i i II. Thatbefides this conipaa whereby the debteris bound, there fhouldbe an Tome worthines in the'worke, or fomeproportion of theworke to the re- ward. The worthineífe or dignitieofthe wake, dependeth I. on Chrifl,becaufe Chrifl did not onelymerite thathisowne proper aftions fhould be meritori- ous,buttheactionsalfoofhismembers. 11.On theholy Gha(1. For theholy Ghoftdoethinfpire, excite, andmooue men todoe. 11 L On anHabitual' grace, which is a certaineparticipation ofthe diuine effcnce. Thus muchconcerning the degreesofexecuting Predef}ination.Now fol- loweth the applyingofPredeffinationparticularly to the perfons ofinen. Noman,fo long as hee liueth in thismortall life, ought fo much to prefume on the fecretmyßerie ofGods predeflination , as todetermine vndoubtedly thathe isin the number ofthem whomc Godkathordained toeternall happi- neffe. Forno man, without efpeciall reuelationcan know, whome God hash chofen tobe his heires. Sefl:o.c. t 2. The femmeofall thefe, is this. Godbya certainegrace giuenfreely, or ra- thera gracepreuenting, orcommingbefore, the which is rearmed anelpecïa11 aid,dothmooueaman, thathemaydifpofehimfelfevnto his iuflifying grace, namely,, thatheemaybeleeue,feare, repent, loue, and propound to himfelfe newnesoflife,&c. Furthermore, ifa (inner doe byhisfree-willyeeld his affent vnto this diuine motion, anddoth confeqúentlyandaccordingly rightly difpofehimfelfe,God doth incontinently forgiue him his finne, and withal] doethinfufeintohim iu llifyinggrace,by whichhemaydoegoodworkes, and fo by themmerite eter- nal! life. Bellarmin. Erroursof¡bePapt' fis intheireliflributing of thecaufesoffalaation. And thus is thedoarineoftheChurch ofRome ; Purely averyblafphemous dogrine,and nobetter tobe accountedofthanas a gallowesfet vp for the tor- ture and maffacreof-eats confciences . And thatthis maythemoremani- feflly'appearetobe fo,I will let downe themap rincipall pointsofpopifhdo- rine in thiscafe. TheI. error. Prede(f nation.iroieloftheVleil,theReprobatetheyarteelforekyowne. the Covfittatiou. The name ofPredeflityatión,'bya figurecalled Synecdoche , the whole for the part, is taken indeed fometimes in thegood part , and fpokenofthefled, andfaithful I called, asROM, 8, 30. Wboneebegredelitated,rbemAlfohecalled, and
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