192 OfSufficient and Effellual Grace. B. a. Gods own free ditierencing Will and Grace, who is a free Benefactor, and maydo with his ownas he lift l 'dnd therefore freely loveth Jacob with the elating fpecial love and decree which he bath not to Efau. For though I have all this while difeourfed with you of the Ratio Effacache of an Vniverfal "Grace, I fay not that there is no other. auk de ni t. Gat. C. 0 "Nowyou come to the matter indeed. _... Thef. s, 9. Waraaram Gea B. II. The QueftionVnde fitGratia'effcax, '1/4 being put of Godripecial t,a rf;acx Thamtfla po mom to metione q-,adam Grace, bywhich he atbi,rarily maketh a differenFe cntid is more thanhis vtrtrwfa qua e/1 in votan- Vniverfil Grace, muff be thus refolved, That tlrñugh,:other Caufes con- rate, per madam g"o impe- tua in re gea inpellitm :' cur to the ereut;theGreat, aver -ruling;differencinAandatfcertairüng.Caufe, Janfen us in a/f eatrbrrs A- is the very quality and aptitudeof Godsoperation it felf, as proceeding m°r, defì eri, boni.n- from an abfolute volition ofthe effeCt, and in the-Meansand Influx fitted leftit iprritrtalis,quibms faaviter frrf"mrapitor a- to afcertam the ef{e&. aimrin h"mania:: Dricip,ali C. "Wherein con!fieth this differencing fpecial Grace? Cameronis in perrar!lli- ma mentia illuriinati°ae --- B. Deceive not your felt : Nomortal man can know in what it ordi- tr pepejitot qua v°l"n- narily, conflantly; or chiefly conl(teth. We know, r. That. though tare:n ¿9 affi lias fecom Tapit. Alit to omntpe- God . as Relfoaler Leges; keeps one even andconfiant courfe, yet as Pro- tenti ef.ae,pma Da' prietor and Benefaifor he may vary as he pleafe : And that a Benefa&or aperatioae quanovrim prin- tiptnm fptrnnalir vita may giveunequally tomen ofequal merits : And that God really doth Bards b°mints -maeatiindi- -fc, de faëío r And that his Will hath no Caufe. z. We know that . God tad boric t'el ere,ta-. hath innumerablewas to fulfil his Will and make adifference between t"r ad alirus elietendasqua ay hie pleriq"eviii doai pre- manand man, which are beyond the fearch ofMortals. 3. And though :runt `°riponrnda patina we' can name divers which he can take, we know not defaalo which he gum opponenda v,dent:a. > Even they that are for doth take, hic& nunc. . Eby-heal pradetermina non,are not agreed what C. "that differencingfree ails of Grace doyou obferve. it is : Come make it a B. None which violate Gods eftablifhed order, or diminifh his uni- tranfient quality patting venal Grace. But fuch-as arefuperadded fpecially to fome. -.As, r. To with the aft. Sonic fay it is only mans Aa it Children of the fameParents, he giveth to diversa temperament ofBody, felt as from God the firll as in one much more conduceth to thoughtfulnefs, tendernefs, meeknefs, Some withAtria- fobriet chaftity, zeal, honesty, &c. than in the other. He is aftran- e? (ay,It is Alìgntdquod y> > habit e/fi imo.mpletnm as ger to man that knoweth not this. colours in d:é air, that , is,They know not whahar a. He fometimegiveth them various Education : One is piouflyedu- and yet venture on hot Bated. Another isgfüatch'd away and made a Janizary. A third the conenti os abo tas:who Parents dying, leave to fuch as educate them vitioufly. And fome the nd makes, it to be Deteria- Parents apoftatizing educate in HereGe or impiety themfelves. do pr comptacentia, faith 'He oft cafteth their lot under differentmeans for their Edifica- it is dGiii vitalù & in 3' del,teratvs animo, & qui- don. One is let Apprentice to a GodlyMailer, and another to anun- deamed aria cotiroemderii godly one. One is cast under a Holy able Minifler and another under deleílatianem ileacqua6,, an ignorant Seducer : One is call among Godly Companions,and another guirt animi & ga "dium among lewdSeducers, idle, wanton, voluptuous, unclean, malignant, diritte. De Grat. Chrrfti 1. 4. e. n. Moth like to fcornful, or other fuch temptingperlons, as that a great deal more grace Yafque>, rave that V fq. or help is neceflàry to their prefervation. rates prime bet indofth One (for ought we fee of equal commerit is impelled or occa- rare : motion ofthe 4 C g q , affeaion and fanfenina fioned to go to Church, just when an apt Sermon is prepared for him: ecans ftation it mor deliberate Co De- lacen- and another occafioned to be abfent. A Minifler or Friend is Pent (as lmp cy ; whiclrcertainly is an Philip to the Eunuch, though by ordinary means) to meet with one,and Aa f madsae and the fpeák fititably to his cafe; and not to the other. Wills Ads are free, 5. One falleth under Come great affil &ion, which taketh him down, though not all its inch- and awakeneth himto ferioufnefs;and another fwimmeth down thevio- rations. But thus we ftrive about that which lent and dangerous screamof profperity and confiant health. none of us nnder can-i, 6. One teeth fome notableyudgments on others, or fome convincing air. How God move-h Fs' s Creatures and our Providences, or bath fome strange deliverance hirnfelf g which another Wills in fpecial. never hath. 7. One
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