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fit_a to_o give_v it_o remember_v only_o that_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v force_n with_o he_o that_o accept_v not_o that_o scheme_n that_o alone_o be_v concern_v in_o it_o §_o 6._o which_o scheme_n have_v be_v propose_v by_o you_o with_o perfect_a wariness_n and_o profession_n of_o allow_v it_o to_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o conjecture_n one_o such_o difficulty_n as_o this_o be_v i_o acknowledge_v sufficient_a to_o remove_v you_o from_o it_o and_o in_o that_o case_n it_o will_v not_o be_v unseasonable_a again_o to_o tender_v that_o which_o you_o may_v find_v better_o qualify_v for_o your_o acceptance_n have_v without_o question_n a_o advantage_n from_o the_o sour_a parable_n of_o the_o sour_a to_o recommend_v it_o i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o make_v this_o clear_a to_o you_o your_o suppose_a intricacy_n or_o unfathomable_a question_n be_v what_o it_o be_v that_o make_v sufficient_a grace_n to_o be_v effectual_a to_o effectual_a any_o i_o say_v the_o parable_n of_o the_o sower_n be_v intend_v by_o christ_n on_o purpose_n to_o answer_v that_o question_n which_o it_o have_v competent_o perform_v for_o here_o we_o see_v the_o seed_n be_v the_o same_o whether_o that_o christ_n be_v the_o word_n or_o grace_n it_o matter_n not_o as_o long_o as_o it_o be_v remember_v that_o the_o word_n be_v the_o vehicle_n of_o grace_n and_o the_o instrument_n of_o convey_v it_o to_o the_o heart_n all_o the_o difference_n take_v notice_n of_o be_v only_o in_o the_o soil_n viz_o some_o tread_v down_o and_o crust_v soil_n some_o stony_a some_o thorny_a some_o good_a and_o mellow_a proportionable_o to_o this_o fourfold_a difference_n of_o the_o ground_n the_o several_a fate_n of_o the_o seed_n be_v describe_v and_o your_o one_o question_n divide_v into_o four_o and_o answer_v exact_o accommodate_v to_o each_o §_o 7._o the_o first_o question_n be_v this_o what_o be_v it_o that_o first_o make_v sufficient_a grace_n uneffectual_a to_o some_o man_n so_o that_o though_o it_o be_v on_o god_n part_n free_o afford_v they_o and_o as_o free_o as_o to_o any_o other_o yet_o it_o have_v not_o the_o least_o effect_n upon_o they_o and_o the_o answer_n be_v evident_a in_o the_o explanation_n of_o that_o parable_n mat._n xiii_o 19_o because_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o that_o hear_v the_o word_n to_o which_o that_o grace_n be_v annex_v but_o either_o understand_v it_o not_o or_o mind_v it_o not_o and_o so_o the_o devil_n come_v and_o catch_v away_o that_o which_o be_v sow_v and_o in_o that_o case_n there_o be_v no_o great_a need_n of_o that_o devil_n towards_o the_o obstruct_v effectuallness_n let_v the_o seed_n lie_v there_o never_o so_o long_o if_o it_o be_v not_o mind_v it_o can_v signify_v nothing_o towards_o a_o harvest_n §_o 8._o the_o second_o question_n be_v what_o be_v it_o that_o make_v second_o sufficient_a grace_n after_o it_o be_v receive_v and_o that_o with_o joy_n great_a forwardness_n and_o alacrity_n at_o the_o first_o to_o become_v so_o uneffectual_a to_o the_o support_v a_o man_n in_o time_n of_o temptation_n that_o rather_o than_o endure_v any_o smart_n for_o piety_n he_o fall_v into_o any_o the_o gross_a sin_n and_o the_o answer_n follow_v v_o 21._o because_o such_o a_o man_n be_v of_o a_o temper_n that_o yield_v not_o grace_n any_o depth_n to_o root_v in_o he_o have_v some_o stonyness_n at_o the_o bottom_n some_o pleasure_n or_o passion_n or_o other_o remain_v of_o resistance_n root_v in_o he_o which_o he_o have_v not_o divest_v himself_o of_o and_o when_o duty_n begin_v any_o way_n to_o check_v that_o he_o be_v impatient_a and_o throw_v off_o piety_n of_o which_o he_o make_v very_o fair_a profession_n and_o such_o as_o have_v as_o far_o as_o his_o trial_n former_o go_v reality_n in_o they_o till_o this_o last_o signal_n trial_n be_v make_v of_o he_o for_o which_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o effect_n he_o be_v not_o qualify_v §_o 9_o the_o three_o question_n be_v what_o be_v the_o reason_n three_o that_o sufficient_a grace_n once_o receive_v and_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n though_o it_o come_v not_o to_o combat_v with_o any_o sharp_a trial_n do_v yet_o many_o time_n decay_v and_o perish_v after_o a_o while_n and_o the_o answer_n be_v v_o 22._o that_o there_o remain_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o such_o some_o piece_n of_o ill_a temper_n unreformed_a which_o in_o time_n prolify_v and_o send_v out_o great_a and_o waste_a sin_n though_o not_o so_o general_o decry_v in_o the_o world_n viz._n worldly_a sollicitude_n and_o such_o as_o the_o wealth_n of_o the_o world_n be_v apt_a to_o beget_v in_o man_n that_o have_v or_o seek_v it_o and_o these_o be_v permit_v to_o thrive_v in_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v regular_a that_o grace_n which_o can_v consist_v with_o such_o you_o can_v serve_v god_n and_o mammon_n shall_v be_v overrun_v and_o choke_v and_o at_o length_n destroy_v by_o that_o mean_n which_o have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o this_o cause_n of_o abortion_n as_o it_o be_v sufficient_a and_o effectual_a for_o a_o while_n so_o it_o will_v have_v prosper_v to_o perseverance_n §_o 10._o and_o this_o introduce_v the_o four_o and_o last_o four_o question_n what_o then_o be_v it_o that_o render_v sufficient_a grace_n effectual_a both_o to_o conversion_n and_o perseverance_n and_o the_o answer_n be_v v_o 23._o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o soil_n probity_n of_o the_o heart_n wherein_o that_o sufficient_a grace_n be_v receive_v and_o what_o that_o be_v be_v best_a discern_v by_o the_o opposition_n to_o all_o the_o former_a three_o heart_n 1._o it_o be_v a_o sincere_o pliable_a ductile_a temper_n that_o neglect_v not_o to_o make_v use_n of_o any_o grain_n of_o grace_n 2._o it_o have_v a_o uniform_a courage_n to_o combat_v with_o difficulty_n and_o be_v not_o enslave_v to_o pleasure_n 3._o it_o utter_o despise_v the_o world_n the_o allurement_n and_o the_o terror_n of_o it_o and_o use_v it_o as_o if_o it_o use_v it_o not_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o temper_n render_v it_o effectual_a to_o conversion_n the_o two_o latter_a to_o perseverance_n also_o and_o consider_v that_o parable_n be_v set_v down_o by_o christ_n to_o give_v account_n of_o the_o various_a success_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o kingdom_n i._n e._n of_o the_o gospel_n among_o all_o those_o to_o who_o it_o be_v make_v know_v who_o with_o you_o be_v the_o adequate_a object_n of_o the_o scripture-election_n and_o reprobation_n what_o can_v be_v far_o require_v to_o the_o clear_a satisfaction_n of_o your_o whole_a difficulty_n §_o 11._o and_o then_o remember_v that_o the_o only_a remain_a question_n viz._n whence_o be_v this_o probity_n have_v way_n be_v full_o answer_v in_o the_o former_a paper_n i_o appeal_v to_o no_o other_o than_o yourself_o whether_o this_o be_v not_o both_o a_o perspicuous_a and_o authorize_v state_v have_v so_o weighty_a a_o passage_n of_o gospel_n to_o found_v it_o and_o therefore_o in_o all_o justice_n preferable_a to_o your_o bare_a conjecture_n which_o beside_o that_o it_o be_v press_v with_o difficulty_n as_o yourself_o acknowledge_v which_o to_o you_o seem_v unanswerable_a be_v not_o provide_v of_o any_o pretence_n of_o a_o foundation_n have_v no_o authority_n from_o holy_a scripture_n to_o recommend_v it_o §_o 12._o if_o it_o have_v any_o it_o be_v most_o probable_o that_o treasure_n other_o short_a parable_n in_o the_o same_o chapter_n v_o 44._o where_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v compare_v to_o a_o treasure_n hide_v in_o the_o field_n the_o which_o when_o a_o man_n have_v find_v he_o hide_v etc._n etc._n there_o the_o man_n which_o find_v the_o treasure_n be_v not_o suppose_v to_o seek_v it_o for_o that_o make_v another_o parable_n v._n 45._o but_o by_o the_o mere_a providence_n of_o god_n which_o the_o heathen_a philosopher_n be_v wont_a to_o style_v chance_n and_o common_o give_v this_o very_a
and_o in_o he_o all_o thing_n and_o particular_o grace_n sufficient_a and_o the_o power_n of_o not-resisting_a grace_n which_o according_a to_o this_o fancy_n none_o can_v choose_v but_o resist_n who_o have_v not_o the_o ipsam_fw-la non-resistentiam_a give_v they_o which_o yet_o they_o affirm_v to_o be_v give_v but_o to_o a_o few_o i._n e._n to_o none_o but_o the_o elect_a §_o 21._o this_o be_v by_o interpretation_n and_o in_o effect_n for_o god_n to_o give_v to_o all_o man_n a_o power_n to_o a_o act_n which_o yet_o the_o great_a part_n of_o those_o which_o have_v it_o give_v they_o can_v never_o make_v use_n of_o to_o that_o act_n for_o want_v of_o somewhat_o else_o which_o be_v not_o give_v they_o which_o to_o all_o they_o which_o have_v not_o that_o somewhat_o else_o give_v and_o those_o the_o far_o great_a number_n of_o man_n for_o who_o christ_n die_v be_v not_o a_o power_n to_o that_o act_n viz._n of_o not-resisting_a which_o what_o be_v it_o other_o than_o a_o direct_a 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discouragement_n fancy_n to_o this_o fancy_n of_o sound_v discriminate_a grace_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o unconditionate_n decree_n in_o this_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o power_n of_o resist_v and_o the_o ipsa_fw-la non-resistentia_a the_o latter_a give_v only_o to_o the_o elect._n §_o 23._o but_o it_o will_v far_o be_v defeat_v if_o we_o reflect_v on_o that_o place_n of_o scripture_n wherein_o god_n give_v the_o ipsa_fw-la non-resistentia_a chief_o seem_v to_o be_v mention_v phil._n ii_o 13._o under_o the_o style_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 13._o work_v in_o we_o to_o do_v or_o work_v which_o that_o it_o tend_v not_o to_o the_o support_n or_o advantage_n of_o this_o fancy_n may_v be_v evident_a by_o these_o three_o consideration_n §_o 24._o first_o by_o the_o importance_n of_o the_o phrase_n work_v in_o we_o to_o do_v as_o before_z to_o will_n which_o as_o be_v former_o note_v in_o pass_v will_v best_o be_v understand_v by_o other_o parallel_a phrase_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n give_v to_o serve_v luke_n 1._o 72._o which_o be_v evident_o his_o give_a grace_n or_o power_n or_o supernatural_a ability_n to_o serve_v not_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o a_o remote_a and_o fundamental_a power_n or_o faculty_n but_o withal_o have_v a_o particular_a immediate_a influence_n on_o the_o effect_n actuate_a that_o power_n when_o it_o be_v actuate_v and_o so_o proper_o cause_v or_o make_v he_o actual_o to_o serve_v yet_o so_o as_o to_o leave_v he_o power_n also_o to_o neglect_v and_o receive_v that_o power_n in_o vain_a as_o the_o scripture_n elsewhere_o say_v thus_o revel_v xi_o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v give_v we_o render_v i_o will_v give_v power_n viz._n power_n to_o the_o subsequent_a act_n prophesy_v there_o as_o in_o luke_n serve_v in_o holiness_n by_o which_o analogy_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n work_v in_o we_o to_o do_v or_o work_v be_v not_o interpretable_a to_o any_o more_o than_o his_o give_v supernatural_a 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obstinate_a it_o be_v just_a it_o shall_v at_o length_n be_v withdraw_v from_o they_o §_o 37._o but_o this_o must_v be_v understand_v only_o of_o those_o person_n to_o who_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n have_v former_o shine_v not_o to_o their_o distant_a posterity_n which_o never_o have_v have_v any_o gleam_n of_o it_o though_o their_o ancestor_n have_v the_o full_a sunshine_n these_o be_v to_o be_v reckon_v with_o the_o heathen_a with_o who_o you_o know_v we_o undertake_v not_o to_o meddle_v treat_v only_o of_o the_o scripture-election_n terminate_v in_o those_o to_o who_o the_o scripture_n be_v reveal_v §_o 38._o five_o there_o be_v a_o total_a and_o final_a withdraw_n of_o all_o grace_n as_o well_o as_o the_o mean_n of_o it_o excision_n which_o be_v visible_a in_o the_o cut_n off_o such_o a_o
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be_v reprobate_v unless_o conditional_o never_o consider_v what_o be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o my_o answer_n that_o final_a impenitence_n itself_o be_v that_o only_a condition_n when_o therefore_o you_o say_v it_o be_v as_o if_o a_o person_n shall_v be_v sentence_v to_o death_n for_o a_o fact_n before_o it_o be_v commit_v you_o fall_v back_o into_o the_o two_o mistake_n which_o my_o answer_n if_o advert_v to_o have_v prevent_v 1._o you_o speak_v of_o a_o person_n simple_o and_o abstract_v from_o guilt_n when_o i_o speak_v of_o a_o final_a impenitent_a i._n e._n a_o person_n so_o very_o ill_o qualify_v and_o foul_o guilty_a 2._o i_o suppose_v his_o sentence_n to_o be_v found_v in_o his_o guilt_n and_o his_o guilt_n in_o order_n before_o his_o sentence_n but_o both_o of_o they_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n who_o see_v his_o guilt_n award_v that_o punishment_n adapt_n his_o revenge_n to_o that_o fact_n see_v as_o past_a before_o ever_o that_o sentence_n go_v out_o against_o he_o §_o 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therefore_o god_n foresee_v it_o will_v be_v and_o if_o man_n will_v have_v do_v otherwise_o god_n will_v have_v foresee_v otherwise_o §_o 71._o when_o you_o take_v it_o for_o my_o acknowledgement_n then_o that_o god_n can_v change_v that_o which_o be_v future_a so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o not_o future_a i_o answer_v that_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la it_o be_v most_o false_a for_o whatsoever_o be_v future_a god_n can_v change_v and_o make_v it_o not_o future_a and_o then_o foresee_v it_o not_o future_a but_o if_o you_o mean_v conjunctim_fw-la that_o remain_v future_a he_o can_v not_o make_v it_o not_o future_a 1._o that_o be_v a_o great_a impropriety_n of_o speech_n and_o most_o unreasonable_a that_o he_o that_o speak_v of_o change_v shall_v mean_v keep_v it_o still_o as_o it_o be_v unchanged_a and_o 2._o you_o see_v the_o fallacy_n that_o most_o palpable_a one_o of_o a_o benè_fw-la divisis_fw-la ad_fw-la male_a conjuncta_fw-la which_o i_o hope_v will_v no_o long_o impose_v upon_o you_o 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say_v what_o his_o covenant_n promise_n mercy_n justice_n equity_n wisdom_n oblige_v he_o to_o do_v or_o what_o be_v reconcileable_a with_o all_o these_o without_o intere_v his_o absolute_a power_n or_o omnipotence_n in_o it_o and_o that_o obstinate_a sinner_n do_v actual_o resist_v and_o frustrate_v all_o the_o method_n that_o be_v use_v by_o he_o §_o 73._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o s._n augustine_n assert_v prescience_n i_o need_v not_o far_o insist_v then_o that_o by_o prescience_n the_o express_a word_n of_o that_o period_n i_o produce_v he_o will_v have_v it_o reconcile_v with_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n which_o if_o all_o will_v do_v there_o be_v little_o more_o to_o be_v require_v of_o they_o yet_o because_o you_o have_v endeavour_v to_o take_v off_o the_o force_n of_o s._n augustine_n word_n and_o from_o vives_n word_n on_o chapter_n ix_o quod_fw-la si_fw-la indignum_fw-la etc._n etc._n dicamus_fw-la à _fw-la providentia_fw-la voluntateque_fw-la dei_fw-la cognitionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la prosicisci_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la statuere_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la sit_fw-la scientiam_fw-la quod_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o statuerit_fw-la nosse_fw-la to_o draw_v he_o to_o calvin_n sense_n i_o shall_v read_v over_o that_o ix_o chapter_n both_o text_n and_o comment_n and_o give_v you_o some_o passage_n out_o of_o it_o in_o the_o text_n 1._o that_o they_o be_v much_o more_o tolerable_a that_o bring_v in_o syderea_fw-la fata_fw-la a_o fatality_n depend_v on_o the_o star_n than_o they_o which_o take_v away_o praescientiam_fw-la futurorum_fw-la foreknowledge_n of_o future_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o most_o open_a madness_n confiteri_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o negare_fw-la praescium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la to_o confess_v god_n and_o to_o deny_v his_o prescience_n 2._o nos_fw-la ut_fw-la confitemur_fw-la summum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la deum_fw-la it_o a_o voluntatem_fw-la summamque_fw-la potestatem_fw-la &_o praescientiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la consitemur_fw-la nec_fw-la timemus_fw-la 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sacrilegious_a man_n we_o both_o affirm_v that_o god_n know_v all_o thing_n before_o they_o be_v do_v and_o that_o we_o do_v they_o voluntary_o 4._o novit_n incommutabiliter_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la facturus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o know_v unchangeable_o all_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o come_v and_o which_o he_o will_v do_v not_o only_o the_o latter_a but_o the_o former_a and_o all_o of_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o 5._o he_o that_o foreknow_v all_o the_o cause_n of_o thing_n among_o they_o can_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o will_n quas_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la operum_fw-la causas_fw-la esse_fw-la praescivit_fw-la which_o he_o foresee_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o work_n 6._o qui_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la praescius_fw-la omnium_fw-la futurorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la utique_fw-la deus_fw-la he_o that_o foresee_v not_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v not_o god_n 7._o of_o our_o liberty_n voluntates_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tantum_fw-la valent_fw-la quantum_fw-la deus_fw-la eas_fw-la
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conjecture_n luk._n ix_o 62_o act._n xiii_o 48._o jo._n seven_o 17._o mat._n xiii_o 8._o luc_n viij_o 15_o mat_n xiii_o 1â—_n jam_fw-la four_o 6_o mat_n xi_o 5_o mat._n nineteeen_o 14._o and_o v_o 3._o luc._n vi_fw-la 22._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 27._o the_o ground_n of_o effectualness_n of_o grace_n more_o probable_o deduce_v from_o probity_n of_o heart_n heart_n â—er_n four_o 3._o this_o probity_n no_o natural_a preparation_n but_o of_o god_n plant_v by_o prevent_a grace_n the_o one_o objection_n against_o this_o satisfy_v satisfy_v mat._n xiii_o 13._o the_o safeness_n of_o this_o state_v state_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tit._n bostr_n compare_v with_o the_o other_o other_o cap._n four_o 5._o a_o anacephalaecsis_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n decreess_n of_o election_n of_o reprobation_n the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n the_o power_n of_o grace_n in_o conversion_n &c_n &c_n what_o the_o freedom_n of_o will_n now_o it_o ability_n to_o sin_n all_o good_a due_a 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