54 / 504
A Preface
to
the Reader.
tained
a
definitive
Sentence
on
their
fide,
againft their Adverfaries,
But
through
the
jolt
Ven.
geance
of
God,
upon
a
packot bloudy perfecutingIdolaters
,
giving there up more and mote
to
the
Beliefe
of
Lye's',
contrary almoft
to
the expectation of
all men This
very
yeare
1653
P
ape
Innocent
the
tenth
,
who
now weares
the
TripleCrevene
conjured
by
the
fubulty and
dreadful intereft
of
the
7efuires
in all
nations,
that
as
yet
wonder
after
him,
,by a Solemne
I?
11
or
Papal
Conuftonan
Determination
, in
the
Cafe
of
`fanfenituBithopofTpre
let,
bath
turn
id
the
Scales
upon
his fide
Suppliants, and Caft
the
Caufe
on the
Pelagian
Side. But
of
that
whole
bufinefs elfewhere.
-
I
(hall
notperplex the Reader, with
theHorrid
names,
of
írombet
, Holcot
,
Bricot,
Sicher,
Tartaret,
Brulifer, nor
with their
more
Horrid
termes and expreffions. Let
the
one Angelical
Doe
far anfwer
for
the reft
of
his
Companions.
That
thisman then ( one
of
the great Matters
of
the
Crew
)
abode
by the
Principles
of
him before infifted
on,may quickly be made evident byfome few inflances clearing
bis
judg-
ment
herein:
This
in
the
lirft
place
heevery
where
infifts
on
;
that
no
Habitual
grace
received,no improve
meet
that
can
be
made
of
it
,
by
the
utmofl ability ,
diligence
,
and
the moll
rayid
Confederations
of
the bell
of
men
Will
castle
any
one
certainly
to
Perfevere
,
without
the
peculiar prefervation
of
'Clod,
Of
this he gives his
Realon:
Lib.
3.
Contrd
Gent:
Ca:155. Iliad
quad
21(,aeard
fad
ell
Yariabile,ad
hoc,quod
figatur
in
ono,
indiget
Auxilio alicujtu
moventie immobile;
fed
ltberum
ar-
bitriism
etiam exiflentte sa
gratiá
Habituali
adhue manee
variabile,trlexibile
d
bona
in
Ma'am;
ergo
ad
hac,gaod
figatur in
bono
&
perfeveret
in illo,nfg,
ad
Finem , indigetSpeciali
Dei
Anxilio.
An
Argument
of
the
fame
importance,with that mentioned
out
of
Bradwardine:which
(how
-
foever at firft appearance
it
may
feem
to
lye
atthe Out-skirts
of
the Controverfy
in
hand;yet
indeed
)
is
filch
as
being granted,
bath
an
influence
into the
whole,as
bath
been
manifefted.
And
this the fame
Authour
further Confirmes,
(
faith he
)
p:p:
r
09.
49.
Clem nullum
agensfecundum
agar
nifi in
Virtutepriori,
fit¡
care
ffiritni
perpetuò
rebellie ; non
potefl Homo
li-
cet
jamgratiam
canfecutue
, perfeipfum
operati
Ronum,
&
vitare
Peccatum, abfg
novo
Auxilio
Dei;
ipfum
moventú,
dìrigentú,&
protegentis; quamvis
alia Habitualisgratia ad
hac,ei neceffaria
atu
fe.
And
the
Reafons he
gives
of this conclufion
in
the
body
of
the Article
are confide-
cable. This faith he, muff be fo; prima
quidem,
rationegenerali
propter
hoc,
quad
nulla
Res
cre-
ata
potefì
in
quemcungr
Atlum
pradire,nili
virtutemotionúdivine. The Pelagian felfefuffici-
ency,
and exemption from dependance
,
in
Selidum,upon
God
both
providentialÿ, and
Thy-
/ically,asto
operation
was
not
fo
freely received
in
the
Schooles as
afterward.
Secunda
(
faith he
)
ration
fpeciali ,
propter Canditionem
flatiss
Humana
Natura,que
quidem
lic/t
per Gratiam
fanetur
,
quantum
ad
mentem
, remanet
tarnen
in
ea
Corrnptio,&
Infeetio
quas.
turn
ad
carnem,per
quam
fervit
legipeccati;ut
dtcitnr,Ro:7:
Remanet seism
gaadam Ignarantia
ad-
/Caritas in intelle(lu,kcsoulúm
quarts
(
at
etiam dicitur
Rom
:
8.)
quid
eremite
fcut
opertet
nefci-
mue
:
ideo necefe
ell
nobis,
ut
d
Deo
dirigamur,
&
pestegamur
s
qui
amnia
novit
,
&
amnia
Potell.
And will
notthis
man think you
,
who
in his
gropingsafter
Light
,
when darknelscovered
the
Face
of
the
Earth,
and thick darknels
was
uponthe Inhabitants
thereof,
with this
his dif-
cbvery
(of
the impotency
of
the belt
of
the
Saints
for
Perfeverance,upon
the Account
of
any
Grace received,
becaufe
of
the
perpetual powerful rebellion
of
indwelling
Luft, and
Corru-
ption
,
and
that
all
thatdo
perfevere, are
preferved
by
the power
of
God unto
falvation)
rife
in
Judgment agáinftThofe who
in
our Dayes, wherin the
Sun
of
Righteoufnefs isrifen with
hea.
ling under
his wings
do
afcribe
a
fufficiency
unto
men
in themfelves
upon
the
bottome
of
their
Rational
Confederations,
to
abide
with
God,
or Perfeveretothe
end?
And this
affection
of
the r/lngelical
Doilour
is
notably
confirmed by
Didacuo
Alvarez
in
his
Vindication of it from the exception
of
Medina,that
we
make
ufe
of habits
when we
will,(r
if
men Will make ufe
oftheir
Habitual
Grate
, they
may perfevere
, without relation
to
any
After
grace
of god:faith he:
Refpondetur, Habitibees quidem
Ws,
neicism
valumm,
fed
at
velimue
ilia
s;ti,prarequiriturMotio
Dei
effrcax
,
pramovens L:berum
Arbitrium,ut utatur
Habits; ad
operan-
dain,
&
aperetur
bonum,
prafertim
quando
Habitue
font
fopernat
orates
;
quia
aim
pertineant
ad
fuperiorem
Ordinem
,
haben
fpecialem Rationem
,propter
quam potentia
mere
naturalis
non
utitur
rirderet
Habitibue,
nife
fpeciali
Dei
Auxilio
moveatur
:
Alvar
:
de
Aux
:
Lib.
10.
Dilput.
loc.
Though
received Graces are reckoned by him
as
fupernaturalHabits
,
yet
fuch
as
we
ad
not
by,
nor with, but from
new fupplies foam
God.
Having layd down thisPrinciple,
Thomas
proceeds
to
manifeft,that there
is
a
fpecialGrace
ofinerfeverance
,
bellowed
by
God
on force
,
and
that
on
whomfoever
it
is
bellowed,
they
certainly
,
and
perfevere
to
the
end:
p: p:
A:roC:andcontr,agent:Lib3:
Ire
proves this
Affertion
from
P:6.
a
Pet
:5:ao,Pfsl:r6.
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