><90 Of Sufficient and Effeffirál Grace. the effelt : To which each caufedoth its proper part ; and one isnot all, Theeffe& inqueftion now is Faith. Faith is caufed as is faid, r. By Gods will as the Original. 2. By Chrift as fending the Spirit (and me- ritingGrace firlt). 3. Bythe Spirit as the Operator. 4. By theGofpel as the lnftrument. 5. By the Preacheras a SubInftrurnent. 6. But all thisefeð ordinarily in materiadifpofita, and no other. (Havingbefore wrought that preparation). 7. But extraordinarily in materia indifpo- fita, working difpofitionand all atonce. Now here , I. Gods Will doth its part without any caítfe helle ex parteDei ( ficus Ò agere) is his effence ; and the terminationof it in reni volitatam hathno efficient, but only anObje&ive Caufe. 2. This prime Caufe is the prime reafonof all the efficacy ofInferior Caufes : Not qua voluntas (imply moving them , but qua voluntas cum potentia executives moving them 5 and quavolitio inferreth the neceftatem confequenti eof the effeer. So thatplainly, I thinkthat no Good comethtopafi in the world, but what God forewilled, andnothing which heabfolutely willeth, comethnot to pats ; what he fore-knoweth is neceffary, neceffitateInfallibilitatis, and what he abf<,lately willeth, neceffitate Imutabilitatis 5 and what he worketh' from fuch awill is neceflàry neceffitate invincibilitatis. 3. Though all theother Caufes are the,reafon of theeffe&, andnot only the firft, yet noneof them operate onthe firft Caufe, and putany force into it for the alt. So that itsforce is from it felf, but theirs from it. AndhavingPaid this much preparatorily, I thus refolve your great queftion. Hereare three things before us, whofe cauf may be enquired of; r. Thenecefftat Logica confequenti,e , exquo inordine probandi neceffarin fequitureventum futurism efe : And this is the Decree or Will of God, (yea, and his foreknowledge) This is prefuppofed. 2. Theprime effeaof Gods Will and Atdive power operating : And thisprime efecá isnot Our Faith, or Ail, but the impreJon or Received Influxof God on theSoul. For the Soul receiveth (its like) force Im- preflion by the Divine Influx by which it believeth or alteth it fell : It doth notReceive its ownAlt, as ifthat alt had been firft pre- exiftent in the Donor 5 but it performeth that Alt becaufe it is premoved to it. Now if the queftionbe ofthis firft effe&,Vnde operatioGratiofafit efficax, I anfwer, r. The whole efficient reafon is in the operator and operation it felt. It is effettual adimprefflonent exnaturarei, becaufe it is an Alt : If itdid nothing, itwere no Alt tranfient. 2. And the fpe, cification and individuation is from the terminating obje&. It is deno minatively and Relatively, one Acá which is on a Stone, and another on a Soul, de fpecie`: And it is numerically one which is on Peter, and another on john. If the Sun did fhine in vacuo, there being no other creature to be obje&ive orpaf3ive, it would ftill agere, but it would nihilefftcere: quia nihil aicere 5 So God is one Infinite aft, and ex parse fui never be- gineth toaft, nor ever ceafeth, nor is divided; But tranfiently he doth nihil afficere vel efficere , but firft by making objecás, and then ailing on them. Sothat were therenomobile Gods alt would not movere. This firft effelt then of Imprefs bathan Efuiive and an ObjeltiveCaufe, The EfeliveCaufeis GodsEffence; that is, his A&ive Power, Intellelt and Will, and nothing elfe: (Suppofingnow that it be not Gods operation on the Inftrument or medium that we fpeak of, but immediately on the Soul it (elf). But Man's Soul is the Objet!ive Recipient Caufe of this All effeïl, which is, theImprefs, or Influx received. 3. TheSecondary effe& is , Mans Acá , Faith and Repentance it fell. If the question, brideGrati, fit efficax, mean this, (as with molt it doth) then
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