Of Redemption. knowledge oftheir Unbelief, the condemnation of many waseternally decreed ? C. "Yes: they hold that antecedently, tofari -hi ht, Gods Intention is equal. B. s. That fore-fight it fell is from eternity. ' 2. Who can frame out Ordersof antecedency in the mindof God, between hisforrefightand his Will, ,without confeffìng great darknefs and impropriety, of Speech. 3. And he that firft givethman tobelieve and will, doth not fieft fore- fee that he will believe and will, before hedecreetogive it him. The eighth Crimination. C. " They snakechrifl'sfheep to know him, before he know hisfheep : that " is, to believe beforehe decree togive themFaith. B. This is butthe fame in fenfe, with what is before anfwcred ; And it belongeth to the controverfie ofGods Decrees. They all fay that God decreeth to give them fufficient Grace to enable them to be- lieve, before he fore-feeth their belief : And molt faymore, as isafore- laid. The ninth Crimination. C. "some of them fay that Chrïs`Z r Death did attiially deliver * all Pd. Epifop. ae(p. äd q " men in the World from theguilt ofOriginal Sin, andfo that none perifh 6atio ` o4 plohnag t tdhe cc for OriginalSin ; becaufe what Adamdid, ChrJlundid, in Infancy. B. You can name no Church that Bothhold fuch Dolrine : And we have nothing todowith fingular odd Perlons. a. Millions were unborn whenChrift died, and were not guilty of Original fin till afterwards, and thereforewere not capable of Pardon. 2. The Papifis who damn unbaptized Infants cannot be of that Opinion. 3. What Adambrought upon us, Chrift did deliverus from, upon his terms, and in his way, and by his degrees, but not immediately. He hath given all men a conditional Pardon of Original Sin, as he hathdone of Actual, and no other. The Unregenerate are under the guilt of all Sin whatfoever. 4. But it is certain, that no man, except Infants, doth perifh for Ori- ginal Sinalone; For ail menat age have other fins: And it beingcertain; that God offereth all men a recovery or remedy (mediately orimme- diately; ) it is certain, that Infants perilh not meerly for Adam's fin imputed, as a remedilefsevil : but that their non - liberation, or not be- ing pardoned and faved, is long of their Parents Unbelief, and not entering them into the Covenant of God, who is the Godof the Faith- ful and their Seed. The
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