616 ( No Peace witb Rome. SECT. VIII. Concerning Free-will. BOrdering upon this is the point ofFm-n>i/1. To let paff'e all lighter quarrekof the natureofourWill;let us enquire ofthepower ofit;and that not in natural!, humane, or moral! things, (Hereisallpeaceaod.filence, fivetba the words janglewith themfelves:and when thematter is agree<! upon,who would nor contemn A ~t;;:,;;~~· words, asAugt!fli,e1aith)Veli?Jbm in flliriruall divinematters,wedoewill indeed; •liudvtUtbo- wewill freely, neither canwe othorw•fe will any thing: whodenies it? Here is no """'• Bmt, Phyficall detennination, noviolence; but to will thatwhich is good, orrowill well, B. wecannot. Wedoefreelybeleeve, (forfaithisanatl:ofthewill) yea, and we doe co-operatewith grace; neither are we herein like ro fenfelelfe frones, as Aujlelltruly fpeakes: But whence is all this? Is it ofour felves, or ofGod?Is itufgrace,or (whieh theCouncellof Ar4Hjica condemned) by thepowerofnature?Thismuft beour quefrion. Both fides like well tbat fpeech ofSainr A•gupim: To will freely,is the work ofnaturei ro will well, ofgrace; towill ill, ofcorruption : bur whenwecome to the point,theDoltorsofTrenl are normore fubtile, than theJefuires inconftanr: It is yet :~l~t~~:: Grp. good andfafe which B.tlmninecitesfrom hisR•ardH;Agood worke,asit is awork, isfromFree-will; as it is good,from grace; asboth awork and good, both from Freewill andgrace: Bur that is exceeding ingenuous, and trulyEvangelical!, which the Lib.6 d• 3 "'· fame Belt~rmi11eaflirmes againfr fomeSemipelagianCatholike,,lnthofe things which C '4..iJrti~u!f· pt:rtain to piety & falvation,that mans will can doenothingwichout [he he!pofOods Lib.'·'·',. rdt· grace: It is the voiceof'jacob;iftheCardinallwould hold him there,curfedbe he that ..Jfw""'- !bouldoppofehim. I goeon to hope and read, and fee what !lutfe I meet with foone after in the fame Booke : That our converfion is in the power ofFree-will, becaufe ~t;;::,~,~;::,_ it may bealwaies convened when it w!ll: andyet further; Thatbefore all grace, we have Free-willeven in the workes ofptetyand fupematurall things. Beforeall grace? " & what,be!Ore the graceofprevention? Itwerewell theCardioallwould fet forth fome ~%~~~""' better recognitions. Now,thenGod doth not prevent us, (as Aujlen faid ofold) that '""''"'"'"''''· wemight will, butwe preventGod, becaufewewiil: But le!\ this!bould feeme too ':f;':},.'"'.f"i{! groffe,this liberty is tycd up;and isaltogetherin the fame llateas thefaculty ofleeing, ~,.,,;,,, when afenfible JPeciet is abfenc; we can freely fee, while the objell: isabfent: we cJn freely will in theabfenfe ofgrace. Let Bellarmine now tell me: are we any whirmore free to eviH, than he faines ustogood? Did ever PelogiMI dote thus much? We can D willevill;butyet, unleffe it isdetennined (under fome falfe femblan"') by the verdill: of our pratl:icall judgement, wewill it net : Butifwe !bouldyeeld him thusmuch; · what helpe is this tlut God givesus? Toprevenr,infpire,excite, and helpe, isofGod; A•g.Epip., 6• to incline the will,is ofour felves: Howare we not nowmore beholding to our felves & 47• than to God?What is this but that Ptlagia" conceit, fo oft condemned by dllgofliM, p,,,, chry(ol. So to feparateFree-will fromgrace, as ifwithout it we coulddoe onhink :my thing ~,;;:;J{J:;;, an!lverable to the will ofCod?' !hat we ar.e able by rhe P?wer ofourwill to avoid •'''"'"'"'~· ,.. fins; that we canovercome theOetghtermonons oftemptation, osBellarmise fpeaks; fm 'dJ.~""" thatwe can keepeCods commandemenrs, asscolut and D11rondH1· that we can rejed ~:j:{i~u~o:~i or receive the infpiration ofthe Spirit,as theTridemineFathers; :harwe can difpofe •ft Jibi vmd'"'' our {elves to the receivingofgrace, as Thomat and suarez; that we doe narurallyco- ~:~ frtif~:;,~;, operate withgrace, and make our converfioneffetruall, asTapper111; what isit elfe, E .,.w.,J, i>ut to llealeglory from God, that we may pranke up thiscarion-namreofours? Yet ":''"" ~Jf' it was modelllydone of7Jberiu1, who of thofe many buildings which he repayred ~;:;:,~·;;;:,,;. and perfetl:ed, cha:tenged notone to himfelfe, but !!ave them Clill thenames oftbofe s"'·'·.d·••· men by whom they were begun to be builc: But tbefemen challenge the whole houfe ~.~·;,~~s';/ when as they havenot laid fo much as o~e Tyle upon the roofe. Farre be this tbame- <m+ ·" full facriledge from us, when thattruiYJeolousGod cballengesro himfelfe, 10 worke ''!":'•IL'::· in us both thewill and the deed; yea, that we can will tobeleeve, is hisworke, as dM· ~;'::::;;. ..· flen ril(htly fpeakes: See then, he dmb not excite,but worke in us;( .,.0 ,; )Heworks """·'6. in us, both that which isfirfr, to will, and that which is lafr, to worfce. HitrP111efayes worthily
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