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from
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imonirs
of
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mit
finne,but
of
fuck as fuller
it
to
raigne
in
them, commit-
ting
it with
full
content
of
will, purpofely,
andmalitiouflie.
Thirdlie,
whereas he
faith,
that
he will
blot
fuch
out
of
his
booke,we
are
not to
vnderfland herèby
that
hee
would
blot
them
out
of
the
booke
of
his
eleeion
vnto
eternall
life,
wherein theywere
neuer
written, or
that
hee
would
reiea
them whom
he
had
chofen,but
that
he
would
race
them
out
ofthe
booke
and rowle
ofhis vifble
Church,and
declare
and
make
it
euident
to
themfelues
that
they
are
not
true members
ofhis
church inuifible,nor
belonging to
his 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
booke
of
Gods
ele6lion
maybe
caft
out
and reie6fed;
for
as
it
appèareth
by
the
refi
ofthe
Pfalme,
he fpeaketh
onely
of
the
obftinate and malitious
enemies
of
Gods kingdome.
And
whereas hee praieth
that
they
might
bee
blotted
out
of
thebooke oflife,
hee
doth not
delire
that
thofe who
were
in
truth
written
in this
booke
fhould
be
blotted out,but that
it
might be
manifeffly
declared that
they
who
in
their
owne
opinion,and
inrefpe6t
of
their outward
profeffìon,in
the opi-
nion
of
others,
feerned
written
in
this booke,
were
not in
truth
euer inrólled.
As
though
he
fhould
haue
laid; Do not
O
Lord
reckon them
in
the number
ofthy
faithfull ones;and
if
in
refpea
of
their
outward
profeffion
they
are
reputed
of
thy
Church and people,
difcouer
and
difplay
them, that it
may manifeítl
appeare
that
they were
neuer
written
in
thy
book,
and
fo
thru
}
them
out
of
the
companie
ofthy
Church
and children,that
all
men
may
know that
they were
but hy-
pocrites. For
in
regard
that
Gods
decree
of
election
is
vn-
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 the
vifible
Church,profelfing
themfelues members
thereof, which
are
the outward
but not
the infallible lignes
ofGods eleuion,
becaufe
they
are
common
to
the hypocrite with the true
profeffor; and
fo
likewife thofe are faid
to
be
blotted
out
of
Gods booke,
whofe
hypocrifie
is
difcoueted and who
are
y
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