316 ifChain ©fl'rtnctples.. Aph. 5. not ofmy Peep. z. Obduration in fne`' gomans 9. i8. Ile bath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will, be hard= eneth. 3. Condemnation for fin, ,,e- vel. zo. i,. Whofoever was notfound T ritten in thebook of lfe Das cafi into the lake of fire. This laii is that which by Divines is ufually styled Pofitive `reprobation, and is clearly diíhinguiíhable from the_ Negative in that the one is an aft of punitive juí}ice refpehing fin commit- ted and continued in. But the other an abfolute decree of Gods moil free and Sovereign Will without refpea to any difpofition in the creature. I call them confequents, not ofe ts; be- caufe though Negative Reprobation be antecedent to them all, it is not the proper caufe of them. This difference between thedecrees Aquinas long fince cc Thom, part,,, qu rit . z , Ar_ took notice of. Elehion (faithhe) `"°3.3d " is a proper caufe bothofthat glory "which the Elea look for hereafter, and of that grace, which here they 4' enjoy. WhereasReprobation is not `` the
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