Of Sufficient and Efeaual grace. i 89 tion. And thus they are fo far the Kingdoms of Chrift. But yet de nomine they are not to be called the Church; becaufe the Church is Regnant peculiaritatis. As the Ifraeliter had thefredus peculiaritatis, and were Regnant peculiare before Chrifts coming, andyet not theonly peo- pie in the world that were under a Law ofGrace (for that was univerfal). So is it nowwith the ChriflianChurches and muchmore. Briefly, Chrift hath three forts of Subjects in the world ; t. Subjects quoad obligationem ; and fo all theworld are his Subje&s (becaufe firfl his beneficiaries). 2. Snbje&s by profeffed Confent , which is, I. A half confent, asmany without the Church. 2. A full confent by Baptifm : and thefeare the Church vifible. 3. By fincere Heart-confent ; and this isthe Churchmyftical or regenerate that !hall be faved. In this I think we are agreed. C. as Well ; Suppofing an univerfal help of Grace , how anfwer you the Q° queftion ? Unde fit Efficax ? B. Doyou grant me then that this univerfal Grace is ever effetual ? C. " Stay there. 1'ou toldme that's the turning point where Dr. Sander- C' fon and Dr. Hammond came to a ne plus. But , I. As to preparatory ea Alls we all not den it. Ifindnot that our Divinesdo a art the nece JJìt Vafq. is t. rho. q. '4. fh y ) U y Difp. 88. Reciteth va- eG of afpecial Gracefor every preparatory All. But of the refi Idoubt. nous opinions of the B. And then, 2. Sure you cannot deny it as to well prepared Souls. Sch of operating of t and I. Becaufeyou granted that the fame degree of helpmay be effectual to co-operating Grace : a difpofed Soul. 2. And fo the Help though univerfal, will to a pre- ' óeg,sán That opera- paredSoul be proportionableto the defired effe&; and is neverthelefs ring Grace is eachholy Grace or powerful to fuch, for being univerfal, or uneffeluál to others. cogitation and firfl mo 3. Andit feems that fuch a kind ofdegree of Grace was effectual on whichGodBastin Ì5hÿ Adambefore his fall, and uneffe&ual inhis fall. 4. And it feemeth con- fic.all , and Man but gruous toGodsother works, that he give Grace fuitabletohis Lawand minats who make God Promife, which (hall not be alwaysuneffeival. only Aaive , and Man So thatit is moll probable that to prepared Souls, that ordinary efla- of IntelleftionanndeVó blifhed degreeof the Spirits Influx from Chrift, which is univerfal, but lition (as he faith) And uneffe&ual to the unprepared , is not only fometimes , but ordinarily fume TiewaysofAquin,' effectual. Ithink none can prove the contrary. And the fame Grace Cony' nsad, Cajet. Dur. An: youconfefs to be effectual to preparation. ton. Sot. Dried. Tapper. But to unprepared SoulswhomGod willf iddenly convert outof the operans s in atherfirfb ordinaryway, a fpecial extraordinary operation feemeth neceffary. But free motion whehee the - wherein the extraordinarinefsof itconfifteth, antecedent to faith the will is moved ad mt- Tecond effect (betides the extraordinarymeans)I think it pall mans reach dia, &c. 3. Greg. Armine's to know. many follow,fup- C. e[ Well, now tell us, Unde Gratia fit Efficax. poling it Aagnßines,Omne B. Any ordinary Logician will tell you, that theeffect is from all the :pe a teelle mañm r; caufes, andnot from any one alone. It is efe/lual in that it produceth fed etian a tabla targuam a canto feconda eficiente Phyfee predati : Dom tames fola fua vietate primo voluntatem applicare ad libere volendum, non felon earn preveniendo prevìa cogitattone ex parts intelleilws, & prima moor non deliberato timoris ast fpei, fed etiam earn empellendo ad confenfum liberan. hone imp:alum pleat Gregor. elle mediumquid inter ipfem confenfum liberam ad gsem cooperator valuntas, eíß primum mourn non deliberatum voluntatoe, feu cogitatioaem rntelletttre ; e'rr appellati ab Augnitieeo lotion boni opens. 4. ThisVafqueoconfutetb, and alferteth, that Gratis operate (goam fine nobù in noble Deets operator) according to Au- galtine is no fuch middle impulfe, but 1pjamSanGarn cogitatianem, qua eft ante canfen¡um , ém motum volortatis fubttnn fine nolira liberiate expia ilia cogitations arum, quo deterremar a malo (he meanethCome paffion) & ad bonumprovocamur. And that co-operatingGrace is Ipfe confentws, liber in quo meritum repining, Dion circa Prem. Now either there is fuch a middle Impulfeor not: If not, then betides Gods cfíence, there is no effeA onvs antece- dent to our content, but the laid cogitation and pafiìon ; And r. Thefe are commonly laid not to necemtate the will. ì. And if they do, it mull be but Morally, which is commonly held to be no way ofnecefhrating though it may be of afcertaining the event. And fo confent or our Volition it felt would be but of co-operating Grace. And if there be firtha middle Impulfe, as Gregory holdeth, it is confeffed by him and the Dominican prxdeterminants, to determine Me will only to aft freely, and therefore not to neceSitare it to confers', but only toafcertain it, and Co the Volition Will beat freeas but by cooperatiggGrace, though the Impulfe would be neceffary which tendeth to it. the
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