Davenant - Houston-Packer Collection BT810 .D38 1641

S° Z ofthe abu f andufè ofthe doarïne Nor, pag. r95. Non fa- iìs eirct:m/Y-ei5iè loquuntur qui Deum Ut efferttiii fië 'Pam valuntate prorfus ir,mutabilem effe affirmant. Yolásntres Dei Gd eJ.'t'r'a non minks inDeo guñtss in Arge- lrs honnórdLbus ad oppoGta zerttbilis. n Pag. 371. Nihil abjurdi ex eofequitur quód Deus in tempore quedayn pi'cecifè tielle vel nee dicitur que ortaffis antea non itá pe_ cifè volttit vel noluk. ° Pag. 486. Pcenitentia re- Ftè Deo convenit, g.reatenrÇs ipfa o; erafía propter fuper- venientem aliquam caufam in(peratam verè imnrobat, an They Beak but unadvifedly who affirm that God is abfoluteiy im_ mutableas well in his villas inhis eAfeace. Thewill ofGod ad extra, as it refpeleth the creatures, is no leff alterable then thewill of an- gelsandmen. n it is no abfurdar f rtion tofay that God didin time preci f lyanddeterminately will or not will pine things which per-. hap before he didnotfoprecifely willor not will. But in another place he hath a (peach that fa- voureth of mofl rank blafphe- my; *Godmayproperly bePaid to defertt, aut meat. repent, in as much as 6y ream of f mething intervening contrary to his expec a- tion he doth trulyfindfault with, give over, or alter hisown 4Uions. Moreover, thofe men do flatly overturn Gods free Mercy who difallow ablolute Predeflination, and will have it to depend upon the forefeen adi- ons of men. For it is not an ad of mere mercy to ordain any man to falvation onely upon forefight that hewho is thus ordained will rightly tare the freedome of his will. Hence S. A.uguíline faith, That Predeflina.. Pion is to be preached to the end P that Gods truegrace may have an invinciblebulwork to defend it. It is manifest therefore that this is pDe bono perfever. c. z I.wrt porit Vera Dei gratin info perabili rnu- nitione de- fend#.

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