1614ruf treatife ofPredejfination. irt.:~d Ep y, nc.48. ";,-)..&=tf<e'r,; ; ofGod,afur ]OU l::.1d taften/wirb Jrickfd handJ)OH A no other: It ofttn D/fnuleth (ome menr earts '" JnCc:nef. ha1:e crucifiedandJlaint.Act.4.:7,>8.Th') gahe•re that qod willedthtfnll o( man. But IP'-7 c.1P•l•VCr.J, zheudthemftiHn iogether.rodo what[oeuerthine 7ou ,.hatothtT thing is his pmniffio•b<[ideswiO , har.dand I hJco#nfe/1 haddttmnintd6ifort 16 be w,_ho h~Jtb llHthoritie to hindtr, ttndinDho(e pow. done, Here it is to be obferued,that not only trfhe matter ffandeth 1 The fame aflirmeth Ad:~.aa. Chrills pariion, but alii> the workts which in Beza,If an7 mAn heare thllt J~me things come to coUoq.MO. rcfpeCtof the!ewes, were wicked, doecome pafft,which indeedeare done IIJ.•i~f1 huwrU,th~tt pelg.p•g· vndcr the decree and will of God: to wit,fo js,ag~t.inft his likjng, PlOt brcttu(e bteCimnot, hut JSl11 fartc forth as God 1villed that they fhould becaufe hee will not hindtrthem. 1an(wtr, that come ro palfc for iu(i•nds. This very thing it it allone,M if aman fooHidf~tJ. th111 the] cm;e ./luguftinc lignifieth, IV hen he faith, Whm the ID p•ffe bu buing ,.;/lingthq foould. }'ortho{e Farhcrdeltueredthe Sonne, and Chriflhishodie, thi$s"'hich hu CfHid fHreiJ h•nder ifhewould, and ludM his Mltjler: lnthisdelifuring, "'Phert~ rnu 't nudescomo to paf[c,becaufo h] not hindring fore i~ G"d ~uft 11nd ~angui!tie, b11t becau(~ itJ o[them, he .,;1/tth thatthq fho•ld cometo p•ffe, cm-:thmg whsch tbtJ dsd, there is not one cau[e (or And whatfoeucr God doth not hinder, hee whi;hthqdid"?And there is no reafon tliat I B doth rherefore not hinder it, either becoufe tt fl10uld feeme harfh vnto any,if [peaking of hee willcth,that it fhould be done,or bccau(c Adamt fall wecfollow the holy Scr~pture on heedoth YtterJyniiJ that it fl10uJd bee cone, !h1smanncr. W'h.:n Adamdid eateof-the foror becaufe he doth not wtll it fi10uld bedone, bidden frttiU, bee did title that, ll•hich theh11nd orelfebecau(e hee cares not, that is,hee ne•- ••d coHn{thof God h•d determined otfort to bee ther willcth ncf nillcth that it fl<Ould come done, This is that very thing •·hich wee fay: to palfe. If you graunt the fir !I, I haue my Thts is rhe lang~age of rhe Apo(IJes, and of de lire. Thcfecond is abfurd; namely,dJar the Church, which therefor< wee may vfe God doth not hindereuill,bcc<u(e hccdc:h wirhouc, the leall fufpition of blafphemie. vtterly nill thar it fhould be done. For this is But to the former te!limonics I will adde on: to make God inconllant.The third,Lumbard place out ofPtttr, 1.Epill.3.17. It it~mer (if •nd the Schoole-mcn affirm<. For they f>y, the n·ill of God bee [o) that Je (ujfor for welldothat God in refpett of finne bath no pofiing,t!Jtn foreuill doing. But to puniflw>cn for tiue aC't, neither of willing nor ofnilling,but well doing, in refpeC!of men, it is flatly to oncly a neg~tiue act of not willing to binder tranfgrelfe the Law of God, Furthermore, it, But by :his mcanes a great part of rhofe Godts foid tobidde Shimeito cNrfe Dauid, 1, things, which are done in theworld, 010uld Sam. 16, 10. that is,to h~ueordalnedorde· C come to palfc God being ei1hcr ignorant or creed: for God biddeth and commaundcth negligenr. The very ptrmHlio alfo is accrten a:hing two waies, firll by his rcucaled will; will,& not apure negation :for not to wtll to and this hec do<h by his word dcl:uored vnhinder 1 tharis)to fuffc-r,is indeed to "·il not to ro men. Secondly, by his(ccret\\'!ll, which is hinder.Ifthou wilt lay thefourth,thou doe!I his prouidence or hidden deer«, by which wickedly make an idle and Epicutifh God, bee fo goucrnesall things, that nothing can rh<rcforewe mull needs retirevnto thefirll, bee dune without it or againll tt: as in thefe vi;c., that God cloth decree that euill fhould places: Icrem.J4. u, /"'ill comrtJaundAnd eaU come to paiTc in fuch fort as! hauedeclared, 6.ck{the A !JjrianJagainj/thitcittie. Lament. Yetthefault mu(! not be for all that tranfla3· 37· Whou heethtnthat foith, .tnditcommuh ted vnto him, b<cau(e he doth iuOly and ho· topt~Jfe, and the Lord commatmdeth it not! lob itly decree that which men doe \iickedly. 37. 6. Hec(aithto the(now,~etthor••p•n the Thirdly, wee know that .AdAmHeuolting earth:!if?.!wife to the fmallrAine,andtothe great is now pa(l and done: therefore wemufl fay, rain"{his power. By which tt appcarelh,that rhatGod did will that it fl10uld be done; vnit may well bee faid, that God decreed that le!Tc we fhall fay that his prouidcnce isnot in Sh1mei fhould curfcDa•id, and itisthe like D alland cuery thing. Thou wilt (ay,that an ekinde of (pecch to fay, that God did not deuill worke is ordained of God,thatis, difpo· cree Adams fall Umply, butinfomerefpeCI. . fed to Gods glory,thcfaluationoftbegodly, Thefecorid reafon followeth: it is the com· and the de!lruction of the wicked. I grauot monopinion of all men that God doth wtll it, but notthison!y. For the prouidcnce of to fuffer Gnne,but towill to fuffer it,is to will God is ouer the world,and euery thing there11ot to hinder ir,andtowillnot to conferre in: both in rc(peC! of theend,alfoofrhebegrace. Now he"·hich lorekn01vethfome fuginning ofeucty action: Sarhan and the tvic• rure eulll,and willcth not to hinder it when ked doe not oncly not finiflJ,!hat which they hee mighr, and not to conferre confirming would, butthey doe not (o much as begin it, grace, hec doth indeede will that the fame "nlelfcGod willeth and giueth leaue. ItfeeOtOuld com<ro palfe. Therefore we doe not meth impious to think that any thing,t!JOgh placcrhatwi!l,wbe[by wef.1y that God cloth as little as may be, cloth either exillorccme wJ!IthatfinncfiJOuld cometo psffc,and be in to paiTc beGdes that, which God beemgalnature, eirherwithouror beyond the divine waies holy and iu!l, hath willingly (ramall e· permHlion, but we doe inwrapand infolde it terniry decreed. in it. AndthiJ: isthat which Cahtinfairb,and Fourthly, Ier vs heare the iudgement ol rhz • \
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