offaluatt®n anddamnation. 179 The Confutaios. This is manifefilyfalfe. For I. Infantes, who foTooneas they areborne de- part thislife, feting for wantoftime they cannot in this-life vfe the meanes of faluation , albeit theymay haue life eternall , yet obtaine they it not by vfing the meanes vnto the fame. II. That which theLord indeedactuallydoth,the very farm bathhedetermined to doe. For he lothnothing eithervnaduifed- lie, o.vnwillznglie : but he a&ually forfaketh a verie great part ofmankinde, the which being (hut vpvnder contumacie, hecloth leaue to it fehè. At% i q.. i 6. Whoin timespailftiff'eredall the gentiles to walke in their wise waies, Hence altois it, that Ephe.à. all the Gentilesare laid tobe .a..0, ,without Godne theworld ThereforeGoddecreed to forfake famemen in this life , and confe- quentlyheordained notall men to theobtaining ofeternall life. Nay, ifGod once but would in his fecret will, that all men Ihoulde be faued , it were vn- pofiiblefor any topcnifh becauféGods willing, is hisdoingofitt andifhe that-was ordained to faluationperifh, thenmuff God nowneedeshaue left off towill thatwhich hewouldfrom all eternitie,orelsbegin to will that, which beforehe would not,the whichcannot be laidofGod , without blafphemie. YII. Paulé 2.Thefl:2.1 o. faith,that there becertainemen, Mgt oa ,which pe- rifh,and them he difiingui teeth from the elevá. ver.13.Rom.9.21. 22. Hath not thepotter power,&e. Where there isnot oncliemention made ofveil-cis of glorie,andmere ie, butaltoofcertaine made , and fafhioned in Gods eternal! counfell,as velfclsofwrath,Now Icioke whomeGod bathmade towrath and defirucion,them he neuer difpofed to obtaineeternall The lyll.errant. Predefination in regardofrhelafleffc5ís thereof bath hiscaarfe ir. man,that is, inmans f ree-wtll,andworl¿e-s: for they rvhome God hadferefene , that they would receinegrace offered t in Chrifl, and leadtheir life according to thelaw,th' heepredeinated,not ofworkes,btat ofhis mercy;yetfo, as that bee hadrefeast untoworkr,erto deale with them accordiflg to their workes,: or (as othersfay)to ordaine them y their orjforefeene: Asfir: :example: God did fro alleter. sitieforefee andforekyow,that-Peter f'o::ldhef=.tsed,an 1,4das condemned,he. eaufebefromtherimeeternitie didbothforefeeand f areknow,that Peter would: accept ofthsgraceoferedontohim , and after vfethefamearight: and bee did altoforefeshaltt:dasAould receisrethegraceoffered,yet ?iotaiths`Fariding by realn ofhispera;erfe will,vje thefameperuerfy. The Confutation. This their forgeddeuife of forefeene workes , I. Paule doth fhevve to bee plainly counterfeit when ashe faith,that theEphefians were eleftedto Chrifl 2 be-
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