Their proof from Acts 17:28: in him we live and move and are
They draw this from certain passages of Scripture, chiefly Acts 17:28: 'In him we live and move and have our being.'
When the Apostle says that we exist and live in God, that is, through him, he makes it clear enough that God gave us our nature and all our powers at the start and constantly sustains them. And when he adds that we also move in God, he appears to teach outright that all our movements and actions, like our nature itself, come directly from God and are carried out by his power.
Latin
V. Illud autem colligunt ex quibusdam Scripturae locis. Praecipuus ille est qui habetur Act. 17. 28. In ipso vivimus & movemur & sumus. Quum enim dicit Apostolus nos in Deo, id est, per illum & esse & vivere, satis docet Deum esse qui & naturam & facultates omnes nobis initio dedit & jugiter conservat; adeoque quum addit nos quoque in Deo moveri, plane docere videtur omnes nostros motus atque actiones sicut naturam ipsam, immediate a Deo procedere, & Virtute illius fieri.