434 The Sublapfarians doarine though the decree ofPredeftination prepa= reth for men that grace which worketh faithand fantification intheir hearts. The Landtgraves profane fpeechmaketh as much againft the Arminian Predeftinati- on as againft that whichwe hold. For fup- pofe a Remonftrant had told him, If you be eleaed, it is decaufe Godhath eternallyforefen that youwilldieapenitent andafaithfull man Ifyou 6e reprobated, it is becaufi God bath eter- nally foreeeenyou will die afaithleffe anda wic- kedman, this in all likelyhood would have been fo far from taking away his defperate profanenefl'e,that it would have increafed it: forGodcannot be deceived in his forefight. Wee prove not the truth of our do- 6trine from any mans holine(, but from holy Scriptures : wee therefore paffe-by this difcourfe as wholly impertinent. All that he faith of the Epicures might as well be faid by us againft the Remonftrants opinions : but we take no pleafure in idle vagaries. Mens pra6tice cannot be guided by de- crees of God concealed from their know- ledge, though they be decrees concerning their good or evil. But if men will thew themfelves reafonable men and not mad men, theymutt take their rules of pra6tice from fuch revealed decrees as teach what ationsare means to attain good, andwhat are
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