off4trariobanddamnatim* 199 CHAP. 54 Concerning a new deuifeddoE/rine of Predefli, nation,taughtby fome newand late Diuines. ErtaincnewDiuines ofour age,haue oflate ereaedvp a. newdo&rine ofPrcdeffination,in which, fearing belike, leaf+ they fhould make God both rniuff , and vnmerci- full, they doe in the diftribution ofthecaufes offaluation and damnation, turne them vpfide downe; asmay ap- peare bytheir defcription in this table. But this their doarinebath forne foule crrours andde- fe6s,the which I,according as I (hall be able,will brieflytouch. The I.Error. Thereit acertainevniuerfallorgeneralelelfien, whereby god, without any eitherrelfraint, or exceptionofperfonr, bath decreed to redeemeby Chrift<,and to reconcilevetohimfelfe allmankinde hoy,fallenin .r4dam,yeaelteryfnga- terperfon,as well theReprobate,ae theElegy. TheConfutation. Thevery nameofEleaiondoth fullyconfute this : for none can be laid to beele ed, if fobe that God wouldhaue all menele&ed in Chriff. For he that eledfeth,ormakethchoice,cannot bee laid to take all: neither canhethat ac- ceptethof all,be laid to makechoice onely offorne. Obiec`l. Eleaionis nothing els but diledfion,or toile : bur thisweeknow, that God loueth all hiscreatures; therefore heeleaeth all hiscreatures. Anfwer. I. I denie that toelca is to loue, but toordaine and appoint to loue.Rom.9. i 7. I I. God doth loue all his creatures, yet not all equally, but eueryone in theirplace. leurtiaerrnore,this poftiondoth flatly repugne themoff plaineplacesofho- lieScripture. Tit a.z 4.Whol;acre himfefefor vs,that he mightredeemsvsfrom alliniquitie,andpurge vs to beapeculiarpeople unto hiraafelfe.loh.z o. ginsmy lifefor myJheepe. Exception. All men are the fheepe of Chriff. e4nfwer. John addeth, bindmyfheepe Beare myvoyce,andIkyow them,andtheyfollow aame,and Igisteveto themeternal lafe,neitherJhall they perifh. Eph.5.23.Chriti is theheadoftheChurch,and the fame isthe Sauiourofhisbodie.ver.a5.Chrif' 'mathsChtareh,anddaue bimfelfeforit.Redemptionand reinifsionoffins,is N4 the
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