411 4Chain of Principles. Aph, 6. end. Now this is done divers waies. I. By way of Privation. As when the fun departs darlcnefs followeth yet the Sun is no caufe of darknefs Prlatthai;;jz, but the abfence thereof: fo when God departs in that be it never fo lit, tie iuppofe but reftraining grace, hardness followeth yet God is not the efficient of it. Time was when Pharaohhad reftraininggrace, while it laiied there were noviolent hands laid upon Mot's and Aaron, by whofe mi- niftry all the plagues were brought uponhim. He is no sooner deprived of that but his cruelty is let out to the full; Mofes threatned with death the last time he law his face and all purfued with a bloudy intent. Pha- raohs heart had fomewhat of foftne(s, and malliablenefs in it all the while this fire remained upon the remo- val whereof, it returned to it's own hardness and coldnefs , as mettal would. As when a man holds a Raft In
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