4g 4 Chain ofPrinciples. Aph. g. §. 8. The nex Querie is that in v. 19 Thou milt fay then unto me Why loth be yet finde fault ? for mho bath refifled bic will ? He had Paid concerning God in the words immediately foregoing He bathmercy on whom be mill have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth. Corrupt nature catching at the latter claufe is ready to impute unto God himfelf, (as injufricebefore, fo fromhence) ri- gour and cruelty for that notwith- flanding his own willing in a fenfe the hard-heartednefse of Reprobates , he yet findes fault with them for it. yea, and damns them in the conclufie on although his will be irrefifhible. The fubf}ance of this cavil namely what influence the Will and Provi- dence of God path intomens indura- tion , and how guilty themfelves are of it, thall hereafter be made to ap- pear (ifthe Lord will) in explication of the followingAphorifme. Mean- while , it is carefully to be obferved how Se. Paul, as provoked by the ma- la-
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