which_o it_o be_v of_o this_o necessary_a aristotle_n have_v seâ—_n down_o two_o principal_a begynnynge_n the_o one_o internal_a the_o other_o external_a then_o also_o distinction_n be_v make_v of_o this_o necessity_n neccessitie_n which_o be_v move_v force_n of_o the_o internal_a cause_n and_o inward_a propriety_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o some_o thing_n may_v be_v call_v simple_o and_o absolute_o necessary_a as_o god_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v change_v do_v imply_z contradiction_n as_o if_o a_o man_n will_v say_v that_o four_o be_v not_o a_o even_a number_n that_o four_o and_o threé_o be_v not_o seven_o in_o number_n and_o this_o be_v call_v geometrical_a necessity_n which_o will_v not_o admit_v any_o change_n by_o course_n of_o nature_n there_o be_v a_o other_o necessity_n call_v natural_a necessity_n which_o albeit_o be_v of_o herself_o the_o beginning_a of_o her_o own_o motion_n yet_o it_o consist_v not_o in_o so_o simple_a and_o absolute_a a_o estate_n but_o follow_v only_o the_o usual_a course_n of_o she_o own_o nature_n and_o after_o this_o manerâ—_n fire_n be_v say_v to_o bourn_n of_o necessity_n the_o sun_n be_v continual_o carry_v about_o in_o his_o course_n of_o necessity_n which_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o do_v as_o they_o do_v accord_v to_o the_o propriety_n of_o their_o natural_a disposition_n yet_o do_v they_o not_o follow_v their_o natural_a inclination_n so_o absolute_o and_o unavoydeable_o but_o that_o god_n may_v hinder_v and_o alter_v their_o disposition_n or_o make_v they_o cease_v from_o their_o natural_a operation_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n to_o sin_n we_o say_v that_o man_n be_v clog_v withal_o since_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n if_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o grace_n be_v absent_a for_o of_o themselves_o they_o can_v not_o but_o sin_n albeit_o there_o be_v no_o let_v in_o their_o nature_n but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v holpen_v or_o change_v and_o otherwise_o alter_v as_o we_o see_v come_v to_o pass_v in_o those_o that_o be_v regenerate_v in_o christ._n that_o necessity_n therefore_o whereby_o wicked_a man_n be_v say_v to_o be_v lead_v to_o sin_n be_v not_o so_o absolute_a and_o unaduoydable_a that_o they_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o sin_n for_o assoon_o as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n come_v this_o necessity_n be_v utter_o cut_v of_o and_o thus_o much_o of_o that_o internal_a necessity_n but_o the_o necessity_n that_o sprynge_v from_o external_a cause_n be_v also_o divide_v two_o manner_n of_o way_n whereof_o the_o one_o be_v violent_a coaction_n and_o be_v call_v compulsary_a necessity_n as_o when_o a_o thing_n be_v force_v to_o move_v or_o to_o stir_v against_o she_o own_o nature_n and_o this_o necessity_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n fall_v into_o man_n will_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o will_n shall_v will_v any_o thing_n unwillyng_o the_o other_o be_v stable_a and_o infallible_a or_o of_o the_o hypothesis_n or_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o consequence_n which_o logician_n do_v take_v to_o be_v in_o sensu_fw-la composito_fw-la &_o not_o in_o senfu_n `_o diviso_fw-la now_o this_o necessity_n call_v of_o the_o consequence_n be_v on_o this_o wise_a as_o when_o a_o thing_n may_v be_v true_a by_o occasion_n of_o the_o necessary_a couple_n together_o of_o one_o proposition_n with_o a_o other_o though_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v conclude_v for_o true_a be_v not_o necessary_a of_o itself_o and_o in_o this_o respect_n we_o do_v affirm_v that_o all_o our_o action_n be_v do_v of_o necessity_n not_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o inward_a cause_n or_o else_o their_o own_o nature_n that_o be_v to_o say_v if_o they_o be_v consider_v apart_o &_o refer_v to_o their_o next_o cause_n to_o wit_n unto_o will_n even_o so_o will_n be_v consider_v apart_o in_o her_o own_o nature_n from_o the_o extern_a beginning_a to_o wit_n god_n providence_n and_o foreknowledge_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v freé_v in_o his_o certain_a kind_n so_o that_o it_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o certain_a facility_n to_o incline_v itself_o to_o whether_o part_v it_o will_v although_o it_o be_v not_o able_a of_o herself_o to_o move_v and_o incline_v at_o all_o but_o unto_o that_o part_n which_o god_n do_v foreknow_v whereby_o you_o perceive_v osor._n in_o what_o sense_n this_o necessity_n which_o we_o do_v affirm_v be_v not_o always_o absolute_o tie_v to_o our_o action_n as_o farforth_o as_o they_o do_v proceéde_v from_o our_o own_o will_n but_o through_o the_o couple_n &_o conjoin_v of_o god_n predestination_n with_o our_o work_n which_o thing_n to_o be_v even_o so_o the_o divines_n do_v seem_v to_o signify_v `_o per_fw-la sensum_fw-la compositum_fw-la and_o necessitatem_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la ¶_o a_o description_n of_o freewill_n and_o the_o thing_n appertein_v thereunto_o after_o the_o rule_n of_o divinity_n take_v out_o of_o august_n p._n lombard_n anâ—_n other_o five_o thing_n chief_o to_o be_v consider_v in_o freewill_n 1._o what_o freewill_n be_v will._n be_v a_o thing_n proper_o perteinyug_v to_o reason_n whereby_o man_n do_v liscerne_v good_a from_o evil_n what_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v or_o what_o to_o be_v eschew_v free_n freedom_n be_v a_o thing_n proper_o pertain_v to_o will_n whereby_o of_o voluntary_a appetite_n without_o foreign_a coaction_n it_o may_v either_o will_v good_a or_o evil_n but_o to_o will_v good_a come_v of_o grace_n which_o make_v to_o will_n and_o to_o do_v ¶_o the_o description_n of_o freewill_n talen_v out_o of_o argâ—na_n 〈◊〉_d lâ—b_fw-la 2._o dist._n 24._o freewill_n be_v a_o â—â—â—initie_n of_o reaâ—on_n and_o will_n whereby_o good_a be_v choose_v through_o the_o assistance_n of_o grace_n or_o evil_a if_o grace_n bâ—_n absent_a or_o thus_o freewill_n be_v a_o facuine_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o can_v will_v good_a or_o evil_n discern_v they_o both_o 2._o in_o what_o thing_n freewill_n do_v consist_v in_o god_n first_o and_o chief_o who_o will_n be_v of_o itself_o simple_o and_o absolute_o most_o 〈◊〉_d from_o all_o bondage_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o infection_n of_o sin_n for_o god_n can_v â—ot_n of_o his_o own_o nature_n sin_n not_o because_o any_o force_n restrayn_v he_o but_o because_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n he_o can_v not_o so_o will_v so_o that_o god_n be_v both_o holy_a of_o necessity_n and_o yet_o this_o necessity_n 〈…〉_o freewill_n from_o god_n in_o who_o all_o â—ccessitie_n join_v with_o all_o freedom_n be_v reliaunt_a in_o bless_a angel_n who_o state_n and_o condition_n be_v this_o that_o their_o will_n be_v make_v steadfast_a and_o unchaungeable_a in_o all_o goodness_n not_o of_o themselves_o but_o through_o grace_n in_o man_n nature_n and_o that_o four_o manner_n of_o way_n according_a to_o the_o fourfold_a division_n of_o man_n state_n 3._o in_o what_o respect_n it_o be_v call_v man_n freewill_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o thing_n present_a nor_o thing_n past_a because_o present_a thing_n and_o thing_n pass_v be_v of_o this_o quality_n that_o be_v do_v they_o can_v not_o be_v undo_v nor_o thing_n paâ—_n can_v be_v revoke_v but_o be_v call_v freewill_n in_o respect_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v and_o these_o be_v the_o thing_n that_o our_o lombardines_fw-la do_v affirm_v be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d power_n but_o untrue_o for_o man_n hability_n to_o confess_v truth_n be_v direct_v by_o god_n everlasting_a decree_n neither_o be_v it_o in_o man_n hability_n to_o order_v chanceable_a thing_n at_o his_o pleasure_n 1._o in_o the_o state_n of_o innocence_n who_o freedom_n be_v once_o such_o which_o can_v both_o sin_n &_o not_o sin_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n the_o ancient_a writer_n must_v be_v understand_v as_o often_o as_o they_o speak_v of_o man_n freewill_n that_o be_v to_o say_v of_o the_o freedom_n of_o man_n nature_n 2._o in_o the_o state_n of_o blessedness_n or_o of_o his_o heavenly_a country_n as_o schoolman_n term_v it_o where_o man_n shall_v be_v endue_v with_o a_o freedom_n that_o can_v not_o sin_n by_o any_o mean_n 3._o in_o the_o state_n of_o life_n after_o sin_n &_o before_o regeneration_n by_o grace_n in_o which_o state_n man_n have_v no_o freewill_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o to_o sin_n deadly_a as_o lombard_n say_v and_o of_o this_o state_n mean_v luther_n write_v of_o bond_n will_n 4._o in_o the_o state_n of_o life_n after_o sin_n &_o after_o regeneration_n by_o grace_n in_o which_o state_n man_n have_v freedom_n not_o to_o sin_n except_o venial_a sinâ—e_n as_o say_v lombard_n but_o although_o augustine_n and_o luther_n do_v yield_v a_o hability_n not_o to_o sin_n after_o a_o certain_a sort_n yet_o in_o respect_n of_o actual_a sin_n they_o do_v not_o except_o man_n either_o from_o venial_a or_o deadly_a sinne._n because_o be_v never_o any_o man_n yet_o find_v christ_n only_a except_o endue_v with_o such_o 〈◊〉_d of_o grace_n that_o have_v not_o in_o all_o his_o lyâ—e_n sin_v yea_o and_o that_o
much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v all_o his_o cavillation_n &_o sophistical_a subtlety_n for_o thus_o will_v i_o wish_v thou_o to_o be_v persuade_v friendly_a reader_n that_o beside_o natural_a scold_v and_o meére_o cautel_n of_o word_n void_a of_o all_o substance_n of_o truth_n there_o be_v else_o nothing_o of_o all_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v brabble_n in_o all_o this_o discourse_n yea_o &_o that_o also_o stroke_v himself_o rather_o with_o vain_a conceit_n of_o his_o own_o opinion_n then_o of_o any_o ground_a knowledge_n or_o judgement_n at_o all_o and_o first_o as_o touch_v freewill_n in_o stead_n of_o a_o proof_n &_o testimony_n of_o luther_n own_o work_n and_o yet_o the_o same_o also_o neither_o do_v he_o allege_v whole_a as_o they_o be_v nor_o full_o nor_o do_v he_o couple_v the_o first_o with_o the_o last_o nor_o direct_v to_o any_o certain_a place_n of_o the_o author_n but_o go_v to_o what_o manner_n of_o heinous_a crime_n be_v this_o a_o god_n name_n wherewith_o this_o portugal_n inquisitor_n do_v charge_n luther_n so_o greéuous_o &_o cruel_o forsooth_o it_o be_v this_o that_o he_o do_v dare_v mutter_v against_o freewill_n say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n in_o tittle_n only_o and_o while_o it_o follow_v his_o own_o nature_n it_o do_v nothing_o but_o sin_n deadly_a and_o where_o be_v this_o write_v in_o the_o volume_n of_o luther_n i_o suppose_v or_o else_o in_o sybilles_n leaf_n seek_v there_o reader_n or_o else_o where_o if_o thou_o will_v for_o as_o our_o reverend_a master_n inquisitor_n assign_v no_o place_n to_o the_o reader_n so_o i_o think_v he_o never_o do_v read_v in_o luther_n the_o thing_n whereat_o he_o cavil_v nor_o think_v that_o it_o concern_v his_o credit_n at_o all_o to_o utter_v whatsoever_o he_o list_v in_o what_o sense_n with_o what_o phrase_n of_o speech_n by_o what_o authority_n or_o with_o what_o testimony_n it_o be_v bolster_v so_o that_o somewhat_o be_v suggest_v whereat_o he_o may_v frame_v some_o quarrel_n but_o proceéde_v on_o and_o what_o follow_v then_o afterwards_o the_o same_o luther_n correct_v himself_o what_o say_v he_o far_o i_o have_v err_v say_v he_o i_o speak_v untrue_o that_o freewill_n be_v a_o thing_n in_o name_n only_o before_o the_o time_n of_o grace_n 36._o but_o i_o shall_v have_v say_v simple_o that_o freewill_n be_v a_o feign_a devise_n or_o a_o tittle_n without_o all_o substance_n luther_n in_o his_o assertion_n write_v to_o leo_n the_o ten_o the_o 36._o article_n well_o and_o what_o be_v it_o at_o last_o that_o this_o master_n inquisitor_n will_v frame_v unto_o we_o out_o of_o this_o ergo_fw-la 151._o luther_n be_v a_o heretic_n who_o dispoyl_v man_n of_o all_o his_o freewill_n and_o traveil_v chief_o to_o this_o end_n to_o affirm_v that_o man_n mind_n be_v always_o hold_v captive_a his_o will_n fast_o bind_v all_o power_n of_o work_n take_v away_o in_o so_o much_o that_o we_o can_v do_v neither_o good_a nor_o evil_a nor_o can_v think_v a_o thought_n so_o much_o by_o any_o mean_n and_o this_o do_v not_o luther_n teach_v only_o but_o melancthon_n also_o abundant_o yea_o much_o more_o plentyful_o caluine_n do_v debate_v the_o same_o i_o not_o hear_v you_o osorius_n &_o do_v answer_n not_o i_o for_o luther_n but_o luther_n shall_v answer_v full_o for_o himself_o and_o first_o touch_v that_o which_o we_o term_v man_n choice_n whether_o you_o construe_v it_o to_o be_v reason_n or_o will_v sure_o luther_n do_v never_o deny_v the_o same_o dare_v i_o bold_o affirm_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o melancthon_n and_o caluine_n also_o certes_o these_o man_n be_v never_o so_o reasonable_o mad_a as_o to_o despoil_v man_n who_o they_o define_v to_o be_v endue_v with_o reason_n of_o reason_n and_o of_o will_n for_o by_o no_o reason_n can_v the_o operation_n of_o will_v be_v seque_v from_o that_o part_n cavil_n where_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n rest_v howsoever_o nature_n be_v corrupt_v through_o the_o first_o original_n of_o sin_n yet_o remain_v nevertheless_o that_o thing_n after_o a_o certain_a sort_n within_o we_o still_o which_o we_o receive_v of_o the_o treé_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n reason_n but_o thus_o must_v be_v note_v chief_o in_o what_o wise_a it_o remain_v not_o that_o it_o can_v avayle_v any_o way_n to_o salvation_n but_o that_o it_o hurt_v rather_o thereunto_o and_o therefore_o as_o concern_v those_o natural_a property_n of_o will_n luther_n be_v never_o so_o foolish_a nor_o any_o of_o all_o the_o lutheran_n as_o to_o exclude_v that_o will_n from_o nature_n by_o any_o mean_n which_o nature_n itself_o have_v engraft_v into_o man_n let_v this_o therefore_o remain_v unshake_a in_o this_o controversy_n as_o touch_v the_o substance_n of_o freewill_n that_o the_o essential_a substance_n thereof_o unite_v together_o with_o sensible_a reason_n do_v always_o cleave_v inseparable_o to_o nature_n nature_n which_o neither_o luther_n deny_v nor_o any_o of_o all_o the_o lutheran_n do_v ever_o deny_v what_o be_v it_o then_o will_v you_o say_v that_o luther_n do_v deny_v in_o freewill_n i_o will_v tell_v you_o so_o that_o your_o understanding_n be_v able_a to_o conceive_v it_o freedom_n it_o be_v out_o of_o all_o controversy_n that_o adam_n in_o his_o first_o creation_n be_v endue_v with_o wonderful_a and_o absolute_a freédome_n of_o will_n to_o the_o uphold_v of_o which_o freédome_n of_o will_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v not_o want_v at_o that_o time_n without_o the_o which_o he_o can_v not_o stand_v fast_o in_o that_o good_a will_n wherein_o he_o be_v create_v though_o he_o will_v now_o to_o have_v a_o will_n to_o stand_v fast_o be_v not_o give_v he_o but_o be_v leave_v in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o freewill_n and_o so_o leave_v that_o if_o he_o will_v have_v stand_v fast_o he_o have_v never_o be_v evil_a if_o he_o will_v not_o be_v evil_a and_o yet_o neither_o can_v he_o be_v good_a through_o the_o force_n of_o his_o own_o freewill_n without_o god_n special_a grace_n but_o what_o do_v he_o be_v thus_o leave_v in_o the_o power_n of_o his_o own_o freewill_n when_o he_o neither_o will_v stand_v fast_o nor_o can_v fall_v without_o sin_n by_o sin_v abuse_v his_o own_o freédome_n he_o bring_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o both_o lose_v and_o cast_v away_o himself_o and_o his_o freédome_n withal_o and_o yet_o not_o in_o such_o wise_a as_o that_o there_o remain_v in_o he_o neither_o sense_n nor_o feéle_a nor_o use_v of_o will_n but_o he_o so_o lose_v it_o that_o whereas_o he_o be_v before_o immortal_a and_o freé_v now_o have_v he_o both_o lose_v his_o freédome_n and_o also_o his_o immortality_n and_o righteousness_n withal_o whereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o wretched_a man_n by_o lose_v that_o pure_a freédome_n of_o good_a will_n which_o he_o receive_v in_o his_o first_o creation_n purchase_v to_o himself_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n most_o miserable_a and_o lamentable_a bondage_n now_o therefore_o be_v clog_v and_o fasten_v to_o this_o state_n of_o bondage_n as_o it_o be_v cloy_v in_o clay_n albeit_o after_o a_o certain_a sort_n we_o retain_v still_o that_o power_n of_o understanding_n and_o appetite_n whereby_o the_o mind_n of_o she_o freé_fw-fr motion_n be_v able_a to_o discern_v betwixt_o sensible_a object_n yet_o can_v we_o never_o of_o ourselves_o aspire_v again_o to_o that_o uprightenesse_n and_o immortality_n which_o we_o have_v lose_v for_o be_v now_o fast_o yoke_v and_o sell_v under_o this_o yoke_n of_o servitude_n we_o do_v serve_v such_o a_o servile_a thraldom_n in_o this_o flesh_n that_o we_o can_v turn_v ourselves_o to_o no_o one_o side_n through_o any_o force_n of_o freédome_n but_o we_o shall_v always_o be_v the_o bondslave_n of_o sin_n &_o death_n unless_o the_o grace_n of_o christ_n do_v help_v we_o and_o set_v we_o at_o liberty_n whereby_o you_o may_v easy_o perceive_v osorius_n what_o be_v the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o freewill_n free_a to_o wit_n that_o in_o one_o sense_n it_o may_v be_v take_v not_o altogether_o freé_v and_o again_o in_o a_o 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achieve_v those_o spiritual_a good_a thing_n unless_o it_o be_v holpen_v quest._n for_o as_o much_o therefore_o as_o reason_n and_o will_v do_v in_o their_o own_o right_a exercise_n their_o activity_n &_o dominion_n in_o natural_a thing_n only_a as_o i_o say_v before_o as_o it_o be_v in_o their_o lawful_a province_n hereof_o spring_v the_o thyrd_o question_n whether_o there_o be_v any_o such_o freédome_n in_o will_n as_o to_o be_v able_a of_o itself_o to_o embrace_v or_o eschew_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v govern_v by_o the_o external_a sense_n and_o by_o reason_n whereunto_o the_o answer_n be_v very_o easy_a reason_n for_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o will_v out_o of_o which_o two_o freewill_n be_v derive_v do_v yet_o still_o retain_v some_o certain_a spark_n of_o freédome_n such_o as_o they_o be_v even_o in_o the_o forlorn_a nature_n for_o the_o mind_n after_o a_o certain_a sort_n be_v able_a to_o think_v to_o purpose_n to_o take_v 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freewill_n do_v bear_v any_o stroke_n in_o action_n meére_o evil_a and_o corrupt_a the_o do_v whereof_o do_v defile_v man_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n our_o answer_n herein_o will_v forthwith_o be_v supply_v with_o the_o word_n of_o augustine_n 5._o god_n do_v not_o help_v we_o to_o commit_v sin_n say_v he_o but_o in_o that_o we_o fall_v from_o god_n come_v of_o our_o own_o corruption_n and_o this_o be_v our_o corrupt_a will_n and_o again_o where_o he_o recite_v the_o objection_n of_o julian_n write_v against_o the_o two_o epistle_n of_o the_o pelagianes_n 2._o do_v the_o freewill_n of_o the_o first_o man_n perish_v therefore_o say_v julian_n to_o the_o end_n it_o shall_v compel_v all_o his_o posterity_n to_o sin_n in_o their_o flesh_n of_o very_a necessity_n to_o who_o augustine_n make_v this_o answer_n which_o of_o we_o dare_v say_v that_o mankind_n be_v utter_o spoil_v of_o freewill_n by_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o first_o man_n freedom_n perish_v in_o deed_n through_o sin_n but_o 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