ofits Truth andSinceritïe. knownnatureof the means, andnot accord- ing to the unknown will ofGod concern- ing the infallible event or fucceffe of the means. Gods meaning when he offereth any grace unto men, is, that they fhould per- form fuch a f ions whereunto fuch grace conduceth : And his meaning when hepro- mifeth glorie to any man if he believe and perfevere, is, truly to perform it ifhe do fo. But it is not alwayes Gods abfolute will to caufe men to ufe his grace unto their own good, nor to caufe them to perform thofe conditions unto which eternal! glorie is promifed. If the Rernonftrants will have nothing termed Gods meaning but this ab- folute will, in their opinion as well as in ours it will follow that God had no mean- ing to give Cain or Judas Paving grace or glorie. As for his poeticallfi±ion, it will makeno more againit us then himfelf ; becaufe there is no power or grace by his condicionare Predeftination and Reprobation afforded unto perfons not-elected, which may not be as \veil afforded according unto our do trine, as we have often already (hewed. For Z richiw7s and Bucers opinion con- cerning the command of believing a mans fingular Eleaion or Predeflination , I have formerly expi'effed my judgement , which I fubrnit unto the learned. If these were Z fuch 353
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