faith


of  the  Will  of  Man.  369

faith  he,  hath  permitted  to  every   man  the  Liberty   of
chufmg  and  doing  what  he  willy  &  ob  id  uniufcujufq;  aut
poena,  aut  pr^emiis  afficietur  eledio,  and  for  this  Rea-
Jon  /hall  every  Man  be  fun'iJJjed,    or  rewarded  for  his
Choice.     God,  faith  (k)  St.  Ba/il,    loves  them   who   do
whales  r'lqhty  not  from  Necejftty   but  Virtue.     Now  Vir-
tue,    faith   he,    arifeth,    Iv.  'srsocti^snai,   k^  in,  V^  etVa'jjtw?,
from  Choice,    and  not  from   Necejfity.     For   this  Caufe^
faith  (/)  Chrsfojloni^    hnth    God  given    thee   Free   Willy
\vA  f/i  v^iesv  if<^^»i  '^  3t6),  coi  dvAJ'Kyi  J^^^ist  that  Men  may
not  accufe  God  as  being  bound  under  a  NeceffUy  of  doinc
Evil.     Man,  faith  {ni)  St.  Cyril  Alex,  hath  a  free  In-
clination to  what  he  will  chufe  to  do,  ^  (£vAfmi  IhirS^^v  Th
ip  l}(^^a f'o'^mv,  and  a  Freedom  from  Necejjtty  in  what  he
will  turn   hifnfelf  unto  -,  ihat  fo,  and  not   otherwife  the
Good  may  be  wcrlhy  of  Praife  and  Reward,  and  the  Wick-
ed may  be  juftly  -punijhed.     'The  Devil,    faith  (^n)  Cyril
of  Jerufalem,  fuggefls  to  thee  a  Thought  of  Fornication,
if  thou   zviU,  thou  admitted  of  it,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  re-
je^iefl  it ;  «  3^  i&l'  ctmf>wv  iTw^vm?,  k]  77V©-  hi-^  rw  ynvvay
\Toi^a.(zvoQioi;  for  if  thou   didfi  lie   under  a  Necejfity  of
Whoring,  why  hath  God  pretared  Hell  ?  If,  faith  {0)  Ma-
carius,  the  Bodies  of  Chrijlians  fhnuld  have  been  made  Im^
mortal,  the  World  beholding  "n  m^!Jb^Qv  n  '^p^.f^icCjiQ-  the
Strangen^f^  of  the  thing,   would  have  been  converted  to
Good,  etvdfKif  mh  rtAA*  »»  ^vcnA  Q/vw/zf),  not  by  their  own
free   Will,  but    by   a   kind    of    Necejfity,    and  therefore
God  to  preferve  the  Liberty  of  Man^s  Will  fuffer'd  their
Bodies  to  die,  that  it  might  be   in   their  Choice  to  turn
to  Good  or   Evil ;  for  Man  is  not  bound    to  do   Evil,  -
ivA^i}  vvi,  bv  any  Necejfty,  hut  hath  a  Liberty,  ik  ybiSrit
<rHM€r  iKKoy^f,  to  become  a  Vejfel   of   Ele^inn  and  Life,
and  they  who  are  aEled  by  the  Holy  Si'irit,  sk  dvA^KVf   vvi
MKe^-rnvJAt,  are  not  held  under  any  Necejfty,  but  have  a

{k^  Tom.  I.  Quod  Beus  non  eilA"fh  mjli,  p.  362.  D.
