~----------------~----~--~~----~~--~--------------------~r I /{ treatije of Prede(iination. 619 ii><r•euery thmoinrcfpcClofGodisnecelfa- A.- murabilille which things haue (rom Gods l D· '; rie,~ndtbewiO:{God(asA•g•/fme(aith)isthb power, ukethnotaw•yrheneci:!!itiewhich D~•c1:':.~. 1ecr!Ji(JofrhmgJ. Secondl~,n~cefliricis ~;rher chey haue fromrhcfecoud catifes ;(o rhenc~ i, 8 9 •o & ofc 0 mpullion or infallobllllle. NeceUme of ceilicie ofirnmutabilitie by Gads decreeconI"" Gcoc6 compulfion,is that whoch mferreth VIOlence fequentlycomcuingtopalfe,takethnot away 'adhd.s· eorhinosby fomecaufc: working withour.and eh~! conringcocie which theyhaue from rhe '·'I· forcibl; con{!raincth that they do either this nextc•ufes and from Gods libertic. MorcTul!•• lc Fi· <Jrtha<. And this' indeed< is the Stoicall neoucr we (ay,rhar Gods accree ordaineth the uibu.. cellity, thata man lhould doe any thmg a· fecond caufes, & the very libertieirfelfealfo gaio{!·his will becing compelledby force and of nians will, no.t-by compu!Gon, as ifa man necefficie. There isalfo fuch a likekinde ef n10uld violently throw a !lone, but by mclineceffitieoftheManichec•, condemned by nlog and gently bending them, 6y obiccls the Fathots, who taught that thercwasoo dutwardlyotfcrod tothevnder{!anding(euen Augull.d~ violenceor neccffitieoffered votothi:will by :bf1 llieepe is faod to bedrawne, ~>hen gralfe 1 wb.Apoll. God, northatir was forced by neceffity to ir 01ewedher beeingan hungred)that a man fer'· 6nne. The neceility of infilllibilitie is that maychoofcby hisownefree motion, or re· wherehyathingaccordingto theeuentlhall B iufe that which God harh iiJ(l(y decreed certainely and immutably come to pa!fe: yet from all eremitic. fo, as ifweconfidetthe caufe of athing by it Thefctliings becing grauntcd, ii is maniCelfe,it may eithernot come to pa!fc, or elfc fcllalfo what wci: ought to thinke_coocerco<ncotherwo(ctopaiTe. Ofthismannerof ningthcfall of Ad>m. Which truly accorneccffitie we mu{! vnderlland rhuprincoplc: dingro the euent is necelfarte by the neceffi. Eucry rhingthatis, wheo iris, isof neceffitie. tyofin(alhbolity,hy reafon of rhe foreknowAnd rhus IS n:ccflirie dillinguilhcd: nowwill ledgeanl decree ofGod: yet [o as that God I n,.w how farre forth it i• agre..ble to feucis not guilty ofany fault 1becaufe the decree rail things. Thccuenuof allthingshaue reofGod howfoeucr itl"asneceiTariein 11 felfe, fercuce either to the fecond caufes, or to yet itplamcdnothinginA dam, whereby hec God,who isthe firll cau(e. Now fome thinss !hould fall into 6nne,butleft him to his owne in refpect of the fccond caufes are nece!Tarie, liberty,not hind"ring his fall when it might; otperfome contingent. From caufe• which and the fame fall in refpect of mans wifr are nece!farie, mull ncedes proccedc that (which doth that freely thatitdoth)cameto which is necelfarie, from thofcthat arc free, palfecontingcntly and mo{! freely. But you that which is free, from thofe that are naru- C wil fay,that Adamcouldnot withlland Gods rallthatwhich is oaturall; and tobee briefe, will,that is,hisdccreejwhereto I anfwcr, that fuch as arc the nextcaufcs aforegoing, fuch eucnashe could not; foalfo hee would nor. alfo is the euentc.fihiogs. But in refpectof But you will fay againe;he could not will oGod,althing• whatfoeuer,arcparrly change. therwife. Wh1ch lcon(etfeto bettuc, astouable,and partly necelfaric.In rcfpectofGods ching theact and cuenr, but not as touching libertie,which doth thatwhich it doth frcefy, thevery power or his will, which was not all things arccontingentand mutable: howcompelled,butofthe owne free motion confoeuer according to nature and the order of fented vnrotbe fuggeflion ofthe diuell. But the1lextcaufcs,theybenecelfarieandirumuto the intent that thefe thing• may more table. In rrfpectofGods decree, the fecond plainely bevndcrllood, wee mull make dicau(es and the effects of them areall necelfallinction bcrweene thrcetimes, the time gorie,how(oeuer in themfelues they bcevncering before hisfall,thel'refenttimeofhis fal, taineandcontingent. And yet they are not andthetimc after his fall. In the ficll moabfolutcly nece!fary. but by the fuppolition ruent of time tbe fall ofA damwas necclfary ofGods decrcc;nel!hcr arc they nece!fary by inadoublerefpcct: Fir{!, by rca(on of the the neceffitieofcompulfion,butofinfallibili- D foreknowledgeofGod: for thatwhich bee tie only, becaufeGod ordained before,that foreknew wouldcomcto paffe,mutl needs of thofe thing• which lhould come to paiTe ncccflitiecorneto paffe. Secondly,by reofon n10uld be. And this kmd ofneceffitie takcrh ofthe pcrmiffiuc decreeofGod,that fallwl s not away the contingcncic and libertic of (c. according to the euent neccifari~ immuu. cond caufen,but rather e!labliU>eth and con· bly.HonoriHJ A•guflodunrnjis(aith, lt<ann.:•· Dial.<e 6rmeth it. Forrhat wbJch is free workcth tb~rwi(ebe,bHttbata!ltbi,gimHfl cometopa!Je, pra!d. citat. frcely,and thatwhich iscontingenr, worketh which Cjod !Jatb prrdrf/inatcd A,dforr~nonmr, inC~r~logo conting('ntly, by the necdiarie decree of fui•gtL"t heont'/1 eitlurdorh t~!ithingt, or ptr- Illynct. God.Neither dothlibertyand neceffitic mumituth th<m tohtd"'"·· Hugo de S. vi<tore . tuallyou~rcomceach other,butlibcnicand fa~rh: S~nne fr~OoJJ!etb ~f necrffitie vpon the ~~~~ compultion. It is manifcll therefore that ""hJrarnng of gracr. And the rearoo here. Gods decree cauferh an immutabilitie toall ofiS very eafic, becaufe euill permitted mull rhmgs,ofwhich notwith{!andingfame, in recome to palfe,andcannot otberwife come to [peel ofthenextcaufes, arcnecelfarie,andopaiT:rhon God permitteth. For to permit erherfomeronnngent 1 but all of thtm in tC• uoli,ISnotto fhr vp thewill, ¬tobeflow fpcctofGodslibertie mutable. And as rhe on him that IS tempted the aCl of refifling, • Fff 4 bur ..
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