130 By Maclent Grace is meant that by which a man may be Paved , I and without which he can. nor, in q. Vafqu. Tho. q. 53. difp. q . e.r. Ir. Some Say that to force men for former fin, God penally deni -, etti Grace fufficient for Faith and Repentance So Teftat. in Ma1.4.qq.1z. Greg. Armin. t. d. 46. qu. unica Cajet. in job. e. 19. Wen!. Contr. Lu- ther. ar. z6. Tapper. in art. 7. pag. 554. Hennie. quodl. S. q. 5, z.Others fay,thar duxili- umPiedras is offered to all,anddeniedtono man is this life, how obdu- rate hower, which Vafq. in r. Tho. g. 534.98.0.3. faith is the commoner Opinion of theSchools: Ito Adrian. in 4. q. s. de panic. Sotas de nat. ex gra..c. r8. 'triedo de Red. c. 3. er 5. Vega in Cane. Tord. 1. r 3. e. h ;, Sec. ButVafque, faith, cap. 5. That adpanitentiam emad (idem, it is non omnibus moment, fed rends temparibrcc datum. They, commonly agree toAugultines words, though noneknow lull how God changeth Wills, Certifies eft nos volle can coleus fed. aile Tacit nt velimus bonum.Et Minim eltt nos frame cum facimut, fed lilt facet ut faciamos, prabenda vires e((icaci/uae De Ghat. & lib. arb. 1. e. 16. & e. 17. lit velimua fine nobisoperator. Thefe words puthis Expoftorshard to ir. AndVafqueq faith, That ut is here put finally, and the meaning is that to make us willing, he giveth us (.tgit haut us) his preventing or operatingGrace, or as Greg. his impulfe : And if it mean any more it cannot be true : For doubaefs man is the Agent or Willer when he willeth. So li. t. ad Simplician. q. z. Aliter Deus pra/tat ut velimru, aliter perilat quad voluerimus. ut velimus enio er Pnom effe vo- lnité' ^naßram: Souri vacando, noilrom fequendo quad antra volterions fain prafiat; id eß;paffe bene agere er Temper beatevrdere,1 where the words alfo are'obfcure : but Va[que, noreth, that here the [ at ] is not final as before ; and that [ Volaerimtes ] is not preterperfea tente, but the future tente : as the following words explain it : elfe be lhould contradict himfelf. Et de Baclef.. dogma. e. zt. Monet ad gnarendam falotes obìn7i libertas ; lad admanente pries Dec, & invitante ad falutem, ut vet eligat,vel f^quatur:Et arilieu faluns radine Dia milrance babemun ud argaì0[oarrhs [stati fore infpirationi no/Ira pateRatis all. THE Seventh Days Conference Between a: and D. Of SUFFICIENT and EFFECTUAL GRACE. tt You have made us hithertobelieve that the Controverfaes about " Predeftination andRedemption, are all refolved into thofe of "Free-will and Grace,and if there beno difference here, there can " be none there. Let us now then come to the core of the Controverfie, which tc is all. The flri Crimination. "1. The Calvinists deny fufficient Grace, * and fo makeallmen that " are damned tofifer for weer Impoffibilities, having no Grace toenable " them to efcape sin or Mt try 5 And confequently that Adam's in only " was avoidable , for whichall the World is cuff into aneceffity offinning, "and none but a few eleti ones have ever had fo much as the potbility " of any trueremedy. Tea many ofthemdeny that Adamhimfelf badfuf- " cient Grace. B. z. The word [ sufficient ] is fometimes taken, for all that is any way needful , and fo it is that theycommonly deny fi: iency of un- effeltual Grace. More Grace might have certainly produced the Effe&t. A man is commonly faid to have enough who needeth nomore. Now more is here ufeful, needful, defirable to thefacilitating andafcertaining the event. Ifyou are not agreed with them in this, why do you pray for more Grace, and labour formore, and take it tobe a fign of fincerity to delire more. For if the Regenerate have trot Grace enough, furely the Unregeneratehave not. a. Butin this Controverfie the Dominicans and yefuiter, byfufficient, mean that which giveth the pop agere, that is, fo muchas is ofabfo- lute necety to the all, without which it cannot be done, and with which alone it can or may bedone. And in this fenfe the Proteflants generally, and theSynod of Dort particularly denynot that there is fuch a thing. aS
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