432 2lesrxb!n frianadol ri e their contrary ends is eftablifhed. Ifthere- fore the diíliné decrees of Predeflination and Reprobation thus irrevocably eflablifh- ed before the worldwas made, make all la- bour in religion unprofitable, the Remon- flrants own do trine doth it no leffe then ours. Again, abfolute and eternall determi- nations ofGod concealed inmente Divina, though never fo infallible and immutable, cannot in fingular perfons hinder piety or nourifh profaneneffe, where there are de- crees as immutable, as infallibly revealed unto the fame fingular perfons in Gods word, promifing life toall without excepti- on that dowell, and threatning death toall thofe that do ill. Howcan it probably be fuppofed that thofe unknown Divine deter- minations Mould work upon mens wills, when thefe fo well known and fo continu- ally publifhed do not. Ifany Remonflrant shall fay, Make me ridi1'honi. fure ofmine Elation, and that no immuta- I .2rJpLSa 1. bic eternall decree of Reprobation (hall keep me out of heaven, and then I will la- bour, I will toil, I will fweat to attein eter- nal! life ; I anfwer, No other man can make thee fure ofit : but do what thou fayefl, and thou mayefl make thy felfe lure of it. And ifthou wilt not for fach a price adventure thy pains unle fre God will lint make theeof his privy connfel, eternall damnation is but
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