is no means of Defpair. bation, and foretell his own Damnation, it will be as hard for a Remonftrant to remove this uncertain and ungrounded fanfie as for us. The realon is, Becaufe whatfoever he telleth him of Gods love, Chrifts death, generali vocation, &c. the tempted will Rill elude with faying, There concern filch Morn Godbath not upon his eternaliand abfolutepre- f ience abfolutely refolvedto condemne : But f know that I amone of thou in whom God bath foreTien fznall impenitency, &c. and thereupon from everlafling bath decreed me to damnation. To his imaginary Conference. TT is no hard matter to make any opinion feemabfurd, where an Adverfary framed/ both objections and anfwers. If we fhalI take the fame courfe , we can burden his opinion of Predeffination and Reprobation uponprefcience ofthedifferent as ofinens free-will with more and greater inconveni- ences. In generali we fay, Firft, that whereas he is onelycarefull to prevent the devils fuggeflions wherebyhe goeth-about to drive men into defpair,there is farre more need to prevent-thofe where- by he holdeth men in fecuritie. Ifone man have been perplexed or driven into defpair by the docrine ofabfolute Predeftination andReprobation, hundreds are emboldened unto carelefneffe and prefumptionupon the doórine 46; I+
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