ofPrea'efiinationand Reprobation. Divine will is held to be another of Gods principali attributes. The Lordof hods bath purpofed, andwhofball difnnull it ? Ifai. 14. 27. 1am the Lord, I change not, Mal. 3.6. Nowwhat is Predeftination but theeternal' decree of this unchangeable will of God For Tó átte daSTO7 77S ßgAitç ávTOJ, the immutability ofhis counfel, isPeen in nothing foclearly as in it. Laftly, weought to acknowledge and admire in God a free and gracious Mercyal- together undeferved on the creatures part: and this attribute alfo Both thine fo clear in the doctrine of Predeftination , that thofe who go-about to deny or obfcure it muff withal' be guilty of denying or obfcuring this mere and free mercyof God chewed in the falvation of man. Iftherefore wemean not to coyn a newGod, we mutt not intro- duce a new Predeftination , but retein that which the holy Scripture bathdelivered un- tous. Let us look a little on Arminius and his followers. Thefe men reteining the bare nameofPredeftinatió, have indeed brought ina Poftdeftination; yea under the empty ti- tle of Predeftination they underftand no- thing elfe but fuch a purpofe in God to bring the faithful' unto the kingdome of heaven and to flout out the unbelievers, as was then onely conceivedbyhim,as it hath reference toparticular perlons, when he forefaw that theywould perfevere unto theend either in K k 3 faith 519
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