( 368,) cenditionem nulladonatio ell tarn gratuita pura gain includat) fedcerti etiano °peril prver ac- ceptationem & gratitudinem aliasnecefariam pod proinde eft quodammedo meritorium , quamvis inter opus & premium promiffum nalla fortefit tc commutatio, c,:v7-cema),(4L ut fa paterfilio accipienti medica- mentum amarum gemmam pro- mittat : ant princeps fttbdito in exercitio & certamine ipfl utili brabeam &c. hic autem neq:, donatio ell mere grataita pu- ra , quid res non incipit deberi fitmtiati, accept aturpromiffio donatio 9 fed cam impletafaerit conditio : Net' eft meritum ex condigno proprie , cum operans fibi ipfi profit petits", quam det alteri pro quo pretiumguide ac- ciperedebeat : Vnde rurfus nihil efficit propriefudvirtute & dig- nitate, fa ex liberalitate mavni- ficentid milerecordia olonantu, eel etiano intercedentis apud do- ?lantern : Sedea meritum quod- darn improprie quad ex patio vacant. Tde quid refperta bonorum operum i,. film quibus prania Deus promifit admittit Ap.olog. Coif Aug it, in refp. ad ',rg. c uanqua&meriti vo- cem propter ambiguitatem , ei- abolion max mum, alai ion irn; merit?) prelims rejiciunt : Ahod ell meritum quad vacant vac- grtsO Sadquad vel proifusnon fignificare ecution of a promife which is made on Condition, not only of Accepting thankfully and not contemning the Gift, (for no Gift is fo free and pure but it includeth this Condition,) but alfo ofa Certain work be- tides Acceptance and Thank- fulnefs , otherwife neceffary , which therefore is in fome fort meritorious, though perhaps between the work and the pro- mifed Reward there is no equa- lity and commutation, as one being given for the other. As ifa Father promife a Jewel to his child for taking a bitter me- dicine, or a Prince a Reward to a Subject in an exercife and fight that is profitable to him- felf, &c. here the Gift is not meerly gratuitous and pure, be- caufe the thing begins not te, beDue as foon as the promife and donation is accepted, but when the condition is fulfilled : nor is it properly merit ofCon- dignity, feeing the worker doth rather profit himfelf, then give that to another for which he fhould receive an equal price ; fo that here alfo it effeeteth no- thing properly by its own ver- De and dignity,but bythe ratity,-Magnificence, and Mer- cy ofthe Giver,or ofone inter- ceding with the Donor; But it is a certain Merit improperly fo called , which they call ex Nag
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