oppofethnot Gods dice. hands from giving them fufficient grace to do many good ads, which they wilfully refufe to do. For Sufficient grace may ífand withNon-electionor Reprobation; though Effetuall grace doth not, as Divines com- monly teach. And laít ofall, for power ofbelieving; I wouldknow what power many millions of men have to believe in Chrift ( though re_ probated no otherwife then the Remon- ftrants acknowledge eternall Reprobation) who never heard nor ever fhall heare of Chrift :' When he hath fhewed me what power of believing thefe men have, I will more eafily fhew him that any not-elecd . ed perfon living in the Church hath the fame, if not a nearer andgreater. As for his terms of Pofsibilities and Im- pofsibilities ; they are fo full of equivoca- tions that it is hard to ground a good argu- ment upon them. That is not impoifible for any Vidtor to do for doing whereof it is poffible for God to give Efficient grace; Now it is eafie for God to give any not- elecded perfon fiuificient grace to repent and believe without any infringing of theeter- nail decree of his Non-elecdion. Again, that is not to be judged abfolutely impof- fible fora man to do which, if himfelfby a voluntary aid of his own hindred not,might by him be done. And thus we fay the Non- X 4 clad 327
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