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A41769 The true idea of Jansenisme both historick and dogmatick. By T. G. Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.; Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1669 (1669) Wing G152; ESTC R218792 68,669 204

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austin_n that_o a_o rational_a creature_n may_v enjoy_v nothing_o but_o god_n only_o for_o we_o enjoy_v only_o that_o which_o we_o love_v for_o itself_o wherein_o our_o objective_a happiness_n consist_v from_o this_o immobile_a principle_n it_o follow_v 1._o that_o all_o use_n of_o the_o creature_n which_o be_v not_o refer_v unto_o god_n be_v sin_n 2._o that_o all_o fruition_n of_o the_o creature_n no_o less_o than_o the_o love_n thereof_o be_v sin_n 3._o that_o to_o use_n god_n for_o the_o obtain_v the_o creature_n be_v sin_n which_o perversitie_n be_v find_v in_o all_o sin_n while_o we_o will_v enjoy_v thing_n t●_n be_v use_v and_o use_v thing_n to_o be_v enjoy_v whence_o spring_v that_o rule_n of_o austin_n that_o all_o human_a perversion_n be_v when_o man_n will_v enjoy_v thing_n to_o be_v use_v and_o use_v thing_n to_o be_v enjoy_v and_o again_o all_o ordination_n and_o virtue_n be_v to_o enjoy_v thing_n to_o be_v enjoy_v and_o to_o use_v thing_n to_o be_v use_v for_o this_o be_v command_v not_o only_o by_o christian_a discipline_n but_o also_o by_o that_o natural_a order_n which_o the_o eternal_a law_n have_v constitute_v which_o order_n be_v apparent_o disturb_v when_o any_o enjoy_v the_o mean_n as_o the_o end_n or_o stick_v in_o the_o way_n as_o in_o the_o term_n or_o end_n hence_o cap._n 21._o fol._n 164._o he_o add_v this_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n most_o save_o indicates_z unto_o we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true●_n self-love_n than_o that_o whereby_o we_o love_v god_n with_o all_o the_o heart_n and_o because_o the_o most_o refine_a and_o noble_a love_n of_o god_n consist_v in_o a_o man_n be_v abstract_v from_o the_o reflection_n and_o consideration_n of_o himself_o it_o thence_o follow_v that_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o a_o man_n forget_v himself_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o noble_a and_o exact_a regard_n he_o have_v unto_o himself_o thus_o by_o ●n_o admirable_a kind_n of_o contention_n the_o more_o 〈◊〉_d man_n deny_v himself_o the_o more_o he_o seek_v himself_o the_o more_o he_o be_v empty_v of_o self_n ●he_v more_o he_o be_v fill_v with_o god_n to_o relinquish_v god_n be_v to_o embrace_v nothing_o hence_o jansenius_n tom._n 2._o lib._n 2._o c._n 19_o ●l_n irregular_a §._o 6._o why_o love_n to_o the_o creature_n for_o itself_o i●_n irregular_a 156._o give_v we_o a_o demonstration_n from_o because_o why_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o a_o creature_n 〈◊〉_d terminate_v on_o himself_o or_o on_o the_o creature_n as_o the_o ultimate_a object_n of_o his_o love_n because_o this_o be_v the_o natural_a condition_n of_o a_o rational_a creature_n to_o be_v place_v under_o god_n but_o ●bove_o all_o corporeous_a being_n now_o this_o order_n 〈◊〉_d preserve_v by_o regular_a love_n and_o weight_n ●or_a a_o weight_n according_a to_o austin_n be_v the_o impetus_n or_o bend_v of_o every_o thing_n towards_o its_o ●roper_a place_n and_o the_o weight_n of_o a_o rational_a creature_n be_v his_o love_n which_o be_v the_o ●dea_n and_o measure_n of_o corporeous_a weight_n this_o pondus_fw-la or_o weight_n of_o love_n be_v infuse_v into_o a_o rational_a creature_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o natural_a order_n that_o so_o he_o may_v be_v subject_a to_o god_n but_o lord_n of_o all_o inferior_a thing_n for_o such_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o love_n that_o it_o subjugate_v the_o person_n love_v to_o the_o thing_n belove_v what_o we_o love_v we_o serve_v and_o be_v inferior_a unto_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o lover_n be_v affect_v with_o 〈◊〉_d the_o perturbation_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v love●_n see_v therefore_o god_n the_o first_o truth_n a●_n chief_a good_a be_v alone_o superior_a to_o the_o r●●tional_a creature_n to_o he_o alone_o we_o ough_v to_o subject_v ourselves_o by_o the_o weight_n 〈◊〉_d love_n which_o when_o we_o do_v we_o act_n ra●onally_o and_o virtuous_o for_o virtue_n whi●_n imply_v the_o best_a state_n of_o a_o rational_a crenature_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o order_n of_o lo●●_n whereby_o as_o by_o a_o weight_n the_o soul_n kee●_n itself_o below_o that_o which_o be_v most_o supre●_n and_o above_o that_o which_o be_v below_o it_o in_o 〈◊〉_d middle_a state_n according_a to_o the_o obligati●_n and_o appointment_n of_o the_o eternal_a la●_n hence_o the_o root_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v a_o inordin●_n adherence_n to_o the_o creature_n etc._n etc._n thence_o jansenius_n proceed_v to_o demonstrate_v the_o pestiferous_a effect_n of_o inordin●_n love_n fruition_n §._o 7._o seven_o pestiferous_a effect_n of_o creature_n love_n and_o fruition_n which_o terminate_v on_o the_o creature_n so_o tom._n 2._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 20._o fol._n 159._o th●_n first_o effect_n say_v he_o which_o the_o love_n 〈◊〉_d the_o creature_n produce_v in_o the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d amission_n of_o liberty_n whence_o also_o follow_v incapacitie_n of_o judgement_n 2._o another_o effect_n of_o this_o inordinate_a love_n to_o th●_n creature_n be_v that_o it_o transform_v we_o into_o th●_n ●●●enesse_n of_o those_o thing_n we_o love_v for_o all_o ●ve_n tend_v to_o unity_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v possi●e_a and_o albeit_o it_o come_v short_a thereof_o 〈◊〉_d it_o leave_v a_o likeness_n for_o all_o likeness_n 〈◊〉_d but_o a_o defective_a unity_n so_o that_o by_o the_o ●rce_n of_o love_n a_o man_n that_o love_v the_o flesh_n be_v ●ereby_o make_v fl●sh●y_n 3._o hence_o follow_v another_o effect_n of_o creature_n love_n the_o alligation_n or_o ●inding_v the_o heart_n to_o the_o thing_n belove_v this_o at_o first_o be_v insensible_a but_o yet_o by_o frequent_a act_n this_o inordinate_a love_n increase_v so_o that_o at_o last_o from_o delight_n there_o arise_v custom_n and_o from_o custom_n necessity_n 4._o whence_o also_o follow_v a_o difficulty_n of_o rend_v the_o heart_n from_o and_o grief_n in_o part_v with_o belove_n 5._o hence_o likewise_o result_v instability_n and_o inquietude_n of_o soul._n 6._o whence_o also_o proceed_v defilement_n of_o soul_n for_o love_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o touch_n yea_o it_o be_v a_o intimate_a ingr●sse_n or_o enter_v into_o the_o thing_n belove_v which_o if_o it_o be_v more_o ignoble_a than_o the_o lover_n do_v blemish_n and_o contaminate_v its_o dignity_n this_o impurity_n cloud_n and_o darken_v the_o mind_n obstruct_v its_o serenity_n of_o judgement_n 7._o last_o from_o this_o hebetude_n of_o mind_n and_o alligation_n to_o creature_n proceed_v a_o perverse_a use_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v another_o pestiferous_a effect_n of_o creature_n love_n for_o we_o can_v ne●_n use_v thing_n well_o till_o we_o have_v spirit_n 〈◊〉_d oblige_v from_o they_o a_o mind_n chain_v the_o creature_n by_o inordinate_a love_n 〈◊〉_d but_o abuse_n it_o whence_o he_o conclude_v fol._n 162._o that_o all_o thing_n must_v be_v refer●_n unto_o god_n not_o only_o in_o the_o habitual_a co●●tution_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o also_o in_o actual_a or_o least_o virtual_a intention_n thereof_o these_o thing_n be_v premise_a touchit_n inordinate_a and_o ordinate_a love_n or_o fruiti●_n jansenius_n proceed_v to_o prove_v that_o 〈◊〉_d will_n can_v be_v the_o parent_n of_o any_o w●_n spiritualy_a or_o moral_o good_a good_a §._o 8._o no_o free_a will_n to_o good_a so_o tom._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 3._o cap._n 14._o we_o judge_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d opinion_n of_o austin_n and_o his_o disciple_n 〈◊〉_d indubitable_a 1._o that_o no_o good_a wo●_n no_o not_o moral_o such_o can_v be_v perform_v by_o free_a will_n unless_o it_o be_v free_v by_o ●wird●_n and_o that_o not_o of_o every_o kind_n but_o of_o fai●●_n 2._o that_o the_o liberty_n of_o abstain_v fr●_n sin_n be_v lose_v and_o a_o necessity_n of_o sinni●_n even_o in_o every_o act_n introduce_v become_v whatever_n be_v not_o of_o ●aith_o be_v sin_n t●_n he_o farther_o demonstrate_v cap._n 17._o fol._n 2d_o because_o according_a to_o the_o principle_n 〈◊〉_d austin_n there_o can_v be_v no_o work_n 〈◊〉_d good_a but_o what_o be_v refer_v unto_o god_n for_o himself_o whence_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o he_o prove_v that_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o roman_a and_o greek_a philosopher_n be_v vain_a and_o sinful_a because_o swell_v with_o pride_n and_o cap._n 12._o he_o particularize_v in_o the_o pride_n of_o the_o stoic_n who_o hold_v that_o the_o office_n of_o virtue_n be_v desirable_a because_o consentaneous_a to_o reason_n wherein_o they_o make_v reason_v their_o god_n he_o far_o demonstrate_v the_o pride_n of_o the_o stoic_n and_o peripatetic_n in_o make_v virtue_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a good_a which_o say_v he_o be_v in_o augustine_n sense_n to_o live_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n rom._n 8._o 5._o hence_o also_o he_o proceed_v to_o demonstrate_v tom._n 2._o lib._n 4._o cap._n 16._o that_o there_o be_v no_o seed_n of_o virtue_n natural_o in_o man_n he_o grant_v that_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o office_n of_o virtue_n material_o and_o naked_o without_o regard_n to_o its_o form_n or_o end_n there_o may_v
382._o proceed_v large_o to_o prove_v that_o no_o evil_a can_v be_v inflict_v by_o god_n on_o a_o innocent_a person_n which_o overturne_v the_o molinists_n state_n of_o pure_a nature_n jansenius_n natural_n §._o 14._o no_o obligation_n on_o god_n to_o give_v grace_n to_o such_o as_o improve_v natural_n the_o more_o effectual_o to_o undermine_v the_o jesuit_n great_a idol_n of_o free_a will_n prove_v tom._n 3._o de_fw-fr grat._n christi_fw-la lib._n 1._o c._n 5._o fol._n 7._o that_o god_n be_v not_o bind_v by_o any_o stable_a law_n to_o give_v grace_n to_o he_o that_o do_v what_o he_o can_v by_o the_o force_n of_o nature_n to_o improve_v the_o ability_n he_o have_v for_o say_v he_o there_o be_v no_o law_n or_o ordination_n of_o god_n by_o which_o grace_n be_v confer_v on_o sinner_n that_o do_v nothing_o of_o good_a but_o this_o be_v dispense_v not_o only_o altogether_o free_o but_o also_o according_a to_o the_o most_o profound_a law_n of_o divine_a gubernation_n whereby_o grace_n be_v sometime_o impart_v to_o the_o most_o heinous_a sinner_n and_o deny_v to_o other_o more_o righteous_a whence_o the_o question_n be_v resolve_v into_o this_o whether_o grace_n be_v infallible_o give_v to_o those_o who_o be_v less_o sinful_a that_o grace_n be_v not_o thus_o dispense_v be_v evident_a in_o child_n who_o without_o peradventure_o be_v less_o sinful_a than_o person_n adult_n and_o yet_o frequent_o exclude_v from_o have_v any_o share_n in_o divine_a grace_n the_o like_a as_o to_o person_n adult_n and_o indeed_o this_o law_n oblige_v god_n to_o dispense_v forth_o grace_n according_a to_o man_n improvement_n of_o natural_n be_v but_o a_o vain_a comment_n find_v out_o by_o such_o who_o be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v the_o inscrutable_a profundity_n and_o liberty_n of_o impart_v grace_n be_v willing_a to_o frame_v certain_a chain_n whereby_o nature_n and_o grace_n shall_v be_v knit_v together_o that_o so_o condemn_a nature_n may_v as_o it_o be_v by_o certain_a scale_n or_o degree_n pass_v from_o one_o to_o the_o other_o thus_o jansenius_n hence_o jansenius_n undertake_v to_o prove_v the_o impotence_n of_o the_o law_n as_o to_o salvation_n thereby_o §._o 15._o the_o impotence_n of_o the_o law_n as_o to_o salvation_n with_o the_o irritation_n of_o sin_n thereby_o and_o its_o prevalence_n as_o to_o the_o irritation_n of_o sin_n so_o tom._n 3._o de_fw-fr grat._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o law_n say_v he_o although_o it_o remove_v the_o ignorance_n of_o our_o duty_n yet_o it_o leave_v concupiscence_n more_o difficult_a to_o be_v overcome_v more_o flourish_a and_o strong_a than_o before_o and_o whoever_o imagine_v that_o the_o law_n be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n immediate_o for_o this_o end_n that_o so_o they_o may_v by_o institution_n thereof_o be_v bring_v to_o a_o more_o facility_n of_o righteousness_n be_v great_o deceive_v for_o lust_n be_v repress_v be_v increase_v and_o be_v like_a to_o be_v deprive_v of_o its_o lust_v good_a it_o burn_v more_o strong_o for_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o it_o yea_o the_o law_n be_v so_o far_o from_o lessen_v sin_n as_o that_o it_o aggravate_v the_o same_o and_o shut_v up_o the_o sinner_n under_o a_o more_o severe_a condemnation_n 1._o in_o that_o he_o now_o sin_n against_o more_o light_n etc._n etc._n 2._o in_o that_o if_o the_o sinner_n be_v bring_v to_o any_o partial_a or_o imperfect_a conformity_n to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o law_n he_o present_o be_v puff_v up_o with_o pride_n carnal_a confidence_n and_o self-sufficience_a which_o be_v the_o worst_a of_o sin_n then_o cap._n 16._o 18._o he_o prove_v that_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o law_n affect_v the_o mind_n only_o not_o the_o will_n it_o show_v the_o disease_n but_o do_v not_o cure_v it_o etc._n etc._n of_o which_o more_o hereafter_o jansenius_n have_v demonstrate_v the_o impotence_n of_o the_o law_n necessity_n §._o 16._o of_o medicinal_a efficacious_a grace_n its_o necessity_n in_o combination_n with_o free_a will_n to_o confer_v grace_n he_o thence_o proceed_v to_o prove_v the_o necessity_n and_o efficacy_n of_o christ_n medicinal_a grace_n etc._n etc._n so_o tom._n 3._o de_fw-fr grat._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 22._o the_o genuine_a nature_n say_v he_o of_o medicinal_a grace_n consist_v herein_o that_o it_o give_v not_o only_o a_o habitual_a or_o potential_a capacity_n but_o also_o a_o actual_a adjutorie_a or_o assistance_n whereby_o the_o will_n may_v be_v determine_v hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la immediate_o unto_o good_a then_o cap._n 24._o he_o prove_v more_o large_o that_o this_o medicinal_a grace_n be_v vorticordious_a or_o most_o potent_a 1._o in_o that_o it_o do_v by_o a_o ineffable_a suavitie_n mix_v with_o power_n effectual_o overcome_v the_o heart_n 2._o in_o that_o god_n be_v the_o alone_a supreme_a agent_n in_o this_o work_n 3._o in_o that_o this_o medicinal_a grace_n be_v such_o as_o that_o its_o effect_n depend_v not_o on_o the_o will_n but_o the_o will_n be_v by_o it_o determine_v whence_o austin_n say_v the_o will_n can_v resist_v this_o grace_n but_o that_o she_o be_v more_o in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n triumphant_a victorious_a grace_n than_o in_o she_o own_o etc._n etc._n whence_o he_o proceed_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o molinists_n conditional_a grace_n destroy_v christ_n medicinal_a grace_n and_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o grace_n of_o a_o sick_a and_o that_o of_o a_o sound_a will_n etc._n etc._n cap._n 25._o hence_o suavitie_n §._o 17._o the_o nature_n of_o efficacious_a grace_n in_o divine_a suavitie_n lib._n 4._o de_fw-fr grat._n c._n 1_o etc._n etc._n jansenius_n proceed_v to_o discourse_v more_o full_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o this_o medicinal_a efficacious_a grace_n which_o he_o style_v a_o spiritual_a suavitie_n or_o celestial_a delectation_n whereby_o the_o will_n be_v prevent_v and_o bend_v to_o will_n and_o do_v whatever_o god_n have_v appoint_v it_o shall_v will_n and_o do_v this_o he_o afterward_o call_v the_o inspiration_n of_o charity_n with_o other_o affection_n natural_o flow_v thence_o that_o this_o medicinal_a grace_n be_v as_o to_o its_o substance_n a_o spiritual_a suavitie_n or_o delectation_n infuse_v from_o heaven_n he_o demonstrate_v out_o of_o austin_n 1._o by_o a_o induction_n of_o every_o kind_n of_o good_a which_o owe_v its_o original_n to_o this_o inspiration_n of_o divine_a suavitie_n infuse_v by_o god_n 2._o he_o prove_v the_o same_o from_o the_o contrary_a namely_o sin_n which_o spring_v from_o a_o terrene_a suavitie_n 3._o from_o the_o conflict_n betwixt_o these_o opposite_a suavity_n 4._o from_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o will_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o infirmity_n embrace_v nothing_o but_o what_o delight_v and_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o it_o delight_v in_o any_o act_n by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o strong_o it_o act_v or_o work_v then_o cap._n 11._o he_o tell_v we_o that_o this_o heavenly_a delectation_n be_v a_o vital_a indeliberate_a act_n drop_v into_o the_o soul_n by_o god_n which_o imply_v both_o love_n and_o desire_v of_o as_o also_o complacence_n and_o satisfaction_n in_o its_o proper_a object_n he_o make_v love_n to_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o this_o delectation_n which_o tend_v to_o its_o centre_n god_n by_o the_o motion_n of_o desire_n and_o terminate_v or_o rest_v therein_o by_o satisfaction_n and_o delight_n for_o who_o ever_o love_v god_n do_v so_o far_o possess_v he_o and_o thence_o injoy_v he_o with_o delight_n and_o and_o also_o delight_v in_o he_o with_o enjoyment_n etc._n etc._n jansenius_n have_v make_v some_o entrance_n on_o the_o explication_n and_o demonstration_n of_o efficacious_a grace_n efficacious_a §._o 18._o no_o sufficient_a grace_n but_o what_o be_v efficacious_a he_o assert_n and_o prove_v tom._n 3._o de_fw-fr grat._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 1_o 2_o 3._o that_o man_n in_o their_o lapse_v state_n be_v afford_v no_o sufficient_a grace_n but_o what_o be_v also_o efficacious_a for_o say_v he_o this_o adjutorie_a pure_o sufficient_a belong_v to_o the_o grace_n of_o nature_n and_o be_v altogether_o unuseful_a for_o the_o reparation_n of_o person_n lapse_v although_o it_o shall_v be_v augment_v to_o six_o hundred_o degree_n of_o sufficience_n yea_o it_o can_v be_v assert_v since_o the_o fall_n unless_o with_o a_o great_a delusion_n than_o that_o of_o the_o pelagian_o take_v away_o original_a sin_n we_o will_v allow_v unto_o nature_n unwounded_a force_n yea_o what_o can_v be_v produce_v more_o monstrous_a than_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o adjutorie_a distinct_a from_o all_o the_o rest_n which_o be_v never_o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o fall_n nor_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n confer_v on_o the_o human_a will_n so_o cap._n 5._o 11._o he_o prove_v that_o the_o law_n be_v give_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o to_o many_o christian_n without_o any_o such_o sufficient_a or_o adjuvant_fw-la grace_n and_o unbeliever_n want_v this_o sufficient_a grace_n as_o well_o the_o