is no means of Defpair. thereupon pad in eternitie a decree ofRepro- bation upon me : and therefore that cannot be reverfed, , neither can I repent and be Paved. And if the greatneff ofthe number ofRepro- bates make any thing for flrengthening the tentation, in all likelyhood the number of Reprobatesmull needs be greater ifEle- oión and Reprobation be conceived after the Arminian doórine. For ifElation and Rejalionbemade ex loafs corrupta ¿ dam- nabili, more are like to be eleted and fewer rejected when abfolute and mere mercy maketh thedifcrirnination then when the abfolute previfion ofmans good ding the Divinegrace offered unto him and con- fiancy to the end of a mans life in this good ufagemake the difaintion Theuniverfalitie of Gods love, of fChrifis death, and ofthe covenant ofgrace are folid arguments ofcomfort toa man repenting, be- lieving and perfevering in the wayof true godlineffe ; and they bring with them a comfortable perfwafion that fuch a man is an eledchild ofGod : But unto a man into whole head, upon occafionof his lewd life and impenitent heart, the devil hath put this flrong fanfie, lam one o f thofe whom God upon his eternaliprevifion ofmy frnall impenite. cy eternally reprobated, thofearguments can dry little good. For put them into form thus, Gods love is univerfall ; Chrisdeath asuni- gverfll 481
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