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26 Obieitions
againffperfeuerance taken
from
exrsmples,asrf.
vellequad
p%
the Lord
hath granted
vnto
vs
both
power and
will
to
con
-.
fet,
c./.ug"ff.
tinue
in
his grace
vnto the
end.
de
g
at
eap
t
z.
The
third
example
alleaged
is
of
S414/,
whom they
affirme
Tom.7.
to
haue
been
elecied
and
fantified,
and yet
to
haue
fallen
§Sec`s,
3.
from grace and
perifhed. Fromwhich
example
they
reafon
The
example
of
thus:
Saul.
Saul
fell
away
from grace,
loll
his
faith,
and became a
call
-away
:
But Saul
was
ele& and
regenerate
.
Therefore
certaine men
being
ele&
and
regenerate,
fall
from grace,
lofe
their faith, and
become
caft-awaies.
I
anfwere,
that both
thefe propofitions
are
falle; for
firíl,
Saul
newer
was in
the
fate
ofgrace,
and therefore could
not
fall
from
it
;
he
newer
had
true
iuflifying
faith,
and
thereforé
could
not
lofe
it.
The
affumption
alfo
is
alike
vntrue
;
for
neither
was
Saul
ele&ed
by
God
to
eternal]
life,
nor regene-
ir.Sam.9.2.
rate
by
his
fpirit.But this they labour
to
proue
by i.Sam.9.2.
which they
thus reade
:
Saul
ryas
elect
and
a
good man,
and
there
was
not
a
man
amonír
fl
the children
of
Ifrael
better
then he.
If
therefore hee
was ele& and
good,
yea
fo
good,
that there
was none
better,then
furcly,fay'they,he
was
regenerate, or
elfe
there
was
none
in Ifrael
regenerate: but the former
is
true, therefore
the
latter. To this I
anfwere,
that
they take
aduantage
vhon the
eduiuocation
ofthe
words, which they
tranflate,ele& and
good.
For the former word,howfoeuer
it
fignifieth
in fotne places
an
ele&
man,
yet it
is
commonlie
*
Deut.;
s.
z
5.
vied for
a
*young
or choife
man,
fo
called becaufe
he
is
apt
.,.San
6
t
and
fit
for
all
imploiments,
and
is
therefore
eleSed
and
cho-
z
Chro.z5.5. fen
from amongfl
others
for thefe purpofes.
So
the
other
*
G
n.64
and
word
fignifieth
not
onely
good,
but
alto
*
faire and
beauti-
24.16.
full,
and
fo
it
is
to
be
taken
in
this place,
as
the words fol-
E-xo+12
lowing
expound
it;
Anongil
the children
of
!f'raelzhere
s
t.Sam.
r
z.
none
fairer,
or oodlier
then
he,
from the
fhoulder.r
vpward
he was
higher
then
any
of
the
people.
So
that
the meaning
of
thefe
words is,that
Sass/
was
a
choife
young
man,and more beauti
a..
full
and
ofoodlierperfonaoc,then
any
of
the
people.
%.Sam.
text
4.
Yea
but
is
is
Paid,
i.Sati'Mnrthat
the Lord
had
chofen
Saul;
and
therefore
hee
was,elen.
I
anfwere,
that
there
is
twofold