TheSuklapfarians. doE1ri, e but the doing of thofe things fromwhence à pofieriori, the Spirit of God bearing wit- nefle unto our fpirit we come to have a comfortable and lively perfwafion or affu- rance of our Adoptionand Predeflination : So that this perfwafion, affurance, or belie- ving of a mans fingular Ele6tion, is rather folatium then mandatum, a comfort which God by his holy Spirit worked] in thofe whoendeavour to live a lober, juft andgod- ly life, then a command which God byhis Minifters enjoyneth this or that man parti- cularly tobelieve. As for believing in Chrift, wegrant that God by the Minifters of the Gofpel corn- mandeth all men to whom Chrift is preach- ed tobelieve in him : And in this command our common and wel-known conditions of being finners and ftanding in need of a Savi- our are onely to be refpeted, not the di- ftin& unknown conditions of men in Gods eternal] and fecrer counfel predeflinated or nor.- predeftinated. But why is this command unjuff woad non-eleorlos ? Thedecree of Preterítion nei- ther taketh away any power of doing well, wherewith perfons not - clued are endued; as we fee verified in the non-e1ed angels, who were not flripped of their power of {landing by Gods decree of Nor-electing them: neither is it a decree binding Gods hands
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