4.42. The sub"ap f rians doer/tine feature Cau f necr,ffària : yet the fecond and immediate conks tre not necefsitated unto Y Alleït. their aahons, Y quia prima caufa non twilit mo. l'. '"61 16.p.6ÿ. don filer canfalitatis d ficundis There is p«x.144. need therefore for any man to take thought both about ¿he means and about the end, not to get a new ordination or decree from God, but becaufe the eternallordination' of men untoglory cannot be effe&ed without their own ferious care and endeavour, and becaufe the eternall ordination of men unto punifhrnent cannot be avoided but by {ha- king-of (loth andcarnal! fecurity. VideAug. Unto all this'I adde, That eternal! e Pre- D;Do:o - i. cieflination and Reprobation, as it is found- - ed by theRemonllrants upon Gods eternall z;12.arbitr. prefcience, dravveth the fame neceífity after e.2, it. For I reafon thus after his pattern; I am either upon Gods eternallpreffence ofmy finali perfeverancein faith, abfolutely choen tograce andglory, or upon Cods eternall preyience of y finall impenitent.y abfolutely caf-offrom both. Ifupon theDi r'ine eternall infallible pre- cienccofmybelieving andperfevcring 1 w.u° ordainedunto /alvation, Imuß ofnecefsity be- lieve,andberaved : Ifupon thefame eternall andimmutableprefcienceofmy infidelity 6- im. penitency I was ordained to damnation, I mug as nece f arily not believe,ándbe damned. There is the fame force in this manner ofreafoning o induce a carnall fluggiflo foul unto care- , lefneffc
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