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kingdom_n to_o the_o beast_n and_o if_o they_o take_v arminias_n his_o way_n let_v they_o reply_v upon_o my_o answer_n to_o arminius_n if_o bellarmin_n let_v they_o reply_v upon_o my_o answer_n to_o bellarmine_n that_o we_o may_v not_o trouble_v the_o world_n with_o out_o tautology_n if_o a_o different_a way_n from_o both_o these_o i_o shall_v be_v glad_a to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o it_o &_o give_v it_o such_o entertainment_n as_o according_a to_o my_o judgement_n it_o shall_v be_v find_v to_o deserve_v so_o that_o with_o epiphanius_n though_o we_o be_v ready_a to_o concur_v in_o deny_v destiny_n which_o as_o before_o we_o hear_v out_o of_o he_o be_v a_o necessity_n derive_v from_o the_o star_n yet_o with_o austin_n we_o may_v still_o hold_v that_o the_o will_n of_o man_n need_v not_o to_o be_v exempt_v from_o all_o necessity_n to_o maintain_v the_o liberty_n
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proof_n whereof_o and_o the_o confirmation_n of_o it_o out_o of_o m._n calvin_n be_v set_v down_o at_o large_a in_o some_o 13._o line_n or_o more_o in_o m._n horde_n discourse_n be_v here_o utter_o leave_v out_o which_o will_v be_v the_o more_o remarkable_a by_o compare_v it_o with_o what_o he_o deliver_v concern_v another_o attribute_n of_o god_n here_o insert_v and_o which_o he_o pretend_v also_o to_o be_v impugn_a by_o our_o doctrine_n p._n 54._o where_o he_o seem_v to_o sup_v up_o that_o which_o here_o he_o deliver_v num._n 3._o these_o word_n be_v insert_v i_o think_v i_o may_v conclude_v with_o the_o word_n of_o prosper_n he_o which_o say_v gall_o that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v but_o a_o certain_a set_a number_n of_o predestinate_a person_n only_o he_o speak_v more_o harsh_o than_o he_o shall_v of_o the_o height_n of_o god_n unsearchable_a grace_n nay_o he_o speak_v that_o which_o can_v stand_v with_o his_o infinite_a grace_n and_o mercy_n 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nothing_o for_o this_o author_n the_o next_o be_v direct_o against_o he_o not_o only_o at_o large_a but_o in_o this_o very_a particular_a wherein_o he_o allead_v prosper_v not_o in_o his_o answer_n to_o this_o 8._o objection_n but_o in_o his_o sentence_n propose_v afterward_o upon_o it_o for_o what_o be_v this_o author_n meaning_n in_o cite_v he_o to_o affirm_v that_o god_n not_o only_o will_v their_o salvation_n who_o he_o have_v predestinate_v but_o all_o man_n also_o or_o at_o least_o that_o such_o as_o say_v the_o contrary_a do_v speak_v more_o harsh_o than_o we_o ought_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o depth_n of_o god_n inscrutable_a grace_n but_o to_o cast_v a_o colour_n that_o prosper_n concurre_v with_o he_o and_o judge_v that_o god_n be_v indifferunt_fw-la to_o save_v all_o but_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o only_o save_v some_o and_o not_o other_o be_v because_o some_o prepare_v themselves_o for_o grace_n and_o according_o he_o bestow_v it_o upon_o they_o other_o do_v not_o prepare_v themselves_o and_o according_o god_fw-we do_v not_o bestow_v it_o upon_o they_o now_o prosper_v direct_o contest_v against_o all_o such_o as_o maintain_v this_o opinion_n and_o that_o in_o two_o particular_n 1._o in_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o give_v the_o reason_n of_o god_n judgement_n and_o that_o draw_v from_o the_o will_n and_o action_n of_o man_n and_o which_o be_v no_o less_o impiety_n in_o think_v that_o grace_n be_v bestow_v by_o way_n of_o reward_n for_o good_a work_n or_o restrain_v from_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o evil_a work_n his_o word_n translate_v run_v thus_o but_o whosoever_o refer_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n work_n and_o judgement_n throughout_o to_o the_o will_n and_o action_n of_o man_n and_o will_v have_v god_n dispensation_n vary_v according_a to_o the_o changeable_a condition_n of_o man_n free_a will_n such_o a_o one_o profess_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n to_o be_v scrutable_a and_o his_o way_n such_o as_o may_v be_v find_v out_o and_o that_o which_o paul_n the_o doctor_n of_o the_o gentile_n dare_v not_o touch_v this_o man_n think_v he_o can_v unlock_v and_o make_v know_v and_o that_o which_o be_v a_o fruit_n of_o no_o less_o impiety_n the_o very_a grace_n of_o god_n whereby_o we_o be_v save_v be_v give_v by_o the_o way_n of_o reward_n for_o good_a work_n and_o deny_v or_o restrain_v for_o evil_a work_n so_o that_o in_o each_o particular_a prosper_n be_v direct_o contrary_a this_o author_n tenet_n now_o see_v the_o most_o part_n of_o man_n have_v not_o the_o grace_n of_o salvation_n that_o be_v such_o a_o grace_n as_o be_v of_o save_a nature_n and_o the_o reason_n by_o god_n do_v not_o give_v it_o they_o be_v not_o in_o consideration_n of_o their_o evil_a work_n let_v any_o other_o sober_a and_o judicious_a aminian_a be_v judge_v whether_o god_n can_v be_v say_v to_o will_v their_o salvation_n in_o such_o a_o sense_n as_o we_o speak_v of_o it_o when_o he_o deny_v they_o the_o grace_n of_o salvation_n and_o that_o not_o for_o their_o evil_a work_n sake_n but_o which_o necessary_o follow_v hereupon_o mere_o according_a to_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n and_o indeed_o in_o prosper_v large_a answer_n to_o this_o eight_o objectionto_fw-it the_o gall_n which_o take_v up_o almost_o a_o whole_a column_n in_o austin_n this_o author_n find_v nothing_o at_o all_o to_o fasten_v upon_o for_o his_o advantage_n but_o yet_o you_o will_v say_v in_o his_o eight_o sentence_n which_o he_o propose_v it_o be_v as_o this_o author_n allege_v i_o grant_v it_o but_o observe_v his_o censure_n well_o the_o inscrutable_a depth_n of_o god_n grace_n may_v suffice_v to_o keep_v we_o from_o speak_v so_o rash_o as_o to_o say_v that_o god_n will_v not_o all_o to_o be_v save_v but_o only_o a_o certain_a number_n of_o person_n predestinate_a where_o observe_v first_o he_o count_v it_o a_o harsh_a speech_n to_o say_v that_o god_n will_v not_o that_o all_o man_n shall_v be_v save_v the_o reason_n whereof_o undouted_o be_v this_o because_o it_o be_v express_o contradictory_n 2._o to_o a_o text_n in_o scripture_n but_o then_o if_o we_o object_n how_o can_v god_n be_v say_v to_o will_v their_o salvation_n who_o he_o have_v not_o predestinate_v to_o who_o he_o will_v not_o give_v the_o grace_n of_o salvation_n &_o that_o not_o for_o their_o evil_a work_n sake_n but_o according_a to_o the_o mere_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n now_o prosper_v answer_n in_o my_o judgement_n be_v this_o the_o depth_n of_o god_n inscrutable_a grace_n will_v bear_v we_o out_o in_o it_o so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o cast_v ourselves_o upon_o so_o harsh_a a_o expression_n as_o to_o deny_v that_o god_n will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v which_o be_v contradictious_a to_o the_o letter_n of_o god_n word_n in_o effect_v it_o be_v as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v a_o secret_a this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v prosper_v meaning_n and_o herein_o i_o remit_v myself_o to_o the_o judicious_a but_o sure_o i_o be_o that_o prosper_n be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o that_o opinion_n whereunto_o this_o author_n by_o virtue_n of_o this_o sentence_n of_o he_o desire_v to_o draw_v he_o in_o like_a manner_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr vocatione_n gentium_fw-la which_o be_v common_o think_v to_o be_v prosper_v though_o vossius_fw-la affect_n to_o entitle_v it_o unto_o another_o upon_o no_o other_o ground_n but_o because_o he_o conject_v that_o author_n not_o to_o be_v so_o rigorous_a in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n as_o prosper_n but_o let_v the_o judicious_a compare_n prosper_v carriage_n in_o this_o particular_a with_o that_o author_n and_o observe_v whether_o they_o do_v not_o exact_o agree_v for_o that_o author_n hold_v up_o that_o text_n of_o paul_n god_n will_v have_v all_o to_o be_v
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 nunquà m_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 consequentiâ—_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 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