Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	believe_v	justification_n	remission_n	3,453	5	9.8973	5	false

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

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 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do_v god_n will_v and_o yet_o pray_v let_v thy_o will_n be_v do_v be_v hear_v in_o that_o which_o be_v god_n will_n that_o the_o imitater_n of_o the_o devil_n be_v judge_v with_o the_o devil_n for_o they_o that_o have_v despise_v god_n invite_v will_n shall_v feel_v his_o revenge_a will_n sect_n xxii_o the_o word_n of_o fulgentius_n to_o the_o same_o sense_n 663._o i_o must_v crave_v of_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o remember_v that_o my_o recite_v the_o judgement_n of_o these_o father_n for_o the_o fall_v away_o and_o perish_v of_o many_o that_o be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o life_n be_v not_o at_o all_o as_o declare_v my_o own_o judgement_n but_o they_o none_o then_o that_o i_o read_v of_o think_v otherwise_o heretic_n otherwise_o otherwise_o otherwise_o except_o jovinian_a be_v true_o accuse_v by_o hierome_n the_o brevity_n and_o obscurity_n of_o who_o accusation_n and_o confutation_n leave_v we_o very_o uncertain_a what_o it_o be_v that_o jovinian_a hold_v but_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o the_o spirit_n o●_n uncharitableness_n and_o concention_n though_o in_o a_o good_a ●●●●_o learned_a man_n have_v no_o ●●all_a hand_n in_o the_o stigm●●zing_n of_o he_o and_o vigilantius_n as_o heretic_n i_o shall_v for_o the_o end_n sake_n be_v yet_o a_o little_a more_o ●edious_a in_o cite_v some_o of_o the_o say_n of_o fulgentius_n fulg._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr verit._n praedest_fw-la cap._n 6._o to_o good_a man_n god_n give_v what_o good_a they_o have_v and_o keep_v it_o but_o to_o the_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a god_n neither_o ever_o can_v prepare_v or_o give_v evil_a work_n which_o they_o shall_v damnable_o serve_v nor_o do_v he_o ever_o put_v into_o they_o evil_a will_n by_o which_o they_o shall_v culpable_o will_v thing_n unjust_a but_o he_o prepare_v for_o they_o the_o punishment_n of_o hell_n that_o they_o may_v feel_v revenge_a justice_n in_o endless_a fire_n a_o evil_a will_n be_v not_o of_o god_n and_o therefore_o the_o just_a judge_n do_v punish_v it_o in_o man_n because_o the_o good_a creator_n find_v not_o in_o it_o the_o order_n of_o his_o creation_n and_o perseverance_n and_o contumacy_n in_o sin_n and_o pride_n because_o it_o be_v not_o of_o god_n give_v be_v condemn_v by_o god_n revenge_v et_fw-fr l._n 1._o ad_fw-la monim_n c._n 26._o he_o will_v punish_v in_o the_o wicked_a that_o they_o be_v bad_a which_o he_o give_v not_o nor_o do_v he_o predestine_v they_o to_o any_o iniquity_n and_o that_o they_o will_v unjust_o be_v none_o of_o his_o gift_n and_o because_o the_o persevere_v iniquity_n of_o a_o evil_a will_n ought_v not_o to_o remain_v unpunished_a he_o predestinate_v such_o to_o destruction_n because_o he_o prepare_v just_a punishment_n for_o they_o observe_v that_o god_n predestinate_v wicked_a and_o ungodly_a man_n to_o just_a punishment_n not_o to_o any_o unjust_a work_n to_o the_o penalty_n not_o to_o the_o fault_n to_o the_o punishment_n n●●_n to_o the_o transgression_n to_o the_o destruction_n which_o the_o anger_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n requite_v sinner_n with_o not_o to_o that_o destruction_n or_o death_n by_o which_o the_o iniquity_n of_o sinner_n provoke_v god_n wrath_n against_o they_o the_o apostle_n call_v they_o vessel_n of_o wrath_n not_o vessel_n of_o sin_n cap._n 27._o the_o wicked_a be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o the_o first_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o to_o the_o second_o death_n they_o be_v that_o which_o follow_v the_o sentence_n of_o a_o just_a judge_n not_o that_o which_o precede_v in_o the_o evil_a concupiscence_n of_o the_o sinner_n ibid._n c._n 23._o it_o beseem_v believer_n to_o confess_v that_o the_o good_a and_o just_a god_n fore-knew_a indeed_o that_o man_n will_v sin_v for_o all_o thing_n to_o come_v be_v know_v to_o he_o for_o they_o be_v not_o future_a if_o they_o be_v not_o in_o his_o foreknowledge_n but_o not_o that_o he_o predestinate_v any_o to_o sin_n for_o if_o he_o predestinate_v man_n to_o any_o sin_n he_o will_v not_o punish_v man_n for_o sin_n for_o god_n predestination_n prepare_v for_o man_n either_o the_o godly_a remission_n of_o their_o sin_n or_o the_o just_a punishment_n of_o they_o god_n therefore_o can_v never_o predestinate_a man_n to_o that_o which_o he_o have_v resolve_v both_o to_o forbid_v by_o his_o precept_n and_o to_o wash_v away_o by_o his_o mercy_n and_o punish_v by_o his_o justice_n god_n therefore_o predestinate_v to_o eternal_a punishment_n the_o wicked_a who_o he_o foreknow_v will_v persevere_v to_o the_o death_n in_o sin_n wherein_o as_o his_o foreknowledge_n of_o man_n iniquity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v blame_v so_o his_o predestination_n of_o just_a revenge_n be_v to_o be_v praise_v that_o we_o may_v acknowledge_v that_o he_o predestinate_v not_o man_n to_o any_o sin_n who_o he_o predestinate_v to_o be_v punish_v deserve_o for_o sin_n and_o ad_fw-la monimum_fw-la li._n 1._o pag._n edit_n basil_n 68_o recite_v augusti●●●_n word_n he_o say_v he_o teach_v that_o only_a pride_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o man_n iniquity_n and_o that_o god_n predestinate_v not_o man_n to_o sin_n but_o to_o damnation_n and_o that_o they_o be_v not_o help_v by_o god_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o recite_v again_o ex_fw-la lib._n 2._o aug._n de_fw-fr baptis_fw-la parvul_a that_o their_o will_n be_v not_o help_v by_o grace_n the_o cause_n be_v in_o themselves_o and_o not_o in_o god_n the_o same_o he_o again_o repeat_v pag._n 69._o 70_o 71_o 72._o and_o that_o augustine_n mind_n be_v that_o good_a work_n god_n both_o fore-knew_a and_o predestinate_v but_o evil_a work_n that_o be_v sin_n he_o foreknow_v indeed_o but_o do_v not_o predestinate_a or_o decree_n for_o there_o be_v not_o god_n work_n but_o his_o judgement_n therefore_o in_o sin_n god_n work_n be_v not_o because_o that_o sin_n shall_v be_v do_v be_v not_o decree_v by_o he_o but_o therefore_o there_o be_v his_o judgement_n because_o it_o be_v not_o leave_v unrevenged_a that_o a_o evil_a man_n work_v without_o god_n work_v and_o ib._n li._n 1._o pag._n 15._o that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o his_o work_n never_o be_v in_o predestination_n therefore_o man_n be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o sin_n so_o p._n 29._o and_o p._n 31._o and_o forward_o and_o p._n 29._o no_o man_n just_o sin_v though_o god_n just_o permit_v he_o to_o sin_n for_o he_o be_v just_o forsake_v of_o god_n who_o forsake_v god_n and_o because_o man_n forsake_v god_n sin_v god_n forsake_v man_n keep_v justice_n 664._o i_o be_o loath_a to_o weary_v the_o reader_n with_o more_o shall_v i_o do_v the_o like_a by_o augustine_n word_n it_o will_v be_v too_o wearisome_a his_o judgement_n be_v the_o very_a same_o as_o they_o i_o will_v only_o cite_v one_o passage_n out_o of_o he_o about_o man_n power_n to_o believe_v tract_n 53._o in_o johan_n have_v show_v that_o god_n only_o foreknow_v man_n sin_n and_o foretell_v it_o as_o the_o jew_n but_o cause_v it_o not_o he_o come_v to_o answer_v john_n 12._o 39_o they_o can_v not_o believe_v etc._n etc._n if_o they_o can_v not_o how_o be_v it_o their_o sin_n say_v you_o hear_v the_o question_n brethren_n and_o see_v how_o deep_o it_o be_v but_o we_o answer_v as_o we_o can_v why_o can_v they_o not_o believe_v if_o you_o ask_v i_o i_o quick_o answer_v because_o they_o will_v not_o for_o god_n foresee_v their_o evil_a will_n and_o foretell_v it_o by_o the_o prophet_n he_o blind_v their_o eye_n etc._n etc._n and_o i_o answer_v that_o their_o own_o will_n deserve_v this_o also_o for_o god_n blind_v and_o harden_v by_o forsake_v and_o not_o help_v which_o he_o may_v do_v by_o a_o judgement_n secret_a but_o not_o unjust_a this_o all_o religious_a piety_n ought_v to_o hold_v unshaken_a far_o be_v it_o from_o we_o then_o to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v iniquity_n with_o god_n if_o he_o help_v he_o do_v it_o merciful_o if_o he_o help_v not_o he_o do_v just_o 665._o by_o all_o this_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v past_o all_o doubt_n that_o augustine_n and_o his_o two_o disciple_n than_o who_o none_o know_v to_o we_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n than_o go_v high_a for_o predestination_n and_o grace_n do_v plain_o take_v up_o with_o this_o that_o 1._o god_n neither_o cause_v or_o will_v sin_n no_o not_o its_o be_v or_o the_o forbid_a act._n 2._o that_o our_o sin_n be_v of_o ourselves_o 3._o that_o all_o grace_n and_o perserverance_n be_v of_o god._n 4._o that_o election_n be_v absolute_a of_o god_n mere_a will_n and_o not_o upon_o his_o foreknowledge_n of_o any_o merit_n of_o man_n 5._o that_o god_n predestinate_v none_o to_o sin_n but_o predestinate_v man_n to_o punishment_n only_a on_o the_o foresight_n of_o their_o wilful_a sin_n 6._o that_o he_o harden_a man_n but_o by_o desert_v they_o 7._o that_o he_o never_o forsake_v they_o till_o they_o forsake_v he_o first_o

37._o sect._n iu._n of_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n or_o new_a covenant_n in_o the_o last_o edition_n the_o nature_n condition_n and_o yet_o free_a donation_n of_o it_o pag._n 42._o sect._n v._n of_o the_o give_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n his_o common_a and_o special_a work_n the_o extent_n of_o the_o new_a covenant_n of_o the_o state_n of_o those_o that_o have_v not_o the_o gospel_n and_o what_o law_n they_o be_v under_o pag._n 45._o sect._n vi._n how_o far_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o and_o how_o far_o not_o pag._n 51._o sect._n vii_o the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a will_n of_o god_n explain_v of_o justification_n by_o faith_n what_o faith_n it_o be_v and_o what_o it_o do_v pag._n 54._o sect._n viii_o of_o justification_n by_o christ_n righteousness_n impute_v the_o false_a sense_n of_o imputation_n open_v and_o full_o confute_v the_o true_a sense_n assert_v whether_o christ_n pay_v our_o idem_fw-la or_o tantundem_fw-la whether_o he_o make_v his_o satisfaction_n to_o god_n only_o as_o to_o a_o rector_n or_o as_o dominus_fw-la vel_fw-la pars_fw-la laesa_fw-la or_o how_o pag._n 59_o sect._n ix_o of_o the_o sort_n of_o justification_n and_o first_o of_o constitutive_a justification_n of_o righteousness_n how_o far_o it_o be_v or_o be_v not_o in_o our_o own_o habit_n or_o act_n what_o right_o the_o covenant_n give_v the_o baptize_v to_o follow_a help_n and_o degree_n of_o grace_n further_o what_o must_v be_v in_o ourselves_o man_n holiness_n be_v no_o dishonour_n to_o god_n grace_n how_o far_o christ_n strip_v we_o of_o our_o own_o righteousness_n more_o against_o the_o false_a sense_n of_o imputation_n objection_n answer_v pag._n 69._o sect._n x._o of_o merit_n the_o case_n plain_o and_o brief_o decide_v the_o gospel-condition_n or_o merit_n be_v but_o the_o accept_n a_o free_a gift_n according_a to_o its_o nature_n whether_o we_o may_v trust_v to_o our_o own_o faith_n repentance_n holiness_n the_o last_o argument_n for_o the_o false_a sense_n of_o imputation_n answer_v pag._n 79._o sect._n xi_o how_o faith_n justifi_v whether_o as_o a_o instrument_n pag._n 82._o sect._n xii_o how_o far_o repentance_n be_v a_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o what_o it_o be_v whether_o faith_n or_o it_o be_v first_o how_o faith_n and_o love_n differ_v pag._n 83._o sect._n xiii_o of_o the_o degree_n of_o pardon_n and_o justification_n whether_o losable_a and_o whether_o future_a sin_n be_v pardon_v pag._n 85._o sect._n fourteen_o of_o justification_n by_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n what_o it_o be_v ibid._n sect._n xv._o of_o initial_a executive_a pardon_n or_o justification_n in_o sanctificati●_n how_o far_o necessary_a yet_o imperfect_a pag._n 86._o sect._n xvi_o of_o assurance_n of_o pardon_n of_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v d●●●_n faith_n to_o believe_v one_o own_o justification_n or_o salvation_n the_o sp●●_n testimony_n pag._n 88_o sect._n xvii_o of_o love_n to_o god_n as_o the_o end_n of_o faith_n and_o foretaste_n of_o he●●●_n pag._n 91._o sect._n xviii_o of_o perseverance_n and_o its_o certainty_n in_o order_n to_o the_o comfort●●_n certainty_n of_o salvation_n few_o certain_a of_o justification_n and_o ●●●●_o of_o perseverance_n the_o word_n of_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n the_o ●●_o there_o be_v judgement_n about_o certainty_n of_o perseverance_n pag._n 93_o sect._n xix_o of_o mortal_a sin_n or_o such_o as_o will_v not_o stand_v with_o the_o love_n of_o g●●_n and_o a_o state_n of_o justification_n pag._n 103._o sect._n xx._n what_o repentance_n for_o particular_a sin_n be_v necessary_a to_o par●●_n pag._n 106._o sect._n xxi_o some_o solution_n of_o all_o the_o former_a difficulty_n in_o twenty_o prop●●ons_n 108._o sect._n xxii_o few_o certain_a of_o salvation_n the_o reconcile_a consequent_n of_o ●●●_o pag._n 112._o sect._n xxiii_o the_o case_n of_o perseverance_n further_o open_v and_o apply_v pag._n 113._o sect._n xxiv_o the_o sum_n and_o scope_n of_o this_o discourse_n of_o certainty_n pag._n 116._o sect._n xxv_o degree_n of_o fall_v and_o danger_n pag._n 118._o sect._n xxvi_o of_o final_a justification_n at_o judgement_n more_o of_o the_o agreement_n paul_n and_o james_n about_o justification_n by_o work_n pag._n 119._o sect._n xxvii_o of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o glorify_a and_o the_o damn_a pag._n 123._o a_o premonition_n my_o work_n at_o present_a be_v but_o to_o lay_v down_o so_o much_o of_o the_o christian_a doctrine_n brief_o as_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v understand_v for_o the_o reconcile_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o predestination_n providence_n grace_n and_o freewill_n and_o therefore_o pass_v over_o ●any_n other_o weighty_a point_n and_o must_v not_o stand_v large_o to_o prove_v all_o ●s_n i_o go_v which_o carry_v its_o own_o evidence_n the_o true_a nature_n of_o the_o first_o ●aw_v or_o covenant_n deserve_v a_o more_o accurate_a discussion_n than_o i_o can_v here_o ●ake_v and_o much_o pass_v as_o certain_a with_o some_o which_o have_v but_o little_a ●roof_n and_o here_o i_o meet_v with_o these_o different_a opinion_n 1._o some_o say_v that_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o first_o covenant_n be_v not_o innocency_n but_o sincerity_n and_o ●at_a innocency_n be_v only_o a_o duty_n necessary_a necessitate_v praecepti_fw-la but_o not_o ●edii_fw-la or_o that_o it_o be_v ut_fw-la medium_n necessary_a ad_fw-la melius_fw-la esse_fw-la or_o to_o some_o cer●●in_a degree_n of_o felicity_n whereof_o it_o be_v a_o condition_n but_o not_o to_o felicity_n it_o ●●lf_o and_o that_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n do_v herein_o agree_v with_o it_o both_o ●f_n they_o damn_v man_n only_o for_o mortal_a sin_n and_o punish_v they_o temporal_o only_o for_o venial_a sin_n and_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o this_o mind_n who_o say_v ●●at_a do_v this_o and_o live_v or_o innocency_n or_o work_n be_v the_o condition_n only_o ●f_a moses_n law_n but_o that_o adhere_v and_o vanquish_v be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o ●rst_a covenant_n but_o these_o be_v ambiguous_a unsatisfactory_a term_n if_o the_o ●eaning_n be_v adhere_v to_o god_n and_o his_o law_n by_o perfect_a innocency_n and_o vanquish_v all_o temptation_n to_o sin_n this_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o innocency_n which_o ●e_v say_v be_v the_o condition_n but_o if_o he_o mean_v only_o adhere_v to_o i_o sincere_o by_o love_n as_o thy_o ultimate_a end_n and_o vanquish_v all_o temptation_n which_o ●ould_v draw_v thou_o from_o i_o to_o another_o ultimate_a end_n or_o god_n this_o be_v ●he_v same_o with_o the_o first_o opinion_n which_o many_o papist_n seem_v to_o hold_v 2._o but_o the_o more_o common_a opinion_n be_v that_o which_o i_o assert_v that_o innocency_n be_v the_o condition_n not_o only_o of_o life_n eternal_a but_o of_o all_o the_o benefit_n of_o god_n covenant_n and_o the_o least_o sin_n the_o forfeiture_n of_o all_o they_o that_o be_v for_o the_o first_o opinion_n think_v that_o if_o adam_n have_v commit_v ●ut_v a_o small_a or_o venial_a sin_n as_o a_o sinful_a thought_n or_o desire_n after_o the_o forbid_a ●ruit_n without_o the_o act_n or_o full_a consent_n it_o have_v be_v against_o god_n natural_a goodness_n and_o justice_n to_o have_v condemn_v he_o to_o hell_n for_o it_o and_o con●quently_o that_o christ_n die_v not_o to_o pardon_v the_o pain_n of_o hell_n as_o due_a for_o such_o ●●ttle_a sin_n but_o only_o temporal_a small_a punishment_n but_o god_n best_o know_v his_o own_o nature_n and_o nature_n tell_v we_o that_o ●ll_a sin_n deserve_v punishment_n and_o he_o that_o sin_v so_o far_o remove_v his_o ●eart_n from_o god_n and_o forfeit_v his_o spirit_n or_o grace_n and_o he_o that_o have_v ●nce_o so_o turn_v from_o god_n in_o the_o least_o degree_n can_v of_o himself_o return_v ●or_a heal_v himself_o and_o have_v no_o promise_n of_o god_n grace_n to_o do_v it_o and_o ●herefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v suppose_v that_o he_o shall_v sin_v no_o more_o but_o such_o a_o minute_n sin_n for_o great_a will_v come_v in_o present_o at_o that_o breach_n unless_o god_n recover_v he_o which_o he_o be_v not_o in_o justice_n bind_v to_o do_v and_o no_o one_o know●th_n so_o well_o as_o god_n how_o much_o malignity_n be_v in_o the_o small_a sin_n and_o it_o be_v as_o ●asie_a for_o sinless_a adam_n to_o have_v continue_v sinless_a as_o for_o carnal_a man_n now_o ●o_o forbear_v gross_a sin_n and_o he_o that_o sin_v deserve_v not_o heaven_n or_o life_n ●nd_v there_o be_v divers_a degree_n of_o punishment_n in_o hell_n according_a to_o the_o degree_n of_o sin_n and_o christ_n die_v for_o all_o our_o sin_n therefore_o they_o d●_n every_o one_o deserve_v death_n which_o consist_v not_o with_o a_o right_n to_o life_n therefore_o not_o with_o a_o right_n to_o heaven_n and_o a_o immortal_a soul_n be_v not_o natural_o to_o be_v annihilate_v therefore_o to_o live_v in_o some_o punishment_n as_o separate_v and_o rom._n 3._o 9_o all_o be_v under_o sin_n yet_o all_o have_v not_o gross_a s●●_n

deceive_v themselves_o we_o hold_v it_o neither_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la nor_o de_fw-la possibili_fw-la and_o they_o hold_v it_o de_fw-fr possibili_fw-la and_o not_o the_o facto_fw-la viz_o that_o bare_a pardon_n and_o non_fw-fr imputation_n may_v put_v away_o the_o very_o be_v of_o sin_n and_o may_v save_v man_n of_o which_o more_o afterward_o but_o many_o other_o deny_v that_o sin_n can_v be_v remit_v by_o extrinsic_a condonation_n see_v cacer_n sum._n the._n 22._o c._n 2._o they_o ordinary_o take_v remission_n for_o destroy_v the_o sin_n itself_o or_o passive_a as_o it_o be_v call_v be_v not_o give_v we_o or_o make_v we_o true_o and_o proper_o in_o the_o thing_n itself_o but_o in_o the_o effect_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a for_o neither_o the_o same_o matter_n nor_o the_o same_o form_n be_v strict_o we_o 1._o that_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v we_o in_o a_o physical_a sense_n be_v undeniable_a if_o the_o divine_a righteousness_n be_v so_o we_o we_o be_v go_n and_o a_o habit_n a_o act_n and_o a_o passion_n material_o can_v be_v remove_v from_o one_o subject_n to_o another_o nor_o the_o same_o be_v in_o divers_a subject_n these_o be_v as_o palpable_a contradiction_n as_o transubstantiation_n be_v and_o the_o relative_n form_n be_v found_v in_o the_o matter_n or_o subject_n and_o can_v no_o more_o be_v remove_v the_o paternity_n of_o a_o generator_n and_o the_o paternity_n of_o a_o adopter_fw-mi be_v not_o the_o same_o but_o two_o and_o a_o relation_n be_v a_o accident_n also_o which_o perish_v when_o remove_v from_o the_o subject_n and_o in_o another_o be_v another_o 2._o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o both_o be_v we_o moral_o or_o imputative_o i_o answer_v it_o be_v true_a but_o that_o phrase_n be_v of_o large_a and_o doubtful_a signification_n 1._o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n do_v as_o certain_o pardon_v or_o justify_v we_o in_o the_o way_n and_o degree_n promise_v by_o it_o for_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n in_o perform_v his_o mediatorial_n covenant_n with_o the_o father_n as_o our_o own_o merit_n have_v it_o be_v possible_a will_v have_v do_v or_o our_o innocency_n will_v have_v justify_v we_o by_o the_o covenant_n of_o innocency_n this_o be_v true_a 2._o but_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o christ_n merit_n and_o satisfaction_n by_o perfect_a holiness_n and_o obedience_n and_o suffer_v be_v suppose_v or_o repute_a by_o god_n to_o have_v be_v inherent_a in_o we_o or_o do_v by_o we_o in_o our_o civil_a person_n in_o christ_n or_o that_o in_o a_o sense_n natural_a or_o legal_a we_o do_v all_o those_o thing_n ourselves_o or_o that_o god_n judge_v we_o so_o to_o have_v do_v by_o judge_v christ_n and_o we_o to_o be_v the_o same_o civil_a person_n or_o else_o that_o all_o the_o benefit_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n shall_v as_o full_o and_o immediate_o be_v we_o as_o if_o we_o have_v be_v and_o do_v and_o suffer_v merit_a and_o satisfy_v in_o and_o by_o christ_n all_o this_o be_v false_a 120._o for_o if_o this_o be_v so_o we_o can_v need_v no_o pardon_n for_o he_o that_o be_v repute_v to_o be_v innocent_a by_o fulfil_v all_o the_o law_n be_v repute_v never_o to_o have_v sin_v by_o omission_n or_o commission_n and_o he_o can_v have_v no_o pardon_n of_o sin_n who_o have_v no_o sin_n to_o be_v pardon_v therefore_o such_o a_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n to_o we_o will_v make_v his_o satisfaction_n null_n or_o vain_a or_o certain_o neither_o imputable_a to_o we_o nor_o useful_a for_o we_o 121._o some_o to_o avoid_v this_o do_v divide_v the_o time_n of_o our_o life_n and_o suppose_v christ_n suffering_n to_o have_v satisfy_v and_o purchase_v pardon_n of_o our_o sin_n for_o all_o the_o time_n before_o our_o believe_v and_o his_o righteousness_n to_o be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o the_o time_n since_o our_o believe_v but_o this_o be_v a_o humane_a fiction_n for_o our_o sin_n after_o believe_v must_v have_v pardon_n too_o by_o christ_n satisfaction_n and_o some_o 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so_o that_o even_o the_o most_o judicious_a davenant_n lest_o he_o shall_v go_v out_o of_o the_o road_n be_v fain_o to_o make_v this_o the_o thesis_n to_o be_v prove_v by_o he_o imputatam_fw-la christi_fw-la obedientiam_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la formalem_fw-la justificationis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la probatur_fw-la cap._n 28._o p._n 362._o etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr instit_fw-la habit_n but_o let_v none_o turn_v this_o to_o our_o reproach_n nor_o take_v all_o these_o for_o mad_a for_o it_o be_v but_o a_o unapt_a name_n and_o by_o he_o and_o many_o other_o sound_o mean_v for_o the_o great_a part_n of_o these_o divine_n say_v but_o that_o imputatio_fw-la justitiae_fw-la christi_fw-la &_o remissio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la be_v the_o form_n not_o of_o justification_n as_o in_o we_o but_o as_o it_o be_v actus_fw-la justificantis_fw-la as_o altingius_n maresius_n sharpius_n bucanus_n spanhemius_fw-la nigrinus_n sohnius_n

de_fw-la praescientia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la sed_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infertur_fw-la &_o sequitur_fw-la deus_fw-la praescivit_fw-la hoc_fw-la ergo_fw-la hoc_fw-la erit_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la non_fw-la necessario_fw-la praescit_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la praesciendi_fw-la frequenter_a notatur_fw-la effectus_fw-la contingens_fw-la sic_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la absoluta_fw-la connotat_fw-la eventum_fw-la rei_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la est_fw-la ibi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la consequentis_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la mutat_fw-la eventum_fw-la rei_fw-la unde_fw-la sicut_fw-la praescientia_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infert_fw-la effectum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la falli_fw-la sic_fw-la voluntas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quia_fw-la necessario_fw-la infert_fw-la that_o be_v in_o argue_v non_fw-la potest_fw-la impediri_fw-la be_v annatu●_n the_o scient_a med._n count_v twiss_n de_fw-fr libertate_fw-la cap._n 6._o seem_v not_o to_o understand_v he_o as_o to_o this_o necessity_n consequentiae_fw-la which_o be_v not_o at_o all_o causal_n of_o the_o event_n but_o of_o the_o conclusion_n in_o argue_v leave_v it_o out_o from_o whence_o the_o event_n be_v ita_fw-la trigosius_n in_o sum_n theol._n bonav_n effectus_fw-la contingentes_fw-la &_o liberi_fw-la si_fw-la comparentur_fw-la ad_fw-la scientiam_fw-la providentiam_fw-la &_o voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la necessarii_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la sive_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n quae_fw-la necessitas_fw-la voco_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la &_o consequentiae_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la absoluta_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la quoniam_fw-la istae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la optimae_fw-la deus_fw-la praescivit_fw-la hoc_fw-la futurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la erit_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fieri_fw-la ergo_fw-la fiet_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la voluerit_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la stat_fw-la dari_fw-la antecedens_fw-la verum_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la falsum_fw-la istis_fw-la ad_fw-la amussim_fw-la congruentia_fw-la sunt_fw-la aquinatis_fw-la illa_fw-la quamvis_fw-la voluntas_fw-la dei_fw-la sit_fw-la immutabilis_fw-la &_o invincibilis_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la sequitur_fw-la quod_fw-la etiam_fw-la effectus_fw-la sit_fw-la necessarius_fw-la necessitate_v absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la conditionata_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o de_fw-la praescientia_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la but_o the_o word_n effectus_fw-la here_o be_v more_o than_o the_o rest_n say_v and_o more_o full_o ibid._n sect_n 18._o pag._n vol._n min._n 230._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la scholastici_fw-la nominatim_fw-la vero_fw-la aquinas_n &_o durandus_fw-la nec_fw-la quenquam_fw-la novi_fw-la aliter_fw-la sentientem_fw-la n._n b._n non_fw-la aliam_fw-la agnoscunt_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la rerum_fw-la ratione_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o yet_o plain_o ibid._n sect_n 18._o pag._n 332._o c._n 2._o at_o ea_fw-la necessitas_fw-la quam_fw-la juxta_fw-la nostram_fw-la sententiam_fw-la oriri_fw-la putat_fw-la arminius_n ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la revera_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la ex_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la fluit_fw-la quod_fw-la monuit_fw-la perkinsius_n &_o veer_fw-mi quam_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n decreti_fw-la divini_fw-la in_o argumentatione_n scilicet_fw-la quoties_fw-la scilicet_fw-la posito_fw-la decreto_fw-la dei_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la aliqua_fw-la futura_fw-la legitime_fw-la infertur_fw-la necesse_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la svo_fw-la tempore_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la at_o hujusmodi_fw-la necessitas_fw-la nihilo_fw-la minus_fw-la evincitur_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n actus_fw-la liberi_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la suppositione_n decreti_fw-la divini_fw-la etenim_fw-la posito_fw-la quod_fw-la existat_fw-la actus_fw-la libre_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la existat_fw-la 175._o we_o be_v all_o agree_v then_o what_o necessity_n it_o be_v that_o foreknowledge_n decree_n and_o providence_n infer_v as_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n viz._n of_o logical_a consequence_n let_v they_o now_o but_o make_v it_o good_a that_o their_o physical_a efficient_a predetermine_a premotion_n cause_v no_o other_o and_o i_o will_v contradict_v it_o no_o more_o 176._o but_o whereas_o they_o constant_o say_v that_o god_n predetermine_v man_n will_n to_o the_o mode_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o act_n that_o it_o be_v do_v free_o as_o well_o as_o that_o it_o be_v do_v if_o willingness_n and_o freedom_n be_v all_o one_o i_o will_v grant_v it_o on_o their_o ground_n but_o if_o a_o immediate-physical-predetermining_a efficient_a premotion_n and_o a_o invincible_a causation_n of_o habit_n and_o act_n by_o the_o first_o cause_n bring_v no_o other_o necessity_n but_o of_o logical_a sequel_n and_o be_v no_o real_a cause_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o i_o confess_v i_o understand_v not_o what_o they_o mean_v nor_o know_v what_o liberty_n be_v if_o the_o will_v have_v not_o a_o power_n to_o act_v without_o such_o a_o predetermination_n 177._o the_o same_o i_o say_v of_o camero_n and_o other_o way_n of_o predetermine_v by_o 14._o vid._n bellar._n de_fw-fr lib._n arbitr_n l._n 3._o c._n 8._o prop._n 6._o pennot_v propug_n li._n 1._o c._n 23._o p._n 46_o 47_o etc._n etc._n scot._n 2._o d._n 25._o henric._n quodlib_a 1._o q._n 16._o bannes_n 1._o p._n q._n 83._o a_o 1._o dub_v 2._o cont._n 2._o suar._n met._n q._n 19_o sect_n 6._o vasquez_n 1._o p._n d._n 67._o n._n 14._o a_o chain_n of_o necessitate_v cause_n viz._n that_o god_n by_o the_o object_n necessitate_v the_o act_n of_o the_o intellect_n in_o specie_fw-la 2._o and_o that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n for_o all_o come_v to_o one_o if_o all_o sinful_a volition_n be_v necessitate_v nor_o will_v it_o satisfy_v any_o man_n well_o that_o camero_n do_v resolve_v all_o man_n sin_n into_o the_o devil_n temptation_n as_o a_o necessitating_a cause_n till_o he_o know_v into_o what_o to_o resolve_v the_o devil_n sin_n and_o he_o may_v turn_v manichee_n in_o time_n that_o can_v believe_v that_o god_n give_v the_o devil_n power_n to_o necessitate_v innocent_a man_n to_o sin_n and_o bring_v all_o sin_n and_o misery_n on_o the_o world_n much_o more_o he_o that_o say_v that_o god_n do_v all_o this_o himself_o 178._o as_o there_o be_v libera_n voluntas_fw-la and_o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la or_o libertas_n voluntatis_fw-la &_o libertas_n hominis_fw-la so_o there_o be_v a_o coaction_n or_o constraint_n of_o the_o liberum_fw-la co-action_n in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la be_v a_o contradiction_n and_o impossible_a but_o not_o in_o sensu_fw-la diviso_fw-la to_o be_v forcible_o or_o by_o unresistible_a power_n make_v willing_a of_o unwilling_a yet_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n i_o confess_v that_o voluntarium_fw-la quà_fw-la tale_n est_fw-la liberum_fw-la will_n and_o of_o the_o man._n i_o shall_v take_v my_o will_n to_o be_v constrain_v if_o by_o a_o unresistible_a power_n it_o be_v sudden_o make_v impious_a in_o act_n and_o habit_n or_o either_o but_o the_o man_n be_v not_o say_v to_o be_v constrain_v so_o long_o as_o he_o have_v his_o will._n 179._o the_o unhappy_a description_n of_o freewill_n which_o i_o mention_v jansenius_n have_v to._n 3._o li._n 6._o de_fw-fr grat._n salvat_fw-la cap._n 5._o &_o 6._o and_o annatus_n de_fw-fr incoacta_fw-la libertate_fw-la confute_v they_o at_o large_a as_o implicat_fw-la contradictionem_fw-la ut_fw-la voluntas_fw-la seu_fw-la volitio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la sicut_fw-la implicat_fw-la ut_fw-la volendo_n non_fw-la velimus_fw-la latet_fw-la contradictio_fw-la in_o eorum_fw-la dictis_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la volitionem_fw-la esse_fw-la posse_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la libera_fw-la apud_fw-la augustinum_n esse_fw-la liberam_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la aliquam_fw-la hominis_fw-la &_o angeli_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la seu_fw-la volitionem_fw-la pro_fw-la iisdem_fw-la prorsus_fw-la usurpantur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la seu_fw-la volitio_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la voluntas_fw-la idem_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o velle_fw-la &_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la &_o impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la ut_fw-la velle_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la liberum_fw-la lege_fw-la etiam_fw-la annatum_fw-la &_o petavium_n cont._n vincent_n lerinens_fw-la &_o pennoti_fw-la propugnacul_fw-la haec_fw-la plenius_fw-la tractans_fw-la 180._o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n consist_v not_o in_o such_o a_o indifferency_n as_o defectibility_n leg._n guil._n camerar_n scot._n disp._n philos_n moral_a qu._n 4._o for_o gibie●fs_n sense_n of_o liberty_n as_o not_o involve_v defectibility_n leave_v it_o in_o aequilibrio_fw-la equal_o incline_v to_o this_o or_o that_o as_o macedo_n against_o tho._n white_n confess_v with_o other_o for_o then_o all_o habit_n or_o inclination_n to_o this_o rather_o than_o that_o destroy_v liberty_n but_o in_o a_o indetermination_n with_o a_o power_n of_o self-determining_a which_o power_n be_v call_v indifferent_a because_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o this_o or_o that_o and_o not_o because_o it_o be_v equal_o incline_v no_o nor_o equal_o a_o power_n to_o either_o for_o there_o may_v be_v inequality_n 181._o when_o dr._n 135._o dr._n dr._n dr._n twiss_n de_fw-fr scient_a med._n l._n 2._o c._n 3._o p._n 265._o annat_n de_fw-fr scient_a med._n disp._n 1._o c._n 6._o §._o 5._o p._n 135._o twisse_n with_o bradwardine_n passim_fw-la bradwardine_n bradwardine_n bradwardine_n vid._n bradward_n l._n 3._o c._n 10_o 11._o &_o passim_fw-la about_o the_o definition_n of_o freewill_n which_o

god_n be_v moral_o and_o most_o fit_o say_v to_o will_v such_o nothing_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_a evil_n for_o only_o evil_a be_v the_o proper_a object_n of_o positive_a nolition_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v speak_v fullier_n of_o sin_n than_o of_o other_o nothing_o even_o fit_o in_o a_o moral_a sense_n 494._o vii_o last_o act_n of_o will_n be_v ordinary_o ascribe_v to_o god_n when_o it_o be_v mere_a operation_n or_o privation_n that_o be_v mean_v and_o so_o the_o phrase_n be_v as_o they_o say_v ab_fw-la effectu_fw-la ad_fw-la affectum_fw-la when_o a_o man_n 1._o deny_v his_o aid_n 2._o and_o actual_o hinder_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o nolition_n and_o so_o from_o god_n 1._o not_o cause_v 2._o and_o his_o hinder_v he_o be_v say_v to_o will_v that_o nothing_o that_o never_o shall_v be_v so_o much_o of_o the_o phrase_n 495._o now_o for_o application_n 1._o non-dare_a fidem_fw-la aut_fw-la gratiam_fw-la not_o to_o convert_v be_v nothing_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o positive_o will_v or_o decree_v of_o of_o god_n or_o at_o lest_o no_o man_n can_v prove_v it_o so_o to_o be_v so_o not-to_a give_v the_o gospel_n the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 496._o yet_o note_n that_o when_o man_n sin_n have_v so_o forfeit_v such_o gift_n that_o they_o be_v penal_o withhold_v this_o non-agency_a have_v the_o denomination_n of_o a_o moral_a act._n and_o also_o that_o the_o make_n of_o the_o penal_a law_n which_o make_v this_o privation_n due_a as_o a_o punishment_n be_v a_o positive_a act_n of_o god_n and_o have_v a_o positive_a volition_n but_o negation_n not-penal_a be_v not_o so_o 497._o 2._o not_o to_o hinder_v sin_n or_o to_o permit_v sin_n bare_o as_o permission_n be_v nothing_o as_o elsewhere_o i_o have_v prove_v therefore_o it_o have_v no_o positive_a decree_n or_o will_n save_v that_o when_o it_o be_v penal_a and_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o law_n that_o law_n be_v a_o real_a natural_a be_v and_o the_o jus_n thence_o result_v a_o real_a relation_n and_o the_o executive_a privation_n quid_fw-la morale_n they_o be_v will_v and_o decree_v answerable_o as_o they_o be_v to_o permit_v a_o man_n to_o be_v spiritual_o dead_a be_v not-to_a make_v he_o alive_a to_o permit_v his_o darkness_n or_o ignorance_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o light_a or_o knowledge_n to_o permit_v his_o unbelief_n be_v not-to_a cause_n he_o to_o believe_v to_o permit_v his_o want_n of_o love_n be_v not-to_a give_v he_o love_n to_o permit_v his_o positive_a sin_n of_o malignity_n or_o carnality_n be_v but_o not-to_a cure_n and_o hinder_v they_o by_o grace_n or_o providence_n suppose_v the_o natural_a support_n and_o concourse_n which_o the_o author_n of_o nature_n give_v to_o all_o thing_n 498._o therefore_o when_o god_n act_n in_o themselves_o be_v his_o essence_n and_o all_o one_o and_o be_v diversify_v but_o by_o connotation_n of_o divers_a object_n relative_o and_o denominative_o when_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n uno_fw-la intuitu_fw-la and_o will_v all_o that_o he_o will_v unica_fw-la volitione_fw-la when_o nihil_fw-la physicum_fw-la be_v no_o denominate_v terminus_fw-la of_o a_o physical_a act_n though_o so_o far_o as_o it_o may_v be_v call_v moraliter_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la reputative_a aliquid_fw-la as_o a_o privation_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o denominate_v reputative_o as_o a_o quasi_fw-la aliquid_fw-la and_o that_o which_o be_v moraliter_fw-la vel_fw-la imputative_a nihil_fw-la not_o moral_o denominate_v when_o both_o non_fw-fr dare_v spiritum_fw-la gratiam_fw-la fidem_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o permittere_fw-la infidelitatem_fw-la peocatum_fw-la etc._n etc._n be_v true_o nothing_o and_o even_o in_o reputative_a moral_a sense_n be_v wihil_fw-la morale_fw-la when_o they_o be_v not_o penal_a and_o as_o antecedent_n to_o sin_n they_o be_v not_o penal_a judge_v now_o impartial_o whether_o 1._o those_o man_n deal_v not_o presumptuous_o with_o god_n 2._o and_o troublesome_o with_o his_o church_n who_o assert_v the_o be_v of_o positive_a decree_n and_o volition_n in_o god_n about_o such_o nullity_n and_o raise_v controversy_n about_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o order_n of_o they_o yea_o unto_o dangerous_a inference_n when_o as_o 1._o they_o can_v prove_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o god_n as_o they_o assert_v 2._o nay_o when_o we_o say_v so_o much_o to_o prove_v the_o contrary_n 499._o and_o here_o consider_v whether_o scotus_n himself_o assert_v not_o without_o all_o need_n or_o proof_n that_o god_n have_v a_o positive_a knowledge_n and_o reflexive_a volition_n of_o his_o own_o non-volition_a and_o so_o that_o a_o nullity_n as_o to_o his_o own_o act_n must_v be_v the_o terminus_fw-la of_o a_o positive_a act_n when_o that_o nullity_n be_v neither_o god_n nor_o a_o creature_n nor_o aliquid_fw-la vel_fw-la dei_fw-la vel_fw-la creaturae_fw-la and_o so_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o denominate_n terminus_fw-la of_o a_o distinct_a act_n yet_o no_o doubt_n god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v ignorant_a of_o such_o nullity_n or_o idle_a for_o those_o be_v term_n of_o privation_n if_o god_n be_v say_v either_o not_o to_o know_v nothing_o or_o not_o to_o wil●_n or_o will_v they_o it_o be_v because_o it_o signify_v his_o perfection_n and_o no_o part_n of_o perfection_n be_v want_v to_o he_o but_o we_o must_v not_o place_v his_o perfection_n in_o a_o conformity_n to_o our_o imperfect_a mode_n of_o know_v or_o will_v 500_o for_o we_o dare_v not_o here_o presume_v peremptory_o to_o determine_v negative_o that_o god_n do_v not_o positive_o will_v his_o own_o non-agency_a or_o non-volitions_a because_o we_o know_v how_o dark_a we_o be_v and_o distant_a from_o god_n and_o unfit_a to_o say_v any_o thing_n but_o certainty_n of_o he_o as_o certain_a truth_n but_o we_o abstain_v from_o the_o contrary_a assertion_n as_o utter_o unprove_v and_o we_o will_v impute_v no_o needless_a act_n to_o god_n as_o his_o perfection_n though_o we_o yield_v to_o reputative_a moral_a denomination_n 501._o and_o so_o i_o contradict_v not_o the_o language_n of_o aquinas_n 1._o q._n 14._o 9_o who_o say_v that_o god_n know_v such_o nonentities_a as_o never_o will_v be_v ut_fw-mi possibili●_n and_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la quamvis_fw-la non_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la be_v more_o than_o nothing_o but_o remember_v that_o esse_fw-la in_o potentia_fw-la speak_v the_o esse_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o the_o possibile_fw-la be_v a_o pure_a nothing_o so_o that_o this_o be_v but_o to_o know_v the_o potentia_fw-la and_o not_o any_o thing_n else_o yet_o no_o doubt_n but_o god_n know_v all_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v in_o himself_o that_o be_v he_o know_v that_o he_o can_v do_v all_o thing_n and_o know_v what_o he_o know_v and_o will_v but_o this_o be_v no_o esse_fw-la creatum_fw-la but_o god_n himself_o at_o least_o as_o to_o that_o which_o never_o will_v be_v but_o if_o any_o will_v call_v it_o a_o know_v of_o thing_n possible_a which_o be_v nothing_o when_o god_n know_v his_o own_o power_n to_o make_v they_o we_o quarrel_v not_o with_o word_n while_o the_o sense_n be_v know_v 502._o but_o remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o knowledge_n but_o decree_n and_o volition_n of_o god_n that_o our_o enquiry_n now_o be_v about_o and_o aquinas_n and_o his_o follower_n common_o say_v that_o god_n will_v go_v not_o so_o far_o as_o his_o knowledge_n and_o that_o he_o know_v indeed_o mala_fw-la ex_fw-la bon●_n of_o which_o they_o be_v the_o privation_n as_o no_o doubt_n he_o do_v so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v not_o imperfection_n to_o be_v say_v to_o know_v they_o or_o as_o they_o be_v object_n of_o knowledge_n but_o yet_o that_o mala_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la neque_fw-la ●●lit_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la non-vult_a as_o lombard_n say_v 503._o ockam_n quodlib_n 3._o q._n 6._o have_v the_o question_n utrum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la intu●tiva_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la objecto_fw-la cognito_fw-la and_o he_o 1._o conclude_v that_o per_fw-la potentiam_fw-la divinam_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la de_fw-la object_n non_fw-la existente_fw-la but_o he_o mean_v only_o quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la vel_fw-la fuerit_fw-la 2._o that_o natural_o it_o can_v be_v and_o faith_n that_o contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vis●o_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o effect_n nec_fw-la esse_fw-la possit_fw-la ideo_fw-la contradictio_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la chimaera_n videatur_fw-la intuitive_fw-la feed_v non_fw-la est_fw-la contradictio_fw-la quod_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la videtur_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la extra_fw-la ca●som_n svam_fw-la dummodo_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o effectu_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la unde_fw-la deus_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la videt_fw-la omnes_fw-la res_fw-la factibiles_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la ●unc_fw-la null●_n fuerunt_fw-la by_o which_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o he_o mean_v as_o aquinas_n that_o it_o be_v not_o as_o nothing_o but_o as_o possible_n and_o future_n they_o be_v know_v even_o by_o god_n save_v that_o aquinas_n and_o

just_o so_o here_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o god_n causation_n and_o man_n be_v more_o than_o god_n alone_a and_o i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o god_n be_v a_o part_n nor_o yet_o that_o man_n be_v none_o nor_o that_o it_o be_v the_o same_o with_o god_n but_o that_o god_n act_v and_o concourse_n be_v quite_o above_o the_o reach_n of_o mortal_n 568._o but_o here_o again_o note_v what_o i_o say_v even_o now_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v no_o more_o sign_n of_o finiteness_n in_o god_n nor_o dishonour_n to_o he_o to_o be_v a_o limit_a or_o partial_a cause_n than_o to_o be_v no_o cause_n and_o limit_v total_o by_o suspension_n of_o the_o whole_a act_n and_o yet_o so_o he_o be_v as_o to_o all_o possible_n which_o he_o do_v not_o make_v or_o move_v 2._o and_o that_o it_o be_v his_o own_o free_a will_v only_o that_o thus_o limit_v he_o as_o it_o do_v from_o give_v all_o man_n more_o grace_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o real_o here_o be_v matter_n of_o satisfaction_n 569._o though_o he_o offend_v i_o by_o make_v god_n the_o cause_n of_o sin_n i_o will_v here_o cite_v the_o word_n of_o our_o countryman_n holkot_n quodl_n lib._n 2._o qu._n 1._o est_fw-la sententia_fw-la omnium_fw-la theologorum_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la immediata_fw-la omnis_fw-la rei_fw-la productae_fw-la sic_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la creaturae_fw-la agenti_fw-la sive_fw-la sit_fw-la natura_fw-la sive_fw-la voluntas_fw-la deus_fw-la coagit_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la imaginandum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la actione_n creaturae_fw-la qua_fw-la aliquid_fw-la producit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o creatura_fw-la sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la causae_fw-la partiales_n illius_fw-la producti_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la imaginando_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la producit_fw-la unam_fw-la partem_fw-la effectus_fw-la &_o creatura_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicatur_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la quia_fw-la concurrunt_fw-la in_o agendo_fw-la vel_fw-la causando_fw-la unde_fw-la tam_fw-la causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la quam_fw-la particularis_fw-la dicitur_fw-la communiter_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la etiam_fw-la sol_fw-la &_o hom●_n sunt_fw-la dvae_fw-la causae_fw-la partiale_n hominis_fw-la generandi_fw-la &_o similiter_fw-la vir_fw-la &_o mulier_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dicitur_fw-la causa_fw-la partialis_fw-la sufficit_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la tale_n quod_fw-la propter_fw-la ipsum_fw-la &_o quoddam_fw-la aliud_fw-la vel_fw-la quaedam_fw-la alia_fw-la res_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o esse_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la illis_fw-la positis_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la &_o aliquo_fw-la istorum_fw-la ablato_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la fiet_fw-la 570._o further_o i_o desire_v that_o it_o may_v be_v special_o note_v that_o god_n be_v our_o creator_n in_o order_n of_o nature_n before_o he_o be_v our_o ruler_n and_o that_o nature_n be_v before_o morality_n obedience_n or_o sin_n and_o that_o god_n as_o creator_n first_o settle_v the_o order_n of_o nature_n so_o as_o that_o the_o alteration_n of_o that_o law_n or_o settle_a order_n shall_v not_o be_v ordinary_o expect_v by_o we_o though_o he_o can_v alter_v it_o and_o therefore_o that_o man_n be_v man_n and_o have_v a_o natural_a power_n of_o self-determination_n and_o that_o god_n uphold_v he_o and_o concur_v as_o a_o universal_a cause_n belong_v to_o this_o fore-setled_n natural_a order_n and_o be_v presuppose_v to_o moral_a determination_n and_o specification_n either_o as_o from_o god_n or_o man_n 571._o and_o note_v that_o to_o good_a act_n we_o have_v need_n of_o more_o help_n from_o god_n than_o this_o mere_a natural_a causality_n and_o concourse_n and_o therefore_o god_n afford_v we_o more_o according_o but_o not_o to_o all_o alike_o 572._o it_o be_v further_a object_v against_o this_o way_n that_o our_o make_a reprobation_n to_o infidelity_n permission_n of_o sin_n not-giving_a faith_n etc._n etc._n to_o be_v no_o act_n of_o god_n come_v all_o 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take_v not_o good_a counsel_n pharaoh_n heart_n be_v harden_v by_o god_n answ_n the_o first_o be_v only_o a_o prophecy_n and_o a_o penal_a effect_n of_o sin_n and_o nothing_o of_o god_n willing_a or_o cause_v sin_n and_o so_o be_v the_o second_o though_o god_n can_v send_v afflicter_n by_o the_o way_n before_o mention_v without_o willing_a their_o sin_n the_o three_o speak_v only_o of_o a_o penal_a permission_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o rest_n all_o speak_v only_o of_o god_n penal_a permission_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o his_o decree_a and_o foretell_v the_o effect_n of_o it_o and_o his_o occasion_v the_o sinner_n to_o take_v one_o sinful_a object_n not_o as_o such_o

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in_o christian_n ear_n the_o sum_n of_o which_o be_v this_o neither_o god_n nor_o devil_n do_v will_v sin_v as_o it_o be_v evil_a but_o god_n be_v the_o first_o willer_n of_o its_o existence_n because_o it_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n sum_n &_o unice_n conducibile_fw-la to_o the_o manifestation_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o mercy_n and_o willing_a and_o love_v be_v all_o one_o in_o god_n he_o thus_o singular_o love_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n above_o its_o contrary_a holiness_n for_o this_o end_n and_o by_o predetermine_v premotion_n which_o he_o much_o more_o large_o write_v for_o elsewhere_o he_o cause_v as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n all_o that_o man_n cause_v but_o it_o be_v sin_n in_o man_n because_o forbid_v he_o but_o not_o in_o god_n because_o not_o forbid_v he_o and_o therefore_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v say_v to_o cause_v sin_n though_o he_o cause_v all_o that_o be_v cause_v but_o to_o permit_v it_o because_o he_o cause_v it_o not_o in_o himself_o nor_o be_v he_o to_o be_v call_v a_o deficient_a cause_n of_o our_o omission_n because_o he_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o actuate_v we_o but_o man_n be_v to_o be_v call_v the_o efficient_a and_o deficient_a cause_n because_o he_o be_v under_o a_o oblige_a law_n though_o god_n make_v that_o law_n and_o though_o he_o can_v no_o more_o than_o a_o stone_n act_n without_o physical_a predetermination_n nor_o forbear_v act_v when_o so_o act_v yet_o he_o be_v to_o be_v call_v free_a because_o he_o be_v actual_o willing_a or_o his_o will_n do_v act_v and_o because_o he_o be_v predetermine_v by_o none_o but_o god_n this_o be_v the_o true_a sense_n of_o their_o opinion_n as_o open_v by_o themselves_o i_o shall_v now_o brief_o consider_v what_o rutherford_n say_v to_o the_o same_o sense_n 626._o cap._n 15._o pag._n 186._o to_o annatus_n charge_v twisse_n as_o deny_v god_n permission_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o make_v he_o the_o sin_n the_o the_o the_o nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la negari_fw-la potest_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la dei_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la quas_fw-la fieri_fw-la velit_fw-la twiss_n recitante_fw-la etiam_fw-la rutherf_n de_fw-fr prov._n c._n 15._o p._n 186._o see_v all_o their_o reason_n for_o god_n cause_v sin_n or_o willing_a its_o existence_n answer_v by_o ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 26._o p._n 262_o 263_o 264_o 265._o as_o also_o against_o god_n predetermine_v to_o the_o immediate_a materiale_a peccati_fw-la disp_n 27._o p._n 270_o etc._n etc._n disp_n 28_o &_o 29_o &_o 30_o etc._n etc._n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la p._n 580._o as_o to_o the_o common_a say_n that_o god_n will_v not_o sin_n as_o sin_n all_o man_n will_v confess_v dr._n twiss_n often_o that_o neither_o do_v a_o wicked_a man_n do_v so_o peccans_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la non_fw-la intendit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la quoad_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la formale_a in_fw-la peccato_fw-la seu_fw-la carentiam_fw-la conformitatis_fw-la sed_fw-la intendit_fw-la actum_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la inquit_fw-la aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 42._o a._n 3._o pag._n 319._o i_o will_v not_o conceal_v a_o more_o difficult_a argument_n than_o most_o of_o they_o which_o may_v occur_v to_o other_o god_n cause_v e._n g._n in_o nathana●l_n peter_n etc._n etc._n this_o act_n of_o say_v before_o christ_n come_v the_o messiah_n be_v to_o come_v hereafter_o when_o christ_n be_v come_v this_o be_v false_a and_o so_o evil_a god_n still_o cause_v the_o faith_n which_o he_o give_v they_o therefore_o he_o cause_v a_o untrue_a belief_n and_o evil_n and_o that_o supernatural_o but_o i_o answ_v 1._o god_n cause_v the_o habit_n of_o their_o faith_n and_o the_o act_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o habit_n be_v in_o general_a a_o belief_n of_o all_o divine_a revelation_n and_o in_o special_a a_o belief_n in_o the_o promise_a messiah_n the_o termination_n of_o the_o act_n on_o the_o messiah_n as_o future_a rather_o than_o as_o incarnate_a require_v nothing_o positive_a in_o the_o habit_n the_o same_o habit_n serve_v to_o both_o act_n unless_o the_o latter_a be_v for_o the_o noble_a act_n have_v some_o addition_n but_o the_o former_a need_v none_o 2._o and_o that_o this_o habit_n may_v bring_v forth_o the_o act_n in_o that_o circumstance_n no_o more_o be_v necessary_a but_o 1._o god_n word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o and_o god_n influx_n on_o the_o habit_v faculty_n to_o cause_v it_o to_o act_v according_a to_o that_o habit_n so_o that_o when_o god_n have_v reverse_v that_o word_n christus_fw-la venturus_fw-la est_fw-la he_o be_v no_o long_o the_o cause_n determine_v the_o mind_n to_o believe_v that_o word_n but_o only_o the_o cause_n that_o the_o habit_n of_o faith_n be_v still_o towards_o christ_n but_o not_o at_o all_o sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la venturi_fw-la for_o the_o determine_a word_n be_v call_v in_o and_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n not_o to_o know_v so_o much_o where_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sin_n cause_n of_o the_o act_n the_o liberty_n and_o the_o prohibition_n and_o to_o cause_n be_v not_o to_o permit_v he_o have_v no_o better_a answer_n than_o to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v not_o permit_v the_o act_n nor_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o act_n but_o he_o permit_v the_o evil_a act_n and_o 2._o to_o say_v that_o the_o dominican_n and_o jesuit_n hold_v the_o same_o as_o he_o which_o be_v to_o jest_v with_o holy_a thing_n and_o not_o to_o argue_v as_o if_o he_o say_v god_n make_v neither_o the_o soul_n nor_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o he_o make_v the_o man_n what!_o be_v it_o as_o it_o be_v say_v that_o none_o animase_v unio_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la so_o do_v god_n permit_v the_o union_n of_o actum_fw-la and_o mal●m_fw-la no_o that_o he_o pretend_v not_o 627._o to_o prove_v that_o god_n will_v the_o existence_n of_o sin_n he_o bring_v the_o instance_n of_o joseph_n case_n gen._n 45._o to_o which_o i_o say_v that_o the_o text_n say_v not_o at_o all_o that_o god_n will_v the_o will_n or_o act_n or_o sin_n of_o joseph_n brethren_n but_o only_o the_o venditio_fw-la passiva_fw-la or_o effect_n and_o the_o consequent_n nay_o only_o the_o consequent_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o text_n his_o reply_n to_o the_o answer_n prove_v no_o more_o than_o the_o five_o thing_n which_o i_o before_o assert_v about_o sin_n nothing_o so_o much_o deceive_v they_o as_o not_o distinguish_v between_o the_o sinful_a act_n and_o the_o effect_n or_o passion_n when_o they_o be_v call_v by_o the_o same_o name_n as_o sell_v kill_v etc._n etc._n 628._o his_o next_o instance_n be_v of_o christ_n death_n of_o which_o i_o say_v enough_o before_o but_o 1._o he_o understand_v his_o adversary_n as_o ascribe_v only_o the_o consequent_n of_o crucifixion_n to_o god_n will_n which_o be_v his_o mistake_n it_o be_v crucifixion_n itself_o passiuè_n sumpta_fw-la which_o they_o ascribe_v to_o it_o some_o of_o they_o at_o least_o and_o let_v man_n too_o wise_a against_o god_n deride_v it_o as_o much_o as_o they_o will_v god_n can_v will_n and_o love_n that_o christ_n be_v crucify_a and_o yet_o hate_v and_o not_o will_v the_o will_n and_o act_n of_o the_o crucifier_n but_o only_o foresee_v it_o as_o aforesaid_a and_o let_v they_o jeer_v god_n as_o idle_a or_o asleep_a if_o he_o neither_o will_v nor_o effectual_o will_z the_o sin_n we_o will_v believe_v it_o to_o be_v his_o perfection_n and_o liberty_n which_o they_o so_o deride_v 2._o and_o whereas_o he_o add_v that_o active_a verb_n be_v use_v as_o gen._n 45._o misit_fw-la i_o deus_fw-la isa_n 53._o deus_fw-la voluit_fw-la eum_fw-la conterere_fw-la zech._n 13._o ego_fw-la percutiam_fw-la pastorem_fw-la and_o god_n deliver_v christ_n to_o death_n i_o answer_v it_o be_v too_o too_o gross_a to_o persuade_v we_o hence_o that_o any_o of_o these_o text_n say_v that_o god_n will_v the_o sinner_n will_v or_o act._n god_n send_v i_o speak_v god_n act_n that_o be_v his_o disposal_n

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the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n by_o which_o all_o sin_n perish_v he_o mean_v that_o those_o that_o sincere_o covenant_v with_o god_n in_o baptism_n be_v true_o pardon_v though_o he_o think_v some_o of_o they_o fall_v away_o and_o perish_v be_v blot_v out_o be_v true_a even_o in_o they_o who_o will_v not_o remain_v in_o the_o truth_n and_o for_o they_o that_o be_v not_o predestinate_v unto_o life_n sent._n sup_v 3._o he_o that_o say_v that_o they_o that_o be_v not_o predestinate_v to_o life_n though_o they_o be_v in_o christ_n regenerate_v by_o baptism_n and_o have_v live_v pious_o and_o just_o it_o profit_v they_o nothing_o but_o they_o be_v so_o long_o reserve_v till_o they_o fall_v to_o ruin_v and_o they_o be_v not_o take_v out_o of_o this_o life_n till_o this_o happen_v to_o they_o as_o if_o the_o ruin_n of_o such_o man_n be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o god_n constitution_n be_v not_o a_o catholic_n for_o god_n do_v not_o therefore_o prolong_v the_o time_n of_o any_o man_n age_n 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or_o cease_v it_o by_o his_o own_o will_n sent._n 13._o he_o that_o say_v that_o some_o man_n be_v not_o make_v by_o god_n to_o this_o end_n that_o they_o may_v obtain_v eternal_a life_n but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v the_o ornament_n of_o their_o time_n and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o other_o will_v speak_v better_a if_o he_o say_v that_o god_n who_o be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o man_n make_v not_o they_o in_o vain_a who_o he_o forsee_v will_v not_o be_v partaker_n of_o life_n eternal_a because_o even_o in_o bad_a man_n nature_n be_v god_n good_a work_n and_o justice_n in_o their_o damnation_n be_v laudable_a but_o he_o can_v well_o be_v blame_v that_o say_v that_o even_o by_o the_o condition_n of_o such_o the_o world_n be_v adorn_v self_n adorn_v adorn_v adorn_v but_o not_o by_o their_o sin_n i●_n self_n and_o that_o those_o that_o hurt_n themselves_o by_o their_o own_o iniquity_n be_v bear_v for_o the_o good_a of_o other_o for_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o ungodly_a though_o 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the_o non-predestinate_a perish_v by_o voluntary_a and_o not_o constrain_v infidelity_n sent._n 15._o he_o that_o say_v that_o foreknowledge_n be_v the_o same_o with_o predestination_n doubtless_o in_o our_o good_a work_n conjoyn_v or_o mix_v those_o two_o for_o what_o we_o have_v of_o god_n gift_n and_o be_v say_v to_o be_v foreknow_v must_v needs_o be_v predestinate_a and_o what_o be_v say_v to_o be_v predestinate_a must_v needs_o be_v foreknow_v but_o in_o our_o evil_a work_n only_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n must_v be_v understand_v because_o as_o he_o foreknow_v and_o predestinate_v the_o thing_n which_o he_o do_v himself_o and_o give_v we_o to_o do_v so_o he_o foreknow_v only_a and_o do_v not_o predestinate_a the_o thing_n which_o he_o neither_o do_v himself_o nor_o require_v we_o to_o do_v sect_n xxi_o prosper_n be_v answer_n ad_fw-la object_n vincent_n 662._o i_o will_v crave_v the_o reader_n patience_n while_o i_o add_v the_o sum_n of_o hi●_n answer_v also_o to_o some_o of_o the_o objection_n of_o vincentius_n obj._n 1_o that_o christ_n die_v not_o for_o all_o resp_n his_o death_n be_v a_o remedy_n in_o itself_o sufficient_a to_o profit_v all_o but_o if_o it_o be_v not_o take_v it_o will_v not_o heal_v obj._n 2._o that_o god_n will_v not_o have_v all_o save_v though_o they_o will_v resp_n we_o must_v sincere_o believe_v and_o profess_v that_o god_n will_v have_v all_o save_v that_o many_o perish_v be_v by_o the_o merit_n of_o they_o that_o perish_v that_o many_o be_v save_v be_v the_o gift_n of_o he_o that_o save_v they_o for_o that_o the_o guilty_a be_v damn_v be_v god_n inculpable_a justice_n that_o the_o guilty_a be_v justify_v be_v god_n unspeakable_a grace_n obj._n 3_o that_o god_n make_v most_o of_o mankind_n that_o they_o may_v perish_v for_o ever_o resp_n god_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o man_n but_o no_o man_n be_v make_v by_o he_o that_o he_o may_v perish_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o be_v bear_v be_v one_o and_o the_o cause_n of_o perish_v be_v another_o that_o man_n be_v bear_v be_v god_n gift_n that_o they_o perish_v be_v the_o sinner_n desert_n he_o make_v man_n that_o they_o may_v be_v man_n obj._n 4._o that_o the_o most_o of_o man_n be_v make_v of_o god_n not_o to_o do_v god_n will_v but_o the_o devil_n resp_n it_o be_v madness_n and_o against_o reason_n to_o say_v that_o it_o be_v by_o god_n will_v that_o god_n will_v be_v not_o do_v and_o that_o the_o damner_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o servant_n will_v have_v the_o devil_n serve_v obj._n 5._o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o our_o sin_n in_o that_o he_o make_v man_n will_n evil_a and_o make_v a_o substance_n which_o by_o natural_a motion_n can_v but_o sin_n resp_n this_o objection_n they_o make_v because_o we_o hold_v original_a sin_n and_o misery_n but_o we_o hold_v that_o whatever_o be_v of_o nature_n be_v of_o god_n and_o none_o of_o that_o which_o be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n but_o sin_n be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n from_o whence_o come_v death_n and_o all_o that_o be_v of_o death_n god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o no_o man_n sin_n but_o the_o creator_n of_o his_o nature_n which_o voluntary_o sin_v when_o it_o have_v power_n not_o to_o sin_v and_o by_o his_o own_o will_n man_n subject_v himself_o to_o the_o deceiver_n and_o it_o be_v not_o by_o natural_a but_o by_o captive_a motion_n that_o he_o live_v in_o sin_n till_o he_o die_v to_o sin_n and_o live_v to_o god_n which_o without_o grace_n he_o can_v do_v obj._n 6._o that_o god_n make_v in_o man_n such_o a_o will_v as_o be_v in_o devil_n that_o of_o its_o own_o motion_n can_v and_o will_v do_v nothing_o but_o evil_a resp_n the_o whole_a world_n lie_v in_o wickedness_n but_o even_o very_a bad_a man_n may_v be_v reconcile_v and_o devil_n can_v and_o god_n put_v not_o evil_a affection_n in_o man_n obj._n 7._o that_o it_o be_v god_n will_n that_o a_o great_a part_n of_o christian_n neither_o will_v nor_o can_v be_v save_v resp_n if_o you_o speak_v of_o they_o who_o forsake_v the_o 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every_o name_n that_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n every_o knee_n shall_v ●ow_o phil._n 2._o 7_o 8._o and_o as_o in_o adam_n all_o die_n even_o so_o in_o christ_n shall_v all_o be_v make_v alive_a 1_o cor._n 15._o 22._o 38._o christ_n upon_o his_o incarnation_n perform_v but_o what_o god_n have_v decree_v before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n and_o have_v obscure_o and_o general_o promise_v after_o the_o fall_n at_o the_o first_o make_v of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o decree_n of_o god_n be_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n call_v by_o some_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n especial_o because_o the_o prophet_n have_v sometime_o as_o isa_n 53._o describe_v it_o by_o way_n of_o prediction_n as_o a_o covenant_n between_o the_o father_n and_o christ_n incarnate_a if_o we_o conceive_v of_o it_o proper_o under_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o decree_n first_o and_o a_o promise_v after_o unto_o the_o world_n so_o the_o will_n and_o mercy_n of_o god_n 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obedience_n in_o and_o by_o christ_n be_v a_o humane_a invention_n subvert_v christ_n gospel_n or_o unfit_a speech_n if_o better_a mean_v 137._o yet_o a_o reward_n it_o be_v to_o we_o to_o be_v glorify_v but_o that_o be_v not_o for_o our_o fulfil_n the_o law_n of_o innocency_n by_o christ_n but_o for_o our_o believe_v in_o christ_n and_o perform_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n which_o give_v we_o life_n as_o a_o free_a gift_n but_o yet_o in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o condition_n it_o have_v the_o relation_n and_o name_n of_o a_o reward_n to_o we_o in_o the_o scripture_n 138._o so_o that_o here_o be_v three_o reward_v covenant_n before_o we_o 1._o the_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o innocency_n reward_v man_n for_o perfection_n to_o the_o end_n and_o this_o reward_v none_o but_o christ_n and_o it_o be_v false_a that_o we_o be_v reward_v by_o that_o covenant_n or_o justify_v by_o it_o for_o christ_n fulfil_n it_o but_o it_o controversy_n all_o the_o stir_n of_o the_o papist_n be_v to_o prove_v that_o we_o have_v inherent_a righteousness_n as_o well_o as_o pardon_v which_o protestant_n be_v as_o much_o for_o as_o they_o the_o rest_n be_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la justificationis_fw-la malder_n 1._o 2._o q._n 113._o a._n 2._o p._n 572._o apostolus_fw-la 2_o cor._n 5._o non_fw-la aliud_fw-la vult_fw-la quam_fw-la christum_fw-la cvi_fw-la nullum_fw-la debebatur_fw-la supplicium_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la hostiam_fw-la pro_fw-la nostro_fw-la peccato_fw-la ut_fw-la nos_fw-la qui_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la nihil_fw-la merebamur_fw-la praeter_fw-la supplicium_fw-la justitia_fw-la dei_fw-la fieremus_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la gratis_o sine_fw-la nostris_fw-la operibus_fw-la consequeremur_fw-la per_fw-la ipsius_fw-la merita_fw-la justitiam_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la what_o do_v this_o differ_v from_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n idem_fw-la ibid._n quando_fw-la apostolus_fw-la dicit_fw-la multos_fw-la constitui_fw-la justos_fw-la per_fw-la unius_fw-la obediential_a significatur_fw-la causa_fw-la meritoria_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la formalis_fw-la and_o so_o say_v we_o but_o some_o call_v christ_n righteousness_n the_o causa_fw-la materials_n mean_v no_o more_o but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o matter_n of_o that_o merit_n for_o which_o we_o be_v justify_v as_o if_o adam_n have_v perfect_o fulfil_v the_o law_n his_o fulfil_n it_o have_v be_v meritorious_a of_o his_o sentential_a justification_n and_o yet_o the_o matter_n of_o his_o constitutive_a justification_n that_o be_v of_o his_o righteousness_n and_o some_o unapt_o call_v it_o the_o formal_a cause_n but_o a_o unapt_a logical_a notion_n be_v not_o a_o error_n in_o faith_n or_o theology_n idem_fw-la ib._n p._n 573._o quamvis_fw-la ●x_fw-la omnino_fw-la rigida_fw-la justitia_fw-la solus_fw-la christus_fw-la dominus_fw-la satisfactat_fw-la de_fw-la condigno_fw-la tamen_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la merces_fw-la operi_fw-la ●ono_fw-la debeatur_fw-la post_fw-la dei_fw-la promissionem_fw-la meretur_fw-la iustùs_fw-la coronam_fw-la justisi●_n quam_fw-la reddet_fw-la in_o illa_fw-la die_fw-la iustùs_fw-la judex_fw-la est_fw-la nostra_fw-la justitia_fw-la tota_fw-la totum_fw-la meritum_fw-la tota_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la dependens_fw-la a_o me●ito_fw-la &_o satisfactione_n christi_fw-la still_o here_o be_v a_o wordy_a controversy_n justify_v christ_n 2._o the_o law_n or_o covenant_n make_v only_o to_o and_o with_o christ_n the_o mediator_n and_o this_o covenant_n further_o reward_v christ_n as_o mediator_n give_v he_o all_o that_o it_o promise_v to_o himself_o and_o we_o for_o his_o perform_v the_o mediatorial_n condition_n and_o so_o our_o life_n be_v christ_n reward_n 3._o the_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o grace_n for_o it_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o several_a respect_n that_o be_v call_v the_o law_n and_o the_o covenant_n which_o give_v life_n on_o the_o condition_n of_o faith_n do_v justify_v and_o reward_v believer_n and_o we_o be_v justify_v and_o reward_v by_o no_o other_o law_n 139._o when_o rom._n 4._o oft_o say_v and_o other_o text_n that_o we_o be_v

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 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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 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3._o the_o covenant_n

may_v be_v call_v 1._o a_o receive_v cause_n 2._o and_o a_o medi●●_n or_o dispositive_a cause_n of_o the_o effect_n justification_n as_o received_n but_o not_o as_o give_v as_o i_o say_v dr._n twisse_n choose_v to_o call_v it_o but_o this_o causa_fw-la dispositiva_fw-la be_v p●●_n of_o the_o causa_fw-la materialis_fw-la viz._n qua_fw-la disposita_fw-la a_o cause_n or_o more_o proper_o a_o condition_n why_o i_o receive_v justification_n and_o by_o receive_v it_o be_o justify_v which_o be_v their_o meaning_n who_o call_v it_o a_o passive_a instrument_n that_o be_v a_o ●●ceiving_a instrument_n 199._o the_o plain_a easy_a truth_n be_v that_o faith_n nature_n which_o be_v to_o be_v ●●lieving_a acceptance_n of_o christ_n and_o life_n offer_v on_o that_o condition_n be_v ●●_o very_o essence_n be_v but_o its_o aptitude_n to_o the_o office_n it_o have_v to_o our_o justification_n by_o which_o the_o question_n be_v answer_v why_o do_v god_n promise_v we_o christ_n and_o life_n ●●_o the_o 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god_n and_o faith_n in_o christ_n which_o be_v the_o soul_n practical_a affiance_n in_o he_o have_v some_o love_n to_o christ_n in_o it_o but_o the_o denomination_n be_v not_o from_o the_o same_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la in_o each_o it_o be_v eminent_o call_v faith_n when_o give_v up_o our_o soul_n to_o christ_n to_o be_v save_v in_o practical_a affiance_n be_v the_o great_a work_n of_o the_o soul_n though_o it_o have_v something_o of_o love_n essential_a to_o it_o and_o it_o be_v eminent_o call_v love_n moral_o when_o the_o complacency_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o christ_n thus_o trust_v and_o in_o god_n our_o end_n be_v the_o great_a work_n or_o business_n of_o the_o soul_n 206._o this_o holy_a love_n as_o a_o fix_a habit_n and_o employment_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o our_o relation_n to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n to_o work_v it_o in_o we_o be_v it_o that_o be_v promise_v and_o give_v quoad_fw-la jus_o in_o the_o baptismal_a covenant_n of_o which_o faith_n though_o it_o have_v somewhat_o of_o actual_a love_n or_o volition_n in_o it_o be_v the_o antecedent_n condition_n which_o also_o i_o have_v so_o full_o open_v as_o afore_o cite_v that_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o it_o for_o this_o also_o and_o somewhat_o be_v say_v of_o it_o before_o sect_n xiii_o of_o the_o degree_n of_o pardon_n or_o justification_n 207._o some_o man_n lest_o they_o shall_v yield_v that_o justification_n be_v not_o one_o perfect_a finish_v act_n do_v but_o once_o do_v feign_v that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o first_o act_n of_o faith_n by_o which_o a_o man_n be_v justify_v indeed_o it_o be_v only_o the_o first_o act_n by_o which_o he_o ●s_v change_v from_o a_o unrighteous_a to_o a_o righteous_a state_n but_o to_o think_v that_o therefore_o we_o be_v never_o after_o justify_v by_o faith_n and_o so_o have_v not_o actual_o justify_v faith_n all_o our_o life_n but_o for_o one_o instant_a only_a be_v fit_a for_o a_o dreamer_n than_o a_o theological_a discourser_n 208._o our_o first_o constitutive_a justification_n be_v in_o its_o nature_n a_o right_a to_o impunity_n and_o to_o life_n or_o glory_n word_n glory_n glory_n glory_n ●●●●_o tell_v we_o that_o 〈…〉_o which_o 〈…〉_o by_o rege●●ra_fw-es ●●_o and_o just_a ●●●●_o on_o ●u●_n what_o they_o mean_v by_o r●●nission_n they_o can_v tell_v themselves_o as_o a_o foresaid_a pardon_v of_o the_o gu●●_n they_o mean_v not_o or_o else_o they_o mean_v several_a thing_n in_o one_o word_n be_v a_o relation_n which_o must_v be_v continue_v to_o the_o end_n and_o therefore_o must_v have_v the_o true_a cause_n and_o condition_n continue_v and_o will_v cease_v if_o any_o of_o they_o cease_v 209._o as_o to_o the_o question_n therefore_o whether_o justification_n be_v lossable_a and_o ●ardon_v reversible_a i_o answer_v that_o the_o grant_v of_o they_o in_o the_o covenant_n be_v unalterable_a but_o man_n will_n in_o itself_o be_v mutable_a and_o if_o he_o shall_v cease_v believe_v by_o apostasy_n and_o the_o condition_n fail_v he_o will_v lose_v his_o right_n and_o be_v unjustified_a and_o unpardoned_a without_o any_o change_n in_o god_n but_o that_o a_o man_n do_v not_o so_o the_o facto_fw-la be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o election_n and_o special_a grace_n of_o which_o afterward_o 210._o though_o all_o our_o past_a sin_n be_v pardon_v at_o our_o first_o faith_n or_o conversion_n or_o as_o the_o ancient_n speak_v in_o baptism_n yet_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o pardon_n or_o justification_n be_v not_o perfect_a at_o first_o no_o nor_o on_o this_o side_n death_n and_o the_o say_n of_o many_o that_o justification_n be_v perfect_a at_o first_o and_o sanctification_n only_o by_o degree_n be_v a_o palpable_a error_n as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o oft_o show_v for_o that_o be_v not_o perfect_a 1._o which_o be_v not_o continue_v and_o bring_v on_o to_o its_o end_n but_o upon_o continue_a condition_n and_o diligent_a use_n of_o mean_n to_o the_o ●ast_n 2._o ●ast_n ●ast_n ●ast_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la peccati_fw-la svi_fw-la veniam_fw-la impetravit_fw-la adam_n ut_fw-la a_o morte_fw-la temporali_fw-la immunis_fw-la esset_fw-la twiss_n contr_n corvin_n pag._n 343._o col_fw-fr 2._o 2._o which_o leave_v many_o penalty_n unremoved_a which_o have_v further_a mean_n to_o be_v use_v for_o their_o removal_n and_o further_a right_o to_o it_o to_o be_v obtain_v to_o have_v more_o and_o more_o grace_n and_o less_o and_o less_o sin_n and_o to_o have_v ●earer_a communion_n with_o god_n be_v blessing_n as_o to_o the_o degree_n which_o we_o must_v by_o degree_n attain_v a_o further_a right_o to_o and_o the_o privation_n of_o they_o be_v ●ore_a penalty_n to_o be_v remove_v 3._o we_o have_v new_a sin_n to_o be_v pardon_v every_o day_n 4._o our_o remain_a corruption_n be_v such_o as_o need_v a_o continue_a pardon_n till_o it_o be_v perfect_o do_v away_o 5._o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v not_o come_v for_o which_o the_o most_o perfect_a justification_n be_v reserve_v sect_n fourteen_o of_o justification_n by_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n 211._o the_o second_o sort_n of_o justification_n which_o be_v by_o sentence_n be_v do_v by_o christ_n as_o judge_n and_o so_o be_v a_o act_n of_o his_o kingly_a office_n 212._o therefore_o be_v it_o true_a as_o it_o be_v not_o that_o justify_v faith_n be_v only_o the_o receive_n or_o believe_v in_o christ_n as_o a_o justifier_n of_o we_o it_o will_v not_o be_v a_o believe_v in_o he_o in_o his_o priestly_a office_n only_o but_o in_o act_n for_o he_o merit_v our_o justification_n as_o a_o humble_a servant_n and_o a_o sacrifice_n he_o give_v it_o we_o in_o right_o by_o his_o covenant_n or_o law_n of_o grace_n as_o king_n and_o benefactor_n he_o promulgate_v it_o as_o prophet_n he_o pass_v the_o sentence_n as_o king_n and_o judge_n he_o executive_o take_v off_o the_o penalty_n and_o glorifi_v we_o as_o king_n and_o benefactor_n there_o be_v no_o justification_n by_o a_o partial_a faith_n 213._o though_o the_o estimation_n of_o a_o man_n as_o just_a call_v the_o sententi●_fw-la judicis_fw-la concepta_fw-la as_o distinct_a from_o the_o sententia_fw-la prolata_fw-la be_v say_v to_o be_v ●●_o immanet_fw-la act_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o from_o eternity_n yet_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n for_o though_o it_o be_v not_o transient_a effectiuè_n and_o do_v nihil_fw-la efficere_fw-la ad_fw-la extra_fw-la ye●_n it_o be_v transient_a objectiuè_fw-fr and_o do_v presuppose_v the_o existence_n of_o the_o qualify_a object_n for_o though_o god_n knowledge_n and_o will_n in_o genere_fw-la or_o as_o such_o be_v his_o eternal_a essence_n yet_o god_n knowledge_n and_o love_n of_o john_n or_o peter●●_n ●●_z believer_n be_v term_n which_o signify_v not_o his_o essence_n as_o such_o but_o as_o trans●●_n and_o terminate_v on_o those_o existent_a person_n relative_o so_o that_o the_o extrinsical_a denomination_n from_o the_o existent_a object_n be_v temporary_a as_o it_o be_v 214._o

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cause_n moral_a good_a and_o hinder_v moral_a evil_n and_o by_o which_o as_o our_o lover_n and_o end_n he_o will_v draw_v man_n soul_n to_o himself_o in_o love_n §_o 20._o god_n as_o rector_n though_o he_o vary_v his_o law_n in_o some_o thing_n to_o several_a age_n and_o place_n and_o promulgate_v the_o same_o gospel_n with_o inequality_n on_o several_a account_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o respective_a law_n that_o they_o be_v under_o deal_v with_o all_o man_n in_o a_o certain_a equality_n which_o be_v call_v justice_n that_o be_v his_o law_n antecedent_o to_o man_n act_n make_v not_o difference_n and_o as_o judge_v he_o make_v none_o but_o what_o man_v different_a action_n require_v according_a to_o the_o say_a law_n and_o justice_n but_o yet_o as_o owner_n and_o as_o benefactor_n he_o be_v free_a not_o against_o but_o above_o his_o law_n to_o make_v many_o inequality_n which_o be_v no_o injustice_n they_o be_v not_o act_n of_o formal_a government_n and_o so_o he_o may_v do_v with_o 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as_o such_o have_v no_o liberty_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o object_n further_o than_o it_o be_v under_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o will._n and_o the_o object_n and_o intellect_n be_v make_v by_o god_n 6._o therefore_o it_o follow_v that_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a measure_n of_o intellectual_a true_a apprehension_n according_a to_o which_o the_o will_n can_v excite_v and_o determine_v itself_o without_o ●●y_a thing_n which_o it_o have_v not_o and_o yet_o can_v forbear_v and_o that_o this_o not-willing_a what_o and_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o begin_n of_o all_o sin_n §_o 25._o god_n be_v no_o efficient_a or_o desicient_a cause_n of_o this_o first_o omission_n of_o the_o will_v for_o efficient_a it_o have_v none_o and_o deficient_a god_n be_v not_o who_o give_v man_n power_n to_o have_v do_v it_o but_o man_n be_v the_o deficient_a cause_n §_o 26._o man_n be_v not_o believe_v not_o know_v not_o love_v not_o obey_v not_o desire_v trust_v fear_v etc._n etc._n be_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o his_o life_n omission_n life_n life_n life_n which_o make_v the_o worthy_a bishop_n usher_n die_v with_o these_o word_n as_o his_o last_o but_o lord_n in_o special_a forgive_v my_o ●●●_o of_o omission_n we_o see_v by_o this_o be_v not_o at_o all_o of_o god_n §_o 27._o though_o multitude_n of_o positive_a act_n of_o sin_n do_v follow_v such_o omission_n and_o go_v before_o some_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o sinful_a as_o act_n but_o as_o disorder_v against_o the_o rule_n and_o end_v and_o upon_o undue_a object_n and_o especial_o comparative_o prefer_n the_o wrong_a object_n before_o the_o right_a it_o seem_v that_o in_o their_o first_o instance_n they_o be_v all_o omissive_a and_o positive_a in_o the_o second_o only_o which_o make_v the_o schoolman_n so_o common_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v a_o privation_n §_o 28._o yet_o the_o moral_a formal_a relation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o privative_a but_o a_o positive_a disobedience_n or_o 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so_o and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n but_o what_o cause_v they_o §_o 31._o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o yet_o god_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n because_o he_o be_v under_o no_o law_n do_v but_o sport_n with_o dreadful_a thing_n and_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o all_o man_n sin_n in_o the_o world_n but_o not_o of_o any_o sin_n of_o his_o own_o which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o question_n §_o 32._o god_n do_v neither_o cause_n the_o sin_n nor_o the_o futurity_n or_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o some_o vain_o distinguish_v maintain_v especial_o dr._n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n for_o as_o estius_n and_o other_o true_o say_v to_o cause_v the_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o to_o cause_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o and_o sin_n as_o sin_n dr._n twisse_n often_o

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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

what_o man_n can_v do_v further_o open_v p._n 114._o crim._n 3_o hold_v free_a will_n to_o good_a p._n 121._o a_o manifold_a liberty_n evince_v by_o many_o question_n p._n 122._o whether_o any_o that_o use_v it_o not_o have_v liberty_n to_o believe_v p._n 124_o 125._o crim._n 4._o that_o man_n be_v not_o dead_a in_o sin_n p._n 125._o crim._n 5._o that_o man_n be_v not_o mere_o passive_a in_o his_o first_o conversion_n p._n 126._o crim_n 6._o none_o damn_v for_o adam_n sin_n only_o p._n 128._o the_o seven_o day_n conference_n of_o sufficient_a and_o effectual_a grace_n crim._n 1_o of_o the_o armin._n deny_v sufficient_a grace_n they_o damn_v man_n for_o mere_a impossibility_n p._n 130._o have_v adam_n sufficient_a grace_n p._n 132._o of_o the_o 13_o artic._n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n p._n 133._o how_o god_n will_v man_n salvation_n p._n 134._o crim._n 2._o make_v grace_n unresistible_a p._n 136._o how_o far_o they_o do_v so_o the_o eight_o day_n conference_n crim._n 1_o of_o 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mean_n p._n 163._o dr._n twisse_n about_o this_o note_a p._n 167_o etc._n etc._n crim._n 5._o they_o hold_v grace_n give_v according_a to_o work_n or_o preparation_n p._n 169._o crim._n 6._o they_o make_v the_o will_v to_o have_v no_o sin_n or_o grace_n p._n 171._o crim._n 7._o they_o make_v grace_n resistible_a p._n 172._o the_o case_n further_o open_v p._n 173_o 174_o etc._n etc._n be_v there_o any_o universal_a second_o cause_n of_o grace_n under_o god_n as_o the_o sun_n in_o nature_n which_o work_v resistible_o and_o god_n by_o it_o ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la p._n 177._o christ_n how_o far_o such_o ib._n crim._n 8._o they_o make_v man_n will_n to_o make_v himself_o to_o differ_v etc._n etc._n p._n 180._o what_o differ_v be_v what_o the_o cause_n as_o to_o believe_v ib._n how_o far_o god_n work_v by_o universal_a grace_n p._n 185._o who_o make_v thou_o to_o differ_v open_v p._n 186._o crim._n 9_o man_n will_v make_v god_n grace_n effectual_a and_o not_o god_n p._n 186._o whence_o grace_n be_v effectual_a p._n 189._o difference_v grace_n what_o p._n 192._o it_o not_o all_o the_o question_n of_o the_o divine_a impress_n p._n 193_o 194._o the_o case_n summary_o open_v p._n 196._o the_o nine_o day_n conference_n of_o perseverance_n the_o arm._n crim._n 1_o they_o make_v fear_n and_o care_n to_o be_v folly_n p._n 198._o crim._n 2._o they_o cherish_v all_o sin_n p._n 200._o crim._n 3_o their_o doctrine_n be_v uncomfortable_a on_o pretence_n of_o confute_v p._n 200_o 201._o both_o side_n charge_v each_o other_o thus_o a_o middle_a way_n about_o perseverance_n avoid_v both_o p._n 204._o crim._n 4._o they_o dishonour_n god_n image_n make_v heinous_a sin_n consistent_a with_o it_o p._n 204._o crim._n 5._o immodesty_n and_o singularity_n contradict_v all_o the_o ancient_a church_n p._n 206._o crim._n 6._o contradict_v express_a scripture_n p._n 207._o the_o ten_o day_n conference_n the_o calv._n crimination_n about_o perseverance_n crim._n 1_o they_o overthrow_v the_o comfort_n of_o believer_n that_o deny_v perseverance_n p._n 208._o what_o comfort_n may_v be_v have_v by_o such_o p._n 211._o crim._n 2._o and_o 3._o they_o make_v god_n or_o his_o covenant_n mutable_a p._n 212._o crim._n 4._o they_o deny_v the_o promise_n of_o perseverance_n p._n 213._o crim._n 5._o they_o infer_v a_o second_o regeneration_n p._n 214._o crim._n 6._o they_o go_v against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o augustine_n etc._n etc._n p._n 215._o the_o just_a extenuation_n of_o this_o last_o controversy_n p._n 215._o the_o eleven_o day_n conference_n with_o a_o libertine_n call_v antinomian_n vindicate_v sound_a doctrine_n against_o divers_a accusation_n chap._n 1._o whether_o we_o must_v call_v man_n to_o come_v to_o christ_n without_o preparation_n p._n 220._o chap._n 2._o of_o deny_v our_o own_o righteousness_n p._n 223._o personal_a righteousness_n necessary_a p._n 224._o of_o reward_n and_o worthiness_n or_o merit_n p._n 225._o the_o truth_n large_o open_v about_o merit_n and_o reward_n p._n 230._o reason_n for_o it_o p._n 232_o etc._n etc._n ch._n 3._o whether_o our_o own_o righteousness_n conduce_v to_o our_o justification_n or_o we_o be_v any_o way_n justify_v by_o it_o p._n 238._o ch._n 4._o whether_o the_o gospel_n be_v a_o law_n of_o christ_n p._n 243._o ch._n 5._o whether_o christ_n and_o not_o we_o be_v the_o only_a party_n in_o covenant_n with_o god_n p._n 245._o ch._n 6._o whether_o the_o new_a covenant_n have_v condition_n p._n 247._o ch._n 7._o whether_o justify_v faith_n be_v a_o believe_v in_o christ_n as_o teacher_n ruler_n etc._n etc._n or_o only_o a_o receive_v his_o righteousness_n p._n 251._o ch._n 8._o of_o faith_n justify_v instrumental_o p._n 251._o ch._n 9_o whether_o faith_n itself_o be_v impute_v for_o righteousness_n p._n 252._o ch._n 10._o whether_o it_o be_v a_o change_n in_o god_n to_o justify_v the_o before_o unjustify_v p._n 256._o ch._n 11._o whether_o a_o justify_v man_n shall_v fear_v become_v unjustified_a ibid._n ch._n 12._o of_o man_n power_n to_o believe_v and_o our_o calling_n the_o unregenerate_a to_o duty_n p._n 258._o ch._n 13._o of_o the_o witness_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o of_o evidence_n of_o justification_n p._n 261._o the_o conclusion_n the_o twelve_o day_n conference_n with_o a_o learned_a lutherane_n whether_o the_o difference_n among_o christian_n about_o merit_n be_v as_o great_a as_o some_o think_v it_o p._n 263._o some_o protestant_n and_o the_o late_a lecturer_n reason_n against_o merit_n propose_v p._n 265._o and_o the_o case_n open_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n p._n 266_o etc._n etc._n of_o condignity_n p._n 267._o the_o doctrine_n of_o vega_n scotus_n waldensis_n eckius_fw-la marsilius_n bellarmine_n greg._n armin._n durand_n brugens_fw-la cusanus_fw-la stapleton_n bradwardine_n soto_n bonaventure_n st_o clara_n and_o all_o the_o schoolman_n as_o he_o judge_v carthus_n cassander_n p._n 270._o holiness_n and_o glory_n a_o great_a gift_n than_o glory_n without_o holiness_n p._n 271._o aquinas_n judgement_n his_o confusion_n occasion_v by_o his_o opinion_n that_o the_o new_a law_n be_v that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o not_o write_v viz._n the_o spirit_n as_o the_o quaker_n hold_v ib._n vasquez_n deny_v commutative_a justice_n in_o god_n with_o all_o the_o school_n doctor_n 17_o of_o they_o cite_v he_o confute_v it_o even_o as_o to_o christ_n he_o deny_v proper_a distributive_a justice_n also_o in_o god_n cite_v bonavent_n scotus_n durand_n palud_v gabriel_n alexand._n aquin._n etc._n etc._n p._n 272_o etc._n etc._n aquinas_n sense_n in_o carbo_n word_n p._n 275._o many_o schoolman_n deny_v as_o much_o as_o legal_a or_o govern_v justice_n in_o god_n ruiz_n cit_v for_o this_o argent_fw-fr bassol_n suarez_n peasant_n suarez_n say_v god_n promise_n be_v but_o naked_a assertion_n declare_v his_o will._n durand_n that_o promise_n signify_v not_o obligation_n greg._n armin._n that_o the_o crown_n be_v no_o debt_n but_o 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child_n and_o not_o to_o strive_v by_o needless_a dispute_n i_o pray_v you_o be_v you_o the_o teacher_n and_o i_o will_v be_v the_o learner_n and_o tell_v i_o what_o you_o will_v have_v we_o believe_v in_o these_o particular_n which_o you_o have_v name_v and_o first_o of_o the_o first_o lib._n i._o man_n must_v be_v teach_v to_o come_v present_o to_o christ_n without_o stay_v for_o preparation_n and_o not_o discourage_v delay_v or_o keep_v off_o charge_n the_o first_o charge_n p._n by_o come_v i_o suppose_v you_o mean_v believe_v and_o accept_n i_o pray_v you_o teach_v i_o further_o then_o quest_n 1._o must_v man_n believe_v in_o christ_n before_o they_o hear_v of_o he_o lib._n no_o how_o shall_v they_o believe_v on_o he_o of_o who_o they_o have_v not_o hear_v p._n quest_n 2._o must_v they_o believe_v that_o he_o be_v the_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n before_o they_o have_v learn_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o that_o this_o god_n be_v true_a and_o just_o quest_n 3._o 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can_v be_v know_v by_o the_o single_a consideration_n of_o particular_a effect_n but_o by_o beginning_n at_o the_o original_n and_o proceed_v orderly_o from_o the_o superior_a cause_n to_o the_o inferior_a and_o see_v how_o every_o thing_n work_v in_o its_o proper_a capacity_n and_o place_n which_o man_n can_v do_v but_o very_o defective_o and_o therefore_o know_v but_o little_a or_o in_o part_n §_o 4._o it_o be_v necessary_a therefore_o that_o i_o brief_o look_v back_o to_o the_o principle_n of_o providence_n and_o action_n which_o be_v partly_o mention_v before_o where_o unity_n in_o trinity_n shine_v to_o we_o in_o god_n and_o in_o his_o work_n §_o 5._o *_o god_n be_v one_o infinite_a spirit_n in_o three_o essential_a virtue_n or_o principle_n life_n or_o active_a power_n understanding_n and_o will_n ●olens_fw-la will_n will_n will_n bradwardine_n li._n 1._o c._n 1._o cor_fw-la 8._o p._n 5._o deus_fw-la est_fw-la substantia_fw-la &_o potentia_fw-la rationalis_fw-la habens_fw-la intellectum_fw-la &_o liberam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la cognoscens_fw-la actualiter_fw-la &_o ●olens_fw-la which_o be_v wonderful_o one_o in_o essence_n yet_o three_o we_o know_v not_o perfect_o how_o but_o as_o the_o scotist_n say_v formaliter_fw-la or_o rather_o as_o the_o nominal_n by_o connotation_n of_o their_o object_n and_o operation_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la and_o so_o by_o relation_n and_o extrinstck_a denomination_n not_o that_o life_n intellect_n and_o will_n be_v formal_o the_o same_o in_o god_n as_o in_o the_o creature_n or_o can_v formal_o be_v conceive_v by_o we_o but_o that_o while_o we_o must_v know_v god_n in_o a_o glass_n man_n soul_n must_v be_v this_o glass_n and_o the_o scripture_n must_v be_v our_o onomasticon_fw-la and_o logic_n book_n and_o we_o must_v use_v such_o notion_n and_o name_n of_o god_n or_o none_o §_o 6._o 5._o 6._o 6._o 6._o bradwardines_n language_n be_v deum_fw-la esse_fw-la omnipotentem_fw-la active_a nullipotentem_fw-la passive_a li._n 1._o cap._n 1._o corol_fw-la 1._o n._n 7._o p._n 5._o these_o principle_n as_o transcendent_a in_o perfection_n be_v call_v greatness_n apt_o greatness_n greatness_n greatness_n communit●r_fw-la antiqui_fw-la scholastics_n agunt_fw-la de_fw-fr int●ll●ctu_fw-la voluntat●_n &_o potentiae_fw-la operativae_fw-la d●●_n quas●_n d●_n potentiis_fw-la ratione_fw-la distinct_a be_v inst●t●●ntque_fw-la de_fw-la ●llis_fw-la peculiares_fw-la tractatus_fw-la cum_fw-la magis_fw-la thom._n etc._n etc._n ruiz_n de_fw-fr voh●●●_n dei_fw-la disp_n 14._o ●_o 4._o pag._n 158._o and_o he_o contradict_v it_o say_v as_o much_o nihilomiminus_fw-la intra_fw-la ●asdem_fw-la linea●_n &_o gradus_fw-la intellectus_fw-la &_o voluntatis_fw-la distinguimus_fw-la potentiam_fw-la executivam_fw-la ●●_o partem_fw-la ●arundem_fw-la potentia_fw-la rum_o but_o less_o apt_o or_o omnipotence_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n or_o love_n by_o name_n borrow_v from_o their_o effect_n upon_o the_o creature_n §_o 7._o this_o one_o god_n be_v reveal_v to_o we_o in_o three_o person_n the_o father_z the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wisdom_n word_n and_o son_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n one_o in_o essence_n incomprehensible_o three_o ad_fw-la intus_fw-la but_o discernible_o three_o in_o their_o operation_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la and_o relation_n thereto_o §_o 8._o as_o we_o must_v conceive_v of_o god_n essence_n by_o inadaequate_a conception_n as_o aforesaid_a or_o not_o at_o all_o so_o must_v we_o of_o his_o existence_n as_o in_o the_o creature_n we_o call_v it_o modally_n viz._n his_o essence_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d substance_n virtus_n &_o perfectio_fw-la which_o in_o the_o creature_n be_v matter_n or_o substance_n form_n and_o degree_n and_o his_o formal_a virtus_n be_v potentia-vitalis_n intellect_n and_o will_n so_o his_o existence_n be_v considerable_a 1._o in_o virtue_n itself_o radical_o which_o be_v potentia_fw-la activa_fw-la inclinata_fw-la 2._o as_o in_o act_n immanent_a objective_o as_o god_n self_n live_v self-knowing_a and_o self-loving_a 3._o and_o as_o in_o action_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la either_o objective_o or_o effective_o transient_a and_o in_o this_o three_o respect_n god_n essence_n be_v the_o operator_n of_o all_o his_o work_n §_o 9_o the_o three_o divine_a principle_n vital-active_a power_n intellect_n and_o will_n and_o the_o three_o divine_a person_n father_n word_n and_o spirit_n do_v always_o inseparable_o cooperate_v but_o so_o as_o that_o there_o be_v a_o trinity_n also_o of_o their_o impression_n or_o vestigia_fw-la which_o be_v answerable_o to_o have_v a_o trine_n attribution_n each_o principle_n be_v eminent_o apparent_a in_o his_o own_o impression_n though_o with_o the_o rest_n §_o 10._o god_n work_n be_v creation_n govern_v and_o perfect_v and_o so_o he_o be_v 1._o the_o first_o efficient_a of_o all_z be_v exit_fw-la quo_fw-la by_o create_v and_o continue_v which_o be_v as_o one_o 2._o the_o dispose_v or_o govern_v cause_n per_fw-la quem_fw-la 3._o the_o end_n ad_fw-la quem_fw-la &_o in_o quo_fw-la perficiuntur_fw-la §_o 11._o god_n have_v give_v a_o be_v to_o the_o