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Obielions
taken
frons
teilinnonies
Scriptare,anfwered.
Chr
i;
,
but
onely profeileth
that
filch
was
his zeale
ofGods
glorie,and
loue to
his
brethren
the Iewes, that
he
could
find
in his
heart,
if
it were pofftble
to
be
feparated from
Chritt,
ranter then Gods
glorie fhould be impeached by the deftru-
aion
ofthe
people.
But it
may be further
vrged,that
`Paul
wifl
eth
that
he
might
be
feparated
fr6
Chrif
},
and
therefore
it
might
be. I anfwere,
that
he
loth
not
abfolutely
defire
it,
but conditionally,if
it
were
poffible.
And
therefore
he faith
not,"
doe
wifh,but I
would
vvifh;
that
is,
I
could
find
in
my
heart
to with
this
feparation,
if
i
t
could poilible
f
}and
with
the
itninutabilitie
of
Gods
eleçion.
But
Paul thoughhee'
thus
fpcaketh did not
thinke
that
this could
poiblie
be,
for
he profeffeth
a
little before,that
he was
perfvvaded
and
cer
-'
tainly
afrured,
that
neither
life
nor
death,nor
any
thing
in
the world could
feparate him from the loue
of
God
in
Chrifi;
Rou,.8.33.
Rom.8.3
8.
But to what
purpofe
Both he
with
this,ifit
could
not
be
?
I anfwere,
to
this end
that
he
might
hereby
exprefre
his
feruettt zeale for
Gods glorie,
and intire loue
ofhis bre-
thren
the Iewes, which were
fo
great,
that
he
negleuìed his
owne faluation
in rcfpc
ofthetn.
§SE
2
The tenth
place
obie&ied
isRotn:',2o.
Well,
through
i
-
Rom.q.to.
ex-
beteefe they
are
broken
of
and
thoutandeít
by
faith;
be
not
high
pounded.
minded,bnt
Pare.
21.
For
if
God
fßared
not the
naturall
bran
-
ches,
tale
heed
left
bee alro
Dare
not thee,
(Iv.
From which
place
they
thus rcafon
:
The naturall
branches maybee
bro-
ken
off:
the naturali branches
are the true
members
of
Chrift
ele6tecl
to faluation
:
therefore
fame members
ófChrifi
ele-
&ied
to faluation
may fall
away and perifh.
I
anfwere,
that
this obie&ion
is
like
that
grounded
vpon
Iohn 15.2.
and
therefore needeth
not
much
to
be flood
vpon.
Briefely
ther-
fore
we
are
to know, that
the
affiunp
tion
is
manifefily
falle;
for by naturali
branches
is
not meant the true
members
of
Chrift
ele&ied
to faluation,but the whole
vifible
Church
of
the
Ifraelites,,as
i
tplainely appcareth
by the whole
difcourfe
of
the-Apofile
in this
Chapter. The
fief}
(
namely,
that
bee
fpea
keth
not
of
the true members
of
Chrifi
ele6ted
to
falua-
tion)is manifefi,verl2.cjodhathnot
caiaway
his people?
hich
heknel'
before,
that
is,
whom
in
his eternal? counfell
hGe
had
ele6led