of_o the_o great_a alteration_n in_o the_o world_n be_v admirable_o fetch_v from_o the_o various_a passive_n or_o receptive_a disposition_n of_o matter_n no_o wonder_n â—â—_o cum_fw-la thomistae_fw-la dicunt_fw-la deum_fw-la svo_fw-la auxilio_fw-la efficaci_fw-la physice_n praedeterminare_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la bonum_fw-la non_fw-la excludunt_fw-la motionem_fw-la moralem_fw-la sed_fw-la eam_fw-la presumption_n alvarez_n de_fw-fr aâ—xil_n disp_n 23._o p._n 108._o â—â—_o if_o it_o be_v so_o with_o man_n soul_n also_o a_o spark_n of_o fire_n which_o long_o be_v unseen_a if_o you_o put_v straw_n gunpowder_n or_o other_o fuel_n to_o it_o may_v burn_v a_o city_n or_o kingdom_n when_o yet_o the_o fuel_n be_v not_o a_o efficient_a cause_n save_o the_o fire_n that_o be_v in_o it_o but_o a_o objective_a matter_n what_o work_n do_v a_o student_n find_v all_o his_o life_n among_o book_n what_o abundance_n of_o knowledge_n do_v he_o learn_v by_o they_o which_o he_o have_v 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mean_n according_a to_o they_o but_o in_o a_o unsearchable_a manner_n as_o god_n do_v in_o nature_n by_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o natural_a cause_n sect_n xi_o what_o freewill_n man_n have_v to_o spiritual_a good_a etc._n etc._n §_o 1._o the_o understanding_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o power_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v the_o very_a key_n to_o open_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o controvert_v difficulty_n in_o these_o matter_n but_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o so_o much_o before_o in_o the_o former_a part_n of_o this_o book_n and_o more_o elsewhere_o i_o shall_v no_o further_o weary_a the_o reader_n with_o repetition_n than_o to_o note_v these_o few_o thing_n follow_v §_o 2._o if_o any_o like_v not_o the_o name_n of_o freewill_n libera_n voluntas_fw-la let_v they_o but_o agree_v about_o these_o two_o the_o power_n of_o the_o will_n and_o free-choice_n 1._o free-choice_n free-choice_n free-choice_n nolite_fw-la esse_fw-la adeo_fw-la delicati_fw-la ut_fw-la abhorreatis_fw-la ab_fw-la usâ—_n vocabuli_fw-la lib._n arbit_fw-la hypocritarum_fw-la propriâ—m_fw-la est_fw-la rixari_fw-la de_fw-fr vocabulis_fw-la nemo_fw-la offendatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la titulo_fw-la quia_fw-la august_n in_o multae_fw-la volume_n &_o singulis_fw-la fere_n pagellis_fw-la ad_fw-la fastidium_fw-la lectoris_fw-la hoc_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la inculcat_fw-la melancth_v loc._n com._n de_fw-fr lib._n arb_n c._n 1._o liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la and_o they_o need_v not_o contend_v about_o freewill_n §_o 3._o 1._o as_o to_o the_o first_o it_o be_v the_o very_a essence_n of_o the_o will_v to_o be_v a_o natural_a power_n or_o faculty_n of_o will_v good_a and_o nilling_n evil_a apprehend_v by_o the_o intellect_n and_o command_v the_o inferior_a faculty_n either_o political_o or_o despotical_o difficult_o or_o easy_o perfect_o or_o imperfect_o according_a to_o its_o resolution_n and_o their_o receptivity_n §_o 4._o 2._o the_o liberty_n of_o choice_n be_v not_o only_a libertas_n voluntatis_fw-la but_o libertas_n hominis_fw-la when_o a_o man_n may_v have_v what_o he_o choose_v or_o will_v here_o the_o act_n of_o choose_v be_v the_o will_n but_o the_o object_n be_v somewhat_o else_o either_o a_o imperate_a act_n of_o some_o inferior_a faculty_n or_o some_o extrinsic_a thing_n so_o we_o say_v true_o that_o the_o unbeliever_n or_o unconvert_v sinner_n may_v believe_v may_v repent_v may_v have_v christ_n and_o life_n if_o he_o will_v as_o dr._n twisse_n frequent_o assert_v §_o 5._o 3._o but_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n itself_o be_v but_o the_o mode_n of_o its_o self-determination_n as_o without_o constraint_n it_o be_v a_o self-determining_a principle_n in_o its_o elicit_a act_n consider_v comparative_o §_o 6._o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n be_v threefold_a 1._o liberty_n of_o contradiction_n or_o exercitii_fw-la 2._o of_o 90._o of_o of_o of_o note_v that_o the_o papist_n confess_v that_o by_o christ_n case_n it_o be_v prove_v that_o libertas_n specificationis_fw-la inter_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o malum_fw-la be_v not_o necessary_a to_o merit_v so_o pet._n â—_o s._n joseph_n thes_n univers_n pag._n 90._o contrariety_n or_o specification_n in_o the_o act_n 3._o of_o objective_a specification_n which_o be_v liberty_n of_o competition_n 1._o the_o first_o liberty_n be_v to_o will_v or_o not_o will_n to_z will_z or_o not_o will_z 2._o the_o second_o be_v liberty_n to_o will_n or_o will_v this_o 3._o the_o three_o be_v liberty_n to_o will_v this_o object_n or_o that_o or_o to_o will_v this_o or_o that_o perfectione_n that_o that_o that_o of_o the_o real_a difference_n of_o these_o three_o see_v rob._n baron_n metaphys_n i_o take_v not_o that_o which_o many_o schoolman_n call_v liberty_n of_o complacence_n to_o be_v another_o sort_n of_o liberty_n though_o i_o distinguish_v liberty_n of_o simple_a complacence_n from_o liberty_n of_o election_n as_o be_v a_o prior_n distribution_n and_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o liberty_n of_o complacency_n special_o may_v stand_v with_o necessity_n of_o immutable_a disposition_n yea_o and_o with_o some_o sort_n of_o necessitate_v operation_n of_o god_n as_o be_v in_o christ_n and_o the_o glorify_a and_o in_o this_o large_a essential_a sense_n liberum_fw-la and_o voluntarium_fw-la be_v all_o one_o suppose_v voluntarium_fw-la to_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o self-determining_a unconstrained_a will_n so_o that_o the_o word_n freewill_n be_v so_o exceed_o ambiguous_a as_o my_o foresay_a scheme_n show_v we_o must_v be_v sure_a that_o we_o pretend_v not_o the_o controversy_n de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la to_o be_v de_fw-mi re_fw-mi but_o it_o be_v the_o indifferency_n of_o a_o viator_n will_v that_o we_o have_v now_o to_o do_v with_o and_o not_o that_o state_n of_o perfect_a determination_n or_o that_o amplitude_n or_o advancement_n of_o the_o will_n which_o gibieâ—f_n and_o such_o other_o talk_v of_o and_o note_v that_o by_o posse_fw-la agere_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la agere_fw-la which_o we_o put_v into_o the_o definition_n of_o freewill_n we_o must_v not_o mean_v that_o potentia_fw-la moralis_fw-la metaphorica_fw-la which_o be_v nothing_o but_o the_o will_v moral_a disposition_n or_o habit_n but_o the_o potentia_fw-la naturalis_fw-la and_o so_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o christ_n and_o the_o glorify_a that_o their_o not_o sin_v or_o not_o willing_a sin_n be_v not_o ex_fw-la impotentia_fw-la naturali_fw-la but_o ex_fw-la perfectione_n §_o 7._o the_o will_n have_v not_o all_o these_o sort_n of_o liberty_n about_o every_o object_n for_o it_o can_v will_v know_v evil_a as_o such_o etc._n etc._n but_o it_o have_v all_o these_o about_o several_a object_n §_o 8._o by_o this_o power_n and_o liberty_n the_o will_n be_v make_v of_o god_n to_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la of_o the_o moral_a order_n or_o specification_n of_o its_o own_o act_n not_o simple_o or_o strict_o a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la for_o 1._o it_o be_v god_n the_o first_o cause_n that_o give_v man_n this_o self-determining_a power_n 2._o it_o be_v god_n that_o uphold_v it_o and_o so_o it_o
his_o overlooking_a and_o undervalue_v god_n design_n in_o make_v and_o govern_v free_a intellectual_a agent_n by_o his_o sapiential_a moral_a directive_n way_n he_o suppose_v this_o way_n to_o be_v so_o much_o below_o that_o of_o physical_a motion_n and_o determination_n as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v consider_v but_o as_o a_o instrument_n thereof_o as_o if_o it_o be_v unworthy_a of_o god_n to_o give_v any_o creature_n a_o mere_a power_n liberty_n law_n and_o moral_a mean_n alone_o and_o not_o to_o necessitate_v he_o positive_o or_o negative_o to_o obey_v or_o disobey_v and_o this_o look_v only_o at_o physical_a good_a be_v and_o motion_n and_o thereby_o think_v light_o of_o sapiential_a regency_n be_v the_o sum_n as_o of_o his_o so_o of_o hobbes_n spinosa_n alvarez_n bradwardines_n twiss_n rutherford_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o predeterminants_n error_n herein_o and_o have_v not_o i_o other_o thought_n of_o this_o one_o thing_n i_o shall_v come_v over_o to_o their_o opinion_n for_o i_o confess_v the_o case_n to_o be_v of_o very_o great_a difficulty_n §_o 28._o i_o think_v that_o as_o the_o divine_a life_n and_o power_n glorifi_v itself_o eminent_o in_o the_o causation_n of_o the_o be_v motion_n and_o life_n of_o the_o creature_n so_o the_o divine_a wisdom_n eminent_o glorifi_v itself_o in_o the_o order_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o in_o the_o moral_a directive_n sapiential_a regiment_n of_o intellectual_a free_a agent_n and_o that_o god_n law_n and_o doctrine_n be_v the_o image_n of_o his_o wisdom_n and_o a_o admirable_a harmonious_a and_o beautiful_a frame_n and_o that_o all_o will_v think_v so_o and_o be_v wonderful_o delight_v in_o they_o be_v they_o complete_o print_v on_o our_o mind_n and_o heart_n §_o 29._o ii_o and_o according_o i_o think_v that_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o govern_n wisdom_n and_o punish_v and_o reward_v justice_n be_v a_o great_a and_o notable_a part_n of_o that_o glory_n which_o man_n must_v give_v he_o now_o and_o for_o ever_o and_o that_o this_o justice_n be_v not_o his_o physical_a use_v all_o thing_n according_a to_o their_o physical_a aptitude_n only_o but_o his_o judge_a and_o execute_v according_a to_o that_o moral_a aptitude_n common_o call_v merit_n by_o punishment_n and_o reward_n and_o that_o to_o deny_v god_n the_o glory_n of_o all_o this_o be_v no_o small_a error_n in_o a_o philosopher_n or_o divine_a §_o 30._o iii_o according_o i_o think_v that_o god_n make_v man_n a_o free_a self-determining_a agent_n that_o he_o may_v be_v capable_a of_o such_o sapiential_a rule_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o great_a honour_n to_o god_n to_o make_v so_o noble_a a_o nature_n as_o have_v a_o power_n to_o determine_v its_o own_o election_n and_o though_o such_o be_v not_o of_o the_o high_a rank_n of_o creature_n they_o be_v far_o above_o the_o low_a and_o that_o god_n who_o we_o see_v delight_v to_o make_v up_o beauty_n and_o harmony_n of_o diversity_n do_v delight_n in_o the_o sapiential_a moral_a government_n of_o this_o free_a sort_n of_o creature_n and_o though_o man_n be_v not_o independent_a yet_o to_o be_v so_o far_o like_o god_n himself_o as_o to_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o first-determiner_n of_o many_o of_o his_o own_o volition_n and_o nolition_n be_v part_n of_o god_n natural_a image_n on_o man._n §_o 31._o iu._n according_o i_o take_v duty_n to_o be_v rewardable_a and_o laudable_a and_o sin_n to_o be_v odious_a as_o it_o be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o free_a agent_n and_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o moral_a good_a and_o evil_a consist_v not_o in_o its_o be_v the_o mere_a effect_n of_o physical_a premotion_n but_o in_o be_v a_o voluntary_a conformity_n or_o disconformity_n to_o the_o sapiential_a rule_n of_o duty_n by_o a_o free_a agent_n that_o have_v power_n to_o do_v otherwise_o §_o 32._o v._n freewill_n then_o be_v not_o only_o the_o same_o with_o will_v itself_o or_o a_o mere_a agency_n according_a to_o nature_n by_o the_o premotion_n of_o the_o first_o determine_v necessitating_a mover_n it_o be_v not_o only_o such_o a_o freedom_n as_o fire_n water_n beast_n and_o every_o move_v thing_n have_v to_o be_v move_v according_a to_o the_o first_o moyers_n action_n which_o be_v in_o the_o will_v of_o man_n but_o it_o be_v a_o power_n to_o be_v a_o first_o determine_v specifier_n of_o its_o own_o act_n as_o moral_a not_o that_o it_o be_v never_o predetermine_v but_o that_o it_o can_v do_v this_o §_o 33._o vi._n according_o i_o judge_v of_o gild_n and_o shame_n and_o the_o accusation_n of_o conscience_n which_o will_v not_o be_v a_o bare_a discern_v what_o god_n make_v we_o do_v or_o be_v but_o what_o we_o voluntary_o do_v or_o be_v when_o we_o can_v do_v otherwise_o §_o 34._o vii_o and_o i_o be_o pass_v all_o doubt_n that_o he_o gross_o mistake_v the_o nature_n and_o distinction_n of_o law_n and_o gospel_n 1._o to_o think_v that_o god_n law_n when_o it_o be_v not_o accompany_v with_o physical_a predetermination_n be_v but_o to_o show_v we_o that_o we_o be_v creature_n that_o can_v but_o sin_n 2._o yea_o hereby_o he_o wrong_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o creator_n that_o make_v no_o creature_n with_o a_o power_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o evil_n unless_o predetermine_v physical_o thereto_o 3._o it_o be_v gross_a to_o say_v that_o all_o the_o doctrine_n of_o redemption_n and_o faith_n and_o justification_n by_o christ_n as_o a_o mere_a signum_fw-la letter_n or_o law_n be_v the_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o so_o that_o every_o command_n be_v the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o physical_a efficiency_n of_o good_a in_o we_o be_v the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o gospel_n be_v not_o true_a if_o this_o be_v true_a for_o this_o gospel_n be_v a_o preach_v word_n speak_v by_o man_n mouth_n which_o some_o believe_v and_o some_o believe_v not_o but_o reject_v and_o disobey_v and_o therefore_o perish_v matth._n 4._o 23._o &_o 11._o 5._o &_o 24._o 14._o &_o 26._o 13._o mark_v 16._o 15._o luke_n 4._o 18._o 1_o cor._n 9_o 14_o 16_o 18._o heh_o 4._o 2._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 25._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 6._o 2._o thess_n 1._o 8_o 10_o 11._o matth._n 13._o 10._o acts._n 13._o 7._o it_o be_v a_o law_n by_o which_o man_n shall_v be_v judge_v to_o life_n or_o death_n rom._n 2._o 16._o mar._n 16._o 15_o 16._o 2_o thes_n 1._o 8._o rom._n 10._o 16._o john_n 3._o 19_o 20_o 21._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 3_o 4._o it_o be_v a_o word_n which_o some_o pervert_n gal._n 1._o 7._o and_o many_o sin_n against_o gal._n 2._o 14._o 1_o pet._n 4._o 17._o the_o rejecter_n of_o it_o be_v to_o speed_v worse_o than_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n and_o they_o can_v escape_v that_o neglect_n so_o great_a salvation_n whereas_o by_o his_o description_n 1._o no_o man_n ever_o yet_o sin_v against_o the_o gospel_n or_o covenant_n of_o grace_n for_o it_o be_v not_o that_o covenant_n or_o gospel_n further_o than_o it_o be_v a_o physical_a effect_n on_o the_o soul_n 2._o and_o every_o heathen_a that_o have_v any_o good_a effect_n 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add_v no_o more_o see_v the_o plainness_n of_o the_o matter_n make_v it_o needless_a §_o 35._o the_o truth_n be_v he_o distinguish_v between_o the_o law_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o law_n and_o spirit_n of_o god_n and_o call_v one_o the_o law_n of_o work_n and_o the_o other_o the_o gospel_n whereas_o the_o scripture_n only_o make_v it_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o by_o it_o the_o spirit_n effectual_o work_v on_o the_o soul_n more_o usual_o and_o more_o excellent_o and_o no_o mere_a law_n of_o work_n or_o grace_n will_v renew_v we_o without_o the_o spirit_n §_o 36._o viii_o and_o if_o redemption_n be_v nothing_o but_o physical_a efficiency_n by_o christ_n who_o as_o a_o create_a mediator_n
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worldly_a interest_n 2._o
delusion_n to_o pretend_v that_o you_o be_v accuse_v for_o make_v god_n a_o sinner_n we_o charge_v no_o such_o thing_n on_o you_o but_o only_o for_o make_v he_o the_o chief_a insuperable_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n and_o devil_n 655._o pag._n 400._o he_o plain_o profess_v that_o the_o will_v as_o a_o physical_a agent_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n as_o physical_a and_o as_o under_o a_o law_n and_o that_o act_n be_v against_o the_o law_n so_o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o malitia_fw-la actûs_fw-la and_o culpablo_fw-mi so_o that_o god_n cause_v by_o his_o own_o confession_n both_o act_n and_o law_n there_o be_v no_o modest_a subtersuge_n leave_v for_o his_o not_o open_o profess_v that_o he_o assert_v god_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o sin_n the_o principal_a cause_n both_o as_o to_o matter_n and_o form_n 656._o the_o rest_n of_o that_o disputation_n strike_v i_o with_o such_o horror_n in_o the_o read_n that_o i_o confess_v i_o have_v not_o the_o 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