oJ Saluation andVamnation. 15 Oration ofcheSounc.B•ft!in hispref.ce be- AI ~·th~ '"'J t•m•~ •f the fame INmpeoi" vt/ftU fore l•li"J Gofpell. · ti Jijhonour,a~r,dt:~r.orher to hgno~~r. . The property of the Sonne, is tobee beTherefore the Locd,accordiog to hisgood gotteu. pleafure, harh moft ce.rtainely decreed cucry His propermannerofII'Orking, isto exething and atlion,~hetberpaft, pr&or, or eo cure atlions from rhe Father, by the holy come, togerherwith their circumftancC:s of -Ghoft.t.Cor.8.6. Our LmJ/ef'"Chrip, b7 place,time,meanes,andend. . _. . . whom ltTUO tbingt, ondwe by him. l<>h•.f. •9· Yea,he barb moft iuftly decreed the wicked WhlllfotNerthin,gt htdoth,rhefomrd.th the S•• works ofrhe wicked. For ifhe had nilled the, •lfo· they lhould neuer haue been at all~ Aod albeit The holy Ghoft, isrhe thirdperfon, prothey oftheir owne nature; ~re andremaine ceedingfrom the Father and the Sonne. Ioh. witked;yetin re(petlofGodsdecree,t.hey <re 15o16.B111when th• Comforterfoal co"'.e,whlw fome waies good: forthere is not anything J-,iOfind vne.y••fr;,mthe Fa~her,t•eotheffiabfolutclycui!l.t. Pet-3-17. Foritu be.mr (if · ritoftrntb,'fl?hiehprorttdttb•{the F•ther, in• thtwill•fGo./beJ• )thRIyefufferfor VPtUdoing, Jb•! ttf/ifi<~fme.Rom.8.9. Bstyeur<n<~tin B tbmforrui/Jd.mg. . ., . thtjlep,,bNt in thetpirit,foeing the jpirit of q1d Thcrhing which in it owne nature is cuill,in J"'eOttb inyos. 'BHI iftlnre be .. )Ihot h.rhn11 Gods ercrnallcounfell is refpetliuely good,in thef!irit ofChrif/"'it,., hu. Ioh.t6. x3, •+· chat it is fo11c occafion l5l way ro manifeft the Bot whe"tbt Spirit oftrHih fh•O tome: htt Jb•ll glory ofGod inh is iufticc,and hismercy: <ond.Cf 1'" intoaUtruth : for ht Jb•O notft<•lc! Gods foreknowledge, isconioyncd with ofbi..filft, h•t whAtfie•er he htortth, /ne Jb•ll hisdecree,and indeed is in nature before it: fp••ll.!., ••dJb.tl declue vntoyoMf•eh thiogt M yet not in r<gard of God, but vs: becaufe •rr toe01m. He Jb•l1glorifo ,.e,jlt' t.eJb•ll rt• knowledge goethbefore the will and thectfe. «i•eofmillt,..djbew it vlfi•J"'· tlingofa work. For wedonothing,buttho!< .And albcittpc Father, and the Sonoe are things that we hauebefore willed,neither dele twodillintlpctfons, yet are they both bat wewillanythingwhichwc koowootlxfore. one beginning oftheholy G~oft. GodsforelQJowledge in it (elle , is not a Wbat may be the clfeotiall diJference becaufe why things are, but as itiiconioyned twixrprocccding,and begetting, neither the withhis decree. For things doe not therefore Scripturesdetermine, nor the Church knowcometopalfe,becaufethat God did foteknow eth. C them : bur becaufe hee decrccdc and willed The incommunicable property ofthe hothcm,tbcreforethcy cometo pall'e. . ly Gbot\,istoproceede. ThecxecutionofGo~sdecreels that, by His proper manner ofworking is, tolinlfh which all things in their time arc accompliart a8:ion,eff:eiing it,asfrom the Father and thed which were forekr.owoe ordecreed ,and the Sonne. thateuenas they wereforekrown& decroed. ThefamedccreeofG0 D, isthefirlhnd principall working caufe ofall things, which alfo is in ordor,andtimebeforeall othercau– fes. For with Gods decree isalwaies bis will annexed, by the which he canwill thot which he bath decrced.An<l it were a tigne ofimpo- . tcncy,to decree any thing which he could not will. And with Gods will is conioyned •n ef. feduallpower, by which the Lord can bring to pal!'e,whatfocucrhe hath freoly decreed. CHAP. VI. O[q•ds Jror'<•·••d hu deem. THus far coocerning the firft part ofThc– ologie: the•fecond followcrh, of the workcsofGod. The wol:kc• of G<o>d, are all thofe, which hedoth oat ofhimfelfe,that is, out ofhis di– uirie clfence. Thefearccommon tothetrinitie, thepe. culiar manner ofworking ai"Faies refcrued to cuery pcrfoo. The end ofal thcfeJs the manifeftation of the gloryofGod.Rom.xt.36.F~rhimort •ll thinfpo him be,gt.ryfor' eHer. The worke,or ali%ion ofGod, iseyther his decreo,orthe executioa ofhisdecrec. Th:decreeofGod, isrhatbywhich God in himfclfc, bath necelt.rily , and yet freelv, fi:o:n al eternity determined al things. Eph.~. 11. !In ~h•m'.clfo we •Tt chofon, lVhtn \\le were predeflin~ttt, a''ar~mg tQ th~ purp~ft of bim, "'l;icli Worf(;th •Hthings •fttr th<eoHnfiRof his o\llntWiO.andv.4. As heh.,h ehofinvs i>ihim befortth' fo.t.d.,hnofehe world. Math.to. •9· Aren"tWofp•rrowes fold for • forthing, ••J not onto{themfaReth on thegr11md wj(hiUt jaur F.,htr! Ro.n.9·.tt.Fbthnotthep11ur power D The firft and principall e&ufe, howbeit in ic , felfe it be necdt.ry, yet itdoth not takoaway freedome ofwil in eletlion;or the uarore and property offecond caufes; but onely brings them iuro acertain ordcr;(hat is,it direBeth them to the determinate end, whereuponthe effects and cucntsofthings are contingent or ncccl!'&ric,asthe nature ofthe feoond caufeis. So Chrifl according to this Fathers decree di. ed nccell'arily,Aff.x 7·3.butyet willingly,Job. to.t8.Mat.>6. 53 ./lad ifwercfped thetcm. perature ofChrifts body,he might haue pi'Qo longed his life; aod therefore inthisrefpetl may be faid to haue dyed contit>gcntly. TheexecutionofGodsdecrec, bath rwo· branches; his operation, and his operatiue pormifsion. · _. Gods operacion,ishis effectual! producing of
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