The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.

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The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.
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Saint-Amour, Louis-Gorin de, 1619-1687.
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London :: Printed by T. Ratcliff, for George Thomason, at the Rose and Crown in S. Paul's Church-yard,
1664.
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Jansenists.
Molinism.
Jesuits -- Controversial literature.
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"The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93040.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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RESPONSIO.

QUis pudor, quae fides adversariorum, qui hunc locum dimidiatum obtendunt, & reticent verba immediate sequentia, quae adeo conserunt ad S. Augustini sententiam, ut se habet, exponendam? En igitur verba Augustini quae proxime sequuntur: Ignorantia vero & infirmitas, ut vel nesciat homo quid velle debeat, vel non omne quod voluerit possit, ex occulto poenarum ordine venit, & illis inscrutabi∣libus judiciie Dei, apud quem non est iniquitas. Et infra Et quia de hac justa poena non liberat nisi mi∣sericors gratia, certum est; & hinc Apostolus geme∣bndus exclamat, Iufelix ego homo! quis me libera∣bit de corpore mortis hujus? Gratia Dei per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Sed quid sit distributio judicantis & miserentis Dei, cur alius sic, alius au∣tem sic, occultis fit causis, justis tamen.

Sed dicent adversarii, cum S. Augustinus dicat justitiam esse in voluntate & potestate nostra; quo∣modo verum erit quod subjungit postea, multa nos velle in hac infirmitate, quae tamen non possumus?

Resp. hunc nodum solvit ipse Augustinus lib. 1 Retractionum cap. 22, explicans quomodo verum sit quod alio loco dixit, esse scilicet in nostra pote∣state mutare vitam nostram; ait enim, Id non est contra gratiam Dei quam praedicamus, in potestate quippe hominis est mutare in melius voluntatem, sed ea potestas nulla est nisi a Deo detur, de quo dictum est, Dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri; cum enim hoc sit in potestate, quod cum volumus facimus, nihil tam in potestate quam ipsa voluntas est: sed prae∣paratur voluntas a Domino; eo modo ergo dat potesta∣tem. Sic intelligendum est & quod dixi postea, in nostra potestate esse, ut vel inseri bonitate Doi, vel excidi ejus severitate mereamur, quia in potestate no∣stra non est, nisi quod nostram sequitur voluntatem, quae cum fortis & potens praeparatur a Domino, facile fit opus pietatis, etiam quod difficile atque impossibile fuit.

Agnoscant igitur & fateantur adversarii ex his ge∣minis Augustini locis eam esse hujus sancti Viri do∣ctrinam.

  • I. Justitiam eatenus esse in potestate no∣stra, quia cum volumus illam facimus, si tamen valde & perfecte volumus.
  • II. Ea ratione dari nobis a Deo hanc potestatem, quia ipse dat huius justitiae voluntatem.
  • III. In hac infirmitate & sub onere mortalitatis hujus multa esse in voluntate nostra quae non sunt in potestate, eo quod scilicet voluntas nostra parva est est & invalida, nondum plena ac robusta.
  • IV. Hanc voluntatem, seu parvam seu robustam, quibusdam dari a Deo miserente, quibusdam non dari a Deo judicante, quia cujus vult miseretur, & quem vult indurat, quod, inquit Augustinus, ex oc∣culto paenarum ordine venit & ejus inscrutabilibus judiciis.
  • V. Nisi Deus fortem atque potentem volunta∣tem

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  • praeparet, opus pietatis non solum esse diffici∣le, sed etiam impossibile.

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