Of Free-will. A. No : but they neceffitate us not to (in. B. Q; 18. Are we wholly free from the temptations of falfe Teachers, Flatterers, Tyrants, Perfecutórs, Enemies, and other wickedmen ? A. " No : But they cannot necef itateus to f n. B. í,Z.19. Are we wholly free from a multitude ofobjective flares, ofProfperity and Adverfity even in every Creature and way ? A. "No : but neitherdo theyneceffitate ns toße. B. R. 20. Are we any further freed from the ftrong temptations of our ownfenfes, appetites, and fefhly'Concispifeence than Grace delivereth us ? A. " No: But neither do thefe necefsitate eachparticular fan. B. Very good ! Let us come to theApplication. 1' If we areagreed * ouod fpelyat naturam inall there twenty particulars5 and that in fome Ofthem we are under l beertatis no minor et? in necefsity, and inCome next to it, and in others are under no fmalldanger, vas," fehola damardo and that noneof all there denied is the Liberty of Will which you con- cent libertatem arbirrii tend for, we are very unhappy; if we do not all agree ofthe neceffity it ¡äcaoaiioetantumt of Gods Grace, and if yet there remain any other fort ofLibertyabout vernm qua hit e(l contro- which we mutt needs contend. vetfa ant mere veomos- eli, ant non magni momen- I pray you now tellme, What Liberty it is that youaccufe your Bre- ti. rsi enim aoncedunt ad thren for denying ? Is it aLiberty togood, or unto fin? libertatem nos¡nceretm munitatemá coaítione,nee A. " Both, I. They make mans Will necefhotted to fin; and good to be libertatem in ea proprie " impof ible to it. And, 2. They make GodsGrace towork fò irrefi, fiibly as confi/tero: fed ei eo quod agent h'berum feipfem ma- tt to take away the liberty ofinning. vet da agit, rationagent B. r. What necefity is it that you mean ? Is it more than in all that agt ¡esnrali propia --Et aforefaid your Pelf bathgranted. 2. And who thinketh that manobey- copier;¡q; fagencia lib" non. eth Grace, and forbeareth refinance, or committeth fin, for want of ei- rave immunta effe a co- ther Poweror Liberty ? O that wecould be fo happy as to take away sumpñe ar9' glades e . our ownand other mens Liberty to fin, and to refill God,: and to undo denominate. Adeoq; ex carom fenfunonnsRi corone themfelves! attuum neceffarii funs; A. "Tell one MI what Libertyof Will you maintain, and thenI(hall fed p[eriq; tamps Conti,. to heft tellyou in what inwe differ : even as I. toldyouwhat Liberty we gentet---quemi octane Lt- bertas extenditnr ad a$nt " deny neteffariot et tmmntabiler, B. Themethod is convenient, I. We grant that we havea Will which [tentóiillam tattart fg is naturally a felf-determiningPrinciple, and Lord of its own ads, able totemvero rmtiu:artier- to determine it felf with due Objects andhelps, without extrinfick pre- ram ver¡art tantum cittd determining phyffcal motion either ofGod or Creatures. pretended- contrq tendet libertatem op- peni, noncoaltioni fo/um, -fed etiad netefrtati , minced/oft voluntatem form georundam- aíhnum rdtjone habere [ miffario, gwamvis plerorumq; refpeau contingenterEt in il/is aíbíbus ad geos voluntas immutabiliter & neceffario determinata aft effe quandam 'Menaam& compla- centiate widepater contentionem effe verbalem & non realem.-Nempe utrìq; confestinnt quomodo res fehabeat. Ruaftio (alum remanet; An atine neceffarii, Liberi dicendifad? Blank deLib. abfoi. Thef. 8: 9, so, re; i z, AndTH. 14. Ire citethFoist his words, Coddling the fame of Bonaventure, that taking Volontariam for Liberan, it is but a difference de nomine Libertaria. And strangios de Vol. Dei I.3. o 14: p. 689. Neq; nobles videtur hat de re litigandum, quia alioquf tantum e f t royrexxa: Non -enim negames, fsc vecem liberi arbitrii reten(wrpat, gsanequam tnalio finite illya/iones diximus effe liberal. See Blank ibid.n. 59, &c. proving alto that the quarrel among Proteflants herein, is but about the Names ofnece(fity and liberty, and that they are agreed ofthe mattet. - And Thef. az,dom. That their difference about neceffìty, and indifferency in the matter of Liberty is but about the name, and eafily reconcilable. And the fame Th. a5. he faithof the [ Pofttts omnibus ad agendum reguifrer,pave ague vel non agere. ] And-de Lib. arb.in genereTief. 13. he faith the fame, (withStrangìus ) that it is a -weer Logomachy between them that fay, All voluntary alts are free, and thole that deny it: while they take Liberty in beveralfenfei ; one pro libentia fecundum rateaneis, the other proindeterminatione doe iudifferentia, &c. That Libertyis confiflent with neceffity, inmany Cafes many of the chief School-men- hold. For which let the learned Readerperufe the Citationsof them in jolliness; andfee fpecially Alex. Al. v, p. q. 7u. numb. 30 a. 3. a Ageein. qu..t o de Potent.a. z. ad I. da ejaafequacemVivariumOita. c. ;. fe 1.3. verf. t. ( Camplu dbus alienThomiflis) dv Eonavent. in z. d. 9. q. 3. da d. z5. q. a. And the Scott/1rand fonte NominalsI haveelfe-wherecited.- EfpeciallyRoade,if you would fee more on the Subjeft,Ripalda nameth youenow, Expof. Magill. 1. a. d. 5. qa.r a. that' gó bineral ways. -. But note (with Janfeed's de Grat.Salt'. 1. 6. c. 37.) that the neceflity of voluntary alts, as Status faith, is not previous to the will, that the Will Ihould be thought to fall undernecellity as impelling it to, and fixing it in the aft a For if it were fo,Voluntas ageretur & non ageret : net (haret in tali ahtu libertas : fed-eft neeeffioaa concomitant, etagood ipfa intelligatur cadere rub valnncate: fiegaoil valuntas prapter fietatom libertatú foe,fi/i ipfa nett /tatem- impanit,in eliciendoablum,& in per/everardo. II. We
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