Selected quad for the lemma: grace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	word_n	work_v	zealous_a	15	3	8.7417	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64002	The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the vessells of wrath, or, An answer unto a book entituled, Gods love unto mankind ... in two bookes, the first being a refutation of the said booke, as it was presented in manuscript by Mr Hord unto Sir Nath. Rich., the second being an examination of certain passages inserted into M. Hords discourse (formerly answered) by an author that conceales his name, but was supposed to be Mr Mason ... / by ... William Twisse ... ; whereunto are annexed two tractates of the same author in answer unto D.H. ... ; together with a vindication of D. Twisse from the exceptions of Mr John Goodwin in his Redemption redeemed, by Henry Jeanes ...	Twisse, William, 1578?-1646.; Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662. Vindication of Dr. Twisse.; Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing T3423; ESTC R12334	968,546	592

cap._n 9_o isti_fw-la aut_fw-la minorem_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la amoris_fw-la divini_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eadem_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la utriquè_fw-fr boni_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la creati_fw-la sunt_fw-la istis_fw-la mala_fw-la voluntate_fw-la cadentibus_fw-la illi_fw-la amplius_fw-la adjuti_fw-la ad_fw-la eam_fw-la beatitudinis_fw-la plenitudinem_fw-la unde_fw-la se_fw-la nunquàm_fw-la casuros_fw-la certissimi_fw-la fierent_fw-la pervenerunt_fw-la so_o likewise_o that_o god_n permission_n be_v enough_o to_o prostitute_v any_o man_n unto_o sin_n and_o not_o our_o divine_n only_o but_o arminius_n also_o and_o other_o arminius_n exam._n pag._n 152._o quoties_fw-la voluntas_fw-la permittitur_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ut_fw-la faciat_fw-la aliquid_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nullo_n argumentorum_fw-la genere_fw-la persuadeatur_fw-la ad_fw-la nolendum_fw-la secùs_fw-la permissio_fw-la non_fw-la fieret_fw-la and_o pag._n 157._o thus_o he_o define_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n permissio_fw-la peccati_fw-la est_fw-la suspensio_fw-la omnium_fw-la impedimentorum_fw-la quibus_fw-la positis_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la fieret_fw-la now_o let_v any_o sober_a man_n judge_n whether_o herehence_a it_o it_o follow_v not_o necessary_o necessitate_v consequenti●_n &_o suppositionis_fw-la that_o sin_n shall_v be_v to_o wit_n upon_o the_o remove_n of_o all_o those_o impediment_n upon_o the_o position_n whereof_o sin_n can_v not_o be_v consider_v that_o a_o impediment_n of_o sin_n in_o this_o case_n and_o in_o arminius_n his_o phrase_n be_v every_o thing_n quo_fw-la posito_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la vorstius_n in_o like_a manner_n in_o pater_fw-la duplicatione_fw-la pag._n 213._o fateor_fw-la quidem_fw-la permissione_n jam_fw-la positâ_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la necessariò_fw-la etiam_fw-la poni_fw-la rem_fw-la aliquam_fw-la permittendam_fw-la idque_fw-la ob_fw-la necessariam_fw-la talium_fw-la relatorum_fw-la ad_fw-la se_fw-la inuicem_fw-la habitudinem_fw-la atque_fw-la in_o arguendo_fw-la mutuam_fw-la quandam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quae_fw-la far_o non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la unum_fw-la sine_fw-la altero_fw-la reipsâ_fw-la sit_fw-la nedum_fw-la ut_fw-la alterum_fw-la extra_fw-la se_fw-la quidquam_fw-la verè_fw-la agate_n altero_fw-la ne_fw-la quidem_fw-la adhuc_fw-la existente_fw-la nedum_fw-la verè_fw-la patiente_a aut_fw-la contra_fw-la navarettus_n in_o 1._o quest_n 19_o art_n 9_o §_o 2._o maintain_v posita_fw-la permissione_n infallibilitèr_fw-la sequi_fw-la quod_fw-la permittitur_fw-la austin_n himself_o suppose_v as_o much_o where_o he_o say_v ad_fw-la omnipotentissimam_fw-la svam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la pertinere_fw-la potiùs_fw-la bona_fw-la ex_fw-la malis_fw-la elicere_fw-la quam_fw-la mala_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la sinere_fw-la for_o hereby_o he_o give_v to_o understand_v that_o god_n permit_v sin_n with_o a_o purpose_n to_o work_v good_a out_o of_o evil_a now_o this_o manifest_o imply_v that_o upon_o god_n permission_n of_o sin_n sin_n shall_v exist_v nay_o how_o can_v this_o be_v avoid_v unless_o we_o deny_v that_o god_n alone_o be_v he_o that_o keep_v we_o from_o run_v into_o sin_n and_o maintain_v that_o man_n can_v do_v this_o of_o himself_o without_o that_o special_a grace_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o keep_v we_o from_o sin_n yet_o in_o the_o council_n of_o palestine_n it_o be_v conclude_v that_o god_n grace_n be_v require_v to_o every_o act_n and_o pelagius_n himself_o be_v drive_v to_o subscribe_v thereunto_o and_o to_o anathematise_v those_o that_o deny_v now_o let_v we_o examine_v what_o this_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v which_o be_v necessary_o require_v to_o every_o good_a act_n whether_o god_n do_v not_o work_v the_o will_v thereunto_o according_a to_o that_o i_o will_v cause_v they_o to_o walk_v in_o my_o statute_n and_o keep_v my_o judgement_n and_o do_v they_o ezech._n 36._o 28._o or_o whether_o it_o be_v only_o such_o a_o cooperate_v grace_n as_o some_o now_o a_o day_n blush_v not_o to_o profess_v as_o whereby_o god_n work_v in_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d velle_fw-la bonum_fw-la modò_fw-la velimus_fw-la this_o i_o can_v show_v under_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o zealous_a partisan_n for_o arminius_n now_o i_o hope_v there_o be_v no_o such_o cunning_a contrivance_n in_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n far_o there_o be_v certain_a occasion_n &_o opportunity_n offer_v for_o the_o commit_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o course_n of_o the_o world_n we_o willing_o ascribe_v unto_o god_n the_o administration_n of_o these_o and_o so_o do_v arminius_n and_o that_o not_o of_o occasion_n only_o but_o of_o argument_n also_o incite_v unto_o sin_n disput_n pub._n thes_n 9_o de_fw-fr justitiâ_fw-la &_o efficaciâ_fw-la providentiae_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o malo_fw-la num._n 6._o efficientia_fw-la dei_fw-la circa_fw-la peccatum_fw-la concernit_fw-la tum_fw-la actum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la tum_fw-la vitiositatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la efficientia_fw-la quae_fw-la circa_fw-la initium_fw-la consideratur_fw-la vel_fw-la impeditio_fw-la vel_fw-la permissio_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la addimus_fw-la administrationem_fw-la argumentorum_fw-la &_o occasionum_fw-la ad_fw-la peccatum_fw-la incitantium_fw-la yet_o there_o be_v a_o great_a power_n of_o provocation_n unto_o sin_n then_o all_o these_o &_o that_o be_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o satan_n who_o go_v about_o like_o a_o roar_a lion_n seek_v who_o he_o may_v devour_v how_o come_v he_o to_o have_v such_o liberty_n have_v not_o god_n power_n to_o bind_v satan_n for_o a_o thousand_o year_n and_o more_o if_o it_o please_v he_o the_o devil_n sometime_o beseech_v our_o saviour_n that_o he_o will_v not_o send_v they_o into_o the_o deep_a sure_o they_o acknowledge_v thereby_o his_o power_n to_o send_v they_o thither_o yet_o he_o do_v not_o though_o he_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o their_o go_v about_o be_v like_o so_o many_o roar_a lion_n to_o devour_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n by_o provoke_v unto_o sin_n as_o for_o those_o that_o tiberius_n set_v about_o drusus_n and_o nero_n to_o provoke_v they_o what_o be_v they_o comparable_a to_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n for_o the_o practise_n of_o provoke_a course_n but_o tiberius_n bid_v his_o servant_n to_o provoke_v drusus_n and_o nero_n and_o not_o to_o spare_v but_o can_v any_o say_v true_o that_o we_o maintain_v that_o god_n bid_v the_o devil_n to_o provoke_v this_o author_n or_o any_o such_o arminian_n spirit_n to_o make_v such_o parallel_n as_o these_o yet_o 1_o king_n 22._o we_o read_v when_o a_o wicked_a spirit_n offer_v his_o service_n to_o god_n to_o entice_v ahab_n that_o he_o may_v go_v and_o fall_v at_o ramoth-gilead_n &_o that_o by_o become_v a_o lie_a spirit_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o all_o his_o prophet_n the_o lord_n not_o only_o accept_v it_o say_v go_v forth_o and_o do_v so_o but_o also_o tell_v he_o thou_o shall_v entice_v he_o and_o shall_v also_o prevail_v that_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o tiberius_n or_o his_o instigator_n or_o the_o devil_n themselves_o and_o do_v not_o ahab_n deserve_v as_o much_o at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o why_o may_v not_o this_o author_n and_o his_o fellow_n have_v deserve_v so_o much_o at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n as_o to_o have_v a_o lie_a spirit_n put_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o they_o on_o who_o they_o depend_v for_o resolution_n in_o point_n of_o divinity_n and_o that_o they_o prevail_v with_o they_o also_o and_o why_o may_v not_o he_o also_o be_v thus_o give_v over_o to_o illusion_n to_o believe_v lie_n nay_o what_o do_v we_o talk_v of_o desert_n in_o this_o do_v not_o the_o devil_n provoke_v eve_n and_o adam_n to_o sin_n against_o god_n in_o paradise_n can_v not_o god_n have_v keep_v the_o devil_n off_o why_o do_v he_o not_o cur_n non_fw-la intercessit_fw-la &_o circumscriptorem_fw-la colubrum_fw-la cohibuit_fw-la to_o speak_v in_o tertullia_n phrase_n do_v it_o not_o manifest_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v god_n will_v to_o have_v they_o tempt_v to_o have_v they_o provoke_v unto_o sin_n &_o why_o not_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o lay_v a_o bait_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n in_o his_o servant_n way_n to_o try_v his_o fidelity_n and_o whether_o such_o a_o provocation_n will_v make_v a_o breach_n upon_o his_o honesty_n and_o shall_v not_o such_o a_o course_n be_v lawful_a unto_o god_n for_o this_o nothing_o hinder_v their_o liberty_n of_o transgress_v and_o to_o serve_v god_n while_o we_o be_v not_o tempt_v to_o sin_n against_o he_o be_v a_o poor_a commendation_n if_o thou_o faint_v in_o the_o day_n of_o adversity_n thy_o strength_n be_v small_a say_v solomon_n job._n 1._o 11._o 10._o stretch_v out_o now_o thy_o hand_n and_o touch_v all_o that_o he_o have_v and_o see_v if_o he_o will_v not_o blaspheme_v thou_o to_o thy_o face_n as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v let_v but_o job_n be_v in_o this_o manner_n provoke_v and_o see_v whether_o he_o will_v not_o blaspheme_v 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they_o make_v profession_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o as_o for_o infant_n they_o be_v also_o ancient_o say_v to_o be_v baptise_a in_o fide_fw-la parentum_fw-la god_n patience_n rom._n 2._o 4._o and_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n manifest_v therein_o lead_v a_o man_n to_o repentance_n so_o do_v his_o judgement_n also_o hos_fw-la 5._o in_o their_o affliction_n they_o will_v seek_v i_o early_o and_o so_o do_v god_n word_n and_o all_o this_o only_a in_o the_o way_n of_o a_o move_a cause_n and_o exciting_a to_o repentance_n every_o morning_n god_n bring_v his_o judgement_n to_o light_n he_o fail_v not_o yet_o will_v not_o the_o wicked_a be_v ashamed_a zeph_n 3._o 5._o but_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o to_o be_v move_v by_o his_o word_n by_o his_o work_n by_o his_o mercy_n by_o his_o judgement_n to_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n by_o true_a repentance_n but_o god_n alone_o be_v he_o that_o work_v they_o hereunto_o without_o who_o efficacious_a grace_n none_o of_o all_o these_o course_n will_v prevail_v as_o isai_n 57_o 17._o for_o his_o wicked_a covetousness_n i_o be_v angry_a with_o he_o and_o have_v smite_v he_o i_o hide_v i_o and_o be_v angry_a they_o want_v neither_o admonition_n from_o his_o word_n nor_o from_o his_o correction_n yet_o they_o profit_v by_o neither_o as_o it_o follow_v yet_o he_o go_v away_o and_o turn_v after_o the_o way_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n yet_o what_o be_v god_n resosolution_n but_o to_o overcome_v their_o stubborness_n by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o grace_n as_o there_o we_o read_v i_o have_v see_v his_o way_n and_o will_v heal_v they_o now_o who_o be_v these_o who_o he_o lead_v so_o as_o to_o bring_v they_o to_o repentance_n let_v austin_n answer_v contra_fw-la julian_n pelag._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o bonitas_fw-la dei_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la adducit_fw-la verum_fw-la esse_fw-la constat_fw-la sed_fw-la quem_fw-la praedestinavit_fw-la adducit_fw-la and_o he_o add_v a_o reason_n quamtamlibet_fw-la enim_fw-la praebuerit_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la dederit_fw-la quis_fw-la agit_fw-fr poenitentiam_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n profess_v touch_v the_o non-praedestinate_a that_o god_n never_o bring_v they_o to_o wholesome_a and_o spiritual_a repentance_n whereby_o a_o man_n be_v reconcile_v to_o god_n in_o christ_n whether_o god_n afford_v they_o great_a patience_n than_o he_o afford_v his_o elect_a or_o nothing_o less_o his_o word_n be_v these_o istorum_fw-la neminem_fw-la adducit_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la salubrem_fw-la &_o spiritualem_fw-la qua_fw-la homo_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la reconciliatur_fw-la deo_fw-la sive_fw-la illis_fw-la ampliorem_fw-la patientiam_fw-la sive_fw-la non_fw-la imparem_fw-la praebeat_fw-la god_n intend_v by_o this_o his_o patience_n that_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o all_o to_o repent_v that_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v repent_v ex_fw-la officio_fw-la but_o do_v he_o intend_v they_o shall_v de_fw-mi facto_fw-la repent_v what_o then_o can_v hinder_v it_o then_o he_o will_v afford_v they_o efficacious_a grace_n to_o heal_v they_o as_o he_o promise_v isai_n 57_o 18._o then_o will_v he_o rule_v they_o with_o a_o mighty_a hand_n and_o make_v they_o pass_v under_o the_o rod_n and_o bring_v they_o unto_o the_o bond_n of_o the_o covenant_n so_o then_o to_o the_o point_n in_o particular_a here_o observe_v 1._o god_n lead_v all_o to_o repentance_n by_o his_o goodness_n manifest_v in_o his_o forbearance_n and_o long_a suffering_n by_o way_n of_o admonition_n that_o it_o be_v their_o duty_n to_o turn_v unto_o god_n by_o repentance_n while_o he_o give_v they_o time_n and_o space_n for_o repentance_n 2._o but_o as_o for_o those_o who_o he_o have_v elect_v he_o not_o only_o thus_o lead_v but_o also_o effectual_o bring_v they_o to_o repentance_n in_o the_o time_n he_o have_v appoint_v before_o which_o time_n they_o be_v find_v sometime_o to_o despise_v the_o riches_n of_o his_o goodness_n and_o to_o have_v hard_a and_o 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if_o we_o do_v not_o it_o it_o be_v either_o because_o we_o can_v do_v it_o or_o because_o our_o will_n be_v change_v but_o to_o ascribe_v either_o mutability_n or_o impotency_n to_o god_n be_v intolerable_a in_o a_o christian_a and_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o god_n do_v from_o everlasting_a intend_v their_o everlasting_a damnation_n so_o that_o to_o say_v he_o do_v intend_v their_o everlasting_a good_a be_v flat_a contradiction_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o way_n to_o charm_v it_o but_o by_o say_v god_n intend_v their_o everlasting_a good_a conditional_o but_o to_o intend_v it_o after_o such_o a_o manner_n be_v apparent_o no_o more_o to_o intend_v their_o salvation_n than_o their_o damnation_n nay_o less_o rather_o consider_v the_o condition_n of_o salvation_n be_v utter_o impossible_a unto_o man_n unless_o god_n correct_v and_o cure_v his_o corrupt_a nature_n but_o this_o grace_n he_o dispense_v according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n as_o the_o apostle_n signify_v in_o say_v he_o have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v and_o who_o he_o will_v he_o harden_v as_o for_o that_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 9_o he_o be_v patient_a towards_o we_o not_o will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d any_o of_o we_o to_o perish_v it_o have_v be_v already_o consider_v but_o here_o he_o interprete_v towards_o we_o as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v say_v towards_o we_o man_n and_o i_o hope_v the_o elect_a be_v man_n as_o well_o as_o other_o but_o what_o ground_n have_v he_o for_o this_o liberty_n of_o interpretation_n why_o may_v he_o not_o take_v the_o liberty_n in_o interpret_n of_o john_n as_o well_o as_o peter_n both_o be_v pillar_n gal._n 2._o where_o he_o say_v they_o go_v out_o from_o we_o but_o they_o be_v not_o of_o we_o for_o have_v they_o be_v of_o we_o they_o have_v continue_v with_o we_o and_o still_o swallow_v a_o palpable_a absurdity_n follow_v hereupon_o even_o to_o the_o deny_v of_o god_n omnipotency_n in_o as_o flat_a contradiction_n to_o the_o apostle_n where_o he_o profess_v that_o god_n have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v which_o be_v not_o to_o have_v mercy_n on_o all_o but_o on_o some_o only_a harden_v other_o as_o rom._n 11._o the_o election_n have_v obtain_v it_o but_o the_o rest_n be_v harden_v discourse_n sect_n v._o in_o the_o last_o place_n those_o other_o gift_n of_o god_n whereby_o man_n understanding_n be_v enlighten_v and_o their_o soul_n beautify_v which_o be_v knowledge_n repentance_n fortitude_n liberality_n temperance_n humility_n charity_n and_o such_o like_a be_v bestow_v upon_o all_o they_o that_o have_v they_o among_o who_o be_v many_o that_o may_v prove_v reprobate_n in_o the_o end_n that_o by_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o and_o continuance_n in_o they_o they_o may_v be_v save_v the_o reprobate_n be_v adorn_v with_o many_o of_o those_o grace_n as_o appear_v plain_o by_o many_o scripture_n especial_o hebr._n 6._o 4._o where_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o those_o that_o have_v be_v enlighten_v taste_v the_o heavenly_a gift_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n taste_v the_o good_a word_n of_o god_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n to_o come_v if_o they_o fall_v away_o shall_v be_v renew_v by_o repentance_n and_o the_o grace_n which_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o here_o be_v not_o ordinary_a and_o common_a but_o special_a grace_n illumination_n faith_n relish_v of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o god_n word_n and_o the_o taste_n of_o heaven_n the_o person_n speak_v of_o be_v apostate_n such_o as_o be_v under_o the_o possibility_n of_o fall_v away_o for_o upon_o a_o dainger_n not_o possible_a can_v be_v build_v a_o solid_a exhortation_n and_o if_o apostate_n than_o reprobate_n and_o the_o thing_n intimate_v be_v that_o upon_o apostate_n and_o reprobate_n be_v these_o gift_n bestow_v the_o like_a speech_n we_o have_v hebr._n 10._o 26._o for_o if_o we_o sin_v willing_o after_o we_o have_v receive_v the_o

objection_n remigius_n clear_v the_o doctrine_n of_o saint_n austin_n profess_v this_o to_o be_v a_o calumnious_a imputation_n and_o such_o as_o need_v not_o for_o the_o answer_v thereof_o that_o any_o such_o course_n shall_v be_v take_v as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n entitule_v hypognosticon_n take_v to_o wit_n by_o deny_v that_o god_n predestinate_v any_o to_o damnation_n for_o this_o necessity_n of_o persist_v in_o sin_n be_v not_o impose_v upon_o they_o by_o predestination_n in_o their_o opinion_n who_o thereby_o understand_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o god_n decree_a of_o such_o thing_n which_o himself_o purpose_v to_o effect_v in_o due_a time_n as_o both_o remigius_n manifest_v in_o these_o word_n pag._n 155_o of_o the_o same_o book_n non_fw-fr praedestinat_a nisi_fw-la quae_fw-la fuerat_fw-la ipse_fw-la facturus_fw-la quae_fw-la utique_fw-la omne_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o justa_fw-la sunt_fw-la and_o austin_n in_o like_a manner_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi perseverantiae_fw-la cap._n 17._o in_o sua_fw-la quae_fw-la falli_fw-la mutarique_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la praescientia_fw-la opera_fw-la sua_fw-la disponere_fw-la illud_fw-la omnino_fw-la nec_fw-la aliud_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la praedestinare_fw-la so_o the_o synod_n of_o valens_n can_n 3._o praedestinatione_fw-la autem_fw-la deum_fw-la ea_fw-la tantum_fw-la statuisse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la vel_fw-la gratuitâ_fw-la misericoràiâ_fw-la vel_fw-la juslo_fw-la judicio_fw-la facturus_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o malis_fw-la verò_fw-la ipsam_fw-la malitiam_fw-la praescisse_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-fr praedestinasse_n quia_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la and_o that_o for_o good_a reason_n because_o malum_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la causam_fw-la efficientem_fw-la sed_fw-la deficientem_fw-la as_o austin_n write_v de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 12._o cap._n 7._o but_o as_o for_o this_o necessity_n in_o sin_v this_o both_o we_o and_o they_o willing_o profess_v to_o flow_v from_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n which_o god_n alone_o can_v cure_v in_o man_n and_o none_o other_o as_o the_o same_o remigius_n acknowledge_v histor_n gottesca_n pag._n 3._o anima_fw-la humana_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la humana_fw-la sicut_fw-la verè_fw-la manet_fw-la in_o morte_fw-la non_fw-la diligendo_fw-la ita_fw-la verè_fw-la transfertur_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la in_o vitam_fw-la diligendo_fw-la but_o by_o who_o be_v this_o translation_n wrought_v that_o follow_v hac_fw-la dilectione_n non_fw-la fit_a verè_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la verè_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntas_fw-la nisi_fw-la illo_fw-la liberante_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la libertatem_fw-la largiente_fw-la qui_fw-la ait_fw-la si_fw-la vos_fw-la filius_fw-la liberaverit_fw-la tune_n verè_fw-la liberi_fw-la eritis_fw-la &_o nisi_fw-la illo_fw-la munere_fw-la spiritus_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ubi_fw-la autem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la domini_fw-la ibi_fw-la libertas_fw-la by_o this_o love_n the_o will_n be_v not_o make_v free_a but_o he_o free_v it_o who_o say_v if_o the_o son_n shall_v make_v you_o free_a then_o shall_v you_o be_v free_a indeed_o and_o not_o otherwise_o then_o by_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n whereof_o the_o apostle_n speak_v where_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v there_o be_v liberty_n nay_o i_o be_o very_o persuade_v that_o hincmarus_n himself_o against_o who_o remigius_n dispute_v be_v more_o orthodox_n in_o this_o argument_n than_o this_o author_n for_o thus_o write_v hincmarus_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o same_o history_n of_o gottescalchus_n pag._n 39_o quosdam_fw-la in_o massa_n peccati_fw-la &_o perditionis_fw-la justè_fw-la deseruit_fw-la à_fw-la qua_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la sua_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la in_o gratiae_fw-la praeparatione_fw-la occulto_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la injusto_fw-la judicio_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la eripuit_fw-la some_o man_n god_n just_o desert_v in_o the_o mass_n of_o sin_n and_o perdition_n from_o which_o by_o his_o predestination_n that_o be_v preparation_n of_o grace_n he_o never_o deliver_v by_o judgement_n secret_a but_o not_o unjust_a whereas_o this_o author_n will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o this_o mass_n of_o sin_n and_o perdition_n by_o a_o certain_a universal_a grace_n bestow_v upon_o they_o whereby_o they_o be_v put_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o indifferent_a estate_n to_o believe_v or_o not_o believe_v repent_v or_o not_o repent_v if_o they_o will_v which_o hincmarus_n never_o acknowledge_v yet_o this_o necessity_n of_o sin_v incident_a to_o all_o that_o be_v bring_v forth_o into_o the_o world_n in_o massa_n peccati_fw-la &_o perditionis_fw-la in_o the_o mass_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o perdition_n be_v not_o such_o either_o in_o their_o or_o our_o opinion_n as_o whereby_o they_o can_v but_o sin_n although_o they_o will_v abstain_v from_o it_o though_o this_o be_v obtrude_v upon_o we_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o remigius_n whereupon_o he_o plead_v for_o himself_o and_o such_o as_o be_v of_o his_o mind_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n after_o this_o manner_n pag_n 53._o nemo_n it_o a_o sentit_fw-la aut_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la dei_fw-la praedestinatio_fw-la aliquem_fw-la invitum_fw-la faciat_fw-la peccare_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la propriae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la perversitate_fw-la sed_fw-la divinae_fw-la praedestinationis_fw-la necessitate_v peccare_fw-la videatur_fw-la no_o man_n say_v he_o do_v so_o think_v or_o speak_v as_o if_o god_n predestination_n make_v a_o man_n to_o sin_n against_o his_o will_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o he_o shall_v seem_v to_o sin_n not_o through_o the_o perverseness_n of_o his_o own_o will_n but_o by_o the_o necessity_n of_o divine_a predestination_n so_o say_v we_o neither_o be_v this_o impotency_n of_o do_v good_a any_o where_o else_o but_o in_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o will_n it_o be_v a_o moral_a impotency_n according_a to_o that_o of_o saint_n austin_n libertas_n sine_fw-la gratia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la libertas_fw-la sed_fw-la contumacia_fw-la liberty_n without_o grace_n be_v not_o liberty_n but_o wilfulness_n and_o remigius_n histor_n gottescal_n pag._n 29._o exquibus_fw-la say_v he_o speak_v of_o reprobate_n nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la salvari_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la violentiam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la divinae_fw-la potestatis_fw-la sed_fw-la propter_fw-la indomabilem_fw-la &_o perseverantem_fw-la nequitiam_fw-la suae_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la not_o one_o of_o they_o can_v be_v save_v not_o because_o of_o any_o violence_n of_o divine_a power_n but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o untameable_a &_o persevere_v naughtiness_n of_o their_o own_o iniquity_n &_o p._n 144._o de_fw-fr reprobis_fw-la nullum_fw-la salvari_fw-la ullatenus_fw-la existimavi_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la homines_fw-la de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi ad_fw-la malum_fw-la commutari_fw-la &_o de_fw-la malis_fw-la ac_fw-la pravis_fw-la boni_fw-la ac_fw-la recti_fw-la fieri_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o meliùs_fw-la mutare_fw-la noluerunt_fw-la &_o in_o pessimis_fw-la operibus_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la fiaen_fw-la perseverare_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la not_o only_o of_o the_o reprobate_n do_v we_o judge_v to_o be_v save_v not_o because_o they_o can_v not_o be_v change_v from_o evil_a to_o good_a &_o of_o evil_a &_o deprave_a become_v good_a &_o right_n but_o because_o they_o will_v not_o be_v change_v into_o better_a &_o will_v to_o the_o end_n persevere_v in_o wicked_a work_n so_o than_o they_o can_v be_v change_v but_o will_v not_o but_o in_o what_o respect_n be_v it_o say_v they_o can_v be_v change_v be_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o freedom_n of_o their_o will_n without_o grace_n nothing_o less_o see_v his_o own_o word_n pag._n 34._o si_fw-mi dixisset_fw-la generaliter_fw-la nemo_fw-la hominum_fw-la sine_fw-la dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la libero_fw-la benè_fw-la uti_fw-la potest_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la esset_fw-la catholicus_n have_v he_o say_v general_o that_o no_o man_n can_v right_o use_v his_o free_a will_n without_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n he_o have_v be_v a_o catholic_n but_o all_o the_o question_n be_v about_o the_o manner_n how_o this_o grace_n do_v work_v to_o wit_n whether_o god_n give_v man_n grace_n to_o believe_v and_o repent_v if_o they_o will_v and_o leaf_n to_o they_o to_o perform_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n or_o whether_o god_n work_v the_o very_a act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n not_o to_o dispute_v of_o this_o point_n out_o of_o god_n word_n which_o clear_o teach_v that_o god_n work_v in_o we_o the_o will_n and_o the_o deed_n according_a to_o his_o good_a pleasure_n philip._n 3._o 13._o and_o that_o he_o make_v we_o perfect_a to_o every_o good_a work_n work_v in_o we_o that_o which_o be_v please_v in_o his_o sight_n through_o jesus_n christ_n let_v we_o take_v notice_n of_o the_o discourse_n between_o hincmarus_n and_o remigius_n on_o this_o argument_n that_o 20._o till_o the_o love_n of_o god_n come_v man_n be_v dead_a his_o will_n be_v dead_a to_o that_o which_o be_v good_a now_o love_n be_v only_o give_v to_o the_o believer_n posse_fw-la charitatem_fw-la habere_fw-la naturae_fw-la est_fw-la hominum_fw-la charitatem_fw-la autem_fw-la habere_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la fidelium_fw-la de_fw-fr praedestinatione_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la cap._n 5._o for_o thus_o write_v hincmarus_n pag._n 3._o 113._o bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la agimus_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la est_fw-la &_o

like_o all_o and_o every_o passage_n yet_o but_o few_o be_v the_o passage_n wherein_o i_o differ_v from_o his_o opinion_n i_o have_v be_v very_o sorry_a to_o observe_v how_o by_o his_o doctrine_n in_o the_o point_n of_o reprobation_n he_o overthrow_v his_o own_o orthodox_n doctrine_n in_o the_o point_n of_o election_n i_o will_v he_o will_v answer_v sylvester_n who_o have_v reply_v to_o his_o admirable_a letter_n write_v to_o monsieur_n balzak_v i_o can_v be_v well_o content_a be_v i_o once_o free_a to_o supply_v what_o be_v want_v to_o waleus_n his_o apology_n for_o he_o against_o corvinus_n but_o to_o the_o point_n the_o passage_n here_o propose_v by_o he_o be_v i_o willing_o confess_v somewhat_o harsh_a i_o will_v have_v this_o man_n hang_v and_o that_o i_o may_v hang_v he_o just_o i_o will_v have_v he_o murder_v or_o steal_v but_o compare_v it_o with_o that_o of_o st._n paul_n former_o mention_v god_n suffer_v the_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n prepare_v to_o destruction_n that_o he_o 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the_o heathen_n to_o their_o heart_n lust_n unto_o uncleanes_n to_o defile_v their_o own_o body_n between_o themselves_o which_o turn_v the_o 24._o truth_n of_o god_n into_o a_o lie_n &_o worship_v &_o serve_v the_o creature_n forsake_v the_o creator_n who_o be_v bless_v for_o ever_o amen_n for_o this_o cause_n god_n give_v they_o up_o to_o vile_a affection_n for_o even_o the_o woman_n do_v change_v 26._o the_o natural_a use_n into_o that_o which_o be_v against_o nature_n and_o likewise_o the_o man_n leave_v the_o natural_a use_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o burn_v in_o their_o lust_n one_o towards_o another_o and_o man_n with_o man_n wrought_v filthiness_n 27._o and_o this_o be_v note_v by_o the_o apostle_n to_o have_v be_v a_o work_n of_o judgement_n for_o it_o follow_v they_o receive_v in_o themselves_o such_o recompense_n of_o their_o error_n as_o be_v meet_v i_o grant_v tiberius_n be_v the_o principal_a author_n of_o deflower_v those_o maid_n for_o he_o command_v it_o and_o that_o as_o i_o have_v show_v make_v a_o man_n the_o author_n of_o a_o crime_n both_o out_o of_o school-divines_a and_o out_o of_o orator_n but_o god_n give_v no_o such_o command_n to_o these_o heathen_n thus_o to_o defile_v themselves_o and_o this_o author_n doubt_v not_o but_o god_n cooperate_v to_o the_o substance_n of_o every_o act_n notwithstanding_o the_o absoute_a dominion_n of_o the_o will_n over_o her_o action_n for_o which_o he_o plead_v and_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v unless_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v therewithal_o deny_v that_o in_o he_o we_o move_v as_o well_o as_o in_o he_o we_o live_v and_o have_v our_o be_v and_o though_o god_n give_v not_o commandment_n to_o absalon_n to_o defile_v his_o father_n concubine_n yet_o he_o tell_v david_n say_v i_o will_v take_v thy_o wife_n before_o thy_o eye_n and_o give_v they_o to_o thy_o neighbour_n and_o he_o shall_v lie_v with_o thy_o wife_n in_o the_o

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but_o if_o god_n damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n and_o decree_v to_o damn_v no_o man_n but_o for_o sin_n what_o if_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o decree_n what_o harshness_n i_o say_v be_v this_o as_o for_o example_n zimri_n or_o cosby_n perish_v in_o their_o incestuous_a act_n and_o give_v up_o both_o lust_n and_o ghost_n together_o so_o go_v as_o it_o be_v quick_a to_o hell_n never_o fear_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n until_o they_o feel_v they_o if_o we_o say_v god_n decree_v they_o shall_v be_v cut_v off_o in_o this_o sin_n of_o they_o and_o be_v damn_v for_o it_o what_o hatshnes_n i_o pray_v in_o this_o though_o god_n make_v this_o decree_n of_o mere_a pleasure_n for_o be_v it_o not_o manifest_a he_o do_v for_o can_v he_o not_o if_o it_o have_v please_v he_o have_v cause_v they_o to_o outlive_v this_o sin_n of_o they_o and_o give_v they_o space_n for_o repentance_n and_o

yet_o be_v drive_v to_o devise_v what_o may_v be_v say_v to_o excuse_v they_o as_o in_o the_o very_a point_n of_o freewill_n they_o desire_v to_o excuse_v chrysostome_n sixtus_n senensis_n biblioth●●_n lib._n 5._o annotat_fw-la 101._o well_fw-mi dicendum_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la etiam_fw-la annianus_n in_fw-la praefatione_fw-la commentariorum_fw-la chryjostomi_n in_o math._n annotavit_fw-la chrysostomum_fw-la interdum_fw-la naturae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la vires_fw-la plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la extulisse_fw-la ex_fw-la contentione_n disceptandi_fw-la cum_fw-la manichaeis_n &_o gentilibus_fw-la qui_fw-la hominem_fw-la asserebant_fw-la vel_fw-la naturâ_fw-la malum_fw-la vel_fw-la fati_fw-la violentia_fw-la ad_fw-la peccandum_fw-la compelli_fw-la nay_o what_o think_v we_o of_o vossius_fw-la himself_o from_o who_o labour_n it_o be_v and_o nothing_o of_o their_o own_o that_o our_o arminian_n will_v seem_v to_o breath_n so_o much_o antiquity_n this_o vossius_fw-la profess_v they_o mistake_v he_o that_o take_v he_o to_o be_v of_o any_o other_o opinion_n in_o the_o point_n of_o predestination_n than_o austin_n be_v of_o de_fw-fr historicis_fw-la lat._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 17._o yet_o do_v he_o acknowledge_v that_o austin_n do_v reject_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_n both_o greek_n and_o latin_n who_o go_v before_o he_o in_o the_o point_n of_o predestination_n histor_n pelag._n pag._n 655._o patres_fw-la graeci_fw-la &_o latinorum_n illi_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la augustinum_n vixerunt_fw-la ipseque_fw-la aliquandiu_fw-la augustinus_n verba_fw-la apostoli_fw-la interpretari_fw-la solent_fw-la de_fw-la electione_n quorundam_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la secundum_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o pietatem_fw-la praevisam_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la aeterna_fw-la ob_fw-la praescientiam_fw-la malorum_fw-la operum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la acturi_fw-la essent_fw-la sed_fw-la augustinus_n here_o come_v in_o the_o adversative_a rejectâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la opinion_n 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the_o cloak_n to_o draw_v he_o away_o from_o stilpo_n say_v o_o crates_n commodissimè_fw-la auribus_fw-la philosophum_fw-la teneas_fw-la cum_fw-la igitur_fw-la persuaseris_fw-la tum_fw-la illum_fw-la trahe_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la per_fw-la vim_o egeris_fw-la corpus_fw-la quidem_fw-la apud_fw-la te_fw-la sed_fw-la animus_n apud_fw-la stilponem_fw-la erit_fw-la neither_o be_v any_o philosopher_n more_o studious_a of_o morality_n than_o the_o stoic_n they_o write_v de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la de_fw-la affectibus_fw-la de_fw-la virtute_fw-la de_fw-fr fine_a deque_fw-la primâ_fw-la aestimatione_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr actibus_fw-la ac_fw-la de_fw-la officiis_n de_fw-fr adhortationibus_fw-la &_o dehortationibus_fw-la as_o diogenes_n write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o zeno._n and_o austin_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 9_o profess_v of_o the_o stoic_n that_o though_o omnia_fw-la fato_fw-la fieri_fw-la contenderent_fw-la yet_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la necessitate_v fieri_fw-la 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necessity_n nothing_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o will_n albeit_o the_o will_v be_v acknowledge_v in_o subjection_n thereunto_o and_o that_o necessity_n he_o describe_v to_o be_v this_o as_o when_o we_o say_v that_o necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la fiat_fw-la his_o word_n be_v these_o si_fw-la autem_fw-la illa_fw-la definitur_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitas_fw-la secundum_fw-la quam_fw-la dicimus_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ita_fw-la sit_fw-la aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la fiat_fw-la nescio_fw-la cur_n eam_fw-la timemus_fw-la ne_fw-la nobis_fw-la libertatem_fw-la auferat_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la herein_o austin_n profess_v to_o go_v beyond_o the_o stoic_n in_o acknowledge_v a_o necessity_n whereunto_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v subject_a and_o that_o without_o detriment_n to_o the_o liberty_n thereof_o yet_o in_o my_o judgement_n it_o will_v better_o become_v a_o christian_a divine_a to_o inform_v both_o himself_o and_o other_o out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o rest_v thereon_o for_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o providence_n and_o predestination_n divine_a then_o to_o go_v a_o forage_n among_o poet_n and_o stoic_n for_o the_o justification_n of_o his_o own_o in_o point_n of_o christian_a faith_n and_o for_o the_o redargution_n of_o the_o way_n of_o his_o opposite_n introduction_n sect_n iv._o these_o absurdity_n follow_v too_o evident_o from_o the_o upper_a way_n other_o of_o the_o same_o side_n wil_v to_o decline_v they_o as_o rock_n and_o precipice_n do_v leave_v that_o way_n and_o present_a man_n to_o god_n in_o his_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n lie_v in_o the_o fault_n and_o under_o the_o guilt_n of_o original_a sin_n and_o say_v that_o god_n look_v upon_o miserable_a mankind_n lie_v in_o adam_n sin_n do_v decree_v the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o to_o eternal_a torment_n in_o hell_n without_o remedy_n for_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o severe_a justice_n but_o notwithstanding_o this_o difference_n among_o themselves_o they_o agree_v well_o enough_o together_o for_o this_o little_a jar_n be_v not_o in_o their_o judgement_n enough_o to_o make_v a_o breach_n between_o they_o as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n and_o in_o the_o synod_n at_o dort_n in_o the_o conference_n at_o the_o hague_n the_o contra-remonstrants_a have_v these_o word_n quoad_fw-la sententiarum_fw-la diversitatem_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la argumento_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la respexit_fw-la 37._o in_o hoc_fw-la decreto_fw-la nondum_fw-la creätum_fw-la vel_fw-la creätum_fw-la &_o lapsum_fw-la quia_fw-la hoc_fw-la ad_fw-la fundamentum_fw-la huius_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la non_fw-la pertinet_fw-la libentèr_fw-la alii_fw-la alios_fw-la aequitate_fw-la christiana_n toleramus_fw-la after_o this_o in_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n they_o permit_v gomarus_n to_o go_v the_o supralapsarian_a way_n and_o the_o delegate_n of_o south_n holland_n be_v very_o indifferent_a which_o way_n they_o take_v for_o these_o be_v their_o word_n a_o deus_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la consideravit_fw-la homines_fw-la ut_fw-la lapsos_fw-la a_o etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la nondum_fw-la lapsos_fw-la existimant_fw-la viz._n the_o delegate_n aforesaid_a non_fw-la esse_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la definiatur_fw-la modo_fw-la statuatur_fw-la 48._o deum_fw-la in_o eligendo_fw-la considerasse_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o pari_fw-la statu_fw-la and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o they_o shall_v quarrel_v about_o circumstance_n see_v they_o agree_v in_o the_o substance_n for_o they_o both_o say_v 1._o that_o the_o move_a cause_n of_o reprobation_n be_v the_o alone_a will_n of_o god_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n original_n or_o actual_a 2._o that_o the_o final_a impenitency_n and_o damnation_n of_o reprobate_n be_v necessary_a and_o unavoidable_a by_o god_n absolute_a decree_n these_o two_o thing_n be_v the_o maxima_fw-la 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