Thus, however it be conceived, whether as finite or infinite, it requires a cause by which it should be conditioned to exist and act.

Thus (Def.
vii.) it cannot be called a free cause, but only a necessary or constrained cause.

Q.E.D.
Coroll.

I .-- Hence it follows, first, that God does not act according to freedom of the will.
Coroll.

II .-- It follows, secondly, that will and intellect stand in the same relation to the nature of God as do motion, and rest, and absolutely all natural phenomena, which must be conditioned by God (Prop.