73 T H E Fifth Days Conference WITH AN ARMINIAN Ofmans naturalfnfulnefi and impotency to good, and of FREEWILL * Alvarez.. hath thefe . conclufions hereof , de " e Duhave hithertoperfwaded us, that all the Controverter of the l x.t.rz d 115p.469.-- L r. Ad liberum arbirrrura " Decrees and Redemption, between the Synod rand Remora- " neeeffario requiritur god "ftrants, being relayed into tholeof the Execution, we fhould politer omnibusanl-ereden- ° ` there expetPthefolution ofall : 7óthis therefore we are next to come. And ter c rude pioú , a- "firil about mans Sinfulnefs, Impotency and Free-will 9 And there all attum praregaif;tis, pope " operant vet non operar; s thefe thingsfollowing offendme. Ea viz. nr cam iifdem prerequifitis, (let poi in libero arbitriofacultas é5. potentia qua poffit eperari f; velit, vel non operan The fir.1t Grimination. f velu. ( But thequefti- ou is , de pole vello.) z. Non e(t de ration an "Thatfame of them deny all trueFree-will, and others deny all Free- def;nitione liberi arbitrii "will to good, andothers to all fpiritual good, by which man is made quad pofri, omnibus fe- ea tandem ordrnem caufalrta uncapable of being a moral Agent , and fo uncapable of moral Good or tit , a,etecedenter prare- "Evil, any more than aTree or Beall 3 Peeing Free-will is thefeat of moral gu:ftis ad aperandum ra lem album, post eundem <e hirtues and Vices, which neceffitated Natures areuncapable of arium non operari,in fen¡u B.I hope you are willing tounderftandyour felf,and tobe undetftoód. compo/ito,r compofrtofiat, inter hp/mode requifita, Tell me then, what meanyouby Free-will ? _- & cárenttam talis atlas, A. " Iknow that the true nature of Liberty is, weich controverted ; bolt I feg 0eem contrarian. " mean that Qua pofitis omnibus ad agendum requifitis, poffumus agere defnirio,mirat fe habertlib a` vel non agere. * cub. eft farrettes molesta B. s. Do you mean by agendum, imperate AEIs only, or alto Voli- tip & rationis ad arum libel- agendum , vel non ;ions ? agendum, dr ad agendum A. "Both : All moral AEI of Bod andSoul. anew vet a erum. ]But f y. 1 fuppoCe his predeter. B. That which is requifite to extrmGck moral Ads, is, that they be mination inconfiftent commandedby a determined will : You mean then that it is Liberty for win], hispotentia ad con. theTongue orHand tobe able to AEI when the Will forbiddeth it and erariam in the firft g f > pofition : Becaufe ìt ìs, not to AEI, when the Willcommandeth it. antecedent to the wits A. " Imean it onlyof imperateAds as voluntary for it is the Will felt- determination and y f p y i the Will is not able to "andnot theexecutive power that is thefeat of Liberty. determine it fell againft B.2. By Agere what A&ionof theWill do you mean? you know that faitÿrodeGodnor-a 1 mans Soul is an a&ive nature, and can nomore ceafe all a&ion than ceafe hadeth without it nei- to be. Youmay as well fay that fire with fuel can forbear to burn, as a then ' and fo had, no true power but on lap - ötil to be abtive: pofition o the e ;ion of God predeter- mining. I A'.
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