493 of theatufandufe of thedoc rine READER, The authour th ought good to dole up there his Animad- verfions with a Conclu1 on touching the mani- fold abufe and ufe of the doc`hrine of I'redeftination and Reprobation. IT now remaineth that for a dole of all we fpeak fomething concerning the ab- ufe of the dotrine of Elation and Re- probation , and of the right ufe of the fame. Let us begin with the preachers and themfelves , then proceed unto the hearers. Firft, tholeMiniflers do very ill and in- i. difcreetly who deliver this mofi true do_ ärine prepofteroufly and not in its due place. Thus we conceive them to do who at the firfi flep do bring carnali men to the contemplation of this great depth of Ele- ction and Reprobation , who ought in the firft place to be called to faith in Chrift and to, ferions repentance : which is all one as if a man fhould purpofely give to a fick and weak perfon thong and folid meat which his ftomach is not able to bear, contrary to that of the Apofile, strong meat Eelongeth ereb. q. r4? to them that are offull age , even thofe who by reafon ofufe have theirfe :Jfos exercifed to difà ternbothgood andevil. We ought therefore to imitate the prac`lice of Chrift and of the Apoffies,
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