[470] Bp. Butler's sermons emphasize this side of the doctrine of conscience, esp. the Preface. Cp. Flint, Theism, lect. vii.
[471] See Phil. i. 9, and Heb. v. 14 (the Greek).
[472] Rom. i. 21. Athan. cont. Gentes, iii-xi.
[473] Wace, Boyle Lect., ser. 1, Lect. II.
[474] Anselm, Cur Deus Homo, I. xii. 'Libertas non est nisi ad hoc quod expedit aut quod decet.'
[475] See Martineau, Types of Eth. Theory, vol. i. 93; ii. 39 [Ed. 2]. Holland, Creed and Character, Serm. X.
[476] Aug. de mor. Eccl. xxi. '[Deo] solo dominante liberrimus.' Observe that as freedom grows, the choice becomes more restricted by the law πάντα ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει (1 Cor. x. 23). Cp. Pet. Lomb. Sent. ii. xxv. 7.
[477] Cyp. de op. et eleem. i. 'Pater Filium misit ut reparare nos posset.' Such language is usual with the Fathers.
[478] The whole subject of sin, guilt, punishment is germane to our subject, but for present purposes must be left on one side.
[479] Iren. iii. 18. 7 [Stieren] ἔδει γὰρ τὸν μεσίτην θεοῠ τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων διὰ τῆς ἰδίας πρὸς ἑκατέρους οἰκειότητος εἰς φιλίαν καὶ ὁμονοίαν τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους συναγαγεῑν, καὶ θεῷ μὲν παραστῆσαι τὸν ἄνθρωποω, ἀνθρώποις δὲ γνωρίσαι τὸν θεόν.