Soo of theabufe andufeofthe doarine on the conditionate ufe of the means. Nei ther on the other fide is the Reprobation of any particular perfons fo to be preffed, as though they were infallibly to be damned whatfoever theydo : Becaufe the decreeof Reprobating fome doth not infringe the truth and ftedfaftnefï'e of the Evangelicall promifes made unto all and every one. For they hold true when they are in generali .divulged in this form, Whofoever believeth )(hall be faved : And they hold true al- fo when they are applyed in fpeciall to any particular perfon , If thou believefl and leadefl an holy life , thou 'halt be fäved. To be fhort , the Paying of that molt wife and learnedFather is very neceff'ary to be obferved by all Minifters of the word, who fheweth , In That we may fpeak that which is true concerning the abfolute de- cree ofthe Divine will to fave and reprobate men , and yet not in that due manner in which we ought to fpeak. For example; Ifa man fhould fpeak to his auditours to this purpofe, Whether ye run orbleep, whether ye receive the word into your hearts or rejeí`I it, yet in the conchs fon ye 'hall all be fach its God who is invincible decreed ye fhouldbe, a God who is infallible forefaiv ye would be, this is indeed a moft true doarine ; But becaufe in the manner ofpropounding it feemeth to fe- parate the end from the means , and to in- vite ni aigug. De bono Pe'fév.lib. Z. C. 2.1.
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