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and_o whereas_o it_o be_v far_o urge_v that_o hereby_o god_n be_v make_v the_o author_n of_o the_o first_o sin_n and_o of_o all_o sin_n as_o i_o find_v by_o d_o r_o whitaker_n discourse_v in_o his_o cygnaea_n concio_fw-la that_o be_v he_o alive_a he_o will_v answer_v hereunto_o that_o this_o author_n take_v his_o aim_n much_o amiss_o consider_v that_o the_o effect_n of_o reprobation_n be_v not_o sin_n but_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n and_o god_n mean_n to_o the_o end_n intend_v by_o he_o to_o wit_n the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o glory_n in_o the_o way_n of_o vindicative_a justice_n be_v not_o sin_n but_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o that_o of_o aquinas_n allege_v by_o the_o foresay_a doctor_n thus_o sicut_fw-la praedestinatio_fw-la includit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la conferendi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la &_o gloriam_fw-la ita_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la includit_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la permittendi_fw-la cadere_fw-la in_o culpam_fw-la &_o inferendi_fw-la damnationis_fw-la poenam_fw-la pro_fw-la culpâ_fw-la and_o as_o i_o discern_v no_o unholinesse_n in_o god_n permit_v of_o sin_n so_o neither_o do_v i_o discern_v any_o cruelty_n therein_o but_o d_o r_o whitaker_n well_o perceive_v that_o this_o course_n of_o god_n counsel_n will_v seem_v injurious_a and_o therefore_o after_o he_o have_v propose_v his_o last_o argument_n draw_v from_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 11._o o_o altitudo_fw-la thus_o vltimò_fw-la illa_fw-la apostoli_fw-la exclamatio_fw-la o_o altitudo_fw-la hanc_fw-la sententiam_fw-la confirmat_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la tantae_fw-la altitudinis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la penetrari_fw-la nequeat_fw-la deum_fw-la odisse_fw-la homines_fw-la propter_fw-la peccatum_fw-la etiam_fw-la antequà m_fw-la nati_fw-la sunt_fw-la immò_fw-la rationi_fw-la convenientissimum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la deus_fw-la far_o nequeat_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la naturae_fw-la suae_fw-la contrarium_fw-la but_o mark_v wherein_o the_o depth_n the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o consist_v in_o his_o judgement_n ib_n i_o demùm_fw-la infinitum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o abyssus_n est_fw-la divinae_fw-la discretionis_fw-la quando_fw-la sine_fw-la peccati_fw-la ratione_fw-la quidam_fw-la reprobantur_fw-la &_o alii_fw-la qui_fw-la nihilo_fw-la erant_fw-la amore_fw-la digniores_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la &_o faelicitatem_fw-la praedestinantur_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la ratio_fw-la discretionis_fw-la ad_fw-la solam_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la referatur_fw-la and_o because_o he_o know_v full_a well_o that_o this_o mysterious_a depth_n of_o god_n counsel_n will_v seem_v very_o harsh_a to_o carnal_a affection_n as_o savour_v of_o cruel_a and_o injurious_a proceed_n therefore_o he_o take_v express_v notice_n of_o it_o and_o that_o in_o augustine_n language_n say_v iniquum_fw-la videtur_fw-la augustinus_n ait_fw-la ut_fw-la sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la bonorum_fw-la malorumque_fw-la operum_fw-la meritis_fw-la unum_fw-la deus_fw-la diligat_fw-la odiatque_fw-la alterum_fw-la whence_o he_o conclude_v according_a to_o austin_n thus_o deus_fw-la igitur_fw-la hunc_fw-la diligit_fw-la illumquè_fw-fr odit_fw-la sine_fw-la meritis_fw-la ullis_fw-la operum_fw-la aut_fw-la bonorum_fw-la aut_fw-la malorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la videri_fw-la possit_fw-la alicui_fw-la iniquum_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la aequissimum_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la deo_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la augustinus_n affirmare_fw-la veritus_fw-la est_fw-la eos_fw-la apostoli_fw-la verbum_fw-la evacuare_fw-la qui_fw-la judicium_fw-la divinae_fw-la discretionis_fw-la ad_fw-la opera_fw-la reducunt_fw-la praevisa_fw-la aut_fw-la praeterita_fw-la and_o so_o conclude_v the_o main_a point_n he_o insist_o on_o thus_o non_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la originale_fw-la causa_fw-la aeternae_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la nedum_fw-la actuale_fw-la so_o that_o both_o austin_n and_o d_o r_o whitaker_n and_o all_o our_o divine_n know_v full_a well_o in_o how_o harsh_a a_o accent_n this_o truth_n sound_v in_o the_o ear_n of_o man_n yet_o because_o the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v testify_v this_o truth_n unto_o we_o it_o become_v all_o christian_a heart_n to_o submit_v and_o to_o acknowledge_v the_o equity_n of_o it_o though_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o comprehend_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o though_o i_o know_v full_a well_o some_o be_v so_o violent_o carry_v with_o the_o zeal_n of_o their_o own_o way_n that_o they_o spare_v not_o to_o profess_v that_o they_o will_v soon_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n then_o yield_v to_o that_o which_o the_o contra-remonstrants_a teach_v which_o for_o aught_o i_o know_v be_v no_o other_o than_o this_o which_o d_o r_o whitaker_n teach_v and_o preach_v public_o in_o the_o university_n of_o cambridge_n be_v at_o that_o time_n professor_n regius_n and_o see_v we_o acknowledge_v the_o seem_a harshness_n of_o it_o as_o well_o as_o our_o adversary_n yet_o because_o we_o find_v it_o reveal_v in_o god_n word_n we_o hold_v it_o our_o duty_n to_o embrace_v it_o and_o therehence_a conclude_v that_o it_o be_v aequissimum_fw-la do_v it_o become_v any_o one_o to_o take_v the_o course_n this_o author_n take_v and_o by_o a_o parallel_n between_o this_o course_n of_o god_n and_o the_o course_n of_o tiberius_n as_o also_o by_o a_o say_n of_o zeno_n servant_n to_o cry_v it_o down_o as_o iniquissimum_fw-la and_o thence_o to_o conclude_v hand_n over_o head_n that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n do_v not_o teach_v it_o be_v this_o a_o christian_a course_n be_v this_o theological_a be_v this_o scholastical_a yet_o in_o my_o judgement_n the_o harshness_n lie_v not_o here_o to_o wit_n in_o the_o point_n of_o god_n purpose_n to_o inflict_v damnation_n consider_v that_o not_o one_o of_o our_o divine_n that_o i_o know_v do_v maintain_v that_o god_n do_v ever_o purpose_n to_o inflict_v damnation_n but_o for_o sin_n or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o harshness_n therein_o that_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o kind_n and_o degree_n of_o punishment_n and_o everlastingness_n thereof_o god_n hold_v they_o everlasting_o as_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o rack_n and_o in_o quick_a sense_n of_o torment_n and_o yet_o we_o maintain_v without_o contradiction_n among_o christian_n that_o it_o be_v just_a with_o god_n to_o do_v so_o for_o one_o act_n of_o drunkenness_n or_o adultery_n or_o the_o like_a unrepented_a of_o which_o kind_n of_o punishment_n never_o any_o tyrant_n in_o the_o world_n be_v know_v to_o take_v or_o can_v take_v but_o the_o harshness_n in_o my_o opinion_n be_v most_o pregnant_a to_o bring_v forth_o distaste_n on_o the_o other_o part_n of_o reprobation_n which_o be_v the_o purpose_n of_o god_n to_o deny_v grace_n this_o be_v deny_v to_o who_o he_o will_v and_o that_o of_o mere_a pleasure_n for_o like_a as_o he_o show_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v so_o the_o scripture_n testify_v that_o he_o harden_v who_o he_o will_n and_o not_o only_a austin_n and_o d_o r_o whitaker_n and_o our_o divine_n general_o do_v take_v notice_n how_o unsavoury_a this_o doctrine_n be_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n especial_o in_o compare_v it_o with_o god_n ordinary_a course_n of_o complain_v of_o man_n for_o their_o disobedience_n even_o of_o those_o who_o himself_o have_v harden_v but_o the_o holy_a apostle_n also_o rom._n 9_o 19_o thou_o will_v say_v then_o and_o be_v it_o so_o do_v god_n harden_v who_o he_o will_v why_o then_o do_v he_o yet_o complain_v for_o who_o have_v resist_v his_o will_n now_o in_o this_o case_n how_o do_v the_o apostle_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o such_o but_o thus_o o_o man_n who_o be_v thou_o that_o dispute_a with_o god_n shall_v the_o thing_n form_v say_v to_o he_o that_o form_v it_o why_o have_v thou_o make_v i_o thus_o have_v not_o the_o potter_n power_n over_o the_o clay_n of_o the_o same_o lump_n to_o make_v one_o vessel_n unto_o honour_n and_o another_o unto_o dishonour_n but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o parallel_n here_o make_v between_o the_o counsel_n of_o tiberius_n and_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n this_o consist_v of_o two_o part_n according_a to_o a_o double_a story_n of_o tiberius_n take_v out_o of_o suetonius_n the_o first_o be_v his_o deal_n with_o drusus_n and_o nero_n the_o two_o son_n of_o germanicus_n these_o varia_fw-la fraud_n induxit_fw-la ut_fw-la concitarentur_fw-la ad_fw-la convitia_fw-la &_o concitati_fw-la perderentur_fw-la he_o use_v cunning_a contrivance_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o reproach_v he_o that_o so_o he_o may_v cover_v his_o cruelty_n in_o their_o death_n under_o a_o pretext_n of_o justice_n what_o these_o cunning_a contrivance_n be_v it_o be_v specify_v by_o suetonius_n but_o i_o hope_v this_o author_n will_v acknowledge_v that_o it_o stand_v he_o upon_o to_o represent_v what_o those_o cunning_a contrivance_n be_v which_o our_o doctrine_n impute_v unto_o god_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o sin_n against_o god_n our_o divine_n common_o teach_v that_o god_n as_o he_o be_v able_a to_o keep_v any_o man_n from_o sin_n as_o he_o do_v the_o angel_n that_o stand_v when_o their_o fellow_n become_v apostate_n the_o cause_n whereof_o austin_n resolve_v into_o amplius_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la give_v by_o god_n either_o in_o their_o creation_n or_o after_o de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 12._o
no_o less_o than_o abominable_a &_o most_o damnable_a sin_n yet_o undoubted_o god_n do_v not_o animate_v herod_n &_o pontius_n pilate_n together_o with_o the_o gentile_n and_o people_n of_o israel_n to_o do_v what_o they_o do_v against_o our_o saviour_n but_o rather_o leave_v they_o to_o be_v order_v by_o his_o law_n wherein_o such_o thing_n be_v prohibit_v and_o nevertheless_o the_o apostle_n in_o their_o pious_a meditation_n with_o one_o voice_n profess_v that_o all_z these_o be_v gather_v together_o against_o the_o holy_a son_n of_o god_n to_o do_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n hand_n and_o god_n council_n have_v predestinate_v to_o be_v do_v and_o why_o the_o like_a be_v not_o to_o be_v acknowledge_v of_o the_o most_o barbarous_a fact_n commit_v by_o tiberius_n or_o any_o other_o monster_n of_o nature_n i_o know_v no_o reason_n and_o as_o touch_v shameful_a course_n no_o less_o abominable_a in_o the_o kind_n of_o act_n flagitious_a as_o these_o here_o mention_v of_o tiberius_n be_v in_o the_o kind_n of_o act_n facinorous_a the_o apostle_n profess_v both_o that_o god_n give_v they_o up_o to_o vile_a affection_n and_o to_o the_o lust_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n to_o the_o commit_n of_o such_o abomination_n and_o also_o that_o herein_o they_o receive_v such_o recompense_n of_o their_o error_n as_o be_v meet_v and_o the_o error_n which_o god_n avenge_v in_o this_o manner_n what_o be_v it_o but_o such_o wherein_o tiberius_n be_v as_o deep_a as_o those_o who_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o namely_o in_o change_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a god_n to_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o image_n of_o a_o corruptible_a man_n and_o of_o bird_n and_o of_o four_o footed_a beast_n and_o of_o creep_a thing_n and_o they_o be_v but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o which_o god_n deliver_v up_o tiberius_n and_o to_o such_o god_n deliver_v up_o they_o of_o who_o the_o apostle_n speak_v and_o his_o action_n as_o well_o as_o they_o be_v equal_o the_o fruit_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 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they_o bring_v in_o their_o seven_o for_o the_o most_o part_n intricate_a question_n reponebant_fw-la deinde_fw-la septem_fw-la alius_fw-la tum_fw-la de_fw-la electione_n tum_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la questiones_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la a_o pastoribus_fw-la à _fw-la classibus_fw-la deputatis_fw-la responderi_fw-la volebant_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la controversiae_fw-la de_fw-la primo_fw-la articulo_fw-la statum_fw-la non_fw-la spectarent_fw-la etiam_fw-la mutilae_fw-la atque_fw-la intricatae_fw-la pleraeque_fw-la essent_fw-la eumque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la proponerentur_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la a_o praecipuo_fw-la controversiae_fw-la statu_fw-la rectaque_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la in_o ambage_n ad_fw-la ducerent_fw-la pastor_n expositâ_fw-la per_fw-la libellum_fw-la supplicem_fw-la illust_n ordd._n iniquâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la non_fw-la quidem_fw-la deprecati_fw-la sunt_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la manifestarent_fw-la uti_fw-la remonstrantes_n improbè_fw-la saepius_fw-la ipsis_fw-la objectarunt_fw-la sed_fw-la disertè_fw-la sententiam_fw-la svam_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la pacem_fw-la atque_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la sufficere_fw-la existimarent_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o scripto_fw-la declararunt_fw-la se_fw-la nimirum_fw-la cum_fw-la aeternum_fw-la electionis_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la ponunt_fw-la simul_fw-la quoque_fw-la ponere_fw-la aeternum_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la &_o rejectione_n quarundam_fw-la singularium_fw-la personarum_fw-la decretum_fw-la quum_fw-la fieri_fw-la nequeat_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la electio_fw-la quin_fw-la simul_fw-la quòque_fw-la sit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la aut_fw-la derelictio_fw-la difficiles_fw-la omnes_fw-la circa_fw-la hunc_fw-la articulum_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la temere_fw-la excutere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la inutilibus_fw-la disputationibus_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la profuturis_fw-la litibus_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la replere_fw-la ejusque_fw-la pacem_fw-la perturbare_fw-la declarationem_fw-la svam_fw-la hanc_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n expressam_fw-la moderatis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la paceâ—que_fw-la amantibus_fw-la ingeniis_fw-la sufficere_fw-la debere_fw-la credi_n videlicet_fw-la ac_fw-la doceri_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la deum_fw-la neminem_fw-la condemnare_fw-la imò_fw-la verò_fw-la ne_fw-la statuisse_fw-la quidem_fw-la condemnare_fw-la quenquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la justè_fw-la propter_fw-la propria_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccata_fw-la placuit_fw-la itaque_fw-la illust_n ordd._n ut_fw-la missis_fw-la illis_fw-la spinosis_n quaestionibus_fw-la ad_fw-la articulorum_fw-la pertractationem_fw-la deveniretur_fw-la and_o pag._n 136._o &_o 156._o i_o find_v this_o objection_n propose_v by_o the_o remonstrant_n in_o these_o word_n pag._n 156._o in_o collatione_fw-la haghiensi_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n illust_n hollandiae_fw-la &_o westfriziae_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la exhibito_fw-la deprecati_fw-la sunt_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la &_o more_o at_o large_a pag._n 195._o thus_o ipsi_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a cum_fw-la in_o colloquio_fw-la haghiensi_fw-la jussi_fw-la essent_fw-la ad_fw-la interrogata_fw-la quaedam_fw-la nostra_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la respondere_fw-la magistratui_fw-la morem_fw-la gerere_fw-la gravati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la usque_fw-la adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la collationem_fw-la caeptam_fw-la abrumpere_fw-la se_fw-la it_fw-la profiterentur_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la summarum_fw-la potestatum_fw-la imperio_fw-la se_fw-la constringi_fw-la paterentur_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la praetexentes_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la aedificationi_fw-la obfuturam_fw-la eam_fw-la agendi_fw-la rationem_fw-la judicarent_fw-la now_o to_o this_o pag._n 157._o festus_n hominus_fw-la one_o present_a in_o that_o conference_n stand_v up_o and_o answer_v exposuitque_fw-la paucis_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la bonâ_fw-la fide_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la illis_fw-la dicerentur_fw-la se_fw-la libello_fw-la supplice_n non_fw-la fuisse_fw-la deprecatos_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ageretur_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la quia_fw-la remonstrantes_n subdolè_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la collationis_fw-la initio_fw-la septem_fw-la questionibus_fw-la spinosis_n ac_fw-la minime_fw-la necessariis_fw-la non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ad_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la sed_fw-la electionis_fw-la quoque_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la à _fw-la recto_fw-la agendi_fw-la ordine_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a in_o ambage_n adducere_fw-la conarentur_fw-la contra-remonstrantes_a libello_fw-la supplice_n apud_fw-la illust-ordd_a de_fw-fr tam_fw-la iniquâ_fw-la agendi_fw-la ratione_fw-la conquestos_fw-la fuisse_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la remonstrantibus_fw-la mandaretur_fw-la 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shall_v account_v the_o matter_n of_o reprobation_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v the_o doctrine_n of_o reprobation_n a_o odious_a matter_n a_o odious_a doctrine_n for_o we_o common_o signify_v hereby_o such_o a_o doctrine_n as_o deserve_v to_o be_v hate_v but_o i_o think_v withal_o that_o they_o may_v express_v rather_o what_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o it_o in_o the_o event_n namely_o that_o it_o be_v entertain_v with_o hatred_n not_o of_o all_o neither_o nor_o of_o any_o of_o those_o that_o submit_v their_o judgement_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n but_o rather_o of_o those_o and_o of_o those_o only_a who_o follow_v the_o judgement_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n yet_o i_o think_v good_a to_o inquire_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o fact_n here_o mention_v and_o i_o find_v it_o in_o the_o page_n mention_v and_o how_o the_o remonstrant_n themselves_o do_v express_v this_o even_o as_o here_o it_o be_v express_v thus_o a_o reverendo_fw-la praeside_fw-la moniti_fw-la 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