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Of
Gods elçElion,the
a
tofes,
fubief!,obieïf,
&e.
,
175
vfe
-ofthe meanes tending
thereunto,
for
the
praife
of
the
glorie ofhis
grace.
In
this
definition
is
fet
downe
firfl
the
efficient caufe
or
author
of'
our ele6tion, namely
God
himfelfe, the
Father,
the
Sonne
and the holy
Ghof
;
and this
appeareth Eph,
t
.4.
Re
hash
cbo(in
vs
in
him
before
the
foundation
-of
the
world,
that
117ee
fhould
bee
holie,
&c.
And
Ioh.i
5..16.
re
haue
not
cha.
fen
me,
but
I
haue chofen
you,
aid
ordatnedyou
that
t
lee
goe
and
bring
foorth
fruit,&c.
Secondly, the motiue or
impulf
ue
caufe
ofGods
eleí`
iort
is
expreffed,namely,Gods
free
loue,meere
goodwill
and vn-
deferued grace. And this alto
is
manifell
Luk.i
2.3 2.
Feare
or
little
f
ocke,
for
it
is your
fathers
pleafure to
glue
you
a
king.
dome,
And Eph.
i
.5.
who
bath
predeffltnated
vs
to
bee
adopted
through lefur
Clora
unto
bimfelt;
according to thegood
pleafure-
of
his
will.
Here therefore are excluded
all
other
caufes,
wherewith
diuers
haue
imagined
God
was
moued to eleci
vs;as
namely
our
owne will, the forefeeing
ofour
workes,worthineífe
or
faith,
and
the
merits
of
our
Sauiour
Chrifi. And
that
thefe
were
not
the
caufes
which moued the
Lord to
elect}
vs,
it
may
bee
prooued by maaifefi tcfiimonies
of
Scripture.
Fir(
;
our
owi
e
will is
expreffely
excluded,
Rom.9,
i
6.
it
is
not
in
him that
a
illeth
or
runneth, but
in
God
that
fhemeth
mercie.
Se-
condly,not the forefight
ofour
owne
wo:
s,
for
the Apofile
plainly affimeth,Rom.9.1
r:r.2.that
befolf4
he
children
were
borne ,and
when
they
had neither
done
good
orer:ill;
that
the
prtr
re
of
God
might
remame
.
according
to eleEh&n,
not
by
workr,but.
by
him that
calletk
I
2.
It
mau
raid
y
to her,
the
elder
/hall
ferue
the
younger:
r
3.
Asir
r,
written,
l
have
toned. Jacob
and
hated
Efsu
And
chap.
1.5.6.
he
faith,
that
Gcds
èleFlionis
of
grace,
and
if
it
bee
of
t.race
it
is
no
more
of
wortes, er
elfe were
grace
no
more
gra-e.
Thirdly,
not the
forelght
ofanyworthinef
'e
iu
vs
More
than in others :For
there is
no-dt
f
fererrce,
for all
haue
finned
and
are
depriued
of
the
glorie
of
God
:
as
it
is 11.6m.3
.23.
And the
Apoflle affirmeth
both
of
himfelfe
and
others,that
they
were
all
dead
in
their linnet,
and
by
nature
the
children
of
),Vratb
as
cell
as
others,
Eph.2.1.3
.
Fourthly, the
Lord
refpe
fed