238 Of EM/ion. -~----------~----------- ~ And 4ly. ' He tells Vs that thofeother were therefore ldt thus rofallctri~ Boon IV. and throughafpecial defign on Gods pan \\hohad this cndordefignin his ~thus fo ordoring ofir, th,lltbey might 6e made ma111Jef1, they were nr.tol V s. Now where there is an md, th<re mull be a def1gn guiding to that end , and whofe was this but Gods? Who in h•s Providence brings it to thiS iifue, like as clfewhere yoL1 have it, that they tbat are approvld may 6e made ma111jejl a– mo11g)'MI. The manifellation oftheft in both places, WM 11ot the work oj m.n.•, but Gods, who hwwitJg who are hu, accordingly cloth call them,whom be bath 'Predrflitlitted,them he batb a!ju called; And therefore full well knows who are his own true[Us]as I may fo fpeak:And he knowing olfo that thofe other were never in reality and truthofhi!['Us]or owned by him for fuch,none olhis right– ly CallcdOnes,as Chnll knew711dM all along that he was aDevil,Hence he who i; a Godof Ho!itufs and truth can11ot always bear with them, Rev.2,2. (As of the Angel of Epheftu 'tis faid ) but (as there alfo) tries them that fay, They are caUed, lmt are >JOt, and proves them Lyars : God ordinarily at the long run leaves them to difcover themfelves in this World, and thfJ that are other. wifeca:mot be always bid, 1 Tim.5. 25. Liktwif• aJfo, tbegoodworks ofJomf are >JJa11ijeff bejoreha11d, a11dthry that are othrrwi(e, cannot be hid. And thiS import or fignificat!on ofthe word [Vs ] is (I think) in all things home to the pomt we have been treating of and purfuing, and jcrfily inferred from the Apoll!es language and ufe of the word. Ilf. And more Partiw!ar!y, That Pettr lhould upon a fpecial peculiar Mo– tive and Conftderation,ufe this word in this fenfe in this pallage of his, we may perhaps be eafily induced to think, if we confider. 1. Thot:this word [Us] in this very importance of it did Jirll of all the Apollles fall fromPners own inouth. And 2. \Vithal confider the occalion of it then, and how near it ea me home to Peter; And then, ~· The near relation and correfpondency that the matter of thefe Verfes doth hold with that occafion. 1. It fell fir!! lrvm Peters mouth in this fenfe, and that in the firll Sermon \vc read of aftet Chrifls Afcemion, Afls 1. q. 16, '7· lnthof•day.r Peter flood 11p i1Jtb•midf/ oft he Dzfcip!es, mid jiJid; Tbu scrzptt~rf muf111uds brlVe bem fu!fi!lrd concerning Judas: For he WM numbrtd with V s, Ver[f, '7· The Scripture he means that was fulfi!led,is afterwards rehearfed by h!m, Vt~j. 2 0 . In the mean time he Prefaceth concerning JudM in thefe words, H' W tU 11umbred amo11gff [Vs J whom cloth be mean by ['Us] bur amongll [Vs] Saints the Church ofthe New Tefiament, whereof One hundred and twenty were prefent? as alfo amongll Vs Apo(\les, whereof Eleven remained and were prcfent, and not one of them ever to fall away,asChrifl's Prayer,Job.. '7· 12. {hews, No11e ofthem is !off but this Son of Prrdition. 2. The occafion of the [Us] in that fenfe, was upon the firfi and moll noto– rious difcrimination from that [Us] that ever lhall .be made, and fo famous an <me as the New Tellament rings of it to this day, ofone who in an inflant fell from the moll eminent Calling, having been called by Chrifl himfelf, and by reafon of that his Calling thus numbrcd and unquellioned by any ofthem a– mong the firfl Saints,and the highell rank ofSaints rhc Apn!lles, a11d had o6- (.1ined part of this Mt~~iffry ; So it follows Vaf t7th. In Job, i8. 4• you read it fignally noticed, and fiudiouily obferved by the Ewmgtlijl him– felf; And Judas that bftrayed him flood wzth thfm, that is amongfi thole, or that Company who came to take Jejw; and faysPner here, ARs 1. Vtrj. 16. IVbo w .:u g11ide to them th.ot took Je{iM; Yea, it would fee m he was become as the Captain of them, .1oh, 18. ~· ]tidM the11 havmg received a B ,md oj Mm rJfld Ojficersf1wn tbf ChiefPrujls a1ldPbari{(es, cometb tbitht r w ith L mr· terns, afldTo,.ches aud W•apo11s: What a difmal flanding with thefe his new Acquaintance and Companions was this 1 For from hencclon h for ever ac– cording to his own choice, he was to take his Lot with them for ever, who fiood with him then. He till then had been numbr•d amongfl Vs, but . from thenceforth was oumbred amongll the [Us] no more. This is Prrers Scope there, and the Story !hews it; then and·.there .ir began to be mamfeft that he was not ofthem, and in the very literal Hillorical fenfe, 'ris fa id, He wn:t
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