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creature_n to_o commit_v any_o act_n be_v the_o suspension_n of_o all_o impediment_n by_o which_o the_o will_n be_v to_o be_v move_v and_o persuade_v now_o i_o thus_o urge_v that_o if_o permission_n be_v the_o suspension_n of_o all_o impediment_n by_o which_o the_o will_n be_v to_o be_v persuade_v then_o i_o say_v the_o will_n be_v neither_o to_o be_v physical_o act_v nor_o moral_o persuade_v where_o either_o of_o these_o be_v there_o be_v no_o permission_n and_o this_o arminius_n himself_o grant_v thus_o 157._o thus_o impedimentum_fw-la quo_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quà _fw-la tale_n impeditur_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la â—_o velatio_fw-la vel_fw-la suasio_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la ad_fw-la obreâ—nperandum_fw-la voluntati_fw-la divinae_fw-la unde_fw-la constat_fw-la permissionem_fw-la peccati_fw-la esse_fw-la suspensionem_fw-la istius_fw-la revelationis_fw-la vel_fw-la suasionis_fw-la vel_fw-la utriusque_fw-la pag._n 157._o the_o impediment_n by_o which_o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v hinder_v be_v the_o revelation_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o suasion_n to_o move_v the_o will_n to_o obey_v that_o divine_a will_n whence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o god_n permission_n to_o commit_v sin_n be_v the_o suspension_n of_o that_o revelation_n or_o of_o that_o suasion_n or_o of_o both_o joint_o and_o as_o a_o further_a testimony_n in_o this_o case_n he_o say_v in_o another_o place_n thus_o 153._o thus_o nam_fw-la utunum_fw-la argumentum_fw-la impedire_fw-la potest_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ne_fw-la velit_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la impeditum_fw-la ita_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la nullo_n argumentorum_fw-la istorum_fw-la persuadeatur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ad_fw-la nolendum_fw-la secus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la permissio_fw-la p._n 153._o for_o as_o one_o argument_n may_v hinder_v the_o will_n from_o willing_a that_o which_o god_n will_v have_v hinder_v so_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o use_v no_o argument_n to_o persuade_v the_o will_n 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ideoque_fw-la licet_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la veer_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la age_n e_o non_fw-fr possit_fw-la potest_fw-la tamen_fw-la per_fw-la illud_fw-la bonum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agere_fw-la intelligare_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o justum_fw-la facere_fw-la caquae_fw-la sunt_fw-la legis_fw-la pagnare_fw-la cum_fw-la defideriis_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la vincere_fw-la locomotivum_fw-la regere_fw-la quae_fw-la talia_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la deu_fw-la requirit_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quem_fw-la intendit_fw-la regenerare_fw-la cor._n in_o maâ—_n 32._o se_fw-la 2._o man_n have_v the_o relic_n of_o spiritual_a life_n that_o be_v in_o his_o understanding_n some_o knowledge_n of_o god_n in_o his_o affection_n some_o desire_n of_o good_a be_v know_v so_o that_o although_o he_o can_v do_v that_o which_o be_v true_o good_a yet_o he_o can_v by_o it_o do_v some_o good_a understand_v god_n to_o be_v good_a and_o just_a do_v the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n fight_v with_o his_o own_o desire_n although_o not_o overcome_v they_o and_o to_o govern_v his_o locomotion_n which_o thing_n god_n require_v in_o those_o who_o he_o will_v regenerate_v now_o if_o man_n by_o nature_n have_v such_o relic_n of_o spiritual_a life_n in_o he_o as_o to_o know_v god_n desire_v good_a do_v the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n fight_v with_o their_o desire_n govern_v their_o locomotion_n and_o all_o this_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o relic_n of_o spiritual_a life_n then_o what_o need_v of_o a_o principle_n of_o assist_a grace_n de_fw-fr novo_fw-la to_o enable_v they_o to_o do_v the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n for_o that_o which_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o relic_n of_o spiritual_a life_n need_v not_o any_o assist_a principle_n of_o grace_n anew_o again_o the_o collocutor_n at_o the_o conference_n at_o hague_n upon_o this_o very_a argument_n say_v thus_o 279._o thus_o in_o spirituali_fw-la morte_fw-la non_fw-la separantur_fw-la propriè_fw-la dona_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la ab_fw-la hominis_fw-la voluntate_fw-la quia_fw-la nunquam_fw-la illa_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la insita_fw-la sed_fw-la libertas_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la agendi_fw-la bene_fw-la aut_fw-la malè_fw-la quae_fw-la libertas_fw-la quamvis_fw-la vites_fw-la svas_fw-la non_fw-la exerere_fw-la possit_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la peccatoâ—e_fw-la propter_fw-la tenebras_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o depravationem_fw-la affectuum_fw-la mansit_fw-la tamen_fw-la pars_fw-la creatae_fw-la naturae_fw-la col._n hag._n 279._o in_o spiritual_a death_n spiritual_a gift_n be_v not_o proper_o separate_v from_o the_o will_n because_o they_o be_v never_o in_o it_o for_o in_o the_o will_v there_o be_v only_o that_o liberty_n of_o do_v good_a or_o evil_n which_o liberty_n although_o it_o can_v put_v forth_o its_o strength_n in_o fall_v man_n because_o of_o the_o blindness_n of_o his_o understanding_n and_o depravation_n of_o his_o affection_n yet_o it_o remain_v as_o part_v of_o a_o create_a nature_n and_o many_o of_o such_o like_a expression_n pass_v in_o that_o argument_n by_o all_o which_o they_o affirm_v death_n to_o be_v only_o in_o the_o understanding_n and_o affection_n not_o in_o the_o will_n but_o that_o in_o the_o depth_n of_o
true_a man_n be_v take_v for_o that_o which_o be_v a_o man_n not_o in_o appearance_n but_o in_o substance_n so_o it_o be_v a_o true_a man_n will_v not_o this_o be_v explode_v as_o very_o ridiculous_a the_o term_n be_v so_o coincident_a that_o one_o can_v be_v without_o the_o other_o for_o it_o can_v be_v true_o say_v to_o be_v a_o man_n quoad_fw-la substantiam_fw-la unless_o it_o have_v the_o essence_n of_o a_o man_n quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la habet_fw-la essentiam_fw-la hominis_fw-la yet_o this_o be_v the_o best_a satisfaction_n that_o we_o receive_v from_o these_o great_a assertor_n of_o universal_a grace_n and_o in_o this_o distinction_n they_o have_v a_o double_a disadvantage_n the_o member_n thereof_o be_v coincident_a and_o so_o no_o legitimate_a member_n of_o a_o distinction_n and_o also_o the_o last_o member_n which_o he_o grant_v serve_v our_o turn_n for_o then_o those_o action_n which_o they_o produce_v which_o all_o man_n have_v sufficient_a grace_n to_o perform_v as_o they_o say_v be_v by_o corvinus_n his_o own_o confession_n such_o as_o have_v the_o substance_n of_o good_a and_o be_v not_o feign_o but_o true_o good_a then_o how_o can_v such_o thing_n be_v do_v before_o regeneration_n as_o predisposition_n thereunto_o see_v they_o be_v true_o good_a and_o because_o they_o be_v so_o according_a to_o their_o own_o concession_n they_o can_v be_v do_v by_o any_o man_n until_o he_o be_v regenerate_v in_o all_o his_o pours_z how_o be_v they_o in_o their_o last_o refuge_n implicate_v and_o involve_v second_o i_o urge_v suppose_v they_o he_o prove_v to_o be_v antecedent_n to_o regeneration_n yet_o how_o will_v they_o prove_v they_o be_v true_a and_o proper_a dispositives_n thereunto_o i_o demand_v some_o ground_n either_o from_o scripture_n or_o reason_n to_o prove_v that_o by_o these_o man_n be_v dispose_v to_o conversion_n what_o place_n in_o scripture_n intimate_v either_o these_o or_o any_o other_o thing_n as_o disposition_n to_o conversion_n or_o how_o in_o all_o their_o writing_n do_v they_o clear_v these_o expression_n to_o satisfaction_n those_o word_n by_o which_o they_o most_o declare_v their_o mind_n in_o this_o point_n i_o find_v in_o corvinus_n who_o say_v thus_o 11._o thus_o mens_fw-la nostra_fw-la est_fw-la hominem_fw-la communiori_fw-la istâ_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la rectè_fw-la utentem_fw-la ideo_fw-la esse_fw-la aptum_fw-la &_o idoneum_fw-la ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la evangelio_n quia_fw-la tall_a bus_fw-la evangelium_fw-la â—um_fw-la fiâ—ctu_fw-la revelat_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la evangelio_fw-la credant_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la efficit_fw-la corvin_n in_o mol._n c._n 33._o §._o 11._o our_o mind_n be_v that_o man_n use_v common_a grace_n well_o be_v therefore_o apt_a and_o fit_a to_o believe_v the_o gospel_n because_o god_n do_v reveal_v the_o gospel_n to_o such_o with_o fruit_n and_o do_v work_v faith_n in_o such_o and_o in_o another_o place_n speak_v of_o these_o very_a action_n say_v thus_o god_n require_v they_o of_o he_o who_o he_o will_v regenerate_v and_o many_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n whereby_o they_o in_o stead_n of_o proof_n from_o scripture_n be_v deduction_n of_o their_o own_o which_o be_v very_o obnoxious_a to_o scruple_n and_o their_o reason_n be_v this_o they_o deduct_v man_n aptness_n and_o fitness_n to_o be_v convert_v by_o such_o act_n from_o god_n dispensation_n and_o his_o actual_a convert_n of_o those_o in_o who_o be_v see_v those_o act_n and_o may_v not_o i_o retort_v this_o argument_n with_o as_o great_a strength_n thus_o man_n use_v common_a grace_n well_o be_v not_o dispose_v to_o convert_v grace_n 14._o grace_n ea_fw-la praeexi_fw-la it_o leus_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quem_fw-la intendit_fw-la regenerare_fw-la c._n 32._o sec._n 14._o because_o god_n do_v not_o always_o give_v convert_v grace_n to_o such_o and_o do_v often_o give_v it_o to_o other_o that_o do_v not_o use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o or_o at_o least_o as_o armanius_fw-la say_v minus_fw-la malè_fw-la and_o the_o argument_n be_v of_o some_o strength_n if_o there_o be_v no_o unbended_a method_n for_o god_n dispense_n convert_v grace_n then_o what_o will_v become_v of_o their_o disposition_n to_o conversion_n many_o of_o the_o corinthian_n be_v record_v to_o be_v idolater_n adulterer_n bugger_n thief_n and_o what_o not_o they_o do_v not_o use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o and_o yet_o they_o be_v bless_v with_o the_o gospel_n and_o do_v partake_v of_o the_o regenerate_a grace_n of_o god_n but_o let_v any_o man_n show_v i_o the_o disposition_n to_o this_o grace_n by_o which_o they_o be_v fit_v to_o receive_v it_o paul_n be_v a_o persecuter_n blasphemer_n injurious_a abuse_v not_o only_o the_o gospel_n but_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n also_o which_o if_o mr._n goodwin_n divine_a right_n teach_v man_n to_o search_v out_o and_o yield_v to_o the_o best_a discovery_n of_o god_n will_v and_o pleasure_n and_o so_o be_v without_o all_o disposition_n to_o receive_v convert_v grace_n and_o yet_o he_o find_v mercy_n in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o obstinacy_n which_o be_v record_v as_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o power_n of_o god_n grace_n to_o reduce_v he_o when_o there_o be_v no_o probable_a apparent_a disposition_n to_o receive_v convert_v grace_n but_o tyre_n and_o sydon_n who_o be_v so_o well_o dispose_v and_o fit_v to_o receive_v further_a grace_n and_o have_v use_v the_o light_n of_o nature_n well_o as_o that_o christ_n say_v of_o they_o they_o will_v have_v repent_v in_o sackcloth_n and_o ash_n if_o they_o have_v enjoy_v that_o word_n and_o these_o miracle_n and_o yet_o to_o they_o god_n give_v neither_o the_o outward_a mean_n of_o the_o gospel_n nor_o yet_o convert_v grace_n but_o what_o need_v i_o cast_v about_o to_o produce_v proof_n the_o remonstrants'_v own_o concession_n be_v enough_o to_o confirm_v we_o against_o themselves_o who_o upon_o the_o same_o point_n thus_o say_v 528._o say_v novimus_fw-la enim_fw-la deum_fw-la saepe_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la praeditationis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la iis_fw-la facere_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la minus_fw-la curae_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la communion_n vocation_n respondâ—ant_n &_o qaum_v talâ—bus_fw-la eam_fw-la facit_fw-la eandem_fw-la non_fw-la facit_fw-la iiâ—_o qui_fw-la nihilo_fw-la sunt_fw-la pejores_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ulterius_fw-la consideretur_fw-la mediorum_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la dispensatio_fw-la agnoscimus_fw-la deum_fw-la omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la largitorem_fw-la tali_fw-la utâ—_n libertate_fw-la ut_fw-la paribus_fw-la impaâ—em_fw-la imparibus_fw-la parem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la conferendo_fw-la minus_fw-la malos_fw-la non_fw-la vocando_fw-la pejores_fw-la vocando_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la usu_fw-la vel_fw-la abusu_fw-la donorum_fw-la generaliorun_v exactam_fw-la ejus_fw-la rationem_fw-la redâ—i_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la libenter_fw-la aâ—noscimus_fw-la act._n synod_n art_n 2._o p._n 528._o for_o we_o know_v very_o well_o that_o god_n have_v give_v evangelical_a grace_n to_o they_o that_o take_v care_n for_o nothing_o less_o than_o to_o use_v common_a grace_n well_o and_o also_o do_v not_o give_v it_o to_o other_o that_o be_v nothing_o worse_o than_o they_o and_o if_o his_o dispensation_n of_o the_o mean_n of_o salvation_n be_v true_o consider_v we_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n who_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o all_o good_a use_v such_o a_o liberty_n in_o give_v unequal_a grace_n to_o equal_a man_n and_o equal_a grace_n to_o unequal_a man_n in_o reject_v those_o that_o be_v less_o evil_a and_o call_v worse_o and_o that_o he_o make_v such_o a_o various_a administration_n of_o his_o grace_n that_o we_o willing_o acknowledge_v there_o can_v be_v no_o exact_a account_n give_v thereof_o by_o the_o use_n or_o abuse_v of_o general_a grace_n and_o what_o more_o clear_a than_o this_o to_o cause_v all_o that_o doctrine_n of_o disposition_n to_o conversion_n which_o god_n require_v in_o all_o they_o to_o who_o he_o intend_v to_o give_v convert_v grace_n to_o vanish_v into_o smoke_n there_o be_v no_o such_o congruity_n in_o man_n or_o disposition_n to_o determine_v the_o will_n of_o god_n to_o give_v they_o convert_v grace_n but_o according_a to_o their_o own_o judgement_n he_o use_v such_o a_o liberty_n that_o as_o jacob_n he_o lay_v his_o right_a hand_n upon_o the_o young_a son_n and_o reserve_v his_o left_a for_o his_o elder_a which_o make_v we_o oftentimes_o to_o admire_v the_o depth_n of_o the_o power_n and_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n now_o if_o any_o shall_v demand_v of_o i_o what_o i_o have_v gain_v in_o all_o these_o allegation_n i_o answer_v thus_o much_o that_o those_o action_n which_o they_o pretend_v all_o may_v do_v be_v no_o way_n disposition_n to_o convert_v grace_n or_o regeneration_n and_o therefore_o they_o have_v no_o colour_n of_o reason_n to_o pretend_v man_n be_v sufficient_o enable_v to_o do_v they_o and_o that_o in_o reference_n to_o salvation_n make_v all_o to_o haâ—g_v in_o this_o method_n all_o man_n have_v grace_n to_o enable_v they_o to_o use_v nature_n well_o and_o do_v thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v disposition_n to_o
become_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o universal_a sufficient_a grace_n let_v all_o the_o world_n judge_v thus_o i_o have_v according_a to_o my_o small_a talon_n endeavour_v to_o refel_v the_o groundless_a doctrine_n of_o universal_a sufficient_a grace_n and_o have_v discover_v the_o rise_n and_o progress_n and_o growth_n of_o it_o how_o high_a it_o amount_v where_o it_o stick_v and_o where_o the_o proof_n remain_v on_o their_o part_n very_o short_a and_o imperfect_a and_o that_o it_o appear_v not_o that_o either_o all_o man_n have_v that_o which_o be_v true_o call_v grace_n or_o if_o it_o may_v be_v so_o call_v yet_o they_o prove_v not_o that_o it_o may_v true_o be_v say_v to_o be_v sufficient_a to_o any_o end_n no_o not_o to_o the_o enable_v of_o man_n to_o work_v those_o thing_n by_o which_o they_o say_v man_n be_v enable_v to_o conversion_n and_o if_o neither_o then_o universal_a sufficient_a grace_n must_v needs_o fall_v and_o by_o this_o engagement_n with_o the_o remonstrant_n who_o i_o now_o leave_v i_o be_o the_o better_o enable_v to_o engage_v mr._n goodwin_n notion_n which_o be_v of_o a_o far_o low_a flight_n and_o to_o he_o i_o now_o return_v after_o this_o long_a digression_n he_o be_v something_o doubtful_a of_o carry_v on_o his_o assertion_n the_o first_o height_n with_o strength_n of_o reason_n viz._n a_o sufficiency_n of_o mean_n afford_v to_o all_o man_n of_o believe_v in_o christ_n immediate_o by_o the_o creature_n and_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o heaven_n he_o be_v now_o traverse_v his_o ground_n in_o the_o low_a road_n and_o will_v make_v out_o a_o sufficiency_n to_o believe_v in_o christ_n upon_o improvement_n of_o natural_a ability_n according_a to_o the_o stand_a course_n of_o providence_n habenti_fw-la dabitur_fw-la to_o he_o that_o have_v shall_v be_v give_v in_o which_o i_o shall_v engage_v with_o he_o and_o now_o only_o mind_v he_o of_o his_o change_v the_o expression_n his_o task_n be_v to_o prove_v a_o sufficiency_n in_o all_o man_n to_o 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