is no means of Dcfpair. 455 2. That as they are fuck immanent ads or decrees, they work nothing upon men, be- caufe themen themfelvesas yet had no be- ing. 3. That when fingular perfons come into temporall being, the effehs or confe9 quents ofthofedecreesare alwayes wrought according to the nature of the fubjets. 4. That the decrees of Predeiaination and Reprobation are irreverfible & immutable. 5. That there is no reafonable groundofany particular mans perfwafion that he is either under theone decreeor the other, but onely what is collected ápoFteriori , from the ef- feas. Thefe being agreed upon, it will eafi- lybe made appear that the dottrine of the Remonflrants is moreuncomfortable tomen thenours. That Gods Predeflination and Non-pre- deftination or negative Reprobation are e- ternall, abfolute, and irreverfible decrees, and that they are founded in Gods free plea- fure of fhewing fpeciall mercy where he will and denying it where he thinks good, is amore comfortable doctrine then that of the Remon flrants, lilicet, That the forenamed etemall decrees were enacted and founded upon the intuitive prefcience of mens perfe- verance ingood or bad aós. Nowwhereas he fuppofeth it cannot be true Evangelicall doctrine which affords not c oflationunto all men in their hey and moll F f 3 conch-
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