Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
nature_n part_n rational_a sensitive_a 2,553 5 12.0659 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A26883 Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,; Catholick theologie Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1675 (1675) Wing B1209; ESTC R14583 1,054,813 754

There are 35 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

say_v be_v not_o will_v by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o §_o 33._o so_o far_o as_o god_n cause_v not_o sin_n he_o will_v it_o not_o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o he_o love_v and_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o glory_n abuse_v god_n moliness_n and_o be_v confute_v before_o par._n 1._o §_o 34._o how_o god_n overrule_v sinner_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o sin_n and_o procure_v his_o own_o end_n not_o by_o the_o mean_n or_o causality_n but_o occasion_n of_o it_o i_o have_v so_o large_o there_o open_v that_o i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n thither_o sect_n xx._n how_o far_o god_n and_o how_o far_o man_n himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o hell_n and_o other_o punishment_n though_o somewhat_o be_v say_v of_o this_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o second_o wicked_a jo._n major_a in_o 4._o scent_n d._n 50._o fol._n 289._o q._n 1._o inquit_fw-la concl_n 3._o sive_fw-la actus_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la dicantur_fw-la mali_fw-la culp●_n vel_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la patientur_fw-la aliquam_fw-la poenam_fw-la inflictam_fw-la ratione_fw-la illorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la merendi_fw-la &_o demerendi_fw-la sed_fw-la addit_fw-la signanter_n de_fw-fr poena_fw-la inflicta_fw-la loquor_fw-la quae_fw-la à_fw-la culpa_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la est_fw-la reordinativa_fw-la per_fw-la cruciatum_fw-la de_fw-fr poena_fw-la enim_fw-la acta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la possibile_fw-la dare_v culpam_fw-la quin_fw-la svam_fw-la poenam_fw-la habeat_fw-la annexam_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la idem_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la se_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scilicet_fw-la peccandi_fw-la continuatio_fw-la est_fw-la poenae_fw-la &_o miseriae_fw-la continuatio_fw-la nec_fw-la mihi_fw-la probabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la demerendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessat_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la praemium_fw-la quidem_fw-la mereri_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la at_o quare_fw-la non_fw-la poenam_fw-la commereri_fw-la sunt_fw-la putandi_fw-la nun_n adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la subditi_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la daemon_n &_o sub_fw-la quadam_fw-la lege_fw-la ide●que_fw-la peccandi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la capaces_fw-la &_o nun_n omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la meretur_fw-la poenam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la scilicet_fw-la joh._n majoris_fw-la ibid._n conclus_fw-la 1._o est_fw-la damnati_fw-la habent_fw-la multos_fw-la malos_fw-la actus_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la libere_fw-la an_fw-mi op●abilius_fw-la sit_fw-la damnàtum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la vide_fw-la quae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la ubi_fw-la concludit_fw-la itaque_fw-la tenco_n si_fw-la daretur_fw-la viro_fw-la optio_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o perpetua_fw-la flamma_fw-la quod_fw-la licitè_fw-fr posset_n vel_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la eligendum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nam_fw-la minus_fw-la malum_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la see_v aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 31._o a._n 2._o pag._n 301._o show_v ten_o way_n how_o one_o sin_n cause_v another_o and_o so_o multipli_v and_o continue_v itself_o in_o the_o wicked_a part_n i_o think_v meet_v to_o say_v more_o here_o because_o i_o find_v that_o the_o not_o understand_v it_o do_v tempt_v many_o to_o unbelief_n and_o other_o to_o hard_a repine_v disaffect_v atheistical_a thought_n of_o god_n §_o 1._o again_o here_o consider_v that_o god_n make_v man_n such_o as_o he_o be_v in_o nature_n before_o either_o law_n or_o sin_n or_o punishment_n have_v any_o be_v so_o that_o if_o you_o can_v but_o forgive_v god_n for_o make_v you_o man_n that_o be_v rational_a free-agent_n you_o can_v have_v no_o fair_a pretence_n of_o quarrel_n with_o he_o as_o will_v appear_v by_o these_o consideration_n follow_v §_o 2._o man_n body_n and_o sensitive_a soul_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o that_o thing_n inconvenient_a will_v be_v his_o pain_n he_o that_o will_v take_v poison_n shall_v be_v gripe_v and_o torment_v by_o it_o and_o he_o that_o will_v eat_v unwholesome_a meat_n or_o will_v surfeit_v shall_v be_v sick_a and_o he_o that_o will_v cherish_v disease_n by_o sloth_n or_o excess_n or_o abuse_n of_o nature_n will_v have_v the_o pain_n of_o they_o and_o he_o that_o will_v wound_v himself_o or_o break_v his_o bone_n will_v be_v his_o own_o afflict_a and_o he_o that_o cut_v his_o throat_n or_o hang_v himself_o must_v die_v and_o all_o this_o without_o any_o do_n of_o god_n beside_o the_o make_v he_o a_o man_n and_o continue_v such_o a_o nature_n under_o his_o government_n in_o and_o with_o the_o world_n §_o 3._o not_o only_o positive_a hurt_v but_o omission_n will_v bring_v man_n body_n unto_o pain_n and_o death_n as_o not_o eat_v not_o exercise_v not_o keep_v warm_a etc._n etc._n and_o consequent_o such_o a_o life_n of_o prodigality_n or_o sloth_n as_o tend_v to_o such_o want_n §_o 4._o the_o inward_a sense_n imagination_n and_o passion_n be_v so_o constitute_v as_o that_o their_o inconvenience_n will_v be_v a_o pain_n and_o torment_n as_o well_o as_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o the_o outward_a sense_n 1._o care_n and_o melancholy_a thought_n be_v distract_n 2._o desire_n breed_v such_o care_n and_o be_v themselves_o like_o a_o thirst_n or_o hunger_n to_o the_o soul_n 3._o fear_n be_v torment_v 4._o sorrow_n if_o deep_a and_o long_o be_v as_o a_o live_a death_n 5._o anger_n be_v a_o vexatious_a fever_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o revengeful_a malice_n and_o envy_n do_v prolong_v it_o 6._o despair_n anticipate_v eternity_n of_o misery_n etc._n etc._n 7._o and_o love_v itself_o how_o please_v soever_o at_o first_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o they_o all_o §_o 5._o the_o superior_a faculty_n as_o they_o be_v more_o noble_a be_v capable_a of_o great_a misery_n and_o their_o corruption_n and_o disorder_n be_v the_o worst_a to_o have_v a_o ignorant_a err_a mind_n that_o take_v evil_a for_o good_a and_o good_a for_o evil_n to_o have_v a_o carnal_a malignant_a wicked_a obstinate_a froward_a will_n and_o sinful_a affection_n and_o by_o these_o to_o have_v man_n action_n misguide_v and_o so_o the_o sensitive_a soul_n itself_o bring_v into_o the_o foresay_a misery_n through_o bad_a government_n be_v a_o misery_n to_o man_n in_o the_o nature_n and_o immediate_a effect_n of_o the_o thing_n §_o 6._o man_n live_v among_o multitude_n of_o fellow_n creature_n in_o the_o world_n which_o will_v all_o be_v tormentor_n of_o he_o if_o he_o will_v make_v they_o such_o as_o a_o post_n will_v hurt_v he_o if_o he_o knock_v his_o head_n to_o it_o the_o fire_n will_v burn_v he_o if_o he_o touch_v his_o flesh_n with_o it_o the_o water_n will_v drown_v he_o if_o he_o will_v leap_v into_o it_o overhead_n the_o sun_n will_v scorch_v he_o the_o frost_n will_v pain_v he_o if_o he_o expose_v himself_o to_o they_o a_o lion_n or_o mastiff_n will_v tear_v he_o if_o he_o avoid_v they_o not_o his_o neighbour_n will_v hurt_v he_o likely_a if_o he_o hurt_v they_o and_o cross_v their_o interest_n man_n in_o power_n will_v hurt_v he_o if_o he_o offend_v they_o and_o all_o thing_n will_v be_v to_o he_o as_o he_o behave_v himself_o to_o they_o §_o 7._o all_o this_o be_v natural_a let_v we_o now_o consider_v what_o sin_n do_v to_o the_o sinner_n here_o and_o you_o will_v find_v that_o almost_o all_o his_o calamity_n consist_v in_o his_o very_a sin_n itself_o and_o the_o natural_a effect_n of_o it_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v sin_n as_o man_n and_o it_o be_v punishment_n as_o from_o god_n when_o yet_o god_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o the_o sin_n §_o 8._o this_o be_v plain_a if_o you_o consider_v that_o god_n act_n by_o which_o he_o make_v sin_n a_o punishment_n be_v before_o the_o sin_n though_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o punishment_n come_v after_o the_o relation_n of_o sin_n here_o be_v two_o agent_n 1._o god_n make_v nature_n and_o a_o law_n therein_o 2._o man_n disorder_v his_o action_n by_o transgress_v 3._o hence_o immediate_o follow_v gild_n or_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n 4._o and_o with_o it_o even_o in_o the_o change_n or_o after_o it_o the_o natural_a pain_n of_o loss_n or_o hurt_n 5._o and_o this_o be_v relate_v to_o man_n as_o a_o punishment_n for_o the_o sin_n in_o the_o last_o place_n for_o instance_n god_n make_v man_n and_o god_n make_v meat_n wine_n and_o poison_v god_n tell_v man_n in_o nature_n i_o have_v make_v thou_o such_o a_o creature_n as_o that_o excess_n of_o meat_n will_v make_v thou_o sick_a excess_n of_o wine_n will_v make_v thou_o mad_a and_o poison_n will_v torment_v and_o kill_v thou_o i_o have_v give_v thou_o self-love_n and_o command_v thou_o that_o thou_o avoid_v all_o these_o and_o i_o will_v not_o deny_v thou_o necessary_a help_n but_o if_o thou_o will_v not_o it_o will_v be_v thy_o pain_n which_o i_o will_v that_o thou_o suffer_v for_o and_o by_o thy_o sin_n i_o need_v not_o further_o apply_v it_o here_o the_o application_n be_v obvious_a §_o 9_o all_o this_o i_o speak_v only_o of_o natural_a punishment_n which_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n follow_v sin_n what_o be_v supernatural_a be_v after_o to_o be_v consider_v §_o
that_o easy_a which_o they_o make_v ineffable_a i_o answer_v goodness_n be_v primitive_a that_o be_v god_n or_o derivative_a which_o only_o be_v in_o creature_n this_o last_o be_v formal_o good_a as_o it_o be_v relate_v as_o conform_v to_o god_n will_v the_o prime_n good_a as_o its_o rule_n to_o be_v à_fw-la deo_fw-la volitum_fw-la be_v the_o formal_a notion_n of_o create_v good_n and_o so_o the_o world_n be_v perfect_a and_o can_v be_v no_o better_o because_o it_o be_v as_o god_n will_v it_o and_o yet_o god_n can_v make_v particular_a creature_n better_a to_o themselves_o and_o to_o one_o another_o he_o can_v make_v any_o man_n more_o wise_a more_o holy_a etc._n etc._n but_o bonum_fw-la sibi_fw-la be_v no_o further_o properly_z bonum_fw-la than_o it_o be_v volitum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la therefore_o god_n can_v make_v the_o world_n far_o otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v and_o yet_o then_o it_o will_v be_v no_o better_o for_o still_o it_o will_v be_v but_o as_o god_n will_v it_o to_o be_v so_o that_o the_o matter_n and_o private_a goodness_n may_v alter_v but_o the_o true_a form_n of_o goodness_n will_v be_v still_o just_a the_o same_o as_o now_o 8._o therefore_o though_o the_o thing_n intend_v when_o we_o speak_v of_o god_n be_v transcendent_o and_o only_o in_o he_o and_o not_o in_o the_o creature_n yet_o the_o first_o use_n of_o the_o word_n be_v to_o signify_v something_o in_o the_o creature_n and_o therefore_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o famosius_fw-la analogatum_fw-la though_o nothing_o to_o god_n 9_o in_o the_o use_n of_o these_o notion_n we_o must_v still_o profess_v that_o we_o apply_v they_o to_o god_n no_o far_o than_o to_o signify_v his_o perfection_n and_o all_o word_n must_v be_v as_o little_a as_o may_v be_v use_v of_o he_o in_o strict_a dispute_n which_o imply_v imperfection_n when_o better_a may_v be_v have_v but_o the_o high_a be_v to_o be_v prefer_v 10._o and_o we_o must_v still_o profess_v that_o we_o take_v none_o of_o these_o word_n to_o be_v formal_a proper_a univocal_a term_n lest_o the_o conceal_a metaphor_n or_o impropriety_n occasion_n false_a conception_n of_o god_n and_o unworthy_a of_o he_o and_o also_o tempt_v man_n to_o run_v they_o further_o by_o false_a inference_n 11._o god_n nature_n be_v most_o simple_a undivided_a and_o so_o must_v a_o adequate_a conception_n of_o he_o be_v but_o man_n can_v have_v no_o such_o conception_n of_o he_o but_o must_v know_v what_o he_o can_v know_v of_o this_o one_o god_n by_o many_o partial_a inadequate_a conception_n 12._o yet_o must_v we_o be_v very_o careful_a that_o these_o inadequate_a analogical_a conception_n be_v orderly_o and_o not_o as_o i_o will_v not_o say_v how_o common_o it_o be_v do_v by_o some_o a_o confuse_a heap_n for_o the_o mind_n that_o so_o conceive_v of_o he_o great_o injure_v itself_o and_o he_o and_o the_o tongue_n and_o pen_n that_o so_o describe_v he_o dishonour_v he_o and_o though_o the_o ignorant_a for_o who_o catechism_n be_v write_v can_v lay_v together_o a_o full_a scheme_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n in_o just_a method_n yet_o those_o few_o which_o they_o can_v understand_v and_o remember_v they_o will_v as_o well_o and_o better_o understand_v and_o remember_v in_o the_o true_a method_n be_v they_o teach_v it_o than_o in_o a_o heap_n for_o method_n be_v a_o great_a help_n to_o understanding_n and_o memory_n we_o will_v not_o give_v a_o prince_n his_o title_n so_o confuse_o nor_o draw_v his_o picture_n monstrous_o with_o the_o arm_n where_o the_o sit_fw-mi shall_v be_v and_o the_o sit_fw-mi where_o the_o arm_n or_o the_o back_n before_o and_o the_o face_n behind_o unless_o we_o expose_v he_o purposely_o to_o scorn_v every_o man_n know_v the_o difference_n between_o a_o clock_n or_o watch_n in_o order_n and_o the_o same_o in_o confuse_a parcel_n on_o a_o heap_n and_o between_o a_o army_n and_o a_o rout_n etc._n etc._n shall_v order_n be_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o every_o creature_n in_o it_o and_o shall_v we_o deny_v it_o only_o to_o the_o god_n of_o order_n i_o crave_v the_o pardon_n of_o divine_n for_o entreat_v they_o to_o amend_v this_o in_o their_o doctrine_n but_o especial_o in_o their_o catechism_n yea_o in_o their_o understanding_n first_o sect_n ii_o of_o man_n soul_n as_o the_o glass_n in_o which_o we_o must_v see_v god_n 13._o the_o principal_a glass_n in_o which_o we_o must_v see_v god_n in_o his_o nature_n among_o all_o his_o creature_n here_o be_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o which_o be_v ourselves_o we_o can_v best_o perceive_v 14._o the_o soul_n of_o man_n bear_v god_n image_n in_o three_o part_n of_o it_o or_o respect_n 1._o in_o its_o nature_n it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n 2._o in_o its_o rectitude_n it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o the_o divine_a holiness_n and_o perfection_n 3._o in_o our_o dominion_n over_o the_o inferior_a creature_n and_o eminent_o in_o superior_n over_o subject_n it_o have_v the_o image_n of_o his_o majesty_n and_o supereminence_n 15._o i_o we_o have_v no_o one_o adequate_a conception_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n but_o must_v think_v of_o they_o by_o partial_a inadequate_a conception_n and_o that_o by_o many_o not_o feign_v or_o force_v but_o real_a and_o necessary_a trinary_n in_o unity_n 16._o and_o first_o the_o three_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o its_o be_v be_v the_o generical_a the_o differencial_a and_o the_o proper-inseparable_a accidental_a viz._n that_o it_o be_v b._n be_v be_v be_v 1._o substantialitas_fw-la generica_fw-la be_v loco_fw-la materia_fw-la aegid_a rom._n say_v quodl_n 1._o q._n 9_o p._n 18._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr materia_fw-la in_o angelis_n bene_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la aliquid_fw-la loco_fw-la materia_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la actus_fw-la purus_fw-la sed_fw-la habent_fw-la aliquam_fw-la potentialitatem_fw-la admixtam_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o li._n de_fw-fr causis_fw-la scribitur_fw-la quod_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la habtant_fw-la svam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n suum_fw-la materiale_a et_fw-la hoc_fw-la forte_fw-fr volunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o angelis_n materiam_fw-la ponunt_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la dicant_fw-la materiam_fw-la illam_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la rationis_fw-la cum_fw-la materia_fw-la corporalium_fw-la solùm_fw-la ergo_fw-la in_o verbis_fw-la videntur_fw-la discordare_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la quia_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la ibi_fw-la aliquod_fw-la materiale_a ponimus_fw-la n._n b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vita_fw-la proprietatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la praedita_fw-la the_o first_o notion_n be_v substantia_fw-la abstractè_fw-la à_fw-la forma_fw-la concepta_fw-la the_o second_o be_v the_o conceptus_fw-la formatis_fw-la the_o three_o its_o accident_n not_o acquire_v but_o natural_a by_o life_n i_o understand_v not_o relative_o only_a that_o it_o be_v the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n or_o compositum_fw-la but_o essential_o as_o in_o its_o nature_n it_o be_v life_n itself_o or_o a_o live_a substance_n formal_o as_o well_o as_o the_o live_a principle_n in_o the_o man_n the_o word_n spirit_n as_o common_o use_v by_o we_o comprehend_v all_o this_o but_o what_o a_o spirit_n be_v we_o know_v but_o by_o these_o partial_a conception_n 17._o to_o pass_v by_o the_o three_o vital_a faculty_n vegetative_a sensitive_a and_o intellective_a because_o i_o describe_v it_o but_o as_o the_o speculum_fw-la deitatis_fw-la 2._o this_o one_o formal_a principle_n life_n as_o it_o be_v man_n soul_n must_v be_v itself_o know_v by_o we_o by_o these_o three_o inadequate_a conception_n as_o make_v up_o the_o form_n of_o the_o soul_n 1._o vital_a activity_n or_o power_n 2._o a_o intellect_n 3._o a_o will._n agree_v will._n will._n will._n see_v aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 9_o that_o in_o separate_a substance_n angel_n there_o be_v a_o motive_n power_n beside_o the_o intellect_n and_o will_n with_o who_o suarez_n and_o many_o other_o do_v agree_v 18._o 3._o and_o the_o existence_n of_o these_o formal_a principle_n can_v just_o be_v understand_v by_o we_o but_o in_o these_o three_o gradual_a inadequate_a or_o partial_a conception_n 1._o as_o in_o potentia-activa_a seu_fw-la virtute_fw-la 2._o as_o in_o actu_fw-la immanente_fw-la 3._o as_o in_o actione_n transeunte_fw-la not_o as_o it_o be_v in_o passo_n but_o as_o it_o be_v status_fw-la vel_fw-la modus_fw-la agentis_fw-la 19_o ii_o the_o moral_a or_o holy_a image_n of_o god_n on_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o holy_a perfection_n or_o qualification_n of_o these_o faculty_n as_o they_o be_v in_o virtute_fw-la by_o holy_a disposition_n as_o in_o actu_fw-la immanente_fw-la by_o holy_a intrinsic_a act_n and_o habit_n and_o as_o to_o action_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la by_o a_o holy_a rectitude_n and_o this_o image_n consist_v in_o the_o soul_n holy_a vivacity_n or_o activity_n and_o its_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n or_o its_o holy_a liveliness_n light_n and_o love_n 20._o iii_o the_o image_n of_o god_n majesty_n or_o
beumler_n and_o many_o other_o and_o paraeus_n joh._n crocius_n the_o justif_a and_o many_o more_o express_o deny_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v the_o formal_a cause_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o they_o that_o assert_v it_o mean_v as_o the_o rest_n though_o they_o speak_v incautelous_o and_o unapt_o and_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o imputation_n let_v davenant_n speak_v ib._n c._n 27._o p._n 359._o imputantur_fw-la quando_fw-la illorum_fw-la intuitus_fw-la &_o respectus_fw-la valent_fw-la nobis_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquem_fw-la effectum_fw-la aeque_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la essent_fw-la siquis_fw-la indignus_fw-la aut_fw-la ignavus_fw-la ob_fw-la paternam_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o merita_fw-la erga_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la in_fw-la gratiam_fw-la regis_fw-la admittatur_fw-la gratum_fw-la &_o nobilitatum_fw-la dicamus_fw-la per_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la imputationem_fw-la virtutis_fw-la paternae_fw-la this_o be_v bradshaw_n sense_n but_o yet_o the_o similitude_n fall_v short_a so_o altingius_n state_n the_o question_n loc._n com._n part_n 2._o p._n 679._o a_o justificatio_fw-la consistaet_fw-la in_o imputatione_n justitiae_fw-la christi_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la in_o imputationae_fw-la justitiae_fw-la per_fw-la christum_fw-la acquisitae_fw-la and_o what_o protestant_a will_v deny_v this_o and_o maresius_n with_o he_o say_v cum_fw-la paulo_n justitiae_fw-la imputatio_fw-la &_o peccatorum_fw-la remissio_fw-la idem_fw-la sint_fw-la prout_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la discrimen_fw-la inter_fw-la satisfactionem_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o illius_fw-la meritum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la subtilius_fw-la inter_fw-la haec_fw-la dùo_fw-la scrupulose_a distinguere_fw-la cum_fw-la remissio_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la tum_fw-la commissionis_fw-la tum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illam_fw-la jus_o plenum_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la habeamus_fw-la but_o this_o need_v somewhat_o more_o i_o think_v loc._n 11._o p._n 284._o and_o the_o description_n of_o the_o effect_n show_v what_o the_o imputation_n be_v which_o maresius_n true_o thus_o describe_v exeg_n art_n 23._o p._n 326_o 327._o transit_fw-la reatu_fw-la peccatum_fw-la orig_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la imputetur_fw-la adhaeret_fw-la quidem_fw-la ei_fw-la inseparabiliter_fw-la reatus_fw-la potentialis_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la primo_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la intrinsecum_fw-la meritum_fw-la poenae_fw-la sed_fw-la ablatus_fw-la est_fw-la actualis_fw-la sive_fw-la quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la secundum_fw-la ut_fw-la sonat_fw-la jus_o &_o voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la paena_fw-la illa_fw-la adhuc_fw-la exigenda_fw-la n._n b._n thysius_n in_o synopsi_fw-la leidens_fw-la disp_n 33._o p._n 413._o say_v mirum_fw-la hic_fw-la videri_fw-la non_fw-la debet_fw-la christi_fw-la justitiam_fw-la non_fw-la meritoriae_fw-la solum_fw-la &_o materialis_fw-la imo_fw-la &_o formalis_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la habere_fw-la cum_fw-la id_fw-la fiat_fw-la diversi_fw-la mode_n nempe_fw-la qua_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la propter_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la seu_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quod_fw-la justificamur_fw-la so_o he_o take_v christ_n righteousness_n to_o be_v all_o three_o the_o meritorious_a material_a and_o formal_a cause_n of_o our_o justification_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la i_o add_v as_o to_o our_o author_n 1._o i_o hope_v few_o will_v follow_v he_o in_o call_v the_o decree_n of_o god_n the_o covenant_n and_o confound_a election_n and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n for_o my_o part_n i_o will_v not_o 2._o constitution_n signify_v 1._o actum_fw-la constituentis_fw-la 2._o more_o usual_o passive_o statum_fw-la seu_fw-la rem_fw-la constitutam_fw-la god_n eternal_a purpose_n be_v not_o proper_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n in_o either_o sense_n 3._o god_n eternal_a decree_n be_v nothing_o but_o his_o essence_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o god_n but_o god_n and_o nothing_o but_o god_n eternal_a denominate_v as_o relate_v to_o its_o connoted_a object_n which_o from_o eternity_n be_v nothing_o and_o the_o covenant_n in_o constitution_n be_v not_o god_n nor_o shall_v be_v by_o i_o so_o call_v 4._o nor_o will_v i_o call_v the_o whole_a execution_n of_o god_n election_n by_o christ_n the_o covenant_n in_o execution_n nor_o any_o part_n of_o it_o but_o that_o which_o scripture_n so_o call_v 5._o i_o grant_v he_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v usual_o take_v for_o a_o divine_a disposition_n and_o constitution_n but_o that_o be_v not_o mere_o in_o god_n decree_n but_o as_o grotius_n have_v at_o large_a open_v praef._n ad_fw-la annot._n in_o evang._n as_o it_o be_v god_n signal_n reveal_v determination_n of_o the_o term_n of_o life_n and_o death_n or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o law_n and_o a_o covenant_n on_o god_n part_n impose_v on_o we_o before_o we_o consent_v and_o jer._n 33._o 20._o do_v not_o call_v god_n mere_a decree_n his_o covenant_n but_o his_o create_a course_n and_o law_n of_o nature_n 6._o he_o that_o will_v but_o try_v the_o text_n which_o his_o concordance_n refer_v he_o to_o and_o can_v find_v a_o multitude_n of_o place_n where_o the_o word_n covenant_n be_v take_v for_o somewhat_o else_o than_o god_n decree_n and_o their_o general_a execution_n even_o for_o a_o law_n with_o its_o premiant_a and_o penal_a sanction_n and_o for_o a_o free_a donation_n or_o promise_n which_o yet_o have_v its_o proper_a condition_n as_o the_o moralis_fw-la dispositio_fw-la recipientium_fw-la and_o that_o can_v find_v divers_a such_o covenant_n make_v by_o god_n with_o christ_n and_o we_o that_o be_v real_o distinct_a and_o not_o to_o be_v confound_v must_v not_o expect_v that_o i_o here_o trouble_v other_o reader_n with_o such_o a_o task_n as_o his_o conviction_n 7._o i_o full_o agree_v that_o christ_n righteousnrss_n be_v fit_o call_v both_o the_o meritorious_a and_o material_a cause_n of_o our_o righteousness_n or_o passive_a justification_n though_o i_o late_o read_v one_o contend_v that_o it_o can_v be_v both_o for_o we_o mean_v but_o that_o it_o be_v that_o matter_n or_o thing_n which_o merit_v it_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o nature_n relation_n knowledge_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n and_o of_o freewill_n and_o providence_n as_o the_o object_n thereof_o such_o select_a verity_n as_o be_v needful_a to_o reconcile_v the_o common_a difference_n about_o predestination_n providence_n grace_n and_o freewill_n between_o the_o synodist_n and_o arminian_n calvinist_n and_o lutheran_n dominican_n and_o jesuit_n etc._n etc._n by_o richard_n baxter_n london_n print_v by_o robert_n white_a for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o s_n t._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxv_o the_o content_n sect._n 1_o what_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v here_o to_o be_v expect_v pag._n 1._o sect._n 2._o of_o man_n soul_n as_o the_o glass_n or_o image_n in_o which_o god_n must_v be_v see_v p._n 3._o sect._n 3_o the_o several_a inadequate_a conception_n which_o together_o make_v up_o the_o most_o exact_a and_o orderly_a knowledge_n of_o god_n p._n 4._o sect._n 4._o the_o relation_n and_o denomination_n of_o god_n active_a power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n as_o to_o the_o creature_n p._n 6._o sect._n 5._o of_o futurity_n and_o the_o pretend_a eternal_a cause_n of_o it_o and_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o p._n 8._o sect._n 6._o of_o the_o coexistence_n of_o the_o creature_n with_o god_n in_o eternity_n and_o of_o god_n knowledge_n of_o they_o as_o existent_n p._n 13._o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n of_o many_o scholastic_a dispute_n about_o god_n knowledge_n which_o shall_v moderate_v our_o censure_n of_o dissenter_n in_o such_o matter_n and_o check_v our_o sinful_a curiosity_n p._n 15._o sect._n 8._o more_o of_o god_n know_v thing_n future_a and_o of_o permission_n of_o sin_n p._n 24._o sect._n 9_o of_o predetermination_n universal_a causation_n humane_a power_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o liberty_n of_o will_n distinguish_v in_o a_o table_n p._n 27._o sect._n 10._o of_o natural_a and_o moral_a power_n and_o impotency_n their_o difference_n p._n 36._o sect._n 11._o more_o of_o the_o same_o and_o whether_o god_n bound_v man_n to_o impossibility_n p._n 39_o sect._n 12._o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 42._o sect._n 13._o of_o the_o will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n in_o general_n their_o simplicity_n and_o diversity_n suppose_a priority_n and_o posteriority_n of_o negation_n of_o nolition_n and_o volition_n of_o negative_n etc._n etc._n p._n 45._o sect._n 14._o several_a distinction_n of_o god_n will_v explain_v 1._o positive_a act_n and_o non-agency_a 2._o positive_a and_o negative_a as_o to_o the_o object_n 3._o positive_a and_o oppositive_a volition_n and_o nolition_n 4._o immanent_a and_o transient_a 5._o efficient_o transient_a and_o objective_o transient_a 6._o natural_a and_o free_n 7._o efficient_a and_o permissive_a 8._o beneplaciti_fw-la &_o signi_fw-la de_fw-la eventu_fw-la &_o de_fw-la debito_fw-la decretive_a and_o legislative_a where_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o law_n be_v open_v 10._o absolute_a and_o conditional_a 11._o effectual_a and_o uneffectual_a 12._o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a p._n 49._o sect._n 15._o whether_o god_n decree_n must_v be_v say_v to_o be_v diversify_v and_o prove_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o execution_n whether_o
god_n do_v intendere_fw-la finem_fw-la and_o what_o be_v his_o end_n the_o order_n and_o object_n open_v p._n 57_o sect._n 16._o what_o election_n and_o reprobation_n be_v the_o order_n of_o the_o decree_v call_v reprobation_n and_o of_o the_o object_n of_o negation_n of_o decree_n p._n 66._o a_o additional_a explication_n of_o divine_a nolition_n p._n 76._o sect._n 17._o whether_o god_n will_v decree_n or_o cause_n sin_n five_o act_n of_o god_n in_o and_o about_o sin_n what_o sin_n be_v many_o way_n god_n can_v cause_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o the_o sinner_n cause_v and_o so_o fulfil_v his_o decree_n without_o will_v or_o cause_v the_o sin_n objection_n answer_v god_n free_o not_o idle_o or_o impotent_o restrain_v his_o own_o possible_a operation_n sometime_o that_o he_o do_v not_o such_o or_o such_o a_o act_n at_o all_o and_o sometime_o that_o he_o do_v but_o so_o much_o towards_o it_o and_o no_o more_o whether_o god_n be_v ever_o causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la p._n 84._o sect._n 18._o a_o confutation_n of_o dr._n twiss_n digress_v 5._o li._n 2._o sect_n 1._o vindic._n gratiae_n where_o he_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v a_o medium_n sva_fw-la natura_fw-la sum_n &_o unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o the_o glorification_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n p._n 92._o sect._n 19_o the_o same_o doctrine_n in_o rutherford_n de_fw-la providentia_fw-la confute_v whether_o thing_n be_v good_a because_o god_n will_v they_o or_o will_v by_o he_o because_o good_a resolve_v whether_o there_o be_v eternal_a rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la dr._n field_n vindicate_v p._n 106._o sect._n 20._o the_o old_a doctrine_n of_o augustine_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n think_v by_o some_o jesuit_n too_o rigid_a but_o indeed_o conciliatory_a for_o absolute_a election_n to_o faith_n and_o so_o to_o salvation_n and_o for_o no_o reprobate_v decree_n but_o only_o of_o punishment_n for_o sin_n foresee_v but_o not_o decree_v prosper_n ad_fw-la cap._n gall._n sentent_fw-fr translate_v p._n 115._o sect._n 21._o the_o sum_n of_o prosper_v answer_n to_o vincent_n 16._o object_n p._n 118._o sect._n 22._o fulgentius_n word_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n p._n 121._o sect._n 23._o the_o heal_a doctrine_n and_o concession_n of_o many_o call_v calvinist_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n pet._n molinaeus_n etc._n etc._n p._n 124._o sect._n 24._o and_o of_o petr._n á_z sancto_n joseph_n suarez_n ruiz_n etc._n etc._n on_o the_o other_o side_n especial_o bellarmine_n at_o large_a and_o other_o p._n 127._o errata_fw-la part_n 1._o pag._n 10._o l._n 38._o in_o mark_fw-mi for_o reason_n be_v r._n relation_n be_v p._n 24._o l._n 25._o r._n those_o cause_n l._n 26._o r._n first_o case_n p._n 27._o l._n 2._o r._n of_o predetermination_n reader_n pain_n and_o great_a business_n forbid_v i_o to_o gather_v the_o errata_fw-la some_o be_v gather_v by_o a_o friend_n out_o of_o the_o first_o book_n many_o more_o i_o must_v leave_v to_o your_o ingenuity_n i_o see_v in_o the_o premonition_n p._n 4._o l._n 22._o for_o mr._n w._n mr._n d._n l._n 47._o for_o armatus_fw-la annatus_n also_o dial._n 11._o p._n 231._o l._n 30._o r._n refuse_v dial._n 13._o p._n 291._o l._n 13._o for_o not_o r._n do_v catholic_n theology_n the_o first_o book_n pacify_v principle_n collect_v from_o the_o common_a notice_n of_o nature_n the_o certain_a oracle_n of_o god_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o the_o common_a consent_n of_o christian_n for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o church-dividing_a and_o destroy_a controversy_n especial_o about_o predestination_n providence_n grace._n and_o freewill_n redemption_n justification_n faith_n merit_n work_n certainty_n of_o salvation_n perseverance_n and_o many_o other_o in_o three_o part_n i._o of_o god_n nature_n knowledge_n decree_v and_o providence_n about_o sin_n with_o man_n freewill_n as_o the_o object_n of_o the_o former_a ii_o of_o god_n government_n and_o moral_a work_n iii_o of_o god_n operation_n on_o man_n soul_n by_o richard_n baxter_n a_o earnest_a desirer_n of_o the_o unity_n love_n and_o peace_n of_o christian_n for_o endeavour_v of_o which_o he_o expect_v with_o resolve_v patience_n still_o to_o undergo_v the_o censure_n slander_n and_o cruelty_n of_o ignorance_n pride_n and_o malice_n from_o all_o that_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o wisdom_n and_o zeal_n which_o be_v from_o beneath_o earthly_a sensual_a and_o devilish_a the_o cause_n of_o confusion_n and_o every_o evil_a work_n james_z 3._o 14_o 15_o 16._o london_n print_v by_o robert_n white_a for_o nevil_n simmons_n at_o the_o prince_n arm_n in_o s_n t._n paul_n churchyard_n mdclxxv_o the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o nature_n knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o far_o as_o be_v needful_a to_o the_o intend_a conciliation_n and_o concord_n sect_n i._o of_o our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n as_o here_o attainable_a though_o it_o be_v about_o the_o knowledge_n will_n and_o decree_n of_o god_n that_o our_o controversy_n be_v agitate_a yet_o because_o the_o consequent_a verity_n be_v scarce_o ever_o well_o understand_v without_o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o antecedent_n out_o of_o which_o the_o consequent_n arise_v and_o without_o the_o just_a order_n place_n and_o respect_n which_o the_o late_a have_v unto_o the_o former_a and_o unless_o thing_n be_v understand_v in_o their_o true_a method_n i_o will_v therefore_o expose_v myself_o to_o the_o obloquy_n of_o those_o who_o will_v call_v it_o overdoing_a so_o far_o as_o to_o premise_v somewhat_o of_o the_o deity_n itself_o but_o not_o what_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o full_a explication_n of_o the_o divine_a attribute_n as_o we_o be_v capable_a as_o must_v be_v in_o a_o method_n of_o theologie_n which_o i_o have_v attempt_v elsewhere_o but_o only_o so_o much_o as_o lie_v under_o our_o controvert_v subject_a and_o when_o i_o have_v do_v that_o i_o shall_v leave_v the_o rest_n thes_n 1._o to_o know_v the_o only_a true_a god_n and_o jesus_n christ_n who_o he_o have_v send_v be_v life_n eternal_a cognitum_fw-la eternal_a eternal_a eternal_a john_n 17._o 3._o bradward_n l._n 1._o c._n 11._o p._n 198._o the_o first_o necessary_a incomplex_fw-la principle_n be_v god_n and_o the_o first_o complex_fw-la simple_o be_v of_o god_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o we_o the_o primum_fw-la cognitum_fw-la 2._o to_o 20._o to_o to_o to_o exodus_fw-la 20._o know_v god_n be_v to_o know_v his_o be_v nature_n and_o relation_n for_o though_o those_o relation_n that_o be_v to_o man_n be_v not_o essential_a to_o his_o divine_a nature_n yet_o be_v they_o essential_o contain_v in_o the_o signification_n of_o the_o name_n god_n as_o he_o be_v the_o object_n of_o our_o faith_n and_o religion_n for_o to_o be_v our_o god_n do_v speak_v his_o relation_n to_o we_o as_o well_o as_o his_o nature_n as_o the_o name_n king_n and_z father_z do_v among_o man_n 3._o we_o neither_o have_v nor_o can_v have_v here_o in_o flesh_n any_o one_o proper_a formal_a conception_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n that_o be_v formal_o suit_v to_o the_o truth_n in_o the_o object_n but_o only_o metaphorical_a or_o analogical_a conception_n borrow_v from_o thing_n better_o know_v 4._o yet_o nothing_o beyond_o sense_n at_o least_o be_v so_o certain_o know_v as_o god_n so_o far_o as_o we_o can_v reach_v though_o nothing_o be_v less_o perfect_o or_o more_o defective_o know_v or_o less_o comprehend_v even_o as_o we_o know_v nothing_o visible_a more_o certain_o than_o the_o sun_n and_o yet_o comprehend_v nothing_o visible_a less_o 5._o it_o be_v not_o true_a which_o many_o great_a metaphysician_n assert_v that_o the_o quiddity_n of_o god_n be_v total_o unknown_a to_o we_o for_o than_o it_o can_v not_o be_v life_n eternal_a to_o know_v he_o nor_o will_v a_o mere_a negative_a knowledge_n cause_n in_o we_o a_o sufficient_a positive_a love_n or_o joy_n or_o trust_v etc._n etc._n but_o to_o know_v that_o we_o can_v know_v he_o will_v but_o infer_v that_o we_o can_v love_v he_o for_o we_o love_v not_o a_o unknown_a good_n 6._o nor_o be_v it_o true_a that_o pet._n hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendoza_n in_o fine_a disput_fw-la and_o some_o other_o say_v that_o the_o notion_n of_o life_n and_o intellect_n be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v of_o the_o quiddity_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o divine_a will_n be_v not_o a_o quidditative_a notion_n 7._o god_n be_v here_o see_v in_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o work_n with_o the_o revelation_n of_o his_o word_n and_o spirit_n and_o from_o these_o work_v we_o must_v borrow_v our_o conception_n now_o conception_n conception_n conception_n the_o doubt_n be_v how_o imperfect_a work_n can_v notify_v the_o perfect_a god_n and_o the_o schoolman_n manage_v it_o as_o a_o insuperable_a difficulty_n whether_o god_n can_v have_v make_v the_o world_n or_o any_o thing_n better_o than_o it_o be_v if_o you_o will_v pardon_v i_o for_o make_v
every_o man_n his_o right_n and_o due_a be_v include_v 338._o it_o be_v not_o god_n will_v without_o the_o sign_n as_o be_v say_v nor_o the_o sign_n without_o his_o will_n but_o the_o sign_n as_o notify_v and_o his_o will_n as_o notify_v that_o be_v a_o law_n and_o jus_n the_o effect_n god_n will_v be_v the_o principal_a cause_n and_o quasi_fw-la anima_fw-la legis_fw-la and_o the_o sign_n be_v the_o instrumental_a cause_n and_o quasi_fw-la corpus_fw-la 339._o the_o sign_n re●pecteth_v these_o thing_n 1._o the_o matter_n due_a 2._o the_o dueness_n or_o right_n 3._o the_o will_n of_o god_n concern_v or_o constitute_v it_o 4._o the_o mind_n and_o will_n of_o man_n to_o who_o this_o be_v signify_v or_o 1._o god_n will_v as_o the_o efficient_a of_o right_n 2._o the_o matter_n and_o form_n of_o right_a as_o constitute_v 3._o the_o mind_n and_o will_n of_o man_n as_o the_o terminus_fw-la 340._o these_o sign_n of_o god_n will_v be_v 1._o natural_a call_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o natura_n &_o ordo_fw-la rerum_fw-la especial_o ipsius_fw-la hominis_fw-la as_o before_o describe_v 2._o by_o extraordinary_a revelation_n the_o latter_a have_v the_o great_a advantage_n of_o plainness_n significandi_fw-la rem_fw-la praeceptam_fw-la the_o former_a have_v the_o full_a evidence_n of_o its_o author_n and_o original_a that_o it_o be_v indeed_o of_o god_n both_o be_v his_o law_n to_o man_n 341._o la●_n judgement_n and_o execution_n the_o three_o part_n of_o government_n differ_v in_o that_o 1._o law_n make_v the_o debitum_fw-la or_o jus_fw-la 2._o judgement_n determine_v we_o it_o be_v of_o great_a use_n for_o a_o divine_a who_o handle_v god_n law_n to_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o law_n in_o genere_fw-la as_o suarez_n in_o prae_n de_fw-fr legib._n show_v which_o book_n be_v one_o of_o the_o best_a on_o that_o subject_a that_o be_v extant_a among_o we_o of_o it_o by_o decisive_a application_n 3._o execution_n distribute_v according_a to_o it_o 342._o the_o jus_fw-la vel_fw-la debitum_fw-la institute_v by_o the_o law_n be_v twofold_a 1._o a_o subditis_fw-la what_o shall_v be_v due_a from_o the_o subject_n the_o debitum_fw-la officii_fw-la 2._o subditis_fw-la what_o shall_v be_v due_a to_o the_o subject_n viz._n 1._o antecedent_o to_o their_o merit_n which_o be_v 1._o the_o act_n of_o our_o govern_n benefactor_n 2._o or_o a_o divider_n such_o be_v the_o law_n for_o divide_v the_o israelite_n inheritance_n 2._o consequently_n which_o be_v by_o the_o retributive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n common_o call_v the_o sanction_n which_o be_v 1._o by_o the_o premiant_a part_n what_o reward_n shall_v be_v due_a 2._o by_o the_o penal_a what_o punishment_n 343._o according_o law_n have_v several_a part_n 1._o precept_n and_o prohibition_n make_v duty_n 2._o retributive_a 1._o premiant_a 2._o penal_a call_v god_n promise_n and_o threat_n 3._o and_o subservient_fw-fr or_o accidental_a 1._o narrative_n historical_a chronological_n etc._n etc._n 2._o pure_a donation_n 3._o prophecy_n 4._o doctrinal_a 5._o exhortatory_n 6._o reprehensive_a etc._n etc._n 344._o though_o debitum_fw-la vel_fw-la jus_fw-la facere_fw-la be_v the_o formal_a operation_n of_o a_o law_n which_o be_v to_o be_v fundamentum_fw-la relationis_fw-la yet_o the_o act_n of_o the_o chief_a part_n preceptive_a or_o penal_a be_v common_o call_v obligation_n and_o so_o many_o say_v that_o obligare_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la be_v all_o the_o action_n of_o a_o law_n but_o obligare_fw-la be_v a_o metaphor_n and_o therefore_o in_o dispute_n to_o be_v lay_v by_o or_o to_o give_v place_n to_o the_o proper_a term_n and_o the_o premiant_a act_n be_v not_o proper_o call_v obligation_n nor_o the_o penal_a act_n save_v in_o a_o secondary_a notion_n as_o he_o be_v ●bligatus_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la ferendam_fw-la if_o judge_v who_o be_v first_o reus_n poenae_fw-la or_o to_o who_o it_o be_v make_v due_a by_o the_o law_n 345._o the_o obligation_n aut_fw-la ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la be_v not_o of_o equality_n in_o the_o disjunctive_a as_o if_o god_n be_v indifferent_a which_o we_o choose_v but_o it_o be_v primary_o ad_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la and_o but_o subservient_o add_v poenam_fw-la as_o a_o mean_n against_o future_a disobedience_n and_o a_o secure_v the_o end_n of_o government_n in_o case_n of_o sin_n 346._o but_o the_o preceptive_a and_o the_o premiant_a part_n be_v each_o chief_a or_o final_a in_o several_a respect_n god_n command_v we_o a_o course_n of_o duty_n or_o right_a action_n to_o this_o end_n that_o we_o may_v be_v happy_a in_o his_o love_n and_o he_o promise_v we_o first_o and_o give_v we_o after_o in_o foretaste_n this_o happiness_n to_o draw_v we_o to_o duty_n 347._o but_o here_o be_v a_o wonderful_a inseparable_a twist_n and_o in_o the_o main_a a_o identity_n god_n rule_v we_o as_o a_o father_n or_o regent_n benefactor_n all_o his_o benefit_n be_v freegift_n as_o to_o the_o thing_n and_o value_n but_o give_v 1._o in_o a_o order_n 2._o and_o the_o rest_n as_o mean_n to_o the_o ultimate_a in_o which_o respect_n they_o be_v a_o reward_n or_o mean_n to_o it_o his_o very_a law_n be_v a_o gift_n and_o a_o great_a benefit_n duty_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o keep_v his_o first_o gift_n and_o to_o receive_v more_o the_o very_a do_v of_o the_o duty_n be_v a_o receive_n of_o the_o reward_n the_o object_n of_o duty_n be_v felicitating_a as_o if_o feast_v or_o accept_v offer_v wealth_n or_o honour_n be_v our_o work_n holiness_n be_v happiness_n in_o a_o great_a part_n and_o in_o our_o end_n or_o state_n of_o perfection_n all_o will_v be_v one_o to_o love_n god_n rejoice_v in_o he_o and_o praise_v he_o will_v be_v both_o our_o duty_n and_o felicity_n mean_n and_o end_n as_o it_o be_v in_o one_o 348._o whereas_o some_o say_v that_o if_o there_o be_v no_o law_n sin_n will_v deserve_v punishment_n it_o be_v a_o error_n for_o it_o be_v due_a only_a by_o law_n but_o it_o be_v true_a man_n of_o all_o the_o follow_a distinction_n note_v these_o word_n of_o bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 4●_n a._n 1._o q._n 1._o volunt●●em_fw-la d●i_fw-la antecedentem_fw-la s●●_n conditionalem_fw-la possibl●e_fw-la ●●●●_o non_fw-it impleri_fw-la at_o consequentem_fw-la &_o absolutam_fw-la nequ●●uam_fw-la s●●un●um_fw-la da●●sc_n voluntas_fw-la ben●p●aciti_fw-la ●t_a ●apl_n antecedens_fw-la seu_fw-la conditionales_fw-la &_o consequous_a qua_fw-la vult_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o s●_n est_fw-la omnium_fw-la salutem_fw-la &_o alsoluta_fw-la sive_fw-la consequens_fw-la qu●_n determinate_a vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la q●●d_fw-la no●it_fw-la certitudin_fw-fr 〈…〉_o intelligendum_fw-la ●●●_o n●llam_fw-mi dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la p●sse_fw-la superari_fw-la aut_fw-la cassari_fw-la aliquam_fw-la tamen_fw-la posse_fw-la non_fw-la imp●eri_fw-la ●t_a antecedentem_fw-la aliq●●m_fw-la ut_fw-la consequentem_fw-la impossibile_fw-it ●sse_fw-la no●_n impleri_fw-la ●●●_o impedi●i_fw-it non_fw-la ●tiam_fw-la possibil●_n est_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la cassari_fw-la nam_fw-la cassam_fw-la di●itur_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dum_fw-la pri●●tur_fw-la e●●ectu_fw-la p●●●●io_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la aut●●_n nullo_n privatur_fw-la esseciu_fw-la ad_fw-la qu●m_fw-la est_fw-la p●●p●ie_n nam_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la omnes_fw-la homi●●s_fw-la salvos_fw-la fieri_fw-la quant●m_fw-la in_o s●_n est_fw-la haec_fw-la voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la connotat_fw-la salutem_fw-la nec_fw-la proprie_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la effectum_fw-la salute_n sed_fw-la connotat_fw-la ordinatio●●m_fw-la naturae_fw-la sive_fw-la natur●m_fw-la ordinabil●n_fw-la ad_fw-la salut●n_n ●●●●_o ni●il_fw-la plus_fw-la est_fw-la di●●re_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la istum_fw-la sal●●●_n fieri_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o se_fw-la est_fw-la q●●m_fw-la de●_n placuit_fw-la dare_v isti_fw-la ●●●●ram_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la posset_n p●●●●●ire_fw-la ad_fw-la sa●u●em_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la deus_fw-la para●●●_n esset_fw-la ju●●re_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la salus_fw-la non_fw-la deficit_fw-la prope_a dese●tum_fw-la à_fw-la p●nte_fw-la dei_fw-la therefore_o it_o connote_v also_o all_o the_o help_n which_o god_n afford_v man_n that_o it_o be_v due_a by_o the_o mere_a law_n of_o nature_n without_o any_o superadded_a positive_a law_n 349._o god_n will_v call_v legislative_a or_o govern_v be_v ever_o fulfil_v in_o strict_a sense_n that_o be_v so_o much_o as_o be_v god_n part_n and_o the_o law_n part_v to_o do_v be_v ever_o do_v e._n g._n god_n say_v perfect_a obedience_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v adam_n duty_n and_o it_o be_v do_v it_o be_v his_o duty_n whether_o he_o will_v or_o not_o he_o say_v to_o steal_v shall_v be_v sin_n and_o it_o be_v sin_n he_o say_v he_o that_o believe_v shall_v have_v right_a to_o justification_n and_o glory_n and_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v filius_fw-la mortis_fw-la that_o be_v death_n and_o hell_n shall_v be_v his_o due_a and_o so_o it_o be_v thus_o strict_o all_o god_n will_v be_v do_v 350._o but_o in_o the_o secondary_a remote_a sense_n every_o sin_n violate_v the_o will_n of_o god_n by_o break_v his_o law_n for_o when_o he_o say_v obedience_n shall_v
a_o mean_n 2._o make_v one_o little_a parcel_n of_o that_o mean_n to_o be_v the_o end_n 3._o insert_v two_o act_n or_o part_n only_o of_o that_o which_o they_o themselves_o confess_v to_o be_v but_o mean_v for_o what_o shall_v the_o name_n of_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n do_v in_o the_o description_n of_o the_o end_n be_v they_o any_o part_n of_o the_o end_n why_o be_v not_o redemption_n justification_n sanctification_n preservation_n resurrection_n etc._n etc._n as_o well_o put_v in_o be_v he_o not_o glorify_v in_o they_o as_o well_o as_o in_o final_a salvation_n or_o damnation_n yea_o and_o in_o creation_n and_o the_o fr●me_n of_o nature_n too_o yea_o why_o be_v not_o the_o glory_n of_o angel_n and_o all_o the_o world_n put_v in_o as_o part_v of_o the_o same_o mean_n to_o his_o end_n 406._o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o be_v only_a god_n glory_n of_o mercy_n and_o justice_n in_o men●_n salvation_n and_o damnation_n which_o be_v the_o end_n of_o redemption_n conversion_n preach_v ordinance_n sanctification_n adoption_n etc._n etc._n 1._o i_o deny_v it_o his_o power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n and_o his_o forementioned_a subordinate_a attribute_n be_v thereby_o glorify_v also_o 2._o it_o be_v a_o injury_n to_o god_n unworthy_a of_o a_o divine_a to_o make_v god_n to_o have_v as_o many_o distinct_a ultimate_a end_n as_o they_o think_v there_o be_v particular_a aptitude_n or_o tendency_n in_o the_o mean_n 407._o for_o undoubted_o we_o must_v feign_v in_o god_n no_o more_o ultimate_a end_n than_o one_o and_o undoubted_o the_o mean_n consist_v of_o innumerable_a part_n make_v up_o one_o perfect_a whole_a in_o which_o god_n glory_n shine_v so_o as_o it_o do_v not_o in_o any_o part_n alone_o and_o he_o that_o will_v cut_v god_n frame_n into_o scrap_n and_o shred_n and_o set_v up_o the_o part_n as_o so_o many_o whole_n will_v more_o dishonour_v he_o than_o he_o that_o will_v so_o mangle_v a_o picture_n or_o a_o watch_n or_o clock_n or_o house_n or_o the_o pipe_n of_o a_o organ_n or_o the_o string_n of_o a_o lute_n and_o tell_v you_o of_o their_o beauty_n and_o harmony_n only_o distinct_o well_o therefore_o do_v dr._n twisse_n reduce_v all_o the_o decree_n de_fw-fr mediis_fw-la to_o one_o but_o they_o be_v one_o in_o their_o apt_a composition_n for_o one_o end_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o sun_n and_o star_n and_o angel_n and_o the_o whole_a creation_n be_v a_o part_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o our_o salvation_n and_o damnation_n be_v but_o another_o part_n 408._o the_o order_n therefore_o of_o god_n decree_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o execution_n be_v on●y_o fit_a for_o our_o debate_n any_o far_a than_o that_o we_o may_v moreover_o say_v that_o god_n will_v or_o himself_o be_v all_o his_o ultimate_a end_n and_o his_o glory_n shine_v in_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o entire_a work_n be_v the_o perfect_a mean_n and_o there_o be_v nothing_o else_o that_o we_o can_v reasonable_o controvert_v and_o about_o this_o our_o controversy_n be_v next_o to_o none_o at_o all_o here_o we_o may_v well_o inquire_v what_o be_v prius_fw-la vel_fw-la posterius_fw-la quid_fw-la superius_fw-la quid_fw-la inferius_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o to_o our_o edification_n 409._o see_v then_o that_o we_o be_v agree_v as_o be_v say_v with_o aquinas_n that_o man_n that_o that_o that_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vo●●n_n dei_fw-la disp_n 15._o §._o 4._o p._n 163._o pretty_o argue_v that_o si_fw-mi non_fw-la potest_fw-la dari_fw-la ratio_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ●olitionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la sed_fw-la solius_fw-la denomination_n extrinse●ae_fw-la resultant●s_fw-la ab_fw-la e●●●●lis_fw-la creat●●_n sequitur_fw-la ●anas_fw-la esse_fw-la plurima●_n th●o●ogorum_n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la depend●●tia_fw-la vel_fw-la ratione_fw-la divi●●●um_fw-la volitionum_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la constat_fw-la quem_fw-la ordinem_fw-la dependentiam_fw-la u●l_fw-la ration●m_fw-la habeant_fw-la externa_fw-la objecta_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la the_o conscquent_a be_v true_a they_o be_v vain_a indeed_o though_o he_o deny_v it_o and_o all_o his_o reason_n p._n 161_o 162_o etc._n etc._n to_o prove_v that_o dantur_fw-la i●_n creat●●a_fw-la rationes_fw-la finales_fw-la moventes_fw-la divinam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la be_v but_o trifling_n with_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o the_o word_n ratio_fw-la and_o abuse_n of_o the_o word_n causa_fw-la have_v before_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v no_o real_a cause_n and_o be_v there_o cause_n that_o be_v not_o real_a 1._o we_o grant_v the_o creature_n be_v a_o object_n of_o god_n will_v and_o the_o object_n be_v b●_n some_o call_v the_o material_a cause_n of_o the_o act_n in_o ●●●●●●●●_o numero_fw-la 2._o it_o be_v the_o terminus_n and_o recipient_a of_o the_o divine_a influx_n 3._o it_o may_v therefore_o ●e_v causa_fw-la materials_n of_o the_o diversity_n of_o the_o effect_n of_o god_n influx_n as_o receive_v in_o patiente_a ex_fw-la di●ersitate_fw-la disposition_n 4._o our_o act_n may_v be_v the_o effect_n of_o god_n volition_n 5._o and_o may_v be_v second_o cause_n of_o other_o effect_n 6._o those_o other_o effect_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v god_n near_a end_n speak_v of_o he_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o imperfect_a man_n 7._o where_o our_o act_n be_v not_o cause_n they_o may_v be_v condition_n sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la of_o many_o of_o god_n act_n quoad_fw-la effectus_fw-la as_o sin_n be_v of_o punishment_n at_o least_o 8._o in_o all_o these_o respect_v god_n volition_n which_o be_v one_o in_o itself_o may_v and_o must_v be_v denominate_v divers_a from_o the_o diversity_n of_o these_o effect_n and_o object_n which_o therefore_o be_v the_o ratio_fw-la nomin●●_n and_o he_o that_o will_v prove_v any_o other_o ratio_fw-la or_o cause_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n the_o will_n of_o god_n or_o any_o of_o his_o act_n as_o in_o himself_o must_v first_o renounce_v all_o natural_a and_o scholastical_a theology_n at_o least_o he_o cit_v durand_n major_a richardus_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o durandus_fw-la 1._o d._n 41._o q._n 1._o do_v but_o say_v that_o god_n act_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v reckon_v secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la as_o liken_v god_n reason_v or_o thought_n to_o we_o ut_fw-la n._n 7._o and_o not_o ●uxta_fw-la rei_fw-la veritatem_fw-la richard_n be_v full_a for_o what_o i_o say_v 1._o d._n 45._o voluntas_fw-la sive_fw-la volens_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la secundum_fw-la essentiam_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la velle_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la but_o yet_o his_o velle_fw-la hoc_fw-la speak_v not_o his_o esse_fw-la quà_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o therefore_o he_o add_v that_o when_o god_n be_v say_v scire_fw-la aut_fw-la velle_fw-la it_o be_v his_o essence_n but_o to_o say_v hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la scit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la be_v but_o to_o say_v hoc_fw-la aut_fw-la illud_fw-la est_fw-la subjectum_fw-la scientiae_fw-la vel_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la quae_fw-la ipse_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la &_o summa_fw-la causa_fw-la omnium_fw-la cujus_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quaerenda_fw-la &_o non_fw-la est_fw-la diversa_fw-la voluntas_fw-la sed_fw-la diversa_fw-la locutio_fw-la de_fw-la ea_fw-la in_o scripture_n and_o richardus_fw-la in_o loc_fw-la p._n 141._o say_v but_o this_o that_o ipsius_fw-la divini_fw-la velle_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la motiva_fw-la cum_fw-la realiter_fw-la idem_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la tamen_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la divinum_fw-la velle_fw-la &_o ipsum_fw-la volitum_fw-la bene_fw-la est_fw-la ratio_fw-la aliqua_fw-la respectu_fw-la alicujus_fw-la voliti_fw-la which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o i_o have_v say_v and_o as_o to_o major_a ruiz_n do_v ill_a to_o cite_v he_o who_o there_o profess_v that_o predestination_n and_o volition_n be_v but_o relatio_fw-la rationis_fw-la &_o denominatio_fw-la extrinseca_v as_o to_o god_n and_o his_o ordo_fw-la signorum_fw-la in_o ment_fw-la divina_fw-la be_v but_o the_o scotist_n assimilate_v god_n act_n to_o man_n deus_fw-la non_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la sed_fw-la vult_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la that_o which_o we_o have_v to_o do_v be_v but_o to_o inquire_v 1._o de_fw-fr re_fw-mi how_o one_o thing_n be_v a_o cause_n or_o other_o mean_n of_o another_o 2._o and_o so_o how_o god_n decree_v it_o to_o work_v and_o be_v 410._o and_o 1._o it_o be_v agree_v that_o the_o creation_n be_v god_n first_o work_n that_o we_o know_v of_o or_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o do_v with_o this_o have_v as_o to_o the_o first_o part_n no_o antecedent_n object_n but_o produce_v its_o effect_n which_o some_o call_v its_o object_n but_o the_o latter_a day_n work_n have_v a_o antecedent_n object_n and_o also_o a_o produce_v effect_n and_o according_o god_n decree_v from_o eternity_n that_o this_o shall_v be_v his_o first_o work_n from_o whence_o by_o connotation_n that_o may_v be_v call_v his_o first_o decree_n 411._o that_o sin_n or_o the_o permission_n of_o sin_n or_o other_o mere_a negative_n be_v not_o to_o have_v place_n among_o the_o asserted_a mean_n and_o decree_n i_o be_o anon_o in_o due_a place_n to_o
positivas_fw-la causas_fw-la to_o which_o what_o i_o have_v say_v be_v a_o sufficient_a answer_n and_o 1._o sometime_o they_o have_v not_o but_o only_o the_o cessation_n of_o a_o causation_n 2._o they_o never_o have_v a_o positive_a efficient_a of_o themselves_o for_o nothing_o be_v not_o make_v but_o only_o a_o positive_a remover_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o which_o the_o subject_n be_v deprive_v of_o or_o a_o interposer_n or_o hinderer_n of_o the_o causation_n of_o it_o e._n g._n of_o light_n or_o life_n and_o death_n have_v no_o cause_n but_o that_o which_o cease_v the_o cause_n of_o life_n reprobation_n be_v common_o look_v at_o in_o the_o two_o most_o notable_a part_n as_o call_v 1._o god_n reprobate_v man_n to_o unbelief_n and_o impenitency_n 2._o his_o reprobate_v man_n to_o final_a damnation_n the_o last_o of_o these_o also_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o execution_n 1._o as_o privative_a 2._o as_o positive_a call_v poena_n damni_fw-la &_o sensus_fw-la and_o both_o especial_o the_o privative_a part_n be_v considerable_a 1._o as_o execute_v by_o man_n himself_o on_o himself_o free_o 2._o or_o as_o execute_v by_o god_n concern_v each_o of_o these_o observe_v 512._o 1._o not_o to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v no_o real_a entity_n and_o not_o to_o give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n as_o be_v say_v be_v no_o real_a entity_n and_o to_o permit_v infedelity_n and_o impenitency_n be_v no_o real_a entity_n as_o be_v prove_v and_o not_o to_o decree_v the_o give_v of_o say_v and_o the_o hinder_v of_o unbelief_n be_v nothing_o and_o most_o clear_o beside_o these_o four_o nothing_o nothing_o can_v be_v prove_v either_o existent_a or_o needful_a all_o that_o come_v to_o pass_v will_v come_v to_o pass_v without_o any_o more_o ado_n therefore_o 513._o as_o far_o as_o any_o mortal_a man_n can_v prove_v god_n have_v no_o such_o act_n of_o reprobation_n at_o all_o as_o be_v 1._o either_o a_o decree_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o eventual_o repent_v 2._o or_o a_o decree_n not_o to_o give_v he_o repentance_n 3._o or_o a_o decree_n to_o permit_v his_o impenitence_n 4._o nor_o can_v we_o prove_v a_o after_o volition_n of_o his_o own_o former_a non_fw-fr volition_n which_o be_v assert_v by_o scotus_n but_o the_o three_o first_o we_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o lay_v by_o and_o so_o not_o only_o to_o say_v as_o davenant_n that_o this_o part_n of_o reprobation_n be_v a_o act_n negative_a quoad_fw-la objectum_fw-la but_o that_o it_o be_v no_o act_n and_o there_o be_v no_o other_o reprobation_n as_o to_o this_o part_n save_v 1._o god_n not_o decree_a to_o give_v faith_n 2._o and_o his_o not_o give_v it_o 514._o 2._o and_o as_o to_o damnation_n so_o much_o of_o it_o as_o consist_v in_o sin_n itself_o god_n no_o otherwise_o cause_v than_o as_o he_o do_v all_o sin_n which_o be_v proper_o not_o at_o all_o it_o be_v but_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n which_o he_o cause_v as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o as_o sinful_o qualify_v and_o so_o no_o more_o decree_v this_o than_o other_o sin_n 515._o and_o most_o man_n little_a think_v how_o much_o of_o damnation_n lie_v in_o sin_n itself_o and_o the_o privative_a consequent_n which_o need_v no_o other_o cause_n 1._o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o god_n and_o goodness_n 2._o to_o be_v void_a of_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o holiness_n and_o holy_a person_n and_o all_o the_o holy_a employment_n of_o heaven_n 3._o to_o be_v thereby_o void_a of_o all_o the_o delight_n of_o holy_a one_o which_o consist_v in_o such_o knowledge_n love_n and_o employment_n praise_n obedience_n and_o holy_a communion_n 4._o to_o be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o reception_n of_o divine_a complacency_n as_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o blind_a be_v uncapable_a of_o the_o light_n or_o he_o that_o make_v himself_o unlovely_a be_v uncapable_a of_o immediate_a love_n 5._o to_o be_v defile_v and_o disease_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o sinful_a lust_n and_o malignity_n and_o make_v like_o the_o devil_n 6._o to_o have_v all_o sort_n of_o lust_n in_o violence_n when_o they_o can_v have_v no_o fuel_n or_o satisfaction_n and_o so_o to_o be_v torment_v with_o these_o lust_n to_o have_v extreme_a selfishness_n and_o pride_n when_o they_o have_v cast_v themselves_o into_o the_o utmost_a shame_n and_o misery_n 7._o to_o see_v that_o no_o creature_n can_v deliver_v they_o and_o to_o despair_v of_o ever_o be_v better_o as_o have_v no_o hope_n from_o god_n or_o any_o other_o 8._o to_o see_v or_o know_v that_o other_o enjoy_v the_o glory_n and_o everlasting_a felicity_n which_o they_o have_v lose_v 9_o to_o think_v how_o easy_o once_o they_o may_v have_v attain_v it_o and_o how_o it_o be_v offer_v free_o to_o their_o choice_n 10._o to_o think_v of_o all_o the_o solicitation_n of_o mercy_n that_o importune_v they_o and_o all_o the_o time_n and_o mean_v they_o have_v 11._o to_o think_v for_o how_o base_a a_o vanity_n they_o lose_v it_o and_o that_o misery_n be_v their_o wilful_a choice_n 12._o to_o be_v torment_v with_o envy_n and_o malice_n against_o god_n that_o forsake_v they_o and_o against_o his_o saint_n and_o to_o feel_v conscience_n awaken_v set_v home_n all_o their_o former_a folly_n all_o this_o be_v nothing_o but_o sin_n and_o its_o own_o effect_n which_o have_v no_o causation_n at_o all_o from_o god_n but_o to_o continue_v the_o nature_n which_o he_o give_v they_o and_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o destroy_v and_o how_o great_a a_o part_n of_o hell_n be_v this_o 516._o nay_o we_o know_v not_o how_o much_o sensible_a pain_n may_v be_v the_o consequent_a of_o their_o own_o sin_n without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o his_o common_a continuation_n of_o nature_n itself_o as_o a_o man_n that_o eat_v arsenic_n or_o unwholesome_a meat_n be_v torment_v by_o it_o without_o any_o other_o act_n of_o god_n than_o as_o the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n 517._o all_o this_o much_o of_o damnation_n then_o be_v mere_o the_o work_n of_o the_o sinner_n himself_o so_o far_o as_o there_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n in_o the_o execution_n so_o far_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v any_o positive_a act_n of_o volition_n or_o decree_n 518._o but_o 1._o as_o god_n in_o these_o be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o nature_n and_o so_o of_o natural_a act_n 2._o and_o as_o in_o other_o instance_n he_o actual_o further_a punish_v they_o 3._o and_o as_o he_o actual_o make_v that_o law_n which_o make_v these_o penalty_n the_o sinner_n due_a so_o far_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n that_o these_o person_n shall_v be_v damn_v and_o moreover_o as_o improper_o or_o moral_o his_o not_o sanctify_v they_o and_o not_o save_v they_o be_v call_v his_o act_n and_o be_v real_o their_o penalty_n even_o so_o may_v his_o not-willing_a to_o save_v or_o glorify_v they_o be_v call_v his_o decree_n and_o will_v to_o damn_v they_o if_o you_o will_n 519._o by_o this_o time_n we_o be_v ready_a to_o answer_v our_o first_o question_n what_o be_v the_o object_n of_o these_o several_a acta_fw-la of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o connotative_o we_o must_v call_v they_o several_a and_o 1._o himself_o 1._o 1._o 1._o beside_o all_o before_o cite_v against_o volition_n de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la see_v ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 6._o §._o 1._o p._n 36._o antiquorum_fw-la gravissimi_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la omne_fw-la velle_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la duntarat_n bona_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o aliqua_fw-la differentia_fw-la temporis_fw-la existunt_fw-la proinde_fw-la possibilia_fw-la que_fw-la nunquam_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la amari_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ●●●●_o mala_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la deum_fw-la not_z esse_fw-la omni-volentem_a &_o n●llam_fw-la creaturam_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la amari_fw-la necessario_fw-la ita_fw-la albertus_n alexand._n bo●●vent_n richard_n gaby_n bannez_fw-fr zumel_n molina_n valentia_n scotus_n against_o which_o he_o bring_v frivolous_a reason_n and_o assert_v that_o god_n will_v as_o a_o material_a object_n the_o goodness_n which_o the_o creature_n will_v have_v if_o it_o be_v make_v and_o this_o as_o to_o all_o creature_n which_o never_o will_v be_v what_o putid_v contradiction_n be_v here_o to_o will_v goodness_n which_o be_v no_o goodness_n of_o all_o creature_n which_o be_v no_o creature_n as_o material_a object_n which_o be_v nothing_o god_n will_v his_o own_o power_n whence_o man_n call_v that_o possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o but_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n any_o possible_n not-future_a to_o be_v will_v what_o be_v there_o from_o eternity_n but_o god_n and_o be_v all_o the●e_n nothing_o god_n himself_o god_n not_o give_v the_o gospel_n to_o any_o person_n be_v no_o act_n and_o so_o have_v no_o object_n but_o reductive_o or_o improper_o the_o object_n be_v man_n sin_v against_o the_o grace_n of_o the_o first_o edition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o be_v these_o be_v the_o
what_o they_o be_v all_o create_v justice_n and_o holiness_n be_v such_o that_o be_v good_a for_o goodness_n be_v their_o essence_n because_o god_n efficient_a will_n make_v they_o so_o and_o then_o god_n final_a will_n take_v complacency_n in_o they_o or_o love_v they_o because_o they_o be_v so_o but_o if_o they_o talk_v of_o goodness_n or_o justice_n etc._n etc._n as_o it_o be_v in_o god_n there_o be_v in_o he_o no_o effect_n and_o so_o no_o cause_n of_o himself_o or_o any_o thing_n in_o himself_o 642._o but_o some_o thing_n god_n make_v moral_a duty_n by_o the_o very_a work_n of_o creation_n and_o ordination_n of_o the_o world_n without_o any_o other_o law_n and_o these_o be_v call_v duty_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n because_o the_o very_a natura_fw-la rerum_fw-la be_v a_o law_n that_o be_v a_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v constitute_v man_n duty_n it_o be_v man_n essence_n to_o be_v a_o intellectual-free-agent_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o such_o a_o agent_n create_v of_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v god_n creature_n and_o god_n own_o and_o dispositive_o a_o moral_a governable_a agent_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o owe_v god_n all_o that_o he_o be_v and_o have_v and_o can_v do_v and_o that_o god_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o jus_fw-la dominii_fw-la &_o imperii_fw-la over_o he_o and_o jus_fw-la ad_fw-la summum_fw-la ejus_fw-la amorem_fw-la happy_a amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la amorem_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n obligare_fw-la nos_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la teneatur_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la quaero_fw-la enim_fw-la a_o tenetur_fw-la obedire_fw-la a_o non_fw-la si_fw-mi sic_fw-la habetur_fw-la propositum_fw-la quia_fw-la tenetur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it consequentia_fw-la patet_fw-la quia_fw-la teneri_fw-la non_fw-la obedire_fw-la est_fw-la teneri_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la pet._n de_fw-mi alliaco_fw-it 1._o q._n 14._o t._n yet_o after_o he_o think_v it_o possible_a for_o god_n to_o have_v make_v a_o reasonable_a creature_n not_o oblige_v as_o if_o his_o very_a nature_n be_v not_o obligatory_a his_o instance_n of_o the_o mad_a be_v vain_a for_o they_o be_v not_o actual_o reasonable_a ockam_n presumptuous_o conclude_v that_o god_n can_v command_v a_o man_n to_o hate_n god_n and_o make_v it_o meritorious_a it_o be_v no_o contradiction_n his_o follower_n greg._n arim._n confute_v he_o and_o cameracensis_n invalidate_v the_o confutation_n and_o leave_v it_o doubtful_a but_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v a_o man_n and_o not_o oblige_v by_o nature_n to_o love_n god_n and_o a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v bind_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v he_o and_o yet_o stante_fw-la natura_fw-la bind_v to_o hate_v he_o and_o a_o contradiction_n to_o hate_n god_n and_o be_v good_a or_o happy_a it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o be_v a_o create_a man_n and_o not_o god_n own_o and_o his_o oblige_a subject_n and_o beneficiary_a therefore_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n that_o submission_n obedience_n and_o love_n shall_v not_o be_v his_o moral_a duty_n and_o good_a and_o that_o self-alienation_a rebellion_n or_o disobedience_n and_o hatred_n shall_v be_v no_o sin_n 643._o to_o dispute_v then_o as_o he_o do_v with_o camero_n and_o his_o follower_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a ex_fw-la natura_fw-la rei_fw-la or_o by_o god_n mere_a freewill_n be_v a_o strange_a dispute_n and_o of_o most_o easy_a resolution_n either_o they_o speak_v of_o god_n create_v will_n or_o of_o some_o other_o subsequent_a volition_n man_n be_v make_v man_n by_o god_n free_a create_a will_n and_o the_o foresay_a relation_n and_o duty_n be_v make_v such_o by_o make_v he_o man._n and_o the_o duty_n of_o love_n and_o justice_n to_o other_o be_v make_v such_o by_o his_o creator_n place_v he_o in_o a_o world_n where_o his_o neighbour_n be_v about_o he_o who_o be_v due_a object_n as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o society_n 330._o this_o he_o himself_o confess_v pag._n 329_o 330._o like_o a_o wheel_n in_o a_o clock_n the_o creator_n will_n be_v before_o nature_n and_o therefore_o before_o natural_a duty_n as_o the_o cause_n before_o the_o effect_n god_n can_v have_v make_v beast_n instead_o of_o man_n who_o have_v owe_v he_o no_o more_o than_o beast_n can_v do_v but_o from_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o man_n coexistent_a with_o god_n his_o say_a duty_n to_o god_n so_o necessary_o result_v that_o it_o can_v not_o be_v otherwise_o nor_o do_v there_o need_v any_o subsequent_a act_n of_o god_n will_v to_o make_v that_o duty_n 644._o but_o those_o that_o be_v not_o duty_n by_o nature_n must_v have_v moreover_o a_o 4._o vid._n durand_n 1._o d._n 38._o qi_fw-la 4._o n._n 9_o 10_o 11._o scot._n 3._o d._n 37._o q._n 1._o gabr._n 3._o d._n 37._o a._n 2._o suarez_n de_fw-fr legib._n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o aquin._n 1_o 2._o q._n 94._o a._n 5._o &_o q._n 100_o a._n 4._o further_a act_n of_o god_n will_v as_o signify_v to_o make_v they_o so_o as_o the_o moysaicall_a ceremony_n our_o sacrament_n etc._n etc._n 645._o and_o many_o natural_a law_n and_o duty_n be_v mutable_a towards_o one_o another_o because_o the_o very_a nature_n and_o natural_a location_n or_o order_n of_o the_o thing_n from_o which_o they_o do_v result_v be_v mutable_a and_o a_o word_n of_o god_n can_v make_v a_o change_n when_o yet_o before_o such_o antecedent_n mutation_n the_o duty_n must_v be_v duty_n still_o 646._o as_o to_o mr._n rutherford_n oft_o say_v that_o omnis_fw-la actus_fw-la entitativus_fw-la simplex_fw-la est_fw-la moraliter_fw-la de_fw-fr se_fw-la indifferens_fw-la neque_fw-la bone_fw-la neque_fw-la malus_fw-la and_o then_o that_o per_fw-la actum_fw-la simplicem_fw-la he_o mean_v such_o as_o include_v not_o the_o object_n it_o be_v ludicrous_a or_o vain_a talk_n there_o be_v no_o such_o act_n as_o have_v not_o a_o object_n any_o more_o than_o physical_a form_n without_o matter_n quicunque_fw-la movet_fw-la aliquid_fw-la movet_fw-la quicunque_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intelligit_fw-la aut_fw-la vult_fw-la vel_fw-la seipsum_fw-la vel_fw-la aliud_fw-la a_o act_n without_o its_o object_n be_v but_o a_o partial_a or_o inadequate_a generical_a conceptus_fw-la of_o that_o act_n which_o have_v a_o object_n or_o a_o abstract_n partial_a notion_n of_o a_o act_n why_o then_o do_v he_o talk_v of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o have_v he_o say_v that_o every_o act_n be_v in_o the_o first_o instant_n rationis_fw-la or_o abstract-partial_a conception_n a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la before_o it_o be_v intelligible_a as_o this_o or_o that_o act_n about_o this_o or_o that_o object_n he_o have_v speak_v intelligible_o as_o other_o man_n do_v 647._o such_o another_o question_n many_o call_v arminian_o much_o use_n whether_o aeternam_fw-la whether_o justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o have_v rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la aeternam_fw-la justice_n etc._n etc._n be_v eternal_o good_a or_o a_o dentur_fw-la rationes_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la aeternae_fw-la &_o indispensabiles_fw-la which_o need_v no_o other_o solution_n than_o this_o last_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o universal_a existent_a per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o not_o in_o some_o individual_a and_o so_o no_o such_o thing_n as_o love_n justice_z etc._n etc._n bonum_fw-la malum_fw-la which_o be_v not_o alicujus_fw-la justitia_fw-la bonum_fw-la etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o creature_n from_o eternity_n be_v just_a or_o unjust_a good_a or_o bad_a but_o god_n perfect_a nature_n veracity_n but_o that_o god_n own_o eternal_a perfection_n have_v in_o it_o that_o root_n of_o humane_a virtue_n truth_n justice_n etc._n etc._n which_o therefore_o analogical_o have_v the_o same_o name_n our_o holiness_n be_v god_n image_n i_o will_v prove_v to_o the_o reader_n by_o this_o weighty_a reason_n because_o else_o we_o have_v no_o certainty_n that_o god_n word_n be_v true_a for_o all_o our_o certainty_n be_v hence_o that_o god_n can_v lie_v but_o if_o veracity_n be_v not_o in_o god_n we_o can_v prove_v that_o and_o if_o he_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v eminenter_fw-la justice_n mercy_n etc._n etc._n how_o can_v we_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v veracity_n may_v be_v call_v eternal_o just_o in_o that_o he_o must_v necessary_o be_v just_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o governor_n and_o necessary_o be_v just_a when_o he_o free_o become_v a_o governor_n and_o also_o this_o proposition_n be_v eternal_o true_a if_o there_o be_v eternal_o proposition_n si_fw-la homines_fw-la existerent_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la foret_fw-la &_o quandocunque_fw-la homines_fw-la fuerint_fw-la justitia_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la debita_fw-la fuerit_fw-la but_o when_o all_o the_o sense_n of_o these_o question_n be_v no_o more_o but_o what_o duty_n be_v natural_a and_o what_o superad_v call_v positive_a and_o what_o natural_a duty_n be_v immutable_a and_o what_o mutable_a it_o be_v a_o unhappiness_n that_o the_o world_n must_v be_v trouble_v with_o such_o uncouth_a form_n of_o speech_n as_o make_v the_o question_n unintelligible_a till_o unravel_v 648._o as_o to_o
natural_o happy_a be_v proper_a to_o god_n therefore_o adam_n be_v to_o be_v lead_v to_o it_o free_o by_o a_o covenant_n an._n to_o be_v happy_a necessary_o and_o independent_o and_o primary_o be_v proper_a to_o god_n but_o you_o can_v never_o prove_v it_o any_o contradiction_n or_o impossible_a for_o god_n to_o make_v a_o creature_n natural_o happy_a nor_o that_o there_o be_v not_o such_o §_o 9_o here_o the_o m._n s._n cit_v some_o word_n of_o his_o gibieuf_n make_v our_o be_v in_o god_n initial_o and_o final_o to_o be_v our_o state_n of_o amplitude_n and_o liberty_n and_o our_o go_v out_o from_o god_n to_o be_v our_o particularity_n and_o state_n of_o necessity_n as_o if_o we_o be_v pre-existent_a in_o god_n and_o our_o individuation_n cease_v upon_o o●●_n return_v into_o he_o as_o our_o end_n an._n but_o these_o be_v platonic_a phantasm_n and_o gibieuf_n who_o be_v a_o devout_a oratorian_n and_o talk_v too_o oft_o of_o our_o deification_n as_o benedict●●_n de_fw-fr benedictis_n barbanson_n baker_n and_o other_o friar_n that_o talk_v phanatical_o must_v be_v read_v with_o caution_n and_o exception_n and_o as_o the_o soul_n need_v not_o fear_v too_o near_o a_o union_n with_o god_n as_o the_o loss_n of_o its_o individuation_n so_o neither_o must_v it_o desire_v or_o hope_n for_o such_o §_o 10._o m._n s._n a_o unchangeable_a state_n of_o happiness_n in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v call_v eternal_a life_n an._n no_o doubt_v but_o that_o be_v call_v eternal_a life_n in_o the_o full_a sense_n which_o actual_o endure_v to_o eternity_n as_o to_o that_o particular_a subject_n and_o so_o 1._o the_o life_n of_o glory_n perfective_o 2._o and_o a_o confirm_a state_n of_o sanctity_n here_o initial_o be_v usual_o call_v eternal_a life_n but_o 3._o whether_o the_o lossable_a state_n which_o the_o angel_n fall_v from_o and_o adam_n fall_v from_o or_o that_o measure_n of_o grace_n which_o the_o ancient_a father_n think_v the_o justify_v may_v fall_v from_o be_v never_o so_o call_v also_o i_o can_v prove_v §_o 11._o m._n s._n adam_n promise_a happiness_n be_v 1._o essential_a in_o this_o perfect_a holiness_n or_o love_n of_o god_n 2._o complimental_a in_o the_o enjoy_n god_n i●_n all_o the_o sanctify_a creature_n in_o that_o paradise_n but_o not_o to_o be_v translate_v to_o heaven_n which_o christ_n only_o procure_v we_o an._n i_o incline_v to_o that_o opinion_n 26_o year_n ago_o when_o i_o write_v the_o aphorism_n which_o you_o oppose_v but_o i_o now_o incline_v more_o to_o the_o contrary_a and_o rather_o think_v man_n shall_v have_v be_v translate_v to_o heaven_n as_o henoch_n and_o elias_n be_v upon_o many_o reason_n which_o i_o now_o pass_v by_o though_o i_o take_v it_o yet_o to_o be_v scarce_o certain_a to_o we_o §_o 12._o m._n s._n the_o holiness_n of_o god_n be_v his_o love_a himself_o as_o his_o end_n and_o the_o three_o person_n proceed_v by_o a_o reflex_n act_n of_o the_o infinite_a will_n and_o self-love_n of_o god_n be_v therefore_o call_v the_o holy_a spirit_n an._n 1._o this_o notion_n of_o god_n holiness_n that_o it_o be_v his_o self-love_n be_v not_o to_o be_v contemn_v it_o seem_v to_o be_v so_o with_o this_o limitation_n that_o you_o confine_v not_o his_o holiness_n to_o this_o but_o take_v this_o only_a as_o the_o most_o eminent_a among_o the_o inadequate_a conception_n of_o it_o for_o his_o whole_a transcendency_n in_o be_v life_n and_o knowledge_n as_o be_v adoreable_a by_o the_o creature_n and_o its_o end_n and_o the_o fountain_n of_o all_o create_a goodness_n and_o special_o of_o morality_n be_v also_o god_n holiness_n 2._o but_o the_o say_n that_o god_n be_v his_o own_o end_n seem_v improper_a though_o tolerable_a if_o speak_v but_o analogical_o for_o god_n neither_o have_v nor_o be_v to_o himself_o a_o cause_n nor_o a_o effect_n a_o beginning_n nor_o a_o end_n 3._o that_o the_o three_o person_n proceed_v by_o a_o reflex_n act_n of_o the_o infinite_a will_n many_o schoolman_n bold_o say_v and_o so_o some_o say_v that_o he_o be_v god_n actual_a self-love_n which_o be_v ●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
be_v believe_v in_o and_o as_o they_o be_v to_o be_v subject_a and_o devote_a to_o he_o and_o what_o mouth_n can_v surely_o reveal_v he_o and_o heb._n 11._o 6._o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n for_o he_o that_o come_v to_o god_n must_v believe_v that_o god_n be_v and_o that_o he_o be_v the_o rewarder_n of_o they_o that_o diligent_o seek_v he_o act._n 10._o 34_o 35._o of_o a_o truth_n i_o perceive_v that_o god_n be_v no_o respecter_n of_o person_n but_o in_o every_o nation_n he_o that_o fear_v he_o and_o work_v righteousness_n be_v accept_v with_o he_o and_o john_n and_o christ_n preach_a be_v repent_v and_o except_o you_o repent_v you_o shall_v all_o perish_v and_o christ_n be_v a_o prince_n and_o a_o saviour_n to_o give_v repentance_n to_o israel_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n 26._o the_o belief_n of_o the_o pardon_v mercy_n of_o god_n to_o the_o penitent_a and_o the_o recoverable_a state_n of_o soul_n and_o the_o duty_n of_o repent_v and_o seek_v pardon_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o order_n to_o salvation_n in_o opposition_n to_o despair_v and_o neglect_v of_o all_o endeavour_n for_o recovery_n be_v so_o common_a to_o all_o mankind_n that_o though_o self-love_n may_v make_v they_o hope_v inordinate_o for_o that_o which_o they_o will_v have_v to_o be_v true_a yet_o it_o be_v most_o apparent_a that_o it_o proceed_v from_o some_o natural_a notion_n of_o god_n and_o be_v to_o be_v number_v with_o the_o notitiae_fw-la commune_v which_o be_v past_a controversy_n with_o all_o mankind_n 27._o therefore_o though_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n in_o the_o first_o and_o eminent_a sense_n yet_o this_o common_a notice_n of_o god_n pardon_v mercy_n and_o man_n duty_n to_o repent_v hope_v and_o seek_v salvation_n may_v well_o be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o lapse_v nature_n as_o the_o other_o be_v the_o law_n of_o innocent_a nature_n for_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n with_o all_o circumstant_fw-la nature_n and_o the_o course_n of_o natural_a providence_n run_v so_o much_o in_o the_o way_n of_o great_a restore_a mercy_n do_v certify_v mankind_n of_o the_o foresay_a hope_n and_o duty_n 28._o for_o it_o be_v not_o as_o some_o have_v say_v a_o absurdity_n but_o a_o certain_a truth_n that_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v as_o far_o mutable_a as_o nature_n itself_o be_v mutable_a for_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n common_o mis-described_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o all_o other_o creature_n of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o per_fw-la modum_fw-la sign●_n they_o notify_v to_o we_o god_n will_v appoint_v what_o shall_v be_v due_a from_o we_o and_o to_o we_o as_o the_o instrument_n of_o god_n government_n of_o mankind_n now_o this_o notification_n be_v most_o by_o the_o resultancy_n of_o duty_n from_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n compare_v with_o god_n and_o all_o the_o creature_n that_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o and_o the_o very_a variety_n of_o circumstance_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o adam_n child_n marriage_n and_o we_o etc._n etc._n may_v alter_v nature_n signification_n obligation_n and_o law_n 29._o that_o which_o be_v call_v the_o covenant_n of_o nature_n or_o innocency_n be_v in_o the_o main_a the_o very_a law_n of_o innocent_a nature_n in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o it_o 1._o nature_n be_v perfect_a reveal_v man_n duty_n perfect_o to_o obey_v 2._o nature_n declare_v punishment_n to_o be_v due_a to_o sin_n yea_o to_o all_o sin_n and_o this_o punishment_n to_o be_v suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o offender_n compare_v with_o the_o god_n offend_v and_o the_o injury_n do_v especial_o that_o if_o man_n will_v undo_v themselves_o by_o forsake_v life_n and_o love_n and_o joy_n and_o cast_v themselves_o into_o darkness_n diseasedness_n and_o misery_n when_o it_o be_v foreshew_v they_o god_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o hinder_v or_o recover_v they_o 3._o nature_n tell_v man_n that_o god_n who_o make_v his_o soul_n a_o simple_a intellectual_a spirit_n and_o life_n itself_o though_o create_v and_o dependent_a intend_v not_o to_o annihilate_v it_o and_o that_o its_o noble_a faculty_n fit_v to_o know_v god_n and_o love_v he_o and_o live_v to_o he_o perfect_o in_o immortality_n be_v make_v for_o this_o employment_n in_o immortality_n and_o not_o in_o vain_a and_o that_o he_o that_o natural_o make_v it_o man_n duty_n to_o hope_n and_o seek_v for_o immortal_a happiness_n have_v not_o make_v this_o hope_n or_o duty_n in_o vain_a nor_o will_v fail_v or_o frustrate_v or_o destroy_v they_o that_o forfeit_v not_o their_o hope_n so_o that_o the_o covenant_n depend_v not_o alone_o upon_o supernatural_a revelation_n 30._o but_o that_o which_o nature_n reveal_v about_o the_o penalty_n be_v 1._o not_o that_o god_n of_o necessity_n must_v punish_v the_o loss_n of_o innocency_n as_o high_o as_o he_o may_v do_v 2._o but_o that_o he_o may_v just_o punish_v the_o sinner_n in_o rigour_n by_o temporal_a spiritual_a and_o eternal_a misery_n 3._o and_o that_o the_o end_n of_o government_n the_o honour_n of_o his_o wisdom_n goodness_n power_n truth_n and_o justice_n and_o the_o order_n of_o the_o humane_a world_n do_v require_v that_o sin_n escape_v not_o free_a but_o some_o exemplary_a punishment_n be_v a_o vindication_n of_o god_n and_o a_o warning_n to_o man_n which_o our_o death_n affliction_n and_o spiritual_a suffering_n manifest_v in_o part_n and_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n more_o full_o so_o that_o pardon_n and_o dispense_n in_o part_n with_o his_o right_n to_o punish_v we_o according_a to_o the_o law_n first_o break_v be_v no_o falsehood_n in_o god_n nor_o any_o injustice_n nor_o any_o violation_n of_o his_o law_n of_o nature_n 31._o the_o law_n which_o god_n put_v all_o mankind_n under_o after_o the_o fall_n and_o the_o world_n without_o the_o church_n be_v under_o still_o be_v the_o preceptive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o innocent_a nature_n as_o de_fw-fr futuro_fw-la the_o promise_n of_o it_o be_v cease_v and_o the_o penalty_n not_o total_o nullify_v but_o make_v remedyable_a by_o a_o act_n of_o oblivion_n or_o conditional_a covenant_n of_o grace_n q._n d._n thou_o shall_v perfect_o obey_v i_o for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v and_o every_o sin_n shall_v deserve_v everlasting_a punishment_n so_o far_o as_o that_o i_o may_v just_o inflict_v it_o and_o will_v do_v it_o if_o it_o be_v not_o remit_v but_o all_o thy_o sin_n shall_v be_v forgive_v thou_o and_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o free_a gift_n of_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n if_o thou_o believe_v in_o i_o thy_o merciful_a saviour_n and_o repent_v and_o give_v up_o thyself_o to_o i_o to_o be_v save_v and_o to_o be_v i_o by_o sincere_a obedience_n and_o love_n 32._o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o israelite_n from_o egypt_n by_o moses_n and_o their_o imbody_v into_o a_o new_a commonwealth_n with_o a_o theocratical_a government_n in_o a_o peculiar_a manner_n and_o a_o new_a body_n of_o divine_a law_n be_v all_o do_v in_o performance_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n separate_v their_o seed_n as_o holy_a from_o all_o the_o world_n not_o as_o if_o no_o other_o be_v holy_a in_o the_o world_n but_o as_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n be_v sanctify_v to_o stand_v near_o to_o god_n than_o the_o people_n and_o so_o special_o holy_a even_o so_o israel_n be_v a_o holy_a nation_n as_o be_v near_o god_n by_o separation_n than_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n 33._o the_o entire_a law_n of_o god_n which_o the_o israelitish_n nation_n be_v under_o have_v all_o these_o part_n 1._o the_o remain_a preceptive_a and_o directive_n part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n 2._o the_o universal_a covenant_n of_o grace_n make_v with_o all_o mankind_n in_o adam_n and_o noah_n and_o personal_o renew_v to_o abraham_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n 3._o the_o special_a promise_n to_o abraham_n and_o his_o seed_n as_o a_o peculiar_a people_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v 4._o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n as_o a_o law_n for_o that_o commonwealth_n or_o polity_n which_o be_v not_o so_o give_v to_o any_o other_o commonwealth_n or_o nation_n it_o nation_n nation_n nation_n l●g_v suarez_n de_fw-fr l●g_n l._n 9_o who_o c._n 6._o distinguish_v of_o the_o law_n strict_o take_v and_o so_o it_o have_v not_o say_v he_o promise_v of_o eternal_a felicity_n and_o the_o law_n as_o include_v the_o promise_n to_o the_o father_n and_o so_o it_o have_v such_o promise_n but_o those_o promise_n be_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o by_o the_o jew_n have_v ever_o be_v separate_v from_o the_o rest_n in_o their_o conceit_n of_o it_o 1._o the_o first_o of_o these_o undoubted_o be_v still_o in_o force_n 2._o the_o second_o be_v turn_v into_o the_o
schoolman_n if_o in_o any_o of_o these_o point_n man_n of_o less_o accurateness_n use_v not_o the_o same_o word_n take_v not_o therefore_o the_o old_a way_n of_o proclaim_v they_o heretic_n till_o you_o have_v try_v how_o far_o they_o err_v indeed_o most_o of_o our_o low_a divine_v of_o all_o party_n will_v be_v make_v heretic_n for_o want_n of_o skill_n in_o the_o denomination_n allowable_a or_o not_o allowable_a by_o the_o communication_n of_o idiom_n if_o the_o schoolmen_n accurateness_n must_v be_v the_o test_n e._n g._n if_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o the_o humanity_n be_v part_n of_o christ_n or_o christ_n be_v compound_v of_o a_o divine_a nature_n and_o humane_a &_o c._n ●●●●_o will_v affirm_v it_o that_o mean_v well_o but_o say_v alliac_n camerar_fw-it 3._o q._n neque_fw-la persona_fw-la neque_fw-la natura_fw-la divina_fw-la est_fw-la composita_fw-la nec_fw-la ●●●●_o est_fw-la compositus_fw-la ex_fw-la duabus_fw-la na●●●is_fw-la divina_fw-la scilicet_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la tribus_fw-la rebus_fw-la corpore_fw-la scilicet_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o divinitate_fw-la sed_fw-la ●●●●_o ex_fw-la duabus_fw-la secundum_fw-la humanitatem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la corpore_fw-la &_o anima_fw-la essentialiter_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la infinitis_fw-la partibus_fw-la quantitativis_fw-la integraliter_fw-la ●●_o non_fw-it est_fw-la concedendum_fw-la quod_fw-la humanitas_fw-la sit_fw-la pars_fw-la christ●_n nam_fw-la ficut_fw-la homo_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la compositus_fw-la ex_fw-la albidine_fw-la &_o substantia_fw-la 〈…〉_o est_fw-la compositus_fw-la ex_fw-la humanitate_fw-la &_o persona_fw-la divina_fw-la how_o many_o have_v go_v for_o heretic_n for_o want_n of_o the_o language_n of_o ●●●●_o and_o the_o schoolman_n his_o soul_n the_o deep_a sense_n of_o god_n displeasure_n with_o sinner_n and_o of_o his_o ●●●●_o of_o sin_n though_o no_o sense_n of_o god_n hatred_n to_o himself_o for_o it_o be_v conceivable_a how_o christ_n be_v the_o lover_n and_o surety_n or_o sponsor_n for_o sinner_n and_o undertake_v to_o suffer_v as_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o their_o sin_n and_o in_o their_o stead_n may_v have_v on_o his_o own_o soul_n the_o sorrowful_a sense_n of_o god_n hatred_n of_o sin_n and_o wrath_n against_o sinner_n though_o not_o proper_o terminate_v on_o himself_o and_o so_o he_o bear_v the_o sorrow_n of_o our_o transgression_n and_o be_v so_o far_o forsake_v of_o god_n for_o that_o time_n and_o not_o further_o 52._o the_o true_a reason_n of_o the_o satisfactoriness_n of_o christ_n suffering_n be_v that_o they_o be_v a_o most_o apt_a mean_n for_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o govern_v justice_n holiness_n wisdom_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n by_o which_o god_n can_v attain_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o government_n better_a than_o by_o execute_v the_o law_n on_o the_o world_n in_o its_o destruction_n as_o in_o general_n be_v before_o intimate_v 53._o the_o measure_n of_o the_o satisfaction_n make_v by_o christ_n be_v that_o it_o be_v a_o full_a salvo_fw-la to_o god_n justice_n and_o demonstration_n of_o it_o that_o he_o may_v give_v pardon_n and_o life_n to_o sinner_n upon_o the_o new_a term_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o give_v what_o he_o after_o give_v 54._o the_o matter_n of_o christ_n meritorious_a righteousness_n be_v his_o perfect_a fulfil_v the_o law_n give_v he_o as_o mediator_n or_o the_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o mediatorial_n covenant_n from_o which_o result_v the_o merit_n so_o the_o dueness_n of_o all_o the_o benefit_n which_o god_n have_v promise_v in_o that_o covenant_n as_o to_o christ_n though_o most_o for_o man_n this_o be_v the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n for_o man_n and_o hence_o arise_v his_o merit_n for_o we_o 55._o the_o matter_n of_o his_o law_n of_o redemption_n require_v of_o he_o be_v threefold_a 1._o that_o he_o shall_v by_o habitual_a and_o actual_a perfect_a holiness_n fulfil_v the_o first_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o innocency_n which_o adam_n break_v not_o just_a as_o it_o oblige_a adam_n in_o every_o point_n but_o as_o it_o be_v common_a to_o man_n and_o belong_v to_o christ_n as_o man._n 2._o that_o he_o shall_v fulfil_v all_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n give_v only_o to_o the_o jew_n 3._o that_o he_o shall_v perform_v the_o great_a thing_n peculiar_a to_o himself_o as_o mediator_n which_o be_v to_o be_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n to_o do_v his_o miracle_n to_o teach_v the_o church_n as_o its_o head_n to_o rule_v it_o and_o to_o appoint_v order_n and_o officer_n for_o it_o to_o rise_v again_o to_o conquer_v satan_n death_n and_o sin_n etc._n etc._n 56._o that_o christ_n do_v not_o fulfil_v all_o the_o law_n in_o our_o person_n so_o as_o that_o we_o do_v it_o in_o and_o by_o himself_o and_o be_v thereby_o justify_v be_v further_a evident_a in_o that_o he_o do_v not_o all_o the_o duty_n which_o the_o law_n bind_v we_o to_o perform_v and_o for_o not_o do_v of_o which_o we_o be_v true_o sinner_n he_o do_v not_o do_v any_o of_o the_o proper_a office_n of_o a_o husband_n to_o a_o wife_n or_o of_o a_o wife_n to_o a_o husband_n of_o a_o father_n to_o child_n of_o a_o servant_n or_o a_o hire_a day-labourer_n to_o a_o master_n of_o a_o magistrate_n king_n judge_n etc._n etc._n to_o subject_n of_o a_o captain_n to_o soldier_n or_o soldier_n to_o their_o captain_n of_o a_o landlord_n to_o tenant_n of_o such_o as_o have_v great_a riches_n towards_o the_o poor_a of_o the_o sick_a the_o imprison_a and_o abundance_n such_o like_a beside_o the_o personal_a law_n give_v to_o adam_n in_o the_o garden_n to_o noah_n to_o abraham_n to_o david_n ●●●●●olomon_a the_o prophet_n and_o such_o other_o christ_n do_v not_o these_o same_o ●●●●_o for_o we_o nor_o we_o fulfil_v not_o these_o particular_a law_n in_o he_o 57_o the_o dispute_n whether_o it_o be_v christ_n divine_a his_o habitual_a his_o active_a or_o his_o passive_a righteousness_n that_o be_v make_v we_o to_o our_o justification_n seem_v to_o be_v but_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o error_n of_o the_o undue_a sense_n of_o christ_n personate_n or_o represent_v we_o in_o his_o righteousness_n and_o the_o parcel_a out_o the_o use_n and_o effect_n that_o one_o be_v impute_v to_o we_o instead_o of_o habitual_a righteousness_n another_o instead_o of_o actual_a and_o the_o three_o pardon_v our_o sin_n be_v from_o the_o same_o false_a supposition_n it_o be_v well_o that_o they_o suppose_v not_o that_o his_o divine_a righteousness_n be_v impute_v to_o our_o deification_n but_o the_o case_n be_v plain_a 1._o that_o christ_n whole_a humane_a righteousness_n habitual_a active_a and_o passive_a be_v meritorious_a for_o we_o not_o as_o be_v the_o very_a same_o thing_n all_o which_o we_o shall_v have_v do_v and_o suffer_v and_o have_v as_o if_o we_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v they_o ourselves_o by_o one_o that_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v they_o in_o our_o person_n in_o a_o law-sense_n but_o as_o be_v the_o part_n of_o that_o one_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n as_o mediator_n which_o consist_v in_o the_o full_a performance_n of_o the_o law_n of_o redemption_n or_o of_o his_o own_o covenant_n with_o his_o father_n undertake_v for_o our_o sake_n have_v be_v and_o do_v and_o suffer_v what_o he_o promise_v he_o be_v righteous_a 2._o and_o his_o divine_a righteousness_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n dignifi_v his_o humane_a to_o its_o meritorious_a value_n 58._o by_o his_o satisfaction_n or_o sacrifice_n and_o this_o merit_n christ_n do_v procure_v all_o that_o pardon_v life_n and_o benefit_n whatsoever_o that_o consequent_o be_v give_v we_o of_o god_n and_o so_o be_v the_o true_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o 59_o that_o sacrifice_n and_o obedience_n righteousness_n and_o merit_n which_o be_v direct_o give_v to_o god_n for_o man_n by_o performance_n of_o christ_n undertake_n may_v yet_o be_v consequent_o say_v to_o be_v give_v unto_o man_n in_o that_o it_o be_v give_v to_o god_n for_o man_n and_o in_o that_o the_o benefit_n merit_v be_v give_v to_o man_n and_o so_o relative_o as_o to_o those_o benefit_n the_o sacrifice_n obedience_n righteousness_n and_o merit_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v give_v we_o as_o the_o ransom_n be_v give_v to_o the_o captive_n which_o be_v give_v for_o he_o because_o the_o liberty_n purchase_v by_o it_o be_v give_v he_o of_o which_o more_o after_o sect_n iv_o of_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n in_o the_o second_o edition_n 60._o the_o new_a covenant_n be_v christ_n law_n of_o grace_n his_o instrument_n by_o which_o he_o give_v title_n or_o right_n to_o the_o benefit_n promise_v and_o convey_v right_o to_o the_o fruit_n of_o his_o sacrifice_n and_o merit_n and_o his_o law_n by_o which_o he_o govern_v the_o church_n as_o a_o saviour_n in_o order_n to_o recovery_n and_o salvation_n it_o have_v great_o scandalize_v the_o papist_n against_o we_o to_o find_v some_o old_a protestant's_n deny_v christ_n to_o be_v a_o lawgiver_n and_o
in_o his_o gospel_n to_o have_v a_o law_n the_o case_n be_v sad_a that_o any_o in_o opposition_n to_o other_o shall_v run_v into_o such_o a_o antinomian_a extreme_a they_o be_v unlike_a to_o be_v good_a preacher_n of_o christ_n law_n who_o maintain_v that_o he_o have_v no_o law_n and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o sin_n against_o it_o nor_o expectation_n of_o be_v judge_v by_o it_o if_o he_o have_v none_o and_o he_o be_v no_o king_n and_o ruler_n if_o he_o have_v no_o law_n but_o yet_o let_v the_o papist_n forbear_v i●●●ing_v and_o remember_v that_o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o most_o of_o they_o be_v no_o more_o than_o to_o assert_v what_o suarez_n himself_o propugn_v viz._n that_o beside_o revelation_n and_o the_o duty_n thence_o natural_o result_v by_o natural_a law_n and_o the_o sacrament_n christ_n have_v no_o other_o law_n and_o both_o suarez_n and_o they_o be_v here_o to_o blame_v for_o the_o papist_n that_o be_v by_o some_o accuse_v for_o call_v the_o gospel_n a_o law_n do_v also_o give_v too_o little_a honour_n to_o christ_n law_n it_o beseem_v none_o of_o they_o to_o use_v such_o ill_a language_n whatever_o they_o mean_v if_o they_o shall_v say_v that_o the_o king_n be_v no_o lawgiver_n and_o have_v no_o law_n they_o will_v wrong_v he_o by_o that_o language_n as_o deny_v his_o royalty_n how_o well_o soever_o they_o shall_v interpret_v it_o for_o the_o legislative-power_n be_v the_o principal_a essential_a part_n of_o sovereignty_n but_o if_o any_o real_o deny_v christ_n to_o be_v a_o lawgiver_n and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v reproach_v the_o papist_n and_o arminian_o for_o contradict_v it_o it_o be_v but_o as_o the_o blind_a reproach_v the_o purblind_a for_o see_v when_o they_o that_o give_v most_o to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n among_o these_o contender_n do_v give_v too_o little_a the_o baptismal-covenant_n be_v a_o law_n as_o impose_v and_o as_o impose_v the_o covenant-duty_n and_o as_o determine_v the_o condition_n of_o life_n and_o death_n according_a to_o which_o man_n must_v live_v and_o shall_v be_v judge_v yea_o it_o be_v the_o most_o famous_a law_n which_o conscience_n have_v to_o do_v with_o though_o it_o be_v a_o covenant_n as_o consent_v to_o in_o the_o contract_n that_o sinner_n have_v term_n of_o life_n and_o death_n and_o offer_v remedy_n against_o all_o their_o gild_n and_o great_a punishment_n and_o mean_v prescribe_v and_o duty_n command_v in_o order_n to_o their_o recovery_n when_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n condemn_v they_o especial_o the_o obey_n of_o the_o ministry_n and_o word_n and_o holy_a spirit_n of_o christ_n prescribe_v they_o his_o way_n of_o cure_n as_o their_o physician_n all_o this_o be_v a_o law_n of_o grace_n even_o the_o law_n of_o liberty_n and_o the_o law_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n which_o free_v we_o from_o the_o law_n of_o sin_n and_o death_n christ_n law_n consist_v of_o two_o part_n as_o be_v say_v 1._o the_o law_n of_o nature_n call_v by_o many_o moral_n as_o command_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o its_o attendant_a duty_n not_o now_o to_o a_o innocent_a man_n but_o to_o a_o condemned-recovering_a sinner_n as_o the_o health_n to_o which_o his_o physician_n do_v restore_v he_o 2._o and_o the_o remedying_a law_n which_o be_v more_o proper_a to_o the_o redeemer_n call_v the_o law_n of_o faith_n which_o appoint_v we_o the_o term_n and_o mean_n of_o our_o recovery_n which_o be_v 1._o supernatural_a as_o to_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o matter_n and_o reason_n of_o it_o and_o the_o foundation_n of_o all_o in_o christ_n work_n of_o redemption_n and_o his_o legislation_n 2._o but_o as_o to_o the_o obligation_n or_o efficiency_n of_o man_n duty_n it_o be_v both_o natural_a and_o supernatural_a at_o once_o that_o be_v when_o it_o be_v presuppose_v that_o christ_n have_v do_v suffer_v and_o offer_v to_o our_o acceptance_n all_o that_o be_v so_o assert_v of_o he_o in_o the_o gospel_n 1._o nature_n oblige_v we_o to_o believe_v it_o upon_o evidence_n of_o credibility_n and_o to_o accept_v it_o and_o thankful_o improve_v it_o 2._o christ_n as_o the_o father_n administrator_n and_o our_o king_n have_v positive_o command_v we_o the_o same_o be_v it_o not_o for_o weary_v the_o reader_n and_o myself_o i_o will_v here_o answer_v all_o that_o suarez_n say_v the_o legib._n li._n 10._o c._n 2._o to_o prove_v that_o no_o praeceptum_fw-la positivum_fw-la morale_fw-la be_v add_v by_o christ_n and_o i_o will_v easy_o prove_v that_o as_o some_o part_n of_o nature_n be_v unalterable_a and_o according_o natural_a duty_n so_o some_o thing_n of_o nature_n be_v mutable_a and_o so_o be_v that_o natural_a duty_n which_o be_v found_v on_o they_o and_o christ_n have_v by_o supernatural_a performance_n and_o revelation_n make_v such_o change_n in_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n as_o infer_v new_a natural_a obligation_n be_v the_o devil_n redeem_v and_o grace_n now_o offer_v they_o nature_n will_v make_v it_o their_o duty_n to_o accept_v it_o in_o sum_n it_o be_v a_o sufficient_a confutation_n of_o all_o suarez'_v reason_n to_o say_v that_o they_o run_v upon_o this_o false_a supposition_n that_o nature_n and_o supernatural_a precept_n may_v not_o both_o oblige_v man_n to_o the_o same_o duty_n and_o that_o god_n can_v lay_v two_o obligation_n on_o we_o to_o the_o same_o action_n for_o all_o that_o he_o labour_v be_v to_o prove_v that_o suppose_v the_o revelation_n nature_n bind_v we_o to_o believe_v all_o the_o christian_a article_n to_o preach_v and_o hear_v and_o pray_v to_o god_n by_o christ_n to_o love_v our_o redeemer_n and_o be_v thankful_a etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o gospel_n be_v thus_o fit_v to_o lapse_v nature_n as_o the_o first_o law_n be_v to_o innocent_a nature_n all_o which_o i_o like_v very_o well_o and_o take_v it_o for_o a_o great_a honour_n to_o christ_n and_o the_o gospel_n that_o it_o be_v so_o suit_v to_o the_o natural_a necessity_n and_o state_n of_o fall_v and_o miserable_a man_n and_o may_v be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o sinful_a nature_n but_o suarez_n himself_o have_v before_o prove_v that_o moses_n decalogue_n be_v both_o a_o declaration_n of_o what_o nature_n bind_v man_n to_o and_o yet_o also_o the_o matter_n of_o a_o new_a precept_n of_o god_n and_o why_o can_v he_o not_o see_v the_o same_o of_o the_o gospel_n it_o be_v so_o evident_a that_o it_o contain_v christ_n command_n and_o the_o very_a sum_n of_o our_o ministry_n be_v 1._o to_o disciple_v and_o baptize_v all_o nation_n etc._n etc._n 2._o and_o then_o to_o teach_v they_o to_o observe_v all_o that_o christ_n command_v and_o indeed_o suarez_n confess_v p._n 816._o that_o christ_n do_v by_o new_a command_a add_v new_a obligation_n to_o the_o duty_n of_o nature_n though_o he_o deny_v that_o christ_n add_v any_o positive_a precept_n as_o to_o the_o moral_a matter_n command_v by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o by_o this_o instance_n you_o may_v see_v how_o near_o some_o man_n agree_v that_o seem_v much_o to_o differ_v but_o as_o to_o they_o that_o insist_v on_o it_o that_o the_o gospel_n and_o new_a covenant_n be_v no_o law_n and_o that_o we_o have_v none_o from_o christ_n but_o the_o decalogue_n and_o old_a testament_n be_v i_o to_o write_v against_o they_o to_o purpose_n i_o will_v plentiful_o prove_v they_o subverter_n of_o christianity_n itself_o and_o give_v full_a evidence_n against_o they_o to_o any_o that_o believe_v the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o contrary_o i_o will_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v no_o divine_a law_n but_o what_o be_v true_o the_o law_n of_o our_o redeemer_n now_o in_o the_o world_n and_o that_o all_o infidel_n be_v rule_v and_o shall_v be_v judge_v by_o a_o law_n of_o grace_n though_o not_o of_o the_o last_o evangelical_a edition_n and_o that_o he_o that_o fear_v not_o break_v the_o law_n of_o christ_n shall_v hear_v at_o last_o those_o my_o enemy_n that_o will_v not_o that_o i_o shall_v reign_v over_o they_o bring_v they_o hither_o and_o slay_v they_o before_o i_o luk._n 19_o 27._o help_n 27._o 27._o 27._o that_o christ_n be_v true_o a_o king_n and_o so_o a_o lawgiver_n and_o have_v proper_a law_n and_o not_o only_a doctrine_n and_o how_o great_a a_o injury_n some_o protestant_n have_v do●e_n the_o church_n by_o deny_v beside_o the_o antinomian_o see_v suar●z_n de_fw-fr leg._n l._n 10._o c._n 1._o who_o proof_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v unanswerable_a and_o i_o have_v long_o ago_o prove_v it_o in_o other_o write_n but_o suar●z_n assert_v that_o christ_n law_n be_v only_o moral_a and_o ceremonial_a in_o the_o sacrament_n and_o not_o judicial_a do_v plain_o confess_v that_o god_n never_o institute_v the_o papacy_n and_o their_o discipline_n yea_o he_o say_v c._n 2._o p._n 812._o christus_fw-la in_o sva_fw-la l●ge_a nihil_fw-la de_fw-la praec●ptis_fw-la judicialibus_fw-la statuit_fw-la etiam_fw-la
si_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la christi_fw-la ut_fw-la talis_fw-la est_fw-la aliquae_fw-la leges_fw-la judiciale_n si●t_fw-la necessariae_fw-la ad_fw-la politicum_fw-la regimen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la quod_fw-la svo_fw-la modo_fw-la spiritual_fw-la est_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la noluit_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la illas_fw-la leges_fw-la far_o sed_fw-la id_fw-la vicariis_fw-la suis_fw-la commisit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ad_fw-la illas_fw-la ferendas_fw-la eye_n tribuendo_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la illae_fw-la leges_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la canonica_fw-la computantur_fw-la pr●prie_fw-la igitur_fw-la loquendo_fw-la de_fw-la lege_fw-la divina_fw-la nova_fw-la in_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la praecepta_fw-la judicialia_fw-la so_o that_o christ_n never_o make_v the_o papacy_n nor_o any_o of_o its_o law_n but_o indeed_o he_o appoint_v baptism_n as_o our_o church-entrance_n and_o more_o than_o a_o ceremony_n and_o the_o state_n of_o c●u●ch_a officer_n and_o their_o work_n and_o discipline_n mat._n 18._o and_o what_o his_o spirit_n do_v in_o the_o apostle_n he_o do_v in_o another_o sort_n than_o he_o do_v by_o any_o ordinary_a minister_n that_o have_v but_o the_o spirit_n ordinary_a help_n natura_fw-la help_n help_n help_n aquinas_n and_o many_o other_o papists●oyn_n ●oyn_z with_o some_o late_a sectary_n and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n operation_n on_o the_o heart_n that_o be_v the_o lex_fw-la nova_fw-la and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o write_v but_o he_o can_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o yet_o the_o gospel_n be_v lex_fw-la nova_fw-la scripta_fw-la but_o false_o the_o nomine_fw-la take_v this_o but_o for_o the_o secondary_a sense_n of_o the_o l●x_n which_o be_v the_o first_o and_o that_o the_o oblige_a law_n and_o the_o other_o the_o effect_n of_o it_o as_o various_a as_o person_n be_v that_o have_v it_o and_o not_o the_o rule_n of_o obligation_n and_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v show_v also_o the_o lege_fw-la natura_fw-la as_o to_o the_o question_n whether_o christ_n law_n be_v exterior_a insignis_fw-la vocal_a and_o write_v or_o in_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o spirit_n suarez_n true_o say_v that_o lex_fw-la imperans_fw-la be_v in_o signis_fw-la in_o scripture_n word_n but_o lex_fw-la impellens_fw-la be_v the_o spirit_n which_o though_o here_o the_o chief_a yet_o be_v not_o proper_o but_o metaphorical_o call_v a_o law_n pag._n 819._o &_o li._n 1._o in_o principio_fw-la though_o he_o add_v that_o it_o be_v eight_o year_n before_o the_o gospel_n be_v write_v by_o matthew_n and_o long_o by_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o all_o that_o time_n and_o since_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o heart_n but_o memory_n may_v retain_v a_o vocal_a law_n before_o the_o heart_n by_o love_n and_o subjection_n do_v receive_v it_o 61._o in_o this_o law_n or_o covenant_n be_v make_v a_o free_a universal_a deed_n of_o gift_n of_o christ_n first_o and_o of_o pardon_n spirit_n and_o glory_n in_o and_o by_o he_o to_o all_o mankind_n without_o exception_n who_o will_v believe_o accept_v it_o in_o its_o true_a nature_n as_o it_o be_v offer_v therein_o or_o if_o they_o will_v so_o accept_v it_o as_o believer_n 62._o this_o covenant_n be_v to_o be_v preach_v by_o christ_n minister_n and_o man_n invite_v to_o believe_v and_o consent_v and_o all_o that_o so_o do_v be_v to_o profess_v that_o consent_n by_o a_o solemn_a covenant_n in_o their_o baptism_n and_o so_o to_o give_v up_o themselves_o devote_o to_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n renounce_v the_o devil_n flesh_n and_o world_n 63._o for_o faith_n in_o god_n the_o father_n be_v as_o essential_a a_o part_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o we_o must_v profess_v in_o baptism_n and_o be_v call_v common_o justify_v as_o faith_n in_o christ_n be_v and_o so_o be_v faith_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o its_o place_n for_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o believe_v in_o christ_n without_o believe_v first_o in_o god_n to_o who_o he_o be_v the_o way_n and_o with_o who_o he_o be_v our_o mediator_n nor_o to_o believe_v in_o he_o full_o as_o christ_n unless_o we_o believe_v in_o he_o as_o give_v we_o the_o sanctify_a spirit_n 64._o this_o covenant_n be_v nevertheless_o free_a as_o to_o the_o donation_n of_o the_o gift_n for_o be_v conditional_a for_o the_o condition_n be_v not_o the_o purchase_n procurement_n by_o efficient_a causality_n or_o any_o way_n a_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o gift_n as_o give_v but_o only_o a_o dispositive_a cause_n of_o our_o reception_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o gift_n as_o receive_v it_o be_v a_o removens_fw-la prohibens_fw-la the_o condition_n as_o impose_v and_o as_o the_o mode_n of_o the_o promise_n be_v only_o a_o suspension_n of_o the_o donation_n and_o right_o till_o it_o be_v perform_v the_o condition_n as_o perform_v be_v a_o remove_v the_o suspension_n and_o so_o it_o be_v a_o receive_a cause_n which_o be_v but_o dispositio_fw-la materiae_fw-la receptivae_fw-la of_o which_o more_o in_o due_a place_n 65._o and_o the_o gift_n be_v nevertheless_o free_a because_o the_o condition_n be_v but_o such_o as_o be_v morally-antecedent_o necessary_a to_o the_o reception_n of_o free_a gift_n for_o though_o physical_a donation_n oft_o make_v its_o own_o way_n and_o pre-require_a not_o such_o condition_n as_o these_o at_o least_o yet_o moral_a donation_n by_o deed_n of_o gift_n suppose_v that_o the_o person_n will_v receive_v it_o and_o despise_v or_o unthankful_a refusal_n or_o turn_v it_o against_o the_o donor_n nullifi_v such_o a_o donation_n in_o the_o civil_a law_n of_o man_n 66._o and_o the_o benefit_n be_v nevertheless_o conditional_o give_v though_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n cause_v we_o to_o perform_v the_o condition_n for_o they_o be_v call_v conditional_a from_o the_o mode_n or_o form_n of_o the_o covenant_n which_o give_v man_n right_o to_o christ_n and_o life_n express_o on_o condition_n of_o believe_v 67._o though_o this_o believe_a be_v sometime_o describe_v as_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o sometime_o as_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o will_n and_o sometime_o as_o a_o practical_a affiance_n trust_v christ_n as_o a_o saviour_n to_o save_v we_o with_o soul_n and_o body_n to_o the_o renounce_n and_o let_v go_v all_o other_o trust_n yet_o when_o ever_o justification_n and_o life_n be_v promise_v to_o faith_n all_o these_o three_o be_v the_o essential_a part_n of_o it_o 68_o the_o clear_a discovery_n of_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o man_n and_o of_o that_o faith_n by_o which_o we_o partake_v of_o the_o benefit_n of_o it_o be_v in_o baptism_n itself_o which_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o entrance_n of_o man_n into_o god_n covenant_n as_o consent_v to_o and_o mutual_a and_o so_o into_o a_o visible_a state_n of_o christianity_n and_o membership_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o catholic_n church_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v happy_a for_o we_o that_o christ_n so_o express_o deliver_v the_o form_n of_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n and_o the_o universal_a church_n have_v so_o safe_o in_o her_o practice_n keep_v it_o 69._o this_o baptismal_a covenant_n which_o be_v conditional_a and_o the_o consent_n to_o which_o do_v make_v we_o christian_n must_v be_v still_o distinguish_v from_o the_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o christ_n or_o his_o law_n of_o redemption_n and_o god_n promise_v not_o to_o we_o all_o that_o he_o promise_v to_o christ_n for_o we_o nor_o give_v all_o to_o we_o which_o he_o give_v to_o he_o 70._o and_o it_o must_v be_v distinguish_v from_o god_n mere_a prediction_n concern_v his_o elect_n that_o he_o will_v call_v they_o renew_v they_o and_o save_v they_o or_o if_o those_o prediction_n run_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o promise_n either_o as_o they_o be_v promise_n to_o christ_n concern_v the_o elect_n or_o as_o promise_n to_o the_o church_n in_o general_n how_o god_n will_v perfect_v it_o still_o they_o give_v no_o man_n a_o law-title_n or_o right_n to_o any_o of_o the_o benefit_n till_o he_o be_v a_o believer_n they_o justify_v and_o pardon_v no_o man_n and_o so_o they_o must_v not_o be_v confound_v with_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n which_o be_v god_n state_v instrument_n of_o justification_n and_o of_o government_n and_o the_o law_n by_o which_o he_o will_v judge_v we_o at_o the_o last_o 71._o this_o baptismal_a covenant_n be_v the_o character_n and_o test_n by_o which_o we_o must_v judge_v who_o be_v christian_n and_o member_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n of_o christ_n and_o not_o by_o their_o subjection_n to_o a_o pretend_a vicarious_a universal_a monarch_n and_o this_o be_v the_o character_n with_o consent_n to_o his_o relation_n there_o by_o which_o every_o man_n fitness_n for_o membership_n in_o a_o particular_a church_n must_v be_v judge_v of_o and_o not_o by_o other_o covenant_n beside_o that_o consent_n and_o proof_n of_o conversion_n not_o here_o include_v and_o this_o contain_v the_o true_a character_n by_o which_o every_o man_n may_v know_v himself_o
necessary_a 1._o if_o by_o the_o old_a covenant_n or_o first_o covenant_n you_o mean_v the_o conditional_a promise_n be_v perfect_a and_o live_v no_o sin_v since_o adam_n be_v against_o that_o conditional_a promise_n because_o it_o cease_v through_o man_n incapacity_n upon_o the_o fall_n and_o christ_n die_v not_o only_o for_o the_o first_o sin_n 2._o if_o by_o the_o first_o covenant_n you_o mean_v the_o bare_a command_n of_o perfect_a perpetual_a obedience_n christ_n die_v for_o sin_n against_o that_o command_n which_o be_v still_o in_o force_n but_o not_o as_o a_o covenant_n of_o life_n give_v on_o that_o condition_n 3._o if_o by_o the_o first_o covenant_n you_o mean_v the_o punitive_a part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n say_v thou_o shall_v die_v if_o thou_o obey_v not_o perfect_o so_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o our_o sin_n in_o the_o strict_a sense_n even_o as_o we_o be_v condemnable_a for_o they_o by_o that_o law_n and_o that_o part_v also_o of_o the_o law_n continue_v to_o make_v punishment_n our_o due_n in_o primo_fw-la instanti_fw-la though_o with_o a_o adjoin_v remedy_n 4._o if_o by_o the_o new_a covenant_n you_o mean_v the_o mere_a preceptive_a part_n of_o christ_n supernaturally-revealed_n law_n or_o of_o the_o foresay_a law_n of_o nature_n as_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o christ_n so_o christ_n die_v for_o sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n 2._o if_o by_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o law_n you_o mean_v the_o promise_n and_o threaten_v of_o christ_n law_n or_o either_o so_o sin_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v against_o they_o in_o two_o sense_n 1._o objective_o as_o they_o be_v neglect_v by_o we_o and_o so_o that_o sin_n formal_o be_v only_o against_o the_o precept_n and_o christ_n die_v for_o it_o 2._o or_o as_o the_o sin_n have_v punishment_n threaten_v by_o the_o sanction_n and_o no_o pardon_n give_v by_o the_o promise_n and_o so_o sin_n be_v in_o two_o sense_n also_o against_o the_o say_a sanction_n that_o be_v 1._o when_o it_o be_v such_o a_o sin_n as_o the_o promise_n give_v no_o pardon_n to_o conditional_o and_o such_o as_o the_o commination_n peremptority_n condemn_v the_o sinner_n for_o to_o remediless_a misery_n and_o this_o sin_n be_v the_o final_a non-performance_a of_o the_o gospel-condition_n faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o such_o only_o be_v full_o oblige_v to_o suffer_v hell_n by_o the_o commination_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n and_o for_o such_o sin_n christ_n never_o die_v not_o because_o he_o never_o die_v for_o the_o person_n as_o to_o any_o other_o sin_n or_o for_o any_o benefit_n as_o some_o teach_v but_o because_o 1._o he_o resolve_v never_o to_o die_v for_o that_o sin_n itself_o of_o final_a unbelief_n impenitence_n and_o unholiness_n 2._o and_o because_o he_o never_o die_v to_o satisfy_v his_o own_o law_n of_o grace_n and_o to_o take_v off_o its_o proper_a full_a obligation_n to_o final_a punishment_n but_o only_o to_o satisfy_v god_n instead_o of_o man_n suffering_n what_o the_o law_n of_o work_n oblige_v he_o to_o 2._o but_o there_o be_v also_o a_o mediate_a or_o conditional_a dueness_n of_o punishment_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o be_v when_o a_o man_n by_o not_o believe_v and_o not-repenting_a at_o the_o present_a and_o by_o neglect_v and_o resist_a grace_n do_v so_o far_o forfeit_v all_o grace_n and_o salvation_n as_o that_o god_n may_v cut_v he_o off_o and_o cast_v he_o into_o hell_n if_o he_o will_v not_o have_v peremptory_o say_v that_o he_o will_v do_v it_o nor_o give_v man_n any_o assurance_n that_o he_o will_v not_o this_o man_n be_v not_o immediate_o and_o full_o under_o the_o dueness_n of_o hell_n fire_n but_o on_o supposition_n that_o god_n shall_v first_o cut_v he_o off_o and_o then_o his_o impenitence_n will_v be_v final_a which_o be_v the_o first_o case_n but_o this_o person_n be_v under_o all_o this_o guilt_n 1._o guilty_a of_o punishment_n not_o forgive_v against_o the_o law_n of_o work_n 2._o he_o be_v so_o far_o guilty_a of_o punishment_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n as_o 1._o that_o no_o pardon_n be_v give_v he_o or_o due_a to_o he_o 2._o and_o god_n may_v just_o take_v away_o his_o spirit_n and_o forsake_v he_o 3._o and_o god_n may_v just_o cut_v he_o ●●●●_o 4._o and_o if_o god_n shall_v cut_v he_o off_o hell_n will_v be_v his_o full_a immediate_a due_n 147._o by_o this_o it_o further_o appear_v that_o we_o can_v be_v justify_v as_o personal_o obedience_n christ_n not_o capable_a of_o our_o kind_n of_o obedience_n fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n in_o christ_n because_o we_o be_v all_o our_o life_n time_n principal_o under_o those_o great_a duty_n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o christ_n neither_o do_v nor_o can_v do_v for_o we_o we_o be_v bind_v all_o our_o day_n to_o accept_v a_o saviour_n to_o accept_v pardon_n of_o sin_n and_o mortify_a grace_n to_o confess_v our_o sin_n to_o repent_v of_o they_o and_o sorrow_n for_o they_o to_o labour_v in_o the_o use_n of_o all_o mean_n and_o ordinance_n to_o mortify_v they_o to_o do_v all_o our_o duty_n as_o sinner_n in_o that_o manner_n as_o those_o must_v do_v that_o be_v in_o a_o physician_n hand_n for_o cure_n to_o receive_v and_o apply_v christ_n merit_n to_o that_o end_n to_o beg_v his_o intercession_n and_o daily_a pardon_n to_o labour_v that_o imperfect_a grace_n may_v be_v strengthen_v in_o a_o word_n sin_n and_o a_o desire_n of_o heal_v so_o affect_v all_o that_o the_o gospel_n command_v we_o that_o christ_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o any_o of_o this_o and_o if_o all_o this_o be_v undo_v till_o our_o conversion_n and_o much_o of_o it_o undo_v after_o our_o conversion_n and_o yet_o christ_n never_o do_v it_o for_o we_o not_o we_o in_o he_o how_o can_v it_o be_v say_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o fulfil_v all_o the_o law_n in_o and_o by_o christ_n yea_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n still_o command_v we_o to_o obey_v the_o law_n of_o grace_n suppose_v it_o make_v and_o reveal_v to_o we_o 148._o the_o question_n whether_o christ_n pay_v the_o idem_fw-la or_o the_o tantundem_fw-la be_v hence_o also_o more_o full_o resolve_v by_o payment_n be_v mean_v either_o holiness_n or_o tantundem_fw-la the_o idem_fw-la or_o tantundem_fw-la suffer_v and_o 1._o this_o show_v that_o christ_n obedience_n be_v not_o material_o the_o same_o with_o we_o as_o aforesaid_a 2._o and_o i_o before_o prove_v that_o a_o great_a and_o the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o our_o punishment_n be_v such_o as_o christ_n can_v never_o suffer_v either_o permit_v sin_n itself_o or_o desertion_n by_o the_o spirit_n of_o holiness_n or_o divine_a displeasure_n and_o hatred_n or_o accusation_n of_o conscience_n etc._n etc._n 3._o and_o the_o law_n bind_v only_o the_o sinner_n and_o not_o any_o surety_n to_o suffer_v and_o every_o man_n personal_o to_o obey_v most_o clear_o it_o be_v not_o idem_fw-la qu●d_fw-la debetur_fw-la be_v it_o but_o mere_o because_o it_o be_v not_o ejusdem_fw-la or_o per_fw-la eundem_fw-la 149._o indeed_o solution_n of_o the_o debt_n and_o satisfaction_n strict_o take_v thus_o ●iffer_v that_o satisfaction_n be_v solutio_fw-la tantidem_fw-la vel_fw-la aequivalentis_fw-la alius_fw-la indebi●i_fw-la and_o if_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o have_v pay_v the_o very_a same_o duty_n and_o punishment_n which_o the_o law_n require_v he_o be_v deny_v to_o have_v satisfy_v for_o our_o nonpayment_a for_o a_o law_n that_o be_v full_o perform_v can_v require_v no_o more_o nor_o the_o lawgiver_n neither_o and_o therefore_o both_o satisfaction_n and_o pardon_n be_v shut_v ●ut_v 150._o it_o be_v not_o proper_o the_o law_n which_o be_v satisfy_v but_o the_o law-giver●s_a ●s_z above_o law_n as_o be_v say_v but_o yet_o improper_o the_o law_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v satisfy_v in_o that_o the_o end_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n in_o it_o be_v obtain_v 151._o though_o i_o owe_v much_o thanks_o to_o god_n for_o what_o near_o thirty_o year_n go_v i_o learn_v from_o grotius_n de_fw-fr satisfact_n yet_o i_o must_v say_v that_o in_o this_o great_a question_n whether_o christ_n satisfy_v god_n for_o sin_n as_o domino_fw-la absoluto_fw-la vel_fw-la ●●_o parti_fw-la laesae_fw-la vel_fw-la ut_fw-la rectori_fw-la which_o he_o assert_v alone_o i_o take_v he_o to_o come_v ●●ort_n of_o accurateness_n and_o soundness_n and_o that_o this_o be_v the_o truth_n god_n be_v to_o man_n 1._o dominus_fw-la absolutus_fw-la that_o be_v our_o owner_n 2._o rector_n ●premus_fw-la 3._o amicus_fw-la benefactor_n vel_fw-la pater_fw-la &_o finis_fw-la sin_n be_v against_o god_n in_o all_o these_o three_o relation_n 1._o as_o our_o owner_n it_o be_v a_o deny_v he_o and_o alienate_v his_o own_o quoad_fw-la usum_fw-la 2._o as_o rector_n it_o break_v his_o law_n 3._o as_o ●●r_a lover_n and_o end_n it_o be_v a_o depart_n from_o he_o for_o 1._o as_o our_o owner_n we_o we_o
he_o total_a resignation_n and_o use_n as_o such_o 2._o as_o our_o ruler_n we_o owe_v he_o subjection_n and_o obedience_n as_o such_o 3._o as_o our_o friend_n benefactor_n &_o ama●●lissimus_fw-la we_o owe_v he_o gratitude_n and_o love_n as_o such_o which_o yet_o be_v part_n ●f_a obedience_n too_o now_o sin_n be_v the_o privation_n of_o all_o this_o god_n be_v to_o ●e_v satisfy_v for_o it_o as_o such_o in_o all_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o be_v pars_fw-la laesa●●_n ●●_z all_o these_o three_o relation_n that_o be_v he_o be_v injure_v though_o not_o hurt_v it_o be_v ●●ue_a that_o government_n and_o punish_a justice_n formal_o as_o such_o belong_v to_o god_n only_o as_o rector_n and_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v he_o eminent_o in_o that_o relation_n yet_o also_o to_o compensate_a the_o injury_n do_v by_o sin_n to_o he_o in_o the_o other_o too_o relation_n also_o sect_n ix_o of_o the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o justification_n 152._o justification_n be_v a_o word_n of_o many_o signification_n the_o scheme_n whereof_o justification_n and_o 1._o of_o constitutive_a justification_n shall_v i_o give_v they_o all_o will_v seem_v to_o most_o reader_n a_o troublesome_a distinguish_n therefore_o i_o take_v up_o with_o these_o three_o most_o notable_a sense_n ●_o justification_n constitutive_a 2._o sentential_a 3._o executive_a the_o first_o be_v to_o make_v a_o man_n righteous_a the_o second_o be_v to_o judge_v he_o righteous_a the_o three_o be_v to_o use_v he_o as_o righteous_a 1._o by_o impunity_n 2._o reward_n 89._o reward_n reward_n reward_n the_o papist_n be_v confound_v in_o the_o point_n of_o justification_n by_o stick_v to_o confound_a word_n they_o talk_v of_o justification_n and_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o can_v tell_v man_n intelligible_o what_o they_o mean_v they_o say_v that_o remission_n be_v a_o put_v away_o the_o sin_n itself_o and_o not_o only_o the_o reatum_fw-la poenae_fw-la and_o yet_o say_v many_z that_o it_o may_v be_v do_v without_o any_o physical_a change_n of_o the_o sinner_n 1._o by_o sin_n they_o mean_v not_o the_o habit_n for_o that_o can_v be_v remove_v without_o a_o physical_a change_n 2._o nor_o the_o act_n for_o that_o be_v past_a as_o soon_o as_o do_v 3._o when_o they_o say_v it_o be_v macula_fw-la moralis_fw-la habitualiter_fw-la remanens_fw-la they_o talk_v gibberish_n and_o play_n with_o a_o metaphor_n and_o the_o word_n habitualiter_fw-la a_o true_a habit_n be_v quid_fw-la physicum_fw-la and_o what_o macula_fw-la be_v they_o can_v tell_v no_o man_n beside_o a_o habit_n disposition_n privation_n ●r_n relation_n if_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v the_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la or_o culpability_n that_o be_v do_v away_o and_o not_o only_o the_o reatus_fw-la poenae_fw-la they_o hold_v ●he_v same_o thing_n which_o they_o oppose_v in_o those_o protestant_n that_o go_v too_o far_o from_o they_o and_o it_o be_v not_o sound_a for_o the_o pardon_a sin●er_n will_v be_v culpable_a though_o not_o punishable_a for_o ever_o that_o be_v will_v be_v real_o the_o man_n that_o sin_v and_o it_o will_v be_v a_o everlasting_a truth_n this_o man_n sin_v though_o he_o be_v pardon_v see_v pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n theol._n speculat_v l._n 4._o c._n 10._o pag._n 509_o 510_o 511._o the_o papist_n say_v homo_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la iustùs_fw-la per_fw-la formam_fw-la gratiae_fw-la ip_v ex●ri●secam_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la per_fw-la justitiam_fw-la christi_fw-la illi_fw-la imputatam_fw-la and_o yet_o nullus_fw-la actus_fw-la quantumvis_fw-la perfectus_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la contritio_fw-la sive_fw-la amor_fw-la dei_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la est_fw-la caus●_n formalis_fw-la justificationis_fw-la patres_fw-la di●entes_fw-la charitatem_fw-la esse_fw-la perfectam_fw-la justitiam_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la dispositive_a non_fw-la autem_fw-la formaliter_fw-la because_o it_o be_v in_o the_o habit_n and_o not_o in_o the_o act_n ●r_o rather_o as_o other_o of_o they_o say_v in_o some_o internal_a inclination_n antecedent_n to_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n hope_n and_o love_n that_o they_o place_n justification_n or_o as_o we_o call_v it_o sanctification_n pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n de_fw-fr great_a hab._n pag._n 88_o 89._o 153_o god_n never_o judge_v a_o man_n righteous_a either_o by_o secret_a esteem_n or_o open_a sentence_n till_o he_o have_v make_v he_o such_o 154._o to_o be_v make_v righteous_a be_v to_o be_v justify_v in_o law-sense_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justifiable_a or_o justificandus_fw-la by_o sentence_n 155._o a_o man_n be_v righteous_a 1._o particular_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la as_o to_o some_o particular_a cause_n that_o he_o be_v accusable_a of_o 2._o or_o universal_o as_o to_o all_o cause_n 3._o or_o eminent_o as_o to_o all_o those_o cause_n that_o heaven_n or_o hell_n depend_v upon_o 156._o 1._o no_o man_n be_v universal_o righteous_a real_o or_o reputative_o god_n judge_v no_o saint_n in_o heaven_n to_o be_v one_o that_o never_o sin_v and_o he_o that_o have_v once_o sin_v be_v unavoidable_o under_o the_o relation_n of_o ●●●●_o that_o sin_v to_o eternity_n ex_fw-la necessitate_v existentiae_fw-la which_o relation_n be_v the_o very_a reatus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la peccati_fw-la though_o all_o the_o ill_a effect_n be_v remit_v 157._o 2._o every_o man_n have_v some_o particular_a righteousness_n for_o the_o worst_a man_n may_v be_v false_o accuse_v and_o be_v righteous_a as_o to_o that_o false_a accusation_n but_o this_o will_v not_o save_v he_o 158._o 3._o that_o eminent_a righteousness_n necessary_a to_o our_o salvation_n though_o it_o be_v not_o universal_a or_o perfect_a else_o we_o shall_v never_o be_v affict_v by_o chastisement_n or_o denial_n of_o grace_n or_o permission_n to_o sin_n yet_o be_v it_o at_o least_o perfect_a as_o to_o its_o proper_a use_n and_o to_o our_o glorious_a perfection_n and_o may_v be_v call_v our_o universal_a righteousness_n because_o it_o be_v all_o that_o we_o have_v and_o ●●_o consist_v not_o of_o any_o one_o or_o two_o cause_n but_o of_o many_o of_o which_o no_o o●●_n must_v be_v exclude_v or_o set_v against_o the_o rest_n as_o there_o be_v several_a allegatio●●_n or_o accusation_n against_o we_o so_o there_o must_v be_v several_a part_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o justification_n 159._o not_o only_o a_o actual_a accusation_n but_o a_o possible_a or_o a_o virtual_a o●●_n which_o we_o be_v liable_a to_o suffice_v to_o denominate_v justification_n as_o its_o contrary_a in_o the_o first_o law-sense_n of_o justification_n 160._o it_o be_v our_o right_n to_o impunity_n and_o to_o the_o heavenly_a glory_n which_o be_v to_o be_v justify_v final_o in_o judgement_n and_o our_o person_n as_o the_o subject_n of_o that_o right_n and_o our_o action_n but_o mediate_o in_o order_n to_o that_o end_n 161._o it_o be_v only_o at_o the_o bar_n of_o christ_n as_o redeemer_n that_o we_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v and_o justify_v and_o not_o by_o god_n only_o as_o a_o creator_n therefore_o it_o be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n that_o we_o must_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n final_o and_o not_o by_o the_o sole_a law_n of_o innocency_n 162._o therefore_o no_o man_n be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n either_o by_o the_o preceptive_a or_o retributive_a part_n but_o we_o be_v justify_v only_o by_o the_o l●●_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n against_o the_o accusation_n which_o may_v be_v bring_v against_o we_o from_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n against_o it_o not_o by_o it_o 163._o we_o be_v liable_a to_o all_o these_o follow_a accusation_n which_o will_v ope●_n to_o we_o the_o correlate_n justification_n and_o the_o matter_n of_o each_o part_n 1._o it_o may_v be_v say_v by_o the_o accuser_n of_o the_o brethren_n thou_o be_v a_o si●●●●_n against_o the_o precept_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n he_o that_o deni_v this_o be_v a_o liar_n against_o this_o charge_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n for_o ever_o but_o we_o must_v ●●_o heaven_n confess_v that_o we_o have_v sin_v but_o glory_n be_v to_o he_o that_o wash_v ●s_n from_o our_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n by_o pardon_n and_o sanctifiation_n 164._o 2._o next_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o we_o do_v deserve_v hell_n by_o our_o sin_n this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v confess_v for_o ever_o 165._o 3._o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o by_o god_n law_n of_o innocency_n hell_n be_v ou●_n due_a and_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o be_v condemn_v to_o it_o to_o this_o we_o deny_v the_o consequence_n because_o we_o have_v right_a to_o impunity_n and_o to_o glory_n free_o give_v we_o by_o god_n our_o redeemer_n by_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n merit_v for_o we_o by_o the_o obedience_n and_o satisfaction_n give_v for_o we_o by_o christ_n our_o saviour_n where_o note_n that_o here_o in_o this_o first_o part_n of_o our_o justification_n there_o be_v all_o these_o conjunct_a necessary_a cause_n 1._o god_n love_n and_o mercy_n give_v 2._o christ_n righteousness_n and_o satisfaction_n merit_v 3._o the_o covenant_n
reject_v and_o resist_v god_n grace_n and_o break_v his_o covenant_n he_o forfeit_v god_n further_a grace_n and_o i_o have_v note_v 1._o that_o most_o child_n which_o i_o have_v see_v very_o early_o wicked_a have_v be_v such_o who_o parent_n gross_o neglect_v their_o duty_n and_o covenant_n as_o to_o a_o holy_a prudent_a careful_a education_n of_o they_o as_o if_o god_n must_v needs_o save_v their_o child_n because_o they_o be_v the_o child_n of_o believer_n who_o thus_o betray_v they_o 2._o and_o those_o that_o be_v well_o educate_v by_o their_o parent_n usual_o show_v hopeful_a sign_n at_o first_o till_o their_o own_o lust_n grow_v up_o and_o deceive_v and_o overthrow_v they_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o mutual_a covenant_n and_o the_o sad_a experience_n of_o the_o case_n of_o many_o baptize_v child_n make_v i_o incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n which_o i_o do_v not_o peremptory_o assert_v but_o humble_o propose_v to_o better_a judgement_n with_o submission_n ●ut_fw-la whatever_o we_o say_v of_o the_o parent_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o to_o the_o person_n at_o age_n future_a benefit_n have_v future_a condition_n 174._o though_o god_n decree_n be_v that_o his_o elect_n shall_v persevere_v yet_o i_o conceive_v with_o submission_n to_o better_a information_n that_o the_o baptismal-covenant_n as_o such_o do_v not_o absolute_o promise_v or_o give_v right_a to_o so_o much_o grace_n as_o shall_v certain_o cause_v the_o baptize_v to_o persevere_v that_o be_v all_o that_o be_v rightful_o baptize_v even_o coram_fw-la deo_fw-la as_o well_o as_o coram_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la have_v not_o perseverance_n secure_v to_o they_o by_o baptism_n but_o only_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v give_v to_o they_o by_o covenant_n to_o be_v their_o sanctifier_n and_o carry_v on_o his_o work_n to_o their_o salvation_n if_o they_o will_v use_v those_o mean_n which_o god_n have_v appoint_v and_o do_v enable_v they_o to_o use_v in_o attendance_n on_o his_o spirit_n though_o election_n infer_v the_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n i_o never_o see_v their_o assertion_n prove_v who_o say_v 1._o that_o if_o adam_n have_v once_o obey_v say_v some_o or_o overcome_v that_o one_o temptation_n say_v other_o god_n promise_v confirmation_n to_o he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n 2._o that_o the_o baptismal-covenant_n promise_v confirmation_n and_o certain_a perseverance_n to_o all_o the_o baptize_v regenerate_v or_o justify_v what_o god_n do_v i_o be_o not_o now_o question_v but_o what_o in_o that_o covenant_n he_o promise_v to_o do_v 175._o it_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o scripture_n that_o when_o man_n be_v convert_v and_o baptize_v the_o particular_a help_n of_o grace_n be_v promise_v they_o upon_o further_a particular_a condition_n and_o that_o the_o continuance_n of_o pardon_n and_o right_o to_o life_n be_v promise_v they_o upon_o the_o continuance_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o use_v of_o mean_n and_o that_o actual_a glorification_n be_v promise_v they_o on_o condition_n of_o overcome_v and_o persevere_v and_o therefore_o that_o we_o must_v use_v and_o take_v all_o these_o as_o condition_n 176._o it_o be_v ordinary_a with_o some_o writer_n and_o preacher_n to_o tell_v man_n ourselves_o what_o must_v be_v in_o ourselves_o that_o no_o part_n of_o their_o righteousness_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o with_o other_o that_o at_o least_o none_o which_o they_o be_v justify_v by_o in_o any_o part_n be_v in_o they_o and_o that_o it_o be_v all_o in_o christ_n only_o and_o that_o nature_n be_v loath_a to_o yield_v to_o this_o but_o think_v it_o a_o fine_a thing_n to_o have_v some_o little_a part_n of_o the_o honour_n to_o itself_o and_o as_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o good_a action_n if_o it_o be_v but_o 999_o part_n that_o it_o ascribe_v to_o god_n and_o take_v one_o part_n of_o a_o thousand_o to_o ourselves_o it_o be_v a_o dangerous_a arrogation_n we_o must_v have_v none_o this_o well_o explain_v may_v be_v make_v sound_n but_o thus_o gross_o deliver_v it_o be_v but_o a_o popular_a cheat_n under_o the_o take_a pretence_n of_o self-abasement_n and_o give_v christ_n all_o the_o devil_n be_v as_o willing_a as_o any_o one_o that_o you_o shall_v have_v nothing_o honourable_a or_o praiseworthy_a in_o you_o and_o be_v as_o vile_a as_o he_o can_v make_v you_o it_o be_v god_n who_o honour_v those_o that_o honour_n he_o and_o praise_v his_o saint_n as_o the_o excellent_a on_o earth_n and_o his_o jewel_n and_o peculiar_a treasure_n adorn_v with_o his_o own_o lovely_a image_n and_o partaker_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n and_o member_n of_o christ_n as_o his_o own_o flesh_n and_o it_o be_v satan_n and_o wicked_a man_n that_o vilify_v and_o dishonour_v they_o and_o i_o have_v oft_o lament_v it_o that_o these_o very_a man_n that_o hold_v this_o kind_n of_o doctrine_n of_o self-abasement_n as_o have_v no_o part_n of_o righteousness_n nor_o share_v at_o all_o in_o any_o good_a work_n be_v yet_o too_o oft_o so_o proud_o conceit_v of_o their_o own_o goodness_n even_o for_o hold_v that_o they_o have_v none_o for_o which_o they_o be_v praiseworthy_a as_o that_o their_o pride_n be_v no_o small_a trouble_n to_o the_o church_n and_o all_o about_o they_o 177._o whatever_o be_v of_o god_n be_v good_a and_o whatever_o be_v good_a be_v laudable_a or_o praiseworthy_a and_o merit_v to_o be_v esteem_v as_o it_o be_v 178._o all_o the_o sanctify_a be_v inherent_o righteous_a but_o with_o a_o imperfect_a righteousness_n which_o will_v no_o further_o justify_v they_o in_o judgement_n save_v only_o against_o this_o accusation_n that_o they_o be_v unholy_a 179._o there_o be_v no_o righteousness_n which_o will_v not_o justify_v he_o that_o have_v it_o in_o tantum_fw-la so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v righteous_a for_o the_o contrary_n be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o to_o be_v just_a be_v to_o be_v justifiable_a he_o that_o give_v but_o six_o penny_n to_o the_o poor_a be_v justifiable_a against_o this_o accusation_n that_o he_o do_v not_o give_v it_o 181._o all_o the_o righteousness_n which_o formal_o justifi_v we_o be_v our_o own_o or_o on_o ourselves_o where_o it_o justify_v we_o for_o to_o be_v make_v just_a or_o justify_v in_o the_o 10._o i_o will_v here_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o b●za_n paraeus_n dr._n field_n bonhaus_n b●llinger_n alberius_n zanchy_a aepinus_n spang●●bergius_n brentius_n confess_v augustan_n etc._n etc._n assert_v that_o justification_n be_v oft_o use_v as_o sanctification_n in_o scripture_n and_o that_o plenary_a justification_n have_v three_o part_n 1._o pardon_n 2._o accept_n we_o into_o favour_n and_o life_n 3._o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n or_o inherent_a righteousness_n but_o that_o guil._n forbes_n have_v large_o do_v it_o consid_fw-la pacific_n 2_o thes_n 1._o 9_o 10._o first_o sense_n constitutive_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o be_v make_v such_o as_o be_v personal_o themselves_o just_o pardon_v of_o sin_n be_v make_v our_o own_o right_o to_o christ_n and_o glory_n be_v make_v our_o own_o though_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v the_o only_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o this_o which_o therefore_o be_v and_o may_v be_v call_v our_o material_a righteousness_n as_o that_o which_o merit_v it_o be_v the_o matter_n 182._o he_o that_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o good_a work_n be_v no_o christian_a but_o a_o damnable_a wretch_n and_o worse_o than_o any_o wicked_a man_n i_o know_v in_o the_o world_n and_o he_o that_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o it_o must_v not_o be_v deny_v false_o to_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o it_o nor_o a_o saint_n deny_v to_o be_v a_o saint_n upon_o a_o false_a pretence_n of_o sel●denyal_n 183._o as_o god_n be_v see_v here_o in_o the_o glass_n of_o his_o work_n so_o he_o be_v to_o be_v love_v and_o praise_v as_o so_o appear_v therefore_o he_o that_o dishonour_v his_o work_n dishonour_v god_n and_o hinder_v his_o due_a love_n and_o praise_n and_o his_o most_o lovely_a and_o honourable_a work_n on_o earth_n be_v his_o holy_a image_n on_o his_o saint_n and_o as_o christ_n will_v come_v to_o be_v admire_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o at_o last_o so_o god_n must_v be_v see_v and_o glorify_v in_o they_o here_o in_o some_o degree_n and_o to_o deny_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o image_n be_v the_o malignant_n way_n of_o injure_v he_o and_o that_o in_o which_o the_o worst_a will_v serve_v you_o he_o that_o will_v praise_v god_n as_o creator_n and_o redeemer_n must_v praise_v his_o work_n of_o creation_n and_o redemption_n and_o be_v it_o the_o way_n of_o praise_v he_o as_o our_o sanctifier_n to_o dispraise_v his_o work_n of_o sanctification_n 184._o those_o poor_a sinner_n of_o my_o acquaintance_n who_o live_v in_o the_o grosse●●_n sin_n against_o conscience_n as_o drunkenness_n whoredom_n etc._n etc._n have_v be_v glad_a enough_o of_o such_o doctrine_n and_o forward_o enough_o to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o man_n that_o in_o any_o part_n can_v justify_v
disposition_n to_o love_n god_n as_o god_n and_o act_v this_o he_o be_v holy_a if_o he_o have_v not_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o privation_n in_o he_o and_o not_o a_o mere_a negation_n for_o a_o rational_a creature_n must_v needs_o be_v natural_o oblige_v to_o love_v his_o creator_n yea_o this_o be_v the_o first_o and_o summary_n law_n of_o nature_n to_o he_o therefore_o not_o to_o do_v it_o must_v needs_o be_v sin_n and_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o sin_n therefore_o adam_n thus_o be_v make_v a_o great_a sinner_n ab_fw-la origine_fw-la before_o his_o fall_n 2._o if_o adam_n love_v not_o god_n in_o his_o weak_a degree_n of_o recover_a grace_n he_o be_v unsanctified_a but_o if_o he_o do_v as_o certain_o he_o do_v than_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o in_o his_o least_o degree_n of_o his_o recover_a grace_n he_o be_v holy_a than_o in_o innocency_n though_o he_o may_v stand_v on_o sure_a ground_n 3._o and_o this_o opinion_n make_v unholiness_n of_o nature_n to_o be_v no_o part_n of_o original_a sin_n because_o it_o will_v be_v no_o privation_n but_o a_o negation_n for_o our_o nature_n in_o infancy_n be_v not_o oblige_v to_o have_v that_o holiness_n which_o it_o never_o have_v and_o lose_v in_o adam_n and_o so_o original_a sin_n be_v almost_o all_o deny_v and_o a_o unholy_a heart_n be_v make_v as_o innocent_a therein_o 4._o we_o be_v renew_v according_a to_o the_o image_n of_o he_o that_o create_v we_o in_o wisdom_n righteousness_n and_o true_a holiness_n col._n 3._o 10._o therefore_o it_o be_v holiness_n which_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n which_o we_o lose_v and_o needs_o renew_v 336._o the_o argument_n for_o perseverance_n from_o god_n immutability_n will_v hold_v as_o to_o all_o the_o elect_n as_o such_o but_o not_o to_o all_o the_o sanctify_a or_o justify_v as_o such_o for_o the_o angel_n and_o adam_n fall_n do_v not_o prove_v god_n mutable_a and_o god_n can_v judge_v a_o thing_n or_o person_n to_o be_v change_v without_o be_v himself_o change_v but_o only_o denominatione_fw-la extrinseca_v a_o relatione_n ad_fw-la mutatum_fw-la be_v various_o denominate_v and_o even_o his_o law_n or_o covenant_n which_o say_v he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v and_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o shall_v be_v damn_v will_v not_o at_o all_o be_v change_v if_o it_o justify_v a_o believer_n to_o day_n who_o it_o condemn_v as_o a_o unbeliever_n yesterday_o and_o shall_v condemn_v he_o again_o to_o morrow_n if_o he_o shall_v apostatise_v or_o if_o it_o conclude_v we_o guilty_a every_o day_n anew_o of_o every_o new_a sin_n which_o we_o commit_v 337._o it_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a thing_n to_o confute_v a_o anabaptist_n without_o grant_v that_o infant_n justification_n may_v be_v lose_v for_o experience_n prove_v 3._o *_o brianson_n in_o 4._o q._n 4._o 1._o corrob_fw-la fol._n 36._o handle_v the_o question_n why_o the_o baptize_v infant_n have_v infuse_v habit_n of_o grace_n and_o virtue_n cit_v their_o opinion_n that_o hold_v the_o contrary_a but_o incline_v to_o the_o affirmative_a he_o have_v no_o better_a answer_n to_o they_o that_o object_n experience_n which_o oft_a find_v not_o sign_n of_o such_o habit_n when_o they_o come_v to_o age_n than_o that_o they_o be_v know_v to_o we_o only_o by_o faith_n matth._n 28._o 19_o 20._o eph._n 4_o two_o 3._o that_o the_o child_n of_o godly_a parent_n too_o often_o prove_v ungodly_a and_o if_o they_o have_v justify_v grace_n in_o infancy_n they_o lose_v it_o and_o if_o they_o have_v not_o than_o the_o covenant_n in_o which_o they_o be_v enter_v do_v not_o certain_o justify_v they_o and_o if_o so_o than_o it_o be_v either_o the_o very_a same_o covenant_n which_o the_o adult_n be_v baptize_v into_o or_o another_o if_o it_o be_v another_o than_o their_o baptism_n be_v another_o thing_n for_o baptism_n be_v but_o the_o celebration_n of_o our_o covenant_n with_o god_n and_o another_o covenant_n in_o specie_fw-la make_v another_o baptism_n in_o specie_fw-la and_o if_o so_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o baptism_n of_o god_n appoint_v for_o he_o have_v but_o one_o covenant_n of_o grace_n to_o be_v enter_v by_o we_o and_o seal_v nor_o but_o one_o baptism_n indeed_o on_o man_n part_n there_o be_v a_o covenant_v with_o the_o heart_n and_o with_o the_o mouth_n a_o outward_a as_o well_o as_o a_o inward_a covenant_n or_o consent_v but_o it_o be_v all_o to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o covenant_n of_o god_n it_o be_v the_o same_o species_n of_o faith_n in_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n which_o baptize_v hypocrite_n and_o true_a christian_n do_v profess_v and_o infant_n have_v no_o faith_n of_o their_o own_o to_o profess_v but_o be_v dedicate_v by_o another_o will_n the_o title-condition_n of_o the_o adult_n be_v their_o own_o consent_v faith_n but_o the_o title-condition_n of_o infant_n be_v nothing_o in_o themselves_o but_o their_o parent_n consent_v faith_n without_o they_o which_o dedicate_v they_o to_o god_n now_o we_o suppose_v the_o parent_n to_o do_v this_o sincere_o if_o then_o the_o covenant_n ascertain_v not_o present_a justification_n to_o the_o infant_n who_o have_v all_o the_o condition_n require_v by_o the_o covenant_n how_o can_v we_o say_v that_o it_o any_o more_o ascertain_v justification_n to_o the_o adult_n it_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v the_o very_a same_o covenant_n and_o not_o another_o but_o if_o it_o do_v ascertain_v it_o than_o many_o lose_v it_o i_o run_v not_o into_o their_o error_n who_o tell_v we_o and_o will_v have_v none_o of_o we_o preach_v christ_n gospel_n that_o will_v not_o say_v the_o same_o that_o it_o be_v certain_a by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o infant_n baptize_v die_v before_o actual_a sin_n be_v certain_o save_v without_o except_v the_o child_n of_o any_o infidel_n pagan_n or_o apostate_n which_o i_o can_v prove_v of_o the_o infant_n even_o of_o hypocrite_n or_o unsound_a christian_n or_o that_o the_o child_n can_v he_o save_v by_o that_o false_a faith_n which_o will_v not_o save_v the_o parent_n or_o he_o that_o dedicate_v he_o to_o god_n or_o that_o the_o child_n of_o hypocrite_n or_o infidel_n have_v the_o condition_n of_o justification_n and_o if_o that_o word_n of_o god_n have_v be_v cite_v that_o make_v the_o assertion_n certain_a it_o will_v have_v be_v a_o great_a kindness_n to_o we_o from_o those_o who_o justice_n must_v go_v for_o such_o but_o we_o be_v think_v unworthy_a of_o it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o determine_v not_o the_o difficult_a case_n of_o infant_n loss_n of_o justification_n their_o case_n be_v leave_v dark_a to_o we_o in_o the_o scripture_n but_o my_o judgement_n be_v fully_a express_v by_o the_o word_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n art_n 1._o §_o 17._o and_o davenant_n treatise_n on_o that_o point_n be_v very_o judicious_a and_o considerable_a if_o wherever_o he_o speak_v of_o baptise_a infant_n you_o will_v but_o suppose_v he_o to_o mean_v the_o infant_n of_o true_a christian_n and_o not_o all_o 338._o it_o seem_v a_o hard_a say_n that_o any_o member_n of_o christ_n shall_v be_v cut_v off_o and_o become_v a_o member_n of_o satan_n and_o perish_v though_o he_o be_v but_o a_o infant_n member_n but_o we_o must_v not_o let_v the_o metaphor_n deceive_v we_o it_o be_v not_o a_o natural_a member_n of_o christ_n person_n that_o perish_v as_o if_o part_n of_o christ_n himself_o fall_v off_o but_o a_o metaphorical_a mystical_a political_a member_n and_o christ_n think_v it_o no_o absurdity_n joh._n 15._o to_o warn_v his_o chief_a member_n that_o they_o fall_v not_o off_o and_o to_o speak_v by_o way_n of_o supposition_n of_o his_o branch_n as_o cut_v off_o wither_a and_o burn_v and_o adam_n and_o the_o fall_a angel_n before_o their_o fall_n be_v the_o belove_a of_o god_n and_o his_o child_n and_o yet_o fall_v from_o that_o love_n there_o must_v be_v therefore_o strong_a argument_n than_o this_o to_o turn_v the_o scale_n sect_n xxiv_o the_o sum_n and_o end_n of_o this_o discourse_n of_o certain_a perseverance_n 339._o the_o end_n and_o sum_n of_o all_o that_o i_o have_v say_v of_o perseverance_n be_v but_o this_o that_o the_o controversy_n be_v neither_o 1._o of_o such_o weight_n nor_o 2._o of_o such_o facility_n and_o certainty_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v make_v necessary_a to_o our_o charitable_a converse_n or_o church_n communion_n to_o hold_v either_o this_o or_o that_o but_o we_o shall_v number_v it_o with_o the_o dogmata_fw-la not_o to_o be_v impose_v on_o other_o nor_o fit_a to_o make_v any_o breach_n in_o the_o love_n and_o concord_n of_o christian_n and_o for_o my_o part_n i_o profess_v that_o i_o take_v he_o for_o the_o worse_a christian_n caeteris_fw-la paribus_fw-la who_o i_o hear_v with_o disaffection_n blot_v the_o name_n of_o other_o with_o note_n of_o unsoundness_n and_o culpability_n for_o dissent_v in_o
creature_n and_o their_o various_a species_n of_o be_v be_v after_o by_o providence_n to_o manage_v they_o as_o active_a or_o passive_a in_o their_o several_a capacity_n and_o the_o active_a nature_n be_v threefold_a which_o he_o have_v make_v to_o operate_v on_o the_o threefold_a passive_n viz._n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o igneous_a or_o vegetative_a in_o its_o proper_a matter_n upon_o air_n water_n and_o earth_n §_o 12._o god_n be_v so_o active_a as_o not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o passive_a all_o the_o active_a creature_n be_v first_o passive_n as_o receive_v the_o influx_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o inferior_n from_o the_o superior_a second_o cause_n but_o they_o be_v natural_o active_a in_o that_o dependence_n and_o suppose_v that_o influx_n §_o 13._o the_o work_n of_o providence_n about_o the_o existent_a creature_n be_v motion_n cause_v motion_n gubernation_n cause_v order_n and_o attraction_n or_o meet_v objective_a termination_n satisfy_v their_o appetite_n and_o give_v they_o their_o ends._n 294._o ends._n ends._n ends._n cyprianus_n sie_fw-fr explicat_fw-la act._n 17._o in_o ipso_fw-la sumus_fw-la movemur_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_o patre_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_fw-la filio_fw-la vivimus_fw-la in_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-it movemur_fw-la pater_fw-la est_fw-la son_n omnis_fw-la essentiae_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_n est_fw-la agitator_n seu_fw-la motor_n unde_fw-la apud_fw-la hebr._fw-la nomen_fw-la habet_fw-la ruah_n quod_fw-la significat_fw-la endelechiam_fw-la continuam_fw-la &_o perennem_fw-la agitationem_fw-la vid._n strigel_n in_o melanct._n loc._n come_v pag._n 294._o §_o 14._o man_z be_v endow_v by_o his_o creator_n with_o his_o image_n in_o vital-active-power_n intellect_n and_o freewill_n a_o threefold_a virtue_n in_o one_o as_o the_o formal_a essence_n of_o his_o soul_n be_v peculiar_o fit_v for_o such_o act_n of_o providence_n as_o he_o must_v be_v under_o §_o 15._o as_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a nature_n be_v under_o god_n the_o immediate_a 1._o mover_n 2._o governor_n of_o the_o inferior_a so_o also_o be_v they_o 3._o their_o immediate_a or_o near_a end_n have_v a_o goodness_n in_o they_o fit_v to_o attract_v terminate_v and_o satisfy_v the_o appetite_n of_o the_o inferior_a god_n be_v not_o the_o only_a end_n of_o appetite_n §_o 16._o the_o act_n of_o divine_a providence_n about_o man-existent_a be_v 1._o action_n or_o motion_n 2._o special_a government_n 3._o love_n from_o whence_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o man_n the_o fundamental_a relation_n of_o creator_n suppose_v comparability_n suppose_v suppose_v suppose_v i_o hold_v with_o bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 2._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la deum_fw-la seruare_fw-la quamlibet_fw-la creaturam_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quacunque_fw-la cansa_fw-la creata_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 3._o cor_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la potest_fw-la aliquid_fw-la facere_fw-la nisi_fw-la deus_fw-la faciat_fw-la illud_fw-la idem_fw-la immediatius_fw-la quolibet_fw-la alio_fw-la faciente_fw-la et_fw-la c._n 4._o cor_fw-la 3._o ●adem_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la motore_fw-la ●aking_v immediation_n for_o proximity_n and_o facere_fw-la &_o movere_fw-la for_o the_o action_n as_o such_o and_o not_o for_o the_o mere_a moral_a specification_n and_o comparability_n 1._o as_o actor_n well_fw-mi motor_n 2._o as_o rector_n 3._o as_o amicus_fw-la vel_fw-la finis_fw-la lover_n benefactor_n and_o end_n 1._o action_n as_o such_o be_v from_o god_n in_o the_o first_o relation_n 2._o action_n as_o ordered_n be_v by_o he_o in_o the_o second_o 3._o action_n as_o terminate_v final_o and_o in_o perfection_n be_v in_o he_o in_o the_o three_o §_o 17._o creation_n infer_v propriety_n and_o make_v we_o good_a and_o inter_fw-la b●na_fw-la and_o ad_fw-la bonum_fw-la infer_v that_o god_n be_v our_o benefactor_n so_o that_o ab_fw-la origine_fw-la he_o standing_z in_o these_o three_o relation_n to_o we_o from_o what_o be_v past_a he_o be_v to_o dispose_v of_o we_o by_o providence_n according_o §_o 18._o god_n omnipotence_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a in_o creation_n propriety_n and_o motion_n his_o wisdom_n in_o govern_v and_o order_n and_o his_o good_a will_n in_o our_o benefit_n efficient_o and_o our_o perfection_n final_o in_o mutual_a love_n §_o 19_o motion_n be_v cause_v by_o move_a ●●●ce_n impress_v order_n moral_n by_o law_n or_o signification_n of_o god_n will_v de_fw-mi debito_fw-la and_o perfection_n by_o attingency_n and_o union_n with_o our_o end_n §_o 20._o from_o the_o first_o result_v necessity_n proper_o so_o call_v from_o the_o second_o moral_a rectitude_n in_o the_o three_o be_v felicity_n as_o to_o single_a person_n §_o 21._o from_o the_o first_o viz._n god_n as_o actor_n upon_o many_o or_o the_o universe_n arise_v co-operation_n or_o concourse_n all_o thing_n work_v together_o as_o the_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch._n from_o the_o second_o divine_n order_v arise_v harmony_n and_o from_o the_o three_o universal_a perfection_n and_o melody_n of_o the_o whole_a creation_n and_o to_o man_n perfect_a love_n §_o 22._o motion_n be_v unresistible_a unless_o by_o a_o great_a or_o unequal_a contrary_a motion_n or_o passive_a impedition_n and_o its_o effect_n as_o such_o not_o free_a but_o necessary_a government_n by_o law_n be_v resistible_a and_o obedience_n free_a final_a goodness_n or_o love_n do_v perfect_a and_o felicitate_a necessary_o and_o free_o not_o effect_v for_o so_o they_o be_v not_o now_o consider_v but_o satisfy_v so_o far_o as_o they_o be_v enjoy_v §_o 23._o the_o creation_n be_v past_a and_o being_n existent_n except_o what_o generation_n and_o composition_n make_v unfearchable_o and_o god_n fundamental_a relation_n settle_v we_o shall_v confound_v and_o be_v confound_v if_o we_o distin-guish_a not_o god_n after-action_n according_a to_o the_o relation_n in_o which_o he_o work_v they_o and_o their_o foresay_a difference_n in_o themselves_o sect_n ii_o the_o order_n of_o divine_a operation_n §_o 1._o god_n be_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o action_n cause_v bold_a cause_v cause_v cause_v bradwardine_n ib._n p._n 172._o seem_v to_o favour_n averrois_n say_v that_o god_n be_v forma_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la maxim_n essentialis_fw-la &_o principalis_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la formati_fw-la and_o so_o act_v all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o when_o we_o deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o form_n of_o any_o creature_n we_o mean_v that_o he_o be_v more_o and_o not_o less_o and_o that_o we_o have_v not_o a_o fit_a analogical_a conception_n of_o god_n than_o that_o he_o be_v eminent_o more_o than_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n and_o c._n 14._o p._n 210._o he_o call_v necessarium_fw-la the_o most_o proper_a name_n of_o god_n but_o when_o he_o say_v c._n 17._o that_o god_n essence_n omnipotence_n intellect_n naturally_n precede_v god_n knowledge_n and_o cause_v it_o and_o so_o put_v cause_n and_o effect_n in_o god_n he_o be_v too_o bold_a by_o he_o as_o to_o the_o proximity_n of_o god_n to_o the_o effect_n for_o he_o be_v every_o where_o present_a in_o essence_n and_o as_o near_o to_o every_o be_v and_o action_n as_o it_o be_v to_o itself_o we_o must_v not_o conceive_v of_o god_n use_v mean_n as_o we_o do_v of_o man_n where_o the_o pen_n the_o saw_n the_o knife_n etc._n etc._n be_v between_o the_o hand_n and_o the_o effect_n god_n be_v as_o near_o and_o as_o total_a a_o cause_n of_o what_o he_o do_v as_o if_o he_o use_v not_o second_o cause_n §_o 2._o they_o that_o say_v god_n be_v thus_o causa_fw-la immediata_n immediatione_fw-la &_o suppositi_fw-la seu_fw-la essentiae_fw-la &_o virtutis_fw-la speak_v true_a but_o not_o apt_o because_o it_o ill_o insinuate_v as_o if_o god_n virtus_n be_v not_o his_o essence_n when_o as_o in_o god_n they_o be_v all_o one_o only_o as_o inadequate_a conception_n we_o may_v distinguish_v suppositum_fw-la à_fw-la virtute_fw-la but_o not_o otherwise_o and_o it_o be_v not_o as_o quid_fw-la creatum_fw-la that_o we_o speak_v of_o virtus_n §_o 3._o since_o the_o creation_n in_o the_o motion_n of_o providence_n god_n who_o at_o first_o make_v the_o universe_n to_o be_v one_o by_o conjunction_n and_o co-operation_n of_o part_n as_o true_o as_o a_o clock_n or_o man_n be_v one_o have_v settle_v a_o course_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o one_o thing_n may_v act_v upon_o and_o move_v another_o and_o though_o he_o work_v upon_o the_o high_a of_o these_o cause_n immediate_o without_o any_o other_o subordinate_a cause_n yet_o on_o all_o the_o rest_n he_o ordinary_o work_v by_o superior_a create_v cause_n which_o be_v some_o of_o they_o necessary_a and_o operate_v in_o one_o constant_a course_n and_o some_o of_o they_o voluntary_a and_o free_a and_o operate_v more_o mutable_o and_o contingent_o §_o 4._o the_o course_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n be_v common_o call_v nature_n and_o the_o influence_n of_o angel_n and_o other_o voluntary_a cause_n distinguish_v from_o natural_a but_o they_o all_o operate_v as_o second_v cause_n under_o the_o influx_n and_o government_n of_o god_n upon_o we_o that_o be_v here_o on_o earth_n §_o 5._o
to_o angel_n nor_o to_o brute_n for_o as_o god_n make_v one_o sort_n of_o creature_n natural_o determine_v to_o thing_n sensible_a and_o another_o sort_n necessary_o though_o free_o determine_v to_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o it_o please_v he_o to_o make_v a_o middle_a sort_n endue_v with_o reason_n and_o freewill_n undetermined_a as_o to_o their_o choice_n and_o able_a free_o to_o determine_v their_o own_o volition_n without_o any_o predetermine_a premotion_n of_o their_o creator_n or_o any_o other_o that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v fit_a subject_n to_o be_v govern_v in_o this_o life_n by_o law_n and_o other_o moral_a mean_n §_o 4._o god_n as_o creator_n make_v substance_n with_o their_o necessary_a accident_n and_o as_o the_o natural_a orderer_n of_o they_o place_v they_o in_o their_o natural_a order_n and_o as_o motor_n or_o actor_n he_o cause_v action_n as_o such_o but_o as_o moral_a rector_n he_o cause_v only_o the_o moral_a order_n of_o action_n as_o far_o as_o belong_v to_o a_o rector_n the_o rest_n be_v presuppose_v in_o nature_n and_o leave_v it_o to_o man_n to_o cause_v the_o rest_n §_o 5._o see_v god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o make_v such_o a_o creature_n as_o man_n of_o a_o middle_n defectible_a undetermined_a will_n leave_v to_o his_o free_a choice_n with_o necessary_a help_n it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o work_n to_o be_v diversify_v he_o be_v not_o then_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o any_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o such_o a_o creature_n because_o he_o support_v his_o be_v and_o his_o active_a nature_n and_o be_v his_o first_o cause_n of_o action_n §_o 6._o god_n can_v prevent_v all_o future_a sin_n if_o he_o absolute_o will_v so_o to_o do_v either_o by_o destroy_v the_o world_n or_o disable_n the_o sinner_n or_o by_o withhold_v his_o move_a influx_n or_o by_o such_o a_o change_n of_o his_o nature_n as_o shall_v make_v he_o indefectible_a but_o he_o that_o make_v man_n in_o this_o middle_a state_n will_v so_o continue_v he_o and_o not_o make_v a_o change_n in_o the_o frame_n of_o nature_n to_o fulfil_v our_o will_n §_o 7._o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n no_o vital_a act_n as_o vital_a no_o intellection_n no_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v virtue_n or_o sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o cause_v it_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o cause_v either_o moral_a good_a or_o evil_n §_o 8._o as_o god_n be_v relate_v to_o we_o as_o our_o owner_n ruler_n and_o our_o chief_a good_a efficient_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o final_o as_o our_o end_n so_o to_o consent_v to_o these_o relation_n and_o to_o the_o duty_n of_o our_o correlation_n and_o to_o practise_v they_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o all_o moral_a good_a even_o dispositive_o and_o actual_o to_o be_v resign_v and_o devote_v to_o god_n as_o our_o owner_n to_o obey_v and_o please_v he_o as_o our_o ruler_n and_o to_o be_v thankful_a to_o he_o and_o total_o love_v he_o as_o our_o benefactor_n and_o our_o ultimate_n end_n all_o moral_a goodness_n lie_v in_o this_o §_o 9_o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o morality_n consist_v in_o the_o due_a or_o undue_a order_n of_o our_o action_n and_o disposition_n as_o they_o be_v a_o moral_a agent_n be_v relate_v to_o god_n himself_o in_o these_o three_o relation_n and_o to_o his_o action_n therein_o viz._n his_o disposal_n his_o law_n and_o his_o attractive_a final_a goodness_n with_o his_o benefit_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o the_o morality_n consist_v as_o simpliciter_fw-la talis_fw-la in_o all_o three_o inseparable_o as_o god_n relation_n be_v inseparable_a and_o our_o correlation_n but_o the_o relation_n of_o our_o action_n to_o any_o one_o of_o they_o be_v morality_n secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la §_o 11._o and_o among_o they_o all_o our_o action_n submission_n resignation_n patience_n to_o god_n mere_o as_o our_o owner_n be_v moral_a but_o in_o the_o slender_a initial_a sense_n and_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o he_o as_o our_o rector_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o full_a formal_a sense_n and_o therefore_o by_o most_o account_v the_o only_a formal_a morality_n as_o be_v a_o relation_n to_o a_o law_n but_o yet_o our_o action_n as_o relate_v to_o god_n our_o benefactor_n lover_n and_o end_n be_v moral_a in_o the_o high_a most_o perfective_a notion_n §_o 12._o it_o be_v not_o only_a sub_fw-la ration●_n obedientia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n command_v by_o a_o law_n that_o love_n to_o god_n be_v moral_o good_a but_o also_o in_o that_o superior_a sense_n formal_o as_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o love_n be_v call_v the_o law_n of_o law_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o law_n not_o only_o as_o command_v by_o a_o law_n but_o as_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o state_n of_o perfection_n above_o it_o as_o christ_n be_v to_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o also_o as_o be_v a_o law_n eminenter_fw-la something_o great_a though_v not_o formaliter_fw-la §_o 13._o but_o as_o there_o be_v a_o order_n in_o these_o relation_n so_o be_v there_o in_o the_o morality_n of_o our_o action_n as_o towards_o they_o so_o that_o the_o last_o still_o include_v the_o rest_n forego_v all_o love_n be_v obedience_n and_o all_o obedience_n be_v submission_n to_o our_o owner_n but_o all_o obedience_n be_v not_o love_n nor_o all_o submission_n or_o resignation_n formal_a obedience_n to_o a_o rector_n though_o they_o must_v all_o concur_v and_o not_o be_v divide_v when_o they_o be_v formal_o distinguish_v §_o 14._o i_o have_v think_v it_o necessary_a though_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o some_o repetition_n to_o open_v here_o the_o doctrine_n of_o formal_a morality_n virtue_n and_o vice_n because_o we_o can_v understand_v how_o god_n be_v vindicate_v from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n till_o we_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o virtue_n be_v which_o we_o can_v do_v till_o we_o know_v what_o morality_n be_v and_o also_o because_o the_o schoolmen_n most_o subtle_a elaborate_a inquiry_n into_o this_o point_n especial_o the_o nature_n peccati_fw-la be_v general_o too_o little_a subtle_a or_o accurate_a as_o compare_v it_o with_o this_o little_a you_o may_v perceive_v §_o 15._o from_o all_o this_o it_o be_v plain_a 1._o that_o god_n as_o the_o mere_a author_n and_o motor_n of_o nature_n do_v not_o cause_v we_o to_o obey_v or_o love_v he_o and_o therefore_o that_o these_o must_v be_v cause_v by_o another_o superadded_a operation_n §_o 16._o yet_o when_o we_o obey_v and_o love_v he_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o the_o act_n be_v from_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n viz._n as_o it_o be_v intellection_n volition_n action_n but_o that_o these_o action_n be_v so_o due_o order_v as_o to_o be_v thus_o terminate_v on_o god_n and_o thing_n command_v be_v otherwise_o cause_v for_o though_o the_o generical_a nature_n of_o action_n intellection_n and_o volition_n as_o such_o be_v seldom_o find_v but_o in_o some_o moral_a species_n and_o that_o be_v never_o find_v but_o in_o singular_a act_n yet_o can_v one_o causality_n procure_v the_o generical_a nature_n and_o another_o the_o specifical_a and_o another_o the_o singularity_n in_o the_o same_o action_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o generical_a cause_n and_o the_o virtus_fw-la seminalis_fw-la the_o specify_v and_o the_o individuatio_fw-la seminis_fw-la the_o individ●●a●ing_n of_o plant_n animal_n etc._n etc._n §_o 17._o as_o god_n be_v the_o god_n of_o nature_n so_o he_o have_v settle_v nature_n in_o such_o a_o constant_a course_n of_o motion_n as_o that_o we_o have_v small_a reason_n to_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v there_o make_v any_o ordinary_a mutation_n and_o therefore_o as_o the_o sun_n aforesaid_a he_o do_v by_o his_o generical_a influx_n concur_v with_o all_o specify_v and_o individuate_a cause_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n or_o receptivity_n §_o 18._o they_o therefore_o that_o suppose_v that_o god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n must_v of_o natural_a necessity_n ad_fw-la esse_fw-la by_o physical_a efficient_a premotion_n predetermine_v every_o act_n natural_a and_o free_a to_o its_o object_n compare_v with_o other_o possible_a object_n and_o that_o in_o all_o its_o mode_n and_o circumstance_n do_v confound_v nature_n and_o morality_n and_o leave_v nothing_o for_o god_n to_o do_v in_o cause_v holiness_n but_o what_o he_o must_v needs_o do_v to_o cause_v all_o action_n that_o be_v cause_v allow_v the_o difference_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n ●_o yea_o but_o what_o he_o do_v in_o cause_v every_o sin_n for_o his_o pracept_n be_v not_o with_o they_o the_o cause_v predetermination_n §_o 19_o jesus_n christ_n and_o his_o gospel_n with_o all_o the_o fore_n describe_v frame_n of_o moral_a mean_n and_o the_o spirit_n to_o cooperate_v be_v the_o proper_a second_o cause_n by_o which_o god_n as_o rector_n will_v on_o his_o part_n ordinary_o
be_v wrought_v by_o common_a grace_n and_o that_o it_o be_v special_a act_n and_o habit_n overcome_v the_o flesh_n and_o world_n which_o be_v wrought_v by_o special_a grace_n so_o that_o those_o fireman_n that_o be_v resolve_v that_o yet_o differ_v they_o will_v and_o implacable_o differ_v and_o their_o adversary_n shall_v be_v enemy_n of_o god_n grace_n whether_o they_o will_v or_o not_o be_v yet_o defective_a in_o that_o acuteness_n and_o pregnancy_n of_o wit_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o pretend_v a_o real_a disagreement_n and_o be_v force_v to_o say_v that_o they_o disagree_v when_o they_o have_v not_o wit_n enough_o to_o seem_v to_o prove_v it_o to_o any_o but_o those_o that_o take_v their_o choleric_a zeal_n and_o reproach_n for_o proof_n for_o in_o this_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n among_o we_o 6._o obj._n at_o least_o we_o can_v prove_v that_o we_o differ_v in_o this_o about_o the_o effect_n that_o one_o side_n make_v god_n gracious_a habit_n give_v to_o believer_n to_o be_v such_o as_o may_v be_v lose_v and_o die_v and_o the_o other_o do_v not_o answ_n that_o be_v no_o difference_n you_o still_o want_v wit_n to_o make_v difference_n though_o you_o want_v not_o will_n for_o both_o side_n be_v agree_v that_o perseverance_n arise_v not_o from_o the_o mere_a nature_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n but_o from_o god_n superadded_a sustentation_n for_o adam_n and_o the_o fall_a angel_n have_v as_o be_v common_o hold_v such_o kind_n of_o habitual_a grace_n as_o we_o though_o objective_o differ_v 7._o see_v there_o be_v no_o difference_n on_o god_n part_n as_o they_o all_o conclude_v resistible_a grace_n and_o irresistible_a sufficient_a and_o effectual_a can_v have_v no_o difference_n but_o in_o the_o very_a effect_n or_o event_n and_o the_o connotation_n of_o man_n power_n or_o impotency_n to_o the_o contrary_n i_o know_v as_o i_o have_v say_v that_o not_o only_o the_o dominican_n and_o calvinist_n but_o suarez_n and_o other_o jesuit_n say_v that_o effectual_a grace_n be_v such_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la principii_fw-la as_o be_v forcibler_n for_o faith_n as_o the_o effect_n but_o they_o contradict_v themselves_o who_o confident_o say_v that_o beside_o that_o effect_n it_o be_v nothing_o but_o god_n essence_n which_o have_v no_o degree_n or_o real_a difference_n and_o man_n power_n of_o resistance_n and_o frustration_n be_v none_o as_o to_o god_n will_v and_o essence_n but_o only_o as_o to_o the_o effect_n when_o he_o can_v have_v do_v otherwise_o 8._o the_o same_o vanity_n they_o declare_v in_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o divine_a grace_n help_v or_o operation_n will_v convert_v one_o man_n as_o do_v another_o or_o will_v convert_v as_o do_v not_o convert_n when_o they_o be_v agree_v that_o the_o effect_n be_v not_o the_o same_o and_o that_o the_o cause_n have_v no_o degree_n of_o difference_n 9_o and_o though_o it_o be_v past_a man_n understanding_n to_o comprehend_v how_o all_o the_o various_a effect_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v produce_v without_o the_o least_o diversity_n in_o the_o cause_n will_n or_o action_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la and_o that_o velle_fw-la salvare_fw-la petrum_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la damnare_fw-la judam_fw-la shall_v be_v perfect_o the_o same_o volition_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la volentis_fw-la yet_o it_o be_v the_o like_a to_o be_v true_a because_o man_n can_v comprehend_v it_o as_o long_o as_o he_o have_v no_o evidence_n to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v not_o true_a for_o god_n be_v incomprehensible_a 10._o see_v then_o that_o we_o must_v consent_n 1._o that_o god_n decree_v to_o do_v all_o that_o he_o do_v and_o proper_o and_o absolute_o no_o more_o 2._o and_o that_o christ_n death_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o that_o it_o effect_v and_o proper_o of_o no_o more_o of_o which_o the_o conditional_a gift_n of_o pardon_n and_o life_n be_v part_n and_o so_o that_o all_o the_o controversy_n 1._o of_o decree_n 2._o of_o redemption_n be_v resolve_v into_o that_o of_o the_o effect_n 3._o and_o see_v all_o the_o effect_n be_v such_o who_o difference_n we_o little_o differ_v about_o if_o at_o all_o and_o ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la agentis_fw-la they_o agree_v that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n where_o then_o be_v the_o difference_n among_o all_o the_o contender_n §._o ii_o alvarez_n his_o epitome_n in_o twenty_o proposition_n consider_v but_o that_o all_o this_o may_v more_o plain_o appear_v i_o will_v recite_v the_o twenty_o conclusion_n which_o alvarez_n in_o his_o epilogus_fw-la give_v we_o as_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o his_o book_n one_o hundred_o twenty_o one_o disputation_n and_o i_o shall_v tell_v you_o how_o far_o they_o be_v all_o to_o be_v consent_v to_o they_o *_o thus_o bradwardine_n conclude_v his_o book_n with_o thirty_o six_o error_n and_o as_o many_o verity_n which_o he_o will_v have_v the_o church_n especial_o that_o of_o rome_n determine_v but_o leave_v out_o the_o most_o unsavoury_a part_n or_o expression_n of_o his_o own_o judgement_n whether_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a necessitate_v cause_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v none_o of_o they_o i._o freewill_n in_o lapse_v nature_n can_v without_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n do_v a_o moral_a work_n which_o by_o co-operation_n of_o the_o supernatural_a end_n shall_v be_v true_o good_a and_o a_o work_n of_o virtue_n so_o as_o that_o by_o the_o doer_n it_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n belove_v simple_o above_o all_o as_o to_o the_o ultimate_a natural_a end_n answ_n it_o be_v grant_v and_o more_o that_o though_o all_o natural_a man_n have_v one_o sort_n of_o grace_n give_v they_o yet_o i_o think_v this_o can_v be_v do_v without_o special_a save_a grace_n ii_o man_n by_o the_o sole_a strength_n of_o nature_n can_v assent_v to_o all_o supernatural_a mystery_n propound_v and_o explain_v to_o he_o as_o revealed_z of_o god_n or_o because_o reveal_v of_o god_n so_o as_o the_o formal_a reason_n of_o his_o belief_n be_v divine_a revelation_n answ_n it_o be_v true_a he_o must_v have_v commoner_n grace_n to_o believe_v they_o dogmatical_o and_o uneffectual_o and_o special_a save_a grace_n to_o believe_v they_o practical_o and_o save_o iii_o not_o only_o faith_n itself_o but_o also_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o faith_n proceed_v from_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o from_o the_o strength_n of_o nature_n only_o answ_n very_o true_a iv_o the_o freewill_n of_o man_n in_o lapse_v nature_n can_v without_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n love_n god_n above_o all_o simple_o even_o as_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o nature_n answ_n it_o be_v true_a v._o man_n in_o lapse_v nature_n without_o the_o help_n of_o grace_n can_v fulfil_v all_o the_o precept_n even_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n nor_o overcome_v any_o great_a difficulty_n and_o temptation_n even_o for_o any_o little_a time_n which_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o overcome_v for_o the_o keep_n of_o that_o law_n answ_n true_a therefore_o they_o have_v some_o grace_n that_o do_v it_o vi_o there_o be_v no_o law_n nor_o ever_o be_v make_v by_o god_n of_o his_o give_v the_o actual_a help_n of_o prevent_a grace_n to_o they_o that_o do_v all_o that_o be_v in_o they_o by_o the_o sole_a faculty_n of_o nature_n nor_o have_v christ_n merit_v or_o will_v have_v any_o such_o law_n answ_n true_a for_o he_o give_v some_o common_a grace_n to_o all_o man_n antecedent_o without_o any_o condition_n on_o their_o part_n and_o though_o he_o give_v to_o those_o that_o use_v their_o common_a grace_n to_o the_o utmost_a or_o near_o it_o sufficient_a encouragement_n to_o go_v on_o and_o hope_v that_o such_o endeavour_n shall_v not_o be_v in_o vain_a as_o to_o the_o obtain_n of_o peculiar_a grace_n yet_o de_fw-la nomine_fw-la vel_fw-la definitione_n whether_o this_o encouragement_n shall_v be_v call_v a_o law_n or_o a_o promise_n or_o neither_o we_o contend_v not_o vii_o god_n by_o his_o help_a grace_n flow_v into_o freewill_n by_o premove_v it_o that_o it_o may_v cooperate_v and_o also_o truly-efficient_o together_o with_o the_o same_o freewill_n cause_v its_o pious_a operation_n answ_n it_o be_v true_a but_o all_o adjuvant_fw-la grace_n produce_v not_o the_o second_o effect_n which_o flow_v from_o both_o cause_n of_o which_o before_o and_o after_o viii_o when_o god_n by_o his_o exciting_a grace_n strike_v and_o touch_v the_o heart_n of_o man_n he_o do_v not_o expect_v that_o the_o will_n by_o its_o innate_a liberty_n begin_v its_o motion_n by_o consent_v but_o god_n by_o adjuvant_fw-la grace_n effect_v that_o it_o free_o and_o infallible_o consent_v answ_n it_o be_v true_a of_o all_o that_o do_v consent_n but_o god_n have_v a_o degree_n of_o exciting_a and_o adjuvant_fw-la grace_n which_o be_v necessary_a and_o give_v the_o posse_fw-la velle_fw-la which_o cause_v not_o the_o act_n through_o man_n defect_n and_o though_o god_n expect_v not_o that_o effect_n as_o one_o that_o be_v deceive_v
therefore_o god_n move_v a_o man_n to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o a_o permit_v he_o to_o sin_n motion_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o not_o hinder_v of_o motion_n another_o thing_n or_o nothing_o §._o v._o iii_o of_o the_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n way_n iii_o and_o as_o to_o the_o three_o way_n ascribe_v by_o alvarez_n to_o the_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n i_o think_v that_o de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la it_o be_v not_o a_o proper_a expression_n to_o call_v god_n causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la but_o if_o we_o agree_v of_o the_o sense_n we_o may_v bear_v partialis_fw-la vasqu_n ubi_fw-la sup_n take_v alex._n al._n 1._o p._n q._n 26._o n._n 7._o a._n 2._o ad_fw-la 1._o &_o ronavent_n 1._o d._n 40._o a._n 2._o q._n 1._o to_o be_v for_o he_o because_o they_o say_v actus_fw-la nostros_fw-la esse_fw-la liberos_fw-la quia_fw-la divina_fw-la voluntas_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tota_n causa_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la libero_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la proxima_fw-la causa_fw-la modificatur_fw-la concursum_fw-la prim●_n but_o if_o this_o be_v his_o opinion_n he_o join_v with_o these_o scotist_n and_o nominal_n de_fw-fr causa_fw-la non-totali_a so_o pet._n à_fw-fr s._n joseph_n thos_n uniu._n de_fw-fr deo_fw-la say_v that_o god_n be_v causa_fw-la totius_fw-la effectus_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la tota_fw-la causa_fw-la sed_fw-la partialis_fw-la with_o improper_a expression_n about_o god_n of_o who_o we_o can_v say_v nothing_o without_o some_o impropriety_n doubtless_o god_n and_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v coordinate_a concause_n of_o the_o act_n but_o whatever_o man_n do_v he_o do_v it_o in_o subordination_n to_o god_n but_o god_n operate_v 1._o as_o the_o prime_a cause_n of_o nature_n in_o a_o establish_v way_n by_o natural_a cause_n and_o so_o he_o give_v man_n his_o natural_a vital_a power_n and_o the_o liberty_n of_o use_v it_o and_o by_o this_o power_n and_o liberty_n a_o man_n can_v do_v more_o than_o he_o always_o do_v so_o that_o god_n natural_a causality_n and_o concourse_n do_v not_o bring_v all_o the_o power_n which_o he_o give_v man_n into_o proportionable_a adequate_a action_n but_o man_n free_o exercise_v the_o same_o power_n sometime_o more_o and_o sometime_o less_o 2._o and_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n god_n cause_v gracious_a or_o holy_a act_n rectify_v our_o power_n and_o fortify_v they_o by_o holy_a habit_n and_o preserve_v and_o actuate_a they_o by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n yet_o the_o spirit_n be_v to_o grace_n as_o god_n the_o prime_a cause_n be_v to_o nature_n he_o give_v we_o more_o gracious_a power_n than_o we_o use_v and_o than_o his_o own_o concourse_n always_o reduce_v into_o adequate_a act_n so_o that_o god_n operation_n in_o nature_n and_o grace_n be_v not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la dei_fw-la nor_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la posse_fw-la hominis_fw-la but_o limit_v by_o his_o most_o wise_a and_o holy_a will_n and_o man_n as_o a_o free_a agent_n be_v not_o only_o able_a but_o oblige_v to_o use_v his_o power_n further_o than_o by_o all_o god_n concourse_n or_o premotion_n it_o be_v use_v and_o in_o this_o sense_n i_o conceive_v it_o be_v that_o scotus_n and_o other_o call_v god_n and_o man_n causae_fw-la partiale_n in_o that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a proportion_n of_o premotion_n and_o help_n which_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n do_v afford_v to_o man_n and_o there_o be_v moreover_o a_o certain_a use_n of_o god_n help_n and_o grace_n beyond_o what_o god_n predetermine_v man_n to_o as_o comparative_a to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o etc._n etc._n which_o man_n can_v do_v and_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v not_o independent_o or_o in_o co-ordination_a with_o god_n but_o by_o the_o power_n and_o liberty_n which_o god_n only_o give_v and_o uphold_v and_o afford_v he_o sufficient_a help_n to_o actuate_v now_o if_o man_n do_v this_o part_n which_o be_v leave_v to_o his_o liberty_n the_o effect_n always_o follow_v if_o he_o do_v not_o it_o may_v not_o follow_v though_o god_n give_v he_o that_o necessary_a help_n or_o grace_n or_o premotion_n which_o be_v common_o call_v sufficient_a and_o when_o scotus_n liken_v god_n and_o man_n to_z two_o drawing_z a_o boat_n where_o the_o strength_n of_o both_o must_v concur_v i_o believe_v he_o mean_v no_o more_o than_o i_o have_v say_v 1._o all_o the_o power_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n 2._o all_o the_o grace_n that_o rectifi_v and_o dispose_v our_o faculty_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n 3._o all_o the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a though_o not_o the_o sole_a cause_n 4._o all_o the_o holiness_n or_o moral_a goodness_n of_o the_o act_n be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o total_a first_o cause_n though_o not_o the_o only_a cause_n 5._o but_o all_o the_o sinfulness_n or_o moral_a evil_n of_o act_n and_o habit_n be_v from_o man._n 6._o and_o that_o impli_v that_o man_n free_a will_n be_v not_o so_o much_o free_v from_o sin_n mutability_n and_o infirmity_n but_o that_o it_o can_v neglect_v to_o use_v well_o the_o power_n and_o help_n of_o grace_n afford_v but_o of_o total_a and_o partial_a causality_n i_o have_v speak_v more_o full_o in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o of_o their_o opinion_n that_o god_n influx_n put_v nothing_o into_o the_o will_n but_o only_o be_v ad_fw-la actum_fw-la seu_fw-la effectum_fw-la if_o it_o be_v true_a it_o easy_o end_v the_o controversy_n of_o the_o difference_n of_o sufficient_a and_o effectual_a grace_n as_o to_o that_o act_n but_o it_o be_v to_o i_o unintelligible_a and_o the_o thing_n quite_o above_o all_o our_o understanding_n and_o very_o unfit_a for_o bold_a dispute_n or_o mutual_a censure_n §._o vi_o the_o true_a face_n or_o scheme_n of_o the_o dominican_n predeterminant_a way_n as_o to_o the_o sense_n and_o consequent_n i_o do_v ready_o confess_v that_o as_o the_o sum_n of_o all_o the_o controversy_n be_v whether_o man_n have_v true_o any_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o move_v as_o necessary_o as_o any_o natural_a motion_n be_v cause_v so_o the_o argument_n of_o hobbes_n and_o the_o dominican_n and_o dr._n twisse_n be_v not_o easy_o answer_v and_o have_v we_o not_o better_a proof_n of_o all_o that_o morality_n and_o religion_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o this_o opinion_n i_o shall_v myself_o be_v incline_v also_o to_o think_v that_o we_o must_v be_v content_v with_o the_o naked_a name_n of_o liberty_n there_o be_v nothing_o indeed_o but_o volition_n necessitate_v and_o that_o man_n be_v a_o engine_n move_v by_o god_n and_o other_o cause_n no_o less_o necessary_o and_o physical_o than_o a_o clock_n or_o watch_n but_o only_o by_o more_o invisible_a cause_n and_o to_o we_o unknown_a and_o therefore_o our_o volition_n be_v call_v contingent_a and_o free_a when_o true_o there_o be_v nothing_o contingent_a in_o the_o world_n we_o that_o converse_v in_o the_o body_n with_o thing_n corporeal_a be_v so_o much_o stranger_n to_o ourselves_o and_o to_o all_o the_o race_n of_o intellectual-free_a spirit_n that_o we_o be_v very_o prone_a to_o such_o gross_a corporeal_a imagination_n and_o to_o think_v that_o all_o action_n be_v like_o the_o motus_fw-la projectorum_fw-la violent_a and_o necessitate_v and_o that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o the_o first_o mover_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o yea_o that_o he_o himself_o shall_v be_v in_o all_o thing_n the_o most_o necessary_a agent_n and_o consequent_o all_o thing_n necessitate_v by_o he_o but_o as_o alvarez_n confess_v freewill_n be_v prove_v by_o aquinas_n and_o many_o other_o by_o natural_a proof_n and_o no_o predeterminant_a or_o hobbist_n can_v give_v the_o ten_o part_n so_o full_a and_o certain_a proof_n of_o the_o necessitation_n of_o all_o volition_n as_o we_o can_v give_v of_o all_o the_o contrary_a principle_n in_o morality_n which_o be_v overthrow_v thereby_o and_o therefore_o whatever_o some_o think_v of_o the_o fatum_fw-la stoieorum_fw-la the_o light_n of_o nature_n teach_v almost_o all_o the_o philosopher_n in_o the_o world_n the_o freedom_n of_o man_n will_n and_o the_o morality_n there_o found_v of_o which_o groti●s_n have_v collect_v so_o full_a a_o volume_n of_o testimony_n in_o his_o book_n entitle_v de_fw-fr fato_fw-la that_o it_o shall_v save_v i_o the_o labour_n of_o transcribe_v any_o yet_o though_o i_o think_v christianity_n inconsistent_a with_o their_o opinion_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o many_o of_o the_o predeterminants_n be_v good_a christian_n and_o excellent_o learn_v and_o acute_a divine_n as_o not_o apprehend_v the_o inconsistency_n of_o their_o own_o thought_n and_o i_o confess_v that_o there_o be_v a_o religion_n consistent_a with_o their_o fundamental_a error_n which_o i_o shall_v therefore_o put_v into_o the_o scheme_n lest_o any_o think_v that_o none_o but_o hobbes_n have_v make_v the_o right_a deduction_n from_o it_o and_o remember_v that_o i_o
doctrine_n of_o faith_n and_o law_n and_o promise_n of_o christa●e_a the_o mean_n which_o the_o spirit_n use_v in_o operate_a our_o faith_n love_n and_o obedience_n and_o it_o be_v not_o two_o covenant_n that_o give_v these_o two_o but_o as_o soul_n and_o body_n make_v one_o man_n so_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o spirit_n make_v up_o one_o total_a cause_n of_o our_o sanctification_n the_o spirit_n cause_v we_o to_o believe_v that_o which_o the_o word_n reveal_v and_o to_o love_v the_o good_a which_o it_o propose_v and_o to_o obey_v the_o precept_n of_o the_o word_n therefore_o the_o gospel_n be_v grace_n and_o the_o spirit_n be_v grace_n that_o be_v a_o free_a gift_n of_o god_n to_o miserable_a sinner_n for_o their_o recovery_n and_o inward_a holiness_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o both_o and_o to_o feign_v that_o all_o obedience_n as_o it_o be_v perform_v to_o christ_n law_n upon_o its_o proper_a motive_n be_v therefore_o not_o of_o the_o spirit_n or_o be_v our_o own_o righteousness_n oppose_v to_o christ_n because_o our_o own_o reason_n and_o freewill_n be_v exercise_v in_o it_o be_v phanaticism_n and_o subvert_v the_o gospel_n and_o the_o prophetical_a and_o kingly_a office_n of_o christ_n ii_o god_n never_o give_v a_o law_n no_o not_o to_o the_o jew_n only_o to_o convince_v they_o that_o they_o can_v not_o keep_v it_o but_o to_o be_v the_o rule_n of_o their_o obedience_n and_o the_o just_o do_v keep_v it_o in_o sincerity_n but_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n as_o separate_v by_o the_o ignorant_a jew_n from_o the_o promise_n and_o grace_n of_o christ_n can_v not_o be_v keep_v by_o any_o to_o justification_n to_o say_v that_o christ_n law_n now_o have_v no_o high_a end_n than_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o we_o can_v keep_v they_o be_v antichristianity_n be_v we_o command_v to_o repent_v believe_v love_n god_n only_o to_o tell_v we_o that_o we_o can_v do_v it_o it_o be_v true_a that_o without_o the_o spirit_n help_v we_o can_v but_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o the_o command_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o our_o duty_n and_o all_o the_o gospel_n and_o covenant_n of_o grace_n be_v the_o mean_n of_o exciting_a we_o to_o our_o duty_n by_o which_o the_o spirit_n work_v in_o we_o faith_n repentance_n love_n and_o obedience_n but_o say_v jansenius_n the_o law_n of_o christ_n be_v to_o humble_a man_n in_o the_o sense_n of_o their_o disability_n and_o drive_v they_o to_o seek_v to_o christ_n for_o his_o grace_n i_o answer_v 1._o be_v not_o humble_v man_n and_o drive_v they_o to_o christ_n a_o good_a effect_n if_o so_o than_o his_o law_n be_v the_o mean_n of_o all_o that_o good_a 2._o be_v the_o gospel_n and_o all_o the_o apostle_n epistle_n write_v only_o to_o drive_v man_n to_o christ_n and_o not_o to_o edify_v they_o and_o make_v they_o perfect_a to_o salvation_n be_v not_o the_o precept_n of_o love_n and_o holiness_n mean_v of_o work_a love_n and_o holiness_n in_o man_n be_v not_o the_o word_n the_o seed_n that_o beget_v man_n to_o eternal_a life_n and_o be_v not_o the_o receive_n of_o this_o seed_n into_o good_a and_o honest_a heart_n make_v by_o christ_n the_o cause_n of_o holiness_n and_o salvation_n be_v not_o the_o disciple_n clean_o by_o the_o word_n that_o christ_n speak_v to_o they_o and_o do_v he_o not_o say_v that_o his_o word_n be_v spirit_n and_o life_n as_o be_v the_o concause_n of_o the_o spirit_n vivification_n he_o that_o never_o receive_v more_o benefit_n by_o christ_n doctrine_n law_n and_o gospel_n than_o to_o be_v convince_v that_o he_o can_v believe_v repent_v obey_v or_o love_n god_n have_v not_o yet_o the_o benefit_n which_o they_o be_v principal_o intend_v for_o but_o suppose_v that_o by_o law_n he_o have_v mean_v the_o mere_a penal_a part_n or_o threaten_a as_o some_o word_n will_v make_v a_o man_n suspect_v 1._o it_o be_v a_o strange_a description_n of_o a_o law_n to_o exclude_v the_o precept_n and_o premiant_a part_n and_o include_v only_o the_o penal_a part_n which_o be_v the_o last_o and_o least_o 2._o as_o it_o be_v the_o same_o man_n that_o have_v love_n and_o hatred_n hope_n and_o fear_v so_o it_o be_v the_o same_o law_n of_o christ_n which_o have_v precept_n and_o prohibition_n promise_n and_o penalty_n and_o it_o be_v the_o same_o holiness_n or_o new_a creature_n which_o be_v a_o conformity_n to_o all_o together_o of_o which_o more_o anon_o iii_o he_o can_v never_o prove_v that_o all_o unbeliever_n have_v no_o power_n to_o ●●e_z any_o mean_n which_o tend_v to_o ●aith_n by_o a_o preparatory_a grace_n nor_o that_o the_o use_n of_o all_o such_o mean_n be_v impossible_a to_o they_o xiii_o his_o distinction_n of_o natural_a and_o moral_a impotency_n be_v good_a but_o than_o that_o moral_a impotency_n itself_o must_v not_o be_v make_v the_o same_o with_o the_o natural_a else_o there_o will_v be_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o excuse_v sin_n by_o it_o if_o man_n will_n have_v be_v make_v by_o god_n such_o as_o can_v not_o possible_o love_v he_o or_o holiness_n it_o will_v not_o have_v leave_v a_o man_n unexcusable_a in_o judgement_n that_o his_o enmity_n be_v voluntary_a it_o be_v reason_n enough_o for_o a_o man_n to_o kill_v a_o ●oad_n or_o serpent_n as_o malum_fw-la sibi_fw-la naturale_fw-la because_o it_o be_v a_o hurtful_a creature_n but_o this_o be_v no_o moral_a evil_n in_o they_o nor_o be_v their_o death_n their_o punishment_n nor_o yet_o in_o any_o ravenous_a creature_n which_o prey_v on_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v innocent_a and_o so_o will_v it_o be_v with_o bad_a man_n if_o god_n have_v make_v they_o bad_a indeed_o if_o adam_n have_v make_v they_o all_o bad_a and_o god_n have_v give_v no_o saviour_n grace_n or_o remedy_n they_o be_v condemnable_a and_o unexcusable_a as_o they_o be_v virtual_o in_o adam_n if_o judge_v only_o by_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n as_o make_v to_o adam_n but_o they_o be_v excusable_a if_o judge_v by_o christ_n by_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n which_o condemn_v no_o man_n mere_o as_o not_o innocent_a or_o a_o sinner_n but_o as_o a_o rejecter_n of_o grace_n these_o thing_n be_v so_o plain_a and_o weighty_a that_o ja●senius_n shall_v not_o join_v with_o the_o antinomian_o in_o oppose_v they_o fourteen_o while_o he_o confess_v that_o christ_n so_o far_o dye_v for_o all_o as_o to_o procure_v they_o all_o the_o mercy_n which_o he_o give_v they_o i_o have_v no_o further_o quarrel_v with_o he_o but_o to_o prove_v that_o a_o condition_n pardon_v of_o sin_n and_o grant_v of_o life_n eternal_a with_o much_o mean_n and_o help_n to_o make_v man_n perform_v the_o condition_n which_o be_v but_o a_o suitable_a acceptance_n be_v indeed_o mercy_n xvi_o that_o christ_n grace_n be_v love_n or_o complacency_n in_o good_a be_v a_o truth_n which_o i_o high_o value_v but_o with_o all_o these_o exception_n to_o his_o doctrine_n 1._o it_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o new_a creature_n and_o that_o which_o must_v communicate_v itself_o to_o all_o the_o rest_n or_o else_o they_o be_v lifeless_a and_o unacceptable_a for_o the_o will_n be_v the_o man_n in_o god_n account_n and_o complacency_n or_o love_n or_o appetite_n be_v the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o will_n which_o be_v it_o that_o he_o call_v with_o augustine_n delectation_n grace_n lie_v principal_o in_o a_o placet_fw-la but_o the_o man_n have_v more_o part_n than_o his_o heart_n and_o all_o other_o part_n of_o sanctification_n be_v grace_n of_o christ_n in_o their_o several_a place_n and_o not_o love_v only_o 2._o though_o no_o man_n be_v to_o love_v himself_o as_o god_n nor_o instead_o of_o god_n nor_o above_o god_n nor_o as_o the_o noble_a ultimate_a object_n of_o his_o love_n yet_o all_o man_n be_v necessitate_v by_o nature_n to_o love_v themselves_o and_o therefore_o to_o desire_v their_o own_o felicity_n in_o love_a god_n next_o to_o god_n as_o the_o final_a object_n of_o that_o love_n and_o so_o our_o end_n be_v finis_fw-la amantis_fw-la vel_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la which_o include_v mutual_a complacency_n and_o union_n though_o not_o in_o equality_n and_o to_o such_o a_o end_n grace_n cause_v we_o to_o use_v the_o mean_n and_o christ_n be_v propose_v to_o we_o as_o our_o saviour_n and_o all_o his_o grace_n as_o for_o our_o good_a and_o all_o god_n command_v as_o necessary_a for_o our_o happiness_n and_o sin_n be_v describe_v to_o we_o to_o be_v hate_v as_o our_o o●●_n evil_a and_o destruction_n and_o against_o our_o good_a as_o well_o as_o against_o god_n will_n and_o honour_n and_o with_o we_o this_o be_v deny_v scarce_o by_o the_o antino●ians_n themselves_o much_o less_o by_o any_o judicious_a christian_n 3._o it_o be_v past_o the_o reach_n of_o any_o of_o we_o to_o prove_v that_o our_o actual_a love_n be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o the_o sanctify_a spirit_n on_o the_o soul_n
i_o mean_v not_o only_o whether_o some_o other_o act_n as_o intellectual_a perception_n and_o belief_n be_v not_o in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o it_o and_o in_o time_n with_o it_o and_o real_a part_n of_o the_o same_o new_a creature_n but_o also_o whether_o a●_n alvarez_n and_o other_o say_v there_o be_v not_o such_o a_o divine_a motion_n or_o impulse_n on_o the_o soul_n tend_v to_o this_o love_n and_o antecedent_n to_o love_v itself_o in_o nature_n love_n be_v a_o effect_n of_o god_n will_v and_o m●●s_n which_o jansenius_n deny_v but_o 4._o if_o it_o be_v not_o so_o but_o real_o love_v be_v the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n on_o the_o soul_n than_o the_o controversy_n be_v all_o at_o a_o end_n about_o the_o difference_n of_o sufficient_a and_o effectual_a equal_a and_o unequal_a grace_n for_o than_o it_o will_v be_v as_o ja●senius_n say_v and_o there_o be_v no_o grace_n but_o the_o effect_n itself_o and_o so_o there_o will_v be_v no_o question_n but_o whether_o all_o man_n love_v god_n and_o all_o alike_o but_o i_o yet_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v so_o preparatory_a grace_n of_o christ_n which_o tend_v to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n xvi_o i_o believe_v that_o the_o will_n be_v the_o prime_a seat_n of_o morality_n and_o that_o love_n or_o complacency_n be_v as_o the_o spirit_n of_o all_o save_a special_a grace_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v ill_o say_v that_o christ_n grace_n be_v necessary_a only_o to_o love_v or_o delight_n for_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n have_v three_o faculty_n which_o must_v be_v conjunct_o sanctify_v viz._n vital_a active_a power_n intellect_n and_o will_n and_o sin_n be_v in_o all_o and_o the_o spirit_n renew_v they_o by_o a_o threefold_a effect_n vivification_n illumination_n and_o conversion_n or_o love_n and_o hatred_n of_o sin_n and_o fear_v of_o sin_v and_o of_o god_n be_v grace_n of_o christ_n also_o as_o be_v obedience_n patience_n etc._n etc._n though_o below_o love_n 2._o there_o be_v a_o analogical_a good_a that_o be_v do_v by_o self-love_n and_o fear_n which_o have_v a_o tendency_n to_o man_n recovery_n though_o not_o such_o good_a as_o be_v true_a holiness_n and_o have_v a_o promise_n of_o salvation_n xvii_o i._o here_o we_o come_v to_o a_o difficult_a case_n 1._o whether_o indeed_o any_o ungodly_a man_n or_o infidel_n do_v love_n god_n sincere_o amore_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la &_o propter_fw-la se_fw-la the_o doubt_n be_v because_o to_o love_v he_o less_o than_o sinful_a pleasure_n and_o the_o creature_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o love_a he_o as_o less_o amiable_a or_o good_a and_o to_o love_v he_o as_o such_o be_v not_o to_o love_v he_o as_o god_n nor_o indeed_o to_o love_n god_n but_o a_o idol_n of_o the_o imagination_n i_o think_v we_o must_v say_v 1._o that_o no_o man_n love_v god_n adequate_o for_o no_o man_n have_v a_o adequate_a conception_n of_o he_o 2._o but_o yet_o that_o there_o be_v some_o essential_o of_o such_o true_a love_n as_o be_v necessary_a and_o suitable_a to_o our_o dark_a and_o weak_a condition_n which_o all_o must_v have_v that_o will_v be_v save_v either_o distinct_o or_o confuse_o as_o to_o know_v and_o love_v he_o as_o the_o infinite_a spirit_n the_o first_o cause_n and_o last_o end_n of_o all_o most_o powerful_a wise_a and_o good_a our_o owner_n our_o ruler_n and_o our_o benefactor_n and_o chief_a good_a father_n word_n and_o spirit_n the_o creator_n redeemer_n and_o sanctifier_n the_o author_n of_o nature_n grace_n glory_n 3._o that_o no_o wicked_a or_o unholy_a person_n true_o love_v god_n thus_o viz._n as_o his_o own_o governor_n to_o make_v he_o holy_a and_o save_v he_o from_o the_o flesh_n and_o world_n and_o as_o the_o author_n of_o those_o holy_a law_n by_o which_o he_o govern_v and_o a_o righteous_a judge_n according_a to_o those_o law_n 4._o therefore_o jansenius_n little_a sincere_a love_n in_o sensual_a man_n be_v but_o a_o love_n of_o aliquid_fw-la dei_fw-la somewhat_o of_o god_n and_o not_o proper_o of_o god_n as_o god_n speak_v of_o god_n as_o the_o object_n of_o love_n itself_o 5._o yet_o the_o same_o person_n may_v have_v all_o the_o foresaid_a notion_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o may_v notional_o call_v they_o all_o good_a and_o laudable_a but_o his_o practical_a judgement_n be_v not_o such_o of_o god_n as_o his_o holy_a governor_n judge_n and_o end_v as_o to_o bring_v he_o true_o as_o such_o to_o love_v he_o 6._o yet_o this_o may_v be_v call_v a_o love_n of_o god_n analogical_o as_o he_o be_v say_v to_o love_v the_o king_n who_o love_v he_o as_o great_a and_o good_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n though_o not_o as_o a_o govern_n restrainer_n of_o his_o lust_n by_o this_o i_o will_v have_v that_o explain_v which_o i_o have_v say_v of_o this_o subject_n in_o my_o saint_n rest_v ii_o but_o here_o i_o be_o at_o ●_o further_o loss_n do_v he_o mean_v that_o this_o love_n call_v sincere_a be_v in_o none_o but_o those_o that_o be_v save_v o●_n not_o as_o i_o say_v before_o if_o he_o do_v than_o a_o common_a drunkard_n adulterer_n etc._n etc._n may_v have_v this_o love_n and_o be_v save_v but_o i_o suppose_v he_o mean_v negative_o and_o if_o so_o methinks_v hence_o all_o his_o opposition_n to_o sufficient_a grace_n turn_v back_o upon_o himself_o and_o to_o he_o it_o may_v better_o be_v say_v why_o do_v you_o feign_v christ_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o give_v man_n such_o a_o grace_n such_o a_o love_n to_o god_n as_o no_o man_n ever_o be_v or_o will_v be_v save_v by_o without_o more_o be_v it_o any_o more_o dishonour_n to_o christ_n to_o give_v man_n some_o such_o power_n to_o do_v some_o more_o good_a ●han_o actual_o they_o do_v as_o ad●m_n have_v to_o have_v continue_v innocent_a than_o effectual_o to_o give_v so_o many_o person_n sincere_a love_n which_o shall_v never_o save_v the●_n whether_o these_o be_v they_o that_o he_o will_v adjudge_v to_o purgatory_n i_o know_v ●●_o if_o so_o he_o will_v stretch_v the_o rank_n of_o venial_a sin_n to_o those_o that_o other_o man_n call_v mortal_a iii_o but_o yet_o my_o great_a difficulty_n remain_v i_o be_o in_o doubt_n whether_o he_o that_o deny_v common_a sufficient_a grace_n and_o extend_v the_o grace_n of_o christ_n seem_o but_o to_o few_o do_v not_o real_o either_o make_v it_o the_o same_o thing_n with_o nature_n or_o extend_v it_o to_o all_o for_o i_o suspect_v that_o all_o or_o almost_o all_o man_n on_o earth_n till_o they_o have_v sin_v themselves_o into_o diabolical_a desperate_a malignity_n have_v this_o which_o he_o call_v amor_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la and_o sincere_a imperfect_a love_n to_o god_n and_o justice_n for_o intellectus_fw-la est_fw-la entis_fw-la &_o very_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la boni_fw-la good_a apprehend_v such_o be_v the_o will_n necessary_a natural_a object_n and_o a_o simple_a complacency_n in_o apprehend_a good_a be_v the_o will_n first_o necessary_a act_n nature_n tell_v man_n that_o there_o be_v create_v goodness_n and_o that_o the_o creator_n who_o give_v it_o must_v needs_o have_v more_o than_o all_o his_o creature_n and_o nature_n tell_v man_n that_o the_o world_n or_o million_o be_v better_o than_o one_o person_n and_o their_o good_a to_o be_v prefer_v and_o how_o can_v it_o be_v then_o that_o he_o that_o take_v the_o world_n to_o be_v so_o much_o better_a than_o himself_o and_o god_n to_o be_v better_o that_o be_v more_o amiable_a than_o all_o the_o world_n shall_v not_o have_v the_o least_o simple_a complacency_n in_o think_v of_o he_o all_o man_n take_v wisdom_n and_o goodness_n and_o beneficence_n for_o amiable_a and_o they_o that_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v most_o of_o these_o must_v needs_o have_v some_o love_n to_o he_o not_o only_o as_o good_a to_o they_o but_o as_o most_o excellent_a in_o himself_o insomuch_o that_o as_o adrian_n the_o six_o before_o cite_a say_v in_o some_o sort_n a_o bad_a man_n may_v love_v god_n better_o than_o himself_o and_o he_o be_v scarce_o worthy_a the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n that_o will_v not_o rather_o be_v annihilate_v or_o wish_v that_o he_o have_v never_o be_v bear_v than_o that_o there_o be_v no_o world_n or_o no_o god_n if_o per_fw-la impossibile_fw-it he_o suppose_v he_o can_v live_v without_o they_o and_o if_o you_o tell_v every_o man_n that_o he_o have_v that_o sincere_a love_n to_o god_n which_o be_v gratia_n christi_fw-la who_o have_v the_o least_o love_n to_o god_n and_o justice_n propter_fw-la se_fw-la though_o he_o have_v more_o love_n to_o his_o fleshly_a interest_n and_o sinful_a pleasure_n i_o doubt_v you_o will_v not_o much_o differ_v from_o pelagius_n and_o will_v have_v no_o way_n leave_v but_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o of_o grace_n by_o christ_n that_o nature_n be_v reprieve_v and_o support_v or_o at_o least_o that_o this_o be_v of_o a_o common_a
to_o the_o work_n of_o redemption_n his_o notion_n be_v too_o florid_o or_o ambiguous_o deliver_v for_o i_o to_o undertake_v with_o confidence_n to_o unriddle_v but_o this_o seem_v the_o sum_n 1._o that_o god_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o be_v by_o emanation_n as_o the_o sun_n of_o light_n and_o that_o his_o eternal_a wisdom_n be_v jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o first_o instant_a or_o nature_n 2._o that_o the_o first_o ●reature_n that_o he_o make_v or_o emane_v from_o he_o be_v a_o perfect_a universal_a mind_n the_o platform_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o creation_n such_o as_o the_o old_a philosopher_n call_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n or_o a_o universal_a intelligence_n and_o that_o this_o be_v jesus_n christ_n in_o his_o second_o nature_n and_o notion_n which_o arius_n know_v but_o do_v ill_o deny_v his_o divine_a nature_n 3._o that_o this_o universal_a spirit_n or_o mind_n make_v all_o the_o world_n beside_o and_o be_v in_o they_o all_o and_o so_o the_o whole_a creation_n else_o be_v christ_n first_o shadowy_a image_n or_o body_n 4._o that_o the_o angel_n be_v the_o noble_a part_n of_o this_o and_o that_o the_o deity_n first_o and_o christ_n superangelical_a nature_n next_o be_v one_o in_o they_o all_o and_o they_o one_o with_o he_o as_o the_o beam_n with_o the_o sun_n and_o as_o the_o low_a part_n of_o the_o sunbeam_n with_o the_o part_n next_o the_o sun_n 5._o that_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v the_o next_o part_n of_o christ_n shadowy_a image_n into_o which_o he_o descend_v 6._o and_o so_o into_o all_o body_n 7._o and_o as_o into_o a_o special_a branch_n into_o that_o body_n bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n 8._o and_o in_o that_o and_o in_o other_o body_n he_o die_v and_o descend_v to_o his_o low_a state_n and_o 9_o then_o as_o the_o sun_n do_v rise_v again_o and_o bring_v all_o back_n to_o the_o state_n of_o pure_a spirituality_n in_o his_o superangelical_a nature_n whence_o all_o spring_v and_o this_o be_v their_o redemption_n which_o be_v most_o florid_o set_v forth_o §_o 13._o this_o doctrine_n seem_v to_o reconcile_v philosophy_n or_o gentilism_n and_o christianity_n for_o what_o be_v it_o almost_o but_o name_n that_o be_v leave_v in_o difference_n that_o which_o a_o philosopher_n will_v call_v a_o universal_a intelligence_n or_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n he_o call_v christ_n and_o if_o such_o a_o soul_n there_o be_v no_o one_o will_v deny_v but_o that_o it_o flow_v into_o all_o particular_a soul_n and_o body_n and_o be_v unite_v to_o they_o or_o be_v to_o individual_n as_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o head_n to_o the_o soul_n in_o the_o hand_n and_o foot_n §_o 14._o and_o if_o i_o do_v believe_v that_o sin_n death_n hell_n and_o holiness_n life_n glory_n be_v in_o the_o world_n but_o as_o winter_n and_o summer_n night_n and_o day_n and_o as_o origen_n that_o the_o wicked_a be_v but_o in_o a_o state_n of_o revolution_n and_o shall_v come_v about_o again_o into_o a_o state_n of_o hope_n or_o as_o he_o here_o seem_v that_o their_o sin_n and_o misery_n be_v but_o like_o the_o die_n of_o a_o flower_n in_o the_o fall_n that_o shall_v in_o the_o spring_n again_o be_v as_o before_o or_o rather_o another_o in_o its_o stead_n and_o that_o it_o be_v but_o the_o retire_n of_o christ_n from_o the_o creature_n as_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o tree_n in_o autumn_n from_o the_o leave_n i_o shall_v then_o be_v ready_a to_o receive_v his_o necessitating_a predetermination_n to_o sin_n and_o fit_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o my_o opinion_n hereunto_o §_o 15._o there_o be_v among_o many_o other_o one_o joh._n jessenius_n à_fw-fr jessen_n doctor_n &_o eques_fw-la hungarus_n who_o in_o a_o tract_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la &_o corpore_fw-la universi_fw-la have_v write_v much_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n save_v as_o be_v a_o peripatetic_a he_o differ_v from_o the_o platonist_n viz._n the_o world_n be_v one_o animal_n and_o have_v one_o soul_n and_o body_n which_o all_o creature_n be_v part_n of_o that_o star_n be_v intellectual_n or_o angel_n and_o all_o intuitive_o know_v each_o other_o mind_n love_v the_o good_a and_o hate_v the_o evil_a here_o and_o be_v our_o chief_a friend_n and_o keeper_n that_o death_n befall_v only_o we_o low_o creature_n mors_fw-la continua_fw-la singulis_fw-la nulli_fw-la tamen_fw-la aeterna_fw-la nam_fw-la post_fw-la longissimum_fw-la temporis_fw-la excursum_fw-la quem_fw-la plato_n triginta_fw-la &_o insuper_fw-la aliquot_fw-la annorum_fw-la millibus_fw-la determinare_fw-la ausus_fw-la est_fw-la removebitur_fw-la factâ_fw-la iterum_fw-la aliquâ_fw-la secundùm_fw-la naturam_fw-la solutione_n redintegratione_fw-la and_o the_o intellectus_fw-la agens_fw-la he_o describe_v as_o mr._n sterry_n do_v christ_n in_o his_o second_o or_o middle_a nature_n pag._n 165._o intellectum_fw-la agentem_fw-la substantia_fw-la primae_fw-la atque_fw-la dei_fw-la fulgorem_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la accidens_fw-la sed_fw-la substantiam_fw-la intellige●tem_fw-la quaeprimò_fw-la propriéque_fw-la intellectus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la agens_fw-la primae_fw-la substantiae_fw-la adhaerens_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la excurrens_fw-la indivisus_fw-la &_o indivisibilis_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ac_fw-la lumen_fw-la à_fw-la lucido_n emanat_fw-la and_o so_o in_o many_o other_o particular_n §_o 16._o to_o all_o this_o my_o short_a time_n will_v allow_v i_o to_o give_v you_o but_o these_o short_a observation_n follow_v 1._o the_o doctrine_n of_o redemption_n be_v so_o much_o of_o mere_a supernatural_a revelation_n as_o that_o we_o must_v not_o easy_o receive_v that_o concern_v it_o which_o be_v not_o in_o the_o scripture_n and_o where_o christ_n person_n have_v such_o a_o description_n in_o scripture_n as_o he_o give_v i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v e._n g._n in_o pag._n 232._o where_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o word_n make_v flesh_n be_v the_o whole_a tree_n of_o be_v uncreated_a and_o create_v the_o root_n the_o body_n with_o all_o the_o branch_n put_v forth_o themselves_o into_o one_o little_a top_n branch_n now_o wither_v that_o through_o its_o death_n they_o may_v renew_v all_o to_o a_o fresh_a and_o flourish_a spring_n i_o be_o loath_a to_o say_v that_o the_o universe_n be_v christ_n that_o his_o divinity_n be_v the_o soul_n and_o the_o world_n his_o body_n and_o every_o man_n and_o beast_n and_o substance_n part_v of_o it_o and_o that_o he_o die_v in_o all_o that_o die_v and_o that_o his_o body_n bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n be_v but_o one_o top_n branch_n of_o the_o tree_n which_o christ_n thus_o animate_v and_o so_o that_o all_o other_o body_n be_v as_o true_o personal_o unite_v to_o the_o word_n as_o that_o §_o 17._o i_o will_v not_o deny_v that_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o threefold_a nature_n in_o christ_n look_v very_o plausible_o viz._n that_o the_o divine_a eternal_a word_n the_o first_o nature_n produce_v and_o unite_v itself_o to_o the_o prime_n create_v superangelical_a mind_n the_o second_o nature_n and_o that_o this_o second_o nature_n in_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n produce_v and_o unite_v itself_o to_o the_o humane_a third_n nature_n 1._o there_o be_v many_o text_n which_o seem_v to_o countenance_v it_o 2._o it_o seem_v to_o give_v christ_n the_o great_a honour_n as_o be_v the_o most_o excellent_a of_o all_o god_n creature_n which_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o believe_v of_o he_o as_o man._n 3._o it_o seem_v to_o expound_v those_o text_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o mention_v such_o appearance_n of_o god_n to_o adam_n abraham_n and_o other_o which_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_n say_v be_v christ_n and_o it_o seem_v to_o some_o more_o probable_a that_o some_o pre-existent_a create_a nature_n shall_v assume_v a_o body_n than_o the_o divine_a nature_n only_o and_o immediate_o 4._o and_o it_o smile_v on_o we_o as_o a_o opinion_n likely_a to_o reduce_v and_o reconcile_v the_o arian_n once_o too_o great_a a_o part_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n as_o call_v christian_n as_o not_o only_o philostorgius_n and_o saudius_n show_v but_o also_o petavius_n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la who_o hold_v the_o prime-created_n superangelical_a nature_n and_o deny_v the_o divine_a it_o be_v like_a will_v the_o more_o easy_o be_v bring_v to_o acknowledge_v the_o union_n of_o the_o divine_a nature_n with_o the_o superangelical_a if_o the_o superangelical_a itself_o be_v first_o grant_v they_o for_o they_o may_v the_o soon_o be_v convince_v that_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n or_o word_n which_o make_v that_o first_o creature_n be_v intimate_o unite_v to_o it_o i_o know_v some_o pious_a worthy_a person_n who_o upon_o such_o reason_n incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n of_o a_o threefold_a nature_n in_o christ_n though_o some_o of_o they_o think_v that_o this_o second_o nature_n be_v the_o humane_a soul_n assume_v only_o a_o body_n and_o other_o that_o it_o assume_v both_o soul_n and_o body_n i_o be_o not_o forward_a to_o take_v man_n for_o unsufferable_a heretic_n that_o differ_v from_o i_o or_o hold_v that_o which_o seem_v to_o i_o hard_o and_o
strange_a but_o i_o must_v say_v 1._o that_o i_o see_v no_o cogent_a proof_n of_o this_o superangelical_a nature_n 2._o that_o seem_v congruity_n and_o convenience_n must_v not_o embolden_v we_o to_o take_v up_o a_o doctrine_n which_o be_v new_a and_o strange_a to_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n in_o so_o great_a a_o matter_n as_o the_o nature_n and_o person_n of_o christ_n be_v 3._o and_o be_v it_o never_o so_o true_a if_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_o reveal_v to_o we_o in_o god_n word_n it_o can_v be_v necessary_a to_o our_o salvation_n 4._o yea_o presume_v too_o bold_o to_o conclude_v of_o unrevealed_a thing_n so_o high_a seem_v to_o i_o dangerous_a temerity_n curiosity_n and_o profaneness_n like_o the_o bethshemite_n or_o uzzah_n meddle_v with_o the_o ark_n and_o the_o son_n of_o a●r●n_n offer_v false_a fire_n let_v they_o therefore_o here_o thus_o proceed_v that_o dare_v for_o i_o dare_v not_o §_o 18._o but_o this_o much_o i_o easy_o concede_fw-la 1._o that_o as_o all_o be_v be_v original_o from_o god_n so_o there_o be_v a_o continue_a divine_a causation_n of_o they_o without_o which_o they_o will_v all_o cease_v or_o be_v annihilate_v which_o some_o call_v a_o continue_a creation_n and_o some_o a_o emanation_n and_o some_o a_o continue_a action_n or_o operation_n ad_fw-la rerum_fw-la esse_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o intolerable_a error_n to_o hold_v that_o god_n have_v make_v the_o world_n or_o any_o part_n of_o it_o self-sufficient_a or_o independent_a as_o to_o himself_o as_o to_o be_v action_n or_o perfection_n we_o grant_v therefore_o that_o all_o the_o world_n be_v so_o far_o unite_v to_o god_n as_o to_o depend_v on_o his_o continue_a causality_n and_o that_o the_o beam_n do_v not_o more_o depend_v on_o the_o sun_n or_o light_n heat_n and_o motion_n on_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o fire_n nor_o the_o branch_n fruit_n and_o leaf_n more_o depend_v on_o the_o tree_n than_o the_o creature_n on_o god_n §_o 19_o 2._o i_o grant_v that_o thus_o far_o the_o world_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v one_o as_o all_o thing_n be_v unite_v in_o one_o first_o cause_n from_o which_o they_o flow_v and_o by_o which_o they_o be_v §_o 20._o 3._o but_o yet_o all_o these_o be_v no_o part_n of_o god_n as_o the_o fruit_n and_o leaf_n be_v of_o the_o tree_n and_o as_o the_o beam_n be_v of_o the_o sun_n be_v but_o they_o be_v creature_n because_o god_n emanation_n or_o causation_n be_v creative_a cause_v the_o whole_a be_v of_o the_o effect_n and_o it_o seem_v like_a to_o the_o sun_n or_o fire_n causation_n of_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o recipient_a distinct_a ab_fw-la essentia_fw-la &_o actione_n agentis_fw-la quà_fw-la tuli_fw-la §_o 21._o 4._o i_o grant_v that_o though_o as_o to_o proximity_n of_o essence_n god_n be_v no_o further_o from_o one_o creature_n than_o from_o another_o be_v intimate_a to_o all_o immediatione_fw-la essentiae_fw-la yet_o he_o use_v one_o creature_n as_o a_o second_o cause_n to_o operate_v on_o another_o and_o that_o the_o high_a and_o noble_a operate_v on_o the_o low_a and_o more_o ignoble_a and_o in_o that_o sense_n we_o may_v conceive_v that_o some_o creature_n be_v first_o from_o god_n or_o near_a to_o he_o that_o be_v of_o the_o high_a nature_n and_o use_n and_o so_o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o it_o be_v like_a that_o in_o the_o creation_n god_n make_v one_o nature_n existent_a e._n g._n the_o high_a intellectual_a as_o more_o excellent_a powerful_a pregnant_a active_a and_o perfect_a than_o any_o of_o the_o rest_n that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o wonderful_a diversity_n some_o one_o that_o be_v best_o and_o above_o the_o rest_n §_o 22._o 5._o i_o grant_v that_o it_o sound_v probable_o that_o the_o first_o and_o noble_a nature_n in_o specie_fw-la shall_v be_v find_v but_o in_o one_o individual_a but_o of_o this_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o certainty_n to_o we_o mortal_n viz._n whether_o from_o one_o god_n first_o flow_v one_o perfect_a create_v intelligence_n of_o spirit_n or_o ab_fw-la uno_fw-la plures_fw-la two_o three_o or_o million_o in_o the_o first_o order_n flow_v from_o one_o god_n though_o in_o nature_n we_o see_v that_o from_o the_o trunk_n of_o the_o tree_n few_o great_a member_n first_o arise_v and_o multiplicity_n be_v in_o the_o extremity_n and_o we_o grant_v that_o the_o great_a multiplicity_n appear_v where_o thing_n dwindle_v to_o littleness_n or_o baseness_n one_o sound_a sheep_n i●_n better_o than_o a_o rot_a one_o that_o have_v a_o thousand_o worm_n in_o his_o vein_n and_o intestine_n and_o a_o man_n that_o have_v a_o thousand_o louse_n on_o his_o head_n be_v not_o the_o noble_a and_o when_o the_o one_o soul_n have_v leave_v a_o garkass_n it_o may_v turn_v to_o thousand_o of_o contemptible_a vermin_n and_o a_o looking-glass_n break_v into_o a_o hundred_o piece_n be_v not_o the_o better_a because_o it_o will_v make_v a_o hundred_o image_n of_o the_o face_n but_o yet_o we_o be_v stranger_n to_o god_n unseen_a work_n further_o than_o he_o reveal_v they_o and_o therefore_o must_v confess_v our_o ignorance_n §_o 23._o 6._o we_o grant_v that_o all_o god_n work_n have_v some_o union_n concord_n and_o harmony_n among_o themselves_o which_o yet_o consist_v with_o numerical_a diversity_n and_o though_o man_n and_o other_o animal_n walk_v about_o with_o body_n that_o touch_v not_o one_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o ignorant_a conceive_v of_o they_o as_o total_o incoherent_a and_o think_v that_o though_o pear_n apple_n and_o other_o fruit_n on_o the_o tree_n and_o tree_n in_o the_o earth_n be_v both_o many_o and_o divert_v and_o yet_o part_n of_o one_o tree_n and_o of_o one_o earth_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o animal_n because_o the_o union_n of_o spiritual_a being_n in_o invisible_a yet_o indeed_o it_o be_v not_o probable_a that_o the_o soul_n of_o animal_n have_v no_o dependent_a coherence_n with_o noblet_n supriour_a spirit_n though_o because_o we_o know_v of_o no_o nature_n above_o the_o intellectual_a it_o be_v utter_o uncertain_a to_o we_o whether_o humane_a soul_n depend_v on_o any_o proper_a superior_a cause_n of_o their_o be_v but_o god_n alone_o immediate_o for_o god_n cause_v the_o high_a nature_n without_o any_o mediate_a second_o cause_n though_o as_o to_o order_n and_o help_n of_o action_n and_o well_o be_v they_o may_v depend_v on_o other_o as_o the_o several_a wheel_n or_o part_n of_o the_o same_o watch_n or_o clock_n or_o as_o the_o sheep_n upon_o the_o shepherd_n §_o 24._o augustine_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la be_v put_v to_o it_o whether_o he_o will_v hold_v 1._o that_o soul_n be_v many_o and_o not_o one_o 2._o or_o one_o and_o not_o many_o 3._o on_o both_o one_o and_o many_o the_o two_o first_o he_o reject_v the_o last_o he_o confess_v hard_a to_o defend_v but_o seem_v most_o incline_v to_o but_o what_o union_n he_o mean_v be_v hard_o to_o conjecture_v whether_o that_o they_o be_v all_o the_o spiritual_a part_n of_o one_o universal_a or_o one_o great_a soul_n if_o soul_n may_v be_v part_n or_o whether_o distinct_a product_n of_o one_o such_o soul_n either_o universitatis_fw-la or_o huius_fw-la systematis_fw-la or_o whether_o one_o relative_o and_o political_o by_o make_v up_o one_o society_n or_o whether_o one_o because_o emane_v from_o one_o spring_n or_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la the_o two_o last_o be_v certain_a the_o two_o first_o be_v far_o otherwise_o §_o 25._o 7._o if_o he_o can_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v one_o first_o best_a universal_a create_v intelligence_n or_o superangelical_a spirit_n which_o god_n make_v the_o chief_a of_o all_o second_o cause_n by_o which_o he_o create_v and_o govern_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o that_o this_o be_v christ_n in_o his_o second_o nature_n we_o will_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o christ_n as_o the_o mediator_n of_o nature_n as_o mr._n sterry_n call_v he_o be_v in_o all_o other_o creature_n as_o the_o cause_n be_v in_o the_o be_v of_o the_o effect_n but_o it_o will_v not_o follow_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o christ_n or_o this_o universal_a intelligence_n be_v any_o constitutive_a cause_n or_o part_n of_o each_o creature_n for_o as_o god_n cause_v they_o by_o creative_a emanation_n and_o not_o as_o a_o constitutive_a part_n of_o they_o so_o we_o shall_v rather_o hold_v that_o under_o god_n by_o a_o power_n of_o produce_v entity_n receive_v from_o he_o this_o universal_a spirit_n do_v the_o same_o in_o a_o subordinate_a second_o place_n §_o 26._o but_o his_o opinion_n which_o i_o be_o now_o most_o concern_v to_o renounce_v be_v those_o about_o god_n moral_a government_n his_o law_n justice_n our_o freewill_n sin_n guilt_n and_o god_n redemption_n judgement_n and_o punishment_n of_o man_n all_o which_o i_o think_v he_o much_o subvert_v §_o 27._o and_o i._o i_o take_v the_o root_n of_o his_o error_n to_o be_v
his_o overlooking_a and_o undervalue_v god_n design_n in_o make_v and_o govern_v free_a intellectual_a agent_n by_o his_o sapiential_a moral_a directive_n way_n he_o suppose_v this_o way_n to_o be_v so_o much_o below_o that_o of_o physical_a motion_n and_o determination_n as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v consider_v but_o as_o a_o instrument_n thereof_o as_o if_o it_o be_v unworthy_a of_o god_n to_o give_v any_o creature_n a_o mere_a power_n liberty_n law_n and_o moral_a mean_n alone_o and_o not_o to_o necessitate_v he_o positive_o or_o negative_o to_o obey_v or_o disobey_v and_o this_o look_v only_o at_o physical_a good_a be_v and_o motion_n and_o thereby_o think_v light_o of_o sapiential_a regency_n be_v the_o sum_n as_o of_o his_o so_o of_o hobbes_n spinosa_n alvarez_n bradwardines_n twiss_n rutherford_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o predeterminants_n error_n herein_o and_o have_v not_o i_o other_o thought_n of_o this_o one_o thing_n i_o shall_v come_v over_o to_o their_o opinion_n for_o i_o confess_v the_o case_n to_o be_v of_o very_o great_a difficulty_n §_o 28._o i_o think_v that_o as_o the_o divine_a life_n and_o power_n glorifi_v itself_o eminent_o in_o the_o causation_n of_o the_o be_v motion_n and_o life_n of_o the_o creature_n so_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n eminent_o glorifi_v itself_o in_o the_o order_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o the_o moral_a directive_n sapiential_a regiment_n of_o intellectual_a free_a agent_n and_o that_o god_n law_n and_o doctrine_n be_v the_o image_n of_o his_o wisdom_n and_o a_o admirable_a harmonious_a and_o beautiful_a frame_n and_o that_o all_o will_v think_v so_o and_o be_v wonderful_o delight_v in_o they_o be_v they_o complete_o print_v on_o our_o mind_n and_o heart_n §_o 29._o ii_o and_o according_o i_o think_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o govern_n wisdom_n and_o punish_v and_o reward_v justice_n be_v a_o great_a and_o notable_a part_n of_o that_o glory_n which_o man_n must_v give_v he_o now_o and_o for_o ever_o and_o that_o this_o justice_n be_v not_o his_o physical_a use_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o physical_a aptitude_n only_o but_o his_o judge_a and_o execute_v according_a to_o that_o moral_a aptitude_n common_o call_v merit_n by_o punishment_n and_o reward_n and_o that_o to_o deny_v god_n the_o glory_n of_o all_o this_o be_v no_o small_a error_n in_o a_o philosopher_n or_o divine_a §_o 30._o iii_o according_o i_o think_v that_o god_n make_v man_n a_o free_a self-determining_a agent_n that_o he_o may_v be_v capable_a of_o such_o sapiential_a rule_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a honour_n to_o god_n to_o make_v so_o noble_a a_o nature_n as_o have_v a_o power_n to_o determine_v its_o own_o election_n and_o though_o such_o be_v not_o of_o the_o high_a rank_n of_o creature_n they_o be_v far_o above_o the_o low_a and_o that_o god_n who_o we_o see_v delight_v to_o make_v up_o beauty_n and_o harmony_n of_o diversity_n do_v delight_n in_o the_o sapiential_a moral_a government_n of_o this_o free_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o though_o man_n be_v not_o independent_a yet_o to_o be_v so_o far_o like_o god_n himself_o as_o to_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o first-determiner_n of_o many_o of_o his_o own_o volition_n and_o nolition_n be_v part_n of_o god_n natural_a image_n on_o man._n §_o 31._o iu._n according_o i_o take_v duty_n to_o be_v rewardable_a and_o laudable_a and_o sin_n to_o be_v odious_a as_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n and_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a consist_v not_o in_o its_o be_v the_o mere_a effect_n of_o physical_a premotion_n but_o in_o be_v a_o voluntary_a conformity_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o sapiential_a rule_n of_o duty_n by_o a_o free_a agent_n that_o have_v power_n to_o do_v otherwise_o §_o 32._o v._n freewill_n then_o be_v not_o only_o the_o same_o with_o will_v itself_o or_o a_o mere_a agency_n according_a to_o nature_n by_o the_o premotion_n of_o the_o first_o determine_v necessitating_a mover_n it_o be_v not_o only_o such_o a_o freedom_n as_o fire_n water_n beast_n and_o every_o move_v thing_n have_v to_o be_v move_v according_a to_o the_o first_o moyers_n action_n which_o be_v in_o the_o will_v of_o man_n but_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o be_v a_o first_o determine_v specifier_n of_o its_o own_o act_n as_o moral_a not_o that_o it_o be_v never_o predetermine_v but_o that_o it_o can_v do_v this_o §_o 33._o vi._n according_o i_o judge_v of_o gild_n and_o shame_n and_o the_o accusation_n of_o conscience_n which_o will_v not_o be_v a_o bare_a discern_v what_o god_n make_v we_o do_v or_o be_v but_o what_o we_o voluntary_o do_v or_o be_v when_o we_o can_v do_v otherwise_o §_o 34._o vii_o and_o i_o be_o pass_v all_o doubt_n that_o he_o gross_o mistake_v the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o law_n and_o gospel_n 1._o to_o think_v that_o god_n law_n when_o it_o be_v not_o accompany_v with_o physical_a predetermination_n be_v but_o to_o show_v we_o that_o we_o be_v creature_n that_o can_v but_o sin_n 2._o yea_o hereby_o he_o wrong_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o creator_n that_o make_v no_o creature_n with_o a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o evil_n unless_o predetermine_v physical_o thereto_o 3._o it_o be_v gross_a to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o doctrine_n of_o redemption_n and_o faith_n and_o justification_n by_o christ_n as_o a_o mere_a signum_fw-la letter_n or_o law_n be_v the_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o so_o that_o every_o command_n be_v the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o physical_a efficiency_n of_o good_a in_o we_o be_v the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o gospel_n be_v not_o true_a if_o this_o be_v true_a for_o this_o gospel_n be_v a_o preach_v word_n speak_v by_o man_n mouth_n which_o some_o believe_v and_o some_o believe_v not_o but_o reject_v and_o disobey_v and_o therefore_o perish_v matth._n 4._o 23._o &_o 11._o 5._o &_o 24._o 14._o &_o 26._o 13._o mark_v 16._o 15._o luke_n 4._o 18._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 14_o 16_o 18._o heh_o 4._o 2._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 25._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 6._o 2._o thess_n 1._o 8_o 10_o 11._o matth._n 13._o 10._o acts._n 13._o 7._o it_o be_v a_o law_n by_o which_o man_n shall_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n rom._n 2._o 16._o mar._n 16._o 15_o 16._o 2_o thes_n 1._o 8._o rom._n 10._o 16._o john_n 3._o 19_o 20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o word_n which_o some_o pervert_n gal._n 1._o 7._o and_o many_o sin_n against_o gal._n 2._o 14._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 17._o the_o rejecter_n of_o it_o be_v to_o speed_v worse_o than_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n and_o they_o can_v escape_v that_o neglect_n so_o great_a salvation_n whereas_o by_o his_o description_n 1._o no_o man_n ever_o yet_o sin_v against_o the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o it_o be_v not_o that_o covenant_n or_o gospel_n further_o than_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a effect_n on_o the_o soul_n 2._o and_o every_o heathen_a that_o have_v any_o good_a effect_n on_o his_o soul_n by_o common_a grace_n have_v so_o much_o gospel_n 3._o yea_o why_o be_v not_o then_o all_o god_n creation_n be_v a_o physical_a effect_n the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n if_o that_o he_o do_v be_v it_o and_o all_o that_o he_o command_v as_o such_o be_v the_o law_n of_o work_n 4._o and_o how_o then_o can_v the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o grace_n be_v two_o if_o every_o proper_a law_n be_v the_o law_n of_o work_n for_o a_o law_n be_v sub_fw-la genere_fw-la signi_fw-la and_o a_o produce_v event_n be_v another_o thing_n 5._o and_o what_o sense_n will_v be_v find_v throughout_o the_o scripture_n if_o we_o must_v hold_v that_o it_o be_v the_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o work_n which_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o law_n of_o work_n be_v abolish_v and_o call_v we_o to_o believe_v in_o christ_n for_o free_a justification_n and_o not_o to_o expect_v justification_n by_o the_o work_v of_o the_o law_n and_o offer_v we_o pardon_v and_o life_n in_o christ_n etc._n etc._n but_o i_o will_v add_v no_o more_o see_v the_o plainness_n of_o the_o matter_n make_v it_o needless_a §_o 35._o the_o truth_n be_v he_o distinguish_v between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o call_v one_o the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o the_o other_o the_o gospel_n whereas_o the_o scripture_n only_o make_v it_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o by_o it_o the_o spirit_n effectual_o work_v on_o the_o soul_n more_o usual_o and_o more_o excellent_o and_o no_o mere_a law_n of_o work_n or_o grace_n will_v renew_v we_o without_o the_o spirit_n §_o 36._o viii_o and_o if_o redemption_n be_v nothing_o but_o physical_a efficiency_n by_o christ_n who_o as_o a_o create_a mediator_n
first_o give_v all_o creature_n what_o they_o have_v and_o next_o fail_v they_o and_o leave_v they_o in_o darkness_n as_o the_o sun_n set_v and_o then_o rise_v again_o revolve_v all_o thing_n into_o his_o original_a pure_a spirituality_n like_o the_o revolution_n of_o day_n and_o night_n summer_n and_o winter_n it_o be_v sure_a another_o thing_n than_o the_o scripture_n describe_v it_o which_o make_v it_o a_o noble_a part_n of_o that_o sapiential_a frame_n of_o moral_a government_n which_o some_o despise_v §_o 37._o ix_o but_o let_v it_o be_v note_v that_o we_o hold_v that_o as_o the_o almighty_a father_n be_v the_o glorious_a creator_n motor_n and_o life_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o eternal_a wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n the_o glorious_a ordinator_n rector_n and_o redeemer_n so_o the_o eternal_a love_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v the_o final_a perfect_a of_o believer_n even_o of_o god_n elect_n and_o that_o this_o sanctification_n and_o proficiency_n be_v by_o more_o than_o moral_a sapiential_a regiment_n even_o by_o the_o real_a shed_n abroad_o god_n love_n upon_o the_o soul_n or_o by_o a_o quicken_a illuminate_a felicitate_v communication_n of_o divine_a life_n and_o light_n and_o love_n which_o yet_o make_v not_o the_o sapiential_a regiment_n vain_a §_o 38._o and_o as_o to_o freewill_n i_o further_o say_v that_o we_o be_v far_o from_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o state_n of_o man_n in_o which_o he_o be_v above_o god_n or_o independent_a and_o as_o a_o god_n to_o himself_o or_o that_o god_n be_v any_o way_n a_o defective_a or_o idle_a as_o they_o call_v it_o spectator_n of_o man_n sin_n or_o free_a act_n but_o that_o this_o rank_n and_o state_n of_o free_a agent_n be_v god_n own_o wisely-chosen_a work_n in_o which_o he_o be_v delight_v and_o that_o he_o do_v true_o attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 39_o therefore_o as_o mr._n sterry_n magnify_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a as_o design_v and_o necessitate_v by_o god_n so_o we_o first_o admire_v the_o harmony_n which_o arise_v from_o natural_a and_o free_a agent_n and_o their_o work_n which_o must_v not_o be_v dishonour_v and_o leave_v out_o §_o 40._o and_o more_o than_o so_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o all_o god_n work_n be_v perfect_a it_o be_v their_o perfection_n to_o be_v suit_v to_o his_o own_o will_n and_o the_o difference_n between_o we_o and_o mr._n sterry_n dr._n twisse_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o whether_o god_n be_v glorious_a in_o all_o his_o work_n or_o they_o be_v perfect_a for_o we_o say_v that_o though_o man_n sin_n be_v find_v upon_o god_n work_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v none_o of_o his_o work_n nor_o any_o mean_n proper_o so_o call_v of_o please_a or_o glorify_v he_o nor_o at_o all_o will_v or_o cause_v by_o he_o but_o hate_v and_o punish_v yet_o he_o lose_v none_o of_o his_o complacency_n or_o glory_n by_o it_o but_o notwithstanding_o its_o malignity_n shine_v glorious_o in_o the_o perfection_n of_o all_o his_o work_n §_o 41._o yea_o more_o we_o say_v that_o man_n sin_n under_o his_o dispose_v power_n and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v use_n of_o their_o evil_n unto_o good_a and_o sin_n shall_v become_v a_o occasion_n of_o that_o glory_n to_o god_n as_o sickness_n to_o the_o physician_n of_o which_o it_o be_v no_o cause_n or_o proper_a mean_n nor_o of_o itself_o cond●ceth_v thereunto_o yea_o and_o that_o no_o act_n as_o a_o act_n how_o sinful_a soever_o be_v do_v but_o by_o god_n causation_n as_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o nature_n and_o prime_a motor_n yea_o more_o that_o all_o the_o effect_n and_o consequent_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o sin_v itself_o be_v under_o the_o causal_a government_n and_o disposal_n of_o god_n who_o will_v attain_v his_o end_n in_o all_o §_o 42._o therefore_o we_o differ_v but_o in_o this_o whether_o god_n get_v not_o all_o that_o glory_n which_o mr._n st._n florid_o describe_v notwithstanding_o sin_n or_o on_o supposition_n of_o it_o as_o bare_o permit_v negative_o but_o with_o a_o decree_n or_o volition_n of_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n occasion_v by_o it_o rather_o than_o by_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o will_v design_a effect_n of_o his_o own_o necessitate_v negation_n and_o in_o the_o positive_a part_n of_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v of_o his_o determine_a premotion_n whether_o man_v permit_v sin_n be_v any_o of_o god_n work_n and_o whether_o god_n glory_n be_v not_o rather_o non_fw-la obstante_fw-la peccato_fw-la and_o also_o by_o occasion_n of_o it_o suppose_v to_o be_v man_n work_n only_o and_o by_o all_o the_o good_a consequent_n cause_v by_o god_n than_o by_o the_o sin_n itself_o as_o a_o mean_n conducible_a or_o a_o cause_n §_o 43._o for_o we_o deny_v not_o that_o god_n can_v have_v prevent_v all_o sin_n if_o he_o have_v so_o resolve_v and_o yet_o we_o believe_v not_o that_o such_o a_o permission_n be_v equivalent_a to_o a_o necessitating_a motion_n or_o privation_n as_o mr._n sterry_n will_v persuade_v we_o to_o make_v a_o creature_n no_o better_o than_o such_o as_o can_v do_v good_a if_o he_o will_v and_o can_v be_v willing_a with_o a_o decree_n to_o make_v many_o willing_a be_v much_o different_a from_o make_v the_o creature_n bad_a and_o then_o condemn_v he_o to_o hell_n for_o be_v so_o as_o a_o act_n of_o justice_n yet_o we_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o divine_a light_n will_v short_o give_v we_o all_o a_o full_a discovery_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v vindicate_v the_o wisdom_n goodness_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o his_o government_n of_o man_n than_o yet_o the_o wise_a mortal_n have_v §_o 44._o either_o you_o suppose_v that_o god_n do_v all_o that_o he_o can_v do_v or_o not_o if_o yea_o than_o you_o suppose_v that_o he_o can_v nor_o ever_o can_v make_v any_o one_o creature_n worm_n or_o grass_n more_o or_o less_o great_a or_o small_a soon_o or_o late_a or_o otherwise_o than_o he_o do_v which_o few_o will_v believe_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o power_n but_o through_o perfection_n of_o wisdom_n and_o freedom_n of_o will_n that_o he_o do_v no_o more_o but_o if_o god_n can_v make_v one_o creature_n more_o or_o one_o motion_n more_o and_o yet_o do_v not_o i_o ask_v whether_o you_o dare_v call_v that_o non-agency_a by_o the_o name_n of_o idleness_n or_o deficiency_n if_o not_o why_o shall_v the_o non-causation_a of_o sinful_a volition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la or_o the_o leave_v freewill_n to_o its_o own_o determination_n be_v so_o call_v not_o to_o make_v more_o creature_n or_o more_o physical_a motion_n or_o not_o to_o give_v more_o grace_n and_o glory_n be_v as_o much_o a_o non-agency_a as_o not_o to_o determine_v a_o sin_v will._n §_o 45._o as_o to_o all_o mr._n sterry_n reason_n against_o freewill_n they_o be_v so_o rhetorical_o rather_o than_o logical_o deliver_v that_o i_o think_v it_o not_o meet_v to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o any_o further_a answer_n of_o they_o or_o to_o suppose_v they_o to_o have_v any_o more_o strength_n than_o those_o that_o other_o man_n plain_o have_v deliver_v §_o 46._o i_o conclude_v with_o this_o repeat_v profession_n that_o i_o be_o full_o satisfy_v that_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o grace_n and_o nature_n and_o predestination_n and_o redemption_n as_o they_o stand_v between_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o the_o arminian_o be_v of_o no_o great_a moment_n than_o i_o have_v oft_o express_v in_o this_o book_n nor_o worthy_a any_o of_o that_o stir_n and_o contention_n which_o man_n that_o sufficient_o difference_n not_o word_n method_n and_o matter_n have_v make_v to_o the_o mischievous_a injury_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o the_o true_a life_n of_o all_o the_o remain_a difficulty_n be_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o defender_n of_o necessary_a predetermination_n and_o of_o freewill_n that_o be_v not_o what_o freewill_n sinner_n have_v leave_v but_o whether_o ever_o in_o angel_n or_o innocent_a man_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o will_n that_o can_v and_o ever_o do_v determine_v itself_o to_o a_o volition_n or_o nolition_n in_o specie_fw-la morali_fw-la without_o the_o predetermine_a efficient_a necessitate_v premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n or_o as_o hobbes_n speak_v whether_o ever_o a_o create_a will_n do_v act_n without_o a_o necessitating_a premotion_n and_o whether_o to_o will_n and_o to_o will_v free_o be_v all_o one_o and_o whether_o the_o will_v except_o as_o to_o the_o kind_n of_o action_n be_v not_o as_o much_o necessitate_v to_o will_n or_o not_o will_n as_o my_o pen_n to_o write_v or_o not_o write_v be_v we_o call_v not_o its_o act_n contingent_a or_o free_a either_o because_o they_o be_v what_o they_o be_v volition_n or_o though_o ignorance_n because_o we_o see_v not_o the_o move_a cause_n §_o 47._o and_o if_o
the_o command_n be_v in_o vain_a but_o whether_o the_o duty_n command_v be_v in_o vain_a and_o how_o do_v one_o man_n good_a use_n of_o common_a grace_n prepare_v another_o man_n for_o conversion_n and_o not_o himself_o it_o be_v for_o himself_o that_o god_n command_v and_o earnest_o exhort_v man_n to_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o god_n and_o be_v this_o in_o vain_a to_o themselves_o if_o they_o do_v it_o if_o they_o repent_v when_o command_v it_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a if_o they_o use_v common_a grace_n in_o seek_v god_n how_o prove_v you_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v in_o vain_a if_o you_o say_v to_o your_o servant_n come_v and_o ask_v i_o for_o your_o food_n and_o raiment_n when_o you_o want_v they_o they_o will_v think_v that_o command_n do_v not_o set_v they_o upon_o a_o vain_a ask_n if_o a_o able_a physician_n that_o can_v cure_v a_o disease_n at_o his_o pleasure_n shall_v say_v take_v this_o medicine_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o your_o disease_n or_o this_o preparative_n it_o will_v be_v suppose_v not_o in_o vain_a in_o this_o command_n god_n be_v both_o rector_n and_o benefactor_n as_o rector_n the_o right_a government_n of_o mankind_n be_v his_o end_n which_o be_v not_o do_v by_o set_v they_o on_o vain_a duty_n as_o benefactor_n the_o good_a of_o his_o creature_n be_v his_o end_n as_o we_o may_v call_v it_o under_o his_o glory_n therein_o and_o vain_a duty_n be_v a_o evil_a and_o not_o a_o benefit_n to_o any_o if_o the_o king_n send_v to_o you_o to_o come_v and_o ask_v he_o for_o maker_n he_o that_o read_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o papist_n of_o supernaturality_n ●and_v infusion_n of_o charity_n or_o grace_n will_v have_v little_a reason_n to_o say_v that_o they_o bring_v they_o too_o much_o into_o the_o power_n of_o man_n ●especially_o the_o dominican_n do_v not_o alvarez_n set_v grace_n far_o enough_o out_o of_o man_n power_n when_o he_o say_v li._n 7._o disp_n 69._o p._n 306._o c._n 1._o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la quod_fw-la gratia_n habitualis_fw-la sit_fw-la connaturalis_fw-la alicui_fw-la substantiae_fw-la creatae_fw-la vel_fw-la creabili_fw-la ergo_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la impossibile_fw-it quod_fw-la charitas_fw-la vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la actus_fw-la sit_fw-la ei_fw-la connaturalis_fw-la aut_fw-la ex_fw-la solis_fw-la viribus_fw-la naturae_fw-la procedens_fw-la prob._n antecedens_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la gratiae_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la debita_fw-la naturae_fw-la ex_fw-la ●o_o enim_fw-la gratia_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la gratis_n datur_fw-la &_o non_fw-la ex_fw-la debito_fw-la and_o be_v not_o a_o man_n be_v and_o nature_n give_v he_o gratis_o &_o non_fw-la ex_fw-la debit●_n indeed_o have_v he_o define_v grace_n to_o be_v quod_fw-la datur_fw-la contra_fw-la meritum_fw-la the_o contradiction_n in_o the_o term_n will_v have_v allow_v this_o game_n at_o word_n to_o be_v true_a but_o word_n it_o be_v and_o to_o no_o purpose_n or_o else_o i_o can_v excuse_v it_o from_o blasphemy_n to_o say_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o angel_n or_o any_o creature_n in_o who_o the_o habit_n of_o grace_n or_o love_n shall_v be_v connatural_a protestant_n hold_v on_o the_o contrary_a that_o some_o degree_n of_o habitual_a love_n be_v connatural_a to_o adam_n and_o the_o angel_n though_o not_o as_o essential_a to_o their_o nature_n and_o so_o unlosable_a and_o that_o love_n be_v now_o call_v supernatural_a because_o medicinal_a supernatural_a grace_n must_v restore_v it_o to_o corrupt_a nature_n rada_n the_o scotist_n cont._n 1._o speak_v better_a of_o supernaturality_n for_o my_o part_n that_o which_o i_o fear_v in_o these_o high_a strain_n of_o supernaturality_n in_o these_o papist_n doctrine_n and_o sir_n henry_n van●'s_n be_v ●est_v it_o shall_v produce_v infidelity_n and_o saduce●sm_n and_o he_o that_o to_o day_n hold_v that_o the_o love_n to_o god_n be_v so_o exceed_v far_o supernatural_a to_o perfect_a nature_n itself_o may_v to_o morrow_n hold_v that_o man_n species_n be_v change_v by_o grace_n and_o the_o next_o day_n that_o it_o be_v more_o credible_a that_o man_n nature_n be_v never_o make_v to_o love_n god_n or_o to_o be_v glorify_v than_o to_o believe_v that_o god_n will_v either_o make_v he_o of_o another_o species_n or_o give_v he_o another_o nature_n beside_o the_o perfect_a of_o the_o nature_n create_v yea_o that_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n that_o shall_v natural_o love_v his_o maker_n preferment_n you_o will_v take_v it_o to_o signify_v half_o a_o promise_n now_o god_n promise_n be_v not_o strict_o obligation_n any_o further_a than_o the_o notification_n of_o his_o will_n and_o give_v the_o subject_a a_o right_n be_v a_o obligation_n where_o god_n perfection_n be_v instead_o of_o a_o obligation_n and_o be_v such_o a_o command_v ask_v seek_v accept_v no_o notification_n of_o his_o will_n that_o our_o labour_n shall_v not_o be_v lose_v i_o do_v not_o call_v it_o a_o promise_n but_o be_v it_o not_o a_o signification_n that_o god_n the_o rector_n and_o benefactor_n of_o the_o world_n will_v not_o let_v the_o performer_n lose_v his_o labour_n c._n he_o lose_v not_o his_o labour_n if_o he_o get_v by_o it_o but_o temporal_a mercy_n and_o a_o abatement_n of_o his_o pain_n in_o hell_n b._n do_v you_o thus_o paraphrase_n god_n command_n seek_v for_o grace_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v health_n or_o riches_n or_o seek_v for_o conversion_n and_o salvation_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v a_o easy_a damnation_n this_o be_v still_o a_o duty_n that_o be_v vain_a as_o to_o the_o command_v end_n c._n i_o confess_v it_o be_v not_o in_o vain_a if_o they_o can_v do_v it_o as_o he_o command_v for_o god_n command_v they_o to_o do_v it_o in_o faith_n and_o spiritual_a sincerity_n which_o they_o can_v do_v b._n do_v you_o thus_o paraphrase_n the_o command_n seek_v faith_n in_o faith_n and_o seek_v sincerity_n in_o sincerity_n that_o be_v you_o that_o have_v not_o faith_n and_o sincerity_n if_o you_o have_v they_o already_o seek_v that_o you_o may_v have_v they_o do_v not_o you_o confess_v that_o they_o that_o have_v not_o special_a grace_n be_v bind_v to_o seek_v it_o in_o the_o use_n of_o certain_a mean_n c._n they_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v it_o but_o they_o be_v not_o able_a b._n do_v not_o you_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v able_a by_o common_a grace_n to_o do_v the_o work_n of_o common_a grace_n and_o that_o in_o abundance_n of_o instance_n what_o be_v common_a grace_n for_o if_o they_o can_v do_v nothing_o by_o it_o c._n it_o be_v equal_a to_o nothing_o for_o it_o be_v not_o acceptable_a to_o god_n b._n do_v not_o you_o confess_v that_o it_o be_v a_o preparation_n to_o special_a grace_n and_o may_v bring_v they_o near_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n c._n but_o without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n b._n but_o there_o be_v several_a sort_n of_o faith_n and_o several_a degree_n of_o please_a god_n we_o grant_v that_o without_o special_a faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a so_o to_o please_v god_n as_o to_o have_v justification_n adoption_n or_o any_o title_n to_o heaven_n as_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n have_v but_o by_o a_o common_a faith_n man_n come_v to_o be_v less_o displease_v to_o god_n than_o grosser_n infidel_n and_o rebel_n and_o be_v more_o prepare_v for_o convert_v grace_n you_o know_v that_o this_o be_v the_o common_a doctrine_n both_o of_o our_o practical_a and_o polemical_a divine_n as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o their_o book_n and_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n c._n but_o our_o divine_n against_o the_o arminian_o oft_o say_v that_o a_o man_n that_o have_v but_o nature_n and_o common_a grace_n can_v use_v they_o well_o b._n i_o be_o resolve_v not_o to_o be_v cheat_v by_o ambiguous_a word_n to_o use_v they_o well_o signify_v 1._o to_o use_v they_o in_o love_n to_o god_n as_o the_o ultimate_a end_n and_o so_o none_o but_o the_o godly_a use_n any_o thing_n and_o do_v not_o all_o the_o arminian_o grant_v you_o that_o 2._o or_o it_o be_v to_o use_v they_o so_o much_o better_a than_o worse_a man_n as_o that_o they_o draw_v near_a god_n and_o be_v more_o prepare_v for_o special_a grace_n and_o do_v not_o all_o our_o divine_n grant_v that_o they_o may_v so_o far_o use_v they_o well_o where_o then_o be_v the_o difference_n c._n the_o prayer_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n b._n by_o wicked_a be_v mean_v either_o one_o that_o be_v yet_o unregenerate_a as_o such_o or_o one_o that_o be_v actual_o set_v upon_o wickedness_n progressive_o and_o be_v not_o about_o return_v to_o god_n and_o by_o abomination_n be_v mean_v either_o that_o which_o god_n accept_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o pardon_v and_o save_v he_o that_o do_v it_o though_o he_o judge_v he_o more_o prepare_v for_o grace_n than_o other_o or_o else_o that_o which_o he_o total_o abhor_v as_o be_v no_o
stir_v up_o their_o distaste_n of_o other_o b._n the_o question_n may_v have_v three_o several_a sense_n of_o passiveness_n as_o man_n be_v consider_v 1._o in_o his_o nature_n 2._o in_o his_o action_n and_o therein_o 1._o in_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o divine_a influx_n 2._o in_o the_o act_n thereupon_o and_o so_o the_o question_n be_v 1._o whether_o man_n soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n or_o passive_a matter_n only_o 2._o whether_o man_n soul_n be_v mere_o passive_a in_o the_o reception_n of_o the_o divine_a influx_n ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la 3._o whether_o man_n soul_n be_v mere_o passive_a in_o its_o own_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n or_o repentance_n tell_v i_o be_v not_o these_o three_o distinct_a question_n and_o be_v they_o not_o all_o that_o you_o can_v devise_v unless_o you_o will_v make_v another_o whether_o we_o be_v mer_o passive_a in_o the_o preparatory_a part_n and_o be_v you_o not_o now_o ashamed_a to_o confess_v that_o you_o need_v any_o answer_n to_o any_o one_o of_o these_o three_o question_n i._n all_o the_o world_n be_v agree_v save_o the_o hobbist_n and_o somatist_n and_o sadducee_n that_o man_n soul_n be_v not_o mere_a passive_a nature_n but_o be_v a_o active_a nature_n incline_v to_o action_n as_o passive_a element_n be_v to_o non-action_n and_o that_o when_o god_n move_v it_o he_o move_v not_o earth_n water_n or_o air_n but_o a_o spirit_n who_o nature_n be_v self-moving_a as_o fire_n under_o the_o first_o mover_n ii_o all_o the_o world_n be_v agree_v that_o the_o soul_n and_o all_o spirit_n be_v not_o so_o pure_o and_o mere_o active_a as_o god_n be_v but_o be_v partly_o and_o first_o passive_a and_o that_o they_o do_v and_o needs_o must_v be_v receptive_a of_o the_o divine_a influx_n before_o they_o can_v act_v for_o all_o creature_n depend_v on_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o both_o be_v nature_n and_o action_n will_v cease_v if_o god_n emanation_n to_o it_o cease_v and_o all_o the_o world_n agree_v that_o no_o man_n before_o conversion_n or_o after_o do_v any_o act_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n no_o nor_o eat_n and_o drink_v and_o go_v etc._n etc._n but_o he_o be_v in_o the_o first_o instant_n passive_a as_o influence_v by_o god_n before_o he_o be_v active_a who_o ever_o doubt_v whether_o physice_n recipere_fw-la be_v pati_fw-la do_v you_o ever_o know_v such_o a_o man_n iii_o all_o the_o world_n be_v agree_v that_o man_n be_v not_o mere_o passive_a when_o he_o act_v a_o act_n be_v a_o act_n sure_a and_o to_o believe_v repent_v and_o love_n be_v a_o act_n and_o a_o act_n of_o man_n soul_n and_o scotus_n who_o think_v that_o immanent_a act_n be_v quality_n as_o we_o think_v of_o habit_n yet_o think_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v true_o active_a antecedent_o to_o that_o quality_n where_o now_o be_v there_o any_o room_n for_o a_o controversy_n c._n you_o will_v make_v i_o believe_v that_o we_o be_v very_o ignorant_a wrangler_n that_o make_v a_o noise_n in_o our_o dream_n and_o will_v not_o suffer_v other_o to_o rest_n do_v not_o the_o arminian_o say_v that_o man_n concur_v with_o god_n to_o the_o first_o act_n of_o his_o own_o faith_n yea_o that_o he_o make_v god_n grace_n effectual_a b._n you_o shall_v not_o again_o tempt_v i_o to_o anticipate_v the_o question_n of_o effectual_a grace_n though_o enough_o be_v say_v before_o to_o it_o as_o far_o as_o this_o objection_n be_v concern_v in_o it_o god_n influx_n on_o the_o soul_n be_v one_o thing_n man_n natural_a faculty_n receive_v that_o influx_n passive_o be_v another_o and_o man_n act_n be_v another_o to_o thrust_v in_o here_o a_o general_a word_n man_n concur_v and_o so_o to_o run_v away_o from_o clear_a and_o necessary_a distinction_n be_v not_o the_o part_n of_o a_o man_n of_o knowledge_n do_v ever_o man_n yet_o deny_v that_o man_n herein_o concur_v as_o aforesaid_a 1._o man_n concur_v not_o to_o make_v his_o soul_n nor_o to_o continue_v it_o in_o be_v or_o power_n 2._o man_n concur_v not_o as_o any_o efficient_a of_o god_n influx_n on_o his_o soul_n ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la 3._o but_o man_n receptive_o or_o passive_o concur_v as_o a_o receiver_n of_o that_o influx_n 4._o and_o man_n active_o thereupon_o concur_v to_o believe_v and_o repent_v be_v not_o all_o this_o true_a but_o you_o will_v tempt_v the_o arminian_o to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v you_o and_o not_o they_o that_o be_v herein_o to_o be_v accuse_v for_o what_o mean_v you_o else_o by_o confine_v the_o controversy_n to_o the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n or_o to_o our_o first_o conversion_n will_v you_o make_v man_n believe_v that_o a_o convert_a man_n be_v not_o as_o true_o passive_a in_o believe_v love_a god_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o unconverted_a be_v must_v not_o the_o holy_a person_n be_v passive_a in_o receive_v the_o divine_a influx_n on_o his_o soul_n before_o he_o do_v any_o holy_a act_n you_o seem_v to_o deny_v this_o and_o than_o you_o be_v the_o person_n that_o err_v by_o ascribe_v too_o much_o to_o man_n if_o not_o show_v the_o difference_n c._n there_o be_v a_o habit_n of_o faith_n go_v before_o the_o first_o act_n and_o it_o be_v in_o respect_n to_o that_o habit_n that_o the_o arminian_o say_v we_o be_v active_a procurer_n of_o it_o which_o we_o deny_v but_o the_o godly_a operate_v from_o a_o habit_n b._n you_o speak_v a_o private_a opinion_n of_o your_o own_o brain_n against_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o concordant_a church_n where_o do_v scripture_n say_v that_o a_o habit_n of_o faith_n go_v before_o the_o first_o act_n mr._n pemble_n grat●_n pemble_n vind._n grat●_n say_v so_o indeed_o yet_o he_o sometime_o call_v that_o but_o a_o seed_n which_o at_o other_o time_n he_o call_v a_o habit_n dr._n ames_n in_o his_o medulla_n contradict_v it_o bishop_n downame_n reach_n downame_n in_o the_o end_n of_o his_o treatise_n of_o perseverance_n le_fw-fr blank_n de_fw-fr diss_fw-la grat._n 2._o thes_n 22._o speak_v of_o our_o be_v passive_a as_o to_o operate_a grace_n say_v true_o non_fw-la videntur_fw-la hac_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la reformati_fw-la a_o sanioribus_fw-la inter_fw-la scholasticos_fw-la dissentire_fw-la licet_fw-la aliis_fw-la verbis_fw-la mentem_fw-la svam_fw-la exprimant_fw-la the_o schoolman_n and_o protestant_n little_o differ_v in_o the_o method_n of_o operation_n of_o grace_n and_o all_o be_v draw_v by_o controversy_n too_o near_a curiosity_n beyond_o their_o reach_n have_v write_v a_o large_a confutation_n of_o mr._n pemble_n the_o generality_n of_o protestant_a divine_n contradict_v it_o and_o thus_o with_o rollock_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la distinguish_v vocation_n from_o sanctification_n that_o they_o suppose_v vocation_n to_o cause_v the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o sanctification_n to_o give_v we_o the_o fix_a habit_n the_o act_n intervening_a mr._n tho._n hooker_n be_v large_a upon_o it_o in_o his_o soul_n vocation_n will_v you_o start_v one_o man_n opinion_n which_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_o be_v against_o and_o feign_v this_o to_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_n and_o perhaps_o mr._n pemble_n himself_o by_o his_o first_o seman_n or_o habit_n mean_v no_o more_o than_o the_o divine_a influx_n ad_fw-la actum_fw-la receive_v i_o have_v before_o tell_v you_o how_o unsearchable_a the_o nature_n of_o that_o influx_n be_v and_o how_o hard_o it_o be_v to_o know_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o a_o habit._n c._n but_o mr._n pemble_n say_v it_o be_v the_o spirit_n that_o be_v give_v before_o we_o believe_v b._n away_o with_o ambiguity_n by_o the_o spirit_n be_v mean_v either_o the_o mere_a receive_v influx_n of_o the_o spirit_n ad_fw-la agendum_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v grant_v bad_a man_n receive_v the_o spirit_n influx_n to_o such_o act_n as_o he_o move_v they_o to_o or_o else_o you_o mean_v the_o foresay_a fix_a habit_n and_o disposition_n to_o a_o ready_a and_o facile_a ordinary_a operation_n or_o else_o you_o mean_v the_o spirit_n give_v relative_o by_o covenant_n undertake_v to_o be_v the_o sanctifier_n and_o preserver_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o both_o these_o latter_a sense_n the_o spirit_n be_v not_o give_v before_o the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n to_o infidel_n they_o have_v not_o the_o fix_a habit_n of_o holiness_n love_n hope_v obedience_n etc._n etc._n otherwise_o they_o be_v holy_a infidel_n no_o scripture_n speak_v it_o nay_o contrary_o it_o promise_v the_o spirit_n as_o to_o believer_n and_o affirm_v it_o give_v after_o faith_n eph._n 1._o 13._o joh._n 14._o 17._o &_o 15._o 26._o gal._n 3._o 14._o &_o 4._o 6._o joh._n 7._o 39_o and_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v not_o give_v in_o covenant_n to_o infidel_n i_o need_v not_o prove_v to_o they_o that_o will_v not_o baptize_v infidel_n the_o six_o crimination_n c._n they_o hold_v that_o none_o be_v damn_v only_o for_o adam_n sin_n impute_v sin_n impute_v yes_o vasqu_n and_o other_o
near_a salvation_n and_o do_v better_a than_o they_o do_v though_o not_o immediate_o to_o do_v all_o that_o be_v necessary_a to_o salvation_n and_o he_o that_o can_v do_v it_o if_o he_o will_v and_o also_o have_v power_n to_o will_v it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v sufficient_a grace_n which_o if_o he_o use_v not_o the_o fault_n lie_v in_o his_o wilfulness_n 2._o the_o act_n nor_o the_o just_a disposition_n or_o habit_n they_o have_v not_o but_o that_o be_v their_o own_o fault_n who_o have_v those_o mean_n those_o object_n and_o that_o power_n by_o which_o they_o can_v and_o may_v have_v attain_v they_o c._n be_v any_o one_o ever_o convert_v by_o this_o sufficient_a grace_n or_o not_o if_o not_o frustra_fw-la fit_a potentia_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o yea_o than_o it_o be_v effectual_a grace_n b._n now_o you_o have_v bring_v the_o controversy_n to_o the_o part_a point_n where_o the_o two_o party_n use_v to_o part_v as_o you_o may_v see_v in_o dr._n sanderson_n and_o dr._n hamond_n letter_n i_o will_v first_o answer_v your_o consequence_n 1._o non_fw-la frustra_fw-la fit_a talis_fw-la potentia_fw-la though_o it_o never_o act_v for_o 1._o it_o attain_v other_o good_a end_n though_o it_o attain_v not_o their_o salvation_n 2._o if_o one_o of_o a_o thousand_o shall_v not_o use_v their_o power_n or_o if_o a_o thousand_o to_o one_o do_v use_n it_o that_o vari_v not_o the_o case_n for_o it_o be_v still_o as_o much_o vain_a to_o that_o one_o man_n as_o if_o no_o one_o use_v it_o but_o 2._o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v vain_a that_o be_v to_o their_o own_o salvation_n they_o make_v it_o vain_a themselves_o and_o must_v blame_v themselves_o 3._o i_o ask_v you_o whether_o you_o think_v not_o yourself_o that_o 1._o all_o wicked_a man_n by_o common_a grace_n 2._o and_o all_o godly_a man_n by_o special_a grace_n have_v power_n to_o do_v more_o good_a and_o forbear_v more_o evil_a than_o they_o do_v if_o so_o do_v you_o hold_v that_o all_o that_o power_n which_o they_o never_o use_v to_o any_o of_o those_o omit_v act_n be_v vain_a if_o not_o why_o shall_v this_o in_o question_n be_v account_v vain_a but_o to_o the_o great_a difficulty_n itself_o i_o answer_v 1._o you_o must_v not_o forestall_v the_o truth_n by_o any_o of_o these_o false_a supposition_n 1._o that_o there_o be_v any_o man_n to_o who_o god_n give_v a_o mere_a power_n neither_o dispose_v nor_o provoke_v to_o the_o act._n for_o 1._o man_n natural_a faculty_n itself_o beside_o natural_a power_n have_v all_o these_o aptitude_n to_o the_o act._n 1._o man_n have_v self-love_n and_o a_o desire_n of_o felicity_n and_o a_o unwillingness_n and_o fear_n of_o hell_n and_o misery_n and_o of_o all_o that_o he_o know_v do_v tend_v to_o it_o as_o such_o he_o can_v seek_v for_o glory_n honour_n and_o immortality_n rom._n 2._o and_o therefore_o god_n thus_o argue_v with_o man_n ezek._n 33._o turn_v you_o why_o will_v you_o die_v and_o 1_o pet._n 3._o 10._o he_o that_o love_v life_n and_o will_v see_v good_a day_n etc._n etc._n as_o make_v use_n of_o a_o common_a principle_n 2._o man_n have_v reason_n to_o understand_v what_o be_v tell_v he_o of_o good_a and_o evil_a in_o some_o sort_n and_o nature_n contain_v a_o law_n write_v in_o the_o heart_n rom._n 3._o by_o which_o the_o heathen_n do_v much_o of_o that_o which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o scripture_n 3._o man_n have_v a_o conscience_n to_o accuse_v and_o excuse_v 4._o he_o have_v misery_n and_o necessity_n to_o move_v he_o which_o may_v be_v know_v to_o he_o by_o common_a light_n and_o experience_n 5._o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v in_o common_a disgrace_n in_o the_o world_n and_o nature_n teach_v mankind_n to_o distinguish_v moral_a good_a and_o evil_a so_o that_o the_o worst_a do_v not_o love_v and_o own_o sin_n as_o sin_n and_o do_v not_o satan_n hide_v it_o with_o some_o vail_n of_o goodness_n he_o can_v not_o draw_v they_o to_o it_o even_o those_o that_o murder_v christ_n do_v it_o on_o a_o false_a pretence_n that_o he_o be_v a_o sinner_n 6._o man_n nature_n have_v a_o enmity_n to_o devil_n and_o a_o fear_n of_o they_o and_o therefore_o will_v fly_v from_o evil_a so_o far_o as_o they_o perceive_v the_o devil_n in_o it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n for_o he_o be_v their_o know_a enemy_n 7._o last_o all_o do_v know_v that_o they_o must_v die_v and_o that_o this_o world_n will_v serve_v they_o but_o a_o little_a while_n and_o they_o have_v great_a experience_n of_o its_o vanity_n and_o vexation_n and_o nature_n teach_v most_o and_o the_o gospel_n much_o more_o that_o man_n soul_n be_v immortal_a and_o therefore_o that_o there_o be_v a_o reward_n for_o the_o good_a and_o punishment_n for_o the_o bad_a hereafter_o 2._o and_o as_o deprave_a nature_n itself_o have_v certain_o all_o these_o advantage_n for_o good_a so_o god_n add_v by_o his_o work_n and_o word_n many_o vehement_a motive_n persuasion_n and_o urgent_a exhortation_n example_n mercy_n and_o correction_n and_o all_o these_o may_v give_v the_o soul_n much_o more_o than_o a_o bare_a power_n to_o many_o good_a act_n for_o many_o such_o be_v real_o do_v by_o bad_a man_n and_o to_o other_o they_o be_v almost_o persuade_v when_o they_o disobey_v 2._o you_o must_v not_o suppose_v that_o just_o the_o same_o degree_n of_o mean_n or_o help_n be_v necessary_a to_o one_o man_n as_o to_o another_o or_o to_o the_o same_o man_n ever_o at_o several_a time_n for_o one_o man_n soul_n may_v be_v more_o undisposed_a and_o ill_o dispose_v than_o another_o and_o the_o same_o man_n more_o at_o one_o time_n than_o at_o another_o and_o temptation_n and_o impediment_n may_v be_v great_a at_o one_o time_n and_o to_o one_o man_n than_o another_o experience_n assure_v we_o that_o less_o teach_v will_v inform_v one_o man_n understanding_n than_o another_o c._n have_v not_o all_o man_n the_o same_o degree_n of_o original_a sin_n what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o of_o any_o than_o be_v say_v of_o all_o that_o they_o be_v dead_a in_o sin_n b._n 1._o the_o same_o word_n dead_a may_v be_v use_v of_o all_o if_o it_o be_v word_n only_o that_o you_o plead_v for_o but_o that_o word_n prove_v not_o that_o all_o be_v equal_o either_o guilty_a or_o corrupt_v for_o though_o adam_n sin_n be_v the_o same_o to_o all_o yet_o i_o have_v before_o tell_v you_o and_o show_v you_o beside_o scripture_n augustine_n judgement_n for_o it_o that_o there_o be_v also_o a_o participation_n of_o gild_n of_o near_a parent_n sin_n by_o infant_n and_o consequent_o of_o pravity_n be_v it_o but_o the_o ill_a temper_n of_o body_n which_o many_o drunkard_n and_o adulterer_n convey_v to_o their_o child_n experience_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o do_v much_o in_o hinder_v the_o soul_n and_o all_o be_v not_o equal_a in_o this_o derivation_n of_o original_a sin_n 2._o and_o adam_n sin_n with_o all_o other_o be_v pardon_v to_o faithful_a parent_n be_v in_o they_o pardon_v to_o their_o infant_n dedicate_v to_o god_n and_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o think_v that_o where_o the_o gild_n be_v pardon_v the_o vice_n be_v not_o equal_o transmit_v as_o to_o other_o that_o be_v not_o pardon_v in_o their_o infancy_n 3._o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o original_a sin_n but_o much_o additional_a pravity_n and_o particular_a habit_n of_o sin_n contract_v by_o practice_n which_o be_v the_o impediment_n of_o conversion_n 4._o yea_o and_o actual_a sin_n itself_o which_o temptation_n stir_v up_o as_o well_o as_o those_o habit_n 5._o and_o also_o the_o great_a guilt_n which_o all_o those_o act_n and_o habit_n do_v contract_n by_o which_o god_n grace_n be_v yet_o more_o forfeit_v all_o these_o be_v a_o great_a disparity_n and_o show_v that_o more_o grace_n be_v necessary_a to_o some_o than_o other_o c._n well!_o go_v on_o with_o your_o answer_n to_o the_o main_a question_n b._n my_o answer_n be_v that_o if_o you_o will_v not_o turn_v vorstian_n but_o will_v receive_v the_o common_a metaphysical_a school_n divinity_n about_o god_n to_o deny_v which_o be_v common_o call_v blasphemy_n by_o all_o party_n i_o do_v not_o yet_o see_v any_o place_n for_o a_o disagreement_n for_o the_o question_n whether_o the_o same_o measure_n of_o grace_n which_o we_o call_v mere_o sufficient_a be_v ever_o effectual_a be_v mean_v either_o 1._o of_o god_n agency_n or_o influx_n as_o it_o be_v agentis_fw-la 2._o or_o of_o the_o mean_n 3._o or_o of_o the_o object_n 4._o or_o of_o effect_n in_o the_o soul_n 462._o soul_n malderus_n in_o 1._o 2._o q._n 111._o a._n 3._o d._n 8._o omnis_fw-la gratia_fw-la excitans_fw-la est_fw-la efficax_n &_o rata_fw-la respectu_fw-la svi_fw-la effectus_fw-la formalis_fw-la quo_fw-la homo_fw-la excitatur_fw-la &_o quem_fw-la sine_fw-la consensu_fw-la libero_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la ponit_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la potest_fw-la gratia_fw-la
disposition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o grotius_n speak_v at_o large_a in_o his_o preface_n to_o annotat._v in_o evang._n and_o so_o i_o say_v the_o same_o as_o camero_n which_o be_v but_o this_o that_o though_o it_o be_v a_o law_n or_o offer_a covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o not_o the_o sole_a law_n of_o innocency_n which_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v now_o under_o as_o subject_n to_o be_v rule_v and_o judge_v by_o it_o yet_o no_o parent_n that_o consent_v not_o have_v any_o right_n to_o the_o promise_a benefit_n nor_o be_v in_o it_o as_o a_o mutual_a covenant_n unless_o as_o any_o counterfeit_a consent_n may_v oblige_v themselves_o nor_o be_v the_o child_n of_o such_o parent_n any_o true_a heir_n of_o the_o say_v promise_v benefit_n for_o the_o sake_n of_o remote_a ancestor_n as_o long_o as_o their_o near_a parent_n be_v infidel_n this_o be_v all_o that_o camero_n there_o maintain_v quest_n 3._o be_v not_o all_o the_o teach_n help_n mean_n time_n and_o innunerable_a mercy_n which_o heathen_n and_o infield_n have_v contrary_a to_o their_o commerit_n and_o consequent_o true_o grace_n 2._o grace_n le_fw-fr blank_n tell_v you_o that_o polanus_fw-la distinguish_v grace_n into_o natural_a and_o supernatural_a thes_n 27._o do_v grat._n 2._o c._n they_o be_v at_o best_a but_o common_a grace_n but_o i_o be_o loath_a to_o grant_v that_o nature_n be_v so_o much_o if_o i_o can_v deny_v it_o b._n i_o be_o sorry_a that_o unwillingness_n and_o willingness_n can_v do_v so_o much_o with_o you_o about_o these_o matter_n but_o i_o pray_v tell_v i_o quest._n 4._o what_o be_v it_o that_o you_o mean_v by_o nature_n c._n i_o mean_v that_o fix_a order_n of_o be_v and_o operation_n which_o god_n put_v all_o thing_n in_o at_o their_o creation_n at_o the_o beginning_n b._n you_o have_v do_v as_o the_o incendiary_n of_o the_o church_n have_v do_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o contentious_a dispute_n you_o have_v choose_v a_o word_n unexplain_v 8._o media_fw-la a●tem_fw-la destinate_a &_o propria_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la verbum_fw-la et_fw-la spiritus_fw-la quibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la jungi_fw-la possunt_fw-la bona_fw-la &_o mala_fw-la huius_fw-la animalis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la quibus_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la eundem_fw-la finem_fw-la utitur_fw-la armin._n disput_fw-la private_a thes_n 41._o sect._n 8._o to_o make_v a_o ma●ter_n of_o reproach_n of_o which_o have_v so_o many_o signification_n and_o be_v so_o uncertain_o use_v that_o philosopher_n themselves_o even_o in_o their_o great_a accurateness_n know_v not_o what_o to_o fix_v upon_o though_o there_o be_v few_o word_n which_o they_o be_v more_o concern_v to_o be_v agree_v in_o if_o they_o can_v but_o where_o the_o thing_n be_v unknown_a no_o wonder_n if_o there_o be_v discord_n about_o the_o name_n fortune_n licetue_n alone_a de_fw-la natura_fw-la primo_fw-la move●te_fw-la may_v suffice_v to_o evince_v this_o but_o i_o perceive_v you_o take_v not_o nature_n for_o principium_fw-la motus_fw-la et_fw-la quietis_fw-la etc._n etc._n nor_o for_o the_o essence_n of_o thing_n matter_n or_o form_n or_o both_o nor_o with_o scotus_n de_fw-fr potentia_fw-la for_o the_o passive_a power_n nor_o in_o other_o sense_n usual_o intend_v by_o various_a writer_n but_o for_o the_o create_v status_fw-la &_o ordo_fw-la rerum_fw-la and_o the_o motus_fw-la thereby_o alone_o cause_v and_o if_o this_o he_o nature_n with_o you_o you_o cast_v yourself_o into_o inextricable_a difficulty_n to_o know_v what_o you_o say_v for_o 1._o we_o be_v very_o much_o ignorant_a of_o second_o cause_n and_o their_o concatenation_n and_o co-operation_n who_o ever_o take_v in_o piece_n this_o great_a engine_n of_o the_o universe_n as_o man_n do_v a_o clock_n or_o watch_n to_o find_v out_o the_o form_n and_o compagination_n of_o each_o part_n or_o ever_o understand_v it_o 2._o who_o can_v tell_v certain_o what_o be_v do_v by_o this_o compagination_n of_o cause_n and_o 6._o author_n fidei_fw-la est_fw-la spiritu●_fw-la sanctus_fw-la quem_fw-la filius_fw-la mittie_v a_o patre_fw-la tanquam_fw-la advocatum_fw-la &_o vicarium_fw-la suum_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsiu●_n causam_fw-la in_o mund●_n &_o contra_fw-la mundum_fw-la agat●_n instrumentum_fw-la est_fw-la evangelium_fw-la seu_fw-la verbum_fw-la fidei_fw-la continens_fw-la sensum_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o christo_fw-la quem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la intellectui_fw-la proponit_fw-la &_o persuadet_fw-la arminius_n disput_fw-la private_a thes_n 44._o sect._n 6._o co-operation_n according_a to_o its_o primitive_a state_n who_o know_v not_o the_o whole_a engine_n but_o some_o part_n alone_o not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o sand_n be_v to_o the_o whole_a earth_n see_v that_o it_o be_v the_o whole_a that_o cooperateth_a to_o the_o fore-described_n motion_n and_o 3._o who_o know_v how_o far_o god_n have_v fix_v the_o state_n and_o operation_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v please_v to_o alter_v they_o from_o their_o first_o state_n and_o course_n of_o motion_n or_o daily_o do_v it_o 4._o and_o who_o be_v so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o the_o state_n of_o the_o universe_n in_o the_o creation_n and_o the_o state_n of_o it_o now_o as_o to_o be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o accurate_a comparison_n and_o tell_v whether_o or_o how_o much_o it_o be_v since_o then_o alter_v or_o whether_o all_o thing_n continue_v just_a as_o in_o the_o beginning_n 5._o yea_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o a_o great_a alteration_n be_v make_v both_o on_o man_n soul_n and_o body_n and_o on_o the_o earth_n by_o the_o sin_n of_o adam_n and_o the_o curse_n 6._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n make_v much_o use_n of_o the_o ministry_n of_o free_a agent_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n even_o of_o angel_n devil_n and_o man_n who_o voluntary_a contingent_a act_n and_o consequent_o their_o effect_n go_v not_o as_o a_o watch_n or_o cl●●k_v in_o one_o constant_a natural_a course_n of_o motion_n how_o then_o can_v you_o tell_v here_o what_o be_v natural_a as_o to_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o change_n upon_o man_n c._n you_o will_v make_v i_o believe_v that_o word_n be_v so_o defecti●●_n as_o to_o delude_v we_o and_o befool_v we_o all_o and_o that_o nothing_o man_n say_v can_v be_v understand_v do_v not_o all_o the_o world_n distinguish_v between_o nature_n and_o grace_n b._n the_o vanity_n of_o speculative_a science_n and_o the_o misery_n of_o mankind_n thereby_o and_o the_o reason_n of_o paul_n contempt_n of_o the_o philosophy_n then_o predicate_v and_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o our_o love-killing_a contention_n can_v be_v difference_n sine_fw-la hoc_fw-la speciali_fw-la auxilid_o gratiae_n nihil_fw-la boni_fw-la posse_fw-la ab_fw-la ulla_fw-la creatura_fw-la rational●●eri_fw-la est_fw-la certiss●●um_fw-la ●ed_v a_o hoc_fw-la auxilium_fw-la gratiae_n sit_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divi●●_n volentis_fw-la illud_fw-la absolute_a communicare_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illud_fw-la communica●●●_n absolute_a bonum_fw-la ●p●rari_fw-la est_fw-la in_o controversia_fw-la po●itum_fw-la thealogis_n nec_fw-la immerito_fw-la cum_fw-la vox_fw-la absolute_a in_o scripture_n non_fw-la inve●iatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n armin._n exam_n perkins_n de_fw-mi praed_fw-we sect._n 6._o pag._n 501._o among_o many_o other_o read_v but_o vasqu●z_n in_o 1_o tho._n &_o pet._n a_o s._n joseph_n de_fw-fr auxil_n divin_fw-fr in_o thes_n univers_n &_o spec_fw-la &_o moral_a &_o ruiz_n &_o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr auxil_fw-fr and_o you_o may_v see_v how_o much_o supernaturality_n the_o papist_n stand_v for_o indeed_o for_o more_o th●●_n the_o protestant_n in_o some_o case_n as_o in_o assert_v the_o supernaturality_n of_o adam_n first_o righteousness_n etc._n etc._n and_o many_o of_o the_o schoolman_n speak_v high_a of_o infusion_n than_o most_o protestans_fw-la so_o that_o this_o a●ti●●_n will_v not_o prove_v the_o difference_n readily_o assign_v than_o by_o charge_v they_o on_o the_o lamentable_a defectiveness_n and_o ambiguity_n of_o word_n next_o to_o the_o darkness_n of_o humane_a intellect_n but_o the_o distinguish_n of_o nature_n and_o grace_n be_v needful_a but_o must_v be_v right_o understand_v 1._o principal_o as_o nature_n signify_v the_o constitution_n of_o man_n and_o all_o thing_n as_o make_v by_o their_o creator_n and_o grace._n the_o medela_fw-la or_o medicinal_a operation_n of_o god_n by_o which_o he_o recover_v the_o lapse_v sinful_a and_o curse_a world_n 2._o and_o as_o any_o motus_fw-la action_n or_o change_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v from_o the_o first_o natural_a principle_n of_o action_n so_o far_o they_o may_v be_v call_v natural_a if_o from_o nature_n alone_o they_o be_v only_o natural_a but_o as_o they_o come_v from_o recover_a grace_n they_o be_v gracious_a if_o from_o grace_n alone_o without_o nature_n they_o be_v only_o gracious_a whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o or_o any_o but_o miracle_n i_o pass_v by_o but_o as_o they_o be_v by_o and_o from_o nature_n either_o sanctify_a or_o order_v and_o overrule_v by_o grace_n so_o they_o be_v both_o natural_a and_o gracious_a in_o several_a respect_n c._n this_o seem_v plain_a and_o true_a
but_o there_o be_v yet_o another_o thing_n of_o great_a moment_n common_o overlook_v c._n what_o be_v that_o b._n the_o great_a importance_n of_o that_o common_a saying_n recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la on_o which_o have_v i_o time_n i_o will_v write_v a_o book_n of_o instance_n causa_fw-la receptiva_fw-la be_v not_o well_o understand_v aristotle_n make_v privatio_n to_o be_v one_o of_o his_o three_o principle_n in_o physics_n by_o privation_n must_v be_v mean_v not_o absentia_fw-la formae_fw-la sed_fw-la dispositio_fw-la materiae_fw-la and_o whether_o you_o will_v call_v it_o a_o three_o principle_n or_o only_o the_o due_a qualification_n of_o the_o first_o matter_n to_o make_v it_o immediate_o receptive_a of_o the_o form_n the_o matter_n be_v de_fw-la nomine_fw-la &_o ●umero_fw-la be_v small_a but_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o the_o wonderful_a diversity_n of_o alteration_n or_o effect_n of_o motion_n in_o the_o world_n be_v very_o much_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o according_o as_o in_o physics_n the_o three_o active_a nature_n intellective_a sensitive_a and_o vegetative_a which_o its_o like_a be_v ignis_fw-la be_v to_o be_v define_v per_fw-la virtutes_fw-la svas_fw-la activas_fw-la so_o the_o passive_a element_n earth_n water_n and_o air_n be_v to_o be_v define_v by_o their_o several_a contexture_n or_o constitution_n which_o make_v up_o dispositionem_fw-la receptivam_fw-la influxus_fw-la activorum_fw-la unicuique_fw-la propriam_fw-la which_o be_v their_o very_a form_n in_o physical_a case_n god_n do_v first_o as_o creator_n make_v all_o thing_n in_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o nature_n quantity_n figure_n and_o contexture_n and_o second_o he_o cause_v a_o universal_a cause_n to_o influence_n they_o general_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sun_n for_o one_o what_o other_o we_o know_v not_o well_o who_o ●r●ple_a influx_n motion_n light_n and_o heat_v affect_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o several_a nature_n and_o receptivity_n the_o special_a active_a principle_n in_o every_o live_a thing_n be_v both_o cherish_v and_o suscitate_v by_o this_o universal_a solar_n influx_n but_o the_o diversity_n of_o effect_n be_v not_o from_o the_o sun_n but_o from_o the_o diversity_n of_o recipient_n the_o sun_n by_o its_o influx_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o all_o thing_n live_v and_o move_v but_o that_o one_o thing_n have_v a_o life_n and_o motion_n intellective_a and_o another_o nonsttive_a and_o another_o vegetative_a that_o by_o the_o sun_n influx_n a_o a●orn_n bring_v forth_o a_o oak_n and_o every_o seed_n it_o be_v own_o kind_a of_o plant_n that_o a_o horse_n ●●●●_o as_o a_o horse_n a_o dog_n as_o a_o dog_n a_o sheep_n as_o a_o sheep_n etc._n etc._n that_o the_o ●osa_fw-mi have_v one_o smell_n colour_n shape_n the_o carnation_n another_o the_o tulip_n another_o &_o ●_o that_o the_o dunghill_n s●●keth_v that_o the_o clay_n be_v harden_v the_o wa●_n soften_v etc._n etc._n the_o innumerable_a different_a effect_n in_o the_o inferior_a creature_n be_v all_o cause_v by_o the_o sun_n as_o to_o their_o general_a nature_n the_o receive_a influx_n of_o a_o motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a virtue_n but_o they_o be_v none_o of_o they_o in_o specie_fw-la vel_fw-la gradu_fw-la unde_fw-la differentia_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la oritur_fw-la cause_v by_o the_o sun_n alone_o but_o also_o by_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o suscitate_v vital_a form_n in_o animal_n and_o in_o thing_n inanimate_a though_o not_o the_o recipient_a but_o the_o solar_n influx_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o variety_n of_o alteration_n and_o effect_n yet_o the_o ratio_fw-la diversitatis_fw-la be_v more_o in_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_a the_o sun_n influx_n be_v the_o same_o in_o itself_o without_o any_o difference_n on_o the_o clay_n and_o wax_n on_o the_o dunghill_n and_o the_o rose_n let_v the_o question_n then_o be_v what_o cause_v the_o different_a effect_n answ_n 1._o the_o sun_n influx_n cause_v all_o the_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_v which_o they_o all_o receive_v as_o the_o efficient_a cause_n 2._o the_o material_a recipient_n work_n i_o have_v marvel_v oft_o why_o elisha_n call_v for_o a_o ministrel_n when_o the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n be_v to_o come_v upon_o he_o and_o so_o music_n help_v saul_n i_o be_o sure_a that_o satan_n work_v on_o the_o mind_n of_o melancholy_a choleric_a etc._n etc._n person_n by_o and_o according_a to_o the_o temper_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o humour_n and_o can_v do_v the_o same_o thing_n without_o they_o and_o perhaps_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n who_o can_v work_v as_o he_o listen_v will_v do_v it_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la and_o so_o elisha_n spirit_n must_v be_v bring_v up_o into_o a_o harmonious_a elevate_a preparation_n that_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v make_v fit_a to_o receive_v the_o spirit_n extraordinary_a work_n be_v the_o several_a thing_n name_v as_o material_a 3._o the_o say_v recipient_n be_v of_o divers_a nature_n and_o shape_v etc._n etc._n have_v their_o variety_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n 4._o the_o forma_fw-la recepta_fw-la a_o sole_a be_v nothing_o but_o its_o triplex_fw-la influxus_fw-la motus_fw-la lux_fw-la calor_fw-la 5._o these_o be_v various_o receive_v according_a to_o the_o various_a disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n 6._o hence_o follow_v the_o variety_n of_o the_o second_o effect_n by_o the_o motive_n influx_n some_o thing_n be_v move_v when_o stone_n and_o house_n stir_v not_o by_o the_o lucide_n influx_n the_o eye_n see_v when_o the_o hand_n do_v not_o the_o flower_n appear_v in_o various_a colour_n according_a to_o their_o various_a receptivity_n and_o some_o thing_n give_v little_a reflective_a appearance_n of_o their_o reception_n of_o it_o the_o calid_a influx_n cherish_v the_o live_n and_o burn_v by_o a_o burning-glass_n when_o the_o dead_a stir_v not_o by_o it_o and_o some_o unapt_a recipient_n be_v little_o alter_v by_o it_o i_o call_v these_o the_o second_o effect_n which_o be_v thus_o various_a for_o the_o first_o effect_n be_v still_o the_o same_o viz._n the_o motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a efflux_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v still_o send_v forth_o and_o some_o how_o or_o other_o reach_v every_o capable_a recipient_a in_o general_a but_o the_o alteration_n which_o be_v thereby_o make_v be_v diversify_v according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o receptivity_n but_o yet_o these_o receptive_a disposition_n be_v no_o efficient_a cause_n of_o this_o difference_n or_o of_o any_o of_o the_o alteration_n but_o they_o be_v the_o receptive_a material_a cause_n without_o which_o the_o efficient_a do_v not_o make_v they_o and_o according_a to_o which_o he_o do_v make_v they_o so_o that_o the_o sun_n though_o but_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la yet_o be_v also_o the_o universal_a cause_n and_o sole_a efficient_a of_o all_o these_o particular_a motion_n and_o alteration_n and_o yet_o the_o ratio_fw-la differendi_fw-la be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v from_o it_o but_o from_o the_o different_a receptivity_n according_a to_o which_o it_o still_o produce_v they_o so_o the_o rain_n fall_v equal_o on_o the_o stone_n on_o the_o earth_n on_o vessel_n of_o various_a shape_n and_o size_n the_o stone_n retain_v none_o the_o vessel_n various_o retain_v it_o as_o they_o be_v round_o square_a long_o great_a or_o small_a so_o be_v they_o various_o fill_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o difference_n be_v the_o descent_n of_o the_o rain_n the_o material_a constitutive_a cause_n be_v the_o different_a quantity_n and_o shape_n of_o the_o water_n but_o yet_o the_o ratio_fw-la differendi_fw-la be_v to_o be_v assign_v from_o the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n in_o the_o vessel_n and_o that_o you_o may_v see_v that_o these_o receptivity_n be_v no_o efficient_n and_o yet_o contain_v the_o chief_a rationem_fw-la differendi_fw-la note_v that_o the_o reason_n to_o be_v give_v from_o they_o be_v ex_fw-la alter_fw-la a_o differentium_fw-la parte_fw-la still_o negative_a or_o privative_a as_o on_o the_o other_o it_o be_v positive_a e._n g._n why_o do_v the_o sun_n make_v the_o rose_n smell_v sweet_a and_o not_o the_o stone_n or_o dunghill_n because_o the_o stone_n or_o dunghill_n have_v not_o those_o odoriferous_a particle_n to_o be_v suscitate_v by_o it_o as_o the_o rose_n have_v why_o do_v the_o sun_n move_v the_o fly_n and_o not_o the_o stone_n because_o the_o stone_n have_v not_o that_o vital_a principle_n to_o be_v suscitate_v as_o the_o fly_v have_v why_o do_v not_o the_o rain_n fill_v the_o stone_n as_o it_o do_v the_o cistern_n and_o this_o vessel_n as_o that_o because_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o receptive_a and_o retentive_a shape_n c._n well!_o but_o what_o be_v all_o this_o physical_a discourse_n to_o our_o present_a controversy_n b._n 1._o the_o constancy_n of_o god_n in_o operate_n according_o to_o a_o establish_a order_n in_o the_o world_n do_v show_v we_o that_o the_o god_n of_o order_n delight_v so_o to_o do_v 2._o therefore_o we_o
whether_o god_n actual_o in_o his_o mind_n thus_o compare_v man_n and_o prefer_v one_o before_o another_o and_o say_v i_o will_v cause_v this_o man_n to_o believe_v rather_o than_o that_o i_o answer_v 1._o there_o be_v no_o act_n in_o god_n but_o his_o essence_n which_o be_v invariable_a and_o indivisible_a 2._o but_o because_o his_o operation_n as_o terminate_v and_o productive_a ad_fw-la extra_fw-la be_v various_a and_o have_v objective_a material_a cause_n of_o their_o diversity_n in_o the_o recipient_n therefore_o we_o usual_o thence_o denominate_v god_n volition_n as_o various_a and_o so_o when_o we_o see_v that_o one_o man_n have_v grace_n give_v he_o to_o believe_v when_o another_o have_v not_o we_o hence_o say_v that_o god_n mental_o and_o by_o decree_n prefer_v one_o before_o the_o other_o when_o the_o difference_n be_v not_o at_o all_o in_o god_n not_o his_o act_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la agentis_fw-la but_o only_o of_o and_o by_o god_n in_o the_o recipient_n c._n but_o come_v yet_o near_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o case_n and_o tell_v i_o plain_o 1._o whether_o the_o difference_n of_o effect_n be_v more_o from_o the_o will_n and_o action_n of_o god_n or_o from_o man_n different_a receptive_a disposition_n and_o 2._o whether_o all_o these_o different_a receptivity_n be_v not_o of_o god_n b._n order_n bid_v i_o begin_v with_o the_o latter_a 1._o the_o different_a disposition_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n good_a and_o bad._n god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o indisposition_n or_o illdisposition_n of_o any_o and_o as_o to_o the_o good_a disposition_n or_o preparation_n of_o soul_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o be_v the_o principal_a cause_n of_o it_o all_o but_o not_o the_o sole_a cause_n nor_o always_o at_o least_o the_o necessitating_a cause_n but_o oft_o give_v man_n that_o necessary_a help_n by_o which_o they_o may_v have_v be_v prepare_v for_o more_o when_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o through_o their_o wilful_a resistance_n or_o neglect_n for_o few_o man_n will_v deny_v that_o man_n have_v sufficient_a uneffectual_a grace_n for_o some_o preparatory_a act_n though_o not_o for_o faith_n ad._n q._n 2._o i_o tell_v you_o that_o the_o difference_n in_o the_o effect_n result_v from_o the_o cause_n in_o both_o subject_n and_o not_o in_o one_o only_a that_o which_o make_v one_o a_o believer_n and_o the_o other_o a_o unbeliever_n make_v they_o differ_v and_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o what_o these_o cause_n be_v but_o further_a i_o suppose_v as_o aforesaid_a a_o certain_a establish_a order_n and_o degree_n of_o universal_a help_n external_a and_o internal_a by_o christ_n to_o the_o soul_n as_o the_o sun_n afford_v to_o inferior_a body_n this_o establish_v order_n of_o grace_n universal_o afford_v such_o a_o degree_n of_o divine_a influx_n and_o help_n as_o will_v cause_v faith_n in_o a_o prepare_a soul_n and_o will_v not_o cause_v it_o in_o some_o much_o unprepared_a soul_n for_o if_o as_o little_a help_n will_v serve_v the_o unprepared_a as_o the_o prepare_v to_o what_o use_n be_v preparation_n &_o quomodo_fw-la recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la in_o this_o case_n now_o the_o efficient_a of_o grace_n be_v god_n and_o not_o man_n but_o est_fw-la but_o that_o even_o jesuit_n confess_v in_o their_o way_n of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la that_o the_o ratio_fw-la discriminis_fw-la why_o one_o person_n rather_o than_o another_o have_v grace_n be_v from_o god_n initial_o and_o principal_o and_o not_o from_o any_o begin_n in_o man_n see_v ruiz_n prove_v it_o at_o large_a in_o all_o his_o tract_n 3._o disp_n 18._o 19_o de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la exordio_fw-la so_o that_o this_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o we_o yea_o more_o he_o maintain_v that_o ante_fw-la fidem_fw-la ni●il_fw-la est_fw-la dispositionis_fw-la meriti_fw-la aut_fw-la impetrationis_fw-la sect._n 3_o disp_n 19_o 24._o and_o one_o will_v think_v that_o this_o shall_v satisfy_v even_o the_o antinomian_o but_o he_o mean_v only_o that_o this_o disposition_n be_v not_o always_o necessary_a he_o that_o will_v in_o brief_a see_v what_o the_o schoolman_n say_v of_o preparative_n grace_n may_v find_v abundance_n of_o they_o cite_v by_o ruiz_n ibid._n d._n 21._o per_fw-la totam_fw-la and_o what_o nature_n can_v do_v in_o preparation_n greg._n armin_n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 1._o speak_v most_o like_a the_o reform_a aug._n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi persevere_v c._n 8._o sed_fw-la cur_n gratia_n dei_fw-la non_fw-la secundum_fw-la merita_fw-la hominum_fw-la datur_fw-la resp_n quia_fw-la deus_fw-la miserecors_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n ergo_fw-la non_fw-la omnibus_fw-la et_fw-la hic_fw-la respondeo_fw-la quoniam_fw-la deu●_n iustùs_fw-la judex_n est_fw-la the_o ratio_fw-la proxima_fw-la of_o the_o difference_n in_o the_o event_n and_o effect_n be_v the_o diverse_a disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n but_o here_o mark_v well_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o good_a disposition_n or_o preparation_n of_o one_o party_n that_o be_v the_o only_a and_o i_o think_v not_o the_o chief_a reason_n of_o the_o difference_n but_o the_o privative_a and_o positive_a indisposition_n of_o the_o other_o party_n be_v as_o much_o if_o not_o the_o chief_a reason_n if_o one_o man_n shut_v his_o eye_n against_o the_o light_n when_o another_o do_v not_o the_o ratio_fw-la discriminis_fw-la why_o one_o man_n differ_v from_o another_o in_o see_v and_o not_o see_v be_v on_o both_o part_n but_o principal_o on_o his_o part_n that_o shut_v his_o eye_n because_o the_o other_o do_v but_o what_o he_o be_v make_v to_o do_v and_o all_o live_a creature_n shall_v do_v but_o the_o other_o absurd_o cross_v nature_n so_o that_o under_o a_o universal_a influx_n and_o help_n the_o say_a influx_n be_v the_o efficient_a of_o the_o action_n or_o effect_n but_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_n be_v the_o occasion_n and_o reason_n to_o be_v assign_v of_o the_o various_a effect_n but_o especial_o the_o incapacity_n of_o the_o defective_a party_n as_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o sun_n do_v make_v a_o tree_n bear_v fruit_n and_o not_o a_o dead_a stock_n be_v because_o the_o tree_n be_v a_o apt_a recipient_a of_o its_o influx_n but_o the_o stock_n or_o stone_n be_v not_o 2._o but_o note_n that_o in_o case_n that_o god_n operate_v not_o by_o such_o a_o universal_a influx_n only_o but_o also_o by_o superadded_a special_a or_o extraordinary_a degree_n of_o particular_a grace_n which_o by_o a_o difference_n from_o the_o universal_a influx_n or_o degree_n be_v peculiar_o apt_a to_o procure_v the_o effect_n here_o the_o ratio_fw-la discriminis_fw-la be_v principal_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o that_o special_a grace_n and_o not_o to_o the_o preparation_n on_o the_o soul_n c._n tell_v i_o then_o what_o you_o think_v whether_o god_n work_v by_o such_o a_o universal_a grace_n or_o by_o such_o a_o special_a grace_n 1._o how_o far_o do_v he_o work_v by_o universal_a grace_n 2._o be_v that_o universal_a grace_n ever_o effectual_a of_o itself_o on_o prepare_a soul_n 3._o how_o far_o do_v he_o also_o use_v the_o special_a particular_a grace_n which_o you_o mention_v b._n i._o to_o your_o first_o qu._n i_o answer_v 1._o god_n in_o the_o beginning_n make_v mankind_n upright_o in_o adam_n and_o eve_n and_o make_v no_o difference_n as_o to_o the_o present_a case_n 2._o eve_n have_v first_o sin_v do_v make_v a_o difference_n between_o herself_o and_o adam_n which_o god_n make_v not_o nor_o alter_v first_o his_o universal_a grace_n 3._o adam_n next_o without_o god_n alteration_n by_o sin_n do_v difference_n himself_o from_o himself_o as_o he_o be_v before_o 4._o god_n then_o set_v up_o a_o new_a universal_a grace_n even_o christ_n with_o the_o new_a covenant_n and_o recover_v mean_n to_o give_v out_o universal_a help_n suit_v to_o his_o covenant_n and_o mean_n to_o be_v the_o giver_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o world_n we_o can_v have_v time_n now_o to_o open_v the_o difference_n between_o christ_n administration_n before_o and_o after_o his_o incarnation_n there_o be_v at_o first_o a_o universal_a sufficiency_n in_o this_o recover_v help_n of_o grace_n 5._o cain_n that_o can_v have_v do_v otherwise_o wilful_o sin_v against_o this_o universal_a grace_n and_o covenant_n and_o so_o make_v a_o difference_n between_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n when_o god_n make_v none_o 6._o whether_o abel_n do_v offer_v his_o acceptable_a sacrifice_n by_o this_o same_o universal_a help_n alone_o or_o by_o any_o special_a extraordinary_a grace_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la mediorum_fw-la vel_fw-la influxus_fw-la primi_fw-la recepti_fw-la be_v a_o thing_n unknown_a to_o we_o because_o unrevealed_a 7._o the_o posterity_n of_o cain_n as_o of_o adam_n at_o first_o because_o seminal_o in_o he_o and_o personal_o from_o his_o very_a guilty_a essence_n be_v just_o deprive_v of_o some_o of_o that_o grace_n both_o subjective_n and_o objective_n which_o cain_n have_v deprive_v himself_o of_o their_o nature_n be_v more_o vitiate_v and_o so_o
not_o by_o such_o talk_n as_o this_o believe_v either_o that_o god_n reward_v himself_o or_o that_o he_o reward_v not_o we_o but_o we_o easy_o grant_v that_o he_o reward_v we_o for_o nothing_o which_o come_v not_o from_o his_o free_a bounty_n for_o no_o creature_n can_v have_v any_o other_o good_a 2._o but_o if_o faith_n and_o love_n and_o obedience_n be_v not_o command_v to_o we_o but_o only_o give_v we_o than_o they_o be_v no_o duty_n but_o gift_n only_o and_o unbelief_n hatred_n of_o god_n and_o disobedience_n be_v no_o sin_n nor_o bring_v no_o punishment_n lib._n at_o least_o they_o be_v no_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n p._n do_v you_o think_v that_o they_o be_v any_o proper_a mean_n of_o our_o justification_n and_o salvation_n as_o their_o end_n or_o not_o lib._n yes_o i_o dare_v not_o say_v that_o they_o be_v no_o mean_n at_o all_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v mean_n of_o our_o pardon_n and_o holiness_n and_o perseverance_n of_o our_o glorification_n p._n what_o sort_n of_o mean_n do_v you_o take_v they_o to_o be_v lib._n they_o be_v such_o gift_n of_o god_n as_o in_o order_n must_v go_v before_o salvation_n p._n go_v before_o signify_v only_o antecedency_n and_o not_o any_o mean_n lib._n one_o gift_n make_v we_o fit_a for_o a_o thankful_a improvement_n of_o another_o p._n this_o speak_v they_o only_o to_o be_v a_o mean_n to_o our_o thankful_a improvement_n and_o not_o to_o our_o right_n to_o the_o thing_n to_o be_v improve_v lib._n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o they_o be_v a_o mean_n of_o our_o right_n or_o title_n p._n rev._n 22._o 14._o bless_a be_v they_o that_o do_v his_o commandment_n that_o they_o may_v have_v right_o to_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n etc._n etc._n lib._n it_o may_v be_v translate_v that_o wash_n their_o garment_n and_o that_o they_o may_v have_v power_n upon_o as_o dr._n hammond_n note_v p._n 1._o the_o alexandrian_a copy_n which_o give_v he_o this_o occasion_n be_v singular_a and_o not_o be_v set_v against_o all_o other_o though_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a go_v the_o same_o way_n beza_n who_o yet_o think_v that_o a_o transposition_n of_o two_o verse_n have_v darken_v these_o text_n this_o book_n be_v negligent_o use_v because_o many_o for_o a_o time_n take_v it_o not_o for_o a_o apostolical_a write_n or_o canonical_a yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v contra_fw-la omnium_fw-la graecorum_n codicum_fw-la fidem_fw-la that_o the_o vulgar_a go_v 2._o but_o all_o be_v one_o in_o sense_n for_o to_o wash_v their_o garment_n be_v to_o be_v sanctify_v or_o purify_v from_o sin_n and_o not_o only_o from_o guilt_n of_o punishment_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v such_o a_o power_n as_o we_o call_v authority_n o●_n right_o usual_o but_o what_o make_v you_o deny_v condition_n on_o man_n part_n lib._n because_o 1._o it_o be_v suppose_v that_o a_o condition_n be_v profitable_a to_o he_o that_o require_v it_o 2._o it_o be_v some_o cause_n of_o the_o benefit_n 3._o it_o be_v to_o be_v do_v by_o the_o performer_n own_o strength_n whereas_o god_n give_v ●s_a faith_n that_o can_v be_v no_o condition_n on_o our_o part_n which_o be_v first_o a_o gift_n from_o he_o that_o require_v it_o for_o to_o give_v it_o first_o make_v it_o no_o condition_n of_o we_o p._n here_o we_o see_v what_o it_o be_v to_o quarrel_v about_o ambiguous_a word_n no_o one_o of_o these_o be_v true_a that_o you_o say_v of_o the_o common_a nature_n of_o a_o condition_n or_o at_o least_o as_o we_o mean_v by_o that_o word_n 1._o civilian_n define_v a_o condition_n to_o be_v lex_fw-la addita_fw-la negotio_fw-la qua_fw-la donec_fw-la praestetur_fw-la eventum_fw-la suspendit_fw-la as_o it_o be_v require_v it_o be_v only_o modus_fw-la promissionis_fw-la donationis_fw-la vel_fw-la contractus_fw-la as_o perform_v it_o be_v only_o a_o removal_n of_o a_o impediment_n and_o a_o disposition_n of_o the_o receiver_n so_o that_o as_o the_o non-performance_n be_v but_o the_o suspension_n of_o a_o causation_n so_o the_o performance_n of_o a_o condition_n as_o such_o be_v no_o cause_n efficient_a but_o it_o be_v dispositio_fw-la subjecti_fw-la which_o you_o may_v call_v a_o necessary_a modus_fw-la of_o a_o material_a cause_n as_o the_o recipient_a may_v improper_o be_v call_v dr._n twisse_n therefore_o call_v faith_n ca●sa_fw-la justificationis_fw-la dispositiva_fw-la 2._o so_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o our_o own_o it_o be_v no_o way_n necessary_a that_o it_o be_v do_v without_o the_o commander_n help_v or_o gift_n for_o he_o that_o give_v we_o to_o believe_v do_v give_v it_o by_o this_o mean_n even_o by_o command_v it_o and_o make_v it_o a_o condition_n of_o his_o further_a benefit_n that_o so_o he_o may_v induce_v we_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n to_o perform_v it_o ex_fw-la intuitu_fw-la mercedis_fw-la or_o by_o the_o motive_n of_o the_o end_n or_o benefit_n for_o he_o cause_v it_o by_o suitable_a mean_n and_o no_o doubt_n but_o faith_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v free_a act_n of_o we_o though_o cause_v by_o god_n grace_n 3._o and_o it_o be_v accidental_a to_o a_o condition_n that_o it_o be_v any_o way_n commodious_a to_o the_o imposer_n what_o profit_n be_v it_o to_o a_o father_n that_o his_o child_n put_v off_o his_o hat_n and_o say_v i_o thank_v you_o and_o yet_o he_o may_v make_v that_o a_o condition_n of_o his_o gift_n what_o profit_n be_v it_o to_o a_o free_a physician_n that_o the_o patient_n observe_v his_o order_n in_o take_v his_o medicine_n and_o yet_o he_o may_v give_v they_o on_o that_o condition_n but_o yet_o i_o will_v add_v that_o as_o usual_o man_n make_v that_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o gift_n or_o contract_n which_o the_o person_n oblige_v be_v backward_o else_o to_o perform_v and_o that_o which_o be_v somewhat_o either_o for_o the_o donor_n or_o contracter_n interest_n or_o the_o end_v of_o his_o contract_n so_o god_n who_o take_v his_o glory_n and_o pleasure_n in_o his_o child_n good_a to_o be_v as_o his_o interest_n and_o the_o end_n of_o his_o gift_n and_o know_v how_o backward_o we_o be_v to_o our_o duty_n do_v on_o these_o account_n impose_v on_o we_o our_o duty_n and_o condition_n his_o pleasure_n and_o glory_n be_v instead_o of_o his_o commodity_n but_o if_o if_o be_v a_o conditional_a particle_n and_o if_o god_n suspend_v by_o the_o tenor_n of_o his_o donation_n our_o right_n to_o justification_n upon_o our_o free_a believe_v and_o our_o right_n to_o salvation_n on_o our_o free_a obedience_n do_v prove_v conditionality_n as_o it_o do_v all_o that_o we_o mean_v than_o you_o see_v that_o the_o new_a covenant_n have_v condition_n lib._n do_v not_o god_n promise_v we_o the_o first_o grace_n even_o to_o take_v the_o hard_a heart_n out_o of_o our_o body_n and_o give_v we_o heart_n of_o flesh_n and_o new_a heart_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o pray_v what_o condition_n can_v the_o first_o grace_n have_v unless_o you_o will_v run_v in_o infinitum_fw-la to_o seek_v condition_n of_o condition_n p._n 1._o this_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o great_a moment_n of_o which_o i_o have_v myself_o have_v dark_a thought_n than_o now_o i_o have_v 1._o if_o one_o benefit_n of_o the_o covenant_n have_v no_o condition_n viz._n the_o first_o will_v it_o follow_v that_o none_o of_o the_o rest_n be_v give_v upon_o condition_n may_v not_o god_n in_o baptism_n give_v we_o a_o right_n of_o special_a relation_n to_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n his_o love_n grace_n and_o communion_n pardon_v adoption_n and_o glory_n on_o condition_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o yet_o himself_o give_v we_o that_o faith_n and_o repentance_n which_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o rest_n 2._o but_o upon_o full_a consideration_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o first_o grace_n that_o those_o promise_n mean_v by_o a_o new_a and_o soft_a heart_n for_o who_o ever_o will_v examine_v they_o shall_v find_v that_o the_o text_n mention_v condition_n and_o also_o antecedent_n grace_n and_o indeed_o a_fw-la new_a and_o soft_a heart_n be_v but_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o the_o new_a testament_n call_v sanctification_n and_o yet_o that_o sanctification_n be_v promise_v as_o consequent_a to_o faith_n as_o its_o condition_n and_o our_o ordinary_a divine_n do_v according_o distinguish_v of_o vocation_n and_o sanctification_n hold_v that_o in_o vocation_n the_o act_n of_o faith_n and_o repentance_n be_v cause_v by_o god_n grace_n before_o proper_a habit_n and_o that_o sanctification_n be_v the_o habit_n special_o of_o love_n and_o holiness_n follow_v they_o vid._n ames_n medulla_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la rolloc_n de_fw-fr vocat_fw-la hooker_n soul_n vocat_fw-la &_o humil._n rogers_n of_o faith_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o be_v the_o new_a and_o fleshy_a heart_n but_o what_o need_v we_o more_o to_o prove_v that_o covenant_n conditional_a which_o i_o mean_v when_o it_o be_v nothing_o
impute_v to_o we_o for_o righteousness_n if_o it_o be_v only_o the_o object_n and_o not_o faith_n why_o be_v it_o so_o often_o call_v faith_n believe_v be_v persuade_v etc._n etc._n will_v you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o faith_n as_o a_o act_n of_o we_o only_a whoever_o dream_v it_o be_v for_o à_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la if_o as_o a_o act_n than_o every_o act_n even_o plough_v and_o walk_v and_o sin_v will_v justify_v we_o will_v you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o faith_n as_o a_o moral_a virtue_n or_o good_a act_n only_o who_o say_v it_o be_v for_o then_o every_o moral_a good_a act_n will_v justify_v man_n do_v you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o by_o faith_n as_o faith_n in_o genere_fw-la it_o be_v grant_v you_o for_o else_o à_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la any_o act_n of_o faith_n will_v justify_v even_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v a_o hell_n will_v you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o any_o other_o species_n of_o faith_n beside_o our_o baptismal_a faith_n we_o grant_v it_o you_o but_o if_o you_o will_v also_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o this_o species_n even_o the_o christian_a faith_n neither_o that_o be_v mean_v but_o only_o the_o object_n of_o it_o then_o 1._o why_o say_v you_o that_o it_o be_v faith_n as_o connote_v the_o object_n contradict_v yourself_o for_o if_o be_v not_o faith_n at_o all_o it_o be_v not_o faith_n as_o connote_v that_o which_o be_v not_o do_v not_o connote_v 2._o and_o why_o say_v you_o that_o it_o be_v not_o faith_n itself_o essential_o be_v not_o the_o object_n essential_a as_o a_o object_n to_o the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la be_v it_o not_o essential_a to_o our_o christian_a faith_n to_o be_v a_o believe_v in_o christ_n 3._o but_o what_o sober_a unprejudiced_a christian_n that_o read_v the_o text_n throughout_o and_o have_v not_o be_v instruct_v to_o pervert_v it_o can_v choose_v but_o see_v that_o it_o be_v faith_n itself_o that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o and_o that_o it_o be_v our_o personal_a relation_n of_o righteousness_n that_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v impute_v for_o and_o who_o can_v believe_v that_o this_o be_v the_o sense_n abraham_n faith_n be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o christ_n righteousness_n or_o this_o either_o his_fw-la faith_n that_o be_v christ_n righteousness_n and_o not_o his_o faith_n be_v impute_v to_o he_o for_o christ_n righteousness_n undoubted_o by_o faith_n be_v mean_v faith_n and_o by_o righteousness_n be_v mean_v our_o own_o relation_n but_o it_o be_v most_o easy_a to_o discern_v that_o the_o plain_a sense_n be_v christ_n be_v presuppose_v the_o meriter_fw-la of_o our_o justification_n and_o salvation_n which_o he_o have_v give_v the_o world_n conditional_o by_o a_o law_n of_o grace_n or_o covenant_n donation_n by_o which_o now_o he_o rule_v and_o judge_v we_o all_o that_o this_o covenant_n gift_n or_o law_n require_v on_o our_o part_n to_o make_v we_o righteous_a and_o entitle_v we_o to_o the_o spirit_n and_o everlasting_a life_n be_v that_o as_o penitent_a believer_n we_o accept_v christ_n and_o life_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n end_n and_o use_n of_o the_o gift_n and_o this_o also_o by_o his_o grace_n reader_n hold_v close_o to_o this_o plain_a doctrine_n which_o most_o of_o the_o low_a sort_n of_o christian_n know_v who_o have_v not_o fall_v into_o perverter_n hand_n and_o you●_n will_v have_v more_o solid_a and_o practical_a and_o peaceable_a truth_n about_o this_o point_n than_o either_o dr._n thomas_n tully_n or_o maccovius_fw-la or_o mr._n crand●●_n or_o dr._n crispe_n or_o the_o marrow_n of_o modern_a divinity_n divine_n divinity_n write_v by_o a_o honest_a barber_n mr._n fisher_n as_o be_v say_v and_o applaud_v by_o divers_a independent_a divine_n or_o paul_n hobson_n or_o mr._n saltmarsh_n or_o any_o such_o writer_n do_v teach_v you_o in_o their_o learned_a network_n treatise_n by_o which_o be_v wise_a or_o orthodox_n overmuch_o be_v themselves_o entangle_v and_o confound_v by_o incongruous_a notion_n of_o man_n invention_n they_o be_v like_a to_o entangle_v and_o confound_v you_o than_o to_o show_v you_o the_o best_a method_n and_o ground_n for_o the_o peace_n of_o a_o understanding_n die_v man_n christ_n righteousness_n be_v impute_v or_o reckon_v to_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o total_a sole_a meritorious_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o grace_n and_o glory_n give_v we_o in_o and_o by_o the_o conditional_a law_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n and_o of_o our_o grace_n for_o performance_n of_o the_o condition_n and_o it_o need_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o we_o to_o make_v it_o perfect_a to_o this_o use_n nor_o have_v our_o faith_n any_o such_o supplemental_a office_n but_o this_o condition_n of_o our_o part_n in_o christ_n and_o of_o our_o right_n to_o his_o covenant-gift_n must_v be_v perform_v and_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n or_o condemnation_n life_n or_o death_n must_v be_v pass_v on_o we_o according_o it_o be_v not_o christ_n but_o we_o by_o this_o very_a law_n that_o be_v to_o be_v judge_v justify_v or_o condemn_v and_o this_o be_v the_o condemnation_n that_o light_n be_v come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o man_n love_v darkness_n rather_o than_o light_v because_o their_o deed_n be_v evil_a but_o to_o as_o many_o as_o receive_v he_o he_o give_v right_o to_o become_v the_o son_n of_o god_n even_o to_o they_o that_o believe_v in_o his_o name_n and_o there_o be_v no_o condemnation_n to_o they_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n who_o walk_v not_o after_o the_o flesh_n but_o after_o the_o spirit_n for_o be_v perfect_v he_o be_v become_v the_o author_n of_o eternal_a salvation_n to_o all_o they_o that_o obey_v he_o and_o it_o be_v not_o they_o that_o cry_v lord_n lord_n that_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n but_o he_o that_o do_v the_o will_n of_o our_o heavenly_a father_n for_o godliness_n have_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o life_n that_o now_o be_v and_o of_o that_o to_o come_v chap._n x._o whether_o god_n justify_v those_o to_o day_n that_o be_v yesterday_o unjustified_a signify_v any_o change_n in_o god_n p._n ix_o of_o this_o also_o i_o have_v say_v so_o much_o in_o my_o apology_n to_o dr._n kendal_n and_o in_o the_o two_o first_o part_n of_o this_o book_n before_o that_o i_o shall_v now_o put_v you_o off_o with_o this_o short_a notice_n 1._o there_o be_v nothing_o change_v or_o new_a in_o god_n that_o which_o on_o his_o part_n be_v in_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o our_o justification_n be_v his_o eternal_a simple_a essence_n 2._o but_o god_n essence_n understanding_n or_o will_v consider_v simple_o in_o itself_o be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v man_n justification_n but_o the_o effect_n produce_v by_o it_o and_o partly_o the_o extrinsic_a object_n as_o terminate_a god_n act_v and_o so_o by_o extrinsic_a denomination_n or_o connotation_n god_n essential_a intellect_n and_o will_n be_v say_v de_fw-fr novo_fw-la to_o justify_v but_o it_o be_v only_a man_n that_o be_v real_o change_v 3._o the_o new_a effect_n in_o man_n from_o which_o god_n be_v say_v de_fw-la novo_fw-la to_o justify_v he_o be_v 1._o a_o new_a right_n or_o relation_n to_o christ_n pardon_n and_o life_n and_o to_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 2._o a_o new_a objective_n termination_n of_o god_n estimation_n acceptance_n and_o complacency_n and_o 3._o a_o new_a heart_n hereupon_o at_o the_o same_o instant_n give_v we_o i_o think_v none_o of_o this_o be_v from_o eternity_n and_o that_o as_o god_n do_v the_o novo_fw-la make_v the_o world_n and_o judge_v it_o existent_a and_o love_n and_o order_v it_o as_o existent_n without_o any_o change_n in_o he_o as_o also_o million_o of_o creature_n proceed_v from_o his_o simple_a unity_n so_o be_v it_o here_o and_o this_o need_v no_o more_o word_n with_o know_v or_o teachable_a man_n and_o to_o other_o there_o be_v no_o end_n chap._n xi_o whether_o a_o justify_v man_n shall_v be_v afraid_a of_o become_v unjustified_a l●b_n this_o fear_n of_o lose_v our_o justification_n which_o you_o teach_v man_n be_v most_o injurious_a to_o god_n free_a grace_n and_o immutability_n and_o a_o rack_n for_o conscience_n to_o destroy_v man_n peace_n p._n i_o have_v say_v so_o much_o of_o this_o before_o about_o perseverance_n and_o assurance_n as_o forbid_v i_o tedious_a repetition_n here_o need_v no_o more_o but_o this_o explication_n of_o the_o matter_n which_o you_o confound_v 1._o fear_n be_v either_o causeful_a or_o causeless_a 2._o fear_n be_v either_o such_o as_o hinder_v comfort_n or_o such_o as_o help_v it_o 3._o fear_n be_v either_o a_o duty_n or_o a_o unavoidable_a natural_a passion_n or_o a_o sin_n of_o unavoidable_a infirmity_n or_o a_o more_o deadly_a or_o heinous_a sin_n 4._o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o cause_n and_o cherish_v fear_n and_o another_o thing_n to_o teach_v man_n that_o can_v avoid_v