toffaittrition don»atials:.: byhim ; but alío in him ele&ed from eternitie. I I. That which is fealed vnto vs by the fpiritof God, ofthat wee arevery fure without fpeciall reuelation but our adoption, and fo,confequently our ele&on, is fealedvnto vsby the fpirit ofGod. t .Corinth. 2.1 2.Wehaste not receimed thefpiritoftheWorld, bot theignrit which is ofGod: that overnight know the things thataregmen toys of God. Therefore is OUT cleaioncertainlyknowne vntovs.Ephe.r .13 T whom alAye haue trtiftedafter that ye heard the word oftriseth,euen the Golellof yourplisation,wherein alfbsofter :huyebeleetsedje werefealed with thehallo first ofprom[. Exception. The hohe G}loft cloth Peale 'vnto vs our adoptionmoragyby workes ,.and therefore theknowledge of our adoption is but -onelyprobable. oinfwer. It fealeth vntovs our adoption:by begettinga fpecialltru it and con- fidence.For when aswee heareGodspromifes,andwithal! thinke vpon them, then doth the hohe Ghoff by the fame promifès mooue our viideraandings andwils to embrace them,and inmoouing them, dothmake vs both to giue our affent vnto them, and in them to ma our felueS : whence arifeth a fpeciall affurancethat we are adopted , and inthe fauour ofGod. I II. Lukro.zo. Reioyce rather thatyournamesarewritten inheatien. But no man can be glad for that goodwhichhee is in doubt whetherheehaue receiued it,or nor. I V. 2.Pet, 1.1o.Studie to makeyour vocationand denion fisre,Ascssistym,,,e4:but this isnot in refpees- ofGod,but ourfelues. Obiea. Nomanmua by the Catholikefaithbeleeue any thingwhichGod bath notreueated either in thewritten , orvnwritten word,naincly tradition. But there is no fuch eitherwritingor tradition as this,namely,that loch a par- ticular man, fuppofe Peter, or Henrie, is predeflinatedofGod, Thereforeno man rinifl particularly beleeue that he is faued. .44fWer. Albeit this particu. lar propofition,[ameiel,cled, is not expreffelv fat do,nne in the Scriptureyet is it inclutioelycomprehended in them,as theSpecies is in 'n.s G'enus, as theLogi. tians fpeaire : fothat it mayby iiittconfequertbe na!Teseeed out ofGodswor ifwe reafon thus : They which trucly beleene, are cl'eci3.-.e.dloh.6.3 5.1truelyhe- leeue : therefore I ain :tirEt propofirion is taken from the Scrip. rores': the fecolici,frosn the belectiersconfcienee,andfrom themboth thecon- chtfion is eafilyderiucd. CHAP. 5 2. Concerning thedecreeofReprobation. Hus much (hail fìfEce forthe decree ofEleaion,now followeth r! hedecree ofReprobation. The decree of Reprobation, is that part ofpredellination, whercbyGod according to the moll free and Ku/ puroofe-of his will, huh determined to reiea certaine men vntoeternall N dea
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