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15._o 11._o joel_n 2._o 13._o jer._n 15._o 6._o hos_fw-la 11._o 8._o zeph._n 3._o 17._o jer._n 32._o 41_o etc._n etc._n and_o exterior_a cause_n of_o they_o 287._o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o all_o these_o be_v 1._o that_o man_n be_v so_o far_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o divine_a volition_n as_o the_o dispositio_fw-la receptiva_fw-la may_v be_v call_v a_o cause_n and_o i_o before_o show_v in_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o sun_n influx_n how_o great_a a_o hand_n the_o various_a dispositiones_fw-la materiae_fw-la receptivae_fw-la have_v in_o the_o diversification_n of_o effect_n 2._o and_o that_o god_n volition_n themselves_o be_v hence_o relative_o denominate_v 288._o therefore_o we_o must_v say_v that_o god_n elect_v peter_n and_o his_o reject_v judas_n his_o love_n to_o peter_n and_o his_o hatred_n of_o judas_n be_v not_o in_o specie_fw-la the_o same_o act_n of_o his_o will_n nor_o his_o love_a peter_n and_o his_o love_a paul_n the_o same_o numerical_o as_o his_o know_v of_o peter_n to_o be_v a_o saint_n and_o his_o know_a judas_n to_o be_v a_o saint_n be_v not_o the_o same_o numerical_a act_n of_o knowledge_n though_o as_o they_o be_v god_n essence_n all_o be_v but_o one_o and_o we_o must_v say_v that_o he_o love_v one_o because_o he_o be_v good_a and_o hate_v another_o because_o he_o be_v evil_a and_o he_o justifi_v man_n because_o they_o believe_v and_o condemn_v man_n because_o they_o believe_v not_o that_o he_o forgive_v a_o sinner_n because_o he_o repent_v etc._n etc._n though_o god_n will_v have_v no_o efficient_a cause_n 289._o those_o volition_n of_o god_n which_o be_v but_o immanent_a as_o to_o efficiency_n but_o transient_a objective_o be_v some_o of_o they_o to_o be_v denominate_v as_o before_o the_o thing_n will_v and_o some_o as_o after_o the_o will_n of_o effect_v be_v before_o the_o thing_n will_v the_o will_n ut_fw-la finis_fw-la or_o complacency_n and_o displicency_n as_o also_o intuitive_a knowledge_n of_o the_o thing_n as_o existent_n estimation_n approbation_n reprobation_n of_o it_o the_o will_n of_o continue_v modify_a alter_a perfect_a destroy_a suppose_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o thing_n will_v in_o esse_fw-la objectivo_fw-la and_o so_o many_o volition_n may_v be_v denominate_v as_o beginning_n in_o time_n as_o connote_v the_o object_n connotation_n object_n object_n object_n pennottus_n li._n 4._o c._n 24._o p._n 235._o confident_o argue_v that_o because_o god_n can_v love_v he_o that_o he_o hate_v or_o love_v not_o he_o can_v therefore_o predestinate_a he_o who_o he_o reprobate_v or_o change_v his_o decree_n without_o any_o change_n in_o himself_o i_o answer_v 1._o i_o grant_v that_o god_n can_v love_v a_o saint_n who_o he_o hate_v as_o a_o sinner_n before_o and_o cease_v hate_v he_o without_o any_o change_n save_o relative_a and_o by_o extrinsical_a denomination_n 2._o but_o his_o inference_n seem_v to_o i_o false_a and_o dangerous_a unless_o he_o have_v mean_v it_o of_o executive_a election_n and_o reprobation_n which_o he_o do_v not_o for_o 1._o proper_a love_n and_o hatred_n connote_v a_o object_n as_o existent_n and_o by_o such_o connotation_n be_v name_v and_o his_o four_o supposition_n be_v false_a that_o love_n be_v nothing_o but_o god_n will_v to_o give_v a_o man_n life_n eternal_a for_o the_o formal_a act_n of_o love_n be_v complacency_n and_o the_o velle_fw-la bonum_fw-la be_v another_o thing_n as_o i_o think_v a_o effect_n of_o love_n or_o at_o the_o most_o another_o act_n of_o love_n and_o we_o deny_v that_o any_o absolute_a velle_fw-la bonum_fw-la alicui_fw-la be_v ever_o change_v though_o displicence_n be_v change_v because_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o decree_n 2._o and_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o say_a decree_n or_o volition_n if_o absolute_a and_o proper_a may_v not_o be_v denominate_v change_v be_v because_o it_o make_v its_o own_o object_n and_o so_o suppose_v it_o not_o pre-existent_a and_o depend_v not_o on_o it_o denominative_o and_o therefore_o it_o will_v infer_v god_n to_o be_v mutable_a to_o change_v it_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o the_o other_o which_o as_o to_o the_o relation_n and_o name_n follow_v the_o mutable_a creature_n as_o do_v god_n knowledge_n of_o present_a existent_n and_o preterition_n as_o to_o denomination_n and_o connotation_n and_o it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n so_o to_o name_v they_o than_o to_o his_o simplicity_n to_o name_v they_o many_o and_o divers_a 290._o and_o in_o this_o sense_n it_o be_v no_o more_o wrong_n to_o god_n immutability_n to_o speak_v of_o he_o as_o be_v before_o in_o potentia_n only_o as_o to_o such_o relative_n denomination_n as_o the_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n have_v not_o yet_o that_o proximity_n to_o the_o wave_n which_o a_o twelvemonth_n hence_o will_v touch_v it_o and_o yet_o be_v not_o therefore_o mutable_a or_o as_o you_o be_v yet_o but_o in_o potentia_fw-la to_o the_o termination_n of_o his_o relation_n who_o will_v pass_v about_o you_o before_z and_o behind_o on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o on_o the_o left_a so_o god_n be_v but_o potential_o the_o creator_n and_o redeemer_n of_o the_o world_n from_o eternity_n though_o as_o to_o any_o real_a passion_n god_n have_v no_o passive_a power_n 291._o in_o this_o sense_n of_o relation_n to_o the_o object_n and_o effect_n it_o be_v that_o we_o conceive_v of_o god_n act_n of_o knowledge_n and_o volition_n in_o a_o certain_a order_n of_o nature_n as_o one_o be_v before_o and_o one_o after_o another_o though_o not_o as_o they_o be_v god_n essence_n 292._o yet_o because_o the_o use_n and_o truth_n of_o word_n or_o name_n be_v their_o signification_n of_o thing_n as_o indeed_o they_o be_v and_o we_o shall_v put_v no_o name_n on_o any_o creature_n but_o what_o be_v adapt_v to_o notify_v it_o aright_o
so_o his_o glory_n be_v his_o end_n in_o the_o material_a notion_n 389._o that_o his_o glory_n be_v not_o formal_o his_o end_n be_v confess_v by_o all_o divine_n who_o say_v that_o nothing_o below_o god_n can_v be_v his_o end_n but_o by_o his_o glory_n be_v mean_v something_o below_o himself_o some_o creature_n or_o action_n of_o the_o creature_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o if_o by_o his_o glory_n be_v mean_v himself_o there_o be_v no_o mean_n to_o such_o a_o end_n 390._o therefore_o by_o god_n glory_n be_v mean_v the_o shine_a lustre_n of_o his_o image_n or_o the_o appearance_n of_o god_n in_o his_o work_n and_o not_o only_a man_n praise_v and_o glorify_v thought_n and_o word_n of_o he_o which_o though_o they_o be_v our_o high_a duty_n be_v unfit_a to_o be_v god_n end_n alone_o yet_o be_v they_o part_v of_o that_o glory_n which_o be_v material_o his_o end_n though_o not_o the_o whole_a 391._o this_o glory_n or_o appearance_n of_o god_n which_o be_v material_o his_o end_n be_v 1._o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n 2._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o celestial_a kingdom_n contain_v christ_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a one_o 3._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o christ_n own_o person_n alone_o 4._o next_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o holy_a one_o alone_o etc._n etc._n 392._o because_o this_o perfection_n of_o the_o universe_n be_v not_o yet_o accomplish_v but_o shall_v be_v improper_o we_o may_v say_v that_o god_n have_v not_o yet_o attain_v his_o end_n that_o be_v his_o material_a end_n 393._o 5._o but_o proper_o and_o formal_o god_n end_v be_v never_o unattain_v because_o his_o will_n be_v never_o unfulfil_v though_o the_o thing_n will_v be_v not_o yet_o perfect_v for_o when_o e._n g._n the_o first_o day_n work_n be_v make_v all_o be_v do_v which_o he_o then_o will_v to_o be_v do_v and_o so_o for_o the_o second_o day_n etc._n etc._n and_o now_o all_o be_v do_v which_o he_o will_v have_v now_o do_v and_o his_o will_n be_v ever_o perfect_o please_v and_o he_o want_v nothing_o so_o that_o a_o end_v not_o attain_v be_v not_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o god_n except_o material_o 394._o thus_o god_n be_v say_v to_o have_v make_v all_o thing_n for_o himself_o prov._n 16._o 4._o because_o for_o his_o pleasure_n they_o be_v and_o be_v create_v rev._n 4._o 11._o 395._o for_o his_o decree_v dispose_v will_n be_v fulfil_v by_o all_o even_o the_o wicked_a that_o be_v for_o the_o day_n of_o evil_n though_o his_o command_a will_n be_v not_o fulfil_v by_o sinner_n according_a to_o that_o he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o they_o but_o to_o hate_v they_o psal_n 5._o 5._o heb._n 10._o 38._o mal._n 1._o 10._o ezek._n 18._o 32._o 23._o &_o 33._o 11._o jer._n 22._o 28._o &_o 48._o 38._o eccles_n 5._o 4._o psal_n 5._o 4_o etc._n etc._n 396._o and_o lest_o any_o think_v that_o thus_o god_n miss_v of_o his_o end_n let_v it_o be_v well_o note_v 1._o that_o this_o phrase_n of_o god_n take_v no_o pleasure_n be_v objective_o both_o positive_a privative_a and_o oppositive_a that_o be_v it_o signify_v that_o god_n will_v deprive_v the_o wicked_a of_o felicity_n or_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o love_n and_o will_v load_v they_o with_o sorrow_n and_o will_v set_v himself_o against_o their_o comfort_n but_o 2._o as_o to_o god_n own_o complacency_n of_o will_n it_o be_v but_o equal_a to_o a_o negative_a his_o felicity_n lie_v not_o in_o they_o and_o so_o as_o god_n will_v have_v no_o actual_a complacency_n in_o nothing_o as_o in_o more_o world_n or_o creature_n than_o ever_o will_v be_v and_o yet_o his_o complacency_n be_v perfect_a so_o though_o he_o have_v no_o complacency_n in_o the_o holiness_n or_o salvation_n of_o those_o that_o be_v never_o holy_a or_o save_v end_n hence_o they_o dispute_v whether_o god_n providence_n always_o attain_v his_o end_n and_o ruiz_n cit_v for_o the_o affirmative_a cajet_fw-fr naz._n alvar._n and_o scot._n marsil_n okam_n gabriel_n hervaeus_n driedo_n and_o for_o the_o negative_a alex._n aquin._n durand_n marsil_n capreol_n ferrar._n &_o communiter_fw-la recentiores_fw-la molina_n zumel_n vasq_n suarez_n valent._n becanus_n sirenus_n pennottus_n arrubal_n etc._n etc._n and_o all_o this_o difference_n be_v about_o name_n and_o word_n and_o ruiz_n be_v for_o the_o negative_a sect_n 3._o pag._n 56._o quiâ—_n aliquos_fw-la fine_n deus_fw-la intendit_fw-la volitione_fw-la conditionata_fw-la &_o non_fw-la totaliter_fw-la efficaci_fw-la so_o that_o the_o question_n be_v a_o volitio_fw-la conditionate_a &_o inefficax_n sit_fw-la deo_fw-la ascribendae_fw-la quando_fw-la uâ—lt_fw-la ea_fw-la auxiliâ—_n quae_fw-la consensum_fw-la hominis_fw-la reddunt_fw-la possibilem_fw-la vel_fw-la hominem_fw-la faciunt_fw-la potentem_fw-la et_fw-fr a_fw-fr volitio_fw-la haec_fw-la dicenda_fw-la sit_fw-la intentio_fw-la finis_fw-la for_o he_o conclude_v as_o agree_v on_o by_o all_o that_o god_n providence_n be_v never_o frustrate_v hinder_v deceive_v or_o fluctuate_a nor_o any_o thing_n do_v against_o it_o absolute_o or_o against_o its_o total_a adequate_a end_n yet_o his_o complacency_n be_v perfect_a 397._o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o man_n have_v end_n and_o mean_n because_o god_n have_v so_o appoint_v it_o and_o make_v he_o not_o in_o a_o state_n of_o perfection_n but_o in_o via_fw-la yea_o angel_n have_v a_o end_n and_o every_o creature_n because_o defective_a dependent_a being_n even_o in_o a_o formal_a sense_n 398._o god_n be_v this_o ultimate_a end_n of_o man_n as_o he_o be_v to_o be_v perfect_o love_v and_o please_v to_o which_o all_o be_v mean_n and_o the_o mean_n be_v order_v as_o end_n to_o one_o another_o 399._o usual_o where_o the_o scripture_n and_o preacher_n do_v speak_v of_o god_n as_o the_o end_n and_o of_o intention_n of_o end_n they_o mean_v man_n intention_n and_o end_n prescribe_v he_o by_o god_n but_o if_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n they_o mean_v only_o formal_o the_o fulfil_n of_o his_o will_n and_o material_o his_o glory_n or_o the_o perfect_a of_o his_o work_n 400._o the_o finis_fw-la operis_fw-la as_o distinct_a from_o the_o finis_fw-la operantis_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o the_o aptitude_n and_o tendency_n of_o the_o work_n to_o the_o author_n intend_v end_n or_o to_o some_o effect_n not_o that_o the_o opus_fw-la quà _fw-la opus_fw-la finem_fw-la intendit_fw-la 401._o if_o all_o these_o difficulty_n lie_v in_o the_o way_n whether_o and_o how_o far_o god_n intend_v a_o end_n at_o all_o judge_v how_o far_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o contend_v about_o the_o mental_a order_n of_o his_o intention_n and_o whether_o judicious_a davenant_n be_v not_o in_o the_o right_n 402._o ii_o if_o it_o be_v grant_v that_o quod_fw-la prius_fw-la est_fw-la intention_n posterius_fw-la est_fw-la executione_fw-la nothing_o will_v follow_v to_o gratify_v either_o party_n in_o these_o controversy_n for_o all_o will_v be_v but_o this_o that_o god_n intend_v himself_o and_o the_o fulfil_v or_o complacency_n of_o his_o own_o will_n before_o he_o 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or_o be_v 653._o and_o it_o be_v false_a that_o he_o say_v that_o god_n be_v equal_o the_o cause_n that_o man_n hate_v he_o if_o he_o will_v the_o act_n hypothetical_o ineffectual_o and_o determiâ—ably_o by_o another_o will_n as_o if_o he_o will_v it_o efficacious_o and_o so_o when_o he_o make_v the_o doctrine_n of_o universal_a concourse_n and_o causation_n as_o guilty_a as_o â—is_n predetermine_v pre-motion_n as_o if_o god_n can_v not_o make_v man_n a_o free-â—iller_a and_o agent_n and_o as_o the_o spring_n of_o nature_n enable_v he_o and_o concur_v â—o_o his_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la without_o cause_v it_o to_o terminate_v on_o the_o forbid_a object_n in_o specie_fw-la as_o if_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o the_o sun_n to_o be_v â—n_o universal_a cause_n of_o the_o stink_a of_o a_o dunghill_n and_o weed_n without_o be_v â—he_v special_a or_o as_o if_o god_n must_v be_v make_v the_o cause_n of_o every_o blasphemy_n unless_o â—e_n will_v make_v the_o blasphemer_n 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say_v that_o he_o be_v god_n actual_a self-love_n which_o be_v â—he_v same_o that_o you_o call_v his_o holiness_n and_o some_o say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o divine_a will_n or_o love_n consider_v in_o itself_o as_o distinct_a from_o vital_a power_n and_o intellect_n or_o wisdom_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v speak_v more_o large_o elsewhere_o §_o 13._o m._n s._n adam_n promise_a reward_n be_v to_o be_v fix_v in_o a_o unchangeable_a state_n of_o please_a god_n by_o this_o holy_a spirit_n not_o by_o infuse_v any_o new_a quality_n which_o shall_v unchangeable_o fasten_v he_o to_o the_o rule_n for_o no_o create_a thing_n can_v unchangeable_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v an._n 1._o the_o promise_n to_o adam_n be_v very_o obscure_a but_o happiness_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v and_o everlasting_a 2._o but_o it_o be_v pass_v my_o reach_n to_o conceive_v how_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n can_v fix_v man_n in_o perfect_a holiness_n without_o any_o fix_v quality_n as_o it_o be_v call_v on_o his_o soul_n a_o constant_a act_n the_o soul_n must_v have_v and_o 1._o if_o that_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o any_o divine_a impulse_n dispose_v the_o soul_n so_o to_o act_v than_o that_o disposition_n be_v a_o quality_n 2._o and_o if_o there_o be_v not_o both_o disposition_n and_o habit_n than_o the_o soul_n will_v not_o in_o glory_n be_v habitual_o or_o qualitative_o holy_a but_o only_o actual_o 3._o and_o a_o habit-acting_a being_n perfect_a than_o a_o act_n without_o a_o habit_n or_o inclination_n the_o soul_n will_v be_v more_o imperfect_a in_o glory_n than_o in_o this_o state_n of_o grace_n 4._o operari_fw-la sequitur_fw-la esse_fw-la god_n fit_v all_o his_o creature_n to_o their_o work_n and_o as_o when_o he_o will_v give_v immortality_n he_o will_v give_v a_o nature_n fit_a for_o immortality_n even_o indissoluble_a and_o incorruptible_a so_o when_o he_o give_v perpetuity_n of_o love_n he_o give_v a_o nature_n or_o habit_n fit_a for_o perpetual_a action_n christ_n say_v a_o good_a tree_n bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n and_o a_o evil_a tree_n evil_a fruit_n make_v the_o tree_n good_a and_o his_o fruit_n good_a 5._o the_o operation_n of_o love_n in_o glory_n shall_v be_v ex_fw-la potentia_fw-la aut_fw-la violentia_fw-la aut_fw-la neutra_fw-la if_o there_o be_v no_o intrinsic_a disposition_n or_o inclination_n to_o they_o in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o a_o soul_n to_o be_v perfect_o holy_a and_o not_o have_v the_o perfection_n of_o inclination_n to_o its_o acts._n 3._o but_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o no_o holy_a quality_n alone_o suffice_v without_o god_n influx_n that_o be_v no_o more_o than_o what_o must_v be_v faid_fw-we of_o every_o creature_n without_o divine_a influx_n no_o creature_n can_v be_v or_o operate_v a_o moment_n no_o create_a thing_n of_o itself_o without_o god_n can_v continue_v how_o then_o shall_v it_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v but_o if_o the_o soul_n have_v any_o more_o goodness_n of_o nature_n or_o inclination_n in_o it_o than_o the_o devil_n have_v it_o must_v be_v a_o create_a thing_n or_o god_n himself_o if_o only_a god_n that_o prove_v not_o a_o saint_n to_o be_v himself_o better_a than_o a_o devil_n as_o to_o nature_n or_o disposition_n but_o only_o that_o god_n in_o he_o be_v better_a his_o reason_n why_o the_o sun_n be_v natural_o fix_v to_o its_o operation_n but_o not_o a_o glorify_a soul_n be_v §_o 14._o m._n s._n that_o one_o be_v a_o natural_a and_o the_o other_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n one_o as_o gibieuf_n say_v non_fw-fr agit_fw-fr sed_fw-la agitur_fw-la the_o other_o do_v agere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la agitur_fw-la an._n 1._o gibieuf_n and_o you_o be_v deceive_v in_o think_v that_o such_o natural_n none_o agunt_fw-la passive_a matter_n do_v not_o act_n ex_fw-la principio_fw-la essentiali_fw-la unless_a dr._n glissons_n and_o campanellas_n doctrine_n hold_v true_a but_o the_o three_o active_a nature_n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o vegetative_a and_o so_o fire_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v ex_fw-la principio_fw-la activo_fw-la essentali_fw-la agere_fw-la but_o nothing_o do_v act_n without_o a_o antecedent_n influx_n to_o action_n from_o the_o first_o cause_n in_o which_o it_o be_v passive_a for_o no_o creature_n be_v independent_a 2._o voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la quamvis_fw-la libera_fw-la to_o move_v natural_o only_a and_o not_o free_o be_v proper_a to_o agent_n mere_o natural_a distinct_a from_o free_a but_o to_o move_v free_o and_o yet_o from_o a_o fix_a principle_n which_o shall_v infallible_o determine_v the_o soul_n to_o act_v free_o be_v not_o a_o contradiction_n nor_o that_o which_o gibieuf_n shall_v deny_v to_o the_o glorify_a §_o 15._o m._n s._n man_n though_o a_o creature_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o action_n he_o move_v and_o set_v himself_o on_o work_n else_o he_o be_v
which_o be_v not_o likely_a to_o perform_v one_o act_n of_o love_n and_o obedience_n be_v not_o so_o hard_a as_o to_o do_v it_o to_o the_o death_n though_o we_o lose_v our_o life_n in_o the_o expression_n of_o it_o object_n but_o our_o first_o faith_n give_v we_o right_o to_o the_o spirit_n of_o confirmation_n and_o immutability_n though_o more_o must_v be_v do_v for_o perfection_n answ_n 1._o it_o appear_v then_o that_o perfection_n and_o glory_n be_v more_o than_o confirmation_n 2._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o regenerate_v be_v mutable_a as_o to_o the_o degree_n of_o grace_n and_o be_v far_o from_o perfection_n at_o the_o first_o 3._o the_o generality_n of_o the_o father_n and_o ancient_a church_n think_v that_o true_a justification_n and_o right_o to_o heaven_n and_o true_a love_n to_o god_n be_v lose_v by_o many_o and_o austin_n himself_o and_o his_o follower_n so_o think_v 4._o and_o they_o that_o think_v otherwise_o yet_o know_v that_o glory_n be_v still_o give_v we_o 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when_o tempt_v have_v merit_v confirmation_n as_o he_o say_v the_o angel_n do_v be_v tempt_v by_o leviathan_n lib._n 2._o c._n 10._o an._n 1._o god_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o any_o reward_n but_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o his_o law_n prove_v that_o his_o law_n promise_v glory_n or_o immutability_n for_o one_o act_n 2._o bonum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la integris_fw-la one_o act_n be_v but_o a_o small_a paâ—â—_n of_o a_o man_n life_n the_o promise_n be_v to_o the_o whole_a course_n only_o 3._o god_n do_v reward_v every_o act_n his_o acceptance_n and_o the_o continuance_n of_o all_o â—he_n blessing_n of_o that_o paradise_n and_o the_o comfort_n of_o his_o love_n be_v a_o greâ—â—_n reward_n §_o 20._o m._n s._n if_o one_o act_n of_o obedience_n deserve_v unchangeable_a happiness_n than_o god_n must_v bestow_v it_o but_o etc._n etc._n an._n i_o deny_v the_o minor_a one_o act_n deserve_v it_o not_o no_o act_n deserve_v in_o commutative_a justice_n and_o no_o act_n deserve_v it_o of_o govern_v justice_n but_o such_o as_o the_o law_n antecedent_o make_v it_o due_a to_o §_o 21._o m._n s._n merit_n it_o be_v a_o fuitableness_n of_o the_o work_n to_o the_o wage_n â—â—â—_o that_o please_v god_n be_v under_o his_o good_a pleasure_n the_o fruit_n of_o which_o must_v be_v â—â—â—_o enjoy_n of_o his_o spirit_n infinite_a assistance_n this_o adam_n may_v have_v claim_v â—â—_o justice_n and_o glory_v for_o one_o act_n deserve_v a_o reward_n an._n this_o be_v sufficient_o answer_v 1._o wage_n strict_o take_v be_v mâ—â—â—â—_n give_v by_o a_o proprietary_n commutative_o it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o say_v that_o god_n can_v owe_v any_o creature_n such_o for_o he_o can_v receive_v nothing_o but_o his_o own_o the_o word_n when_o use_v to_o we_o be_v improper_o take_v but_o praemium_fw-la a_o reward_n we_o have_v but_o no_o work_n deserve_v that_o but_o by_o the_o ordinate_a justice_n of_o the_o law_n some_o few_o papist_n talk_v of_o a_o dignity_n ex_fw-la proportione_fw-la operâ—â—_n but_o the_o scotist_n and_o the_o wise_a of_o they_o deny_v any_o but_o 1._o exit_fw-la congruitate_fw-la 2._o exit_fw-la pacto_fw-la your_o suitableness_n may_v signify_v either_o 1._o a_o congruity_n ad_fw-la fine_n regiminis_fw-la or_o else_o ad_fw-la praemium_fw-la qua_fw-la promissum_fw-la and_o thus_o it_o be_v true_a but_o it_o be_v not_o prove_v that_o any_o one_o act_n be_v such_o 2._o or_o it_o may_v signify_v a_o suitableness_n in_o proportion_n ex_fw-la simplici_fw-la dignitate_fw-la operis_fw-la oblige_v the_o governor_n antecedent_o to_o his_o law_n 2._o or_o oblige_v god_n as_o proprietor_n to_o compensation_n and_o so_o it_o be_v untrue_a that_o merit_n be_v a_o suitableness_n of_o the_o work_n to_o the_o wage_n here_o 2._o it_o be_v unprove_v that_o god_n pleasedness_n must_v ever_o be_v show_v by_o the_o spirit_n infinite_a assistance_n or_o that_o one_o act_n deserve_v this_o it_o be_v unlike_a that_o the_o angel_n that_o keep_v not_o their_o first_o state_n do_v never_o one_o act_n of_o obedience_n nor_o be_v never_o under_o god_n approbation_n prov._n 16._o 7._o when_o a_o man_n way_n please_v the_o lord_n he_o make_v his_o enemy_n to_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o he_o god_n say_v this_o â—is_n a_o reward_n you_o say_v less_o than_o eternal_a life_n be_v none_o 1_o king_n 3._o 10._o the_o speech_n of_o solomon_n please_v the_o lord_n and_o yet_o one_o will_v think_v by_o his_o filthiness_n and_o idolatry_n and_o forsake_v god_n that_o he_o be_v not_o glorify_v nor_o make_v immutable_a with_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o alms_n god_n be_v well_o please_v heb._n 13._o 16._o phil._n 4._o 18._o and_o with_o relation-duty_n col._n 3._o 20._o and_o yet_o all_o that_o do_v they_o even_o sincere_o be_v not_o glorify_v then_o nor_o absolute_o immutable_a §_o 22._o m._n s._n arg._n 2._o unchangeable_a misery_n will_v have_v be_v the_o reward_n of_o one_o sin_n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n an._n i_o deny_v the_o consequence_n misery_n be_v threaten_v to_o one_o sin_n glory_n be_v not_o promise_v to_o one_o act_n of_o obedience_n obedience_n during_o life_n be_v certain_o due_a from_o man_n to_o god_n he_o that_o deni_v it_o he_o in_o one_o act_n deni_v he_o his_o due_n but_o he_o that_o give_v it_o he_o in_o one_o act_n give_v he_o but_o little_a of_o his_o due_n your_o argument_n be_v like_o these_o the_o soldier_n that_o be_v a_o traitor_n in_o one_o act_n deserve_v death_n therefore_o he_o that_o watch_v or_o fight_v but_o once_o deserve_v all_o his_o wage_n and_o honour_n the_o son_n that_o curse_v his_o father_n once_o deserve_v punishment_n therefore_o he_o that_o obey_v he_o once_o deserve_v the_o inheritance_n he_o that_o be_v bind_v to_o pay_v a_o hundred_o pound_n forfeit_v his_o bond_n if_o he_o leave_v a_o penny_n unpaid_a therefore_o he_o forfeit_v it_o not_o if_o he_o pay_v but_o a_o penny_n the_o servant_n that_o be_v hire_v for_o a_o day_n or_o year_n do_v forfeit_v his_o wage_n if_o he_o be_v idle_a or_o rebel_v a_o hour_n or_o a_o day_n therefore_o he_o deserve_v his_o wage_n if_o he_o do_v service_n but_o a_o hour_n or_o a_o day_n the_o disease_n of_o one_o part_n may_v kill_v a_o man_n therefore_o the_o health_n of_o one_o part_n only_o will_v keep_v a_o man_n alive_a he_o that_o be_v hire_v to_o build_v a_o house_n or_o a_o ship_n well_o forfeit_v his_o wage_n for_o one_o hole_n or_o gross_a defect_n therefore_o he_o deserve_v his_o wage_n if_o he_o lay_v but_o one_o brick_n or_o board_n but_o bonum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la cau_v integris_fw-la §_o 23._o m._n s._n his_o sin_n be_v more_o his_o own_o than_o his_o obedience_n ans_fw-fr the_o assistance_n of_o the_o spirit_n can_v not_o take_v place_n in_o the_o first_o act_n because_o not_o deserve_v and_o his_o obedience_n will_v have_v be_v as_o much_o his_o own_o as_o his_o sin_n an._n this_o be_v quite_o beyond_o the_o jesuit_n 1._o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o reward_v gift_n or_o help_n of_o the_o spirit_n for_o 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who_o assert_v fall_v away_o meaning_n that_o god_n will_v not_o reverse_v or_o rescind_v his_o grace_n if_o you_o cast_v it_o not_o away_o as_o prosper_n say_v god_n forsake_v none_o that_o do_v not_o first_o forsake_v he_o if_o any_o man_n will_v see_v more_o of_o augustine_n judgement_n the_o many_o sentence_n cite_v by_o i_o in_o my_o tract_n of_o perseverance_n pag._n 5_o 6._o 7._o and_o all_o those_o cite_v by_o vossius_fw-la histor_n pelag._n li._n 5._o pag._n 559_o 560_o 561_o etc._n etc._n may_v easy_o put_v he_o past_o all_o doubt_n see_v also_o vossius_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 563_o 564._o cite_v more_o of_o prosper_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o all_o the_o father_n before_o augustine_n be_v for_o uncertainty_n of_o salvation_n and_o fall_v away_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la of_o some_o that_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o true_a grace_n and_o justification_n in_o which_o have_v they_o die_v they_o have_v be_v save_v this_o great_a historian_n thorough_o verse_v in_o the_o father_n ibid._n pag._n 565_o 566_o 567._o &_o pluribus_fw-la sequent_a show_v for_o brevity_n if_o you_o doubt_v turn_v to_o these_o cite_a place_n irenaeus_n li._n 4._o cap._n 72._o justin._n martyr_n dial._n cum_fw-la tryphon_n pag._n 206_o 207._o clemenâ—_n alex._n strom._n li._n 2._o pag._n 162_o 166._o basil_n homil._n in_o psal_n 114._o &_o &_o homil_n in_o princip_n prov._n origen_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d li._n 1._o cap._n 3._o 13._o ad_fw-la rom._n li._n 7._o cap._n 8._o macarius_n homil._n 14._o 15._o 24._o 26._o 28._o athanas_n contr._n arian_n orat._n 4._o greg._n nazian_n orat._n 40._o de_fw-fr baptis_n crysost_n in_o joh._n 1._o hom._n 1._o &_o epist_n 5._o &_o homil._n 77._o add_v antioch_n ut_fw-la vulgo_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la latinis_fw-la tertullian_n li._n advers._fw-la haeres_fw-la cap._n 3._o &_o li._n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la cap._n 6._o cyprian_a de_fw-fr unitate_fw-la eccles_n cap._n 12._o &_o li._n 1._o epist_n 7._o ad_fw-la rogat_fw-la &_o li._n 4._o epist._n 7._o ad_fw-la mag._n ambros_n ut_fw-la vulgo_fw-la in_fw-la rom._n cap._n 9_o chronat_fw-la in_o mat._n 5._o beside_o those_o after_o pelagius_n cite_v by_o vossius_fw-la ibid._n pag._n 567_o etc._n etc._n among_o who_o bernard_n be_v large_a and_o earnest_a against_o possibility_n and_o convenience_n of_o perseverance_n and_o salvation_n vossius_fw-la in_o his_o thes_n 12._o say_v thus_o of_o those_o that_o will_v deny_v this_o to_o be_v the_o ancient_n opinion_n quid_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquitas_fw-la tota_fw-la indefectibilitati_fw-la adversatur_fw-la nec_fw-la quemquam_fw-la quantum_fw-la meminisse_fw-la valemus_fw-la veterum_fw-la invenire_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la sideles_fw-la omnes_fw-la omnimodam_fw-la de_fw-la perseverantia_fw-la svi_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la habere_fw-la arbitraretur_fw-la fatentur_fw-la quidem_fw-la animos_fw-la filiorum_fw-la dei_fw-la dubitationis_fw-la auxietate_fw-la cruciari_fw-la non_fw-la debere_fw-la cum_fw-la spei_fw-la fiduciam_fw-la habeant_fw-la quae_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la consolation_n et_fw-la lapsuros_fw-la sustinet_fw-la et_fw-la lapsos_fw-la levet_fw-la at_o nihilominus_fw-la negant_fw-la posse_fw-la quemvis_fw-la exinde_fw-la quod_fw-la impraesentiarum_fw-la fidelium_fw-la se_fw-la in_o numero_fw-la esse_fw-la sciat_fw-la tantum_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la reliquo_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la tempore_fw-la favorem_fw-la dei_fw-la certo_fw-la polliceri_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n cetera_fw-la et_fw-la addit_fw-la communem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la antiquitatis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la quam_fw-la diximus_fw-la soli_fw-la hodie_fw-la negare_fw-la possunt_fw-la qui_fw-la cetera_fw-la fortasse_fw-la viri_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la ineruditi_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o antiquitatâ—_n tamen_fw-la plane_n sunt_fw-la hospites_fw-la vel_fw-la animum_fw-la habent_fw-la unius_fw-la et_fw-la alterius_fw-la sententiis_fw-la it_o a_o mancipatum_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la oculis_fw-la videre_fw-la malint_fw-la quam_fw-la suis_fw-la cumque_fw-la iis_fw-la errare_fw-la praeoptent_fw-la quam_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la bene_fw-la sentire_fw-la 278._o as_o i_o have_v cite_v this_o unanimous_a consent_n of_o the_o ancient_n only_a to_o prove_v that_o all_o that_o have_v the_o profession_n of_o christianity_n and_o charity_n shall_v be_v far_o from_o think_v this_o a_o intolerable_a error_n which_o may_v not_o stand_v with_o brotherly_a love_n and_o peace_n so_o to_o the_o same_o end_n only_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o that_o not_o only_a calvinist_n have_v bear_v herein_o with_o lutheran_n but_o also_o among_o the_o roformed_a some_o have_v be_v of_o augustine_n mind_n in_o this_o who_o yet_o the_o rest_n very_o high_o honour_v i_o will_v now_o instance_n only_o in_o musculus_fw-la than_o who_o few_o have_v be_v esteem_v more_o sincere_a impartial_a and_o sound_a in_o judgement_n in_o his_o loc._n commun_n for_o their_o great_a esteem_n translate_v into_o english_a c._n the_o remiss_a peccat_fw-la §_o 6._o pag._n mihi_fw-la 621_o 622_o 623._o he_o say_v discernendum_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la eam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la dei_fw-la quae_fw-la nullas_fw-la habet_fw-la adjectas_fw-la conditione_n qualis_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la solemn_a suum_fw-la producit_fw-la super_fw-la bonos_fw-es &_o malos_fw-la pluitque_fw-la super_fw-la gratos_fw-la &_o ingratos_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la quae_fw-la conditionaliter_fw-la confertur_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la modum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissio_fw-la nobis_fw-la contingit_fw-la posterior_n haec_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la sit_fw-la constans_fw-la &_o firma_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la ille_fw-la mutatur_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la nostro_fw-la tamen_fw-la vitio_fw-la irrita_fw-la redditur_fw-la dum_fw-la conditionibus_fw-la illius_fw-la non_fw-la stamus_fw-la siquis_fw-la igitur_fw-la praeterritorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la condonationem_fw-la per_fw-la gratiam_fw-la divinae_fw-la clementiae_fw-la consecutus_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la ingratus_fw-la &_o salutis_fw-la suae_fw-la negligens_fw-la evaserit_fw-la ut_fw-la instar_fw-la canis_fw-la ad_fw-la vomitum_fw-la reversus_fw-la caeptam_fw-la resipiscentiam_fw-la rumpat_fw-la palamque_fw-la ostendat_fw-la deum_fw-la se_fw-la contemnere_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la timere_fw-la plane_n dignum_fw-la se_fw-la esse_fw-la declarat_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la praeterritorum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la a_o quibus_fw-la fuerat_fw-la absolutus_fw-la poenae_fw-la exigantur_fw-la hactenus_fw-la igitur_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la &_o merito_fw-la accidit_fw-la ut_fw-la semel_fw-la accepta_fw-la gratia_fw-la reddatur_fw-la irrita_fw-la verum_fw-la non_fw-la debetur_fw-la hoc_fw-la divinae_fw-la clementiae_fw-la instabilitatis_fw-la quae_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la sed_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pravitati_fw-la posset_n mihi_fw-la objici_fw-la hoc_fw-la loco_fw-la relapsum_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la peccata_fw-la semel_fw-la remissa_fw-la reddantur_fw-la irrita_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o electis_fw-la habere_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la immo_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o reprobis_fw-la quidem_fw-la quod_fw-la illi_fw-la remissionis_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la capaces_fw-la esse_fw-la nequeant_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la vera_fw-la &_o viva_fw-la fide_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la illa_fw-la acquiritur_fw-la praediti_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la ideoque_fw-la neminem_fw-la esse_fw-la prorsus_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la peccata_fw-la semel_fw-la remissa_fw-la irrita_fw-la fieri_fw-la possint_fw-la verum_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la argumento_fw-la ducuntur_fw-la moneo_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la reprobis_fw-la quod_fw-la dicunt_fw-la diligentius_fw-la perpendant_fw-la de_fw-fr electis_fw-la consentio_fw-la de_fw-fr reprobis_fw-la vero_fw-la nulla_fw-la ne_fw-la illis_fw-la unquam_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissio_fw-la contingat_fw-la disputari_fw-la posse_fw-la intelligo_fw-la dantur_fw-la illis_fw-la in_o ep._n ad_fw-la hebr._fw-la 6._o illuminatio_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la gustus_fw-la doni_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la participatio_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la gustus_fw-la item_n boni_fw-la dei_fw-la verbi_fw-la ac_fw-la virtutum_fw-la futuri_fw-la saeculi_fw-la &_o cap._n 10._o sanctificatio_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la testamenti_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la gratiae_fw-la et_fw-la 2_o pet._n 2._o comparantur_fw-la svi_fw-la quae_fw-la ubi_fw-la lota_fw-la fuit_fw-la rursus_fw-la in_o caeno_fw-la volutatur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la haec_fw-la illis_fw-la sine_fw-la omni_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la remissione_n contingere_fw-la possint_fw-la non_fw-la immerito_fw-la quaeri_fw-la potest_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la causa_fw-la 279._o but_o alvarez_n tell_v we_o l._n 10._o the_o auxil_n disp_n 104._o pag._n 419._o §_o 1._o of_o some_o who_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v a_o grace_n of_o confirmation_n distinguish_v only_o by_o the_o degree_n of_o the_o same_o help_n which_o none_o can_v fall_v away_o from_o and_o that_o a_o confirm_a state_n be_v never_o lose_v be_v ordinary_o hold_v by_o the_o dominican_n though_o they_o agree_v not_o what_o this_o confirm_a grace_n be_v and_o many_o of_o the_o jesuit_n confess_v such_o a_o state_n of_o confirmation_n make_v man_n impeccable_a as_o to_o mortal_a sin_n so_o that_o some_o be_v in_o statu_fw-la and_o not_o only_o in_o decreto_fw-la secure_v from_o apostasy_n most_o confess_v 280._o and_o vossius_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la copious_o labour_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o ancient_n hold_v three_o degree_n of_o true_a grace_n one_o which_o man_n may_v fall_v from_o easy_o and_o oft_o do_v though_o if_o they_o have_v dye_v in_o it_o they_o have_v be_v save_v another_o which_o man_n may_v lose_v as_o to_o the_o act_n at_o least_o but_o scarce_o as_o to_o all_o seed_n and_o habit_n and_o another_o state_n next_o to_o perfection_n which_o none_o shall_v lose_v i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o his_o collection_n though_o i_o do_v not_o clear_o perceive_v by_o they_o that_o
habitual_o more_o hate_v than_o love_v there_o sin_n be_v habitual_o repent_v of_o and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o person_n be_v unjustified_a or_o shall_v be_v damn_v if_o he_o so_o die_v 288._o and_o i_o believe_v that_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o david_n and_o peter_n and_o it_o be_v very_o improbable_a that_o they_o lose_v the_o very_a habit_n of_o love_n to_o god_n and_o hatred_n of_o sin_n 289._o the_o other_o degree_n of_o mortality_n the_o say_a divine_n take_v to_o be_v some_o heinous_a act_n of_o sin_n like_o david_n or_o peter_n which_o destroy_v not_o the_o habit_n but_o be_v so_o great_a that_o the_o person_n though_o he_o lose_v not_o his_o fundamental_a right_n yet_o be_v put_v into_o a_o immediate_a ineptitude_n and_o incapacity_n of_o heaven_n and_o his_o right_n so_o suspend_v as_o that_o he_o can_v have_v possession_n etc._n that_o grace_n and_o mortal_a sin_n opponâ—ntar_n privative_a sicht_a lâ—x_n &_o tâ—nâ—brae_fw-la etc._n etc._n â—id_o careres_fw-mi sum._n theol._n 2._o â—_o pag_n 23_o etc._n etc._n till_o that_o obex_fw-la be_v remove_v by_o true_a repentance_n 290._o if_o you_o ask_v they_o whether_o that_o man_n shall_v go_v to_o heaven_n or_o hell_n if_o he_o so_o die_v they_o tell_v you_o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v for_o god_n have_v decree_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o so_o die_v but_o shall_v repent_v which_o austin_n will_v say_v of_o all_o the_o elect_a and_o sometime_o he_o half_o dream_v of_o purgatory_n for_o some_o such_o 291._o the_o true_a reason_n why_o such_o a_o heinous_a sin_n must_v be_v actual_o repent_v of_o before_o full_a pardon_n and_o capacity_n for_o heaven_n and_o the_o true_a note_n to_o know_v what_o sin_n must_v have_v such_o actual_a repentance_n and_o so_o be_v thus_o fâ—â—_n mortal_a be_v this_o there_o be_v some_o sin_n so_o easy_o know_v to_o be_v sin_n and_o so_o notorious_o call_v the_o conscience_n to_o repent_v that_o to_o lie_v in_o they_o unrepented_a of_o 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state_n of_o salvation_n and_o mortal_a sin_n consist_v not_o with_o it_o but_o i_o agree_v not_o with_o he_o of_o the_o impossibility_n of_o be_v certain_a that_o we_o have_v this_o love_n though_o i_o think_v his_o word_n worth_a the_o recite_v to_o prove_v the_o difficulty_n of_o it_o fol._n 47._o n._n o._n p._n dico_fw-la quod_fw-la licet_fw-la possit_fw-la probabilem_fw-la conjecturam_fw-la habere_fw-la quod_fw-la act_v we_o ille_fw-la dilectionis_fw-la insit_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la potest_fw-la evidenter_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la certo_fw-la quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la scire_fw-la poterit_fw-la quod_fw-la it_o a_o deo_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la infundit_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la i._n e._n bonitatem_fw-la &_o sanctitatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la â—t_a nec_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la deum_fw-la diligat_fw-la animo_fw-la paratus_fw-la &_o
efficaciter_fw-la volens_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o seipsum_fw-la &_o alia_fw-la quum_fw-la deo_fw-la placcbit_fw-la perdere_fw-la ut_fw-la impleatur_fw-la sancta_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la nulli_fw-la creaturae_fw-la nec_fw-la ipsâ—sibi_fw-la libero_fw-la aliquo_fw-la amore_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la in_o se_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la deum_fw-la quae_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o multo_fw-la est_fw-la purior_fw-la &_o laudabilior_fw-la quam_fw-la volunt_fw-la as_o perferendi_fw-la pro_fw-la christo_fw-la martyrium_fw-la pro_fw-la spe_fw-la assequendi_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la certe_fw-la long_a aliud_fw-la est_fw-la optare_fw-la aut_fw-la velle_fw-la quam_fw-la sic_fw-la deum_fw-la amare_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la sic_fw-la affectum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la velle_fw-la sicut_fw-la opto_fw-la &_o desidero_fw-la efficax_n velle_fw-la scientiae_fw-la seu_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiam_fw-la sed_fw-la ubi_fw-la efficaciter_fw-la id_fw-la vellem_fw-la manum_fw-la ad_fw-la aratrum_fw-la mitten_n labori_fw-la vigiliis_fw-la &_o id_fw-la genus_fw-la operis_fw-la non_fw-la parcerem_fw-la si_fw-la ponatur_fw-la per_fw-la revelationem_fw-la certiorari_fw-la non_fw-la nego_fw-la sic_fw-la certum_fw-la fieri_fw-la posse_fw-la nec_fw-la expedit_fw-la hominem_fw-la nisi_fw-la valde_fw-la sciens_fw-la &_o doct_v we_o fuerit_fw-la de_fw-fr his_o multum_fw-la se_fw-la tentare_fw-la quoniam_fw-la difficilimum_fw-la est_fw-la proprias_fw-la affectiones_fw-la metiri_fw-la but_o sure_a these_o fruit_n grow_v not_o on_o any_o common_a stock_n and_o the_o heir_n of_o heaven_n and_o hell_n be_v not_o so_o like_a as_o to_o be_v undiscernible_a nor_o god_n promise_n such_o as_o no_o man_n can_v be_v sure_a that_o he_o have_v a_o right_a to_o they_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o these_o thing_n do_v prove_v assurance_n difficult_a and_o rare_a sect_n xx._n what_o repentance_n for_o particular_a sin_n be_v necessary_a to_o pardon_v 292._o but_o the_o very_a act_n of_o repentance_n have_v such_o various_a degree_n that_o those_o also_o here_o deserve_v our_o consideration_n for_o he_o that_o have_v the_o habit_n of_o holiness_n no_o doubt_n have_v some_o degree_n of_o repentance_n secret_o stir_v in_o he_o before_o it_o come_v to_o deep_a repentance_n and_o open_a confession_n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o david_n be_v without_o all_o remorse_n and_o repentance_n till_o nathan_n speak_v to_o he_o though_o his_o repentance_n be_v not_o such_o as_o the_o quality_n of_o his_o sin_n require_v and_o it_o be_v not_o every_o remorse_n nor_o every_o degree_n of_o repentance_n which_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v a_o soul_n sanctify_v that_o be_v habitual_o possess_v with_o that_o love_n of_o god_n and_o the_o hatred_n of_o sin_n and_o such_o at_o least_o the_o act_n must_v be_v 293._o in_o gross_a know_a sin_n repentance_n be_v not_o true_a unless_o it_o contain_v a_o resolution_n present_o to_o forsake_v it_o he_o that_o be_v unresolved_a though_o he_o have_v much_o remorse_n and_o trouble_n of_o mind_n be_v not_o true_o penitent_a nor_o he_o that_o be_v resolve_v only_o to_o forsake_v it_o sometime_o hereafter_o or_o when_o he_o have_v sin_v once_o more_o but_o not_o at_o the_o present_a 294._o and_o as_o this_o be_v true_a of_o actual_a repentance_n so_o a_o true_a habit_n must_v be_v such_o as_o be_v the_o habit_n of_o such_o act_n even_o a_o habitual_a love_n to_o present_a holiness_n and_o a_o habitual_a hatred_n to_o present_a sin_n which_o in_o the_o course_n of_o our_o life_n do_v actual_o resolve_v we_o and_o preserve_v we_o however_o a_o violent_a temptation_n do_v interrupt_v that_o course_n 295._o but_o whether_o every_o know_a sin_n of_o the_o small_a sort_n in_o itself_o have_v always_o such_o resolution_n of_o present_a forsake_v it_o in_o all_o that_o be_v true_o penitent_a be_v a_o hard_a question_n many_o a_o godly_a man_n be_v frequent_o angry_a sinful_o and_o sluggish_a sinful_o and_o 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that_o be_v but_o a_o desire_n that_o we_o love_v it_o less_o and_o hate_v it_o more_o and_o prove_v not_o that_o our_o hatred_n be_v sufficient_a for_o many_o a_o man_n that_o live_v in_o gross_a sin_n do_v wish_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v turn_v from_o it_o and_o do_v not_o love_v it_o when_o it_o be_v not_o so_o turn_v and_o why_o will_v the_o same_o wish_n then_o serve_v about_o lesser_a sin_n and_o yet_o if_o present_a resolution_n against_o every_o small_a sin_n be_v necessary_a to_o pardon_v even_o of_o know_a sin_n alas_o who_o be_v pardon_v 296._o and_o if_o the_o case_n must_v be_v resolve_v by_o the_o material_a magnitude_n or_o smallness_n of_o the_o sin_n what_o bound_n shall_v we_o ever_o be_v able_a to_o assign_v and_o what_o understanding_n be_v able_a to_o distinguish_v between_o the_o sin_n so_o great_a which_o must_v be_v present_o resolve_v against_o ex_fw-la necessitate_v medii_fw-la to_o pardon_n and_o the_o sin_n so_o small_a as_o may_v be_v pardon_v without_o such_o resolution_n whether_o in_o speech_n every_o idle_a word_n be_v such_o if_o not_o whether_o every_o idle_a jest_n or_o every_o lascivious_a word_n or_o passionate_a word_n or_o backbiting_a word_n the_o ordinary_a sin_n of_o many_o strict_a professor_n or_o every_o sinful_a oath_n or_o curse_v or_o slander_n who_o can_v say_v it_o be_v this_o and_o not_o that_o and_o so_o in_o all_o commission_n and_o omission_n 297._o and_o it_o will_v still_o remain_v exceed_o difficult_a what_o resolution_n against_o sin_n will_v prove_v true_a repentance_n for_o as_o many_o a_o child_n under_o correction_n so_o many_o a_o adult_n sinner_n on_o his_o sick_a bed_n or_o under_o a_o terrify_a sermon_n or_o conviction_n not_o only_o seem_v but_o doubtless_o be_v as_o passionate_o resolve_v at_o the_o present_a to_o forsake_v his_o sin_n as_o a_o godly_a man_n be_v if_o not_o more_o and_o yet_o quick_o lose_v all_o that_o resolution_n and_o live_v in_o the_o sin_n which_o he_o resolve_v to_o 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gross_a sin_n may_v be_v commit_v in_o consistence_n with_o true_a habitual_a
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holy_a or_o a_o sinful_a life_n the_o person_n be_v unholy_a and_o when_o the_o will_v know_v by_o the_o practice_n be_v sometime_o actual_o more_o for_o a_o gross_a sin_n than_o against_o it_o and_o daily_o actual_o more_o for_o some_o small_a sin_n than_o against_o they_o it_o be_v wondrous_a hard_a here_o to_o discern_v certain_o that_o the_o contrary_a habit_n be_v our_o state_n 303._o and_o it_o add_v to_o the_o difficulty_n that_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o be_v sure_a whether_o the_o habit_n of_o love_n and_o holiness_n may_v not_o be_v predominant_a and_o yet_o the_o very_a habit_n of_o some_o one_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o act_n be_v strong_a than_o the_o contrary_a habit_n for_o a_o daily_a use_n of_o the_o act_n seem_v to_o prove_v a_o prevalent_a habit._n as_o a_o habit_n of_o anger_n of_o vain_a jest_n etc._n etc._n and_o if_o a_o very_a habit_n of_o one_o sin_n may_v be_v prevalent_a though_o not_o of_o all_o other_o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o say_v either_o how_o great_a that_o sin_n may_v be_v and_o so_o whether_o a_o habit_n of_o lust_n of_o pride_n of_o covetousness_n may_v stand_v with_o grace_n in_o that_o prevalency_n or_o yet_o how_o many_o sin_n may_v be_v so_o habitual_o prevalent_a in_o a_o sanctify_a man_n but_o if_o no_o one_o what_o shall_v those_o think_v of_o themselves_o that_o live_v in_o the_o daily_a act_n of_o small_a sin_n beforementioned_a and_o that_o they_o err_v who_o tell_v we_o that_o all_o sin_n be_v equal_o mortify_v in_o the_o habit_n common_a experience_n full_o prove_v but_o such_o man_n use_v not_o to_o distinguish_v between_o the_o general_n habit_n of_o love_n to_o good_a and_o hatred_n to_o evil_n which_o be_v as_o the_o trunk_n of_o the_o tree_n to_o the_o branch_n which_o may_v have_v their_o particular_a canker_n and_o disease_n and_o be_v indeed_o virtual_o a_o habit_n of_o all_o good_a and_o against_o all_o evil_a and_o the_o particular_a habit_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a which_o be_v also_o find_v in_o every_o soul_n 304._o yea_o the_o difficulty_n be_v yet_o great_a by_o our_o ignorance_n of_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o a_o habit_n of_o the_o will_n or_o of_o that_o inclination_n of_o it_o to_o good_a or_o evil_a which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n which_o he_o that_o have_v read_v the_o schoolman_n and_o metaphysic_n or_o ever_o well_o study_v it_o himself_o will_v discern_v to_o be_v tantum_fw-la non_fw-la out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o our_o understanding_n that_o it_o be_v a_o dispositive_a promptitude_n to_o act_n we_o feel_v but_o whether_o that_o disposition_n be_v itself_o a_o secret_a unobserved_a immanent_a act_n dispose_v to_o the_o more_o open_a perceptible_a act_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v never_o out_o of_o action_n and_o certain_o have_v at_o one_o instant_a several_a act_n of_o which_o that_o the_o fine_a be_v oft_o unobserved_a and_o yet_o most_o powerful_a as_o a_o traveller_n that_o be_v take_v up_o with_o other_o thought_n and_o talk_n will_v never_o hold_v on_o his_o way_n if_o the_o end_n be_v not_o actual_o intend_v though_o he_o feel_v it_o not_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o natural_a inclination_n of_o the_o will_v corroborate_v and_o what_o that_o inclination_n be_v whether_o it_o lie_v much_o in_o a_o receptive_a disposition_n of_o the_o act_v faculty_n by_o which_o they_o be_v still_o ready_a to_o receive_v the_o active_a motion_n of_o the_o agent_n power_n as_o the_o receptivity_n of_o the_o fuel_n cause_v the_o greatness_n and_o constancy_n of_o a_o flame_n or_o the_o open_n of_o the_o window_n the_o shine_a in_o of_o the_o sun_n or_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o adapt_v wheel_n cause_v the_o clock_n or_o watch_n to_o be_v easy_o and_o true_o move_v by_o the_o poise_n or_o spring_n or_o what_o else_o it_o be_v that_o we_o call_v a_o habit_n be_v not_o so_o easy_o know_v as_o unstudy_v confident_a disputer_n think_v so_o that_o judicious_a mr._n truman_n tract_n of_o impaten_v nat._n &_o mor._n seem_v to_o despair_v of_o clear_a understanding_n it_o and_o whether_o a_o infant_n principle_n of_o holiness_n be_v quid_fw-la morale_fw-la which_o never_o come_v from_o any_o act_n nor_o be_v the_o particular_a habit_n of_o any_o act_n any_o more_o than_o the_o inclinatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la qua_fw-la bonum_fw-la with_o abundance_n of_o other_o difficulty_n about_o habit_n these_o all_o make_v our_o case_n the_o hard_a to_o be_v resolve_v sect_n xxi_o the_o solution_n of_o all_o the_o former_a difficulty_n in_o part_n 305._o of_o all_o these_o difficulty_n i_o have_v no_o better_a solution_n beside_o what_o be_v aforesaid_a than_o as_o follow_v 1._o that_o a_o dispositive_a inclination_n of_o the_o will_n to_o god_n and_o actual_a holiness_n be_v like_a to_o the_o inclinatio_fw-la naturalis_fw-la ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o foelicitatem_fw-la save_v that_o it_o be_v not_o we_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la in_o our_o lapse_v state_n and_o that_o it_o be_v more_o movable_a and_o separable_a from_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o be_v quiddam_fw-la naturae_fw-la though_o not_o quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la call_v the_o divine_a and_o new_a nature_n in_o we_o and_o be_v to_o the_o soul_n what_o health_n be_v to_o the_o man_n and_o be_v the_o great_a moral_a principle_n within_o we_o and_o be_v acceptable_a to_o god_n as_o be_v the_o rectitude_n of_o his_o noble_a creature_n remit_v creature_n creature_n creature_n as_o to_o the_o papist_n continual_a calumny_n that_o we_o call_v man_n just_a who_o continue_a wickedness_n be_v but_o hide_v and_o not_o impute_v and_o without_o inherent_a justice_n we_o abhor_v both_o their_o confusion_n and_o their_o calumny_n and_o distinct_o give_v they_o this_o short_a account_n 1._o we_o hold_v a_o conditional_a universal_a pardon_n of_o all_o 2._o but_o no_o actual_a pardon_n of_o the_o destructive_a punishment_n nor_o non-impuration_a of_o sin_n till_o man_n be_v true_o convert_v from_o a_o wicked_a heart_n and_o life_n to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n by_o faith_n and_o repentance_n 3._o and_o then_o all_o sin_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o prevalent_a love_n of_o god_n and_o a_o holy_a just_a and_o sober_a life_n be_v mortify_v and_o cease_v 4._o but_o such_o infirmity_n as_o you_o call_v venial_a sin_n continue_v and_o all_o our_o goodness_n be_v culpable_o imperfect_a 5._o though_o the_o destructive_a punishment_n be_v pardon_v the_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la in_o se_fw-la continue_v for_o ever_o that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o everlasting_a truth_n that_o we_o once_o sin_v 6._o our_o pardon_n and_o our_o renovation_n be_v free_o give_v we_o by_o grace_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o satisfaction_n merit_n and_o intercession_n of_o christ_n who_o perfect_a righteousness_n fulfil_v that_o law_n that_o man_n have_v break_v 7._o in_o which_o sense_n his_o perfect_a righteousness_n be_v say_v by_o protestant_n to_o be_v impute_v to_o we_o because_o he_o do_v it_o and_o suffer_v for_o we_o in_o the_o person_n of_o a_o mediator_n and_o so_o it_o be_v the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o our_o justification_n grace_n and_o glory_n and_o what_o have_v any_o papist_n or_o other_o wrangler_n against_o any_o of_o this_o yeâ—_n we_o reject_v their_o loose_a doctrine_n that_o say_v as_o pot._n as_o joseph_n theol._n spec._n l._n 4._o c._n 10._o p._n 511._o de_fw-fr potentia_fw-la absoluta_fw-la gratia_n habitualis_fw-la potest_fw-la simul_fw-la esse_fw-la iâ—_n eodeâ—_n subjecto_fw-la mean_v in_o a_o predominant_a degree_n cum_fw-la peccato_fw-la mortali_fw-la sive_fw-la actuali_fw-la sive_fw-la habituali_fw-la for_o as_o i_o say_v before_o against_o okam_n and_o scotus_n on_o that_o point_n they_o be_v inconsistent_a contrary_n as_o life_n and_o not-living_a light_a and_o darkness_n and_o their_o proof_n of_o the_o contrary_n be_v frivolous_a see_v scot._n in_o 4._o d._n 16._o aliac_n in_o 1._o 99_o greg._n armin._n in_o 1._o
our_o tongue_n from_o accustom_a vain_a word_n to_o restrain_v strong_a passion_n upon_o great_a provocation_n especial_o to_o forsake_v sin_n of_o privation_n and_o omission_n such_o as_o be_v unbelief_n as_o mix_v with_o a_o weak_a faith_n and_o fear_v mix_v with_o hope_n and_o coldness_n of_o desire_n and_o prayer_n and_o sluggishness_n of_o labour_n and_o endeavour_v etc._n etc._n a_o man_n may_v be_v true_o willing_a to_o be_v strong_a in_o all_o grace_n and_o to_o do_v all_o duty_n better_o and_o to_o forsake_v all_o such_o sin_n as_o these_o when_o yet_o through_o the_o mere_a weakness_n of_o his_o grace_n or_o spiritual_a life_n he_o can_v so_o exact_o watch_v nor_o so_o diligent_o labour_n nor_o so_o patient_o hold_v out_o as_o the_o case_n require_v though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o physical_a but_o a_o moral_a power_n which_o he_o want_v and_o that_o culpable_o yet_o such_o sin_n may_v more_o consist_v with_o true_a grace_n than_o the_o former_a and_o therefore_o be_v call_v â—â—â—s_n of_o infirmity_n 317._o 13._o when_o ignorance_n of_o truth_n duty_n or_o sin_n come_v from_o a_o â—willingness_n to_o know_v it_o or_o a_o unwillingness_n to_o use_v the_o know_v mean_a â—_z help_n we_o to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o it_o the_o neglect_n of_o such_o a_o unknown_a â—ruth_n or_o duty_n and_o the_o commit_n of_o such_o a_o unknown_a sin_n be_v to_o be_v â—dged_v of_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o foresay_a willingness_n or_o unwillingness_n 318._o 14._o for_o he_o be_v not_o sincere_o willing_a to_o know_v a_o truth_n to_o do_v a_o â—uty_n to_o forsake_v a_o sin_n who_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o use_v the_o know_v necessary_a beau_n appoint_v for_o these_o end_n for_o he_o vilifi_v god_n and_o holiness_n who_o â—inketh_v they_o not_o worthy_a the_o seek_n by_o such_o mean_n to_o say_v will_v love_v god_n and_o please_v he_o and_o be_v save_v if_o i_o can_v do_v it_o â—ith_v a_o wish_n or_o without_o these_o mean_n be_v no_o save_v desire_n 119._o 15._o and_o to_o desire_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o sin_n and_o to_o hate_v it_o â—_o sin_n and_o yet_o to_o love_v it_o for_o the_o pleasure_n so_o much_o more_o as_o that_o the_o â—terest_n of_o god_n and_o heaven_n in_o we_o be_v not_o strong_a enough_o to_o make_v we_o habitual_o willing_a both_o to_o leave_v it_o and_o to_o avoid_v the_o temptation_n and_o â—se_v the_o pleasure_n but_o man_n have_v rather_o keep_v it_o than_o leave_v it_o on_o these_o â—rms_n this_o be_v no_o sincere_a repentance_n nor_o sign_n of_o a_o holy_a heart_n or_o life_n 320._o 16._o even_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o particular_a lesser_a sin_n as_o of_o jest_n â—â—le_a word_n idle_a thought_n etc._n etc._n may_v be_v strong_a than_o the_o contrary_n particular_a habit_n i_o think_v and_o thereby_o a_o man_n may_v habitual_o and_o actual_o live_v use_v die_v in_o the_o sin_n and_o yet_o that_o habit_n not_o prevail_v against_o the_o radical_a â—â—bit_n of_o holiness_n of_o faith_n hope_n love_n and_o obedience_n in_o the_o â—â—ain_n 321._o 17._o a_o present_a full_a resolution_n against_o sin_n that_o be_v great_a and_o of_o â—ie_v desertion_n to_o a_o willing_a mind_n be_v essential_a to_o repentance_n as_o be_v also_o a_o â—â—esent_a resolution_n for_o great_a and_o necessary_a duty_n and_o to_o forsake_v some_o â—â—aller_a sin_n though_o it_o be_v necessary_a necessitate_v praecepti_fw-la i_o think_v be_v not_o essential_a to_o save_a conversion_n and_o repentance_n and_o necessary_a necessitate_v â—edii_fw-la to_o salvation_n 322._o 18._o he_o that_o commit_v a_o gross_a sin_n that_o be_v a_o sin_n evident_o â—reat_a and_o in_o the_o power_n of_o a_o willing_a mind_n to_o forbear_v so_o often_o as_o â—oth_v show_v that_o habitual_o he_o more_o love_v it_o than_o hate_v it_o and_o have_v â—ther_o keep_v it_o than_o leave_v it_o do_v show_v thereby_o that_o all_o his_o profess_a repentance_n for_o it_o be_v unsound_a and_o his_o heart_n unsanctified_a and_o that_o he_o â—ath_v yet_o no_o actual_a pardon_n from_o god_n 323._o therefore_o those_o among_o the_o papist_n who_o absolve_v such_o from_o their_o â—ns_n who_o commit_v fornication_n or_o drunkenness_n once_o a_o month_n at_o least_o â—r_o once_o in_o many_o month_n or_o often_o and_o come_v between_o and_o say_v i_o repent_v â—o_o but_o delude_v they_o for_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o sin_n be_v such_o that_o he_o that_o â—_o convert_v to_o a_o habitual_a hatred_n of_o they_o more_o than_o he_o have_v a_o love_n â—o_o they_o can_v return_v to_o they_o so_o oft_o and_o he_o that_o do_v not_o so_o hate_v â—hem_fw-mi do_v not_o true_o repent_v and_o even_o their_o hildebrand_n greg._n 7._o â—â—_o a_o council_n at_o rome_n express_o say_v that_o neither_o false_a baptism_n nor_o falseâ—a_n â—a_z feign_v and_o unsound_a repentance_n do_v put_v away_o sin_n 324._o 19_o the_o chief_a trial_n of_o a_o man_n holiness_n and_o repentance_n be_v by_o â—he_n main_a scope_n and_o business_n of_o his_o life_n especial_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n â—nd_v next_o in_o the_o oppositive_a when_o a_o man_n be_v conscious_a that_o god_n and_o hoâ—iness_n and_o heaven_n be_v his_o great_a end_n which_o be_v dear_a to_o he_o and_o more_o powerful_a with_o he_o than_o all_o thing_n sensible_a and_o the_o interest_n of_o the_o flesh_n â—nd_v when_o he_o can_v and_o do_v deliberate_o forsake_v all_o when_o they_o stand_v in_o â—pposition_n to_o or_o competition_n with_o god_n and_o glory_n and_o so_o as_o to_o the_o course_n of_o his_o life_n do_v live_v by_o faith_n and_o not_o by_o sense_n this_o be_v the_o true_a evidence_n of_o true_a conversion_n and_o no_o sin_n be_v damn_v which_o consist_v with_o this_o 325._o 20._o but_o because_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o must_v be_v discern_v not_o only_o by_o present_a sense_n and_o resolution_n but_o by_o practice_n to_o prove_v that_o resolution_n true_a therefore_o no_o man_n can_v be_v certain_a of_o the_o sincerity_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o resolution_n and_o repentance_n but_o by_o the_o practice_n of_o willing_a universal_a obedience_n forsake_v gross_a and_o wilful_a sin_v perform_v â—â—cessary_a duty_n strive_v to_o overcome_v infirmity_n and_o hearty_o desire_v perfect_a holiness_n upon_o term_n of_o mortification_n self-denial_n and_o diligat_n use_v of_o mean_n 326._o therefore_o much_o sin_v will_n at_o least_o breed_v much_o doubtfulness_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o justification_n and_o salvation_n and_o till_o it_o be_v forsake_v no_o such_o certainty_n will_v be_v have_v sect_n xxii_o few_o certain_a of_o salvation_n the_o consequent_n of_o this_o in_o order_n to_o our_o concord_n herein_o 327._o i_o conclude_v therefore_o that_o certainty_n of_o justification_n and_o sincerity_n be_v not_o the_o lot_n of_o the_o weak_a or_o weak_a sort_n of_o christian_n but_o of_o the_o strong_a confirm_a christian_n only_o by_o weak_a christian_n i_o mean_v not_o those_o that_o have_v weak_a natural_a part_n and_o common_a gift_n as_o learning_n memory_n utterance_n etc._n etc._n but_o those_o that_o have_v the_o weak_a faith_n hope_n love_n humility_n etc._n etc._n for_o grace_n be_v not_o certain_o discernible_a 1._o in_o the_o least_o degree_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v little_a in_o action_n 3._o when_o it_o be_v much_o cloud_v and_o oft_o not_o i_o wonder_v that_o worthy_a deodate_v and_o tronchinus_n in_o their_o suffrage_n at_o dort_n say_v pag._n 49_o 50._o notitiam_fw-la sensum_fw-la certitudinem_fw-la istius_fw-la decreti_fw-la deus_fw-la electis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la largitur_fw-la modo_fw-la mensura_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la ipsi_fw-la placet_fw-la ncc_fw-la ullus_fw-la est_fw-la electus_fw-la qui_fw-la aetate_fw-la rationis_fw-la capace_n non_fw-la ante_fw-la mortem_fw-la certissiman_n istius_fw-la decreti_fw-la persuasionem_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la accipiat_fw-la i_o hope_v they_o mean_v but_o a_o effect_n objective_o certain_a the_o many_o text_n cite_v by_o they_o else_o prove_v it_o not_o conquer_v by_o its_o contrary_n but_o only_o when_o 1._o it_o be_v strong_a and_o in_o a_o good_a degree_n 2._o and_o much_o in_o act_n 3._o and_o conquer_v opposition_n 328._o therefore_o few_o christian_n have_v assurance_n at_o the_o first_o or_o of_o a_o considerable_a time_n because_o few_o be_v strong_a at_o first_o 329._o yea_o therefore_o few_o ever_o attain_v to_o certainty_n who_o be_v sincere_a because_o most_o be_v still_o weak_a and_o few_o come_v to_o strength_n and_o a_o great_a degree_n and_o to_o much_o activity_n and_o great_a conquest_n of_o all_o the_o contrary_a sin_n of_o heart_n and_o life_n 330._o this_o be_v the_o case_n about_o certainty_n of_o justification_n as_o to_o the_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n may_v a_o man_n judge_n by_o the_o conveniency_n of_o the_o truth_n it_o will_v draw_v we_o to_o think_v that_o the_o middle_a way_n of_o the_o dominican_n and_o some_o other_o be_v the_o right_n viz._n 1._o that_o
custody_n 2._o that_o the_o confirm_v be_v necessitate_v to_o good_a but_o the_o mere_a persevere_v do_v it_o free_o 3._o that_o confirmation_n be_v only_o a_o more_o intense_a degree_n of_o the_o same_o grace_n 4._o mere_a perseverance_n be_v by_o ordinary_a grace_n with_o god_n custody_n and_o congruous_a mean_n but_o confirmation_n be_v by_o grace_n of_o itself_o most_o effectual_a though_o not_o necessitate_v 5._o that_o confirmation_n be_v by_o a_o participation_n of_o the_o gratia_n et_fw-fr charitas_fw-la patriae_fw-la malderus_n rest_v in_o this_o difference_n that_o the_o confirm_v have_v such_o a_o measure_n of_o divine_a help_n and_o heavenliness_n as_o be_v strong_a than_o the_o strong_a temptation_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o perseverance_n only_o be_v with_o such_o a_o degree_n of_o grace_n as_o will_v not_o serve_v if_o god_n do_v not_o keep_v such_o from_o strong_a temptation_n so_o that_o confirmation_n be_v a_o middle_a state_n between_o mere_a perseverance_n and_o glory_n which_o be_v too_o strong_a for_o he_o for_o 1._o he_o that_o habitual_o prefer_v god_n to_o the_o creature_n and_o his_o life_n may_v yet_o fall_v into_o such_o a_o act_n as_o peter_n do_v and_o by_o act_v contrary_a to_o his_o habitual_a disposition_n and_o resolution_n may_v weaken_v the_o habit_n and_o forfeit_v divine_a assistance_n and_o deserve_v desertion_n 2._o and_o he_o that_o valu_v heaven_n and_o the_o love_n of_o god_n before_o his_o life_n may_v yet_o by_o the_o nearness_n of_o a_o allure_a object_n by_o the_o violence_n of_o sense_n and_o passion_n be_v draw_v to_o a_o fleshly_a sin_n and_o think_v that_o he_o may_v have_v the_o pleasure_n of_o that_o particular_a sin_n without_o lose_v god_n love_n he_o may_v be_v draw_v first_o to_o less_o and_o by_o degree_n to_o great_a 3._o and_o he_o that_o be_v resolve_v for_o god_n and_o glory_n and_o christ_n and_o holiness_n may_v meet_v with_o such_o subtle_a argument_n of_o infidel_n or_o sensualist_n which_o he_o be_v unable_a to_o answer_v and_o consequent_o unable_a to_o overcome_v and_o his_o understanding_n be_v deceive_v his_o will_n may_v follow_v so_o that_o perseverance_n must_v be_v by_o the_o avoid_n of_o temptation_n 345._o the_o great_a sin_n after_o conversion_n which_o be_v true_o repent_v of_o be_v pardon_v by_o god_n and_o must_v be_v pardon_v by_o the_o church_n in_o order_n to_o communion_n if_o the_o manifestation_n of_o repentance_n be_v such_o as_o answer_v the_o end_n the_o signification_n of_o its_o reality_n and_o the_o remove_n of_o the_o scandal_n and_o the_o dishonour_n of_o religion_n of_o the_o church_n and_o of_o christ_n 346._o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n seem_v unpardonable_a by_o the_o text_n though_o the_o papist_n expound_v it_o by_o hardly_o pardonable_o and_o it_o be_v a_o obstinate_a insidelity_n and_o rejection_n of_o christ_n as_o a_o deceiver_n upon_o a_o settle_a conceit_n that_o he_o do_v his_o miracle_n by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n when_o they_o be_v convince_v that_o they_o be_v actual_o do_v and_o so_o a_o blasphemous_a father_n of_o god_n great_a attestation_n upon_o the_o devil_n and_o a_o reject_v his_o last_o witness_n to_o the_o truth_n which_o must_v convince_v those_o that_o ever_o will_v be_v convince_v but_o i_o have_v write_v a_o treatise_n of_o this_o sin_n and_o so_o shall_v pass_v it_o by_o 347._o if_o a_o true_a believer_n shall_v be_v suppose_v to_o fall_v quite_o away_o from_o the_o belief_n of_o christ_n it_o seem_v hard_a to_o imagine_v how_o he_o can_v do_v it_o without_o this_o blaspheme_n the_o divine_a attestation_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o before_o he_o be_v bring_v to_o believe_v and_o it_o seem_v that_o therefore_o heb._n 6._o &_o 10._o this_o apostasy_n be_v make_v the_o same_o with_o the_o unpardonable_a blasphemy_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o yet_o prove_v not_o that_o it_o ever_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o what_o it_o will_v be_v if_o it_o do_v 348._o repentance_n which_o come_v from_o fear_n alone_o without_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n be_v no_o sign_n of_o justification_n nor_o consistent_a with_o it_o nor_o be_v such_o attrition_n sufficient_a to_o forgiveness_n for_o the_o heart_n be_v not_o change_v to_o god_n without_o love_n 349._o though_o where_o there_o be_v more_o love_n to_o the_o creature_n than_o to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o true_a sanctification_n speak_v of_o rational_a and_o not_o of_o sensual_a love_n yet_o where_o there_o be_v more_o fear_n of_o god_n than_o love_n to_o god_n there_o may_v be_v grace_n though_o weak_a so_o be_v it_o god_n be_v love_v above_o the_o creature_n 350._o a_o deathbed_n or_o late_a repentance_n be_v then_o acceptable_a and_o sufficient_a to_o pardon_v when_o it_o be_v the_o heart_n or_o love_n that_o be_v thus_o turn_v from_o the_o creature_n to_o god_n habitual_o so_o that_o if_o the_o person_n do_v recover_v he_o will_v live_v to_o god_n otherwise_o it_o be_v uneffectual_a not_o because_o too_o late_o but_o because_o unsound_a but_o because_o fear_v be_v usual_o the_o principle_n of_o such_o man_n repentance_n it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v suspect_v though_o not_o dispair_v of_o 351._o the_o day_n of_o grace_n be_v never_o pass_v with_o any_o man_n while_o life_n continue_v so_o as_o that_o if_o he_o true_o repent_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v forgive_v for_o that_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o gospel-covenant_n but_o it_o be_v so_o far_o pass_v with_o some_o as_o that_o after_o their_o obstinate_a forfeiture_n the_o mean_n help_v and_o grace_n of_o repentance_n shall_v not_o be_v give_v they_o nor_o bring_v so_o near_o they_o as_o they_o be_v sect_n xxvi_o of_o final_a justification_n and_o how_o paul_n and_o james_n agree_v about_o justification_n by_o work_n 352._o have_v say_v this_o much_o of_o constitutive_a justification_n and_o the_o not-losing_a of_o it_o and_o assurance_n of_o it_o and_o its_o continuance_n and_o touch_v the_o second_o and_o three_o sort_n of_o justification_n sentential_a and_o executive_a as_o they_o be_v here_o in_o the_o way_n i_o need_v not_o say_v much_o of_o they_o as_o after_o this_o life_n because_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o what_o be_v say_v of_o pardon_n and_o justification_n constitutive_a yet_o a_o little_a i_o will_v add_v and_o 1._o at_o death_n a_o particular_a doom_n be_v pass_v on_o the_o soul_n as_o separate_v but_o whether_o only_o by_o execution_n and_o self-conviction_n we_o know_v not_o 353._o the_o resurrection_n as_o such_o be_v a_o common_a effect_n of_o redemption_n in_o right_a antecedent_n to_o man_n well_n or_o ill_o deserve_v and_o therefore_o all_o be_v raise_v 27._o joh._n 5_o 22_o 25_o 26_o 27._o by_o christ_n 354._o the_o justification_n of_o believer_n at_o the_o last_o day_n will_v be_v that_o great_a justification_n to_o which_o all_o that_o go_v before_o be_v but_o mean_n and_o imperfect_a 355._o christ_n will_v be_v here_o both_o judge_n and_o advocate_n and_o as_o both_o justify_v believer_n and_o he_o will_v be_v the_o condemn_a judge_n of_o the_o wicked_a 356._o all_o man_n shall_v be_v then_o judge_v according_a to_o their_o work_n or_o deed_n do_v in_o the_o body_n whether_o good_a or_o evil._n they_o evil._n evil._n evil._n it_o be_v a_o gross_a oversight_n of_o d._n petavius_n elen._n ther._n vincent_n c._n 27._o p._n 110_o 111._o to_o acknowledge_v no_o other_o reatus_fw-la but_o obligation_n ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la when_o as_o there_o be_v 1._o reatus_fw-la facti_fw-la 2._o culpae_fw-la which_o be_v the_o violation_n of_o the_o precept_n 3._o ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la which_o result_v from_o the_o threaten_n and_o worse_o p._n 110._o that_o non_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la culpa_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la voluntate_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la &_o alectione_n committitur_fw-la nec_fw-la imputatur_fw-la in_o culpam_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la deliberatione_n &_o libera_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la electione_n trocedat_fw-la a'as_o that_o god_n law_n must_v be_v thus_o deny_v or_o deprave_a that_o sin_n may_v be_v make_v no_o sin_n and_o so_o to_o need_v no_o christ_n or_o pardon_n cont._n 1._o analogical_o it_o be_v peccatum_fw-la in_o a_o ox_n to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o furrow_n but_o proper_o nothing_o in_o man_n be_v peccatum_fw-la but_o culpa_fw-la and_o all_o break_v a_o law_n be_v culpa_fw-la and_o nothing_o else_o be_v peccatum_fw-la 2._o not_o to_o deliberate_v be_v a_o great_a and_o usual_a sin_n 3._o the_o omission_n of_o the_o will_n election_n or_o intention_n be_v sin_n as_o well_o as_o a_o ill_a election_n woe_n to_o he_o that_o repent_v not_o of_o these_o and_o be_v not_o pardon_v they_o 357._o to_o be_v justify_v then_o will_v not_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v sinless_a as_o be_v aforesaid_a but_o to_o be_v judge_v one_o that_o by_o god_n law_n which_o must_v be_v the_o norma_fw-la judicii_fw-la be_v not_o
still_o depend_v whole_o on_o his_o support_a will_n 3._o god_n concur_v by_o his_o universal_a influx_n to_o its_o act_n 4._o god_n be_v still_o the_o lord_n of_o it_o and_o can_v turn_v it_o as_o he_o please_v and_o over-rule_v it_o to_o his_o end_n and_o have_v put_v no_o act_n of_o we_o from_o under_o his_o power_n but_o he_o willing_o so_o forbear_v his_o own_o further_a operation_n as_o that_o he_o have_v make_v the_o will_n able_a on_o supposition_n of_o his_o foresay_a support_n and_o universal_a influx_n and_o rule_v to_o determine_v itself_o to_o the_o say_a order_n of_o its_o act_n without_o god_n particular_a predetermine_a premotion_n §_o 9_o as_o in_o the_o vital_a and_o intellectual_a faculty_n it_o be_v god_n image_n to_o be_v able_a to_o act_n vital_o and_o to_o understand_v so_o in_o the_o will_v this_o self-determining_a power_n and_o liberty_n and_o imperium_fw-la over_o other_o faculty_n be_v part_n of_o the_o same_o image_n and_o it_o be_v god_n wrong_n and_o dishonour_v â—o_o have_v his_o image_n deny_v and_o dishonour_v and_o therefore_o to_o deny_v this_o power_n of_o the_o will_n be_v as_o much_o a_o disgrace_n of_o god_n image_n as_o to_o deny_v man_n to_o be_v rational_a §_o 10._o god_n make_v man_n such_o a_o intellectual_a free_a agent_n that_o he_o may_v be_v a_o fit_a subject_n for_o sapiential_a moral_a government_n and_o according_o he_o settle_v a_o kingdom_n in_o the_o world_n and_o as_o he_o govern_v mere_a natural_a agent_n by_o natural_a motion_n so_o he_o govern_v man_n as_o a_o moral_a agent_n by_o law_n and_o moral_a mean_n and_o motion_n for_o he_o rule_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o nature_n §_o 11._o yet_o as_o man_n even_o his_o will_n be_v quid_fw-la naturals_n as_o the_o subject_n of_o his_o morality_n and_o as_o aquinas_n oft_o say_v ipsa_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la so_o god_n do_v by_o natural_a agency_n and_o causation_n continue_v and_o actuate_v man_n as_o natural_a that_o so_o he_o may_v govern_v he_o moral_o in_o the_o rest_n even_o in_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o his_o acts._n §_o 12._o when_o man_n say_v that_o the_o will_n be_v free_a from_o co-action_n they_o mean_v not_o all_o the_o same_o thing_n by_o co-action_n some_o mean_v nothing_o but_o that_o willing_a be_v not_o nill_v or_o that_o god_n do_v not_o make_v it_o to_o be_v unwilling_a and_o willing_a of_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o the_o same_o respect_n at_o the_o same_o instant_n that_o be_v god_n cause_v not_o contradiction_n it_o be_v impossible_a and_o so_o with_o the_o predeâ—erminants_n usual_o to_o will_n and_o to_o will_v free_o signify_v the_o very_a same_o and_o if_o this_o be_v all_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n then_o to_o move_v it_o as_o natural_o as_o a_o stone_n be_v move_v to_o hate_n god_n to_o will_v all_o sin_n and_o will_v all_o duty_n so_o as_o that_o it_o can_v no_o more_o do_v otherwise_o than_o make_v a_o world_n be_v no_o abatement_n of_o its_o liberty_n because_o it_o be_v volition_n and_o nolition_n which_o be_v the_o act_n that_o it_o be_v move_v to_o whether_o by_o god_n or_o satan_n §_o 13._o but_o i_o yet_o see_v not_o why_o it_o may_v not_o as_o proper_o be_v call_v coaction_n to_o move_v the_o will_n by_o physical_a necessitation_n to_o will_v oâ—_n will_v as_o to_o move_v the_o intellect_n to_o understand_v or_o to_o move_v any_o natural_a agent_n §_o 14._o if_o you_o say_v that_o the_o word_n coaction_n import_v reluctancy_n oâ—_n unwillingness_n or_o opposition_n i_o confess_v with_o scotus_n that_o potentia_n passive_a be_v well_o distinguish_v into_o naturalem_fw-la neutram_fw-la violentam_fw-la and_o that_o the_o word_n coaction_n may_v be_v so_o strict_o take_v as_o to_o signify_v no_o motion_n but_o of_o a_o violated_a patient_n and_o so_o it_o be_v but_o lis_fw-fr de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la but_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n oâ—â—_n natural_a and_o neutral_a patient_n be_v the_o same_o thing_n what_o name_n soever_o you_o call_v it_o by_o and_o they_o that_o acknowledge_v the_o pravity_n of_o the_o will_n and_o its_o corrâ—pt_a averseness_n to_o god_n and_o spiritual_a good_a must_v needs_o by_o this_o rule_n make_v god_n gracious_a change_n by_o predetermination_n to_o be_v a_o coaction_n as_o be_v the_o motion_n of_o a_o contrary_o dispose_v patient_a contrary_o i_o say_v iâ—_n instanti_fw-la priore_fw-la for_o the_o motus_fw-la be_v suppose_v to_o change_v its_o disposition_n and_o act_n at_o once_o but_o if_o still_o they_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a in_o eodem_fw-la instanti_fw-la and_o that_o be_v its_o liberty_n i_o say_v then_o if_o the_o devil_n have_v power_n as_o easy_o to_o effect_v by_o physical_a premotion_n a_o hatred_n of_o god_n and_o will_n to_o sin_n in_o all_o man_n as_o i_o can_v move_v my_o pen_n it_o be_v no_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n and_o so_o man_n liberty_n differ_v not_o from_o a_o beast_n or_o from_o a_o plant_n indeed_o but_o only_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o act_n one_o will_v when_o the_o other_o do_v but_o appeâ—erâ—_n but_o all_o by_o the_o like_a physical_a unresistible_a efficiency_n from_o other_o cauâ—es_n this_o be_v but_o to_o play_v with_o the_o name_n of_o liberty_n §_o 15._o we_o take_v not_o this_o liberty_n to_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o all_o kind_n of_o necessity_n as_o be_v open_v before_o in_o the_o table_n of_o liberty_n §_o 16._o nor_o do_v we_o confound_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o liberty_n as_o the_o say_a table_n show_v 1._o a_o political_a liberty_n from_o restraint_n of_o law_n be_v one_o thing_n not_o question_v in_o these_o dispute_n 2._o and_o a_o moral_a or_o holy_a liberty_n from_o vice_n or_o sinful_a disposition_n and_o act_n be_v another_o 3._o but_o it_o be_v the_o natural_a liberty_n of_o man_n will_n on_o earth_n that_o we_o speak_v of_o §_o 17._o so_o far_o as_o any_o man_n be_v vicious_a he_o want_v the_o moral_a liberty_n of_o his_o will_n and_o so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v virtuous_a and_o sanctify_a he_o have_v it_o that_o be_v his_o will_n be_v so_o far_o free_v from_o sin_n §_o 18._o we_o take_v not_o liberty_n of_o will_n to_o consist_v in_o neutrality_n white_n neutrality_n neutrality_n neutrality_n see_v fr._n macâ—do_n against_o white_n of_o disposition_n or_o mere_a indifferency_n for_o the_o will_n act_v free_o when_o it_o act_v according_a to_o its_o inclination_n and_o habit_n with_o the_o great_a propensity_n yea_o constancy_n of_o self-determination_n §_o 19_o we_o take_v not_o the_o indetermination_n of_o the_o will_v to_o be_v its_o perfection_n but_o its_o natural_a imperfection_n but_o such_o as_o god_n have_v make_v it_o in_o in_o this_o world_n where_o all_o his_o creature_n have_v not_o the_o same_o perfection_n necessitation_n perfection_n perfection_n perfection_n therefore_o we_o do_v with_o judicious_a strangius_n distinguish_v the_o essential_a liberty_n which_o be_v self-determination_n according_a to_o reason_n from_o that_o liberty_n of_o indifferency_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o predetermination_n and_o necessitation_n §_o 20._o therefore_o though_o god_n have_v think_v this_o indeterminate_a self-determining_a will_n to_o be_v fit_a for_o a_o viator_n in_o his_o trial_n and_o preparation_n for_o felicity_n yet_o perfection_n consist_v in_o the_o most_o determinate_a state_n of_o love_n with_o the_o great_a necessity_n which_o proceed_v from_o the_o perfect_v nature_n of_o man_n and_o the_o full_a communication_n of_o love_n from_o god_n which_o we_o hope_v to_o have_v in_o heaven_n for_o ever_o and_o he_o be_v best_o on_o earth_n who_o be_v near_a to_o this_o state_n sect_n xii_o somewhat_o more_o of_o predetermination_n with_o a_o answer_n to_o dr._n twisse_n §_o 1._o though_o i_o remit_v the_o controversy_n of_o etc._n of_o of_o of_o i_o remit_v the_o reader_n to_o strangius_n against_o the_o necessity_n of_o predetermination_n percipere_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la statui_fw-la possit_fw-la deum_fw-la causas_fw-la liberas_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la actus_fw-la intrinsice_n malos_fw-la physice_n praedeterminare_fw-la quin_fw-la inde_fw-la sequatur_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la peccati_fw-la authorem_fw-la etc._n etc._n le_fw-fr blank_n thes_n 56._o de_fw-la concursu_fw-la etc._n etc._n predetermination_n to_o a_o peculiar_a full_a disputation_n on_o that_o subject_n yet_o this_o touch_n in_o transitu_fw-la i_o shall_v give_v here_o 1._o it_o be_v not_o god_n mere_a volition_n or_o decree_n of_o the_o event_n that_o we_o speak_v of_o but_o his_o physical_a motion_n 2._o creature_n 2._o 2._o 2._o it_o be_v strange_a the_o dominican_n be_v for_o burn_v and_o torment_v man_n for_o that_o which_o they_o hold_v god_n do_v do_v in_o they_o and_o by_o they_o and_o necessitate_n they_o to_o see_v braâ—wardine_n li._n 3._o c._n 1_o 2._o â—â—â—od_a deus_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la necessitat_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la creatam_fw-la ad_fw-la quemlibet_fw-la liberum_fw-la actum_fw-la suum_fw-la
that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o contend_v about_o name_n §_o 20._o though_o a_o mere_a indifferent_a faculty_n be_v as_o dr._n twisse_n say_v rather_o to_o be_v call_v nature_n than_o grace_n yet_o it_o be_v grace_n 1_o which_o give_v a_o gracious_a object_n to_o that_o faculty_n though_o thereby_o it_o be_v still_o but_o a_o undetermined_a power_n 2._o and_o it_o be_v more_o grace_n which_o take_v off_o some_o vicious_a ill-disposition_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o give_v it_o some_o more_o disposition_n to_o believe_v though_o but_o so_o much_o as_o common_a grace_n do_v give_v §_o 21._o it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a power_n that_o god_n give_v man_n to_o repent_v and_o believe_v but_o a_o power_n accompany_v with_o many_o gracious_a helpâ—_n and_o mean_n to_o determine_v it_o aright_o of_o which_o before_o §_o 22._o he_o that_o will_v not_o use_v such_o power_n and_o mean_n do_v thereby_o forfeit_v further_a grace_n grace_n grace_n grace_n grace_n brianson_n in_o 4._o q._n 8._o cor._n 3._o fol._n 152._o maintain_v i._o quod_fw-la ad_fw-la obtinendam_fw-la eratiam_fw-la necessario_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la homâ—nis_fw-la praecedit_fw-la aliqua_fw-la dispositio_fw-la 2._o quod_fw-la talem_fw-la dispositioâ—em_fw-la homo_fw-la per_fw-la selpsum_fw-la potest_fw-la si_fw-la vult_fw-la in_o se_fw-la inducere_fw-la praesuppositâ_fw-la influentiâ_fw-la gâ—nâ—ali_fw-la dâ—i_fw-la 3._o quo_fw-la l_o talis_fw-la dispositio_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la hominis_fw-la nullam_fw-la inducit_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la introductionis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la sed_fw-la totum_fw-la fit_a merâ_fw-la gratuitâ_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la but_o the_o second_o must_v be_v do_v by_o common_a prepare_v grace_n however_o god_n do_v not_o always_o take_v the_o forfeiture_n and_o will_v not_o of_o his_o elect_a to_o their_o destruction_n but_o do_v pardon_v they_o §_o 23._o by_o all_o this_o it_o appear_v 1._o that_o all_o man_n have_v a_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n enable_v to_o all_o that_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n so_o far_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o want_n of_o a_o proper_a natural_a power_n that_o shall_v necessitate_v they_o to_o sin_n and_o perish_v 2._o that_o this_o power_n be_v by_o vice_n undisposed_a to_o believe_v etc._n etc._n 3._o that_o it_o have_v some_o indisposition_n to_o all_o that_o virtue_n or_o moral_a good_a which_o tend_v to_o salvation_n 4._o that_o it_o be_v not_o equal_o undisposed_a to_o all_o such_o good_n 5._o that_o its_o indisposition_n to_o some_o mean_n of_o recovery_n be_v no_o great_a than_o what_o may_v be_v overcome_v by_o god_n commoner_n sort_n of_o grace_n 6._o that_o this_o commoner_n grace_n be_v not_o herein_o ever_o so_o effectual_a as_o that_o all_o that_o receive_v it_o do_v all_o the_o good_a that_o they_o can_v do_v by_o it_o even_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n nor_o all_o that_o some_o other_o do_v that_o have_v no_o more_o help_n but_o the_o wilful_a negligence_n of_o the_o receiver_n or_o his_o diversion_n or_o resistance_n frequent_o frustrate_v it_o though_o not_o always_o 7._o that_o the_o right_a use_n of_o this_o commoner_n grace_n in_o the_o use_n of_o the_o foresay_a mean_n be_v a_o way_n appoint_v by_o god_n himself_o and_o not_o in_o vain_a by_o and_o in_o which_o man_n may_v be_v make_v fit_a to_o receive_v that_o special_a grace_n which_o will_v call_v they_o save_o to_o believe_v 8._o that_o no_o man_n be_v deny_v that_o special_a grace_n that_o deserve_v it_o not_o by_o the_o abuse_n of_o common_a grace_n how_o the_o caâ—e_n of_o infant_n depend_v on_o the_o parent_n i_o must_v not_o instance_n as_o oft_o as_o the_o exception_n of_o wrangler_n require_v it_o 9_o and_o therefore_o no_o man_n be_v condemn_v for_o want_n of_o natural_a power_n as_o such_o but_o only_o for_o want_v of_o stir_v up_o his_o natural_a power_n by_o those_o help_n of_o grace_n by_o which_o he_o may_v have_v do_v it_o and_o for_o want_v of_o that_o further_a good_a faith_n love_n obedience_n which_o by_o the_o help_n reject_v he_o may_v have_v be_v bring_v up_o to_o have_v he_o not_o wilful_o neglect_v the_o power_n and_o help_n which_o he_o have_v 10._o yea_o usual_o god_n long_o wait_v patient_o on_o sinner_n with_o the_o tender_v of_o mercy_n while_o they_o reject_v it_o before_o he_o utter_o forsake_v they_o sect_n fourteen_o whether_o the_o give_v of_o faith_n be_v a_o act_n of_o omnipotency_n and_o a_o proper_a creation_n and_o a_o miracle_n §_o 1._o the_o reader_n must_v pardon_v i_o for_o trouble_v he_o with_o such_o frivolous_a question_n about_o name_n see_v unhappy_a theologue_n have_v make_v it_o necessary_a a_o act_n of_o omnipotency_n have_v several_a sense_n est_fw-la creation_n be_v a_o ambiguous_a word_n pet._n de_fw-fr alliaeo_n in_o 4._o q._n 1._o g._n tell_v we_o of_o four_o ordinary_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n 1._o facere_fw-la aliquod_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la 2._o facere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la agente_fw-la quod_fw-la potest_fw-la hoc_fw-la sine_fw-la causali_fw-la influxu_fw-la materiae_fw-la vel_fw-la subjecti_fw-la 3._o facere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la sire_n concursu_fw-la causali_fw-la seu_fw-la influru_fw-la materiae_fw-la vel_fw-la subjecti_fw-la sine_fw-la subjecto_fw-la praesupposito_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la illud_fw-la fiat_fw-la 4._o facere_fw-la aliquid_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la noâ—_n esse_fw-la absque_fw-la agente_fw-la se_fw-la solo_fw-la causante_fw-la &_o sine_fw-la concursu_fw-la alterius_fw-la causae_fw-la efficientâ—_n malderus_n 1._o 2._o qu._n 113._o a._n 9_o p._n 578._o ex_fw-la tho._n &_o august_n justificatio_fw-la impii_fw-la est_fw-la maximum_fw-la opus_fw-la dei._n secundum_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la tam_fw-la magnum_fw-la est_fw-la angelos_n justos_fw-la câ—eare_n sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la quantitatem_fw-la proportionis_fw-la majus_fw-la est_fw-la impios_fw-la justificare_fw-la quia_fw-la major_n est_fw-la diâ—properti_fw-la impii_fw-la ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quam_fw-la justi_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la sicut_fw-la ex_fw-la plebeio_fw-la creare_fw-la ducem_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la deuce_fw-la regem_fw-la aug._n tr._n 72._o in_o joh._n justis_n create_v &_o impios_fw-la justificare_fw-la aequalis_fw-la potentiae_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la major_a be_v misericordiae_fw-la est_fw-la 1._o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v whether_o omnipotency_n be_v the_o agent_n principle_n it_o be_v past_a dispute_n for_o it_o be_v all_o one_o as_o to_o ask_v whether_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o god_n god_n have_v no_o power_n but_o omnipotency_n that_o be_v perfect_a power_n 2._o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v whether_o the_o give_v of_o faith_n be_v a_o adequate_a effect_n of_o omnipotency_n it_o be_v also_o negative_o past_o doubt_n though_o those_o that_o take_v god_n to_o be_v but_o anima_fw-la mundi_fw-la say_v that_o either_o the_o world_n be_v infinite_a or_o that_o god_n be_v not_o infinite_a as_o think_v the_o world_n to_o be_v his_o adequate_a effect_n yet_o christian_n be_v common_o agree_v that_o god_n have_v no_o adequate_a effect_n even_o the_o make_n of_o the_o universe_n the_o give_v of_o christ_n and_o the_o glorify_v of_o the_o church_n which_o be_v the_o high_a effect_n of_o his_o power_n wisdom_n and_o love_n be_v not_o adequate_a effect_n for_o nothing_o but_o another_o god_n can_v be_v a_o adequate_a effect_n of_o god_n and_o another_o god_n be_v a_o contradiction_n §_o 2._o 3._o but_o if_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o question_n be_v only_o comparative_a as_o 1._o whether_o omnipotency_n be_v more_o eminent_a in_o the_o give_n of_o faith_n than_o wisdom_n and_o love_n or_o goodness_n 2._o or_o whether_o omnipotency_n be_v more_o eminent_a in_o give_v faith_n than_o other_o work_n of_o god_n they_o be_v both_o needless_a question_n and_o to_o the_o first_o i_o say_v no_o to_o the_o second_o those_o other_o work_v of_o god_n must_v be_v name_v and_o compare_v by_o the_o presumptuous_a that_o have_v no_o safe_a work_n to_o do_v §_o 3._o 4._o if_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o give_v of_o faith_n be_v so_o great_a a_o work_n that_o no_o power_n below_o omnipotency_n can_v suffice_v to_o do_v it_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v a_o presumptuous_a paltry_a question_n of_o rash_a man_n but_o yet_o if_o it_o must_v be_v answer_v it_o must_v be_v negative_o because_o as_o omnipotence_n be_v more_o illustrious_a in_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n than_o in_o cause_v a_o man_n to_o believe_v so_o christian_n agree_v that_o the_o world_n itself_o as_o i_o say_v be_v not_o a_o adequate_a effect_n of_o omnipotency_n which_o make_v so_o many_o of_o the_o subtle_a schoolman_n conclude_v that_o god_n can_v not_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v omnipotent_a by_o the_o whole_a creationâ—as_v â—as_z such_o be_v it_o not_o further_o to_o be_v gather_v from_o the_o notice_n of_o his_o perfection_n which_o be_v false_a if_o by_o omnipotence_n they_o mean_v only_o a_o power_n that_o can_v do_v all_o that_o be_v do_v but_o they_o mean_v a_o infinite_a power_n which_o they_o say_v must_v be_v so_o see_v in_o
some_o of_o you_o will_v grant_v that_o as_o motion_n cause_v motion_n by_o contact_n of_o body_n so_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n can_v cause_v the_o second_o and_o other_o of_o you_o will_v deny_v it_o and_o say_v that_o god_n action_n be_v diversify_v only_o by_o the_o diversity_n of_o effect_n and_o object_n that_o which_o cause_v the_o second_o effect_n be_v to_o be_v denominate_v a_o second_o action_n and_o not_o the_o same_o numerical_o which_o cause_v the_o first_o no_o nor_o specifical_o if_o the_o effect_n specifical_o differ_v and_o so_o as_o scholastic_a wit_n here_o exercise_v their_o curiosity_n without_o respect_n to_o arminianism_n or_o calvinism_n you_o will_v here_o fall_v into_o notional_a controversy_n in_o the_o way_n §_o 20._o 2._o but_o grant_v that_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v that_o efficacious_a grace_n which_o must_v cause_v the_o second_o how_o shall_v we_o know_v what_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v and_o what_o the_o second_o god_n grace_n like_o the_o sun_n be_v still_o shine_v though_o we_o be_v not_o still_o receive_v it_o when_o it_o work_v but_o the_o commoner_n sort_n of_o effect_n these_o tend_v to_o more_o and_o more_o the_o first_o gracious_a effect_n may_v be_v forty_o year_n before_o conversion_n but_o this_o be_v not_o your_o meaning_n but_o i_o suppose_v you_o will_v say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o first_o special_a effect_n or_o gratia_fw-la operata_fw-la that_o be_v proper_a to_o the_o save_v which_o you_o mean_v but_o to_o pass_v by_o that_o augustine_n prosper_n fulgentius_n much_o more_o their_o predecessor_n hold_v that_o sincere_a faith_n love_n holiness_n justification_n present_a right_n to_o life_n if_o they_o so_o die_v be_v not_o proper_a to_o the_o save_v but_o that_o some_o lose_v all_o these_o if_o you_o say_v but_o proper_a to_o the_o justify_v or_o sanctify_v or_o convert_v or_o it_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n which_o be_v proprium_fw-la justificandis_fw-la which_o you_o mean_v be_v we_o agree_v what_o that_o be_v §_o 21._o either_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o the_o soul_n or_o the_o first_o gratia_n operata_fw-la be_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n itself_o or_o somewhat_o antecedent_n if_o the_o act_n as_o many_o subtle_o maintain_v than_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a question_n to_o ask_v whether_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v effectual_a to_o cause_v itself_o and_o how_o therefore_o it_o must_v be_v somewhat_o antecedent_n or_o we_o can_v find_v no_o matter_n for_o our_o controversy_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la gratiae_n ad_fw-la credendum_fw-la §_o 22._o if_o somewhat_o antecedent_n to_o the_o act_n it_o be_v either_o a_o disposition_n or_o infuse_v habit_n or_o a_o impression_n impulse_n or_o influx_n which_o be_v neither_o disposition_n nor_o habit._n afficimur_fw-la habit._n habit._n habit._n dico_fw-la 1._o non_fw-la certo_fw-la constare_fw-la ex_fw-la divinis_fw-la literis_fw-la esse_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la habitus_n supernaturale_n 2._o at_o baptizatis_fw-la infunditur_fw-la gratia_n â—o_z sensu_fw-la quod_fw-la efficiuntur_fw-la dâ—o_fw-la grati_fw-la &_o consortes_fw-la divinae_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o renati_fw-la 3._o conceditur_fw-la dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la velimuâ—_n diligamus_fw-la per_fw-la inspirationem_fw-la &_o infusionem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la 4._o dei_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la desuper_fw-la infusum_fw-la est_fw-la omnino_fw-la necessarium_fw-la ut_fw-la credamus_fw-la diligamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la facilius_fw-la credamus_fw-la medina_n in_o 12._o q._n 51._o p._n 282._o see_v many_o definition_n of_o a_o habit_n confute_v in_o medina_n 1._o 2._o p._n 271._o and_o that_o which_o he_o rest_v in_o be_v aristotle_n qualitas_fw-la quâ_fw-la rectè_fw-la vel_fw-la malè_fw-la afficimur_fw-la §_o 23._o 1._o a_o proper_a habit_n of_o faith_n it_o be_v not_o though_o mr._n pemble_n singular_o seem_v so_o to_o think_v yet_o he_o mean_v but_o a_o seminal_a disposition_n and_o it_o be_v common_o hold_v that_o the_o habit_n be_v give_v by_o sanctification_n after_o the_o act_n give_v in_o vocation_n 2._o but_o if_o it_o be_v otherwise_o the_o habit_n be_v not_o always_o sufficient_a to_o ascertain_v the_o act._n for_o holy_a man_n oft_o sin_n against_o a_o habit_n and_o believer_n do_v not_o always_o exercise_v it_o habit_n incline_v per_fw-mi modum_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o do_v not_o certain_o determine_v to_o the_o act_n 3._o and_o of_o a_o disposition_n it_o must_v be_v so_o say_v much_o more_o §_o 24._o 2._o and_o if_o it_o be_v a_o impulse_n or_o influxus_fw-la receptus_n as_o i_o think_v we_o must_v affirm_v this_o be_v but_o a_o general_a notion_n of_o which_o our_o understanding_n be_v very_o crude_a or_o small_a a_o mere_a motus_fw-la it_o be_v not_o for_o as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o divine_a influx_n be_v threefold_a viz._n from_o vital-activity_n or_o power_n wisdom_n and_o love_n to_o life_n light_n and_o love_n in_o man_n now_o as_o i_o say_v if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o impulse_n beside_o the_o life_n light_n and_o love_n produce_v our_o controversy_n be_v at_o a_o end_n for_o these_o be_v not_o efficacious_a or_o efficient_a of_o themselves_o but_o if_o such_o a_o different_a impulse_n there_o be_v it_o be_v hard_a to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v in_o man_n i_o conceive_v it_o best_o express_v by_o all_o these_o inadequate_a notion_n conjunct_a 1._o a_o inward_a urgency_n to_o this_o threefold_a act_n which_o be_v call_v in_o the_o school_n both_o auxilium_fw-la concourse_n and_o influx_n 2._o by_o which_o urgency_n the_o soul_n be_v more_o dispose_a to_o the_o act_n in_o hoc_fw-la ordine_fw-la than_o it_o be_v before_o 3._o which_o disposition_n contain_v in_o it_o a_o moral_a power_n to_o that_o act_n so_o order_v and_o somewhat_o more_o even_o some_o inclination_n to_o perform_v it_o if_o any_o man_n can_v tell_v i_o better_o what_o that_o divine_a impulse_n be_v which_o be_v antecedent_n to_o man_n act_n i_o be_o willing_a to_o learn_v §_o 25._o now_o if_o this_o be_v the_o question_n whether_o this_o divine_a impulse_n which_o be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n spirit_n be_v of_o its_o own_o nature_n efficacious_a to_o produce_v it_o according_a to_o jansenius_n the_o first_o grace_n be_v necessary_a delectation_n or_o love_n in_o act_n before_o that_o which_o be_v free_a and_o full_a and_o if_o so_o then_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n cause_v this_o grace_n and_o so_o none_o to_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o this_o question_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o or_o less_o sufficient_a or_o effectual_a operate_a or_o cooperate_a grace_n which_o make_v one_o man_n love_n god_n initial_o rather_o than_o another_o for_o it_o be_v no_o grace_n bâ—_n god_n essential_a will_n this_o love_n be_v the_o first_o grace_n and_o no_o receive_a impulse_n antecedent_n to_o it_o our_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o second_o effect_n i_o answer_v 1._o sometime_o god_n impulse_n be_v so_o great_a as_o propriâ_fw-la vi_fw-la do_v change_v mind_n and_o will_n and_o overcome_v resistance_n and_o procure_v our_o act_n 2._o sometime_o it_o be_v so_o strong_a as_o that_o it_o prevail_v against_o the_o contrary_a ill-disposition_n so_o far_o as_o to_o give_v man_n a_o moral_a power_n to_o the_o act_n with_o some_o inclination_n which_o yet_o contrary_a habit_n and_o temptation_n do_v overcome_v and_o the_o act_n do_v not_o follow_v which_o yet_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o and_o this_o be_v call_v sufficient_a grace_n 3._o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o as_o in_o some_o instance_n god_n great_a impress_n be_v the_o chief_a difference_v cause_n so_o in_o other_o instance_n a_o equal_a impulse_n of_o god_n on_o unequal_o dispose_v subject_n do_v produce_v the_o act_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n in_o one_o of_o they_o which_o it_o produce_v not_o in_o the_o other_o through_o the_o incapacity_n of_o the_o recipient_a 4._o therefore_o there_o be_v a_o double_a degree_n of_o efficacy_n or_o vis_fw-fr one_o which_o only_o so_o far_o move_v and_o help_v the_o will_n as_o that_o it_o can_v do_v the_o act_n and_o sometime_o do_v it_o without_o more_o another_o which_o be_v so_o strong_a as_o that_o the_o second_o effect_n always_o follow_v it_o 5._o but_o whenever_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n be_v produce_v by_o force_n or_o impulse_n more_o or_o less_o god_n be_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o man_n but_o the_o second_o and_o the_o praise_n of_o it_o be_v according_o due_a and_o i_o think_v this_o decision_n accommodate_v both_o side_n of_o our_o contender_n §_o 26._o the_o foresay_a impulse_n or_o first_o effect_n be_v only_o the_o work_n of_o god_n and_o the_o mean_n and_o not_o we_o but_o the_o act_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n be_v god_n work_n and_o we_o and_o we_o as_o free-agent_n therefore_o that_o impulse_n of_o god_n which_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a on_o supposition_n of_o man_n due_a reception_n and_o self-excitation_n
10._o and_o 1._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la be_v either_o the_o sin_n itself_o or_o its_o inseparable_a effect_n he_o that_o have_v once_o sin_v be_v relate_v to_o god_n as_o a_o sinner_n and_o a_o infamous_a relation_n such_o as_o of_o a_o rebel_n a_o rogue_n a_o murderer_n etc._n etc._n be_v no_o small_a evil_n in_o all_o sound_a man_n esteem_n §_o 11._o 2._o sin_n be_v the_o deformity_n disorder_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o its_o habit_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o vicious_a nature_n it_o be_v the_o nature_n of_o devil_n to_o be_v exceed_o malignant_a rebellious_a and_o at_o enmity_n with_o god_n and_o spiritual_a goodness_n to_o have_v a_o nature_n or_o disposition_n which_o be_v averse_a to_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v its_o own_o end_n delight_n and_o happiness_n and_o a_o wise_a man_n will_v rather_o be_v annihilate_v than_o turn_v into_o a_o toad_n a_o snake_n or_o adder_n though_o their_o nature_n be_v not_o offensive_a to_o themselves_o how_o much_o more_o will_v he_o rather_o be_v annihilate_v than_o become_v a_o devil_n wicked_a man_n be_v like_a to_o devil_n than_o they_o be_v aware_a of_o they_o love_v not_o god_n and_o holiness_n nay_o they_o have_v a_o malignant_a enmity_n to_o he_o which_o make_v they_o so_o averse_a to_o all_o that_o be_v holy_a in_o their_o life_n and_o to_o be_v such_o persecutor_n and_o hater_n of_o good_a man_n so_o that_o the_o scripture_n call_v their_o wisdom_n devilish_a yea_o and_o themselves_o flat_a devil_n in_o plain_a word_n and_o the_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n jam._n 3._o 15._o joh._n 8._o 44._o joh._n 6._o 70._o one_o of_o you_o be_v a_o devil_n and_o 13._o 2._o act._n 13._o 10._o thou_o child_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o enemy_n of_o all_o righteousness_n 1_o joh._n 3._o 8_o 10._o he_o that_o commit_v sin_n be_v of_o the_o devil_n therefore_o they_o be_v adjudge_v to_o suffer_v with_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n as_o the_o saint_n shall_v be_v equal_a with_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v a_o saint_n and_o a_o angel_n and_o a_o wicked_a man_n and_o a_o devil_n do_v differ_v less_o than_o be_v common_o think_v on_o now_o what_o sober_a man_n will_v not_o rather_o be_v nothing_o than_o be_v a_o devil_n to_o have_v a_o venomous_a malignant_a malicious_a restless_a rebellious_a nature_n at_o enmity_n to_o good_a and_o in_o love_n with_o evil_n and_o who_o be_v it_o that_o make_v man_n to_o be_v such_o not_o god_n but_o themselves_o 1._o be_v it_o not_o a_o great_a calamity_n to_o be_v mad_a wicked_a man_n be_v far_o worse_o and_o they_o make_v themselves_o such_o 2._o be_v it_o not_o a_o great_a misery_n to_o have_v a_o nature_n that_o have_v no_o love_n to_o or_o delight_n in_o health_n cleanliness_n dwell_v food_n friend_n etc._n etc._n but_o hate_v all_o of_o they_o and_o set_v against_o they_o how_o much_o more_o to_o have_v such_o a_o enmity_n to_o god_n and_o holiness_n and_o our_o own_o salvation_n 3._o be_v it_o not_o a_o misery_n to_o have_v a_o nature_n distrustful_a of_o all_o our_o true_a est_fw-la i_o egg_n bradwardine_n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o cor_fw-la 31._o contra_fw-la effraene_n dlcentes_fw-la omne_fw-la bonis_fw-la &_o malis_fw-la aequaliter_fw-la euâ—nire_fw-la malum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la impunitum_fw-la vel_fw-la bonum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la irremuneratum_fw-la manere_fw-la fingentes_fw-la quoque_fw-la divinae_fw-la pietati_fw-la &_o misericordiae_fw-la infinitae_fw-la nusquam_fw-la congruere_fw-la punire_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la delictum_fw-la sed_fw-la totum_fw-la semper_fw-la dimittere_fw-la misericorditer_fw-la impunitum_fw-la nun_n inquit_fw-la omnis_fw-la peccans_fw-la to_o ipso_fw-la fit_a malus_fw-la &_o culpabilis_fw-la vel_fw-la pejor_fw-la etc._n etc._n amittitque_fw-la pristinam_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o innocentiam_fw-la &_o fit_a dâ—o_n dissimilior_fw-la &_o remotior_fw-la ab_fw-la â—o_o &_o nun_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la poena_fw-la &_o poena_fw-la quam_fw-la magna_fw-la &_o unde_fw-la hoc_fw-la nisi_fw-la à _fw-la prima_fw-la justitia_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la retributore_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la deâ—s_fw-la see_v also_o his_o corol._n 38_o 39_o lege_fw-la jansen_n august_n de_fw-fr stat_fw-la pur_fw-it nat_n l._n 3._o c._n 2._o p._n 358._o quod_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la non_fw-la puniri_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o quaenam_fw-la sint_fw-la illae_fw-la poenae_fw-la quae_fw-la tam_fw-la arctè_fw-la cum_fw-la peccato_fw-la coherent_a et_fw-fr c._n 4._o quod_fw-la peccator_fw-la in_o peccato_fw-la manens_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la beatus_fw-la fieri_fw-la ubi_fw-la itiam_fw-la augustini_fw-la sensum_fw-la de_fw-la hisce_fw-la videre_fw-la est_fw-la friend_n afraid_a of_o poison_n in_o all_o that_o we_o eat_v and_o drink_v and_o still_o think_v that_o our_o own_o parent_n seek_v our_o death_n how_o much_o more_o to_o have_v a_o distrustfulness_n of_o god_n 4._o be_v it_o not_o a_o misery_n to_o be_v deceive_v with_o a_o thousand_o error_n and_o to_o take_v evil_a for_o good_a and_o good_a for_o evil_n and_o to_o spend_v one_o day_n in_o bewildr_a perplexity_n or_o falâ—e_a conceit_n how_o much_o more_o to_o be_v mistake_v about_o god_n and_o thing_n of_o great_a excellency_n and_o consequence_n 5._o be_v it_o not_o a_o misery_n to_o have_v a_o will_n that_o be_v perverse_o set_v against_o the_o will_n of_o all_o our_o governor_n and_o dear_a friend_n that_o must_v needs_o have_v and_o do_v whatsoever_o be_v forbid_v we_o by_o the_o great_a wise_a and_o best_a of_o man_n how_o much_o more_o to_o have_v a_o will_n that_o be_v thus_o set_v against_o the_o will_n of_o god_n 6._o it_o be_v a_o misery_n to_o have_v a_o violent_a appetite_n after_o that_o which_o can_v be_v have_v or_o can_v satisfy_v to_o have_v vehement_a hunger_n and_o thirst_n without_o meat_n or_o drink_n etc._n etc._n wicked_a man_n have_v such_o a_o disease_a appetite_n after_o thing_n that_o god_n tell_v they_o will_v neither_o be_v satisfactory_a nor_o continue_v all_o this_o and_o more_o be_v in_o sin_n itself_o in_o the_o habit_n or_o nature_n which_o god_n never_o make_v §_o 12._o the_o exercise_n of_o this_o disease_a vitiate_a inclination_n be_v a_o actual_a torment_n as_o it_o be_v more_o joyful_a to_o use_v grace_n than_o mere_o to_o have_v it_o so_o be_v it_o as_o to_o sin_v more_o calamitous_a and_o 1._o man_n wilful_a blindness_n and_o neglect_n of_o god_n deprive_v they_o of_o all_o the_o excellency_n and_o delight_n of_o holy_a knowledge_n 2._o their_o disaffection_n and_o malignity_n deprive_v they_o of_o all_o that_o holy_a joy_n and_o unvaluable_a sweetness_n which_o come_v in_o by_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o of_o all_o the_o pleasure_n of_o a_o holy_a life_n as_o a_o sick_a stomach_n do_v loath_a a_o feast_n and_o a_o malicious_a man_n have_v not_o the_o pleasure_n of_o friendship_n so_o how_o can_v that_o soul_n delight_n in_o god_n that_o love_v he_o not_o 3._o unbelief_n and_o distrust_n deprive_v the_o soul_n of_o all_o that_o quietness_n and_o content_n which_o follow_v faith_n and_o confidence_n in_o god_n 4._o a_o rebellious_a will_n do_v lose_v all_o that_o rest_v which_o the_o obedient_a find_v in_o please_a god_n and_o in_o his_o bless_a will_n 5._o luxury_n and_o carnality_n and_o all_o sin_n deprive_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o pleasure_n of_o temperance_n chastity_n innocency_n and_o a_o good_a and_o quiet_a conscience_n 6._o wickedness_n and_o sloth_n deprive_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o pleasure_n of_o do_v good_a to_o other_o by_o work_n of_o charity_n which_o be_v very_o great_a abundance_n such_o privation_n be_v in_o sin_n §_o 13._o and_o sin_n itself_o bring_v the_o contrary_a torment_n 1._o sinful_a malignity_n against_o god_n and_o good_a man_n make_v the_o wicked_a eat_v their_o flesh_n as_o it_o be_v with_o envy_n and_o vex_v themselves_o with_o persecution_n and_o revenge_n 2._o sinful_a anger_n be_v a_o sinner_n rage_n and_o pain_n and_o though_o he_o have_v pleasure_n in_o revenge_n it_o be_v a_o painful_a pleasure_n like_o a_o troublesome_a itch_n 3._o self-willedness_a make_v a_o man_n continual_a vexation_n and_o disappointment_n while_o he_o must_v needs_o have_v that_o which_o he_o can_v have_v or_o which_o will_v torment_v he_o when_o he_o have_v it_o 4._o carnal_a love_n be_v the_o root_n of_o misery_n while_o it_o tantalize_v the_o soul_n or_o long_v for_o its_o own_o vexation_n 5._o sinful_a fear_n be_v a_o torment_a distraction_n 6._o sinful_a grief_n be_v a_o continual_a sickness_n and_o self-vexation_n 7._o sinful_a desire_n engage_v man_n in_o self-afflicting_a labour_n 8._o sinful_a care_n be_v as_o thorn_n in_o a_o man_n heart_n 9_o sinful_a impatience_n and_o discontent_n be_v torment_v itself_o 10._o sinful_a confuse_a unruly_a thought_n be_v the_o annoyance_n and_o the_o shame_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o all_o these_o be_v man_n own_a sin_n not_o cause_v by_o god_n but_o by_o themselves_o §_o 14._o next_o sin_n itself_o there_o
as_o the_o sole_a cause_n iv_o whether_o the_o best_a action_n of_o infidel_n or_o ungodly_a man_n be_v proper_o to_o be_v call_v good_a be_v but_o a_o logomachy_n call_v they_o but_o a_o less_o evil_a or_o the_o abatement_n of_o evil_n and_o action_n that_o tend_v as_o mean_n to_o their_o repentance_n and_o salvation_n and_o i_o shall_v not_o disagree_v with_o you_o in_o this_o v._o his_o concession_n that_o the_o first_o sin_n be_v not_o necessitate_v be_v of_o great_a moment_n but_o it_o be_v a_o great_a mistake_n that_o follow_v sin_n be_v necessary_a because_o they_o be_v punishment_n it_o be_v not_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v a_o punishment_n but_o the_o hurtfulness_n of_o it_o suppose_v the_o existence_n if_o drunkenness_n or_o gluttony_n be_v themselves_o noxious_a and_o penal_a that_o be_v but_o a_o consequent_a of_o their_o existence_n which_o be_v not_o necessitate_v by_o god_n as_o punish_v they_o that_o cause_v they_o vi_o the_o six_o i_o think_v 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respectu_fw-la contingenter_n et_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la actibus_fw-la ad_fw-la quos_fw-la voluntas_fw-la immutabiliter_fw-la &_o necessario_fw-la determinata_fw-la est_fw-la esse_fw-la quandam_fw-la libentiam_fw-la &_o complacentiam_fw-la unde_fw-la patâ—t_fw-la contentionem_fw-la esse_fw-la verbalem_fw-la &_o non_fw-la realem_fw-la nempe_fw-la utrique_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la res_fw-la se_fw-la habeat_fw-la quaestio_fw-la solum_fw-la remanet_fw-la aâ—_n actus_fw-la necessarii_fw-la liberi_fw-la dicendi_fw-la fuit_fw-la blank_a de_fw-fr lib._n absol_n thes_n 8._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o th._n 14._o he_o cit_v estius_n his_o word_n confess_v the_o same_o of_o bonaventure_n that_o take_v voluntarium_fw-la for_o liberum_fw-la it_o be_v but_o a_o difference_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la libertatis_fw-la and_o strangius_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 14._o p._n 687._o neque_fw-la nobis_fw-la videtur_fw-la hac_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la litigandum_fw-la quia_fw-la alioqui_fw-la tantum_fw-la esset_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d non_fw-fr â—â—iâ—_n negamus_fw-la sic_fw-la vocem_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la recte_fw-la usurpari_fw-la quamquam_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la sensu_fw-la illas_fw-la actiones_fw-la diximus_fw-la esse_fw-la liberas_fw-la see_v blank_n ibid._n n._n 17_o etc._n etc._n prove_v also_o that_o the_o quarrel_n among_o protestant_n herein_o be_v but_o about_o the_o name_n of_o necessity_n and_o liberty_n and_o that_o they_o be_v agree_v of_o the_o matter_n and_o thes_n 22_o etc._n etc._n that_o their_o difference_n about_o necessity_n and_o indifferency_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o liberty_n be_v but_o about_o the_o name_n and_o easy_o reconcilable_a and_o the_o same_o th._n 25._o he_o say_v of_o the_o positis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la requisitis_fw-la posse_fw-la agere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agere_fw-la and_o de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n in_o genere_fw-la thes_n â—5_n he_o say_v the_o same_o with_o strangius_n 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