500 The Birth-Priviledge and Covenant- holine fie Ch. 38 others in the world, who being once called, have an J may fall tot :lly- i and irreparably,which this people cannot without repentance , that is a 7'enetdu,:n ell to fay, irrevocable, of which God never repents. " Ct.:lvin on -tl:e_ non do privat.a p" cujujque elec`ti- Words f aith,`this tit io be held,that private elellion is not here handled,, one rune tr but the common adoption of the Nation,which in outward appearance, tari , (cd de feemed for the time to be loft, but not cut off from the root. And pre commune arlo- j fently after, b The ilpos le agues that the cotnfel of God, whereby he ptione forum gentis , qua in extern (pecic collap¡a potuit, ad tern - pe.S. b Coatendit Paulus frmum immutabile flare Pei cónfi- iium) quo fennel fibi illoringen- tcrn pec.aliarem eligere dignaten e. ç ArguTentam Apof oli ad pro- bandarnconflan- tiam dzlectionis lei erga ham- gentem. d Videtar cx.:c- u'onorurr vo- cationis Pei , once chofe to hinfrel f that Nation in peculiar,remaineth firme. And Parw'us in dubio deci.no nono on this chap underilands it of the c. con. flancyof the love ofGodtowards his own Nation. And moil fully in dabiovicefzmo,where urging 'tapleton's objection ¿,That it Teems from this irrevocablenefïe of the gifts and calling of God, the aííù -. rance of grace and falvation cannot fo,loen. a. Becaufe, as Cal vin-and (-Martyr confeffe,the fpeech of the Apoille is not to be underi'rood of the ele.%on of each particular perfon , but of the common adoption of the whole Nation, and this common grace of adoption of the whole Nation was mutable, for they fell from this gift. To which Par'aiis Taies Stapleton'scorrupt gloffe e eattly an- fvered. And Mailer Tombes fees Stapletons is his , lee him then hear Paraus anfwering both him and Stapleton. r. with he Je la not denied,that the Apofile fpakf. thù of the Common ;that s,the fe. ¿eral dignity ofthe Nation of the ye ides, and that the irrevocablene e in God, is to be fo renderf ood; yet it is deni d (faith he) that from hence the -a furance of particular perlons is not concluded , yea from the left' to the greater it is firmly concluded; For if the elpoflle from common grace do rightly conclude this irrevocablenere in God, much more may. it be determined from that grace which -is proper. Here. non fcqui illy Mailer Tombes fées not alone Malter Cerce, but Parafas, Thodate, Pam"' Rata- Calcin, c-Ilartyr his adverfaries, to whom we may adde Ravanel- amsrsgrata, lus who inverburnEleelio ,underftandsElectioninver. ,°,ofcom- jxtrtit Qoe!a. ÿ. tria fatente Calvino r Martyre dielum-Apofiolï, non de fingulari cujufgze eleJfioue, fed de totem gen- tis 5udaica communi adoptione accipiendum fit. Atqui bac communie adoptio votatio gentil fuit mutabilis, quoniam gens ludaica doris vocation ill-1 excidit. Ad corrnptelas Stapletoni farilè refpondctu'." a. Non negatur, de conzrauni gentil ludaic.e, hoc eft, fadcrali dignitate propriè loqui, oN banc ci¡.esavrcímnzov in Peo pronunciare Apoflolum, fed negatur bine qz-Nne_poeaav fngulorum non confici;. Iraò minori ad - raajus Tari mi concluditur, Si mini de gratia contralti guidon aliena, Apoflolzcs reaè pronuntfat ejre Veo cetAs up.i nrop, quantò. rnagis de gratta propria . fideles idem flatuere deben:?. 1110n?
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