ObieWons takenfrom tetimonirsofScriptare,emPered. 693 mit finne,but of fuck as fuller it to raigne in them, commit- ting it with full contentofwill, purpofely, andmalitiouflie. Thirdlie, whereas he faith, that he will blot fuch out ofhis booke,we arenot tovnderfland herèby that heewould blot them out of the booke of his eleeion vnto eternall life, wherein theywereneuer written, or that hee would reiea them whomhehad chofen,but that he would race themout ofthebookeand rowle ofhis vifble Church,anddeclare and make it euidentto themfelues that they are nottrue members ofhischurch inuifible,norbelonging tohis eternal election. Secondlie, whereas the Pfalmifl prayeth that fome might §,Seci.4. bee blotted out of the booke of life: Pfalm. 69. 28. it Pfalm.69.18. proouc_th not that the faithfull who are irrrolled. in the bookeofGodsele6lion maybecaft out and reie6fed; for as it appèareth by the refiofthe Pfalme, he fpeakethonely of the obftinate and malitious enemies of Gods kingdome. Andwhereas hee praieth that they mightbeeblottedout of thebooke oflife, hee doth not delire that thofe whowere in truthwritten in thisbooke fhouldbe blotted out,but that it might bemanifeffly declared that theywho in their owne opinion,andinrefpe6t oftheir outward profeffìon,in the opi- nion ofothers, feerned written in this booke, werenot in truth euer inrólled. As thoughhe fhouldhaue laid; Do not OLordreckon them in the numberofthy faithfull ones;and ifin refpeaoftheir outward profeffion they are reputed of thyChurch and people, difcouer and difplay them, that it may manifeítl appeare that they wereneuer written in thy book, and fo thru} themout ofthe companie ofthyChurch and children,thatall men may know that they werebut hy- pocrites. For in regard that Gods decree of election isvn- fearchable and incomprehenfble to mans knowledge and reafon, thofe in refpeeê of their opinion are Paid to bee e- le6led, who are outwardly called and added to thevifible Church,profelfing themfelues members thereof, which are the outwardbut not the infallible lignes ofGods eleuion, becaufe they are common to the hypocrite with the true profeffor; and fo likewife thofe are faid to beblotted out of Gods booke, whofe hypocrifie is difcoueted and who are y y 3 thruft
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