Concerning Divine prescience, which is as S. _Gregory_ saith, _Præscientia est unamquamq; rem antequam veniat, videre, & id quod futurum est priusquam præsens sit prævidere_, we may only note this, That it is certain and infallible, as saith the Lord by the Prophet: _Behold the former things are come to paß, and new things do I declare, before they spring forth I tell you of them_: Also, _known unto God are all his works from the foundation of the World_. “So that his prescience is that infallible vision, by which he comprehendeth all what he knows by one eternal, immutable and ineffable vision.” But this prescience in God doth not flow from the things that are to come to pass, but from his decree, by which all future things are determined, who doth _all things according to the counsel of his own will_, for _God is in heaven, he hath done whatsoever he pleased_. But this prescience is not to be considered only by it self, as a bare vision, or inspection, but as it is coupled and joined with his providence, _For the Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. Forming_ (or framing) likewise _their hearts, and considering all their works_. And this prescience considered solely by it self, is not the cause of the things that come to pass, for as the Father saith well: _Sicut tu memoria tuâ non cogis facta esse quæ præterierunt, sic Deus præscientia suâ non cogit facienda quæ sunt futura_. So that we conclude that God by a naked prescience doth not only behold infallibly the things that are to come, and so is only a spectator of what Devils and wicked Men will do, but also that he doth order, rule and predesign all their works and actions. [Sidenote: _Andr. Rivet. disputat. Thes._ 1. _p._ 4.] [Sidenote: _De provid. Trac._ _p._ 9.] [Sidenote: _Isagog. Christ._ _c._ 32. _p._ 52.]