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each_o particular_a 11._o herein_o say_v arminius_n consist_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_v that_o all_o thing_n require_v to_o enable_v it_o to_o will_v any_o thing_n be_v accomplish_v it_o still_o remain_v indifferent_a to_o will_n or_o not_o and_o all_o of_o they_o at_o the_o synod_n 16._o there_o be_v say_v they_o accompany_v the_o will_n of_o man_n a_o inseparable_a property_n which_o we_o call_v liberty_n from_o whence_o the_o will_n be_v term_v a_o power_n which_o when_o all_o thing_n prerequire_v as_o necessary_a to_o operation_n be_v fulfil_v may_v will_v any_o thing_n or_o not_o will_v it_o that_o be_v our_o free-wil_n have_v such_o a_o absolute_a and_o uncontrollable_a power_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o all_o humane_a action_n that_o no_o influence_n of_o god_n providence_n no_o certainty_n of_o his_o decree_n no_o unchangeableness_n of_o his_o purpose_n can_v sway_v it_o at_o all_o in_o its_o free_a determination_n or_o have_v any_o power_n with_o his_o highness_n to_o 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wherein_o he_o may_v be_v suffer_v to_o sin_n or_o to_o do_v well_o at_o his_o pleasure_n as_o the_o same_o author_n intimate_v it_o seem_v then_o as_o to_o sin_n so_o nothing_o be_v require_v for_o he_o to_o be_v able_a to_o do_v good_a but_o god_n permission_n no_o for_o 70._o the_o remonstrant_n as_o they_o speak_v of_o themselves_o do_v always_o suppose_v a_o free_a power_n of_o obey_v or_o not_o obey_v as_o well_o in_o those_o who_o do_v obey_v as_o in_o those_o who_o do_v not_o obey_v that_o he_o that_o be_v obedient_a may_v therefore_o be_v count_v obedient_a because_o he_o obey_v when_o he_o can_v not_o obey_v and_o so_o on_o the_o contrary_a where_o all_o the_o praise_n of_o our_o obedience_n whereby_o we_o be_v make_v to_o differ_v from_o other_o be_v ascribe_v to_o ourselves_o alone_o and_o that_o free_a power_n that_o be_v in_o we_o now_o this_o they_o mean_v not_o of_o any_o one_o act_n of_o obedience_n but_o of_o faith_n itself_o and_o the_o whole_a consummation_n thereof_o 272._o for_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o every_o man_n in_o the_o world_n of_o believe_v if_o he_o will_v and_o of_o attain_v salvation_n and_o that_o this_o power_n be_v settle_v in_o his_o nature_n what_o argument_n have_v you_o to_o confute_v he_o say_v arminius_n triumphant_o to_o perkins_n where_o the_o sophistical_a innovator_n as_o plain_o confound_v grace_n and_o nature_n as_o ever_o do_v pelagius_n that_o then_o which_o the_o arminian_n claim_v here_o in_o behalf_n of_o their_o freewill_n be_v a_o absolute_a independence_n on_o god_n providence_n in_o do_v any_o thing_n and_o of_o his_o grace_n in_o do_v that_o which_o be_v good_a a_o selfe-sufficiencie_n in_o all_o its_o operation_n a_o plenary_a indifferency_n of_o do_v what_o we_o will_v this_o or_o that_o as_o be_v neither_o determine_v to_o the_o one_o nor_o incline_v to_o the_o other_o by_o any_o overrule_a influence_n from_o heaven_n so_o that_o the_o good_a act_n of_o our_o will_n have_v no_o dependence_n on_o god_n providence_n as_o they_o be_v act_n nor_o on_o his_o grace_n as_o they_o be_v good_a but_o in_o both_o regard_n proceed_v from_o such_o a_o principle_n within_o we_o as_o be_v no_o way_n move_v by_o any_o superior_a agent_n now_o the_o first_o of_o these_o we_o deny_v unto_o our_o will_n because_o they_o be_v create_v and_o the_o second_o because_o they_o be_v corrupt_v their_o creation_n hinder_v they_o from_o do_v any_o thing_n of_o themselves_o without_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n providence_n and_o their_o corruption_n of_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a without_o his_o grace_n a_o selfe-sufficiencie_n for_o operation_n without_o the_o effectual_a motion_n of_o almighty_a god_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n we_o can_v allow_v neither_o to_o man_n nor_o angel_n unless_o we_o intend_v to_o make_v they_o god_n and_o a_o power_n of_o do_v good_a equal_a unto_o that_o they_o have_v of_o do_v evil_a we_o must_v not_o grant_v to_o man_n by_o nature_n unless_o we_o will_v deny_v the_o fall_n of_o adam_n and_o fancy_v ourselves_o still_o in_o paradise_n but_o let_v we_o consider_v these_o thing_n apart_o first_o i_o shall_v not_o stand_v to_o decipher_v the_o nature_n of_o humane_a liberty_n which_o perhaps_o will_v require_v a_o large_a discourse_n than_o my_o propose_a method_n will_v bear_v it_o may_v suffice_v that_o according_a to_o my_o former_a intimation_n we_o grant_v as_o large_a a_o freedom_n and_o dominion_n to_o our_o will_n over_o their_o own_o act_n as_o a_o creature_n subject_a to_o the_o supreme_a rule_n of_o god_n providence_n be_v capable_a of_o endue_v we_o be_v with_o such_o a_o liberty_n of_o will_n as_o be_v free_a from_o all_o outward_a compulsion_n and_o inward_a necessity_n have_v a_o elective_a faculty_n of_o apply_v itself_o unto_o that_o which_o seem_v good_a unto_o it_o in_o which_o its_o free_a choice_n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v subservient_fw-fr to_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n as_o i_o show_v before_o chapter_n 4._o most_o free_a it_o be_v in_o all_o its_o act_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o object_n it_o choose_v and_o in_o regard_n of_o that_o vital_a power_n and_o faculty_n whereby_o it_o work_v infallible_o comply_v with_o god_n providence_n and_o work_v by_o virtue_n of_o the_o motion_n thereof_o but_o sure_o to_o assert_v such_o a_o supreme_a independency_n and_o every_o way_n unbounded_a indifferency_n as_o the_o arminian_n claim_n whereby_o all_o other_o thing_n requisite_a be_v presuppose_v it_o shall_v remain_v absolute_o in_o our_o own_o power_n to_o will_v or_o not_o to_o will_v to_o do_v any_o thing_n or_o not_o to_o do_v it_o be_v plain_o to_o deny_v that_o our_o will_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o most_o high_a it_o be_v grant_v that_o in_o such_o a_o chymaericall_a fancy_a consideration_n of_o freewill_n wherein_o it_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o have_v no_o relation_n to_o any_o act_n of_o god_n but_o only_o its_o creation_n abstract_v from_o 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