ru1 treati/e of Predeflination . 0:: prrcl.& the aunctent Church. A1•gt-tjlin~ •Wu m!4fl grJt.c.tf. ~mwth4t all thi~gs !fr~ either ptrjited the LArd helping,ar p(ymieud rhe LIJrdforfakj,g.th•t thoH , nuieJf ~wJw tlut nathi~tg it at t~ll AdmmeJ, th~ Enchir,c. Lord bm~[. Vllll'lfling. Ag~ine: ThertUnorh~ng 9).101. done 6:te tb:lt which the .Aimiglnit willethto bu done, either 6y {rtjfersng it to bee do'4t, or 6y domg If himjtlfe. Againc: SomWmt>l a mlfn wdletb a rhmg l?:!ilh ,; h()ly w,ill, rPhtch qod w,.illeth n»t. Agatnc : It Upojfitt!e th;rt 1t m:.~.n. {boNid w'/J tlm with a•Jeuif/wJ:1, 1vhich God . r11iticth with a good will. So much dsjference is thcrebetwu.·twh4tU fiuing for r.v:l'1 to 1tJil/,and what it fiuingfgr GfJdto rrsU, andttJ whatende e. t't!rJ IJne referreth his will, [o tU th4t it m.f} bn in Pfal.1-JS •• ,·dlewdortl.i/ttpprallud. AnJ againe: K'laW that !l'bat(ocucr falltth o11t here contrarie to ourwj{/, happtlftth not bur 61th~ will of Go{ hit pro!li· d~1'1Ct, orditWICt, apfM1tJtm~nt and decree. TerCont. M.,. m!llan: qod hatb fou~m••• .a rhingrbJdi(– cel·ll>. pofi•!, tbnn, and dtlpofed them by foreknow– In Abacuc. mg them. Ieromc; Shulll (aJtha~ A~<~) thing cap. 1 • is dune witho~lt thee, and th.;t che wick,edcaru/tu• (11 mHcb ag.<~z# lh] will! SurefJ it wert blafphc– [nrerrnMz micfaloimagint. And Againe: Wh.ztgoodore· uil/thingt(oerttr ;Ut in 1h1 world, the] happennat byctt(uafJchll,tiCe, 4ndwi1hout :he promdena of cap. Lib de fa· God,but byhis pU4U.,.t. H~go f1uh: Menm_::y cr:t.1~C-It. weltendurelhtbMrin.Kof thll,14ndit ma.ybe {t;id . par l4• witboHt IJrJ} (cr.'lple or rrou6l.<~ P{con{cicna, God r<1ð •hat which is good. Bus if itb.c[aid,God wjf/uhrbat whichi1em/1, it tJ 4 rbir.g ver>gri~· HOJ.U ro bee he11rd, anti a godlymind{d!Jthmt ealily conccituf J,imwhicbu gDod11e{[eit flfe,thttr hre w1lltth em!/: for then it (eem~:h to bee (ajd rh:tt the goodloJuth tbat wbichit tmo'l, And ap– proosutbtha: which it bAd, a~d theriforea god!] mmd~rei([/erh thu,not 6tcau{e th.:zt which is[Aid it r.ot well (aid, btlt bect~u(e that which it well (atd,is-notw~ll tmd~rfloQd. Our a(tcrwhat fore ttought robecvnderllooJ) hcc himfelfe in the fclfc fatr•c place explaae•h. Th11 (fanh bee) it o11d1 {aJd,a~utrrtamthathin~ismmt 1mJl vnderHood,lucaufeG,dwik'tlh thateui/1be, 4tld7ct willeth FtJot the eN~fl. Ar::dagainc: Hec .i\. That no tudl OJOulu bee <ionc rhat ~ood might come rhercof. To thts I anfwcr:'fhat herearl!twogrounds to be latd. Tnc hrO: 1s, that chcobicct cuea ofmans \\Ill isgood 1 and therefore much more of God~\\ ill, and the obied of rhc will cannot bee <uill by ir fdfe, bur by accrdeor: for tf tkwill will<rh eutll, 1fWtUeth it not as it is i:uill, butasit 111 good. Thcfecond ground 1'1, rhat ther~. u accnJinc fummum bonum ur (oueraigne Gvod, wnh wh1ch there is no codl coniojncd; b(ca,u[c there isacerrain rhingmfinircJy gooJ,na;nc. ly God: but there is not any ablolu« eulil, becaufc rhereis nothingfo cmll, but it lwh Come good ioyned thcrl!wah, ;md therefore B lt is good that fianelhculd bee, and come 10 I~aile, So faithS. Auguf/in<: Althoughlhm- Enchic,c, 9 8 !J~re thoje thingt "fJ'hich /ill"t fllif/, fo farrtforth M theJar~el4ill,l4retJot good, nnurthelejJor i1gooFi that there foould be not onef] good thingt, bur alfo tHill. For'!Jnle.f{ethit W(Tl'good,tbat there fooNid be alfo milt, thry fooTJid by no rm:ancsbu (ujfmd bJ tb<Almigh•y, who"g"d.eff<it(•lfi·. Thus thereforclanfwer: That Gnnein the caufcs and ctrcumltances th.ereof fully and cxadly weighed, i.i two wa1es to bee confide· red. Fir(\, waconfiJcr tinnc nor as itls !inne, but fo f•rre forth as 11 harh (ome refpcet vn· ro good with G,>d which dccrecrh tr. And this way toking fit:nc, alihough God wi!leth C it not limply at)d by it fclfc, yci !>cc d<ateeth icanJ wdlerh it as touching tbe"ewem.More– oucr, Cinnc hath refpedvntoGod two man· ncr ofwaics, firff, bccaufeu is in that which i~good: fccondly, bccaufc ir rcnJcth to tllar wluch is good.I fayHisin that wl11ch isgoud; becaufe cucryuoilJ is in that which i~ guod a~ in thcfubied. Now in refpcet ofthefubieCl, chat is,as Gnne is a motJon,an inclination, or anadion,God bo.h willcthand cffcderh rhe (amc.Morcouer;finne tcndcth to rh.1rwhich is good, bc:cau[e God ordameth it to good, aurl from thence draweth the good cuhcrot tri;r.Jl,chafttfcmenr, Ol'punifl,mcnt. And we lay that God is (a far fonb wiiliug that linne Owuldcometo palfe,as hcisablc;ood will by Lib•'•'·1· par,4 de !l.cr~ l wi/le~h that n~ifl bt~, an~ ]tl bee. wlti(.Jhthercin notl11ng f,tlt that whteh u qood. And againc: Whcnhecdoth good and {ujforuh eut/1, .hit Jvdl D ;~pptartth in th~!, btcllu{ehecwsl!eth thattl he, '"'h1ch hec dorh or permirttth 4 And againe: 7;l,c will tJf God is hi.r good plca(ure, a7'Jd hiJ will it hinvork.jlfg, and his "R--"t/1 is hit Ptrmijfi. hi• wonderrull wifedome from thence to draw forth thatwhioh is good, Secondly, weeconfldcr HoneaccorJJng to GoC(dJd the propetty and naturall being rhcreof~that j 10 rdetree is, finne as 1t is finne; Andrhtsway al(o the(,,Jlof wee confider fin ne 1 eythcr [o farrefocrthas Ad~m.nur it is fin 10 it fclfe_in regard of ~en, or as it ts ~~;tC:~£:ne finne to God. But God htmCdfeneyther vmoGod. wzllcch, nor approouerhi norcffcdcrh linnc a!iris!inm: in ltfclfe in regardof rhc crra~ r n ep.Paul 011. Catharinus faith : Wet necdt. not he Afraid ad Ron'l. • to eorrjeJ1e th4t GodwiUt'lh fir.nc, ~f bleffi:d Au– guOm.e,:\ith al(o, ,ot /,ecaufe het ~j!/etb {inne tU it is /inn,-: A1fd euiO, hut'" it is good, to·wit,tU .u t1 itth~ pt~·-mfomrnt of{in~e ;rnd vcngt,mce in the rtprobau; (fur that u Godt pu:rpo(c, 11nd it it good, aHd ,-,JJt cuill) or _M finne it fclfc is an tJccAjio" vnro gt~od in hu !Jt/or-uJ And e· M1. Butthev vfe to <>hied thus: To will that l euill bcd~neispropcr.an,d bclongingtoao cmll will which is cJeJight.ed wl.th cuiH~ or ~o"!'!::fe them to go_?d contrary to the rule: • rures that ,1tfcnd ; and yet hec willerh it as touching the euenr, not fimply, as rholc things rhat arc good in themfelues, bUt only bywillingto_permit that it may bee. For thcte is a thr<etoldc aCtion of,Gods w1II, the fir IllS that whereby God willcthany thing bywzl1mg1r, tharis, "henheew1llethitwirh h1s wh~lca!'Jd abfolurt wiii,as T(rJu!lianfaith 1 and thiS way b<c willctl> rim which i• gooJ Fir .-------.n
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