ruf 1'"reati(e of Predeflination. 6o9 . the price is appointed and limited to the eJ led: alone by the Fathers decr<:e, and the notwharhewilldotovsorinvs. And God A who wrlleth not all rhrngs altke mall, doth wrll conuerfion in fome onely in refpc<t of approbacion,exhorrarioo, an~ meanes:ina– then he wi!Jcrh it alfo astouchmg rhe decree Sonnes inrerceffion and oblation. Secondly, Chrifl baretheir perfoo, and Hood in rhw roomc vpon rhc crulfe, for whome beets a Mediatour; andconfequently, whatfoeucr ChrilldidasaRcdeemer, the fame did all. rhofe tn him, and with him which are redee– med; Chrill dying,nling againe, a(ccnding, ofworkingir. Here is nodi(agreecnent in the wrls,but fundry degrees of wrlling in regard ofvs, ac:ordmg to which God ts faid both ro will and to nill. M,.;,,; Secondly I an£\ver, that the reuealed will is neu~rcontrary to thewill ofhiS go"d plea– fure,orto thedecree of God,(wtth thewhich it dorh alwaies agree,buth for the beginning, as alfo in the end and fcope)butthar itis nor– lvithllandingoften diuers,and that in !hew it r~emerh fometimel!i contrarie,ifweeconfider the liU.nner wherein it is propounded. God Ifa.;S. commaunded l{t1iah to declare vnto Ez-~ch1~ Ion.I·+• ah his deoth; and hee did alfo denounce de– !lruclton vnto the Nruiuites within forrie daies ; •nd yet he had decreed to purnei.ther of rhem both in execurion.The humane will Mat,t6,39. ofChrifl drd with an holy ddfonrion mfome forr wd deliuerance from theagonyofdeorh, whichnorwithflanding rhediumcwillednor. G<n,ra. Abraham prayed wtthout doubt by diuinc in(piration, and thereforewith faith,dut the Sodomites might be fparcd 1 and yet he kn~w that mGodsdecree they ,..,e appointed to dellmClton.Netther muflthlS feeme flrangc; for o~c good thing as it is and remaineth good, may be drlferent from anotherthing that is good. Thirdly, thou bidfl thy debter pay his dcbt,though inrhemeane rune thou dodl not make himable:why may nor God therefore for iufl caufe• cornmaund that, whrch he himfclfe will not doe? "'~"' The cxhtbiting of the Mediatourisrhar, whereby the Sonne of God beingborne man in rhdulnellc of tllne, doth pay the prtceof redemption to God for the finnes of men. The verrue and efficacy of this price beeing paid,in refpeCl: ofmerit and operation is infi– nite1but yet it mufl be dr!linguifhed, for it is etthcr potentiall or aCluall. The potenriall efficacic is, whereby the price is in 11 f<lfefut: fidenttoredecmecucryone without excep~ tion from his fins 1 albeitthere werea thou– fand worlds ofrnen. Buttfwee confiderrhat aCluall efficacie, the price is payd in the counfell of God, and asrouching thecucnt, onely for thofe whtch are eleCl:ed and prede– flinated,For the Sonne doth nor facrifice for thofc,(or whom he doth nor pray:becaufcto make inrerceffion and ro facrifice are con– ioyned; but heo pray:th onely forthe eleCl and for belocucrs, i•h. 1 7·9·•nd by prayiog heotfewh himfelfeto his Father, verf. 19. Foo (as l/l]ricus hath well ob(erued) this 1vholeprayer in the 17. chapter is indeed (as he fpeaketh) an oblatorie& expiatorie prayer, or ( aothc Papills call tltat blafphemous forme)a Canon or rule offacriSce,by which Chrin luth olfered himfelfea facrifice to the Fatoer for the linne• ofthe world.Therefore "' & fitrtng at the right hood ofthe Farher,thcy Eph.t.6, alfo die with bimJrifeagaine, afcend, :md lit Colof. 3· 1. at the right hand of God. Now that all thcfe things can be truly [aid ofthe electonly ,and offuchasbeleeue, Iproouettthus. To fay rhat anyoneofthew1cked, which arcropeB nth for euer, israi{edvp in Chrifl nling a– gaioe,is Haragainfl thetruth;becawk t~c rai– ling vpofChr.CI is (that! may fo fpeake) his aCluoll abfolutton from thetr fins for whome he died;for euen asthe Father by delruermg Chri!l todearh,did mverydecdecondemne thear linnes imputed vnco Chri£l:.for whome hedicd 1 fo by raifing himvp from dearh,euen ip(of•llo heedrd abfolue Chrrfl t;om their ,._ uns, and did withallabfolue them in Clitillj .: bur becingabfolued from their finnes, they n ••n not perillJ,bUt be faued. Thcrdore that wicked man whrch perifheth for his fin, con– not be fa id to haucrifen againe with ChriU; and therefore Chrifl did not beare hispcrfon C vpon the crolfe.Thirdly,rhc cxpiatof!e facrr– fice fanClrfierh rhofe, for~>home it i,. facri– fico,as the holy Ghofl flainly and abfoluccly auoucherh, H,b,9.13 14. 1be{acrifice and lantlificatton apperrame to the fame per; fons: ond Chrrfl is their perfect Sauiour, whom he raucth, notonefyby menring their faluarron, but altoby working it ctfcClually. Bur Chrlfl doth f•nClrfie onely theelect and fuch as bele<ue, therefore bee wasafacnfice oncly for them. And rhis was the iuUgemcm o~rhe ~unc1cnt C~urch in tbis P?int. Aug11· In ~oh :m. fime faith, Ht wh:c·hfP~trdnqt h1s qrJ·ne Sonne, tract• .u. burgi4Ht hi11Jfur vsali, how hath he not ai(omlh himgiuenvsallgcod rl!ingsCburforwhatvs?forvs Tratl:.2.. wh1ch ~reforek._nlwne,prrdeflin,,ttd~udlified, and D glorift,d. Agome, Th•(' R hom' h' pl-.f.d to mak!hisbrrthren,h~ bath rclea(edandmadefd- ~c: retb /l)wheiru. tyrillfairh, Jjgodwhoismoflw~r. R,{c~cl th],WM inthejltP,,he 'U'a.J ~frtght /ujficirnt to relnci~~.J ll. deeme tht'IPhole wo~td. Agame,TheLwd l~fiu cap,14, {epRrtfting his orP»efrom thofe whichwerenot /;is, faith,!pray ondJfor thof-l;'hich ".!•pc "')word, AndcArriem1)Ok!.For hedotb mak,e them alone, andth•t iuf/1], part•k.fr"f'h' brncftt •fhirm,. diation, 'IPho(e Med~~rtoJJr .tr.dhigh Pruft he iJ. Gregory fairh.Thc A•rhor of/rf,gnut him(rlfr . to~t4th for the 11[4 ofthe deEJ.Agame,The Lora' ~~~~~:~:~ •. _,,ffrednm~ thefoules ofhisFrH~tntJ, to rrit, with ;nPJ~. 3 ; . hispretioNs hlood, bec~tufe bee which 6t!etmth rightl] iu him, isredumtdfr8m the dunhral– dom.-fhirjinnu. Sedulius; AUthin .. 'i,J"'"dl'·lfn Eph.c. ,, red whteh Are mthe rtJrth, {uinrr th~tr tiJt'mrn them(eluu. who areprede{finar/d vnto tran:d l1(e. t.trerentwed from the con-uptlonof the o/rJ m11n.
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