hindreth not Pietie and agodly life. 425 world, eleóed or not-eleted, as God him.. . felffpake to defperate Cain, thou do well, 1Gen.4'. jhalt thou not be accepted:' Yes duefiionleffe: for in toevery man that clothgood, Jhall be glo- n, tom. z. rie, &c. Noman fhall be damned quia ab nerno non elec us aut reprobates, fedquia i;; tempore in,idelis t impius. For the Miniflers preaching; if this man G hold it vain,unleffe by it forne foulsofthofe Vide whomGod hath eternally reprobated be fa- tract. 48. ved, will he nill he , ofnecefhtie he muff confeffe, thatthe Predeflination and Repro- bation founded upon eternal! Prescience by Arminius maketh all our preaching vain. For no Remonftrant can be fo ignorant as to affirm , that any manleternally predefti- nated was ever call away by the negligence of the Minifler , or that any man eternally reprobated (as Arminius conceiveth ofRe- probation ) was ever faved by the pains of the Minifler : And yet we fay , the Mini- fler laboureth not in vain: Firfl, it is not in vain in regard of the elec`l: for it is unto them n thepower of God unto their falvation. n z. nn. 2. And unto them ( though unknown ° woad =o. Jingulares perfonís) do the Minifers princi- pally referre their labour and pains. For though thedecree ofPredeiination, which is eternall , cannot be procured by any en- deavours of men, yet the effe s orbene. -s flowing from Predeflination may be pro- D d 4 rioted
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