18o Of the rvfnExpojition Church, Proouethereie<tionofthe Iewesfrom the fa- A 1 berdilkd; then withno iuflice can he punilh 11 ourof6odandthecoucnantofgrace, conti1 them that are neceff.1tily fubie<'l to his dederingrhatofmenwhereofoneis l?ued more cree : burGod will haue feme to be hardened ?fGod,the other Idle; bot~ 1_1layfltll rematne andreiected, and his will cannot beerefifled: tntheCouenant. ~aflly, lt ts alleadged that therefore(faith the aduerf.rie) with noi~IHce the former expofitton makes lf""'el andEfou eau hee pumO. man that IS necelfarily fubiect damned perfons. Anfw. We muflleaue vnro tohis decree. Here matke, that ifthere had God all fecret iudgement of particular perbeenean vniuerflll el.Cl:ion of all men and if fons,and yetneuertheles, 'P••I doth very fitly men had beetle elected or reieCl:ed ac~ording in their two perfons, both defcending of A as God did fotefee that they woold beleeue or brnham,and both circumcifed; fet forth ex1mnot bdeeue, the occafion of this obieCl:ion pies offuch, as for all thoir outward prerogahad beenecut off. But let vs cometoP••lsantiues, areindeed barred from the couenantof fwer. In the twentieth verfe heetakestheaf. life cucrlafiing before God. And againe the fumption for granred, that feme are reiected oppolition made by P ••I, requires rhat the becaufe God will:and that the will rhar is the contrary to that which i>fpoken of l.fo«and decree ofGod c~nnot be relifled :'and o~ely !ih;ld, l•cob,fhould be f.11d oflfmael and Efou. And B demes thecoherenceofrhepropofitiii chec- .ght there is nothing fpoken ot eitherot th:m in king ~he malepertpride ofthe aduerf;ry, and :;:::~. the fcnpmres,whtch argues the dtfpofi<ton of lhewtng that rbe makingGf this wicked •nd 1 io8ion,ir menordained to eternalllife. l[mfleltsnoted blafphemous collection againft the will of menwuo with the brand ofamocker,and e;;.u ofa proGod, isas ifa man fhould fue God at the Jaw <~;~ dod phaneman. . and_brinl;hima~itwcretothcbarre, &plead ~r~bc1r T<3 proceede m the text, becaufe the do agamfl: htm ashtsequall, whereas indeedethe fo,.r.,, Clrine of P.tul deliucred in the former vcrfes creawrc is nothingto the Creator, and isabfaitb Jnd might fceme firange vnto the Romanes,there• {olutely to fl!bmit it felfe ro his will in all vubd""· fore in the fourteenth verfe, hclaiesdowne an thtngs.Inverf.u. be proceedsto a fecond anobkl'hon,and anfwers the f•me: The obieCl:iiive,!hewingthat Gods Wtll is notto bee ~la. on IS thiS: If God putdtflmcbon betweene med, becaufc by h!S •bfolmefo~~tra'f,ntie& the man & man, withourre~ocahad to their perright ofcreation, hee hath power tochoofe fons,vpon his owne will and pleafure, then is men,.or toreieCl: or harden them. And where hevniufl: but he is notvniutt, therefore he thereisrightaedpowertodoathing,the will makes no fuchdiflinction. The anfwer is,God o£rhe doer is nGt to bee blamed. Now that forbid. Whereby hee denies the co:i(equence C Godbathhisrighr & powerouer hiscreature ofthe propofition, onthis manner: Though iris prooucd by a comparifon from the ltlfe God lhoulddectfomcrofaluation, a"d rei, et "tot e greater, on this manner. The poncr fome others, and th:tt vponhiswill, yet were hat!tpower ouer theclay tomake ofthe fame therenoiniuflicewithGOD. Thereafonof lumpe, one vefl<lltohonour; andanorberto this anfwer foilowes in the 1 8.verf.God bath difhooour : therefore may God much mor< •bfol11tc po1verorfrm!.mtofwiH, wherby withm•".!fome vefle/s ofmercie, andfo"" 'VejJils of out bdng bound to any creature, he m•y and 11'roth prepared to deftrHilion. 1he firfl part of can fir(tofall hauemcrcyon whom hewill,& theromparifon is verfe ll· the fc:cond parr, fccondly harden whom he will.Forthe proofe verfe 21,, 3• And lefl any man fhould thinke ofrhc tirfl, that G 0 D hath mercy<Jn1V1om that God makes vdfcls of honour and dilhohe will, helaicsdowne the tcflimonie ofMo. nouiwithout fufficient and iufl caufe in himfes,wrf.t 5.Jwill haucmercy onwhom1 f!villfhew fdfe, as the pottermay doe : therefore he fc:rs , I mercy, andltvill hauecompajfiononhim, on whom downecnds ofthe will ofGod: hemakesv<fT w>llhaHecompajfion.And inverf.x6.makes his felsofdilhonour tofhewhit wrath, and rom.fk! i coli Cl:ion t .ence,that it, (namely,thepnrpofe manifejl hupower: and againe he condemnes ofGodaccording to eleCl:ion, verf. II.)unot D no man, tiU hehauefofferedhimwith longp•ti. in himthat wi!/eth, or in him th;~t rHnneth, but in tnce. And he makesveffels ofhonour Ul<~.thee GodthatJhcwerhmerci<. Whereby heteacheth, might tkrlare tht riches of hUglmyvpon them. th.ttiK t;·te electionofGod in ordergoes b•- Hence it is manifefl, firl1,th•rrne end of Pre· fore all things that may in rime befal man:and dcflination is theglory ofGod, which is to be •A" le thattheretore ntither the intentions and enmade manifefl,partly inhis iuflice, aud partly P.zd•ft· deauours ofthe minde,nor the workesof our in his mercy: fecondly, thar mfnar~norcle- ""~ ~d life'. whichare the <ffeCl:sofeleCl:ion, can be Cl:edor !efufedof God, for thetr forefeene ;;.• 7~~· the 1n1pulftuccaufc:s to mooue God ro choofe corruptions or vertues: tor then.'P11Hl w~:ndd t:.nchic. vs tO faluation. The fecond,that Go1 hardens nothaue faid, thatGod made vefiel• ot dtfho- 98,99 .d whom he will, isconfirmed and madeplaine nour, but chat being foalready, he leftthem in s.. •um by the rdhmonie of Scripture concerning rheirdi010nour. . ~~Jr·o~· 'Pharaoh, vcrf 17. Thus from the 6.verfe ofdus chapter to the H•d,bi• ln rhe I 9· vcrfi.-there followes another ob24. 'Paul hath defcribed vntovs the doCl:rine quo Bed· ied:ion, arifingou~ of the anfiver to thtforof Gods.etc:rnall predeitination, and that by in ~0~ mcr,on this matme:: IfGodwill haue fomc ro the ~udgement?f(a)Diuine~in ~H~ges.. . . !s,&:~~~- b~ hardened and retetled, and his will cannot 1 heorder ol gods Predeftmatto?t h this. lttS the
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