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he_o add_v moreover_o who_o he_o do_v thus_o predestinate_a they_o he_o also_o call_v i._n e._n as_o be_v former_o interpret_v chapter_n interpret_v sect._n 42._o of_o this_o chapter_n he_o purpose_a to_o call_v viz._n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o son_n as_o the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o call_v they_o according_o in_o which_o respect_n they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v person_n call_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n verse_n 28._o and_o who_o he_o call_v they_o he_o also_o justify_v i._n e._n purpose_a to_o justify_v and_o justifi_v according_o and_o who_o he_o justify_v they_o also_o he_o glorify_v i._n e._n purpose_a to_o glorify_v or_o to_o bring_v to_o a_o actual_a conformity_n with_o christ_n in_o his_o glory_n and_n glorifi_v they_o according_o why_o the_o purpose_a or_o intend_a act_n of_o god_n be_v express_v in_o scripture_n rather_o in_o the_o preter-perfect_a tense_n then_o either_o in_o the_o present_a or_o future_a be_v account_v elsewhere_o in_o this_o 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love_v he_o and_o suffer_v a_o hatred_n of_o god_n secret_o to_o grow_v upon_o he_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v conceive_v that_o god_n notwithstanding_o such_o a_o change_n in_o he_o shall_v advance_v or_o carry_v he_o on_o by_o the_o remain_a step_n or_o gradation_n unto_o glory_n but_o that_o where_o ever_o this_o heavenly_a affection_n of_o his_o love_n to_o god_n shall_v expire_v and_o leave_v he_o there_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n also_o concern_v his_o glorification_n shall_v leave_v he_o and_o nothing_o be_v further_o do_v or_o act_v by_o he_o in_o order_n thereunto_o unless_o haply_o he_o return_v unto_o his_o former_a affection_n the_o apostle_n intent_n in_o the_o passage_n in_o hand_n be_v to_o declare_v the_o series_n and_o tenor_n of_o god_n counsel_n for_o the_o glorious_a benefit_n and_o good_a of_o
4._o they_o shall_v commit_v iniquity_n etc._n etc._n all_o the_o righteousness_n that_o they_o have_v do_v former_o shall_v not_o be_v mention_v i._n e._n as_o calvin_n himself_o interpret_v shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n as_o to_o matter_n of_o reward_n 24_o reward_n cum_fw-la autem_fw-la satis_fw-la liqueat_fw-la non_fw-la venire_fw-la justiciam_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la defecit_fw-la in_fw-la rationem_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la mercedis_fw-la sperare_fw-la debeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n calv._n in_o ezek._n 18._o 24_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o if_o it_o shall_v not_o come_v into_o any_o account_n at_o all_o as_o for_o example_n to_o obtain_v from_o god_n so_o much_o as_o the_o reward_n of_o a_o temporal_a deliverance_n much_o less_o shall_v it_o turn_v to_o any_o such_o account_n as_o to_o be_v reward_v with_o that_o great_a recompense_n of_o reward_n salvation_n again_o that_o death_n which_o god_n here_o threaten_v against_o that_o double_a or_o two_o fold_n 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sin_n only_o be_v exclusive_a from_o the_o love_n and_o kingdom_n of_o god_n be_v no_o such_o great_a mastery_n no_o such_o matter_n of_o difficulty_n unto_o such_o man_n and_o that_o when_o they_o be_v overcome_v and_o fall_v into_o such_o sin_n it_o be_v through_o a_o mere_a voluntary_a neglect_n of_o stir_v up_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o be_v in_o they_o and_o of_o maintain_v that_o holy_a principle_n we_o speak_v of_o in_o strength_n and_o vigour_n by_o such_o mean_n as_o god_n most_o gracious_o and_o indulgent_o vouchsafe_v unto_o they_o in_o abundance_n for_o such_o a_o purpose_n and_o thus_o we_o see_v all_o thing_n unpartial_o weigh_v and_o debate_v to_o and_o fro_o that_o the_o doctrine_n which_o suppose_v a_o possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n final_a decline_v be_v the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v according_a to_o godliness_n and_o the_o corrival_n of_o it_o a_o enemy_n thereunto_o that_o doctrine_n who_o genuine_a and_o proper_a tendency_n be_v to_o advance_v the_o peace_n and_o 7._o §._o 36._o argum._n 7._o joy_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o believe_v be_v of_o a_o natural_a sympathy_n with_o the_o gospel_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n a_o truth_n such_o be_v the_o doctrine_n which_o inform_v the_o saint_n of_o a_o possibility_n of_o their_o total_a and_o final_a fall_v away_o ergo._n our_o adversary_n themselves_o in_o the_o cause_n depend_v will_v not_o i_o presume_v regret_n the_o grant_n of_o the_o former_a proposition_n the_o truth_n of_o it_o be_v a_o truth_n so_o near_o at_o hand_n the_o minor_a have_v receive_v confirmation_n in_o abundance_n from_o what_o be_v argue_v and_o evince_v in_o the_o 9_o chapter_n where_o we_o demonstrative_o prove_v that_o the_o doctrine_n we_o now_o assert_v be_v of_o the_o most_o healthful_a and_o sound_a constitution_n to_o make_v a_o nurse_n for_o the_o peace_n and_o joy_n and_o comfort_n of_o the_o saint_n whereas_o that_o which_o be_v opposite_a to_o it_o be_v but_o of_o a_o melancholic_a and_o sad_a complexion_n in_o comparison_n the_o ground_n we_o build_v our_o demonstration_n upon_o be_v this_o that_o doctrine_n which_o be_v of_o the_o most_o encourage_v quicken_a and_o strengthen_v import_n to_o the_o spirit_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n in_o man_n on_o the_o one_o hand_n and_o most_o crucify_a and_o destructive_a to_o the_o flesh_n on_o the_o other_o hand_n must_v needs_o be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o the_o best_a and_o choice_a accommodation_n for_o the_o peace_n and_o comfort_n of_o believer_n the_o reason_n hereof_o be_v because_o the_o peace_n joy_n and_o comfort_n of_o believer_n do_v if_o not_o whole_o yet_o in_o a_o very_a great_a measure_n depend_v upon_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o testimony_n of_o their_o conscience_n concern_v their_o loyalty_n and_o faithfulness_n unto_o god_n in_o do_v his_o will_n keep_v his_o commandment_n refrain_v all_o false_a way_n as_o david_n speak_v abstain_v from_o the_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n as_o on_o the_o contrary_a that_o root_n of_o bitterness_n in_o the_o saint_n from_o which_o fear_n and_o doubt_n perplexity_n agony_n and_o consternation_n of_o soul_n spring_n be_v the_o flesh_n when_o for_o want_v of_o a_o sharp_a bridle_n still_o keep_v in_o the_o jaw_n or_o lip_n of_o it_o it_o break_v out_o become_v unruly_a and_o magnify_v itself_o against_o god_n and_o his_o law_n these_o thing_n we_o prosecute_v more_o at_o large_a in_o the_o fore_n name_v chapter_n where_o likewise_o we_o prove_v above_o all_o reasonable_a contradiction_n that_o the_o sense_n of_o those_o who_o assert_v a_o possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n draw_v back_o even_o to_o perdition_n be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o a_o very_a rich_a sympathy_n with_o the_o spirit_n or_o regenerate_a part_n in_o man_n of_o a_o excellent_a and_o high_a animation_n unto_o it_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a a_o doctrine_n morral_o inspire_v against_o the_o flesh_n with_o all_o the_o lust_n and_o way_n hereof_o here_o also_o we_o give_v a_o answer_n in_o full_a unto_o those_o who_o be_v wont_v to_o object_n and_o pretend_v that_o the_o best_a and_o holy_a person_n more_o general_o cleave_v in_o their_o judgement_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o absolute_a perseverance_n as_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n that_o person_n more_o carnal_o and_o loose_o dispose_v more_o general_o take_v up_o that_o which_o be_v contrary_a unto_o it_o so_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o add_v in_o this_o place_n any_o thing_n further_o to_o give_v weight_n or_o strength_n to_o the_o argument_n in_o hand_n unless_o it_o be_v to_o certify_v the_o reader_n that_o since_o the_o publish_n and_o clear_v the_o doctrine_n now_o assert_v some_o very_a godly_a and_o serious_o religious_a person_n have_v with_o their_o whole_a heart_n bless_a god_n for_o it_o we_o proceed_v to_o another_o argument_n that_o doctrine_n which_o evacuate_v and_o turn_v into_o weakness_n and_o folly_n all_o that_o 8._o §._o 37._o argum._n 8._o gracious_a counsel_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o consist_v partly_o in_o that_o diligent_a information_n which_o he_o give_v unto_o the_o saint_n from_o place_n to_o place_n concern_v the_o hostile_a cruel_a and_o bloody_a mind_n and_o intention_n of_o satan_n against_o they_o partly_o in_o detect_v and_o make_v know_v all_o his_o subtle_a stratagem_n his_o plot_n method_n and_o dangerous_a machination_n against_o they_o partly_o also_o in_o furnish_v they_o with_o spiritual_a weapon_n of_o all_o sort_n whereby_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o grapple_v with_o he_o notwithstanding_o and_o glorious_o to_o triumph_v over_o he_o partly_o again_o in_o those_o frequent_a admonition_n exhortation_n encouragement_n to_o quit_v themselves_o like_o man_n in_o resist_v he_o and_o make_v good_a their_o ground_n against_o he_o which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o scripture_n and_o last_o in_o profess_v his_o fear_n lest_o satan_n shall_v circumvent_v and_o deceive_v they_o that_o doctrine_n i_o say_v which_o reflect_v disparagement_n and_o vanity_n upon_o all_o these_o most_o serious_a and_o gracious_a application_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n unto_o the_o saint_n must_v needs_o be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o vanity_n and_o error_n and_o consequent_o that_o which_o oppose_v it_o by_o like_a necessity_n a_o truth_n but_o such_o be_v the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o absolute_a and_o infallible_a perseverance_n ergo._n the_o major_n in_o this_o argument_n be_v great_a than_o exception_n for_o doubtless_o no_o doctrine_n which_o be_v of_o a_o undervalue_a import_n either_o to_o the_o grace_n or_o wisdom_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o any_o scripture_n transaction_n can_v be_v evangelicall_n or_o consistent_a with_o truth_n the_o minor_a likewise_o be_v evident_a upon_o this_o account_n all_o those_o action_n or_o transaction_n ascribe_v to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o major_a proposition_n as_o viz._n his_o discover_v and_o detect_v unto_o the_o saint_n the_o hostile_a spirit_n and_o machination_n of_o satan_n against_o they_o his_o furnish_v they_o with_o spiritual_a weapon_n to_o conflict_n with_o he_o and_o fight_v against_o he_o etc._n etc._n be_v in_o several_a place_n of_o scripture_n plain_o report_v and_o attribute_v unto_o he_o particular_o in_o these_o jam._n 4._o 7._o 1_o pet._n 5._o 8_o 9_o eph._n 6._o 11._o 12_o etc._n etc._n 2._o cor._n 11._o 3._o 14._o &_o 2._o 11._o mat._n 12._o 43_o 44_o etc._n etc._n 2_o thess_n 2._o 9_o 10._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 5._o not_o to_o mention_v many_o other_o now_o if_o the_o saint_n be_v in_o no_o possibility_n of_o be_v final_o overcome_v by_o satan_n or_o of_o miscarry_v in_o the_o great_a and_o most_o important_a business_n of_o their_o salvation_n by_o his_o snare_n and_o subtlety_n all_o that_o operousnesse_n and_o diligence_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o those_o late-mentioned_n addressement_n of_o his_o unto_o they_o in_o order_n to_o their_o final_a conquest_n over_o satan_n will_v be_v find_v of_o very_o light_a consequence_n of_o little_a concernment_n to_o they_o yea_o if_o the_o say_a addressement_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v compare_v with_o the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o saint_n as_o the_o say_a doctrine_n of_o perseverance_n represent_v and_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v and_o be_v digest_v or_o form_v into_o a_o hypotyposis_n according_o the_o utter_a uselessenesse_n and_o impertinency_n of_o they_o will_v yet_o much_o more_o evident_o appear_v suppose_v we_o then_o the_o holy_a ghost_n shall_v speak_v thus_o unto_o the_o saint_n o_o you_o that_o true_o believe_v who_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o promise_n of_o that_o god_n that_o can_v lie_v be_v full_o persuade_v and_o possess_v that_o you_o shall_v be_v keep_v by_o god_n by_o his_o irresistible_a grace_n in_o true_a faith_n until_o death_n so_o that_o though_o satan_n shall_v set_v all_o his_o wit_n on_o work_n and_o by_o all_o his_o stratagem_n snare_n and_o cunning_a device_n seek_v to_o destroy_v you_o
even_o christ-man_n be_v to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o simple_o and_o absolute_o unchangeable_a a_o prerogative_n royal_a wherein_o neither_o saint_n noâ—_n angel_n have_v part_n with_o he_o and_o because_o of_o such_o a_o unchangeableness_n in_o he_o though_o otherwise_o he_o be_v a_o subject_a capable_a enough_o of_o be_v tempt_v yet_o be_v he_o not_o a_o person_n meet_v to_o be_v entreat_v or_o deal_v with_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n upon_o those_o term_n of_o admonition_n caution_n exhortation_n unto_o watchfulness_n constancy_n or_o stand_v fast_o information_n of_o danger_n threaten_v he_o in_o case_n he_o shall_v not_o quit_v himself_o worthy_o etc._n etc._n wherein_o he_o frequent_o turn_v himself_o unto_o the_o saint_n and_o true_a believer_n as_o we_o hear_v nor_o be_v that_o necessity_n of_o do_v righteousness_n and_o obey_v god_n which_o 40._o §._o 40._o rest_v upon_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n by_o the_o mean_v aforesaid_a any_o whit_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o merit_n or_o rewardableness_n of_o what_o he_o do_v and_o suffer_v in_o the_o flesh_n though_o it_o be_v most_o true_a that_o any_o such_o necessity_n which_o shall_v cause_v the_o will_n of_o man_n other_o man_n necessitate_o or_o avoidable_o to_o act_v righteous_o will_v be_v destructive_a to_o the_o rewardableness_n of_o what_o they_o shall_v act_v upon_o such_o term_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v because_o in_o case_n any_o such_o necessity_n of_o well_o do_v shall_v come_v upon_o or_o be_v find_v in_o the_o will_n of_o mere_a man_n they_o must_v necessary_o be_v passive_a herein_o in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o have_v no_o native_a or_o inward_a principle_n of_o their_o own_o whereby_o to_o contract_v or_o induce_v any_o such_o necessity_n upon_o themselves_o and_o what_o man_n be_v necessitate_v to_o do_v in_o a_o passive_a way_n want_v the_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la the_o essential_a property_n of_o what_o be_v rewardable_a either_o by_o the_o rule_n of_o wisdom_n or_o justice_n see_v more_o upon_o this_o account_n sect._n 19_o of_o this_o chapter_n but_o that_o necessity_n which_o rest_v in_o or_o upon_o the_o will_n of_o christ_n of_o do_v righteous_o though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a logical_a or_o irresistible_a necessity_n neither_o as_o be_v late_o intimate_v but_o such_o as_o it_o be_v it_o be_v contract_v by_o himself_o and_o that_o voluntary_o and_o free_o the_o godhead_n or_o the_o divine_a nature_n personal_o unite_v with_o the_o humane_a which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o proper_o as_o essential_o christ_n as_o the_o humane_a nature_n itself_o in_o this_o union_n voluntary_o and_o free_o derive_v unto_o the_o humane_a so_o unite_v unto_o it_o such_o a_o fullness_n of_o grace_n holiness_n and_o goodness_n from_o which_o that_o necessity_n we_o speak_v of_o of_o well-doing_n in_o a_o way_n of_o a_o genuine_a and_o kind_o result_v arise_v upon_o he_o and_o abide_v with_o he_o for_o ever_o no_o mere_a creature_n have_v the_o like_a opportunity_n or_o mean_n of_o vest_v the_o like_a necessity_n of_o well_o do_v in_o itself_o it_o follow_v upon_o a_o very_a fair_a account_n that_o in_o case_n it_o be_v or_o can_v be_v suppose_v that_o they_o mere_a creature_n i_o mean_v be_v avoidable_o necessitate_v to_o do_v well_o such_o do_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v uncapable_a of_o reward_n although_o it_o be_v otherwise_o in_o the_o case_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o of_o that_o unparallelable_a necessity_n of_o well_o do_v which_o be_v find_v in_o he_o i_o shall_v only_o add_v one_o argument_n more_o and_o therewith_o conclude_v this_o chapter_n that_o doctrine_n which_o natural_o and_o direct_o tend_v to_o beget_v and_o foment_n 9_o §._o 41._o argum._n 9_o jealousy_n and_o evil_a surmise_n between_o brethren_n in_o christ_n or_o such_o as_o ought_v cordial_o to_o love_n reverence_n and_o honour_n one_o another_o be_v not_o confederate_a with_o the_o gospel_n nor_o from_o god_n and_o consequent_o that_o which_o contradict_v it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o truth_n the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o unquestionable_a and_o unconditioned_a perseverance_n be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o this_o tendency_n apt_a to_o beget_v and_o foment_n jealousy_n suspicion_n and_o evil_a surmise_n between_o brethren_n or_o such_o as_o ought_v to_o love_v and_o respect_v one_o the_o other_o as_o brethren_n in_o christ_n etc._n etc._n ergo._n the_o major_n in_o this_o argument_n will_v i_o suppose_v meet_v with_o no_o adversary_n and_o therefore_o need_v no_o second_o the_o minor_a stand_v firm_a and_o strong_a upon_o this_o foundation_n that_o doctrine_n which_o teach_v and_o persuade_v i_o to_o judge_v the_o faith_n and_o love_n of_o those_o who_o i_o ought_v cordial_o to_o love_n and_o honour_n as_o saint_n and_o brethren_n in_o christ_n to_o be_v no_o better_o than_o the_o faith_n and_o love_n of_o hypocrite_n dissembler_n formal_a professor_n etc._n etc._n direct_o tend_v to_o beget_v jealousy_n and_o evil_a surmise_n in_o i_o against_o they_o and_o be_v of_o the_o same_o tendency_n to_o occasion_v they_o to_o measure_v back_o again_o the_o same_o measure_n towards_o i_o the_o common_a doctrine_n of_o peremptory_a perseverance_n thus_o teach_v and_o persuade_v both_o i_o and_o they_o ergo._n the_o major_a here_o also_o fear_v no_o contradiction_n and_o so_o crave_v no_o assistance_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o minor_a be_v because_o i_o can_v reasonable_o judge_v either_o the_o faith_n or_o love_n of_o those_o who_o i_o stand_v most_o bind_v by_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n to_o love_n reverence_n and_o honour_n as_o saint_n and_o brethren_n to_o be_v better_o great_a or_o more_o sincere_a then_o sometime_o i_o judge_v or_o at_o least_o ought_v to_o have_v judge_v that_o faith_n and_o love_n of_o those_o to_o have_v be_v who_o the_o doctrine_n we_o speak_v of_o teach_v i_o to_o judge_v to_o have_v be_v hypocrite_n and_o false-hearted_a even_o then_o when_o their_o faith_n and_o love_n be_v at_o the_o best_a for_o the_o very_a truth_n be_v that_o among_o all_o the_o professor_n of_o christian_a religion_n that_o be_v at_o present_a any_o way_n know_v unto_o i_o and_o i_o make_v no_o question_n but_o that_o every_o other_o christian_n of_o any_o considerable_a stand_n in_o the_o world_n may_v with_o a_o good_a conscience_n profess_v the_o like_a of_o himself_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o who_o i_o can_v reasonable_o judge_v to_o be_v either_o more_o sound_a in_o faith_n or_o sincere_a in_o love_n both_o towards_o god_n and_o man_n than_o i_o sometime_o judge_v and_o that_o upon_o competent_a ground_n yea_o the_o best_a that_o either_o i_o then_o be_v or_o yet_o be_o capable_a of_o some_o other_o to_o have_v be_v who_o now_o i_o know_v to_o be_v wretched_a apostate_n and_o to_o have_v give_v up_o themselves_o to_o work_v all_o filthiness_n and_o that_o with_o greediness_n therefore_o if_o upon_o or_o because_o of_o their_o apostasy_n i_o stand_v bind_v to_o judge_v they_o to_o have_v be_v in_o the_o best_a of_o their_o spiritual_a stand_n no_o better_o than_o hypocrite_n it_o be_v unpossible_a but_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v jealous_a and_o suspicious_a at_o least_o lest_o the_o best_a and_o great_a professor_n of_o christ_n that_o be_v know_v to_o i_o in_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v no_o better_o than_o hypocrite_n also_o notwithstanding_o any_o account_n or_o satisfaction_n they_o give_v or_o possible_o can_v give_v unto_o i_o of_o their_o sincerity_n if_o it_o be_v reply_v that_o even_o that_o doctrine_n which_o i_o teach_v in_o opposition_n to_o that_o other_o have_v a_o like_a tendency_n to_o create_v and_o nourish_v among_o the_o saint_n reciprocal_o if_o not_o the_o same_o jealousy_n and_o evil_a surmise_n which_o have_v be_v charge_v upon_o the_o other_o yet_o other_o every_o whit_n as_o bad_a or_o however_o not_o much_o better_a than_o they_o in_o as_o much_o as_o this_o doctrine_n itself_o teach_v saint_n to_o look_v one_o upon_o another_o as_o those_o that_o may_v apostatise_v and_o turn_v enemy_n unto_o christ_n and_o the_o gospel_n and_o be_v not_o such_o a_o jealousy_n as_o this_o concern_v any_o person_n every_o whit_n as_o unchristian_a hard_a or_o uncharitable_a as_o to_o look_v upon_o he_o as_o a_o possible_a hypocrite_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o a_o jealousy_n or_o suspicion_n of_o a_o present_a vileness_n or_o unworthiness_n in_o a_o man_n especial_o when_o he_o that_o be_v suspicious_a have_v all_o the_o best_a ground_n that_o can_v be_v give_v why_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v suspicious_a in_o this_o kind_n be_v a_o far_o worse_a and_o more_o unchristian_a jealousy_n and_o suspicion_n then_o that_o which_o be_v conceive_v against_o a_o man_n touch_v any_o future_a unworthiness_n that_o only_o possible_o may_v be_v find_v in_o he_o the_o doctrine_n which_o teach_v a_o possibility_n only_o of_o a_o total_a and_o final_a defection_n in_o the_o saint_n
pardon_n of_o his_o sin_n therefore_o justification_n or_o pardon_v of_o sin_n may_v according_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o this_o father_n be_v lose_v yea_o so_o lose_v as_o never_o to_o be_v find_v again_o the_o same_o author_n elsewhere_o say_v that_o solomon_n and_o saul_n and_o many_o other_o have_v power_n be_v able_a to_o retain_v the_o grace_n that_o have_v be_v give_v they_o while_o they_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o when_o the_o instruction_n or_o discipline_n of_o god_n depart_v from_o they_o his_o grace_n depart_v also_o therefore_o it_o stand_v we_o in_o hand_n to_o hold_v out_o in_o the_o strait_a and_o narrow_a way_n of_o praise_n and_o glory_n etc._n glory_n solomon_n denique_fw-la &_o saul_n &_o caeteri_fw-la multi_fw-la quamdtù_fw-fr viis_fw-la domini_fw-la ambulaverunt_fw-la datam_fw-la sibi_fw-la gratiam_fw-la tenere_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la recedente_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la divinâ_fw-la recessit_fw-la &_o gratia_fw-la perseverandum_fw-la nobis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o arcto_fw-la &_o in_fw-la angusto_fw-la itinere_fw-la laudis_fw-la &_o gloriae_fw-la idem_fw-la ep._n 7._o ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la &_o caeteros_fw-la confess_v etc._n etc._n etc._n etc._n yet_o again_o the_o very_a same_o spiritual_a grace_n which_o in_o baptism_n be_v equal_o receive_v by_o those_o that_o believe_v be_v afterward_o in_o our_o conversation_n and_o act_n either_o diminish_v or_o increase_v as_o in_o the_o gospel_n the_o seed_n whereof_o our_o saviour_n speak_v be_v equal_o sow_o but_o according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o ground_n part_n of_o it_o be_v consume_v or_o come_v to_o nothing_o another_o part_n of_o it_o bring_v forth_o fruit_n in_o abundance_n yet_o in_o a_o different_a proportion_n some_o thirty_o some_o sixty_o some_o a_o hundred_o fold_n magnum_fw-la fold_n planè_fw-la eadem_fw-la gratia_fw-la spiritalis_fw-la quae_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la à _fw-la credentibus_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la sumitur_fw-la in_fw-la conversatione_fw-la atque_fw-la actu_fw-la nostro_fw-la postmodùm_fw-la vel_fw-la minuitur_fw-la vel_fw-la augetur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o evangelio_n dominicum_fw-la semen_fw-mi equaliter_fw-la seminatur_fw-la sed_fw-la pro_fw-la varietate_fw-la terrae_fw-la aliud_fw-la absumitur_fw-la aliud_fw-la in_o multiformem_fw-la copiam_fw-la vel_fw-la tricesimi_fw-la vel_fw-la sexagesimi_fw-la vel_fw-la centesimi_fw-la numeri_fw-la fructu_fw-la exuberante_fw-la cumulatur_fw-la idem_fw-la epist_n 76._o ad_fw-la magnum_fw-la a_o little_a after_o ofttime_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o of_o those_o who_o be_v spiritual_o sound_v when_o baptize_v if_o afterward_o they_o fall_v to_o sin_n be_v shake_v with_o the_o unclean_a spirit_n return_v unto_o they_o so_o that_o manifest_a it_o be_v that_o the_o devil_n be_v by_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o believer_n exclude_v in_o baptism_n and_o that_o in_o case_n this_o faith_n of_o his_o afterward_o fail_v that_o he_o return_v ibid._n return_v et_fw-la contrà _fw-la saepé_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la de_fw-fr illig_a qui_fw-la sani_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la si_fw-la postmodùm_fw-la peccare_fw-la coeperint_fw-la spiritu_fw-la immundo_fw-la redeunte_fw-la quatiuntur_fw-la ut_fw-la manifestum_fw-la sit_fw-la diabolum_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la fide_fw-la credentis_fw-la excludi_fw-la si_fw-la fides_n postmodùm_fw-la defecerit_fw-la regredi_fw-la ibid._n chromatius_n who_o according_a to_o some_o writer_n have_v his_o time_n of_o mortality_n 12._o §._o 12._o allot_v unto_o he_o about_o the_o year_n 350._o though_o other_o bring_v it_o down_o much_o low_a have_v upon_o those_o word_n mat._n 6._o 12._o and_o forgive_v our_o debt_n as_o we_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n affirm_v that_o unless_o we_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n we_o make_v ourselves_o guilty_a of_o eternal_a death_n before_o god_n with_o our_o own_o word_n subjoin_v a_o little_a after_o thus_o this_o the_o lord_n himself_o elsewhere_o do_v most_o plain_o make_v manifest_a produce_v the_o example_n of_o the_o servant_n who_o have_v be_v a_o debtor_n to_o who_o though_o he_o ought_v much_o yet_o upon_o his_o entreaty_n his_o lord_n forgive_v he_o the_o whole_a this_o servant_n after_o his_o debt_n have_v be_v free_o remit_v unto_o he_o deny_v the_o like_a favour_n in_o a_o small_a matter_n to_o his_o fellow-servant_n be_v cast_v into_o prison_n and_o condemn_v to_o punishment_n 6._o punishment_n hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la alio_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la apertissimé_fw-fr manifestat_fw-la proferens_fw-la servi_fw-la illius_fw-la debitoris_fw-la exemplum_fw-la cvi_fw-la plurimum_fw-la debenti_fw-la rogatus_fw-la dominus_fw-la debitum_fw-la omne_fw-la concesserat_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la post_fw-la indultum_fw-la debitum_fw-la conservo_fw-la svo_fw-la debenti_fw-la sibi_fw-la nollet_fw-la ipse_fw-la dimittere_fw-la in_fw-la carcerâ—m_fw-la traditus_fw-la &_o damnatus_fw-la in_o poenâ_fw-la est_fw-la chromatius_n in_o mat._n 5._o &_o 6._o macarius_n who_o live_v about_o the_o year_n 370._o be_v a_o diligent_a and_o frequent_a assertor_n of_o the_o doctrine_n maintain_v in_o our_o present_a digression_n in_o his_o write_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n say_v he_o the_o spirit_n admonish_v the_o soul_n which_o by_o grace_n know_v god_n and_o be_v purify_v from_o her_o former_a sin_n and_o be_v endow_v with_o the_o ornament_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o have_v taste_v the_o divine_a and_o heavenly_a meat_n or_o nourishment_n yet_o because_o she_o do_v not_o walk_v in_o this_o knowledge_n with_o that_o diligence_n which_o be_v meeâ—_n nor_o preserve_v that_o good_a affection_n and_o love_n which_o she_o owe_v to_o her_o heavenly_a husband_n christ_n as_o become_v she_o she_o be_v castanna_n off_o and_o drive_v away_o from_z that_o life_n of_o which_o she_o do_v partake_v not_o long_o after_o wherefore_o we_o must_v strive_v and_o take_v heed_n with_o the_o great_a wisdom_n that_o we_o work_v out_o our_o salvation_n with_o fear_n as_o it_o be_v write_v whosoever_o therefore_o of_o you_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n see_v that_o in_o nothing_o neither_o small_a nor_o great_a you_o behave_v yourselves_o careless_o nor_o reproach_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n lest_o you_o be_v banish_v from_z that_o life_n which_o you_o have_v now_o obtain_v etc._n obtain_v eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la etiam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la admâ—net_fw-la animam_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o purificata_fw-la est_fw-la à _fw-la pristinis_fw-la peccatis_fw-la ac_fw-la ornamentis_fw-la spiritús_fw-la sancti_fw-la dotata_fw-la et_fw-la prâ—gustavit_fw-la divinum_fw-la ac_fw-la coelosten_v cibum_fw-la ob_fw-la id_fw-la tamen_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la sicuti_fw-la decebat_fw-la deligenter_n in_o eâ_fw-la noticiâ_fw-la versata_fw-la est_fw-la nec_fw-la decenter_n bene_fw-la volentian_n ac_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la christo_fw-la sponso_fw-la coelesti_fw-la debitan_fw-mi conservavit_fw-la projicitur_fw-la &_o expellitur_fw-la à _fw-la vitâ_fw-la cujus_fw-la erat_fw-la facta_fw-la particeps_fw-la macar_n hom._n 15._o et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la quapropter_fw-la certandum_fw-la est_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la prudentiâ_fw-la nobiâ—_fw-la cavendun_v ut_fw-la cum_fw-la timore_fw-la salutem_fw-la nostram_fw-la operemini_fw-la operemur_fw-la sicut_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la quicunque_fw-la ergo_fw-la participeâ—_n facti_fw-la estis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la christi_fw-la in_o nullo_n pusillo_fw-la vel_fw-la magno_fw-la contemptim_fw-la vos_fw-la geratis_fw-la neque_fw-la gratiam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la contumeliâ_fw-la assiciatis_fw-la ne_fw-la exuletis_fw-la à _fw-la vitâ_fw-la quam_fw-la jam_fw-la adepti_fw-la estis_fw-la etc._n etc._n yet_o again_o a_o little_a after_o but_o when_o the_o soul_n have_v obtain_v grace_n now_o be_v there_o need_v of_o much_o understanding_n and_o perspicacity_n in_fw-la discern_a which_o thing_n themselves_o god_n also_o give_v unto_o the_o soul_n ask_v they_o of_o he_o that_o so_o this_o soul_n may_v serve_v he_o in_o that_o spirit_n which_o she_o have_v receive_v with_o all_o acceptation_n and_o in_o nothing_o be_v overcome_v of_o evil_a or_o deceive_v through_o ignorance_n turn_v aside_o through_o rashness_n and_o sloth_n and_o fall_v to_o do_v all_o thing_n beside_o or_o contrary_a unto_o the_o comely_a order_n of_o the_o divine_a will._n for_o punishment_n death_n and_o mourning_n abide_v such_o a_o soldy_a which_o in_o effect_n the_o divine_a apostle_n himself_o also_o say_v lest_o when_o i_o have_v preach_v unto_o other_o i_o myself_o shall_v be_v a_o castaway_n you_o see_v after_o what_o manner_n or_o at_o how_o great_a a_o rate_n he_o fear_v notwithstanding_o he_o be_v a_o apostle_n of_o god_n the_o same_o father_n in_o the_o same_o place_n speak_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n for_o man_n be_v of_o that_o nature_n or_o frame_n that_o though_o he_o be_v fall_v into_o a_o deep_a gulf_n of_o vice_n and_o be_v become_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n yet_o he_o may_v be_v convert_v or_o turn_a to_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o on_o the_o contrary_a be_v the_o bondman_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o overcome_v with_o the_o drunkenness_n of_o spiritual_a and_o heavenly_a thing_n he_o may_v be_v turn_v back_o to_o that_o which_o be_v evil_a ibid._n evil_a et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la caeterum_fw-la ubi_fw-la anima_fw-la gratiam_fw-la est_fw-la adepta_fw-la tum_fw-la intellectu_fw-la multo_fw-la atque_fw-la perspicatiâ_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la largitur_fw-la deus_fw-la animae_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la
postulanti_fw-la ut_fw-la gratissimè_fw-la illi_fw-la possit_fw-la inservire_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la spiritu_fw-la quem_fw-la accepit_fw-la &_o in_o nullo_n vincatur_fw-la à _fw-la malitiâ_fw-la aut_fw-la fallatur_fw-la per_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la temeritatem_fw-la ac_fw-la ignaviam_fw-la aversa_fw-la peragens_fw-la omne_fw-la praeter_fw-la decorum_n divinae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la talem_fw-la enim_fw-la animam_fw-la manet_fw-la supplicium_fw-la mors_fw-la &_o luctus_fw-la quod_fw-la divinus_fw-la etiam_fw-la apostolus_fw-la dixit_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la praedicaverim_fw-la ipse_fw-la reprobus_fw-la efficiar_fw-la vides_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la apostolus_fw-la esset_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la timebat_fw-la ejus_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la lapsus_fw-la sit_fw-la ac_fw-la peccato_fw-la deserviat_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la converti_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-la contrà _fw-la spiritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la devinctus_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la correptus_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la converti_fw-la potest_fw-la ibid._n no_o man_n consider_v these_o thing_n can_v light_o imagine_v but_o that_o this_o devout_a and_o learned_a father_n who_o carry_v blessedness_n in_o his_o name_n hold_v dogmatical_o and_o upon_o mature_a consultation_n have_v with_o the_o best_a of_o his_o understanding_n in_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n a_o possibility_n that_o even_o the_o best_a and_o highest-raised_n saint_n may_v through_o sloth_n and_o negligence_n lose_v this_o stand_n fall_v away_o and_o perish_v basil_n surname_v the_o great_a who_o live_v much_o about_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o last-mentioned_a 13._o §._o 13._o author_n assign_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o this_o present_a world_n and_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v assert_v this_o for_o one_o that_o in_o this_o life_n the_o danger_n of_o fall_v be_v great_a upon_o which_o account_n paul_n say_v let_v he_o that_o stand_v take_v heed_n lest_o he_o fall_v but_o there_o meaning_n in_o the_o future_a estate_n of_o glory_n their_o step_n be_v firm_a or_o fix_v life_n be_v unchangeable_a there_o be_v no_o more_o danger_n of_o be_v carry_v away_o unto_o sin_n for_o neither_o be_v here_o any_o rebellion_n or_o insurrection_n of_o the_o flesh_n etc._n etc._n not_o long_o after_o therefore_o we_o man_n die_v often_o before_o the_o body_n come_v by_o death_n to_o be_v unyoked_v or_o lose_a from_o the_o soul_n so_o that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v make_v or_o natural_o apt_a to_o be_v accomplish_v or_o fulfil_v not_o only_o with_o a_o change_n in_o respect_n of_o one_o age_n succeed_v another_o but_o with_o fall_v or_o ruin_n of_o their_o soul_n through_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n basil_n in_o psal_n 114._o non_o longè_fw-la à _fw-la sine_fw-la paulo_n post_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o place_n speak_v yet_o more_o plain_o to_o the_o business_n in_o hand_n many_o say_v he_o who_o have_v gather_v much_o together_o from_o their_o youth_n when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o middle_n of_o their_o year_n temptation_n from_o evil_a spirit_n rise_v up_o against_o they_o and_o assault_v they_o have_v not_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v the_o stress_n or_o burden_n of_o the_o winter_n for_o want_v of_o a_o good_a pilot-ship_n and_o so_o have_v lose_v all._n and_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o some_o have_v make_v shipwreck_n of_o faith_n other_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o violent_a tempest_n as_o it_o be_v of_o pleasure_n rush_v upon_o they_o have_v utter_o lose_v that_o chastity_n which_o they_o have_v preserve_v together_o from_o their_o youth_n a_o most_o sad_a spectacle_n for_o a_o man_n after_o fast_v after_o austereness_n of_o live_v after_o much_o pray_v after_o much_o weep_v after_o a_o continent_n life_n it_o may_v be_v for_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o year_n together_o through_o negligence_n and_o carelessness_n of_o soul_n to_o be_v find_v naked_a or_o destitute_a of_o all_o and_o that_o such_o a_o person_n who_o have_v great_o prosper_v and_o thrive_v by_o the_o trade_n or_o work_v of_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n shall_v become_v like_a unto_o a_o merchant_n of_o a_o great_a estate_n who_o while_o his_o ship_n sail_v on_o her_o course_n with_o a_o fair_a and_o prosperous_a wind_n judge_v himself_o a_o brave_a man_n for_o the_o abundance_n of_o good_n in_o she_o but_o have_v pass_v through_o tempestuous_a sea_n his_o vessel_n come_v to_o be_v wrack_v in_o the_o very_a haven_n and_o he_o point_v at_o or_o show_v by_o man_n as_o one_o that_o on_o the_o sudden_a and_o at_o once_o have_v lose_v all_o that_o abundance_n which_o he_o late_o have_v sinen_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hon_fw-fr 12._o in_o princip_n proverb_n propè_fw-la sinen_n the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o of_o his_o sermon_n express_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o matter_n yet_o before_o we_o in_o word_n of_o this_o import_n but_o sin_n be_v the_o destroyer_n of_o that_o grace_n which_o be_v give_v we_o by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n and_o soon_o after_o allegorise_v our_o saviour_n parabolical_a history_n of_o the_o man_n who_o go_v from_o jerusalem_n towards_o jericho_n fall_v among_o thief_n thus_o but_o now_o stripe_n go_v before_o strip_v or_o take_v off_o his_o raiment_n that_o thou_o may_v learn_v and_n know_v that_o sin_n go_v before_o the_o lay_n aside_o or_o loss_n of_o that_o grace_n or_o gracious_a benefit_n which_o be_v give_v unto_o thou_o by_o that_o love_n or_o kindness_n which_o the_o lord_n bear_v unto_o man_n finem_fw-la man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hom._n 21._o circa_fw-la finem_fw-la once_o more_o in_o another_o homily_n this_o great_a doctor_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o his_o day_n ow_v the_o doctrine_n we_o now_o contend_v for_o in_o word_n to_o this_o purpose_n thou_o see_v they_o speak_v of_o the_o galatian_n have_v the_o spirit_n thou_o have_v also_o herd_n you_o be_v abolish_v from_o christ_n and_o again_o you_o be_v fall_v from_o grace_n what_o do_v he_o subjoin_v after_o all_o this_o make_v room_n or_o grant_v place_n for_o their_o renew_n my_o little_a child_n of_o who_o i_o travel_v in_o birth_n again_o he_o have_v once_o beget_v they_o before_o but_o he_o that_o have_v once_o beget_v they_o refuse_v not_o to_o beget_v they_o the_o second_o time_n unto_o salvation_n finem_fw-la salvation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d idem_fw-la hom._n 28._o de_fw-fr poenitentia_fw-la propè_fw-la finem_fw-la all_o the_o author_n hitherto_o consult_v about_o the_o sense_n of_o antiquity_n and_o of_o 14._o §._o 14._o the_o primitive_a christian_n concern_v the_o possibility_n or_o non-possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n relapse_v unto_o death_n have_v serve_v their_o generation_n respective_o and_o be_v go_v off_o the_o stage_n of_o mortality_n before_o pelagius_n be_v enter_v to_o act_v his_o part_n hereon_o or_o at_o least_o have_v not_o much_o to_o do_v with_o he_o we_o now_o come_v to_o inquire_v what_o their_o judgement_n and_o sense_n in_o the_o same_o point_n be_v who_o either_o synchronize_v with_o pelagius_n and_o skirmish_v he_o or_o else_o take_v their_o turn_n of_o mortality_n after_o he_o concern_v the_o former_a of_o these_o that_o star_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n in_o the_o christian_a firmament_n augustin_n i_o mean_v be_v i_o suppose_v in_o every_o man_n estimate_n instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la a_o man_n that_o will_v perform_v the_o service_n alone_o as_o sufficient_o as_o if_o he_o have_v twenty_o more_o with_o he_o to_o assist_v he_o questionless_a no_o man_n be_v better_o verse_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o christianity_n or_o that_o better_o understand_v what_o doctrine_n or_o opinion_n rule_v in_o the_o christian_a world_n or_o that_o dissent_v less_o from_o the_o common_a and_o generally-received_n tenet_n of_o he_o church_n then_o he._n now_o to_o how_o great_a a_o degree_n he_o abound_v in_o that_o faith_n which_o believe_v a_o possibility_n of_o the_o saint_n decline_v and_o that_o unto_o death_n can_v light_o be_v unknown_a to_o those_o that_o be_v though_o but_o competent_o acquaint_v with_o his_o write_n i_o shall_v present_v the_o reader_n with_o a_o first-fruit_n only_o and_o leave_v the_o harvest_n for_o his_o own_o gather_n it_o be_v say_v he_o much_o to_o be_v admire_v and_o admire_v again_o that_o god_n to_o some_o of_o his_o child_n who_o he_o have_v regenerate_v in_o christ_n and_o to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v faith_n hope_n and_o love_n shall_v not_o give_v perseverance_n when_o as_o he_o forgive_v such_o great_a sin_n unto_o strange_a child_n and_o by_o impart_v his_o grace_n unto_o they_o make_v they_o child_n of_o his_o own_o 8._o own_o mirandun_v est_fw-la quidem_fw-la multunque_fw-la mirandum_fw-la quòd_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la deus_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la quos_fw-la regeneravit_fw-la in_o christâ—_n quibus_fw-la
election_n of_o man_n as_o have_v be_v mention_v as_o hold_v by_o he_o which_o be_v the_o occasion_n or_o ground_n of_o his_o opinion_n that_o such_o can_v not_o fall_v away_o final_o or_o to_o perdition_n we_o shall_v have_v opportunity_n in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o this_o discourse_n to_o inquire_v god_n spare_v life_n health_n and_o liberty_n for_o the_o composure_n of_o it_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n we_o have_v yet_o a_o further_a account_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o father_n touch_v the_o possibility_n of_o the_o total_a and_o final_a defection_n of_o many_o true_a believer_n in_o the_o citation_n follow_v many_o be_v call_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o of_o those_o of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v that_o few_o be_v choose_v yet_o who_o can_v deny_v they_o to_o be_v elect_v or_o choose_a when_o as_o they_o believe_v and_o be_v baptize_v and_o live_v according_a unto_o god_n they_o be_v plain_o term_v elect_a by_o those_o who_o be_v ignorant_a what_o they_o will_v prove_v afterward_o but_o not_o by_o he_o who_o know_v that_o they_o have_v not_o perseverance_n which_o bring_v the_o elect_a to_o life_n eternal_a and_o that_o they_o so_o stand_v that_o he_o foreknow_v they_o will_v fall_v in_o this_o case_n if_o the_o question_n be_v put_v to_o i_o why_o god_n do_v not_o give_v perseverance_n unto_o those_o to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v the_o grace_n of_o love_n by_o which_o they_o live_v christianly_o i_o must_v answer_v that_o i_o be_o ignorant_a 8._o ignorant_a multi_fw-la vocati_fw-la &_o none_o in_o eye_n de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la pauci_fw-la verò_fw-la electi_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la quis_fw-la neger_n eos_fw-la electos_fw-la cum_fw-la credunt_fw-la &_o baptizantur_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la vivunt_fw-la plané_fw-fr dicuntur_fw-la electi_fw-la à _fw-la nescientibus_fw-la quid_fw-la futuri_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la qui_fw-la eos_fw-la novit_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la perseverantian_n quae_fw-la ad_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la perducit_fw-la electos_fw-la scitque_fw-la illos_fw-la ita_fw-la stare_n ut_fw-la praesciat_fw-la esse_fw-la casuros_fw-la hic_fw-la si_fw-la à _fw-la i_o quaeratur_fw-la cur_n eye_v deus_fw-la perseverantian_n non_fw-la dederit_fw-la quia_fw-la eam_fw-la quâ_fw-la christianè_fw-la viverent_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la dedit_fw-la i_o ignorare_fw-la respondeo_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr corr._n &_o grat._n c._n 7._o &_o 8._o if_o all_o this_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o satisfy_v the_o reader_n that_o this_o great_a and_o learned_a defender_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n who_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n we_o be_v now_o inquire_v after_o be_v of_o the_o same_o judgement_n with_o we_o herein_o let_v he_o feed_v further_o upon_o what_o yet_o remain_v have_v assert_v a_o beneficial_a necessity_n even_o to_o the_o elect_a or_o predestinate_a one_o themselves_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o ignorance_n by_o god_n of_o their_o predestination_n or_o election_n in_o this_o life_n he_o subjoin_v word_n of_o this_o import_n so_o then_o for_o the_o beneficialness_n of_o this_o secret_a it_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v that_o some_o of_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n who_o receive_v not_o the_o gift_n of_o persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n yet_o begin_v to_o live_v in_o such_o a_o faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n yea_o and_o live_v for_o a_o time_n faithful_o and_o just_o and_o afterward_o fall_v away_o nor_o be_v they_o take_v away_o by_o death_n before_o this_o happen_v to_o they_o 13._o they_o propter_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la ergo_fw-la huius_fw-la secreti_fw-la credendum_fw-la est_fw-la quosdam_fw-la dâ—_n filiis_fw-la perditionis_fw-la non_fw-la accepto_fw-la dono_fw-la perseverandi_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operatur_fw-la incipere_fw-la vivere_fw-la &_o aliquamdiù_fw-fr fideliter_fw-la ac_fw-la justé_fw-fr vivere_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la cadere_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la hâc_fw-la vitâ_fw-la priusquam_fw-la hoc_fw-la eye_n contingat_fw-la auferri_fw-la ibidem_fw-la cap._n 13._o doubtless_o there_o be_v no_o faith_n at_o all_o either_o justify_n or_o say_v but_o that_o which_o work_v by_o love_n and_o yet_o we_o clear_o see_v that_o augustin_n opinion_n be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n i._n e._n such_o who_o perish_v eternal_o be_v very_o capable_a of_o such_o a_o faith_n and_o consequent_o may_v yea_o and_o sometime_o do_v fall_v away_o both_o total_o and_o final_o from_o it_o the_o same_o father_n in_o another_o tract_n discover_v his_o sense_n in_o the_o point_n query_v in_o these_o word_n that_o of_o two_o both_o be_v godly_a perseverance_n unto_o the_o end_n shall_v be_v give_v unto_o the_o one_o and_o not_o give_v unto_o the_o other_o belong_v to_o the_o unsearchable_a judgement_n of_o god_n 8._o god_n exit_fw-la duobus_fw-la autem_fw-la piis_fw-la cur_n huic_fw-la donetur_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n illi_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la donetur_fw-la inscrutabilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la dei_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr bono_n persev_n c._n 8._o that_o in_o this_o sentence_n he_o speak_v of_o person_n true_o godly_a and_o not_o seem_o only_a beside_o the_o exigency_n of_o the_o passage_n itself_o to_o make_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o regular_a as_o well_o that_o which_o go_v a_o little_a before_o as_o what_o follow_v after_o make_v manifest_a the_o word_n a_o little_a before_o be_v these_o for_o of_o he_o they_o receive_v this_o power_n viz._n of_o be_v make_v the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o give_v pious_a cogitation_n to_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n by_o which_o he_o come_v to_o have_v faith_n which_o work_v by_o love_n dilectionem_fw-la love_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quippy_a accipiunt_fw-la eam_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi cordi_fw-la humano_fw-la cogitationes_fw-la pias_fw-la per_fw-la quas_fw-la habeat_fw-la fidem_fw-la quae_fw-la operetur_fw-la per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la the_o word_n a_o little_a after_o these_o to_o conclude_v be_v they_o not_o both_o call_v and_o both_o follow_v he_o that_o call_v they_o be_v they_o not_o both_o of_o sinner_n make_v righteous_a or_o justify_v and_o both_o renew_v by_o the_o laver_n of_o regeneration_n renovati_fw-la regeneration_n nun_n postremò_fw-la utrique_fw-la vocati_fw-la fuerant_fw-la &_o vocantâ—m_a seâ—_n cuti_fw-la utrique_fw-la ex_fw-la impiis_fw-la justificati_fw-la &_o per_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la regenerationis_fw-la utrique_fw-la renovati_fw-la afterward_o in_o the_o same_o treatise_n he_o cite_v with_o approbation_n the_o judgement_n of_o a_o orthodox_n man_n of_o good_a repute_n in_o his_o day_n to_o who_o also_o he_o give_v the_o testimony_n of_o learning_n and_o much_o acuteness_n concern_v the_o reason_n which_o move_v christ_n not_o to_o work_v those_o mighty_a work_n among_o the_o man_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n which_o he_o wrought_v in_o capernaum_n although_o he_o know_v that_o they_o will_v have_v believe_v and_o repent_v upon_o the_o sight_n of_o they_o the_o lord_n christ_n say_v this_o author_n as_o the_o father_n record_v his_o gloss_n foresee_v that_o the_o man_n of_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n will_v afterward_o have_v apostatise_v from_o their_o faith_n in_o case_n they_o have_v be_v bring_v over_o to_o believe_v by_o such_o miracle_n wrought_v among_o they_o in_o which_o respect_n it_o be_v out_o of_o mercy_n that_o he_o forbear_v the_o work_n of_o they_o there_o because_o they_o have_v be_v liable_a to_o a_o much_o great_a punishment_n in_o case_n they_o shall_v have_v turn_v their_o back_n upon_o the_o faith_n which_o they_o have_v once_o receive_v then_o if_o they_o have_v never_o receive_v it_o 10._o it_o quidam_fw-la disputator_fw-la catholicus_fw-la non_fw-la ignobilis_fw-la hunc_fw-la evangelij_fw-la locum_fw-la sic_fw-la exposuit_fw-la ut_fw-la diceret_fw-la praescisse_fw-la dominum_fw-la tyrios_fw-la &_o sidonios_n a_o fide_fw-la fuisse_fw-la posteà _fw-la recessuros_fw-la cum_fw-la factis_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la miraculis_fw-la credidissent_fw-la &_o misericordiâ_fw-la potiùs_fw-la non_fw-la eum_fw-la illic_fw-la ista_fw-la fecisse_fw-la quoniam_fw-la graviori_fw-la poenae_fw-la obnoxii_fw-la fierent_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la quam_fw-la tenuerant_fw-la reliquissent_fw-la quà m_fw-la si_fw-la eam_fw-la nullo_n tempore_fw-la tenuissent_fw-la ibid._n c._n 10._o in_o process_n of_o the_o same_o discourse_n he_o have_v word_n to_o this_o effect_n that_o of_o regenerate_v man_n some_o dye_n persevere_v unto_o the_o end_n other_o be_v detain_v in_o life_n until_o they_o fall_v away_o who_o certain_o have_v not_o fall_v away_o in_o case_n they_o have_v dye_v before_o they_o so_o fall_v and_o again_o that_o some_o who_o thus_o fall_n pass_v not_o out_o of_o this_o life_n until_o they_o return_v or_o rise_v again_o who_o certain_o shall_v have_v perish_v have_v they_o die_v before_o their_o return_n 13._o return_n ipsos_fw-la quóque_fw-la regeneratos_fw-la alios_fw-la perseverantes_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finen_n hînc_fw-la abire_fw-la alios_fw-la quibusque_fw-la decidant_fw-la hic_fw-la teneri_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la non_fw-la decidissent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la laberentur_fw-la hînc_fw-la issent_fw-la &_o rursus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la lapsos_fw-la quousque_fw-la redeant_fw-la non_fw-la exire_fw-la de_fw-fr hâc_fw-la vitâ_fw-la qui_fw-la utique_fw-la perirent_fw-la si_fw-la antequam_fw-la redirent_fw-la exirent_fw-la ibid._n cap
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die_v for_o all_o that_o they_o which_o live_v shall_v not_o henceforth_o live_v unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o which_o die_v for_o they_o and_z rise_v again_z 98_o 99_o 100_o etc._n etc._n 5._o 19_o to_o wit_n that_o god_n be_v in_o christ_n reconcile_n the_o world_n unto_o himself_o not_o impute_v their_o trespass_n unto_o they_o pag._n 87_o 88_o etc._n etc._n 7._o 1._o have_v therefore_o these_o promise_n let_v we_o cleanse_v ourselves_o etc._n etc._n 334_o 8._o 12._o for_o if_o there_o be_v first_o a_o willing_a mind_n it_o be_v accept_v according_a to_o that_o a_o man_n have_v and_o not_o according_a to_o that_o he_o have_v not_o 17_o 548_o 10._o 15_o 16._o not_o boast_v of_o thing_n without_o our_o measure_n and_o not_o to_o boast_v in_o another_o man_n line_n 331_o 12._o 14._o but_o parent_n for_o the_o child_n 70_o 13._o 14._o and_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v with_o you_o all_o 286_o gal._n 1._o 6._o i_o marvel_v that_o you_o be_v so_o soon_o 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he_o may_v gather_v together_o in_o one_o all_o thing_n in_o christ_n both_o which_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n 436_o 1._o 11._o who_o work_v all_o thing_n after_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o owâ—_n will_n 67_o 429_o 430_o 482_o 1._o 13_o 14._o in_o who_o also_o after_o you_o believe_v you_o be_v seal_v with_o the_o spirir_fw-fr of_o promise_n which_o be_v the_o earnest_n of_o our_o inheritance_n etc._n etc._n 255_o 256_o 1._o 22._o and_o have_v put_v all_o thing_n under_o his_o foot_n and_o give_v he_o to_o be_v the_o head_n over_o all_o thing_n to_o the_o church_n 436_o 438_o etc._n etc._n 2._o 3._o and_o be_v by_o nature_n child_n of_o wrath_n 518_o 4._o 30._o whereby_o you_o be_v seal_v to_o the_o day_n of_o redemption_n 256_o 5._o 5._o for_o this_o you_o know_v that_o no_o whoremonger_n nor_o covetous_a man_n who_o be_v a_o idolater_n have_v any_o inheritance_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n etc._n etc._n 272_o 5._o 18._o but_o be_v you_o fill_v with_o the_o spirit_n 325_o 5._o 23._o and_o he_o be_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o body_n 252_o 253_o philip._n 1._o 6._o be_v confident_a of_o this_o very_a thing_n that_o he_o which_o have_v begin_v a_o good_a work_n in_o you_o will_v perform_v it_o until_o the_o day_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 241_o 242_o 1._o 7._o even_o as_o it_o be_v meet_v for_o i_o to_o think_v this_o of_o you_o all_o because_o i_o have_v you_o in_o my_o heart_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 2._o 12_o 13._o work_n out_o your_o own_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a for_o it_o be_v god_n that_o work_v in_o you_o both_o to_o will_v etc._n etc._n 176_o colos_n 1._o 20._o and_o have_v make_v peace_n through_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o cross_n by_o he_o to_o reconcile_v all_o thing_n unto_o himself_o by_o he_o i_o say_v whether_o they_o be_v thing_n in_o earth_n or_o thing_n in_o heaven_n 436_o 437_o etc._n etc._n 1._o 21._o and_o you_o that_o be_v sometime_o alienate_v etc._n etc._n 439_o 1._o 23._o if_o you_o continue_v in_o the_o faith_n ground_v and_o settle_v etc._n etc._n 237_o 2._o 8_o 20._o the_o rudiment_n of_o the_o world_n 522_o 523_o 1_o thess_n 5._o 23._o and_o the_o very_a god_n of_o peace_n sanctify_v you_o whole_o and_o i_o pray_v god_n that_o your_o whole_a spirit_n and_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v preserve_v blameless_a unto_o the_o come_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n 238_o 239_o 2_o thess_n 3._o 3_o but_o the_o lord_n be_v faithful_a who_o shall_v establish_v you_o and_o keep_v you_o from_o evil_n 235_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 18._o this_o charge_n i_o commit_v unto_o thou_o son_n timothy_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n which_o go_v before_o on_o thou_o that_o thou_o by_o they_o may_v war_v a_o good_a warfare_n etc._n etc._n 357_o 1._o 19_o which_o some_o have_v put_v away_o concern_v faith_n have_v make_v shipwreck_n 353_o 354_o etc._n etc._n 2._o 4._o who_o will_v have_v all_o man_n to_o be_v save_v and_o etc._n etc._n 103_o 104_o 284_o 2._o 6._o who_o give_v himself_o a_o ransom_n for_o all_o man_n 97_o 98_o 5._o 15._o for_o some_o be_v turn_v back_o already_o after_o satan_n 365_o 6._o 3._o and_o to_o the_o doctrine_n which_o be_v according_a to_o godliness_n 333_o 6._o 13_o 14._o i_o give_v thou_o charge_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n that_o though_o ukeep_v this_o commandment_n without_o spot_n unrebukable_a unâ—il_v the_o appearance_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n 239_o 2._o tim._n 1._o 3_o who_o i_o serve_v from_o my_o forefather_n with_o pure_a conscience_n 355_o 356_o 1._o 12._o i_o be_o persuade_v that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o keep_v that_o which_o i_o have_v commit_v unto_o he_o against_o that_o day_n 254_o 2._o 13._o if_o we_o believe_v not_o yet_o he_o abide_v faithful_a he_o can_v deny_v himself_o 359_o 2._o 18._o and_o overthrow_v the_o faith_n of_o some_o 358_o 2._o 19_o nevertheless_o the_o foundation_n of_o god_n stand_v sure_a and_o have_v it_o be_v seal_n the_o lord_n know_v who_o be_v his_o etc._n etc._n 359_o 360_o etc._n etc._n 4._o 2._o preach_v the_o word_n be_v instant_a in_o season_n out_o of_o season_n 440_o tit._n 1._o 1._o according_a to_o the_o faith_n of_o god_n elect_n and_o the_o acknowledge_v of_o the_o truth_n which_o be_v after_o godliness_n 243_o 244_o 269_o 283_o etc._n etc._n 1._o 4._o to_z titus_n my_o own_o son_n after_o the_o common_a faith_n 489_o 2._o 11._o for_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n that_o bring_v salvation_n have_v appear_v unto_o all_o man_n 406_o 407_o 2._o 14._o who_o give_v himself_o for_o we_o that_o he_o may_v redeem_v we_o from_o all_o iniquity_n etc._n etc._n 250_o 3._o 4._o but_o after_o that_o the_o kindness_n and_o love_n of_o god_n our_o saviour_n towards_o man_n appear_v etc._n etc._n 408_o 409_o etc._n etc._n hebr._n 1._o 3._o uphold_v all_o thing_n by_o the_o word_n of_o his_o power_n 3_o 2._o 3._o how_o shall_v we_o escape_v if_o we_o neglect_v so_o great_a a_o salvation_n 480_o 492_o 499_o 2._o 9_o that_o he_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n shall_v taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n 102_o 103_o 2._o 16._o for_o very_o he_o take_v not_o on_o he_o the_o nature_n of_o angel_n 484_o 3._o 6._o who_o house_n be_v we_o if_o we_o hold_v fast_o the_o confidence_n and_o the_o rejoice_v of_o the_o hope_v firm_a unto_o the_o end_n 260_o 261_o 6._o 4_o 5_o 6._o for_o it_o be_v unpossible_a for_o those_o who_o be_v once_o enlighten_v if_o they_o fall_v away_o to_o be_v renew_v again_o etc._n etc._n 282_o 283_o etc._n etc._n 329_o 7._o 25._o seeing_z he_o ever_o live_v to_o make_v intercession_n for_o they_o 248_o 9_o 24._o now_o to_o appear_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n for_o we_o 248_o 249_o etc._n etc._n 9_o 27._o as_o it_o be_v appoint_v unto_o man_n once_o to_o die_v 9_o 10._o 26._o for_o if_o we_o sin_v wilful_o after_o that_o we_o have_v receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n there_o remain_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n 416_o 417_o etc._n etc._n 10._o 29._o of_o how_o much_o sore_a punishment_n suppose_v you_o shall_v he_o be_v think_v worthy_a who_o have_v count_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o covenant_n wherewith_o he_o be_v sanctify_v a_o unholy_a thing_n etc._n etc._n 148_o 149_o etc._n etc._n 282_o 283_o etc._n etc._n 10._o 38._o now_o the_o just_a shall_v live_v by_o faith_n but_o if_o any_o man_n draw_v back_o my_o soul_n shall_v have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o he_o 290_o 11._o 6._o for_o he_o that_o come_v unto_o god_n must_v believe_v that_o he_o be_v and_o that_o he_o be_v a_o rewarder_n of_o those_o who_o diligent_o seek_v he_o 507_o 11._o 7._o by_o faith_n noah_n be_v warn_v of_o god_n of_o thing_n not_o see_v as_o
come_v within_o our_o reach_n for_o such_o a_o purpose_n so_o ought_v we_o not_o less_o to_o rest_v satisfy_v with_o such_o ground_n and_o mean_n for_o our_o spiritual_a consolation_n which_o god_n have_v judge_v meet_a for_o we_o and_o have_v himself_o administer_v unto_o we_o in_o his_o word_n and_o not_o strain_v our_o fantasy_n or_o apprehension_n to_o mould_n such_o notion_n and_o doctrine_n as_o we_o ourselves_o conceit_n to_o be_v commodious_a and_o serviceable_a to_o we_o in_o such_o a_o way_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o high_a reproach_n unto_o the_o gracious_a and_o bountiful_a providence_n of_o god_n for_o man_n to_o have_v recourse_n unto_o the_o devil_n or_o any_o of_o his_o unclean_a art_n or_o method_n for_o their_o temporal_a supply_n in_o any_o kind_n so_o be_v it_o no_o less_o if_o not_o rather_o much_o more_o dishonourable_a to_o he_o when_o man_n shall_v make_v themselves_o behold_v to_o a_o spirit_n of_o error_n for_o the_o support_v or_o supply_n of_o their_o inner_a man._n but_o 3._o no_o such_o notion_n or_o doctrine_n which_o be_v only_o comfortable_a and_o betide_a 15._o §._o 15._o peace_n to_o the_o flesh_n i._n e._n the_o corrupt_a base_a and_o sensual_a part_n of_o a_o man_n aught_o to_o be_v esteem_v especial_o by_o the_o saint_n so_o much_o as_o comfortable_a simple_o and_o indeed_o or_o any_o mean_n of_o peace_n true_o so_o call_v but_o shall_v rather_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o prejudicial_a unto_o and_o of_o a_o evil_a influence_n upon_o their_o whole_a interest_n in_o this_o kind_n for_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o strengthen_v the_o hand_n of_o the_o flesh_n can_v very_o hardly_o if_o at_o all_o be_v serviceable_a unto_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o peace_n and_o comfort_n thereof_o now_o that_o the_o doctrine_n so_o often_o name_v be_v a_o grand_a benefactresse_n to_o the_o flesh_n a_o full_a fountain_n of_o joy_n and_o gladness_n unto_o it_o have_v be_v sufficient_o prove_v in_o this_o chapter_n already_o i_o 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viam_fw-la procedendi_fw-la ad_fw-la utrunque_fw-la oppositorum_fw-la vnde_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la hominis_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la alicui_fw-la mobiliter_fw-la quasi_fw-la potens_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la discedere_fw-la &_o contrario_fw-la adhaerere_fw-la voluntas_fw-la autem_fw-la angeli_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la fixè_fw-la &_o immobiliter_fw-la et_fw-la ideò_fw-la si_fw-la consideretur_fw-la antè_fw-la adhaesionem_fw-la potest_fw-la liberé_fw-la adhaerere_fw-la &_o huic_fw-la &_o opposito_fw-la in_o his_o scilicet_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la vult_fw-la sed_fw-la postquam_fw-la jam_fw-la adhaesit_fw-la immobiliter_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la et_fw-la ideò_fw-la consuevit_fw-la dici_fw-la quòd_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la hominis_fw-la flexile_a est_fw-la ad_fw-la oppositum_fw-la &_o anté_fw-fr electionem_fw-la &_o pòst_fw-la liberum_fw-la autem_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la angeli_fw-la est_fw-la flexibile_fw-la ad_fw-la utrunque_fw-la oppositum_fw-la ante_fw-la electionem_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la pòst_fw-la sic_fw-la igitur_fw-la &_o boni_fw-la angeli_fw-la semel_fw-la adhaerentes_fw-la justiciae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la confirmati_fw-la mali_fw-la verò_fw-la peccantes_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la obstinati_fw-la th._n aquin._n sum._n part._n 1._o qu._n 64._o art_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o consideration_n of_o strength_n enough_o alone_o to_o carry_v the_o business_n under_o enquiry_n clear_a before_o it_o for_o if_o this_o be_v a_o essential_a property_n of_o their_o nature_n not_o to_o be_v in_o any_o capacity_n of_o change_v when_o once_o they_o have_v choose_v it_o follow_v at_o once_o that_o have_v now_o choose_v apostasy_n and_o defection_n from_o god_n they_o be_v by_o their_o own_o act_n irrecoverable_o and_o against_o all_o possibility_n of_o redemption_n conclude_v under_o sin_n and_o misery_n for_o ever_o and_o if_o this_o be_v the_o frame_n and_o condition_n of_o their_o nature_n and_o themselves_o conscious_a and_o 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it_o unto_o some_o there_o be_v a_o like_a possibility_n unto_o all_o and_o consequent_o a_o possibility_n of_o the_o non-salvation_n or_o of_o the_o damnation_n of_o all_o the_o minor_a stand_v it_o seem_v upon_o this_o bottom_n that_o those_o who_o god_n the_o father_n have_v give_v unto_o christ_n to_o be_v redeem_v and_o save_v by_o he_o of_o necessity_n must_v and_o shall_v be_v redeem_v and_o save_v by_o he_o and_o those_o who_o he_o have_v not_o give_v unto_o he_o upon_o such_o a_o account_n which_o be_v far_o the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n must_v by_o a_o like_a necessity_n perish_v or_o be_v damn_v as_o not_o be_v redeem_v by_o he_o nor_o give_v unto_o he_o to_o be_v save_v if_o the_o will_n and_o intention_n of_o the_o father_n the_o obedience_n and_o oblation_n reason_n 10_o reason_n of_o the_o son_n and_o the_o save_a operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o effectualness_n of_o call_v or_o sanctification_n be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o compass_n or_o extent_n than_o do_v not_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n but_o all_o the_o three_o particular_n 94_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordt_n part_n 2_o p._n 94_o mention_v be_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o compass_n or_o commensurable_a ergo._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n be_v evident_a viz._n because_o the_o save_a operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o effectualness_n of_o call_v be_v not_o extend_v unto_o all_o men._n the_o minor_n build_v upon_o this_o sorite_n the_o father_n give_v only_o his_o elect_n who_o alone_o he_o love_v to_o be_v redeem_v by_o his_o son_n the_o son_n only_o redeem_v those_o that_o be_v thus_o give_v unto_o he_o as_o be_v those_o who_o alone_o he_o love_v the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n sanctify_v only_o the_o elect_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o redeem_a of_o the_o son_n if_o no_o man_n witting_o and_o know_o pay_v a_o price_n of_o redemption_n for_o a_o captive_n 5._o §._o 5._o which_o he_o certain_o know_v this_o miserable_a man_n will_v never_o be_v the_o better_a for_o then_o reason_n 11_o reason_n christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o men._n but_o no_o man_n witting_o and_o know_o pay_v 94_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 94_o such_o a_o price_n upon_o such_o term_n ergo._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o sequel_n in_o the_o major_a proposition_n be_v because_o christ_n know_v certain_o that_o the_o great_a part_n of_o man_n will_v never_o receive_v any_o benefit_n by_o his_o deâ—â—h_n and_o upon_o this_o account_n it_o be_v altogether_o irrational_a to_o suppose_v that_o he_o die_v for_o they_o if_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n than_o now_o in_o heaven_n he_o reason_n 12_o reason_n intercede_v for_o all_o man_n without_o exception_n but_o he_o intercede_v not_o for_o all_o men._n ergo._n this_o latter_a proposition_n fear_v no_o contradiction_n and_o therefore_o 132_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 100_o collat._n hagiens_fw-la p._n 132_o stand_v by_o its_o own_o strength_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o major_n seem_v to_o be_v because_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o conceive_v that_o christ_n shall_v do_v the_o great_a and_o more_o difficult_a thing_n as_o viz._n die_v for_o those_o for_o who_o he_o be_v unwilling_a to_o do_v the_o less_o viz._n intercede_v if_o god_n intend_v and_o deree_v the_o salvation_n of_o all_o man_n by_o the_o death_n of_o reason_n 13_o reason_n christ_n than_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v either_o that_o all_o man_n be_v save_v or_o that_o god_n 119_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 119_o his_o intention_n and_o decree_n become_v frustrate_a and_o attain_v not_o their_o end_n but_o neither_o of_o these_o be_v true_a for_o 1._o certain_a it_o be_v that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o save_v 2._o as_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o god_n intention_n and_o decree_n never_o miscarry_v or_o fall_v short_a of_o their_o end_n and_o to_o affirm_v this_o be_v absurd_a yea_o blasphemous_a ergo._n if_o christ_n by_o the_o counsel_n intention_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o father_n die_v reason_n 14_o reason_n for_o all_o man_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o a_o election_n of_o any_o certain_a person_n nor_o a_o reprobation_n of_o any_o but_o there_o be_v both_o a_o election_n of_o some_o 119_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 119_o certain_a person_n and_o a_o reprobation_n of_o some_o other_o ergo._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o major_n because_o i_o find_v it_o not_o express_v seem_v to_o be_v because_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o reason_n that_o god_n shall_v intend_v or_o decree_v to_o give_v his_o son_n to_o die_v for_o those_o who_o he_o decree_v to_o reprobate_n i._n e._n to_o leave_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o everlasting_a perdition_n without_o all_o possibility_n of_o be_v save_v from_o eternity_n and_o if_o there_o be_v no_o reprobation_n there_o can_v be_v no_o election_n in_o as_o much_o as_o these_o do_v mutum_n sese_fw-la ponere_fw-la &_o auferre_fw-la the_o minor_a stand_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o common_a interpretation_n of_o such_o scripture_n which_o be_v common_o insist_v on_o to_o prove_v such_o a_o election_n and_o consequent_o a_o reprobation_n correspond_v with_o it_o all_o which_o scripture_n at_o least_o all_o such_o of_o they_o which_o colour_n best_o with_o such_o a_o election_n we_o shall_v god_n will_v fair_o examine_v upon_o the_o point_n if_o christ_n according_a to_o the_o intention_n and_o counsel_n of_o the_o father_n have_v reason_n 15_o reason_n suffer_v death_n for_o all_o man_n than_o god_n shall_v stand_v equal_o or_o indifferent_o affect_v towards_o all_o man_n yea_o and_o save_v grace_n shall_v be_v universal_a but_o 119_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 119_o god_n do_v not_o stand_v equal_o affect_v towards_o all_o man_n nor_o be_v save_a grace_n universal_a ergo._n the_o consequence_n be_v suppose_v authentic_a without_o proof_n the_o minor_a be_v argue_v 1._o from_o the_o gratuitous_a election_n of_o some_o 2._o from_o the_o like_a gratuitous_a vocation_n of_o some_o as_o of_o the_o israelite_n deut._n 4._o 7._o psal_n 76._o 1._o 147._o 20._o 3._o from_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o abraham_n and_o not_o with_o other_o 4._o from_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o call_v of_o the_o gentile_n 5._o and_o last_o from_o that_o special_a favour_n love_n and_o grace_n wherewith_o god_n prosecute_v his_o elect._n 6._o §._o 6._o if_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n and_o all_o man_n be_v not_o save_v then_o be_v god_n not_o reason_n 16_o reason_n omnipotent_a but_o certain_a it_o be_v 1._o that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o save_v and_o 2._o that_o god_n be_v omnipotent_a ergo._n the_o minor_n need_v no_o proof_n as_o to_o either_o part_n of_o 120_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 120_o it_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n in_o the_o major_a be_v because_o if_o christ_n shall_v die_v for_o all_o man_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o god_n shall_v be_v willing_a that_o such_o a_o benefit_n shall_v be_v impetrate_v or_o procure_v for_o man_n which_o he_o can_v not_o apply_v unto_o they_o if_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n and_o all_o man_n come_v not_o to_o be_v save_v then_o be_v the_o reason_n 17_o reason_n wisdom_n of_o god_n defective_a or_o imperfect_a but_o certain_a it_o be_v 1._o that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o save_v 2._o that_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n be_v not_o at_o all_o defective_a but_o absolute_o 120_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 120_o perfect_a ergo_fw-la christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o men._n the_o minor_a here_o also_o be_v presume_v as_o well_o it_o may_v the_o consequence_n stand_v upon_o this_o supposition_n that_o to_o fall_v short_a in_o compass_v what_o a_o man_n intend_v argue_v a_o deficiency_n in_o point_n of_o wisdom_n if_o christ_n shall_v die_v and_o make_v satisfaction_n for_o all_o man_n and_o yet_o all_o man_n reason_n 18_o reason_n not_o be_v save_v god_n shall_v be_v unjust_a as_o viz._n in_o receive_v a_o full_a satisfaction_n 120_o acta_fw-la synodi_fw-la dordr_n part_n 2_o p._n 120_o for_o man_n and_o yet_o refuse_v to_o receive_v they_o into_o favour_n or_o to_o forgive_v they_o but_o certain_a it_o be_v 1._o that_o all_o man_n be_v not_o save_v and_o 2._o that_o god_n be_v not_o unjust_a ergo_fw-la christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o men._n if_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o man_n and_o all_o man_n not_o come_v to_o be_v save_v then_o do_v reason_n 19_o reason_n that_o great_a love_n out_o of_o which_o god_n give_v his_o son_n unto_o man_n vanish_v into_o a_o unprofitableness_n or_o unusefulness_n in_o respect_n of_o man_n for_o to_o what_o purpose_n or_o of_o what_o use_n be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o the_o gift_n of_o his_o son_n unto_o man_n if_o