ofPredeflination AndReprobation. 503 gle&oftheir falvation whereinto theothers fell by prefumption. Both thefe abides ought moft sharply to be reproved , and withal' the remedies are to be (hewn where- by they may be avoided. For the former, thofe rafh prefumers are to be admonished, that although in thefi, in the generali, it be moft certain that God from all eternitie ele&ed forte rejeéed others, yet ifwe come down to particular perfons , it is a fecret kept clofe in Gods own breaf, which be thole perfons that were deftinated unto life, whichbe thofe who arenot comprehended in his gratious decree. It is therefore a very diabolicall temptation which moveth men to dive into the depth ofGods eternal! decrees, and from thence to take up a rafh perfwafion oftheir Predeftination. For the decree of Predeftination as it concerneth De others is altogether by us unfearchable. Path. è Whence that of Profper, ' Let it not much iinpatien- troubleus that we are ignorant who are zvefiels ter feramus ofElection. As it concerneth our felves , it is ccod ete cionis va ca unfearchable allo ápriori, in its caules , and non novi- ás to be perceivedonely by its effets after ins In Gen: our converfion and fanEtification. Luther z6. De moft excellently faith, q ofGod fo farre as Deo pate- nus non eft revelatus, nulla c(t fides, nullafcientia, nulla cognitio. Omitte fpeculatio- nem deDeo alifcendito, f vis effugere blafphemiamDei. Si ceedis in Deus%' .'evelatum, er recipis verbum tjua,paulatim etiamabfcoi,ditum .Deum tibi revelabit. Altiora to nè queefrerir,&fortiora to nè fcrutatus faeris: Audi 'ilium incarlaAtrsm, f »ontefe offerct tibi pradr f ; n.ttio tuna. Ili 1.12 .
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