306 The Sublapfariahs dcc1rine upon the righteoufneffe of the one nor up- on the wickedneffe of the other ; though the judiciall decree difiinguifhing them in glorifrcandos & damnandos were refpediva to the loialtie of the one and rebellion of the other. The fame we fay of men. As for the very damnation of mennot -elected, it is for a proper and perfonall contagion of finne, and for a tranfgreffionwhich God and the catholick Church efleemeth tobe- lpng perfonally to every child of Adam, as hath been already declared. We muff not therefore be fo addicted to the new- f=angled opinions of the Remonfirants , treading in the very footfieps of the Pela- gians, as for their fakes to think the con- demning of men for originali corruption and Adams tranfgrehion, is hard,.unrnerci- full, cruel dealing; hnce the Scriptures and the judgement ofthe catholickChurch and of our own particular Church hath ac- knowledged this decree. And yet were all granted which this man asketh, this conclu- lion would not follow, Therefore God is more mercifull to angels not-elec`led then unto men. For the more or lefe rre'rcie of God rnufl not be weighed by any one fingular ad or decree of God towards angels and men, -but by the univerfall courfe of his dealings with both. Now call all the mer- ciful' decrees and dealings of God with men mmll11111
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