with mans deruc1ion. I 2,9 defervedly and infallibly to procure their own miferie. All this is no more then God himfelf bath avouched ofhimfelf, h =fire- h Exod.3 3: tor cui valuer() , clemens ero in quern mihi g9 placruerit. And that which the Apoftleat- tributeth unto God Rom. 9.15, 16, 17, 18. Fourthly , this non - prdefcinntio, non-ele_ oblOry tio, prateritio or negativa reprobatio (for by r Y. all thefe names Divines fpeak ofit) dothas abfolutely leave forneout ofthe number of the predeftinate , as Pred flinationdoth in- clude others within the fame number. And the number ofboth formallyand materially is fo certain , that the diminution or aug- mentation ofeither is by the generall con- tent oforthodox Divines condemned for an erroneous opinion: though the Semipelagi- ans fpurned againft this truth. Ifunder the name of abfolute Predeftination anyconceive a violent decree ofGod thruflingmen into an eftate ofgrace and glory , and under the name ofabflute Reprobatimn a violent de- cree of God,thrufting men into finne and miferie, let who will confutetherri : for their opinion is erroneous concerning the one , and blafphemous concerning the o- ther.But under colour of oppofing íuch ima- ginarie decrees, to bring-in a conditionate Predeftination, to exclude this negative Re- probation, to fettle themboth upon previ- fio ofhumane ats-, is opp Fite to thedo_ I trine
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