ofSa!uationandV.tmnation. 109 j1101tldbegiHm torhemwhichbelecue.Act.I 0.43• ..dll"h'ch belecue. And furely there is as well a -generality of them that beleeue , as of the whole wodd.II.We may vnderlland by [ail] A mull needs change his fenrence befere fet downe,but we mull not prefume to fay fo• ObieEt.YI.Godi<thef<ther ofaM, Mal.2.10. ofall forts fome, noteuery iingularperfon of all forts. Sn,Renel.5·9· Chrillis ftid to haue redeemed fome out'of~Jtery kindred~ andtongue, andpeople,andn.,wns.And Gal. l• 28· Thmis neitJgr Je~vnorGrecitm,neitherbond11orftee~there is neither male nor female, foryec areallone in Chrif/lefm. Math. 4·•i· Cbti(lis faid rohaue healed euerydiftafe, rhat is,euery kinde ofdif– eafe. And ..dugujline to thispurpofe harh a fit rule. Allis ofte~ vftdfor many, a.s Rom. 5. 18; 19· Augufline in his Manuel ;o Laur. chap· IOJ· his thmfaid(f•ith Augufiiuc)Godlvoseld B hal~ca/1tobe-Jat~ed 3 not bte4ufe thtre WtUno rmzn whichhe wo•ldhaue damned, who thereforewould not doe mirn.cles 4mongft th~m,which wot~ld, tUbe foith,haHerepcnted, ifhehaddonerm.racks: but thatby<llmen, ~reefhoutd vnde>:flandallfor.tsof f"Jm,howfoeuerdiflingRijbed, whether Kings,,ri. Nateperfolls,&c. And in his booke de Corrept. & gratia.cap.14·lt u [aid, he would haue allto befaucd,fo.uwemujl vndcrjlandallfuch Mare predejlinatc to bee faued, becauft amongf/ tl;em therearc ofallforts ofmen .uhe[aid to the Phari., fies,You tithe euery hearbe.I Il.T!)efe two,to be wiliingto (aue a man, & that he1bould come tothe fauing knowledgoftile truth, are vnfe– parably vnited together; 1 Tim. •· 4· Butthe f<cond we fee doth not ag<ee toall and <uery c iingular perfon: therefore rhe.firll cannot. Ob.I V.Inmanyl'lacesofScripture Chrill is faid to redeeme theworld,as 1 !oh.•.•• He u apropitiatiofor t*efms ofthe ..,hpleworld.Anf. This word world,fignifieth,l.The frameofl)ea uen& earth. rr. All men both good & bad ro– gither. III.The_copanyofvnl;>eleeuers,& ma– lignant haters ofC)lri!l. IY:Th~cogregation of the elect, difp<rfed oucr.the face of \he whole earth,& tobeg.ttheredo~tofthefame.· In this 4.fignificati6 we mu!lvnderLtand fuch Rom, 4 • places as arc aboue mentioned. Abrah4 is q[, 11. led ththeire of~he world,th,lt is,ofmany na:~iOs .. Gen,•7• ObieiJ. V.Godwt/1not thedeath.of•ftnncrJbut t1;,, 8 . r<eher that hemayrepent and liue. An[, Augult.. , 23 • I in his fir{\ book to Simplicius.z.quefi. anfwe– reth this quellion.You mujl(f•irh he)diflinguijl, D l betwixtmmt,tU heUnun~&man a& he is 4flnner. For Godi<not<4lightedwith the dejlro!Jioofm•_n, 1t1 be ism11nJbt~t tU heis4finner:1wtherwilh;fim ! plythedea:hof any .u he is afim!er, or"' it i<tl>e. J rume& dejlruffioiJ ofhis creature: ·bm in t/;<t.by /he dmjiatio11& reuengeof jinwithemn.l death, hi<glory u e. .cecdingly adl.anced. God therefore willthe death ofa Ul!ner, but as it is apunilb– ment,thatis,as it is ame,anes to declare& fet out hisdiuineiullice:.and therefore it is ~n vu– truth for a man ro fay·,. that God would ha"e· nonecondemned. For whereas men ar~once condemncd,it ml!ll: be either wi<h Gods \Vill,. or without it: if wi,houtir, then the will of Gods mull needs fuffer viqlence, the which,to affirme is great irnpietie;ifwithhis wil\,qod An. Thisplaceis meautofGodschurch,outof which a! m•n,llidingin that corrupt ellateby Eph. u, Ad<m,are the cllildrc ofwrath,& ofthediuel. 'oh.f. ObieiJ. VII.IfGoddid elect fome,& reiect H• others, he mufl: needs be [ cPJO"fo'ltt1\~tr~~~ ~ are. fpecter ofperfons. An[. I.One iS'faid then to accept,or haue refpect ofperfons, when ns he by fomecircumllaoces inherent in the perfon, is mouedto do this or that. Now;asfor Goo, he did vpon his meere pleaf•re elect fome, & reiect others eternally, nor moouedor vrged thereunto by any thing whatfneuer out of himfdfe. lJ. He is debterto none,butmayby good right doe 'ilith his creatures what feemeth good vntohim inhis ownc eyes. Ill. It is one thing with God to accept ofperfons, & another to make choife ofmen. Thisif ";ee !bold notgra.,t,it wold follow that God mull be deemed pl~me-worthy, becaufe he made notallhis,creatures mol): glorious Angels. Ob. VIII. ItGod d;creed to reie(l: certaine men,thendidhehatehiscreature. Anf. God decreed to reie<'t his creature and workeman– lbip,nor becaufe he hated lt,but becaufe heap– pointed it rohatred.Anditisonethingto hate, & another to appoillttQ hatred. And ii1de~de God doth not actually hate any thing, but for li". That faying ofAuguft·to Simplicius is fit forthis purpofe. When God mak;rththe wicktd, whomhedath notiujlifie,veffelsofwrath,hedoth it rsot toh•te that,whichh~m<de:forinthat hemallie themveffils, they h.ue theirvfe, n4mely. th<t by thetrpttines towhichth~wereordained~th~1.1ejfols ofhonourmight r~apeprofit,G•dtherfore d.tb not hateth!m.inr/1artbeyqrt mtn~orvejfols;"ntither anythingrh•rhe,.J.ein themby r;rwion,orordi. ""lio.for G~dhauthRothmg'!'hichhebathmade. Bur t'ltU muchas hcmaderhe vej{elsofdeflru!liO, he doth £rto injlruEl others.~4s for their impietie, whichhencH.er m!fde> th4t hehllteth1ltterly.. rv{'s therefor<~iudgehateth rheft inaman,but he dorh nor hate hi:r ptmzPJm'it that heUfenttowurk.inthe minq;For the theefedoeh rh_efirf/,theiudg·thekltte_r;jo fl.o_cl, wher;Uofthe.~ffpame ofrhe that<pcrJJ1,, hemakfthjJeffels ofperdittqn, he doth not rherfo"! htftet~anvhichh~ mr4Mt,9;th({t U the cOdeJI'"~m·; oftho(eryhicpperijiJ i>fr~eir-c/i<:punifhmentforjin. Ob. 1X. Tt,ereprobares are fa~d in manr place.s of fcriptureto be redeemed by Cbriff. Anf. Firft,wc mull Mtvndcrll'and fud>place• mean~of"lli reprobates, bucoffuchasare for a time itJ the Church·U. They are faid to be re– demcd.;iullified,lk factl.fied,bothin thtir own iudgments, & thechurches alfo, in asmuch as theymake ap external profefsion of the faith. But thjs is aiudgmet of.charity,notofcertety, · Q,biel:f. X. G9dmightberhoughtcrueU,if that!\<' had ordaine~ the greatelt part of tbe worlo.to dellruction. Anf God couldw~lle" nough hauedecreed,lh~~ euen all men lbould vttetly haue bcene reiected, aud yer helbould haue beene neuerwhit either crue.l norvniuft. K 4 Reafoqs. aPet.:z.. '·
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