484 1 De volrane. Dei, difp. Y 2, art.7. P. F 7S TheSub1 pfarians doctrine tion further offfrom the prefent point. The tentation fuppofed is not about the word stbfolute, but about the very decree ofeter- nail Reprobation. This Authour fhould Phew that there is no irreverfible or immu- table decree, diftinguifhing men ab aterno in eledos & reprobatos: for this breedeth the fcruple. To talk to a foul perplexed with fear of Reprobation, that thereareno abfolute reprobates , and then to expound abfolute Reprobates to be men abfolutely damned whether they repent or no, willafford hirn little comfort who bath a preconceit that God forefaw him finally impenitent, and upon this prefcience decreed him a Repro- bate. He that fhall goabout to cut the Gor- dian knot with telling a perplexed foul there are nomen abfolutely electedor abfolute- ly rejehted,can do him little good; unlefï'e he prove alfo there were no men eternally elected and eternally rejeied upon the pre- fcience of their finali perfeverance or finall impenitencie. For this man fuppofeth him- felf to be one of thofe whom God before the foundations of the world were laid forefaw finally impenitent , and thereupon he concludeth that he is one of thofe who muff of neceffitie be eternally damned. For in all Divines opinions there propofitions are true ; Deus nihil pouf! velle ex tempore; Deus non potefl non habere volitionem quash habet;
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