A Golden Chain

II. Conclus. The matters where about freewill is occupied are principally the actions of men, which be of three sorts; natural, humane, spiritual. Natural actions are such as are common to men with beasts, as to eat, drink, sleep, hear, see, smell, taste, and to move from place to place: in all which we join with the Papists, and hold that man hath freewill, and even since the fall of Adam by natural power of the mind doth freely perform any of these actions or the like.

II. Conclus. The matters where about freewill is occupied are principally the actions of men, which be of three sorts; naturall, humane, spirituall. Naturall actions are such as are cōmon to men with beasts, as to eate, drink, sleepe, heare, see, smell, tast, and to mooue from place to place: in all which we ioyne with the Papists, and hold that man hath freewil, and euen since the fall of Adam by naturall power of the mind doth freely performe any of these actions or the like.

III. Conclus. Humane actions are such as are common to all men good & bad, as to speak and use reason, the practise of all mechanical and liberal arts, and the outward performance of Civill and Ecclesiastical duties, as to come to the Church, to speak and preach the word, to reach out the hand to receive the Sacrament, and to lend the ear to listen outwardly to that which is taught. And hither we may refer the outward actions of civill virtues; as namely Justice, temperance, gentleness, liberality. And in these also we join with the Church of Rome, and say (as experience teacheth) that men have a natural freedom of will, to put them or not to put them in execution. Paul saith, Rom. 2.14. The Gentiles that have not the law do the things of the law by nature, that is, by natural strength: and he saith of himself, that before his conversion touching the righteousness of the law, he was unblameable, Phil. 3. 6. And for this external obedience, natural men receive reward in temporal things.