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the_o sin_n of_o sin_n or_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o sinfulness_n suppose_v both_o to_o be_v synonymous_a and_o sin_n so_o perfect_o a_o abstract_n as_o have_v be_v say_v nay_o without_o any_o regard_n to_o his_o bless_a self_n when_o he_o say_v that_o sin_n do_v not_o siginfie_v abstract_o p._n 100_o §_o 3._o but_o though_o sin_n be_v a_o abstract_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o sinner_n it_o viz._n abstractum_fw-la physicum_fw-la yet_o in_o respect_n of_o sinfulness_n which_o be_v abstractum_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la all_o will_v confess_v it_o to_o be_v a_o concrete_a m._n h._n alone_o be_v except_v in_o his_o intemperate_a fit_n who_o yet_o in_o time_n of_o sobriety_n will_v ibid._n confess_v what_o i_o will_v have_v he_o and_o such_o i_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v by_o prove_v a_o identity_n betwixt_o the_o sin_n and_o the_o sinful_a act._n for_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n be_v confess_o a_o act_n and_o sin_n by_o definition_n be_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o will_v the_o adversary_n deny_v that_o the_o act_n of_o sin_v be_v a_o sinful_a act._n for_o be_v a_o transgression_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o act_n and_o be_v such_o a_o act_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v sinful_a the_o act_n of_o consent_v to_o a_o temptation_n which_o be_v sin_n in_o its_o birâh_n be_v punctum_fw-la indivisibile_fw-la and_o have_v not_o any_o dimension_n to_o make_v it_o capable_a of_o a_o division_n and_o so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o consent_v to_o the_o temptation_n as_o well_o as_o it_o be_v the_o sinful_a act_n 12._o §_o 4._o far_o yet_o when_o in_o pursuit_n of_o the_o controversy_n it_o lay_v upon_o i_o to_o show_v how_o the_o determination_n of_o a_o man_n will_n to_o the_o forbid_a object_n be_v equal_o a_o sin_n and_o a_o positive_a be_v and_o what_o a_o impiety_n it_o will_v be_v to_o entitle_v god_n to_o so_o foul_a a_o thing_n i_o make_v a_o challenge_n to_o m._n hickman_n as_o well_o as_o other_o to_o give_v a_o instance_n in_o some_o particular_a how_o the_o act_n and_o the_o obliquity_n may_v so_o be_v sever_v or_o distinguish_v as_o he_o may_v say_v which_o be_v goâ's_n part_n and_o which_o be_v satan_n when_o a_o man_n do_v curse_n god_n leu._n 24.15_o which_o be_v the_o act_n of_o that_o sin_n and_o which_o be_v the_o sin_n that_o be_v not_o the_o act_n or_o which_o be_v the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o act_n o_o that_o sin_n m._n hickman_n do_v not_o attempt_v a_o answer_n and_o sure_o i_o be_o he_o be_v not_o able_a for_o if_o the_o curse_v of_o god_n be_v a_o whole_a sin_n it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o sin_n or_o a_o obliquity_n of_o a_o act_n or_o both_o together_o and_o that_o either_o separable_o or_o inseparable_o 1._o if_o only_o a_o act_n where_o then_o be_v the_o obliquity_n 2._o if_o only_o a_o obliquity_n of_o a_o act_n where_o be_v the_o act_n for_o all_o the_o whole_a sin_n be_v the_o curse_v of_o god_n neither_o more_o nor_o less_o 3._o if_o both_o together_o and_o separable_o let_v he_o make_v that_o separation_n 4._o if_o both_o be_v inseparable_o together_o he_o must_v confess_v that_o sin_n have_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o that_o himself_o have_v make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n sin_n §_o 5._o in_o a_o word_n i_o make_v appear_v what_o i_o mean_v by_o the_o word_n sin_n by_o the_o instance_n which_o i_o bring_v whereby_o to_o prove_v it_o the_o same_o with_o the_o sinful_a act_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o imagination_n between_o david_n lie_v with_o bathsheba_n and_o his_o adultery_n or_o between_o his_o adultery_n and_o his_o sin_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 82._o his_o lie_v with_o bathsheba_n be_v his_o action_n which_o action_n be_v his_o sin_n p._n 84._o and_o again_o i_o discern_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o same_o evil_a action_n and_o itself_o as_o between_o david_n lie_v with_o bathsheba_n and_o his_o adultery_n ibid._n nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o i_o shall_v have_v speak_v any_o otherwise_o when_o the_o thing_n speak_v of_o be_v not_o half_a of_o sin_n but_o the_o whole_a not_o the_o formal_a part_n as_o they_o phrase_v it_o but_o the_o very_a complexum_fw-la as_o m._n h._n himself_o call_v it_o p._n 95._o for_o actual_a sin_n of_o commission_n can_v otherwise_o be_v sin_n than_o as_o it_o be_v a_o act_n of_o sin_v nor_o a_o act_n of_o sin_v any_o otherwise_o then_o as_o it_o be_v a_o sinful_a act._n §_o 6._o that_o this_o be_v mean_v in_o our_o dispute_n i_o have_v large_o prove_v and_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o mean_v this_o 155._o i_o prove_v by_o the_o judgement_n of_o d._n twisse_n who_o say_v that_o fornication_n denote_v sin_n not_o only_o according_a to_o its_o formality_n as_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o also_o according_a to_o its_o materiality_n as_o it_o be_v a_o act._n his_o word_n in_o latin_a be_v just_o these_o fornicatio_fw-la notat_fw-la peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la secundum_fw-la formale_a ejus_fw-la quà _fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la materiale_a ejus_fw-la quà _fw-la actus_fw-la est_fw-la now_o because_o m._n hickman_n do_v boast_v so_o much_o of_o d._n twisse_n as_o one_o who_o none_o dare_v undertake_v in_o the_o arminian_n controversy_n p._n 106._o i_o will_v far_o insist_v upon_o his_o authority_n whereby_o to_o prove_v the_o true_a importance_n and_o together_o with_o that_o the_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n which_o that_o doctor_n do_v assert_v by_o unavoidable_a implication_n whilst_o he_o say_v that_o 155._o all_o sin_n be_v definite_o consider_v and_o according_a to_o its_o certain_a species_n do_v include_v two_o thing_n the_o natural_a act_n and_o the_o turpitude_n of_o the_o act_n or_o its_o repugnance_n with_o the_o law_n of_o god_n he_o give_v his_o instance_n in_o the_o sin_n of_o theft_n which_o he_o affirm_v to_o signify_v as_o well_o the_o aât_n of_o take_v away_o what_o be_v another_o as_o the_o deformity_n of_o the_o act_n in_o as_o much_o as_o god_n have_v say_v thâu_fw-mi shall_v not_o steal_v the_o like_a instance_n he_o give_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o murder_n and_o adultery_n which_o as_o it_o slat_o contradict_v what_o be_v say_v by_o m._n hick_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o mere_a abstract_n and_o the_o same_o with_o sinfulness_n pag._n 53_o 54._o so_o it_o prove_v âe_v whole_a sin_n to_o have_v a_o positive_a entity_n by_o ascribe_v no_o less_o to_o a_o part_n of_o sin_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o part_n to_o have_v more_o of_o entity_n than_o the_o whole_a and_o if_o m._n hickman_n shall_v dare_v to_o say_v that_o a_o repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n may_v be_v theft_n without_o steal_v or_o that_o steal_v may_v be_v the_o sin_n of_o theft_n without_o a_o repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n so_o as_o one_o part_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v conclude_v to_o be_v a_o sin_n i_o forbear_v to_o say_v what_o will_v follow_v that_o he_o may_v not_o accuse_v i_o of_o bitter_a language_n §_o 7._o no_o it_o be_v so_o absolute_o impâssible_a as_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o a_o repugnance_n to_o any_o law_n himself_o without_o the_o do_n of_o that_o thing_n which_o the_o law_n forbid_v and_o by_o consequence_n so_o impossible_a that_o that_o alone_o shall_v be_v the_o sin_n which_o be_v affirm_v by_o d._n twisse_n to_o be_v but_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o it_o that_o as_o m._n whitfield_n and_o m._n barlee_n do_v acknowledge_v a_o material_a and_o âormâll_v part_v make_v up_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sin_n so_o m._n hickman_n do_v say_v as_o much_o when_o the_o necessity_n of_o his_o affair_n compel_v he_o to_o it_o p._n 94_o 95._o how_o contradictory_n soever_o to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v a_o little_a before_o p._n 53_o 54._o when_o bring_v to_o a_o distress_n of_o another_o nature_n and_o according_o in_o his_o title-page_n he_o hold_v we_o in_o hand_n that_o he_o will_v prove_v there_o can_v be_v any_o positivity_n of_o sin_n not_o of_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n again_o at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o long_a preface_n when_o he_o pretend_v at_o least_o to_o come_v to_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n he_o set_v down_o his_o thesis_n in_o these_o express_a word_n 15._o â_o that_o sin_n have_v not_o a_o positive_a be_v pag._n 1._o no_o mention_n hitherto_o of_o any_o reduplication_n sin_n as_o sin_n or_o sin_n abstract_o consider_v from_o act_n or_o habit_n and_o indeed_o he_o know_v it_o to_o be_v impossible_a to_o consider_v the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n abstract_o from_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n since_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v the_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o the_o act_n and_o the_o habitual_a hatred_n of_o god_n be_v as_o well_o the_o sin_n as_o
extremity_n and_o nonsense_n in_o the_o worst_a degree_n because_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v the_o sin_n be_v the_o mere_a repugnance_n of_o the_o act_n to_o the_o law_n without_o the_o act_n which_o be_v repugnant_a or_o that_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v a_o deflection_n from_o the_o precept_n without_o that_o hate_v which_o be_v the_o sin_n xiii_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v false_a to_o call_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o blaspheme_v which_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n that_o it_o be_v blasphemy_n to_o deny_v it_o this_o be_v a_o proof_n from_o plain_a experience_n fourteen_o a_o part_n of_o nothing_o can_v be_v the_o thing_n of_o which_o it_o be_v but_o a_o part_n for_o then_o the_o part_n will_v be_v the_o whole_a which_o do_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n and_o so_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n can_v possible_o be_v the_o sin_n but_o the_o sin_n must_v include_v the_o material_a also_o this_o do_v prompt_v i_o gentle_a reader_n to_o prepare_v thou_o also_o for_o those_o evasion_n with_o which_o the_o adversary_n of_o truth_n will_v pretend_v to_o answer_v what_o thou_o shall_v urge_v 1._o if_o therefore_o when_o thou_o prove_v a_o sin_n be_v positive_a they_o shall_v only_o answer_v concern_v sin_n quatenus_fw-la sin_n remember_v to_o tell_v they_o of_o their_o fallacy_n à _fw-la thesi_fw-la ad_fw-la hypothesin_n or_o à _fw-la dicto_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la 2._o if_o again_o when_o thou_o say_v some_o sin_n be_v action_n such_o as_o those_o which_o god_n forbid_v we_o to_o put_v in_o be_v they_o shall_v answer_v that_o sin_n of_o omission_n be_v not_o put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o that_o other_o fallacy_n a_o dicto_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la ad_fw-la dictum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la 3._o if_o when_o thou_o argue_v by_o a_o induction_n of_o such_o particular_n as_o in_o the_o instance_n of_o hate_v god_n they_o shall_v answer_v that_o hate_v be_v not_o evil_a in_o it_o self_n and_o good_a as_o fasten_v upon_o sin_n tell_v they_o straight_o of_o their_o fallacy_n a_o rectè_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la ad_fw-la malè_fw-la divisa_fw-la and_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o the_o argument_n be_v of_o hate_v as_o have_v god_n for_o its_o object_n and_o so_o to_o answer_v of_o hate_v without_o a_o object_n be_v a_o intolerable_a impertinence_n divide_v the_o act_n from_o the_o object_n which_o be_v only_o consider_v in_o conjunction_n much_o more_o be_v it_o impertinent_a to_o talk_v of_o hate_v as_o it_o be_v object_v upon_o sin_n for_o that_o iâ_n a_o transition_n à _fw-la genere_fw-la ad_fw-la genus_fw-la god_n be_v not_o sin_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o hate_v sin_n but_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v that_o to_z which_o they_o must_v speak_v in_o a_o compound_n sense_n hold_v they_o punctual_o to_o this_o and_o they_o be_v undo_v 4_o if_o they_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o prove_v act_v the_o part_n of_o the_o opponent_n that_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n be_v a_o mere_a privation_n therefore_o the_o sin_n be_v a_o mere_a privation_n tell_v they_o first_o of_o their_o fallacy_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o the_o antecedent_n may_v be_v true_a and_o yet_o the_o sequel_n extreme_o false_a tell_v they_o next_o there_o be_v a_o fallacy_n of_o ignoratio_fw-la elenchì_n for_o the_o question_n be_v of_o sin_n not_o of_o a_o portion_n or_o part_n of_o sin_n they_o be_v pass_v all_o remedy_n who_o when_o the_o question_n be_v whether_o it_o râines_v do_v only_o answer_v that_o the_o staff_n do_v not_o stand_v in_o the_o corner_n tell_v they_o over_o and_o above_o that_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o some_o sin_n as_o of_o the_o devil_n hate_v god_n be_v a_o positive_a repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o so_o again_o there_o be_v the_o fallacy_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d bare_o to_o say_v and_o not_o to_o prove_v the_o universality_n of_o the_o thing_n can_v amount_v to_o no_o more_o than_o only_a the_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n mr._n hickman_n must_v confess_v he_o be_v the_o worst_a of_o blasphemer_n if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o sin_n that_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n because_o he_o say_v that_o all_o such_o must_v be_v either_o 5_o god_n creature_n or_o 5_o god_n himself_o this_o also_o prompt_v i_o to_o reflect_v upon_o the_o mischievous_a effect_n of_o his_o sad_a dilemma_n for_o if_o god_n be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o positive_a entity_n or_o action_n adam_n eat_v forbid_v fruit_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o that_o law_n thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v it_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o that_o sin_n which_o be_v his_o very_a eat_v forbid_a fruit_n i_o have_v therefore_o take_v the_o great_a pain_n in_o my_o follow_a treatise_n both_o in_o 103._o vindicate_a god_n from_o be_v the_o author_n of_o such_o effect_n and_o in_o charge_v they_o whole_o upon_o the_o freewill_n of_o man_n 104._o show_v how_o the_o sinful_a agent_n be_v alone_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o sinful_a act_n to_o the_o end_n i_o may_v convince_v and_o convert_v my_o adversary_n even_o in_o spite_n of_o his_o own_o perverseness_n and_o disabuse_v his_o follower_n or_o abettor_n notwithstanding_o their_o partiality_n and_o praepossession_n that_o when_o they_o exert_v any_o such_o real_a and_o positive_a action_n as_o the_o hate_v of_o god_n the_o ravish_a of_o virgin_n the_o kill_n of_o king_n the_o commit_n of_o sacrilege_n the_o covet_v and_o seize_v their_o neighbour_n good_n they_o may_v be_v force_v to_o declare_v with_o coppinger_n and_o hacket_n in_o the_o star-chamber_n the_o work_n be_v evil_a and_o from_o themselves_o unless_o they_o will_v take_v in_o the_o devil_n too_o not_o good_a and_o from_o god_n as_o 82._o mr._n hickman_n no_o less_o irrational_o than_o blasphemous_o say_v that_o there_o be_v 1.30_o hater_n of_o god_n who_o be_v love_n itself_o god_n have_v tell_v we_o by_o moses_n and_o by_o saint_n paul_n and_o according_a to_o the_o importance_n 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sive_fw-la de_fw-la malo_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o culpâ_fw-la sive_fw-la de_fw-la co_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o poâna_fw-la cernitur_fw-la loquamur_fw-la auâor_fw-la judicatuâ_fw-la esse_fw-la 15._o fatemur_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la ipsius_fw-la operis_fw-la peccaminosi_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o intenââonis_fw-la malae_fw-la auâhorem_fw-la esse_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o can_v and_o will_v if_o râquiâed_v produce_v a_o multitude_n of_o the_o like_a not_o only_o out_o of_o the_o same_o but_o out_o of_o many_o other_o writer_n as_o well_o popish_a as_o presbyterian_a who_o be_v enemy_n âo_o we_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n but_o this_o may_v suffice_v for_o my_o present_a purpose_n and_o âor_a hundred_o of_o the_o same_o strain_n i_o refer_v to_o my_o paper_n already_o publish_v wherein_o when_o all_o my_o ciâations_n be_v to_o exâct_v that_o euân_o a_o enemy_n accuse_v no_o more_o than_o on_o of_o which_o i_o prove_v he_o also_o a_o false_a accuser_n certain_o nothing_o but_o m_n 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a_o assertion_n that_o every_o positââe_a thing_n be_v good_a etc._n and_o that_o theâe_n be_v âot_n any_o medium_n betwixt_o god_n and_o his_o creature_n and_o so_o by_o consequence_n that_o if_o sin_n be_v something_o positive_a or_o a_o positive_a entity_n ãâã_d must_v be_v âne_a of_o god_n creature_n or_o god_n himself_o ranâism_n §_o 6._o hence_o it_o be_v that_o i_o endeavour_v to_o convince_v mr._n hâckman_n of_o his_o impiety_n to_o show_v he_o the_o blasphemy_n and_o absurdity_n in_o which_o his_o friend_n and_o himself_o be_v at_o once_o involve_v and_o to_o amiâote_v his_o reader_n against_o the_o venom_n thus_o lay_v before_o they_o my_o way_n to_o do_v it_o be_v by_o evince_v that_o sin_n be_v positive_o something_o which_o be_v the_o english_a of_o positive_a entity_n whereby_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o there_o be_v something_o which_o though_o positive_a and_o real_a can_v be_v attribute_v to_o god_n as_o the_o maker_n of_o it_o because_o he_o can_v be_v possible_o the_o maker_n of_o sin_n and_o it_o be_v high_a time_n indeed_o to_o make_v this_o matter_n apparent_a to_o he_o when_o i_o have_v find_v a_o public_a preacher_n deliver_v this_o as_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o first_o article_n of_o the_o creed_n that_o god_n be_v the_o mâkâr_n of_o all_o thing_n real_a p._n 113._o cite_v and_o confute_v in_o my_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 167._o insomuch_o that_o if_o sin_n be_v something_o real_a it_o be_v a_o part_n of_o his_o 96._o âreed_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o it_o and_o if_o it_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o word_n in_o his_o opinion_n then_o will_v he_o say_v when_o he_o have_v sin_v with_o solomâns_n 30.20_o whoâe_n that_o he_o have_v do_v just_a nothing_o and_o for_o nothing_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o god_n shall_v sentence_v his_o creature_n to_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n §_o 7._o now_o to_o the_o argument_n aforesaid_a which_o be_v no_o fâwer_a than_o seventeen_o 166._o i_o also_o add_v some_o sixteen_o more_o whereby_o to_o illustrate_v as_o well_o as_o prove_v âhe_v positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n as_o first_o from_o the_o word_n of_o s._n james_n lâst_o have_v conceive_v bring_v forth_o sin_n jam._n 1.15_o which_o hâving_v explain_v i_o thence_o infer_v that_o sin_n be_v the_o production_n of_o man_n own_o will_n seduce_v by_o lust_n and_o consemâng_v to_o it_o and_o render_v evil_a by_o so_o consent_v secondây_o from_o the_o expression_n of_o the_o eminent_a author_n by_o he_o assert_v who_o teach_v that_o god_n do_v efficâre_o peccata_fw-la and_o not_o only_a will_n but_o work_v sin_n and_o that_o he_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o effect_v sin_n those_o very_a blasphemy_n imply_v a_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n 3._o from_o cain_n kill_v abel_n and_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n which_o be_v action_n be_v positive_a enâities_n and_o yet_o be_v âins_n too_o as_o be_v a_o murder_n and_o a_o adultery_n 4_o from_o experience_n and_o
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sin_n or_o can_v it_o not_o when_o he_o answer_v i_o will_v reply_v but_o for_o his_o blasphemy_n and_o self-contradiction_n let_v he_o read_v my_o letter_n to_o dr_n heylin_n p._n 265._o to_o p._n 270._o §_o 7._o have_v insist_v thus_o large_o on_o my_o reply_n to_o those_o answer_n which_o appear_v to_o show_v we_o the_o very_a utmost_a that_o can_v be_v plead_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o so_o gross_a a_o error_n and_o have_v detect_v the_o obvious_a fallacy_n in_o which_o the_o whole_a force_n of_o the_o answer_n lie_v i_o shall_v study_v to_o be_v the_o brief_a in_o all_o that_o follow_v without_o the_o least_o fear_n of_o be_v think_v to_o be_v obscure_a by_o my_o plain_a reader_n to_o dr._n field_n his_o 2._o reason_n above_o recite_v a_o three_o reason_n may_v be_v add_v from_o 22.22_o hugo_n grotius_n who_o say_v that_o some_o thing_n be_v evil_a without_o the_o law_n almain_n and_o that_o the_o law_n be_v &_o continue_v to_o oblige_v it_o be_v natural_o evil_a to_o procure_v any_o man_n act_v against_o the_o law_n or_o to_o make_v a_o law_n to_o the_o contrary_a and_o therefore_o repugnant_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n from_o whence_o there_o follow_v 2._o thing_n 1._o that_o some_o whole_a act_n be_v immutable_o evil_a and_o 2._o that_o they_o can_v have_v any_o be_v from_o the_o almighty_a jacobus_fw-la almain_n give_v a_o instance_n in_o the_o hate_v of_o god_n and_o in_o adultery_n and_o say_v they_o can_v not_o but_o be_v forbid_v to_o who_o it_o be_v answer_v by_o mr._n barlow_n that_o if_o god_n do_v not_o forbid_v theft_n it_o will_v not_o be_v a_o sin_n and_o that_o he_o may_v dispense_v with_o his_o law_n as_o when_o he_o say_v to_o abraham_n go_v kill_v thy_o son_n but_o i_o reply_v 1._o that_o he_o speak_v not_o to_o the_o instance_n bring_v by_o jacobus_n almain_n it_o have_v be_v ill_o to_o hate_n god_n have_v it_o be_v possible_a that_o god_n have_v not_o forbid_v it_o 66._o 2._o theft_n be_v not_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v only_o evil_a because_o forbid_v as_o the_o eat_a swine_n flesh_n among_o the_o jew_n but_o of_o those_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v only_o forbid_v for_o be_v evil_a respect_n and_o therefore_o 3._o it_o be_v not_o possible_a that_o god_n shall_v never_o have_v forbid_v all_o manner_n of_o injustice_n of_o which_o theft_n be_v one_o species_n 4._o god_n do_v not_o say_v to_o abâaham_n go_v kill_v thy_o son_n but_o go_v and_o offer_v he_o up_o which_o he_o also_o do_v without_o kill_v 5._o have_v he_o do_v it_o he_o have_v not_o dispense_v with_o his_o law_n which_o only_o forbid_v such_o a_o kill_a as_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la become_v a_o murder_n not_o such_o as_o ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la become_v a_o sacrifice_n else_o a_o thief_n can_v not_o be_v hang_v for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o one_o law_n without_o the_o breach_n or_o dispensation_n of_o another_o the_o prohibition_n of_o murder_n comprehend_v not_o kill_v by_o commission_n from_o god_n who_o may_v as_o lawful_o take_v away_o isaack_n life_n by_o abraham_n hand_n as_o by_o a_o fever_n 6._o if_o the_o act_n of_o steal_v or_o hate_v god_n be_v affirm_v to_o be_v good_a and_o so_o a_o positive_a entity_n abstract_o consider_v from_o god_n forbid_v it_o must_v be_v grant_v to_o be_v such_o when_o it_o be_v forbid_v i_o mean_v a_o positive_a entity_n although_o not_o good_a and_o so_o the_o answer_n destroy_v its_o end_n mr._n barlow_n word_n be_v si_fw-la illud_fw-la mandatum_fw-la abfuisset_fw-la idem_fw-la numero_fw-la actus_fw-la horrendum_fw-la fuisset_fw-la homicidium_fw-la p._n 66._o have_v it_o be_v murder_n it_o have_v be_v sin_n for_o murder_n can_v but_o âe_v sin_n and_o so_o we_o have_v his_o confession_n that_o sin_n may_v be_v a_o positive_a act_n but_o 7._o it_o do_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v the_o same_o numerical_a act_n can_v be_v forbid_v and_o not_o forbid_v which_o i_o therefore_o leave_v to_o consideration_n §_o 8._o what_o mr_n barlow_n call_v a_o concession_n in_o his_o behalf_n i_o i_o call_v a_o argument_n against_o he_o viz._n that_o if_o god_n can_v produce_v that_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n than_o it_o will_v not_o be_v evil_a but_o say_v i_o that_o act_n be_v prove_v by_o i_o and_o other_o yea_o and_o confess_v by_o mr._n h._n to_o be_v whole_o because_o intrinsical_o and_o essential_o evil_a evil_a ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o objecto_fw-la and_o antecedent_o to_o the_o law_n therefore_o it_o can_v be_v god_n production_n for_o all_o its_o have_v a_o positive_a entity_n this_o i_o retort_v to_o mr._n b._n his_o p._n 66_o 67._o and_o it_o pinch_v mr._n h._n more_o
way_n than_o one_o §_o 9_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v answer_n p._n 67._o that_o if_o the_o man_n that_o hate_v god_n while_o yet_o in_o his_o wit_n shall_v continue_v to_o hate_v he_o be_v mad_a the_o act_n remain_v but_o not_o the_o obliquity_n because_o the_o act_n to_o be_v sinful_a must_v be_v rational_a and_o free_a i_o deny_v that_o any_o man_n can_v hate_v god_n or_o love_v he_o without_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n but_o i_o further_o return_v six_o thing_n 1._o that_o for_o a_o man_n to_o hate_n god_n be_v the_o great_a madness_n in_o the_o world_n 2._o that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o so_o alter_v but_o that_o he_o continue_v to_o hate_n god_n he_o be_v not_o alter_v so_o far_o but_o that_o he_o continue_v to_o be_v a_o sinner_n in_o hate_v god_n 3._o whilst_o he_o continue_v to_o be_v a_o man_n he_o continue_v to_o have_v freedom_n and_o rationality_n enough_o to_o sin_n by_o 4._o this_o argument_n will_v prove_v if_o it_o have_v real_a force_n in_o it_o that_o not_o only_o all_o infant_n but_o some_o adultâ_n be_v in_o a_o state_n of_o impeccability_n 5._o it_o will_v follow_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o goodness_n of_o a_o virtuous_a act_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o because_o it_o will_v then_o become_v impossible_a that_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n shall_v continue_v without_o the_o goodness_n whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o this_o evasion_n that_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n may_v remain_v in_o substance_n without_o the_o presence_n of_o its_o obliquity_n but_o 6._o to_o answer_v yet_o more_o express_o to_o his_o reason_n take_v from_o rational_a and_o free_a i_o say_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o agent_n be_v quite_o another_o the_o obliquity_n alone_o or_o the_o sole_a contrariety_n of_o the_o act_n to_o the_o law_n in_o conjunction_n with_o the_o act_n from_o which_o it_o can_v be_v disjoin_v be_v enough_o to_o constitute_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o act_n but_o the_o liberty_n of_o will_n and_o use_v of_o reason_n be_v require_v only_o to_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o agent_n which_o yet_o again_o be_v no_o otherwise_o then_o in_o respect_n unto_o god_n impute_v or_o punish_v according_a to_o the_o equity_n or_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d of_o the_o second_o covenant_n for_o though_o otherwise_o consider_v without_o the_o equity_n of_o the_o gospel_n sin_n of_o ignorance_n be_v sin_n and_o original_a sin_n which_o be_v bear_v with_o we_o be_v our_o sin_n still_o §_o 10._o and_o whereas_o it_o be_v add_v a_o little_a after_o that_o if_o with_o the_o very_a same_o act_n wherewith_o he_o now_o do_v hate_n god_n act_n a_o man_n shall_v afterward_o hate_v sin_n the_o same_o act_n for_o substance_n will_v be_v moral_o good_a p._n 67_o i_o reply_v that_o this_o suppose_v a_o impossibility_n and_o confute_v itself_o with_o the_o contradiction_n which_o it_o imply_v to_o hate_v god_n one_o day_n and_o to_o hate_v sin_n the_o next_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v the_o same_o act_n numerical_o that_o dr._n field_n do_v right_o make_v they_o to_o be_v specifical_o distinct_a and_o the_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v one_o be_v to_o i_o at_o first_o such_o a_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d that_o i_o admire_v how_o mr._n barlow_n can_v so_o impose_v upon_o him-self_n until_o i_o due_o consider_v his_o want_n of_o year_n when_o he_o engage_v himself_o for_o so_o great_a a_o error_n sin_n §_o 11._o the_o two_o argument_n which_o follow_v to_o prove_v that_o sin_n have_v a_o real_a be_v whereof_o the_o one_o be_v urge_v by_o ferrariensis_n the_o other_o by_o gregory_n ariminensis_n i_o forbear_v to_o prosecute_v as_o i_o may_v because_o they_o do_v not_o prove_v the_o positive_a but_o only_o the_o real_a be_v of_o sin_n which_o mr._n hickman_n grant_v though_o it_o be_v deny_v by_o m._n barlow_n p._n 69._o or_o rather_o it_o be_v deny_v by_o he_o when_o he_o be_v new_o master_n of_o arts._n for_o that_o he_o shall_v still_o be_v so_o much_o mistake_v be_v more_o than_o can_v enter_v into_o my_o thought_n and_o therefore_o unless_o he_o shall_v friendly_o invite_v i_o to_o it_o i_o will_v not_o meddle_v with_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o two_o next_o page_n but_o only_o observe_v how_o the_o belief_n that_o sin_n have_v no_o positive_a be_v apt_a to_o pass_v into_o a_o belief_n that_o it_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o real_a be_v and_o indeed_o by_o the_o same_o figure_n that_o sin_n be_v call_v a_o mere_a privation_n it_o be_v also_o call_v a_o mere_a nothing_o the_o reason_n of_o which_o i_o shall_v show_v anon_o §_o 12._o and_o so_o i_o pass_v to_o a_o four_o reason_n rada_n why_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n have_v a_o positive_a be_v because_o this_o sin_n be_v intrinsical_o evil_a as_o mr._n b._n object_n against_o himself_o out_o of_o joannes_n de_fw-fr rada_n and_o therefore_o not_o only_o evil_a through_o some_o privation_n because_o say_v he_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o privation_n shall_v be_v intrinsical_v to_o a_o positive_a act_n and_o gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-la rubione_fw-la do_v press_v it_o thus_o a_o positive_a act_n which_o be_v so_o evil_a that_o no_o kind_n of_o circumstance_n can_v make_v it_o not_o evil_a be_v not_o evil_a for_o any_o defect_n or_o privation_n but_o precise_o for_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o act_n p._n 71._o to_o the_o argument_n of_o rada_n mr._n barlow_n thus_o answer_n that_o such_o a_o act_n be_v call_v intrinsical_o evil_a answer_n not_o because_o its_o obliquity_n be_v of_o its_o nature_n and_o essence_n but_o because_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n it_o be_v evil_a of_o itself_o without_o the_o addition_n of_o a_o positive_a law_n or_o because_o it_o be_v evil_a ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o objecto_fw-la and_o not_o only_o for_o the_o want_n of_o some_o circumstance_n p._n 73._o but_o i_o reply_v 1._o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n respect_n to_o affirm_v its_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a and_o at_o once_o to_o deny_v it_o essential_o evil_a for_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la and_o ratio_fw-la intrinseca_fw-la be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d with_o philosopher_n and_o m._n hickman_n have_v drop_v a_o good_a confession_n that_o the_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v essential_o evil_a p._n 94._o 2._o that_o it_o be_v evil_a of_o itself_o antecedent_o to_o any_o positive_a law_n evil_a ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o objecto_fw-la be_v a_o concession_n whereby_o to_o prove_v it_o essential_o evil_a 3._o no_o part_n of_o this_o answer_n pretend_v to_o prove_v that_o it_o be_v not_o indeed_o intrinsical_o evil_a but_o only_a quarrel_n be_v about_o the_o reason_n why_o the_o act_n be_v so_o call_v 4._o it_o do_v not_o speak_v to_o the_o chief_a thing_n of_o all_o that_o no_o privation_n can_v be_v intrinsical_v to_o a_o positive_a act_n and_o so_o it_o seem_v by_o silence_n to_o give_v consent_n 1._o §_o 13_o moral_a evil_n be_v prove_v to_o be_v a_o positive_a thing_n because_o vice_n be_v set_v against_o virtue_n by_o a_o opposition_n of_o contrariety_n as_o aristotle_n say_v l._n cat._n c._n 10._o §_o 1._o for_o each_o term_n of_o such_o opposite_n must_v needs_o be_v positive_a because_o they_o be_v both_o predicamental_a species_n which_o thing_n be_v so_o true_a that_o they_o be_v grant_v by_o m._n barlow_n p._n 80._o who_o therefore_o endeavour_v to_o elude_v the_o argument_n by_o say_v the_o same_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v often_o reply_v unto_o to_o wit_n that_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o material_a signification_n virtue_n and_o vice_n be_v opposita_fw-la contrariè_fw-la but_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o formal_a signification_n to_o which_o i_o reply_v first_o as_o before_o that_o this_o be_v the_o old_a fallacy_n à _fw-la rectè_fw-la conjunctis_fw-la ad_fw-la malè_fw-la divisa_fw-la 492._o and_o so_o a_o flat_a transition_n à _fw-la thesi_fw-la ad_fw-la hypothesin_n and_o if_o it_o be_v put_v into_o syllogism_n there_o will_v be_v find_v to_o be_v unavoidable_o a_o ignoratio_fw-la elenchi_fw-la the_o question_n be_v of_o sin_n or_o vice_n in_o sense_n composito_fw-la and_o the_o answer_v only_o consider_v it_o in_o sense_n diviso_fw-la second_o vice_n can_v be_v vice_n nor_o be_v imagine_v so_o to_o be_v without_o its_o material_a as_o well_o as_o formal_a significatum_fw-la for_o without_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n the_o sin_n or_o vice_n of_o hate_v god_n which_o be_v the_o act_n can_v be_v so_o much_o as_o suppose_v to_o be_v much_o less_o to_o be_v repugnant_a to_o any_o law_n wherein_o its_o formality_n be_v say_v to_o consist_v for_o that_o will_v imply_v a_o contradiction_n and_o thus_o the_o answer_n or_o rather_o evasion_n do_v so_o far_o forsake_v as_o indeed_o to_o nul_fw-fr the_o thing_n in_o question_n three_o
suppose_v the_o vice_n to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n of_o hate_v or_o hatred_n 5_o by_o its_o have_a sin_n for_o its_o object_n it_o must_v be_v grant_v to_o be_v a_o virtue_n and_o therefore_o not_o oppose_v to_o virtue_n by_o any_o kind_n of_o opposition_n which_o m._n b._n observe_v to_o be_v reply_v by_o ferrariensis_n to_o which_o although_o it_o be_v rejoin_v by_o the_o same_o ferrariensis_n yet_o the_o rejoynder_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o gross_a return_n to_o the_o old_a fallacy_n just_o now_o discover_v in_o the_o answer_n and_o so_o be_v equal_o refell_v by_o every_o part_n of_o my_o reply_n by_o the_o way_n i_o note_v one_o good_a confession_n 8._o and_o from_o the_o word_n of_o aquinas_n that_o vice_n as_o well_o as_o virtue_n may_v be_v take_v for_o a_o concrete_a whereas_o m._n hickman_n be_v fain_o to_o say_v that_o sin_n or_o vice_n be_v so_o perfect_o a_o abstract_n that_o he_o can_v conceive_v it_o to_o be_v sin_n unless_o he_o conceive_v it_o as_o a_o abstract_n and_o that_o he_o be_v to_o seek_v what_o vox_fw-la abstracta_fw-la be_v if_o sin_n be_v not_o such_o p._n 54._o it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v that_o he_o be_v to_o seek_v for_o he_o elsewhere_o confess_v that_o sin_n be_v complexum_fw-la quid_fw-la and_o if_o he_o think_v that_o abstractum_fw-la do_v signify_v complexum_fw-la he_o be_v a_o small_a latinist_n indeed_o if_o he_o do_v not_o he_o be_v a_o self-contradictor_a §_o 14._o a_o sin_n of_o commission_n be_v prove_v to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v other_o because_o it_o necessary_o require_v some_o positive_a act_n whereby_o to_o become_v a_o perfect_a sin_n of_o commission_n which_o as_o it_o be_v grant_v by_o m._n barlow_n so_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v also_o confirm_v by_o he_o p._n 84._o where_o he_o approve_v that_o of_o suarez_n metaph._n tom_n 1._o disp_n 11._o malum_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la est_fw-la illud_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o se_fw-la malum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la caret_fw-la aliquo_fw-la bono_fw-mi sibi_fw-la ipsi_fw-la debito_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la perfectionis_fw-la propriè_fw-la quale_fw-la est_fw-la omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la praesertim_fw-la commissionis_fw-la for_o if_o every_o sin_n of_o commissi_fw-la on_z be_v not_o simple_o evil_a only_o but_o whole_o too_o as_o that_o must_v needs_o be_v which_o do_v career_n omni_n bono_fw-mi sibi_fw-la debito_fw-la and_o though_o i_o deny_v the_o supposition_n that_o any_o good_a thing_n can_v be_v due_a to_o sin_n then_o the_o positive_a act_n without_o which_o it_o can_v be_v must_v needs_o be_v moral_o and_o simple_o evil_a it_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o commission_n which_o be_v speak_v of_o in_o both_o place_n not_o any_o action_n or_o quality_n which_o be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o so_o as_o the_o ordinary_a shift_n of_o fly_v from_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o commission_n and_o so_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o discourse_n to_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v without_o relation_n to_o any_o object_n which_o be_v no_o sin_n at_o all_o or_o with_o relation_n only_o to_o sin_n which_o make_v it_o a_o high_a moral_a good_a be_v foresee_v and_o prevent_v by_o what_o i_o now_o say_v what_o be_v say_v by_o m._n barlow_n of_o the_o threefold_a difference_n betwixt_o a_o sin_n of_o omission_n and_o commission_n barlow_n p._n 86._o concern_v nothing_o that_o i_o know_v except_v those_o word_n which_o he_o frame_v to_o himself_o in_o his_o objection_n p._n 82._o in_o hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la &_o commissionis_fw-la quia_fw-la omissio_fw-la dicit_fw-la nudam_fw-la carentiam_fw-la actus_fw-la at_o commissio_fw-la necessario_fw-la requirit_fw-la actum_fw-la the_o word_n solùm_fw-la be_v very_o strange_a and_o if_o he_o find_v it_o in_o gulielmus_fw-la de_fw-fr rubione_fw-la as_o it_o be_v more_o than_o i_o know_v so_o i_o be_o not_o concern_v to_o make_v inquiry_n it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o i_o that_o my_o argument_n be_v unanswered_a need_v not_o the_o help_n of_o a_o reply_n i_o hasten_v therefore_o to_o another_o way_n of_o eviction_n §_o 15._o that_o be_v proper_o a_o sin_n which_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n field_n but_o the_o positive_a act_n of_o adultery_n theft_n or_o hate_v god_n be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n and_o therefore_o the_o act_n so_o forbid_v be_v very_o proper_o a_o sin_n we_o common_o say_v it_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o do_v this_o or_o that_o as_o to_o hate_n god_n and_o to_o love_v the_o world_n because_o god_n have_v forbid_v we_o to_o do_v the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o to_o this_o it_o be_v answer_v by_o mr._n barlow_n who_o not_o produce_v any_o author_n for_o the_o objection_n answer_n and_o put_v in_o the_o word_n formaliter_fw-la p._n 82._o may_v seem_v to_o have_v adapt_v the_o argument_n for_o a_o answer_n that_o the_o act_n precise_o take_v be_v not_o forbid_v as_o a_o positive_a act_n as_o in_o murder_n mere_o to_o kill_v be_v not_o forbid_v quoad_fw-la esse_fw-la physicum_fw-la for_o then_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a to_o kill_v a_o malefactor_n who_o be_v just_o condemn_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o as_o it_o recede_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o right_a reason_n and_o be_v subject_v to_o the_o privation_n of_o that_o rectitude_n which_o be_v due_a pag._n 86._o but_o i_o reply_v 1._o that_o this_o be_v the_o old_a fallacy_n so_o often_o mention_v respect_n for_o a_o act_n without_o reference_n to_o a_o negative_a precept_n of_o the_o law_n be_v not_o a_o act_n which_o be_v forbid_v nor_o pretend_v by_o any_o to_o be_v a_o sin_n much_o less_o of_o comm_n ssion_n which_o alone_o be_v the_o act_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o argument_n and_o so_o instead_o of_o a_o answer_n we_o have_v only_o a_o escape_n from_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n 2._o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o aquinas_n 1.2_o q._n 71._o art_n 6._o and_o q._n 72._o art_n 6._o that_o austin_n put_v two_o thing_n in_o the_o definition_n of_o sin_n to_o wit_n a_o material_a and_o formal_a part_n that_o be_v a_o positive_a act_n and_o its_o repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n witness_v his_o citation_n p._n 85._o and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o to_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v totum_fw-la essentiale_fw-la which_o it_o can_v be_v without_o one_o of_o its_o two_o essential_o so_o that_o the_o answer_n do_v offend_v against_o the_o answerer_n himself_o by_o consider_v the_o one_o without_o relation_n to_o the_o other_o notwithstanding_o his_o acquiescence_n in_o st._n augustine_n definition_n 3._o the_o answer_n do_v not_o deny_v that_o the_o positive_a act_n be_v forbid_v and_o so_o a_o sin_n but_o only_o speak_v of_o that_o thing_n in_o respect_n of_o which_o it_o be_v forbid_v and_o to_o this_o it_o may_v easy_o be_v reply_v that_o as_o a_o law_n act_n be_v not_o moral_o evil_a without_o relation_n to_o the_o law_n which_o do_v forbid_v it_o so_o a_o act_n have_v nothing_o of_o moral_a goodness_n without_o relation_n to_o the_o law_n which_o do_v command_v it_o or_o to_o the_o council_n which_o do_v commend_v it_o and_o again_o as_o no_o act_n can_v be_v a_o sin_n without_o repugnance_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o right_a reason_n so_o can_v there_o be_v no_o such_o repugnance_n without_o a_o act_n 4._o it_o be_v not_o all_o kill_a but_o kill_v proper_o call_v murder_n which_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n which_o command_v the_o kill_n of_o the_o murderer_n and_o thereby_o make_v it_o a_o act_n of_o justice._n and_o therefore_o that_o shall_v have_v be_v the_o instance_n for_o all_o such_o kill_a be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n and_o such_o alone_a do_v belong_v to_o the_o adequate_a subject_n of_o our_o discourse_n 5._o to_o hate_v god_n be_v a_o sin_n and_o a_o positive_a act_n to_o which_o it_o have_v beân_o prove_v that_o no_o kind_n of_o rectitude_n can_v be_v due_a and_o it_o have_v natural_o be_v evil_a though_o it_o have_v never_o be_v forbid_v which_o yet_o it_o can_v not_o but_o have_v be_v because_o the_o not_o forbid_v of_o it_o have_v be_v repugnant_a to_o god_n nature_n for_o though_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n can_v not_o be_v from_o eternity_n yet_o this_o proposition_n be_v aeternae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la and_o may_v true_o have_v be_v speak_v from_o all_o eternity_n that_o it_o be_v evil_a to_o hate_v god_n 278._o therefore_o this_o and_o the_o like_a act_n be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n even_o because_o they_o be_v evil_a and_o be_v not_o only_o evil_a by_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n which_o yet_o those_o man_n do_v presuppose_v who_o will_v have_v every_o thing_n good_a that_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o nothing_o simple_o evil_a but_o a_o abstract_a repugnance_n unto_o the_o law_n not_o consider_v the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o breach_n of_o a_o positive_a and_o moral_a law_n betwixt_o a_o jew_n hate_v god_n and_o
act_n although_o a_o nonentity_n be_v moral_o good_a again_o the_o schoolman_n do_v hold_v a_o twofold_a punishment_n 281._o the_o one_o of_o sense_n the_o other_o of_o loss_n whereof_o the_o latter_a be_v the_o wage_n of_o a_o aversion_n from_o god_n as_o be_v also_o the_o former_a of_o a_o conversion_n to_o the_o creature_n so_o that_o if_o sin_n be_v nothing_o but_o mere_a privation_n the_o poena_fw-la sensus_fw-la will_v be_v inflict_v without_o all_o justice_n under_o the_o notion_n of_o revenge_n for_o a_o conversion_n to_o the_o creature_n §_o 21._o again_o it_o may_v be_v thus_o argue_v and_o out_o of_o baronius_n his_o metaphysica_fw-la generalis_fw-la that_o which_o have_v not_o a_o positive_a entity_n can_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o sin_n many_o way_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o something_o 54._o for_o 1._o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o punishment_n and_o 2_o one_o sin_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o another_o a_o vicious_a act_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o vicious_a habit_n a_o vicious_a habit_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o vicious_a action_n and_o a_o natural_a propension_n to_o evil_n which_o baronius_n call_v original_a sin_n be_v say_v by_o he_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o vicious_a action_n oâ_n our_o will_n it_o be_v true_a he_o answer_v this_o argument_n but_o his_o answer_n may_v be_v refute_v by_o my_o reply_v to_o mr._n barlow_n and_o by_o what_o baronius_n grant_v of_o which_o anon_o as_o the_o reader_n will_v find_v if_o he_o make_v a_o trial_n discern_a §_o 22._o now_o beside_o these_o argument_n thus_o large_o urge_v and_o that_o from_o many_o more_o author_n than_o mr._n hickman_n have_v name_v for_o his_o opinion_n i_o shall_v exhibit_v a_o large_a catalogue_n but_o with_o a_o lesser_a expense_n of_o time_n and_o paper_n of_o such_o eminent_o learn_v and_o know_a man_n as_o have_v justify_v my_o judgement_n with_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o own_o and_o of_o who_o unaware_o i_o have_v undertake_v a_o justification_n i_o will_v begin_v with_o those_o writer_n with_o the_o concurrence_n of_o who_o opinion_n dr._n field_n think_v fit_a to_o credit_v he_o §_o 23._o alvarez_n say_v 44._o the_o sin_n of_o commission_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o a_o negative_a law_n which_o be_v not_o break_v but_o by_o a_o positive_a act._n aquinas_n also_o say_v 4._o that_o though_o in_o a_o sin_n of_o omission_n there_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o privation_n yet_o in_o the_o sin_n of_o commission_n there_o be_v some_o positive_a thing_n 1._o nay_o he_o say_v more_o plain_o what_o dr._n field_n do_v not_o observe_v that_o the_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la of_o sin_n be_v two_o fold_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v according_a to_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o sinner_n 77.6.0_o and_o that_o it_o consist_v essential_o in_o the_o act_n of_o the_o freewill_n he_o also_o infer_v it_o to_o be_v a_o accident_n whilst_o he_o 74.1.0_o say_v that_o every_o sin_n be_v in_o the_o will_n as_o in_o its_o subject_n and_o very_o often_o alibi_fw-la that_o in_o every_o sin_n there_o be_v two_o thing_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v a_o quality_n or_o action_n and_o so_o the_o whole_a sin_n must_v have_v a_o positive_a be_v far_o yet_o it_o be_v consequent_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o cajetan_n 5._o say_v gregory_n de_fw-fr valentiâ_fw-la that_o sin_n formal_o as_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a thing_n which_o he_o express_o also_o affirm_v in_o primam_fw-la 2_o dae_fw-la q._n 71._o art_n 6._o some_o hold_n say_v 104._o cumel_n that_o the_o formal_a nature_n of_o sin_n consist_v in_o some_o positive_a thing_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o work_v free_o with_o a_o positive_a repugnance_n to_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n and_o the_o law_n of_o god_n 12._o ockam_n say_v further_a that_o the_o very_a deformity_n in_o a_o act_n of_o commission_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o act_n itself_o viz._n actus_fw-la elicitus_fw-la against_o the_o divine_a law_n and_o these_o be_v cite_v by_o dr._n field_n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o p._n 120._o §_o 24._o to_o these_o i_o add_v many_o more_o which_o partly_o be_v not_o and_o partly_o can_v not_o have_v be_v observe_v by_o dr._n field_n 176._o lessius_n say_v that_o a_o evil_a act_n be_v in_o somâ_n sort_n evil_a even_o according_a to_o its_o physical_a entity_n nay_o upon_o this_o passage_n of_o c._n vorstius_n omne_fw-la ens_fw-la quà _fw-la ens_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la 64._o piscator_fw-la himself_z have_v this_o note_n and_o it_o be_v a_o note_n of_o exception_n at_o vitiosa_fw-la illa_fw-la qualitas_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la unde_fw-la oriuntur_fw-la actuâlia_fw-la peccata_fw-la bona_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la the_o learned_a 247._o professor_n of_o divinity_n in_o academiâ_fw-la tubingensi_fw-la affirm_v original_a sin_n to_o be_v a_o accident_n as_o the_o opposite_a member_n to_o substantia_fw-la and_o call_v it_o the_o accident_n of_o a_o substance_n and_o compare_v it_o to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o man_n which_o he_o also_o say_v be_v not_o a_o substance_n but_o a_o accident_n and_o that_o will_v be_v yield_v to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v especial_o if_o he_o mean_v as_o piscator_fw-la do_v that_o that_o accident_n be_v a_o quality_n another_o 123.126_o learned_a professor_n in_o academiâ_fw-la oxoniensi_fw-la by_o say_v concupiscence_n be_v a_o sin_n infer_v that_o sin_n to_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n which_o concupiscence_n will_v be_v grant_v by_o all_o to_o be_v and_o if_o it_o be_v with_o consent_n it_o be_v a_o actual_a sin_n if_o without_o consent_n it_o be_v a_o inbred_a rebellion_n of_o the_o flesh_n against_o the_o law_n of_o god_n he_o also_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o accident_n by_o ascribe_v to_o it_o subjectum_fw-la quo_fw-la &_o subjectum_fw-la quod_fw-la because_o by_o enter_v at_o the_o flesh_n it_o do_v infect_v the_o spirit_n 1._o dr._n goad_n who_o be_v send_v to_o the_o synod_n at_o dort_n while_o he_o be_v speak_v in_o that_o tract_n which_o some_o do_v call_v his_o retractation_n against_o a_o ordinary_a calvinian_a 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one_o of_o these_o two_o thing_n i_o suppose_v he_o must_v mean_v aâd_v which_o of_o the_o two_o it_o matter_n not_o because_o though_o he_o say_v a_o little_a before_o that_o ibid._n god_n may_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o very_a pravity_n or_o obliquity_n in_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n which_o he_o certain_o do_v wish_v he_o have_v never_o say_v yet_o he_o explain_v his_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n cause_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o a_o moral_a or_o objective_a occasion_n of_o that_o obliquity_n which_o prove_v his_o sense_n to_o be_v only_o this_o that_o god_n be_v altogether_o passive_a the_o conditio_fw-la sine-quââon_a in_o the_o creature_n determine_v his_o will_n to_o sin_n which_o determine_v of_o the_o will_n be_v a_o sin_n also_o and_o in_o produce_v that_o act_n which_o be_v intrinsical_o evil_a and_o so_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n if_o i_o have_v hit_v his_o right_a meaning_n i_o have_v my_o end_n but_o if_o i_o have_v not_o i_o shall_v be_v glad_a to_o be_v tell_v another_o which_o may_v agree_v with_o the_o context_n as_o well_o as_o this_o which_o i_o have_v give_v beside_o he_o confess_v with_o hurtado_n de_fw-fr mendozâ_n that_o in_o the_o exercisâ_n of_o the_o will_v there_o be_v a_o positive_a act_n p._n 63._o such_o as_o be_v the_o act_n of_o willing_a sin_n and_o that_o to_o will_v sin_n be_v sin_n i_o know_v he_o will_v not_o deny_v himself_o §_o 28._o but_o now_o mr._n hickman_n out_o of_o all_o measure_n confess_v the_o thing_n that_o he_o deny_v i_o mean_v the_o positive_a be_v of_o sin_n for_o 1._o he_o confess_v it_o a_o sin_n to_o hate_v god_n which_o he_o also_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o action_n and_o so_o to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v p._n 93_o 94_o 95._o again_o 2._o the_o first_o sin_n of_o angel_n he_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v a_o proud_a desire_n to_o be_v equal_a unto_o god_n p._n 103._o now_o that_o pride_n and_o desire_n be_v both_o in_o the_o predicament_n of_o quality_n and_o have_v as_o positive_a entity_n or_o being_n as_o any_o quality_n to_o be_v name_v be_v so_o vulgar_o know_v to_o every_o youngster_n that_o mr._n hickman_n dare_v not_o sure_o deny_v it_o for_o fear_v the_o youngster_n shall_v fall_v aboard_o he_o which_o he_o profess_v to_o fear_v in_o another_o place_n they_o may_v well_o fall_v aboard_o he_o for_o call_v proud_a desire_n a_o action_n p._n 103._o lin_v 13._o as_o a_o little_a before_o he_o call_v hatred_n p._n 95._o l._n 17._o but_o that_o it_o be_v likely_a they_o know_v he_o too_o well_o to_o think_v it_o much_o that_o a_o thistle_n shall_v bear_v no_o grape_n i_o shall_v not_o therefore_o insist_v upon_o his_o no_o skill_n in_o logic_n whilst_o again_o and_o again_o he_o take_v a_o quality_n
for_o all_o action_n and_o a_o positive_a entity_n for_o a_o privation_n unless_o he_o purposely_o write_v against_o his_o own_o enterprise_n in_o call_v a_o proud_a desire_n a_o sin_n but_o only_o pluck_v he_o by_o the_o ear_n as_o cynthius_n do_v tityrus_n and_o admonish_v he_o for_o the_o future_a not_o to_o act_v the_o ultracrepidâst_n by_o take_v upon_o he_o to_o be_v a_o scholar_n and_o a_o school-divine_a when_o he_o be_v mimical_o ordain_v to_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o lay-preacher_n can_v any_o man_n but_o mr._n hickman_n have_v entitle_v his_o book_n against_o a_o truthâ_n which_o he_o be_v force_v to_o acknowledge_v while_o he_o mean_v to_o deny_v and_o disow_v it_o only_o 3._o he_o do_v not_o only_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n of_o any_o sin_n have_v a_o positive_a be_v but_o further_a add_v beyond_o all_o example_n that_o the_o privation_n itself_o be_v a_o evil_a quality_n p._n 56._o even_o that_o privation_n which_o be_v call_v by_o some_o the_o formal_a part_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v say_v by_o himself_o to_o denominate_v the_o act_n or_o the_o habit_n evil_a nor_o will_v a_o quasi_fw-la superad_v serve_v to_o do_v he_o a_o good_a turn_n for_o let_v he_o call_v it_o a_o action_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o to_o which_o a_o epithet_n may_v be_v add_v he_o will_v still_o imply_v it_o to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o whilst_o he_o say_v a_o evil_n quality_n he_o imply_v the_o privation_n which_o he_o so_o call_v to_o be_v a_o concrete_a not_o remember_v his_o famous_a say_n that_o he_o can_v so_o much_o as_o conceive_v of_o siâ_n unless_o as_o perfect_o a_o abstract_n p._n 54._o and_o that_o sin_n be_v synonymous_a with_o sinfulness_n itself_o p._n 53._o again_o he_o seem_v here_o to_o speak_v of_o a_o external_a denomination_n as_o if_o he_o be_v not_o aware_a of_o what_o he_o be_v afterward_o to_o say_v concern_v the_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n that_o it_o be_v intrinsical_o and_o essential_o evil_a not_o mere_o through_o the_o want_n of_o some_o circumstance_n p._n 94._o again_o he_o say_v 4._o that_o in_o hate_v god_n the_o terminate_n of_o that_o act_n to_o that_o object_n be_v the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o action_n p._n 95._o now_o we_o know_v it_o be_v a_o action_n for_o the_o will_v to_o determine_v or_o fix_v a_o act_n upon_o a_o object_n and_o so_o according_a to_o mr._n hickman_n sinfulness_n itself_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v even_o while_o he_o say_v it_o be_v but_o privative_a 5._o he_o go_v but_o one_o line_n far_o when_o he_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n that_o moral_a goodness_n and_o evil_n be_v rather_o modi_fw-la entium_fw-la than_o entia_fw-la p._n 95._o whereby_o he_o yield_v i_o as_o much_o advantage_n as_o i_o can_v wish_v to_o my_o whole_a cause_n for_o when_o sin_n or_o moral_a evil_n be_v allow_v as_o much_o entity_n as_o moral_a goodness_n and_o moral_a goodness_n as_o little_a entity_n as_o sin_n it_o must_v either_o be_v his_o tenet_n that_o sin_n have_v also_o a_o positive_a be_v or_o that_o goodness_n have_v none_o at_o all_o if_o the_o first_o he_o at_o once_o betray_v we_o he_o whole_a cause_n and_o withal_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o he_o say_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o positive_a being_n if_o the_o second_o he_o must_v needs_o deny_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o goodness_n or_o lose_v the_o benefit_n of_o the_o shift_n by_o which_o he_o will_v seem_v not_o to_o make_v he_o the_o author_n of_o sin_n 6._o again_o if_o the_o evil_a work_n themselves_o be_v positive_a which_o he_o confess_v p._n 96._o there_o need_v no_o more_o to_o be_v add_v by_o he_o for_o that_o there_o be_v also_o some_o privation_n none_o be_v concern_v to_o deny_v whilst_o what_o be_v positive_a in_o sin_n be_v so_o full_o yield_v 7._o he_o grant_v as_o much_o as_o a_o man_n can_v wish_v p._n 102._o viz._n that_o man_n be_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o the_o evil_a of_o the_o action_n and_o the_o youngster_n argument_n against_o it_o holds_z as_o much_o against_o good_a as_o evil_a action_n see_v his_o confession_n p._n 103._o 8._o that_o the_o deficient_a cause_n be_v reducible_a to_o the_o efficient_a the_o cause_n of_o the_o action_n per_fw-la se_fw-la of_o the_o vitiosity_n per_fw-la concomitantiam_fw-la he_o confess_v p._n 103._o 9_o far_o yet_o he_o confess_v that_o sin_n in_o scripture_n do_v not_o signify_v abstract_o but_o that_o it_o signify_v our_o faculty_n which_o do_v lust_n against_o the_o work_n of_o the_o spirit_n p._n 100_o much_o less_o will_v he_o deny_v the_o very_a lust_a itself_o to_o be_v a_o sin_n which_o be_v as_o positive_a as_o the_o faculty_n to_o which_o the_o lust_a be_v ascribe_v nay_o 10._o he_o confess_v that_o a_o sin_n be_v a_o action_n if_o he_o be_v not_o unpardonable_o impertinent_a p._n 102._o for_o a_o account_n of_o which_o see_v forward_o chap._n 8._o §_o 24._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o but_o mr._n h._n be_v convict_v of_o what_o himself_o do_v acknowledge_v the_o great_a blasphemy_n sin_n to_o wit_n of_o make_v god_n to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n by_o blunt_o affirm_v he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o whatsoever_o be_v find_v to_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v by_o name_n of_o that_o very_a action_n of_o hate_v god_n p._n 95.96_o hope_n be_v to_o lessen_v the_o odium_fw-la which_o can_v but_o lie_v on_o so_o foul_a a_o doctrine_n by_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o the_o common_a shift_n i_o mean_v by_o make_v such_o a_o distinction_n betwixt_o the_o act_n and_o the_o obliquity_n as_o to_o entitle_v god_n unto_o the_o first_o and_o the_o sinner_n only_o unto_o the_o second_o that_o action_n of_o david_n his_o lie_v with_o vriah_n wife_n which_o in_o scripture_n be_v call_v adultery_n he_o say_v be_v positive_a and_o from_o god_n and_o therefore_o one_o of_o god_n creature_n and_o thus_o he_o say_v over_o and_o over_o 3._o p._n 79.82.95.96_o but_o the_o pravity_n or_o obliquity_n which_o he_o call_v the_o evil_a quality_n that_o do_v denominate_v the_o action_n he_o be_v content_a to_o fasten_v upon_o man_n too_o ibid._n now_o it_o remain_v that_o i_o endeavour_v to_o make_v he_o ashamed_a of_o so_o lewd_a a_o refuge_n as_o do_v but_o serve_v to_o encourage_v by_o give_v shelter_n and_o protection_n not_o at_o all_o to_o extenuate_v his_o great_a impiety_n §_o 2._o for_o first_o to_o condemn_v he_o out_o of_o his_o mouth_n he_o speak_v a_o while_n after_o without_o the_o vizor_n of_o this_o distinction_n mouth_n while_o he_o say_v it_o do_v belong_v to_o the_o universality_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n to_o produce_v not_o only_o every_o real_a be_v but_o also_o the_o real_a positive_a modification_n of_o being_n p._n 95._o now_o that_o the_o very_a repugnance_n of_o the_o act_n to_o the_o obâect_n have_v at_o least_o a_o real_a if_o not_o a_o positive_a be_v mr._n hickman_n do_v many_o time_n acknowledge_v as_o when_o he_o rank_n it_o with_o moral_a goodness_n in_o affirm_v both_o to_o be_v modos_fw-la entium_fw-la p._n 95._o 120._o that_o profound_a divine_a and_o subtle_a disputant_n dr._n field_n allow_v nothing_o to_o be_v in_o the_o sin_n of_o hate_v god_n but_o what_o be_v positive_a the_o very_a deformity_n that_o be_v find_v in_o it_o be_v precise_o say_v he_o a_o positive_a repugnance_n to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o his_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v such_o as_o mr._n hickmans_n teacher_n be_v puzzle_v at_o but_o let_v that_o pass_n mr._n hick_n be_v convict_v of_o the_o crime_n allege_v in_o the_o indictment_n if_o the_o repugnance_n have_v nothing_o more_o than_o a_o real_a be_v nor_o dare_v he_o say_v it_o have_v no_o be_v at_o all_o for_o that_o be_v to_o cast_v the_o whole_a adultery_n upon_o god_n by_o affirm_v he_o to_o be_v the_o producer_n of_o all_o that_o be_v positive_a or_o real_a in_o it_o they_o be_v every_o one_o mr_n hickmans_n word_n and_o to_o acquit_v the_o adulterer_n from_o have_v any_o share_n in_o it_o whereby_o he_o also_o do_v infer_v he_o to_o be_v but_o titular_o such_o §_o 3._o but_o second_o let_v we_o suppose_v the_o man_n have_v never_o charge_v god_n in_o so_o gross_a a_o manner_n reason_n as_o to_o entitle_v he_o to_o the_o production_n of_o all_o thing_n real_a yet_o his_o shift_n will_v not_o save_v he_o from_o be_v find_v to_o make_v god_n the_o author_n of_o sin_n for_o when_o he_o say_v that_o action_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v from_o god_n he_o mean_v it_o be_v from_o he_o as_o the_o mediate_a or_o the_o immediate_a cause_n if_o as_o the_o mediate_a so_o as_o to_o move_v the_o second_o cause_n to_o be_v immediate_o the_o cause_n of_o such_o a_o action_n it_o follow_v then_o that_o the_o 2._o cause_o
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chap._n 3._o §_o 13._o he_o conclude_v with_o a_o caterum_fw-la actiones_fw-la sunt_fw-la malae_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la habitus_n quatenus_fw-la ex_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la actionibus_fw-la orti_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la rationem_fw-la culpae_fw-la habent_fw-la p._n 126._o if_o betuleius_n have_v not_o be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n he_o will_v not_o have_v use_v that_o proposition_n wherein_o sin_n be_v praedicat_v of_o that_o which_o will_v be_v grant_v by_o all_o to_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n racha_n fratri_fw-la imprecari_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la betuleius_n in_o lactant._n l._n 6._o c._n 16._o 6._o i_o forget_v till_o just_a now_o to_o note_v the_o doctrine_n of_o mr._n calvin_n concupiscenâiam_fw-la who_o say_v that_o sin_n original_n do_v bring_v forth_o in_o we_o those_o work_n of_o the_o flesh_n gal_n 5.19_o which_o he_o also_o call_v sin_n though_o positive_a entity_n nay_o he_o say_v our_o whole_a nature_n be_v quoddam_fw-la peccati_fw-la semen_fw-mi that_o sin_n 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signify_v a_o habit_n whereas_o to_o signify_v a_o action_n or_o a_o habit_n of_o virtue_n we_o only_o use_v the_o word_n virtue_n 8._o chemnitius_n speak_v of_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 70._o reckon_v up_o six_o ingredient_n in_o it_o whereof_o the_o most_o if_o not_o all_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v and_o gerhard_n do_v the_o like_a by_o the_o sin_n of_o peter_n who_o abjure_v his_o saviour_n no_o less_o by_o his_o work_n then_o by_o his_o word_n add_v perjury_n to_o curse_v and_o both_o to_o lie_v whence_o he_o note_v the_o fruitfullness_n of_o sin_n for_o which_o it_o be_v call_v the_o devil_n net_n prov._n 5.22_o if_o i_o shall_v now_o add_v grotius_n who_o be_v instar_fw-la multorum_fw-la although_o but_o one_o 28_o no_o know_v reader_n will_v look_v for_o more_o he_o in_o set_v forth_o the_o verity_n of_o christian_a religion_n to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n which_o have_v a_o praejudice_n to_o the_o gospel_n take_v special_a care_n to_o let_v 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humane_a liberty_n for_o which_o i_o have_v the_o suffrage_n of_o dr._n stearn_n again_o 3_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o such_o effect_n 270._o as_o proceed_v from_o such_o second_o cause_n as_o transgress_v not_o the_o order_n they_o ought_v to_o have_v upon_o the_o first_o and_o for_o this_o i_o have_v aquinas_n 1.2_o q._n 79._o art_n 3._o when_o god_n be_v say_v to_o work_v all_o thing_n eph._n 1.11_o it_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o same_o restrain_a sense_n in_o which_o it_o be_v say_v by_o s._n james_n that_o every_o good_a and_o perfect_a gift_n be_v from_o above_o and_o come_v down_o from_o the_o father_n of_o light_n jam._n 1.17_o imply_v the_o contrary_a to_o be_v from_o below_o as_o come_v up_o from_o the_o father_n of_o lie_n and_o therefore_o 4._o when_o it_o be_v say_v g._n that_o god_n be_v the_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n visible_a and_o invisible_a in_o the_o nicene_n creed_n it_o be_v explain_v in_o the_o collect_n for_o evening_n service_n o_fw-la god_n from_o who_o all_o 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aliquid_fw-la quare_fw-la nomine_fw-la naturae_fw-la quoties_fw-la s._n patres_fw-la disputant_n cum_fw-la manichaeo_n de_fw-la hac_fw-la re_fw-mi non_fw-la comâleâtuntur_fw-la operationem_fw-la &_o accidentia_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquam_fw-la habeaât_fw-la naturam_fw-la sed_fw-la solam_fw-la substantiam_fw-la secuti_fw-la sententiam_fw-la arisâotelis_fw-la will_n 2_o phy_n c._n 1._o &_o 5._o metaph._n c._n 4._o qui_fw-la solùm_fw-la materiam_fw-la &_o formam_fw-la naturam_fw-la appellat_fw-la immo_n ex_fw-la he_o proprie_fw-la solùm_fw-la formam_fw-la materiam_fw-la autem_fw-la mataphoriâè_fw-la tantùm_fw-la contendunt_fw-la igitur_fw-la patres_fw-la nullam_fw-la esse_fw-la naturam_fw-la substantiae_fw-la malam_fw-la quatenùs_fw-la substanâia_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-fr actu_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la concedunt_fw-la enim_fw-la malum_fw-la esse_fw-la opus_fw-la arbitrii_fw-la nostri_fw-la &_o actum_fw-la sicut_fw-la augustinus_n l._n the_o perfect_a iustit_fw-la qui_fw-la ratiocinatione_fw-la 4._o quaerit_fw-la quid_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la actusne_fw-la a_o res._n quia_fw-la âi_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la inquit_fw-la habeat_fw-la auctorem_fw-la &_o si_fw-la auctorem_fw-la habet_fw-la jam_fw-la alter_fw-la erit_fw-la auctor_fw-la quam_fw-la deus_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la impium_fw-la est_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la peccatum_fw-la esse_fw-la actum_fw-la non_fw-la rem_fw-la austin_n patres_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la curarunt_fw-la propriam_fw-la rationem_fw-la vitii_fw-la &_o peccati_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la moris_fw-la exprimere_fw-la quam_fw-la per_fw-la aliquid_fw-la conjunctum_fw-la nobis_fw-la magis_fw-la notum_fw-la eam_fw-la descâibere_fw-la quare_fw-la cum_fw-la per_fw-la boni_fw-la privationem_fw-la peccatum_fw-la definierunt_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligendi_fw-la quasi_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la essentia_fw-la &_o ratio_fw-la formalis_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la necessario_fw-la peccato_fw-la conjuncta_fw-la &_o christianis_fw-la maximè_fw-la nota_fw-la multò_fw-la enim_fw-la faciliùs_fw-la per_fw-la negationem_fw-la intelligimus_fw-la 11._o to_o this_o let_v i_o add_v what_o do_v just_a now_o occur_v to_o my_o present_a purpose_n that_o substantia_fw-la with_o many_o father_n as_o well_o as_o with_o grotius_n and_o other_o modern_n substantia_fw-la have_v often_o carry_v away_o the_o name_n of_o ens_fw-la because_o ens_fw-la be_v analogum_fw-la as_o every_o smatterer_n in_o logic_n know_v though_o master_n in_o it_o sometime_o forget_v and_o the_o common_a rule_n be_v here_o verify_v analogum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la pro_fw-la famosiori_fw-la stare_v praesumitur_fw-la whosoever_o therefore_o be_v find_v to_o say_v peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la ens_fw-la must_v be_v know_v to_o mean_v that_o it_o be_v not_o substantia_fw-la unless_o he_o be_v one_o who_o dare_v add_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o 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the_o negative_a precept_n of_o the_o almighty_a whereby_o he_o forbid_v we_o to_o give_v a_o be_v to_o this_o or_o that_o which_o he_o tell_v we_o he_o hate_v the_o be_v of_o thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o put_v such_o a_o concupiscence_n in_o be_v and_o yet_o to_o covet_v another_o man_n wife_n be_v as_o positive_o something_o as_o to_o covet_v his_o own_o and_o more_o positive_o something_o than_o not_o to_o covet_v another_o man_n though_o that_o be_v the_o vice_n and_o this_o the_o virtue_n 13._o they_o indeed_o who_o deny_v this_o natural_a freedom_n of_o the_o will_n worse_o must_v either_o yield_v to_o the_o manichee_n or_o else_o do_v worse_o as_o have_v be_v show_v but_o this_o be_v grant_v there_o need_v no_o new_a principle_n as_o the_o manichee_n dream_v for_o the_o production_n of_o what_o be_v evil_a for_o he_o that_o may_v do_v good_a by_o maâking_a use_n of_o that_o talon_n which_o god_n have_v give_v he_o have_v eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la the_o power_n to_o do_v the_o contrary_a unless_o he_o be_v irresistible_o and_o unavoidable_o good_a which_o no_o man_n be_v on_o this_o side_n heaven_n now_o since_o both_o the_o habit_n and_o act_n of_o sin_n be_v as_o positive_a as_o the_o habit_n and_o act_n of_o virtue_n and_o equal_o reducible_a to_o the_o species_n of_o quality_n and_o that_o there_o need_v no_o other_o power_n for_o the_o production_n of_o the_o former_a than_o what_o be_v give_v we_o whilst_o it_o be_v give_v we_o to_o be_v true_o free_a agent_n it_o will_v be_v fit_a to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o i_o have_v not_o only_o my_o private_a but_o public_a reason_n also_o for_o what_o i_o teach_v §_o 6._o dionysius_n the_o areopagite_n 1.2_o who_o refell_n the_o two_o principle_n in_o the_o manichaean_n sense_n do_v set_v they_o up_o and_o assert_v they_o in_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n affirm_v god_n to_o be_v the_o principle_n of_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a and_o the_o devil_n on_o the_o contrary_a of_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v evil_a to_o wit_n the_o evil_a of_o sin_n which_o be_v evil_a proper_o so_o call_v he_o assert_v the_o first_o in_o these_o wordâ_n of_o saint_n paul_n rom._n 11.36_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o he_o explain_v by_o the_o restriction_n think_v fit_a to_o be_v add_v by_o saint_n james_n c._n 1._o v._n 17._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n he_o affirm_v the_o second_o in_o these_o term_n 571._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d yet_o 3_o the_o 574._o power_n to_o sin_n though_o not_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n itself_o he_o right_o affirm's_n to_o be_v from_o god_n which_o power_n be_v innocent_a as_o in_o adam_n and_o the_o angel_n before_o their_o fall_n who_o can_v never_o have_v sin_v if_o before_o they_o actual_o sin_v they_o have_v not_o have_v the_o power_n to_o sin_n but_o for_o the_o exertion_n of_o that_o power_n into_o act_n that_o be_v evil_n 578._o can_v possible_o proceed_v from_o so_o good_a a_o fountain_n ignatius_n in_o ep_n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la p._n 53._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d justin_n martyr_n in_o apolog._n 1._o pro_fw-la christ._n p._n 35._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d see_v he_o especial_o in_o quaest._n &_o resp._n add_v orthod_n p._n 396._o &_o 436._o tertul_n contra_fw-la martion_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5_o 6._o suae_fw-la po_fw-la testatis_fw-la invenio_fw-la hominem_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la constitutum_fw-la lapsumque_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la sed_fw-la libero_fw-la ejus_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la deputandum_fw-la athanasius_n de_fw-la anima_fw-la humana_fw-la loquens_fw-la in_fw-la orat_fw-la contra_fw-la gent._n p._n 5._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 7._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 8._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o very_a much_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n p._n 9.37_o &_o ãâã_d de_fw-fr incar_n verbi_fw-la dei_fw-la p._n 57_o 58._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 58._o augustin_n retract_v l._n c._n 9_o per_fw-la totum_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la exortum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ex_fw-la libero_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la quid_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la queri_fw-la unde_fw-la iste_fw-la motus_fw-la existat_fw-la quo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la avertitur_fw-la ab_fw-la incommutabili_fw-la bono_fw-mi ad_fw-la commutabile_fw-la bonum_fw-la 3._o cum_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la animi_fw-la &_o voluntarium_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la culpabile_fw-la esse_fw-la fateamur_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la tandem_fw-la esse_fw-la poterit_fw-la ante_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la causa_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la aut_fw-la igitur_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la peccandi_fw-la aut_fw-la nullum_fw-la peccatum_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la causa_fw-la peccandi_fw-la non_fw-la ergo_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la rectè_fw-la imputetur_fw-la peccatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la voluntati_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quâ_fw-la &_o peccatur_fw-la &_o rectè_fw-la vivitur_fw-la nazianz_n orat_fw-la 40._o p._n 671._o apud_fw-la d._n barl._n p._n 52._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d vide_fw-la d._n d._n hammondi_n annot._n in_o 1_o cor._n 8.4_o fulgentius_n apud_fw-la aqu._n 1.2_o q._n 79._o art_n 3._o deus_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ultor_fw-la istius_fw-la rei_fw-la cujus_fw-la est_fw-la actor_n prosper_n in_o senten_a ex_fw-la aug._n p._n 444._o iniquitas_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la facta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la nulla_fw-la substantia_fw-la âst_fw-la mark_n hâs_v reason_n and_o the_o two_o thing_n which_o it_o imply_v 1_o that_o iniquity_n be_v a_o accident_n and_o 2._o such_o as_o be_v not_o from_o god_n and_o therefore_o elsewhere_o he_o say_v 573._o that_o the_o sole_a cause_n of_o evil_a deed_n be_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n ad_fw-la quam_fw-la solam_fw-la male_a gesta_fw-la recurrunt_fw-la clem._n alex._n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 167._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 169._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o so_o in_o the_o place_n above_o cite_v §_o 3_o he_o say_v all_o substance_n have_v their_o production_n from_o god_n but_o not_o all_o action_n or_o operation_n unless_o when_o they_o be_v good_a the_o original_a of_o the_o evil_n he_o 219._o imâputes_v to_o freewill_n and_o thus_o he_o dispute_v against_o they_o who_o feign_v another_o creator_n even_o of_o substance_n beside_o the_o only_a true_a god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cyrillus_n hiero_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 30._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cite_v that_o text_n eccles._n 7.30_o and_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n ephes._n 2.10_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o after_o in_o the_o same_o page_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o a_o little_a after_o p._n 34._o speak_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o apply_v to_o he_o that_o of_o ezek._n 28.12_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 34._o he_o add_v it_o be_v very_o well_o say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ambrose_n de_fw-fr cain_n &_o abel_n l._n 2._o c._n 9_o fol._n 260._o h._n qui_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suum_fw-la ad_fw-la quandam_fw-la uti_fw-la gentiles_n asserunt_fw-la decreti_fw-la aut_fw-la operis_fw-la svi_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la referunt_fw-la divina_fw-la arguere_fw-la videntur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la vis_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la quanto_fw-la gravius_fw-la peccato_fw-la ipso_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la refer_v quod_fw-la feceris_fw-la &_o reatus_fw-la tui_fw-la invidiam_fw-la transsundere_fw-la in_o authorem_fw-la non_fw-la criminis_fw-la sed_fw-la innocentiae_fw-la epiphanius_n l._n 1._o to._n 3._o haeres_fw-la 36._o p._n 266_o 267_o 268._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d nothing_o can_v be_v without_o god_n except_o sin_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d 587._o and_o more_o to_o this_o purpose_n p._n 265.588_o yet_o say_v he_o god_n do_v not_o hinder_v man_n from_o sin_v by_o violence_n or_o force_n upon_o their_o will_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d p._n 671._o augustin_n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 9_o malae_fw-la voluntates_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la quia_fw-la contra_fw-la naturam_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la omnium_fw-la creaturarum_fw-la creator_n est_fw-la ita_fw-la omnium_fw-la potestatum_fw-la dator_fw-la non_fw-la a._n voluntatum_fw-la where_o by_o the_o will_n he_o mean_v the_o action_n of_o the_o will_n §_n 7._o that_o god_n give_v only_o the_o power_n to_o act_v what_o he_o forbid_v and_o that_o no_o more_o be_v mean_v by_o those_o father_n not_o who_o say_v that_o all_o thing_n in_o some_o sort_n do_v come_v from_o god_n still_o imply_v the_o act_n itself_o to_o be_v sole_o from_o the_o creature_n when_o it_o be_v whole_o against_o god_n as_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v confess_v to_o be_v i_o have_v already_o make_v apparent_a by_o diverse_a instance_n recite_v and_o doctor_n stearn_n have_v do_v it_o by_o diverse_a other_o an._n med_a l._n 2._o p._n 256_o 257._o of_o which_o i_o shall_v mark_v but_o three_o or_o four_o anselmus_fw-la de_fw-la concord_n praed_n &_o praesc_fw-la nulla_fw-la
own_o lusts._n cha_fw-mi p._n vi_o argument_n §_o 1._o have_v bestow_v so_o much_o paper_n on_o what_o be_v think_v of_o most_o moment_n i_o shall_v need_v spend_v but_o little_a in_o the_o dispatch_a of_o those_o fly_n to_o which_o mr._n h._n give_v the_o name_n of_o argument_n artificial_a p._n 69._o the_o first_o he_o confess_v be_v mr._n barlee_n if_o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n than_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o good_a for_o it_o be_v add_v by_o mr._n b._n but_o now_o substract_v by_o mr._n h._n every_o positive_a thing_n be_v good_a sect._n 2._o to_o this_o i_o answer_v 153._o many_o thing_n of_o which_o mr._n h._n reply_v only_o to_o a_o few_o as_o 1._o that_o if_o sin_n be_v a_o thing_n positive_a he_o seek_v to_o prove_v by_o this_o argument_n that_o sin_n be_v good_a 2._o that_o i_o have_v prove_v sin_n a_o thing_n positive_a in_o my_o two_o last_o section_n which_o continue_v firm_a and_o not_o disprove_v evince_v the_o force_n of_o his_o argument_n to_o serve_v for_o nothing_o but_o only_o to_o prove_v that_o sin_n be_v good_a 3._o that_o a_o thing_n which_o be_v privative_a in_o one_o respect_n be_v also_o positive_a in_o another_o as_o that_o which_o be_v privative_a of_o life_n and_o sight_n must_v needs_o be_v positive_a of_o death_n and_o blindness_n 4._o that_o mr._n b._n himself_o do_v grant_v as_o much_o in_o confess_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o sin_n and_o say_v there_o may_v be_v something_o of_o positive_a in_o a_o privation_n 5._o that_o in_o say_v sin_n be_v privative_a he_o confess_v it_o be_v not_o a_o mere_a privation_n because_o a_o privation_n be_v but_o the_o abstract_n of_o privative_a and_o what_o be_v most_o positive_a in_o one_o case_n may_v be_v privative_a in_o another_o 6._o that_o sin_n be_v not_o conceivable_a unless_o as_o a_o concrete_a which_o have_v something_o positive_a as_o well_o as_o privative_a there_o be_v no_o kind_n of_o difference_n betwixt_o david_n lie_v with_o bathshebah_n and_o hiâ_n adultery_n with_o bâthshebah_n at_o the_o time_n of_o her_o be_v vriahs_n wife_n 7._o that_o bonum_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la have_v quite_o another_o signification_n then_o bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la to_o which_o alone_o we_o oppose_v sin_n or_o malum_fw-la morale_fw-la 8._o that_o a_o libertine_n a_o ranter_n or_o a_o carneadist_n will_v be_v glad_a to_o introduce_v a_o opinion_n that_o sin_n be_v good_a by_o call_v it_o bonum_fw-la metâphysicum_fw-la and_o confound_v that_o with_o bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la 9_o that_o the_o subject_n of_o metaphysic_n be_v ens_fw-la quatenus_fw-la ens_fw-la real_n illud_fw-la not_o omnimodo_fw-la positivum_fw-la quatenus_fw-la positivum_fw-la and_o so_o in_o one_o sensâ_n it_o comprehend_v res_n &_o aliquid_fw-la 10._o that_o bonum_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la do_v not_o signify_v good_a in_o english_a as_o canis_fw-la astronomicus_fw-la do_v not_o signify_v a_o dog_n in_o our_o english_a street_n and_o apprehension_n 11._o that_o dr._n twisse_n be_v betray_v into_o one_o of_o his_o worst_a error_n that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v torture_v to_o all_o eternity_n than_o not_o to_o have_v a_o real_a being_n by_o not_o consider_v this_o very_a thing_n 12._o that_o a_o lie_n be_v verum_fw-la as_o much_o as_o sin_n be_v bonum_fw-la metaphysicum_fw-la because_o it_o have_v a_o positive_a be_v which_o prove_v the_o argument_n to_o be_v impertinent_a at_o the_o best_a §_o 3._o now_o reader_n observe_v what_o a_o incomparable_a confuter_n i_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o to_o there_o be_v but_o four_o thing_n of_o twelve_o on_o which_o his_o courage_n will_v serve_v he_o to_o try_v his_o tooth_n which_o find_v also_o to_o be_v too_o hard_a he_o do_v as_o lepid_o nibble_v at_o they_o as_o the_o tame_a creature_n do_v at_o the_o thistle_n which_o make_v philemon_n so_o full_a of_o laughter_n for_o to_o the_o first_o he_o thus_o reply_n the_o design_n of_o the_o argument_n be_v to_o fright_v mr._n p._n out_o of_o his_o sad_a opinion_n concern_v the_o positivity_n of_o sin_n by_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o grand_a absurdity_n of_o say_v sin_n be_v good_a p._n 70._o but_o i_o rejoin_v 1._o first_o that_o my_o answer_n be_v design_v to_o fright_v mr._n hick_n from_o his_o opinion_n concern_v god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o thing_n positive_a nay_o of_o all_o thing_n ult_n real_a too_o neither_o blasphemy_n nor_o buggery_n nor_o hate_v god_n be_v except_v by_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o grand_a absurdity_n of_o say_v god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o great_a wickedness_n in_o the_o world_n and_o withal_o of_o say_v the_o great_a wickedness_n be_v good_a 2._o he_o can_v bring_v i_o to_o say_v that_o sin_n be_v good_a but_o only_o he_o can_v say_v he_o design_v to_o bring_v i_o which_o show_v the_o folly_n of_o his_o design_n too_o for._n 3_o as_o i_o say_v that_o bonum_fw-la among_o the_o heathen_a metaphysician_n do_v not_o signify_v good_a in_o our_o english_a acception_n of_o the_o word_n any_o more_o than_o malum_fw-la which_o be_v latin_a for_o a_o apple_n can_v signify_v evil_a in_o a_o translation_n though_o malum_fw-la be_v latin_n for_o evil_a too_o so_o i_o shall_v make_v it_o undeniable_a by_o appeal_n even_o to_o they_o who_o be_v partial_a to_o he_o whether_o we_o can_v proper_o say_v in_o english_a that_o it_o be_v good_a to_o hate_n god_n or_o good_a for_o mr._n hickman_n to_o lie_v with_o a_o beast_n â_o because_o they_o be_v action_n which_o have_v positive_a entity_n and_o therefore_o be_v bona_fw-la metaphysica_fw-la in_o mr._n hickmans_n dialect_n nay_o in_o very_o broad_a english_a mr._n h._n will_v tell_v we_o that_o they_o be_v good_a and_o from_o god_n if_o he_o dare_v say_v twice_o what_o he_o have_v say_v too_o often_o by_o say_v once_o to_o wit_n in_o his_o page_n 95_o 96_o 4._o i_o tell_v he_o aristotlâ's_n phrase_n of_o every_o entity_n be_v good_a shall_v rather_o have_v be_v reject_v as_o unsound_a and_o unsafe_a and_o so_o return_v to_o that_o heathen_a from_o whence_o it_o come_v then_o have_v be_v use_v by_o a_o christian_n to_o prove_v it_o good_a to_o hate_v god_n and_o according_o dr._n stearn_n do_v somewhere_o deny_v that_o metaphysical_a axiom_n to_o be_v of_o universal_a truth_n for_o when_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o the_o act_n of_o hate_v god_n must_v be_v good_a because_o ens_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la he_o call_v it_o the_o beg_n of_o the_o question_n as_o well_o he_o may_v 5._o mr._n h._n say_v themaxime_n be_v ens_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la not_o quatenus_fw-la positivum_fw-la and_o so_o ascribe_v a_o equal_a goodness_n to_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n which_o be_v ens_fw-la as_o to_o the_o act_n itself_o to_o which_o the_o obliquity_n it_o annex_v 6._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o prove_v to_o mr._n h._n that_o the_o great_a lie_n be_v as_o true_a as_o the_o truth_n itself_o because_o it_o be_v aristotle_n maxim_n and_o as_o general_o receive_v as_o that_o he_o urge_v ens_fw-la and_o verum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la 7._o i_o have_v tell_v he_o while_o it_o be_v time_n that_o if_o by_o good_a he_o mean_v bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la as_o to_o be_v pertinent_a he_o must_v he_o must_v also_o prove_v parricide_n incest_n witchcraft_n or_o rebellion_n a_o thing_n neither_o better_o nor_o worse_o than_o witchcraft_n either_o mere_a privation_n of_o be_v or_o moral_a good_a thing_n for_o according_a to_o his_o dream_v they_o must_v be_v nothing_o or_o 2._o no_n sin_n or_o 3._o moral_a virtue_n or_o 4._o sin_n and_o moral_a virtue_n too_o 2d_o §_o 4._o he_o reply_v to_o the_o three_o by_o a_o full_a concession_n p._n 70.71_o but_o conceive_v it_o a_o disgrace_n to_o stick_v at_o nothing_o he_o whole_o pass_v by_o my_o answer_n and_o only_o quarrel_v my_o illustration_n which_o yet_o in_o one_o sense_n he_o do_v approve_v too_o that_o sense_n be_v i_o and_o as_o pertinent_a it_o be_v as_o whatsoever_o similitude_n he_o have_v steal_v from_o mr._n morice_n what_o i_o say_v of_o darkness_n he_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o truth_n and_o with_o a_o but_o it_o be_v very_o vulgar_a p._n 71._o as_o if_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o worse_a for_o be_v a_o every_o day_n spectacle_n he_o think_v his_o axiom_n the_o better_a for_o be_v vulgar_a and_o give_v it_o this_o commendation_n that_o it_o be_v common_o receive_v p._n 70._o when_o he_o impertinent_o say_v that_o darkness_n can_v be_v feel_v p._n 72._o he_o shall_v have_v except_v the_o egyptian_a and_o that_o of_o his_o own_o apprehension_n which_o be_v now_o so_o palpable_a to_o every_o reader_n 2._o i_o give_v a_o instance_n in_o the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n which_o i_o say_v be_v sin_n and_o yet_o a_o thing_n positive_a as_o well_o as_o privative_a to_o wit_n privative_a of_o virtue_n and_o positive_a of_o vice_n to_o this_o mr._n
h._n be_v deep_o silent_a and_o so_o have_v yield_v my_o answer_n without_o the_o offer_n of_o a_o reply_n that_o what_o be_v privative_a in_o one_o case_n be_v also_o positive_a in_o another_o §_o 5._o he_o reply_v to_o the_o 8t_n mr._n p._n have_v deserve_v his_o humble_a thanks_o who_o bestow_v a_o positive_a entity_n on_o sin_n p._n 72._o d._n for_o this_o crude_a speech_n i_o first_o refer_v he_o to_o the_o three_o and_o four_o part_n of_o my_o rejoynder_n to_o the_o first_o part_n of_o his_o reply_n §_o 3._o i_o only_o add_v for_o his_o instruction_n of_o which_o he_o prove_v his_o present_a want_n that_o carneades_n speak_v in_o a_o moral_a sense_n when_o he_o take_v away_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o right_n and_o wrong_n and_o mr._n hickman_n have_v do_v the_o same_o for_o if_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o that_o positive_a act_n the_o devil_n be_v hate_v god_n as_o mr._n hickman_n affirm_v he_o to_o be_v p._n 96._o then_o the_o devil_n do_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v right_a as_o all_o must_v be_v which_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o author_n of_o §_o 6._o his_o reply_n to_o the_o nine_o have_v be_v already_o speak_v to_o in_o the_o three_o and_o four_o part_n of_o §_o 1._o of_o this_o chapter_n the_o i_o only_o add_v that_o if_o the_o positive_a action_n of_o hate_v god_n be_v so_o intrinsical_o essential_o and_o whole_o evil_a as_o he_o have_v liberal_o confess_v p._n 94._o it_o will_v be_v hard_a for_o he_o to_o show_v where_o lie_v its_o goodness_n in_o any_o sense_n much_o less_o in_o they_o who_o when_o they_o describe_v metaphysical_a goodness_n per_fw-la ordinem_fw-la ad_fw-la appetitum_fw-la understand_v it_o primary_o with_o relation_n to_o the_o divine_a will_n yet_o so_o they_o do_v say_v mr._n hickman_n p._n 74._o can_v the_o man_n have_v contrive_v a_o great_a unhappiness_n to_o himself_o he_o confess_v a_o little_a after_o that_o a_o thing_n be_v not_o good_a because_o desire_v therefore_o sin_n may_v be_v desire_v and_o yet_o not_o 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a_o singular_a opinion_n or_o way_n of_o speak_v in_o which_o the_o other_o son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n do_v avow_v their_o sorrow_n and_o dissatisfaction_n who_o be_v the_o only_a man_n that_o can_v lay_v sure_a ground_n whereon_o to_o plead_v with_o dr._n taylor_n to_o good_a advantage_n left_a §_o 10._o i_o be_o one_o of_o the_o mean_a though_o not_o i_o hope_v the_o least_o obedient_a of_o all_o her_o child_n and_o though_o i_o be_o well_o enough_o qualify_v for_o the_o clear_n this_o learned_a doctor_n from_o the_o calumny_n and_o falsehood_n of_o his_o reviler_n yet_o be_o i_o too_o much_o a_o junior_a to_o undertake_v his_o conviction_n as_o to_o that_o which_o i_o conceive_v he_o have_v say_v amiss_o but_o with_o a_o praefiscinè_n be_v it_o speak_v to_o so_o acute_a and_o eminent_a a_o author_n who_o i_o conceive_v have_v only_o err_v for_o fear_n of_o err_a i_o think_v it_o better_a to_o insist_v upon_o the_o end_n of_o christ_n death_n then_o to_o define_v what_o 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be_v if_o god_n in_o stead_n of_o this_o have_v create_v that_o by_o this_o i_o be_o willing_a to_o make_v it_o know_v to_o mr._n hickmân_n and_o his_o abettor_n both_o how_o much_o i_o dissent_v from_o the_o doctor_n be_v error_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n and_o how_o much_o more_o i_o join_v with_o he_o against_o their_o heresy_n on_o the_o left_a evangelist_n §_o 11._o the_o man_n of_o scorn_n go_v on_o to_o teach_v we_o how_o unfit_a he_o be_v for_o a_o divine_a or_o to_o be_v so_o much_o as_o a_o lay-preacher_n be_v he_o in_o terrâ_fw-la corterialiâ_n where_o no-ordaining_a be_v to_o be_v have_v for_o speak_v of_o we_o and_o the_o presbyterian_o in_o relation_n to_o our_o tenâts_n of_o god_n decree_n he_o say_v
for_o any_o one_o syllable_n of_o the_o whole_a but_o how_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v cite_v if_o mr._n hickman_n have_v not_o desire_v to_o pass_v for_o a_o kind_n of_o metaphysician_n let_v it_o be_v judge_v by_o this_o parallel_n which_o be_v as_o short_a as_o i_o can_v contrive_v it_o mr._n hickman_n m._n barlow_n the_o privative_a nature_n of_o sin_n may_v be_v thus_o evict_v if_o a_o thing_n be_v therefore_o sinful_a because_o it_o want_v some_o perfection_n that_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v and_o cease_v to_o be_v sinful_a when_o it_o have_v all_o the_o perfection_n which_o it_o ought_v to_o have_v than_o be_v sin_n a_o privation_n but_o a_o thing_n be_v therefore_o sinful_a etc._n etc._n ergo_fw-la etc._n etc._n book_n 2._o edit_fw-la arg._n 3._o p._n 84._o l._n 16._o etc._n etc._n malum_fw-la esse_fw-la privativum_fw-la rationibus_fw-la evinco_fw-la si_fw-la res_fw-la quaevis_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la mala_fw-la sit_fw-la ideò_fw-la praecisè_fw-la mala_fw-la quia_fw-la caret_fw-la aliquo_fw-la bono_fw-mi sibi_fw-la debito_fw-la &_o ideò_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la mala_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la caret_fw-la aliquo_fw-la bono_fw-mi sibi_fw-la debito_fw-la tum_fw-la malitia_fw-la formaliter_fw-la erit_fw-la in_o carentia_fw-la seu_fw-la privatione_fw-la boni_fw-la at_o ideò_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la mala_fw-la &c_n &c_n et_fw-la per_fw-la consequens_fw-la etc._n etc._n ratio_fw-la 2._o p._n 42._o l._n 5._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n if_o sin_n as_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n than_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o itself_o good_a the_o consequence_n ens_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la arg._n 1._o p._n 70._o l._n 4._o etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi malitia_fw-la aliqua_fw-la esset_fw-la ens_fw-la positivum_fw-la tum_fw-la est_fw-la bonum_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la bonitas_fw-la est_fw-la passio_fw-la entis_fw-la reciproca_fw-la p._n 44._o l._n 21._o etc._n etc._n ratio_fw-la 5_o this_o positive_a be_v of_o sin_n be_v it_o a_o finite_a and_o participate_v be_v if_o not_o etc._n etc._n p._n 78._o l._n ult_n etc._n etc._n impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la entitas_fw-la aliqua_fw-la finita_fw-la &_o creata_fw-la etc._n etc._n ratio_fw-la 3._o p._n 55._o l._n 5._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la 10._o lineas_fw-la vid._n &_o p._n 54._o l._n 19_o etc._n etc._n ratio_fw-la 3._o &_o p._n 56._o l._n 23_o etc._n etc._n if_o sin_n be_v a_o positive_a entity_n than_o it_o be_v either_o god_n or_o from_o god_n etc._n etc._n arg._n 2._o p._n 75._o l._n 4_o etc._n etc._n si_fw-mi ipsa_fw-la malitia_fw-la esset_fw-la ens_fw-la positivum_fw-la tum_fw-la vel_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n ratio_fw-la 6._o p._n 45._o l._n 9_o etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la 16._o lineas_fw-la vid._n &_o p._n 73._o l._n 2._o etc._n etc._n if_o original_a sin_n be_v a_o thing_n positive_a it_o be_v either_o the_o soul_n itself_o or_o some_o of_o its_o faculty_n or_o some_o accident_n or_o adjunct_n agree_v etc._n etc._n but_o none_o of_o all_o these_o ergò_fw-la etc._n etc._n arg._n 4._o p._n 87._o l._n 18._o etc._n etc._n for_o 20._o line_n si_fw-mi praeter_fw-la privationem_fw-la entitas_fw-la aliqua_fw-la esset_fw-la malo_fw-la originali_fw-la intrinseca_fw-la tum_fw-la entitas_fw-la illa_fw-la vel_fw-la erit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la natura_fw-la vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la adjunctum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la accidentale_fw-la at_o ex_fw-la his_fw-la nullum_fw-la dici_fw-la possit_fw-la ergò_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la porrò_fw-la ad_fw-la 4._o lineas_fw-la ratio_fw-la 1._o p._n 58._o l._n 23._o etc._n etc._n vid._n &_o p._n 59_o l._n 7._o etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la 19_o lineas_fw-la vide_fw-la etiam_fw-la p._n 90._o l._n 6._o etc._n etc._n such_o action_n be_v call_v intrinsical_o evil_a both_o because_o they_o be_v evil_a antecedent_o to_o any_o positive_a law_n and_o because_o they_o be_v evil_a ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o objecto_fw-la and_o not_o mere_o through_o the_o want_n of_o some_o circumstance_n for_o a_o scholar_n to_o walk_v etc._n etc._n so_o on_o for_o 7._o line_n p._n 94._o l._n 6._o etc._n etc._n actus_fw-la illi_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la intrinsecè_fw-la mali_fw-la quod_fw-la talis_fw-la malitia_fw-la ipsis_fw-la inest_fw-la ablatâ_fw-la omni_fw-la lege_fw-la positiva_fw-la non_fw-la solùm_fw-la sunt_fw-la mali_fw-la ex_fw-la defectu_fw-la circumstantiae_fw-la alicujus_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o objecto_fw-la ut_fw-la ambulare_fw-la etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la deinceps_fw-la ad_fw-la 5._o lineas_fw-la exer._n metap_n 2._o edit_fw-la 2._o p._n 73._o l._n 12._o etc._n etc._n sin_n of_o omission_n and_o commission_n be_v sufficient_o distinguish_v notwithstanding_o omission_n will_v be_v the_o transgression_n of_o a_o affirmative_a precept_n commission_n the_o transgression_n of_o a_o negative_a precept_n second_o they_o differ_v in_o respect_n of_o their_o immediate_a foundation_n the_o fundamentum_fw-la proximum_fw-la of_o a_o sin_n of_o commission_n be_v some_o act_n or_o habit_n but_o these_o be_v not_o the_o fundamenta_fw-la proxima_fw-la of_o a_o sin_n of_o omission_n answ._n p._n 98._o l._n 1_o etc._n etc._n differunt_fw-la malum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la &_o commissionis_fw-la tamen_fw-la 1._o quòd_fw-la omissio_fw-la omnis_fw-la sit_fw-la legis_fw-la affirmativae_fw-la violatio_fw-la commissio_fw-la praecepti_fw-la negativi_fw-la 2._o differunt_fw-la quia_fw-la malum_fw-la omissionis_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la anima_fw-la rationali_fw-la etc._n etc._n immediatè_fw-la fundatur_fw-la non_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la habitu_fw-la l._n 20._o malum_fw-la autem_fw-la commissionis_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la aut_fw-la habitu_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la tanquam_fw-la fundamento_fw-la proximo_fw-la &_o immediato_fw-it consistit_fw-la sol._n p._n 83._o l._n 11._o etc._n etc._n vid._n &_o p._n 64._o l._n 22_o etc._n etc._n because_o covetousness_n be_v a_o privation_n of_o liberality_n as_o it_o put_v a_o man_n upon_o honest_a spend_v prodigality_n be_v a_o privation_n of_o liberality_n as_o it_o do_v incline_v a_o man_n to_o avoid_v superfluous_a spend_v answ._n p._n 99_o lin_v 3._o etc._n etc._n avaritia_fw-la dicit_fw-la privationem_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la liberalitas_fw-la inclinat_fw-la ad_fw-la sumptus_fw-la necessarios_fw-la prodigalitas_fw-la verò_fw-la dicit_fw-la privationem_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la in_fw-la quantum_fw-la à _fw-la superfluis_fw-la sumptibus_fw-la liberat_fw-la sol._n p._n 82._o l._n 13._o etc._n etc._n vid._n &_o p._n 81._o l._n 5._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o degree_n in_o a_o privation_n be_v a_o mere_a mistake_n among_o privation_n some_o be_v great_a some_o less_o with_o relation_n to_o that_o form_n unto_o which_o they_o be_v oppose_v that_o may_v physical_o be_v account_v the_o great_a privation_n which_o remove_v more_o degree_n of_o the_o form_n if_o we_o reckon_v moral_o then_o we_o may_v also_o calculate_v the_o degree_n of_o privation_n etc._n etc._n on_o for_o 3._o line_n ans._n p._n 99_o l._n 4._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n dico_fw-la quòd_fw-la privatio_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la magis_fw-la &_o minùs_fw-la ratione_fw-la termini_fw-la privati_fw-la boni_fw-la sc_n quod_fw-la tollit_fw-la sic_fw-la ut_fw-la illam_fw-la majorem_fw-la dicimus_fw-la quae_fw-la majorem_fw-la subjecti_fw-la perfectionem_fw-la tollit_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o naturalibusilla_fw-la caecitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la in_o moralibus_fw-la illud_fw-la vitium_fw-la est_fw-la majus_fw-la quod_fw-la bonum_fw-la morale_fw-la majus_fw-la tollit_fw-la sol._n p._n 79._o l._n 16._o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o loss_n which_o scarce_o ever_o any_o man_n say_v be_v positive_a there_o be_v a_o punishment_n of_o sense_n and_o this_o be_v no_o other_o way_n a_o evil_a than_o as_o it_o do_v deprive_v we_o of_o some_o perfection_n of_o which_o we_o be_v capable_a so_o on_o for_o five_o line_n far_o answ._n 105._o l._n 3._o etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la poena_fw-la damni_fw-la nullo_n quod_fw-la sciam_fw-la dissentiente_fw-la est_fw-la solùm_fw-la privatio_fw-la p._n 50._o l._n 6._o poena_fw-la sensus_fw-la est_fw-la sâlùm_fw-la homini_fw-la malum_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la private_a hominem_fw-la perfectione_n debita_fw-la sol._n p._n 47._o l._n 19_o etc._n etc._n vid._n &_o p._n 50._o l._n 15._o etc._n etc._n &_o p._n 78._o l._n 23._o ad_fw-la 5._o lineas_fw-la the_o hate_v of_o god_n be_v complexum_fw-la quid_fw-la etc._n etc._n on_o for_o 6_o line_n ans._n p._n 95._o l._n 14_o etc._n etc._n vide_fw-la p._n 73._o l._n 4._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o a_o relatio_fw-la rationis_fw-la which_o be_v affirm_v by_o vasquez_n but_o against_o all_o good_a reason_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 83._o l._n 5._o à _fw-la fin_n etc._n etc._n see_v p._n 95._o l._n 3._o à _fw-fr fin_fw-fr quòd_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la relatio_fw-la rationis_fw-la quod_fw-la velle_fw-la videtur_fw-la vasquez_n in_o 1.2_o q._n 95._o cap._n 9_o etc._n etc._n p._n 53._o l._n 4._o etc._n etc._n dionysius_n areopagita_n testimony_n p._n 56._o l._n 13._o etc._n etc._n see_v in_o p._n 40._o l._n 12_o etc._n etc._n the_o testimony_n of_o diony_n two_o greek_a scholiast_n maximus_n &_o pachymera_n ib._n l._n 22._o etc._n etc._n &_o l._n pen._n etc._n etc._n see_v in_o pag._n 40._o l._n 22_o etc._n etc._n &_o l._n 29._o etc._n etc._n gregory_n nyssen'_n testimony_n p._n 57_o l._n 5._o etc._n etc._n see_v in_o p._n 41._o l._n 13_o etc._n
predetermine_v of_o man_n will_n and_o action_n 2._o the_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n 3._o god_n concurrence_n to_o the_o sinful_a action_n of_o man_n seven_o 5._o for_o the_o first_o of_o which_o the_o doctor_n say_v that_o he_o be_v so_o far_o from_o believe_v that_o god_n predetermine_v the_o will_n to_o evil_a action_n that_o he_o dare_v not_o without_o far_a assurance_n than_o he_o can_v yet_o find_v warranty_n for_o affirm_v positive_o that_o god_n at_o all_o physical_o determine_v any_o man_n will_n either_o to_o good_a or_o evil_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o his_o seem_n to_o suppose_v such_o a_o determination_n without_o destroy_v the_o nature_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n nor_o do_v he_o find_v himself_o oblige_v to_o say_v or_o believe_v that_o god_n have_v predetermine_v or_o eternal_o decree_v all_o action_n event_n and_o thing_n if_o any_o more_o be_v understand_v thereby_o then_o this_o viz._n that_o god_n ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la know_v all_o both_o future_a and_o possible_a thing_n have_v eternal_o decree_v to_o permit_v the_o creature_n to_o act_v that_o be_v not_o to_o withhold_v from_o it_o the_o concurrence_n of_o that_o his_o power_n without_o which_o it_o can_v not_o act_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o the_o event_n which_o he_o foresee_v future_a shall_v certain_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o the_o event_n foresee_v as_o possible_a but_o not_o future_a shall_v certain_o not_o come_v to_o pass_v 6._o for_o the_o second_o the_o positive_a entity_n of_o sin_n although_o take_v a_o real_a entity_n as_o opposite_a to_o mere_a nothing_o even_o sin_n of_o omission_n also_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v a_o real_a entity_n as_o all_o privation_n and_o other_o entia_fw-la rationis_fw-la have_n yet_o the_o chief_a contest_v be_v about_o sin_n of_o commission_n as_o appear_v both_o by_o the_o distinction_n so_o frequent_o use_v in_o this_o controversy_n between_o the_o act_n and_o the_o obliquity_n and_o by_o the_o particular_a instance_n the_o hate_v of_o god_n the_o murder_a of_o a_o innocent_a the_o ravish_a of_o a_o woman_n etc._n etc._n the_o sin_n of_o omission_n set_v a_o side_n as_o less_o pertinent_a to_o the_o present_a debate_n he_o say_v he_o wonder_v with_o what_o pretence_n or_o by_o what_o subtlety_n of_o distinction_n any_o man_n â_o that_o acknowledge_v a_o sin_n of_o commission_n so_o to_o consist_v of_o a_o act_n as_o the_o material_a part_n and_o the_o obliquity_n of_o the_o say_a act_n as_o the_o formal_a part_n that_o if_o either_o of_o both_o be_v want_v it_o can_v be_v a_o sin_n for_o without_o supposal_n of_o a_o act_n there_o can_v be_v no_o obliquity_n and_o a_o act_n without_o obliquity_n be_v no_o sin_n and_o acknowledge_v withal_o the_o one_o part_n viz._n the_o material_a to_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n can_v deny_v the_o totum_fw-la compositum_fw-la to_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v all_o one_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v deny_v socrates_n consist_v of_o a_o body_n and_o a_o soul_n to_o be_v ens_fw-la quantum_fw-la because_o his_o soul_n his_o formal_a part_n be_v not_o ens_fw-la quantum_fw-la for_o no_o more_o can_v the_o accession_n of_o the_o obliquity_n to_o the_o presuppose_a act_n whereunto_o it_o adher_v make_v that_o act_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o positive_a entity_n than_o the_o infusion_n of_o the_o soul_n into_o a_o body_n that_o have_v dimension_n can_v make_v that_o body_n cease_v to_o be_v a_o quantitative_a entity_n the_o doctor_n acknowledge_v that_o in_o a_o sinful_a action_n the_o act_n may_v be_v metaphysical_o abstract_v abstractione_n praecisionis_fw-la and_o per_fw-la primam_fw-la operationem_fw-la intellectus_fw-la from_o the_o obliquity_n that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o may_v be_v consider_v precise_o as_o it_o be_v a_o motion_n of_o the_o creature_n or_o a_o exercise_n of_o that_o natural_a power_n wherewith_o god_n have_v endue_v the_o creature_n without_o consider_v at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o object_n about_o which_o it_o be_v conversant_a the_o end_n whereunto_o it_o be_v direct_v or_o the_o circumstance_n append_v and_o that_o the_o act_n so_o abstract_o consider_v have_v a_o distinct_a essence_n of_o its_o own_o whereby_o it_o essential_o differ_v from_o they_o otherwise_o the_o act_n and_o the_o object_n shall_v be_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o yet_o for_o as_o much_o as_o no_o such_o act_n can_v de_fw-fr facto_fw-la in_o regard_n of_o actual_a existence_n extra_fw-la intellectum_fw-la be_v real_o abstract_v from_o those_o thing_n without_o which_o though_o extrinsical_a to_o its_o essence_n it_o can_v exist_v and_o by_o the_o occasion_n whereof_o it_o first_o become_v moral_o good_a or_o evil_n for_o no_o act_n be_v moral_o evil_a in_o its_o own_o abstract_a essence_n nor_o otherwise_o a_o sin_n then_o as_o be_v vitiate_a by_o the_o coexistence_n of_o some_o undue_a object_n end_n or_o circumstance_n it_o must_v necessary_o follow_v that_o the_o totum_fw-la compositum_fw-la the_o vitiate_a act_n and_o that_o be_v the_o joint_o sin_n act_n and_o obliquity_n joint_o together_o be_v a_o positive_a real_a entity_n and_o moral_o evil_a a_o positive_a real_a entity_n from_o the_o existence_n of_o the_o act_n and_o moral_o evil_a from_o the_o coexistence_n of_o those_o aforesaid_a vitiate_a relation_n which_o be_v accidental_a to_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o essence_n of_o it_o but_o by_o adhere_v to_o it_o make_v it_o formal_o a_o sin_n 7._o for_o the_o three_o point_n god_n concurrence_n to_o a_o sinful_a action_n the_o doctor_n think_v that_o what_o he_o have_v now_o last_v say_v will_v sufficient_o clear_v from_o misconstruction_n not_o only_o that_o phrase_n of_o actuate_a the_o power_n p._n 279._o if_o mr._n hickman_n have_v hope_v for_o any_o advantage_n to_o his_o cause_n therefrom_o but_o that_o other_o short_a passage_n also_o pag._n 29._o wherein_o be_v acknowledge_v the_o effectual_a concurrence_n of_o god_n will_v and_o power_n with_o subordinate_a agent_n in_o every_o and_o therefore_o even_o in_o sinful_a action_n also_o especial_o if_o the_o two_o text_n of_o scripture_n quote_v in_o the_o margin_n viz._n act._n xvii_o 28_o and_o esa._n x._o 12_o be_v withal_o take_v into_o consideration_n for_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o by_o the_o concurrence_n signal_o ground_v upon_o those_o two_o text_n there_o can_v rational_o be_v understand_v any_o other_o concurrence_n than_o such_o as_o be_v according_a to_o the_o importance_n of_o those_o text_n which_o from_o act._n 17._o be_v brief_o this_o as_o while_o we_o have_v any_o be_v we_o have_v it_o by_o virtue_n of_o that_o his_o concurrence_n which_o if_o he_o shall_v withdraw_v or_o withhold_v from_o we_o we_o shall_v cease_v to_o be_v &_o so_o long_o as_o we_o live_v we_o live_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o his_o concurrence_n which_o if_o he_o shall_v withdraw_v or_o withhold_v from_o we_o we_o can_v not_o live_v so_o as_o oft_o as_o we_o act_n and_o move_v a_o hand_n or_o a_o foot_n or_o a_o thought_n we_o act_n and_o move_v by_o virtue_n of_o that_o his_o concurrrence_n which_o if_o he_o shall_v withdraw_v or_o withhold_v from_o we_o we_o can_v not_o act_v or_o move_v hand_n fooâ_n or_o think_v that_o be_v to_o say_v we_o can_v actual_o exercise_v any_o of_o those_o natural_a power_n god_n have_v endow_v we_o withal_o without_o that_o generalis_fw-la choice_n concursus_fw-la causae_fw-la universalis_fw-la as_o the_o schoolman_n call_v it_o which_o have_v such_o a_o influence_n upon_o all_o the_o motion_n of_o inferior_a subordinate_a agent_n and_o second_o cause_n that_o if_o god_n be_v please_v at_o any_o time_n to_o withhold_v from_o they_o that_o concurrence_n although_o the_o natural_a power_n remain_v the_o same_o it_o be_v still_o yet_o can_v they_o not_o exsert_n or_o actual_o exercise_v that_o power_n to_o the_o produce_v of_o any_o effect_n as_o when_o god_n withhold_v from_o the_o fire_n dan._n iii._o his_o concurrence_n it_o can_v not_o put_v forth_o that_o natural_a power_n it_o have_v of_o burn_v so_o as_o to_o have_v any_o operation_n upon_o the_o body_n of_o the_o 3._o young_a man_n that_o be_v cast_v thereinto_o if_o a_o ungracious_a son_n shall_v be_v so_o wicked_o dispose_v as_o to_o cut_v his_o own_o father_n throat_n he_o can_v not_o take_v the_o knife_n into_o his_o hand_n nor_o move_v his_o arm_n to_o do_v that_o foul_a deed_n if_o god_n shall_v withhold_v his_o concurrence_n thereunto_o and_o not_o suffer_v he_o to_o exercise_v his_o natural_a power_n of_o reach_v out_o his_o arm_n to_o cut_v in_o which_o horrible_a and_o sinful_a act_n all_o the_o concurrence_n imputable_a to_o god_n at_o the_o most_o be_v but_o the_o afford_v that_o be_v to_o say_v angel_n the_o not_o withhold_a of_o that_o his_o angel_n general_a influx_n into_o the_o loco-motive_n faculty_n of_o his_o creature_n without_o which_o he_o can_v not_o exercise_v that_o faculty_n so_o far_o as_o
be_v know_v to_o be_v i_o shall_v now_o observe_v in_o how_o many_o respect_n mr._n baxter_n come_v to_o be_v 18.4_o partaker_n of_o other_o man_n sin_n beside_o the_o hideous_a and_o frightful_a nature_n of_o his_o own_o i_o mean_v the_o sin_n of_o both_o the_o nominal_a protector_n and_o of_o that_o sort_n of_o man_n who_o have_v set_v they_o up_o to_o which_o end_n it_o will_v be_v useful_a brief_o to_o reckon_v the_o several_a way_n whereby_o a_o man_n may_v be_v accessary_a when_o another_o be_v principal_a in_o a_o transgression_n 1._o by_o consent_n and_o approbation_n so_o saul_n be_v guilty_a of_o stephen_n death_n act._n 8.1_o so_o the_o gnostic_n be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n commit_v by_o other_o man_n sin_n because_o they_o have_v pleasure_n in_o those_o that_o do_v they_o rom._n 1.32_o 2._o by_o counsel_n and_o advise_v so_o achitophel_n be_v guilty_a of_o absalon_n incest_n and_o rebellion_n 2._o sam._n 16.23_o so_o also_o caiphas_n have_v a_o hand_n in_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n joh._n 11.49_o 3._o by_o appointment_n and_o command_n so_o pharaoh_n and_o herod_n be_v say_v to_o have_v slay_v the_o little_a child_n they_o never_o touch_v exod._n 1._o and_o matth._n 2._o so_o david_n be_v say_v to_o have_v slay_v vriah_n the_o hittite_n though_o with_o the_o hand_n as_o well_o as_o the_o sword_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ammon_n 2._o sam._n 12.9_o 4._o by_o commânding_v defend_v or_o excuse_v the_o fact_n or_o the_o malefactor_n woe_n be_v to_o you_o that_o call_v evil_a good_a that_o put_v darkness_n for_o light_n and_o bitter_a for_o sweet_a esa._n 5.20_o woe_n be_v to_o they_o that_o sow_v pillow_n to_o all_o armhole_n and_o make_v kerchief_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o every_o stature_n to_o hunt_v soul_n ezek._n 13.18_o râchard_n 5._o by_o any_o kind_n of_o participation_n of_o any_o illgotten_a good_n whether_o get_v by_o rapine_n or_o keep_v by_o fraud_n and_o unjust_a title_n of_o this_o say_v the_o psalmist_n when_o thou_o see_v a_o thief_n thou_o consent_v with_o he_o and_o have_v be_v partaker_n with_o adulterer_n psal._n 50.18_o thy_o s_o prince_n be_v rebellious_a and_o companion_n of_o thief_n every_o one_o love_v gift_n and_o follow_v after_o reward_n isa._n 1.23_o 6._o by_o too_o much_o lenity_n and_o connivance_n which_o harden_n a_o sinner_n by_o impunity_n and_o therefore_o ahab_n be_v threaten_v for_o the_o unjust_a mercy_n he_o show_v to_o benhadad_n with_o a_o sentence_n of_o death_n without_o mercy_n because_o thou_o have_v let_v go_v out_o of_o thy_o hand_n a_o man_n who_o i_o appoint_v to_o utter_v destruction_n therefore_o thy_o life_n shall_v go_v for_o his_o life_n and_o thy_o people_n for_o his_o people_n 1._o king_n 20.42_o this_o be_v the_o sin_n that_o break_v eli_n neck_n 1._o sam._n 3.13_o and_o 4.18_o the_o magistrate_n be_v make_v to_o be_v god_n revenger_n to_o execute_v wrath_n upon_o he_o that_o do_v evil_a and_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o bear_v the_o sword_n in_o vain_a rom._n 13.4_o 7._o by_o unseasonable_a silence_n and_o neglect_v of_o the_o christian_a duty_n of_o reprehension_n for_o this_o be_v a_o sin_n against_o those_o precept_n levit._n 19.17_o isa._n 58._o 1._o ezek._n 3.17_o and_o 33.7_o now_o by_o how_o many_o of_o these_o way_n mr._n baxter_n have_v be_v accessary_a to_o the_o murder_n of_o one_o king_n and_o to_o the_o exclusion_n of_o another_o and_o to_o the_o debauch_v the_o people_n soul_n by_o his_o scandalous_a write_n and_o example_n i_o leave_v to_o be_v pronounce_v by_o the_o intelligent_a reader_n who_o that_o they_o may_v judge_v the_o more_o exact_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o compare_v his_o signal_n confession_n above_o recite_v both_o with_o his_o flatter_a and_o bless_v the_o old_a and_o young_a cromwell_n and_o with_o his_o other_o confession_n which_o now_o ensue_v §_o 12._o confession_n he_o confess_v he_o be_v move_v to_o engage_v himself_o in_o the_o parliament_n warr_n holy_a commonwealth_n p._n 456._o and_o yet_o 2._o that_o the_o disorder_n which_o on_o both_o side_n be_v unexcusable_a be_v no_o just_a cause_n to_o cast_v the_o nation_n into_o a_o warr._n p._n 474._o nay_o 3._o that_o he_o will_v have_v engage_v as_o he_o do_v which_o be_v against_o his_o natural_a king_n and_o liege_n lord_n if_o he_o have_v know_v the_o parliament_n he_o mean_v the_o 2._o house_n have_v be_v the_o beginner_n and_o in_o most_o fault_n p._n 480._o nay_o 4._o that_o the_o war_n be_v not_o to_o procure_v a_o change_n of_o the_o constitution_n to_o take_v down_o royalty_n and_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n but_o clean_o contrary_a p._n 482._o why_o then_o do_v he_o fawn_v upon_o both_o the_o cromwel_n 5._o that_o all_o of_o they_o do_v rush_v too_o eager_o into_o the_o heat_n of_o division_n and_o war_n and_o none_o of_o they_o do_v so_o much_o as_o they_o shall_v have_v do_v to_o prevent_v it_o and_o that_o himself_o in_o particular_a do_v speak_v much_o to_o 486._o blow_v the_o coal_n for_o which_o he_o say_v he_o daily_o beg_v 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pacific_a discourse_n etc._n etc._n p._n 8._o l._n ult_n ult_n cavendum_fw-la ne_fw-la cum_fw-la purâtanis_n âuibusdam_fw-la deum_fw-la faciamus_fw-la autorem_fw-la peccaâi_fw-la vid._n episâ_n ded._n dan._n tilen_v pref_o notis_n suâs_v in_o canon_n synod_n dordr_n dordr_n see_v the_o last_o page_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a dr._n sanderson_n most_o incomparable_a preface_n preface_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d herodot_n in_o thalia_n c_o 78._o p._n 194._o his_o confession_n of_o his_o own_o wickedness_n again_o confess_v by_o himself_o âhough_v but_o in_o pârt_n his_o prodigious_a falsify_v of_o common_a prayer_n prayer_n postscrip_n at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o true_a catholic_n p_o 315._o 315._o jude_n 13._o his_o denial_n of_o that_o confession_n which_o hâ_n confess_v a_o little_a before_o his_o perjury_n and_o rebellion_n prove_v out_o of_o his_o own_o word_n see_v his_o holy_a commonwealth_n prâf_n p_o â_o ibid._n p._n 10._o ibid._n p._n 9_o ând_v 10._o his_o play_v at_o 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epist_n or_o pref_o before_o his_o holy_a commonwealth_n p._n 6_o 6_o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n p._n 8._o 8._o ib._n p._n 25._o 25._o ib_a p._n 484._o 484._o ibid._n ibid._n bid_v bid_v epist._n ded._n before_o his_o key_n for_o cath_z p._n 8._o 8._o ibid._n b._n 17._o his_o bâing_n accessary_a to_o the_o most_o parricidial_a act_n the_o murdeâ_n of_o god_n anoint_v anoint_v see_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o essay_n for_o the_o good_a olâ_n cause_n cause_n 1_o tim._n 5.22_o reâel_n 18.4_o the_o sâven_a way_n of_o partake_v in_o other_o man_n sin_n such_o be_v mr._n baxter_n priââes_v oliver_n and_o râchard_n hâs_n be_v a_o incendiary_n in_o the_o wârr_n and_o encourage_v many_o thousand_o ââ_o rebel_v prove_v out_o of_o his_o confession_n confession_n though_o here_o he_o confess_v he_o be_v a_o cokblower_n and_o encourage_v thousand_o to_o rebel_n yet_o he_o daâes_v not_o repent_v p._n 486._o 486._o mark_v the_o tenderness_n of_o his_o conscien_fw-fr e_fw-la first_fw-mi he_o seek_v against_o his_o king_n &_o then_o consider_v if_o lawful_o lawful_o note_v that_o by_o one_o of_o the_o 3._o estate_n he_o must_v mean_v the_o king_n or_o the_o bishop_n his_o deny_v the_o supremacy_n of_o the_o king_n which_o yât_v he_o allow_v the_o two_o cromwell_n whereby_o he_o be_v prove_v by_o his_o confession_n to_o be_v a_o râbell_n râbell_n note_v that_o by_o one_o of_o the_o 3._o estate_n he_o must_v mean_v the_o king_n or_o the_o bishop_n bishop_n pref._n p._n 23._o his_o be_v a_o traitor_n to_o the_o house_n which_o he_o have_v set_v above_o the_o king_n by_o set_v richard_n above_o they_o wâen_o they_o disow_v he_o and_o for_o own_v cromwell_n juâto_n for_o a_o full_a and_o free_a parliament_n parliament_n note_v his_o ungodly_a resolution_n to_o take_v that_o for_o grant_v which_o be_v visible_o false_a viz._n that_o the_o king_n will_v have_v ruin_v the_o representatives_n of_o the_o nation_n and_o its_o whole_a security_n holy_a com._n wealth_n page_n 480._o section_n 19_o he_o be_v evince_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n to_o have_v be_v perjure_v over_o and_o over_o his_o charge_n against_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o and_o his_o set_n aside_o the_o king_n more_o than_o the_o house_n ever_o do_v his_o most_o notable_a contradiction_n about_o the_o house_n rule_v without_o the_o king_n his_o new_a miscarriage_n against_o grotius_n and_o the_o episcopal_a divine_n he_o be_v prove_v to_o be_v a_o jesuit_n by_o as_o good_a logic_n as_o he_o use_v use_v see_v my_o appendix_n to_o new_a disc._n disc._n sect_n 5._o p._n 170._o to_o 174._o the_o jesuit_n doctrine_n of_o probability_n chez_fw-fr les_fw-fr provinciales_fw-la p._n 73_o 74._o popery_n common_a to_o thom._n goodwin_n with_o some_o note_a presbyterian_o presbyterian_o see_v his_o antapologia_fw-la p._n 29._o 29._o see_v dr._n roger_n drake_n letter_n to_o m._n love_n p._n 7._o mr._n baxter_n puritanism_n as_o well_o in_o life_n as_o doctrine_n his_o additional_a falsehood_n the_o original_n of_o puritanism_n among_o professor_n of_o christianity_n christianity_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d etc._n etc._n iren._n advers._fw-la haer._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o p._n 72._o 72._o homer·_fw-la il._n 5._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d irenaeus_n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la see_v the_o page_n exact_o cite_v with_o the_o wordâ_n in_o my_o new_a dis._n disc._n c._n 3._o sect_n 1._o p._n 61_o 62_o 63._o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v his_o confession_n in_o his_o holy_a common_a wealth_n pag._n 490_o lin_v 9_o 10._o 10._o he_o have_v promise_v neve_fw-la to_o gainsay_v it_o on_o the_o hypothesis_n speak_v of_o our_o english_a puritan_n caracterized_a by_o salmasius_n one_o of_o the_o learnede_a of_o the_o beyond-sea_n protestant_n protestant_n defence_n reg._n c._n 10._o 10._o how_o near_o this_o touch_v mr._n baxter_n see_v the_o whole_a three_o chapter_n of_o my_o new_a disc._n disc._n mr._n baxter_n declare_v by_o god_n anoint_v to_o be_v a_o factious_a and_o schismatical_a person_n person_n quaere_fw-la whether_o m._n baxter_n be_v not_o the_o king_n subject_n as_o much_o as_o cromwell_n cromwell_n quaere_fw-la whether_o the_o king_n and_o his_o learned_a judge_n with_o he_o do_v not_o know_v his_o right_n as_o well_o as_o mr._n baxter_n his_o double_a injury_n to_o master_n dance_n dance_n quaere_fw-la whether_o the_o king_n and_o his_o learned_a judge_n with_o he_o do_v not_o know_v his_o right_n as_o well_o as_o mr._n baxter_n his_o double_a injury_n to_o master_n dance_n homer_n odyf._n 17._o his_o unparalleled_a bitterness_n against_o episcopacy_n and_o our_o church_n seven_o way_n rebuke_v rebuke_v he_o mean_v ây_a that_o word_n the_o constant_a son_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n england_n key_n for_o catholic_n page_n 416._o 416._o â_o note_v that_o in_o the_o 42_o of_o edw._n 3._o the_o first_o chapter_n do_v enact_v that_o if_o any_o statute_n be_v make_v to_o the_o contrary_a it_o shall_v be_v hold_v for_o null_n and_o see_v judge_n jenk._n p._n 62._o 62._o consult_v biblioâheca_n regius_fw-la for_o it_o sect_n 3._o p._n 328._o 328._o see_v his_o majesty_n concession_n at_o the_o âsle_n of_o wight_n ib._n p._n â57_n â57_n see_v doctor_n gauden_n hiera_n dacrua_fw-la c._n â1_n p._n 334._o hom._n odyss_n 17._o the_o conclusion_n conclusion_n eccles._n 8.11_o 8.11_o ad_fw-la quartum_fw-la actum_fw-la &_o ultra_fw-la in_o ho_o dramate_fw-it desultando_fw-la fâigultientes_fw-la presbyteriani_n spectati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quinam_fw-la alii_fw-la merito_fw-la râgis_fw-la occiâi_fw-la crimine_fw-la notari_fw-la magis_fw-la debuere_fw-la quam_fw-la qui_fw-la viam_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la occidendum_fw-la munierunt_fw-la illi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la nefariam_fw-la illam_fw-la securim_fw-la cervicibus_fw-la ejus_fw-la inflixerunt_fw-la non_fw-la alii_fw-la salmas_n defence_n reg._n c._n 10._o 10._o praevidit_fw-la eas_fw-la quas_fw-la nunc_fw-la britania_n sentit_fw-la calamitates_fw-la inde_fw-la orituras_fw-la gâot_n vot_o pro_fw-la pace_fw-la p._n 49._o 49._o 2_o thes._n 3.14_o