Of Predè.fiinàtion. fo far he hath a conditional Will, and conditional expreflions ofhis Will. 3. But as to the Act of Volition, we believe that his Wills are eternal, andhave noproper conditionof their exiffence, or not exi, f%ing 3 becáufe being exiftent , they are Necessary necetate extllentiee ; e. g. Godne- ver had fuch aWill as this, [If thou repent, . I will purpofe or will to pardon thee if thou repent, or to make the pardoning conditional pro- mile; But [If thou repent I will pardon thee, andwhether thou re- pent or not, I will conditionally pardon thee , or makethat Covenant which faith, I will pardon thee ifthou repent,] our Al'sare the Condi- tions of Gods Gifts andAds, but not ofhis Will, asfufpended on thefe Ads. 4. Sure this is your own fentiment : For you deny not that 'God knoweth from eternity whether the condition ofeachEvent will it felf beor not, And if fo, it muff be only the condition of the Event, and not of his Decree : For he that e.g. willeth abfolutely thatall (hall pe- rishthat repentnot, and knoweth certainly that Iudas will not repent, loth thenceforth abfolutelyWill that Judas (hall peril'', though only that heperishconditionally. For that Will is no longer fufpendedon a Con= dition, but it is the Event only that is fufpended. At least you mull' fay, that it is paired intoa certainty, equal toan abfoluteWill. 5. But we will comeas near as truthwill lead us. If by a Condition you meanonly that condition ofthe event which is not afufpender of Gods Decree, but only a conflituent'qualiflcation of the objeEf; fo I grant to you, that though Gods Will as it fgnifiethhis E nce, or his effential Principle of operation, in it felf, have no caufe or condition; yet,as it isextrinfically denominated, the Volitionor Nolition of this or that, the ObjeÉt hath its Conditions; that is, qualifications, without which Gods Willis not fo denotninable. And fo Gods Will bath its Conditions ofcomplacency ordifplicency in the Creature, without which he cannot truly be faid tobe pleafed ordífpleafed in them.; yea, I told you, that thefe may oriri de novo, without change inGod. And whe- ther his judicialWill to condemn menasJudge, have the fameconditi- ons, we (hall enquire furtherhereafter. I have already riianifefted,that theObjectsof it havetheir properqualifications. The feventh Crimination. A. At leaf( you make Eletáion abfolute, if not( ejeïfion 5. andfay, that Godeleiethmen to Salvation, without refpell toany goodnefs in* them. B. I have faid enough to this already ; s. Doyou think that men are goodbefore theyare elected ? when theyare not men ? You donot cer- tainly. 2. Do you think that God forefirthanygood in men, when he willeth to them theirffr,(t good ? nodoubt you do not. 3. Doyou think that God fore-feeth inmen any fecond, third, or followingdegrees of goodnèfs, before he intend togive it them? whatneed he purpofe togive it them, if he fore-fee that they will have it without his Gift? q;. Do you thinkthat God fore -feeth anypower to dogood in men, but what he intendeth to gite them ? or anygood ail, but what proceedethfrom that powerwhich he giveth them, and from hisconcourfe, or co-operating influx ? I dare fay that you donot. g. Anddoyouthink that we ima- gine that God'givëth,' or purpofeth to give, any followingmercy to him D that * To the quettion, .ln eledtia adbeatitudrnem preeeJlerit præde/tinatio- new meritorum. The a& firmative is held by Ca- jet. and' mutt Thomifs, by Seotas;in 1.4.41¢r. Durand. q.t. rt.B...Egid. ibid.q. r. a. 2. Major. t., d.4.q s. Sotos in,Rom.9: cordeb. li. t. q.ç6.epin.ç. inquit irafgree, in I. ;In. q. u3, 411p. 8.9.e..í. But Vafgeev, hohteth the contrary, ,with OJarius, Turrian; and many o- thers, maintaining that Aquiline held, Amain- new ad glorian: ee ex meritiscrabe gratifie. Anernò doubt but Gat decreed Glory to be giventper modem ?rami(, if that Seuil.
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