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CHAP. IX. <strong>of</strong> Necessity. 247<br />

c<strong>on</strong>duct, precept, prohibiti<strong>on</strong>, permissi<strong>on</strong>, and <strong>the</strong> like<br />

praceptio, prohibitio^ permissio ; between a real and a<br />

metaphorical will <strong>of</strong> Grod,<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>e being called voluntas<br />

beneplaciti, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r voluntas signi. 1 And <strong>the</strong> object <strong>of</strong><br />

this distincti<strong>on</strong> is <strong>the</strong> same with that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> preceding<br />

<strong>on</strong>es ; viz. to enable <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ologian to refer to a Divine<br />

Will, which was in some way not opposed to evil, and with<br />

which, <strong>the</strong>refore, evil could co-exist without risk to <strong>the</strong><br />

attribute <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Power. That will <strong>of</strong> Grod which<br />

came into c<strong>on</strong>tact with our understandings, which com<br />

manded and which prohibited, was opposed to evil ; and<br />

this will could be violated, neglected, and trodden under<br />

foot by <strong>the</strong> passi<strong>on</strong> and <strong>the</strong> pride <strong>of</strong> man. But that secret<br />

and ulterior will which lay behind this external and ex-<br />

1<br />

Aliquando vero secundum quandam<br />

figuram dicendi voluntas Dei<br />

vocatur, quod seeundum proprietatem<br />

n<strong>on</strong> est voluntas ejus : ut praeceptio,<br />

prohibitio, c<strong>on</strong>silium, ideoque<br />

pluraliter aliquando Scriptura voluntates<br />

Dei pr<strong>on</strong>untiat. Unde<br />

Propheta psalm 1 1 0. Magna opera<br />

Domini, exquisita in omnes volun-<br />

tates ejus, cum n<strong>on</strong> sit nisi una vo<br />

luntas Dei quae ipse est. . . . Ideo<br />

autem praeceptio et prohibitio atque<br />

c<strong>on</strong>silium, cum sint tria, dicitur<br />

tamen unumquodque eorum Dei vo<br />

luntas, quia ista sunt signa divinae<br />

voluntatis : quemadmodum et signa<br />

irae dicuntur ira, et dilecti<strong>on</strong>is signa<br />

dilectioappellantur; et dicitur iratus<br />

Deus, et tamen n<strong>on</strong> est ira in eo<br />

flliqua, sed signa tanturn quae foris<br />

fiunt, quibus iratus ostenditur, ira<br />

ipsius nominantur. Et est figura<br />

dicendi, secundum quam n<strong>on</strong> est<br />

falsum quod dicitur, sedverum quod<br />

dicitur sub tropi nubilo obumbratur.<br />

Et secundum hos tropos diversae<br />

voluutates Dei dicuntur, quia diversa<br />

sunt ilia quae per tropum vo<br />

luntas Dei dicuntur.<br />

Magna est adhibenda discretio<br />

in cogniti<strong>on</strong>e Divinae voluntatis, quia<br />

et beneplacitum Dei est volumas<br />

ejus, et signum beneplaciti ejus dici<br />

tur voluntas ejus. Sed beneplacitum<br />

ejus aeternum est, signum vero<br />

beneplaciti ejus n<strong>on</strong>. Lombard, 1.<br />

1. Dist. 45.<br />

Voluntas Dei distinguitur in<br />

voluntatem beneplaciti et voluntatem<br />

signi. . . De Deo quaedam dicuntur<br />

proprie, quaedam metaphorice. Ea<br />

quae proprie de ipso dicuntur, vere<br />

in eo sunt sed ; ea, quae metaphorice<br />

dicuntur de eo, per similitiidinem<br />

proporti<strong>on</strong>abilitatis ad effectum ali-<br />

quem, sicut dicitur ignis Deutero.<br />

4., eo quod sicut ignis se habet ad<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong>em c<strong>on</strong>trarii, ita Deus<br />

ad c<strong>on</strong>sumendam nequitiam. . . .<br />

Deus potest did aliquid velle dupliciter<br />

; vel proprie, et sic dicitur velle<br />

Uhid, cujus voluntas vere in eo est,<br />

et hcec est voluntas beneplaciti. Dici<br />

tur etiam aliquid velle metaphorice,<br />

eo quod ad modum volentis se habet,<br />

in quantum prcecipit, vel c<strong>on</strong>sulit,<br />

vel aliquid hujusmodi facit. Unde<br />

ea, in qiiibus attenditur similitudo<br />

istius rei ad voluntatem Dei, volun-<br />

tates ejus metaphorice dicuntur, et<br />

quia talia sunt effectus, dicuntur<br />

signa! Aquinas, in Lomb. 1. 1.<br />

Dist. 45. A. 4.

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