An Expofition Preddl:ination hisfeed, as [peaking of o1c , whichu Chrijf: A alone, or mcrcie alone, but inflice and mercie that io, not the redeemer alone, but alfo the , both to{lither: and th<refore topurpofe the Cnurch redeemed. For Chrifl as he is man is declaration ofthem both '~'pc'' his creatures not the onely fcede of .Abraham, And this u~erwhom he is a foucraigne Lord, and that dofinition of the Church is almofl in fo many W!tho:It other refpech.vpon his very wilillld words fet downe in the Scriptures,in that ic is ple:tfure, is no point :>f iniufikc.The fi1prcame calledtheFami!JofGod, partly in heauen,and tndufthecounfcll ofGod, is themanifellati· partly in earth, namedofChrilt: and alfo it is on ofhiso~neglonc,partly in his mcrcie,and called thehetmenly lerJ~folem, themother ofvs plrtly tn ht.s mfhce. For 1!1 co·nmon equitie, aO.-and thecelejfia/llemfolem.-and th' congregathe ~nd whiCh he propounds vnto him(df: of tionofthefirj/borne. Now for thebettet vnderall his domg mnfl beanfwerable to his nature• ltanding ofthe nature, eltate,and parts ofthe w?ic~ is m1ieltie and glo6e, and (as I hau; Church, two points among the relt mu{l be faid) mlhce and mercy it felfe. confidered; the efficient caufe thereof, Gads And becaufe.P••!s difputation in the 9 .ro Predejfination; & theforme,themy/ficallvnion, the Romanes gtuts light and fitfficientconfir. In handling the dothine of Predeflinatwn, B m~tion to this which I now teach,! will fta•td my meaning is, onely to fl:an:d on fuch points ahttle to open and tefoiue the fame. From lhe !;c~t as arc rencalc:d in the word& neceffarie, ten~ I.-y~..rfeto the 6.he fetsdownc his griefecon. cling toedification.And fidl: I 'l'ill!hew what cemed for his brethren the Jewes and ··hereist..e truth , and fecondly the contrarie falfw1thall, that ir might not be tho~ghtthat he hood In the truth I confider foure thing" I. lpakeofmalic~,hecloth on<ly in ck,fe and obwhat Predc:fi:inationis:II.whatisthcordetof fcu~e manner mfinuJte the ReieC!ion of that it.' II I. whatbee:he pa~ts ofit. IV. whatis nauon. Thisdone, in the6. verfe heanfwers a the v!i:. · fecretobieCl:ion whichmight be made, on this Predeftin,lfion mav thus be defined : It u a manner: Ifthe H:wes be r<kcted thenth"•ord partofthecounjillofGod, whereby heehathbefore ofGaduofn'!"eejfeff:that is,then ~he couenant aft times purpofed in himfelfe to ]hew mercie on made with the loreiather$ is void: bnt the cofome men and tiJ paffe kY Qthers, fluwing h& suflice uenam: can not be voide; therefore the Iewes onthemforrhe manifej/ationofthegloryofhul>r9n are notrciected. The alfumption he takes for name. Firlt,I fay,ids a putofhis counfell,begranted, and denies the con!i:quence of the caufe the counfdl or decree ofGod, vniuerpropolit1on. And the ground ofhis deniafl is fally extends it felfe to all things that are:and C becaufe there is adiltinCl:ion betweene ma~ Predellinationis Gods decree fo farre forth as & man,euen among the lewes,whereby fome it concernd thereafo~able creatures, efpeciare indeede in thecouenant, fome not. And ally men. Now in euery purpofe or decree of thi• diltinCl:ion is prooued by three exam· Ood,three things mufl: bee confidered;thebepies: the lirlt in this vcrfe, that ofthe children ginning,the mltter,the endc. Thebegmning is of lMJt the commonparent Of all the Iewes i:he will ofGod whereby hec willetn and apforr.e areJftatl,thatis, truly iathc:collenanta; pointerh theeltateofhis creatures: and iris lt«dt wa.s: and fomeare nor Ifra.cl. N0wit the moll obfolute, fuprcame, and foueraigne might be further obieCl:ed, that the I ewes are caufe ofall things that are,fo far forth as they not onely the polterity of lacob, but the feede hauc bedng ~ hauing nothing either aboue it of Abrahaminwhom all nations of the earth felfe or cmofit felfr, to be an impulfiue caufe are bl<tfed : and therelore not to be reieCl:ed. tomoouc: or incline h; andto fay otherwife,is AndtothisP aHl:~.nfwers,verfe 7.alltJdginga to make the will ofGod to be nowill.Indeed fecond <x<mple ot the dtftmchon betweene mens wils are mooued and difpofed by exter- !"•n and man out ofthe famtly of Abraham nall caufes out cJfth~:mfducs, borrowed ti-om mwhich fomc were indeed fonnes,fome wc:r; thetl1ings whereofdeliberation is made, be- 1' D not.Forrhe proofeofthis,firlt,he fets downe caufe they are to be ruled byequitie and reathe words ofthe text inMofes,in lfoacjh..Hrhy fon: and-a mans bare will without reafon is I ecd becalled: and fecondly, makes an txpoftnothing. Now Gods will is not ruled by anotton of them with a colleflion on this maner: th.r ruk of rcafon or iull_ice, but it fdte isan j All they which are the fonnes oftheptomife, abfolute rule both of mluce and reaten. A are the fted of Abraham , or the fonnes of thing is not firltofall reafonableandiult, and God: but Jfoac isafonne of promife •nd not then •lterward willed by God : but it is firlt lfm••l, thtrefore Jfoac is the feede ofnbra. of all willed by God,•nd thereupon becomes hamand heireoftlteblelsing, and not Ifm4'1. r<afonablc and iufl. The nwter of his purThe propofition is in the eight vtrfe, the afpofe, is adecreed manifefranon oftwo ofd!c fumptionin theninth vcrfe, the ccnclufion in moll principal! attributes of the Godhead, the feaucnth verfe. Here marke, I•. how hee mrrcie and iuflice: and that with alimitation Oliotkcs adouble fccde, one accordmg ro the: or rcltraint ofmt:rcy to fomc ofthe cieatures, 1 fle01,rhcother fpirltuall:and two kind offons, and iu!l~ct:to10me others, b~cauft: it was his I o~e of the flefl1, the other thefou ofthe progood Will and plcali~re. And wee are r.ottoim1fo,or the for,neofGod: for heputs tho one ~r~;lgincrhatthisisapoimofcruclrieinGod; for the other. H. That the dillintbon be.- for his very eOtncc or nature is not iu!Hce . tweeneJ.foHcand Ifmael, wherebyone is in the --;- -~ - - - · - - ~ - --·- - ~~~nar.t!-
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