of Predetination and Reprobation. is one fpeciall ufe of the doctrineof Prede- flination, To learn from thence toconceive aright of the Divine attributes, which they who reject it cannot poffiblydo. Where- fore it is much to be feared, left thofe who difallowing S. Pauls Predeflination em- brace that of Arminius, will at length alfo like well of Vorftius his God, hewed out and fquared for the moft part by the rule of Arminius his Predeftination. Thus much of the firft ufe of this doctrine. Secondly, the doctrineofPredeflination 2. doth ferve to kindle in the hearts of the faithful! a moft ardent love towards God. For what more efectuall motive can there be to move a man unto love then tobepre- vented by the love and bountyof another. Nowonely the orthodox doctrine of Pre- deflination doth ftirre-up this love in the hearts of the ele&, becaufe it alone loth teach that God did freely love them from all eternity,andofhis fpeciall favour loaded themwithhis gratious benefits.On the con- trary, the doctrine of Arminius fhewethus howbybelieving and perfevering in obedi- encemen did firft choofe God before they were chofen by him, and did firft ingage Godby their fingularobedience before they wereby him endowed with any fpeciall fa- "ours. That this fruit doth fpring from the fçnfeof our Eletion, Bernard hath obfer- 523 wed 5
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