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fear_v that_o if_o god_n behold_v his_o work_n he_o shall_v find_v more_o offence_n than_o merit_n 94._o and_o if_o he_o shall_v deal_v with_o we_o accord_v to_o our_o desert_n he_o shall_v find_v nothing_o in_o we_o but_o damnable_a jerome_n do_v so_o call_v we_o back_o from_o all_o confidence_n in_o our_o deed_n 64._o that_o he_o bold_o pronounce_v that_o if_o we_o consider_v they_o in_o their_o own_o nature_n we_o shall_v utter_o despair_v what_o and_o may_v it_o not_o be_v lawful_a for_o luther_n to_o utter_v his_o mind_n with_o christ_n with_o the_o godly_a prophet_n with_o the_o holy_a apostle_n with_o the_o learned_a ancient_a father_n be_v they_o commend_v in_o the_o old_a gospel_n for_o that_o they_o speak_v well_o and_o shall_v luther_n melancthon_n bucer_n and_o calve_a be_v reproach_v in_o scoff_v wise_a with_o a_o new_a find_v name_n of_o new_a gospeler_n because_o they_o think_v and_o speak_v the_o self_n same_o thing_n that_o they_o do_v if_o luther_n be_v such_o a_o 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as_o much_o as_o freewill_n be_v not_o all_o alike_o in_o the_o person_n that_o be_v regenerate_v and_o in_o they_o that_o be_v not_o regenerate_v and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o liberty_n also_o be_v to_o be_v construe_v in_o humane_a action_n after_o one_o sort_n but_o take_v after_o a_o contrary_a construction_n in_o spiritual_a exercize_n he_o must_v i_o say_v tell_v i_o which_o sort_n of_o freewill_n or_o what_o manner_n of_o action_n he_o do_v treat_v of_o if_o he_o mean_v that_o freewill_n which_o be_v now_o govern_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n sure_o luther_n position_n make_v thereof_o no_o mention_n at_o all_o or_o if_o he_o mean_v those_o natural_a object_n which_o proceéde_v of_o common_a nature_n or_o which_o be_v usual_o frequent_v in_o the_o daily_a practice_n of_o common_a conversation_n after_o the_o conduct_n of_o moral_a reason_n either_o in_o do_v right_a or_o execute_v wrong_n so_o do_v not_o luther_n position_n tend_v to_o these_o action_n in_o any_o respect_n but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v after_o this_o manner_n of_o how_o much_o force_n and_o efficacy_n the_o bare_a choice_n of_o man_n may_v be_v of_o she_o own_o natural_a ability_n either_o in_o enterprise_v or_o perform_v those_o thing_n soul_n which_o do_v obtain_v god_n grace_n for_o we_o or_o make_v a_o entrey_n for_o we_o into_o heaven_n then_o will_v luther_n answer_v most_o true_o that_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o substance_n at_o all_o in_o freewill_n avayleable_a to_o the_o purchass_v of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n except_o a_o glorious_a visor_n of_o title_n only_o no_o more_o substance_n very_o then_o be_v in_o a_o dead_a man_n who_o beside_o the_o only_a shape_n and_o denomination_n of_o a_o man_n have_v nothing_o in_o he_o whereby_o he_o may_v receive_v breath_n and_o recover_v life_n to_o the_o dead_a carcase_n for_o of_o what_o force_n be_v man_n freewill_n else_o towards_o the_o thing_n that_o apperteine_a unto_o god_n before_o it_o have_v receive_v grace_n then_o 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which_o it_o be_v of_o this_o necessary_a aristotle_n have_v seâ—_n down_o two_o principal_a begynnynge_n the_o one_o internal_a the_o other_o external_a then_o also_o distinction_n be_v make_v of_o this_o necessity_n neccessitie_n which_o be_v move_v force_n of_o the_o internal_a cause_n and_o inward_a propriety_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o some_o thing_n may_v be_v call_v simple_o and_o absolute_o necessary_a as_o god_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v change_v do_v imply_z contradiction_n as_o if_o a_o man_n will_v say_v that_o four_o be_v not_o a_o even_a number_n that_o four_o and_o threé_o be_v not_o seven_o in_o number_n and_o this_o be_v call_v geometrical_a necessity_n which_o will_v not_o admit_v any_o change_n by_o course_n of_o nature_n there_o be_v a_o other_o necessity_n call_v natural_a necessity_n which_o albeit_o be_v of_o herself_o the_o beginning_a of_o her_o own_o motion_n yet_o it_o consist_v not_o in_o so_o simple_a and_o absolute_a a_o estate_n but_o follow_v 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logician_n do_v take_v to_o be_v in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la &_o not_o in_o senfu_n `_o diviso_fw-la now_o this_o necessity_n call_v of_o the_o consequence_n be_v on_o this_o wise_a as_o when_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v true_a by_o occasion_n of_o the_o necessary_a couple_n together_o of_o one_o proposition_n with_o a_o other_o though_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v conclude_v for_o true_a be_v not_o necessary_a of_o itself_o and_o in_o this_o respect_n we_o do_v affirm_v that_o all_o our_o action_n be_v do_v of_o necessity_n not_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o inward_a cause_n or_o else_o their_o own_o nature_n that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o they_o be_v consider_v apart_o &_o refer_v to_o their_o next_o cause_n to_o wit_n unto_o will_n even_o so_o will_n be_v consider_v apart_o in_o her_o own_o nature_n from_o the_o extern_a beginning_a to_o wit_n god_n providence_n and_o foreknowledge_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v freé_v in_o his_o certain_a kind_n so_o that_o it_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o certain_a facility_n to_o incline_v itself_o to_o whether_o part_v it_o will_v although_o it_o be_v not_o able_a of_o herself_o to_o move_v and_o incline_v at_o all_o but_o unto_o that_o part_n which_o god_n do_v foreknow_v whereby_o you_o perceive_v osor._n in_o what_o sense_n this_o necessity_n which_o we_o do_v affirm_v be_v not_o always_o absolute_o tie_v to_o our_o action_n as_o farforth_o as_o they_o do_v proceéde_v from_o our_o own_o will_n but_o through_o the_o couple_n &_o conjoin_v of_o god_n predestination_n with_o our_o work_n which_o thing_n to_o be_v even_o so_o the_o divines_n do_v seem_v to_o signify_v `_o per_fw-la sensum_fw-la compositum_fw-la and_o necessitatem_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la ¶_o a_o description_n of_o freewill_n and_o the_o thing_n appertein_v thereunto_o after_o the_o rule_n of_o divinity_n take_v out_o of_o august_n p._n lombard_n anâ—_n other_o five_o thing_n chief_o to_o be_v consider_v in_o freewill_n 1._o what_o freewill_n be_v will._n be_v a_o thing_n proper_o perteinyug_v to_o reason_n whereby_o man_n do_v liscerne_v good_a from_o evil_n what_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v or_o what_o to_o be_v eschew_v free_n freedom_n be_v a_o thing_n proper_o pertain_v to_o will_n whereby_o of_o voluntary_a appetite_n without_o foreign_a coaction_n it_o may_v either_o will_v good_a or_o evil_n but_o to_o will_v good_a come_v of_o grace_n which_o make_v to_o will_n and_o to_o do_v ¶_o the_o description_n of_o freewill_n talen_v out_o of_o argâ—na_n 〈◊〉_d lâ—b_fw-la 2._o dist._n 24._o freewill_n be_v a_o â—â—â—initie_n of_o reaâ—on_n and_o will_n whereby_o good_a be_v choose_v through_o the_o assistance_n of_o grace_n or_o evil_a if_o grace_n bâ—_n absent_a or_o thus_o freewill_n be_v a_o facuine_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o can_v will_v good_a or_o evil_n discern_v they_o both_o 2._o in_o what_o thing_n freewill_n do_v consist_v in_o god_n first_o and_o chief_o who_o will_n be_v of_o itself_o simple_o and_o absolute_o most_o 〈◊〉_d from_o all_o bondage_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o infection_n of_o sin_n for_o god_n can_v â—ot_n of_o his_o own_o nature_n sin_n not_o because_o any_o force_n restrayn_v he_o but_o because_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n he_o can_v not_o so_o will_v so_o that_o god_n be_v both_o holy_a of_o necessity_n and_o yet_o this_o necessity_n 〈…〉_o freewill_n from_o god_n in_o who_o all_o â—ccessitie_n join_v with_o all_o freedom_n be_v reliaunt_a in_o bless_a angel_n who_o state_n and_o condition_n be_v this_o that_o their_o will_n be_v make_v steadfast_a and_o unchaungeable_a in_o all_o goodness_n not_o of_o themselves_o but_o through_o grace_n in_o man_n nature_n and_o that_o four_o manner_n of_o way_n according_a to_o the_o fourfold_a division_n of_o man_n state_n 3._o in_o what_o respect_n it_o be_v call_v man_n freewill_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n past_a because_o present_a thing_n and_o thing_n pass_v be_v of_o this_o quality_n that_o be_v do_v they_o can_v not_o be_v undo_v nor_o thing_n paâ—_n can_v be_v revoke_v but_o be_v call_v freewill_n in_o respect_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o these_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o our_o lombardines_fw-la do_v affirm_v be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d power_n but_o untrue_o for_o man_n hability_n to_o confess_v truth_n be_v direct_v by_o god_n everlasting_a decree_n neither_o be_v it_o in_o man_n hability_n to_o order_v chanceable_a thing_n at_o his_o pleasure_n 1._o in_o the_o state_n of_o innocence_n who_o freedom_n be_v once_o such_o which_o can_v both_o sin_n &_o not_o sin_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o ancient_a writer_n must_v be_v understand_v as_o often_o as_o they_o speak_v of_o man_n freewill_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o the_o freedom_n of_o man_n nature_n 2._o in_o the_o state_n of_o blessedness_n or_o of_o his_o heavenly_a country_n as_o schoolman_n term_v it_o where_o man_n shall_v be_v endue_v with_o a_o freedom_n that_o can_v not_o sin_n by_o any_o mean_n 3._o in_o the_o state_n of_o life_n after_o sin_n &_o before_o regeneration_n by_o grace_n in_o which_o state_n man_n have_v no_o freewill_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o to_o sin_n deadly_a as_o lombard_n say_v and_o of_o this_o state_n mean_v luther_n write_v of_o bond_n will_n 4._o in_o the_o state_n of_o life_n after_o sin_n &_o after_o regeneration_n by_o grace_n in_o which_o state_n man_n have_v freedom_n not_o to_o sin_n except_o venial_a sinâ—e_n as_o say_v lombard_n but_o although_o augustine_n and_o luther_n do_v yield_v a_o hability_n not_o to_o sin_n after_o a_o certain_a sort_n yet_o in_o respect_n of_o actual_a sin_n they_o do_v not_o except_o man_n either_o from_o venial_a or_o deadly_a sinne._n because_o be_v never_o any_o man_n yet_o find_v christ_n only_a except_o endue_v with_o such_o 〈◊〉_d of_o grace_n that_o have_v not_o in_o all_o his_o lyâ—e_n sin_v yea_o and_o that_o
deadly_a 4._o of_o what_o thing_n freewill_n take_v his_o denomination_n 1._o from_o necessity_n or_o coaction_n which_o be_v call_v the_o freedom_n of_o nature_n this_o freedom_n the_o schoolman_n do_v attribute_n to_o man_n in_o all_o state_n but_o this_o necessity_n must_v be_v distinguish_v &_o proportion_v by_o his_o principal_a cause_n whereof_o some_o be_v call_v internal_a as_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v move_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n and_o of_o inward_a operation_n and_o those_o be_v either_o simple_o and_o absolute_o necessary_a as_o god_n and_o his_o holiness_n and_o as_o those_o thing_n which_o bâ—ing_v change_v imply_z contradiction_n whereof_o the_o one_o party_n mâ—st_v needs_o be_v true_a the_o other_o needs_o false_a as_o four_o be_v not_o a_o equal_a number_n four_o &_o three_o be_v not_o senâ—_n in_o number_n and_o this_o be_v call_v geometrical_a necessity_n which_o alteration_n nature_n doâ—h_v not_o admit_v and_o this_o necessity_n perteyn_v nothing_o to_o luther_n disputation_n of_o freewill_n or_o be_v noâ—_n simple_o and_o absolute_o necessary_a but_o after_o the_o common_a course_n of_o nature_n as_o â—â—er_n do_v burn_v of_o necessity_n the_o sin_n be_v always_o move_v and_o other_o such_o like_a be_v natural_a thing_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o of_o such_o necessity_n but_o may_v be_v hinder_v by_o god_n and_o so_o cease_v from_o operation_n some_o have_v external_a begynnynge_n and_o of_o these_o there_o be_v two_o manner_n of_o necessity_n either_o violent_a which_o be_v call_v the_o necessity_n of_o external_a coaction_n as_o whâ—â—_n thing_n be_v constrain_v to_o move_v or_o to_o do_v contrary_a to_o their_o nature_n as_o stone_n and_o heavy_a thing_n as_o the_o school_n man_n call_v necessity_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o consequence_n not_o of_o the_o consequence_n or_o it_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la and_o not_o in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la and_o from_o this_o necessity_n the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n be_v utter_o exempt_v or_o stable_n and_o infallible_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n not_o of_o the_o consequent_a or_o in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la not_o in_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la this_o necessity_n of_o the_o consequence_n not_o of_o the_o consequent_a be_v to_o be_v understand_v when_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v true_a in_o respect_n of_o the_o necessary_a affâ—â—tie_n of_o proposition_n from_o proposition_n although_o the_o thing_n conclude_v be_v not_o necessary_a of_o itself_o or_o true_a in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la which_o otherwise_o be_v false_a in_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la or_o false_a in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la which_o otherwise_o be_v true_a in_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la as_o if_o a_o man_n say_v that_o white_a may_v be_v black_a by_o distinction_n of_o contrary_a time_n it_o may_v be_v true_a but_o join_v the_o time_n and_o in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la it_o can_v not_o be_v true_a 2._o from_o sin_n or_o from_o bondage_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v call_v freedom_n of_o grace_n and_o this_o freedom_n be_v attribute_v to_o they_o only_o which_o be_v make_v free_a by_o grace_n wherein_o if_o they_o mean_v of_o the_o imputation_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v true_a but_o if_o they_o mean_v of_o actual_a sin_n it_o be_v false_a 3._o from_o misery_n which_o be_v call_v the_o freedom_n of_o glory_n and_o this_o freedom_n have_v free_a will_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocence_n once_o and_o shall_v have_v the_o same_o much_o more_o perfect_a hereafter_o in_o the_o state_n of_o glory_n 5._o how_o much_o freewill_n be_v impair_v in_o man_n through_o sin_n it_o be_v wound_v in_o her_o natural_a quality_n to_o wit_n in_o reason_n in_o understanding_n in_o memory_n wit_n etc._n etc._n despoil_v altogether_o in_o thing_n as_o be_v heavenly_a and_o appertain_v to_o god_n and_o this_o much_o well_o agree_v with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o luther_n lombard_n lib._n 2._o dist._n 25._o since_o we_o have_v now_o lay_v this_o foundation_n for_o our_o better_a furniture_n to_o be_v able_a to_o make_v answer_n we_o will_v now_o address_v ourselves_o to_o our_o adversary_n argument_n wherein_o although_o he_o observe_v no_o course_n nor_o form_n of_o common_a disputation_n let_v we_o yet_o help_v his_o lame_a logic_n as_o well_o as_o we_o may_v and_o first_o of_o all_o touch_v the_o overthrow_n of_o law_n wherewith_o because_o it_o like_v master_n osorius_n to_o urge_v this_o point_n chief_o before_o the_o rest_n let_v we_o geve_v our_o attentive_a ear_n to_o his_o word_n and_o mark_v well_o how_o cunning_o he_o argue_v osorius_n but_o i_o say_v say_v he_o that_o by_o this_o doctrine_n of_o luther_n whereby_o he_o do_v teach_v that_o thing_n be_v direct_v to_o their_o end_n by_o necessity_n that_o law_n be_v subvert_v decree_v put_v to_o silence_n and_o right_a and_o wrong_n confound_v together_o and_o why_o do_v he_o not_o add_v this_o much_o more_o also_o that_o whole_n common_a weal_n be_v overthrow_v well_o go_v to_o i_o do_v hear_v very_o 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necessity_n establish_v which_o may_v by_o some_o lawful_a mean_n reduce_v we_o to_o nature_n or_o at_o least_o retain_v we_o in_o some_o covenable_a order_n of_o life_n ourselves_o not_o overpass_v this_o also_o withal_o that_o where_o the_o mayor_n treat_v of_o the_o obedience_n of_o man_n law_n in_o the_o minor_a that_o necessity_n which_o luther_n do_v teach_v ought_v not_o be_v refer_v to_o man_n law_n nor_o the_o discipline_n of_o external_a life_n but_o to_o the_o obedience_n of_o god_n law_n only_o moreover_o for_o that_o i_o have_v promise_v to_o help_v to_o underproppe_v osorius_n logic_n which_o be_v of_o itself_o very_o ruinous_a and_o ready_a to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n i_o will_v not_o refuse_v to_o frame_v by_o some_o order_n and_o form_n the_o remnant_n of_o his_o allegation_n into_o argument_n that_o the_o reader_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v instruct_v what_o answer_n to_o make_v to_o every_o of_o they_o particulare_o osorius_n the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n be_v 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