/724 OjqoC!sfreegrace, ! ~ccon~ly,in r.egardoftheir !?ood.nes. That all A' Furthermore, thewill ofGod is the begin– tnmgstn parncular haue thm bemg from the I ningofrhc goodncs of thir.gs. Fori' thing is Wlll ofGod,as fr<>~ the firll efficicor caufe, I ~or firll !lood,and then wi!led by God: but it fhewitthus. God IS ofth~t pow<r that no· ts~rflwdledbyGod,&rhusirbecomesgood: 1 thmgcan come to p~lfe ~~htchhee mlleth, or thts ts amamfell truth,! witnot fiad vp6ir.Jt (whtch IS vrrerly agamll hiS wtl:thcrfore,what may here be demanded,whence the eniiJ.in the :foeu~r co~es to palfe, comesto pa{le bccaufe creat~re,narnely fin,hathhh !><ginning. 1an· he Wils ttetther fimply,or in fomepart.A "':Ife fwer,tt comes ofthe wil ofthedecliningcrea· g<>uernoor ofa fatmly, or ofan army, haumg ture,and not from :he wil ofGod:.yet i• it not all things in hi> owne power, fuffers nothi~g without the will ofGod. For though hewili to be done Wlthouthls w1ll, and hedelires m not fin properly becaufe he hates it: yetdoth thevery finalltllmattersto haue a llroke; and be will the being of itinthc world. For in renothing hinders his .defire,buthit own. weak· fpe<'tofthe counfel ofGod,ir isgoodtbareuil nelfe, W~Ich IS not mc1denr to diemate~y of fhouldbe.~n~God wils the being offin •not •No• 1 God. God by_an vnchangeable prefetence, be~aufc 1~ IShtswll to effect,produce,or giue a pofiriue. 1 fore-fees all thmgs tluit O>all c0n1e to palfe: B bemg to tt, but becaufe bhis will isto forfake 6Nega. and therefore by an vnchangeable will,he wil· his creature,& not to binder the being ofeuill "'::!defc. 1 1eth the being ofth~m ..For Gods foreknowwhe he n,ay:& <thus euiH nothindered comes :•r,;illa· ledgedepends onhts.w11l. Not becaufe God to palfe.Ahd whereas God forcfaw it inhise. lioncm. /ore- f~es things to tome, therefore ~ey come ternall counfel, a!1d yet willed not tohinderit Huf.o, I to pafle 1 but becaufe accordmg to u0ds ~vill, whw he m1ght, m effecthe willed the beeing ~~;:, they arc to come topafle, therefore he fore· oftt 10 the world;thongh fimply he wils itnot ~ulccfic fees the.Iildecd there is in God,a knowledge Thelafl poiotis,tharthis will ofGodsgood vult. of things that pofsibly may bee, though they pleafure being hidden from vs, is not the rule neuerbc : and this knowledge goes before ofour actions&of our faith. Mafts faith se. i Godsdccrcc. Yet tlie diuine knowledge of cm thingsbeliigt"othe Lord osrGod,&thingsre. Ocut. 19. I thmgs thatcertenly fhall bc,followesthe will Mealtd,to vs & t•••rchsldrm.Hence itfollows, '9· and determination ofGod. To proceedefur· that wedoe &may (withafubmifsiop)in our ther: In that God willeth rhe beeing of all wils dilfent from this will ofGod,beforeit is thi,gs,he makesthem to be:for his wil is opeknown to vs,without fin. Pa•lwould,by verratiuc,nor fcucred from his power,but. di!lin· C rue ofhis Apo!lolicall commifsion haue prea· guifhed:& his willing ofany thing is hisdoing ched in Alia and Bythinia, & God woold not, ofit:& therefore it pleafeth the h<>ly Gho!l to becaufe it is faid,the fpirit wirh!loodhim: yet fignifytho wil ofGod by an operatiue word of did not 'P~~MIIin herein. One good rhing may I c&manderner:lnthebeginning Godfoid,letthere differ from another and that which the crea• btthis&>hat,anditwa~fo:nowrhiscomman. ture fometimewilles without offence, God Mat.< 4 • ding word was his will. Again,Man)iues hy ewilleth otberwife by his moll righteous plea· "''.Y"'"dofGod,tbat is,by any thing that God fure.SAmuelpraies forSAul,otherwiferhenthe in his pleaft~tcwils to be our food. Things in fecrer pleafure ofGod was; butwhtnthede- ::.~· I rtfpen <>f being mufl h>oe depend a eo on the cree of God was reucalcd to him , bee then will ofGod, or on themfclues,or on Come o. !lay<d his praying. Here fundry men are robe ,thcrthing. Iftbey depend on themfelues for reprooued thatreafonrhus; lfitbethewillof their being,they are gods : if they depend on God that I fhall b< faued,itfhall fo b<,howfoany other thing without and bcftde God, that eoer I liue: therefore I willliuc as I !ill: they thing is gods alfo.I t remaincs rher.fore that all make thefecret will of Ood the rule of their things &acts in the world confidertd as alls, liueswhich ihould notbe: becaufethereilea· h.meth<·ir beeing by adependance on God as re~ willafGod is the Law, orrhconly rule of on the highell caufc, orrhe caufe of CJufes: D thtngs to be done and bcleeued. · :this doctrine m•;fl be remerrobred. For it is the Thus we fee what the wJIIof 6ods pleaforo I , foundation oftrue patience : when wte confi· is.Now this will isnot mrantin this text, how der, whatfoeuercomesto palfe bcfals vs ac· of~ I>DHid[IFotthe pleali~ro ofGodcannorbe cordingto the wi!l ofGod. Vpon this ground wuhflood or refifled, /fo.46, 10. My colmjiO Iobr.,. IJ,b armes himfelfe to patience; and D4Hid jl>4/lftand,RNd !w•lld,.allmyplea[Hre: Butthe • t f:.irh, I heldmy tongue andfoid nothing.: b:casft wJI here menuoned,maybe rofi!led,and w!th• I Pfal 3 9, 9 \tf,ou Lorddi<!flit.Secondly,thJS doLlnne 1s the !lood,fWOIIid,yewosldn•t. . ! 1meanes ofa!! true comforr, whenwe confider The figmfymg wdof~od lS,\~hen bereveal !·that all oer afflictions arc from the good plea- ·leth fome part and portton ofhJS plea_fore, fo I ft~re ofGod. Thus dicl the ptimitiue Church far forth as It ferues f~r the ~o? of h1s creacomfortit felfe, when itconfidcr_ed, that the tu re,~ the~a~tfefi~u?nof~ts tu{bceor~er .. ,Iewes, Herod, PontiUI'Pilare, and the rcfl,did cy:thJS figmfymg wtll l~notmdeed the will of All .:s.: nothing againfl Chrifl, b11t that which the COil~·. , \ ~od P!operly,~s rhewdt~f Ius good pleafure "4 fill ofGodhad determinedbefore to be done:and It ts,for Jt ts the dfu~hherof, yet may It tr~ly be \ mufl: be our comfort that we arepredeftinAtetQ totearmed. For as the dle~sofangcrwtt:hout ~;m.s. !bcmadeconformablet;theimageofC.hrifti•a!Jiiithepafsioar.e.called an!ler m God:fothedlig.ne Pll .,I • to ' n · · & fignificauo ofhts wtl,may be tearme wJII. I .,. 1""10/JS. -.--· This
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