174 T Jeor ero' t` ecusifs III. Man is neitherbynecefiïtienorchance facedor condemned, butvo. luntarily. I V. Godbathpredeflinated force, otherhath be reic0cd. V.. TholewhoreGod bathpredeflinatedbyhisabfolute predeflination, whichcannot be loll, they (hall infallibly the in grace : but theywhich are predeflinate, by thatpredetiination whichbeing according toprefent iuflice, maybe loft by -force mortall (inne which followeth, arenot infallibly faued, butoftentimes fucharecondemned, and lofe their crowne andglorie.Hence arifeth thatpofition oftheirs, that he which is iuftífedmay be a reprobate and perifh eternally. Torrenfis Aug. Confeft a.booke. 4chap. ao. Sew}.Therefore predeflination is not certaine,feeing it maybeloll. V I. God alonedoth knowthecertaine and let number ofthein whichare predeflinate. VII. There is one let numberofthemwhich are prede(linate, orreproo- sled, and that canneitherbeencreafed nordiniiniffhed. Theexecution ofpredeflination, is eitherin infants,ortholeofyeersofdif cretion. Concerning infants, themeriteofChrifl isapplied vnto them, by baptifine rightlyadm_inifired: fo that whatfoenerin originali corruptionmay trulyand properly be 'accounted for (ii,nc,it isnot only,as I mayfay, not pared away, or not imputed, but vttcrly taken away. For there is nothing that God canhate in inch asare renued. Concil. Trill: S, fe61.5.Can. Neuertheleffe they are vrged to confeffe, that there remaineth yet in fuchas are baptized concupifcence, or the reliques of tinne. The which Teeing it is left inmenfor them tovaraf le withal!, it bath not powerto hurt filch as yecld not vnto it. Theexecutionofprcdeflinatión in fuchas areof riper yeeres, hath fixede- rees. The firft isvocation, wherebymen, not for theirowne merits,but byGods preuentinggrace through Chr,tt,arc called to turnevntoGod. Thefecond is, apreparation torighteoufnes, wherebymen, through the in- herent poweroffree-will,.doe apply themlelues to iufiification, acier that the .fame 'power is flirtedvp by the holyGhott. Forfree-will is onely fornewhat ciiniìnif}:cd, and trot extinguifhed : and therefore fo Toone as theholy Ghofl: .xoucheth.and enlighteneth theheart, itworkethtogitherwith the fame fpirir, freely a(renting -vnto the fame.This preparation bath feucndegrees. Biel. 4. booke.a4..diíl-. _. uefl. The firfl isfaich,which is a knowledge and an afi-ent, whereby men agree that thole thingsare true whichare deliuetedconcerningrìod,and his nill,re- uealed inthe wordof 'God. This is the foundationofiuftification, andprep areth theheart: becaufe it flirreth vp free-will thatit mayaffe& the heart with thofemotionsby which it is prepared to iuflification. I. The
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