of PredeffinationandEeprebatior: i Amica Duplic. ad Jo.PiCc. pag.S S.Virtutes & bona ope- ra laberè prorfus contin- genter in nobis e(J'e aut d no- Gs fieri vaalt : eóquepotcnti- aìs aut efficaciùs en ipfaquàm per mocturra voti acdefiderii velle nonpoteft. i Godwould have virtuous habits to be in ups, andgood actions to be done by usfreely and contingently Therefore this will ofGod can im- port no more power or efficacy then agreeth w th the nature of a bare wVfh or defre. And elfe-where he affirnieth that k Goddothprocure our converfion, bola- neat, and perfeveranee , yet fö as that he is ra- ther to be conceivedto will) and delre it, then to neceffitate or abfolutely & arreff ibly toefeel it. Hence floweth that common dodrine of the Arminians , * When the Divine gracehath done all that it afèth to dofor the converfion ofa man,yet 'fillhis converfion isKane in his own power , that he may ohoofe whether he tvill be converted or no. Yea further , fince they are of opini- on that the will of God cannot bear fuck fway over mans as to incline it which way it pleafe without prejudice to the libertie thereof, therefore theyavouch i that God didnever abfolutely will or per- emptorily intend the converfion ofany man. Neither can the Immutabilitie of the Divine will efcape being violated by thefe impugners of abfolute Predeflinati- on. For hereupon doth Vorilius take upon him thus to cenfure our Divines , Kk4 /4 They h Ve. ad difp.deDec) Fag3SS * Poritis omnibus grati:e Divine operationibus qui- bus Dew utiturad conver- Tonem husmnam, rrzanet ta- rnen ipsa converfio it'a in hominis poteftate , ut con- verti poet vet non polÏit, 1Corvin.ad Bogercran. rag. ;o 3
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