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Rep.
Ohefianr,Chap.>t.
V
E
R.
4.
clemencie and
bountywere
in fuch
a fad
!Such
is
thisdealing
of
God to-
wards
us.
Who
bath
predeflisated.
]
In
defcribing which, thofe things
are
to
be
obferved
as
they
lie in
the
Text.
a.
The
benefit
it felfe,Who
bath
predeflinated.
z.
The
perfons
who
are
predeftinated.
3.
Thething to
which
hee hath predeftinated
us,
to
adoption,
am-
plified from
the
caufe
of
it,through Chrift.
q.
The
manner which
is
propounded
in
this
word,
within
himfelfe,
expounded, i.e.
according
to
thegoodpleafure
of
bis
wig.
5.
The
end, tothe
praife
of
bis glorious
grace,
which grace
is
de-
fcribed
from the
effedl
of
it
in
us,
which
is
amplified
from the
manner
of
working,
q.d. out
ofwhich
his
grace,
heehath
made
us
accepted,or done
us
favour,in
and
through
his
beloved.
Three
things for better underftanding
are
to
beinfifted on,
becaufe
they are
not
of
fo
vulgar explication.
a.
With
what
this
word
is
tobe
continued.
s.
What
it
is
to predeftinate.
3.
What
is
meant by Adoption.
Tothe
firft, fome referre it
to (in Love.)
in
the fourth
verfe, in
this
manner,
who
bath predeflinated
as
in
loge;
but
that
he fhould
abfurdly
re-
peate
the
caufe
of
predeftination ,
which
bee
exprefi'eth
after
to
have
beene his gracious pleafure;it
is
fitlier fet
as in
equall
pareill,to that
in
the
third
verfe,who
bath
bided
us who
hash
predeflinated
fa,
ó
dirmiocs
lataeems.
Some imagineit joyned within, after this manner,
who
bath
chofin sa
to
adoption
,having
predeflinated
us
in
him
before
worlds,that
we
fhosild
be
ho-
lie
before
bim.But I have !hewed
above,that (in
him) muff needs
be
refer-
red
tothe benefitofeledlion, or the Apoftle
fhould not
conclude per-
tinently,
that God
in
Chrift
bath
bleffed
us
with
every
blefling:
Befide
that,this fenfeconfoundeth the fentence,to
decline
the force
of
the
argu-
ment above mentioned.
To
the fecondI anfwer,thatGod doth
condefcend
fo farre
to
our
ca-
pacitie,as
to
teach ushis one onely aEtion,by
which
he
loveth
us effedlu-
ally to life,by
two,which
in
us
are diverfebecaufe one infinite adlion
of
God doth
eminently
note that thofetwo
are
in
us,
though they
are
di
-.
ftindt and diverfe;as
the
firft
ad
ofeledlion
laid
down Gods choofing
us,
or loving
us
to
an
end;
fo
this doth
fignifie
the ordainingof
us
to
the
fame
end,by
fuch
a
courfe
of
meanes
as
fhall effectually
work thereunto:Thus
it
is
with us,when we
wil
doe
any
thing,we
doe appoint
by what
meanes
wewill doe that weare agreedon.
When
one
is
agreed
to bring
up his
Sonne
at
a
Trade,then
afterward bee determineth to choofe fome
Trade
forth,to
feek
him
a
Mafter,to binde him Aprentife,and let
him ferve his
time,and
get
his
Freedome
in
it:
Thus
when God bath
fet his
love upon
us,to bring
us
to life,hedoth
next
determine,by
fuch. an
order
of
meanes
as
counfell fuggefteth
or
prefenteth within him, to.bring
us
to
this
end,
which
is
to predeflinate; for to
predeftinate
is
to
decree
the
attaining
of
fome end,
by
fuch like meanes as
counfell
!hall
prompe
us
with.Prede
-
ftination