362 The Sublapßrians doctrine unto them : It is fome voluntary interveni- ent a&or omiffion which maketh them fo. And if this Authour term their finali repen- tance irnpofi6le, becaufe never any of the Aron-elect repented and by repentance at- teined falvation,he muff yield that even that eternal!decree ofReprobation upon prefci- ence, which himfelfadmitteth,maketh their repenting, finali believing,and falvation im- pofsible. His rule oflaw thereforede condi- tione irnprxffabili doth no more concern us, who place the difiinddecrees of Prede- flination and Reprobation before theabfò- lute prefcience of mens final! perfeverance and mens finali impenitency, then it doth thofe that bring them in after. For pofsibi- lities and impofsibilities are full the fame, and neither greater nor leífer, in theone way then in the other. If thedecree of Preter- ition or Reprobationwere a decree of for- bidding or hindering anymans repenting & believing,or a decree necefsitating the wills of men to obilinacyand infidelity, his fmile of a Kings unrepeatable law were to force purpofe: But this being altogether falfe, that is altogether frivolous, becaufe no filch impofsibility is caufed by Gods decree of Reprobation. Treatif, ,
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