22 * Roth fidet charge this on each other. Meadows, r, Z. q. tit. a. 3. p.519. Vacaret illalorie Deus f talemgrahan fufrcientem ¡alum ideo darer quia non eft effcax, &c. It is pro - phanenefs thus to ven- ture on blafphemous charges againft God, if all be nor done by him to the fatisfying of our minds. Of Prede.itination. The eleventh Crimination. A. * You make God play the Hypocrite, to fendabroad Miners to in- treat men to repent and be faved, whenhe bath decreed that they (hall be damned, and not repent.- Andyou make all the preaching, andmeans that are ufedforinch mens Converfon, a sneer mockery. B. Nomore than youdo; For there is no difference as to this. r.Do not you fay that God fore-knoweth from eternity that Judas, e. g. will not repent, or beCaved ? yea, that upon fuch fore -knowledgehe hath decreed before hewas born todamnhim ? Anddoth this make God play the Hypocrite, orhisWord to be a mockery ? We fay but the very fame of all that peri(h. 2. Tohelp you to refcue both your felves,ánd us from thisaccufation, confider, that Gods Decree hath feveral parts. As, r. That the lapfed World!hall have aCovenant of Grace, and be intreated to be Caved. 2. That Judas, one of this world, fhall have his part among the rat. 3. Whereas Judas will not receive this offered Grace, for reje ling it he !hall be condemned: Thefe are thematerial parts ofG,ods Decrees And is there any hypocrifie or mockery in this? God decreed not tocon- demn Judas, butfor rejeltingoffered Grace: Andthis prefuppofeth the offer : He cannot rejetì: that which never was offered him. What would you have had Godrather fay, [ I fore-fee if I offer Judas Grace, that hewill not accept it, and therefore I will offer himnone, but con- demn him, becaufe he wouldhave refuted it, had it been offered.] By this rule, the fin of all the World againft mercy and means life, (hould have been prevented byoffering them nomeans or mercy q and yet men perifh and be damned for that which they never did, becaufe God fore-Caw that they would have done it:Arenot thefe ways unequal, in comparifònof Gods, which vainmenquarrel with. 2. But again, I tell you that yourfeigning tohold, that Goddecreed that Judasfhouldnot repent, is not trueof thofe that younow talk with: It is enough that God did not decree that Judas fbould eventually re- pent. * The Jefuites them- felves as well as the Do- minicans deny as much as apoffibilityor power to unbaptized Infants (of being Caved) ; And in their cafe are for as abfolu#e arbitrary Re- probation as the high- er, . not only Cal- vini(l but Aneinomian, vid. Ruin. de pradef.Yr. 3. difp. t 5. feet. t. p. zoo, &e. And this upon the irrational Doarine, that forwant of baptifm the Children of the hobeft perlons !hail be con- demned, though the Parents did their bell to procure ir, and fo there is no will orfin the Cause : And yet godly perfons have Merits to fpare for fouls in Purgatory, and none for their,own Children. The twelfth Crimination. A. * Though youfay that God decreethto give men morepower than they ife, yet you add, that none ofthatpower will ever be wellufed, unlef hefore- decree it ; Foryoufay thatGod abfolutelywilleth or decreeth everygood Aft, as wellas the Power. And fonofilch Air followeth anyPower, where God decreeth it not : Andwhat gooddeath that Powerdo them. B. Stillyou anticipate thofe Controverfies which belong to the point. of Grace. But I anfwer, a. You mutt anfwer this for your felves fief, for it as much concerneth you as us. For you teach that what ever Power God givethmen, it will never be exercifed, unlefs hefore-know that it will be fo: Yea, unlefs upon fore-knowledge of mans due co- operationwith God, it be decreed. For you fay that God fore-know- eth all the Alls of Grace and Power that will be exercifed 5 yea, and decreeth them on the Paid fore- fight, as your DoCtrine de fcientia media inferreth. _ 2 By
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