Of . :Prede#iv,tion. 33 needeth more caufe than non - anion, that is, here done , in God ftill caufeth the active difpoution. But fuppofing that upheld, 1 fay, that This Digre(hon of there is oft more need of other caufality or ftrength to keep it from Dr. rmijpe s antwerea AEtion, than to caufe it to a&. What ever the world talketh againft in the firft Book. His Durand#, theyare never well able to anfwer à Dola ( though in fence AlzOep 4aA&e they that fa tioufly oppofe him mean the fame as he. ) And ifa Rock difeuffeth the Q. An hanged inthe Airby fomething that might be cut off or removed ( as a detarex paste noflra caufa reprabatìantá: and con- threed )', fuppofing God to continue the nature of it, and all things dudeth that [Reprobatio elfe, there is more ftrength and caufality needful tohold it from falling, qu mbarv tam nosi dare a- than to make it fall, when the threed is cut. It wasa workof Gods pegmittere peccata n toron, Power to keep the fire from burning the three Confeffors, Dan. 3. and non efi còndztiont fed ab- the'Lionsfrom devouringDaniel, Dan. 6. and the Sea from flowing on fatnta, nee onit in Deo prsfeientiam °A .;- the Ifraelites, and theSun from moving in 7ofbuah's fight. toron ip/tus reprobi. 2. In 6. And yet confider that it is not fo much as an Aftion, 'which is but anáabs9 a(aid prob ro- modus rei, that is in queftion, but only the comparative circumffantia- nia expore ip/argm gaan- tin of that at{tion 5 fo that it is butmodus modi rei. cum ad interim learn, g &c.3.Et itade reprobatto- 7. And laftly, The denial of the matter of our power and liberty in neparvalarum comparati- thisI have elfe-where proved, overthroweth the certainties and funda- mentalsof all our Religion. Now whether any man should deny all fed ocian' abfolate lagaen' our Religion , and certain neceffaryTruths, for fuch ametaphyfical un- da; natty dater tau /a re- certain notion as this, that God is not able tomake a Creature, that can omnes efeítue. ] ntwhere caufea modus modi, in determining its active nature to this Object ra- note , that he granteth ther than to that, without Divine predetermination, let . fobriety be aufe ofReprobation as judge. to tome effefts, vi?. pu- " C. But thus you make man the fpecifier of his good ails , n ithout hemeanhany a ranee an p. pu- " Gods determination, as wellas of the evil. , quifrteconditiond or no B. lanfenius is in the rightin this : we have more need of. Divine help doubt there f is ny thing to the willing and doing of good than of evil: We. cannot da evil to God.And allhis ftrefs the without his natural fupport and concurfe : But we cannotdo good, efpe- s laidtonnthis, thafire dally fpiritual Paving good, unlefswehave moreover hismedicinal fpe- sn, is the fisft effeft of cial Grace. To the fpecifying ofgood aéìions, theremutt ever cony Reprobation, and this cur Gods natural help, Gods gracious help, and mansfree-will or Pelf pct man Ergo Reprobad determination. It is not two or three determinations ofthe Will, which on gaaad amnese effeöf .t Are made by thefe feveral Caufes 5 but one determination. So that un, lgslathneo crude s, man. der God, man is the fpecifying determiner of his Will togood 5 or elfe man; may put fuckAa he were not a Believer, nor rewardable or punifhable. And that he Grob on the R cannot determine his Will to good as well as to evil, proceedeth not .What he pleure. till ut id, s from the Original nature of the Will; ( for with that fuch adetermination uruany taken for cods was confrftent) but from its PravityorCorruption. But how Grace and oedeprty e dw of'faamed- Free-tvill concur is after to be handled. what necefary to their [al- ie C. Dr. Twiflè i Indic. Great. lib. 2, p.190. (T al, mittaris) hark ¢full vardov ; and to pofitive Aft as a Voliti- " digre on (q.) toprove that [God willeth that fin fhali come topals; on, z. And privative, et he permitting it, and faith Noflri Theologi afirmant: Arrníinianì Pon- unfitly extend d 3. Some o unfitly it to thee "tificii negant. ] * which is objeftively ne- e; B. I wonder not that Dr. Twiffe holdeth that Godwilleth it, when he gloveand not pr vatw 4.And fonte moil ineptly extend it to that which is negatioaams, no Aft, that is, to nothing. And fo a man that will play with words, may Pay, that r. Gods Hon-agore, non- eligere, is an Att. z. That hisnon-impedire is an effeft, which is nothing, and therefore.no Jfeil : And Alvareá utterly faileth to his proof,either that Han-eligere is anAft,or permitterevol non impedire an effett;or that it is fitly called Reprobation,whichhark no privation but a negation for its Objeft;e.g.that 3udous !hall not he an Angel,nor impecestne ;but lave naturalfree-will,is no aft ofhis Reprobation r And fo of the permiffion of the firit fin. Arminiae himfçlff exam. Perkinf. pag. 568. faith, f Vole - bat Dews Ifraelem panire,dr Achabum menßrram fcelervm /uorum implore- -Propria, iramediataer addquatacan/a cur ?miniferitot Acbab libam radon perpetraret, e/t illa Team dial; menfnra fcelerum implenda Brat. Polecat min,, DINS, ciao peccatuin boraines, per aliam viamNabothum ad /e evocare.] Which Dr. Twojis ufeth through all his Writings againfi him adham nem,in (leadof argument. Me- thinksthis conetffìon fhould Seem enough which is toomuch. And I conjelure,rhat Orminius wrote it by over-fight.and would have fail, That God permittedAhab to kill Nabotb, hecaufe he wouldpermit kith to fill ap the meaftereof his fin making petmilliun the res Velita. Bait all their aligning Gaules of Gods Decrees are too hold ; God being above all caufes. F hold-
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