of /a/nation gttdáatrt. atr'ert. I77 atndadfoneehe callcd,tbemalpheiufitfiedandwhom heiuffified , them erlfa hee glorified. Soare the Ephefìans fa id to bee prede/linate into the adoptionof the' tonnes ofGod.Eph. i ç Yet may this wordPredeftination, neuertheleffege- nerally be extended vnto the decreeofGod,whether it beethat ofpredeflinati- on to eternal! life,or the other vnto eternal! death. The reafons: I. A. 4.27. 28. 'Theygatheredthemfelues togetheragainflthine holiefónue Iefus: To doe whatfoeuer thine hand andthy counfell baddetermined(or foreordained,or pre. dellinated cloo;Nast) before to be done. II. Auguff. tie Bono perfcu. chap.r 7. He callethPredef1ination thedijbofition of future works; : and in his i ç. booke ofthe Citie o&God, chap. i . He deuidethallmakzind into twocities : wherofone ispredeflinate to raigne withGodetereally,the otherpredeflinate tovndergoc e- ternallpxni/hme it with the derail/. And inhis Manuel to Laurentius.chap. i oo.. he faith,That Godpath iu/llie predeflinatedwickedmen vntopuni/hment , and mercifullyprede/linated thegoodvntograce. Thomas ofAquine r. part.quefl. t 3. artic,4. Itmattereth nct in regardofthe name ofpredeflination, whether man befaid to bepredeffinate to life eternal ornot. Furthermore,for a man to fay that theReprobates are foreknowne , andnot predeCrinate, it isverie incurious: becaufe Gods foreknowledge, may in no- thingwhich isto be, be feuered fromhis will and eternal' decree. For that, which being hereafter to be, is foreknowneofGod , that affuredly will come topaffe,and fhalibc,and that eitilerby thewill ofGod, or without his will : If withhis will,thennodoubt hebothdecreed andpreordained the fame:Ifwith- outoragain(' his will,how is God then laid tobe omnipotent? And furelye- nit it felfe,aibeit God will it not inhisapproouing or allowing will; yet wil- lethhe the free, anelwillingpermiflion thereof. Auguff. in his Manuel orEn- cheiridion to I.aurcnrins, chap. bath an excellent laying to this purpofe. Al- though (faith he) that thole thintres which arecullin that theyare ewll cannot begoodyet that therearenot onlygood,bot 4lfa euïlthings,it is very good : to the intent that after z marnellousandvnfl e4eablen;.nner, that thing may not bee befides, or without hiswill,which alfo isdone .gainflhis wig, becatfe it fhoild not bee done, vnlefe -heefufered it , neither lothheefu Fer it aggainji his will, but willinglie. The H. erronr. 7hat Predeflination is mutable. For,(accordrng to thecommon opinion ofthe Papt/les)whofoeuer i;predeflinate, hee is conti:gentlre predefinated , ats 4v/1v; Godspart:ason mans,whence ! followeth,that he which is predejlinated, that is, appointed tofaluation,maybe còndemrned,andhe which isforeknowne,that is,ap pointed to damnation may be faced. The Confutation, The contrarie to this their dòtrine is möti true. Namely, that the decree of V.M11.1511
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