* i!pifcapint in ia/litat. 71aa1. 11.4.cap 5,pag.4ro. confeffeth that the opi- nion of Eleítion may . confift wich that of uni - verfal Grace, which he propugned. 1 tn/tit.Tbsol. 1.4. caps, lea.5. p.41o. * The Je[nitet them- (elves, (as Vafgaa, and manyothers) ordinarily fay,that nothing in man can be any caute of Qbels Decrees. Of Redemption. Elea only are f'o redeemed as to be Paved. Read your felf Augufline, Profperand Fulgentius, andyouwill fee this withyourown eyes. 2. I have oft told you, it isour Protefiant Confeflions, and not force fingular or privateWriters, that you mutt know their Marine by. 3. Even thofe fewWriters differ more from you in terms than in fen(. For, i. Many ofthem will confers all the fame benefits by Chrift tomen in common whichyouaffert. Few of themwill deny that Sal- vation is tendered to all mensacceptance, and brought to thechoofng or' refufingof their own Wills. And you Teem to them to fay no greater matters as for theElea. But they fay that Chrift purchafed Faith it felf for the Elea only, of which in due place. 2. And fo with them the Controverfie is, i. About Gods Decree or Intent of Paving men by Chrift. 2. And of giving themFaith. Tell me one word that youexcept againft in the Synod in this Ar- ticle. A. "Iexcept again.s`f fee. 8. where theyfay that [ Fuit hoc Dei patris ct liberrimum conftlium, . b gratioftfma voluntasatgi intentio, ut mortis " pretiofilfimasfiliifui vivifica & felvifaca efficacia fefeexereret in omnibus " eleais, ad eosfalosfidejnflifacante donandos&per eamad falutem infal- "libiliter perducendos : hoc efl, voluti Deus, at Chr us perfanguinem crucis, quo novumfeedus confirmavit, ex omni populo,gente, tribu b lin- "gua, eos opines b folos qui ab eterno adfalutem eleai & apare ipfidate "flint, efficaciter redimeret, fide donaret, ab omnibus peccatis fanguine fuo "mundaret, adfinein ufgi fideliterexflodiret, tandem abfgg omni lobe b "maculagloriofos coramfefihteret.3 R. Very good : This isall in theCanons that youcan except againft. And, I. You feethat this is onlyabout Gods Intentionor Decree : And foyou differ not at all by your own confeffion, intheArticle of Re- demption, as diftin& from thatofthe Decrees. 2. Is it the inclufion of the Elea in this Intention that you except againft? So willno fober 7efriite. Doyou think that Chrift was refol- ved certainly to juftifieand glorifie no man at all ? The semipelagians will not fay fo. You fay not foyour (elves. Only force ofyou fay, it is but upon fore-fight of Faith, and by the confequent will, of which I have faid enough before. But doyou think that Chrift when he was on the Crofs had nofull purpofeto fave thofe infallibly * who he fore-knew would believe, yea andto caule tomemen to believe? Thole that chine to him are drawn by the Father, and Faith is the Gift of God, Ephef.2.8. Whogiveth us all thingspertaining to life andgodlinefs, 2 Pet. T. 3. Even towill and to do of his good pleafnre, Phil. 2. 13. 7o fosse it is given to believe, Phil. r. 29. But of thisenough before. 3. But, I fuppofe, it is only the word [Solos 3 in all the Canons that you except againft. And dare or will you fay, that God did abfolutely intend and decree to fanaifie and glorifie all men by Chrift ? oc anyone that is not glo] ified? A. " But their meaning is, that all the refswhich are mofl of the World, " are left out of Gods Éleaion, even unto fin anddamnation, meerly becaufe "God wouldfo haveit, and not from any ill defert oftheirs any more than was in theElea : which appeareth in that (as Epifcopius noted)). t They " thatfay the Fall or sin is quid prævifum, fore-Peen in Reprobation, yet " deny thatit is any * caufe of Reprobation : And then all cometh to one, "whether God reprobate a Sinner or an innocent perfan, as to the " caufe. F. You
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