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schools which was orthodox, though it was overlaid with<br />

weak or injurious commentary. In <strong>the</strong> next place he<br />

makes a distincti<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>gst schoolmen; and while he<br />

complains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> refinements <strong>of</strong> Lombard and Aquinas,<br />

regards <strong>the</strong>m as in <strong>the</strong> main orthodox : L<strong>on</strong>giore intervallo<br />

a recentioribus sophistis differed Inst. 1. 2. c. 2.<br />

s. 6. The older commentators he c<strong>on</strong>siders to have main<br />

tained, though with too little boldness and openness, and<br />

with too great an appearance <strong>of</strong> compromise, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Augustinian</strong><br />

ground. Thus he complains <strong>of</strong> Lombard s use <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> term freewill : Ac principal em quidem causam in<br />

gratia esse n<strong>on</strong> negant<br />

cludi liberum arbitrium, per quod sit omne meritum.<br />

Neque id tradunt posteriores modo sophistse, sed eorum<br />

: sed eo tamen c<strong>on</strong>tendunt n<strong>on</strong> ex-<br />

Pythagoras Lombardus ; quern, si cum istis compares,<br />

sanum et sobrium esse dicas. Mirse pr<strong>of</strong>ecto csecitatis<br />

fait, quum Augustinum toties in ore haberet, n<strong>on</strong> vidisse<br />

quanta solicitudine vir ille caverit ne ulla ex b<strong>on</strong>is operibus<br />

glorise particula in hominem derivaretur. Instit. 1. 3.<br />

c. 15. s. 7. Magister sententiarum duplicem gratiam<br />

necessariam esse nobis docet, quo reddamur ad opus b<strong>on</strong>um<br />

id<strong>on</strong>ei. Alteram vocat Operantem, qua fit ut efficaciter<br />

velimus b<strong>on</strong>um ; Cooperantem alteram quse b<strong>on</strong>am voluntatem<br />

sequitur adjuvando. In qua parti ti<strong>on</strong>e hoc mini<br />

displicet, quod dum Gratias Dei tribuit efficacem b<strong>on</strong>i<br />

appetitum, innuit hominem jam suapte natura b<strong>on</strong>um<br />

quodammodo licet inefficaciter appetere. ... In secundo<br />

membro ambiguitas me <strong>of</strong>fendit, quse perversam genuit<br />

interpretati<strong>on</strong>em. Ideo enim putarunt nos secundse Dei<br />

gratise cooperari, quod nostri juris sit primam gratiain vel<br />

respuendo irritam facere, v*l obedienter sequendo c<strong>on</strong>firmare.<br />

. . . Hcec duo notare obiter libuit, ut videas<br />

jam lector, quantum<br />

a sanioribus scholasticis dissen-<br />

tiam. . . . Utcunque, ex hac tamen parti ti<strong>on</strong>e intelligimus<br />

qua<br />

rati<strong>on</strong>e liberum dederint arbitrium homini. Pro-<br />

nuntiat enim tandem Lombardus, n<strong>on</strong> liberi arbitrii<br />

ideo nos esse, quod ad b<strong>on</strong>um vel ad malum vel agendum<br />

vel cogitandum perceque polleamus, sed duntaxat quod<br />

coacti<strong>on</strong>e soluti sumus. . . . Optime id quidem, sed

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