and_o what_o accident_n make_v a_o thing_n unlawful_a to_o be_v command_v and_o what_o not_o and_o what_o scandal_n be_v and_o how_o far_o to_o be_v avoid_v which_o we_o shall_v do_v in_o these_o proposition_n follow_v prop._n 1._o morality_n be_v either_o regulans_n or_o regulata_n mensurans_fw-la or_o mensurata_fw-la the_o first_o be_v radical_o in_o god_n own_o mind_n and_o will_n and_o be_v call_v by_o many_o lex_fw-la aeterna_fw-la and_o it_o be_v signal_o and_o expressive_o in_o god_n law_n and_o subord_o 〈◊〉_d nate_o in_o man_n law_n as_o they_o be_v a_o rule_n to_o subject_n of_o these_o we_o be_v not_o now_o to_o speak_v that_o be_v not_o of_o the_o holiness_n of_o god_n or_o his_o law_n nor_o of_o man_n as_o they_o be_v true_o a_o rule_n to_o subject_n morality_n as_o regulate_v be_v subject_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o action_n of_o the_o creature_n special_o in_o the_o will_n and_o in_o our_o action_n as_o voluntary_a and_o so_o even_o the_o law_n of_o man_n as_o those_o man_n be_v god_n subject_n and_o their_o law_n be_v action_n good_a or_o evil_n as_o regulate_v by_o god_n superior_a law_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o the_o morality_n now_o in_o question_n prop._n 2._o this_o morality_n in_o man_n will_n and_o action_n be_v nothing_o else_o formal_o but_o their_o relation_n of_o conformity_n or_o disconformity_n to_o god_n law_n as_o their_o rule_n and_o subordinate_o to_o subordinate_a rule_n and_o material_o to_o the_o end_n and_o o_o 〈◊〉_d ject_n prop._n 3._o how_o far_o this_o moral_a relation_n be_v immediate_o found_v in_o a_o physical_a relation_n which_o be_v before_o it_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n viz._n in_o the_o say_a relation_n of_o the_o will_n and_o action_n to_o the_o end_n and_o object_n as_o such_o antecedent_o to_o the_o relation_n to_o the_o command_a or_o forbid_v law_n we_o will_v willing_o open_v be_v it_o not_o lest_o we_o seem_v with_o man_n that_o love_v not_o much_o distinction_n to_o justify_v or_o excuse_v they_o that_o censure_v we_o as_o guilty_a of_o excess_n herein_o and_o we_o may_v do_v what_o be_v now_o necessary_a to_o be_v do_v without_o it_o prop._n 4._o no_o be_v as_o such_o no_o substance_n as_o such_o no_o habit_n as_o a_o habit_n no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_a for_o so_o they_o be_v but_o quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o god_n do_v not_o command_n and_o forbid_v natural_a being_n as_o such_o prop._n 5._o all_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a be_v subject_v in_o natural_a being_n or_o privation_n but_o not_o immediate_o as_o such_o but_o as_o modify_v circumstantiate_v and_o relate_v prop._n 6._o good_a and_o evil_a make_v up_o all_o morality_n there_o be_v no_o three_o species_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n that_o be_v indifferent_a as_o to_o morality_n that_o be_v neither_o moral_o good_a nor_o moral_o evil_a but_o there_o be_v nothing_o moral-indifferent_a mere_a natural_a being_n and_o act_n be_v indifferent_a as_o to_o morality_n that_o be_v they_o be_v not_o moral_a but_o whatever_o be_v moral_a be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_a and_o not_o indifferent_a prop._n 7._o the_o subject_a and_o quid_fw-la absolutum_fw-la fundamentale_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a be_v quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la or_o a_o real_a be_v but_o the_o form_n of_o moral_a evil_n be_v ever_o find_v indeed_o in_o a_o real_a subject_n but_o not_o always_o in_o a_o real_a fundamentum_fw-la for_o it_o be_v oft_o at_o least_o in_o total_a omission_n and_o privation_n of_o the_o act_n and_o in_o privation_n of_o some_o modal_n or_o accidental_a qualification_n or_o rectitude_n prop._n 8._o yet_o the_o formal_a relation_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_n be_v both_o true_a 〈◊〉_d relation_n even_o dis-conformity_n as_o well_o as_o conformity_n as_o curv_v 〈◊〉_d tude_z and_o dis-similitude_n be_v as_o well_o as_o rectitude_n and_o similitude_n and_o a_o mere_a negative_a be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a e._n g._n negative_a nonconformity_n which_o be_v not_o privative_a dis-conformity_n be_v no_o sin_n because_o there_o be_v not_o the_o debitum_fw-la inessendi_fw-la the_o non-inesse_a be_v inculpable_a it_o seem_v indeed_o to_o some_o learned_a man_n that_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la may_v be_v moral_a good_a e._n g._n non_fw-la odisse_fw-la deum_fw-la au_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d proximum_fw-la non_fw-la ment_fw-mi 〈◊〉_d ri_fw-mi not_o to_o murder_v steal_z etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o thing_n remote_o command_v or_o loco_fw-la materie_fw-la 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o thing_n immediate_o command_v be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d agere_fw-la the_o will_n by_o all_o these_o command_n be_v bind_v positive_o to_o will_z the_o forbid_a act_n e._n g._n murder_n adultery_n lie_v etc._n etc._n to_z will_z they_o be_v the_o prime_a duty_n or_o moral_a good_a that_o we_o say_v not_o with_o ockam_n the_o only_a and_o not-to-d_a 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v the_o secondary_a but_o that_o be_v as_o they_o be_v act_n restrain_v or_o forbear_v by_o a_o command_a will_n for_o a_o man_n in_o infancy_n or_o the_o womb_n or_o in_o a_o apoplexy_n or_o when_o he_o be_v whole_o take_v up_o with_o some_o other_o sin_n not_o then_o to_o steal_v lie_v murder_n or_o commit_v adultery_n be_v not_o at_o all_o a_o moral_n good_n but_o a_o mere_a incogitancy_n non_fw-la agere_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la may_v be_v a_o true_a moral_a evil_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o when_o a_o right_a volition_n be_v command_v as_o to_o love_n god_n or_o man_n or_o â—â—ight_a action_n to_o do_v good_a 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o do_v it_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o command_n and_o not_o to_o will_n and_o not_o to_o do_v when_o we_o ought_v be_v the_o common_a kind_n of_o sin_v prop._n 9_o right_o order_v action_n disposition_n and_o habit_n then_o as_o in_o or_o of_o the_o will_n directly_z and_o remote_o some_o non_fw-la agency_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n command_v call_v moral_o good_a save_o that_o eorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la the_o soul_n and_o whole_a man_n or_o person_n be_v well_o and_o true_o call_v moral_a 〈◊〉_d good_a and_o the_o p_o 〈◊〉_d ivation_n and_o i_o 〈◊〉_d ordination_n of_o voluntary_a action_n disposition_n and_o habit_n be_v the_o only_a moral_a evil_n save_o that_o the_o person_n be_v also_o call_v such_o eorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la prop._n 10._o a_o action_n may_v be_v indifferent_a or_o of_o no_o morality_n as_o to_o election_n or_o performance_n and_o yet_o to_o deliberate_a about_o that_o act_n may_v be_v moral_o good_a e._n g._n i_o may_v doubt_v of_o two_o way_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o my_o end_n as_o far_o as_o can_v be_v know_v by_o i_o whether_o they_o be_v so_o or_o not_o or_o which_o be_v the_o better_a i_o may_v be_v oblige_v to_o deliberate_v whether_o they_o be_v equal_a or_o not_o to_o guide_v my_o progress_n and_o end_v my_o doubt_n and_o when_o i_o have_v find_v they_o equal_a i_o have_v find_v that_o comparative_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v matter_n of_o election_n as_o by_o reason_n to_o be_v prefer_v to_o the_o other_o but_o yet_o because_o i_o must_v choose_v to_o g_o 〈◊〉_d on_o therefore_o i_o must_v take_v one_o way_n and_o not_o the_o other_o because_o i_o can_v go_v both_o but_o this_o be_v only_o a_o choose_n to_o go_v and_o a_o take_v that_o way_n but_o not_o a_o choose_n it_o which_o signify_v a_o rational_a prefer_n it_o here_o my_o deliberation_n be_v a_o moral_a act_n and_o so_o be_v my_o choose_n to_o go_v but_o my_o choose_v this_o way_n rather_o than_o the_o other_o be_v none_o for_o upon_o deliberate_v i_o find_v that_o neither_o be_v eligible_a and_o choice_n no_o duty_n prop._n 11._o as_o the_o smallness_n of_o the_o least_o physical_a be_v though_o undiscernible_a prove_v it_o not_o to_o be_v nothing_o so_o the_o smallness_n of_o any_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_a duty_n or_o sin_n prove_v not_o that_o it_o be_v no_o duty_n or_o sin_n at_o all_o prop._n 12._o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a be_v itself_o only_o a_o accident_n for_o habit_n disposition_n action_n and_o relation_n be_v accident_n and_o privation_n be_v either_o reductive_o accident_n as_o some_o call_v they_o or_o less_o than_o accident_n even_o mere_a nothing_o though_o from_o a_o nullity_n or_o privation_n a_o moral_a relation_n true_o result_v on_o the_o person_n prop._n 13._o therefore_o when_o we_o say_v that_o a_o thing_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a by_o accident_n we_o mean_v somewhat_o more_o than_o that_o the_o good_a or_o evil_a be_v a_o accident_n itself_o for_o there_o be_v no_o other_o we_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v something_o accide_v or_o add_v to_o the_o former_a accident_n or_o state_n that_o make_v it_o now_o good_a or_o evil._n prop._n 14._o in_o a_o action_n there_o be_v considerable_a 1._o the_o action_n as_o such_o or_o as_o specify_v only_o by_o the_o faculty_n intellection_n volition_n imagination_n etc._n etc._n
nature_n as_o it_o be_v of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o business_n of_o our_o life_n prop._n 20._o that_o which_o make_v this_o to_o be_v bonum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la immutabile_fw-la which_o no_o accident_n can_v alter_v be_v 1._o because_o the_o foundation_n of_o our_o obligation_n be_v immutable_a while_o our_o faculty_n and_o power_n endure_v else_o they_o will_v cease_v for_o the_o de_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d itum_fw-la be_v a_o relation_n result_v from_o the_o mere_a be_v or_o position_n of_o the_o humane_a nature_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n and_o god_n will_v never_o change_v therefore_o unless_o man_n cease_v to_o be_v man_n or_o to_o be_v able_a to_o act_v as_o man_n the_o obligation_n can_v by_o no_o accident_n be_v change_v 2._o because_o it_o be_v a_o duty_n to_o the_o supreme_a ruler_n and_o absolute_a infinite_a good_a and_o therefore_o the_o very_a performance_n of_o it_o be_v exclusive_a of_o all_o change_a accident_n for_o he_o that_o love_v god_n as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o fleshly_a pleasure_n and_o prosperity_n only_o and_o as_o less_o good_a to_o he_o than_o the_o world_n love_v he_o not_o as_o god_n and_o he_o that_o love_v he_o as_o god_n love_v he_o as_o the_o absolute_a power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n and_o therefore_o exclusive_o as_o to_o all_o competitor_n unless_o as_o this_o love_n be_v sinful_o defective_a but_o that_o accident_n of_o defectiveness_n make_v not_o our_o love_n to_o god_n to_o be_v a_o sin_n but_o the_o deaf_a 〈◊〉_d t_o of_o it_o as_o to_o degree_n or_o frequency_n of_o exercise_n be_v the_o sin_n 3._o and_o also_o because_o that_o god_n be_v the_o final_a object_n and_o love_v the_o final_a act_n which_o together_o make_v up_o the_o ultimate_a end_n of_o man_n include_v the_o vision_n that_o kindle_v love_n and_o the_o praise_n joy_n and_o obedience_n which_o express_v it_o but_o though_o mean_a 〈◊〉_d may_v be_v oft_o change_v and_o may_v be_v too_o much_o love_v yet_o the_o ultimate_a end_n be_v unchangeable_a and_o can_v be_v too_o much_o love_v by_o true_a mental_a love_n distinct_a from_o distract_n passion_n therefore_o our_o obligation_n to_o it_o be_v according_a so_o that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v the_o most_o immutable_a moral_a good_n and_o the_o same_o in_o their_o place_n and_o time_n must_v be_v say_v of_o holy_a fear_n trust_v and_o obedience_n to_o god_n from_o which_o no_o accident_n can_v disoblige_v we_o no_o command_n or_o prohibition_n of_o man_n no_o suffer_v of_o body_n or_o danger_n of_o life_n itself_o much_o less_o the_o allurement_n of_o sensual_a delight_n pr._n 21._o according_o too_o hate_n god_n to_o distrust_v his_o know_a promise_n to_o disobey_v his_o know_a law_n to_o oppose_v or_o persecute_v his_o know_a interest_n in_o the_o world_n in_o his_o word_n and_o worship_n church_n and_o servant_n be_v immutable_o evil_a per_fw-la se_fw-la which_o no_o accident_n can_v make_v good_a or_o lawful_a for_o the_o reason_n before_o give_v pr._n 22._o but_o where_o the_o object_n be_v mutable_a and_o the_o circumstance_n of_o thing_n which_o the_o obligation_n presuppose_v there_o the_o duty_n or_o sinfulness_n be_v by_o superven_a accident_n mutable_a even_o incest_n which_o be_v a_o heinous_a sin_n be_v a_o duty_n to_o adam_n child_n because_o of_o accidental_a difference_n of_o the_o case_n the_o kill_n of_o a_o innocent_a son_n be_v well_o consent_v to_o by_o abraham_n when_o the_o lord_n of_o life_n and_o of_o all_o the_o world_n have_v command_v it_o and_o that_o consent_n be_v a_o act_n of_o eminent_a goodness_n and_o according_o reward_v the_o borrow_n of_o the_o egyptian_n good_n without_o intent_n to_o restore_v they_o and_o the_o rob_n of_o they_o by_o take_v they_o away_o be_v well_o do_v when_o the_o absolute_a owner_n of_o the_o world_n have_v by_o his_o precept_n alter_v the_o propriety_n thus_o the_o alter_n of_o the_o case_n may_v alter_v obligation_n pr._n 23._o but_o beside_o the_o immutable_a obligation_n to_o god_n himself_o there_o be_v many_o instance_n of_o our_o action_n towards_o man_n and_o worldy_a thing_n which_o be_v ordinary_o unchanged_a and_o only_o some_o rare_a or_o supernatural_a declaration_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n do_v change_v they_o for_o as_o god_n the_o author_n and_o orderer_n of_o nature_n show_v we_o by_o experience_n that_o he_o delight_v much_o in_o the_o ordinary_a constancy_n of_o his_o operation_n and_o rare_o change_v the_o course_n of_o nature_n so_o there_o be_v a_o answerable_a constancy_n in_o the_o ordinary_a state_n and_o order_n of_o thing_n and_o consequent_o of_o obligation_n or_o duty_n and_o these_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o god_n common_a universal_a law_n which_o ordinary_o oblige_v all_o mankind_n these_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o second_o table_n of_o the_o decalogue_n and_o be_v second_o in_o point_n of_o immutable_a obligation_n to_o the_o first_o mention_v sort_v our_o natural_a duty_n to_o god_n for_o though_o man_n be_v mutable_a and_o god_n immutable_a yet_o god_n preserve_v so_o much_o constancy_n in_o humane_a affair_n as_o be_v just_a matter_n of_o constant_a universal_a law_n though_o they_o be_v liable_a rare_o to_o dispensation_n or_o exception_n and_o as_o not_o murder_v not_o commit_v adultery_n not_o steal_v not_o lie_v or_o false_a witness_n bear_v be_v such_o so_o also_o be_v the_o mere_a positives_n of_o the_o first_o table_n such_o as_o be_v the_o act_n of_o institute_v worship_n and_o the_o holy_a observation_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n prop._n 24._o the_o case_n of_o man_n life_n which_o be_v more_o mutable_a be_v the_o matter_n of_o mutable_a duty_n and_o sin_n which_o be_v most_o usual_o call_v good_a or_o evil_a per_fw-la accidens_fw-la because_o that_o mutable_a accident_n add_v to_o the_o more_o constant_a accident_n make_v they_o such_o by_o change_n and_o so_o it_o be_v great_o to_o be_v note_v that_o the_o act_n which_o be_v a_o duty_n to_o one_o man_n in_o one_o place_n at_o one_o time_n etc._n etc._n may_v be_v a_o sin_n to_o another_o man_n or_o at_o another_o time_n place_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o new_a accident_n may_v again_o come_v in_o and_o make_v that_o action_n that_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o become_v again_o a_o duty_n and_o more_o new_a accident_n may_v make_v it_o a_o sin_n again_o and_o so_o over_o and_o over_o even_o as_o when_o you_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n one_o grain_n may_v turn_v the_o scale_n the_o other_o way_n and_o two_o more_o in_o the_o other_o end_n may_v turn_v they_o back_o again_o and_o three_o more_o in_o the_o other_o end_n may_v yet_o return_v they_o and_o so_o on_o many_o time_n over_o and_o over_o for_o instance_n suppose_v a_o honest_a man_n can_v pray_v without_o some_o unseemly_a fault_n in_o utterance_n in_o secret_a it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o pray_v vocal_o if_o that_o most_o profit_n and_o affect_v his_o heart_n if_o a_o exceptious_a person_n be_v know_v to_o overhear_v he_o it_o may_v be_v a_o sin_n to_o do_v it_o audible_o if_o his_o family_n be_v capable_a of_o bear_v it_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o do_v it_o as_o he_o can_v if_o stranger_n come_v in_o that_o will_v by_o scorn_n make_v it_o do_v more_o hurt_n than_o good_a he_o may_v be_v bind_v to_o forbear_v till_o they_o be_v go_v when_o they_o be_v go_v it_o be_v his_o duty_n again_o a_o fire_n break_v out_o or_o one_o fall_v into_o a_o swoon_n and_o it_o be_v his_o duty_n to_o forbear_v when_o that_o be_v over_o it_o may_v be_v his_o duty_n again_o etc._n etc._n pr._n 25._o two_o sort_n therefore_o sin_n against_o god_n that_o will_v tie_v man_n to_o do_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n of_o such_o a_o mutable_a nature_n without_o except_v the_o mutation_n of_o accident_n 1._o those_o that_o will_v tie_v they_o to_o it_o by_o peremptory_a law_n 2._o those_o that_o will_v censorious_o reproach_v or_o condemn_v they_o as_o sinner_n that_o do_v not_o do_v just_a as_o they_o do_v when_o the_o circumstance_n alter_v the_o case_n many_o be_v so_o guilty_a who_o complain_v of_o other_o man_n imposition_n pr._n 26._o hence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o prudence_n discern_v how_o the_o alteration_n of_o accident_n alter_v our_o obligation_n be_v a_o very_a needful_a thing_n to_o christian_n for_o the_o same_o guidance_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o life_n and_o as_o man_n picture_n justice_n as_o hold_v the_o balance_n so_o shall_v christian_n prudence_n be_v think_v on_o even_o as_o judge_v of_o good_a and_o evil_a with_o the_o balance_n in_o our_o hand_n and_o put_v every_o grain_n of_o considerable_a accident_n into_o each_o end_n and_o much_o error_n censoriousness_n disorder_n and_o other_o sin_n be_v in_o the_o world_n by_o ignorant_a man_n judge_v of_o thing_n by_o some_o mistake_a word_n of_o scripture_n without_o prudent_a weigh_v of_o circumstance_n and_o
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