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Scholastic Theory CHAP. IK.<br />

denied accordingly that God willed that evil should not<br />

take place. *<br />

Here, <strong>the</strong>n, are two modificati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

oppositi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine will to evil, <strong>on</strong>e pr<strong>of</strong>essing to be<br />

an improvement <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. But it is obvious that such<br />

modificati<strong>on</strong>s are no more than plays <strong>on</strong> words, and can<br />

lead to no result ; because in proporti<strong>on</strong> as <strong>the</strong>se state<br />

ments reduce <strong>the</strong> oppositi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Will to evil,<br />

while in<br />

<strong>the</strong>y cease to be, in <strong>the</strong>ir natural meaning, true ;<br />

proporti<strong>on</strong> as an artificial interpretati<strong>on</strong> relieves <strong>the</strong>m <strong>of</strong><br />

falsehood, it divests <strong>the</strong>m also <strong>of</strong> use for <strong>the</strong> purpose for<br />

which <strong>the</strong>y are wanted. They ei<strong>the</strong>r deny a characteristic<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Will, and in that case <strong>the</strong>y are false or ; <strong>the</strong>y<br />

admit it, and in that case <strong>the</strong>y fail <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir object <strong>of</strong> re<br />

lieving <strong>the</strong> attribute <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Power.<br />

Again, a distincti<strong>on</strong> was made between <strong>the</strong> Divine<br />

Will and <strong>the</strong> signs <strong>of</strong> it, voluntas and signa voluntatis ;<br />

between <strong>the</strong> will itself <strong>of</strong> God, and those outward expres<br />

si<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> it which were given in accommodati<strong>on</strong> to our<br />

understandings and for <strong>the</strong> practical purposes <strong>of</strong> life and<br />

1 Alii dicunt quod Deus vult mala malum fieri, cum scriptum est, Kom.<br />

esse vel fieri, n<strong>on</strong> tamen vult mala. 9., voluntatiejus quis resistit ? Supra<br />

Alii vero quod nee vult mala esse nee etiam dixit Augustinus quia necesse<br />

fieri. In hoc tamen c<strong>on</strong>veniunt et est fieri si voluerit. Sed vult mala<br />

hi et illi quod utrique fatentur fieri aut n<strong>on</strong> fieri. Si vult n<strong>on</strong> fieri<br />

Deum mala n<strong>on</strong> velle. Utrique vero n<strong>on</strong> fiunt ; fiunt autem, vult ergo<br />

rati<strong>on</strong>ibus et auctoritatibus utuntur fieri.<br />

ad muniendam suam asserti<strong>on</strong>em. Illi vero qui dicunt Dei voluntate<br />

Qui enim dicunt Deum mala velle mala n<strong>on</strong> fieri vel n<strong>on</strong> esse, inductioesse<br />

vel fieri suam his modis mu- nibus prsemissis ita resp<strong>on</strong>dent, diniunt<br />

intenti<strong>on</strong>em. Si enim, in- centes Deum nee velle mala fieri,<br />

quiunt, mala n<strong>on</strong> esse vel n<strong>on</strong> fieri nee velle n<strong>on</strong> fieri, vel nolle fieri, sed<br />

vellet, nullo modo essent vel fierent, tantum n<strong>on</strong> velle fieri. Sienim vellet<br />

quia si vult ea n<strong>on</strong> esse vel n<strong>on</strong> ea fieri vel fieri, et n<strong>on</strong> potest id efficere, scilicet<br />

esse, faceret utique ea<br />

fieri vel esse, et ita esset auctor<br />

ut n<strong>on</strong> sint vel n<strong>on</strong> fiant, voluntati malorum. . . . Item si nollet mala<br />

ejus et potentise aliquid resistit, et fieri, vel vellet n<strong>on</strong> fieri, et tamen<br />

n<strong>on</strong> est omnipotens, quia n<strong>on</strong> potest fierent, omnipotens n<strong>on</strong> esset. . . .<br />

quod vult, sed impotens est sicut et Ideoque n<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cedunt Deum velle<br />

nos sumus, qui quod volumus quan- mala fieri ne malorum auctor in-<br />

doque n<strong>on</strong> possumus. Sed quia telligatur, nee c<strong>on</strong>cedunt eum velle<br />

omnipotens est et in nullo impotens, mala n<strong>on</strong> fieri, ne impotens esse<br />

certum est n<strong>on</strong> posse fieri mala vel videatur, sed tantum dicunt eum<br />

esse nisi eo volente. Quomodo enim n<strong>on</strong> velle mala fieri Lombard, 1. 1.<br />

invito eo et uolente posset ab aliquo<br />

Dist. 46.

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