t to know, that he may have an excuse for sin, or that he may not be withheld from sin; according to Job 21:14 : "We desire not the knowledge of Thy ways." And this is called "affected ignorance." Secondly, ignorance is said to be voluntary, when it regards that which one can and…

hose who wish not to know the truth of faith, that they may sin freely; in whose person it is said ( Job 21:14 ): "We desire not the knowledge of Thy ways." Thirdly, a particular truth is hated, as being repugnant, inasmuch as it is in the intellect of another man: as, for instan…

libro vitae (Apoc. III, 5) , fiatque pars illius cum his qui dixerunt Domino Deo: Recede a nobis (Job XXI, 14) , et cum Dathan et Abiron, quos terra aperto ore deglutivit, et vivos infernus absorbuit (Num. XVI, 31) , perennem incurrat damnationem. Socius quoque [Col. 0852B] Ju…