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promise_v annex_v to_o they_o these_o be_v all_o fiction_n of_o the_o remonstrant_n the_o new_o mention_v definition_n of_o reprobation_n do_v sufficient_o and_o more_o than_o sufficient_o clear_v our_o doctrine_n and_o teach_v that_o no_o such_o thing_n do_v follow_v from_o any_o thing_n in_o our_o doctrine_n but_o that_o in_o truth_n heaven_n and_o hell_n be_v confound_v by_o those_o who_o hold_v that_o the_o grace_n which_o god_n dispense_v according_a to_o his_o purpose_n be_v equal_o common_a to_o all_o and_o some_o page_n before_o junius_n have_v say_v 188._o say_v non_fw-la negamus_fw-la vocatis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la offerri_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la saepius_fw-la conferri_fw-la communiter_fw-la sed_fw-la negamus_fw-la iis_fw-la conferri_fw-la eam_fw-la gratiam_fw-la quae_fw-la potenter_fw-la toâ—it_fw-la omne_fw-la impedimentum_fw-la &_o hominem_fw-la infallibiliter_fw-la christo_fw-la inserit_fw-la consequenter_fw-la ex_fw-la insitis_fw-la svi_fw-la ostendit_fw-la nostra_fw-la sententia_fw-la meritoriam_fw-la causam_fw-la condemnationis_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la qui_fw-la tenebras_fw-la preferunt_fw-la luci_fw-la evangelicae_fw-la id._n ibid._n p._n 188._o we_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o grace_n be_v offer_v to_o the_o call_v non-elect_a and_o often_o common_a grace_n be_v give_v they_o but_o we_o deny_v that_o that_o grace_n be_v give_v they_o which_o powerful_o take_v away_o all_o impediment_n and_o infallible_o unite_v man_n unto_o christ_n consequent_o our_o doctrine_n from_o its_o own_o intrinsical_a principle_n show_n that_o the_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o condemnation_n be_v in_o those_o who_o prefer_v darkness_n before_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n thus_o that_o learned_a man_n represent_v god_n as_o one_o that_o by_o his_o grace_n give_v some_o help_n even_o to_o the_o non-elect_a in_o the_o visible_a church_n and_o utter_o deny_v that_o god_n cruel_o mock_v they_o by_o his_o command_n or_o conditional_a promise_n 17._o promise_n nemo_fw-la diâ—it_fw-la aeternam_fw-la salutem_fw-la paucioribus_fw-la serio_fw-la promitti_fw-la quam_fw-la foris_fw-la offerri_fw-la quibus_fw-la offertur_fw-la â—s_n serio_fw-la promittitur_fw-la si_fw-la praestent_fw-la conditione_n pactas_fw-la &_o conventaâ—_n i._o e._n si_fw-la resipiscant_fw-la &_o credant_fw-la evangelio_n id._n ibid._n pag._n 17._o no_o man_n say_v quoth_v junius_n that_o eternal_a salvation_n be_v serious_o promise_v to_o few_o than_o it_o be_v outward_o offer_v unto_o to_o who_o it_o be_v offer_v to_o they_o it_o be_v serious_o promise_v if_o they_o perform_v the_o condition_n require_v by_o the_o covenant_n that_o be_v if_o they_o repent_v and_o believe_v the_o gospel_n the_o other_o person_n appoint_v by_o public_a authority_n to_o answer_n episcopius_n his_o apology_n be_v triglandius_n who_o write_v a_o large_a answer_n to_o the_o whole_a of_o it_o in_o which_o answer_n he_o say_v 277._o say_v deus_fw-la secundum_fw-la hunc_fw-la magistrum_fw-la desinet_fw-la esse_fw-la author_n omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la praesertim_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la fi_fw-la homini_fw-la praescribat_fw-la conditione_n fidei_fw-la &_o obedientiae_fw-la vel_fw-la fi_fw-la author_n sit_fw-la omnis_fw-la istius_fw-la boni_fw-la non_fw-la licebit_fw-la ipsi_fw-la tale_n conditione_n homini_fw-la praescibere_fw-la ita_fw-la incompatibilia_fw-la sunt_fw-la magistro_fw-la huic_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o authorem_fw-la omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la lommiâ—_n ut_fw-la creaturae_fw-la rationalis_fw-la cvi_fw-la posset_n conditione_n fidei_fw-la &_o obedientiae_fw-la praescriberâ—_n quâ—nam_n quaeso_fw-la magis_fw-la inculcat_fw-la sacra_fw-la scriptura_fw-la quam_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la etc._n etc._n trigland_n examine_v apolog._n remonstr_n cap._n 18._o pag._n 277._o god_n according_a to_o this_o master_n episcopius_n shall_v cease_v to_o be_v author_n of_o all_o especial_o of_o spiritual_a good_a if_o he_o prescribe_v unto_o man_n the_o condition_n of_o faith_n and_o obedience_n or_o if_o he_o be_v the_o author_n of_o all_o that_o good_a it_o shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o to_o prescribe_v unto_o man_n such_o condition_n so_o inconsistent_a in_o the_o opinion_n of_o this_o master_n episcopius_n be_v these_o thing_n for_o god_n to_o be_v both_o the_o author_n of_o all_o spiritual_a good_a in_o man_n and_o also_o to_o be_v lord_n of_o man_n as_o a_o rational_a creature_n unto_o who_o he_o can_v prescribe_v the_o condition_n of_o faith_n and_o obedience_n but_o i_o pray_v say_v triglandius_n what_o thing_n be_v they_o which_o holy_a scripture_n do_v more_o inculcate_v than_o these_o two_o etc._n etc._n the_o same_o author_n afterward_o in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 30._o p._n 416._o say_v that_o episcopius_n ought_v to_o have_v consider_v aliam_fw-la esse_fw-la rationem_fw-la coecitatis_fw-la moralis_fw-la aliam_fw-la mere_a physicae_fw-la that_o moral_a blindness_n be_v of_o a_o different_a nature_n from_o mere_o physical_a blindness_n for_o in_o moral_a blindness_n there_o be_v a_o aversion_n from_o light_n for_o it_o delight_v in_o darkness_n and_o hate_v light_a john_n 3.20_o it_o give_v itself_o out_o for_o the_o most_o sharp_a sight_n and_o obtrude_v its_o own_o folly_n for_o the_o high_a wisdom_n hence_o he_o who_o labour_v under_o it_o do_v not_o desire_v sight_n to_o be_v restore_v to_o he_o so_o far_o be_v he_o from_o it_o that_o he_o most_o vehement_o hate_v the_o man_n who_o endeavour_n '_o to_o bring_v he_o to_o a_o participation_n of_o the_o light_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n he_o can_v be_v deliver_v from_o his_o blindness_n and_o therefore_o christ_n say_v unto_o the_o blind_a pharisee_n john_n 9.41_o if_o you_o be_v blind_a you_o shall_v have_v no_o sin_n but_o now_o you_o say_v we_o see_v therefore_o your_o sin_n remain_v but_o they_o who_o labour_n under_o a_o mere_a natural_a blindness_n deplore_v and_o bewail_v their_o blindness_n and_o desire_v if_o it_o can_v be_v to_o be_v deliver_v from_o it_o thus_o triglandius_n show_v the_o difference_n between_o moral_a and_o natural_a blindness_n and_o there_o he_o show_v also_o how_o such_o man_n may_v be_v cure_a of_o this_o moral_a blindness_n that_o it_o be_v their_o own_o fault_n that_o they_o be_v not_o cure_a and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o right_a argue_v from_o natural_a blindness_n which_o be_v involuntary_a and_o inculpable_a to_o excuse_v moral_a blindness_n which_o be_v voluntary_a and_o sinful_a again_o in_o the_o follow_a chap._n 31._o p._n 421_o 422._o he_o grant_v that_o unto_o the_o non-elect_a and_o call_v in_o the_o visible_a church_n there_o be_v give_v grace_n in_o some_o respect_n sufficient_a 421._o sufficient_a anon_o hic_fw-la gratia_fw-la sufficiens_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la causae_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la convertantur_fw-la &_o credant_fw-la nihil_fw-la dico_fw-la praeter_fw-la fastum_fw-la &_o arrogantiam_fw-la humanam_fw-la quâ—e_fw-la non_fw-la perâ—…_n subâ—gi_fw-la etc._n etc._n id._n ibid._n cap._n 31._o pag._n 421._o be_v there_o not_o here_o sufficient_a grace_n say_v triglandius_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n then_o that_o all_o be_v not_o convert_v and_o do_v not_o believe_v there_o be_v no_o cause_n i_o say_v quoth_v triglandius_n beside_o man_n pride_n and_o arrogance_n which_o do_v not_o suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v subdue_v etc._n etc._n and_o then_o episcopius_n have_v object_v that_o no_o man_n in_o his_o wit_n will_v say_v that_o sufficient_a grace_n be_v give_v to_o a_o man_n bind_v in_o chain_n for_o his_o sin_n to_o go_v out_o of_o prison_n because_o the_o prison_n door_n be_v open_v and_o he_o be_v again_o and_o again_o exhort_v with_o prayer_n and_o tear_n to_o go_v out_o so_o long_o as_o the_o chain_n wherewith_o he_o be_v bind_v be_v not_o take_v off_o he_o triglandius_n answer_v the_o objection_n in_o these_o word_n follow_v 422._o follow_v resp_n 1._o male_a comparantur_fw-la externa_fw-la illa_fw-la cum_fw-la interniâ—_n violenta_fw-la cum_fw-la voluntariis_fw-la ingrata_fw-la &_o horrenda_fw-la cum_fw-la gratis_o &_o delectabilibus_fw-la 2._o constrictus_fw-la ille_fw-la agnosceret_fw-la quidem_fw-la grato_fw-la animo_fw-la apertionem_fw-la carceris_fw-la sed_fw-la conquereretur_fw-la se_fw-la adhuc_fw-la numellis_fw-la &_o pedicis_fw-la alligatum_fw-la esse_fw-la peteretque_fw-la obnixe_v ea_fw-la solvi_fw-la sed_fw-la qui_fw-la vocationem_fw-la rejiciunt_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la nolunt_fw-la captivitatem_fw-la &_o servitutem_fw-la svam_fw-la imo_fw-la nihil_fw-la illis_fw-la fit_a aegrius_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la moneantur_fw-la eam_fw-la agnoscere_fw-la arroganter_fw-la enim_fw-la multa_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuadent_fw-la praetenduntque_fw-la de_fw-la libertate_fw-la sva_fw-la quis_fw-la sanus_fw-la dixerit_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la solvendos_fw-la vel_fw-la oportere_fw-la eos_fw-la solvi_fw-la aut_fw-la alius_fw-la injuriam_fw-la eye_v fieri_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la solvantur_fw-la 3._o arrogantia_fw-la pravitate_fw-la malorum_fw-la affectuum_fw-la suorum_fw-la servitio_fw-la suoâ—hi_fw-la dâ—lectantur_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la praecipua_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la dictum_fw-la ob_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la liberantur_fw-la 4._o agnoscant_fw-la istam_fw-la svam_fw-la miseriam_fw-la captivitatem_fw-la servitutem_fw-la ac_fw-la petant_fw-la submiss_a liberationem_fw-la &_o liberabuntur_fw-la absque_fw-la dubio_fw-la vid._n psal_n 116._o &_o 142._o isa_n 55.1_o 2_o 3._o &_o 61._o v._o 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o 66._o 2._o mat._n 11.28_o etc._n etc._n id._n ibid._n cap._n 31._o
the_o scripture_n which_o be_v general_o think_v to_o contain_v conditional_a promise_n such_o as_o mark_v 16.16_o act._n 10.43_o luk._n 13.5_o rom._n 10.9_o etc._n etc._n he_o say_v dis_n pag._n 58._o be_v to_o assert_v that_o the_o import_n of_o they_o be_v no_o more_o but_o this_o that_o there_o be_v a_o unchangeable_a connexion_n between_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o faith_n repentance_n and_o holiness_n be_v indissoluble_o fasten_v with_o pardon_n justification_n and_o eternal_a life_n in_o the_o same_o person_n or_o that_o god_n justify_v and_o save_v no_o man_n of_o ripe_a year_n but_o who_o at_o his_o own_o due_a appoint_a time_n he_o make_v a_o believer_n bring_v he_o to_o repentance_n and_o sanctify_v his_o nature_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v 1._o that_o here_o indeed_o part_n of_o the_o truth_n be_v grant_v but_o not_o the_o whole_a truth_n and_o with_o the_o truth_n which_o be_v grant_v there_o be_v intermix_v this_o great_a falsehood_n that_o all_o such_o scripture_n import_v no_o more_o than_o the_o foresay_a unchangeable_a connexion_n between_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o they_o do_v real_o import_v more_o 1._o they_o import_v that_o the_o connexion_n be_v not_o only_o indissoluble_a but_o that_o it_o be_v also_o conditional_a for_o instance_n that_o of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 10.9_o if_o thou_o shall_v confess_v with_o thy_o mouth_n the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o shall_v believe_v in_o thy_o heart_n that_o god_n have_v raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a thou_o shall_v be_v save_v import_v manifest_o that_o the_o connexion_n between_o faith_n and_o salvation_n be_v not_o only_o indissoluble_a but_o that_o it_o be_v likewise_o conditional_a as_o be_v clear_o prove_v in_o the_o apol._n pag._n 50.57_o 58_o 59_o 2._o such_o place_n of_o scripture_n not_o only_o import_v a_o indissoluble_a unchangeable_a connexion_n between_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o gospel_n but_o they_o moreover_o import_v such_o a_o connexion_n between_o 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