is a means of Defpair. cunninga4 may be,will not fallen upon them. With David they fay in their fear, that all men are liars, namely ál1 fuch as come to comfort them in their temptation. The reafon is, becaufe it is an opinion incompatible vvith anyword of com- fort that can be miniflred to the diflretled foul in this tem. ptation. GodsLove to mankind, Chrtfts Death fer all men, the Calling of poore (innerswithout exception to repentance and falvation with all other groundsof confolarron , the tempted will ealìly elude with the grounds of his opinion. Which illusive may the better fee, let us imagine that we hearea Minifler and a tempted Soul reafoning in this or the like manner. TEMPTED ftTO 1s (F) me; Iamatat-away: Iamab. VV folutely rejeí`led from grace andglory. MINISTER. D:fcourage not thy felf, thou poore afliided 'foul : Godbath not call thee off. For hehateth nothing that he bath made, but beareth a lov.; to all When, and to thee among the refl. TEMPT. God ( G) hateth no man as be is his creature, but he hateth agreat manyas they areinners in íádoh. And God hatb a twofold love, asI have learned: a generall love, which par teth forth it 'elfin outward and temporall blfpgs onely; and with this he loveth all men: and a fpeciall love,by which he provideth everlafling lifeformen; and with this he loveth onely a veryfew, wh-ich out of his alone will and plea fore he (angled Pow rift. Under this generali love am 1, but not under the fpecialt. MIN. Nay, but God Co loveth all men as that he defireth their eternall good: for the Apoti le faith,Re would have all to befaved, and hewould have no man toperidh,rlor thee inpar- ticular. TEMPT. ALL is( H ) taken twowayes:for allforts & con- ditions ofmen,high low, richandpoore,bound andfree, c, and for allparticular men in there feverallIorts rá ranks.God would have all men tobe f ved in the kit fenfe, that is, all forts: but he would nothave all to befaved in the fecond renfe, that is, all particularmen ofthofe forts; Tome ofnay countrey, my calling, my condition oflife, but not all &every one, norme in particular. Or if it be true that Godwould have allparti- cular men to be faved, yet he willeth it onely with a revealed will, not with a fecret: for with that he will have millions to be damned. vnder this revealedwill am I,not tinder the fecret. MIN. 447
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