\ 612 1.!.4 Treatife of Predejlination . doenot (a)' ,but after a.prclcr1pt and cerrame A tht]'»ight ,.;.,, Godsfuourorojftndhim, 4 ndif '?:uml!r.For(to omit theAngels)1fyoucon· th~rr tlcilioRAndrtie[Jio•d~th not fhcwthcrrje~ hdcrthcd«'l by themfclucs, theyare many, ""•lldefem, butthewill oftheElector and M atth. 8.! r. i f•J,v»topu,thAI m",."l fh• llmn< Reiector,r>h•r fhallt"'f•J 1Afterwards: If'" I {rnm the Ea{I, Ana Wc{f, and foallttt downt WJtb graemt tbJJ,thilt God Jotb whntfoeucrhe wtli,and I A6raham, ljal!c, smd it4cob m the k.mgdomt of thRt he tit her chufttb orcondcmneth Rman 'flltthbeatw~.Rc:~cl.7.9 I bch.cld,andlocagreat mu!- ."utdif.ert Andworft.!s: it id not therefore in him I ttt~de, wh,chnomKncoHidnumbcr,of Rllnauons, -I hat Wll/cth,norbim tb4tr~mntth,bnt inGodtbal k,pJdredr,people& t~nguulliJod luf~re the:hro,~e, foewetb mercie. Againe: ThertffJre itU; 11 vaine 4uabe{1n·~ the Lamb~, . c/oathed wrth i~ng w_h1te t:Uked,-{eeing th.ct it u in hirp~wtr ;~ndwillti• rob:s ,«rJapalmesmtheir hands. Yea rhere ts as th~r ro chufe ortorifufc .c man witbout goodand Ded,.l!9:. 1t w_erca worldofclctl.A~guClme:Thaharch emltwor~s.Anfclmus: it Unot oursto~now wh7 Comolcnt, chr.J.-;.c. wh,chu umhiJut[pot.and wrmtle,s..ndgathere~ toGoddtmcthgrace to them whichWQu/dgiadl] r:- in M~1lt,c, 3'1• ge!heroucof aD nations, and w~tch foal/ retg~e C(ltle andconfcnt to grace.But thi.Ithingonti.J wtth Chnff for eucr, mmjhce~the landof the w~darcajfirme,Th.. t God dt#leth iufliy,ifht d(;t blcf{ed,a:td thti~tndofthcliuir.g, Againe, The B rruClojfcndcrs, But God one/} k._nown the rtal"r:£:.in reconciledworld f~Jal/bee debuered out of the {on wh1 hecdoth e/e[f one that would , 18t c 9 n- 'o1n 11,r. mabgningwor/d.Eufebius:Chriftfuffeudfortht fcnttograc~, and ntgh£1 Another, th~t wo~tld ' hfi 1,-f.C.JS' (ttlllatwufrhc world, of thofo whscharc fl /;e (.~- fo wellcon(ent '!Into it. Againe, No cr~ature H 11n1~om.c. rud.Theauthor ofrbe bookeDevoc•r.qmtoable to [t4rch •ut rrh] hui. mmifn/1 ,. this t~m.bb.l. In the{e which .1rte!efled,forek..._no~nc manrather thm to 4nflar.dfcuacdfromthemu!tirHdeofimcn, rhcreiotJ ther, *Thomas: WhJ • The fame doe .otl1tr c!!rtaine(JucitlllvnJHerflflitie cotmted , that the hce e/e{feth thefe vnro sc.boolcmm affirme m tbt whole rr9rld m~](um~ to be deliuered out ofthe glory,& reiefleth thofe "!'ddc~o(~apac~c. G;cso; . . whole J,.orld,and that all mm may(ume to betahec ba~h no.rtA{on !Ju; ~ou;ne f,..~;::~~~onJ~:~. In Tobtlm. k_.mo1:t ofall men.BedacaNeththofcaworld to be rhedtHint wii!,Ag.ainc, cermngPrcdefli;wion.l·irjl, loCatcn3 11' 1.Ioan, cxCrig, e~tbghtmed & healed, whowerepruleffinated IQ Th~ difference ofthofe li~.H !IJere isno body prcdce;ernaOlife. Thomas: Thetrue light tnlightneth which are to hee fatud, f;':C~~~~~:r~;~~c~;1'[~r1. rhofe,whoc~meintothtwQr/doJ.vtrlti!J,n~t tho(c from than that Are to knew tb.2t bee Jhollld ha 11 e. wbichc!JmCt~to theworld of •;sets. b~d•mnuJ, pr~cudeth Stt011dl) , thalno 111n.1t M N cuerthelcfTe,iftholef.,meelectbccom- C from_ rhe princip•H in- ;;cdtin,~trd, becatt(e Jm "Summ. 1, p:n.qlll,l-3• art.$. pared with rhcm rh~t arc iufllydamned, wee ttntmJ of .tlu firfl A . t/~h~~~~o:;:,;~11'::.1"'1 :~ 1ayaccor.imgto theScrrptu~cs,thattheyarc gent, A game,WcmHJ1 o[b:1bituaU gpce. 3 . ~bat Contra . few.Mat.. 7,IJ, r4· Theg~ttc u narrolt', ttnd the notenqutre why hu cort- '"-homfoeNcrGodprcdeflilUI- G 1.. • l~ll} ffrtJ,gbt u~hic.l, lcadeth vnto life, And fow uertteh the(e. and not Ud, him he Cl1d p1edefli- .. :.n. 1 '"' there be wh1ch {indeit. Againc,Many Ar:ea/led, tho{e. ForthU con:;mr.th ~£~~~c:)~!~~~~~%;~:.U,~ 6~tfewarechbjen,Matrh.2~,J~, , of hu owne m~ere Will. LJ, tb.tllJimvt u rcicfkd Tl:cfocbndCrimmauonu, And Augu/lme vpon ftJrlbeCJtiU vfing ofFtaThlt we tea.ch,that God ordamcd men to John: Why ht drawcth Mll,»;bub ~odfor~fow ~~cc hell fire, andcreated them to the end thWman, andnot that. l'Po31tzbet.lmlcdrrub. Fifth · h d (I h J d r. · d if ly,thatthcreunot a;;y ""- t athcm1g t C royt em. oenot e,trnolu ~e, 1 fled. bccaufcbwrv:uforeAn(wer. · thouwouldftnet eru. kmrwru to b 1111 e fina!ly oi/. Hcrethedillinct:ionof the double ae\ in NcuerthdeJfe reimptdimentofdhir.egrace. r~:probation mull be repeated and rer~me~. proba~ton in re~~rd ~Z"r:ic::~~ f:!o:{~t~~~ Ftrll therefore I an(wer, that reprobationm ~f t~e fecor.d aCt,~ hat rcicctwill>o1~ 01 ,y caufr p1. regard ofthe former a a is abfolute, that is, lS, In rcCpcd: of the him.Tht'l.II:'!Jfimu concluin rogard ofthe purpofc to forfake thecrea- D purpofe to damne, is fwmbarl, P<<ntSde Allioturc and to m-ini feU iu(ticein it: [owe teach not abfolute, but for co,lib,t.fc.nt.qu. n.an.~. ' F [c h · fi F tmd \.larfihuso{Jnghen lib :mdbeleeue. orwecannot omuc as1mamne. ornom.tnpcd·.n s ' f gioeacaufe in thecreature, why it was Gods r1~erh but thorough :ho}t.;.,::ds)'w~ift,~~~~ .. will ro patfe by ir, and to fuffer fometo fall hJSowncdefault;and Heupredtflvraud(f,ith he) finallyfromrheirbletfed eflare. Yeaunneis no man os ab(olutely to-..l,.mcGod barbp.rpo. lt (elfeafrcr rhe deferrionandiu(i permillion ordained ro hell or /j~hg~uc ;"~1.,"'g tft ofGod: and thrreforeit can by nonleanes defirutlion, but for Go11 db:;~;~':e,~i~o:J;ot:~ .be the caufe ofthepermollion and deferrion. his flime; hauing al(o beflot> tbefomc,"' the ApoLib.t.difi. WhencciristhatL~mb.:~rdthe Malterof all rcceiuedbt:fore in.A~ Jl!ete.1chrth. Rom. S· AtheSchoolcmen faith, that Cud h~thre~etled dampower, where.by ;:;;!p:u'J:d:~:;:cd~{J~~: wh~»nhcwo::ld,not(orAnJ{tltNrtt1'JtTits ~hlchhe hec \l'as able ro hue tedfor 11 "1 thing Which didfortf~e. hutyet mDfl righttoNJZJ, though 'Wit hol1Jyand happily, if ft.ouldbe in him m'!imc to . cap;not crmctiut the rea(orJ thereof. And Hieromc [o be rhar hee would. come: foalfo there ssno rrAd Hcb•d. Ion" bcrore him dorh rhus expound rhat And therefore I fay prob•te rcrdled for "Y qu:rfL 10 ' pla~e of Pa:~l, Rom. 9· 11. (Ere th~chi/drtn that that "·hich they ~~~:,:u':~~::;:;:e~0;~~~~ rvcrcborne, ~12d whenth('f had neitherdonegood allcadge is a very eallti'J 07lC tlxtt is prcdepi~ 11ort'uifl) If E(~u (faith he) and !t~cob were not lumniC!'. ttatt, ispredc{Jinoted oTtcfy I rer bornl', nr.irhtYhaddo~egooJ oremll. wher~61 Secondly I omf"'er bJgracc, axd bJ Godsmtrrbat
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