90 The Sublapfarions doc1rìne .taketh not F No grace' or gift is bellowed upon any man for this very end, that he may abufè it; but many excellent graces and gifts have been temporally bellowed upon angels and mennot-eleted with an eternall decree or purpofe of God Not to keep them from abufing them,Not tokeep them from incur- ring eternall death by abufing them. This is that decree ofReprobation which we ad- mit : and if this Authour can rightly inferre that this is contrary to the end and tali of Godsgifts, we will ;ùbfcribe to his conditio- nate Eletion and Reprobation. If he hope to inferre this conclufion, his premiffes muff be Every abrolutedecree ofGod to permit the finall atufe of any ofhisgood gifts orgraces, is contrary to the rtfé or end of beflowing there upon men : But that decree of abrolutenegative Reprobation which we defend is an abfolute decree, &c. ER GO; it is contrary, &c. The major propofition will be denied by all ju- dicious Divines,and can never be provedby r Tert4. the Remonfirants, fNon inflitutio bona rei , ,a!vcrr fedexorbitatio reprobanda cfl. , iare.f T. That Gud willeth the good of men in bellowing any good gifts or graces upon them, needed no proof at all : We have alwayes willingly granted this propofition. Yet for the true underflanding thereof it mull be obferved, That when we fay, This is Gods will, This is Gods aim or intent, thefe
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