4i6 The Sublayrarians aoartste vationor future bleffedneffe can fpring from an immediate knowledge of that Elelion which we afcribe unto Gods abfolute de-, cree : And we do fay, that no morehope can arife to any man from the immediate knowledge of that Elehion which the Re- m.onflrants afcribe unto the condition= de- cree founded in Gods eternal! prefcience. In both opinions therefore, ifwe will have a lively hope of attaining the heavenly kingdome, it muni immediately arife from an experimental! fenle in our (elves that we are walking in that way which leadeth unto the heavenly kingdome,and from a ftedfaft perfwafion that God our Father will, not withfiandingour ownweakneffe and all our mill tie enemies, bring us fafely unto the heavenly kingdome. And for this latter, our doctrine ofElution or Predefiination, built uponmere mercy, affordeth farre bet- ter hope then theirs, built uponmere pre- fcience. Now for thecurb offear ; it is as Prong, and more flrong, toholdmen in from vicious anions, in our do6irine, who held faith and repentance and holineffe of life to be the fruits or effe is of Predefiination, then in the Remonftrants,who hold theDivinePre- deftination to be rather an eWe d of mans free-will preconfidered or forefeen by God as believing and perfevering in faith and godli-neffi!&
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