354 The Sublapf. dce1rine robbeth not God fuch a neceffarieuniverfall command , one ly upon this reafon , becaufe the grace of vocation is infallibly' fruftrated by all the Non-eleci , this being true as well in the Remonílrants opinion as ours, this man- date of believing a mans fingular Elec7ion would reach unto them as well as unto us. And all which they talk ofmere delufions of men not.eleded (in regard there is an etera nail purpofe of God to permit them to make all grace offered unto them fruitleffe ) fighteth againft themfelves as much as a gain{! us. For they dare not defile this evi- dent truth ; and they acknowledge an eter- nal!, an immutable , irrevocable decree of Reprobation as well as we. Which decree being eflablifhed (as they would have it ) upon the eternall DivinePrefcience before the foundations of the world were laid, they are as abfolutely reprobated at the timeoftheir calling according to their opi- nion as ours. For his comparifon of a Cred"tour and a Debtour, it hath no more forceagainft abfo- lute Predeflination and Reprobation then againft that Predeflination and Reproba- tion which himfelf admitteth : For the conditional! offer of pardon flandeth alike firm untoboth. As for the power ofbelie- ving, whether Judas be confidered as eter- pally reprobated upon the eternal! prefci- ence
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