116 Ofthe 7s(atureAnovledge, Will praife of mercy, orpunifhwith the praife of Janice, the fin which is "committed by mans will alòne. " Sent. 7. He that faith, that God for this caufe giveth not Perfeve . c ranee-to fome of his Children whom he regenerated in Chrift , to "whom he gave faith, hope and Love, becaufe by Gods fore-knowledge " and predeftination they were not differenced from the mafs of perdi- Lion : If he mean that God endowed thefe men in Goodnefs, but would "not have them remain in it, and that he was the caufe of their turning "away, he judgeth contrary to the Juftice of God. For though Gods (e Omnipotence could have given the grace of ftanding to them that will "fall, yet his grace doth not firft forfake them, before they have for- ,"faken it. And becaufe he forefaw that they would do this by a Vo " lúntary defertion , therefore he had them not in the Eleétion of Pre- 'Cdeftination. 't Sent. 8: He that faith, that God would not have all menfaved, but c' a certain number that are predeftinaté , fpeaketh"- hardlier of the alti- "tude ofGods tinfearchable.grace' than he fhould fpeak5 Who would " have all men to be faved , and to come to the acknowledgement of truth ; and fulfilleth the purpofe of his will on them, whom being '"foreknown hé predeftinated, and being predeftinate hecalled, being cal-. "lèd he ju(lified, and being juftified he glorified. Lofing nothing of " the fulnefs of the Gentiles , and of all the feed of Ifrael, for whoni " the eternal Kingdom was prepared in .Chrift before the foundation of " the World. For all the World, is chofenout of all theWorld 5 And "out of all men, all men are-adopted So that they that are faved are therefore Caved, God would have them' faved : and "they tlrat perifh, do perifhbecaufe they deferve to perifli. . , . "Sent. 9. He thatfaith; that our Saviour was not Crucified for the "Redemption of thewhole World, looketh not to the Virtue of the Sa " crament ( that is, Sacrifice) but to the part ( or participation) of the "unbelievers -: When as the blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift, is the Price "of the whole World. From which Price they are Aliens whobeing ei " ther delighted in theirCaptivity, will not be redeemed ; or when they "are redeemed return again to the fame Captivity.: For the Word of "theLord falleth not, nor is the redemption of the World evacuated: "For though the World in the veffels of wrath knew not God, yet the "World in the veffels of mercyknew him. WhichGod without their "precedingMerits, took out of thepower ofdarknefs, and tranflated into u" the Kingdom of theSon of his Love. " sent. r o. He thatfaith, thatGodfubftradìeth from fome thepreach- "Mg of the Golpel , left perceiving the preaching of the Gofpel they "fhouldbe Caved, may decline the envy of the objedtion by the patro- "nage of our Saviour himfelf, who would not work Miracles with fome; " that he faith would have believed had they feen them : And he forbad "hisApoftles to preach to fome people ; and now fuffereth fome Nations "to live without his Grace "sent. n a. He that faith, that God by his Power conspelleth men to f fin, is defervedly reprehended : For God, who is the Author of Juftice "and Goodnefs, and all whole StatutesandCommands are againft fin, is "not to be thought to compell any to fin , and precipitate them from "innocency into crimes: But if there be any of fo profound impiety, as "that they are reckoned to be beyond the remedy of corre6tion, they re- " ceive not an increale of their iniquity from God, but are made-worfe "by themfelves : becaufe theydeferved tobe left of God, and given up to " them-
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