A Dangerous Plot Discovered · Anthony Wotton
A Dangerous Plot Discovered, Chapter 7
CHAP. VII
| Mr: Mountague. | Church of Rome. | Ch. of Eng: |
| Free-will is in vsus ſubſiſting, not in title onelyonly. gagg. p. 108. 1. There is Free-will is as true as Goſpell, we grant it as much as themſelues. gagg. p. 114. | There is in vsus both the facultie and vſe of Free-will, is certain in faith, and decreed in the Councell of Trent. Suarez. opuſc. 1. lib. 1. num. 1. cap. 1. | The grace of God doth prevent vsus, that we may hauehave a good will, and worketh with vsus, when we hauehave that good will. Arti: 10. |
| Freewill is a power whereby we eat, &c. wee aſſent, diſagree wittingly, willingly, without conſtraint. Appeal. p. 99. | Free-will conſiſteth not only in the faculty of working voluntarily, or of choyce & willingly, that is, not againſt the will, but alſo it includeth a power of doing and of not doing, which vſually is called a dominion over his own actions, or an indifferency in working, in that reſpect that the faculty ſo working, of its nature is not determined vntounto one, but can will this or another thing, which is oppoſite thervnto, and nill or not will. Suar. op. 1. l. 1. n. 2. c. 1 | The predeſtinate to life, be called according to Gods purpoſe, by his ſpirit, they through grace obey that calling. Arti: 17. |
| 2. Man in the ſtate of nature intire, had beſtowed on him a facultie, whereby moſt freely and abſolutely, he was Lord over his own octions, & could doe or not doe, what he pleaſed & would. gagg. p. 107. & 108. | If we hauehave any will to riſe; it is hee that preuenteth our will, and diſpoſeth vsus thervnto. Homily for Rogation, 3. part. p. 456. | |
| 3. That libertie was much impaired by ſinne, not extinct or amoliſhed in corrupt nature, ſuch as now it is. p. 108. | ||
| 4. Man hath Free-will in actions of pietie, and ſuch as belong to his ſalvation. gagg. p. 109. | Mans Free-will is not loſt and extinct after the fall of Adam, nor is a thing conſiſting in title onelyonly▪ Concil. Trent. ſeſſ. 6. can. 5. | |
| 5. We grant the generall being, working, and concurring of free-will with Gods grace. p. 115. | ||
| 6. Man hath Free-will after preventing grace, in cooperation to the increaſe of grace. p. 108. | Man is diſpoſed vntounto the turning of himſelfe vntounto his owne Iuſtification, by exciting and adiuvating grace, in aſſenting and cooperating freely with the ſame grace. | |
| 7. Man doth freely renoūce the calling of grace, & freely run themſelues. p. 112. | ||
| 8. I thinke no man will deny; That mans Free-will may reſiſt the holy Ghoſt, in preventing and operating grace, not ſuffering him to worke the worke of grace in them, ſo may he alſo againſt adiuvating grace. Ap. p. 89. | When God toucheth mans heart by the illumination of his holy ſpirit, man doth not altogether nothīg, receiving that inſpiration for becauſe he can▪ alſo reiect the ſame. Concil. Trent. ſeſ. 6. cap. 5. and can diſſent if he will. can. 4. | |
| Man being drawn, he runneth, as his aſsiſtance, his owne agillitie and diſpoſition is. gagg. p. 110. | ||
| Man being prevented by grace, he then putteth too his hand to procure augmentation of that grace. gagg. p. 110. |