lg EphefianrChap.I. without hiswill ordaining it before,doth fo:For God doth not onely fore-know theevilswhichbefall thebafeft creatures,but he dothor- daine the fallingofthem forth. 9. What ever Gods providenceworketh to his will, is to have that betowhich his providence worketh ; for providenceis joyned with will, and of things willed : But Gods providence doth fer thecrea- ture fuch circumftances inwhich it will finne; doth keepe hacke all effeétuall hinderances which might hinder the creaturefrom finning, doth intend the ùfe offinne fallen out, Ergo , Gods will was that his creature fhould fin. lo. That which taketh away the true ground offearingGod,folide trufting inhim, patience in evil!, is notto be admitted : But theopini- on that faith, that evill may befall us, which God neitherwilleth nor intendeth, maketh us we can neither foundly feare, nor ftay on God : for how can we fully feare and reft on him, inwhofe handit is not intirely to keepe us from all evill, or to bring about all that evill which may overtake use Now to fay that man hadpower to fall into finnewithout Gods willor intention; dothaffirmeboth thefe viz. that it is out of Gods hand to preferveus : For though he will, and intend our prefervation, yet we may fall into evill :And that e- vill may befall us, which God doth not will, nor effeEtuallybring a- bout.I neede not fliew what agroundofpatience is taken away,when we cannot thinke that God had any will or intention in that which is 12efallen us. 11. He who may holily will and ordaine togood ends and ufes after - finnes, he may ordaine the firft alto, and will itas a meanwhichhe can ufe to his glory :this is thus (hewed : After-finne as finne, hath no leffe difproportion with Gods nature, nor canbe no more ap- proved by him,thenthe firft:It muft then onelybe refpeEìs for which Godmaywill an after-frnne,rather then the firft; but ifrefpe is make finne a fit objeét of hiswill, the firft putteth onas good refpeds as any other : For it was fit thefirft finne fhould be toteach theliber- ty, and withall infirmitie,of the creature, that he might take occafion ofunfoldinghis mercyand juftice,that hisadmirable wifdome,good- nefl'e,and power might be manifefted, while he did bring goodout of fuch evil. The affumption : But God moft holilywilleth and or. dainethafter- fines; As for example; theunjuft crucifying ofChrift, Alls 4.28. Alls 2.23. None are blinde like fuch as will not fee : For to fay that God would not that his Sonne fhould bekilledby the Jewes procurement, and the hands of finners, but onely that God I wouldhave him delivered into their hands,to fufferwhat Godwould have him toindure, isbut an efcape ofa turne- ficke braine, blinded with wilfulneffe;forwhat is it butto fay,God wouldnot that his Son fhould be killed by them, but given into their hands that he lhould be killedby theme for it was death, even the death ofhis croffe,yea,and that under the hands offinners,that God did lay upon him to fuller : Neither loth it help,to fay,theywere now refradary (inners;
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