oppofeth not Gods Mice. fortuitumfuifje,fedocculto Dei decreto ordina- tion. God forefaw Adams fall:he had pow- er to have hindered it; but hewould not, be- caufe himfelf had decreed otherwife. This is the effet ofCalvines doctrine. But as for the involving of men in finne and damnation out ofhis onely will and plealure, thefe are confequents falfely inferred upon Calvines dotrine, by himfelf difciaimed , and for- merly refuted. d Totum illudde nudopuróque a /bid. refp. Dei arbitrio ex malitie officinaproduí`lum e,St. ad in). It was not Godsabfolute decree of Preteri- tion bat Adams voluntary ad of rebellion which brought finne and the guilt of finne upon himfelfand all his pofterity. God ha- ving juftly decreed that Adams children fhould participate with him in his (late of righteoufneffe, did as juftly decree that they Mould allo participate in the (tate of finne. If this Authour deny the propagation of finne from Adam he mull acknowledge himfelf a Pelagian. If he fay it is unjui, which all Divines acknowledge to have happened according to the decree of God, I fee not how hecan clear himfelf from that crime wherewith he chargeth others. His whole difcourfe concerning original'. finne and the propagating thereof unto all mankind, is erroneous,in that hefalfely pre- fumeth that the Divine decrees mutt needs be effetive or caufative ofall the events de- 2 creed: 323
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