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the_o world_n be_v create_v intimate_v that_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o truth_n not_o comprehend_v by_o natural_a light_n answer_n all_o the_o philosopher_n have_v general_o acknowledge_v that_o god_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n hence_o aristotle_n frequent_o call_v god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plato_n in_o timaeo_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 31._o assert_n that_o god_n make_v but_o one_o world_n not_o many_o plutarch_n commend_v alexander_n for_o say_v that_o god_n be_v the_o father_n of_o all_o thing_n plutarch_n in_o alex._n magn._n pag_n 681._o what_o more_o ordinary_a among_o the_o poet_n than_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v opisex_v rerum_fw-la &_o c_o anaxagoras_n hermotinus_n pythagoras_n etc._n etc._n be_v all_o asserter_n of_o the_o same_o doctrine_n so_o that_o they_o know_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o general_n though_o they_o can_v not_o condescend_v to_o the_o particular_a circumstance_n
which_o attend_v the_o same_o and_o therefore_o be_v it_o that_o galen_n scoff_v and_o stout_n at_o moses_n for_o say_v many_o thing_n about_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o prove_v nothing_o and_o as_o to_o that_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n we_o have_v sufficient_o show_v already_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o material_a truth_n may_v both_o be_v believe_v by_o faith_n and_o assent_v unto_o by_o natural_a reason_n and_o so_o may_v be_v invest_v with_o different_a denomination_n arise_v from_o the_o different_a motiva_fw-la upon_o which_o they_o be_v receive_v so_o that_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n be_v a_o object_n of_o natural_a knowledge_n as_o it_o be_v demonstrate_v by_o reason_n and_o be_v likewise_o a_o object_n of_o faith_n as_o be_v witness_v by_o a_o testimony_n clear_a than_o reason_n even_o the_o supernatural_a testimony_n of_o god_n upon_o which_o account_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v supernatural_a not_o as_o if_o the_o proposition_n 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can_v see_v or_o discern_v the_o clear_a truth_n even_o of_o the_o existence_n of_o that_o god_n who_o be_v truth_n itself_o 2._o internal_a or_o when_o the_o propensive_a faculty_n and_o inclination_n do_v of_o its_o own_o accord_n pursue_v the_o contrary_a of_o what_o it_o incline_v unto_o before_o and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o natural_a or_o physical_a inclination_n can_v be_v control_v in_o follow_v their_o natural_a pondus_fw-la because_o they_o be_v natural_o determine_v ad_fw-la vnum_fw-la can_v never_o be_v oblige_v from_o any_o intrinsic_a principle_n to_o run_v in_o the_o contrary_a channel_n but_o as_o for_o moral_a faculty_n which_o be_v only_o sway_v by_o moral_a not_o physical_a agent_n they_o be_v not_o endow_v with_o any_o such_o freedom_n from_o internal_a alterative_n of_o which_o we_o have_v too_o too_o palpable_a a_o testimony_n in_o our_o sad_a experience_n for_o though_o adam_n in_o the_o state_n of_o innocence_n be_v natural_o bend_v towards_o honestum_fw-la &_o verum_fw-la yet_o as_o soon_o as_o sin_n get_v hold_v of_o he_o he_o be_v not_o only_o hurry_v away_o by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o external_a stream_n but_o do_v willing_o and_o by_o a_o internal_a consent_n go_v along_o with_o the_o current_n and_o these_o executive_a act_n may_v indeed_o for_o the_o reason_n and_o in_o the_o case_n above_o assign_v be_v change_v by_o custom_n for_o custom_n can_v alter_v natural_a propension_n or_o inclination_n especial_o where_o they_o be_v pure_o natural_a that_o be_v without_o any_o cognition_n as_o the_o descent_n of_o a_o stone_n though_o the_o stone_n be_v hinder_v by_o external_a violence_n from_o the_o act_n of_o descend_v yet_o still_o it_o remain_v as_o the_o natural_a pondus_fw-la of_o it_o but_o as_o for_o those_o inclination_n and_o propensive_a faculty_n which_o be_v not_o so_o pure_o natural_a as_o be_v endow_v with_o knowledge_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v call_v natural_a too_o because_o it_o be_v as_o natural_a for_o the_o 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overcome_v because_o they_o be_v indulge_v a_o great_a liberty_n and_o be_v not_o by_o any_o necessitas_fw-la naturae_fw-la like_o the_o other_o bind_v up_o to_o any_o particular_a object_n indeed_o their_o general_a object_n be_v as_o invariable_a as_o that_o of_o a_o natural_a necessity_n for_o the_o will_n can_v by_o any_o custom_n whatsoever_o incline_v unto_o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o general_a good_a nor_o can_v the_o intellect_n be_v persuade_v to_o assent_v unto_o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o general_a true_a but_o in_o the_o more_o particular_a circumstance_n of_o their_o object_n they_o be_v oft_o time_n prevail_v upon_o by_o custom_n as_o the_o will_n may_v by_o a_o long_a and_o inveterate_a habit_n follow_v after_o that_o which_o be_v indebitum_fw-la bonum_fw-la and_o the_o intellect_n by_o prejudice_n or_o the_o imperium_fw-la of_o the_o will_n etc._n etc._n may_v be_v oblige_v to_o give_v its_o assent_n unto_o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o itself_o true_a but_o 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be_v of_o a_o person_n which_o likewise_o be_v twofold_a 1._o of_o christ_n as_o man._n for_o so_o he_o be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect._n math._n 12.18_o 2._o of_o those_o unite_a with_o christ_n namely_o of_o the_o angel_n who_o persevere_v in_o their_o obedience_n and_o of_o man_n god_n ordain_v and_o elect_v some_o man_n to_o office_n and_o honour_n in_o this_o world_n as_o saul_n to_o the_o government_n other_o he_o elect_v to_o salvation_n and_o glory_n in_o heaven_n and_o of_o these_o our_o question_n be_v now_o here_o we_o say_v that_o this_o divine_a election_n by_o which_o god_n choose_v certain_a man_n from_o eternity_n to_o salvation_n be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o the_o divine_a intellect_n or_o knowledge_n by_o which_o he_o know_v but_o of_o his_o will_n by_o which_o according_a to_o his_o good_a pleasure_n he_o determine_v of_o we_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o divine_a knowledge_n be_v natural_a and_o necessary_a so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o god_n shall_v not_o know_v every_o object_n that_o can_v be_v know_v but_o election_n be_v a_o free_a act_n since_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n confess_v pâ—tuisse_fw-la deum_fw-la vel_fw-la nullos_fw-la condidisse_fw-la vel_fw-la conditos_fw-la non_fw-la elegisse_fw-la vel_fw-la plures_fw-la vel_fw-la pauciores_fw-la vel_fw-la alios_fw-la pâ—oâ—suo_fw-la benâ—placito_fw-la &_o jure_fw-la absoluto_fw-la quo_fw-la in_o creaturas_fw-la utitur_fw-la the_o divine_a knowledge_n do_v equal_o look_v at_o all_o object_n possible_a or_o future_a but_o not_o so_o his_o election_n which_o be_v a_o discretive_a act_n and_o pass_v by_o some_o to_o perish_v for_o ever_o while_o it_o prepare_v grace_n and_o glory_n for_o other_o now_o when_o it_o be_v ask_v if_o election_n be_v from_o faith_n foresee_v first_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v that_o faith_n be_v foresee_v from_o eternity_n since_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n be_v equal_o eternal_a with_o his_o will._n for_o sicut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la futurum_fw-la erat_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la futurum_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la ab_fw-la aeâ—erno_fw-la cognitum_fw-la but_o second_o we_o inquire_v of_o the_o habitude_n that_o the_o foresee_v of_o faith_n have_v to_o election_n this_o habitude_n for_o foresee_a faith_n in_o order_n to_o election_n be_v threefold_a and_o may_v have_v the_o notion_n first_o antecedentis_fw-la so_o that_o god_n choose_v none_o to_o heaven_n in_o who_o he_o have_v not_o see_v faith_n to_o come_v or_o do_v see_v that_o faith_n will_v come_v before_o they_o be_v actual_o elect_v second_o it_o may_v have_v the_o notion_n conditionis_fw-la and_o so_o faith_n may_v be_v consider_v as_o a_o condition_n necessary_o require_v in_o election_n three_o foresee_v faith_n may_v further_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o cause_n and_o so_o not_o to_o be_v only_o a_o antecedent_n and_o a_o condition_n of_o election_n but_o to_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o a_o cause_n from_o whence_o election_n follow_v as_o the_o effect_n now_o when_o it_o be_v inquire_v if_o election_n be_v of_o faith_n foresee_v historical_a faith_n be_v not_o mean_v nor_o a_o faith_n of_o miracle_n the_o which_o unregenerate_a man_n may_v have_v but_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o justify_v faith_n which_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o the_o regenerate_v these_o matter_n be_v thus_o settle_v our_o principal_a conclusion_n be_v this_o viz._n in_o illis_fw-la qui_fw-la eliguntur_fw-la &_o praedestinantur_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la actus_fw-la aut_fw-la qualitas_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la praevisa_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la meritum_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la aut_fw-la conditio_fw-la vel_fw-la antecedens_fw-la quolibet_fw-la modo_fw-la ita_fw-la praesuppositum_fw-la decreto_fw-la electionis_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la positione_n talis_fw-la praecedanei_n in_o praevisione_n divinâ_fw-la ponatur_fw-la electio_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la negatione_fw-la negetur_fw-la or_o you_o may_v take_v the_o conclusion_n thus_o viz._n nulla_fw-la datur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la vel_fw-la conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la praedestinatioâ—is_fw-la seu_fw-la electionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la the_o first_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n be_v if_o election_n be_v from_o faith_n foresee_v than_o faith_n foresee_v be_v some_o way_n a_o cause_n of_o election_n the_o which_o consequence_n though_o the_o remonstrant_n will_v sometime_o deny_v and_o seem_v not_o to_o allow_v foresee_v faith_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n elect_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o collatio_fw-la hagiensis_n p._n 103._o yet_o elsewhere_o they_o speak_v it_o out_o plain_o in_o write_n hold_v by_o they_o most_o authentical_a namely_o in_o act_v synodalibus_fw-la part._n 2._o p._n 6._o where_o they_o tell_v we_o fidem_fw-la &_o perseverationem_fw-la in_o electione_n consâ—derari_fw-la ut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ab_fw-la bomine_fw-la praestitam_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la tanquam_fw-la causam_fw-la they_o add_v this_o reason_n because_o the_o condition_n prescribe_v and_o perform_v do_v necessario_fw-la alicujus_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la endure_v and_o indeed_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v this_o for_o if_o we_o ask_v they_o why_o god_n choose_v peter_n and_o not_o judas_n they_o say_v because_o god_n foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v believe_v so_o that_o from_o their_o hypothesis_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o foresee_a faith_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o peter_n be_v choose_v before_o judas_n now_o i_o do_v subsume_v that_o foresee_v faith_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o reason_n nor_o motive_n any_o way_n of_o election_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n allow_v of_o no_o cause_n of_o election_n extra_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la but_o refer_v it_o altogether_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o beneplacitum_fw-la for_o this_o consult_v ephes_n 1.11_o and_o 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of_o the_o bishop_n prove_v every_o lie_n to_o be_v a_o sin_n page_n 625_o the_o bishop_n determination_n that_o the_o efficacy_n of_o the_o sacrament_n depend_v not_o upon_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o priest_n page_n 629_o the_o bishop_n attestation_n of_o bishop_n sanderson_n his_o predecessor_n his_o die_v a_o true_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o calumny_n of_o a_o presbyterian_a divine_a report_n public_o that_o he_o die_v a_o approver_n of_o that_o sect._n the_o contrary_a whereof_o be_v likewise_o make_v to_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o bishop_n last_o will_v and_o testament_n page_n 634_o a_o abstract_n of_o a_o letter_n of_o the_o bishop_n to_o the_o clergy_n of_o his_o diocese_n page_n 641_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o direction_n to_o a_o young_a divine_a for_o his_o study_n of_o divinity_n and_o choice_n of_o book_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr study_n theologiae_n 1._o theology_n or_o divinity_n be_v a_o science_n or_o prudence_n 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joh._n stob._n vid._n pletii_n biblioth_n cod._n 176._o pag._n 366._o suidas_n a_o number_n of_o this_o kind_n there_o be_v even_o among_o pagan_a writer_n who_o have_v excellent_o describe_v the_o nature_n and_o kind_n of_o moral_a virtue_n and_o vice_n 3._o for_o theologia_n revelata_fw-la of_o which_o the_o scripture_n be_v the_o sole_a rule_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v and_o endeavour_v to_o know_v 1._o the_o text_n itself_o 2._o the_o true_a meaning_n of_o it_o 4._o for_o the_o text_n it_o will_v be_v convenient_a to_o have_v for_o the_o old_a testament_n 1._o biblia_fw-la interlinearia_n heb._n lat._n antwerp_n 1584._o 2._o biblia_fw-la graec._n septuaginta_fw-la interpret_v paris_n 1628._o 3._o biblia_fw-la lat._n junii_fw-la &_o tremel_n in_o folio_n or_o quarto_n 4._o biblia_fw-la lat._n sixti_fw-la 5_o ti_fw-mi romae_fw-la 1590._o &_o bib._n lat._n clementis_fw-la 8_o vi_fw-la romae_fw-la 1592._o if_o convenient_o they_o can_v be_v have_v both_o pope_n pretend_v to_o infallibility_n and_o yet_o their_o bible_n contradict_v one_o another_o express_o and_o in_o terminis_fw-la a_o hundred_o time_n but_o it_o must_v be_v remember_v that_o the_o bibles_n of_o clement_n the_o eight_o be_v many_o time_n print_v and_o with_o a_o lie_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d miscall_v biblia_fw-la sixti_fw-la quinti_fw-la thus_o in_o a_o edition_n at_o antwerp_n in_o octavo_n 1628._o the_o title_n be_v bibl._n sacr_n vulgat_fw-la editionis_fw-la sixti_fw-la pont._n max._n jussu_fw-la recognita_fw-la and_o yet_o it_o be_v the_o bible_n of_o clem._n the_o 8_o so_o in_o another_o edition_n at_o antwerp_n 1603._o in_o fol._n and_o so_o again_o coloniae_fw-la agrippinae_n 1666._o in_o eight_o little_a volume_n in_o octavo_n 5._o for_o the_o text_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n there_o be_v many_o edition_n but_o two_o most_o useful_a 1._o novum_n testamentum_fw-la graec._n per_fw-la rob._n steph._n paris_n 1550._o folio_n the_o best_a character_n paper_n and_o exactness_n 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〈◊〉_d i_o e._n 1590._o etc._n etc._n 2._o n._n testamentum_fw-la graecè_fw-la à _fw-la steph._n curcellaeo_n editum_fw-la amstelodamae_fw-la 1658._o octavo_fw-la it_o have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la and_o the_o parallel_a place_n more_o exact_o than_o any_o other_o i_o have_v yet_o see_v and_o yet_o the_o forementioned_a edition_n of_o rob._n steph._n have_v the_o variae_fw-la lectiones_fw-la of_o 15._o msc_n 6._o when_o occasion_n be_v to_o consult_v the_o bible_n in_o more_o language_n and_o more_o edition_n we_o have_v 1._o biblia_fw-la complutensia_n compl_a 1515._o in_o three_o fol._n 2._o biblia_fw-la regius_fw-la regis_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la per_fw-la ariam_fw-la montanum_fw-la antwerp_n 1569._o 3._o biblia_fw-la per_fw-la mich._n le_fw-fr jaii_n 7_o linguis_fw-la vol._n 10._o par._n 1645._o 4._o biblia_fw-la polyglotta_n london_n 1657._o by_o collation_n of_o these_o we_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n and_o variety_n of_o read_v etc._n etc._n 7._o for_o better_a 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