---------=------------~~~-~-------------------- rv'l treati/eof Prede)lmatJOn. 6 1 7 ,-h.-· -d-cc_r_ce-o"""f-:G:-o:-d:--,-,-:-!J-e-:b-c-gr:--. n-n,--in-g~al:;:fo-of;::-:A:-a-n-;d-tl;--le-a--:d;;-r:-: . o-n-o-;f_n_ar_o_re-,-y-e:-r i-,-:-h,-e-::- frcc irom lirme. WhcreOIJIOI anlwer, that the holy fault; becaufc hce vpholderh the creature, Gho!l hunldteCairh,cllarchc decree .,fGod onelyas itiS3 creatore,not as iris eoill. For is thebcg1nnmgof all thmg~ beeingand cxi~ the fecond caufe, as the wiJI of man canby it !lem; Epll. 1. 1 1. God'"'"-'"' aO thingt4{~er lclfedoe cuillyandcorruptly: }"(t itcan doe t!"cout'f<llof h'""'"' ><ill. And againe, in the nothing by it lelfc, vnlclfe the etfcd rllCte· J 7•of.che Acts, fr~ him wee liur,weemiJ()Ut ,and of bee reduced to the firll caufc. As may .3p· De gene. haue0flr6umg. Augo!lme faith: The,.i/1 of peare more plaincly by this limilirude : A c~m.M•· Cjodi;the-:m}"••f<of•llthingt"'hicharr. Hu· man doth haulr by rcafon rhathl> legge is mc,l.t,c;,,.. go de S.Vtd. fatth :Thtrtld nCJCatifeof thew•// out of ioynt: now here are two things to be of God,~bichu theraufeofall thingt. And thiS confidered : the very walking or motion ir very thing common rea(on will reach vs,be~ fclfe,and his haulting; the haulring proceeds caufc theremufl fir(l fomc certaine ground oncly from hisleggcoutof toynr, rhc walb< ta1d,froruwhenceeuery thinglhoald h•ue king both from his leggc, and alfoFrom :he or rake has beeing and exdlence ; and this facultieofmoouing. In like manner a man ground is euen the very will of God. For a tinning,m r.bar heedorh, it isof God, but In ch1ng " nor firO, anJ then afterward God B that bee doth euilly,it is of himfclfe. Wee wtllerh it ro come ro palfc; bur,becauleGod mu!! rherfore here know that God doth vpharh decreed rhar a thing Owuld come to holde order as it is of nature, butfurthererh palfe,or bedone,chercfore ;ri•; And yerlhall nor the will violently breaking out agai<~fl notGod therefore bethecaufcof finne ;bethe order ofrhe morall Jaw. The third aCtix«"''<l at.);t,;- caufe linne is not properly a rhtil.g.actlon,or on of Gods prcuiJence, is according vmo ' Htnr, beeing,bur a dcfrClonly: and ye, nt'ucrthcconcdlion, whereby God in dJeeu11i worke Ens R~:::dc Jctfetl is not thereforenothing. Forwharfo ofman,workcth fomc things hohly; and rbis & R~tton~- cuer hath abeelng,iseithcrReally and Pofi- !all aCtion is rllrccfolde. The firfl: is pcrrutCii~ le. tiuely, orelfe 1n realon ontly. And vnder on; whereby God forfakerh cfpcetally the thole things u.·h1ch are in rea.fon,are contai· wickcd,bywirhdrawing from them his grace, ncd not oncly nortons and relations,but al(o and by leaumg rhcm according to tht>ir dcprtuatlo:ts: bccaufe they hauc nor a realI [erts,\~nto tbctrownc wtckedneLfc=, \Jhich he matterand forme out of thevnderflandmg. had beforerel1raiucd,that it tmghr not break Bm6nne bath not a politiue and reall being, forth to fo immoderate liberty. And we vfe and yor it hath a beeing in realon (as they commonly to fay,rhar he IVhich pernlltwh, rearme it.) For fo f.ure forth it is in the na- C <loth and etfederh fom ething ; as IVhen the turc of rhmgs beei.lg, as it may caufe a true .z:ider giucth the reines vnto htswanton and comporiuon In the minde: and although it fportinghorfe, wee fay thar hee doth moouc doe nor cxiU politiucly,rhat is,by matter or and encourage him;:mdwe(ay, tbar tbehun~ forme created; y l!t it is priuatiuely, bccaufc ccr doth put his doggcon thegamc,when as thar by <he remooucorukmgaway of origi· heletteth him ll1ppc. The f<coud ad1on(as uali nghtcou(ncs, rhat dorh lmmcdiarl.v and I may fo tearme it) is ccca!ionall, whereby nulytollow&cxili.Neirhcr dorhitfollow,as God by profferedcccaGons,in themlelues fome other narurall habit, oras a pure nega.. good or indiffcrcnt,outwardly dra\vcs forth, tion,buc as a ccrten tbing between botl~that rlirresvp, and brings out finnc in thofc who as,awant and abfence of the con(r:lry good. of chemfelucsopc-nly runne inrowickcdncs; Some v[e to obietl,that u•e do~ teach,thae ro the intent that hce may tuHiy either pu~ God doth meltne vnto fin, and thac he dotn nifh thei r knowne lmpletle, or clfc d1fcoucr politiuely harden the l1eart. Whcrero I an· 11b<eingclufcly Onouded•.Tbe l!ke hauewe L~·cr,that wee allow not a bare pcrm1ffion Ccordinanly cuen among our felues, for the ueredvtterly from hiswiJI,neither doe we atPhyfltian by h1sprcferuariuc medicine, Hir~ tribute a po6riueornarurall adr6 vnroGod, D reth vp, inHamerh, and drawcrh for~h the •~thoughhee ~idinfufccorrcption &fJnne; humour; our of the corruption of the b'b· and yerwccfayrhathedorhadiuely harden dy. Adnwrea houfe beeweakely rimbred, the.hearr. Theadion of Gods prouidcocc, which becingalmo!l now already falnc; w1JI (aslairhSoid<U)in rheworks ofmen,isrhreeere long fall; and that I docnotwirh any en. u1tutoll.i~y. folde.Thefirfi is,according to his sood pica. gines or inflruments throw or bcatedownc (ure,whercb.v God willerh any worke,al/owthe Came, but onely rake away the outward eth it,effeC'tethit,and is therewith delighted: hinderances, and on c.ucry fide as a were 0 . this adion is onely in good workes, which pen a way forrhe down(al!,w theintcnr,rha< x•i'On.w i-u. haue their beginning in ys from the hoir ~hen it falluh, it may bychcgreatcr fall bee "' Gho!l. The lccond adlonofGodsptoUIbroken in peeces. After this fort dcalech dence is of luOaining, whereby God vphol· God with the wicked:and herwpon isit rhat derh and mainraincrh,rhe beeingandall the thelaw is fa id toflirre vp and incroa-fc !innc faculcies, motions, aCtions, and paffions of 10 PAul,R.om.7.8.T hisaCtion ii done many nature "·hich offendcth. ACt. 17.:. S.ln him manneroh•aJCS 1 aswhen the hinderanccs of n-ee liue.~tnd mooue, 11nd haueourbceing. And .inncarc tak<>naw:ly; when as rhcwas i& ope· a.!though G od do {uOainc nature offeodmg ~ ned ro thecommirtingofone elp~Cial !innt, ., •
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