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author_n of_o the_o censure_n 159._o omnes_fw-la autem_fw-la isti_fw-la viz._n bellarmious_a socinus_n &_o remonstrante_v adversus_fw-la vmbram_fw-la svam_fw-la pugnant_fw-la &_o contra_fw-la chimaeram_fw-la quam_fw-la sibi_fw-la confixerunt_fw-la tela_fw-la sva_fw-la dirigunt_fw-la supponentes_fw-la nos_fw-la statuere_fw-la peccata_fw-la nostra_fw-la quoad_fw-la efficaciam_fw-la deleri_fw-la priusquam_fw-la credamus_fw-la etc._n etc._n censur_n conf._n rem_fw-la c._n 11._o p._n 159._o do_v on_o this_o occasion_n declare_v that_o the_o remonstrant_n fight_v against_o their_o own_o shadow_n against_o a_o chimaera_n of_o their_o own_o feign_n when_o they_o insinuate_v as_o if_o we_o hold_v that_o our_o sin_n be_v efficacious_o blot_v out_o before_o we_o believe_v and_o that_o then_o we_o be_v justify_v when_o we_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v blot_v out_o from_o which_o absurd_a opinion_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n be_v neither_o the_o whole_a nor_o a_o 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christ_n we_o be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o general_n persuade_v that_o all_o who_o believe_v shall_v have_v their_o sin_n forgive_v they_o but_o he_o that_o saving_o believe_v do_v firm_o persuade_v himself_o that_o the_o promise_n of_o pardon_n do_v belong_v to_o he_o and_o be_v receive_v by_o that_o very_a act_n of_o faith_n and_o according_o then_o his_o sin_n be_v forgive_v he_o and_o that_o blessedness_n speak_v of_o in_o rom._n 6.7_o make_v his_o thus_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o a_o persuasion_n of_o that_o remission_n be_v in_o a_o save_v believer_n at_o the_o same_o time_n but_o he_o who_o be_v persuade_v that_o if_o he_o believe_v he_o shall_v be_v justify_v be_v not_o therefore_o as_o yet_o justify_v unless_o he_o do_v actual_o and_o in_o praesenti_fw-la believe_v that_o that_o righteousness_n be_v give_v he_o which_o he_o receive_v with_o the_o same_o act_n of_o faith_n what_o he_o afterward_o believe_v de_fw-la praeterito_fw-la do_v not_o justify_v he_o but_o 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necessary_a and_o that_o there_o be_v some_o act_n of_o faith_n dispositive_a and_o therefore_o antecedent_n to_o justification_n and_o to_o the_o justify_v act_n of_o faith_n of_o which_o i_o design_v if_o god_n will_v to_o treat_v more_o full_o in_o my_o second_n part._n chap._n vi_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o papist_n arminian_o and_o socinian_o about_o the_o subject_a of_o faith_n the_o different_a apprehension_n of_o the_o orthodox_n about_o the_o same_o camero_n amyrald_n dally_v hold_v that_o the_o understanding_n be_v the_o only_a subject_n of_o save_v faith_n yet_o not_o antinomian_o how_o they_o hereby_o be_v enable_v to_o oppose_v justification_n by_o work_n as_o hold_v either_o by_o papist_n socinian_n or_o arminian_n the_o deny_v save_v faith_n to_o be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n be_v not_o antinomianism_n touch_v the_o subject_a or_o seat_n of_o faith_n whether_o it_o be_v the_o understanding_n only_o or_o the_o will_n or_o both_o the_o learned_a have_v different_a apprehension_n and_o some_o great_a man_n sound_v in_o the_o faith_n be_v positive_a that_o it_o be_v only_o in_o the_o understanding_n the_o papist_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v a_o historick_n faith_n to_o be_v save_v confine_v it_o to_o the_o understanding_n and_o yet_o estius_n conform_v to_o the_o sense_n of_o aquinas_n yield_v that_o it_o have_v its_o rise_n from_o the_o will_n by_o which_o the_o understanding_n be_v incline_v to_o believe_v contarenus_n go_v further_a hold_v that_o it_o do_v also_o terminate_v in_o the_o will._n cajetane_a be_v for_o faith_n be_v a_o act_n of_o both_o faculty_n which_o according_a to_o the_o account_n bonaventure_n give_v of_o it_o have_v be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o ancient_a schoolman_n and_o as_o le_fw-fr blanc_n 239._o nam_fw-la si_fw-la sermo_n sit_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la viuâ_fw-la &_o per_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la operante_fw-la quam_fw-la formatam_fw-la appellant_n dubitari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quin_fw-la illa_fw-la etiam_fw-la ex_fw-la eorum_fw-la ment_fw-la non_fw-la intellectum_fw-la tantùm_fw-la sed_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la etiam_fw-la occupet_fw-la &_o in_o eâ_fw-la sedem_fw-la habet_fw-la le_fw-fr blanc_n thes_n de_fw-fr subj_fw-la fid._n p._n 239._o out_o of_o who_o i_o have_v take_v these_o passage_n the_o papist_n if_o they_o speak_v of_o their_o live_a faith_n their_o fides_n formata_fw-la must_v place_v it_o in_o the_o will_n it_o be_v love_n a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n that_o according_a unto_o they_o be_v the_o form_n of_o faith_n limborch_n give_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o remonstrant_n 23._o nos_fw-la dicimus_fw-la fidem_fw-la nec_fw-la esse_fw-la merum_fw-la intellectus_fw-la nec_fw-la merum_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la actum_fw-la sed_fw-la mixtum_fw-la partim_fw-la intellectus_fw-la partim_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la limb._n theol._n christ_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 9_o §_o 23._o say_v that_o faith_n be_v not_o mere_o a_o act_n of_o the_o understanding_n nor_o mere_o of_o the_o will_n but_o mix_v partly_o of_o the_o one_o and_o partly_o of_o the_o other_o crellius_n the_o socinian_n in_o his_o christian_a ethic_n 5._o fides_n dusbus_fw-la modis_fw-la considerari_fw-la potest_fw-la vel_fw-la sola_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la suis_fw-la effectis_fw-la conjuncla_fw-la adeoque_fw-la auplex_fw-la iterum_fw-la oritur_fw-la fidei_fw-la significatio_fw-la altera_fw-la propria_fw-la altera_fw-la figurata_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la meconynda_n cum_fw-la synecdoche_n concurrit_fw-la de_fw-fr priori_fw-la jam_fw-la satis_fw-la dictum_fw-la iaque_fw-la intelligitur_fw-la 1_o cor._n 13._o ubi_fw-la fides_n à _fw-la spe_fw-la &_o charitate_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la posterior_n quae_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntarem_n aeque_fw-la aut_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la mentem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la est_fw-la fiducia_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la christum_fw-la collocata_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la asser_n sus_fw-la firmus_fw-la dei_fw-la promissis_fw-la adhibitus_fw-la cum_fw-la vehementi_fw-la 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bucanus_n rivet_n and_o altingius_n as_o hold_v faith_n to_o be_v seat_v both_o in_o the_o understanding_n 12._o hoornb_n vet._n &_o nou._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o and_o will._n hoornbeeck_n add_v to_o these_o as_o concur_v with_o they_o the_o dutch_a catechism_n vrsine_n paraeus_n trelcatius_n tilenus_n and_o among_o our_o english_a divine_v preston_n and_o ball._n davenant_n and_o wotton_n though_o they_o be_v for_o faith_n be_v a_o fiducia_n yet_o distinguish_v it_o from_o that_o which_o import_v a_o firm_a persuasion_n and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v a_o rely_v on_o christ_n for_o pardon_n and_o a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n and_o to_o belong_v to_o both_o faculty_n dr._n ames_n in_o le_fw-fr blanc_n fix_v it_o only_o in_o the_o will._n cloppenburg_n say_v sup_n clip_v compend_v socin_n consat_fw-la c._n 7._o le_fw-fr blanc_n ubi_fw-la sup_n hurab_n ubi_fw-la sup_n that_o it_o be_v a_o problem_n among_o the_o orthodox_n whether_o the_o understanding_n or_o will_v be_v the_o subject_a of_o 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hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la descrimine_fw-la causam_fw-la semper_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exeipe_n exam._n censur_n cap._n 10._o pag._n 114._o that_o whoever_o will_v impartial_o exaamine_v the_o socinian_n notion_n in_o this_o matter_n can_v but_o confess_v that_o socinus_n as_o to_o the_o substance_n of_o this_o doctrine_n except_v that_o one_o particular_a about_o the_o external_n procure_v cause_n of_o our_o justification_n hold_v the_o same_o with_o the_o reform_a but_o how_o bold_o soever_o the_o arminian_n assert_v a_o agreement_n between_o socinus_n and_o the_o reform_a their_o assertion_n can_v import_v no_o more_o than_o a_o free_a acknowledgement_n that_o there_o be_v a_o harmony_n between_o themselves_o and_o the_o socinian_o for_o the_o reform_a who_o place_n faith_n in_o the_o will_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o understanding_n and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v a_o work_n do_v by_o no_o mean_n allow_v of_o its_o justify_v we_o as_o a_o work_n but_o exclude_v all_o work_n 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fiducia_fw-la differre_fw-la quan_fw-mi quam_fw-la sempe_fw-la sint_fw-la ambae_fw-la in_o separabiliter_fw-la conjunctae_fw-la zanch._n oper._n tom._n 7._o the_o persevere_v sanctor_n p._n 354._o follow_v the_o excellent_a martin_n bucer_n hold_v faith_n and_o fiducia_n to_o be_v inseparable_o conjoin_v but_o yet_o the_o one_o different_a from_o the_o other_o beza_n and_o garisiolius_n take_v this_o fiducia_n or_o firm_a persuasion_n to_o be_v a_o inseparable_a effect_n of_o faith_n and_o they_o who_o make_v it_o the_o the_o formal_a reason_n and_o the_o justify_v act_n consider_v the_o object_n of_o this_o persuasion_n distinct_o as_o the_o pardon_n be_v either_o future_a de_fw-fr praesenti_fw-la or_o de_fw-fr praeterito_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o pardon_n that_o either_o shall_v be_v or_o as_o then_o actual_o have_v or_o as_o what_o have_v be_v before_o and_o so_o make_v the_o persuasion_n of_o a_o pardon_n to_o be_v have_v antecedaneous_a to_o justification_n but_o as_o de_fw-fr 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this_o particular_a be_v very_o clear_o express_v by_o the_o learned_a dr._n ames_n who_o say_v that_o this_o justify_v faith_n do_v 19_o fides_n ista_fw-la justificans_fw-la suâ_fw-la vaturâ_fw-la producit_fw-la atque_fw-la adeo_fw-la onjunctam_fw-la secum_fw-la habet_fw-la specialem_fw-la ac_fw-la certam_fw-la persuesionem_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la ac_fw-la miserecordia_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la unde_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la istam_fw-la persuesionem_fw-la fides_n justificans_fw-la non_fw-la malè_fw-la saepe_fw-la describitur_fw-la ab_fw-la orthodoxis_fw-la praesereim_fw-ge cum_fw-la impugnant_fw-la generalem_fw-la illam_fw-la fidem_fw-la â—ui_fw-la omne_fw-la tribuunt_fw-la pontisicii_n ame._n medul_a l._n 7._o c._n 27._o §_o 19_o of_o its_o own_o nature_n beget_v and_o therefore_o have_v conjoin_v with_o it_o a_o special_a and_o sure_a persuasion_n of_o the_o grace_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n whence_o it_o be_v oft_o describe_v by_o the_o orthodox_n to_o 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