Chain ofPrinciples. 441 Laftly, virulency or bitternefs ofExert. ;. fpirit againft the waies and people of God. When divers were hardened, andbe- Aa.19sa lieved not, but #ake evil cf that way be- ' erg o or cra'i. fore the multitude. No fuch bitter ene- Ìß..r. mies to religion as thole that after force relentings return to their for. mer frame ofhard- heartednefs : as the worft travelling is when it hathfreez.a ed aftera thaw : fo the worft conver fing is withmen of that fpirit. §. 5. I am now to {hew in the third place, that the providence of God is an actor even in this fin and that b sth in partial hardnefs which often befalls the ele& ofGod according to that O Lord, why haft thou made u/s to15.63.,,, ere from thy 1),(lies ? and hardened our heart from thy fear ? Return for thy er vants fakc, the tribes of thine inheritance. And from that which is total and fil nal, found in Reprobates ofwhom Taut therefore faith , Whom he will he Ro .9.i s> hardened, ; and again, The 'elet`tion batlr. obtained, but the refl. were blinded or hard- !1 m m 3 ened..
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