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possible_a and_o future_a we_o must_v be_v very_o fearful_a and_o not_o unreverent_a and_o rash_a in_o ascribe_v such_o a_o dance_n or_o lusus_fw-la of_o notion_n to_o god_n unless_o as_o use_v with_o great_a impropriety_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o weak_a man_n 70._o god_n know_v his_o own_o power_n knowledge_n and_o will_n and_o so_o know_v what_o he_o can_v do_v what_o he_o know_v to_o be_v eligible_a and_o what_o he_o will_v do_v and_o if_o any_o will_v call_v this_o knowledge_n of_o god_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o possibility_n or_o futurity_n of_o the_o thing_n know_v or_o will_v denominate_v nothing_o as_o a_o imaginary_a something_o as_o possible_a and_o future_a relative_o from_o god_n power_n will_n or_o knowledge_n let_v they_o remember_v 1._o that_o nothing_o have_v no_o relation_n 2._o that_o proper_o they_o shall_v but_o give_v the_o denomination_n to_o that_o which_o be_v that_o be_v to_o god_n power_n will_n and_o knowledge_n and_o say_v god_n can_v e._n g._n make_v a_o world_n or_o will_v do_v it_o and_o not_o to_o that_o which_o be_v not_o and_o when_o they_o say_v that_o e._n g._n the_o world_n be_v eternal_o possible_a or_o future_a they_o can_v just_o mean_v no_o more_o but_o that_o god_n can_v and_o will_v make_v it_o 3._o and_o that_o this_o be_v but_o lis_fw-fr de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la and_o not_o a_o real_a difference_n whether_o futurition_n be_v thus_o from_o eternity_n 71._o and_o especial_o let_v they_o remember_v that_o nothing_o in_o god_n be_v cause_v there_o be_v no_o effect_n in_o god_n therefore_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o from_o eternity_n but_o god_n and_o therefore_o possibility_n and_o futurition_n must_v needs_o be_v name_n of_o god_n himself_o or_o some_o divine_a perfection_n or_o conception_n which_o be_v himself_o if_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v eternal_a so_o such_o possibility_n and_o futurity_n can_v have_v no_o eternal_a cause_n for_o god_n have_v no_o cause_n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o god_n 72._o if_o the_o futurity_n of_o sin_n must_v have_v a_o eternal_a cause_n than_o god_n cause_v be_v pennot_v l._n 3._o c._n 14._o cit_v many_o father_n saying_n that_o thing_n be_v not_o future_a because_o fore-known_a but_o fore-known_a because_o future_a and_o augustine_n greg._n m._n boetius_fw-la ansâlm_n lomb._n &_o aquin._n say_v the_o contrary_a and_o he_o cit_v the_o four_o way_n of_o the_o schoolmen_n reconcile_n they_o and_o conclude_v that_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o first_o be_v true_a and_o in_o regard_n of_o free_a act_n the_o second_o i_o think_v that_o in_o regard_n of_o sin_n neither_o be_v true_a unless_o because_o signify_v only_o rationem_fw-la denominationis_fw-la objectivam_fw-la and_o even_o if_o so_o it_o be_v dubious_a whether_o they_o be_v not_o simultaneous_a as_o relation_n be_v the_o futurity_n of_o all_o sin_n but_o that_o be_v not_o so_o for_o none_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o sin_n will_v be_v but_o he_o that_o mediate_o or_o immediate_o cause_v the_o be_v of_o it_o when_o it_o be_v 73._o imagine_v per_fw-la possibile_fw-la vel_fw-la impossibile_fw-it that_o a_o thousand_o year_n hence_o a_o free_a create_a agent_n that_o can_v do_v otherwise_o will_v cause_v such_o a_o act_n it_o may_v be_v denominate_v future_a without_o the_o take_n in_o of_o any_o antecedent_n cause_n into_o the_o notion_n it_o be_v call_v future_a because_o it_o will_v be_v and_o not_o because_o there_o be_v at_o present_a existent_n any_o cause_n from_o whence_o it_o will_v be_v mediate_o or_o immediate_o 74._o though_o futurity_n be_v nothing_o yet_o this_o proposition_n be_v something_o this_o or_o that_o will_v be_v and_o to_o know_v the_o futurity_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v most_o proper_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o that_o proposition_n it_o will_v be_v 75._o god_n know_v not_o by_o proposition_n for_o that_o be_v the_o imperfect_a mode_n of_o man_n but_o he_o know_v proposition_n when_o they_o be_v existent_a as_o humane_a instrument_n or_o conception_n and_o therefore_o he_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o all_o true_a proposition_n of_o futurity_n 76._o what_o man_n know_v by_o proposition_n god_n know_v otherwise_o by_o a_o more_o transcendent_a perfect_a but_o incomprehensible_a way_n therefore_o god_n know_v that_o every_o thing_n will_v be_v which_o will_v be_v 77._o there_o be_v âo_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n for_o man_n that_o use_v they_o be_v not_o and_o god_n use_v they_o not_o though_o he_o know_v they_o as_o use_v by_o man_n therefore_o this_o proposition_n hoc_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la be_v not_o from_o eternity_n because_o non_fw-la entis_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la affectiones_fw-la 78._o but_o if_o there_o have_v be_v such_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n as_o the_o world_n will_v be_v make_v christ_n will_v be_v incarnate_a etc._n etc._n they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a and_o so_o the_o eternal_a futurity_n of_o thing_n as_o common_o dispute_v of_o can_v be_v nothing_o but_o the_o eternal_a verity_n of_o a_o proposition_n de_fw-fr futuritione_fw-la which_o be_v no_o proposition_n because_o then_o there_o be_v none_o only_o in_o time_n man_n brain_n imagine_v or_o feign_v that_o then_o there_o may_v have_v be_v creature_n who_o may_v have_v use_v proposition_n the_o futuritione_fw-la rerum_fw-la which_o if_o they_o have_v they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a 79._o all_o verity_n be_v either_o 1._o rei_fw-la 2._o conceptus_fw-la 3._o expressionis_fw-la and_o 1._o ubi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la rei_fw-la the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o from_o eternity_n be_v not_o a_o true_a thing_n from_o eternity_n 2._o the_o divine_a knowledge_n that_o such_o and_o such_o thing_n will_v be_v be_v true_a from_o eternity_n by_o a_o incomprehensible_a way_n above_o proposition_n 3._o if_o there_o have_v be_v any_o proposition_n mental_a or_o verbal_a de_fw-fr rerum_fw-la futuritione_fw-la they_o will_v have_v be_v true_a and_o this_o be_v all_o that_o can_v true_o be_v say_v of_o the_o eternity_n of_o futurition_n 80._o only_o this_o be_v add_v that_o so_o far_o as_o god_n will_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n determine_v of_o any_o thing_n that_o will_v be_v so_o far_o he_o be_v eternal_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o proposition_n hoc_fw-la erit_fw-la when_o such_o a_o proposition_n shall_v be_v 81._o but_o where_o god_n will_v be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o will_v be_v there_o it_o be_v not_o his_o cause_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o proposition_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o it_o will_v be_v though_o his_o knowledge_n be_v a_o medium_n from_o whence_o it_o may_v logical_o be_v infer_v that_o it_o will_v be_v 82._o moreover_o whatever_o be_v from_o eternity_n must_v be_v res_fw-la or_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la or_o relatio_fw-la but_o from_o eternity_n there_o be_v no_o res_fw-la futura_fw-la no_o modus_fw-la rei_fw-la futurae_fw-la no_o relatio_fw-la rei_fw-la futurae_fw-la etc._n futurae_fw-la futurae_fw-la futurae_fw-la i_o know_v that_o the_o judicious_a greg._n arim._n 1._o d._n 28._o q._n 3._o pag._n 122_o etc._n etc._n assert_v these_o four_o thing_n 1._o that_o aliquid_fw-la potest_fw-la reserri_fw-la realiter_fw-la ad_fw-la non_fw-la ens_fw-la 2._o non_fw-la ens_fw-la potest_fw-la realiter_fw-la referri_fw-la ad_fw-la ens_fw-la 3._o quod_fw-la deus_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la referebatur_fw-la ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la erat_fw-la 4._o quod_fw-la deus_fw-la realiter_fw-la reserlur_n ad_fw-la creaturam_fw-la ex_fw-la tempore_fw-la and_o his_o reason_n be_v very_o considerable_a for_o three_o of_o they_o but_o as_o to_o the_o second_o which_o concern_v our_o case_n he_o fail_v for_o 1._o his_o first_o reason_n that_o relation_n be_v ever_o mutual_a or_o convertible_a i_o deny_v his_o proof_n as_o vain_a as_o to_o the_o reality_n of_o the_o relation_n 2._o and_o that_o res_fw-la non_fw-la existens_fw-la be_v causa_fw-la i_o deny_v fuit_fw-la causa_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la 2._o and_o remember_v that_o he_o instance_v only_o in_o thing_n as_o cause_v or_o foreknow_v sin_n therefore_o can_v be_v call_v future_a but_o as_o fore-known_a 3._o remember_v that_o his_o master_n ockam_n have_v oft_o in_o quodl_n prove_v that_o relation_n be_v nothing_o beside_o the_o quid_fw-la absolution_n and_o reason_n be_v nothing_o but_o comparabilitas_fw-la all_o be_v but_o to_o say_v that_o god_n fore-knew_a what_o will_v be_v and_o therefore_o have_v there_o be_v such_o a_o proposition_n from_o eternity_n as_o this_o will_n be_v it_o have_v be_v true_a vid._n aquin._n 1._o p._n d._n 38._o q._n 1._o a._n 1._o bonav_n ib._n a._n 1._o q._n 1._o &_o 2._o durand_n 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o scot._n ib._n q._n 1._o cajet_fw-fr banne_n rip_n zumel_n nazar_n molin_n vasqu_n arrub._n etc._n etc._n 1._o p._n q._n 14._o a._n 8._o greg._n valent._n 1._o p._n d._n 1._o q._n 14._o punc_fw-la 5._o s_o 3._o alvar._n the_o auxil_n disp_n 16._o snarez_n de_fw-fr aâxil_n l._n 1._o c._n 13._o
no_o power_n use_v to_o produce_v it_o which_o be_v not_o give_v by_o god_n 160._o a_o act_n as_o such_o have_v no_o morality_n in_o it_o but_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o so_o it_o be_v from_o god_n as_o he_o be_v fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la but_o the_o morality_n of_o a_o act_n be_v formal_o the_o relative_n rectitude_n or_o obliquity_n of_o it_o refer_v to_o god_n govern_v will_n or_o law_n and_o to_o his_o amiable_a goodness_n or_o will_n as_o it_o be_v man_n end_n and_o material_o it_o be_v not_o the_o act_n as_o such_o but_o the_o act_n as_o exercise_v on_o a_o unmeet_a object_n rather_o than_o on_o a_o meet_a one_o or_o to_o a_o undue_a end_n rather_o than_o a_o due_a end_n or_o else_o the_o omission_n of_o the_o act_n as_o to_o the_o due_a end_n and_o object_n which_o be_v the_o sin_n and_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la of_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o so_o è_fw-la contra_fw-la 161._o this_o comparative_a mode_n of_o exercise_n add_v no_o proper_a physical_a entity_n at_o all_o to_o the_o general_n nature_n of_o the_o act_n as_o such_o in_o omission_n of_o love_v trust_v fear_v serve_v god_n there_o be_v no_o natural_a act_n but_o a_o privation_n of_o it_o in_o commit_v sin_n to_o love_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o natural_a entity_n than_o to_o love_v that_o rather_o than_o this_o and_o no_o more_o than_o be_v in_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o love_n as_o such_o a_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la be_v not_o ens_fw-la but_o this_o comparative_a choice_n be_v but_o the_o modus_fw-la modi_n entis_fw-la for_o a_o action_n be_v but_o modus_fw-la entis_fw-la and_o this_o be_v but_o a_o modus_fw-la actionis_fw-la 162._o it_o be_v therefore_o a_o invalid_a argument_n which_o be_v the_o all_o of_o the_o dominican_n that_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o causa_fw-la prima_fw-la and_o so_o be_v god_n if_o he_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n without_o god_n predetermining_a pre-motion_n and_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o be_v in_o the_o world_n which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o for_o this_o morality_n and_o modality_n be_v no_o proper_a be_v above_o the_o act_n as_o such_o 163._o if_o any_o will_v litigate_v de_fw-fr nomine_fw-la entis_fw-la let_v they_o call_v it_o be_v or_o nobeing_a as_o they_o please_v but_o it_o be_v such_o as_o god_n can_v make_v a_o creature_n able_a to_o do_v and_o he_o that_o dare_v say_v that_o god_n almighty_a who_o make_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v a_o creature_n that_o can_v determine_v his_o own_o will_n to_o this_o object_n rather_o than_o to_o that_o under_o divine_a universal_a influx_n without_o divine_a predetermining_a pre-motion_n on_o pretence_n that_o his_o wit_n do_v find_v a_o contradiction_n in_o it_o be_v bold_a against_o god_n than_o i_o shall_v be_v and_o if_o god_n can_v do_v it_o we_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o doubt_v whether_o it_o be_v do_v 164._o man_n seem_v not_o in_o deny_v this_o to_o consider_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o word_n 457._o word_n word_n word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n therefore_o of_o dr._n twisse_n who_o oft_o say_v that_o god_n deny_v to_o adam_n no_o grace_n ad_fw-la posse_fw-la but_o he_o deny_v he_o grace_v necessary_a ad_fw-la agere_fw-la for_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n who_o have_v not_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a to_o the_o act_n vid._n rad._n li._n 1._o cont._n 29._o art_n 1._o pag._n 457._o power_n when_o they_o confess_v that_o god_n give_v man_n the_o power_n to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v and_o yet_o say_v that_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o act_n by_o it_o without_o the_o say_a pre-motion_n if_o so_o it_o be_v only_o a_o power_n to_o choose_v when_o predetermine_v to_o it_o he_o that_o have_v a_o proper_a power_n to_o choose_v be_v able_a to_o choose_v and_o can_v choose_v by_o that_o power_n 165._o god_n therefore_o be_v true_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o act_n by_o give_v the_o power_n and_o do_v all_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la to_o the_o exercise_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o our_o liberty_n in_o make_v we_o free-agent_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o moral_a goodness_n of_o our_o action_n by_o all_o that_o he_o do_v by_o his_o law_n providence_n and_o grace_n to_o make_v they_o good_a but_o he_o be_v no_o way_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o they_o as_o evil_n 166._o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la secândarum_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la universalis_fw-la bellarmin_n universal_a cause_n seem_v the_o same_o wiââ_n what_o durandus_fw-la mean_v and_o pennottus_n deny_v durandus_n opinion_n say_v l._n 4._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o non_fw-la quod_fw-la evidenter_fw-la sequatur_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la opinion_n dari_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la rerum_fw-la principia_fw-la multi_fw-la enim_fw-la philosophi_fw-la ut_fw-la plato_n aristot_n âgnoverunt_fw-la unum_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la omnium_fw-la &_o tamen_fw-la non_fw-la agnoverunt_fw-la istud_fw-la primum_fw-la principium_fw-la essâ_n causam_fw-la immediatam_fw-la omnium_fw-la esseâluum_fw-la causarum_fw-la secândarum_fw-la the_o sense_n of_o this_o word_n must_v needs_o be_v open_v by_o this_o distinction_n a_o cause_n be_v call_v universal_a 1._o in_o praedicando_fw-la logical_o and_o so_o artifex_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la rei_fw-la artificialis_fw-la &_o statuarius_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o polycletus_n est_fw-la causa_fw-la singularis_fw-la huius_fw-la statuae_fw-la 2._o in_o causande_n as_o to_o the_o effect_n and_o so_o that_o be_v a_o universal_a cause_n who_o causality_n extend_v to_o many_o effect_n and_o this_o be_v twofold_a 1._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o somewhat_o common_a to_o all_o those_o effect_n but_o not_o of_o all_o that_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o unless_o its_o causality_n be_v otherwise_o as_o by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la determine_v and_o so_o the_o sun_n be_v causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la of_o the_o sweetness_n of_o the_o rose_n and_o the_o stink_n of_o the_o dunghill_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la ut_fw-la fons_fw-la naturae_fw-la by_o his_o common_a sustain_n and_o move_a influx_n of_o all_o sinful_a action_n 2._o when_o it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o action_n not_o only_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v common_a to_o they_o all_o but_o as_o to_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o by_o which_o they_o differ_v from_o one_o another_o and_o that_o of_o itself_o and_o not_o as_o determine_v by_o the_o dispositio_fw-la recipientis_fw-la or_o by_o any_o other_o cause_n and_o so_o god_n be_v the_o universal_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v mere_o physical_a in_o all_o being_n and_o action_n as_o in_o generation_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v proper_o to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v at_o once_o both_o cause_n universalis_fw-la particularis_fw-la &_o singularis_fw-la and_o how_o far_o he_o be_v thus_o also_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o moral_a good_a of_o all_o action_n i_o must_v open_v to_o you_o more_o distinct_o in_o the_o three_o part_n but_o of_o the_o sinful_a morality_n of_o action_n he_o be_v not_o such_o a_o cause_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a universal_a as_o aforesaid_a 167._o they_o that_o deny_v our_o self-determining_a power_n do_v make_v volition_n and_o free-volition_a to_o signify_v the_o same_o and_o cogency_n to_o be_v nothing_o but_o to_o make_v man_n willing_a and_o unwilling_a both_o at_o once_o in_o the_o same_o act_n do_v seem_v rather_o to_o jest_v than_o serious_o dispute_v and_o to_o define_v freewill_n to_o be_v only_o lubentia_fw-la vel_fw-la volitio_fw-la secundum_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o other_o for_o velle_fw-la juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la be_v no_o more_o than_o velle_fw-la the_o will_n be_v the_o rational_a appetite_n distinct_a from_o the_o sensitive_a and_o if_o velle_fw-la and_o libere_fw-la velle_fw-la be_v all_o one_o why_o do_v we_o blind_v the_o world_n with_o word_n and_o do_v not_o plain_o put_v the_o case_n whether_o man_n have_v any_o will_n and_o not_o whether_o his_o will_n be_v free_a and_o if_o to_o take_v away_o its_o liberty_n or_o constrain_v it_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o make_v the_o same_o numerical_a act_n which_o be_v a_o volition_n simultaneous_o to_o be_v no_o volition_n or_o not_o the_o volition_n of_o another_o thing_n the_o question_n whether_o the_o will_n may_v be_v constrain_v be_v ridiculous_a if_o the_o will_v be_v not_o force_v as_o long_o as_o it_o will_v or_o will_v juxta_fw-la rationem_fw-la then_o to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v will_n by_o constraint_n be_v to_o question_v whether_o it_o can_v at_o once_o will_v and_o not_o will_n state_v will_n will_n will_n of_o this_o see_v je_fw-fr blank_n excellent_a thesis_n de_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la absolute_a the_o definition_n of_o alvarââ_n of_o freewill_n be_v lib._n arbitrium_fw-la est_fw-la facultas_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la
528._o 3._o other_o say_v as_o camero_n that_o the_o intellect_n necessitate_v the_o will_n and_o the_o object_n and_o temptation_n necessitate_v the_o intellect_n and_o god_n cause_v the_o object_n and_o law_n and_o permit_v the_o tempter_n 529._o 4._o other_o say_v that_o god_n only_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o nature_n 1._o by_o support_n and_o concourse_n necessary_a to_o all_o agent_n cause_v the_o act_n as_o a_o act_n in_o general_n 2._o and_o give_v power_n also_o to_o act_n or_o not_o act_v free_o 3._o and_o as_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v that_o which_o he_o know_v man_n will_v make_v a_o occasion_n of_o their_o sin_n 4._o and_o also_o by_o his_o providence_n cause_v many_o effect_n of_o which_o man_n sin_n be_v also_o a_o cause_n 5._o and_o after_o bring_v good_a out_o of_o their_o evil_n 6._o but_o as_o to_o the_o sin_n itself_o he_o be_v no_o cause_n of_o it_o either_o as_o sin_n or_o punishment_n either_o of_o the_o form_n or_o of_o the_o act_n as_o moral_o specify_v that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v about_o this_o forbid_v object_n or_o end_v rather_o than_o another_o and_o this_o opinion_n i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o undoubted_a truth_n 530._o let_v it_o here_o be_v note_v 1._o that_o the_o five_o thing_n here_o grant_v be_v all_o certain_a truth_n 2._o and_o that_o they_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v necessary_a on_o god_n part_n in_o respect_n to_o the_o event_n which_o we_o see_v and_o unnecessary_n be_v not_o to_o be_v assert_v 3._o that_o they_o full_o show_v god_n to_o be_v the_o perfect_a governor_n of_o the_o world_n and_o all_o therein_o 4._o and_o yet_o to_o be_v no_o author_n of_o sin_n let_v we_o consider_v of_o the_o particular_n 531._o i._n it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o creator_n have_v make_v man_n a_o vital_a agent_n and_o therefore_o a_o self-actor_n under_o he_o and_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n and_o therefore_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o follow_v the_o perception_n of_o sense_n alone_o and_o a_o free-willing_a agent_n and_o therefore_o have_v a_o power_n to_o act_n or_o not_o act_n hic_fw-mi &_o nunc_fw-la or_o to_o choose_v or_o refuse_v or_o to_o choose_v this_o rather_o than_o that_o as_o far_o as_o consist_v with_o his_o necessary_a volition_n which_o i_o acknowledge_v and_o enumerate_v before_o which_o be_v part_n of_o gibieuf_n and_o guil._n camerarius_fw-la scot._n meaning_n by_o their_o servato_fw-la ordine_fw-la finis_fw-la though_o i_o think_v that_o annatus_n do_v not_o unjust_o accuse_v gibieuf_n of_o confusion_n and_o unskilfulness_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o that_o matter_n 532._o ii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o as_o motus_fw-la vel_fw-la actio_fw-la be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la it_o be_v of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o nature_n conclus_fw-la nature_n nature_n nature_n vid._n gregor_n arim._n in_o 2._o d._n 28._o q._n 1._o a._n 3._o ad_fw-la arg_fw-mi 8._o &_o 12._o who_o judgement_n many_o schoolman_n follow_v vasquez_n thus_o abbreviate_v and_o report_v he_o in_o 1_o tho._n q._n 23._o d._n 99_o c._n 4._o mâtionem_fw-la dei_fw-la ordine_fw-la causae_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la cooperatione_a &_o determinatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la at_o in_o operibus_fw-la peccati_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la &_o seclusa_fw-la malitia_fw-la priorem_fw-la esse_fw-la nostram_fw-la determinationâm_fw-la &_o codem_fw-la ordine_fw-la baec_fw-la inter_fw-la se_fw-la comparari_fw-la in_o aeternitaââ_n exit_fw-la quo_fw-la inserunt_fw-la deum_fw-la praefinisse_fw-la opera_fw-la bona_fw-la ante_fw-la detârminatiânâm_fw-la nostram_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la praevisam_fw-la sed_fw-la mala_fw-la secundum_fw-la substantiam_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la praecognita_fw-la determinatione_fw-la nostrae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la vid._n marsil_n in_o 1._o q._n 45._o be_v 2._o post_fw-la 4._o conclus_fw-la and_o so_o when_o a_o sinner_n act_v it_o be_v not_o without_o this_o universal_a first_o cause_n whether_o god_n do_v it_o only_o as_o durandus_fw-la thought_n by_o the_o mere_a continuation_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o all_o thing_n active_a and_o mobile_n or_o by_o any_o superadded_a concourse_n beside_o be_v nothing_o to_o our_o present_a business_n which_o only_o show_v that_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n 533._o iii_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o govern_v providence_n by_o do_v good_a do_v set_v before_o man_n that_o which_o they_o make_v a_o occasion_n of_o all_o their_o evil_n every_o thing_n be_v turn_v into_o sin_n by_o sinner_n 16._o sinner_n sinner_n sinner_n titus_n 1._o 15_o 16._o and_o to_o the_o unclean_a all_o thing_n be_v unclean_a through_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o their_o own_o mind_n and_o conscience_n as_o to_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a all_o thing_n be_v pure_a and_o sanctify_a bad_a stomach_n corrupt_v the_o wholsome_a food_n all_o god_n mercy_n be_v abuse_v to_o sin_n 534._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n fore-knew_a this_o and_o yet_o that_o he_o be_v no_o way_n oblige_v to_o deny_v man_n life_n or_o take_v it_o away_o lest_o they_o abuse_v it_o or_o deny_v man_n all_o those_o mercy_n or_o remove_v they_o which_o he_o forsee_v that_o they_o will_v turn_v to_o sin_n 535._o iv_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n often_o concur_v to_o the_o cause_v of_o the_o very_a same_o effect_n which_o sin_n also_o cause_v and_o so_o be_v as_o a_o concause_n of_o it_o with_o sin_n and_o this_o effect_n be_v so_o near_o to_o the_o act_n of_o sin_n as_o that_o the_o sin_n itself_o be_v oft_o call_v by_o its_o name_n as_o if_o it_o be_v its_o near_a matter_n which_o it_o be_v not_o and_o this_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o great_a mistake_n of_o man_n in_o this_o case_n that_o cannoâ_n distinguish_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o instance_n 536._o v._o and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n as_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n do_v do_v much_o good_a by_o the_o occasion_n of_o man_n sin_n but_o this_o be_v not_o to_o turn_v the_o sin_n itself_o into_o good_a 537._o vi_o and_o to_o these_o five_o operation_n of_o god_n i_o add_v as_o to_o his_o volition_n that_o all_o this_o which_o he_o do_v he_o will_v or_o decree_v to_o do_v and_o he_o have_v no_o contrary_a will_n at_o all_o 538._o but_o that_o which_o we_o deny_v be_v that_o he_o be_v any_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o sin_n itself_o efficient_a or_o deficient_a culpable_a or_o not_o culpable_a physical_a or_o moral_a for_o the_o open_n of_o which_o we_o must_v inquire_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o go_v to_o its_o be_v or_o constitution_n 539._o all_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v our_o ruler_n by_o a_o law_n and_o also_o our_o ultimate_a end_n as_o he_o be_v optimus_fw-la &_o amabilissimus_fw-la and_o that_o he_o be_v our_o absolute_a owner_n and_o that_o as_o rational_a free_a agent_n we_o that_o be_v his_o own_o be_v also_o his_o subject_n and_o beneficiaries_n and_o make_v capable_a of_o love_v he_o as_o our_o ultimate_a end_n and_o of_o obey_v his_o law_n and_o that_o sin_n be_v our_o disobedience_n to_o these_o law_n with_o our_o deny_v god_n ourselves_o as_o his_o own_o and_o withhold_v or_o pervert_v the_o love_n which_o we_o owe_v he_o as_o our_o end_n 540._o as_o logic_n have_v confound_v we_o in_o most_o other_o case_n by_o arbitrary_a unsuitable_a second_o notion_n make_v we_o a_o shoe_n not_o meet_v for_o the_o foot_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v thing_n without_o those_o unfit_a notion_n than_o with_o they_o so_o have_v it_o do_v here_o man_n may_v more_o easy_o know_v what_o sin_n be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v to_o disobey_v a_o law_n and_o that_o either_o by_o do_v what_o we_o shall_v not_o or_o by_o not_o do_v what_o we_o be_v command_v than_o they_o can_v know_v by_o what_o logical_a or_o metaphysical_a name_n it_o shall_v be_v call_v whether_o a_o privation_n or_o a_o relation_n a_o act_n or_o no_o act_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v not_o only_o for_o logician_n that_o god_n make_v his_o law_n nor_o be_v it_o only_o a_o metaphysical_a conscience_n that_o will_v accuse_v man_n or_o condemn_v they_o and_o torment_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n 541._o no_o act_n mere_o as_o a_o act_n in_o genere_fw-la be_v forbid_v of_o god_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o active_a nature_n and_o can_v no_o more_o cease_v all_o action_n than_o to_o be_v though_o it_o can_v forbear_v a_o particular_a act_n as_o to_o this_o object_n and_o at_o this_o time_n and_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o act_n as_o such_o 542._o i_o have_v show_v before_o that_o as_o action_n itself_o be_v no_o substance_n but_o the_o mode_n or_o motion_n of_o a_o substance_n so_o to_o choose_v this_o object_n rather_o than_o that_o have_v no_o more_o of_o action_n in_o it_o than_o to_o have_v choose_v the_o other_o or_o than_o 4._o exit_fw-la to_o verb_n quoth_v dâus_a concââ_n at_o nobiscum_fw-la ad_fw-la actum_fw-la peccati_fw-la prout_fw-la facultas_fw-la liberi_fw-la
soever_o that_o god_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n except_o some_o odd_a presumer_n who_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o generality_n one_o or_o two_o speak_v some_o hard_a word_n that_o way_n in_o belgia_n who_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n reject_v mr._n archer_n book_n be_v burn_v for_o it_o by_o the_o parliament_n or_o westminster_n synod_n beza_n himself_o in_o rom._n 8._o 28._o &_o passim_fw-la abhor_v it_o as_o intolerable_a blasphemy_n but_o this_o doctrine_n in_o question_n plain_o make_v god_n the_o willer_n and_o cause_n of_o sin_n yea_o more_o very_o much_o more_o than_o wicked_a man_n or_o devil_n be_v which_o be_v not_o true_a 578._o for_o they_o make_v man_n and_o devil_n to_o be_v but_o a_o second_o premoved_n predetermine_v cause_n of_o the_o act_n of_o volition_n and_o execution_n whence_o the_o formal_a obliquity_n necessary_o result_v but_o 1._o god_n be_v certain_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o agent_n 2._o he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o law_n which_o make_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la to_o be_v sin_n his_o say_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n or_o murder_n make_v adultery_n and_o murder_n to_o be_v sin_n when_o they_o be_v commit_v which_o they_o will_v not_o be_v without_o the_o law_n 3._o god_n cause_v and_o order_v all_o the_o object_n and_o occasion_n 4._o and_o now_o they_o also_o say_v that_o god_n will_v ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la and_o be_v the_o first_o predetermine_v cause_n even_o the_o total_a cause_n of_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o act_n and_o all_o its_o circumstance_n without_o which_o predetermination_n it_o can_v not_o be_v so_o that_o man_n do_v but_o will_n what_o god_n first_o will_v and_o act_v what_o god_n first_o move_v he_o unavoidable_o to_o act_v as_o the_o pen_n in_o my_o hand_n 5._o and_o the_o law_n and_o the_o act_n be_v put_v in_o be_v the_o relative_n obliquity_n be_v but_o the_o necessary_a result_n and_o have_v no_o other_o cause_n 579._o and_o note_v here_o what_o estius_n before_o cite_v after_o aquinas_n say_v that_o to_o will_v that_o peccatum_fw-la sit_fw-la vel_fw-la fiat_fw-la be_v all_o that_o the_o sinner_n himself_o do_v when_o he_o will_v sin_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n here_o to_o distinguish_v between_o willing_a sin_n and_o willing_a the_o event_n futurity_n and_o existence_n of_o it_o ut_fw-la peccatum_fw-la fiat_fw-la vel_fw-la eveniat_fw-la though_o i_o confess_v i_o be_v long_o detain_v in_o suspense_n if_o not_o deceive_v by_o that_o distinction_n for_o he_o will_v sin_n who_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o or_o that_o it_o be_v or_o come_v to_o pass_v 580._o and_o note_v that_o it_o be_v both_o matter_n and_o form_n act_n and_o obliquity_n which_o they_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la for_o it_o be_v sin_n and_o forma_fw-la that_fw-mi nomen_fw-la it_o be_v not_o sin_n but_o by_o the_o form_n of_o sin_n but_o if_o they_o have_v say_v otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v all_o one_o for_o he_o that_o will_v the_o fundamentum_fw-la relate_fw-la and_o correlate_n both_o say_v twisse_n vindic._n graâ_n li._n 1._o p._n 1._o sect._n 7._o p._n 137._o posito_fw-la quod_fw-la velit_fw-la perâectiones_fw-la istas_fw-la manifestare_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la impediat_fw-la ingressum_fw-la peccati_fw-la sed_fw-la permittat_fw-la 1._o as_o if_o he_o have_v prove_v that_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o manifest_v his_o mercy_n and_o justice_n by_o law_n and_o illuminate_v man_n to_o know_v they_o without_o execution_n by_o the_o occasion_n of_o sin_n 2._o yet_o do_v he_o make_v christ_n death_n unnecessary_a and_o his_o satisfaction_n to_o justice_n so_o far_o as_o that_o god_n can_v have_v accomplish_v our_o pardon_n and_o salvation_n another_o way_n if_o he_o will_v and_o be_v sin_n better_o or_o more_o necessary_a than_o christ_n satisfaction_n 3._o and_o methinks_v they_o that_o lie_v so_o little_a on_o moral_a mean_n and_o operation_n of_o grace_n in_o comparison_n of_o physical_a shall_v not_o give_v so_o much_o to_o sin_n which_o be_v it_o a_o mean_n as_o it_o be_v not_o but_o a_o passive_a and_o opposite_a occasion_n be_v but_o a_o moral_a mean_n and_o himself_o say_v page_n 136._o permissio_fw-la peccati_fw-la proprie_fw-la medium_n est_fw-la assequendi_fw-la âinem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la praefixum_fw-la at_o peccatum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la medium_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la sive_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la sive_fw-la justitiae_fw-la media_fw-la enim_fw-la ejus_fw-la sunt_fw-la naturae_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la facienda_fw-la mouâatur_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la intention_n finis_fw-la will_v the_o reader_n have_v a_o better_a confuter_n of_o he_o than_o himself_o but_o he_o there_o add_v that_o it_o be_v materia_fw-la etsi_fw-la non_fw-la medium_n as_o stone_n and_o timber_n to_o a_o house_n and_o yet_o sin_n they_o say_v have_v no_o matter_n beside_o the_o subject_n and_o object_n but_o be_v a_o mere_a privation_n of_o moral_a rectitude_n but_o if_o it_o be_v to_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n loco_fw-la materiae_fw-la it_o be_v not_o so_o to_o christ_n rather_o if_o a_o beggar_n want_v a_o house_n be_v that_o want_v the_o materia_fw-la domus_fw-la no_o nor_o the_o materia_fw-la of_o his_o mercy_n or_o bounty_n that_o build_v it_o thus_o the_o defectiveness_n of_o the_o subtle_a wit_n abuse_v god_n and_o his_o church_n when_o the_o christian_a simplicity_n of_o modest_a soul_n with_o a_o holy_a life_n will_v honour_v he_o so_o sect._n 9_o pag._n 137._o peccatum_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la propriâ_n dicendum_fw-la esse_fw-la materiam_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la dei_fw-la sive_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la sive_fw-la iâstitiâ_n potiâs_fw-la quam_fw-la medium_n permissionem_fw-la vero_fw-la peccati_fw-la medium_n esse_fw-la ejus_fw-la manifestandae_fw-la proprie_fw-la dictum_fw-la but_o 1._o how_o oft_o elsewhere_o do_v he_o forget_v and_o contradict_v this_o 2._o permission_n itself_o be_v nothing_o be_v but_o non-impedire_a and_o be_v nothing_o or_o non-agere_a a_o proper_a mean_n but_o especial_o i_o entreat_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v that_o in_o that_o very_a place_n twisse_n and_o arminius_n be_v herein_o profess_o agree_v that_o it_o be_v the_o permission_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v the_o divine_a medium_n only_a one_o say_v praedestinationis_fw-la and_o the_o other_o providentia_fw-la and_o yet_o they_o will_v differ_v while_o they_o agree_v and_o i_o that_o differ_v from_o both_o will_v agree_v with_o both_o will_v the_o relation_n 581._o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v to_o be_v say_v then_o but_o that_o god_n will_v that_o sin_n be_v do_v but_o not_o as_o sin_n or_o because_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o this_o be_v nothing_o for_o 1._o either_o none_n or_o few_o of_o the_o reprobate_n do_v will_v sin_v because_o it_o be_v sin_n but_o because_o of_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sense_n or_o imagination_n or_o for_o seem_v good_a 2._o and_o if_o a_o man_n or_o devil_n do_v malicious_o will_v sin_v as_o sin_v because_o it_o be_v against_o god_n so_o do_v be_v but_o one_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o say_v god_n will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la before_o they_o will_v it_o and_o predetermine_v they_o to_o it_o so_o that_o here_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o but_o what_o be_v first_o and_o chief_o of_o god_n 582._o if_o they_o say_v that_o god_n will_v it_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o justice_n and_o so_o do_v not_o wicked_a man_n but_o for_o wicked_a end_n or_o in_o enmity_n to_o god_n i_o answer_v that_o prove_v that_o god_n have_v a_o will_n which_o the_o wicked_a have_v not_o but_o not_o that_o the_o wicked_a have_v any_o will_n which_o god_n have_v not_o for_o that_o will_v and_o that_o enmity_n to_o god_n still_o be_v but_o one_o of_o their_o sin_n which_o they_o say_v god_n first_o will_v ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la 583._o obj._n but_o it_o be_v only_o ut_fw-la fiat_fw-la ipso_fw-la permittente_fw-la non_fw-la faciente_fw-la answ_n the_o hypocrisy_n of_o that_o addition_n make_v it_o but_o the_o worse_a in_o the_o assertor_n for_o 1._o they_o usual_o make_v god_n will_v effective_a of_o the_o thing_n will_v 2._o they_o maintain_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o act_n as_o circumstantiate_v which_o god_n be_v not_o the_o total_a first_o efficient_a cause_n of_o 3._o they_o confess_v that_o the_o formal_a relation_n necessary_o result_v from_o the_o act_n and_o law_n and_o why_o then_o do_v they_o put_v in_o the_o word_n permittente_fw-la will_v not_o that_o deceitful_o insinuate_v to_o the_o reader_n that_o the_o sinner_n do_v something_o which_o god_n do_v not_o do_v but_o only_o permit_v when_o they_o mean_v no_o such_o thing_n for_o that_o be_v my_o second_o reason_n against_o they_o 584._o 2._o by_o their_o doctrine_n god_n never_o permit_v sin_n which_o be_v false_a for_o that_o which_o he_o will_v and_o cause_v as_o the_o first_o total_a cause_n he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o permit_v to_o do_v a_o thing_n and_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 patience_n to_o proceed_v any_o further_a ân_n it_o nor_o shall_v further_o thus_o exercise_v my_o reader_n patience_n the_o case_n be_v plain_a either_o hobbs_n or_o freewill_n permit_v must_v carry_v the_o cause_n in_o the_o case_n of_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o middle_a way_n he_o that_o will_v read_v ruiz_n and_o rutherford_n answer_v impartial_o need_v no_o more_o of_o i_o for_o the_o confutation_n of_o his_o vain_a response_n 657._o but_o cap._n 29._o p._n 484._o he_o fall_v also_o on_o our_o most_o learned_a and_o judicious_a dr._n field_n because_o in_o his_o lib._n 3._o c._n 3._o of_o the_o church_n he_o contradict_v his_o opinion_n and_o it_o must_v move_v just_a indignation_n in_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o add_v idque_fw-la probare_fw-la conatur_fw-la contra_fw-la reformatas_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la unworthy_a injury_n to_o the_o reform_a church_n more_o than_o to_o the_o worthy_a dr._n field_n how_o false_o be_v they_o interest_v in_o your_o unhappy_a cause_n see_v the_o 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chair_n and_o magisterial_o say_v fieldus_fw-la vir_fw-la alioqui_fw-la doctus_fw-la in_o his_o controversiis_fw-la minime_fw-la se_fw-la versatââ_n esse_fw-la prodit_fw-la &_o zumelem_fw-la grace_n zumelem_fw-la zumelem_fw-la zumelem_fw-la zumel_n in_o disp_n 1._o thom._n de_fw-fr voluntat_fw-la hom_n &_o lib._n arb_n pag._n 219_o 220._o quod_fw-la dââs_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la causa_fw-la peccati_fw-la though_o he_o speak_v cautesous_o and_o as_o in_o other_o man_n name_n yet_o conclude_v plain_o that_o god_n be_v but_o the_o causa_fw-la universalis_fw-la of_o sin_n and_o that_o man_n be_v the_o specify_v determine_a cause_n even_o que_fw-la universalem_fw-la determinat_fw-la ad_fw-la speciem_fw-la concursus_fw-la &_o actus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sive_fw-la solum_fw-la determinet_fw-la eam_fw-la formaliter_fw-la ad_fw-la speciem_fw-la etc._n etc._n yet_o this_o be_v a_o high_a thomist_a and_o defender_n of_o absolute_a grace_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la intelligit_fw-la quip_n non_fw-la satis_fw-la gâârus_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la arminianarum_fw-la &_o scripsit_fw-la dum_fw-la aulam_fw-la arminiââ_n plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la faventem_fw-la haberent_fw-la esteem_n haberent_fw-la haberent_fw-la haberent_fw-la thus_o magisterial_o do_v good_a dr._n twisse_n censure_n junius_n and_o vossius_fw-la his_o son-in-law_n as_o man_n unskilled_a in_o scholastic_a divinity_n who_o be_v both_o most_o excellent_a man_n and_o hit_v upon_o the_o reconcile_a truth_n above_o most_o in_o their_o age_n junius_n his_o discourse_n of_o predetermination_n be_v one_o of_o the_o first_o that_o ever_o i_o find_v that_o excellency_n in_o and_o with_o his_o irenicon_n be_v most_o worthy_a of_o great_a esteem_n but_o how_o easy_a be_v it_o for_o a_o man_n to_o overvalue_v himself_o and_o contemn_v another_o i_o high_o value_v the_o piety_n in_o mr._n ââtherfords_v letter_n i_o be_o no_o fit_a arbyter_n ingeniorum_fw-la but_o when_o i_o hear_v other_o man_n say_v that_o one_o field_n be_v more_o judicious_a than_o many_o rutherford_n i_o confess_v by_o read_v their_o several_a writing_n i_o find_v no_o temptation_n to_o deny_v it_o and_o why_o shall_v field_n and_o consequent_o davenant_n Êsher_n carlton_n mâton_n hall_n the_o synod_n of_o dort_n and_o i_o think_v the_o far_o great_a part_n of_o protestant_n i_o very_o think_v fifty_o if_o not_o a_o hundred_o for_o one_o who_o be_v against_o you_o be_v make_v odious_a by_o the_o supposition_n of_o be_v not_o far_o enough_o from_o arminian_o rather_o than_o maceovius_n twisse_n and_o rutherford_n take_v it_o for_o a_o disgrace_n to_o hold_v the_o same_o opinion_n against_o god_n holiness_n which_o the_o dâânican_a friar_n hold_v who_o have_v be_v the_o bloody_a master_n of_o the_o inquisition_n and_o murder_v so_o many_o thousand_o protestant_n or_o waldenses_n and_o alligenses_n and_o that_o which_o he_o say_v of_o field_n write_v when_o the_o court_n favour_v arminianism_n be_v notorious_o false_a and_o such_o insinuation_n unworthy_a of_o so_o good_a a_o man_n as_o the_o speaker_n field_n work_n be_v print_v single_o before_o they_o be_v print_v together_o in_o folio_n and_o his_o five_o book_n be_v print_v aâno_n 1610._o and_o the_o word_n cite_v be_v in_o the_o three_o print_v before_o and_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n be_v call_v an._n 1618._o and_o sit_v 1619._o also_o and_o king_n james_n be_v a_o zealous_a suppressor_n of_o arminianism_n and_o send_v five_o or_o six_o divine_n thither_o to_o that_o end_n and_o long_o after_o in_o king_n charles_n his_o day_n pet._n heylin_n in_o the_o life_n of_o archbishop_n laud_n will_v tell_v you_o that_o the_o arminiââ_n bishop_n then_o be_v but_o five_o neale_n laud_n buckeridge_n corbet_n and_o howsââ_n to_o who_o learned_a montague_n be_v after_o add_v so_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o trust_v their_o cause_n with_o a_o convocation_n field_n then_o shall_v be_v a_o most_o judition_n worthy_a divine_a when_o partiality_n have_v say_v its_o worst_a 658._o and_o what_o be_v his_o error_n why_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n to_o say_v that_o god_n cause_v the_o act_n in_o all_o its_o state_n which_o be_v the_o materials_n peccati_fw-la and_o cause_v not_o the_o formale_a which_o be_v inseparable_a a_o foul_a error_n indeed_o to_o tell_v you_o that_o he_o that_o cause_v the_o subjectum_fw-la fundamentââ_n rationem_fw-la fundandi_fw-la &_o terminum_fw-la cause_v the_o relation_n and_o that_o he_o that_o make_v a_o european_a white_a and_o a_o african_a black_a cause_v the_o dissimilitude_n and_o so_o do_v he_o that_o make_v the_o straight_a rule_n and_o the_o crooked_a line_n thâ_n forbid_v law_n and_o the_o forbid_a act_n 659._o be_v it_o not_o that_o the_o necessity_n require_v such_o work_n because_o such_o book_n be_v in_o man_n hand_n i_o shall_v think_v i_o have_v injure_v the_o reader_n by_o thââ_n much_o for_o my_o work_n be_v not_o to_o confute_v book_n but_o to_o assert_v sure_a reconcile_a truth_n otherwise_o the_o confutation_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o book_n for_o god_n willing_a and_o cause_v all_o forbid_a act_n in_o their_o full_a state_n and_o the_o existence_n of_o sin_n be_v most_o easy_o answer_v sect_n xx._n the_o old_a reconcile_a doctrine_n of_o augustine_n prosper_n and_o fulgentius_n and_o first_o prosper_v ad_fw-la gallorum_n qu._n 660._o it_o be_v a_o strange_a thing_n to_o i_o that_o when_o pelagius_n julian_n faustus_n etc._n etc._n thought_n augustine_n a_o novelist_n and_o as_o usher_n assert_v will_v have_v fasten_v the_o title_n of_o predestination-heretick_n on_o his_o follower_n and_o almost_o all_o confess_v that_o augustine_n be_v if_o not_o the_o first_o yet_o the_o most_o notable_a public_a vindicator_n of_o absolute_a predestination_n and_o grace_n yet_o the_o judgement_n of_o austin_n with_o his_o disciple_n prosper_v and_o fulgentius_n do_v not_o serve_v turn_n to_o quiet_a if_o not_o to_o end_v these_o controversy_n among_o those_o who_o profess_v to_o be_v their_o follower_n when_o as_o they_o have_v so_o copious_o and_o plain_o write_v upon_o the_o
to_o make_v a_o difference_n 3._o the_o mean_n much_o differ_v which_o several_a man_n have_v and_o god_n usual_o operate_v according_a to_o the_o mean_n upon_o the_o soul_n §_o 5._o if_o the_o question_n be_v either_o of_o the_o act_n or_o habit_n it_o be_v no_o question_n for_o that_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o all_o man_n have_v equal_a faith_n love_n and_o other_o grace_n which_o common_a experience_n deny_v §_o 6._o whereas_o some_o will_v stick_v at_o my_o mention_v a_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o nature_n antecedent_n to_o act_n and_o habit_n i_o will_v have_v they_o remember_v that_o either_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o not_o if_o there_o be_v i_o right_o mention_v it_o if_o not_o we_o be_v instant_o at_o a_o end_n of_o all_o this_o sort_n of_o controversy_n and_o calvinist_n and_o arminian_n can_v differ_v if_o they_o will_v for_o then_o the_o question_n must_v be_v only_o about_o that_o which_o be_v past_a question_n viz._n 1._o either_o about_o god_n act_n as_o in_o himself_o which_o be_v his_o simple_a essence_n 2._o or_o about_o the_o act_n and_o habit_n of_o faith_n love_n etc._n etc._n in_o man_n which_o all_o the_o world_n know_v be_v not_o equal_a for_o all_o man_n have_v not_o faith_n for_o as_o for_o pre-disposition_n the_o question_n will_v be_v revolve_v to_o the_o same_o point_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o all_o be_v not_o equal_o dispose_v and_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o god_n act_n as_o in_o he_o be_v his_o essence_n sect_n x._o whether_o the_o say_a operation_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a §_o 1._o this_o paltry_a question_n be_v worthy_a but_o a_o few_o word_n though_o â_o make_v too_o much_o stir_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n physical_a and_o moral_a have_v speak_v before_o i_o will_v not_o repeat_v it_o here_o 1._o if_o the_o question_n be_v the_o operatione_n ut_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la agentis_fw-la before_o the_o effect_n it_o be_v but_o to_o ask_v whether_o god_n essence_n be_v physical_a or_o moral_a which_o be_v unworthy_a a_o answer_n §_o 2._o 2._o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o action_n of_o second_o cause_n as_o the_o preacher_n etc._n etc._n if_o true_o act_v they_o be_v both_o physical_a as_o they_o be_v real_o actus_fw-la naturalis_fw-la and_o moral_a as_o they_o be_v the_o act_n of_o free_a intellectual_a agent_n but_o the_o act_n of_o law_n and_o other_o object_n mere_o as_o object_n on_o man_n be_v call_v moral_a act_n because_o they_o be_v but_o nominal_a but_o indeed_o be_v no_o act_n and_o therefore_o neither_o physical_a nor_o moral_a for_o they_o be_v but_o signa_fw-la and_o significare_fw-la be_v not_o agere_fw-la but_o be_v only_o a_o objective_a aptitude_n by_o which_o a_o intellectual_a agent_n can_v edify_v itself_o all_o the_o book_n in_o my_o library_n teach_v i_o without_o any_o action_n by_o be_v signa_fw-la objective_o to_o my_o active_a intellect_n §_o 3._o 3_o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o the_o divine_a impress_n on_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v quid_fw-la real_n and_o therefore_o physicum_fw-la and_o it_o be_v moral_a as_o it_o be_v the_o principium_fw-la actus_fw-la moralis_fw-la the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v say_v of_o our_o own_o act_n and_o habit_n they_o be_v physical_a and_o moral_a accident_n and_o they_o can_v be_v moral_a unless_o they_o be_v physical_a §_o 4._o but_o it_o must_v be_v know_v that_o to_o be_v quid_fw-la naturale_fw-la and_o quid_fw-la morale_fw-la formal_o differ_v as_o actus_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la and_o ordo_fw-la qua_fw-la ordo_fw-la do_v differ_v ab_fw-la ordine_fw-la seâ_n relatione_fw-la ad_fw-la legem_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la morum_fw-la and_o moralitas_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la physici_fw-la vel_fw-la privationis_fw-la relatio_fw-la viz._n ad_fw-la regulam_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la morum_fw-la §_o 5._o but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v not_o of_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o act_n but_o the_o morality_n of_o the_o cause_n viz._n whether_o grace_n or_o divine_a action_n do_v cause_n physical_o or_o moral_o i_o answer_v plain_o that_o there_o be_v no_o true_a cause_n which_o be_v not_o physical_a a_o moral_a cause_n not_o physical_a be_v but_o causa_fw-la reputata_fw-la vel_fw-la ââminalis_fw-la object_n be_v usual_o say_v to_o cause_n moral_o but_o if_o they_o be_v mere_o object_n they_o cause_v not_o efficient_o at_o all_o but_o by_o termination_n only_o material_o constitute_v the_o act_n in_o specie_fw-la but_o some_o thing_n vulgar_o call_v object_n as_o light_n heatt_z etc._n etc._n be_v active_a and_o so_o effect_v and_o he_o that_o do_v proponere_fw-la objectum_fw-la do_v indeed_o effect_n by_o speak_v or_o do_v but_o he_o do_v not_o effect_v any_o thing_n by_o the_o object_n on_o the_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a object_n but_o the_o vox_fw-la loquentis_fw-la do_v more_o than_o present_a a_o object_n it_o do_v by_o agency_n suscitate_a the_o spirit_n and_o operate_v on_o the_o organ_n of_o sensation_n and_o many_o mercy_n affliction_n and_o other_o mean_v foremention_v have_v their_o several_a way_n of_o active_a operation_n but_o it_o be_v ready_o confess_v that_o nothing_o corporeal_a can_v by_o any_o direct_a efficiency_n operate_v on_o a_o soul_n but_o only_o active_a spirit_n like_o itself_o remember_v therefore_o that_o i_o take_v the_o word_n physical_a here_o as_o the_o school_n do_v large_o as_o comprehend_v spiritual_a or_o hyperphysical_a and_o i_o plain_o say_v de_fw-la nomine_fw-la that_o god_n operation_n of_o grace_n be_v to_o be_v call_v hyperphysical_a in_o respect_n to_o god_n the_o agent_n and_o physical_a as_o they_o be_v physical_a effect_n on_o man_n and_o moral_a as_o the_o same_o be_v in_o instanti_fw-la secundo_fw-la also_o moral_a effect_n and_o that_o they_o be_v call_v moral_a in_o two_o usual_a sense_n 1._o in_o that_o it_o be_v morality_n or_o virtue_n that_o be_v produce_v by_o they_o 2._o and_o in_o that_o object_n be_v much_o of_o the_o mean_n the_o operation_n or_o efficiency_n of_o object_n as_o object_n be_v proper_o none_o at_o all_o they_o do_v but_o material_o as_o it_o be_v constitute_v the_o act_n and_o terminate_v it_o and_o occasion_n it_o as_o sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la which_o many_o call_v a_o moral_a reputative_a metaphorical_a causation_n and_o yet_o diversification_n be_v much_o by_o object_n §_o 6._o if_o this_o stumble_v any_o who_o look_v not_o at_o the_o great_a inconvenience_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o occasion_n they_o to_o think_v that_o it_o be_v little_a efficient_a operation_n which_o we_o own_o in_o the_o collation_n of_o faith_n and_o conversion_n i_o desire_v they_o to_o consider_v well_o 1._o that_o it_o be_v no_o new_a substance_n at_o all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v produce_v but_o a_o pray_v existent_n substance_n and_o faculty_n to_o be_v actuate_v 2._o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o act_n as_o such_o in_o genere_fw-la that_o be_v to_o be_v cause_v by_o grace_n but_o the_o due_a order_n of_o act_n as_o to_o right_a object_n etc._n etc._n 3._o that_o the_o soul_n as_o such_o be_v a_o active_a spirit_n not_o indifferent_a between_o action_n and_o cessation_n but_o as_o natural_o prone_a to_o act_n as_o the_o earth_n to_o rest_v and_o as_o a_o stone_n in_o the_o air_n to_o descend_v and_o as_o the_o sun_n to_o move_v and_o shine_v so_o that_o it_o be_v never_o one_o minute_n out_o of_o action_n even_o in_o this_o earthen_a tabernacle_n from_o its_o first_o be_v to_o the_o last_o breath_n day_n or_o night_n though_o in_o different_a manner_n 4._o that_o god_n as_o the_o god_n of_o nature_n do_v uphold_v the_o soul_n in_o this_o active_a nature_n afford_v it_o that_o concourse_n or_o influx_n necessary_a thereto_o which_o in_o nature_n he_o make_v due_a to_o it_o as_o he_o do_v to_o the_o sun_n in_o its_o action_n and_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o brute_n so_o that_o activity_n as_o such_o distinct_a from_o the_o due_a order_n of_o it_o be_v give_v by_o god_n in_o nature_n 5._o and_o god_n have_v place_v the_o soul_n in_o the_o universe_n as_o a_o wheel_n in_o a_o watch_n where_o it_o must_v needs_o have_v some_o effect_n of_o the_o co-operation_n of_o concause_n or_o superior_a agent_n 6._o and_o angel_n and_o devil_n who_o have_v very_o much_o to_o do_v with_o our_o soul_n do_v work_n as_o voluntary_a agent_n in_o political_a order_n though_o not_o without_o the_o regulation_n of_o god_n law_n or_o will._n 7._o and_o god_n can_v do_v what_o he_o will_v on_o soul_n without_o any_o second_o cause_n though_o whether_o he_o do_v so_o or_o what_o we_o know_v not_o 8._o all_o this_o be_v suppose_v for_o efficiency_n object_n due_o qualify_v may_v do_v much_o for_o the_o order_n of_o act_n though_o proper_o they_o do_v nothing_o so_o that_o though_o they_o be_v but_o ut_fw-la materia_fw-la ad_fw-la formam_fw-la occasion_n sine_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la yet_o the_o reason_n
by_o the_o effect_n it_o must_v be_v describe_v efficacy_n be_v aptitudinal_n which_o be_v the_o force_n and_o fitness_n of_o the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o actual_a which_o be_v efficienty_n itself_o §_o 7._o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n be_v 1._o in_o god_n 2._o in_o the_o mean_n and_o 1._o in_o god_n absolute_a power_n 2._o in_o his_o ordinate_a power_n §_o 8._o 1._o god_n absolute_a power_n be_v omnipotency_n or_o infinite_a and_o therefore_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a to_o make_v a_o world_n before_o it_o be_v make_v §_o 9_o 2._o god_n ordinate_a power_n be_v the_o same_o essential_a omnipotency_n denominate_v from_o the_o connotation_n of_o those_o effect_n which_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o produce_v according_a to_o the_o limit_a aptitude_n of_o second_o cause_n and_o mean_n or_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o recipient_a or_o at_o least_o as_o limit_v in_o the_o effect_n by_o his_o mere_a free_a will_n §_o 10._o in_o these_o respect_n though_o still_o god_n power_n in_o itself_o be_v omnipotency_n yet_o in_o the_o limit_a way_n of_o operation_n it_o be_v various_a 1._o as_o god_n will_v quoad_fw-la terminos_fw-la be_v various_a 2._o and_o as_o the_o mean_n be_v various_a 3._o and_o as_o the_o receiver_n capacity_n be_v various_a to_o one_o the_o same_o operation_n ex_fw-la parte_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o mediorum_fw-la though_o not_o from_o the_o same_o decree_n be_v abundant_o efficacious_a and_o to_o another_o not_z §_o 11._o and_o thus_o god_n so_o limit_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o power_n as_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v effectual_a sometime_o on_o a_o condition_n to_o be_v free_o perform_v by_o man_n receive_v it_o even_o by_o a_o former_a help_n and_o not_o absolute_o §_o 12._o therefore_o all_o that_o be_v aptitudinal_o efficacious_a be_v not_o actual_o efficient_a of_o every_o effect_n to_o which_o it_o be_v thus_o apt_a §_o 13._o the_o aptitudinal_n efficacy_n of_o the_o mean_n be_v of_o god_n fall_v in_o with_o his_o ordinate_a power_n herein_o and_o be_v not_o the_o thing_n in_o question_n §_o 14._o the_o effect_n in_o respect_n to_o which_o grace_n be_v call_v efficacious_a be_v 1._o the_o giving_z of_o the_o mean_n themselves_o 2._o the_o first_o impress_n on_o the_o soul_n 3._o the_o alter_n of_o the_o soul_n disposition_n 4._o the_o production_n of_o the_o act_n 5._o and_o of_o the_o habit._n and_o it_o must_v be_v some_o of_o these_o effect_n which_o be_v call_v efficacious_a or_o inefficacious_a to_o other_o so_o that_o by_o that_o time_n the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n be_v true_o open_v this_o which_o dr._n twisse_n say_v arminius_n dare_v never_o speak_v out_o his_o opinion_n of_o and_o which_o he_o and_o other_o make_v to_o be_v the_o very_a heart_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n perhaps_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v nothing_o §_o 15._o for_o what_o be_v that_o grace_n who_o efficacy_n you_o inquire_v of_o â_o be_v it_o gratia_n operans_fw-la or_o operata_fw-la the_o efficient_a cause_n or_o the_o effect_n if_o it_o be_v god_n gratia_n operans_fw-la it_o be_v either_o the_o prime_a cause_n or_o the_o second_o cause_n if_o it_o be_v the_o prime_a cause_n it_o be_v god_n essence_n only_o even_o his_o essential_a power_n ââch_a vasquez_n in_o 1_o tho._n ââââ_o 19_o disp_n 8c_fw-la p._n 5âââââ_n voluntas_fw-la libera_fw-la deâ_n ââââ_o essentia_fw-la divina_fw-la significata_fw-la per_fw-la modum_fw-la actus_fw-la vitalis_fw-la &_o affectus_fw-la eliciti_fw-la cum_fw-la revera_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la substantia_fw-la dei_fw-la includit_fw-la tamen_fw-la habitudinem_fw-la etiam_fw-la qúandam_fw-la rationis_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la futuras_fw-la quae_fw-la liberâ_n deo_fw-la convenit_fw-la sient_fw-la etiam_fw-la res_fw-la libere_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la haec_fw-la relatio_fw-la consurgat_fw-la ex_fw-la fundamentis_fw-la non_fw-la necessary_n ââââ_o ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la &_o object_n futuriâ_n ipsa_fw-la etiam_fw-la habitudâââââre_fw-la deo_fw-la 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the_o act_n and_o be_v such_o and_o ââch_a intellect_n and_o will_n and_o be_v that_o the_o question_n wherein_o consist_v the_o efficacy_n of_o god_n essence_n why_o it_o consist_v in_o itself_o if_o you_o mean_v aptitudinal_a efficacy_n it_o be_v god_n essential_a virtue_n if_o you_o mean_v actual_a efficiency_n that_o speak_v the_o effect_n of_o which_o more_o anon_o so_o that_o about_o god_n essential_a efficacy_n there_o be_v no_o controversy_n §_o 16._o but_o if_o you_o say_v that_o it_o be_v his_o potentia_fw-la quà _fw-la ordinata_fw-la and_o not_o quà _fw-la essentialis_fw-la vel_fw-la absoluta_fw-la that_o you_o inquire_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o remember_v that_o the_o word_n ordinata_fw-la or_o limit_v signify_v no_o alteration_n in_o god_n power_n at_o all_o but_o only_o a_o effect_n which_o as_o limit_v and_o ordinate_a from_o whence_o the_o power_n cause_v it_o be_v extrinsecal_o so_o name_v god_n essential_a power_n be_v never_o limit_v but_o infinite_a and_o to_o be_v ordinate_a be_v but_o to_o have_v ordinate_a effect_n so_o that_o still_o either_o the_o controversy_n must_v be_v of_o god_n essence_n which_o be_v past_a controversy_n or_o of_o some_o second_o cause_n or_o some_o mere_a effect_n §_o 17._o and_o if_o you_o transferr_v the_o question_n to_o the_o efficacy_n of_o second_o cause_n 1._o you_o will_v deny_v yourselves_o that_o mean_n and_o second_o cause_n have_v any_o power_n but_o from_o god_n 2._o and_o that_o the_o very_a nature_n of_o those_o cause_n be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o ascertain_v of_o the_o effect_n because_o they_o cause_v most_o morallyâ_n and_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o accuâations_n against_o the_o aâminians_n right_a or_o wrong_n that_o they_o lay_v all_o on_o moral_a suasion_n or_o causality_n 3._o and_o second_o cause_n be_v so_o numerous_a and_o unknown_a to_o we_o that_o we_o be_v uncapable_a of_o judge_v well_o of_o their_o efficacy_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v i_o think_v agree_v between_o you_o that_o the_o force_n of_o mean_n or_o second_o cause_n in_o conversion_n be_v not_o such_o as_o necessitate_v the_o will_n or_o if_o some_o of_o the_o schoolman_n and_o jesuit_n which_o with_o their_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la do_v join_v gratiam_fw-la per_fw-la congruitatem_fw-la mediorum_fw-la efficacem_fw-la do_v make_v this_o efficacy_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o effect_n yet_o they_o deny_v it_o to_o cause_n necessary_o at_o least_o always_o when_o the_o effect_n follow_v and_o what_o if_o we_o add_v that_o object_n effect_v not_o as_o such_o and_o therefore_o this_o question_n de_fw-fr efficacia_fw-la causarum_fw-la secundarum_fw-la must_v extend_v to_o some_o second_o effective_a agent_n and_o not_o only_o to_o object_n as_o such_o nor_o to_o those_o that_o preach_v present_a and_o offer_v object_n as_o such_o and_o what_o that_o agent_n cause_o must_v be_v under_o god_n by_o that_o time_n you_o be_v agree_v you_o will_v find_v that_o they_o be_v new_a controversy_n that_o will_v there_o rise_v up_o before_o you_o and_o yet_o i_o think_v that_o if_o we_o will_v needs_o wrangle_v about_o the_o efficaciousness_n of_o any_o cause_n forego_v the_o first_o effect_n itself_o on_o the_o soul_n it_o must_v be_v of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o some_o or_o all_o these_o second_o cause_n or_o we_o must_v question_v whether_o god_n be_v god_n for_o i_o can_v find_v nothing_o else_o to_o question_v §_o 18._o it_o remain_v then_o that_o the_o question_n wherein_o the_o efficacy_n of_o grace_n consist_v must_v be_v mean_v of_o gratia_n operata_fw-la even_o of_o the_o effect_n itself_o and_o then_o either_o you_o mean_v that_o this_o effect_n be_v efficacious_a to_o itself_o or_o to_o something_o else_o the_o first_o be_v such_o a_o contradiction_n as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v imagine_v that_o you_o shall_v think_v that_o a_o effect_n be_v its_o own_o cause_n and_o ask_v how_o do_v faith_n e._n g._n cause_n itself_o therefore_o there_o be_v nothing_o leave_v but_o only_o to_o question_v how_o the_o first_o effect_n of_o god_n on_o the_o soul_n in_o its_o conversion_n be_v efficacious_a of_o the_o second_o §_o 19_o and_o here_o 1
say_v be_v not_o will_v by_o the_o sinner_n himself_o §_o 33._o so_o far_o as_o god_n cause_v not_o sin_n he_o will_v it_o not_o and_o they_o that_o say_v that_o he_o love_v and_o will_v the_o existence_n of_o it_o as_o a_o mean_n to_o his_o glory_n abuse_v god_n moliness_n and_o be_v confute_v before_o par._n 1._o §_o 34._o how_o god_n overrule_v sinner_n and_o the_o effect_n of_o sin_n and_o procure_v his_o own_o end_n not_o by_o the_o mean_n or_o causality_n but_o occasion_n of_o it_o i_o have_v so_o large_o there_o open_v that_o i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n thither_o sect_n xx._n how_o far_o god_n and_o how_o far_o man_n himself_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o hell_n and_o other_o punishment_n though_o somewhat_o be_v say_v of_o this_o in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o second_o wicked_a jo._n major_a in_o 4._o scent_n d._n 50._o fol._n 289._o q._n 1._o inquit_fw-la concl_n 3._o sive_fw-la actus_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la dicantur_fw-la mali_fw-la culpâ_n vel_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la patientur_fw-la aliquam_fw-la poenam_fw-la inflictam_fw-la ratione_fw-la illorum_fw-la actuum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la merendi_fw-la &_o demerendi_fw-la sed_fw-la addit_fw-la signanter_n de_fw-fr poena_fw-la inflicta_fw-la loquor_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la culpa_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la est_fw-la reordinativa_fw-la per_fw-la cruciatum_fw-la de_fw-fr poena_fw-la enim_fw-la acta_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la possibile_fw-la dare_v culpam_fw-la quin_fw-la svam_fw-la poenam_fw-la habeat_fw-la annexam_fw-la eo_fw-la modo_fw-la quo_fw-la idem_fw-la potest_fw-la habere_fw-la se_fw-la ipsa_fw-la scilicet_fw-la peccandi_fw-la continuatio_fw-la est_fw-la poenae_fw-la &_o miseriae_fw-la continuatio_fw-la nec_fw-la mihi_fw-la probabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la demerendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la cessat_fw-la apud_fw-la inferos_fw-la praemium_fw-la quidem_fw-la mereri_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la at_o quare_fw-la non_fw-la poenam_fw-la commereri_fw-la sunt_fw-la putandi_fw-la nun_n adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la subditi_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsi_fw-la daemon_n &_o sub_fw-la quadam_fw-la lege_fw-la ideâque_fw-la peccandi_fw-la adhuc_fw-la capaces_fw-la &_o nun_n omne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la suâ_fw-la naturâ_fw-la meretur_fw-la poenam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la scilicet_fw-la joh._n majoris_fw-la ibid._n conclus_fw-la 1._o est_fw-la damnati_fw-la habent_fw-la multos_fw-la malos_fw-la actus_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la libere_fw-la an_fw-mi opâabilius_fw-la sit_fw-la damnà tum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o non_fw-la esse_fw-la vide_fw-la quae_fw-la ibidem_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la ubi_fw-la concludit_fw-la itaque_fw-la tenco_n si_fw-la daretur_fw-la viro_fw-la optio_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o perpetua_fw-la flamma_fw-la quod_fw-la licitè_fw-fr posset_n vel_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la eligendum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la nam_fw-la minus_fw-la malum_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la see_v aureolus_n in_o 2._o d._n 31._o a._n 2._o pag._n 301._o show_v ten_o way_n how_o one_o sin_n cause_v another_o and_o so_o multipli_v and_o continue_v itself_o in_o the_o wicked_a part_n i_o think_v meet_v to_o say_v more_o here_o because_o i_o find_v that_o the_o not_o understand_v it_o do_v tempt_v many_o to_o unbelief_n and_o other_o to_o hard_a repine_v disaffect_v atheistical_a thought_n of_o god_n §_o 1._o again_o here_o consider_v that_o god_n make_v man_n such_o as_o he_o be_v in_o nature_n before_o either_o law_n or_o sin_n or_o punishment_n have_v any_o be_v so_o that_o if_o you_o can_v but_o forgive_v god_n for_o make_v you_o man_n that_o be_v rational_a free-agent_n you_o can_v have_v no_o fair_a pretence_n of_o quarrel_n with_o he_o as_o will_v appear_v by_o these_o consideration_n follow_v §_o 2._o man_n body_n and_o sensitive_a soul_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n as_o that_o thing_n inconvenient_a will_v be_v his_o pain_n he_o that_o will_v take_v poison_n shall_v be_v gripe_v and_o torment_v by_o it_o and_o he_o that_o will_v eat_v unwholesome_a meat_n or_o will_v surfeit_v shall_v be_v sick_a and_o he_o that_o will_v cherish_v disease_n by_o sloth_n or_o excess_n or_o abuse_n of_o nature_n will_v have_v the_o pain_n of_o they_o and_o he_o that_o will_v wound_v himself_o or_o break_v his_o bone_n will_v be_v his_o own_o afflict_a and_o he_o that_o cut_v his_o throat_n or_o hang_v himself_o must_v die_v and_o all_o this_o without_o any_o do_n of_o god_n beside_o the_o make_v he_o a_o man_n and_o continue_v such_o a_o nature_n under_o his_o government_n in_o and_o with_o the_o world_n §_o 3._o not_o only_o positive_a hurt_v but_o omission_n will_v bring_v man_n body_n unto_o pain_n and_o death_n as_o not_o eat_v not_o exercise_v not_o keep_v warm_a etc._n etc._n and_o consequent_o such_o a_o life_n of_o prodigality_n or_o sloth_n as_o tend_v to_o such_o want_n §_o 4._o the_o inward_a sense_n imagination_n and_o passion_n be_v so_o constitute_v as_o that_o their_o inconvenience_n will_v be_v a_o pain_n and_o torment_n as_o well_o as_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o the_o outward_a sense_n 1._o care_n and_o melancholy_a thought_n be_v distract_n 2._o desire_n breed_v such_o care_n and_o be_v themselves_o like_o a_o thirst_n or_o hunger_n to_o the_o soul_n 3._o fear_n be_v torment_v 4._o sorrow_n if_o deep_a and_o long_o be_v as_o a_o live_a death_n 5._o anger_n be_v a_o vexatious_a fever_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o revengeful_a malice_n and_o envy_n do_v prolong_v it_o 6._o despair_n anticipate_v eternity_n of_o misery_n etc._n etc._n 7._o and_o love_v itself_o how_o please_v soever_o at_o first_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o they_o all_o §_o 5._o the_o superior_a faculty_n as_o they_o be_v more_o noble_a be_v capable_a of_o great_a misery_n and_o their_o corruption_n and_o disorder_n be_v the_o worst_a to_o have_v a_o ignorant_a err_a mind_n that_o take_v evil_a for_o good_a and_o good_a for_o evil_n to_o have_v a_o carnal_a malignant_a wicked_a obstinate_a froward_a will_n and_o sinful_a affection_n and_o by_o these_o to_o have_v man_n action_n misguide_v and_o so_o the_o sensitive_a soul_n itself_o bring_v into_o the_o foresay_a misery_n through_o bad_a government_n be_v a_o misery_n to_o man_n in_o the_o nature_n and_o immediate_a effect_n of_o the_o thing_n §_o 6._o man_n live_v among_o multitude_n of_o fellow_n creature_n in_o the_o world_n which_o will_v all_o be_v tormentor_n of_o he_o if_o he_o will_v make_v they_o such_o as_o a_o post_n will_v hurt_v he_o if_o he_o knock_v his_o head_n to_o it_o the_o fire_n will_v burn_v he_o if_o he_o touch_v his_o flesh_n with_o it_o the_o water_n will_v drown_v he_o if_o he_o will_v leap_v into_o it_o overhead_n the_o sun_n will_v scorch_v he_o the_o frost_n will_v pain_v he_o if_o he_o expose_v himself_o to_o they_o a_o lion_n or_o mastiff_n will_v tear_v he_o if_o he_o avoid_v they_o not_o his_o neighbour_n will_v hurt_v he_o likely_a if_o he_o hurt_v they_o and_o cross_v 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non_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dicitur_fw-la sâd_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la bâne_fw-la dicitur_fw-la non_fw-la recte_fw-la iâtelligitur_fw-la and_o his_o mollification_n be_v that_o god_n will_v sin_n only_o secundum_fw-la quid_fw-la for_o god_n velle_fw-la simplicâter_fw-la as_o it_o be_v common_o take_v be_v to_o love_n and_o approve_v it_o as_o good_a and_o to_o reward_v it_o and_o because_o the_o vulgar_a so_o take_v it_o we_o must_v not_o before_o they_o say_v that_o god_n wiââ_n let_v sin_n because_o they_o too_o much_o abhor_v it_o no_o act_n be_v unjust_a simple_o but_o all_o just_a and_o all_o the_o consequent_n of_o it_o just_a in_o respect_n of_o god_n the_o author_n therefore_o simple_o in_o the_o universe_n there_o be_v no_o sin_n or_o deordination_n god_n will_v sin_n as_o a_o physician_n do_v poison_n in_o his_o medicine_n for_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o good_a the_o punishment_n of_o the_o evil_a the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o 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this_o hold_n for_o my_o part_n i_o must_v confess_v that_o i_o think_v the_o religion_n which_o agree_v with_o it_o must_v neither_o be_v so_o good_a as_o dr._n twisses_n rutherford_n bradwardines_n or_o alvarez'_v nor_o yet_o so_o bad_a as_o hobbes_n or_o spinosa_n but_o just_o such_o as_o mr._n sterry_n or_o the_o old_a platonic_a or_o stoic_a philosopher_n i_o mean_v not_o such_o as_o mr._n sterry_n be_v for_o i_o hear_v he_o be_v a_o excellent_a person_n but_o such_o as_o his_o book_n though_o obscure_o intimate_v and_o if_o any_o of_o that_o judgement_n have_v a_o better_a or_o worse_o it_o be_v not_o in_o consistency_n with_o his_o own_o principle_n finis_fw-la catholic_n theology_n the_o second_o book_n the_o synodist_n and_o arminian_n calvinist_n and_o lutheran_n dominican_n and_o jesuit_n reconcile_v or_o a_o end_n of_o the_o controversy_n about_o god_n decree_n and_o grace_n and_o man_n freewill_n merit_n etc._n etc._n if_o man_n be_v willing_a a_o retreat_n to_o the_o 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arm_n in_o st._n paul_n churchyard_n 1675._o the_o content_n of_o the_o second_o book_n the_o first_o day_n conference_n about_o predestination_n the_o need_n of_o conciliatory_a endeavour_n p._n 1_o 2._o what_o this_o undertake_n be_v p._n 3._o predetermination_n to_o sin_n exclude_v the_o case_n brief_o open_v p._n 4._o the_o first_o crimination_n by_o the_o arminian_n of_o eternal_a absolute_a reprobation_n p._n 6._o whether_o a_o thing_n not_o existent_a may_v be_v a_o moral_a cause_n or_o god_n act_n have_v cause_n p._n 7._o how_o far_o god_n decree_n may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v extrinsic_a cause_n p._n 8._o the_o second_o crimination_n of_o god_n decree_a sin_n either_o to_o predetermine_v it_o or_o the_o event_n or_o his_o permission_n p._n 9_o the_o three_o crimination_n necessitution_n of_o sin_n by_o negative_a decree_n negation_n of_o decree_n open_v p._n 11._o the_o four_o crimination_n the_o pure_a mass_n whether_o the_o object_n of_o predestination_n p._n 12._o decree_n distinguish_v p._n 13._o the_o five_o crimination_n do_v the_o decree_n proceed_v according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o intention_n or_o of_o execution_n p._n 14._o the_o six_o crimination_n deny_v all_o conditional_a decree_n p._n 16._o the_o seven_o crimination_n of_o absolute_a election_n p._n 17._o the_o eight_o crimination_n lead_v man_n to_o presumption_n hereby_o p._n 18._o the_o nine_o crimination_n set_v necessity_n and_o fate_n p._n 19_o the_o ten_o crimination_n make_v god_n a_o respecter_n of_o person_n by_o unequal_a decree_n p._n 21._o the_o eleven_o crimination_n make_v god_n and_o minister_n dissembler_n p._n 22._o crim._n 12._o of_o a_o vain_a power_n give_v p._n 23._o the_o second_o day_n conference_n the_o crimination_n by_o the_o calvinist_n what_o good_a this_o conciliatory_a attempt_n may_v do_v p._n 24._o the_o first_o crimination_n deny_v election_n uncomfortable_a the_o second_o crim._n a_o election_n of_o thing_n instead_o of_o person_n p._n 26._o the_o three_o crim._n deny_v a_o decree_n of_o the_o first_o special_a grave_n the_o four_o crim._n of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la p._n 27._o the_o five_o crim._n deny_v absolute_a reprobation_n reprobation_n open_v p._n 29_o 30._o whether_o god_n will_v sin_n p._n 30._o or_o the_o act_n p._n 31._o how_o far_o man_n can_v cause_v his_o act_n undetermined_a p._n 32._o pretence_n for_o god_n cause_v sin_n answer_v how_o god_n cause_v the_o effect_n and_o not_o the_o volition_n p._n 85_o etc._n etc._n what_o god_n do_v about_o sin_n p._n 37._o the_o six_o crim._n of_o conditional_a decree_n p._n 38._o the_o seven_o crim._n of_o foresee_a merit_n p._n 39_o the_o eight_o crim._n of_o make_v many_o election_n p._n 40._o the_o nine_o crim._n order_v the_o decree_n according_a to_o execution_n p._n 41._o how_o god_n do_v velle_fw-la finem_fw-la the_o case_n open_v p._n 42._o the_o ten_o crim._n deny_v a_o eternal_a cause_n of_o futurition_n p._n 45._o whether_o futurity_n be_v any_o thing_n and_o have_v any_o cause_n p._n 48._o the_o three_o day_n conference_n of_o universal_a and_o special_a redemption_n the_o first_o crim._n of_o the_o armin._n deny_v christ_n office_n to_o the_o world_n p._n 50._o calvinist_n for_o universal_a redemption_n what_o all_o agree_v in_o p._n 54._o decree_n 54._o to_o which_o i_o here_o add_v the_o church_n of_o england_n homil._n li._n 2._o p._n 185._o god_n so_o love_v the_o world_n that_o he_o give_v his_o only_a son_n etc._n etc._n but_o to_o who_o do_v he_o give_v he_o he_o give_v he_o to_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_z adam_z and_o to_o all_o that_o shall_v come_v after_o he_o o_o lord_n what_o have_v adam_n or_o any_o other_o man_n deserve_v at_o god_n hand_n that_o he_o shall_v give_v we_o his_o only_a son_n we_o be_v all_o miserable_a sinner_n damnable_a person_n just_o drive_v out_o of_o paradise_n just_o exclude_v from_o heaven_n and_o just_o condemn_v to_o hell_n see_v a_o learned_a gentleman_n reason_n for_o univers_n redemp_n yet_o live_a mr._n polehill_n of_o god_n decree_n do_v christ_n die_v equal_o for_o all_o p._n 55._o the_o second_o crim._n deny_v express_a scripture_n p._n 57_o the_o synod_n of_o dort_n vindicate_v p._n 59_o the_o three_o crim._n they_o deny_v the_o gospel_n covenant_n itself_o p._n 61._o the_o four_o and_o five_o crim._n make_v a_o impossibility_n or_o falsehood_n the_o object_n of_o faith_n p._n 62._o the_o six_o seven_o and_o eight_o crim._n disable_n minister_n to_o preach_v leave_v most_o man_n remediless_a teach_v infidel_n impenitence_n p._n 63._o the_o nine_o ten_o eleven_o and_o twelve_o crim._n exempt_v man_n from_o hell_n torment_n justify_v ingratitude_n deny_v christ_n kingdom_n tempt_v man_n to_o infidelity_n p._n 64_o 65._o the_o four_o day_n conference_n the_o calvinist_n first_fw-mi crim._n make_v christ_n die_v in_o vain_a for_o they_o that_o he_o know_v will_v perish_v p._n 66._o the_o second_o crim._n a_o imperfect_a saviour_n p._n 67._o the_o three_o crim._n die_v for_o man_n in_o hell_n p._n 67._o the_o four_o crim._n to_o die_v for_o those_o who_o he_o will_v not_o pray_v for_o p._n 68_o the_o five_o crim._n make_v christ_n not_o to_o purchase_v faith_n p._n 69._o the_o six_o seven_o eight_o and_o nine_o crim._n uncertain_a conditional_a redemption_n no_o more_o for_o the_o save_v than_o the_o damn_a christ_n sheep_n to_o know_v he_o before_o he_o know_v they_o pardon_v original_a sin_n to_o all_o p._n 70._o crim._n 10._o to_o die_v for_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o serpent_n p._n 72._o the_o five_o day_n conference_n of_o man_n sinfulness_n and_o impotency_n and_o of_o freewill_n the_o armin._n crim._n one_a deny_v all_o freewill_n they_o deny_v all_o morality_n p._n 73._o what_o liberty_n be_v here_o mean_v large_o discuss_v to_o p._n 79._o what_o liberty_n we_o hold_v p._n 79._o do_v original_a sin_n necessitate_v all_o evil_a p._n 82._o the_o second_o crim._n deny_v power_n to_o believe_v p._n 85._o what_o power_n can_v and_o can_v mean_v p._n 86._o fullier_n open_v p._n 87_o etc._n etc._n question_n hence_o answer_v p._n 96_o etc._n etc._n the_o advantage_n of_o some_o by_o deny_v habit_n beside_o power_n and_o act_n p._n 99_o habit_n prove_v p._n 100_o crim._n 3_o make_v all_o man_n utter_o and_o equal_o bad_a p._n 101._o crim._n 4._o infant_n heathen_n and_o most_o man_n make_v and_o necessitate_v to_o sin_n and_o damnation_n p._n 103._o of_o infant_n remedy_n p._n 104._o parent_n sin_n defile_v they_o p._n 105._o of_o heathen_n case_n p._n 106._o crim._n 5._o that_o none_o can_v do_v more_o good_a or_o less_o evil_a than_o he_o do_v p._n 107._o the_o six_o day_n conference_n the_o calvinist_n crim._n 1_o deny_v original_a sin_n p._n 109._o original_a sin_n open_v p._n 111._o crim._n 2._o that_o man_n can_v use_v their_o natural_n to_o prepare_v for_o grace_n p._n 113._o
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of_o liberty_n and_o constraint_n too_o common_a with_o some_o 168._o but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o â_o 1._o the_o suspension_n of_o the_o will_n may_v be_v nevertheless_o by_o force_n or_o restraint_n which_o be_v a_o non_fw-la velle_fw-la and_o so_o when_o they_o say_v voluntatem_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la deo_fw-la non_fw-la cogi_fw-la posse_fw-la because_o when_o it_o act_v it_o act_v willing_o that_o be_v when_o it_o will_v it_o will_v the_o consequence_n hold_v not_o because_o it_o may_v be_v force_v from_o all_o action_n unless_o they_o mean_v that_o it_o can_v noll._n &_o non_fw-la agere_fw-la at_o once_o 2._o and_o if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o either_o they_o mean_v that_o god_n can_v natural_o necessitate_v the_o will_n to_o act_v or_o that_o such_o a_o natural_a necessitation_n consist_v with_o its_o liberty_n if_o the_o first_o they_o destroy_v their_o doctrine_n of_o predetermination_n for_o what_o be_v that_o but_o god_n physical_a irresistible_a efficacious_a premotion_n determine_v the_o will_n to_o act_v and_o what_o be_v natural_a necessitation_n if_o this_o be_v not_o if_o the_o latter_a than_o they_o contradict_v their_o own_o definition_n of_o liberty_n which_o they_o oft_o give_v we_o that_o it_o be_v liberty_n from_o natural_a necessity_n which_o twiss_n call_v libertas_n naturae_fw-la distinct_a from_o libertas_n conditionis_fw-la vel_fw-la civilis_fw-la and_o what_o more_o natural_a necessity_n than_o that_o which_o refult_v from_o that_o premotion_n of_o god_n as_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o all_o action_n without_o which_o no_o agent_n natural_a or_o free_a can_v act_v and_o which_o none_o can_v resist_v 169._o their_o opinion_n of_o liberty_n also_o leave_v no_o difference_n between_o brutish_a appetite_n or_o spontaneity_n and_o freewill_n save_v only_o that_o this_o do_v follow_v reason_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o difference_n of_o guide_n but_o not_o of_o liberty_n 170._o and_o according_a to_o this_o opinion_n if_o god_n give_v satan_n power_n to_o move_v any_o man_n will_n to_o sin_n by_o as_o true_a a_o physical_a motion_n and_o as_o unresistible_a as_o i_o move_v my_o pen_n it_o be_v no_o constraint_n nor_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n because_o it_o be_v move_v to_o be_v willing_a 171._o and_o if_o they_o lie_v all_o on_o the_o act_n congruity_n to_o the_o habit_n or_o inclination_n then_o if_o satan_n can_v infuse_v unresistible_o into_o the_o will_n a_o inclination_n to_o hate_n god_n or_o to_o any_o sin_n and_o then_o physical_o determine_v it_o according_a to_o that_o inclination_n it_o be_v no_o force_n or_o loss_n of_o natural_a liberty_n 172._o but_o i_o think_v he_o that_o by_o irresistible_a efficiency_n make_v a_o man_n will_n wicked_a both_o in_o its_o inclination_n and_o act_n do_v incomparable_o more_o against_o he_o and_o his_o liberty_n than_o he_o that_o can_v force_v his_o tongue_n or_o hand_n against_o his_o will_n or_o he_o that_o only_o tempt_v and_o persuade_v he_o 173._o the_o grand_a reason_n why_o we_o can_v receive_v the_o dominican_n doctrine_n of_o predetermine_a premotion_n be_v elsewhere_o give_v i_o now_o name_n but_o these_o three_o 1._o because_o whatever_o vain_a talk_n be_v use_v to_o blind_a man_n it_o make_v god_n the_o sole-total-first-necessitating_a cause_n of_o all_o the_o sin_n that_o be_v commit_v in_o the_o world_n or_o can_v be_v 2._o it_o unavoidable_o destroy_v the_o christian_a faith_n for_o if_o god_n be_v real_o the_o say_v determine_v cause_n of_o all_o lie_n and_o other_o sin_n in_o the_o world_n than_o his_o veracity_n which_o be_v the_o formal_a object_n of_o faith_n be_v go_v and_o no_o mortal_a man_n can_v tell_v whether_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v predetermine_v to_o speak_v true_a or_o false_a nor_o when_o god_n move_v they_o to_o the_o one_o or_o the_o other_o for_o to_o call_v their_o motion_n by_o the_o name_n of_o inspiration_n will_v satisfy_v no_o man_n that_o god_n inspiration_n can_v do_v any_o more_o at_o least_o to_o interest_n himself_o in_o the_o act_n than_o his_o necessary_a physical_a premove_a determination_n 3._o because_o it_o feign_v god_n to_o damn_v most_o of_o the_o world_n for_o not-conquering_a god_n who_o insuperable_o predetermine_v they_o to_o the_o forbid_a act_n that_o be_v for_o not_o be_v god_n or_o great_a than_o god_n and_o that_o he_o send_v christ_n to_o die_v only_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o he_o thus_o premoved_n we_o to_o irresistible_o and_o it_o be_v as_o impossible_a to_o forbear_v as_o to_o touch_v the_o moon_n 174._o in_o the_o issue_n of_o all_o these_o controversy_n the_o sharp_a contender_n seem_v agree_v whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o arminius_n grant_v that_o all_o event_n of_o sin_n or_o damnation_n be_v from_o eternity_n necessary_a necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la doubt_n consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la bonavent_n in_o 1._o d._n 38._o q._n 1._o resol_n praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la rebus_fw-la praescitis_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la non_fw-la imponit_fw-la cum_fw-la âo_o modo_fw-la res_fw-la cognoscat_fw-la quo_fw-la futurae_fw-la sunt_fw-la duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la quae_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiae_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la respectiva_fw-la dicitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la non_fw-la opponitur_fw-la contingentiaeut_fw-fr si_fw-la ambulat_fw-la movetur_fw-la in_o praescito_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la absoluta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la nicol._n d'orbellis_fw-la 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 1._o duplex_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la &_o consequentis_fw-la bene_fw-la sequitur_fw-la necessitate_v consequentiae_fw-la deus_fw-la novit_fw-la i_o cras_fw-la sessurum_fw-la ergo_fw-la sedebo_fw-la consequens_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la contingens_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la currit_fw-la ergo_fw-la movetur_fw-la nos_fw-la concedimus_fw-la liberum_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la in_o âo_o quod_fw-la agit_fw-fr liberum_fw-la esse_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la necessitate_v ut_fw-la proprie_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la necessario_fw-la agere_fw-la quoad_fw-la exercitium_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la quamvis_fw-la respectu_fw-la divinae_fw-la ordinationis_fw-la certo_fw-la &_o infallibiliter_fw-la agate_n ames_n bellarm_n enervat_fw-la to._n 4._o l._n 4._o c._n 1._o he_o mean_v it_o of_o a_o cause_v physical_a necessity_n no_o doubt_n which_o be_v as_o be_v say_v but_o a_o logical_a necessity_n in_o ordine_fw-la probandi_fw-la that_o be_v it_o be_v a_o good_a consequence_n this_o god_n fore-knoweth_a ergo_fw-la it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v and_o it_o be_v only_o the_o necessitas_fw-la consequentis_fw-la which_o he_o deny_v which_o rob._n baronius_n metaph._n call_v necessitas_fw-la causata_fw-la and_o i_o have_v rather_o call_v necessitas_fw-la effecti_fw-la which_o be_v in_o ordine_fw-la productionis_fw-la and_o dr._n twiss_n do_v sharp_o reprehend_v he_o for_o feign_v that_o he_o or_o any_o other_o do_v assert_v any_o more_o than_o necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la and_o bring_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o many_o schoolman_n profess_v concordant_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o which_o also_o foreknowledge_n itself_o will_v infer_v it_o be_v worth_a the_o recite_v vindic._n grat._n li._n 2._o p._n 1._o digres_n 5._o quid_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la eruditis_fw-la eadem_fw-la statuitur_fw-la necessitas_fw-la ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la profluens_fw-la tam_fw-la à _fw-la praescientia_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsius_fw-la voluntate_fw-la nam_fw-la licet_fw-la arminius_n voluerit_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la à _fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la profectam_fw-la esse_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la consequentis_fw-la à _fw-la praescientia_fw-la verò_fw-la promanantem_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la aliter_fw-la tamen_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la magnis_fw-la theologis_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la durandus_fw-la non_fw-la bene_fw-la dicunt_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la de_fw-la necessitate_v eveniant_fw-la per_fw-la comparationem_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la divinam_fw-la quia_fw-la omne_fw-la respectu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la divinae_fw-la eveniunt_fw-la libere_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la absolute_a loquendo_fw-la possunt_fw-la non_fw-la evenire_fw-la expressius_fw-la bonaventura_n dei_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la absolutam_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la impleri_fw-la conditionalem_fw-la verò_fw-la minime_fw-la sed_fw-la advertendum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la necessitas_fw-la consequentiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la praedictum_fw-la est_fw-la
have_v flee_v so_o high_a in_o make_v grace_n supernatural_a feign_v a_o state_n of_o pure_a natural_n that_o have_v none_o and_o talk_v so_o phanatical_o of_o the_o deification_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o think_v have_v ensnare_v some_o sectary_n among_o we_o to_o imitate_v they_o seign_v that_o the_o first_o covenant_n be_v moral_a as_o a_o law_n and_o the_o second_o covenant_n be_v the_o very_a in-being_a of_o a_o divine_a nature_n which_o they_o though_o obscure_o seem_v to_o describe_v as_o somewhat_o above_o all_o habit_n and_o inclination_n put_v into_o our_o own_o nature_n like_o another_o form_n or_o soul_n which_o over_n tend_v to_o tempt_v man_n to_o infidelity_n by_o doubt_v whether_o man_n nature_n be_v make_v by_o the_o creator_n to_o enjoy_v god_n in_o heaven_n or_o not_o when_o it_o must_v be_v make_v another_o thing_n to_o attain_v it_o sect_n xii_o of_o scientia_fw-la media_fw-la 255._o after_o this_o digression_n about_o our_o will_n and_o power_n as_o the_o object_n of_o god_n knowledge_n and_o decree_n i_o return_v to_o the_o doctrine_n de_fw-fr scientia_fw-la media_fw-la and_o that_o god_n know_v from_o eternity_n the_o truth_n of_o all_o conditional_a proposition_n that_o be_v true_a be_v past_o all_o doubt_n if_o we_o may_v suppose_v that_o god_n have_v eternal_a proposition_n no_o doubt_n but_o he_o know_v now_o that_o such_o proposition_n be_v true_a if_o such_o cause_n be_v put_v they_o will_v or_o will_v not_o produce_v this_o or_o that_o as_o the_o effect_n 256._o but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n to_o have_v mental_a proposition_n to_o know_v by_o and_o god_n know_v not_o by_o they_o but_o only_o know_v they_o as_o the_o instrument_n and_o way_n of_o humane_a knowledge_n for_o no_o doubt_n but_o he_o know_v all_o that_o be_v we_o than_o it_o must_v be_v say_v that_o he_o have_v from_o eternity_n but_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o the_o creature_n conditional_a proposition_n and_o who_o can_v well_o determine_v this_o 257._o and_o this_o will_v lead_v the_o arrogant_a disputer_n to_o other_o inquiry_n no_o less_o difficult_a whether_o it_o be_v only_o or_o primary_o the_o proposition_n itself_o as_o ens_fw-la rationis_fw-la humanae_fw-la or_o as_o the_o thought_n of_o man_n mind_n which_o god_n know_v or_o the_o res_fw-la ab_fw-la homine_fw-la cognita_fw-la that_o be_v futurition_n itself_o and_o if_o the_o former_a how_o god_n know_v they_o to_o be_v true_a if_o the_o latter_a how_o he_o know_v futurition_n 258._o and_o here_o inextricable_a difficulty_n will_v still_o arise_v before_o they_o whether_o to_o have_v the_o notion_n of_o futurity_n be_v not_o a_o part_n of_o the_o creature_n imperfection_n whether_o god_n know_v not_o all_o thing_n as_o present_v whether_o nothing_o be_v proper_o intelligible_a in_o itself_o whether_o it_o be_v not_o only_a proposition_n de_fw-fr nihilo_fw-la that_o be_v know_v and_o not_o the_o ipsum_fw-la nihil_fw-la such_o as_o futurition_n be_v whether_o to_o ascribe_v such_o knowledge_n of_o nothing_n and_o such_o notion_n or_o proposition_n to_o god_n be_v to_o ascribe_v perfection_n or_o imperfection_n to_o he_o 259._o if_o we_o may_v or_o must_v say_v that_o god_n from_o eternity_n fore-knew_a our_o proposition_n of_o future_a contingent_n which_o be_v conditional_a yet_o we_o must_v not_o say_v or_o think_v that_o his_o knowledge_n quoad_fw-la actum_fw-la be_v conditional_a so_o as_o that_o the_o creature_n significat_fw-la *_o nic._n d'orbellis_fw-la say_v communiter_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la triplex_fw-la cognitio_fw-la dei_fw-la viz._n approbationis_fw-la visionis_fw-la &_o intelligentiae_fw-la cognitio_fw-la approbationis_fw-la est_fw-la tantum_fw-la bonorum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la visionis_fw-la est_fw-la corum_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la vel_fw-la crunt_fw-la cognitio_fw-la intelligentiae_fw-la seu_fw-la simplicis_fw-la notitiae_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la possunt_fw-la esse_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la autem_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la non_fw-la differunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la se_fw-la sed_fw-la secundum_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la connotatorum_fw-la et_fw-la bonavent_n 1._o d._n 38._o dub_v 3._o dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la notitia_fw-la simplex_fw-la &_o notitia_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la dicunt_fw-la diversas_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la &_o diversos_fw-la modos_fw-la cognoscendi_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la autem_fw-la una_fw-la tantum_fw-la cognitio_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la una_fw-la facit_fw-la deus_fw-la quod_fw-la homines_fw-la multis_fw-la et_fw-la âââo_fw-la illa_fw-la una_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la significat_fw-la state_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o god_n knowledge_n in_o itself_o but_o only_o that_o the_o object_n be_v a_o conditional_a proposition_n speak_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o event_n fore-known_a from_o which_o god_n act_n be_v denominate_v conditional_a only_a denominatione_fw-la extrinsecâ_fw-la not_o as_o a_o act_n but_o as_o this_o act_n 260._o we_o deny_v not_o but_o god_n may_v be_v say_v as_o true_o to_o know_v the_o truth_n of_o hypothetical_a as_o of_o absolute_a proposition_n if_o one_o be_v the_o object_n of_o his_o knowledge_n the_o other_o be_v which_o prove_v the_o hypothetical_a proposition_n to_o be_v less_o perfect_a than_o a_o absolute_a but_o not_o god_n knowledge_n of_o it_o to_o be_v less_o perfect_a 261._o nor_o do_v god_n foreknowledge_n that_o adam_n will_v sin_v in_o such_o circumstance_n make_v his_o understanding_n depend_v on_o the_o creature_n but_o only_o to_o be_v terminate_v on_o the_o creature_n as_o a_o object_n and_o so_o it_o do_v in_o all_o act_n where_o the_o creature_n be_v the_o object_n this_o objection_n therefore_o belong_v also_o to_o the_o dispute_n whether_o god_n know_v any_o thing_n but_o himself_o or_o out_o of_o himself_o 262._o the_o seign_v god_n to_o have_v in_o himself_o so_o many_o act_n of_o knowledge_n real_o distinct_a and_o to_o lie_v in_o such_o a_o order_n be_v intolerable_a see_v god_n be_v 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âânem_fw-la chrys_n in_o eph._n hom._n 1._o damasâ_n fid_fw-we orthod_n l._n 2._o c._n 29._o &_o count_v manich._n ad_fw-la âânem_fw-la &_o cons_n non_fw-la est_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la respectu_fw-la omnium_fw-la volitorum_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la respectu_fw-la âorum_fw-la quae_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la pendent_fw-la ex_fw-la lib._n arbitrio_fw-la creaturae_fw-la 2._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la qua_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la hominis_fw-la salutem_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la est_fw-la &_o qua_fw-la illum_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la ordinat_fw-la &_o media_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessaria_fw-la praeparat_fw-la quibus_fw-la nisi_fw-la per_fw-la ipsum_fw-la hominem_fw-la steterit_fw-la salutem_fw-la assequatur_fw-la 3._o non_fw-la semper_fw-la voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la circa_fw-la objecta_fw-la contraria_fw-la versantur_fw-la sed_fw-la potest_fw-la idem_fw-la objectum_fw-la esse_fw-la volitum_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la voluntate_fw-la tum_fw-la antecedente_fw-la tum_fw-la consequente_a 4._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la est_fw-la voluntas_fw-la beneplaciti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la voluntas_fw-la signi_fw-la 5._o voluntas_fw-la antecedens_fw-la est_fw-la formaliter_fw-la etc._n alliaco_fw-it camerac_n 1._o q._n 14._o d._n e._n tell_v you_o the_o sense_n of_o thom._n scotus_n ockam_n &_o gregor_n of_o this_o distinction_n and_o that_o of_o scotus_n and_o ockam_n be_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n with_o what_o i_o here_o say_v of_o it_o including_z that_o antecedent_n grace_n which_o they_o call_v sufficient_a which_o god_n give_v to_o persuade_v man_n to_o consent_n the_o schoolman_n be_v disagree_v of_o the_o sense_n of_o this_o distinction_n and_o not_o understand_v it_o contend_v about_o it_o see_v ruiz_n de_fw-fr vol._n dei_fw-la disp_n 19_o §._o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5._o p._n 195_o 196_o etc._n etc._n &_o proprie_fw-la in_o deo_fw-la existens_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solum_fw-la per_fw-la metaphoram_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la modum_fw-la quo_fw-la voluntas_fw-la signi_fw-la 361._o i_o tell_v you_o their_o sense_n that_o i_o may_v the_o better_o open_v the_o plain_a truth_n to_o you_o which_o be_v as_o follow_v 1._o this_o distinction_n of_o vol._n antec_fw-la &_o con_v be_v not_o apply_v to_o god_n as_o he_o be_v our_o creator_n or_o end_v nor_o as_o he_o be_v mere_a proprietor_n or_o benefactor_n but_o only_o as_o he_o be_v rector_n or_o moral_a ruler_n of_o man_n 2._o as_o government_n have_v a_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_a part_n viz._n legislation_n and_o judgement_n with_o execution_n so_o god_n antecedent_n will_n be_v nothing_o but_o his_o legal_a will_n or_o his_o will_n as_o rector_n signify_v by_o his_o law_n and_o his_o consequent_a will_n be_v his_o judicial_a will_n or_o express_v in_o judgement_n one_o antecedent_n to_o man_n part_n obedience_n or_o disobedience_n and_o the_o other_o consequent_a to_o it_o 3._o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o 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to_o his_o law_n to_o free_a agent_n and_o this_o natural_a course_n of_o agency_n we_o must_v not_o expect_v that_o he_o shall_v alter_v but_o rare_o by_o miracle_n 12._o nothing_o be_v at_o enmity_n and_o active_o opponent_n to_o god_n natural_a agency_n or_o motion_n for_o else_o there_o shall_v be_v something_o beside_o god_n and_o his_o work_n which_o he_o must_v overcome_v though_o some_o natural_a motion_n may_v oppose_v each_o other_o yet_o all_o concur_v to_o one_o end_n 13._o nonentity_n or_o nothingness_n be_v not_o contrary_a to_o god_n as_o a_o opponent_n 14._o therefore_o see_v ibid._n see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v see_v say_v alliac_n camerac_n 1._o q._n 12._o a._n 1._o b._n reprobatio_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la est_fw-la non-propositum_a dandi_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la ille_fw-la dicitur_fw-la reprobatus_fw-la secundum_fw-la aliquos_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la proposuit_fw-la dare_v vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la de_fw-la multis_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o bonis_fw-la meritoriis_fw-la perseverent_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la vult_fw-la quod_fw-la conditio_fw-la impleatur_fw-la quia_fw-la si_fw-la vellet_fw-la utique_fw-la impleretur_fw-la but_o he_o say_v not_o vult_fw-la non_fw-la impleri_fw-la etc._n etc._n gregorius_n non_fw-la debuit_fw-la infer_v quod_fw-la non_fw-la misereri_fw-la est_fw-la effectus_fw-la reprobationis_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la ipsa_fw-la reprobatio_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n nolle_n be_v not_o a_o mere_a non_fw-la velle_fw-la but_o a_o velle-non_a which_o be_v the_o war_n of_o the_o will_n against_o a_o opponent_n and_o the_o root_n of_o opposition_n ad_fw-la extra_fw-la it_o be_v a_o unmeet_a phrase_n to_o say_v that_o god_n do_v nile_n any_o nonentity_n or_o any_o mere_a natural_a opposition_n to_o he_o or_o that_o he_o will_v any_o natural_a entity_n or_o motion_n which_o he_o effect_v not_o 15._o but_o god_n be_v 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say_v that_o he_o be_v god_n actual_a self-love_n which_o be_v âhe_v same_o that_o you_o call_v his_o holiness_n and_o some_o say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o divine_a will_n or_o love_n consider_v in_o itself_o as_o distinct_a from_o vital_a power_n and_o intellect_n or_o wisdom_n but_o of_o this_o i_o have_v speak_v more_o large_o elsewhere_o §_o 13._o m._n s._n adam_n promise_a reward_n be_v to_o be_v fix_v in_o a_o unchangeable_a state_n of_o please_a god_n by_o this_o holy_a spirit_n not_o by_o infuse_v any_o new_a quality_n which_o shall_v unchangeable_o fasten_v he_o to_o the_o rule_n for_o no_o create_a thing_n can_v unchangeable_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v an._n 1._o the_o promise_n to_o adam_n be_v very_o obscure_a but_o happiness_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v and_o everlasting_a 2._o but_o it_o be_v pass_v my_o reach_n to_o conceive_v how_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n can_v fix_v man_n in_o perfect_a holiness_n without_o any_o fix_v quality_n as_o it_o be_v call_v on_o his_o soul_n a_o constant_a act_n the_o soul_n must_v have_v and_o 1._o if_o that_o act_n be_v cause_v by_o any_o divine_a impulse_n dispose_v the_o soul_n so_o to_o act_v than_o that_o disposition_n be_v a_o quality_n 2._o and_o if_o there_o be_v not_o both_o disposition_n and_o habit_n than_o the_o soul_n will_v not_o in_o glory_n be_v habitual_o or_o qualitative_o holy_a but_o only_o actual_o 3._o and_o a_o habit-acting_a being_n perfect_a than_o a_o act_n without_o a_o habit_n or_o inclination_n the_o soul_n will_v be_v more_o imperfect_a in_o glory_n than_o in_o this_o state_n of_o grace_n 4._o operari_fw-la sequitur_fw-la esse_fw-la god_n fit_v all_o his_o creature_n to_o their_o work_n and_o as_o when_o he_o will_v give_v immortality_n he_o will_v give_v a_o nature_n fit_a for_o immortality_n even_o indissoluble_a and_o incorruptible_a so_o when_o he_o give_v perpetuity_n of_o love_n he_o give_v a_o nature_n or_o habit_n fit_a for_o perpetual_a action_n christ_n say_v a_o good_a tree_n bring_v forth_o good_a fruit_n and_o a_o evil_a tree_n evil_a fruit_n make_v the_o tree_n good_a and_o his_o fruit_n good_a 5._o the_o operation_n of_o love_n in_o glory_n shall_v be_v ex_fw-la potentia_fw-la aut_fw-la violentia_fw-la aut_fw-la neutra_fw-la if_o there_o be_v no_o intrinsic_a disposition_n or_o inclination_n to_o they_o in_o a_o word_n it_o be_v a_o contradiction_n for_o a_o soul_n to_o be_v perfect_o holy_a and_o not_o have_v the_o perfection_n of_o inclination_n to_o its_o acts._n 3._o but_o if_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o no_o holy_a quality_n alone_o suffice_v without_o god_n influx_n that_o be_v no_o more_o than_o what_o must_v be_v faid_fw-we of_o every_o creature_n without_o divine_a influx_n no_o creature_n can_v be_v or_o operate_v a_o moment_n no_o create_a thing_n of_o itself_o without_o god_n can_v continue_v how_o then_o shall_v it_o keep_v a_o man_n from_o fall_v but_o if_o the_o soul_n have_v any_o more_o goodness_n of_o nature_n or_o inclination_n in_o it_o than_o the_o devil_n have_v it_o must_v be_v a_o create_a thing_n or_o god_n himself_o if_o only_a god_n that_o prove_v not_o a_o saint_n to_o be_v himself_o better_a than_o a_o devil_n as_o to_o nature_n or_o disposition_n but_o only_o that_o god_n in_o he_o be_v better_a his_o reason_n why_o the_o sun_n be_v natural_o fix_v to_o its_o operation_n but_o not_o a_o glorify_a soul_n be_v §_o 14._o m._n s._n that_o one_o be_v a_o natural_a and_o the_o other_o a_o voluntary_a agent_n one_o as_o gibieuf_n say_v non_fw-fr agit_fw-fr sed_fw-la agitur_fw-la the_o other_o do_v agere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la tantum_fw-la agitur_fw-la an._n 1._o gibieuf_n and_o you_o be_v deceive_v in_o think_v that_o such_o natural_n none_o agunt_fw-la passive_a matter_n do_v not_o act_n ex_fw-la principio_fw-la essentiali_fw-la unless_a dr._n glissons_n and_o campanellas_n doctrine_n hold_v true_a but_o the_o three_o active_a nature_n intellectual_a sensitive_a and_o vegetative_a and_o so_o fire_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v ex_fw-la principio_fw-la activo_fw-la essentali_fw-la agere_fw-la but_o nothing_o do_v act_n without_o a_o antecedent_n influx_n to_o action_n from_o the_o first_o cause_n in_o which_o it_o be_v passive_a for_o no_o creature_n be_v independent_a 2._o voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la natura_fw-la quamvis_fw-la libera_fw-la to_o move_v natural_o only_a and_o not_o free_o be_v proper_a to_o agent_n mere_o natural_a distinct_a from_o free_a but_o to_o move_v free_o and_o yet_o from_o a_o fix_a principle_n which_o shall_v infallible_o determine_v the_o soul_n to_o act_v free_o be_v not_o a_o contradiction_n nor_o that_o which_o gibieuf_n shall_v deny_v to_o the_o glorify_a §_o 15._o m._n s._n man_n though_o a_o creature_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o action_n he_o move_v and_o set_v himself_o on_o work_n else_o he_o be_v
justify_v by_o faith_n it_o connote_v and_o include_v that_o we_o be_v justify_v by_o christ_n and_o his_o sacrifice_n merit_n and_o covenant_n respective_o believe_v in_o but_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o christ_n nor_o his_o sacrifice_n or_o merit_n or_o promise_v that_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o word_n faith_n it_o be_v a_o gross_a abuse_n of_o the_o text_n so_o to_o expound_v it_o faith_n connote_v the_o object_n but_o it_o be_v not_o christ_n that_o be_v call_v faith_n 140._o but_o the_o meaning_n be_v that_o man_n have_v forfeit_v life_n christ_n righteousness_n habitual_a active_a and_o passive_a have_v merit_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v give_v we_o as_o a_o free_a gift_n but_o yet_o regular_o under_o a_o law_n but_o the_o law_n make_v nothing_o but_o believe_v acceptance_n the_o condition_n of_o our_o right_n and_o he_o that_o do_v that_o much_o shall_v without_o perfection_n be_v esteem_v and_o use_v as_o righteous_a for_o the_o sake_n of_o the_o say_a righteousness_n of_o christ_n so_o that_o in_o point_n of_o merit_n as_o to_o the_o value_n of_o the_o thing_n christ_n righteousness_n be_v instead_o of_o our_o innocency_n but_o as_o to_o the_o order_n of_o collation_n something_o be_v still_o to_o be_v require_v of_o we_o as_o a_o condition_n of_o right_n so_o our_o faith_n now_o be_v instead_o of_o our_o innocency_n as_o be_v all_o that_o be_v lay_v on_o we_o instead_o of_o ââ_o that_o we_o may_v have_v right_a to_o justification_n and_o to_o assign_v this_o condition_n oâ_n our_o part_n paul_n say_v that_o faith_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o righteousness_n to_o deny_v this_o sense_n be_v to_o use_v violence_n with_o the_o text._n 141._o christ_n righteousness_n be_v make_v we_o as_o our_o sin_n be_v make_v his_o which_o be_v not_o in_o themselves_o as_o be_v aforesaid_a god_n forbid_v we_o shall_v think_v that_o christ_n be_v ever_o repute_v by_o god_n to_o be_v a_o sinner_n a_o blasphemer_n a_o murderer_n a_o enemy_n to_o god_n and_o goodness_n one_o that_o have_v satan_n image_n and_o be_v his_o servant_n a_o persecutor_n of_o himself_o etc._n etc._n but_o only_o our_o sin_n be_v impute_v to_o he_o as_o to_o the_o punishment_n deserve_v that_o be_v he_o assume_v the_o reatum_fw-la poenae_fw-la the_o punishment_n and_o a_o dueness_n occasion_v by_o our_o sin_n but_o make_v his_o own_o by_o his_o voluntary_a sponsion_n but_o never_o have_v he_o the_o reaâum_fw-la culpae_fw-la in_o its_o self_n but_o mere_o as_o aforesaid_a respective_o to_o the_o punishment_n even_o so_o we_o have_v the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n not_o in_o its_o self_n as_o proprietor_n of_o it_o but_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o effect_n that_o be_v we_o have_v the_o effect_n even_o our_o justification_n and_o other_o benefit_n as_o purchase_v by_o it_o and_o for_o its_o sake_n and_o as_o our_o guilt_n or_o obligation_n to_o punishment_n be_v not_o christ_n till_o his_o voluntary_a sponsion_n or_o consent_n do_v make_v it_o so_o even_o so_o his_o righteousness_n be_v not_o we_o in_o the_o effect_n till_o our_o voluntary_a consent_n accept_v it_o because_o iâ_n be_v not_o a_o natural_a but_o a_o contract_a relation_n that_o be_v between_o christ_n and_o we_o and_o as_o it_o be_v not_o a_o strict_a propriety_n in_o christ_n righteousness_n that_o we_o have_v so_o it_o be_v much_o less_o a_o plenary_a and_o absolute_a propriety_n nor_o have_v we_o it_o in_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o meritorious_a cause_n to_o all_o use_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v full_o our_o own_o but_o only_o limited_o to_o those_o use_n which_o god_n accept_v it_o for_o and_o have_v assign_v to_o it_o in_o the_o gospel_n that_o be_v it_o be_v but_o a_o certain_a sort_n and_o measure_n of_o mercy_n that_o be_v give_v we_o from_o it_o in_o god_n time_n and_o way_n 142._o to_o the_o assert_v of_o the_o rigid_a sense_n of_o imputation_n they_o be_v necessitate_v to_o say_v that_o which_o suppose_v god_n repute_n of_o the_o matter_n to_o be_v false_a that_o be_v that_o he_o repute_v we_o to_o have_v do_v that_o in_o and_o by_o christ_n which_o we_o never_o do_v by_o he_o but_o god_n judge_v nothing_o to_o be_v otherwise_o than_o it_o be_v that_o he_o judge_v christ_n to_o have_v be_v the_o sponsor_n and_o mediator_n and_o in_o that_o person_n to_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v as_o he_o do_v be_v because_o it_o be_v true_a but_o he_o judge_v he_o not_o to_o have_v be_v the_o legal_a person_n of_o the_o sinner_n and_o as_o many_o person_n as_o there_o be_v redeem_v sinner_n in_o the_o world_n because_o that_o be_v not_o true_a 143._o they_o say_v that_o what_o the_o surety_n do_v the_o debtor_n do_v in_o law-sense_n and_o to_o judge_v so_o be_v not_o to_o err_v but_o there_o be_v several_a sort_n of_o surety_n much_o more_o of_o instrument_n in_o pay_v a_o debt_n 1._o there_o be_v free_a surety_n who_o be_v not_o oblige_v to_o the_o debtor_n as_o his_o dependent_n and_o these_o either_o by_o countersecurity_n or_o by_o right_a of_o the_o thing_n may_v recover_v all_o of_o the_o debtor_n again_o and_o therefore_o the_o law_n suppose_v not_o the_o debtor_n to_o have_v pay_v the_o debt_n by_o they_o but_o that_o the_o creditor_n make_v they_o both_o joynt-debtor_n for_o his_o own_o security_n 2._o there_o be_v surety_n antecedent_o and_o surety_n consequent_o one_o that_o before_o the_o debt_n do_v conditional_o make_v himself_o a_o joynt-debtor_n in_o case_n the_o principal_a pay_v it_o not_o and_o there_o be_v a_o surety_n more_o proper_o call_v a_o undertaking-friend_n who_o after_o pay_v the_o debt_n be_v disoblige_v before_o christ_n be_v not_o a_o surety_n of_o the_o first_o sort_n in_o law-sense_n and_o if_o you_o call_v god_n decree_n which_o be_v his_o essence_n suretyship_n your_o liberty_n of_o word_n change_v not_o the_o case_n 3._o there_o be_v a_o surety_n who_o pay_v the_o debt_n in_o the_o name_n and_o person_n of_o the_o principal_a debtor_n and_o he_o be_v not_o proper_o call_v a_o surety_n but_o a_o agent_n or_o substitute_n and_o christ_n be_v none_o such_o nor_o be_v any_o proper_a surety_n such_o and_o there_o be_v a_o surety_n which_o by_o the_o creditor_n consent_n do_v pay_v the_o debt_n in_o his_o own_o name_n agree_v that_o the_o chief_a debtor_n shall_v have_v no_o benefit_n by_o it_o but_o from_o he_o as_o he_o shall_v give_v it_o on_o certain_a term_n and_o this_o be_v christ_n case_n 4._o there_o be_v a_o surety_n that_o pay_v the_o same_o debt_n that_o be_v due_a from_o the_o principal_a and_o there_o be_v a_o surety_n or_o friend_n that_o undertake_v only_o to_o make_v the_o creditor_n satisfaction_n because_o the_o debtor_n can_v pay_v and_o this_o be_v the_o case_n 5._o last_o there_o be_v a_o paymaster_n that_o be_v the_o debtor_n instrument_n whether_o servant_n delegate_n or_o whoever_o at_o his_o command_n or_o request_n do_v pay_v it_o in_o his_o name_n and_o person_n and_o this_o be_v not_o the_o case_n and_o there_o be_v a_o proper_a surety_n who_o be_v a_o three_o person_n and_o no_o instrument_n and_o pay_v it_o in_o his_o own_o name_n though_o for_o another_o this_o as_o i_o say_v be_v the_o case_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o we_o that_o pay_v it_o therefore_o to_o the_o objection_n i_o say_v that_o to_o judge_n christ_n such_o a_o instrument_n or_o delegate_n of_o we_o or_o surety_n that_o do_v all_o in_o our_o legal_a person_n be_v to_o misjudge_v and_o err_v as_o be_v prove_v which_o god_n can_v do_v 144._o christ_n do_v and_o suffer_v in_o the_o common_a nature_n of_o man_n though_o not_o in_o the_o person_n of_o each_o sinner_n and_o man_n nature_n be_v so_o far_o redeem_v by_o he_o that_o for_o the_o mere_a original_a sin_n of_o nature_n alone_o no_o man_n shall_v perish_v unless_o he_o add_v the_o rejection_n of_o grace_n of_o which_o somewhat_o be_v say_v before_o but_o yet_o as_o nature_n exi_v only_o in_o person_n so_o it_o be_v all_o person_n who_o have_v this_o much_o benefit_n and_o more_o but_o that_o he_o merit_v and_o satisfy_v in_o our_o nature_n be_v a_o proper_a speech_n and_o true_a than_o that_o he_o do_v it_o in_o our_o person_n 145._o but_o all_o this_o similitude_n of_o a_o creditor_n and_o debtor_n be_v to_o be_v limit_v in_o the_o application_n according_a to_o the_o great_a difference_n of_o sin_n and_o debt_n which_o will_v infer_v a_o great_a diversity_n in_o the_o consequent_n which_o may_v easy_o be_v collect_v by_o the_o reader_n 146._o as_o to_o the_o great_a and_o weighty_a question_n whether_o christ_n die_v for_o grace_n how_o far_o christ_n die_v for_o sin_n against_o the_o law_n of_o grace_n sin_n against_o the_o new_a covenant_n or_o only_o for_o those_o against_o the_o old_a i_o answer_v distinction_n be_v here_o notorious_o
there_o be_v no_o place_n where_o any_o corporeal_a be_v be_v where_o some_o active_a create_a nature_n be_v not_o with_o it_o so_o that_o consider_v the_o proximity_n and_o the_o nature_n we_o may_v well_o conclude_v that_o we_o know_v of_o no_o corporal_a motion_n under_o the_o sun_n which_o god_n effect_v by_o himself_o alone_o without_o any_o second_o cause_n §_o 6._o joh._n sarisburiensis_n and_o some_o schoolman_n liken_v god_n presence_n with_o the_o creature_n in_o operation_n to_o the_o fire_n in_o a_o red_a hot_a iron_n where_o you_o will_v think_v all_o be_v fire_n and_o all_o iron_n but_o the_o similitude_n be_v too_o low_a the_o sun_n be_v the_o most_o notable_a instrument_n in_o visible_a nature_n and_o god_n operate_v on_o all_o low_a thing_n by_o its_o virtue_n and_o influx_n god_n and_o the_o sun_n do_v what_o the_o sun_n do_v and_o we_o know_v of_o nothing_o that_o god_n move_v here_o on_o earth_n that_o be_v corporeal_a without_o it_o §_o 7._o but_o the_o sun_n move_v nothing_o as_o the_o cartesian_o dream_n by_o a_o single_a motive_n influx_n alone_o but_o by_o emission_n of_o its_o threefold_a influx_n as_o every_o active_a nature_n do_v that_o be_v motive_n illuminative_a and_o calefactive_a which_o be_v one-radical_o in_o three-effective_o §_o 8._o this_o efflux_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v universal_a and_o equal_a ex_fw-la parte_fw-la svi_fw-la but_o cause_v wonderful_a diversity_n of_o effect_n without_o diversity_n in_o god_n the_o prime_a cause_n or_o in_o itself_o the_o same_o influx_n cause_v the_o weed_n and_o dunghill_n and_o carrion_n to_o stink_v and_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o sweet_a plant_n to_o be_v sweet_a some_o thing_n to_o live_v and_o some_o to_o die_v some_o thing_n to_o be_v soft_a and_o some_o hard_a etc._n etc._n in_o a_o word_n there_o be_v few_o change_n or_o various_a action_n below_o in_o body_n which_o the_o sun_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o without_o difference_n in_o itself_o but_o not_o the_o specify_v cause_n §_o 9_o the_o reason_n why_o one_o equal_a influx_n cause_v such_o wonderful_a diversity_n of_o motion_n be_v the_o diversity_n of_o receptive_a disposition_n and_o nature_n recipitur_fw-la ad_fw-la modum_fw-la recipientis_fw-la so_o one_o poise_n make_v various_a motion_n in_o a_o clock_n etc._n etc._n §_o 10._o god_n operate_v on_o second_o cause_n as_o god_n omnipotent_o but_o not_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la potentiae_fw-la but_o free_o as_o he_o please_v §_o 11._o god_n work_v by_o second_o cause_n according_a to_o the_o say_a cause_n aptitude_n so_o that_o the_o operation_n of_o infinite_a power_n be_v limit_v according_a to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o second_o cause_n which_o god_n use_v §_o 12._o there_o be_v a_o superiority_n and_o inferiority_n among_o spirit_n as_o well_o as_o body_n and_o whether_o god_n work_v on_o all_o our_o soul_n by_o superior_a spirit_n as_o second_v cause_n be_v unknown_a to_o we_o it_o be_v not_o improbable_a according_a to_o the_o order_n of_o his_o providence_n in_o other_o thing_n but_o we_o know_v little_a of_o it_o certain_o §_o 13._o but_o certain_a we_o be_v that_o superior_a voluntary_a agent_n angel_n and_o devil_n have_v very_o much_o to_o do_v with_o our_o soul_n and_o operate_v much_o upon_o they_o it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a power_n which_o wise_a observer_n perceive_v satan_n have_v upon_o the_o imagination_n or_o think_v faculty_n of_o which_o i_o can_v give_v some_o instance_n enough_o to_o convince_v a_o rational_a sadducee_n and_o it_o be_v not_o like_o that_o good_a angel_n have_v less_o power_n skill_n or_o will_n §_o 14._o and_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o god_n have_v ordain_v one_o great_a universal_a second_o cause_n to_o convey_v his_o spirit_n and_o grace_n by_o which_o be_v jesus_n christ_n as_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o universal_a cause_n of_o motion_n light_n and_o heat_n to_o inferior_a creature_n and_o god_n operate_v by_o the_o sun_n so_o be_v christ_n set_v as_o a_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n by_o who_o god_n will_v convey_v his_o spiritual_a influx_n to_o man_n soul_n and_o there_o be_v now_o no_o other_o conveyance_n to_o be_v expect_v §_o 15._o christ_n humane_a nature_n unite_v personal_o to_o the_o divine_a and_o glorify_a be_v by_o the_o office_n of_o mediator_n authorize_v and_o by_o personal_a union_n and_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n enable_v and_o fit_v to_o this_o communication_n of_o god_n spiritual_a influx_n to_o mankind_n §_o 16._o object_n a_o creature_n can_v be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o be_v god_n the_o creator_n send_v be_v the_o act_n of_o a_o superior_a but_o christ_n humanity_n be_v not_o superior_a to_o the_o holy_a ghost_n answ_n 1._o christ_n as_o a_o creature_n be_v no_o cause_n of_o any_o essential_a or_o pure_o immanent_a act_n of_o god_n for_o that_o have_v no_o cause_n but_o 1._o he_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n as_o it_o signify_v the_o effect_n 2._o and_o so_o the_o cause_n why_o his_o act_n be_v terminate_v on_o the_o soul_n and_o 3._o of_o the_o order_n of_o these_o effect_n why_o rather_o on_o this_o soul_n than_o on_o that_o and_o at_o this_o time_n measure_n etc._n etc._n and_o 2._o this_o christ_n do_v not_o as_o a_o superior_a sender_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o a_o ministerial_a and_o a_o second_o cause_n as_o a_o master_n pay_v his_o servant_n as_o his_o steward_n determine_v §_o 17._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n be_v the_o political_a cause_n or_o head_n of_o this_o spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n that_o be_v as_o mediator_n be_v authorize_v to_o determine_v of_o the_o person_n measure_n time_n condition_n of_o the_o communication_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o physical_a head_n of_o this_o influx_n by_o proper_a efficiency_n give_v the_o spirit_n from_o himself_o as_o the_o sun_n give_v we_o its_o influx_n be_v all_o that_o be_v disputable_a that_o be_v whether_o the_o spirit_n be_v first_o give_v inherent_o to_o christ_n and_o pass_v from_o his_o person_n as_o his_o unto_o we_o as_o the_o spirit_n do_v from_o the_o head_n to_o the_o member_n §_o 18._o this_o question_n may_v be_v put_v either_o of_o all_o natural_a be_v and_o motion_n or_o only_o of_o spiritual_a motion_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n whether_o christ_n be_v so_o the_o head_n of_o nature_n as_o that_o all_o nature_n in_o heaven_n and_o earth_n be_v sustain_v and_o actuate_v by_o he_o as_o the_o physical_a efficient_a cause_n or_o whether_o this_o be_v true_a of_o this_o low_a world_n which_o be_v curse_v for_o sin_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a at_o least_o of_o humane_a nature_n or_o whether_o it_o be_v true_a only_o of_o gracious_a operation_n §_o 19_o 1._o that_o christ_n have_v the_o political_a dispose_n of_o the_o whole_a universe_n contain_v in_o the_o word_n heaven_n and_o earth_n the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o assert_v 2._o that_o he_o have_v the_o political_a disposal_n of_o humane_a nature_n and_o of_o all_o other_o creature_n that_o belong_v to_o man_n so_o far_o as_o they_o belong_v to_o he_o angel_n devil_n sun_n air_n earth_n etc._n etc._n be_v past_a dispute_n 3._o that_o the_o real_a physical_a effect_n act_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o spirit_n on_o man_n soul_n be_v cause_v by_o christ_n moral_a causation_n by_o his_o merit_n and_o his_o political_a mission_n be_v past_a dispute_n 4._o that_o beside_o all_o this_o the_o spirit_n itself_o by_o baptism_n be_v in_o covenant_n with_o all_o the_o member_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o as_o they_o be_v such_o and_o be_v in_o a_o prio_fw-la covenant_n first_o relate_v to_o christ_n himself_o and_o so_o by_o this_o covenant_n give_v we_o in_o relation_n as_o we_o be_v unite_v to_o christ_n be_v past_a dispute_n 5._o and_o that_o christ_n himself_o do_v make_v such_o physical_a change_n on_o our_o soul_n by_o mean_n and_o by_o the_o foresay_a political_n mission_n of_o the_o spirit_n by_o which_o we_o be_v make_v receptive_a of_o more_o of_o the_o spirit_n operation_n be_v past_a dispute_n 6._o but_o whether_o moreover_o any_o action_n of_o christ_n own_o humane_a soul_n glorify_v do_v physical_o reach_v our_o soul_n or_o whether_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v in_o its_o own_o essential_a virtue_n which_o be_v every_o where_n be_v say_v to_o be_v more_o in_o christ_n than_o elsewhere_o and_o communicate_v to_o we_o as_o from_o the_o root_n or_o the_o spirit_n effect_n on_o the_o soul_n to_o come_v by_o reflection_n from_o the_o first_o effect_n on_o christ_n as_o light_n and_o heat_n from_o the_o sun_n by_o a_o speculum_fw-la or_o burning-glass_n be_v question_n not_o for_o i_o to_o determine_v §_o 20._o christ_n spiritual_a influx_n on_o soul_n be_v not_o single_a but_o be_v ever_o three_o in_o one_o as_o the_o sun_n be_v aforesaid_a which_o be_v according_a to_o
the_o threefold_a divine_a excellency_n communicate_v and_o the_o threefold_a humane_a receptive_a faculty_n viz._n life_n light_n and_o love_n or_o spiritual_a vivification_n activity_n and_o power_n spiritual_a illumination_n of_o the_o intellect_n and_o spiritual_a conversion_n or_o sanctification_n of_o the_o will_n by_o holy_a love_n §_o 21._o it_o be_v certain_a that_o it_o be_v not_o only_o on_o believer_n that_o christ_n operate_v by_o the_o spirit_n for_o he_o draw_v man_n by_o it_o to_o believe_v and_o many_o wicked_a man_n that_o be_v not_o his_o elect_a have_v common_a even_o miraculous_a gift_n of_o the_o spirit_n 14._o spirit_n spirit_n spirit_n mat._n 7._o 21_o 22_o 23._o gal._n 3._o 1_o 2_o 3._o heb._n 6._o 5_o 6._o 1_o cor._n 14._o which_o be_v all_o communicate_v by_o christ_n §_o 22._o as_o nature_n itself_o be_v in_o his_o political_a power_n and_o be_v deliver_v to_o he_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v reparable_a and_o belong_v to_o the_o reparation_n of_o man_n so_o all_o gift_n and_o operation_n receive_v by_o any_o in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v mercy_n contrary_a to_o commerit_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o christ_n even_o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v in_o the_o night_n by_o the_o moon_n and_o in_o the_o dawn_n of_o the_o day_n by_o itself_o unseen_a and_o after_o by_o itself_o appear_a so_o christ_n shine_v to_o the_o heathen_a world_n in_o abundance_n of_o natural_a and_o providential_a mercy_n and_o by_o the_o help_n of_o many_o creature_n and_o experience_n and_o to_o some_o by_o near_a approach_n as_o well_o as_o to_o the_o church_n by_o the_o manifestation_n of_o himself_o all_o which_o be_v evident_a 1._o because_o the_o whole_a lapse_v world_n in_o adam_n and_o no_n be_v bring_v under_o his_o own_o covenant_n of_o grace_n according_a to_o which_o he_o operate_v 2._o in_o that_o so_o much_o mercy_n after_o sin_n will_v not_o stand_v with_o god_n regiment_n by_o the_o mere_a law_n of_o innocency_n violate_v 3._o in_o that_o christ_n be_v express_o call_v the_o saviour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o saviour_n of_o all_o man_n especial_o of_o they_o that_o believe_v who_o die_v for_o all_o in_o that_o all_o be_v dead_a that_o they_o that_o live_v shall_v live_v to_o he_o who_o taste_v death_n for_o every_o man_n etc._n etc._n and_o joh._n 1._o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o that_o be_v the_o true_a light_n which_o light_v every_o man_n come_v into_o the_o world_n or_o come_v into_o the_o world_n light_v every_o man_n he_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o he_o and_o the_o world_n know_v he_o not_o and_o v._o 4_o 5._o in_o he_o be_v life_n and_o the_o life_n be_v the_o light_n of_o man_n and_o the_o light_n shine_v in_o darkness_n and_o the_o darkness_n comprehend_v it_o not_o etc._n etc._n §_o 23._o this_o threefold_a influx_n of_o christ_n spirit_n for_o life_n light_n and_o love_n be_v not_o equal_o effectual_a on_o all_o nor_o equal_o effectual_a on_o the_o same_o person_n at_o several_a time_n nor_o each_o part_n of_o the_o influx_n equal_o effectual_a on_o the_o same_o person_n at_o the_o same_o time_n the_o reason_n anon_o sect_n iii_o of_o the_o operation_n and_o principles_n as_o compare_v §_o 1._o though_o power_n wisdom_n and_o goodness_n or_o love_n all_z cooperate_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n yet_o in_o the_o work_n of_o man_n recovery_n their_o impression_n be_v not_o equal_a but_o as_o power_n with_o wisdom_n and_o love_n more_o appear_v in_o the_o creation_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a so_o wisdom_n with_o power_n convey_v love_n appear_v more_o in_o our_o redemption_n and_o love_n with_o power_n and_o wisdom_n be_v most_o conspicuous_a and_o illustrious_a in_o our_o renew_a state_n begin_v indeed_o by_o sanctification_n but_o perfect_a in_o our_o glorification_n all_o glorification_n glorification_n glorification_n as_o to_o the_o question_n between_o the_o schoolman_n define_v &_o beatitudin_fw-mi undoubted_o the_o thomist_n err_v in_o place_v it_o chief_o in_o the_o intellect_n and_o medina_n and_o other_o give_v silly_a reason_n for_o it_o and_o the_o scotist_n of_o who_o rada_n well_o handle_v it_o be_v far_o right_a and_o agid._n romanus_n brief_o and_o clear_o tell_v we_o the_o truth_n quodlib_n 3._o q._n 18._o p._n 187._o btatitudo_fw-la est_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la finaliter_fw-la &_o in_fw-la aââquo_fw-la formaliter_fw-la naâ_n si_fw-la ipsum_fw-la objectum_fw-la principaââ_n voluntatis_fw-la prout_fw-la habit_n rationem_fw-la finis_fw-la sit_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la oportet_fw-la quod_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la principaliter_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la objecto_fw-la &_o consequent_a formaliter_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la nam_fw-la voluntas_fw-la in_o suum_fw-la objectum_fw-la tendit_fw-la finaliter_fw-la sed_fw-la per_fw-la suum_fw-la actum_fw-la teadit_n in_fw-la objectum_fw-la formaliter_fw-la exit_fw-la quo_fw-la apparet_fw-la quod_fw-la be_v âtitudo_fw-la sit_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la objecto_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la quia_fw-la ratio_fw-la finis_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o objecto_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la this_o be_v clear_a truth_n if_o you_o put_v but_o finis_fw-la alone_a for_o beatitudo_fw-la for_o beatitudo_fw-la qua_fw-la talis_fw-la be_v not_o the_o principal_a end_n of_o man_n but_o god_n as_o god_n in_o his_o perfect_a goodness_n and_o the_o fulfil_n of_o his_o will_n next_o and_o then_o our_o own_o beatitude_n with_o that_o of_o the_o blessed_a and_o he_o make_v vision_n and_o not_o love_n to_o be_v the_o secondary_a final_a object_n of_o all_o the_o omnipotent_a father_n as_o be_v say_v creat_v nature_n with_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n the_o son_n the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o father_n be_v the_o physician_n of_o soul_n and_o heal_v they_o by_o skill_n with_o power_n and_o love_n the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v by_o the_o schoolman_n the_o love_n of_o god_n dwell_v and_o work_v peculiar_o in_o we_o to_o and_o in_o perfection_n with_o power_n and_o wisdom_n be_v the_o perfection_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o so_o natura_n medela_fw-la sanitas_fw-la be_v the_o various_a effect_n of_o the_o divine_a operation_n §_o 2._o therefore_o the_o son_n operation_n in_o procure_v and_o communicate_v the_o spirit_n of_o love_n and_o holiness_n be_v eminent_o sapiential_a §_o 3._o the_o impression_n of_o all_o the_o divine_a virtue_n be_v excellent_a in_o their_o several_a kind_n and_o it_o be_v hard_a for_o we_o to_o say_v that_o this_o be_v simple_o more_o excellent_a than_o that_o but_o we_o can_v say_v which_o be_v more_o suitable_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n to_o be_v esteem_v and_o love_v by_o he_o and_o so_o we_o esteem_v the_o impression_n of_o wisdom_n and_o love_n as_o most_o suitable_a to_o we_o §_o 4._o a_o horse_n or_o ox_n excel_v man_n in_o strength_n and_o a_o bird_n or_o hare_n or_o dog_n in_o swiftness_n and_o a_o mountain_n and_o a_o oak_n in_o greatness_n and_o yet_o we_o account_v the_o wisdom_n and_o moral_a goodness_n of_o man_n to_o be_v a_o great_a excellency_n and_o to_o make_v he_o the_o more_o noble_a creature_n §_o 5._o and_o god_n seem_v to_o tell_v it_o we_o 1._o by_o call_v these_o his_o image_n 2._o and_o by_o make_v man_n the_o lord_n of_o these_o strong_a creature_n §_o 6._o and_o among_o man_n we_o take_v he_o not_o for_o the_o most_o excellent_a who_o be_v the_o strong_a but_o who_o be_v the_o wise_a and_o the_o best_a and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a and_o best_a be_v by_o aristotle_n say_v to_o be_v bear_v by_o nature_n to_o rule_v the_o rest_n and_o by_o all_o sober_a man_n be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o fit_a to_o guide_n and_o rule_v other_o how_o seldom_o soever_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v while_o the_o robuster_n sort_n be_v labourer_n and_o mechanic_n §_o 7._o yet_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o the_o effect_n be_v answerable_a to_o the_o cause_n and_o as_o active-power_n cause_v action_n and_o wisdom_n and_o government_n cause_v the_o order_n and_o rectitude_n of_o action_n and_o love_n 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