336 The Sublaprrrians do1rine De civit . rightly toexamine them. It is folly there= L 2. C. 23 fore to fuppofe that whofoever hath but the vide 1. 20. C.2.&Gerf brainofa reafonable man, isable to fathom De conj. the depth of Gods juft judgements. We Theo!. 1. I. fl 2. fay rather with learned and modeíf Saint Judicia tua, Auguftine, Cujus judicianemo plen'e compre- yD 5 s, hendit, nemo jufle reprehendit. ta,Tfal. 36. This Authour difliketh that we make I Godswill fuch a rule ofrighteoufne f as that we may certainly inferre, God willed) and rworketh this ; Therefore it is jußbeJhorild f will andwork: Or, God willeth not or not ivorketh this Therefore it is juft he floould neither will it nor work it. But he deceiveth himfelf, Firíl, in that he willneeds parallel and fquare the Divineju- ílice unto the rule ofcivil and humane ju- ¡lice, not onely where God bath brought upon himfelf debitum fidelitatis, by promi- -ling or cov5nanting to do thus ; but where he hath referved unto himfelf liberrimam poteflatem of doing or not doing, of doing this or the contrary. For example, ifGod íhould not Phew mercy upon every firmer that repenteth, reafon would fay he dealt not juftly ; as it faith of men when they break their prornife : But if Goddecree to foften one mans heart, and give him the grace of repentance and pert verance, and not to give the fame graces to another, here it is not right reafon, but blind and bold reafon,
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