 In other words, according to Malebranche, God causes particular effects in creation, but the contribution of God’s volition, as opposed to the contribution of created occasional causes, is general. Later on, Arnauld says that, on Malebranche’s view, it is really only the free volitions of creatures that can be said to determine God, in view of His general volitions, to produce a particular effect. For, according to Malebranche, God is the cause of every bodily event, including those which, together with the general laws, are supposed to determine any given consequent event. (OA, 39:230). But Malebranche is committed, so Arnauld argues, to the position that the free volitions of creatures are not caused by God (OA,  39:248–57).[27]