oppugneth not Gods Nolineff. 263 would never fave them. The intention of Gods will cannot but takeeffet; P quianec Vide ìafenec in mediis potefl impediri. An omni- E urft potent will alwayes obteineth its intent, be- 95, & De caufe thewillingis the working, the prat is cor. er Grat. C.14, the Fallow ell. Aquinas hath well expref- fed this efficacie of the Divine will , Ef 9 apart. impofsi6ile, quad Divisa volunt u non effe- q ou.19,arta dam confequatur fruum. ricquid Deus r Ibis fimpliciter volt,fit; licèt dudquod einteceden- ter vint, non fèmper fiat. f Cúm aliqua naafi fart.8, efficax fuerit ad agendum, efe confequitur caurm, non taxitum fecundàim id quodfit, íèd etiam fecundiùm modum fiendi. This Authour therefore miftaketh Lubbertus, who by the Divine intention offaving this or that parti- cular perfon underflandeth that abfolute will which never faileth in producing the effe&willed, not a will affected with this exception, Nil per hominesfleterit quò nitsfalventur. The former intent of faving all menby themeans of falvation tendered unto them, is onely denied; not the latter, which is improperly called the Divine in- tentionoffaving any man, becaufe it inclu- deth an intention of permitting his own free-will jufdly to procure his ruine. We muff corne to the third branch M where his charge is this, That God (in our opinion) decreeth andexecuteth this leavingof men to themfeIves ofhis alone abflutewill and R 4 pleaf4rc
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