see_v aquin._n 1._o q._n 103._o a._n 8._o &_o q._n 104._o a._n 2._o alexand._n 1._o p._n q._n 26._o m._n 5._o a._n 2._o &_o 3._o &_o m._n 7._o albert._n 1._o p._n q._n 67._o m._n 4._o a._n 1._o richard_n 1._o d._n 39_o a._n 2._o q._n 3._o &_o d._n 45._o a._n 2._o q._n 2._o agid._n rom._n 2._o d._n 1._o p._n 1._o q._n 2._o a._n 6._o &_o ibi_fw-la gabritl_n d._n 1._o q._n 2._o resist_v which_o call_v he_o to_o his_o duty_n for_o these_o themselves_o be_v gift_n and_o act_n of_o grace_n §_o 15._o but_o it_o be_v not_o the_o barâ—_n word_n or_o means_n alone_o but_o the_o spirit_n work_v in_o and_o by_o those_o mean_n which_o be_v so_o resist_v for_o though_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v clear_o know_v just_a how_o the_o spirit_n concur_v and_o operate_v by_o the_o word_n and_o mean_n yet_o we_o may_v know_v that_o god_n do_v limit_v his_o own_o operation_n to_o the_o aptitude_n of_o the_o mean_n ordinary_o and_o that_o he_o work_v with_o and_o by_o they_o not_o according_a to_o his_o omnipotency_n in_o itself_o consider_v but_o according_a to_o the_o mean_n or_o organ_n and_o as_o in_o nature_n he_o operate_v nor_o quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o agreeable_o to_o the_o order_n and_o aptitude_n of_o natural_a cause_n so_o in_o grace_n he_o operate_v non_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la but_o according_a to_o the_o aptitude_n and_o order_n of_o the_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o governing-mean_n of_o grace_n §_o 16._o when_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o word_n education_n company_n and_o other_o visible_a mean_n seem_v equal_a god_n have_v innumerable_a mean_n supernal_a internal_a external_a invisible_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o by_o which_o he_o can_v make_v all_o the_o difference_n that_o he_o make_v in_o man_n so_o that_o we_o can_v prove_v that_o ever_o he_o work_v on_o soul_n without_o any_o second_o cause_n or_o mean_n at_o all_o though_o we_o can_v prove_v the_o contrary_a neither_o and_o therefore_o he_o that_o resist_v all_o mean_n for_o aught_o we_o know_v in_o so_o do_v resist_v all_o god_n gracious_a operation_n on_o his_o soul_n §_o 17._o grace_n 17._o 17._o 17._o i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o find_v both_o sense_n and_o concord_n in_o the_o word_n of_o your_o alvarez_n the_o aex_n l._n 7._o disp_n 59_o p._n 264._o eadâ—m_fw-la contritio_fw-la que_fw-la est_fw-la ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o in_fw-la genere_fw-la cause_n materialis_fw-la antecedit_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la tamen_fw-la causae_fw-la formalis_fw-la &_o efficientis_fw-la est_fw-la effeclus_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la meritoria_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternâ—_n et_fw-la p._n 265._o contritio_fw-la qua_fw-la penitens_fw-la disponitur_fw-la ad_fw-la infusionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la est_fw-la meritoria_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la ut_fw-la thom._n 1._o 2._o q._n 112._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o ergo_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la habitualis_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la operatio_fw-la hominis_fw-la est-meritoria_a aquavitae_fw-la aeternae_fw-la nisâ—_n procedat_fw-la à _fw-la gratiâ—_n habituali_fw-la &_o ordine_fw-la saltem_fw-la naturae_fw-la sit_fw-la ea_fw-la posterior_n how_o can_v the_o act_n be_v the_o ultima_fw-la dispositio_fw-la to_o the_o infusion_n of_o that_o habit_n which_o it_o flow_v from_o unless_o he_o mean_v eadem_fw-la specie_fw-la and_o not_o numerical_o which_o yet_o be_v false_a for_o it_o be_v not_o eadem_fw-la or_o else_o he_o false_o suppose_v that_o the_o same_o love_n of_o god_n may_v go_v before_o grace_n whereas_o dr._n twisse_n so_o frequent_o ask_v whether_o god_n condional_a will_v and_o so_o his_o operation_n be_v volo_fw-la te_fw-la velle_fw-la modo_fw-la velis_fw-la or_o credere_fw-la modo_fw-la credas_fw-la to_o give_v we_o faith_n if_o we_o believe_v and_o so_o make_v non_fw-la credere_fw-la or_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la to_o be_v the_o only_a resistance_n and_o the_o arminian_o to_o be_v ridiculous_a in_o make_v the_o effect_n antecedent_n to_o the_o cause_n as_o a_o condition_n of_o the_o causation_n and_o itself_o this_o semi-subtilty_n though_o it_o beget_v voluminous_a confidence_n must_v cry_v peccavi_fw-la if_o a_o little_a more_o subtlety_n do_v but_o detect_v the_o defectiveness_n of_o it_o we_o be_v not_o now_o inquire_v of_o the_o rationes_fw-la fidem_fw-la habendi_fw-la but_o of_o the_o rationes_fw-la non_fw-la habendi_fw-la nor_o be_v we_o inquire_v whether_o god_n have_v make_v a_o covenant_n or_o formal_a promise_n of_o give_v faeith_n upon_o antecedent_n condition_n but_o whether_o he_o deny_v or_o give-not_a grace_n for_o actual_a faith_n effectual_a or_o sufficient_a to_o any_o but_o those_o that_o resist_v and_o 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effectum_fw-la so_o many_o other_o the_o three_o he_o say_v be_v attribute_v to_o greg._n arim._n scotus_n and_o gabriel_n great_a wit_n if_o any_o cooperationem_fw-la divinam_fw-la se_fw-la tenere_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la effectus_fw-la non_fw-la causae_fw-la h._n e._n conâ—ursum_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la determinare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la nostram_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o illam_fw-la imprimere_fw-la aut_fw-la operari_fw-la sed_fw-la immediate_a influere_fw-la in_o effectum_fw-la eumque_fw-la producere_fw-la illo_fw-la ipso_fw-la momento_n quo_fw-la à _fw-la voluntate_fw-la nostra_fw-la producitur_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la determinat_fw-la voluntarem_n nec_fw-la voluntas_fw-la deum_fw-la nam_fw-la uterque_fw-la concursum_fw-la libere_fw-la adhibet_fw-la &_o si_fw-la alter_fw-la noâ—â—â—_n concurrere_fw-la opus_fw-la non_fw-la fiet_fw-la sicut_fw-la cum_fw-la duo_fw-la ferunt_fw-la ingentem_fw-la lapidem_fw-la et_fw-la licet_fw-la simul_fw-la operentur_fw-la 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and_o be_v only_o afraid_a to_o deny_v god_n holiness_n and_o the_o christian_a religion_n by_o resolve_v all_o sin_n and_o damnation_n into_o the_o mere_a will_n and_o love_n and_o irresistible_a omnipotent_a efficiency_n of_o god_n sect_n ix_o whether_o god_n operation_n be_v equal_a on_o all_o §_o 1._o if_o the_o question_n be_v ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la it_o be_v absurd_a to_o make_v a_o question_n of_o it_o for_o god_n be_v the_o same_o whatever_o the_o diversity_n be_v in_o his_o illuminetur_fw-la his_o his_o his_o of_o preparation_n for_o grace_n medina_n note_v three_o degree_n of_o it_o one_o which_o grace_n ever_o follow_v which_o be_v it_o that_o our_o divine_n mean_v by_o effectual_a vocation_n and_o this_o he_o say_v be_v never_o have_v but_o by_o god_n special_a help_n the_o other_o two_o be_v distant_a and_o common_a but_o that_o the_o schoolman_n of_o the_o other_o party_n think_v otherwise_o he_o confess_v and_o say_v in_o hac_fw-la quaestione_fw-la durand_n scot._n &_o propemodum_fw-la omnes_fw-la nominales_fw-la quos_fw-la sequitur_fw-la adrian_n quodlib_n 7._o q._n 4._o tenent_fw-la partem_fw-la affirmativam_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la sâ—as_fw-la vires_fw-la sine_fw-la speciali_fw-la auxilio_fw-la gratiae_n potest_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la praeparare_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la consequatur_fw-la gratiam_fw-la infallibiliter_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la merito_fw-la de_fw-la congruo_fw-la d._n tho._n tenet_fw-la contrarium_fw-la medin_n ib._n p._n 593._o but_o then_o by_o sufficiens_fw-la praeparatio_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la he_o mean_v conversion_n itself_o dimovere_fw-la animum_fw-la ab_fw-la iniquitate_fw-la &_o st_o in_o deum_fw-la convertere_fw-la sicut_fw-la convertere_fw-la faciem_fw-la ad_fw-la solemn_a ut_fw-la quiâ—_n illuminetur_fw-la work_n and_o god_n act_n as_o in_o himself_o be_v god_n and_o there_o be_v no_o virtue_n or_o efflux_n from_o god_n but_o what_o be_v a_o creature_n or_o effect_v 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&_o cessationem_fw-la aâ—_n vaâ—ationem_fw-la ab_fw-la aâ—â—u_fw-la &_o boâ—_n necessitate_v naturaliter_fw-la praecedentâ—_n &_o cor_fw-la p._n 649._o omnia_fw-la quâ—_n sunt_fw-la fiunt_fw-la aut_fw-la eveniâ—â—t_fw-la sunt_fw-la â—â—â—â—_o &_o eveniunt_fw-la â—â—_o aliquâ—_n necessitate_v ipâ—â—_n naturalâ—tâ—r_n praecedentâ—_n this_o be_v just_a hobbs_n soâ—_n 5._o â—â—_o 654_o that_o no_o creature_n have_v simple_a liberty_n of_o contradiction_n or_o contingency_n but_o only_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la in_o respect_n to_o second_o cause_n but_o only_a god_n act_n of_o will_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v simple_o free_a and_o contingent_a as_o if_o god_n have_v give_v no_o creature_n liberty_n to_o forbear_v sin_n or_o do_v good_a but_o do_v it_o or_o not_o do_v it_o be_v from_o god_n necessitation_n though_o not_o from_o the_o creature_n the_o dominican_n the_o master_n of_o the_o inquisition_n and_o murderer_n of_o the_o waldenses_n and_o albigenses_n of_o old_a and_o therefore_o 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adversarius_fw-la ergo_fw-la deus_fw-la esset_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la
permissor_n say_v &_o effector_n ojus_fw-la mali_fw-la prorsus_fw-la invalida_fw-la consequentia_fw-la apparet_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la effector_n omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la n._n b._n vix_fw-la enim_fw-la datur_fw-la aliquod_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la alicui_fw-la conducibile_fw-la neque_fw-la necessâ—_n est_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la jucundi_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la author_n peccati_fw-la nam_fw-la certissimum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la omnem_fw-la controversiae_fw-la alâ—am_fw-la positum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la esse_fw-la bonum_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la jucundi_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la conducibilis_fw-la potest_fw-la enim_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nobis_fw-la cedere_fw-la in_o salutem_fw-la vind._n grat._n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o sect_n 7._o p._n 133._o but_o whereas_o the_o doctor_n upbraid_v arminius_n 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§_o 6._o therefore_o gibieuf_n guil._n camerarius_fw-la etc._n etc._n way_n of_o predetermination_n by_o the_o causa_fw-la finalis_fw-la be_v nothing_o to_o our_o question_n that_o be_v no_o efficient_a but_o a_o material_a objective_a or_o moral_a causation_n §_o 7._o when_o they_o say_v that_o else_o god_n depend_v on_o the_o creature_n and_o be_v determine_v by_o it_o as_o to_o his_o concourse_n i_o answer_v 1._o how_o can_v god_n free_a uphold_v the_o power_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v his_o dependence_n on_o it_o when_o it_o express_o speak_v its_o dependence_n on_o he_o without_o who_o it_o can_v be_v nor_o act_n 2._o no_o creature_n determine_v god_n immanent_a act_n nor_o his_o transient_n as_o to_o the_o mere_a impress_n and_o first_o effect_n and_o so_o not_o god_n act_n at_o all_o unless_o terminate_n be_v determine_v it_o be_v only_o its_o own_o act_n which_o the_o creature_n determine_v which_o be_v a_o secondary_a effect_n of_o god_n act_n as_o proceed_v from_o the_o second_o cause_n god_n influx_n make_v all_o that_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n which_o god_n intend_v absolute_o but_o whether_o by_o that_o impress_n the_o sinner_n will_v consent_v the_o will_n determine_v and_o be_v the_o chief_a determiner_n in_o evil._n §_o 8._o say_v dr._n twisse_n vindic._n grat._n lib._n 2._o p._n 2._o digres_n 9_o the_o second_o cause_n non_fw-fr agit_fw-fr in_fw-la primam_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la faceret_fw-la vel_fw-la volendo_fw-la vel_fw-la ally_v agendo_fw-la etc._n etc._n answ_n it_o be_v grant_v god_n be_v not_o passive_a nor_o do_v any_o second_o cause_n act_n on_o he_o as_o passive_a who_o be_v his_o adversary_n in_o this_o §_o 9_o he_o add_v neither_o on_o the_o influx_n of_o god_n do_v we_o act_v for_o a_o act_n be_v not_o the_o subject_n of_o a_o act_n answ_n 1._o if_o by_o god_n act_n and_o influx_n he_o mean_v not_o the_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v a_o false_a supposition_n that_o god_n influx_n or_o act_n be_v any_o other_o than_o his_o essence_n but_o if_o the_o say_a effect_n be_v mean_v i_o have_v show_v you_o that_o both_o indisposition_n in_o the_o recipient_a and_o a_o contrary_a act_n may_v resist_v it_o §_o 10._o against_o our_o passive_a determination_n of_o the_o effect_n he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v deny_v to_o act_v by_o physical_a action_n on_o man_n will_n which_o if_o he_o do_v he_o will_v rather_o determine_v it_o than_o be_v determine_v by_o it_o because_o it_o can_v resist_v he_o etc._n etc._n ans_fw-fr 1._o the_o will_n do_v not_o resist_v by_o reaction_n on_o and_o against_o god_n but_o by_o indisposition_n and_o by_o its_o own_a not_o act_v when_o it_o can_v etc._n etc._n 2._o who_o dare_v deny_v all_o physical_a action_n of_o god_n on_o man_n will_n when_o it_o be_v quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la 3._o the_o will_n do_v not_o determine_v god_n will_n nor_o reject_v his_o impress_n but_o only_o determine_v its_o own_o act._n 4._o if_o god_n will_v act_v ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la the_o will_n will_v never_o disobey_v or_o fail_v of_o the_o due_a effect_n §_o 11._o he_o say_v ib._n do_v god_n move_v only_o to_o the_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la or_o also_o to_o this_o species_n of_o action_n the_o first_o can_v be_v say_v for_o suarez_n hurtado_n say_v that_o god_n determine_v the_o agent_n to_o this_o individual_a act_n and_o the_o creature_n have_v as_o much_o need_n of_o help_n to_o the_o species_n of_o motion_n which_o be_v perfect_a than_o the_o genus_fw-la as_o to_o the_o genus_fw-la and_o god_n influx_n be_v singular_a and_o not_o determine_v to_o generical_a nature_n etc._n etc._n answ_n god_n universal_a motion_n as_o the_o sun_n do_v necessary_o make_v its_o impress_n on_o the_o creature_n and_o give_v he_o sufficient_a help_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la to_o act_n yea_o necessary_o continue_v the_o soul_n in_o some_o action_n and_o that_o action_n be_v singular_a and_o not_o a_o non_fw-la existent_a universal_a but_o it_o be_v only_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o a_o singular_a act_n which_o god_n natural_a influx_n necessary_o cause_v and_o the_o moral_a species_n what_o need_v soever_o we_o
by_o the_o effect_n it_o must_v be_v describe_v efficacy_n be_v aptitudinal_n which_o be_v the_o force_n and_o fitness_n of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o actual_a which_o be_v efficienty_n itself_o §_o 7._o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n be_v 1._o in_o god_n 2._o in_o the_o mean_n and_o 1._o in_o god_n absolute_a power_n 2._o in_o his_o ordinate_a power_n §_o 8._o 1._o god_n absolute_a power_n be_v omnipotency_n or_o infinite_a and_o therefore_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a to_o make_v a_o world_n before_o it_o be_v make_v §_o 9_o 2._o god_n ordinate_a power_n be_v the_o same_o essential_a omnipotency_n denominate_v from_o the_o connotation_n of_o those_o effect_n which_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o produce_v according_a to_o the_o limit_a aptitude_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o mean_n or_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_a or_o at_o least_o as_o limit_v in_o the_o effect_n by_o his_o mere_a free_a will_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o respect_n though_o still_o god_n power_n in_o itself_o be_v omnipotency_n yet_o in_o the_o limit_a way_n of_o operation_n it_o be_v various_a 1._o as_o god_n will_v quoad_fw-la terminos_fw-la be_v various_a 2._o and_o as_o the_o mean_n be_v various_a 3._o and_o as_o the_o receiver_n capacity_n be_v various_a to_o one_o the_o same_o operation_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o mediorum_fw-la though_o not_o from_o the_o same_o decree_n be_v abundant_o efficacious_a and_o to_o another_o not_z §_o 11._o and_o thus_o god_n so_o limit_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v effectual_a sometime_o on_o a_o condition_n to_o be_v free_o perform_v by_o man_n receive_v it_o even_o by_o a_o former_a help_n and_o not_o absolute_o §_o 12._o therefore_o all_o that_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a be_v not_o actual_o efficient_a of_o every_o effect_n to_o which_o it_o be_v thus_o apt_a §_o 13._o the_o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n of_o the_o mean_n be_v of_o god_n fall_v in_o with_o his_o ordinate_a power_n herein_o and_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n §_o 14._o the_o effect_n in_o respect_n to_o which_o grace_n be_v call_v efficacious_a be_v 1._o the_o giving_z of_o the_o mean_n themselves_o 2._o the_o first_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n 3._o the_o alter_n of_o the_o soul_n disposition_n 4._o the_o production_n of_o the_o act_n 5._o and_o of_o the_o habit._n and_o it_o must_v be_v some_o of_o these_o effect_n which_o be_v call_v efficacious_a or_o inefficacious_a to_o other_o so_o that_o by_o that_o time_n the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n be_v true_o open_v this_o which_o dr._n twisse_n say_v arminius_n dare_v never_o speak_v out_o his_o opinion_n of_o and_o which_o he_o and_o other_o make_v to_o be_v the_o very_a heart_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n perhaps_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v nothing_o §_o 15._o for_o what_o be_v that_o grace_n who_o efficacy_n you_o inquire_v of_o â—_o be_v it_o gratia_n operans_fw-la or_o operata_fw-la the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o the_o effect_n if_o it_o be_v god_n gratia_n operans_fw-la it_o be_v either_o the_o prime_a cause_n or_o the_o second_o cause_n if_o it_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n it_o be_v god_n essence_n only_o even_o his_o essential_a power_n â—â—ch_a vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n â—â—â—â—_o 19_o disp_n 8c_fw-la p._n 5â—â—â—â—â—_n voluntas_fw-la libera_fw-la deâ—_n â—â—â—â—_o essentia_fw-la divina_fw-la significata_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la actus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la &_o affectus_fw-la eliciti_fw-la cum_fw-la revera_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la substantia_fw-la dei_fw-la includit_fw-la tamen_fw-la habitudinem_fw-la etiam_fw-la qúandam_fw-la rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la futuras_fw-la quae_fw-la liberâ—_n deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la sient_fw-la etiam_fw-la res_fw-la libere_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la haec_fw-la relatio_fw-la consurgat_fw-la ex_fw-la fundamentis_fw-la non_fw-la necessary_n â—â—â—â—_o ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la &_o object_n futuriâ—_n ipsa_fw-la etiam_fw-la habitudâ—â—â—â—â—re_fw-la deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la non_fw-la intrinsicè_fw-la sed_fw-la extrinsecâ—_n solum_fw-la denominationâ—_n quam_fw-la deo_fw-la convenire_fw-la &_o non_fw-la conveâ—ire_n â—on_v est_fw-la absurdum_fw-la ergo_fw-la cum_fw-la velle_fw-la liberam_fw-la dei_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la includat_fw-la essentiam_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la tali_fw-la respect_n â—ti-â—â—sâ—_a libera_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o possâ—â—_n dâ—o_n adesse_fw-la &_o abesse_fw-la niâ—il_fw-la sequitur_fw-la absurdi_fw-la quod_fw-la divina_fw-la simplicitati_fw-la &_o immutabilitati_fw-la repugâ—et_fw-la this_o little_a be_v all_o that_o they_o can_v tell_v we_o what_o god_n free_a volition_n of_o extrinsic_a effect_n be_v and_o can_v you_o tell_v we_o any_o more_o bradwardine_n deny_v in_o god_n any_o executive_a power_n beside_o mere_a volition_n though_o he_o call_v he_o oâ—â—nipotent_a antecedent_o to_o his_o self-knowledge_n and_o volition_n do_v make_v grace_n â—x_v part_n dâ—â—_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o his_o will_n that_o we_o shall_v do_v the_o act_n and_o be_v such_o and_o â—â—ch_a intellect_n and_o will_n and_o be_v that_o the_o question_n wherein_o consist_v the_o efficacy_n of_o god_n essence_n why_o it_o consist_v in_o itself_o if_o you_o mean_v aptitudinal_a efficacy_n it_o be_v god_n essential_a virtue_n if_o you_o mean_v actual_a efficiency_n that_o speak_v the_o effect_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o so_o that_o about_o god_n essential_a efficacy_n there_o be_v no_o controversy_n §_o 16._o but_o if_o you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v his_o potentia_fw-la quà _fw-la ordinata_fw-la and_o not_o quà _fw-la essentialis_fw-la vel_fw-la absoluta_fw-la that_o you_o inquire_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o remember_v that_o the_o word_n ordinata_fw-la or_o limit_v signify_v no_o alteration_n in_o god_n power_n at_o all_o but_o only_o a_o effect_n which_o as_o limit_v and_o ordinate_a from_o whence_o the_o power_n cause_v it_o be_v extrinsecal_o so_o name_v god_n essential_a power_n be_v never_o limit_v but_o infinite_a and_o to_o be_v ordinate_a be_v but_o to_o have_v ordinate_a effect_n so_o that_o still_o either_o the_o controversy_n must_v be_v of_o god_n essence_n which_o be_v past_a controversy_n or_o of_o some_o second_o cause_n or_o some_o mere_a effect_n §_o 17._o and_o if_o you_o transferr_v the_o question_n to_o the_o efficacy_n of_o second_o cause_n 1._o you_o will_v deny_v yourselves_o that_o mean_n and_o second_o cause_n have_v any_o power_n but_o from_o god_n 2._o and_o that_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o those_o cause_n be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o ascertain_v of_o the_o effect_n because_o they_o cause_v most_o morallyâ—_n and_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o accuâ—ations_n against_o the_o aâ—minians_n right_a or_o wrong_n that_o they_o lay_v all_o on_o moral_a suasion_n or_o causality_n 3._o and_o second_o cause_n be_v so_o numerous_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o that_o we_o be_v uncapable_a of_o judge_v well_o of_o their_o efficacy_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v i_o think_v agree_v between_o you_o that_o the_o force_n of_o mean_n or_o second_o cause_n in_o conversion_n be_v not_o such_o as_o necessitate_v the_o will_n or_o if_o some_o of_o the_o schoolman_n and_o jesuit_n which_o with_o their_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la do_v join_v gratiam_fw-la per_fw-la congruitatem_fw-la mediorum_fw-la efficacem_fw-la do_v make_v this_o efficacy_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o effect_n yet_o they_o deny_v it_o to_o cause_n necessary_o at_o least_o always_o when_o the_o effect_n follow_v and_o what_o if_o we_o add_v that_o object_n effect_v not_o as_o such_o and_o therefore_o this_o question_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la must_v extend_v to_o some_o second_o effective_a agent_n and_o not_o only_o to_o object_n as_o such_o nor_o to_o those_o that_o preach_v present_a and_o offer_v object_n as_o such_o and_o what_o that_o agent_n cause_o must_v be_v under_o god_n by_o that_o time_n you_o be_v agree_v you_o will_v find_v that_o they_o be_v new_a controversy_n that_o will_v there_o rise_v up_o before_o you_o and_o yet_o i_o think_v that_o if_o we_o will_v needs_o wrangle_v about_o the_o efficaciousness_n of_o any_o cause_n forego_v the_o first_o effect_n itself_o on_o the_o soul_n it_o must_v be_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o some_o or_o all_o these_o second_o cause_n or_o we_o must_v question_v whether_o god_n be_v god_n for_o i_o can_v find_v nothing_o else_o to_o question_v §_o 18._o it_o remain_v then_o that_o the_o question_n wherein_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n consist_v must_v be_v mean_v of_o gratia_n operata_fw-la even_o of_o the_o effect_n itself_o and_o then_o either_o you_o mean_v that_o this_o effect_n be_v efficacious_a to_o itself_o or_o to_o something_o else_o the_o first_o be_v such_o a_o contradiction_n as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o you_o shall_v think_v that_o a_o effect_n be_v its_o own_o cause_n and_o ask_v how_o do_v faith_n e._n g._n cause_n itself_o therefore_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v but_o only_o to_o question_v how_o the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o its_o conversion_n be_v efficacious_a of_o the_o second_o §_o 19_o and_o here_o 1
cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o thus_o though_o god_n give_v all_o their_o due_a according_a to_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o give_v to_o his_o elect_n such_o proportion_n of_o grace_n as_o he_o give_v they_o no_o antecedent_n right_o to_o by_o his_o law_n or_o at_o least_o to_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o controversy_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o to_o they_o all_o §_o 21._o god_n can_v cure_v and_o sanctify_v all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v his_o absolute_a will_n but_o he_o do_v not_o and_o will_v not_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v and_o he_o will_v be_v no_o loser_n nor_o sufferer_n by_o the_o creature_n sin_n §_o 22._o god_n absolute_a will_n be_v as_o full_o accomplish_v by_o man_n free_a act_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o necessitate_a and_o natural_a and_o man_n action_n be_v as_o free_v as_o if_o god_n have_v make_v no_o absolute_a decree_n of_o their_o futurity_n as_o in_o good_a he_o have_v do_v if_o we_o may_v so_o ascribe_v futurity_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 23._o it_o seem_v that_o all_o sin_n begin_v in_o the_o will_n omission_n of_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v even_o when_o adam_n appetite_n be_v to_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o will_v not_o restrain_v that_o appetite_n when_o it_o can_v have_v do_v it_o and_o then_o positive_a sin_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o §_o 24._o there_o be_v more_o brutishness_n in_o sin_n and_o consequent_o more_o privative_a and_o less_o positive_a faultiness_n of_o the_o reason_n and_o will_n than_o many_o do_v consider_v which_o paul_n partly_o mean_v rom._n 7._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o a_o passion_n e._n g._n anger_n or_o fear_n may_v be_v force_v on_o a_o man_n sudden_o as_o â—n_v a_o brute_n without_o reason_n as_o if_o you_o come_v behind_o one_o and_o affright_v he_o or_o strike_v he_o sudden_o no_o reason_n raise_v that_o passion_n and_o consequent_o no_o 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he_o reveal_v they_o and_o therefore_o must_v confess_v our_o ignorance_n §_o 23._o 6._o we_o grant_v that_o all_o god_n work_n have_v some_o union_n concord_n and_o harmony_n among_o themselves_o which_o yet_o consist_v with_o numerical_a diversity_n and_o though_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n walk_v about_o with_o body_n that_o touch_v not_o one_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorant_a conceive_v of_o they_o as_o total_o incoherent_a and_o think_v that_o though_o pear_n apple_n and_o other_o fruit_n on_o the_o tree_n and_o tree_n in_o the_o earth_n be_v both_o many_o and_o divert_v and_o yet_o part_n of_o one_o tree_n and_o of_o one_o earth_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o animal_n because_o the_o union_n of_o spiritual_a being_n in_o invisible_a yet_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o animal_n have_v no_o dependent_a coherence_n with_o noblet_n supriour_a spirit_n though_o because_o we_o know_v of_o no_o nature_n above_o the_o intellectual_a it_o 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