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of Gods will, and how it is done on earth. will is not the caufe, as namely finne. And howfo- ever fin is evil, yet it is good that finne fhould be,for the manifeftation of the glory both of the mercy of God and alfo of his juftice : and therefore though the Lord doth not velle peccatum per fe, will finne properly by it felf, yet he doth will it per accidens, by accident, as it is referred to good ends. Again, finne may be confidered as it is malum ail/he or ma- lum pane, an evil of fault or evil of punifhment. Sinne as it is a puni(hment is a work of j uftice in him that punifheth: for it is juft that he that doth com- mit malurn culpe, the evil of fault, fhould fuffer ma- lum pane, the evil of punifhment: as it is therefore a punifhment, i. a work of jufiice and not fin,it is wil- led of God the authour of all good.In fin as it is ma- lum culpg,the evil of fault,three things do concurre: a6lus,macula,& reatus,the act,ftain,& guilt.The a6ti- on is materialepeccati, the matter of fin: the corrupti- on is formalepeccati,the form of fin:reatus eft obligatio adponam, the guilt is the obligation to punifhment; the which is juft asthe punifhmentit felf.The aí`tion as it is an anion fevered from the corruption is good: °nine ens quatenus ens eft bonurn, Every being as it is a being is good: and God is the authour ofit; for in him we live and move andhave our being, As 17. 28. But of the corruption wherewith the anion is flained God is not the caufe. For unto every action concurreth the firft caufe and fome fe- condary caufe depending from him, as being the inftrument of the fiat : The which inftrument be- ing bad ( as many times it is) there is a double work in the anion : one of the firft caufe, good; X3 the 3o