3o8 The sublapfarians de trine meets , and to theatteining ofeternal' hap: pinefi-e. Whereas he maketh the cafe of the non- elated angels better then of men, becaufe they know and expeó damnation ( he might have addrd, andfeel the torments of damna- tion) and men not-eleted are fed up with vain hopes, and made believe shat they can- not perifh but defec7u voluntatis propria ; We anfwer, Firft , That thofe which are now damned devils, were not damned for their Non - elation, or becaufe they were not elated from eternitie, but for the tem- poral l aet of their apoflafie. And the fame we fay of men not-elated. Secondly, we anfwer, That the now - damned devils did not know or expect their damnation when they were firíl created , and whileíl they were viatores; though now they be under damnation, they muff needs both know it and feel it. And the fame we fay of men not elated. Thirdly, Whereas he faith devils are in a better cafe, becaufe they are out of hope, and men are deludedwith vain and impoffible hopes offalvatien, he is de- ceived in both. The devils themfelves, though not elated , were in a farre better cafe when at their firft creation they had hope of happineífe , then they are being quite out of hope under the fiate of their irrecoverable damnation. AndJudas though etCr-i
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