OfSufficient and Effethial Grace. 45 And if the Saints [hall judge ( wicked ) Angels and 'the World; (judgingbeing ufually put for ruling andpunifhing) we knownot whit handwe (hall have.ourfelves in the execution of GodsWrath upon them, and how far theyfhall be as Slaves to Saints. C. "Too havefaid that (I confefs) that tendeth to reconcile us all to "Gods Providence i Bid whether itmill reconcile our own differences I " doubt. How is that Grace fufcient to allmenfor Salvation, whichnever " telleth moft ofa Chril1, or of Salvation atall ? * B. You mtftake your dverfaries., They hold not that all men * Janfen. de Grat. Chri- have fufficient to Salvàtion : But fufficientto help them nearer to ny qae- p virGratia ad gaofvrs ef- Salvation. I tell you again, no Saint hathGrace fufficient tohis full Sal- leans inferendos fafcit : vation, till he is fully faved :_Otherwife what needhe any more? Some opt atr franc fed atenfates operatoonam indeed call it mediately fufficient to Salvation, but that'sbut lis de no- dicaltati attemperandeé mine. lent. C. " If it be fufficient, what needthey anymore to that which it is faid `r fufficientfor ? And yet more would do that which is not done: But no "manfhould de/We more than is fufficient. *Blankde dift.Gratea?c: B. All this is aGame at words : * By [ Sufficient ] they mean only Ther. . and Tho- neceffaryhelp, without which the aft cannot be done, and with whichmtif}æreceniereraffarmane itcan andmay bedone: They do not mean all that is needful ad certè : efflux ad e000erfionen effe, orad melius efe. Therefore I ufe rather to call it AU neceffäry help nibilo minus graham fuf- or Grace adefe. ficienten ad eau babere ; C. a a Iprayyouyet make itplainer to me, what that neceffary or fuffici- id vero Reformats conjate- fenio netant mere [garnet- "ent Grace is, that we may judgeofit. chia e/tfrquidem, &c. B. Grace is taken eitherfor the Favour ofGod, or for his Gifts. And fo either forfree Gifts without merit in point of commutative Juftice : And fo all that God giveth to any Creature , mutt needs be Grace. Or elfe for that which is givencontrary tocommerit ( of evil ). And fo all isGrace which is.given to Sinners. Grace is either , r. Eftcient-principal. 2. Efficient. lef -principal. 3. ObjeElive. 4. Or fii0eaive,which isthe effe&. I. Grace as theprincipal eff` rcient,- - iseitherGodsmeetBenevolenceor Will to give. 2. Or his Aec of Collation, as ex parte agentis. Both thefe are really one, andGod himfelf, thoughdifferently denominated; and diverfly conceivedof by us. God operatethper effentiam. II. Grace as the lets principal efficient, is all thole meanswhich have anAptitude-to effeft ( and fo are apt to be efficients) or alíually do fo 3 AsChrift, the Gofpel, the Minifiry, outward Mercies, Affli&ions, Vic. III. Objellive Grace is thofe means which as Objetdsare appointed for man himfelf to alt upon towards his own Salvation. As a Chriji to be believed inand accepted, An offeredGlory, a certain Proms a > &e. p > f f * The School-men have IV. * Subjeftive Grace is that effeet which is wrought on mans Soul, fo many forts of Grace as confoundeth them- felves when they, have agreed, partly, t. OfexcitingGrace. z. And of infufed habits. 3. And ofConcurfe. 4. They are all to pieces about Gratia adjuvansper madamprincipii , what it is. hialderus tells us of four Opinions (in is. q, a t. a.3.dub.z.) u.That it isnothing but the infufed Habit it felf.z.That it is but gracia excitase r 3.Thatit is pedant gnalitas infufa trap /lens tuna ipfo aaa. 4. That God himfelf immediately fvpplieth the abfence ofa habitand defeft of power tóadsfuper. natural. Heaccounteth the cafe too difficult tobe confident in: but inclineth to this, that this concomitant Gracegiving power to fupernatural efts before the habits, called by themAdjuvant Grace,isquail' formalis terminusfeu lidless gratin excitas- tie & prevenientis Cr; fecunlum rem non diferre : Yet excitation is it felt taken for an effect, and this effefteth this power in queftion. But in the juftifiedhe faith, the Holy Gholt, betides habits and powers, dwelleth. Will you layany great firefs on fuch nicities as theft, paft humane reach, and fo confeffed by the fubtileft Contenders ? Per peteatum non mionitur inelinatio naturalis ad bosom per faltraftionem, fed peroppofitianem impedimenti quad neq; unit neq; minuit radiceminclinatianis: can enim ?unarm notdiminnat ipfam naturámratianalem, minnere sonpoteltradieemnaturalrsinclina- tioniead bonus que identificatur con nature: [slum ergo minnitur loojufmodi intlinatio ex parte termini quatenas, viz. per peccatum finiteimpedimentam pertingendi ad terminus unclequamtumvis in infinitum multiplicantur peccatanon pateft totaliter delirai indi. sano naturalisadbosom ratronis,Alvar.de Aux.16.difp.45. p. zso. Ita Aquin. 12.q.8s. a. 2. ad a. & r. p'. q.41. ar. 4. ad. ;. Peucer ni[tor, carcer.reproveth the Lutberans,concordia a. quod non diftinguant inter vocatinnemgeneralem feu univerfolem; cam, manes emnibas, d- vocations aftcaccm, pag. V as
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