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A26883 Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,; Catholick theologie Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1675 (1675) Wing B1209; ESTC R14583 1,054,813 754

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39_o fol._n 338._o labour_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o increase_n of_o grace_n or_o glory_n be_v not_o merit_v de_fw-fr condigno_fw-la but_o the_o congr●o_o and_o that_o all_o catholic_n so_o hold_v and_o next_o deny_v merit_n de_fw-fr congruo_fw-la and_o all_o by_o reason_n which_o s._n clara_n take_v to_o be_v valid_a soto_n a_o thomist_n deny_v all_o merit_n de_fw-fr congruo_fw-la and_o say_v the_o father_n hold_v it_o not_o 4._o d._n 14._o q._n 2._o a._n 5._o &_o l._n 2._o the_o nat_n &_o grat._n c._n 4._o bonaventure_n 2._o d._n 28._o a._n 2._o say_v pelagius_n err_v 1._o in_o hold_v that_o the_o first_o grace_n be_v merit_v 2._o that_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o freewill_n we_o can_v dispose_v or_o prepare_v ourselves_o for_o grace_n s._n clara_n say_v aestimo_fw-la esse_fw-la omnium_fw-la scholasticorum_fw-la non_fw-la dari_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la peccatoris_fw-la ullam_fw-la causam_fw-la meritoriam_fw-la dispositionem_fw-la aut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ad_fw-la primam_fw-la 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which_o in_o your_o confession_n you_o do_v not_o r._n 1._o i_o like_v the_o scripture_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o they_o that_o translate_v it_o worthy_a and_o account_v condignity_n the_o high_a notion_n of_o merit_n seem_v to_o allow_v that_o it_o may_v be_v translate_v merit_a 2._o i_o will_v fain_o find_v a_o word_n to_o serve_v instead_o of_o merit_n answer_v reward_n and_o i_o can_v what_o word_n can_v you_o find_v premiability_n and_o rewardableness_n be_v long_o and_o unhandsome_a and_o i_o remember_v no_o other_o without_o use_v many_o word_n 3._o yet_o i_o wish_v it_o disuse_v to_o avoid_v abuse_n and_o offence_n l._n but_o when_o cassander_n say_v it_o be_v use_v as_o not_o encroach_a on_o grace_n i_o take_v all_o merit_n to_o encroach_v upon_o it_o and_o injure_v it_o r._n i_o ask_v you_o quest_n 1._o if_o you_o preach_v that_o a_o holy_a lover_n of_o god_n be_v fit_a for_o heaven_n and_o happiness_n in_o god_n love_n than_o a_o wicked_a man_n and_o have_v a_o promise_n of_o it_o and_o another_o preach_v that_o the_o saint_n be_v no_o fit_a for_o god_n love_n and_o happiness_n than_o the_o wicked_a but_o only_o it_o be_v promise_v
more_o be_v godly_a vulgar_a people_n ignorant_a and_o consequent_o err_v in_o many_o thing_n even_o they_o that_o cry_v out_o against_o the_o vulgar_a ignorance_n and_o insufficient_a teacher_n know_v far_o less_o than_o they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o themselves_o 5._o he_o that_o mistake_o think_v any_o thing_n be_v good_a or_o bad_a duty_n or_o sin_n which_o be_v not_o so_o will_v be_v zealous_a in_o pursuit_n of_o his_o mistake_n if_o he_o be_v serious_a for_o god_n a_o good_a principle_n will_v hasten_v he_o on_o in_o a_o wrong_a way_n whatever_o it_o cost_v he_o 6._o ignorance_n and_o timerousness_n cause_n superstition_n which_o be_v a_o conceit_n that_o god_n be_v please_v by_o overdo_v in_o external_a thing_n and_o observance_n and_o law_n of_o their_o own_o make_n and_o so_o they_o that_o make_v part_n of_o their_o own_o religion_n superstitious_o as_o most_o good_a people_n do_v in_o some_o thing_n through_o ignorance_n will_v censure_v all_o other_o as_o good_a or_o bad_a by_o 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and_o will_v not_o distinguish_v between_o that_o private_a familiarity_n which_o be_v in_o their_o own_o power_n and_o that_o public_a church_n communion_n which_o the_o church_n pastor_n be_v the_o guide_v and_o judge_n of_o and_o so_o the_o honesty_n and_o the_o ignorance_n of_o these_o good_a man_n meet_v with_o the_o vulgar_a wickedness_n will_v be_v as_o the_o congress_n of_o fire_n and_o water_n and_o will_v occasion_v rupture_n and_o party_n in_o the_o church_n 9_o the_o carnal_a clergy_n will_v usual_o hate_v and_o persecute_v godly_a zealous_a preacher_n as_o even_o the_o case_n of_o ph._n nerius_n and_o baronius_n at_o rome_n show_v which_o have_v almost_o make_v disturbance_n and_o then_o suffering_n will_v be_v a_o strong_a temptation_n to_o hard_a thought_n and_o too_o much_o alienation_n than_o most_o be_v able_a well_o to_o overcome_v 10._o and_o the_o godly_a people_n will_v adhere_v to_o their_o godly_a suffer_a teacher_n and_o run_v further_o in_o bitterness_n 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shall_v rule_v and_o thus_o division_n be_v occasion_v even_o by_o piety_n itself_o ii_o but_o yet_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o division_n never_o so_o many_o and_o pernicious_a interest_n may_v have_v lead_v
proper_a sense_n of_o create_a goodness_n because_o he_o can_v make_v it_o any_o other_o than_o what_o he_o will_v it_o to_o be_v but_o he_o may_v make_v it_o otherwise_o and_o may_v diversify_v it_o and_o make_v particular_a creature_n better_a to_o themselves_o and_o one_o another_o which_o be_v a_o low_a sense_n of_o goodness_n but_o in_o all_o diversification_n they_o will_v be_v still_o perfect_o agreeable_a to_o his_o will_n and_o so_o be_v still_o equal_o good_a or_o best_n 10._o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o three_o rank_n of_o being_n the_o act_n of_o free-agent_n be_v their_o conformity_n to_o his_o law_n or_o govern_v regulate_a will._n 11._o god_n have_v as_o creator_n and_o motor_n become_v the_o voluntary_a root_n or_o spring_n of_o nature_n and_o natural_a motion_n and_o according_o establish_v all_o second_o cause_n as_o natural_a agent_n under_o he_o and_o do_v by_o they_o operate_v in_o a_o natural_a necessitate_v and_o constant_a way_n and_o this_o be_v antecedent_n to_o his_o law_n to_o free_a agent_n and_o this_o natural_a course_n of_o agency_n we_o must_v not_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v alter_v but_o rare_o by_o miracle_n 12._o nothing_o be_v at_o enmity_n and_o active_o opponent_n to_o god_n natural_a agency_n or_o motion_n for_o else_o there_o shall_v be_v something_o beside_o god_n and_o his_o work_n which_o he_o must_v overcome_v though_o some_o natural_a motion_n may_v oppose_v each_o other_o yet_o all_o concur_v to_o one_o end_n 13._o nonentity_n or_o nothingness_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o god_n as_o a_o opponent_n 14._o therefore_o see_v ibid._n see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v say_v alliac_n camerac_n 1._o q._n 12._o a._n 1._o b._n reprobatio_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la est_fw-la non-propositum_a dandi_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la ille_fw-la dicitur_fw-la reprobatus_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la proposuit_fw-la dare_v vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la meritoriis_fw-la perseverent_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la conditio_fw-la impleatur_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la vellet_fw-la utique_fw-la impleretur_fw-la but_o he_o say_v not_o vult_fw-la non_fw-la impleri_fw-la etc._n etc._n gregorius_n non_fw-la debuit_fw-la infer_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la misereri_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n nolle_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la velle_fw-la but_o a_o velle-non_a which_o be_v the_o war_n of_o the_o will_n against_o a_o opponent_n and_o the_o root_n of_o opposition_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la it_o be_v a_o unmeet_a phrase_n to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v nile_n any_o nonentity_n or_o any_o mere_a natural_a opposition_n to_o he_o or_o that_o he_o will_v any_o natural_a entity_n or_o motion_n which_o he_o effect_v not_o 15._o but_o god_n be_v secondary_o the_o rector_n of_o free-agent_n and_o make_v they_o law_n to_o rule_v their_o own_o volition_n and_o action_n he_o do_v by_o those_o law_n oblige_v their_o reason_n and_o will_n to_o restrain_v and_o resist_v some_o natural_a or_o sensitive_a appetite_n and_o inclination_n and_o so_o to_o resist_v some_o natural_a motion_n of_o god_n in_o nature_n in_o which_o he_o be_v please_v to_o operate_v by_o second_o cause_n but_o in_o tantum_fw-la and_o resistible_o as_o a_o strong_a natural_a motion_n may_v resist_v a_o weak_a 16._o and_o god_n do_v by_o his_o grace_n and_o help_v internal_a and_o external_a assist_v they_o in_o that_o resist_a agency_n which_o he_o oblige_v they_o to_o 17._o therefore_o god_n may_v two_o way_n be_v say_v to_o resist_v his_o own_o natural_a motion_n by_o his_o law_n and_o by_o his_o assist_a grace_n but_o his_o law_n contradict_v not_o one_o another_o 18._o to_o god_n as_o mere_a rector_n therefore_o two_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v opponent_n 1._o such_o sensitive_a and_o natural_a inclination_n and_o action_n as_o be_v by_o grace_n to_o be_v resist_v 2._o and_o all_o moral_a evil_n 19_o and_o therefore_o as_o god_n may_v be_v say_v to_o resist_v these_o so_o also_o first_o to_o will_v they_o and_o so_o to_o have_v decree_n against_o they_o 20._o god_n volition_n and_o nolition_n here_o be_v his_o essential_a will_n denominate_v from_o the_o effect_n and_o object_n and_o that_o effect_n of_o god_n from_o which_o he_o be_v say_v to_o will_v both_o these_o be_v as_o be_v say_v 1._o his_o law_n 2._o his_o grace_n or_o help_v and_o in_o this_o we_o be_v agree_v 1._o that_o he_o forbid_v sin_n and_o command_v we_o the_o restraint_n of_o appetite_n and_o sense_n etc._n etc._n 2._o and_o that_o he_o help_v we_o so_o to_o do_v therefore_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o school-controversy_n here_o that_o trouble_v the_o world_n be_v but_o logomachy_n about_o the_o name_n of_o nolition_n and_o nolitive_a decree_n 21._o the_o thing_n proper_o will_v by_o god_n in_o a_o law_n be_v but_o the_o debitum_fw-la the_o duty_n of_o the_o subject_n to_o do_v what_o be_v command_v and_o not_o to_o do_v what_o be_v forbid_v 22._o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a non-agency_a that_o be_v mean_v by_o a_o prohibition_n but_o a_o positive_a nolition_n of_o the_o subject_n restrain_v he_o from_o the_o forbid_a act_n and_o all_o proper_a moral_a obedience_n or_o disobedience_n good_a or_o evil_a be_v primary_o in_o the_o will_n and_o no_o further_a secondary_o in_o the_o exterior_a act_n or_o restraint_n than_o as_o they_o be_v voluntary_a and_o in_o non-agency_a but_o in_o a_o three_o sense_n or_o instance_n as_o the_o consequent_a of_o nolition_n and_o the_o refrain_v act_n 23._o if_o any_o therefore_o will_v say_v in_o this_o sense_n that_o god_n do_v positive_o nile_n the_o forbid_a act_n and_o so_o will_v a_o nonentity_n sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la mali_fw-la moralis_fw-la in_o this_o remote_a sense_n we_o will_v not_o contradict_v he_o but_o say_v as_o he_o 24._o and_o according_o we_o may_v say_v that_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a decree_n of_o nonentities_a or_o against_o moral_a evil_n where_o non-agency_a be_v loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la that_o be_v in_o tantum_fw-la so_o far_o as_o to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o do_v against_o it_o but_o not_o absolutè_fw-la ne_fw-la eveniat_fw-la ubi_fw-la evenit_fw-la 25._o but_o we_o may_v not_o therefore_o speak_v so_o unapt_o as_o to_o say_v that_o he_o will_v positive_o all_o or_o any_o nonentity_n or_o non-futurity_n of_o mere_a natural_n that_o be_v non-futura_a 26._o therefore_o we_o may_v much_o less_o say_v it_o of_o his_o own_o natural_a impedition_n that_o he_o positive_o will_v non-impedire_a ubi_fw-la non_fw-la impedit_fw-la for_o he_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v of_o as_o a_o restrainer_n of_o himself_o by_o law_n or_o self-opposition_n it_o be_v enough_o to_o say_v that_o non-vult_a impedire_fw-la 27._o much_o less_o may_v we_o say_v that_o positive_o vult_fw-la non_fw-la velle-impedire_a lest_o we_o make_v another_o velle_fw-la necessary_a to_o that_o velle_fw-la and_o so_o in_o infinitum_fw-la peccati_fw-la ●annes_n in_o 1._o q._n 23._o a._n 3._o p._n 2●●_n confess_v that_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o this_o question_n be_v but_o which_o way_n god_n who_o be_v one_o pure_a act_n unvaried_a about_o all_o variety_n be_v most_o convenient_o to_o be_v mention_v by_o we_o and_o that_o deus_n respect_v culpae_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la ●●at_fw-la in_o reprobi●_n non_fw-la habuit_fw-la a●●um_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la affirmati●um_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la esse_fw-la pec●ata_fw-la a●●_n illos_fw-la p●ccaturos_fw-la whence_o it_o follow_v that_o all_o future_n or_o existent_n be_v not_o positive_o will_v even_o the_o formale_a p●●cati_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la ●uturum_fw-la but_o he_o think_v it_o most_o fit_a to_o say_v that_o god_n positive_o will_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n 1._o because_o it_o be_v good_n ans●r_n nothing_o be_v ●●●ther_o good_a nor_o bad_a 2._o b●●_n ause_fw-la else_o the_o difference_n between_o the_o predestinate_a and_o reprobate_a will_v not_o fall_v under_o providence_n answ_n as_o if_o give_v that_o grace_n to_o on●_n which_o be_v not_o give_v to_o another_o make_v no_o difference_n 3._o because_o else_o ●n_o will_v come_v by_o cha●●●e_a as_o to_o god_n foreknowledge_n answ_n as_o if_o nothing_o will_v not_o be_v nothing_o without_o a_o positive_a d●●r●e_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v nothing_o or_o god_n can_v not_o know_v a_o nothing_o or_o a_o crime_n as_o such_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v quid_fw-la intellect●i_fw-la perfe●●●●im●_n intelligibile_fw-la without_o positive_a willing_a it_o how_o then_o know_v he_o the_o female_a peccati_fw-la 28._o it_o be_v proper_a to_o say_v that_o deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la permittere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la ubi_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la permittit_fw-la and_o that_o vult_fw-la permittere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la indifferens_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la legem_fw-la positive_a permissum_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la permissio_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la quid_fw-la positivum_fw-la 29._o after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n
noxious_a evil_n we_o must_v not_o ascribe_v such_o imperfection_n to_o god_n but_o only_o such_o nolition_n as_o his_o action_n as_o rector_n per_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o judicia_fw-la have_v make_v to_o signify_v no_o imperfection_n as_o be_v not_o contra_fw-la nocumenta_fw-la but_o only_o contra_fw-la injurias_fw-la as_o against_o himself_o &_o contra_fw-la nocumenta_fw-la as_o against_o his_o creature_n i._n e._n contra_fw-la peccatum_fw-la and_o now_o i_o may_v answer_v the_o solitary_a argument_n of_o vasquez_n mention_v in_o the_o margin_n that_o non_fw-la entia_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v gratiam_fw-la non_fw-la impedire_fw-la peccatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n may_v have_v aliquam_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o amabilitatis_fw-la and_o so_o may_v be_v will_v love_v or_o decree_v answ_n 1._o in_o mere_a natural_n negation_n be_v not_o proper_o any_o way_n good_a or_o evil_n but_o privation_n be_v natural_a evil_n and_o not_o good_a 2._o to_o be_v occasio_fw-la sinè_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la of_o good_a as_o sickness_n be_v of_o the_o physicians_n honour_n and_o sin_n of_o god_n be_v not_o any_o true_a ratio_fw-la boni_fw-la vel_fw-la amabilis_fw-la the_o bonum_fw-la &_o amabile_fw-la be_v only_a the_o good_a that_o on_o that_o occasion_n be_v do_v the_o occasion_n be_v neither_o efficient_a constitutive_a or_o final_a cause_n of_o any_o good_a nor_o any_o causal_n proper_a medium_n 3._o in_o moral_n mere_a negation_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a nor_o have_v any_o morality_n but_o only_o positives_n and_o privation_n 4._o in_o moral_n god_n judicial_o do_v that_o whence_o penal_a privation_n follow_v and_o he_o may_v penal_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la non_fw-la dare_v gratiam_fw-la to_o execute_v his_o law_n and_o demonstrate_v his_o truth_n and_o justice_n on_o sinner_n and_o occasion_n the_o perception_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o other_o and_o here_o the_o non-agere_a non-dare_a permittere_fw-la be_v loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la volitae_fw-la may_v after_o our_o mode_n be_v say_v to_o be_v volita_fw-la seu_fw-la decreta_fw-la &_o bona_fw-la but_o proper_o it_o be_v not_o the_o nonentity_n that_o be_v bonum_fw-la or_o volitum_fw-la but_o the_o positive_a law_n and_o judgement_n and_o the_o relatio_fw-la debiti_fw-la p●nae_fw-la and_o the_o ratio_fw-la poenae_fw-la in_o the_o privation_n and_o the_o demonstration_n of_o truth_n justice_n holiness_n etc._n etc._n therein_o 5._o but_o sinful_a privation_n that_o be_v sinful_a volition_n nolition_n or_o non-v●litions_a of_o the_o creature_n be_v not_o proper_o per_fw-mi se_fw-mi or_o per_fw-la accidens_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la propter_fw-la aliud_fw-la good_a or_o amiable_a or_o will_v or_o decree_v of_o god_n and_o they_o that_o prove_v that_o god_n can_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o can_v be_v causa_fw-la deficiens_fw-la must_v mean_v as_o much_o or_o speak_v impertinent_o and_o deceitful_o it_o be_v not_o impertinent_a which_o judicious_a strangius_n say_v lib._n 3._o c._n 13._o p._n 677_o 678._o if_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la be_v a_o useless_a conceit_n how_o much_o more_o cum_fw-la extenditur_fw-la ad_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la infinitas_fw-la &_o vanissimas_fw-la connexiones_fw-la rerum_fw-la disparatarum_fw-la quae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la he_o instance_v in_o many_o and_o add_v de_fw-fr hac_fw-la re_fw-mi ariaga_n disp_n to_o 1._o d._n 21._o sect_n 7._o dicit_fw-la non_fw-la sibi_fw-la videri_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la esse_fw-la scientiam_fw-la harum_fw-la quia_fw-la talis_fw-la scientia_fw-la videtur_fw-la plane_n impertinens_fw-la ad_fw-la quid_fw-la enim_fw-la nosceret_fw-la deus_fw-la quid_fw-la chimaera_n esset_fw-la factura_fw-la sub_fw-la tali_fw-la conditione_n impossibili_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la ipse_fw-la d._n twissus_n the_o scient_a med._n p._n 472._o si_fw-mi plures_fw-la angelos_n deus_fw-la condidisset_fw-la certe_fw-la decrevisset_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la illi_fw-la agerent_fw-la aliquid_fw-la in_o gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la decretum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la deo_fw-la decenter_n tribui_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o know_v the_o case_n be_v not_o just_a the_o same_o with_o that_o before_o we_o but_o the_o reason_n be_v the_o same_o for_o both_o but_o still_o i_o profess_v that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o a_o injurious_a impute_v imperfection_n to_o god_n to_o assign_v he_o positive_a volition_n of_o every_o negative_a i_o shall_v concur_v with_o they_o that_o do_v and_o extend_v god_n volition_n as_o far_o as_o ever_o the_o object_n and_o his_o perfection_n will_v allow_v and_o say_v of_o they_o as_o judicious_a blank_n do_v of_o god_n knowledge_n de_n concord_n lib._n cum_fw-la decret_a 1._o n._n 64._o saltem_fw-la ille_fw-la minus_fw-la periculose_a errat_fw-la qui_fw-la putat_fw-la deum_fw-la scire_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la forte_fw-fr scibilia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la negate_fw-la deum_fw-la scire_fw-la quae_fw-la revera_fw-la scit_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la intra_fw-la divinae_fw-la omniscientiae_fw-la objectum_fw-la continentur_fw-la so_o here_o so_o be_v it_o that_o god_n be_v not_o feign_v to_o will_v sin_n i_o contend_v the_o less_o against_o they_o that_o say_v he_o positive_o will_v infinite_a numerical_a nothing_o and_o his_o own_o non-acting_a word_n non-acting_a non-acting_a non-acting_a non-acting_a non-acting_a non-acting_a bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o cor._n 10_o 11._o bring_v in_o too_o profound_o like_o one_o of_o thom._n anglus_fw-la his_o ergo_n that_o god_n be_v the_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la of_o every_o nothing_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la because_o he_o be_v so_o of_o negation_n as_o if_o nothing_o can_v be_v a_o effect_n and_o have_v a_o cause_n or_o as_o if_o a_o negative_a conception_n or_o proposition_n be_v not_o something_o viz._n a_o thought_n or_o a_o word_n as_o well_o as_o a_o affirmative_a such_o workman_n make_v the_o world_n with_o word_n 509._o be_v afraid_a of_o weary_v the_o reader_n i_o pass_v by_o other_o school-controversy_n here_o and_o only_o propound_v to_o each_o man_n conscience_n whether_o 1._o he_o that_o be_v the_o affirmer_n of_o unproved_a act_n of_o god_n 2._o and_o that_o about_o his_o secret_a unsearchable_a volition_n 3._o and_o of_o such_o act_n as_o make_v the_o difficulty_n inextricable_a about_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o on_o the_o far_o unsafe_a side_n than_o he_o that_o only_o say_v quae_fw-la supra_fw-la nos_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la if_o these_o be_v not_o certain_o false_a they_o be_v certain_o unprove_v and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v here_o receive_v 510._o and_o i_o say_v here_o as_o buridane_n say_v about_o the_o forementioned_a nature_n of_o liberty_n ethic._n li._n 3._o qu._n 1._o p._n 152._o simpliciter_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la credere_fw-la volo_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la caeteris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la se_fw-la habentibu●_n potest_fw-la in_o actus_fw-la oppositos_fw-la et_fw-la nullus_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la via_fw-la communi_fw-la recedere_fw-la propter_fw-la rationes_fw-la sibi_fw-la insolubile_n specialiter_fw-la in_o his_o quae_fw-la fidem_fw-la tangere_fw-la possunt_fw-la aut_fw-la mores_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la credit_n se_fw-la omne_fw-la scire_fw-la &_o in_o nulla_fw-la opinionum_fw-la suarum_fw-la decipi_fw-la fatuus_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr festuca_fw-la enim_fw-la tibi_fw-la sensibiliter_fw-la praesentata_fw-la formabuntur_fw-la centum_fw-la rationes_fw-la vel_fw-la quaestiones_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la contraris_fw-la sapientissimi_fw-la doctores_fw-la opinabuntur_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o qualibet_fw-la harum_fw-la deceptus_fw-la erit_fw-la alter_fw-la ipforum_fw-la vel_fw-la ambo_fw-la ideo_fw-la non_fw-la miror_fw-la si_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la altissima_fw-la materia_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la per_fw-la rationes_fw-la &_o solutiones_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la mihi_fw-la ip_v 511._o to_o proceed_v in_o the_o 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duplicem_fw-la esse_fw-la reprobationem_fw-la alteram_fw-la vocat_fw-la punitivam_fw-la alteram_fw-la permissivam_fw-la et_fw-la punitivae_fw-la dari_fw-la causam_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la praevisis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la factam_fw-la fuisse_fw-la permissivae_fw-la non_fw-la dari_fw-la causam_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la permittatur_fw-la labi_fw-la in_o primum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nulla_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la illius_fw-la datur_fw-la causa_fw-la huius_fw-la enim_fw-la solum_fw-la nititur_fw-la scotus_n causam_fw-la negare_fw-la hinc_fw-la ordinem_fw-la hune_v in_fw-la ment_fw-la divina_fw-la assignat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la alibi_fw-la scotum_n sequuntur_fw-la bassolis_n corduba_n etc._n etc._n objicit_fw-la bradward_n privationes_fw-la ut_fw-la eclipse_n mors_fw-la etc._n etc._n habent_fw-la
arbitrii_fw-la postulat_fw-la sive_fw-la prius_fw-la sive_fw-la posterius_fw-la sive_fw-la simul_fw-la non_fw-la sequitur_fw-la malitiam_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la tribuendam_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la solum_fw-la ex_fw-la modo_fw-la operandi_fw-la creaturae_fw-la sequatur_fw-la vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o cap._n 4._o the_o general_a nature_n of_o action_n when_o existent_n have_v so_o that_o this_o moral_a specification_n add_v not_o to_o the_o natural_a generical_a entity_n 543._o it_o be_v therefore_o 1._o act_v 2._o not_o act_v 3._o moral_a disposition_n which_o be_v command_v and_o forbid_v by_o god_n and_o not_o any_o one_o only_o and_o these_o not_o in_o themselves_o but_o about_o the_o material_n command_v or_o forbid_v objective_o in_o the_o law_n to_o act_n on_o a_o forbid_a object_n not_o to_o act_n on_o a_o object_n when_o command_v and_o to_o be_v vicious_o dispose_v to_o either_o be_v a_o sin_n 544._o you_o may_v see_v then_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o connotative_a notion_n yea_o and_o a_o relative_n notion_n it_o connote_v a_o ruler_n a_o law_n and_o end_v a_o subject_a and_o be_v thus_o various_o relate_v 545._o as_o subjection_n be_v the_o root_n of_o obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n virtual_o be_v a_o consent_n to_o obey_v and_o love_n be_v the_o root_n of_o benefit_n so_o to_o forsake_v god_n simple_o as_o our_o rector_n or_o our_o end_n or_o our_o owner_n be_v atheism_n practical_a and_o all_o sin_n in_o one_o but_o to_o violate_v only_o a_o particular_a precept_n de_fw-fr mediis_fw-la be_v but_o a_o particular_a sin_n 546._o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o command_v and_o forbid_v and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o object_n and_o action_n as_o action_n that_o therefore_o which_o he_o have_v make_v man_n part_n be_v to_o love_n god_n and_o holiness_n and_o not_o to_o overlove_v the_o creature_n nor_o to_o love_v it_o as_o our_o end_n or_o in_o his_o stead_n and_o to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o command_v and_o not_o to_o do_v the_o particular_a act_n about_o such_o particular_a object_n as_o he_o forbid_v 547._o the_o remote_a subject_n or_o relatum_fw-la then_o of_o sin_n be_v the_o person_n sin_v but_o the_o near_a be_v the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n the_o fundamentum_fw-la or_o ratio_fw-la referendi_fw-la be_v the_o say_a act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o such_o or_o such_o about_o such_o or_o such_o object_n command_v or_o forbid_v which_o be_v a_o relation_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o moral_a relation_n of_o disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o law_n so_o that_o if_o you_o must_v needs_o have_v it_o in_o logical_a notion_n sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n result_v from_o a_o physical_a relation_n of_o action_n omission_n or_o disposition_n of_o god_n subject_n which_o be_v modify_v contrary_a to_o his_o law_n 548._o it_o be_v a_o moral_a relation_n as_o it_o be_v disobedience_n find_v in_o a_o moral_a agent_n against_o a_o law_n and_o rector_n as_o such_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a relation_n as_o the_o act_n etc._n etc._n be_v prius_fw-la naturâ_fw-la quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la about_o a_o object_n that_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v fundamentum_fw-la of_o both_o relation_n and_o one_o relation_n may_v be_v sound_v in_o another_o be_v the_o mode_n of_o the_o act_n omission_n or_o disposition_n as_o to_o a_o undue_a object_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o relatum_fw-la i_o have_v speak_v before_o 549._o so_o that_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v relative_n can_v have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cause_v its_o fundamentum_fw-la and_o can_v possible_o but_o result_v when_o that_o be_v lay_v 550._o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o god_n to_o feign_v he_o to_o make_v such_o a_o law_n as_o shall_v say_v though_o thou_o hate_v i_o see_v that_o that_o hatred_n be_v not_o relate_v formal_o as_o a_o breach_n of_o my_o law_n or_o i_o forbid_v thou_o not_o to_o commit_v adultery_n but_o only_o forbid_v that_o thy_o adultery_n be_v quid_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la or_o a_o sin_n for_o if_o god_n forbid_v not_o the_o act_n it_o can_v be_v a_o sin_n and_o if_o he_o forbid_v it_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v sin_n and_o so_o of_o omission_n 551._o they_o therefore_o that_o tell_v we_o that_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o privation_n speak_v not_o satisfactory_o nor_o altogether_o true_o it_o be_v no_o substance_n indeed_o nor_o any_o such_o reality_n as_o man_n can_v cause_n without_o god_n cause_v it_o suppose_v his_o universal_a natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n but_o the_o thing_n forbid_v be_v often_o act_n and_o disposition_n as_o well_o as_o omission_n and_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o moral_a relation_n which_o have_v so_o much_o reality_n as_o a_o relation_n have_v if_o that_o be_v any_o and_o that_o relation_n have_v a_o positive_a name_n it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o mere_a nonconformity_n but_o also_o a_o disconformity_n because_v found_v in_o well_o see_v dr._n wallis_n against_o the_o lord_n brook_n of_o this_o very_o well_o actual_a volition_n and_o nolition_n as_o forbid_v and_o not_o only_o in_o omission_n 552._o subtle_a ockam_n quodl_n 3._o q._n 15._o dispute_v utrum_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la &_o deformitas_fw-la actus_fw-la differant_fw-la à_fw-la substantia_fw-la actus_fw-la deny_v it_o and_o after_o a_o confutation_n of_o the_o common_a say_n that_o deformitas_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la &_o distinguitur_fw-la ab_fw-la actu_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la actus_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_a &_o carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a conclude_v quod_fw-la deformitas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la justitiae_fw-la vel_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la voluntati_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la dicere_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la obligatur_fw-la aliquem_fw-la actum_fw-la elicere_fw-la secundum_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la divinum_fw-la quem_fw-la non_fw-la elicit_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la rectitudo_fw-la actus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la debuit_fw-la elici_fw-la secundum_fw-la rectam_fw-la rationem_fw-la but_o i_o conceive_v 1._o that_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n can_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o rectitude_n of_o its_o act_n suspension_n and_o disposition_n 2._o that_o ockam_n here_o describe_v only_a sin_n of_o omission_n whereas_o the_o rectitude_n of_o the_o will_n be_v ofren_a also_o material_o in_o not_o do_v or_o will_v what_o be_v forbid_v and_o with_o these_o two_o animadversion_n i_o be_o reconcile_v to_o ockam_n who_o add_v ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la dictum_fw-la de_fw-la materiali_fw-la &_o formali_fw-la est_fw-la falsum_fw-la quia_fw-la aut_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la aut_fw-la omissionis_fw-la si_fw-la primo_fw-la modo_fw-la est_fw-la materiale_n sine_fw-la formali_fw-la quia_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la carentia_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la debitae_fw-la inesse_fw-la actui_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la modo_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la carentia_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a sine_fw-la materiali_fw-la resp_n 1._o to_o the_o first_o i_o add_v that_o it_o have_v be_v true_a if_o it_o have_v be_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n that_o have_v be_v forbid_v or_o else_o the_o species_n of_o the_o act_n as_o quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la but_o it_o be_v the_o act_n not_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la but_o as_o this_o act_n thus_o modify_v or_o specify_v by_o a_o undue_a object_n that_o act_n with_o its_o relation_n as_o quid_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v presuppose_v as_o the_o relatum_fw-la to_o the_o moral_a relation_n of_o pravity_n or_o disconformity_n and_o to_o the_o second_o i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v true_a that_o omission_n be_v not_o materia_fw-la physica_fw-la but_o it_o be_v a_o inadequate_a first_o conception_n of_o sin_n and_o so_o be_v materia_fw-la moraliter_fw-la dicta_fw-la vel_fw-la loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la and_o the_o omission_n be_v considerable_a 1._o quatenus_fw-la non-agere_a 2._o qua_fw-la privatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la 3._o quadratus_n &_o privatio_n &_o disconformitas_fw-la moralis_fw-la these_o three_o inadequate_a conception_n take_v up_o the_o whole_a nature_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o omission_n 553._o the_o same_o ockam_n quodl_n 1._o qu._n 20._o utrum_fw-la actus_fw-la exterior_a habeat_fw-la propriam_fw-la bonitatem_fw-la vel_fw-la malitiam_fw-la moralem_fw-la even_o as_o dependent_a on_o the_o will_n and_o he_o deny_v it_o against_o scotus_n who_o affirm_v it_o i_o will_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o their_o reason_n not_o doubt_v but_o ockam_n err_v and_o that_o it_o be_v true_a 1._o that_o no_o exterior_a act_n be_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_n primary_o 2._o but_o that_o secondary_o and_o participative_o as_o it_o be_v voluntary_a there_o be_v a_o morality_n in_o the_o act_n word_n and_o deed_n and_o passion_n be_v under_o law_n next_o to_o the_o will_n and_o in_o dependence_n on_o it_o as_o the_o body_n conjunct_a with_o
blessing_n and_o felicity_n to_o predetermine_v the_o will_n physical_o be_v to_o end_v that_o liberty_n to_o that_o particular_a act_n which_o consist_v partly_o in_o be_v undertermine_v but_o that_o liberty_n which_o consist_v in_o deliverance_n from_o all_o true_a evil_n be_v increase_v by_o such_o a_o gracious_a predetermination_n and_o therefore_o jansenius_n plead_v only_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o predetermination_n to_o good_a by_o medicinal_a grace_n and_o not_o to_o evil_a or_o mere_a natural_a action_n yet_o we_o say_v that_o even_o to_o good_a god_n can_v procure_v the_o will_n to_o determine_v itself_o by_o moral_a mean_n which_o infinite_a wisdom_n can_v sufficient_o improve_v but_o it_o be_v only_o 1._o a_o natural_a power_n to_o act_v without_o predetermination_n from_o god_n or_o other_o 2._o and_o a_o liberty_n of_o condition_n from_o all_o predetermination_n ab_fw-la extra_fw-la to_o evil_n from_o god_n or_o creature_n which_o i_o here_o assert_v and_o plead_v for_o in_o this_o cause_n 564._o 8._o much_o less_o do_v we_o take_v the_o will_n from_o under_o the_o power_n and_o government_n of_o god_n for_o 1._o it_o can_v have_v no_o self-determining_a power_n but_o of_o god_n one_o moment_n 2._o he_o give_v it_o this_o power_n to_o make_v we_o capable_a subject_n of_o moral_a sapiential_a government_n 3._o he_o give_v we_o govern_v law_n according_o 4._o and_o he_o attain_v all_o his_o end_n and_o fulfil_v all_o his_o will_n as_o perfect_o in_o consistency_n with_o our_o power_n and_o freedom_n as_o if_o we_o have_v none_o such_o at_o all_o so_o that_o god_n have_v his_o proper_a will_n whether_o man_n will_v or_o not_o 565._o but_o the_o turn_a point_n of_o difficulty_n here_o be_v whether_o god_n be_v ever_o causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la and_o if_o we_o so_o make_v he_o be_v it_o not_o injurious_a to_o his_o perfect_a operation_n all_o our_o controversy_n turn_v upon_o the_o decision_n of_o this_o one_o question_n end_n see_v the_o end_n 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●anquam_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la producit_fw-la actum_fw-la malum_fw-la gregor_n arim._n his_o word_n be_v in_o 2._o d._n 34._o a._n 3._o actus_fw-la mali_fw-la quem_fw-la efficit_fw-la peccator_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la immediata_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la tamen_fw-la co-efficiens_a actum_fw-la eundem_fw-la of_o greg._n arim._n see_v more_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o chapter_n now_o i_o suggest_v to_o the_o learned_a reader_n that_o be_v against_o i_o how_o he_o will_v decide_v the_o forementioned_a hard_a question_n whether_o there_o be_v more_o entity_n in_o god_n and_o the_o creature_n than_o in_o god_n alone_a it_o be_v dangerous_a say_n yea_o or_o nay_o and_o we_o know_v not_o well_o what_o to_o say_v but_o for_o my_o part_n as_o i_o say_v i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o god_n be_v pars_fw-la entitatis_fw-la nor_o yet_o that_o the_o creature_n be_v not_o ens_fw-la nor_o yet_o that_o it_o be_v god_n but_o the_o solution_n must_v be_v either_o from_o the_o 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and_o love_n or_o goodness_n also_o 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o a_o free_a benefactor_n give_v many_o good_a thing_n free_o and_o ●●_o as_o a_o reward_n for_o do_v as_o 1._o he_o so_o free_o make_v all_o thing_n good_a in_o the_o creation_n and_o give_v man_n all_o his_o antecedent_n good_a he_o so_o give_v ad●●_n his_o primitive_a holiness_n and_o help_v and_o paradise_n and_o all_o the_o ●_z 2._o he_o so_o give_v christ_n to_o the_o world_n without_o desert_n and_o so_o far_o pardon_v the_o first_o sin_n as_o that_o come_v to_o 3._o he_o so_o far_o give_v man_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n 4._o he_o so_o give_v all_o christ_n miracle_n resurrection_n doctrine_n the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n 5._o he_o so_o give_v apostle_n and_o ministry_n to_o the_o world_n 6._o he_o so_o send_v the_o gospel_n to_o some_o nation_n and_o person_n above_o other_o 7._o he_o so_o give_v to_o many_o the_o first_o special_a grace_n as_o he_o do_v to_o paul_n 8._o he_o so_o give_v to_o 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receive_v but_o by_o degree_n and_o upon_o certain_a term_n and_o with_o pardon_n a_o free_a gift_n of_o life_n spiritual_a and_o eternal_a and_o so_o of_o the_o spirit_n and_o communion_n with_o god_n on_o the_o say_a condition_n 15._o the_o promise_n gen._n 3._o 15._o be_v plain_a as_o to_o mercy_n and_o salvation_n and_o dark_a as_o to_o the_o promise_a seed_n and_o his_o mediation_n and_o dark_a as_o to_o the_o condition_n on_o man_n part_n but_o by_o sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v like_a that_o adam_n have_v it_o more_o explain_v to_o he_o than_o those_o short_a word_n make_v it_o to_o we_o but_o this_o be_v clear_a that_o by_o this_o new_a covenant_n god_n become_v man_n merciful_a redeemer_n and_o pardoner_n and_o ruler_n on_o term_n of_o grace_n in_o order_n to_o recovery_n and_o salvation_n and_o that_o man_n be_v to_o believe_v in_o god_n as_o such_o and_o accord_o to_o devote_v himself_o in_o covenant_n to_o he_o 16._o this_o law_n or_o covenant_n be_v make_v with_o 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first_o thrust_v out_o further_o from_o the_o believe_a obedient_a people_n of_o god_n and_o at_o last_o the_o whole_a world_n except_o eight_o person_n perish_v in_o the_o deluge_n 19_o noah_n with_o his_o house_n be_v save_v to_o be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o mankind_n that_o shall_v succeed_v he_o god_n renew_v with_o he_o and_o mankind_n in_o he_o the_o same_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o he_o have_v make_v with_o we_o in_o adam_n with_o some_o additional_n to_o show_v we_o that_o though_o the_o wicked_a and_o their_o seed_n have_v forfeit_v the_o benefit_n yet_o the_o covenant_n be_v not_o alter_v but_o stand_v in_o its_o first_o sense_n in_o force_n to_o all_o and_o will_v pardon_v and_o save_v all_o true_a consenter_n 20._o i_o be_o for_o his_o transgression_n bring_v a_o new_a curse_n on_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n beside_o the_o mere_a fruit_n of_o adam_n sin_n so_o that_o though_o god_n alter_v not_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o they_o become_v a_o curse_a generation_n 21._o by_o multiply_a transgression_n the_o son_n of_o man_n do_v still_o more_o degenerate_a and_o revolt_v from_o god_n till_o nimrod_n and_o other_o by_o wickedness_n and_o presumption_n bring_v down_o the_o new_a and_o grievous_a penalty_n of_o confound_a tongue_n the_o great_a hindrance_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o the_o truth_n to_o th●●_n day_n and_o at_o last_o the_o most_o fell_a to_o odious_a idolatry_n not_o know_v the_o true_a god_n but_o give_v up_o to_o sensuality_n and_o wickedness_n 22._o abraham_n be_v faithful_a and_o escape_v the_o idolatry_n and_o wickedn_a of_o the_o world_n be_v eminent_o favour_v and_o belove_v of_o god_n and_o be●●●ving_v promise_n abraham_n promise_n and_o trust_v god_n in_o his_o promise_n and_o in_o the_o great_a trial_n of_o his_o s●●_n be_v honour_v with_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a and_o god_n renew_v with_o he_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o all_o man_n in_o adam_n and_o noah_n with_o special_a application_n to_o his_o comfort_n and_o added●_n special_a peculiar_a promise_n to_o he_o that_o his_o seed_n shall_v be_v a_o holy_a nation_n choose_v out_o of_o all_o the_o world_n to_o god_n and_o that_o of_o he_o the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v of_o both_o which_o promise_v the_o common_a and_o the_o special_a circumcision_n be_v a_o seal_n 23._o yet_o this_o be_v no_o repeal_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o have_v be_v make_v to_o all_o the_o world_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o excommunicate_v or_o reject_v of_o all_o other_o or_o a_o confine_n of_o god_n grace_n and_o church_n to_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n alone_o but_o only_o a_o exalt_v they_o above_o all_o other_o in_o these_o peculiar_a dignity_n and_o privilege_n for_o at_o that_o time_n holy_a sem_fw-mi be_v living_n and_o long_o after_o who_o in_o all_o likelihood_n be_v a_o king_n and_o its_o like_a that_o the_o posterity_n of_o he_o and_o japhet_n be_v not_o all_o fall_v 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fifty_o righteous_a person_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n assure_v we_o that_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o god_n only_a church_n but_o a_o peculiar_a people_n and_o a_o nation_n holy_a above_o the_o rest_n and_o as_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v still_o the_o govern_n law_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n though_o most_o reject_v it_o by_o rebellion_n so_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v think_v that_o none_o consont_v to_o it_o and_o be_v faithful_a 24._o the_o special_a promise_n to_o abraham_n of_o the_o messiah_n to_o be_v his_o seed_n which_o be_v more_o than_o be_v make_v to_o adam_n and_o noah_n as_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o mankind_n in_o general_n so_o be_v it_o not_o promulgate_v or_o know_v to_o they_o but_o only_o to_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o few_o that_o converse_v with_o they_o therefore_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o know_v and_o believe_v it_o who_o never_o hear_v of_o it_o 25._o what_o condition_n of_o pardon_n and_o life_n be_v necessary_a to_o 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every_o name_n that_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n every_o knee_n shall_v ●ow_o phil._n 2._o 7_o 8._o and_o as_o in_o adam_n all_o die_n even_o so_o in_o christ_n shall_v all_o be_v make_v alive_a 1_o cor._n 15._o 22._o 38._o christ_n upon_o his_o incarnation_n perform_v but_o what_o god_n have_v decree_v before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v obscure_o and_o general_o promise_v after_o the_o fall_n at_o the_o first_o make_v of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n call_v by_o some_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n especial_o because_o the_o prophet_n have_v sometime_o as_o isa_n 53._o describe_v it_o by_o way_n of_o prediction_n as_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o christ_n incarnate_a if_o we_o conceive_v of_o it_o proper_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o decree_n first_o and_o a_o promise_v after_o unto_o the_o world_n so_o the_o will_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n the_o father_n and_o son_n with_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o man_n redemption_n pardon_v and_o salvation_n even_o the_o fundamental_a principal_a total_a cause_n and_o the_o promise_n be_v man_n security_n and_o christ_n as_o promise_v be_v the_o primary_n great_a mean●_n which_o be_v to_o procure_v we_o the_o rest_n by_o do_v that_o upon_o the_o foresight_n and_o fore-decree_n whereof_o god_n do_v beforehand_o pardon_n and_o save_v sinner_n but_o if_o you_o have_v rather_o mention_v it_o as_o in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o covenant_n which_o before_o the_o incarnation_n must_v be_v improper_o take_v be_v only_o of_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o a_o promise_n of_o and_o to_o christ_n as_o to_o be_v incarnate_a then_o the_o undertake_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n herein_o must_v be_v careful_o distinguish_v and_o describe_v the_o father_n give_v up_o to_o christ_n as_o redeemer_n the_o whole_a lapse_v curse_v reparable_a world_n the_o several_a part_n to_o several_a use_n and_o especial_o his_o choose_a to_o be_v eventual_o and_o infallible_o save_v and_o promise_v to_o accept_v his_o sacrifice_n and_o performance_n and_o to_o make_v he_o head_n over_o all_o thing_n to_o his_o church_n and_o by_o he_o to_o establish_v the_o law_n of_o grace_n in_o its_o perfect_a edition_n and_o to_o give_v he_o the_o government_n respective_o of_o the_o church_n and_o world_n and_o to_o glorify_v he_o for_o this_o work_n with_o himself_o for_o ever_o and_o the_o second_o person_n undertake_v to_o assume_v man_n nature_n to_o do_v and_o suffer_v all_o that_o he_o do_v in_o perfect_a obedience_n to_o his_o father_n will_n and_o law_n of_o redemption_n to_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n conquer_v satan_n and_o the_o world_n to_o suffer_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n and_o to_o conquer_v death_n and_o teach_v and_o rule_v and_o purify_v and_o raise_v and_o justify_v and_o glorify_v all_o true_a believer_n 39_o before_o the_o incarnation_n christ_n future_a death_n and_o obedience_n be_v 1._o be_v be_v be_v eadem_fw-la suit_n side_n in_o antiquis_fw-la patribus_fw-la &_o modernis_fw-la qui_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la credebant_fw-la in_o specialia_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la credibilia_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la immo_n aliquid_fw-la eredebant_fw-la quod_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la salsum_fw-la alliaco_fw-it in_fw-la 3._o q._n 1._o not_o existent_a be_v no_o real_a existent_a cause_n in_o themselves_o of_o man_n justification_n but_o that_o wisdom_n which_o foresee_v they_o and_o that_o will_v of_o god_n which_o decree_v they_o as_o such_o and_o not_o they_o without_o that_o foresight_n and_o decree_n as_o existent_a be_v the_o cause_n 40._o nor_o be_v they_o either_o before_o
he_o or_o that_o i●_n any_o part_n of_o righteousness_n but_o it_o be_v all_o out_o of_o we_o in_o christ_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v as_o justifiable_a as_o any_o but_o conscience_n will_v not_o let_v they_o believe_v it_o as_o they_o desire_v 185._o it_o be_v arrogant_a folly_n to_o divide_v the_o praise_n of_o any_o good_a act_n between_o god_n and_o man_n and_o to_o say_v god_n be_v to_o have_v so_o many_o part_n and_o man_n so_o many_o for_o the_o whole_a be_v due_a to_o god_n and_o yet_o some_o be_v due_a to_o man_n for_o man_n hold_v his_o honour_n only_o in_o subordination_n to_o god_n and_o not_o divide_o in_o co-ordination_a and_o therefore_o all_o be_v due_a to_o god_n for_o that_o which_o be_v man_n be_v god_n because_o we_o have_v nothing_o but_o what_o we_o have_v receive_v but_o he_o that_o arrogate_v any_o of_o the_o honour_n due_a to_o god_n or_o christ_n offend_v 186._o if_o all_o have_v be_v take_v from_o god_n honour_n which_o have_v be_v give_v to_o the_o 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which_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o and_o so_o when_o man_n account_v the_o jewish_a observation_n to_o be_v a_o justify_v righteousness_n in_o competition_n with_o and_o in_o opposition_n to_o christ_n paul_n count_v it_o as_o loss_n and_o dung_n and_o nothing_o in_o that_o respect_n when_o yet_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v i_o have_v live_v in_o all_o good_a conscience_n to_o this_o day_n and_o christ_n himself_o fulfil_v that_o law_n and_o righteousness_n so_o if_o a_o man_n will_v conceit_n that_o his_o common_a grace_n will_v justify_v he_o without_o holiness_n or_o his_o holiness_n without_o pardon_n and_o the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n he_o must_v deny_v this_o righteousness_n that_o be_v he_o must_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v not_o and_o must_v cast_v away_o not_o it_o but_o the_o false_a conceit_n of_o it_o and_o so_o if_o any_o libertine_n will_v say_v that_o christ_n righteousness_n impute_v to_o he_o will_v justify_v he_o without_o faith_n or_o be_v instead_o of_o 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praevidet_fw-la pro_fw-la omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la donec_fw-la poena_fw-la debita_fw-la sit_fw-la soluta_fw-la videre_fw-la peceata_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la ●oenam_fw-la imput●re_fw-la avertere_fw-la faciem_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la non_fw-la reservare_fw-la august_n ergo_fw-la ni●_n aliud_fw-la est_fw-la post_fw-la actum_fw-la c●ssantem_fw-la p●●catis_fw-la off●nsa_fw-la macula_n reatus_fw-la nisi_fw-la ista_fw-la relatio_fw-la rationis_fw-la s●d_fw-la huius_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la ad_fw-la ●oenam_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la disconveniens_fw-la ipsi_fw-la animae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ejus_fw-la macula_n ut_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la obligatio_fw-la formaliter_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la poenam_fw-la dicitur_fw-la r●atus_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la etc._n etc._n dic●tur_fw-la offensa_fw-la nil_fw-la n_o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la offendi_fw-la vel_fw-la irasci_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la quam_fw-la u●lle_fw-la vindicare_fw-la ista_fw-la poena_fw-la but_o he_o after_o ow_v that_o the_o culpa_fw-la be_v another_o thing_n unwarrantable_a doctrine_n from_o it_o and_o harden_v the_o papist_n by_o unwarantable_a answer_n a_o justify_v instrument_n proper_o be_v a_o efficient_a instrumental_a cause_n of_o justification_n which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o too_o large_o prove_v that_o faith_n be_v not_o either_o god_n instrument_n or_o we_o physical_a or_o moral_a no●_n any_o way_n efficient_o justifi_v we_o but_o justify_v be_v one_o thing_n to_o receive_v justification_n be_v another_o thing_n and_o to_o be_v justify_v be_v a_o three_o i'faith_o i●_n no_o justify_v act_n but_o faith_n be_v in_o its_o essence_n the_o acceptance_n of_o a_o offer_a god_n christ_n spirit_n for_o life_n this_o acceptance_n be_v by_o the_o covenant_n make_v the_o condition_n of_o our_o passive_a true_a reception_n and_o possession_n of_o right_n before_o open_v to_o be_v such_o a_o condition_n perform_v be_v to_o be_v a_o removens_fw-la prohibe●s_fw-la of_o the_o say_a reception_n which_o be_v strict_o to_o be_v dispositio_fw-la materiae_fw-la recipienti●_n and_o so_o it_o
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la b●na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a ●●●ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à_fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la ration●_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individ●●a●ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n predetermine_v every_o act_n natural_a and_o free_a to_o its_o object_n compare_v with_o other_o possible_a object_n and_o that_o in_o all_o its_o mode_n and_o circumstance_n do_v confound_v nature_n and_o morality_n and_o leave_v nothing_o for_o god_n to_o do_v in_o cause_v holiness_n but_o what_o he_o must_v needs_o do_v to_o cause_v all_o action_n that_o be_v cause_v allow_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n ●_o yea_o but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o cause_v every_o sin_n for_o his_o pracept_n be_v not_o with_o they_o the_o cause_v predetermination_n §_o 19_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n with_o all_o the_o fore_n describe_v frame_n of_o moral_a mean_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o cooperate_v be_v the_o proper_a second_o cause_n by_o which_o god_n as_o rector_n will_v on_o his_o part_n ordinary_o
cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o his_o own_o as_o he_o listen_v and_o thus_o though_o god_n give_v all_o their_o due_a according_a to_o his_o law_n of_o grace_n yet_o he_o give_v to_o his_o elect_n such_o proportion_n of_o grace_n as_o he_o give_v they_o no_o antecedent_n right_o to_o by_o his_o law_n or_o at_o least_o to_o many_o of_o they_o pass_v by_o the_o controversy_n now_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o to_o they_o all_o §_o 21._o god_n can_v cure_v and_o sanctify_v all_o man_n if_o it_o be_v his_o absolute_a will_n but_o he_o do_v not_o and_o will_v not_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v and_o he_o will_v be_v no_o loser_n nor_o sufferer_n by_o the_o creature_n sin_n §_o 22._o god_n absolute_a will_n be_v as_o full_o accomplish_v by_o man_n free_a act_n as_o if_o they_o be_v all_o necessitate_a and_o natural_a and_o man_n action_n be_v as_o free_v as_o if_o god_n have_v make_v no_o absolute_a decree_n of_o their_o futurity_n as_o in_o good_a he_o have_v do_v if_o we_o may_v so_o ascribe_v futurity_n to_o his_o decree_n §_o 23._o it_o seem_v that_o all_o sin_n begin_v in_o the_o will_n omission_n of_o what_o it_o be_v able_a to_o have_v do_v even_o when_o adam_n appetite_n be_v to_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o some_o think_v that_o this_o be_v the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o sin_n it_o seem_v that_o it_o be_v rather_o in_o the_o will_v not_o restrain_v that_o appetite_n when_o it_o can_v have_v do_v it_o and_o then_o positive_a sin_n do_v follow_v thereupon_o §_o 24._o there_o be_v more_o brutishness_n in_o sin_n and_o consequent_o more_o privative_a and_o less_o positive_a faultiness_n of_o the_o reason_n and_o will_n than_o many_o do_v consider_v which_o paul_n partly_o mean_v rom._n 7._o for_o it_o be_v certain_a 1._o that_o a_o passion_n e._n g._n anger_n or_o fear_n may_v be_v force_v on_o a_o man_n sudden_o as_o ●n_v a_o brute_n without_o reason_n as_o if_o you_o come_v behind_o one_o and_o affright_v he_o or_o strike_v he_o sudden_o no_o reason_n raise_v that_o passion_n and_o consequent_o no_o rational_a will._n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o passion_n without_o reason_n can_v cause_v despotical_o a_o corporal_a motion_n as_o the_o fearful_a will_v start_v and_o run_v and_o the_o angry_a strike_v without_o any_o reason_n or_o rational_a will_n but_o as_o a_o beast_n do_v 3._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o will_v to_o rule_v this_o passion_n and_o these_o motion_n 4._o and_o that_o it_o must_v have_v due_a information_n from_o the_o understanding_n that_o so_o to_o do_v be_v good_a and_o best_a 5._o if_o this_o information_n of_o the_o understanding_n do_v never_o miss_v of_o determine_v the_o will_n than_o man_n will_v never_o sin_v but_o when_o the_o understanding_n fail_v of_o its_o necessary_a office_n before_o the_o will_v which_o will_v resolve_v all_o sin_n into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o direct_o move_v the_o will_n to_o it_o by_o necessitate_v unresistible_a predetermination_n for_o the_o intellect_n as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o ●●y_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o ●●●_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o disconformity_n and_o so_o as_o quid_fw-la morale_n formaliter_fw-la sin_n have_v as_o much_o relative_n be_v as_o duty_n have_v viz._n 1._o as_o contra_fw-la legem_fw-la significantem_fw-la 2._o contra_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la significatam_fw-la 3._o et_fw-la contra_fw-la j●●_n divini_fw-la dominii_fw-la imperii_fw-la &_o amoris_fw-la §_o 29._o if_o any_o be_v unsatisfied_a in_o this_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la prohibitum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la hoc_fw-la imperat●m_fw-la there_o be_v no_o more_o physical_a entity_n than_o in_o the_o velle_fw-la imperatum_fw-la no_o nor_o then_o there_o be_v in_o the_o velle_fw-la indefinite_o consider_v as_o on_o any_o object_n or_o if_o any_o deny_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o addition_n of_o entity_n it_o be_v but_o ordo_fw-la modi_fw-la in_o any_o such_o sinful_a act_n from_o which_o as_o such_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n or_o sin_n result_v but_o what_o man_n can_v do_v and_o do_v without_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o so_o order_v and_o terminate_v so_o that_o god_n be_v no_o way_n the_o cause_n of_o formal_a sin_n §_o 30._o otherwise_o 30._o 30._o 30._o bradwardi●_n deal_v more_o plain_o and_o make_v god_n effectual_a volition_n to_o be_v the_o total_a immediate_a cause_n that_o man_n sin_v though_o it_o be_v no_o sin_n in_o god_n to_o do_v so_o and_o say_v that_o god_n will_v it_o for_o good_a use_n as_o the_o sinner_n do_v or_o if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o be_v because_o god_n make_v he_o unavoidable_o do_v otherwise_o they_o that_o say_v he_o cause_v all_o that_o man_n cause_v and_o that_o as_o the_o first_o necessitate_v or_o insuperable_a cause_n but_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n contradict_v themselves_o see_v that_o form_n be_v but_o a_o relation_n which_o result_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la from_o its_o fundamentam_fw-la and_o terminus_fw-la and_o nè_fw-la per_fw-la divinam_fw-la potentiam_fw-la can_v but_o do_v so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o
as_o necessary_a by_o predetermination_n as_o the_o motion_n in_o a_o clock_n yet_o a_o certain_a religion_n be_v consistent_a with_o it_o and_o the_o atheist_n that_o hence_o will_v nullify_v all_o religion_n absolute_o will_v raise_v false_a inference_n from_o this_o principle_n much_o more_o persuade_v be_o i_o that_o many_o that_o hold_v it_o be_v very_o worthy_a holy_a person_n much_o better_a than_o i_o be_o or_o can_v hope_v here_o to_o be_v as_o not_o discern_v the_o inconsistency_n of_o their_o opinion_n as_o i_o say_v l._n the_o religion●consistent_a with_o it_o i_o conceive_v must_v be_v such_o as_o this_o 1._o there_o be_v a_o god_n who_o move_v all_o thing_n by_o physical_a necessitation_n even_o man_n volition_n as_o well_o as_o any_o natural_a action_n 2._o this_o god_n do_v all_o that_o he_o do_v himself_o by_o necessity_n viz._n of_o perfection_n not_o of_o co-action_n and_o there_o be_v no_o contingency_n in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la 3._o this_o god_n have_v make_v his_o creature_n of_o various_a rank_n and_o degree_n of_o excellency_n and_o man_n a_o more_o know_a creature_n than_o the_o bruit_n 4._o among_o man_n he_o make_v some_o wise_a some_o foolish_a some_o good_a and_o godly_a and_o some_o vicious_a and_o ungodly_a and_o as_o he_o make_v the_o difference_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n of_o a_o horse_n and_o a_o toad_n of_o the_o sick_a and_o the_o sound_n of_o prince_n and_o people_n rich_a and_o poor_a so_o do_v he_o of_o godly_a and_o ungodly_a chaste_a and_o unchaste_a etc._n etc._n 5._o yet_o man_n be_v intellectual_a god_n will_v move_v he_o by_o mean_n and_o second_o cause_n and_o therefore_o have_v make_v he_o law_n oblige_v he_o the_o jure_fw-la and_o command_v his_o utmost_a diligence_n to_o keep_v they_o promise_v and_o threaten_a life_n and_o death_n hereafter_o for_o the_o keep_n or_o the_o break_n of_o they_o and_o appoint_v minister_n and_o magistrate_n to_o persuade_v and_o drive_v he_o on_o 6._o and_o it_o be_v likely_a though_o not_o certain_a that_o god_n will_v do_v according_a to_o these_o law_n in_o some_o considerable_a degree_n 7._o man_n by_o his_o nature_n and_o by_o scripture_n which_o may_v be_v true_a be_v bind_v to_o love_n and_o serve_v his_o god_n above_o all_o other_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o be_v and_o good_a that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n whatever_o he_o do_v by_o we_o and_o of_o all_o our_o good_a 8._o there_o be_v another_o life_n of_o reward_n for_o the_o good_a and_o punishment_n for_o the_o bad_a which_o must_v be_v our_o hope_n and_o fear_n 9_o god_n law_n be_v call_v moral_a mean_n but_o cause_o only_a as_o physical_a engine_n or_o tackle_n to_o move_v man_n will_n by_o the_o say_a necessitation_n 10._o god_n hatred_n of_o sin_n be_v no_o true_a hatred_n or_o nolition_n where_o sin_n be_v but_o only_a his_o prohibit_v it_o to_o we_o and_o his_o punish_a man_n for_o it_o 11._o if_o god_n do_v send_v christ_n and_o the_o apostle_n and_o miracle_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v only_o to_o be_v tackle_n or_o part_n in_o this_o engine_n of_o physical_a operation_n 12._o god_n cause_v and_o love_v sin_n as_o much_o as_o obedience_n but_o he_o make_v it_o not_o so_o good_a and_o lovely_a to_o we_o it_o be_v our_o disease_n and_o misery_n 13._o as_o god_n no_o otherwise_o hate_v sin_n than_o sickness_n and_o sinner_n than_o the_o sick_a and_o look_v on_o good_a and_o bad_a but_o as_o modal_a physical_a difference_n cause_v by_o himself_o so_o must_v we_o do_v also_o and_o hate_v that_o most_o that_o hurt_v we_o most_o 14._o to_o mourn_v for_o sin_n and_o confess_v it_o and_o strive_v against_o it_o or_o talk_v of_o christ_n suffering_n or_o satisfy_v for_o it_o any_o otherwise_o than_o as_o a_o voluntary_a disease_n and_o misery_n of_o man_n or_o to_o avoid_v any_o sin_n any_o otherwise_o than_o as_o a_o misery_n to_o ourselves_o or_o other_o be_v but_o the_o error_n of_o superstitious_a man_n 15._o man_n shall_v do_v all_o that_o ever_o they_o can_v to_o cure_v their_o sin_n and_o live_v holy_o so_o far_o as_o increase_v not_o their_o misery_n and_o no_o further_o and_o this_o only_a as_o a_o physical_a voluntary_a perfection_n and_o as_o the_o avoid_n of_o a_o natural_a misery_n to_o themselves_o and_o other_o 16._o god_n will_v punish_v man_n not_o out_o of_o any_o hatred_n of_o sin_n which_o he_o will_v and_o cause_v but_o out_o of_o a_o difference_v will_n as_o he_o make_v toad_n and_o serpent_n and_o cause_v cattle_n and_o fowl_n to_o be_v kill_v by_o we_o and_o horse_n labour_v in_o pain_n therefore_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o fear_v any_o other_o misery_n in_o hell_n than_o god_n arbitrary_a disposal_n bring_v on_o the_o more_o wretched_a sort_n of_o his_o creature_n without_o any_o sinful_a commerit_n or_o provocation_n and_o perhaps_o little_o more_o than_o we_o voluntary_o here_o choose_v and_o bring_v upon_o ourselves_o or_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n our_o sin_n itself_o being_n our_o punishment_n though_o it_o please_v we_o as_o scratch_v be_v to_o he_o that_o have_v the_o itch_n 17._o therefore_o the_o end_n of_o a_o man_n life_n be_v the_o public_a good_a and_o his_o natural_a felicity_n beside_o and_o above_o which_o to_o make_v god_n our_o end_n as_o he_o be_v holy_a and_o to_o be_v please_v by_o holiness_n be_v a_o error_n for_o all_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v whether_o sin_n or_o holiness_n do_v equal_o please_v and_o fulfil_v his_o will_n as_o they_o be_v equal_o cause_v by_o he_o according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n i_o have_v delineate_v this_o hypothesis_n with_o its_o consectary_n as_o true_o as_o i_o can_v if_o any_o expect_v that_o i_o shall_v have_v give_v you_o their_o own_o word_n for_o all_o that_o i_o have_v say_v 1._o remember_v that_o i_o charge_v not_o all_o these_o word_n on_o they_o but_o mention_v their_o judgement_n with_o the_o consequent_n 2._o that_o i_o charge_v not_o these_o consequent_n to_o be_v own_v by_o the_o man_n but_o upon_o their_o doctrine_n and_o let_v 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opinion_n for_o i_o confess_v the_o case_n to_o be_v of_o very_o great_a difficulty_n §_o 28._o i_o think_v that_o as_o the_o divine_a life_n and_o power_n glorifi_v itself_o eminent_o in_o the_o causation_n of_o the_o be_v motion_n and_o life_n of_o the_o creature_n so_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n eminent_o glorifi_v itself_o in_o the_o order_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o the_o moral_a directive_n sapiential_a regiment_n of_o intellectual_a free_a agent_n and_o that_o god_n law_n and_o doctrine_n be_v the_o image_n of_o his_o wisdom_n and_o a_o admirable_a harmonious_a and_o beautiful_a frame_n and_o that_o all_o will_v think_v so_o and_o be_v wonderful_o delight_v in_o they_o be_v they_o complete_o print_v on_o our_o mind_n and_o heart_n §_o 29._o ii_o and_o according_o i_o think_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o govern_n wisdom_n and_o punish_v and_o reward_v justice_n be_v a_o great_a and_o notable_a part_n of_o that_o glory_n which_o man_n must_v give_v he_o now_o and_o for_o 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government_n of_o this_o free_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o though_o man_n be_v not_o independent_a yet_o to_o be_v so_o far_o like_o god_n himself_o as_o to_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o first-determiner_n of_o many_o of_o his_o own_o volition_n and_o nolition_n be_v part_n of_o god_n natural_a image_n on_o man._n §_o 31._o iu._n according_o i_o take_v duty_n to_o be_v rewardable_a and_o laudable_a and_o sin_n to_o be_v odious_a as_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n and_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a consist_v not_o in_o its_o be_v the_o mere_a effect_n of_o physical_a premotion_n but_o in_o be_v a_o voluntary_a conformity_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o sapiential_a rule_n of_o duty_n by_o a_o free_a agent_n that_o have_v power_n to_o do_v otherwise_o §_o 32._o v._n freewill_n then_o be_v not_o only_o the_o same_o with_o will_v itself_o or_o a_o mere_a agency_n according_a to_o nature_n by_o the_o premotion_n of_o the_o first_o determine_v necessitating_a mover_n it_o be_v not_o only_o such_o a_o freedom_n as_o fire_n water_n beast_n and_o every_o move_v thing_n have_v to_o be_v move_v according_a to_o the_o first_o moyers_n action_n which_o be_v in_o the_o will_v of_o man_n but_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o be_v a_o first_o determine_v specifier_n of_o its_o own_o act_n as_o moral_a not_o that_o it_o be_v never_o predetermine_v but_o that_o it_o can_v do_v this_o §_o 33._o vi._n according_o i_o judge_v of_o gild_n and_o shame_n and_o the_o accusation_n of_o conscience_n which_o will_v not_o be_v a_o bare_a discern_v what_o god_n make_v we_o do_v or_o be_v but_o what_o we_o voluntary_o do_v or_o be_v when_o we_o can_v do_v otherwise_o §_o 34._o vii_o and_o i_o be_o pass_v all_o doubt_n that_o he_o gross_o mistake_v the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o law_n and_o gospel_n 1._o to_o think_v that_o god_n law_n when_o it_o be_v not_o accompany_v with_o physical_a predetermination_n be_v but_o to_o show_v we_o that_o we_o be_v creature_n that_o can_v but_o sin_n 2._o yea_o hereby_o he_o wrong_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o creator_n that_o make_v no_o creature_n with_o a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o evil_n unless_o predetermine_v physical_o thereto_o 3._o it_o be_v gross_a to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o doctrine_n of_o redemption_n and_o faith_n and_o justification_n by_o christ_n as_o a_o mere_a signum_fw-la letter_n or_o law_n be_v the_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o so_o that_o every_o command_n be_v the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o physical_a efficiency_n of_o good_a in_o we_o be_v the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o gospel_n be_v not_o true_a if_o this_o be_v true_a for_o this_o gospel_n be_v a_o preach_v word_n speak_v by_o man_n mouth_n which_o some_o believe_v and_o some_o believe_v not_o but_o reject_v and_o disobey_v and_o therefore_o perish_v matth._n 4._o 23._o &_o 11._o 5._o &_o 24._o 14._o &_o 26._o 13._o mark_v 16._o 15._o luke_n 4._o 18._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 14_o 16_o 18._o heh_o 4._o 2._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 25._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 6._o 2._o thess_n 1._o 8_o 10_o 11._o matth._n 13._o 10._o acts._n 13._o 7._o it_o be_v a_o law_n by_o which_o man_n shall_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n rom._n 2._o 16._o mar._n 16._o 15_o 16._o 2_o thes_n 1._o 8._o rom._n 10._o 16._o john_n 3._o 19_o 20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o word_n which_o some_o pervert_n gal._n 1._o 7._o and_o many_o sin_n against_o gal._n 2._o 14._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 17._o the_o rejecter_n of_o it_o be_v to_o speed_v worse_o than_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n and_o they_o can_v escape_v that_o neglect_n so_o great_a salvation_n whereas_o by_o his_o description_n 1._o no_o man_n ever_o yet_o sin_v against_o the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o it_o be_v not_o that_o covenant_n or_o gospel_n further_o than_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a effect_n on_o the_o soul_n 2._o and_o every_o heathen_a that_o have_v any_o good_a effect_n on_o his_o soul_n by_o common_a grace_n have_v so_o much_o gospel_n 3._o yea_o why_o be_v not_o then_o all_o god_n creation_n be_v a_o physical_a effect_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n if_o that_o he_o do_v be_v it_o and_o all_o that_o he_o command_v as_o such_o be_v the_o law_n of_o work_n 4._o and_o how_o then_o can_v the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o grace_n be_v two_o if_o every_o proper_a law_n be_v the_o law_n of_o work_n for_o a_o law_n be_v sub_fw-la genere_fw-la signi_fw-la and_o a_o produce_v event_n be_v another_o thing_n 5._o and_o what_o sense_n will_v be_v find_v throughout_o the_o scripture_n if_o we_o must_v hold_v that_o it_o be_v the_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o work_n which_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o law_n of_o work_n be_v abolish_v and_o call_v we_o to_o believe_v in_o christ_n for_o free_a justification_n and_o not_o to_o expect_v justification_n by_o the_o work_v of_o the_o law_n and_o offer_v we_o pardon_v and_o life_n in_o christ_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o will_v add_v no_o more_o see_v the_o plainness_n of_o the_o matter_n make_v it_o needless_a §_o 35._o the_o truth_n be_v he_o distinguish_v between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o call_v one_o the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o the_o other_o the_o gospel_n whereas_o the_o scripture_n only_o make_v it_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o by_o it_o the_o spirit_n effectual_o work_v on_o the_o soul_n more_o usual_o and_o more_o excellent_o and_o no_o mere_a law_n of_o work_n or_o grace_n will_v renew_v we_o without_o the_o spirit_n §_o 36._o viii_o and_o if_o redemption_n be_v nothing_o but_o physical_a efficiency_n by_o christ_n who_o as_o a_o create_a mediator_n
the_o moderate_v that_o he_o esse_fw-la he_o vid._n episcopii_n resp_n ad_fw-la qu._n 64._o qu._n 33._o pag._n 32._o ●bi_fw-la dicit_fw-la deum_fw-la decrevisse_fw-la ut_fw-la judaei_n christum_fw-la e_fw-la medio_fw-la tolleren_fw-mi ex_fw-la praescientia_fw-la quod_fw-la id_fw-la liber●_n voluntate_fw-la facturi_fw-la essent_fw-la atque_fw-la inde_fw-la praedictiones_fw-la certas_fw-la natas_fw-la esse_fw-la decree_v the_o event_n that_o sin_n shall_v come_v to_o pass_v ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la efficiente_a or_o at_o least_o that_o he_o decree_v his_o permission_n of_o it_o b._n i._o the_o first_o sort_n be_v those_o few_o who_o i_o in_o the_o beginning_n renounce_v of_o who_o the_o dominican_n and_o good_a dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n his_o follower_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la be_v the_o chief_a i_o easy_o confess_v to_o you_o that_o god_n make_v the_o law_n and_o god_n make_v man_n and_o god_n make_v the_o object_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n 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5._o what_o make_v you_o call_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o liberty_n to_o be_v impotent_a or_o if_o you_o will_v to_o be_v able_a not_o to_o love_v god_n not_o to_o live_v to_o god_n not_o to_o know_v god_n not_o to_o trust_v god_n not_o to_o repent_v of_o sin_n not_o to_o be_v heavenly-minded_n what_o liberty_n be_v this_o yea_o or_o to_o be_v able_a to_o hate_n god_n and_o sin_n and_o damn_v yourselves_o a._n man_n a._n arnold_n coru._n describe_v it_o to_o be_v that_o without_o which_o we_o be_v not_o man_n it_o be_v not_o liberty_n specifical_o as_o it_o be_v for_o sin_n or_o against_o god_n and_o so_o not_o libertas_n moralis_fw-la but_o it_o be_v only_a libertas_n naturalis_fw-la or_o the_o indetermination_n of_o the_o will_n with_o a_o self-determining_a power_n which_o be_v the_o natural_a seat_n of_o morality_n and_o may_v be_v use_v to_o good_a or_o evil_n 2._o formalis_fw-la libertas_n arbitrii_fw-la creati_fw-la non_fw-la consistit_fw-la formaliter_fw-la in_o indifferentia_fw-la objectiva_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o indifferentia_fw-la passiva_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o indifferentia_fw-la activa_fw-la ipsiu●_n facultatis_fw-la liberae_fw-la quae_fw-la indifferenter_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la ad_fw-la opposita_fw-la quamvis_fw-la adjunctam_fw-la habeat_fw-la vel_fw-la praesupponat_fw-la aliquam_fw-la indifferentiam_fw-la passivam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la potentia_fw-la &_o indifferentiam_fw-la objecti_fw-la alvar._n de_fw-fr aux_fw-fr l._n 12._o d._n 116._o p._n 473._o c._n 2._o b._n now_o you_o say_v somewhat_o and_o come_v into_o the_o light_n therefore_o have_v thus_o prepare_v the_o way_n i_o add_v that_o there_o be_v libertas_n à_fw-la malo_fw-la and_o libertas_n ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la both_o proper_o but_o it_o be_v improper_a to_o say_v libertas_n à_fw-la bono_fw-mi naturali_fw-la vel_fw-la morali_fw-la vel_fw-la libertas_n ad_fw-la malum_fw-la qua_fw-la tale_n 2._o as_o there_o may_v be_v a_o threefold_a restraint_n or_o compulsion_n physical_a 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may_v agree_v on_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n what_o liberty_n it_o be_v that_o you_o mean_v but_o first_o i_o shall_v ask_v you_o a_o few_o more_o question_n quest_n 1._o do_v you_o think_v that_o liberty_n consist_v in_o the_o great_a indifferency_n of_o the_o will_n when_o it_o be_v mere_o in_o aequilibrio_fw-la a._n no_o for_o then_o every_o virtuous_a or_o vicious_a habit_n shall_v take_v away_o liberty_n b._n i_o pray_v you_o think_v on_o it_o then_o whether_o if_o strong_a habit_n which_o do_v tantum_fw-la non_fw-la necessitare_fw-la do_v not_o at_o all_o abate_v or_o take_v away_o any_o part_n of_o liberty_n it_o be_v like_a that_o if_o such_o a_o habit_n be_v so_o strong_a as_o per_fw-la eundem_fw-la inclinandi_fw-la modum_fw-la to_o necessitate_v it_o will_v not_o yet_o consist_v with_o liberty_n of_o will_n quest_n 2._o do_v you_o think_v that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o necessitate_v to_o will_v his_o own_o felicity_n by_o a_o simple_a volition_n be_v he_o free_a to_o 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defectible_a i_o will_v know_v as_o we_o go_v on_o whether_o the_o liberty_n which_o we_o plead_v for_o be_v good_a and_o desirable_a or_o evil_a a._n i_o can_v deny_v but_o it_o be_v incomparable_o more_o desirable_a to_o be_v certain_o and_o necessary_o determine_v to_o good_a than_o not_o but_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v free_a and_o leave_v to_o our_o own_o choice_n uncertain_o than_o to_o be_v determine_v to_o evil_a or_o to_o be_v so_o determine_v to_o inferior_a good_a as_o shall_v keep_v down_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o superior_a i_o do_v not_o take_v this_o indetermination_n and_o free_a power_n for_o our_o best_a state_n but_o for_o a_o middle_a condition_n fit_a for_o a_o viator_n that_o be_v try_v here_o in_o order_n to_o his_o end_n beast_n be_v necessary_o determine_v to_o thing_n inferior_a the_o glorify_a angel_n and_o saint_n its_o thought_n and_o hope_v be_v necessary_o determine_v to_o thing_n superior_a and_o so_o be_v christ_n but_o our_o undetermined_a state_n 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