sin_n it_o be_v suggest_v by_o some_o and_o believe_v by_o other_o that_o we_o make_v the_o holy_a god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v the_o dregs_o of_o blasphemy_n and_o that_o which_o every_o serious_a spirit_n abhor_v more_o than_o hel._n yet_o we_o need_v no_o way_n to_o doubt_v but_o that_o with_o divine_a assistance_n we_o may_v firm_o assert_v and_o demonstrate_v the_o efficacitie_n of_o divine_a concourse_n to_o the_o material_a entitative_a act_n of_o that_o which_o be_v sinful_a and_o yet_o full_o vindicate_v the_o divine_a majesty_n from_o that_o blasphemous_a imputation_n of_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o for_o our_o more_o distinct_a and_o demonstrative_a procedure_v herein_o we_o propose_v this_o method_n or_o form_n as_o most_o apt_a for_o the_o subject_a mater_fw-la before_o we_o 1_o to_o examine_v and_o explicate_v the_o term_n formal_o imply_v in_o or_o virtual_o relate_v to_o the_o subject_n in_o controversy_n 2_o to_o show_v wherein_o the_o opposite_a party_n agree_v and_o wherein_o they_o differ_v both_o among_o themselves_o and_o each_o from_o other_o together_o with_o the_o original_n and_o principal_a motive_n ground_n and_o cause_n of_o such_o difference_n 3_o to_o give_v a_o scriptural_a explication_n and_o demonstration_n of_o our_o own_o hypothesis_n touch_v god_n efficacious_a concourse_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o that_o which_o be_v sinful_a with_o a_o answer_n to_o those_o false_a gloss_n and_o comment_n which_o our_o adversary_n the_o jesuit_n arminian_n and_o some_o new_a methodist_n give_v to_o those_o scripture_n for_o the_o evade_n the_o force_n of_o they_o 4_o to_o draw_v up_o a_o brief_a history_n or_o narrative_n of_o this_o controversy_n and_o its_o state_n in_o all_o period_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n to_o this_o day_n 5_o to_o give_v the_o demonstration_n of_o our_o hypothesis_n from_o reason_n ground_v on_o scripture_n with_o the_o vindication_n of_o those_o reason_n from_o the_o 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be_v involve_v and_o here_o indeed_o i_o can_v but_o break_v forth_o into_o a_o doleful_a lamentation_n over_o the_o bleed_a state_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n by_o reason_n of_o those_o vexatious_a controversy_n which_o rend_v and_o tear_v out_o their_o very_a bowel_n and_o all_o from_o the_o sophistic_a abuse_n or_o ambiguity_n of_o term_n and_o i_o no_o way_n doubt_v but_o to_o make_v it_o most_o manifest_a when_o opportunity_n be_v offer_v that_o most_o of_o the_o controversy_n of_o this_o age_n be_v soment_v and_o maintain_v from_o the_o obscurity_n and_o abuse_n of_o term_n misapply_v by_o subtle_a wit_n for_o the_o establishment_n of_o their_o own_o hypothesis_n this_o be_v most_o evident_a in_o our_o present_a case_n which_o make_v it_o a_o duty_n absolute_o necessary_a before_o we_o enter_v on_o our_o province_n to_o clear_v up_o the_o way_n by_o a_o distinct_a and_o particular_a explication_n of_o those_o term_n that_o relate_v thereunto_o the_o first_o term_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v be_v sin_n wherein_o we_o be_v to_o sin_n examine_v its_o origne_n cause_n constitution_n both_o material_a and_o formal_a and_o kind_n particular_o the_o nature_n of_o act_n substantial_o or_o intrinsical_o sinful_a all_o which_o we_o shall_v discuss_v with_o that_o brevity_n and_o perspicuity_n the_o mater_fw-la will_v admit_v 1._o as_o for_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o sin_n it_o origine_fw-la come_v first_o into_o the_o world_n from_o the_o defectibilitie_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n their_o freewill_a and_o have_v be_v ever_o since_o maintain_v and_o foment_v by_o the_o vitiositie_n of_o human_a nature_n deprave_v by_o adam_n sin_n as_o we_o have_v copiose_o demonstrate_v court_n gent._n p._n 4._o b._n 1._o c._n 4._o §_o 2._o and_o philos_n gen._n p._n 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 3._o sect_n 4._o §_o 3._o 2._o sin_n as_o to_o its_o material_a constitution_n have_v for_o its_o substrate_a mater_fw-la mater_fw-la or_o subject_n some_o natural_a good_a for_o all_o sin_n be_v as_o to_o its_o formal_a nature_n but_o a_o moral_a privation_n or_o relation_n it_o necessary_o require_v some_o natural_a good_a as_o its_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o subject_n the_o wise_a creator_n and_o gubernator_n of_o allthing_n have_v by_o his_o law_n so_o constitute_v all_o moral_a being_n both_o virtue_n and_o vice_n as_o that_o they_o can_v subsist_v but_o in_o something_o natural_a albeit_o sin_n be_v according_a to_o its_o formal_a reason_n a_o mere_a privation_n yet_o it_o require_v some_o positive_a real_a natural_a be_v for_o its_o subject_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o other_o privation_n thus_o augustin_n that_o which_o be_v evil_a by_o reason_n of_o vice_n 5._o be_v good_a by_o nature_n again_o he_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v not_o nature_n but_o the_o vice_n of_o nature_n and_o that_o trite_a maxim_n commun_o receive_v by_o all_o the_o ancient_n that_o all_o evil_n be_v found_v in_o some_o good_a i._n e._n natural_a sufficient_o demonstrate_v this_o our_o assertion_n thus_o augustin_n enchirid._n 97._o although_o therefore_o thing_n sinful_a as_o sinful_a be_v not_o good_a yet_o not_o only_o that_o good_a thing_n but_o also_o that_o sinful_a be_v be_v good_a i._n e._n thing_n sinful_a be_v good_a not_o moral_o but_o natural_o as_o mean_n utile_a and_o conducible_a to_o the_o promote_a of_o divine_a glory_n for_o albeit_o they_o oppose_v the_o bonitie_n of_o the_o creature_n yet_o material_o consider_v they_o oppose_v not_o the_o bonitie_n of_o the_o creator_n who_o can_v extract_v the_o great_a good_a out_o of_o the_o great_a evil_n do_v it_o not_o then_o belong_v to_o the_o infinite_a bonitie_n of_o god_n to_o permit_v sin_n to_o be_v yea_o do_v not_o the_o ingress_n of_o sin_n into_o the_o world_n belong_v to_o the_o perfection_n thereof_o be_v not_o then_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la thereof_o some_o natural_a good_a this_o be_v well_o demonstrate_v by_o suarez_n metaph._n disput_n 11._o sect_n 3._o p._n 252._o sin_n as_o sin_n have_v a_o material_a cause_n which_o be_v always_o some_o good_a so_o augustin_n say_v that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o evil_a but_o in_o good_a because_o if_o there_o be_v pure_a evil_n it_o will_v destroy_v itself_o and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o sin_n as_o to_o its_o formal_a cause_n be_v not_o pure_o positive_a 629._o or_o a_o pure_a negation_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o debite_n perfection_n therefore_o it_o require_v a_o subject_n unto_o which_o such_o a_o perfection_n be_v due_a which_o subject_n must_v be_v some_o good_a etc._n etc._n yea_o strangius_n himself_o our_o principal_a adversary_n in_o this_o controversy_n grant_v in_o this_o particular_a as_o much_o as_o we_o demand_v pag._n 629._o that_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o say_v any_o sin_n or_o defect_n can_v exist_v of_o itself_o sithat_o there_o can_v be_v no_o separate_a evil_n but_o all_o evil_n be_v seat_v in_o good_a yea_o he_o ingenuous_o confess_v pag._n 245._o that_o hatred_n of_o god_n which_o be_v a_o action_n intrinsically_a evil_n as_o it_o be_v a_o act_n and_o be_v so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n namely_o as_o it_o be_v hatred_n for_o add_v he_o so_o hatred_n true_o as_o it_o be_v abstract_v from_o this_o or_o that_o object_n be_v a_o physic_n action_n to_o which_o the_o metaphysic_n bonitie_n of_o ens_fw-la or_o be_v agree_v and_o it_o be_v moral_o indifferent_a but_o as_o it_o be_v determine_v to_o god_n hence_o be_v its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d obliquity_n this_o concession_n of_o strangius_n if_o well_o consider_v will_v not_o only_o overthrow_v his_o own_o antithesis_fw-la against_o our_o hypothesis_n but_o also_o put_v a_o period_n to_o this_o controversy_n as_o in_o what_o follow_v we_o shall_v demonstrate_v chap._n 6._o §_o 1._o 3._o but_o the_o principal_a thing_n to_o be_v examine_v in_o the_o explication_n of_o sin_n be_v its_o formal_a constitution_n or_o reason_n which_o we_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o manifest_v in_o the_o follow_a proposition_n 1_o all_o 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the_o court_z of_o the_o gentile_n part_n iv._o of_o reform_a philosophy_n book_n iii_o of_o divine_a predetermination_n wherein_o the_o nature_n of_o divine_a predetermination_n be_v full_o explicate_v and_o demonstrate_v both_o in_o the_o general_n as_o also_o more_o particular_o as_o to_o the_o substrate_n mater_n or_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n with_o a_o vindication_n of_o calvinist_n and_o other_o from_o that_o blasphemous_a imputation_n of_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o theophilus_n gale_n si_fw-mi pelagio_n tantillum_fw-la dederis_fw-la danda_fw-la sunt_fw-la omne_fw-la cornel._n jansen_n praefat._n in_o pelag._n london_n print_v for_o john_n hill_n at_o the_o black_a lion_n in_o fleetstreet_n and_o samuel_n tidmarsh_n at_o the_o kings-head_n in_o cornhill_n 1678._o preface_n the_o strong_a and_o almost_o invincible_a inclination_n i_o have_v to_o solitude_n and_o retirement_n with_o a_o natural_a aversion_n from_o the_o controversy_n of_o this_o age_n wherein_o there_o be_v so_o little_a of_o christian_a candour_n fidelity_n ingenuity_n and_o moderation_n to_o be_v find_v have_v give_v i_o no_o small_a satisfaction_n in_o my_o be_v exempt_v hitherto_o from_o those_o vexatious_a conflict_n which_o i_o see_v many_o learned_a and_o pious_a man_n involve_v in_o and_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o a_o thing_n no_o less_o than_o prodigious_a to_o consider_v with_o what_o warm_a zele_n and_o self-complacence_a some_o learned_a man_n contend_v in_o the_o mist_n and_o cloud_n of_o ambiguous_a term_n as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o other_o design_n but_o that_o of_o some_o mercenary_a soldier_n who_o do_v what_o they_o can_v to_o protract_v the_o war._n these_o and_o such_o like_a consideration_n have_v keep_v i_o for_o some_o month_n from_o the_o publication_n of_o this_o discourse_n with_o hope_n there_o may_v be_v find_v out_o some_o expedient_n for_o the_o put_v a_o period_n to_o those_o unhappy_a controversy_n it_o refer_v to_o which_o i_o now_o have_v little_a hope_n of_o but_o enough_o of_o that_o the_o discourse_n itself_o both_o as_o to_o its_o first_o conception_n and_o present_a publication_n have_v not_o be_v without_o various_a agitation_n in_o my_o own_o thought_n and_o how_o little_a my_o natural_a inclination_n have_v induce_v i_o hereto_o be_v well_o know_v to_o some_o but_o i_o must_v confess_v the_o crime_n charge_v on_o we_o be_v no_o less_o than_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n it_o may_v be_v deserve_o judge_v too_o great_a a_o violation_n to_o the_o law_n of_o christianity_n not_o to_o purge_v ourselves_o from_o so_o black_a a_o imputation_n and_o yet_o in_o as_o much_o as_o some_o reverend_a divine_n of_o repute_n among_o we_o both_o for_o their_o learning_n and_o piety_n have_v entertain_v sentiment_n opposite_a to_o our_o hypothesis_n we_o have_v be_v very_o studious_a yea_o emulous_a to_o deliver_v our_o own_o thought_n in_o such_o a_o mode_n or_o form_n as_o may_v be_v least_o obnoxious_a to_o passionate_a emotion_n personal_a reflection_n or_o whatever_o may_v unbeseem_v one_o that_o lie_v under_o essential_a obligation_n to_o love_n and_o honour_v the_o person_n of_o some_o that_o differ_v in_o judgement_n about_o these_o point_n wherefore_o to_o render_v our_o discourse_n the_o less_o offensive_a we_o have_v cast_v it_o into_o a_o thetic_a and_o dogmatic_a method_n rather_o than_o agonistic_a and_o polemic_a and_o because_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a distinct_o and_o demonstrative_o to_o discuss_v such_o a_o hypothesis_n without_o some_o opposition_n against_o such_o as_o defend_v the_o antithesis_fw-la we_o have_v pitch_v on_o strangius_n as_o our_o principal_a antagonist_n who_o indeed_o to_o give_v he_o his_o merit_a character_n have_v ventilate_v this_o controversy_n with_o candour_n perspicuity_n and_o force_v of_o argument_n beyond_o his_o sectator_n yet_o we_o must_v also_o do_v the_o cause_n we_o undertake_v this_o justice_n as_o to_o declare_v that_o we_o have_v not_o omit_v to_o examine_v the_o reason_n and_o argument_n of_o other_o reverend_a divine_n who_o oppose_v our_o hypothesis_n albeit_o we_o have_v as_o in_o duty_n we_o conceive_v ourselves_o oblige_v conceled_a their_o name_n for_o indeed_o of_o what_o use_n be_v such_o personal_a nomination_n and_o reflection_n but_o to_o render_v we_o a_o grief_n to_o friend_n and_o reproach_n to_o enemy_n as_o for_o my_o style_n if_o any_o judge_n my_o pen_n too_o much_o drench_v in_o scholastic_a theology_n i_o shall_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o i_o have_v spend_v some_o time_n in_o those_o study_n neither_o do_v i_o as_o yet_o see_v any_o reason_n to_o repent_v thereof_o for_o i_o have_v find_v those_o controversy_n about_o divine_a concourse_n and_o efficacious_a grace_n no_o where_o more_o accurate_o examine_v and_o demonstrative_o determine_v than_o among_o the_o schoolman_n special_o bradwardine_n and_o alvarez_n neither_o can_v i_o conceive_v how_o any_o one_o can_v distinct_o and_o perfect_o discuss_v these_o controversy_n special_o as_o now_o miserable_o perplex_v with_o ambiguous_a obscure_a term_n without_o some_o inspection_n into_o and_o knowledge_n of_o scholastic_a theology_n for_o do_v not_o a_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o controversy_n depend_v on_o that_o scholastic_a notion_n of_o freewill_n yea_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n new_o start_v by_o the_o arminian_n or_o new_a methodist_n but_o what_o have_v be_v full_o examine_v and_o answer_v by_o some_o among_o the_o more_o sober_a schoolman_n special_o aquinas_n ariminensis_n bradwardine_n and_o alvarez_n whatever_o other_o may_v judge_v of_o they_o yet_o reverend_a mr._n baxter_n cathol_n theol._n part_v 1._o p._n 124._o prefer_v the_o schoolman_n before_o arminian_n and_o albeit_o i_o have_v a_o particular_a kindness_n for_o some_o of_o the_o more_o sober_a schoolman_n as_o to_o such_o point_n wherein_o they_o serve_v not_o the_o papal_a interest_n and_o their_o own_o vain_a imagination_n yet_o what_o a_o low_a and_o cheap_a estime_fw-fr i_o have_v of_o the_o schoolman_n in_o the_o general_n be_v sufficient_o apparent_a by_o the_o character_n i_o have_v give_v they_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n part_v iii_o b._n 2._o c._n 2._o s._n 1._o §_o 2._o and_o indeed_o i_o will_v read_v they_o with_o the_o same_o indifference_n and_o suspension_n of_o mind_n as_o i_o read_v plato_n and_o aristotle_n but_o to_o conclude_v if_o any_o private_a christian_a desire_n not_o to_o charge_v his_o thought_n with_o the_o scholastic_a part_n of_o this_o controversy_n but_o only_o to_o satisfy_v his_o doubt_n and_o confirm_v his_o faith_n in_o the_o scriptural_a part_n he_o may_v confine_v himself_o to_o chap._n iii_o of_o this_o discourse_n which_o contain_v almost_o a_o three_o part_n of_o the_o book_n where_o we_o have_v under_o seven_o general_a head_n large_o give_v the_o scriptural_a demonstration_n of_o our_o hypothesis_n touch_v god_n concourse_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n with_o solution_n to_o such_o false_a gloss_n and_o comment_n as_o our_o adversary_n give_v thereto_o which_o be_v suit_v to_o vulgar_a capacity_n breviarie_n of_o content_n the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n part_n iv._o of_o reform_a philosophy_n book_n iii_o of_o divine_a predetermination_n chap._n i._n the_o explication_n of_o the_o term_n the_o controversy_n about_o predetermination_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n p._n 2_o seven_o head_n to_o be_v discuss_v by_o we_o 3_o the_o explication_n of_o the_o term_n 4_o 1._o of_o sin_n 1_o be_v origine_fw-la ibid._n 2_o it_o be_v substrate_a mater_fw-la 5_o 3_o it_o be_v formal_a constitution_n 6_o 1_n all_o act_n in_o their_o generic_a nature_n indifferent_a ib._n 2_o all_o moral_a constitution_n from_o the_o divine_a law_n ibid._n 3_o sin_n formal_o consider_v privative_a 7_o 4_o the_o kind_n of_o sinful_a action_n 8_o 1_n action_n modally_v sinful_a 9_o 2_o action_n intrinsical_o sinful_a ib._n 2._o the_o natural_a liberty_n of_o the_o will_n what_o 10_o the_o new_a methodist_n distinction_n of_o liberty_n large_o and_o strict_o take_v examine_v and_o refell_v 11_o the_o true_a idea_n of_o liberty_n 12_o 3._o moral_a liberty_n or_o freewill_a to_o good_a 13_o of_o necessity_n impossibility_n possibility_n 15_o 4._o the_o will_n of_o god_n its_o distribution_n into_o significative_a and_o decretive_a 17_o 5._o divine_a concourse_n 1_o its_o immediation_n consist_v not_o in_o a_o mere_a hability_n to_o act_v but_o in_o exciting_a to_o act_v 19_o 2_o its_o efficacitie_n and_o predetermination_n 21_o 1_n efficacious_a concourse_n what_o 22_o 2_o determinative_a concourse_n what_o 23_o 3_o predeterminative_a concourse_n what_o 24_o predeterminative_a concourse_n active_a and_o passive_a also_o physic_n and_o moral_a 25_o god_n predetermination_n to_o wicked_a act_n 27_o chap._n ii_o the_o state_n of_o the_o controversy_n the_o agreament_n of_o the_o predeterminants_n and_o antipredeterminants_n in_o ten_o proposition_n 28_o etc._n etc._n the_o antipredeterminants_n difference_n among_o themselves_o in_o 5_o particular_n 34_o etc._n etc._n the_o
2._o 11._o 93._o hebrew_n ch._n verse_n pag._n 4._o 7._o 23_o james_n ch._n verse_n pag._n 4._o 15._o 53_o 1_o peter_n ch._n verse_n pag._n 2._o 8._o 105_o judas_n ch._n verse_n pag._n 4._o  _fw-fr 107_o revelation_n ch._n verse_n pag._n 17._o 17._o 81_o table_n of_o hebraic_a word_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d very_o p._n 102_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o termine_v and_o determine_v 23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o decree_v 24_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o make_v to_o stand_v 102_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daub_v or_o dim_v 91_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o contrive_v 55_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v daub_v 92_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o judgement_n 88_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o infatuate_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o find_v 104_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o excite_v 75_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o omnipotent_a severity_n 103_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o ordain_v 104_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o 86_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v determine_v 23_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o cover_v over_o by_o daub_v thence_o to_o expiate_v and_o purge_v 100_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stumbling-stone_n or_o block_n 100_o 105_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o mingle_v or_o pour_v forth_o 92_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stumble_a or_o smite_v 100_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o predetermine_v 80_o 81_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v design_v 105_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o work_v efficacious_o 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o declare_v  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o work_v 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thick_a darkness_n 93_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d efficacious_o to_o work_v 103_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o explicate_v more_o clear_o 60_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o erect_v 102_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o stupefy_v 91_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o seal_v or_o constitute_v 24_o 65_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o deceiver_n 88_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spoil_v ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o constitute_v or_o destine_v 106_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o predetermine_v 90_o 102_o table_n of_o grecanic_n word_n explicate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d reprobate_a drossy_a 93_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o fix_a decree_n 62_o 63_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o peremtory_o will_v 86_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o determine_a decree_n 81_o 82_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v predetermine_v 80_o 81_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d efficacitie_n what_o 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o work_v efficacious_o 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v constitute_v 102_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legal_a authority_n 61_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o predetermine_v 103_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o 91_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apt_o to_o fit_v or_o frame_v 104_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o determine_v 23_o 24_o 60_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stupify_a portion_n 91_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d design_v 107_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o predetermine_v 24_o 60_o 64_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o preordain_v 24_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o stone_n of_o offence_n 100_o 105_o 107_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bow_v down_o 91_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o cooperate_v 22_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o constitute_v 106_o 107_o the_o court_n of_o the_o gentile_n part_n iv._o of_o reform_a philosophy_n book_n iii_o of_o divine_a predetermination_n wherein_o the_o nature_n of_o divine_a predetermination_n be_v full_o explicate_v and_o demonstrate_v both_o in_o the_o general_n as_o also_o more_o particular_o as_o to_o the_o substrate_a matter_n or_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n chap._n i._n the_o explication_n of_o the_o term_n 1_o the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o controversy_n about_o predetermination_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n with_o the_o method_n we_o proceed_v in_o 2_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n its_o origine_fw-la and_o material_a constitution_n all_o act_n in_o their_o generic_a nature_n indifferent_a all_o morality_n determine_v by_o the_o moral_a law_n sin_n as_o to_o its_o formal_a reason_n a_o privation_n of_o action_n modal_o and_o intrinsical_o evil_a 3_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n the_o new-coined_a distinction_n of_o liberty_n large_o and_o strict_o take_v with_o its_o abuse_n a_o true_a idea_n of_o liberty_n 4_o moral_a liberty_n or_o freewill_a to_o good_a necessity_n impossibility_n possibility_n what_o 5_o the_o will_n of_o god_n its_o distribution_n into_o significative_a and_o decretive_a 6_o divine_a concourse_n its_o immediation_n efficacitie_n and_o predetermination_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o nature_n of_o predetermination_n explicate_v §_o 1._o the_o doctrine_n of_o divine_a concourse_n and_o creatural_a dependence_n controversy_n have_v in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o church_n but_o more_o special_o since_o the_o rise_n of_o pelagianism_n receive_v vigorous_a assault_n from_o many_o learned_a and_o potent_a adversary_n and_o indeed_o no_o wonder_n sithat_o corrupt_a nature_n propagate_v from_o adam_n have_v in_o imitation_n of_o its_o first_o parent_n be_v ever_o aspire_v after_o a_o equality_n to_o the_o deity_n and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o be_v the_o last_o end_n of_o its_o act_n but_o also_o the_o first_o principe_n of_o its_o dependence_n this_o vain_a attemt_a have_v appear_v more_o visible_o in_o some_o dare_a and_o proud_a spirit_n such_o as_o nebuchadnezar_n dan._n 4._o 30._o be_v not_o this_o great_a babylon_n that_o i_o have_v build_v &_o c_o but_o in_o other_o the_o design_n and_o opposition_n against_o the_o concourse_n of_o god_n have_v be_v more_o refine_v under_o a_o pretext_n of_o vindicate_v the_o divine_a majesty_n from_o the_o blasphemous_a imputation_n of_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o because_o all_o pious_a soul_n have_v so_o great_a a_o veneration_n for_o the_o bless_a deity_n as_o to_o abhor_v the_o very_a shadow_n of_o such_o blasphemy_n therefore_o the_o adversary_n of_o divine_a concourse_n have_v in_o all_o age_n pitch_v on_o this_o as_o the_o most_o puissant_a argument_n to_o oppose_v the_o same_o that_o it_o bring_v the_o most_o holy_a and_o bless_a god_n under_o the_o black_a imputation_n of_o encourage_v yea_o impel_a man_n to_o sin_n and_o albeit_o those_o that_o assert_v god_n efficacious_a concourse_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v most_o vehement_o detest_v in_o their_o own_o soul_n and_o solemn_o protest_v against_o the_o least_o thought_n or_o opinion_n that_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n yet_o nevertheless_o this_o direful_a piece_n of_o blasphemy_n be_v still_o charge_v on_o they_o moreover_o there_o be_v in_o this_o doctrine_n of_o efficacious_a concourse_n as_o in_o all_o other_o great_a mystery_n of_o faith_n some_o intricate_a difficulty_n which_o the_o wise_a god_n have_v leave_v we_o under_o to_o try_v our_o faith_n and_o submission_n to_o divine_a revelation_n hence_o also_o many_o learned_a and_o some_o pious_a man_n have_v be_v at_o a_o great_a loss_n in_o their_o inquiry_n how_o to_o reconcile_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o human_a will_n with_o the_o efficace_n of_o divine_a concourse_n so_o as_o to_o free_v the_o bless_a god_n from_o the_o imputation_n of_o impel_a man_n to_o sin_n these_o and_o such_o like_a consideration_n make_v i_o the_o more_o prolix_a in_o the_o philosophic_a metaphysic_n contemplation_n of_o the_o divine_a concourse_n its_o nature_n origine_fw-la and_o manner_n of_o work_v particular_o as_o to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o what_o be_v sinful_a together_o with_o the_o creature_n dependence_n thereon_o which_o i_o have_v more_o full_o discuss_v court_n of_o the_o gentile_n chap._n 7_o 9_o 11._o with_o design_n and_o endeavour_n if_o it_o may_v be_v to_o give_v the_o bless_a god_n and_o his_o sinful_a creature_n both_o their_o due_n and_o remove_v those_o extreme_n which_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o fall_v into_o but_o these_o my_o sincere_a desire_n and_o endeavour_n have_v not_o have_v that_o procedure_n success_n which_o be_v desire_v which_o bring_v i_o under_o a_o fresh_a obligation_n to_o vindicate_v my_o own_o hypothesis_n touch_v the_o efficacious_a concourse_n of_o god_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n of_o what_o be_v sinful_a i_o must_v confess_v the_o province_n before_o we_o be_v difficult_a on_o many_o account_n but_o principal_o because_o while_o we_o endeavour_v to_o defend_v the_o concourse_n and_o providence_n of_o god_n about_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o
act_n consider_v indifferent_a in_o their_o generic_a physic_n entity_n or_o natural_a be_v abstract_v from_o their_o moral_a constitution_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a but_o moral_o indifferent_a all_o moral_a being_n or_o act_n be_v scate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o proper_a nature_n as_o cyril_n neither_o can_v they_o existe_v without_o that_o proper_a nature_n whereunto_o they_o be_v appendent_a there_o be_v no_o virtue_n or_o vice_n which_o have_v not_o something_o of_o nature_n for_o its_o subject_n and_o seat_n it_o be_v true_a there_o may_v be_v nature_n where_o there_o be_v no_o morality_n yet_o there_o can_v be_v morality_n where_o there_o be_v not_o some_o nature_n to_o sustain_v the_o same_o now_o all_o human_a nature_n as_o also_o all_o natural_a act_n consider_v in_o their_o generic_a natural_a idea_n albeit_o capable_a of_o virtue_n or_o vice_n yet_o be_v in_o themselves_o moral_o indifferent_a all_o thought_n word_n and_o action_n consider_v physical_o and_o abstract_o without_o regard_n to_o their_o moral_a determination_n by_o the_o will_n and_o law_n of_o god_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a for_o morality_n be_v a_o mode_n not_o physical_o or_o intrinsical_o inherent_a in_o human_a act_n but_o appendent_a to_o they_o from_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n the_o very_a act_n of_o love_a and_o hate_v god_n consider_v in_o their_o generic_a physic_n and_o entitative_a nature_n as_o abstract_v from_o the_o moral_a relation_n they_o have_v to_o their_o object_n be_v moral_o neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a because_o moral_a bonitie_n and_o vitiositie_n be_v difference_n of_o human_a act_n mere_o accidental_a or_o modal_a as_o suarez_n and_o other_o schoolman_n general_o grant_v thus_o much_o strangius_n frequent_o grant_v as_o pag._n 158._o he_o say_v that_o moral_a bonitie_n and_o vitiositie_n be_v accident_n of_o natural_a action_n so_o pag._n 875._o the_o law_n action_n consider_v apart_o and_o physical_o be_v moral_o indifferent_a neither_o may_v it_o be_v less_o subject_a to_o virtue_n than_o to_o vice_n hence_o 2_o all_o morality_n and_o moral_a act_n whether_o good_a or_o evil_n receive_v their_o constitution_n and_o determination_n from_o the_o moral_a divine_a law_n this_o hypothesis_n be_v defend_v by_o scotus_n and_o other_o schoolman_n and_o that_o on_o the_o high_a reason_n for_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v the_o supreme_a measure_n and_o rule_v of_o all_o justice_n and_o sanctity_n thing_n be_v therefore_o just_a and_o good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o and_o whatever_o god_n will_v be_v for_o that_o very_a reason_n because_o god_n will_v it_o good_a and_o just_a therefore_o that_o platonic_a notion_n defend_v by_o some_o learned_a man_n that_o the_o reason_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n be_v eternal_a be_v of_o dangerous_a consequence_n albeit_o it_o have_v somewhat_o of_o truth_n as_o other_o error_n have_v mix_v with_o it_o we_o grant_v that_o in_o thing_n moral_o good_a there_o be_v a_o natural_a condecence_n or_o congruity_n to_o human_a nature_n even_o antecedent_n to_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o constitution_n as_o on_o supposition_n of_o man_n be_v create_v he_o immediate_o fall_v under_o a_o necessary_a and_o essential_a obligation_n of_o love_a god_n hate_v sin_n etc._n etc._n these_o be_v duty_n natural_o congruous_a yea_o moral_o necessary_a to_o human_a nature_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o divine_v usual_o determine_v that_o original_a righteousness_n be_v natural_a to_o adam_n i._n e._n most_o condecent_fw-la congruous_a and_o moral_o necessary_a to_o his_o nature_n yet_o all_o this_o hinder_v not_o but_o that_o the_o formal_a determination_n of_o all_o moral_n arise_v from_o the_o free_a constitution_n of_o the_o divine_a will_n and_o law_n the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v the_o great_a expansum_fw-la or_o firmament_n which_o god_n have_v spread_v over_o the_o rational_a world_n whereby_o all_o mankind_n be_v moderate_v and_o regulate_v in_o all_o their_o moral_a act_n and_o by_o which_o they_o shall_v be_v at_o last_o day_n judge_v whence_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o all_o moral_a constitution_n must_v proceed_v hence_o as_o we_o have_v more_o ample_o demonstrate_v court_n gentiles_n p._n 4._o b._n 1._o c._n 2._o §_o 1_o 2._o thus_o also_o voetius_fw-la disput_n theolog._n par._n 1._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o justit_fw-la probl._n 10._o p._n 351._o prove_n that_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v the_o fountain_n and_o rule_n of_o all_o goodness_n so_o much_o also_o strangius_n grant_v we_o p._n 89._o namely_o that_o as_o whatever_o be_v true_a be_v therefore_o true_a because_o conform_v to_o the_o first_o truth_n so_o whatever_o be_v good_a be_v therefore_o good_a because_o conform_v to_o the_o first_o goodness_n and_o as_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n belong_v to_o his_o intellect_n so_o goodness_n to_o his_o wil._n the_o like_a mr._n baxter_n catholic_n theolog._n part_v 1._o p._n 100_o all_o create_a justice_n and_o holiness_n be_v such_o i._n e._n good_a for_o goodness_n be_v their_o essence_n because_o god_n efficient_a will_n make_v they_o so_o hence_o 3_o the_o formal_a reason_n or_o nature_n of_o sin_n consist_v in_o its_o be_v a_o deordination_n or_o transgression_n of_o the_o divine_a law_n this_o proposition_n be_v full_o state_v and_o demonstrate_v in_o sacred_a philosophy_n as_o we_o have_v copiose_o prove_v court_n gent._n p._n 4._o b._n 1._o c._n 4._o §_o 1._o and_o philos_n general_n p._n 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 3._o s._n 4._o §_o 1._o so_o that_o it_o require_v not_o further_a explication_n or_o demonstration_n hence_o 4_o sin_n as_o to_o its_o formal_a constitution_n and_o nature_n be_v not_o a_o positive_a privation_n real_a be_v but_o privative_a this_o hypothesis_n have_v find_v general_a assent_n to_o it_o among_o all_o the_o ancient_n both_o pagan_a philosopher_n and_o christian_n except_v some_o few_o martion_n and_o manes_n with_o other_o it_o be_v true_a the_o manichee_n hold_v sin_n to_o be_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o they_o take_v up_o principes_fw-la suit_v thereto_o namely_o that_o there_o be_v two_o first_o being_n or_o cause_n one_o of_o good_a the_o other_o of_o evil_n but_o the_o sober_a philosopher_n and_o christian_n abhor_v such_o sentiment_n simplicius_n on_o epictetus_n c._n 34._o p._n 171._o have_v a_o excellent_a discourse_n to_o prove_v that_o sin_n be_v not_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o being_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o privation_n of_o good_a which_o we_o have_v large_o explicate_v philos_n gen._n p._n 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 3_o §_o 4._o §_o 2._o and_o this_o be_v general_o assert_v by_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a father_n thus_o the_o spurious_a dionysius_n assure_v we_o that_o sin_n must_v necessary_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o nature_n without_o subsistence_n so_o greg._n nyssen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sin_n be_v a_o insubsistent_n be_v or_o privation_n and_o it_o be_v a_o general_a conclusion_n in_o the_o greek_a school_n that_o sin_n result_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o absence_n of_o good_a as_o darkness_n from_o the_o absence_n of_o light_n thus_o also_o among_o the_o latin_n augustin_n assert_v that_o sin_n be_v not_o nature_n but_o the_o evil_a of_o nature_n again_o the_o amission_n of_o good_a have_v take_v up_o the_o name_n of_o sin_n and_o strangius_n who_o be_v our_o principal_a adversary_n in_o this_o controversy_n yet_o l._n 1._o c._n 13._o p._n 97_o etc._n etc._n he_o strong_o demonstrate_v this_o hypothesis_n that_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o sin_n consist_v in_o privation_n this_o i_o conceive_v deserve_v a_o particular_a remark_n because_o some_o late_a author_n and_o those_o not_o of_o inferior_a note_n make_v great_a use_n of_o this_o antithesis_fw-la namely_o that_o sin_n be_v as_o to_o its_o formal_a nature_n positive_a as_o their_o chief_a engine_n to_o oppose_v our_o general_a hypothesis_n touch_v god_n efficacious_a concourse_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o that_o which_o be_v sinful_a they_o tell_v we_o that_o sin_n as_o to_o its_o form_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a privation_n but_o a_o moral_a relation_n which_o have_v so_o much_o reality_n as_o a_o relation_n but_o to_o obviate_v all_o mistake_n and_o verbal_a contest_v we_o grant_v 1_o that_o sin_n may_v be_v term_v a_o moral_a privative_a relation_n or_o rather_o relative_a privation_n as_o it_o be_v a_o transgression_n of_o and_o so_o must_v have_v relation_n to_o the_o moral_a law_n 2_o that_o sin_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a nothing_o but_o have_v some_o kind_n of_o logic_n positivitie_n or_o notional_a entity_n so_o far_o as_o to_o render_v it_o capable_a of_o be_v the_o term_n of_o a_o proposition_n as_o we_o have_v more_o full_o show_v philos_n gen._n p._n 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 3._o s._n 4._o §_o 2._o but_o 3_o we_o may_v not_o yield_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o moral_a positive_a relation_n much_o less_o a_o positive_a act_n or_o real_a be_v such_o as_o
be_v from_o the_o creature_n 3_o between_o the_o will_n of_o god_n decree_a and_o the_o will_n of_o god_n command_v whence_o he_o conclude_v thes_n 100_o p._n 427._o for_o god_n will_v and_o produce_v by_o the_o creature_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n by_o the_o second_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n of_o itself_o indifferent_a to_o moral_a bonitie_n and_o vitiositie_n and_o will_n and_o effect_n the_o same_o albeit_o deprave_v by_o the_o creature_n as_o invest_v with_o his_o moral_a rectitude_n because_o he_o produce_v it_o by_o his_o own_o power_n from_o his_o immaculate_a sanctity_n and_o justice_n which_o can_v never_o be_v make_v crooked_a or_o corrupt_v by_o any_o second_o cause_n whence_o he_o add_v thes_n 101._o and_o this_o act_n essential_o good_a even_o as_o defile_v by_o the_o creature_n god_n just_o and_o holy_o use_v either_o as_o a_o instrument_n of_o punishment_n or_o of_o exploration_n or_o exercise_v and_o as_o a_o ordinate_a convenient_a medium_fw-la according_a to_o his_o justice_n for_o the_o best_a end_n thes_n 102._o in_o this_o sense_n god_n be_v say_v to_o create_v evil_a to_o produce_v it_o out_o of_o his_o mouth_n to_o send_v joseph_n into_o egypt_n by_o the_o vendition_n of_o his_o brethren_n to_o rob_v job_n of_o his_o good_n to_o command_v shimei_n to_o curse_n david_n to_o use_v absalon_n for_o the_o defile_n his_o father_n concubine_n to_o deliver_v christ_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o jew_n and_o gentile_n thes_n 103._o for_o god_n decree_v to_o produce_v those_o act_n as_o act_n and_o to_o permit_v the_o depravation_n of_o they_o by_o the_o sinner_n and_o to_o use_v they_o albeit_o deprave_v wise_o and_o just_o to_o end_n holy_o ordain_v by_o he_o 2._o divine_a predetermination_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n may_v sin_n be_v also_o demonstrate_v from_o the_o formal_a nature_n of_o sin_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o privation_n of_o that_o moral_a rectitude_n due_a to_o action_n as_o ch._n 1._o §_o 2._o we_o have_v more_o full_o explicate_v whence_o we_o thus_o argue_v if_o every_o deflexion_n from_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v sin_n then_o certain_o god_n necessary_o predetermine_v to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o some_o sin_n and_o if_o of_o some_o why_o not_o of_o all_o even_o such_o as_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a that_o god_n predetermine_v to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o some_o sin_n be_v evident_a and_o that_o from_o the_o concession_n of_o our_o adversary_n who_o grant_v that_o god_n do_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o action_n imperfect_o good_a which_o also_o according_a to_o their_o own_o confession_n be_v modal_o sinful_a whence_o we_o thus_o argue_v the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o the_o same_o action_n as_o good_a and_o as_o sinful_a be_v the_o same_o wherefore_o if_o god_n predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o the_o action_n as_o good_a must_v he_o not_o also_o predetermine_v it_o to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o the_o same_o action_n as_o sinful_a when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n predetermine_v to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o the_o same_o action_n as_o sinfil_v as_o here_o may_v not_o be_v take_v reduplicative_o but_o only_o specificative_o i._n e._n as_o it_o specify_v and_o distribute_v the_o same_o action_n into_o good_a and_o sinful_a which_o be_v different_a mode_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n so_o that_o our_o opponent_n grant_v that_o god_n do_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o the_o action_n as_o imperfect_o good_a how_o can_v they_o possible_o deny_v that_o god_n predetermine_v it_o also_o to_o the_o same_o substrate_a mater_fw-la which_o be_v modal_o sinful_a when_o i_o can_v see_v a_o rational_a solution_n give_v to_o this_o argument_n which_o i_o despair_v of_o i_o shall_v think_v our_o adversary_n have_v do_v much_o service_n to_o their_o cause_n but_o they_o reply_v if_o god_n concur_v by_o determinative_a influence_n to_o imperfect_o good_a action_n it_o do_v not_o thence_o follow_v that_o he_o concur_v to_o action_n intrinsical_o and_o in_o the_o substance_n of_o they_o evil_a but_o i_o conceive_v this_o evasion_n will_v soon_o vanish_v into_o smoke_n and_o vapour_n if_o we_o consider_v well_o 1_o that_o the_o least_o sin_n may_v not_o be_v impute_v unto_o god_n as_o the_o author_n of_o it_o any_o more_o than_o the_o great_a the_o difference_n between_o sin_n modal_o and_o intrinsical_o evil_a find_v no_o place_n here_o dare_v our_o adversary_n say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o modal_a sin_n which_o adhere_v to_o action_n imperfect_o good_a but_o not_o of_o that_o intrinsical_a evil_a which_o be_v in_o the_o hatred_n of_o god_n or_o the_o like_a whence_o 2_o the_o force_n of_o our_o argument_n arise_v from_o this_o parity_n of_o reason_n if_o god_n do_v concur_v yea_o predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o a_o act_n only_o modal_o sinful_a without_o fall_v under_o the_o imputation_n of_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n why_o may_v he_o not_o also_o predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o that_o which_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a without_o the_o like_a imputation_n albeit_o there_o be_v a_o disparity_n in_o the_o sin_n yet_o be_v not_o the_o parity_n of_o reason_n for_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o the_o same_o ought_v we_o not_o to_o be_v as_o cautelous_a in_o exemt_a the_o sacred_a majesty_n of_o god_n from_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o the_o least_o sin_n as_o in_o the_o great_a and_o if_o we_o allow_v ourselves_o the_o liberty_n of_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o the_o least_o sin_n will_v not_o that_o open_a a_o wide_a gate_n for_o atheistic_a blasphemous_a wit_n to_o impute_v to_o he_o the_o great_a sin_n whence_o if_o we_o can_v prove_v what_o our_o adversary_n will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o disprove_v yea_o what_o they_o approve_v of_o namely_o that_o god_n do_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n which_o be_v imperfect_o good_a but_o modal_o sinful_a it_o thence_o follow_v by_o necessary_a consequence_n and_o inevitable_a parity_n of_o reason_n that_o he_o can_v and_o do_v predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o that_o which_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a without_o the_o least_o imputation_n of_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n annex_v thereto_o i_o will_v fain_o have_v our_o opponent_n weigh_v impartial_o the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n §_o 6._o our_o next_o argument_n for_o god_n predetermination_n to_o the_o sin_n substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n shall_v be_v draw_v from_o his_o permission_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v way_n to_o this_o demonstration_n we_o must_v distinguish_v of_o permission_n which_o be_v either_o legal_a or_o natural_a natural_a permission_n be_v either_o divine_a or_o human_a and_o both_o either_o negative_a or_o positive_a 1_o god_n give_v no_o legal_a permission_n or_o indulgence_n to_o sin_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a severe_o prohibit_v it_o and_o that_o on_o pain_n of_o death_n 2_o god_n natural_a permission_n as_o rector_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o of_o sin_n simple_o as_o sin_n but_o as_o conducible_a to_o the_o principal_a end_n of_o his_o divine_a gubernation_n it_o be_v true_a divine_a permission_n regard_v not_o only_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n but_o also_o sin_n formal_o consider_v and_o so_o sin_n under_o that_o reduplication_n as_o sin_n yet_o not_o simple_o consider_v but_o as_o it_o have_v a_o tendence_n or_o conducibilitie_n to_o the_o advance_v of_o divine_a glory_n and_o so_o much_o be_v confess_v by_o strangius_n l._n 2._o c._n 22._o p._n 399._o if_o the_o reduplication_n be_v join_v to_o the_o term_n sin_n it_o be_v true_a that_o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v permit_v by_o god_n physical_o not_o moral_o yet_o i_o add_v not_o simple_o but_o respective_o as_o conducible_a to_o god_n supreme_a end_n of_o government_n and_o lud._n crocius_n duodec_n dissert_n 8._o thes_n 74._o pag._n 415._o asserte_n that_o god_n albeit_o he_o will_v and_o decree_n only_o the_o material_a of_o sin_n yet_o unbelieving_a and_o disobedient_a both_o jew_n and_o canaanite_n etc._n etc._n 2._o whereas_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o mythologist_n say_v mars_n be_v the_o first_o that_o invent_v military_a weapon_n and_o affair_n etc._n etc._n this_o may_v as_o well_o refer_v to_o joshua_n as_o to_o nimrod_n for_o albeit_o nimrod_n begin_v war_n in_o asia_n the_o great_a or_o babylon_n yet_o we_o find_v no_o considerable_a war_n among_o the_o canaanite_n or_o phoenicians_n till_o ioshua_n time_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a military_a exploit_n and_o victory_n may_v well_o be_v repute_v the_o god_n of_o war_n mars_n or_o hercules_n 3._o that_o which_o may_v add_v to_o this_o parallelize_a of_o mars_n with_o joshua_n be_v that_o the_o mythologist_n who_o diodorus_n
god_n a_o velleitie_n or_o imperfect_a conditional_a volition_n which_o never_o take_v effect_n 7._o there_o be_v something_o in_o nature_n which_o be_v never_o decree_v by_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n 8._o god_n have_v a_o general_a antecedent_n conditional_a love_n and_o desire_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o all_o man_n 9_o some_o decree_n of_o god_n may_v be_v frustrate_v and_o never_o come_v to_o pass_v 10._o the_o reason_n why_o god_n hate_v esau_n and_o love_v jacob_n must_v not_o be_v resolve_v into_o the_o 〈◊〉_d or_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n but_o into_o his_o prescience_n of_o esau_n actual_a and_o final_a disobedience_n and_o jacob_n obedience_n 11._o there_o be_v scientia_fw-la media_fw-la or_o middle_a science_n in_o god_n dependent_a on_o man_n ambulatory_a will_n and_o so_o only_o conjectural_a and_o uncertain_a 12._o god_n as_o a_o idle_a spectator_n look_v on_o the_o wicked_a world_n but_o do_v not_o neither_o can_v omnipotent_o rule_v dispose_n and_o order_v their_o sinful_a act_n for_o his_o glory_n 13._o when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o god_n will_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v only_o of_o the_o effect_n 14._o all_o divine_a concourse_n be_v not_o particular_a total_a immediate_a and_o efficacious_a 15._o the_o creature_n be_v in_o some_o natural_a act_n independent_a and_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o its_o own_o act_n or_o the_o second_o cause_n can_v act_v without_o be_v apply_v and_o actuate_v by_o the_o first_o cause_n 16._o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n which_o by_o have_v its_o capacity_n preserve_v and_o make_v habile_fw-la can_v of_o itself_o act_n without_o immediate_a efficacious_a concourse_n baron_n 131._o 17._o supernatural_a good_a be_v from_o god_n but_o not_o all_o natural_a good_a 18._o efficacious_a grace_n in_o conversion_n destroy_v human_a liberty_n 19_o god_n efficacious_a concourse_n be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o man_n natural_a free_a will_n either_o to_o use_v or_o refuse_v the_o same_o 20._o god_n vouchsafe_v to_o all_o man_n sufficient_a grace_n which_o if_o well_o improve_v he_o will_v reward_v with_o efficacious_a grace_n strang._n 229._o 21._o all_o predetermination_n impel_v the_o will_n and_o act_v it_o as_o a_o mere_a machine_n 22._o there_o be_v a_o twofold_a liberty_n one_o essential_a to_o the_o will_n but_o less_o proper_a the_o other_o accidental_a consist_v in_o indifference_n which_o be_v most_o proper_a 23._o alhuman_a act_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v perform_v for_o god_n glory_n 24._o the_o vitiositie_n of_o sin_n be_v essential_a to_o some_o human_a natural_a act_n as_o natural_a we_o do_v not_o produce_v the_o consequent_n here_o draw_v from_o the_o antithesis_n of_o antipredeterminants_n as_o their_o proper_a sentiment_n at_o least_o not_o of_o all_o that_o espouse_v those_o antithesis_n but_o only_o as_o such_o as_o may_v be_v natural_o and_o logical_o deduce_v from_o their_o antithesis_n albeit_o they_o do_v not_o formal_o assent_v to_o all_o of_o they_o finis_fw-la errates_n book_n ii_o page_n 489._o l._n 31._o for_o god_n read_v we_o book_n iii_o page_n 10._o l._n 33._o for_o drive_v r._n deny_v p._n 22._o l._n 26._o after_o elsewhere_o put_v a_o period_n item_n l._n 36._o deal_n by_o p._n 23._o l._n 32._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 24._o l._n 39_o deal_n and._n p._n 28._o l._n 1._o deal_n and_o state_v p._n 42._o l._n 36._o r._n that_o god_n only_o p._n 76._o l._n 19_o r._n same_o p._n 79._o l._n 38._o r._n to_o go_n p._n 80._o l._n 31._o for_o like_a r._n agreeable_a p._n 86._o l._n 7._o r._n tarnovius_n p._n 89._o l._n 3._o for_o be_v he_o r._n he_o be_v p._n 111._o l._n 18._o for_o baronius_n r._n bellarmine_n p._n 119._o l._n 16._o r._n c._n 34._o p._n 129._o l._n 23._o r._n this_o he_o p._n 142._o l._n 5._o deal_n who_o p._n 145._o l._n 2._o r._n so_o not_o p._n 166._o l._n 26._o r._n compton_n p._n 170._o l._n 9_o r._n it_o work_v the_o origine_fw-la of_o the_o controversy_n the_o method_n of_o our_o procedure_n the_o explication_n of_o the_o term_n of_o sin_n 1._o it_o be_v origine_fw-la 2._o it_o be_v substrate_a mater_fw-la quod_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la vitium_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la naturam_fw-la aug._n contra_fw-la advers._fw-la leg._n &_o prophet_n cap._n 5._o absurdum_fw-la esset_fw-la si_fw-la diceretur_fw-la ullum_fw-la defectum_fw-la aut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aut_fw-la ullum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la aut_fw-la defectum_fw-la posse_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la existere_fw-la cum_fw-la nullum_fw-la detur_fw-la separatum_fw-la malum_fw-la sed_fw-la omne_fw-la malum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o bono_fw-mi strang._n de_fw-fr volunt_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 19_o p._n 629._o all_o act_n in_o their_o generic_a nature_n indifferent_a actio_fw-la seorsim_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la &_o physicè_fw-la considerata_fw-la indifferens_fw-la est_fw-la moraliter_fw-la nec_fw-la minùs_fw-la virtuti_fw-la quam_fw-la vitio_fw-la substerni_fw-la potest_fw-la all_o moral_a constitution_n from_o the_o divine_a law_n sin_n as_o to_o its_o formal_a nature_n a_o privation_n action_n modal_o sinful_a action_n intrinsical_o evil_a the_o liberty_n of_o the_o wil._n the_o new_a coin_a distinction_n of_o liberty_n large_o and_o strict_o take_v the_o true_a idea_n of_o liberty_n liberty_n libertas_n voluntatis_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la quam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d spontaneum_fw-la intellectuale_fw-la strang._n l._n 3._o c._n 14._o p._n 686._o moral_a liberty_n or_o freewill_a to_o good_a necessity_n impossibility_n and_o possibilite_n what_o in_o libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la est_fw-la simultas_fw-la potentiae_fw-la ad_fw-la opposita_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la potentia_fw-la simultatis_fw-la alvarez_n the_o will_n of_o god_n its_o distribution_n etc._n etc._n of_o divine_a concourse_n immediate_a concourse_n what_o efficacious_a and_o predeterminant_a concourse_n effication_n concourse_n what_o eph._n 1._o 19_o ephes_n 3._o 7._o phil._n 3._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 6_o 11._o rom._n 7._o 5._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 12._o 1_o cor._n 12._o 11._o eph._n 1._o 11._o determinative_a concourse_n what_o act._n 17._o 26._o heb._n 4._o â—_o luke_n 22._o 22._o act_n 2._o 23._o predeterminative_a concourse_n what_o in_o scripture_n 1_o cor._n 2._o 7._o rom._n 8._o 29_o 30._o eph._n 1._o 5_o 11._o act_n 4._o 28._o predeterminative_a concourse_n active_a and_o passive_a predetermination_n physic_n and_o moral_n praedeterminare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la est_fw-la applicare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la &_o facere_fw-la ut_fw-la faciat_fw-la strang._n wherein_o we_o and_o our_o opponent_n agree_v volitiones_fw-la pure_a conditionales_fw-la sunt_fw-la alienae_n à _fw-la sapientia_fw-la &_o prudentia_fw-la dei_fw-la ruiz_n de_fw-fr volunt_fw-la dei_fw-la disp_n 20._o §._o 1._o wherein_o our_o opponent_n differ_v among_o themselves_o their_o difference_n 1._o about_o god_n prescience_n 2._o the_o futurition_n of_o sin_n 3._o divine_a concourse_n 4._o god_n permission_n of_o sin_n 5._o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n difnew_v 1._o as_o to_o god_n decree_n 2._o the_o futurition_n of_o sin_n 3._o god_n permissive_a decree_n 4._o god_n prescience_n of_o sin_n 5._o divine_a predetermination_n 6._o human_a liberty_n 7._o god_n not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n scriptural_a demonstration_n 1._o god_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o natural_a action_n and_o thing_n esa_n 26._o 12._o rom._n 11._o 36._o 36._o no_o &_o vitiorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la auctor_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la ordinator_fw-la est_fw-la eph._n 1._o 11._o psal_n 33._o 15._o prov._n 21._o 1._o hab._n 3._o 4._o act._n 11._o 21._o act._n 17._o 28._o jam._n 4._o 15._o si_fw-mi dii_fw-la volunt_fw-la volentibus_fw-la diis_fw-la cic._n in_o offic._n act._n 18._o 21._o 1_o cor._n 4._o 19_o god_n do_v predetermine_v natural_a action_n to_o which_o sin_n be_v annex_v 1_o arg._n from_o joseph_n vendition_n gen._n 45._o 5_o 7_o 8._o non_fw-la refert_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fratrum_fw-la sed_fw-la transitum_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o aegyptum_fw-la erasm_n act._n 7_o 9_o the_o objection_n against_o joseph_n vendition_n answer_v 2._o arg._n from_o the_o crucifixion_n of_o christ_n mat._n 26._o 24._o luk._n 22._o 22._o act._n 4._o 28._o joh._n 19_o 10_o 11_o act._n 2._o 23._o act._n 4._o 28._o our_o adversary_n evasion_n examine_v 1._o evasion_n touch_v active_a and_o passive_a crucifixion_n 2._o evasion_n strangius_n '_o s_z evasion_n answer_n quum_fw-la pater_fw-la tradiderit_fw-la filium_fw-la &_o christus_fw-la corpus_fw-la suum_fw-la &_o judas_n dominum_fw-la cur_n in_o hac_fw-la traditione_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la iustùs_fw-la &_o homo_fw-la reus_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o re_fw-la una_fw-la quam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la ob_fw-la quam_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la august_n epist_n 48._o ad_fw-la vinc._n 1._o god_n punish_v his_o sinful_a people_n by_o wicked_a instrument_n esa_n 10._o 5_o 6_o 7._o jerem._n 16._o 16._o 2._o god_n afflict_v his_o righteous_a servant_n by_o wicked_a instrument_n job_n 1._o 21._o psal_n 105._o 25._o 4._o god_n immediate_a hand_n in_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n 2_o sam._n
the_o generation_n of_o a_o man_n and_o of_o a_o horse_n and_o of_o a_o mouse_n but_o we_o determine_v that_o the_o influx_n of_o god_n be_v special_a to_o special_a effect_n as_o they_o be_v physical_o distinguish_v specie_fw-la and_o unto_o all_o kind_n of_o entity_n but_o not_o to_o the_o reason_n of_o moral_a iniquity_n which_o consist_v in_o privation_n strangius_n here_o seem_v to_o oppose_v baronius_n hypothesis_n touch_v a_o general_a indifferent_a concourse_n but_o yet_o i_o must_v confess_v upon_o a_o more_o accurate_a research_n i_o can_v find_v that_o he_o differ_v material_o from_o baronius_n herein_o for_o although_o l._n 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 61._o he_o call_v this_o concourse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d efficace_n yet_o he_o make_v it_o be_v but_o commun_n and_o no_o way_n determinative_a and_o therefore_o only_o indifferent_a the_o like_a l._n 2._o c._n 19_o p._n 373._o and_o i_o be_o very_o positive_a in_o this_o that_o no_o man_n live_a can_v rational_o exempt_a themselves_o from_o the_o imputation_n of_o the_o jesuit_n indifferent_a concourse_n and_o assert_v a_o efficacious_a special_a concourse_n but_o what_o be_v determinative_a as_o to_o the_o subject_n it_o work_v on_o and_o thence_o le_fw-fr blanc_n council_n arbitr_n part_n 3._o thes_n 36._o p._n 434._o confess_v that_o strangius_n '_o s_o opinion_n as_o to_o this_o point_n differ_v but_o little_a from_o that_o of_o baronius_n last_o baronius_n deny_v all_o predetermination_n both_o as_o to_o good_a and_o evil_a action_n as_o metaph._n sect._n 8._o disput_n 3._o §_o 78_o etc._n etc._n p._n 146._o strangius_n allow_v predetermination_n to_o all_o act_n moraly_a though_o but_o imperfect_o good_a and_o to_o many_o other_o act_n of_o the_o will_n whensoever_o god_n please_v or_o need_n require_v yet_o he_o deny_v it_o to_o all_o act_n of_o the_o creature_n special_o to_o such_o as_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a as_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o pag._n 162._o and_o elsewhere_o herein_o he_o be_v follow_v by_o some_o divine_n of_o note_n among_o ourselves_o who_o i_o be_o very_o confident_a will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o maintain_v their_o singular_a hypothesis_n but_o will_v at_o last_o be_v drive_v to_o the_o opinion_n of_o baronius_n the_o remonstrant_n and_o jesuit_n or_o else_o fall_v under_o the_o load_n of_o all_o those_o black_a consequence_n they_o clog_v our_o hypothesis_n with_o of_o which_o hereafter_o chap._n 5._o §_o 4._o 4._o our_o adversary_n differ_v much_o among_o themselves_o about_o god_n sin_n permission_n of_o sin_n its_o nature_n and_o efficace_n 1_o a_o divine_a of_o repute_n among_o ourselves_o assertetâ—_n that_o no_o act_n of_o sin_n no_o not_o the_o active_a sell_v of_o joseph_n or_o crucify_a of_o christ_n be_v will_v by_o god_n but_o only_o the_o passive_a vendition_n and_o crucifixion_n or_o effect_n yea_o he_o say_v that_o god_n do_v not_o will_n sin_n as_o a_o punishment_n in_o a_o proper_a sense_n but_o other_o allow_v that_o god_n will_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o penal_a or_o conducible_a to_o his_o own_o glory_n though_o not_o as_o sinful_a act_n thus_o strangius_n l._n 4._o c._n 2._o p._n 773._o where_n have_v refute_v that_o distinction_n at_o first_o frame_v by_o bellarmine_n and_o of_o late_o reassume_v by_o a_o divine_a of_o great_a name_n among_o ourselves_o of_o active_a and_o passive_a vendition_n and_o crucifixion_n he_o conclude_v thus_o therefore_o here_o be_v not_o a_o otiose_fw-la or_o idle_a permission_n but_o a_o efficax_n operation_n in_o the_o sell_n of_o joseph_n which_o be_v more_o orthodox_n and_o consistent_a with_o itself_o than_o the_o former_a hypothesis_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v contradictory_n to_o itself_o as_o hereafter_o chap._n 3._o §_o 2._o 2_o some_o of_o our_o opponent_n assert_v god_n permission_n of_o sin_n to_o be_v altogether_o inefficacious_a yea_o idle_a and_o unactive_a but_o other_o allow_v it_o a_o efficace_n and_o energy_n for_o the_o limit_v direct_v and_o order_v of_o sinful_a act_n to_o their_o proper_a end_n albeit_o not_o about_o the_o act_n itself_o which_o i_o conceive_v no_o better_o than_o a_o modest_a contradiction_n for_o how_o can_v god_n permission_n limit_n direct_v and_o order_v sinful_a act_n but_o by_o influence_v the_o very_a act_n itself_o material_o consider_v see_v more_o of_o this_o chap._n 5._o §_o 6._o 5._o our_o adversary_n also_o differ_v great_o among_o themselves_o about_o sin_n the_o nature_n of_o sin_n its_o formal_a reason_n etc._n etc._n some_o and_o those_o of_o no_o small_a repute_n among_o ourselves_o hold_v sin_n as_o to_o its_o formal_a reason_n to_o be_v a_o positive_a real_a be_v which_o indeed_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o their_o hypothesis_n touch_v act_n intrinsical_o evil_a which_o they_o deny_v to_o be_v as_o to_o their_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n from_o god_n i_o must_v confess_v this_o opinion_n will_v carry_v somewhat_o of_o probability_n with_o it_o if_o we_o can_v with_o the_o manichee_n hold_v two_o first_o principes_fw-la or_o cause_n one_o of_o good_a the_o other_o of_o evil_n but_o for_o we_o that_o assert_v but_o one_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o create_v positive_a being_n i_o can_v imagine_v how_o any_o can_v maintain_v this_o hypothesis_n of_o the_o positivitie_n of_o sin_n without_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n or_o make_v man_n corrupt_a will_n independent_a and_o so_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o a_o real_a positive_a act_n therefore_o strangius_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 13._o to_o avoid_v these_o black_a consequence_n strong_o argue_v with_o the_o orthodox_n that_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o sin_n consist_v in_o privation_n but_o withal_o we_o be_v here_o to_o note_v that_o this_o hypothesis_n utter_o overthrow_v his_o other_o hypothesis_n touch_v act_n intrinsical_o evil_a which_o he_o deny_v to_o be_v from_o god_n as_o to_o their_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o chap._n 5._o §_o 5._o there_o be_v other_o point_n of_o moment_n wherein_o our_o antagonist_n differ_v among_o themselves_o as_o well_o as_o from_o we_o namely_o touch_v the_o natural_a or_o moral_a liberty_n of_o the_o will_n natural_a impossibility_n and_o possibility_n god_n decretive_a and_o approbative_a will_n of_o which_o before_o chap._n 1._o and_o indeed_o we_o need_v no_o way_n wonder_v that_o our_o adversary_n thus_o differ_v among_o themselves_o sithat_o their_o hypothesis_n be_v liable_a to_o so_o many_o inconsistence_n and_o contradiction_n for_o how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o they_o shall_v agree_v among_o themselves_o when_o as_o their_o principal_a hypothesis_n be_v so_o disagree_v from_o itself_o but_o more_o of_o this_o when_o we_o come_v to_o the_o demonstrative_a part_n chap._n 5._o §_o 3._o we_o proceed_v now_o to_o show_v wherein_o we_o differ_v from_o those_o of_o difnew_v the_o new_a method_n strangius_n baronius_n le_fw-fr blanc_n and_o other_o about_o god_n concourse_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n immediate_o on_o the_o break_n up_o of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n wherein_o the_o antithesis_n and_o sentiment_n of_o the_o arminian_n be_v so_o strong_o and_o full_o refute_v there_o spring_v up_o some_o divine_n who_o give_v their_o assent_n and_o consent_n to_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o say_a synod_n but_o yet_o contrive_v a_o new_a method_n special_o as_o to_o universal_a grace_n reprobation_n and_o god_n concourse_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n in_o order_n to_o a_o coalition_n with_o the_o arminian_n party_n as_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o demonstrate_v and_o the_o principal_a agent_n who_o undertake_v the_o new_a model_v this_o last_o head_n be_v strangius_n which_o he_o have_v copiose_o treat_v of_o according_a to_o the_o new_a method_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr voluntate_fw-la &_o actionibus_fw-la dei_fw-la circa_fw-la peccatum_fw-la who_o sentiment_n we_o be_v to_o examine_v in_o what_o follow_v but_o at_o present_a we_o shall_v only_o lay_v down_o in_o several_a proposition_n wherein_o we_o differ_v from_o he_o and_o those_o who_o follow_v his_o method_n in_o the_o state_v god_n concourse_n to_o the_o mater_fw-la of_o sin_n we_o assert_v 1._o prop._n god_n have_v a_o absolute_a efficacious_a decree_n about_o the_o substrate_a decree_n mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n of_o all_o sin_n this_o proposition_n strangius_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 547._o grant_n to_o be_v true_a in_o allthing_n but_o sin_n special_o the_o first_o sin_n and_o such_o act_n as_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a which_o sufficient_o prove_v our_o proposition_n for_o we_o say_v and_o be_v ready_a to_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n whereto_o sin_n be_v annex_v be_v not_o in_o itself_o or_o its_o natural_a entity_n sinful_a but_o natural_o good_a what_o there_o be_v of_o sin_n annex_v to_o it_o arise_v from_o its_o moral_a estimation_n and_o relation_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n violate_v thereby_o in_o which_o regard_n we_o peremptory_o
must_v be_v resolve_v into_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o their_o prime_a cause_n so_o that_o if_o god_n will_v here_o be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d elsewhere_o if_o god_n concur_v if_o he_o assist_v if_o he_o by_o his_o efficacious_a predeterminative_a will_n without_o which_o we_o can_v do_v nothing_o concur_v and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o genuine_a mind_n of_o this_o text_n be_v most_o evident_a by_o the_o use_n of_o this_o phrase_n among_o the_o ancient_n both_o jew_n and_o pagan_n bensyra_n that_o ancient_a hebrew_n sent._n moral_a xi_o thus_o speak_v let_v man_n never_o say_v he_o will_v do_v any_o thing_n before_o he_o have_v prefaced_a this_o if_o the_o lord_n will_v i._n e._n assist_v or_o concur_v not_o permit_v so_o among_o pagan_n hom._n iliad_n b._n vers_fw-la 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o like_a demosth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o god_n wil._n but_o none_o speak_v more_o full_o to_o this_o point_n than_o plato_n 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do_v send_v i_o before_o you_o to_o preserve_v life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d send_v i_o forth_o by_o his_o efficacious_a predeterminative_a hand_n which_o conduct_v i_o hither_o the_o lxx_o render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o send_v forth_o with_o a_o mighty_a hand_n as_o captive_n into_o liberty_n luke_n 4._o 18._o also_o to_o send_v forth_o with_o command_n authority_n and_o power_n mat._n 10._o 16._o &_o 11._o 10._o as_o elsewhere_o again_o to_o send_v forth_o executioner_n mat._n 2._o 16._o last_o to_o direct_v the_o course_n of_o a_o ship_n in_o all_o these_o notion_n god_n efficacious_a predeterminative_a concourse_n in_o send_v joseph_n into_o egypt_n be_v necessary_o include_v this_o also_o appear_v 2_o by_o what_o be_v add_v v_o 5._o god_n do_v send_v i_o before_o you_o to_o preserve_v life_n note_v here_o that_o god_n certain_o and_o absolute_o foresee_v the_o famine_n and_o joseph_n be_v sell_v into_o egypt_n which_o he_o intend_v to_o 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among_o they_o shall_v stumble_v and_o fall_v and_o be_v break_v and_o be_v snare_v and_o be_v take_v the_o like_a rom._n 9_o 33._o 6_o god_n put_v a_o period_n to_o the_o day_n of_o grace_n and_o leave_v man_n to_o the_o plague_n of_o their_o own_o heart_n esa_n 22._o 14._o sure_o this_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v from_o you_o till_o you_o die_v hebr._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o this_o iniquity_n be_v purge_v it_o be_v the_o concise_a form_n of_o a_o oath_n frequent_o use_v in_o scripture_n as_o chap._n 5._o 18._o whereby_o god_n swear_v that_o their_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v purge_v so_o luke_n 19_o 41_o 42._o heb._n 3._o 7._o 7_o god_n do_v positive_o yea_o efficacious_o concur_v to_o all_o that_o be_v positive_a material_a entitative_a and_o natural_a in_o judicial_a hardness_n without_o the_o least_o hand_n in_o the_o obliquity_n or_o vitiositie_n 4._o prop._n the_o suspension_n of_o restrain_v grace_n in_o judicial_a excecation_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o privation_n of_o any_o grace_n due_a to_o the_o creature_n but_o a_o negation_n or_o withdrawment_n of_o undeserved_a and_o abuse_a grace_n for_o the_o clear_n whereof_o we_o be_v to_o consider_v the_o difference_n between_o man_n and_o god_n in_o this_o particular_a no_o mere_a man_n may_v or_o aught_o to_o permit_v or_o deliver_v up_o another_o to_o sin_n or_o hardness_n if_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o hinder_v 1_o because_o all_o man_n be_v under_o a_o law_n and_o obligation_n of_o subjection_n to_o their_o creator_n whereby_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o promove_v his_o glory_n and_o prevent_v sin_n and_o rebellion_n against_o he_o the_o most_o they_o can_v 2_o because_o all_o man_n be_v under_o a_o communion_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o bind_v to_o afford_v assistance_n each_o to_o other_o so_o far_o as_o they_o may_v for_o their_o natural_a and_o moral_a good_a but_o now_o the_o sovereign_a creator_n of_o man_n be_v under_o no_o such_o obligation_n and_o therefore_o 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regard_n of_o man_n and_o his_o transgression_n be_v natural_o good_a in_o regard_n of_o god_n and_o his_o providence_n for_o albeit_o god_n do_v concur_v with_o the_o sinner_n who_o be_v deficient_a as_o to_o his_o duty_n yet_o god_n be_v no_o way_n deficient_a 1_o all_o moral_a evil_n of_o sin_n be_v only_o such_o to_o he_o who_o it_o be_v or_o to_o who_o it_o do_v belong_v as_o the_o author_n thereof_o by_o virtue_n of_o some_o law_n he_o offend_v against_o but_o now_o this_o judicial_a hardness_n or_o sin_n do_v not_o belong_v to_o god_n as_o the_o proper_a owner_n or_o author_n of_o it_o but_o only_o to_o the_o sinner_n neither_o do_v the_o holy_a god_n offend_v against_o any_o law_n 2_o the_o specific_a quality_n of_o a_o effect_n be_v not_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o universal_a first_o cause_n but_o to_o the_o second_o particular_a cause_n from_o which_o it_o receive_v specification_n 3_o the_o sinner_n be_v only_o the_o moral_a cause_n of_o his_o own_o hardness_n because_o he_o be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n thereof_o and_o also_o a_o voluntary_a yea_o wilful_a agent_n therein_o al_n his_o hardness_n be_v voluntary_o contract_v albeit_o judicial_o inflict_v by_o god_n he_o suffer_v his_o heart_n voluntary_o to_o be_v deflower_v by_o sinful_a object_n god_n threaten_v to_o suspend_v his_o divine_a influence_n and_o the_o obstinate_a sinner_n cry_v content_a satan_n come_v and_o blind_v his_o eye_n and_o he_o hug_v he_o for_o it_o so_o that_o the_o whole_a deficience_n or_o moral_a causalitie_n be_v on_o the_o sinner_n part_n not_o on_o go_n the_o sinner_n want_v divine_a influence_n and_o be_v willing_a yea_o glad_a to_o want_v it_o therefore_o his_o deprave_a will_n be_v the_o sole_a formal_a vital_a subjective_a and_o moral_a efficient_a cause_n of_o his_o own_o hardness_n and_o sin_n §_o 7._o we_o come_v in_o the_o last_o place_n to_o such_o scripture_n as_o mention_v glory_n god_n efficacious_a order_n dispose_n and_o direct_v the_o sin_n of_o man_n unto_o his_o own_o glory_n which_o evident_o demonstrate_v his_o immediate_a concourse_n and_o predetermination_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la or_o entitative_a act_n thereof_o thus_o exod._n 9_o 14_o 15_o 16._o god_n threaten_v pharaoh_n 16._o vers_fw-la 14._o to_o send_v all_o his_o plague_n on_o his_o heart_n i._n e._n in_o a_o way_n of_o judicial_a excecation_n and_o induration_n and_o why_o that_o thou_o may_v know_v there_o be_v none_o like_o i_o in_o all_o the_o earth_n i._n e._n that_o i_o may_v magnify_v my_o august_n vindictive_a justice_n and_o power_n on_o thou_o whence_o he_o add_v v_o 15._o for_o now_o i_o will_v stretch_v out_o my_o hand_n that_o i_o may_v smite_v thou_o and_o thy_o people_n with_o pestilence_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o earth_n it_o run_v in_o the_o
concourse_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n be_v sufficient_o evident_a from_o those_o great_a reproach_n which_o the_o papist_n load_v he_o with_o for_o it_o which_o he_o wipe_v off_o with_o this_o answer_n that_o the_o same_o action_n which_o be_v sinful_a in_o regard_n of_o man_n be_v not_o so_o in_o regard_n of_o god_n because_o he_o be_v not_o under_o the_o same_o law_n with_o man_n thus_o baronius_n metaphys_n sect._n 8._o disput_n 3._o §_o 87._o pag._n 152._o the_o three_o mode_n say_v he_o be_v peculiar_a to_o zuinglius_fw-la who_o teach_v that_o god_n exciting_a the_o will_n to_o a_o evil_a object_n do_v not_o sin_n because_o god_n have_v no_o law_n set_v to_o he_o but_o man_n have_v to_o which_o baronius_n answer_v that_o albeit_o god_n have_v no_o law_n set_v to_o he_o by_o any_o superior_a yet_o he_o have_v a_o law_n set_v to_o he_o by_o his_o own_o nature_n not_o to_o deal_v injust_o or_o cruel_o with_o man_n this_o reply_n although_o borrow_v from_o bellarmine_n be_v now_o become_v commun_v with_o our_o adversary_n yet_o without_o the_o least_o shadow_n of_o reason_n for_o they_o do_v but_o beg_v the_o question_n in_o say_v that_o god_n hereby_o deal_v injust_o or_o cruel_o with_o his_o creature_n as_o for_o zuinglius_n proper_a sentiment_n about_o god_n exciting_a and_o apply_v the_o will_n of_o man_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n they_o be_v full_o and_o clear_o lay_v down_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr providentia_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 6._o tom_n 1._o of_o his_o work_n pag._n 365._o see_v a_o law_n be_v give_v to_o man_n he_o always_o sin_n when_o he_o act_n against_o the_o law_n albeit_o he_o neither_o be_v nor_o live_v nor_o operate_v but_o in_o god_n and_o from_o god_n and_o by_o god_n but_o what_o god_n work_v by_o man_n be_v turn_v to_o man_n for_o sin_n but_o not_o in_o like_a manner_n to_o god_n for_o man_n be_v under_o a_o law_n but_o god_n be_v free_a therefore_o one_o and_o the_o same_o wickedness_n suppose_v adultery_n or_o homicide_n 365._o as_o from_o god_n the_o author_n motor_n and_o impulsor_n it_o be_v a_o work_n not_o a_o crime_n but_o as_o it_o be_v from_o man_n so_o it_o be_v a_o crime_n and_o wickedness_n for_o god_n be_v not_o bind_v up_o by_o law_n but_o man_n be_v condemn_v by_o law_n thus_o he_o proceed_v to_o illustrate_v by_o many_o exemple_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n thence_o pag._n 367._o he_o instance_v in_o the_o induration_n of_o pharaoh_n etc._n etc._n wherein_o note_n 1_o that_o he_o call_v god_n the_o author_n motor_n and_o impulsor_n of_o the_o act_n which_o must_v be_v understand_v not_o moral_o but_o physical_o as_o he_o excite_v and_o apply_v the_o will_n to_o its_o act_n 2_o that_o he_o free_v god_n from_o be_v the_o author_n or_o moral_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n because_o he_o act_v not_o against_o any_o law_n a_o distinction_n which_o be_v valid_a in_o his_o time_n albeit_o scoff_v at_o nowadays_o even_o by_o reform_a divine_n yea_o calvinist_n neither_o be_v this_o distinction_n coin_v by_o zuinglius_fw-la as_o bellarmine_n and_o other_o will_v fain_o persuade_v but_o in_o use_n long_o before_o zuinglius_fw-la by_o scotus_n ariminensis_n and_o other_o scholastic_a theologue_n who_o follow_v augustin_n herein_o thus_o scotus_n in_o sent._n 2._o dist_n 37._o quaest_n 2._o say_v the_o same_o action_n be_v sinful_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o create_v will_n but_o not_o as_o to_o god_n concourse_n quia_fw-la voluntas_fw-la creata_fw-la debet_fw-la rectitudinem_fw-la actioni_fw-la tribuere_fw-la deus_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la because_o the_o create_v will_v be_v under_o a_o essential_a obligation_n or_o law_n to_o give_v rectitude_n to_o the_o action_n but_o god_n be_v not_o as_o before_z how_o deep_o beza_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o our_o hypothesis_n beza_n be_v sufficient_o evident_a by_o his_o controversy_n in_o this_o point_n as_o tractat._n theolog._n vol._n 1._o pag._n 313_o etc._n etc._n in_o answer_n to_o the_o calumny_n of_o heshusius_fw-la about_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n he_o say_v 1_o that_o no_o event_n ever_o happen_v otherwise_o than_o god_n decree_n which_o he_o demonstrate_v from_o the_o omnipotence_n of_o god_n thence_o he_o proceed_v 2_o to_o demonstrate_v that_o albeit_o god_n will_v and_o know_v and_o decree_v allthing_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n so_o pag._n 315._o 3_o he_o prove_v that_o god_n permission_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o idle_a or_o mere_o negative_a this_o he_o demonstrate_v pag._n 317._o from_o the_o vendition_n of_o joseph_n the_o rob_n of_o job_n the_o ravish_a of_o david_n wife_n by_o absalon_n david_n number_v the_o people_n and_o god_n incite_v his_o heart_n thereto_o shimei_n curse_v of_o david_n the_o defection_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o rehoboam_n etc._n etc._n 4_o he_o proceed_v pag._n 319._o to_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n which_o he_o asserte_n to_o be_v from_o the_o decree_n and_o ordination_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n the_o same_o controversy_n he_o manage_v against_o castellio_n de_fw-fr aeterna_fw-la dei_fw-la praedestinatione_fw-la p._n 360._o where_o he_o prove_v that_o adam_n fall_n be_v decree_v and_o determine_v by_o god_n the_o like_a pag._n 401._o where_o he_o prove_v that_o god_n do_v not_o compel_v man_n to_o sin_n or_o infuse_v sin_n into_o they_o but_o just_o and_o right_o incite_v their_o will_n to_o the_o entitative_a act_n which_o be_v good_a this_o he_o confirm_v by_o the_o induration_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o god_n make_v use_n of_o wicked_a instrument_n for_o the_o punishment_n of_o man_n that_o calvin_n and_o beza_n do_v full_o espouse_v our_o hypothesis_n be_v evident_a not_o only_o by_o the_o opposition_n of_o bellarmine_n and_o his_o sectator_n but_o also_o by_o that_o of_o arminius_n who_o objecte_n the_o very_a same_o thing_n against_o they_o as_o be_v object_v against_o we_o namely_o that_o god_n ordain_v that_o man_n shall_v fall_v and_o become_v vitiose_fw-la by_o which_o opinion_n say_v he_o god_n be_v make_v the_o author_n of_o adam_n fall_n and_o sin_n of_o which_o see_v strangius_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o pag._n 554._o and_o indeed_o all_o the_o helvetian_a church_n to_o this_o very_a day_n continue_v very_a orthodox_n and_o zelose_a against_o all_o the_o arminian_n dogme_n in_o this_o as_o in_o other_o point_n which_o sufficient_o appear_v by_o their_o new_a article_n late_o add_v to_o their_o confession_n and_o sign_v by_o their_o minister_n and_o professor_n for_o the_o condemn_v the_o new_a method_n of_o amyraldus_n and_o other_o in_o the_o french_a church_n that_o not_o only_o the_o german_n and_o helvetian_a but_o also_o the_o french_a hypothesis_n church_n in_o their_o first_o reformation_n full_o maintain_v our_o hypothesis_n be_v most_o evident_a by_o the_o most_o elaborate_a acute_a and_o demonstrative_a determination_n of_o great_a chamier_n the_o great_a light_n that_o ever_o france_n reform_v have_v calvin_n only_o except_v who_o in_o his_o panstrat_n cathol_n tom_fw-mi 2._o lib._n 3._o give_v we_o a_o copiose_fw-la distinct_a and_o convictive_a decision_n of_o this_o controversy_n as_o than_o agitate_a by_o the_o calvinist_n and_o jesuit_n which_o answer_v exact_o to_o our_o present_a controversy_n with_o the_o new_a methodist_n he_o title_n this_o book_n of_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o prove_v cap._n 1._o that_o the_o reform_a divine_n do_v not_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n albeit_o the_o jesuit_n accuse_v calvin_n martyr_n and_o beza_n therewith_o thence_o cap._n 2._o he_o lay_v down_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o reform_a divine_n namely_o that_o all_o action_n both_o sinful_a and_o good_a be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o the_o actuose_fw-la providence_n of_o god_n which_o he_o demonstrate_v by_o shimei_n curse_v david_n absoloms_n incest_n etc._n etc._n whence_o cap._n 3._o he_o pass_v on_o to_o the_o papist_n opinion_n touch_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n about_o sin_n which_o they_o make_v to_o be_v only_o by_o speculative_a idle_a permission_n as_o some_o new_a methodist_n cap._n 4._o he_o proceed_v to_o prove_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n wherein_o he_o answer_v bellarmine_n objection_n against_o calvin_n and_o beza_n as_o to_o this_o point_n cap._n 5._o he_o pass_v on_o to_o the_o second_o argument_n of_o the_o calvinist_n namely_o that_o man_n be_v in_o their_o sinful_a act_n the_o instrument_n of_o god_n thence_o cap._n 6._o he_o descend_v to_o their_o three_o argument_n from_o god_n excecation_n and_o induration_n of_o man_n heart_n wherein_o he_o distinct_o open_v the_o scripture_n about_o induration_n whence_o cap._n 7._o he_o come_v to_o their_o four_o argument_n from_o god_n energy_n in_o sinful_a act_n which_o he_o demonstrate_v both_o rational_o and_o scriptural_o and_o thence_o cap._n 8._o he_o give_v we_o augustins_n opinion_n consonant_n to_o calvin_n
be_v not_o the_o same_o objection_n with_o its_o reason_n as_o much_o urge_v and_o that_o with_o as_o great_a colour_n of_o reason_n by_o the_o molinist_n and_o arminian_n against_o all_o predetermination_n to_o gracious_a act_n i_o must_v confess_v i_o can_v never_o neither_o do_v i_o think_v any_o else_o can_v maintain_v and_o defend_v our_o ground_n against_o the_o jesuit_n and_o arminian_n if_o those_o reason_n and_o ground_n which_o our_o adversary_n urge_v against_o predetermination_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n be_v admit_v as_o valid_a 2_o the_o like_a may_v be_v say_v of_o that_o other_o objection_n or_o reason_n why_o our_o adversary_n reject_v predetermination_n to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n namely_o that_o it_o make_v all_o god_n law_n natural_o and_o absolute_o impossible_a etc._n etc._n be_v not_o this_o very_a objection_n and_o the_o reason_n urge_v to_o enforce_v it_o as_o much_o urge_v by_o molinists_n and_o arminian_n against_o all_o 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entitative_a act_n of_o sin_n suppose_v god_n to_o compel_v and_o force_v man_n to_o sin_n and_o so_o make_v he_o to_o be_v the_o real_a author_n of_o sin_n yea_o more_o than_o the_o sinner_n that_o be_v under_o a_o violent_a compulsion_n etc._n etc._n and_o be_v not_o this_o very_a argument_n urge_v by_o jesuit_n and_o arminian_n against_o all_o predetermination_n even_o to_o what_o be_v good_a and_o that_o with_o as_o much_o colour_n of_o reason_n for_o say_v they_o if_o god_n predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o what_o be_v good_a than_o he_o compel_v and_o force_v the_o will_n to_o be_v good_a so_o that_o the_o will_n be_v under_o a_o compulsion_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o its_o own_o act_n but_o be_v as_o a_o stock_n or_o stone_n in_o the_o exercise_v of_o that_o act_n which_o destroy_v all_o moral_a good_a etc._n etc._n which_o objection_n be_v as_o valid_a as_o that_o of_o our_o adversary_n and_o can_v never_o be_v solid_o answer_v if_o their_o objection_n be_v good_a though_o according_a to_o our_o principes_fw-la neither_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o objection_n have_v any_o force_n in_o it_o as_o we_o shall_v demonstrate_v c._n 6._o §_o 5._o to_o conclude_v this_o argument_n i_o be_o very_o confident_a our_o opponent_n the_o new_a methodist_n will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o defend_v a_o efficacious_a determinative_a concourse_n to_o what_o be_v moral_o or_o supernatural_o good_a so_o long_o as_o they_o deny_v the_o same_o to_o the_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n which_o be_v natural_o good_a for_o all_o or_o at_o least_o the_o most_o of_o those_o argument_n they_o urge_v against_o the_o late_a may_v and_o be_v urge_v by_o the_o molinist_n and_o arminian_n against_o the_o former_a and_o that_o with_o equal_a force_n and_o this_o baronius_n do_v by_o his_o natural_a acumen_n foresee_v and_o therefore_o he_o take_v a_o course_n more_o seem_o rational_a according_a to_o his_o principes_fw-la though_o less_o friendly_a to_o divine_a concourse_n to_o deny_v all_o predetermination_n as_o well_o to_o supernatural_a as_o natural_a good_a of_o which_o see_v his_o metaph._n sect._n 8._o disput_n 3._o n._n 66._o etc._n etc._n p._n 136._o §_o 5._o our_o five_o argument_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n sin_n its_o substrate_a mater_fw-la and_o formal_a reason_n 1._o as_o to_o the_o general_a idea_n and_o substrate_a mater_fw-la of_o sin_n we_o have_v demonstrate_v ch._n 1._o §_o 2._o 1_o that_o all_o human_a act_n consider_v in_o their_o natural_a entity_n abstract_v mater_fw-la from_o their_o moral_a constitution_n be_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a 2_o that_o all_o moral_a act_n whether_o good_a or_o evil_n receive_v their_o formal_a constitution_n and_o determination_n from_o the_o moral_a law_n 3_o that_o no_o human_a act_n consider_v physical_o or_o according_a to_o its_o natural_a entitative_a substance_n be_v intrinsical_o evil_a but_o only_o moral_o in_o regard_n of_o its_o moral_a 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