363 letiouo fatty. Profper 'who came after St. Auftin bath this paffage, Nm eft devotionis dedifre prope totum Deo, fed fraudis retinuiffe vel minimum ; gratia Dei repellitur tota, nift tota recipiatur ; To give 999 parts to Grace, and referve one only to Mans. Will is too much ; true Devotion will not bear it. iutius vivimus fi totum Deo da- mus. Gottefchalcus preaching up the Dotrine of Grace according to St. Au%tn and Profper, fuifered a clofe Imprifonment for above twen- ty years together for that Truth ; and no question he experimented the power of Grace while(t he fuffered for it. Bonaventura bath a notable paffage, Hoc piarum mentium ell, ut nihil fibi tribuant, fed totitai Dei grati.e ; It is the true genius of Believers to attribute nothing to themfelves but all to Grace. And in the fame place he faith, That holy Men know the influ- ences of Grace; Potins experiendo quam ratio- cinando ; rather by experience than argument. The profound Bradtrardine confeiles, I hat at firft Pelagius feemed to be in the right ; it was more grateful to him to hear of Mans power in the Schools of Philofophers than of Gods Grace in the Church ; But afterwards Gratix radio vifitatus, being vifited by a beam of Grace from Heaven, What a fecond Auffiu and Champion for Grace did he prove ? His Book de Causa Dei, againft Pelagius is a fuf- fìcient witncfs thereof. After all, the great Luther faith in plain terms, That Liberum ar- bitrium eft merurn mendacium ; Mans Free-will is but a lie. And if any of the Fathers have pre-
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