ofPredefinationandReprobation: rland of them therefore withS. Augufline, uffrhether thereis anyfear that a manJhould then delair ofhim f ifwhen he is told that hemuff place his hope in God, andnot rather that he jhoalddefpair when out of a wretchedpride he placeth it in himfelf. What difference there- fore there isin refpea of true and folid con- fidence, betwixt thole who will needs rely upon their ownwill excited by Gods grace and then left to its liberty, and thofewho depend wholly on the grace ofPredeflina- tion unavoidably and invincibly working upon and ruling the willsof the Elea, We may learn of the fame Father in his book De ,eorrept. &grat.chap. 11, 12,13. Notwith ftanding therefore all the calumnies of the Pelagians we avouch, that this is one fpeci- all ufe of the orthodox docìrine of our Churches concerning Predeftination, that by the fhield of faith relying upon Gods e- ternall and unchangeablegood will towards uswe arm andprotect our felves againft de (pair and the fiery darts ofthedevil. Sixthly , the confideration of Election doth flirre up the faithful! to conftancie in prayer. For having learned that all good tending to falvation is prepared for them our ofGods good pleafure, they are here- by encouraged to call for andas it were to draw down from heaven by their prayers thofe good things which from eternitie were 529 u De bono perfev. lib. z, cap, zz. fin timen- dum eli tè tune de fe homode- fperet quandofees ejus po nenda de- monlratur in Veo, non autetn defperaret feam in feig f fu- perbif. mus in felicifimur poneret.
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