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1 Chapter 6 [III.]ÑThe Third Petition. How
Chapter 6 [III.]ÑThe Third Petition. How Heaven and Earth are Understood in the LordÕs Prayer.The third petition is, ÒThy will be done in heaven and in earth;Ó or, as it is read in many codices,and is more frequently made use of by petitioners, ÒAs in heaven, so

2 also in earth,Ó which manypeople underst
also in earth,Ó which manypeople understand, ÒAs the holy angels, so also may we do thy will.Ó That teacher and martyr willhave heaven and earth, however, to be understood as spirit and flesh, and says that we pray that wemay do the will of God with the full conc

3 ord of both. He saw in these words also
ord of both. He saw in these words also another meaning,congruous to the soundest faith, of which meaning I have already spoken above,Ñto wit, that forunbelievers, who are as yet earth, bearing in their first birth only the earthly man, believers areunderstood to

4 pray, who, being clothed with the heave
pray, who, being clothed with the heavenly man, are not unreasonably called by thename of heaven; where he plainly shows that the beginning of faith also is GodÕs gift, since theholy Church prays not only for believers, that faith may be increased or may contin

5 ue in them, but,moreover, for unbeliever
ue in them, but,moreover, for unbelievers, that they may begin to have what they have not had at all, and againstwhich, besides, they were indulging hostile feelings. Now, however, I am arguing not concerningthe beginning of faith, of which I have already spoken

6 much in the former book, but of that Rom
much in the former book, but of that Rom. ix. 20.959 Chapter 18.ÑBut Why Should One Be Punished More Than Another?ÒBut if,Ó it is said, Òit was necessary that, although all were not condemned, He should stillshow what was due to all, and so He should commend His

7 grace more freely to the vessels of merc
grace more freely to the vessels of mercy;why in the same case will He punish me more than another, or deliver him more than me?Ó I saynot this. If you ask wherefore; because I confess that I can find no answer to make. And if you3593Matt. xx. 14, etc.3594Rom. ix

8 . 20 worketh all things. For if they had
. 20 worketh all things. For if they had been this, they would have been of them, and without doubt theywould have continued with them.Chapter 22.ÑIt is an Absurdity to Say that the Dead Will Be Judged for Sins Which They Would it is easy to accuse the unbelief o

9 f the Jews, arising as it did from their
f the Jews, arising as it did from their free will, since they refusedto believe in such great wonders done among themselves. And this the Lord, reproaching them,declares when He says, ÒWoe unto thee, Chorazin and Bethsaida, because if the mighty works hadbeen do

10 ne in Tyre and Sidon which have been don
ne in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would long ago have repented indust and ashes.Ó3607 But can we say that even the Tyrians and Sidonians would have refused tobelieve such mighty works done among them, or would not have believed them if they h

11 ad beendone, when the Lord Himself bears
ad beendone, when the Lord Himself bears witness to them that they would have repented with greathumility if those signs of divine power had been done among them? And yet in the day of judgmentthey will be punished; although with a less punishment than those citi

12 es which would not believethe mighty wor
es which would not believethe mighty works done in them. For the Lord goes on to say, ÒNevertheless, I say unto you, it shallbe more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.Ó3608 Therefore the formershall be punished with greater severity

13 , the latter with less; but yet they sha
, the latter with less; but yet they shall be punished. Again,if the dead are judged even in respect of deeds which they would have done if they had lived,assuredly since these would have been believers if the gospel had been preached to them with sogreat miracle

14 s, they certainly ought not to be punish
s, they certainly ought not to be punished; but they will be punished. It is thereforefalse that the dead are judged in respect also of those things which they would have done if the534gospel had reached them when they were alive. And if this is false, there is n

15 o ground for saying,concerning infants w
o ground for saying,concerning infants who perish because they die without baptism, that this happens in their casedeservedly, because God foreknew that if they should live and the gospel should be preached to Therefore it is in vain that it is prescribed to me f

16 rom that old book of mine, that I may no
rom that old book of mine, that I may notargue the case as I ought to argue it in respect of infants; and that thence I may not persuade myopponents by the light of a manifest truth, that GodÕs grace is not given according to menÕs merits.537For if, when I began

17 my books concerning Free Will as a layma
my books concerning Free Will as a layman, and finished them as a presbyter,I still doubted of the condemnation of infants not born again, and of the deliverance of infants thatwere born again, no one, as I think, would be so unfair and envious as to hinder my pr

18 ogress, andjudge that I must continue in
ogress, andjudge that I must continue in that uncertainty. But it can more correctly be understood that it oughtto be believed that I did not doubt in that matter, for the reason that they against whom my purpose it is said, what will remain but that we confess,

19 when the darkness of contention is remov
when the darkness of contention is removed, thatthe grace of God is not given according to our merits, which position the catholic Church defendsagainst the Pelagian heresy; and that we see this in more evident truth especially in infants? ForGod is not compelled

20 by fate to come to the help of these in
by fate to come to the help of these infants, and not to come to the help ofthose,Ñsince the case is alike to both. Or shall we think that human affairs in the case of infantsare not managed by Divine Providence, but by fortuitous chances, when rational souls ar

21 e eitherto be condemned or delivered, al
e eitherto be condemned or delivered, although, indeed, not a sparrow falls to the ground without the will what is said should be both milk to infants and meat for grown-up persons. As Òin the beginningwas the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God

22 ,Ó what Christian can keepit back? Who c
,Ó what Christian can keepit back? Who can receive it? Or what in sound doctrine can be found more comprehensive? Andyet this is not kept back either from infants or from grown-up people, nor is it hidden from infantsby those who are mature. But the reason of kee

23 ping back the truth is one, the necessit
ping back the truth is one, the necessity of speakingthe truth is another. It would be a tedious business to inquire into or to put down all the reasons forkeeping back the truth; of which, nevertheless, there is this one,Ñlest we should make those whodo not unde

24 rstand worse, while wishing to make thos
rstand worse, while wishing to make those who do understand more learned; althoughthese latter do not become more learned when we withhold any such thing on the one hand, butalso do not become worse. When, however, a truth is of such a nature that he who cannot r

25 eceiveit is made worse by our speaking i
eceiveit is made worse by our speaking it, and he who can receive it is made worse by our silenceconcerning it, what do we think is to be done? Must we not speak the truth, that he who can receiveit may receive it, rather than keep silence, so that not only neith

26 er may receive it, but that even hewho i
er may receive it, but that even hewho is more intelligent should himself be made worse? For if he should hear and receive it, by his542means also many might learn. For in proportion as he is more capable of learning, he is the morefitted for teaching others. The

27 enemy of grace presses on and urges in
enemy of grace presses on and urges in all ways to make us believethat grace is given according to our deservings, and thus grace is no more grace; and are we unwilling chaste, so he whom He has predestinated to be chaste, although he may regard that as uncertai

28 n,does not, therefore, fail to act so as
n,does not, therefore, fail to act so as to be chaste because he hears that he is to be what he will beby the gift of God. Nay, rather, his love rejoices, and he is not puffed up as if he had not received It is written also in the Proverbs ofSolomon, ÒBecause th

29 eLord giveth wisdom.Ó3665 And of contine
eLord giveth wisdom.Ó3665 And of continency it is read in the book of Wisdom,whose authority has been used by great and learned men who have commented upon the divineutterances long before us; there, therefore, it is read, ÒWhen I knew that no one can be continen

30 t for they are not Pelagians, to contend
t for they are not Pelagians, to contend against such a manifest truth as this with hard and hereticalperversity. ÒBut,Ó say they, Òthat these things are given to us of God is obtained by faith, whichhas its beginning from us;Ó and both to begin to have this fait

31 h, and to abide in it even to the end,th
h, and to abide in it even to the end,they contend is our own doing, as if we received it not from the Lord. This, beyond a doubt, is incontradiction to the apostle when he says, ÒFor what hast thou that thou hast not received?Ó3667 Itis in contradiction also to

32 the saying of the martyr Cyprian, ÒThat
the saying of the martyr Cyprian, ÒThat we must boast in nothing, sincenothing is our own.Ó3668 When we have said this, and many other things which it is wearisome torepeat, and have shown that both the commencement of faith and perseverance to the end are giftso

33 f God; and that it is impossible that Go
f God; and that it is impossible that God should not foreknow any of His future gifts, as well whatshould be given as to whom they should be given; and that thus those whom He delivers and crowns Phil. i. 13.993 but, ÒIf any obey,Ó and the rest, using the third p

34 erson of the verb, not the second? For i
erson of the verb, not the second? For it is not tobe said to be desirable, but abominable, and it is excessively harsh and hateful to fly as it were intothe face of an audience with abuse, when he who speaks to them says, ÒAnd if there are any of youwho obey, an

35 d are predestinated to be rejected, the
d are predestinated to be rejected, the power of obedience shall be withdrawn fromyou, that you may cease to obey.Ó For what is wanting to the doctrine if it is thus expressed: ÒButif any obey, and are not predestinated to His kingdom and glory, they are only for

36 a season, andshall not continue in that
a season, andshall not continue in that obedience unto the endÓ? Is not the same thing said both more truly andmore fittingly, so that we may seem not as it were to be desiring so much for them, as to relate of power of doing this. And far be it from you to desp

37 air of yourselves, because you are bidde
air of yourselves, because you are bidden tohave your hope in Him, not in yourselves. For cursed is every one who has hope in man;3703 and itis good rather to trust in the Lord than to trust in man, because blessed are all they that put theirtrust in Him.3704 Hol

38 ding this hope, serve the Lord in fear,
ding this hope, serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.3705Because no one can be certain of the life eternal which God who does not lie has promised to thechildren of promise before the times of eternity,Ñno one, unless that life of his, whic

39 h is a state oftrial upon the earth, is
h is a state oftrial upon the earth, is completed. and its opponents that they should believe? When has any believer had a friend, a neighbour, awife, who did not believe, and has not asked on their behalf from the Lord for a mind obedient tothe Christian faith?

40 And who has there ever been who has not
And who has there ever been who has not prayed for himself that he might551abide in the Lord? And who has dared, not only with his voice, but even in thought, to blame the which he said Òcrying,ÓÑthat is, as I have already explained, Òcausing to cry,Ó when we und

41 erstandthat this is also itself the gift
erstandthat this is also itself the gift of God, that with a true heart and spiritually we cry to God. Let them,therefore, observe how they are mistaken who think that our seeking, asking, knocking is ofourselves, and is not given to us; and say that this is the

42 case because grace is preceded by ourmer
case because grace is preceded by ourmerits; that it follows them when we ask and receive, and seek and find, and it is opened to us whenwe knock. And they will not understand that this is also of the divine gift, that we pray; that is, thatwe ask, seek, and knoc

43 k. For we have received the spirit of ad
k. For we have received the spirit of adoption of sons, in which we cry,Abba, Father. And this the blessed Ambrose also said.3711 For he says, ÒTo pray to God also is thework of spiritual grace, as it is written, No one says, Jesus is the Lord, but in the Holy Sp

44 irit.ÓChapter 65.ÑThe ChurchÕs Prayers I
irit.ÓChapter 65.ÑThe ChurchÕs Prayers Imply the ChurchÕs Faith.These things, therefore, which the Church asks from the Lord, and always has asked from thetime she began to exist, God so foreknew that He would give to His called, that He has alreadygiven them in

45 predestination itself; as the apostle de
predestination itself; as the apostle declares without any ambiguity. For, writing toTimothy, he says, ÒLabour along with the gospel according to the power of God, who saves us, cannot deny that God has foreknown all His gifts, and the people on whom He was going

46 to bestowthem. As, therefore, other thi
to bestowthem. As, therefore, other things must be preached so that he who preaches them may be heardwith obedience, so predestination must be preached so that he who hears these things with obediencemay glory not in man, and therefore not in himself, but in the

47 Lord; for this also is GodÕs precept,an
Lord; for this also is GodÕs precept,and to hear this precept with obedienceÑto wit, that he who glories should glory in the Lord3713Ñinlike manner as the rest, is GodÕs gift. And he who has not this gift,ÑI shrink not from sayingit,Ñwhatever others he has, has

48 them in vain. That the Pelagians may hav
them in vain. That the Pelagians may have this we pray, and thatour own brethren may have it more abundantly. Let us not, therefore, be prompt in arguments andindolent in prayers. Let us pray, dearly beloved, let us pray that the God of grace may give even to was

49 not only God, as the Manichean heretics
not only God, as the Manichean heretics contend; nor only man, as the Photinian heretics assert;nor in such wise man as to have less of anything which of a certainty pertains to humannature,Ñwhether a soul, or in the soul itself a rational mind, or flesh not tak

50 en of the woman, butmade from the Word c
en of the woman, butmade from the Word converted and changed into flesh,Ñall which three false and empty notionshave made the three various and diverse parties of the Apollinarian heretics; but we say that Christwas true God, born of God the Father without any be

51 ginning of time; and that He was also tr
ginning of time; and that He was also true orvery man, born of human mother in the certain fulness of time; and that His humanity, wherebyHe is less than the Father, does not diminish aught from His divinity, whereby He is equal to theFather. For both of them are

52 One ChristÑwho, moreover, most truly sa
One ChristÑwho, moreover, most truly said in respect of the God, ÒIand the Father are one;Ó3715 and most truly said in respect of the man, ÒMy Father is greater thanI.Ó3716 He, therefore, who made of the seed of David this righteous man, who never should beunrig

53 hteous, without any merit of His precedi
hteous, without any merit of His preceding will, is the same who also makes righteous menof unrighteous, without any merit of their will preceding; that He might be the head, and they Hismembers. He, therefore, who made that man with no precedent merits of His, n