Ch. q 8. of the i_ fite of .T eleever,r, mon Eleaion, as he does alto in t Pet. 2 9. And howfocver Mafler Tombes pretends that Amefttsis wholly for him yet it appears (and he himfelf cannot be ignorant) that he was of no other miede. The Remonflrants giving two anfwers to this Scripture related by our Author, Coron.pag. 233, 234. The fecund is the felf -fame in fubftance with Stapletons. c This place, fay they, Both not make to the purpofe; for the immutable de- cree of eternal Election is not here fpoken to but the reflaur.rtion of the Jewes ; nor yet the gifts of Faith and per.feverance,but the pur- pole of calling the Jewes into communion, whichGod would do according to hisCovenát. This is their objec`tion,and a man might think that Amefius fhould be as peremptory in the denial and affirmation of the contrary, as Matter Tombes,wcre he in this thing wholly his. But his reply is this. This is their cullome(namely the Remon- ftrants) to take one part of a truth, and to abufe it for the over- throw or removal of another ; So that it appears according to him,that they fpake truth in the denial of this to be meant of the unchangeable decree of eternal! EleFtion;but they abuf'e this truth in going about to avoid the argument drawn from ir, for perfeve- rance; As Jefirites and Arm inians do object it, fo their adverfaries freely confeffe it. W hen Mafler Tombes thinks no good Author is of that mind£, he fhould be advifed to read more, or to prefume lefl'e.t have indeed fomtimes in my thoughts doubted,howfitly this text was brought again,ft Arminians for proof of perfeverance and eflablifhment of aflinance yet fatisfed my 9á1f according to what hatlr been faid; but Vince I had any underflanding) never queftioned but it was here applied(according to the miede of thefe Authors) to the National priviledge of the Jules. The fall feope of thefe Chapters being to difpute the rejection of I fraet after the flab, their former dignity, and confequently their future recovery unto the (late from whence they were fallen, in which the Gentile Nations by difcipliog do fucceed; let us go no farther for deter- mination of the queftion, then the preceding verle, which Mailer Tombes joynes with this. As concerning the Gof e4, they are ener mies for your fakes, but at touching the EleEinn they are beloved for the Fathers fake. Here is to be enquired, I. Who were enemies Q9 3 concern- J01 e Refp.z._ Haw locum non faccre ad rem, quia No non agi'tur de i%nrzutabili decreto azternxeleeiconis,fed deludt ,ruar ref attra.tionc; neque de donis frdei t,N per_ feverantie, fed de p'ropofto 5adxos vo- candi ad Evangelü t oramunionem fecuu- darn (turn fxdva quod cxequi volebat. f Sic illis jara foleunc eft;partera unarm veritatis ajlùnaere,ea que aburi ad altrecrn vel everteudam, vcl dimovendart.
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