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C.XILConcurrence

of

Phyl. &

Morall

Caufes

producing

the

fame

died.

278 caufes,whereof fome may

be

Free and Contingent, others

Naturall

and Ne-

ceffary,

the

Effeçt

Abfolutely followes,its next and immediate

caufe alone;

God

caufes

the

Sunne

to

Thine

freely ;

yet

is

the

finning

of

the

Sunne,

a

necef-

fary Effect

of

the

Sunne,

and not

any

way free or contingent. God

determi-

ned

the

peircing ofChriflsfade,

and

fo as

to

the event made

it

neceffary,

but

yet

was

the

doing

of

it

in

then

that

did it,free,

as

to the

manner

of

its

doing

&

no

way

neeef

ary.

ß,a6.

ButSecondly, fuppofe

the

fame

a&

of

the

will, thould

be

Paid

to

be

both

Ph

ysicalland-Morall

upon

feverall accounts? And what

if

every

A&

of

the

will

in, and

about

things goodor

bad

be

fo

?

And

it

be

utterly

impoffible

it

.should

be otherwife

?

Yea,

But

then

the

fame

.AEI

fbonld

be

fpecificallydiflin-

guifhed

in,

and

from

it

felfe

-

Yea,

but

who

told

you fo?

The

tearmes

of

Phyficall

and

Morall,

as

related

to

the

A&s

of

the

will,are very

fare

from

conftuting

different

kinds

or

fpe-

cies

of

A&s5

being only

fey

erall

Denominations

of

the

fame

individual)

a&s

upon

feverall

regards

and accounts;

The

a&s

of

the

will

as

they

flow

from

that

Naturali faculty,

or

are elicited

thereby

,

are

all

Phyficall:

but

as

they

relate

to

a Law, whence they are good, or evill, they are

Morall;

The

one

tearme

expreffeth

their

beeing,

the other their

regularity and conformityto

fome

Rule

whereunto

their

Agents are

obliged:

quid

drgnum

tanto

?

If

by

Phyficall

and

Morall,

Mr

Goodwin

intends

Neceffary

and

Free,

being

the

firft

that

ever abufed thofe words, and

in

that

abufe

of

them not

confiftent

with

himfelfe,

(affirming

afterwards,

the

a&

of

a

Miners

preaching

as

proceeding

from

his

Abilityes

of

Llnderttanding

and

fpeaking

to

be

Pbyficall

or

Natural!,

which

yet he

will

not averre to he

Neceffary,

but

Free,) he íhould

have told

us

fo,

and then though we would not

grant

that

the

fame Aft, may not

in

fe-

verall

refpe&s

be both

Necefjary,

8t Free,the

latter.

in refpeét

of

the

manner

of

its performance, and nature

of

its

imediate

caufe,

the

former

in refpe&

of

the

Event &

the

determination

of

its firft Caufes,

yet

its

confequent,

is

fo

palpably

falfe

as

to

the

advancing

of

his

former

Affertion

that t'would

have been di-

rely

denyed without

any

farther

trouble_

4.27

But he adds;

It

muff needs

be

Phyficall,

becaufe

it

isproduced

by

the Phyficall

working

of

the Spirit

of

God,which

being

a

Phyficall Action cannot

produce a

Mo-

rall

effect.

,Anf.

By

Phyficall

Operation

of

God on and with the will,

we

underftand

only

that

which

is

really

and

effe&ually

fo,

as

different from

that

which is

only

Morall

, and by

way

of

motive and

perfwafion;

Now

this

we

fay

is

two-

fold.

The

firft confifting in

the

concourf

e

of

God

as

the

firft

caufe, and

Au-

thor of

all Beeings

to the

producing

of

every

entity;

fuch

as

the

a&s

of

the

wills

of

men are;&

this

in fuch

a

way;as

is

not

only confiftent with

the

Liberty

of

theVVill,

in

all its A&s

and

A&ings

whatever;

but

alto,

as,

is

the

Foun-

dation

of

all

the

Liberty

that

the

will

bath

in

its a&ings;

And

in

refpe&

of

this

Influence

ofGod,the

effeft

produced

is

onlyPhificall

or Natural!,

having

fuch a being

as is

proper to it;

as

alto

tisin

refpe&

of

the

will

it

felfe,

And

its

concurrence

in

operation.

The

other

is

that

which

Mr

Goodwin

here

calls

The

irresi

flible

force or

power

of

the

spirit:

deftinguithing

the

efficacy

of

the

Spirit and Grace

of

God,

in

their working

in us,

to will,

and

to

do,

producing

thofe

effe&s,

as

they are good and Gracious,

in

reference

to

their

R?fe,

End,

and

Rule,

whereunto they arc related. This then

is

that

which by Mr

Good-

win

is

here

affected;

That

if

there

be

filch an effe&uall,

reali working

ofthe

Spirit

and Grace

of

God

in

us,

to

the producing

of

any

aft

of

the

VVills

of

men,they

cannot be Morall.

That

is,they

cannothave

anygoodneffe

in

them

beyond

that

which

is

entitative;

And

fo

farce, are

we

now arrived.All

effica-

cious