Mozley: A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of

CHAP. x. of Predestination. 261
The doctrine of necessity, however, explained in the
last chapter, and the doctrine of predestination, are in sub
stance the same doctrine, and only differ in their ground,
which is in one a ground of philosophy, in the other one of
Scripture. The schoolmen attached indeed to these two
doctrines different functions and operations of the Divine
Power. Under the one, God acted as universal mover ;
under the other as special mover ; under the one He ex
erted a natural power, under the other a spiritual or grace ;
under the one He moved men to a good proportionate to
their nature, under the other to a good exceeding the pro
portions of nature *
; under the one He supported the natural
goodness of man unfallen, under the other He healed man
fallen. And in all acts in which the special power operated,
the general power operated too : so that God acted in both
capacities, in the case of the same act. 2 But thus described
as two separate and distinct actions, the universal and
special action were really only the same action, in a higher
and lower degree, of the Divine motive Power over the
human will.
Thus clearly and strongly laid down, however, the
doctrine of Aquinas and the Augustinian schoolmen on
the subject of predestination has been mistaken in a well-
In his enim quae ex gratia dantur, turae, ad quam scilicet homo perpotest
aliquis pro libitu suo dare cui venire potest per principia SUSP na-
vult plus vel minus, dummodo nulii turae : alia autem est beatitude
subtrahat debitum, absque prseju- naturam hominis excedens, ad quam
dicio justitiae. Et hoc est quod dicit homo sola divina virtute perv<-nire
paterfamilias. Matt. 20. 15. Tolle potest secundum quandam Divinitaquod
tuum est ec vade; an lion licet tis I
participationem."
1
2 dae mihi quod volo facere ? l
Q.
nia Q.
23. A. 5.
62. A. 1.
2 Homo in statu naturae integrae
virtute suae naturae
1 Deus movet voluntatem hominis potest operari
sicut Universalis motor ad univer- bonum quod est sibi connaturale,
sale objectum voluntatis, quod est absque superadditione gratuiti doni,
auxilio Dei moven-
bonum et sine hac universali moti- licet non absque ;
one homo non potest aliquid velle. tis. 1 2 dae Q. 109. A. 3.
. . . Sedtameninterdum Secundum specialiter utrumque statumnatura
Deus movet aliquos ad aliquid de- humana indiget Divino auxilio, ad
terminate volendum, quod est bonum, faciendum et volendum quodcunque
sicut inhisquos movet per gratiam. bonum, sicut primo movente. Virg
T. l ma 2dae Q,. 10. A. 6. tute gratuita superaddita indiget ad
Est duplex hominis beatitudo; una bonum supernaturale.
quidem proportionata humanse na-
Ibid. A. 2.