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376<br />

Note XIV.<br />

Adam being created good, <strong>the</strong>n, meant that he way<br />

created with a positive goodness, or a good habit <strong>of</strong> mind.<br />

Such a habit S. Augustine expresses by <strong>the</strong> term b<strong>on</strong>a<br />

voluntas, voluntas meaning an established bias or inclina<br />

ti<strong>on</strong>, or what we call character. Sed, inquis, u Ideo<br />

potuit oriri voluntas mala, ut oriri posset et b<strong>on</strong>a.&quot; Quasi<br />

n<strong>on</strong> cum b<strong>on</strong>a voluntate factus sit vel angelus vel homo.<br />

Factus est rectus, sicut dixit Scriptura. Eccl. vii. 29.<br />

N<strong>on</strong> ergo quasritur unde in illo potuerit oriri b<strong>on</strong>a volun<br />

tas, cum qua factus est ; sed unde mala cum qua factus<br />

n<strong>on</strong> est. Et tu dicis, n<strong>on</strong> attendens quid dicas<br />

potuit oriri voluntas mala, ut oriri posset et b<strong>on</strong>a :<br />

&quot;<br />

Ideo-<br />

hoc putas ad naturam liberi arbitrii pertinere, ut possit<br />

utrumque et peccare scilicet et n<strong>on</strong> peccare et in hoc<br />

;<br />

existimas hominem factum ad imaginem Dei, cum Deus<br />

ipse n<strong>on</strong> possit utrumque. L. 5. c. 38. Quis enim ferat,<br />

si dicatur talis factus, quales nascuntur infantes? Ilia<br />

itaque perfectio naturse quam n<strong>on</strong> dabant anni, sed sola<br />

manus Dei, n<strong>on</strong> potuit nisi habere voluntatem aliquaru,<br />

eamque n<strong>on</strong> malam. B<strong>on</strong>se igitur voluntatis factus est<br />

homo . . . neque enim nisi recta volens rectus est quis-<br />

quam?<br />

L. 5. c. 61.<br />

Julian objects to this implanted voluntas <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> free<br />

will ground, pr<strong>on</strong>ouncing it absurd that a man can be<br />

made good ; <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> ground that goodness implied, in its<br />

very nature, choice and exerti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> will. Est natura<br />

humana b<strong>on</strong>um opus Dei : est libertas arbitrii, id est, possibilitas<br />

vel delinquendi vel recte faciendi, b<strong>on</strong>um seque<br />

opus Dei. Utrumque hoc homini de necessario venit. Sed<br />

voluntas in his exoritur n<strong>on</strong> de his. Capacia voluntatis<br />

sunt quippe, n<strong>on</strong> 1. plena. Op. Imp. 5, c. 56. Est ergo<br />

ista possibilitas, quse nomine libertatis ostenditur, ita a<br />

sapientissimo c<strong>on</strong>stituta Deo, ut sine ipsa n<strong>on</strong> sit, quod<br />

per ipsam esse n<strong>on</strong> cogitur. c. 57. Augustine replies :<br />

6 Ut video, nee b<strong>on</strong>am voluntatem vis tribuere naturae,<br />

quando est homo primitus c<strong>on</strong>ditus : quasi n<strong>on</strong> potuerit<br />

Deus hominem facere voluntatis b<strong>on</strong>se. c. 61.<br />

Augustine s b<strong>on</strong>a voluntas <strong>on</strong>ly seems to express in a<br />

different form <strong>the</strong> traditi<strong>on</strong>al view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church from <strong>the</strong><br />

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