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1_o sam._n 14._o 41._o jonah_n chap._n 1._o 8._o mathias_n act._n 1._o 26._o and_o yet_o this_o overrule_a act_n of_o god_n providence_n as_o no_o other_o decree_n or_o act_v of_o his_o do_v not_o rob_v thing_n contingent_a of_o their_o proper_a nature_n for_o can_v he_o who_o effectual_o cause_v that_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v cause_n also_o that_o they_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v contingent_o four_o god_n predetermination_n of_o second_o cause_n which_o i_o name_v not_o last_v as_o though_o it_o be_v the_o last_o act_n of_o god_n providence_n about_o his_o creature_n for_o indeed_o it_o be_v the_o first_o that_o concern_v their_o operation_n be_v that_o effectual_a work_n of_o his_o according_a to_o his_o eternal_a purpose_n whereby_o though_o some_o agent_n as_o the_o will_n of_o man_n be_v cause_n most_o free_a and_o indefinite_a or_o unlimited_a lord_n of_o their_o own_o action_n in_o respect_n of_o their_o internal_a principle_n of_o operation_n that_o be_v their_o 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which_o he_o have_v in_o our_o action_n whensoever_o we_o please_v to_o use_v he_o or_o if_o we_o please_v to_o let_v he_o alone_o he_o no_o way_n move_v we_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o any_o thing_n now_o god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v give_v our_o consent_n to_o the_o choice_n of_o such_o a_o captain_n under_o who_o conduct_n we_o may_v go_v down_o again_o unto_o paganism_n to_o the_o erect_n of_o such_o a_o idol_n into_o the_o throne_n of_o the_o almighty_a no_o doubtless_o let_v we_o be_v most_o indulgent_a to_o our_o will_n and_o assign_v they_o all_o the_o liberty_n that_o be_v competent_a unto_o a_o create_a nature_n to_o do_v all_o thing_n free_o according_a to_o election_n and_o forego_v counsel_n be_v free_a from_o all_o natural_a necessity_n and_o outward_a compulsion_n but_o for_o all_o this_o let_v we_o not_o presume_v to_o deny_v god_n effectual_a assistance_n his_o particular_a powerful_a influence_n into_o the_o will_n and_o action_n of_o his_o creature_n direct_v of_o they_o to_o a_o voluntary_a performance_n of_o what_o he_o have_v determine_v which_o the_o arminian_n oppose_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o their_o darling_n freewill_n do_v work_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n a_o overween_a of_o their_o own_o power_n and_o a_o absolute_a independence_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n for_o first_o they_o deny_v that_o god_n in_o who_o we_o live_v and_o move_v and_o have_v our_o be_v do_v any_o thing_n by_o his_o providence_n 35._o whereby_o the_o creature_n shall_v be_v stir_v up_o or_o help_v in_o any_o of_o his_o action_n that_o be_v god_n whole_o leave_v a_o man_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o own_o counsel_n to_o the_o disposal_n of_o his_o own_o absolute_a independent_a power_n without_o any_o respect_n to_o his_o providence_n at_o all_o whence_o as_o they_o do_v they_o may_v well_o conclude_v 4._o that_o those_o thing_n which_o god_n will_v have_v to_o be_v do_v of_o we_o free_o such_o as_o be_v all_o humane_a action_n he_o can_v himself_o will_v or_o work_v more_o powerful_a and_o effectual_o then_o by_o the_o way_n of_o wish_v or_o desire_v as_o vorstius_n speak_v which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o one_o man_n can_v do_v concern_v another_o perhaps_o far_o less_o than_o a_o angel_n i_o can_v wish_v or_o desire_v that_o another_o man_n will_v do_v what_o i_o have_v a_o mind_n he_o shall_v but_o true_o to_o describe_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n by_o such_o expression_n seem_v to_o i_o intolerable_a blasphemy_n but_o thus_o it_o must_v be_v without_o such_o help_n as_o these_o dagon_n can_v keep_v on_o his_o head_n nor_o the_o idol_n of_o uncontrollable_a freewill_n enjoy_v his_o dominion_n 33._o hence_o corvinus_n will_v grant_v that_o the_o kill_n of_o a_o man_n by_o the_o slip_n of_o a_o axe_n head_n from_o the_o helve_z although_o contingent_a may_v be_v say_v to_o happen_v according_a to_o god_n counsel_n and_o determinate_a will_n but_o on_o no_o term_n will_v he_o yield_v that_o this_o may_v be_v apply_v 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each_o particular_a 11._o herein_o say_v arminius_n consist_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_v that_o all_o thing_n require_v to_o enable_v it_o to_o will_v any_o thing_n be_v accomplish_v it_o still_o remain_v indifferent_a to_o will_n or_o not_o and_o all_o of_o they_o at_o the_o synod_n 16._o there_o be_v say_v they_o accompany_v the_o will_n of_o man_n a_o inseparable_a property_n which_o we_o call_v liberty_n from_o whence_o the_o will_n be_v term_v a_o power_n which_o when_o all_o thing_n prerequire_v as_o necessary_a to_o operation_n be_v fulfil_v may_v will_v any_o thing_n or_o not_o will_v it_o that_o be_v our_o free-wil_n have_v such_o a_o absolute_a and_o uncontrollable_a power_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o all_o humane_a action_n that_o no_o influence_n of_o god_n providence_n no_o certainty_n of_o his_o decree_n no_o unchangeableness_n of_o his_o purpose_n can_v sway_v it_o at_o all_o in_o its_o free_a determination_n or_o have_v any_o power_n with_o his_o highness_n to_o 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thereof_o 272._o for_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o every_o man_n in_o the_o world_n of_o believe_v if_o he_o will_v and_o of_o attain_v salvation_n and_o that_o this_o power_n be_v settle_v in_o his_o nature_n what_o argument_n have_v you_o to_o confute_v he_o say_v arminius_n triumphant_o to_o perkins_n where_o the_o sophistical_a innovator_n as_o plain_o confound_v grace_n and_o nature_n as_o ever_o do_v pelagius_n that_o then_o which_o the_o arminian_n claim_v here_o in_o behalf_n of_o their_o freewill_n be_v a_o absolute_a independence_n on_o god_n providence_n in_o do_v any_o thing_n and_o of_o his_o grace_n in_o do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a a_o selfe-sufficiencie_n in_o all_o its_o operation_n a_o plenary_a indifferency_n of_o do_v what_o we_o will_v this_o or_o that_o as_o be_v neither_o determine_v to_o the_o one_o nor_o incline_v to_o the_o other_o by_o any_o overrule_a influence_n from_o heaven_n so_o that_o the_o good_a act_n of_o our_o will_n have_v no_o 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nature_n unless_o we_o will_v deny_v the_o fall_n of_o adam_n and_o fancy_v ourselves_o still_o in_o paradise_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v these_o thing_n apart_o first_o i_o shall_v not_o stand_v to_o decipher_v the_o nature_n of_o humane_a liberty_n which_o perhaps_o will_v require_v a_o large_a discourse_n than_o my_o propose_a method_n will_v bear_v it_o may_v suffice_v that_o according_a to_o my_o former_a intimation_n we_o grant_v as_o large_a a_o freedom_n and_o dominion_n to_o our_o will_n over_o their_o own_o act_n as_o a_o creature_n subject_a to_o the_o supreme_a rule_n of_o god_n providence_n be_v capable_a of_o endue_v we_o be_v with_o such_o a_o liberty_n of_o will_n as_o be_v free_a from_o all_o outward_a compulsion_n and_o inward_a necessity_n have_v a_o elective_a faculty_n of_o apply_v itself_o unto_o that_o which_o seem_v good_a unto_o it_o in_o which_o its_o free_a choice_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o i_o show_v before_o chapter_n 4._o most_o free_a it_o be_v in_o all_o its_o act_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o object_n it_o choose_v and_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o vital_a power_n and_o faculty_n whereby_o it_o work_v infallible_o comply_v with_o god_n providence_n and_o work_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o motion_n thereof_o but_o sure_o to_o assert_v such_o a_o supreme_a independency_n and_o every_o way_n unbounded_a indifferency_n as_o the_o arminian_n claim_n whereby_o all_o other_o thing_n requisite_a be_v presuppose_v it_o shall_v remain_v absolute_o in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o will_v or_o not_o to_o will_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n or_o not_o to_o do_v it_o be_v plain_o to_o deny_v that_o our_o will_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o most_o high_a it_o be_v grant_v that_o in_o such_o a_o chymaericall_a fancy_a consideration_n of_o freewill_n wherein_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o any_o act_n of_o god_n but_o only_o its_o creation_n abstract_v from_o his_o decree_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v such_o a_o liberty_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o object_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v this_o divide_a sense_n be_v plain_a nonsense_n a_o mere_a fiction_n of_o such_o a_o estate_n wherein_o it_o never_o be_v nor_o ever_o can_v be_v so_o long_o as_o man_n will_v confess_v any_o deity_n but_o themselves_o to_o who_o determination_n they_o must_v be_v subject_a until_o then_o more_o significant_a term_n may_v be_v invent_v for_o this_o free_a power_n in_o our_o nature_n which_o the_o scripture_n never_o once_o vouchsafe_v to_o name_n i_o shall_v be_v content_a to_o call_v it_o with_o prosper_n 379._o a_o spontaneous_a appetite_n of_o what_o seem_v good_a unto_o it_o free_a from_o all_o compulsion_n but_o subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n and_o