'438 The Sublapfrians doElrine difference which the Apoftle reftifyeth to have been in theDivine will towards the formes of men, and that before the founda- tions of the world were laid, Rom. 8.30. &9.11. Eph. 1,4. & 1 r. Ads 13.48. v The ignorance of Gods decree, whether this or that fingular perfon be in thenumber oftheElea or no, doth much alter the cafe in the matter which is now under debate. Wenow inquirewhether theRemonftrants doórine or ours be more likely tonourifh carnali fecurity in a man who bath yet no knowledge ofhis particular Election or Re- Trobation , of his future Glorification or Damnation. We fay, that though menof perverfe minds, whilst they are occupied in -wicked courfes, may out of bothdoctrines take occafionofcarnali fecurityand offleep- ing in fin, yet that doérinewhich breedeth a ftronger preflmptionofbeing elected and faved in the mind ofa finner continuing ad- didedunto his finfull courfes, is that which rnoft nourifhethand cherifheth men in their prefent loofeneffe and lewdneffe:And this is evidently the doctrineofthe Remonftrants, and not ours.For any Remonftrant(though never fo wicked)inay thus reafon with him- feif leaning unto their principles, Iam(for -all myprefait wicked condition) a man dart- ed, and a man molt certainly to berived, ifout ofmine o;vnfree-will excitedandenabled byDi- vine
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