496 hf theabufeanduf ofthe doelrine before the people , mutt be content to contein themfelves within thofe bounds which the holy Scripturehathclearlychalk- edout unto us. Let them teach, how God ele6ted his ownunto life eternal! before the foundations of the world were laid. Let them teach, how this Eledïon flowed not from the forefight ofmansmerits, but from the free will and gracious pleafure ofGod electing. Let them teach , that whatfoever faving good is found in us , is the effeec of this free and gracious mercy. Let them teach, that the atfurance of our Eleóion is not to be fought in Gods fecret decrees or our own idle imaginations, but in the effe is and operations of the faithful! and fandified foul. Thefeand other fuchdohrines which are clear, found and profitable, may and ought be preached unto Chriftians. But thofewhich are either too knotty or elfeal- togetherfruitleffe ( efpecially when theyare not clearly grounded and revealed in the word of God) ought quite to be exclu- dedout ofvulgar congregations. And here I cannot but tax the folly and rafhnetfe of force ( efpeciallyyoung) Preachers, who af- foon as they heare any new controverfie concerning Predeflination started amongft Divines, be it never fo intricate, never fo un- fruitful! , yet prefently they acquaint the people with is : This theypreffe, this they daily
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