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.

Cum negare non possent Moliniani, saepe ab Augustinianis usurpari vulgarem illam distinctio∣nem Thomistarum, sensus divisi & sensus compo∣siti, hoc fuco apud ignaros nostrarum rerum Con∣sultores usi sunt, his vocibus, sensus divisi, ab ip∣sis non designari idem quod vulgo Thomistae intel∣ligunt, sed quandam duntaxat flexibilit atem liberi arbitrii, quod substracta gratia possit male agere, cum hoc durante gratia non possit. Hic fucus ita facile abstergitur: Maxima Augustinianorum pars, non alio modo quam Thomistae interpretati sunt sensum divisum: in iisque ipse Jansenius, & ejus Apologistae, Doctor Sanbovius & omnes illius di∣scipuli, ipsidemque Augustiniani Doctores Ro∣mam missi. Unus quem viderim, vir quidem doctissimus eam flexibilitatem liberi arbitrii uberius persecutus est, non ut aliquid Thomisticae explica∣tioni detraheret, sed ut aliqiud superadderet. Non aegre fatetur ille cum ipsa gratia efficaci pacifice co∣haerere dissentiendi potentiam, nunquam actu dissen∣tientem, quod Thomistis ad sensum divisum suf∣ficit. Sed cum hoc minus haereticis satisfaciat, plus aliquid dicere voluit, & id ostendere, quo∣modo gratiae non modo in sensu diviso sic expli∣cato, sed etiam magis proprie & quasi in sensu composito resisti possit. Hoc sic ille confecit.

Gratia efficax ex Augustino est delectatio victrix. Victrix autem dicitur quatenus aliam delectatio∣nem vincit. Vincit autem, quia validior & for∣tior est. Sed fortior est comparata ad concupis∣centiae vires, cum quibus confligit. Ita si auge∣rentur illae concupiscentiae vires, non jam superior, sed infirmior esset; ideoque non vinceret, sed vince∣retur. Ergo quia concupiscentia semper augeri potest & inflammari vehementius, nullus est gratiae gradus in hac vita, in quo non possit gratia vinci per validi∣orem concupiscentiam. Cur igitur non vincitur? Quia, inquit, Deus hoc concupisentiae augmen∣tum in iis quos tentationis victores facere constitu∣it, vel reprimit, vel pro majori concupiscentiae ardore majorem charitatis ardorem accendit. Ita semper resisti potest gratiae efficaci, nunquam ta∣men resistitur. Hanc explicationem quae Thomi∣sticae aliquid superadstruit, ideo magis amplectitur vir eruditus, quod eam haereticis quodammodo ma∣gis censet oppositam. Illi enim gratiam semel datam nunquam extingui in animo semel justifi∣catorum censet: & sic salutarem hominibus ti∣morem detrahunt a gratia excidendi.

Hanc autem resistendi potentiam vocat ille qui∣dem in sensu diviso, potuisset tamen aliquatenus vocare in sensu composito, cum per istud concupi∣scentiae augmentum, gratiae quae efficax ante fuit, aliquando reipsa resistatur. Sic enim infirma Petri charitas victrix erat in ipso antequam mortis me∣tu percelleretur: accedente hoc timore victa est. Manifestum est autem sensum divisum sic explica∣tum, Thomisticam notionem involvere, & aliquid amplius.

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