ha4in of Principles, 85, . ç. Thirdly, the objet eledi- Lxerc. i. on is a definite number of particular perfons fingled out of the refit of man- kinde. We learn from St Luke that the Luke s.>. Elea cry unto God day and night : And St 7obn in his .Apocalypft telleth us what one of their principal cries is They Rev'1°,tx. cried with a loud voice, faying,. How long,0 Lord, holy and true, doff thou not judge and avenge our bloud As alto what anfwer theyhad from heaven, It °vas faid unto them that theyJhould refljetfor a little lea- Jon until! theirfellow-frvants and their-bre- thren that fhould be killed as they were, jhouldbefulfilled. From the collation of which texts it may be inferred that their number is fet, and (hall in due time be completed; for that is the thing-related to in the word ',Ign50-oYTa [hall be fulfilled. It is then a definite number and that of particular per- fons, whofe names areelfewherePaid to be Pike t °.aa X41 zb:ritten in the book of lift, Names inScri pture beingoften put for perfons; as in the Acts, The number of names together Acas 1,1 5. were
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