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necessary_a and_o that_o there_o be_v some_o act_n of_o faith_n dispositive_a and_o therefore_o antecedent_n to_o justification_n and_o to_o the_o justify_v act_n of_o faith_n of_o which_o i_o design_v if_o god_n will_v to_o treat_v more_o full_o in_o my_o second_n part._n chap._n vi_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o papist_n arminian_o and_o socinian_o about_o the_o subject_a of_o faith_n the_o different_a apprehension_n of_o the_o orthodox_n about_o the_o same_o camero_n amyrald_n dally_v hold_v that_o the_o understanding_n be_v the_o only_a subject_n of_o save_v faith_n yet_o not_o antinomian_o how_o they_o hereby_o be_v enable_v to_o oppose_v justification_n by_o work_n as_o hold_v either_o by_o papist_n socinian_n or_o arminian_n the_o deny_v save_v faith_n to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n be_v not_o antinomianism_n touch_v the_o subject_a or_o seat_n of_o faith_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o understanding_n only_o or_o the_o will_n or_o both_o the_o learned_a have_v different_a apprehension_n and_o some_o great_a man_n sound_v in_o the_o faith_n be_v positive_a that_o it_o be_v only_o in_o the_o understanding_n the_o papist_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v a_o historick_n faith_n to_o be_v save_v confine_v it_o to_o the_o understanding_n and_o yet_o estius_n conform_v to_o the_o sense_n of_o aquinas_n yield_v that_o it_o have_v its_o rise_n from_o the_o will_n by_o which_o the_o understanding_n be_v incline_v to_o believe_v contarenus_n go_v further_a hold_v that_o it_o do_v also_o terminate_v in_o the_o will._n cajetane_a be_v for_o faith_n be_v a_o act_n of_o both_o faculty_n which_o according_a to_o the_o account_n bonaventure_n give_v of_o it_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a schoolman_n and_o as_o le_fw-fr blanc_n 239._o nam_fw-la si_fw-la sermo_n sit_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la viuâ_fw-la &_o per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operante_fw-la quam_fw-la formatam_fw-la appellant_n dubitari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la illa_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la eorum_fw-la ment_fw-la non_fw-la intellectum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la etiam_fw-la occupet_fw-la &_o in_o eâ_fw-la sedem_fw-la habet_fw-la le_fw-fr blanc_n thes_n de_fw-fr subj_fw-la fid._n p._n 239._o out_o of_o who_o i_o have_v take_v these_o passage_n the_o papist_n if_o they_o speak_v of_o their_o live_a faith_n their_o fides_n formata_fw-la must_v place_v it_o in_o the_o will_n it_o be_v love_n a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n that_o according_a unto_o they_o be_v the_o form_n of_o faith_n limborch_n give_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o remonstrant_n 23._o nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la fidem_fw-la nec_fw-la esse_fw-la merum_fw-la intellectus_fw-la nec_fw-la merum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la actum_fw-la sed_fw-la mixtum_fw-la partim_fw-la intellectus_fw-la partim_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la limb._n theol._n christ_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 9_o §_o 23._o say_v that_o faith_n be_v not_o mere_o a_o act_n of_o the_o understanding_n nor_o mere_o of_o the_o will_n but_o mix_v partly_o of_o the_o one_o and_o partly_o of_o the_o other_o crellius_n the_o socinian_n in_o his_o christian_a ethic_n 5._o fides_n dusbus_fw-la modis_fw-la considerari_fw-la potest_fw-la vel_fw-la sola_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la effectis_fw-la conjuncla_fw-la adeoque_fw-la auplex_fw-la iterum_fw-la oritur_fw-la fidei_fw-la significatio_fw-la altera_fw-la propria_fw-la altera_fw-la figurata_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la meconynda_n cum_fw-la synecdoche_n concurrit_fw-la de_fw-fr priori_fw-la jam_fw-la satis_fw-la dictum_fw-la iaque_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la 1_o cor._n 13._o ubi_fw-la fides_n à _fw-la spe_fw-la &_o charitate_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la posterior_n quae_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntarem_n aeque_fw-la aut_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la mentem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la est_fw-la fiducia_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la christum_fw-la collocata_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la asser_n sus_fw-la firmus_fw-la dei_fw-la promissis_fw-la adhibitus_fw-la cum_fw-la vehementi_fw-la desiderio_fw-la conjunctus_fw-la itaque_fw-la haec_fw-la fides_fw-la spem_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o se_fw-la compleclitar_n crel_n christ_n ethic._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 5._o tell_v we_o that_o faith_n may_v be_v consider_v after_o a_o twofold_a manner_n either_o as_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o alone_o or_o as_o in_o conjunction_n with_o its_o effect_n whence_o it_o have_v a_o double_a signification_n the_o one_o proper_a the_o other_o figurative_a in_o which_o a_o metonymy_n do_v meet_v with_o a_o synecdoche_n the_o first_o have_v be_v oft_o speak_v unto_o it_o be_v that_o faith_n mention_v in_o 1_o cor._n 13_o where_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o hope_n and_o charity_n the_o other_o be_v that_o which_o do_v as_o much_o if_o not_o more_o belong_v to_o the_o will_n as_o to_o the_o understanding_n etc._n etc._n this_o point_n have_v be_v of_o late_a year_n much_o controvert_v among_o the_o orthodox_n le_fw-fr blanc_n bring_v in_o chamier_n sup_n le_fw-fr blanc_n ubi_fw-la sup_n wendelin_n bucanus_n rivet_n and_o altingius_n as_o hold_v faith_n to_o be_v seat_v both_o in_o the_o understanding_n 12._o hoornb_n vet._n &_o nou._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o and_o will._n hoornbeeck_n add_v to_o these_o as_o concur_v with_o they_o the_o dutch_a catechism_n vrsine_n paraeus_n trelcatius_n tilenus_n and_o among_o our_o english_a divine_v preston_n and_o ball._n davenant_n and_o wotton_n though_o they_o be_v for_o faith_n be_v a_o fiducia_n yet_o distinguish_v it_o from_o that_o which_o import_v a_o firm_a persuasion_n and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v a_o rely_v on_o christ_n for_o pardon_n and_o a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n and_o to_o belong_v to_o both_o faculty_n dr._n ames_n in_o le_fw-fr blanc_n fix_v it_o only_o in_o the_o will._n cloppenburg_n say_v sup_n clip_v compend_v socin_n consat_fw-la c._n 7._o le_fw-fr blanc_n ubi_fw-la sup_n hurab_n ubi_fw-la sup_n that_o it_o be_v a_o problem_n among_o the_o orthodox_n whether_o the_o understanding_n or_o will_v be_v the_o subject_a of_o 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noshis_fw-la infundere_fw-la hocâ—_n erâ—_n consistere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la fidei_fw-la subjectum_fw-la sit_fw-la tantum_fw-la intellectus_fw-la ut_fw-la docet_fw-la vir_fw-la doctus_fw-la in_o thes_n suis_fw-fr de_fw-fr fide_fw-la span._n exercit._n grat._n univers_n p_o 1675_o 1676._o endeavour_n to_o press_v he_o with_o that_o synod_n declare_v '_o that_o from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n it_o be_v clear_a god_n infuse_v into_o our_o heart_n the_o new_a quality_n of_o faith_n obedience_n and_o the_o sense_n of_o his_o love_n which_o can_v say_v spanhem_n consist_v with_o amyrald_n make_v the_o understanding_n the_o only_a seat_n of_o faith_n to_o this_o the_o learned_a dalley_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o the_o two_o national_a synod_n namely_o abenson_n and_o chaventon_n in_o france_n return_v this_o answer_n it_o be_v true_a 658._o quod_fw-la ait_fw-la synodus_fw-la &_o fidem_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la &_o sensum_fw-la amoris_fw-la dei_fw-la cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la 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