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Of
the ule and
fence
of,,vWCkw, z
pvarKO,
S'Cifio&C.
C
A
P.
11
15a
tioned;This Mr
Goodwin
paffeth
over,as
not to
be
wrefted
into
any tolerable
57
conformity with
that
fence(if
there be
any fence in
the
whole
of
what he
infif
}s-
upon for
the
fence
of
this place
)
which
he intends
to
rack
and
preffe
the
words unto.
To
faveHumbling
at
the
Threfhofd,
(
which
is
malum omen)
he
leaps
at
once
over
the
confideration
of
this Purpofe and Defigne
of
God,
as
aiming at
a
certain end, without the
leaft
touch upon it.
Farther that
God
will
bring
it to
paffe,
that
all things
fliall
work,
together
for
Good to
them
that
love
him,
is
not
intended
by
Mr
Goodwin, as
though it fhould infallibly
be
fo
indeed,
but
only
that
God
will fo
way
=lay
them,with
fome Advantages,
that
it
may
be
fo,
as
well
as
otherwife.
What
Confolation
Believers may
receive
from
this
wholeDifcourfe
of
the
Apofile,
intended properly
to
adminifter
it
unto
them,
as
it
lies
under the
Gloffe
enfuing,
(hall
be dïfcovered
in
our fol-
lowing Confideration
ofit:
Thus then
he makes
it
out.
Whom he
fore
-
Knower,
that
is Preapprooves
(the
word
Knowledge
in scripture
4,
15:
frequently importing Approbation)
as he
mmfl needs
doe
thofe
that
Love
him,
them
he Prede
inates.
I.
(Firfi) that
to
Know
is
fometimes
taken
in
Scripture for
to
Approove,
Anf;
may
be granted:
But
that the
word here
ufed
mutt therefore
fignifìe
to
Preap-
proove,isan
affertion,which I
dare not pretend to
fo
much
foreknowledge
as
to
think
that
any onebefides himfelfe
will approove. Mr
Goodwìn(I
doubt
not)
knowes full well
that
Prepofitians
in
Greeke
Contpofitions
doe often reftraine
fimple
verbs
formerlyat
liberty for
other
ufes,
to
one
precife
fignification.
The
word
Nvetaam
in
its
confiant
fence in
other
Authors
is pr.efcio
or
prede-
aerno;
yinklea
it
felfe
for
to
determine
or
decree: fo
is fcifco
among the Latins,
the
ancient word,
to
know. So
he
in Plautus, Rogitationes plurimas propter vos
Plaur. iu Cura
popular
fcivit,
qua:
vos
rogatas
rumpitis. And
no thing
more
frequent
in
Cicero
cur.
ßuæ
fcifceret
plebs,
aut quo
populus
juberet
&c. and
againe Quad
multa
perm-
cic.proF[acro:
&2
de
Legib.
ciase,
multa
pefliferé
fcifcuntur inpapali::
and, Planos
prime
legem
fcivit
de
Pro plaucio.
Publicans: In like manner
is
yrvdcká
frequently ufed
tt
yvavav
rsa7o
d
vrnrcáv
they
Ptutarchac i
e
determined
not to
doe
that thing:
''Ad'uta.
leyvrurx
oki
its
ó
zeds,
(ayes
he
in La,
ALuaánd
clan.
He hath
determined
unrighteous things againft me. Hence
ÿawia is
of
Promuh.
ten
taken for
a
Decree
,
or
an eftablifhed
purpofe
as
Budæus
manifefteth
out
of
Plutarch: In
Scripture,
the word
is
fundry
times ufed
and
fiill in
the
fences
before mentioned: fometimesfor.
a fimplefore -
knowledge;
fo
Paul
ufes
it,
of
the
Jewes, who knew him
before
his
Converfion:
ÁÊí.26.5.
z
gojrvá,áxovtss
áva9av,
it relates not
to
what they
fore
-knew,
but
what they
knew before,
or
in
former da
esr
And
as
the
fimple
verbe (as
was
(hewed)
is
often taken, for
Decerno,tuo,
to
decree, order, or determine,
fo
with
this compofition
it
feemes
moft
to
be reftrained
to that
fence.
i
Pet.
t
.
2o.
It
is
Paid
of
Chrift
that
he
was
apouyviuoldpos
mpó
ka,
a
aA
s
ci
oo,
he was
foreknown,
or
fore
ordained
before
the
foundation
of
the
worlds
which
is
oppofed
to that
which
followes
tpavoproOEis
6
th
av
'tar
xp
&v4 v
óÌ
dA,
mani
fes`7ed
in
the lafi times
for
you,
and
relates
to
theDecree
or
fore
purpofe
of
God,concerning the giving
of
hisSonne.
Hence
r*pbyvu,ovs
is
joyned with
deteedps
ßxÁ,
Gods
Determinate
Counfell,
as
a
word
of
the
fame
importance.Alls
2.23.
co
v
oèiricvxßo,
örejyvdoH
&c:
If
them be
any difference,the
firfi
defigning
the
Wifdome,
the latter the
Will
òf
Godin this
bu(mneffe:
In
the
t
t:
Rom. 2.
it hath
againe
the
faine
fignification,
God bath
not
caft
of
aav
oaav
cur
tv
eveAyvm
or the
Remnant
which
among
the
obftinate and unbelieving Jewes , were under
his
everlafting purpofe
of
Grace: In which place caufelefly,
and
without
any
attempt
of
proofe
the
Remonftrants
twr
ft
the
word
to
fignify
Preapprobation:
Def.Sent.Art.
i.
The
whole
conteft and defigne
of
the
Apofile,
the
termes ofRemnant and Eletlion;
whereby the
fame
thing
is
afterward
expreffed,
undeniably forcing
the
pro-
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