Ephefians,Chap. r. VE R. 4. ofhisJuftice, before his being or corruption is confidered, that is abfurd. But this Doétrineof choofing and reprobating before mans fall doth fo, Ergo. s That which maketh Godto create mankinde out of neceffity, not out of liberty, that is abfurd : But choofing Come, and reproba- ting others to ends forenamed, maketh him create out of ne- ceffity. 6 Hewho cannot doe worfe then annihilate hiscreature, cannotre jeét it to the glory ofJuftice. God cannot doe worfe ; for he gives it but being,Ergo, candoe no worfe, then take away that hegiveth it,Ergo. 7 Such who are chofen to falvation throughfaith and fanétification, fuch arein fin : But weare chofen, Ergo. 8 Suchwho wereall alike loved in Creation, among(' fuch was no election nor rejeétion: But we are all alike loved, received like fa- vours, had all lifealike offered us. 9 That whichmaketh the fall of man neceffary, foas man wasnot freeto fall, is not ro be granted : Gods decree to have mercy glo- rified in fome, andjuftice inother fome, doth impofe necèf(ityof falling, Ergo. Thefe be the chiefe reafons which I haveobferved for thevouching our election tobeboth after the decreeofcreatingus, andpermitting us to fall into fin: Now then let its let in equall parallel the arguments which fhew that Gods eleéting ofus cannot be after the confederation ofourcreation and fall. a That which it a mean by which Godbringetb lime to falvation, unto thegloryofGrace, andothers toglorsi his ja/fice irtdefrvedpa- nifhments,thattoafterChef ends decreed. Bat thepermi/ionofthefall W ofdby Godas a mean, &c. The firft part is plain,forthe ends midi be in nature,before the means to the end ; The fecond part may be thus cleared : We fee fome by ocçafeon ofthe fall faved, to the glory of mercy, which without the fall they could not have been : Had vldam flood, it is manifeft that juftice fhould immediately and properly had the glory in all our falvati- ons : for we(hould havelived accordingto Covenant; Doe theft things, and livein them. Again, that fin, in wholepunifhment juftice doth glory her fell, the permitting it could not but be a meane ; but the punifhment of t 4dams fin lieth unremoved on all unpenitent and unbeleevingper- fons ; for we are by nature the childrenofwrath, and Gods wrath abideth on himwho beleeveth not; abideth, I fay, intitating that the wrath is not fir(t inflie ed upon unbeleefe , but further continued ; whereas, could we by faith come toGod, he would be reconciled. That which fomeobjeét,that thefin of ,Adam, not as it was contraéted by him, condemneth any, but as it is continued by our unbeleefe ; this is nothing to the matter. For firfi it is falfe that many remain not in
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