C.XILConcurrence ofPhyl. &Morall Caufes producing the famedied. 278 caufes,whereof fome maybeFree and Contingent, others Naturall and Ne- ceffary, the Effeçt Abfolutely followes,its next and immediate caufe alone; Godcaufes the Sunne toThine freely ; yet is the finning ofthe Sunne, anecef- fary Effect ofthe Sunne, and not any way free or contingent. God determi- ned thepeircing ofChriflsfade, and fo as to the event made it neceffary, but yet wasthe doingofit in then that did it,free, as to the manner of its doing &noway neeef ary. ß,a6. ButSecondly, fuppofe the fame a&ofthe will, thould bePaid tobeboth Physicalland-Morallupon feverall accounts? And what ifevery A&ofthewill in, andabout things goodor bad be fo ? And it be utterly impoffible it .should be otherwife ? Yea, But then thefame .AEI fbonld befpecificallydiflin- guifhed in, andfrom itfelfe - Yea, but whotold you fo? The tearmes of Phyficall and Morall, as related to the A&s ofthewill,are very fare from conftutingdifferent kinds orfpe- cies ofA&s5being only feyerall Denominations ofthe fame individual) a&s upon feverall regards and accounts; The a&softhe will as they flowfrom that Naturali faculty, or are elicited thereby , areall Phyficall: but as they relate toa Law, whence they are good, or evill, they are Morall; The one tearmeexpreffeth theirbeeing, the other their regularity and conformityto fome Rule whereunto their Agents are obliged: quiddrgnum tanto ? Ifby PhyficallandMorall, Mr Goodwin intends Neceffary and Free, being the firft thatever abufed thofe words, and in that abufe ofthem not confiftent with himfelfe, (affirmingafterwards, the a&ofa Minerspreaching as proceeding from his Abilityes ofLlnderttanding andfpeaking tobe Pbyficall or Natural!, whichyet he will not averre to heNeceffary, butFree,) he íhould have toldus 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 ofthemanner of its performance, and nature of its imediate caufe, the former in refpe&ofthe Event & the determinationof its firft Caufes, yet its confequent, is fopalpably falfe asto the advancingofhis former Affertion that t'would have been di- rely denyed without any farther trouble_ 4.27 But he adds; It muff needsbe Phyficall, becaufe it isproduced by the Phyficall workingofthe SpiritofGod,whichbeing a Phyficall Action cannot produce a Mo- ralleffect. ,Anf. By Phyficall Operation ofGod on and with the will, we underftand only thatwhich is reallyand effe&ually fo, as different from that which is onlyMorall, and by way ofmotive and perfwafion; Now this we fay istwo- fold. The firft confifting in theconcourf e ofGod as the firft caufe, andAu- thor ofall Beeings to the producingof everyentity; fuch as the a&s of the wills ofmen are;& this in fuch a way;as is not only confiftent with theLiberty oftheVVill, in all its A&sand A&ings whatever; but alto, as, is the Foun- dationofall theLiberty that the will bath in its a&ings; And in refpe& of this InfluenceofGod,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 isthat which Mr Goodwinherecalls The irresi flibleforce orpower ofthe spirit: deftinguithing the efficacy of the Spirit and GraceofGod, in their working in us, to will, and to do, producing thofe effe&s, as they are good and Gracious, in reference totheir R?fe, End, andRule, whereunto they arc related. This then is that which by Mr Good- win ishere affected; Thatif there be filch an effe&uall, reali working ofthe Spirit and Grace of God in us, to the producing ofany aftof the VVills of men,they cannot be Morall. That is,they cannothave anygoodneffe in them beyond that which is entitative; And fo farce, are wenow arrived.All effica- cious
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