of Saluation and 'Dam!Jation. 95, ------~--~~~~~~~·~~~ The manner ofperforming this feruice, is A 1 I. God bath predd\inated all men, that to woribip God by himfelfe Inlmcdtatdy. \ ls,hehathappointcdand difpofcdall mcnfo, In heauenthere fhall nmher bee temple, .~eas theymight obtaine <ternall f"luation. remonic. nor Sacrament, but all thefe.wants I 111 ·Man is neither by necthirie nor chdnce ibal God himfelfe fupply together w1th the faued or condemned,but voluntarily. Lambe that is Chri!\, Reuelat.2I.Zl· JfA\~ no I V. God harh pr<dc!\inated fume, otl.er Ttmple~herein,'for the Lord God Almightie, and I hath he reieCtcd. .. the L•mbe,are the'(unpleof"· . . V. Thofc whom God hath preclefiin.>t<d This feruice lball be daily, ·and without mby his abfolute prede!\ination, which cam10t termifsion.Reuei. 7 • 1 5. Th'J .re in theprejmce be lofr, fhall infallibly die in grace : but ~hey oft/Jt throne ofGod, andfiruehimday •nd mght which are predc!\inate,by that predc!\ination . iw hi< temple. which being according to prefent iullice, may .ACoroOarie,or thtlaft con<lofion. be loll: by fome mortall finne whichfollowe,, THus God, in fauingthc eled: dothcl.eo:earc not infallibly faued, but oftentimes fuch ly fet forth hisiu!\ice and mercy. H1s mare condemned, and lofe their crownc & glo1\ice, in that heepunifhed the finnes ?f tqe Ery. Hencearifeth that pofirion ofth<irs, that led:,inhisSonnesowne pcrfon: H" mercy, B he which is iu!\ified may be a reprobate, and in that he pardoned their finne,for the ments perifh eternally. Torrenfis. Aug. Confeff 2. ofhis Sonne. Ephcf. 1 .18. Thatthe:;es.J J"" booke,4.chap. zo.Sed:.Therefore prede1tinavnderft~~nding may be llghuntd, tb4tyem~1 ~now tion is not certaine,feeing it may be loft. wh.rth• hop• uofhi& caning, .nd .,hat the riches V I. God alone doth know thecertaine aAd ofhilglorio111;nheriumc~ Um his ~ainti.I9· And fct numberoftht:m which are predefiinate. whtUU theexceedin,ggreatnesofhu power towards V I I. There is one fet number of them v1, which /J~leet~e, according to the w11rkjngof ~is which are predeft:inate, or reieCled) and rhat mightJ P"'"'· 00• Which he \l>rooght '" Chrijl. can neither be incr<afed nordiminifhed. cap. 3 • 1 8.Thatyema7be able to comprehe•dwith The Execution of prede!\ination, is d:her .a Sainrs,what is the breadth, & leogth, &depth, inin£mts,or thofe ofxe~(esof difcrction. and height: 19. Andtok!JowtheloueofChrijl. Concerning Infants, thcmeritofChrift is All thefe,things the Lord himfelfe doth thus applied vnto them by baptiCme rightly admidecree, and in his good time will accomphlh nillred:fo that whatfoeuer in original corrupthem,rothe gloriouspraifeof his name. Pro. tionmartrulyand properly be accounted for x6+ The Lordh•th m•de.Othingsforhiso"'"' fione,isnot9ncly, as1may fay, not pared af•ke:)'a,eNen the wi<k!Jfor theJ•) ofe•iO. way,or nor imputed, but vtterly taken away. c For thereis nothing that God can hate in ft1ch as are renued.Concil.Trid.5.feet.5. Can. CHAP. LI. CONC8RNING THE ORD8R ofthe c••fts ofS~Jlullti~tn,~tccordiitg totbe dotlrineofthe CbNrch of Rome. Neuertheleffe we mu!\ confcffc, that there remaineth yet in fuch as are baptized, concu– pifcence,or the relikes offin. The which fee– lngitiskftinmento wra!\lewithall, ithath nopowerto hurt butY,ch asyeeld vnto it. The execution of Predethnation in fuch as THere are two things requifite to obtaine are ofriperyeares,h~th fixe degrees. faluation:Prede!\ination,and the ExecuThe fi~{\, is Vocation, whereLymen, not tion thereof. fortheirowne merits, but by Gods preuenPrede!\inatbn, is a fore-ordaining of the ring grace throqgh Chri!\, arecalled to turne reafonable creaturo to grace in this life, and themfelues vnto God. ~:lory in the life to come. Seba!\ian.Cattane. The fecond, is aProparation to righteoufus.Enchir.traet. ,,cap.laft. nes,wherby men, through the inherent pawThis, in regard ofthe fir{\ effeCts thereof, D er~ffree-will,do apply themfeluesto iu!\ifiwhich are voCation, clef\ion, and ordina.don catJOn,after that the fame power is il:irred vp to eternalllife, bath the caufe of it in God by the holy Gho!\. For Free-will is onely namely, his will: but in regard ofthe la!\ ef: fomewhat diminifhed,and not extmguifhod: feet, which is the execution ofluchan ordiand therefore fo foone as theholy Ghoil: tounaoce, and the o~taining of eternalllife, it cheth and enlightencththe heart, irworketh hath the caufe of1t1~ man; becauf<acco~ding together with the fame fpiri:, freely afieating te thecommon opmwn, Gods prede1\1nativnto the fame. This Preparation hath feauen . on is byreafon of workesfore-feenein men degrees,Bid 4.booke 1 J.di1\.2.queff. · thatis, God doth therefore predellinate o~ The firfi is fai1h, which is aknowledge and reieet fome man, becaufe hee fordecth that an affcnt.wherby men agree that thofe things he willwellor badly vfe his grace. Butforrhe are true which are deliuered concerning uod more euidcnt declaration ofthis,thefefeauen and ~is will,reuealed in the word ofGod. conclufions mu{\ 5e fetdowne. This is the foundation ofiullifu:ation,& preI.The Prede!\ination, and Reprobation of pareththe he'!)'t : becauli: it £\irs vp free-will, God,doe not con£\raincor enforce any necefthat 1: may afleet the heart with thofe moti· fitievpon the Will ofman. ~nsby _'Vhich itis preparedto m!\ification. . ~--------------------------------------I-1-====------1.-fho _____,
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