Of Predeflination. 2I The tenth Crimination. A. At leaJ1you make Gods Decrees and Ways unequal, andmake him a sT744"6,, r 71ó. R.%eter o f P er f ons > as decreein g tofave one, and not another > or to give Ñulm dur an I am moreGrace to one than toanother, of equal demerit. probationicrx pane be, dieunt Durand. in t. B. Yon may thewyour ignorance about thisyour fell; but this is no d: q :. q. 14. Greg. difference between the parties. For, s. No man can deny but that Armi. q. e. a. >. con. e. God ftanding towards us in a threefold Relation, as our Owner and 5 &f.Lr.. ,.pz the Lordof all, as our Ruler, and as our Benefactor, fohe is free in the do concord. a. 3. roe. e. eá fief/ and thirdRelation. AProprietary may do with his own as he lift: ma dçemrrainr.r3..9c.onatd.front. And a Benefaeïor may unequally give his benefits as he feeth meet : For c. t6nAquin.e.qz3a.5 he is fuppofed to giveonly that which is no mans Right, till he give it ar bar rdom c Dmeo D o, them ( byproniife or collation). But as God isa Regor, and governeth Durand. non dicnnt ab- Mankind by a Law , which hath Rewards promifid, and Puni /bments folate, Reprobationisnub J'" lam dart caufam ex paste threatned to promote Obedience, and as he is Judge accordingto that reprobi t, fed nallam ef/e Law, and as he is a Benefa&or already obliged by promife ; thus God malaria ob gaam die poti- dothkeep an equality in his Judgments and Executions, and everpro- as loam alrus reprobetur, P q Y J g autquad idem e/t, cur bié ceedeth according to his Word or Law. He will injuft equity and arm °/ranee digtdifcerille r equality forgive, juftifieand adopt all penitent Believers, and noothers, vera pe re&ngaatar er howgreat foever. Hewill glorifie all perfeveringSaints, and noothers, reprobetar, vid. Latera. juft accordingto his Word ; Becaufe his Law, is Norma judicii, or that whichhe will obferve injudging. IfGod forgiveand fave onepenitent Believer and not another, you may fay that he ruleth not inequity and equality. But in cafes of otherdifpofals andbenefits, which no man hath right to byany Lawor Covenant, thecafe is otherwife. 2. Andfull experience tellsus this. God made not every Man an Angel, nor every Stone a Star, noreveryStaraSun, nor every Beaft a Man, nor everyToad a Bird, nor the Dirt and Water Fire. Wonder- ful is the Varietyofhis Works through all the World : No two Birds, Beafts, Men, Stones, Trees, are perfeétly equal and like. No two mens Faces, Conftitutions, Parts, Difpofitions, Virtues, are perfeftly equal. Withwhat various temperaments come we into the World? And is God a Refpeller of perlons for this? or are his waysunequal ? As a free Owner and Benefaétor he will diverfifie his Gifts, and do.with hisown as he lift, thoughSinners quarrel at it. You dare not fay that Godgivethhis Benefits equally toall, thatareofequal demerit. 3. The finof refë&t`ing perfonbelongeth to ajudge, obliged by rules to equal diftribution : By a Judge, I mean anyjudging and executing Governonr, or obliged:diftributer ofRights. And it confifteth inpar - tiality and injuftice, becaufeof fomething in the perfon, (as Greatnefs, Riches, Learning, Relation, Flattery, &c.) which is no juft caufe of that inequality. But this is nothing to God, who regardeth no mans perfon for any Inch thing,. nor denieth to any man his proper due. The
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