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impressa_fw-la fuit_fw-la aliqualis_fw-la notitia_fw-la veritatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la dolour_n de_fw-fr peccatis_fw-la suis_fw-la aliquod_fw-la desiderium_fw-la &_o aliqua_fw-la cura_fw-la liberationis_fw-la mutentur_fw-la plane_n in_fw-la contrarium_fw-la veritaâ—em_fw-la rejiciant_fw-la &_o odio_fw-la habeant_fw-la concupiscentiis_fw-la suis_fw-la se_fw-la tradant_fw-la in_fw-la peccatis_fw-la occalleant_fw-la ibid._n thes_n 5._o 8._o these_o forego_v inward_a act_n wrought_v by_o the_o word_n and_o spirit_n both_o may_v be_v and_o be_v many_o time_n through_o the_o fault_n of_o the_o rebellious_a will_n choke_v and_o quench_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n so_o as_o after_o some_o knowledge_n of_o divine_a truth_n some_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n and_o desire_v and_o care_n of_o deliverance_n they_o fall_v off_o to_o the_o contrary_a and_o give_v themselves_o over_o to_o their_o own_o lust_n ne_fw-fr electi_fw-la quidem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la in_o his_o praecedane_n be_v ad_fw-la regenerationem_fw-la actibus_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la gerant_fw-la unquam_fw-la quin_fw-la ut_fw-la propter_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la &_o resistentiam_fw-la svam_fw-la possint_fw-la just_a a_o deo_fw-la deseri_fw-la &_o derelinqui_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la est_fw-la erga_fw-la eos_fw-la dei_fw-la specialis_fw-la misericordia_fw-la ut_fw-la quam_fw-la vis_fw-la etc._n etc._n eos_n tamen_fw-la iterum_fw-la iterumque_fw-la urgeat_fw-la deus_fw-la nec_fw-la desistat_fw-la promo_fw-la veer_fw-la donec_fw-la eosdem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la prorsus_fw-la subjugaverit_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la filiorum_fw-la regeneratorum_fw-la collocaverit_fw-la theol._n br._n ibid._n thes_n 6._o 9_o yea_o the_o very_a elect_a of_o god_n do_v not_o so_o carry_v themselves_o in_o these_o forego_n act_n but_o that_o they_o do_v ofttimes_o just_o deserve_v for_o their_o neglect_n and_o resistance_n to_o be_v forsake_v of_o god_n but_o such_o be_v his_o special_a grace_n and_o mercy_n to_o they_o that_o he_o notwithstanding_o follow_v they_o effectual_o with_o powerful_a help_n till_o he_o have_v wrought_v out_o his_o good_a work_n in_o they_o gratiam_fw-la specialem_fw-la &_o essicacem_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la certo_fw-la perducentem_fw-la he_o quos_fw-la deus_fw-la ex_fw-la beneplacito_fw-la svo_fw-la gratioso_fw-la elegerit_fw-la propriam_fw-la profitetur_fw-la d._n overal_n in_o art_n 3._o sent._n 3._o 10._o when_o the_o heart_n of_o his_o elect_a be_v thus_o excite_v and_o prepare_v by_o the_o forego_n act_n of_o grace_n god_n do_v by_o his_o secret_n and_o wonderful_a work_n regenerate_v and_o renew_v they_o infuse_v into_o they_o his_o quicken_a spirit_n and_o indue_a all_o the_o power_n of_o their_o soul_n with_o new_a quality_n of_o grace_n and_o holiness_n deus_fw-la animos_fw-la electorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la praedictis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la suae_fw-la actibus_fw-la excitatos_fw-la &_o praeparatos_fw-la intima_fw-la quadam_fw-la &_o mirabili_fw-la operatione_n regenerate_v &_o quasi_fw-la de_fw-la novo_fw-la create_v infundendo_fw-la spiritum_fw-la vivificantem_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la animae_fw-la facultates_fw-la novis_fw-la qualitatibus_fw-la imbuendo_fw-la theol._n br._n the_o conver_n thes_n 1._o 11._o upon_o this_o conversion_n which_o god_n work_v in_o the_o heart_n follow_v instant_o our_o actual_a conversion_n to_o god_n while_o from_o our_o new_a change_a will_n god_n fetch_v the_o act_n of_o our_o believe_v and_o turn_v to_o he_o he_o give_v that_o power_n which_o the_o will_v exercise_n so_o as_o it_o be_v at_o once_o both_o we_o and_o god_n we_o in_o that_o we_o do_v work_v god_n in_o that_o he_o work_v it_o in_o we_o praedictam_fw-la conversionem_fw-la sequitur_fw-la haec_fw-la nostra_fw-la conuersio_fw-la actualis_fw-la deo_fw-la perliciente_a ipsum_fw-la actum_fw-la credendi_fw-la &_o convertendi_fw-la ex_fw-la mutata_fw-la voluntate_fw-la quae_fw-la acta_fw-la adeo_fw-la agit_fw-fr &_o ipsa_fw-la convertendo_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la &_o credendo_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la actum_fw-la suum_fw-la vitalem_fw-la simul_fw-la eliciendo_fw-la ibid._n 12._o in_o work_v upon_o the_o will_n god_n do_v not_o overthrow_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o will_n but_o cause_v it_o to_o work_v after_o its_o own_o native_a manner_n free_o and_o willing_o neither_o do_v he_o pull_v up_o by_o the_o root_n that_o sinful_a possibility_n which_o be_v in_o our_o nature_n to_o resist_v good_a motion_n but_o do_v sweet_o and_o effectual_o work_v in_o man_n a_o firm_a and_o ready_a will_n to_o obey_v he_o his_o grace_n be_v so_o powerful_a that_o it_o be_v not_o violent_a divina_fw-la haec_fw-la actio_fw-la non_fw-la laedit_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la libertatem_fw-la sed_fw-la roborat_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la extirpate_v radicitus_fw-la vitiosam_fw-la resistendi_fw-la possibilitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o pravitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la resistendum_fw-la motibus_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la sed_fw-la haec_fw-la resistibilitas_fw-la propter_fw-la efficacissimam_fw-la &_o suavissimam_fw-la motionem_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nequit_fw-la in_o actum_fw-la hic_fw-la &_o nunc_fw-la erumpere_fw-la huic_fw-la gratiae_fw-la resisti_fw-la nequit_fw-la quia_fw-la primum_fw-la operatur_fw-la velle_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la resistere_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o explic_a thes_n 2._o deum_fw-la cum_fw-la voluerit_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la voluerit_fw-la gratiam_fw-la tam_fw-la abundantem_fw-la tam_fw-la potentem_fw-la aut_fw-la congruam_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la efficacem_fw-la concedere_fw-la ut_fw-la quamvis_fw-la possit_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ratione_fw-la suae_fw-la libertatis_fw-la resistere_fw-la non_fw-la tamin_z resistat_fw-la sed_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la obsequatur_fw-la dr._n overal_n in_o artic_a 4._o it_o be_v true_a that_o while_o our_o natural_a concupiscence_n reign_v in_o we_o we_o have_v not_o only_o a_o possibility_n but_o a_o proneness_n to_o resistance_n which_o yet_o be_v by_o the_o gracious_a and_o effectual_a motion_n of_o god_n spirit_n so_o over_o rule_v that_o it_o break_v not_o forth_o into_o a_o present_a act_n for_o god_n work_v in_o we_o to_o will_v that_o be_v not_o to_o resist_v yea_o the_o very_a will_n to_o resist_v be_v for_o the_o time_n take_v away_o by_o the_o power_n of_o grace_n deus_fw-la hominem_fw-la conversum_fw-la &_o fidelem_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la semper_fw-la movet_fw-la ad_fw-la bonos_fw-es actus_fw-la subsequentes_fw-la ut_fw-la tollat_fw-la ipsam_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la resistendi_fw-la sed_fw-la quandoque_fw-la permittit_fw-la illam_fw-la vitio_fw-la svo_fw-la deficere_fw-la a_o ductu_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o in_o particularibus_fw-la multis_fw-la actibus_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la suae_fw-la parere_fw-la theol._n br._n ibid._n thes_n 3._o 13._o god_n do_v not_o always_o so_o work_v in_o the_o regenerate_a that_o he_o do_v ever_o take_v from_o they_o this_o will_n to_o resist_v but_o sometime_o suffer_v they_o through_o their_o own_o fault_n to_o give_v way_n to_o their_o own_o sinful_a desire_n for_o howsoever_o in_o those_o principal_a act_n which_o be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n work_v powerful_o in_o the_o elect_a both_o the_o will_n and_o the_o deed_n in_o his_o own_o good_a time_n yet_o in_o some_o particular_a act_n he_o think_v good_a for_o his_o own_o holy_a purpose_n to_o leave_v the_o best_a man_n sometime_o to_o themselves_o who_o do_v thereupon_o grieve_v his_o good_a spirit_n by_o a_o recoverable_a resistance_n oportet_fw-la semper_fw-la discrimen_fw-la statuere_fw-la inter_fw-la illos_fw-la actus_fw-la principales_fw-la sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la salus_fw-la electorum_fw-la non_fw-la constat_fw-la &_o particulares_fw-la subsequentes_fw-la actus_fw-la etc._n etc._n ibid._n in_o explic_a of_o the_o five_o article_n of_o perseverance_n quibusdam_fw-la non_fw-la electis_fw-la conceditur_fw-la quaedam_fw-la illuminatio_fw-la supernaturalis_fw-la cujus_fw-la virtute_fw-la intelligant_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o verbo_fw-la dei_fw-la annuntiantur_fw-la esse_fw-la vera_fw-la iisdemque_fw-la assensum_fw-la praebent_fw-la minime_fw-la simulatum_fw-la in_o iisdem_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la cognition_n &_o fide_fw-la oritur_fw-la affectuum_fw-la quaedam_fw-la mutatio_fw-la &_o morum_fw-la aliqualis_fw-la emendatio_fw-la non_fw-la electi_fw-la huc_fw-la usque_fw-la progressi_fw-la ad_fw-la statum_fw-la tamen_fw-la adoption_n &_o justificationis_fw-la nunquam_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la theol._n br._n the_o 5._o art_n thes_n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 1._o even_o among_o those_o which_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o election_n of_o god_n there_o be_v some_o that_o be_v enlighten_v by_o supernatural_a knowledge_n and_o give_v their_o assent_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel_n receive_v the_o same_o with_o some_o joy_n and_o from_o that_o knowledge_n and_o faith_n find_v some_o change_n in_o their_o affection_n and_o life_n who_o yet_o howsoever_o they_o may_v pass_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o charity_n never_o attain_v to_o that_o hearty_a renovation_n which_o be_v join_v with_o justification_n nor_o yet_o to_o the_o immediate_a disposition_n thereunto_o and_o therefore_o be_v never_o in_o the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o adoption_n of_o son_n these_o may_v utter_o fall_v away_o from_o that_o grace_n which_o they_o have_v profess_v unde_fw-la constat_fw-la â—os_v nunquam_fw-la reipsa_fw-la pertingere_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la mentis_fw-la &_o affestuum_fw-la mutationem_fw-la &_o renovationem_fw-la quae_fw-la cum_fw-la justificatione_n conjuncta_fw-la est_fw-la imo_fw-la nec_fw-la ad_fw-la illam_fw-la quae_fw-la proxime_fw-la praeparat_fw-la ac_fw-la disponit_fw-la ad_fw-la justificationem_fw-la ibid._n in_o explic_a 4._o artic._n idem_fw-la regeniti_fw-la ac_fw-la justificati_fw-la quandoque_fw-la