Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	good_a	law_n	moral_a	1,338	5	9.0849	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26883	Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,; Catholick theologie	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1675 (1675)	Wing B1209; ESTC R14583	1,054,813	754

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 ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●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 b●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 ●●●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

to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la ration●_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individ●●a●ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n 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si_fw-la tamen_fw-la deus_fw-la solus_fw-la ill●●_n causaret_fw-la sicut_fw-la potest_fw-la illum_fw-la causare_fw-la solus_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la actus_fw-la neque_fw-la odi●m_fw-la de●_n vel_fw-la mendacium_fw-la but_o whatever_o he_o think_v i_o have_v before_o answer_v this_o difficulty_n of_o the_o entity_n of_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n i_o mention_v ariminensis_n judgement_n the_o rather_o because_o the_o learned_a calvinist_n commend_v he_o and_o i_o remember_v when_o i_o once_o ask_v archbishop_n usher_n which_o of_o the_o schoolman_n he_o most_o value_v as_o the_o sound_a he_o say_v greg._n ariminensis_n 714._o be_v not_o all_o this_o doctrine_n from_o these_o man_n cite_v conformable_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n who_o in_o the_o conclusion_n name_v many_o position_n which_o they_o and_o all_o the_o reform_a church_n with_o they_o do_v toto_fw-la pect●re_fw-la detestari_fw-la abhor_v with_o all_o their_o heart_n among_o which_o one_o be_v 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universal_a sufficient_a redemption_n and_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o for_o no_o reprobation_n but_o on_o foresight_n of_o sin_n 716._o and_o it_o be_v great_o to_o be_v note_v with_o grief_n of_o heart_n that_o among_o good_a man_n it_o be_v partly_o general_a prejudice_n but_o chief_o the_o interest_n of_o their_o reputation_n with_o those_o among_o who_o they_o live_v which_o be_v the_o great_a impediment_n of_o the_o church_n concord_n the_o name_n of_o a_o calvinist_n be_v so_o hateful_a among_o the_o papist_n that_o even_o the_o predeterminant_a dominican_n who_o go_v high_a than_o ever_o calvin_n do_v and_o the_o jansenist_n who_o go_v as_o high_a in_o the_o main_a cause_n and_o high_a than_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n do_v yet_o find_v it_o a_o matter_n of_o necessity_n to_o rail_v at_o luther_n zuinglius_fw-la calvin_n etc._n etc._n lest_o their_o party_n shall_v think_v that_o they_o be_v turn_v heretic_n and_o the_o protestant_n that_o agree_v in_o some_o point_n with_o the_o papist_n be_v fain_o to_o rack_v the_o papist_n word_n to_o a_o worse_a sense_n than_o be_v mean_v lest_o their_o fierce_a opposer_n shall_v make_v man_n believe_v that_o they_o be_v half_a papist_n or_o err_v with_o they_o and_o the_o moderate_a calvinist_n be_v fain_o to_o stretch_v hard_a that_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o differ_v more_o from_o the_o arminian_o than_o they_o do_v lest_o a_o self-conceited_a reviler_n shall_v blot_v their_o name_n with_o the_o suspicion_n of_o arminianism_n o_o doleful_a case_n of_o all_o the_o church_n but_o where_o protestant_n be_v few_o and_o make_v odious_a by_o the_o papist_n as_o differ_v from_o they_o further_o than_o they_o do_v there_o reputation_n be_v not_o so_o great_a a_o temptation_n and_o there_o they_o free_o confess_v their_o concord_n where_o they_o do_v not_o differ_v and_o so_o in_o colloquia_fw-la torunensi_fw-la c._n 4._o the_o great_a depul_n calum_fw-la sect_n 5_o 6._o all_o the_o reform_a church_n of_o poland_n with_o joh._n bergius_n the_o duke_n of_o brandenburg_n chaplain_n and_o other_o do_v profess_v falso_n accusamur_fw-la quasi_fw-la mortis_fw-la &_o meriti_fw-la christi_fw-la pr●_n omnibus_fw-la sufficientiam_fw-la negemus_fw-la aut_fw-la virtutem_fw-la imminuamus_fw-la cum_fw-la potius_fw-la idem_fw-la hic_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsa_fw-la synodus_fw-la tridentina_n ses_fw-fr 6._o cap._n 3._o doceamus_fw-la viz._n etsi_fw-la christus_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortun_n sit_v non_fw-la omnes_fw-la tamen_fw-la mortis_fw-la ejus_fw-la beneficium_fw-la recipere_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la quibus_fw-la meritum_fw-la passionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la communicatur_fw-la causam_fw-la etiam_fw-la seu_fw-la culpam_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la omnibus_fw-la communicetur_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la in_o merito_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la christi_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la esse_fw-la fatemur_fw-la here_o be_v no_o partial_a interest_n to_o make_v they_o afraid_a of_o be_v suspect_v to_o 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church-troubling-controversy_n do_v require_v london_n print_v for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1675._o the_o content_n of_o these_o thesis_n can_v be_v well_o give_v you_o without_o recite_v too_o great_a a_o part_n of_o they_o but_o rather_o than_o none_o take_v this_o imperfect_a summary_n follow_v sect._n i._n of_o man_n first_o state_n and_o the_o first_o law_n and_o its_o penalty_n whether_o adam_n have_v a_o promise_n of_o life_n and_o whether_o that_o promise_n or_o covenant_n be_v now_o cease_v as_o to_o all_o man_n page_n 27._o sect._n ii_o of_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n that_o it_o be_v make_v with_o all_o mankind_n in_o adam_n and_o noah_n of_o the_o promise_n to_o abraham_n of_o the_o term_n of_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o universal_a covenant_n of_o grace_n how_o far_o it_o be_v a_o law_n of_o nature_n how_o far_o those_o without_o the_o israelitish_n church_n be_v under_o it_o of_o the_o israelite_n covenant_n pag._n 31._o sect._n iii_o of_o christ_n incarnation_n and_o our_o redemption_n the_o law_n of_o mediation_n what_o christ_n undertake_v for_o we_o how_o far_o he_o represent_v us●_n the_o true_a nature_n of_o his_o satisfaction_n of_o his_o righteousness_n and_o merit_n pag._n

he_o will_v have_v all_o condemn_v who_o he_o do_v condemn_v but_o than_o it_o must_v be_v understand_v that_o this_o distinction_n i●_n not_o apply_v to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o he_o be_v mere_o a_o absolute_a proprietary_n or_o benefactor_n but_o as_o he_o be_v the_o king_n or_o rector_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o his_o legislation_n be_v his_o antecedent_n will_v and_o his_o judgement_n be_v his_o consequent_a will._n and_o no_o man_n of_o religion_n can_v deny_v either_o that_o god_n law_n be_v the_o signification_n of_o his_o will_n or_o his_o will_n signify_v or_o that_o his_o judgement_n and_o locution_n be_v his_o will_n declare_v or_o that_o god_n law_n of_o grace_n do_v conditional_o give_v pardon_n and_o salvation_n to_o all_o antecedent_o to_o man_n performance_n or_o rejection_n of_o the_o condition_n or_o that_o god_n condemn_v infidel_n consequent_o to_o their_o infidelity_n the_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n part_n act_v say_v he_o that_o believe_v shall_v 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ipsa_fw-la dei_fw-la essentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la necessaria_fw-la alliac_n camer_n in_o 1._o q._n 12._o d._n see_v in_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 24._o how_o they_o be_v confound_v about_o the_o order_n of_o god_n decree_n as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n and_o execution_n his_o solution_n suppose_v that_o unius_fw-la objecti_fw-la volitio_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la determinans_fw-la ad_fw-la aliorum_fw-la volitionem_fw-la when_o as_o ex_fw-la pa●te_fw-la dei_fw-la there_o be_v but_o one_o volition_n and_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n and_o the_o ratio_fw-la be_v a_o deceive_a ambiguous_a word_n and_o his_o decree_n be_v his_o will_n and_o therefore_o be_v all_o but_o one_o 374._o 4._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o all_o our_o conception_n of_o god_n be_v improper_a and_o analogical_a or_o metaphorical_a more_o or_o less_o and_o that_o what_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o god_n be_v formal_o no_o mortal_a know_v and_o shall_v we_o dispute_v then_o audacious_o about_o this_o order_n 375._o 5._o none_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o these_o mystery_n require_v the_o high_a reverence_n and_o that_o it_o be_v dreadful_a to_o take_v god_n name_n in_o vain_a and_o dally_v with_o the_o consume_a fire_n and_o yet_o shall_v we_o presume_v 376._o 6._o they_o all_o confess_v that_o our_o lord_n jesus_n his_o prophet_n apostle_n or_o scripture_n lead_v they_o not_o this_o way_n and_o decide_v not_o these_o controversy_n so_o as_o that_o they_o can_v stand_v to_o their_o decision_n alone_o 377._o 7._o they_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o desire_v arrogant_o to_o be_v as_o god_n in_o knowledge_n be_v our_o first_o parent_n sin_n that_o ruin_v they_o and_o we_o and_o that_o this_o be_v satan_n first_o successful_a game_n and_o that_o our_o disease_n be_v like_a to_o be_v such_o as_o its_o original_n 378._o 8._o last_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v the_o trouble_v of_o the_o church_n with_o new_a article_n and_o new_a practice_n 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well_o now_o as_o hereafter_o 382._o 3._o we_o know_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la where_o the_o act_n and_o the_o end_n be_v the_o same_o intendere_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o finis_fw-la but_o in_o god_n they_o be_v the_o same_o he_o that_o be_v most_o simple_a have_v no_o intention_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o no_o end_n which_o be_v not_o himself_o and_o so_o both_o be_v one_o 383._o 4._o our_o intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la be_v not_o the_o same_o real_o with_o electio_fw-la mediorum_fw-la but_o god_n have_v no_o intention_n but_o what_o be_v real_o the_o same_o with_o election_n though_o not_o denominative_o connotative_o and_o relative_o 384._o 5._o divine_v usual_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n himself_o can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o where_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n there_o be_v no_o end_n or_o intention_n of_o it_o but_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o mean_n he_o be_v not_o a_o mean_n of_o himself_o and_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n of_o he_o if_o we_o say_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v a_o mean_n ut_fw-la deus_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la maximus_fw-la sapientissimus_fw-la optimus_fw-la it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o blasphemy_n god_n then_o have_v not_o a_o end_n like_o man_n 385._o yet_o necessity_n constrain_v we_o to_o use_v the_o phrase_n but_o these_o thing_n must_v still_o be_v understand_v when_o we_o use_v it_o 1._o that_o no_o creature_n can_v be_v god_n end_v unless_o you_o will_v call_v a_o object_n as_o terminative_a a_o end_n or_o else_o a_o effect_n 386._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o god_n essence_n and_o perfection_n that_o be_v a_o end_n as_o to_o any_o medium_n but_o it_o be_v his_o will_n for_o his_o free_a will_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o the_o complacency_n of_o that_o will_n be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o if_o you_o call_v god_n his_o own_o object_n and_o so_o call_v the_o final_a object_n a_o end_n so_o we_o must_v consider_v god_n as_o love_v 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complacency_n we_o mean_v not_o that_o god_n be_v passive_a or_o receive_v any_o delight_n from_o the_o creature_n or_o have_v any_o addition_n by_o it_o to_o his_o felicity_n but_o as_o he_o be_v a_o communicative_a good_a by_o way_n of_o efficiency_n as_o the_o first_o efficient_a cause_n so_o be_v he_o a_o felicitate_v good_a to_o the_o creature_n as_o its_o end_n and_o he_o be_v love_n take_v the_o creature_n into_o its_o near_a communion_n with_o he_o which_o be_v his_o complacency_n and_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o god_n be_v say_v when_o he_o have_v finish_v his_o work_n to_o rest_v complacential_o in_o all_o as_o very_a good_n 388._o 4._o as_o the_o complacency_n of_o god_n will_n be_v his_o end_n in_o the_o formal_a notion_n so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o god_n

so_o his_o glory_n be_v his_o end_n in_o the_o material_a notion_n 389._o that_o his_o glory_n be_v not_o formal_o his_o end_n be_v confess_v by_o all_o divine_n who_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o by_o his_o glory_n be_v mean_v something_o below_o himself_o some_o creature_n or_o action_n of_o the_o creature_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o if_o by_o his_o glory_n be_v mean_v himself_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n to_o such_o a_o end_n 390._o therefore_o by_o god_n glory_n be_v mean_v the_o shine_a lustre_n of_o his_o image_n or_o the_o appearance_n of_o god_n in_o his_o work_n and_o not_o only_a man_n praise_v and_o glorify_v thought_n and_o word_n of_o he_o which_o though_o they_o be_v our_o high_a duty_n be_v unfit_a to_o be_v god_n end_n alone_o yet_o be_v they_o part_v of_o that_o glory_n which_o be_v material_o his_o end_n though_o not_o the_o whole_a 391._o this_o glory_n or_o appearance_n of_o god_n which_o be_v material_o his_o end_n be_v 1._o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n 2._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o celestial_a kingdom_n contain_v christ_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a one_o 3._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n own_o person_n alone_o 4._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o holy_a one_o alone_o etc._n etc._n 392._o because_o this_o perfection_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v not_o yet_o accomplish_v but_o shall_v be_v improper_o we_o may_v say_v that_o god_n have_v not_o yet_o attain_v his_o end_n that_o be_v his_o material_a end_n 393._o 5._o but_o proper_o and_o formal_o god_n end_v be_v never_o unattain_v because_o his_o will_n be_v never_o unfulfil_v though_o the_o thing_n will_v be_v not_o yet_o perfect_v for_o when_o e._n g._n the_o first_o day_n work_n be_v make_v all_o be_v do_v which_o he_o then_o will_v to_o be_v do_v and_o so_o for_o the_o second_o day_n etc._n etc._n and_o now_o all_o be_v do_v which_o he_o will_v have_v now_o do_v and_o his_o will_n be_v ever_o perfect_o please_v and_o he_o want_v nothing_o so_o that_o a_o end_v not_o attain_v be_v not_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n except_o material_o 394._o thus_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v make_v all_o thing_n for_o himself_o prov._n 16._o 4._o because_o for_o his_o pleasure_n they_o be_v and_o be_v create_v rev._n 4._o 11._o 395._o for_o his_o decree_v dispose_v will_n be_v fulfil_v by_o all_o even_o the_o wicked_a that_o be_v for_o the_o day_n of_o evil_n though_o his_o command_a will_n be_v not_o fulfil_v by_o sinner_n according_a to_o that_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o they_o but_o to_o hate_v they_o psal_n 5._o 5._o heb._n 10._o 38._o mal._n 1._o 10._o ezek._n 18._o 32._o 23._o &_o 33._o 11._o jer._n 22._o 28._o &_o 48._o 38._o eccles_n 5._o 4._o psal_n 5._o 4_o etc._n etc._n 396._o and_o lest_o any_o think_v that_o thus_o god_n miss_v of_o his_o end_n let_v it_o be_v well_o note_v 1._o that_o this_o phrase_n of_o god_n take_v no_o pleasure_n be_v objective_o both_o positive_a privative_a and_o oppositive_a that_o be_v it_o signify_v that_o god_n will_v deprive_v the_o wicked_a of_o felicity_n or_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o love_n and_o will_v load_v they_o with_o sorrow_n and_o will_v set_v himself_o against_o their_o comfort_n but_o 2._o as_o to_o god_n own_o complacency_n of_o will_n it_o be_v but_o equal_a to_o a_o negative_a his_o felicity_n lie_v not_o in_o they_o and_o so_o as_o god_n will_v have_v no_o actual_a complacency_n in_o nothing_o as_o in_o more_o world_n or_o creature_n than_o ever_o will_v be_v and_o yet_o his_o complacency_n be_v perfect_a so_o though_o he_o have_v no_o complacency_n in_o the_o holiness_n or_o salvation_n of_o those_o that_o be_v never_o holy_a or_o save_v end_n hence_o they_o dispute_v whether_o god_n providence_n always_o attain_v his_o end_n and_o ruiz_n cit_v for_o the_o affirmative_a cajet_fw-fr naz._n alvar._n and_o scot._n marsil_n okam_n gabriel_n hervaeus_n driedo_n and_o for_o the_o negative_a alex._n aquin._n durand_n marsil_n capreol_n ferrar._n &_o communiter_fw-la recentiores_fw-la molina_n zumel_n vasq_n suarez_n valent._n becanus_n sirenus_n pennottus_n arrubal_n etc._n etc._n and_o all_o this_o difference_n be_v about_o name_n and_o word_n and_o ruiz_n be_v for_o the_o negative_a sect_n 3._o pag._n 56._o qui●_n aliquos_fw-la fine_n deus_fw-la intendit_fw-la volitione_fw-la conditionata_fw-la &_o non_fw-la totaliter_fw-la efficaci_fw-la so_o that_o the_o question_n be_v a_o volitio_fw-la conditionate_a &_o inefficax_n sit_fw-la deo_fw-la ascribendae_fw-la quando_fw-la u●lt_fw-la ea_fw-la auxili●_n quae_fw-la consensum_fw-la hominis_fw-la reddunt_fw-la possibilem_fw-la vel_fw-la hominem_fw-la faciunt_fw-la potentem_fw-la et_fw-fr a_fw-fr volitio_fw-la haec_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sit_fw-la intentio_fw-la finis_fw-la for_o he_o conclude_v as_o agree_v on_o by_o all_o that_o god_n providence_n be_v never_o frustrate_v hinder_v deceive_v or_o fluctuate_a nor_o any_o thing_n do_v against_o it_o absolute_o or_o against_o its_o total_a adequate_a end_n yet_o his_o complacency_n be_v perfect_a 397._o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o man_n have_v end_n and_o mean_n because_o god_n have_v so_o appoint_v it_o and_o make_v he_o not_o in_o a_o state_n of_o perfection_n but_o in_o via_fw-la yea_o angel_n have_v a_o end_n and_o every_o creature_n because_o defective_a dependent_a being_n even_o in_o a_o formal_a sense_n 398._o god_n be_v this_o ultimate_a end_n of_o man_n as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v perfect_o love_v and_o please_v to_o which_o all_o be_v mean_n and_o the_o mean_n be_v order_v as_o end_n to_o one_o another_o 399._o usual_o where_o the_o scripture_n and_o preacher_n do_v speak_v of_o god_n as_o the_o end_n and_o of_o intention_n of_o end_n they_o mean_v man_n intention_n and_o end_n prescribe_v he_o by_o god_n but_o if_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n they_o mean_v only_o formal_o the_o fulfil_n of_o his_o will_n and_o material_o his_o glory_n or_o the_o perfect_a of_o his_o work_n 400._o the_o finis_fw-la operis_fw-la as_o distinct_a from_o the_o finis_fw-la operantis_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o the_o aptitude_n and_o tendency_n of_o the_o work_n to_o the_o author_n intend_v end_n or_o to_o some_o effect_n not_o that_o the_o opus_fw-la quà_fw-la opus_fw-la finem_fw-la intendit_fw-la 401._o if_o all_o these_o difficulty_n lie_v in_o the_o way_n whether_o and_o how_o far_o god_n intend_v a_o end_n at_o all_o judge_v how_o far_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o contend_v about_o the_o mental_a order_n of_o his_o intention_n and_o whether_o judicious_a davenant_n be_v not_o in_o the_o right_n 402._o ii_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o quod_fw-la prius_fw-la est_fw-la intention_n posterius_fw-la est_fw-la executione_fw-la nothing_o will_v follow_v to_o gratify_v either_o party_n in_o these_o controversy_n for_o all_o will_v be_v but_o this_o that_o god_n intend_v himself_o and_o the_o fulfil_v or_o complacency_n of_o his_o own_o will_n before_o he_o will_v any_o thing_n else_o that_o ever_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o what_o be_v this_o to_o the_o business_n 403._o but_o they_o say_v it_o be_v his_o glory_n that_o he_o first_o intend_v i_o answer_v before_o his_o glory_n be_v 1._o himself_o and_o then_o it_o be_v the_o same_o which_o i_o assert_v or_o 2._o a_o creature_n and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o formal_o his_o end_n 2._o his_o glory_n as_o it_o be_v his_o complete_a image_n on_o the_o whole_a perfect_v world_n be_v his_o end_n indeed_o material_o but_o that_o be_v but_o to_o be_v the_o complete_a mean_n the_o perfect_v mean_n may_v improper_o be_v call_v his_o end_n but_o forma_fw-la denominat_fw-la 404._o when_o they_o say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n 1._o they_o say_v but_o the_o same_o and_o need_v no_o other_o answer_n 2._o they_o speak_v very_o defective_o for_o it_o be_v to_o ascribe_v to_o god_n a_o defective_a decree_n or_o intention_n which_o be_v not_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o all_o his_o reveal_v perfection_n doubtless_o whatever_n be_v material_o the_o perfect_a mean_n of_o glorify_v god_n must_v glorify_v his_o greatness_n and_o active_a power_n or_o life_n his_o wisdom_n and_o his_o goodness_n and_o therein_o his_o veracity_n or_o fidelity_n his_o justice_n and_o his_o holiness_n his_o benignity_n and_o mercy_n his_o immutability_n independency_n etc._n etc._n all_o this_o must_v be_v in_o the_o mean_n itself_o 405._o if_o mr._n perkins_n beza_n gilbie_n and_o many_o other_o good_a man_n have_v well_o consider_v this_o they_o have_v never_o make_v the_o glorify_v of_o god_n mercy_n and_o justice_n in_o the_o salvation_n of_o some_o and_o the_o damnation_n of_o other_o god_n ultimate_a end_n thereby_o commit_v many_o palpable_a error_n 1._o making_n quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la vel_fw-la creaturae_fw-la to_o be_v formal_o or_o proper_o god_n end_n which_o be_v but_o

the_o soul_n be_v a_o secondary_a part_n of_o the_o man_n so_o be_v our_o exterior_a act_n of_o sin_n 554._o the_o conceit_n that_o make_v sin_n a_o mere_a nothing_o do_v seem_v to_o justify_v god_n as_o not_o cause_v it_o be_v a_o mere_a vanity_n for_o 1._o it_o justifi_v the_o sinner_n more_o who_o no_o more_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o nothing_o than_o god_n 2._o either_o man_n be_v able_a to_o do_v that_o something_o or_o act_n which_o sin_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o without_o any_o other_o power_n than_o he_o have_v or_o not_o if_o he_o be_v than_o even_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o imputable_a to_o god_n if_o he_o be_v not_o than_o every_o sin_n be_v like_o our_o not_o make_v of_o a_o sun_n or_o moon_n or_o world_n which_o if_o it_o be_v a_o culpable_a defect_n they_o make_v god_n the_o first_o deficient_a 555._o he_o that_o will_v see_v more_o of_o this_o question_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o sin_n may_v read_v rada_n lib._n 2._o contr_n 16._o who_o first_o ingenuous_o confess_v that_o tho._n and_o scotus_n differ_v but_o in_o word_n and_o not_o in_o sense_n and_o then_o lay_v down_o eleven_o conclusion_n of_o little_a use_n and_o marius_n scribonius_n cosmo_n disp_n 18._o scotus_n in_o 2._o d._n 37._o bonavent_n in_o 2._o d._n 35._o dub_v 6._o henric._n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 25._o alm●in_n moral_a tract_n 3._o cap._n 17._o richard_n in_o 2._o d._n 34._o be_v 1._o qu._n 7._o alex._n ale●s_o 2._o q._n 94._o memb_v 2._o durand_n 2._o this_o 31._o q._n 2._o medin_n 12._o q._n 71._o be_v 6._o special_o vasquez_n 12._o disp_n 95._o cap._n 9_o guil._n camerar_n scot._n disput_fw-la philos_fw-la part._n 1._o mor._n q._n 3._o pag._n 162_o etc._n etc._n argent_fw-fr in_o 1._o d._n 35._o q._n 1._o be_v 2._o gabriel_n biel_n 2._o d._n 36._o q._n unica_fw-la valent._n 1._o 2._o d._n 2._o q._n 14._o p._n 3_o etc._n etc._n suarez_n 1._o 2._o tract_n de_fw-fr act_n humh_o d._n 2._o sect_n 2._o azor._fw-la li._n 4._o c._n 24._o tanner_n 1._o 2._o disp_n 2._o q._n 5._o dub_v 2._o &_o 3._o &_o disp_n 4._o q._n 1._o dub_v 1._o vega_n in_o trident._n 6._o c._n 39_o &_o li._n 14._o c._n 13._o cordub_n l._n 3._o q._n 10._o &_o cajet_fw-fr zumel_n curiel_n &_o alios_fw-la in_o 1._o 2._o q._n 19_o be_v 4._o &_o q._n 71._o be_v 6._o and_o who_o be_v usual_o sound_a than_o most_o of_o they_o lombard_n himself_o dist_n 35._o &_o ripalda_n open_v he_o and_o cite_n other_o do_v 34_o 35._o but_o the_o ordinary_a christian_n that_o understand_v but_o what_o disobedience_n signify_v need_v none_o of_o they_o all_o 556._o it_o 556._o 556._o 556._o it_o be_v not_o only_a dr._n twisse_n after_o confute_v that_o suppose_v sin_n to_o be_v will_v of_o god_n as_o conducible_a to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o world_n but_o even_o ruiz_n the_o jesuit_n de_fw-fr provide_v this_fw-mi 2._o sec●_n 4._o p._n 27._o maintain_v that_o minus_n perfectus_fw-la evasisset_fw-la mundus_fw-la si_fw-la nulla_fw-la permitterentur_fw-la peccata_fw-la nune_fw-la autem_fw-la ●●asit_fw-la perfectior_fw-la occasione_n peccatorum_fw-la and_o cit_v aquin._n alexand._n albert._n bonav_n richard_n agid._n caiet_fw-mi ferrar._n marsil_n for_o the_o same_o but_o 1._o a_o occasion_n be_v no_o cause_n nor_o medium_n as_o such_o and_o therefore_o never_o the_o more_o will_v if_o that_o be_v true_a 2._o but_o i_o have_v before_o brief_o confute_v the_o schoolman_n on_o both_o side_n about_o this_o question_n viz._n particular_a creature_n will_v be_v to_o themselves_o better_a be_v there_o no_o sin_n but_o whatever_o possible_a alteration_n be_v make_v by_o god_n the_o universe_n will_v be_v neither_o worse_o nor_o better_a than_o it_o be_v as_o to_o that_o proper_a goodness_n which_o must_v absolute_o denominate_v it_o for_o the_o goodness_n of_o all_o creature_n be_v to_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o creator_n will_n which_o be_v the_o denominate_a measure_n of_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o so_o they_o be_v and_o so_o they_o will_v be_v be_v they_o alter_v but_o sin_n be_v disform_v to_o his_o command_a will_n and_o not_o conform_v to_o his_o complacence_n or_o efficient_a will._n he_o argue_v have_v there_o be_v no_o sin_n there_o have_v be_v no_o such_o exercise_n of_o liberty_n no_o saviour_n etc._n etc._n answ_n and_o be_v t●e_v angel_n worse_o than_o man_n and_o have_v not_o all_o this_o be_v as_o good_a if_o god_n have_v will_v it_o though_o the_o five_o act_n of_o god_n foremention_v about_o sin_n be_v as_o far_o as_o we_o need_v to_o go_v to_o the_o common_a end_n which_o we_o agree_v in_o yet_o many_o objection_n be_v make_v against_o this_o much_o as_o not_o sufficient_a but_o god_n must_v have_v a_o great_a hand_n in_o sin_n and_o 1._o they_o object_n that_o to_o make_v god_n but_o a_o universal_a cause_n be_v to_o put_v something_o in_o be_v viz._n the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o and_o so_o 1._o to_o make_v he_o idle_a and_o unactive_a as_o to_o that_o 2._o to_o deify_v man_n by_o make_v he_o a_o first_o cause_n of_o that_o moral_a species_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v lay_v down_o such_o answer_n as_o i_o think_v will_v satisfy_v the_o considerate_a to_o this_o objection_n which_o be_v indeed_o their_o all_o but_o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o the_o subject_n occasion_v i_o to_o repeat_v what_o i_o say_v before_o 557._o 1._o remember_v that_o even_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v not_o a_o substance_n and_o that_o the_o moral_a specification_n be_v less_o as_o to_o natural_a entity_n than_o it_o indeed_o make_v no_o addition_n of_o entity_n to_o it_o as_o be_v show_v and_o dr._n twiss_n assert_v that_o this_o moral_a specification_n be_v not_o a_o proper_a specification_n of_o act_n 558._o 2._o note_v that_o few_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o free_a agent_n with_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v without_o god_n further_o predetermine_v premotion_n and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o debase_v his_o work_n and_o think_v he_o do_v not_o 559._o 3._o note_v that_o for_o god_n to_o make_v a_o self_n determine_v agent_n that_o shall_v act_v without_o his_o predetermination_n be_v but_o to_o put_v forth_o his_o own_o active_a power_n with_o limitation_n or_o suspension_n that_o be_v to_o will_n and_o act_n or_o operate_v so_o far_o and_o no_o further_o 560._o 4._o and_o note_v that_o this_o restriction_n of_o the_o divine_a operation_n be_v not_o from_o any_o finiteness_n of_o his_o power_n as_o if_o he_o can_v do_v no_o more_o but_o from_o the_o freedom_n of_o his_o will_n and_o the_o conduct_n of_o his_o wisdom_n who_o see_v it_o good_a to_o do_v no_o more_o 561._o 5._o above_o all_o note_n that_o as_o all_o divine_n agree_v that_o god_n do_v not_o act_n ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la as_o natural_a agent_n do_v so_o the_o truth_n be_v most_o evident_a in_o the_o finiteness_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n for_o god_n do_v not_o make_v as_o many_o man_n or_o other_o 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that_o god_n who_o show_v we_o that_o he_o delight_v in_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o his_o creature_n do_v very_o fit_o thus_o beautify_v the_o universe_n by_o a_o middle_a rank_n of_o creature_n that_o stand_v between_o confirm_a angel_n and_o the_o brute_n viz._n intellectual-free-agent_n leave_v to_o a_o natural_a power_n of_o free_a choose_n or_o refuse_v without_o necessitation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o various_a object_n to_o prepare_v they_o by_o trial_n for_o a_o better_a state_n 563._o 7._o and_o note_v too_o that_o we_o say_v not_o that_o god_n predetermination_n of_o man_n will_n destroy_v its_o best_a liberty_n god_n can_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o good_a as_o he_o do_v the_o angel_n as_o a_o great_a

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of_o the_o effect_n and_o consequent_n of_o they_o but_o do_v this_o signify_v god_n will_v your_o malice_n or_o your_o act_n god_n do_v bruise_v christ_n which_o signify_v that_o he_o be_v a_o concause_n of_o his_o death_n but_o not_o that_o he_o will_v or_o cause_v the_o jew_n to_o will_n or_o act_v his_o death_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n 629._o the_o rest_n of_o his_o instance_n be_v such_o as_o i_o have_v answer_v before_o or_o as_o the_o former_a answer_n full_o invalidate_a and_o therefore_o i_o will_v not_o weary_v myself_o and_o the_o reader_n with_o they_o 630._o cap._n 18._o p._n 230._o he_o assert_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o medium_fw-la to_o god_n glory_n and_o that_o not_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la but_o per_fw-la se_fw-la because_o sin_v by_o how_o much_o the_o worse_o it_o be_v in_o genere_fw-la mali_fw-la inhonesti_fw-la by_o so_o much_o the_o better_o and_o fit_a mean_n it_o be_v in_o genere_fw-la boni_fw-la utilis_fw-la &_o conducibilis_fw-la to_o god_n glory_n etc._n 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judge_n requite_v sinner_n with_o not_o to_o that_o destruction_n or_o death_n by_o which_o the_o iniquity_n of_o sinner_n provoke_v god_n wrath_n against_o they_o the_o apostle_n call_v they_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n not_o vessel_n of_o sin_n cap._n 27._o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o the_o first_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o to_o the_o second_o death_n they_o be_v that_o which_o follow_v the_o sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n not_o that_o which_o precede_v in_o the_o evil_a concupiscence_n of_o the_o sinner_n ibid._n c._n 23._o it_o beseem_v believer_n to_o confess_v that_o the_o good_a and_o just_a god_n fore-knew_a indeed_o that_o man_n will_v sin_v for_o all_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v know_v to_o he_o for_o they_o be_v not_o future_a if_o they_o be_v not_o in_o his_o foreknowledge_n but_o not_o that_o he_o predestinate_v any_o to_o sin_n for_o if_o he_o predestinate_v man_n to_o any_o sin_n he_o will_v not_o punish_v man_n for_o sin_n for_o god_n predestination_n prepare_v for_o man_n either_o the_o godly_a remission_n of_o their_o sin_n or_o the_o just_a punishment_n of_o they_o god_n therefore_o can_v never_o predestinate_a man_n to_o that_o which_o he_o have_v resolve_v both_o to_o forbid_v by_o his_o precept_n and_o to_o wash_v away_o by_o his_o mercy_n and_o punish_v by_o his_o justice_n god_n therefore_o predestinate_v to_o eternal_a punishment_n the_o wicked_a who_o he_o foreknow_v will_v persevere_v to_o the_o death_n in_o sin_n wherein_o as_o his_o foreknowledge_n of_o man_n iniquity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v so_o his_o predestination_n of_o just_a revenge_n be_v to_o be_v praise_v that_o we_o may_v acknowledge_v that_o he_o predestinate_v not_o man_n to_o any_o sin_n who_o he_o predestinate_v to_o be_v punish_v deserve_o for_o sin_n and_o ad_fw-la monimum_fw-la li._n 1._o pag._n edit_n basil_n 68_o recite_v augusti●●●_n word_n he_o say_v he_o teach_v that_o only_a pride_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o man_n iniquity_n and_o that_o god_n predestinate_v not_o man_n to_o sin_n but_o to_o damnation_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o help_v by_o god_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o recite_v again_o ex_fw-la lib._n 2._o aug._n de_fw-fr baptis_fw-la parvul_a that_o their_o will_n be_v not_o help_v by_o grace_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o again_o repeat_v pag._n 69._o 70_o 71_o 72._o and_o that_o augustine_n mind_n be_v that_o good_a work_n god_n both_o fore-knew_a and_o predestinate_v but_o evil_a work_n that_o be_v sin_n he_o foreknow_v indeed_o but_o do_v not_o predestinate_a or_o decree_n for_o there_o be_v not_o god_n work_n but_o his_o judgement_n therefore_o in_o sin_n god_n work_n be_v not_o because_o that_o sin_n shall_v be_v do_v be_v not_o decree_v by_o he_o but_o therefore_o there_o be_v his_o judgement_n because_o it_o be_v not_o leave_v unrevenged_a that_o a_o evil_a man_n work_v without_o god_n work_v and_o ib._n li._n 1._o pag._n 15._o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o work_n never_o be_v in_o predestination_n therefore_o man_n be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o sin_n so_o p._n 29._o and_o p._n 31._o and_o forward_o and_o p._n 29._o no_o man_n just_o sin_v though_o god_n just_o permit_v he_o to_o sin_n for_o he_o be_v just_o forsake_v of_o god_n who_o forsake_v god_n and_o because_o man_n forsake_v god_n sin_v god_n forsake_v man_n keep_v justice_n 664._o i_o be_o loath_a to_o weary_v the_o reader_n with_o more_o shall_v i_o do_v the_o like_a by_o augustine_n word_n it_o will_v be_v too_o wearisome_a his_o judgement_n be_v the_o very_a same_o as_o they_o i_o will_v only_o cite_v one_o passage_n out_o of_o he_o about_o man_n power_n to_o believe_v tract_n 53._o in_o johan_n have_v show_v that_o god_n only_o foreknow_v man_n sin_n and_o foretell_v it_o as_o the_o jew_n but_o cause_v it_o not_o he_o come_v to_o answer_v john_n 12._o 39_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v etc._n etc._n if_o they_o can_v not_o how_o be_v it_o their_o sin_n say_v you_o hear_v the_o question_n brethren_n and_o see_v how_o deep_o it_o be_v but_o we_o answer_v as_o we_o can_v why_o can_v they_o not_o believe_v if_o you_o ask_v i_o i_o quick_o answer_v because_o they_o will_v not_o for_o god_n foresee_v their_o evil_a will_n and_o foretell_v it_o by_o the_o prophet_n he_o blind_v their_o eye_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o answer_v that_o their_o own_o will_n deserve_v this_o also_o for_o god_n blind_v and_o harden_v by_o forsake_v and_o not_o help_v which_o he_o may_v do_v by_o a_o judgement_n secret_a but_o not_o unjust_a this_o all_o religious_a piety_n ought_v to_o hold_v unshaken_a far_o be_v it_o from_o we_o then_o to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v iniquity_n with_o god_n if_o he_o help_v he_o do_v it_o merciful_o if_o he_o help_v not_o he_o do_v just_o 665._o by_o all_o this_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v past_o all_o doubt_n that_o augustine_n and_o his_o two_o disciple_n than_o who_o none_o know_v to_o we_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n than_o go_v high_a for_o predestination_n and_o grace_n do_v plain_o take_v up_o with_o this_o that_o 1._o god_n neither_o cause_v or_o will_v sin_n no_o not_o its_o be_v or_o the_o forbid_a act._n 2._o that_o our_o sin_n be_v of_o ourselves_o 3._o that_o all_o grace_n and_o perserverance_n be_v of_o god._n 4._o that_o election_n be_v absolute_a of_o god_n mere_a will_n and_o not_o upon_o his_o foreknowledge_n of_o any_o merit_n of_o man_n 5._o that_o god_n predestinate_v none_o to_o sin_n but_o predestinate_v man_n to_o punishment_n only_a on_o the_o foresight_n of_o their_o wilful_a sin_n 6._o that_o he_o harden_a man_n but_o by_o desert_v they_o 7._o that_o he_o never_o forsake_v they_o till_o they_o forsake_v he_o first_o

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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 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rational_a will._n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o passion_n without_o reason_n can_v cause_v despotical_o a_o corporal_a motion_n as_o the_o fearful_a will_v start_v and_o run_v and_o the_o angry_a strike_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o rational_a will_n but_o as_o a_o beast_n do_v 3._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o will_v to_o rule_v this_o passion_n and_o these_o motion_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v have_v due_a information_n from_o the_o understanding_n that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v good_a and_o best_a 5._o if_o this_o information_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v never_o miss_v of_o determine_v the_o will_n than_o man_n will_v never_o sin_v but_o when_o the_o understanding_n fail_v of_o its_o necessary_a office_n before_o the_o will_v which_o will_v resolve_v all_o sin_n into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o direct_o move_v the_o will_n to_o it_o by_o necessitate_v unresistible_a predetermination_n for_o the_o intellect_n as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o ●●y_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o ●●●_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o 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so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o

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no_o more_o but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o formal_o the_o same_o thing_n as_o knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o man_n that_o it_o be_v most_o perfect_a and_o incomprehensible_a that_o it_o be_v his_o essential_a intellect_n and_o will_v various_o name_v as_o various_o connote_v the_o effect_n and_o object_n that_o to_o dispute_v of_o any_o other_o internal_a order_n priority_n or_o posteriority_n in_o god_n knowledge_n or_o will_v as_o if_o he_o have_v particular_a thought_n idea_n and_o volition_n as_o man_n have_v or_o any_o thing_n in_o he_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o object_n and_o to_o vex_v the_o church_n with_o contention_n hereabout_o be_v a_o presumptuous_a arrogance_n and_o profaneness_n which_o god_n will_v punish_v and_o good_a and_o sober_a man_n shall_v tremble_v at_o and_o hate_n and_o not_o

first_o give_v all_o creature_n what_o they_o have_v and_o next_o fail_v they_o and_o leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n as_o the_o sun_n set_v and_o then_o rise_v again_o revolve_v all_o thing_n into_o his_o original_a pure_a spirituality_n like_o the_o revolution_n of_o day_n and_o night_n summer_n and_o winter_n it_o be_v sure_a another_o thing_n than_o the_o scripture_n describe_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o noble_a part_n of_o that_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a government_n which_o some_o despise_v §_o 37._o ix_o but_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o we_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o almighty_a father_n be_v the_o glorious_a creator_n motor_n and_o life_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n the_o glorious_a ordinator_n rector_n and_o redeemer_n so_o the_o eternal_a love_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o final_a perfect_a of_o believer_n even_o of_o god_n elect_n and_o that_o this_o sanctification_n and_o proficiency_n be_v by_o more_o than_o moral_a sapiential_a regiment_n even_o by_o the_o real_a shed_n abroad_o god_n love_n upon_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o a_o quicken_a illuminate_a felicitate_v communication_n of_o divine_a life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n which_o yet_o make_v not_o the_o sapiential_a regiment_n vain_a §_o 38._o and_o as_o to_o freewill_n i_o further_o say_v that_o we_o be_v far_o from_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o be_v above_o god_n or_o independent_a and_o as_o a_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o god_n be_v any_o way_n a_o defective_a or_o idle_a as_o they_o call_v it_o spectator_n of_o man_n sin_n or_o free_a act_n but_o that_o this_o rank_n and_o state_n of_o free_a agent_n be_v god_n own_o wisely-chosen_a work_n in_o which_o he_o be_v delight_v and_o that_o he_o do_v true_o attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 39_o therefore_o as_o mr._n sterry_n magnify_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a as_o design_v and_o necessitate_v by_o god_n so_o 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decree_n or_o volition_n of_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n occasion_v by_o it_o rather_o than_o by_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o will_v design_a effect_n of_o his_o own_o necessitate_v negation_n and_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v of_o his_o determine_a premotion_n whether_o man_v permit_v sin_n be_v any_o of_o god_n work_n and_o whether_o god_n glory_n be_v not_o rather_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o also_o by_o occasion_n of_o it_o suppose_v to_o be_v man_n work_n only_o and_o by_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n cause_v by_o god_n than_o by_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o mean_n conducible_a or_o a_o cause_n §_o 43._o for_o we_o deny_v not_o that_o god_n can_v have_v prevent_v all_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v so_o resolve_v and_o yet_o we_o believe_v not_o that_o such_o a_o permission_n be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n or_o privation_n as_o mr._n sterry_n will_v persuade_v we_o to_o make_v a_o creature_n no_o better_o than_o such_o as_o can_v do_v good_a if_o he_o will_v and_o can_v be_v willing_a with_o a_o decree_n to_o make_v many_o willing_a be_v much_o different_a from_o make_v the_o creature_n bad_a and_o then_o condemn_v he_o to_o hell_n for_o be_v so_o as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n yet_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o divine_a light_n will_v short_o give_v we_o all_o a_o full_a discovery_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v vindicate_v the_o wisdom_n goodness_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o his_o government_n of_o man_n than_o yet_o the_o wise_a mortal_n have_v §_o 44._o either_o you_o suppose_v that_o god_n do_v all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v or_o not_o if_o yea_o than_o you_o suppose_v that_o he_o can_v nor_o ever_o can_v make_v any_o one_o creature_n worm_n or_o grass_n more_o or_o less_o great_a or_o small_a soon_o or_o late_a or_o otherwise_o than_o he_o do_v which_o few_o will_v believe_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n but_o through_o perfection_n of_o wisdom_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n that_o he_o do_v no_o more_o but_o if_o god_n can_v make_v one_o creature_n more_o or_o one_o motion_n more_o and_o yet_o do_v not_o i_o ask_v whether_o you_o dare_v call_v that_o non-agency_a by_o the_o name_n of_o idleness_n or_o deficiency_n if_o not_o why_o shall_v the_o non-causation_a of_o sinful_a volition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la or_o the_o leave_v freewill_n to_o its_o own_o determination_n be_v so_o call_v not_o to_o make_v more_o creature_n or_o more_o physical_a motion_n or_o not_o to_o give_v more_o grace_n and_o glory_n be_v as_o much_o a_o non-agency_a as_o not_o to_o determine_v a_o sin_v will._n §_o 45._o as_o to_o all_o mr._n sterry_n reason_n against_o freewill_n they_o be_v so_o rhetorical_o rather_o than_o logical_o deliver_v that_o i_o think_v it_o not_o meet_v to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o further_a answer_n of_o they_o or_o to_o suppose_v they_o to_o have_v any_o more_o strength_n than_o those_o that_o other_o man_n plain_o have_v deliver_v §_o 46._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o repeat_v profession_n that_o i_o be_o full_o satisfy_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o grace_n and_o nature_n and_o predestination_n and_o redemption_n as_o they_o stand_v between_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o the_o arminian_o be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n than_o i_o have_v oft_o express_v in_o this_o book_n nor_o worthy_a any_o of_o that_o stir_n and_o contention_n which_o man_n that_o sufficient_o difference_n not_o word_n method_n and_o matter_n have_v make_v to_o the_o mischievous_a injury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o true_a life_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a difficulty_n be_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o defender_n of_o necessary_a predetermination_n and_o of_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o what_o freewill_n sinner_n have_v leave_v but_o whether_o ever_o in_o angel_n or_o innocent_a man_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o will_n that_o can_v and_o ever_o do_v determine_v itself_o to_o a_o volition_n or_o nolition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la without_o the_o predetermine_a efficient_a necessitate_v premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n or_o as_o hobbes_n speak_v whether_o ever_o a_o create_a will_n do_v act_n without_o a_o necessitating_a premotion_n and_o whether_o to_o will_n and_o to_o will_v free_o be_v all_o one_o and_o whether_o the_o will_v except_o as_o to_o the_o kind_n of_o action_n be_v not_o as_o much_o necessitate_v to_o will_n or_o not_o will_n as_o my_o pen_n to_o write_v or_o not_o write_v be_v we_o call_v not_o its_o act_n contingent_a or_o free_a either_o because_o they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v volition_n or_o though_o ignorance_n because_o we_o see_v not_o the_o move_a cause_n §_o 47._o and_o if_o

the_o moderate_v that_o he_o esse_fw-la he_o vid._n episcopii_n resp_n ad_fw-la qu._n 64._o qu._n 33._o pag._n 32._o ●bi_fw-la dicit_fw-la deum_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la judaei_n christum_fw-la e_fw-la medio_fw-la tolleren_fw-mi ex_fw-la praescientia_fw-la quod_fw-la id_fw-la liber●_n voluntate_fw-la facturi_fw-la essent_fw-la atque_fw-la inde_fw-la praedictiones_fw-la certas_fw-la natas_fw-la esse_fw-la decree_v the_o event_n that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la efficiente_a or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o decree_v his_o permission_n of_o it_o b._n i._o the_o first_o sort_n be_v those_o few_o who_o i_o in_o the_o beginning_n renounce_v of_o who_o the_o dominican_n and_o good_a dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n his_o follower_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la be_v the_o chief_a i_o easy_o confess_v to_o you_o that_o god_n make_v the_o law_n and_o god_n make_v man_n and_o god_n make_v the_o object_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n 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grant_v when_o he_o say_v at_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la malum_fw-la siat_a propter_fw-mi det_fw-la saptentiam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la &_o potentiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la expeccato_n materiam_fw-la gloriae_fw-la suaeillustrandae_fw-la sumit_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la peccatum_fw-la isto_fw-la respect_n non_fw-la medium_n per_fw-la se_fw-la illustrandae_fw-la gloriae_fw-la divinae_fw-la sed_fw-la occasio_fw-la tantum_fw-la non_fw-la data_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la finem_fw-la neque_fw-la natura_fw-la sva_fw-la ad_fw-la illum_fw-la accommodata_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la arrepta_fw-la &_o horsum_fw-la mira_fw-la arte_fw-la &_o landabili_fw-la abusu_fw-la usurpata_fw-la armin._n exam_n perkins_n pag._n 508._o a_o occasion_n it_o be_v indeed_o but_o i_o will_v not_o grant_v that_o ex_fw-la peccato_fw-la god_n setch_v matter_n for_o his_o glory_n nor_o that_o by_o accident_n it_o be_v good_a ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la caeterum_fw-la peccata_fw-la 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5._o what_o make_v you_o call_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o liberty_n to_o be_v impotent_a or_o if_o you_o will_v to_o be_v able_a not_o to_o love_v god_n not_o to_o live_v to_o god_n not_o to_o know_v god_n not_o to_o trust_v god_n not_o to_o repent_v of_o sin_n not_o to_o be_v heavenly-minded_n what_o liberty_n be_v this_o yea_o or_o to_o be_v able_a to_o hate_n god_n and_o sin_n and_o damn_v yourselves_o a._n man_n a._n arnold_n coru._n describe_v it_o to_o be_v that_o without_o which_o we_o be_v not_o man_n it_o be_v not_o liberty_n specifical_o as_o it_o be_v for_o sin_n or_o against_o god_n and_o so_o not_o libertas_n moralis_fw-la but_o it_o be_v only_a libertas_n naturalis_fw-la or_o the_o indetermination_n of_o the_o will_n with_o a_o self-determining_a power_n which_o be_v the_o natural_a seat_n of_o morality_n and_o may_v be_v use_v to_o good_a or_o evil_n 2._o formalis_fw-la libertas_n arbitrii_fw-la creati_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la formaliter_fw-la in_o 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intellect_n may_v direct_v it_o to_o that_o which_o it_o will_v determine_v itself_o to_o in_o some_o case_n necessary_o ex_fw-la principiis_fw-la naturae_fw-la and_o in_o other_o not_o necessary_o and_o be_v itself_o deceive_v may_v mislead_v it_o to_o mischoosing_n and_o refusing_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o will_n but_o the_o guide_n as_o the_o eye_n to_o the_o body_n which_o cause_v we_o not_o to_o go_v but_o to_o go_v the_o right_a way_n and_o be_v itself_o under_o the_o will_n command_v quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la do_v not_o efficient_o predetermine_v it_o nor_o can_v necessitate_v it_o to_o sin_n or_o misery_n unless_o it_o be_v first_o the_o culpable_a unnecessitated_a cause_n itself_o x._o and_o as_o none_o of_o these_o can_v necessitate_v the_o will_v original_o to_o evil_a act_n so_o much_o less_o can_v they_o necessitate_v it_o to_o any_o evil_a habit_n or_o inclination_n nor_o take_v away_o those_o that_o be_v good_a xi_o i_o hold_v that_o this_o freewill_n be_v join_v with_o necessity_n not_o constrain_v but_o convenient_a by_o its_o nature_n or_o inclination_n 1._o in_o the_o specification_n of_o simple_a volition_n of_o our_o own_o felicity_n 2._o in_o the_o specification_n of_o simple_a volition_n or_o love_n to_o sensible_a good_a as_o such_o 3._o in_o the_o specification_n of_o the_o volition_n of_o that_o which_o be_v full_o perceive_v to_o be_v the_o only_a mean_n of_o our_o only_a felicity_n and_o to_o be_v only_o good_a but_o that_o it_o be_v separate_v from_o natural_a necessity_n and_o such_o necessitation_n as_o be_v before_o deny_v 1._o in_o its_o subjection_n and_o love_n to_o god_n as_o its_o creator_n or_o first_o efficient_a of_o good_a 2._o in_o its_o love_n to_o and_o simple_a volition_n of_o god_n as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n 3._o in_o the_o election_n of_o any_o end_n where_o divers_a thing_n be_v competitor_n to_o be_v our_o end_n beside_o our_o felicity_n whether_o god_n or_o the_o creature_n 4._o in_o the_o election_n of_o mean_n where_o divers_a be_v offer_v 5._o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o act_n of_o intend_v our_o end_n 6._o in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o mean_n and_o command_v the_o imperate_a faculty_n therein_o xii_o i_o hold_v that_o this_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v of_o three_o sort_n though_o but_o two_o be_v common_o hold_v 1._o contradictionis_fw-la vel_fw-la exercitii_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la velle_fw-la nolle_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la nolle_fw-la 2._o contrarietatis_fw-la seu_fw-la specificationis_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la nolle_fw-la hoc_fw-la 3._o competitionis_fw-la vel_fw-la comparationis_fw-la i._n e._n contrarietatis_fw-la seu_fw-la specificationis_fw-la quoad_fw-la objecta_fw-la viz._n velle_fw-la aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la nolle_fw-la aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la vel_fw-la hoc_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la illud_fw-la xiii_o out_o of_o all_o these_o freedom_n of_o the_o will_n itself_o result_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o person_n usual_o call_v large_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la or_o free-choice_n which_o be_v 1._o that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v compel_v to_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n against_o his_o will._n 2._o no_o man_n can_v deserve_v reward_n or_o punishment_n of_o god_n against_o his_o will._n 3._o no_o man_n can_v be_v happy_a against_o his_o will_n nor_o unhappy_a unless_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n fourteen_o all_o this_o that_o i_o have_v hitherto_o name_v be_v but_o man_n natural_a liberty_n as_o a_o man_n which_o all_o man_n have_v and_o be_v part_n of_o that_o common_a natural_a image_n of_o god_n which_o difference_v we_o from_o bruit_n and_o be_v mention_v gen._n 9_o 6._o xv._o beside_o this_o there_o be_v a_o political_a or_o civil_a liberty_n according_a to_o which_o no_o man_n or_o angel_n have_v power_n to_o command_v we_o to_o sin_n against_o god_n or_o to_o cast_v away_o our_o innocency_n or_o happiness_n or_o undo_v our_o soul_n xvi_o and_o god_n as_o our_o governor_n

diabolo_fw-la voluntate_fw-la se_fw-la dedit_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la judicium_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la depravatum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la ablatum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la homo_fw-la voluntate_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la sanitate_fw-la privatus_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o diabolo_fw-la spoliaretur_fw-la cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la homo_fw-la ad_fw-la pietatem_fw-la redit_fw-la non_fw-la alia_fw-la in_o co_fw-la creature_n substantia_fw-la sed_fw-la eadem_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerat_fw-la labefactata_fw-la repar●tur_fw-la the_o answer_n to_o the_o former_a may_v serve_v to_o this_o but_o still_o i_o see_v that_o name_n must_v be_v our_o quarrel_n be_v the_o question_n of_o the_o thing_n or_o of_o the_o name_n whether_o it_o be_v to_o be_v call_v good_a 1._o as_o to_o the_o thing_n they_o deny_v not_o that_o there_o be_v first_o notice_n and_o common_a principle_n of_o morality_n in_o all_o man_n understanding_n 2._o nor_o that_o the_o intellect_n be_v incline_v to_o truth_n as_o truth_n 3._o nor_o that_o the_o will_n be_v incline_v to_o good_a as_o good_a 4._o nor_o that_o natural_a conscience_n do_v somewhat_o for_o god_n and_o duty_n and_o against_o sin_n in_o bad_a man_n 5._o nor_o that_o a_o heathen_a may_v have_v as_o much_o good_a as_o experience_n prove_v some_o of_o they_o to_o have_v have_v as_o antonine_n alexander_n severus_n cato_n cicero_n seneca_n epictetus_n plutarch_n socrates_n plato_n etc._n etc._n 6._o nor_o that_o common_a grace_n when_o the_o gospel_n come_v may_v prepare_v they_o for_o special_a grace_n and_o make_v they_o almost_o sanctify_v believer_n in_o a_o word_n almost_o all_o agree_v that_o 1._o nature_n as_o now_o uphold_v by_o mercy_n may_v have_v all_o the_o good_a aforesaid_a 2._o that_o common_a grace_n with_o the_o gospel_n may_v go_v further_o 3._o and_o that_o it_o prepare_v for_o special_a save_a grace_n if_o you_o deny_v this_o you_o accuse_v they_o contrary_a to_o the_o full_a evidence_n that_o you_o can_v expect_v whilst_o our_o british_a divine_n at_o dort_n tell_v you_o so_o large_o how_o far_o universal_a or_o common_a grace_n go_v in_o this_o prepare_v work_n and_o when_o there_o be_v such_o a_o multitude_n of_o treatise_n write_v by_o the_o strict_a english_a antiarminian_n on_o two_o subject_n 1._o of_o preparation_n to_o conversion_n 2._o how_o far_o a_o hypocrite_n or_o unregenerate_a person_n may_v go_v in_o christianity_n the_o title_n of_o one_o of_o perkins_n book_n 2._o but_o if_o it_o be_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la whether_o this_o may_v be_v call_v good_a it_o be_v a_o question_n unfit_a to_o trouble_v the_o church_n with_o all_o be_v agree_v that_o be_v material_o something_o command_v by_o god_n partly_o conformable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o scripture_n and_o that_o it_o tend_v towards_o the_o welfare_n of_o he_o that_o have_v it_o and_o of_o other_o and_o be_v better_a than_o its_o contrary_n but_o if_o we_o m●st_v set_v up_o a_o metaphysical_a theatre_n to_o dispute_v de_fw-fr ratione_fw-la boni_fw-la by_o that_o time_n on_o as_o good_a reason_n we_o have_v prosecute_v our_o dispute_n de_fw-fr ratione_fw-la entis_fw-la uni●s_fw-la &_o very_fw-la also_o we_o may_v fall_v out_o with_o all_o that_o agree_v not_o in_o suarez_n his_o metaphysic_n or_o at_o least_o in_o aquinas_n or_o buridanes_n ethic_n i_o pray_v you_o begin_v yourself_o and_o tell_v i_o what_o be_v bonum_fw-la goodness_n in_o your_o question_n a._n you_o shall_v not_o tempt_v i_o into_o so_o difficult_a a_o metaphysical_a or_o moral_a dispute_n which_o i_o know_v the_o learned_a be_v so_o little_o agree_v in_o for_o you_o will_v but_o make_v use_n of_o it_o to_o insult_v over_o i_o b._n and_o yet_o be_v this_o one_o of_o your_o accusation_n of_o your_o brethren_n that_o they_o agree_v not_o with_o you_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o such_o a_o word_n as_o you_o dare_v not_o definitive_o tell_v your_o own_o sense_n of_o moral_a good_a in_o man_n be_v his_o conformity_n to_o the_o holy_a regulate_a will_n of_o god_n by_o resignation_n of_o ourselves_o to_o he_o as_o our_o owner_n subjection_n to_o he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o love_n to_o he_o as_o our_o end_n or_o perfect_a good_a with_o all_o the_o exercise_n of_o these_o now_o 1._o in_o the_o strict_a sense_n man_n say_v bon●mest_a ex_fw-la causis_fw-la integris_fw-la and_o so_o where_o there_o be_v any_o sin_n there_o be_v not_o good_a in_o that_o sense_n that_o be_v unmixed_a perfect_a good_a and_o in_o that_o with_o a_o more_o transcendent_a sense_n christ_n say_v that_o none_o be_v good_a save_o god_n only_o i_o hope_v you_o will_v not_o quarrel_v with_o he_o for_o it_o and_o yet_o the_o papist_n common_o reproach_v the_o protestant_n as_o teach_v that_o all_o that_o we_o do_v be_v sin_n and_o no_o good_a because_o we_o say_v that_o all_o be_v mix_v with_o sin_n and_o imperfect_o good_a i_o profess_v for_o myself_o that_o i_o never_o love_v trust_v fear_a obey_v god_n in_o all_o my_o life_n without_o imperfection_n and_o i_o take_v that_o imperfection_n of_o my_o love_n to_o god_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v the_o great_a and_o grievous_a sin_n of_o my_o soul_n so_o that_o i_o groan_v out_o all_o my_o day_n the_o last_o dying-word_n of_o archbishop_n usher_n lord_n forgive_v my_o sin_n of_o omission_n and_o if_o the_o schoolman_n almost_o agree_v that_o moral_a evil_n be_v privatio_fw-la boni_fw-la methinks_v a_o papist_n shall_v hardly_o dream_v that_o his_o great_a faith_n and_o love_n have_v no_o degree_n of_o such_o privation_n 2._o but_o as_o the_o word_n good_a signify_v that_o which_o be_v sincere_o so_o though_o imperfect_o be_v more_o predominant_a in_o heart_n and_o life_n than_o the_o contrary_a evil_n and_o prove_v the_o person_n acceptation_n with_o god_n and_o right_a to_o salvation_n and_o be_v the_o imperfect_a image_n of_o god_n holiness_n repair_v so_o all_o and_o only_o the_o sanctify_a be_v good_a 3._o but_o in_o the_o three_o sense_n as_o goodness_n signify_v such_o inclination_n and_o action_n as_o be_v good_a but_o in_o a_o low_a degree_n and_o bid_v predominant_o so_o none_o deny_v but_o bad_a man_n have_v some_o good_a inclination_n and_o action_n and_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la here_o divine_v agree_v not_o either_o protestant_n or_o papist_n some_o and_o most_o common_o call_v all_o such_o action_n good_a in_o their_o degree_n other_o say_v that_o quia_fw-la finis_fw-la deest_fw-la none_o of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v call_v proper_o good_a it_o may_v end_v all_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v good_a analogical_o as_o accidens_fw-la be_v ens_fw-la or_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la though_o not_o simpliciter_fw-la the_o four_o crimination_n a._n passive_a a._n so_o do_v the_o jesuit_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o vasqu_n in_o 1._o tho._n q._n 23._o &_o passive_a they_o damn_v multitude_n of_o infant_n for_o original_a sin_n which_o they_o can_v not_o avoid_v yea_o and_o the_o adult_n too_o as_o necessitate_v by_o it_o to_o sin_n for_o the_o prevention_n or_o cure_n of_o which_o they_o have_v no_o remedy_n especial_o all_o the_o heathen_a world_n in_o comparison_n of_o which_o from_o adam_n day_n till_o now_o the_o rest_n be_v very_o few_o so_o that_o they_o make_v the_o world_n to_o be_v make_v or_o bear_v purposely_o for_o unavoidable_a damnation_n in_o hell_n fire_n b._n here_o be_v several_a thing_n which_o must_v be_v distinct_o speak_v to_o i._o of_o infant_n ii_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o heathen_a world_n iii_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o sin_v iv_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o punishment_n for_o sin_n of_o these_o in_o order_n 1._o for_o the_o case_n of_o infant_n there_o be_v three_o question_n to_o be_v handle_v 1._o whether_o they_o have_v original_a sin_n 2._o whether_o they_o be_v worthy_a of_o punishment_n for_o it_o 3._o whether_o they_o be_v punish_v for_o it_o and_o how_o many_o and_o how_o 1._o for_o the_o first_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o a_o peculiar_a disputation_n that_o infant_n have_v original_a sin_n that_o be_v moral_a pravity_n in_o disposition_n with_o their_o participation_n in_o the_o guilt_n of_o adam_n sin_n as_o be_v seminal_o and_o virtual_o in_o he_o and_o i_o find_v you_o not_o yet_o deny_v it_o 2._o for_o the_o second_o no_o christian_a doubt_v i_o think_v but_o that_o all_o sin_n deserve_v punishment_n but_o the_o desert_n of_o actual_a sin_n and_o of_o original_a sin_n be_v as_o different_a as_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o sin_n habitual_a or_o dispositive_a pravity_n be_v a_o dispositive_a preparation_n or_o worthiness_n of_o punishment_n and_o actual_a sin_n be_v a_o actual_a preparation_n for_o it_o but_o all_o deserve_v it_o that_o be_v be_v subject_n moral_o fit_a for_o it_o to_o demonstrate_v holy_a justice_n 3._o for_o the_o three_o scripture_n and_o experience_n put_v it_o past_a controversy_n that_o infant_n suffer_v for_o 1._o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n as_o quick_o appear_v by_o their_o early_a practice_n

c._n 30._o ipse_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la principium_fw-la &_o causa_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la ejus_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o auxilio_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la bonum_fw-la velle_fw-la vel_fw-la facere_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la permanere_fw-la in_o virtute_fw-la &_o sequi_fw-la deum_fw-la vocantem_fw-la vel_fw-la rec●dere_fw-la a_o virtute_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la fieri_fw-la in_o malitia_fw-la &_o se_fw-la qui_fw-la diabolum_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n to_o be_v no_o grace_n if_o by_o it_o a_o man_n can_v forbear_v no_o sin_n nor_o do_v any_o good_a b._n quest_n 10._o can_v every_o man_n desire_n to_o be_v happy_a and_o to_o escape_v hell_n c._n yes_o for_o all_o do_v it_o in_o some_o sort_n or_o other_o b._n quest._n 11._o can_v some_o man_n without_o holiness_n forbear_v murder_n treason_n theft_n adultery_n and_o pass_v by_o a_o tavern-door_n when_o they_o go_v in_o c._n yes_o for_o we_o see_v many_o forbear_v such_o sin_n and_o therefore_o 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