f 62o '!./[ treatife o[Predefliruztion. / buttolcaue hlruaSitwereto h1mfeltc: and A th<JdJdfa/1bJ rhm,.•U, f•b]thm ,.,nrht] are Ar• , 1• he whofc WilliS not fbrred vp by GoJ,and t<> conttnrtolre; .mJhtth4lturnetbhm•{tlfe ••••] whom< the aClot uh[img IS not conferred, fromqod,harh ~orb depriued himfeifeofwiNr.do howfoeuer JJe may hauc power rowithfiand~ th11t which irgood, and Alj~J of powtr. It Joth,, y<t con he not aelually w1ll to withllaad, nor thmforefoliM(t~< th<J imagme 1>hich ohi<tl fuch pcdill for euer In thac vprighrnctfe wbereto things)th11t godh4th tak_enrtpentatJetfrom thof~ he wascrcarcd)God deny1ng h1m llrcngrh. I to whom hegaut it not, 11ndhAththrt;rPntdoJFM confe!fc truly char thiS.k1nde of nccdfity as tho(e,whome he bath not t4k.!n vp. touchingrhelibertieol mans\vill,wasahogc · Moreouer, rhcfclfc famcn~ceiiity folJowther e01table and to beau01ded: and yet acethof tbeir hypother.,, who aflirrne a bare corJmg to rhc cuenr of the aCl:ion it was inpermdlion. For that whiCh God pcrmitterl,b eOitable, Yet I would not tbat any m•n the fclfcfamethingwollhcnbthmder:andelhould thinke thatth" ncceniti< did any way uill, if God hinder not, cannot beauoydcd, proceede from the decree ot God,which dod &th.r which cannot be auoyded, lhall co.me onelyfollow thedccrcebceing graunted and to paffeinfalhbly. And thcrdoreeurll, pers4mitred;and A dam in bi.s temptation being B mHiion bceing once graunrcd, ofnecdfiu~ ddlrmre ofthe helpeofGod, call himfelfe commcrh to palle, although mo[l freely on of hlsowncaccord inro rl11sfame en(uingnemans part. Whereupon it it plaine, that the cdliricof filming. In thcfccond rime,hi::J fall decree ofGod is not morcincuirablc,thcn i.s beemg prefcnt , therewat another ncceffitie theverypcrmiffion fcparatc:d from the dethereof: becaufe when it j'as,it was of neceffictee.I do wifl1 that they would well weigh and c1c.In the rhird timc,man drew vntohamfelfe confider th1s, who obicClvnto vs eahec the by his fau[r, h:s nature being now corrupted, St01call fare, orrhe dorages of the Manid.norher neccliiric of /inning, infomuch that chees. For wee differ from rhem as; much in he made h1mfclfe the fcruant of Onne. Bcrcertaine IUdgcmenrand opinion, as u:ho(o. nard faitb;lknorvnot (lfierwhatmill<tndftrttnge cucr do d1ffer moff.For firfi,rhe Sroickes doe rna.,ner, thnvit~zt (dfecorrupudor cha,gd 10 tie God vnro the fecondcaufes, fod)at hcc r~or{e m.~.k~th ancc('Jfi:ie to fimu: andJet the necannot Jo otherwi(e,then thenature ofthem c:-Jlirieafthcughit bevolemtaric, i1 notabl~ to ex1\'ill futfcr:we on the other Jide,doe hold that cufo the wt!l: northe ~..,j,J,alihrX~gh it b~·intifod, to all fccond caufcs dbe depend \'pon ;;and arc e.wl•de •wJfrti,. ordered by God. Secondly,the Stolckeofay; Ifany man flnll fay, that by this our platthat neither God nor (econd eau(eo can doe forme many arc ryed by ;m ineuirabfe ne- C otherwi(f by their narurcrh~n they doe: we ce[fitio to be dam\1ed;l would hauc him glUe fay thatfome fecondcaufes,are by Gods orDe fid~ 3d care to Augu!linc, who faith: Hold thi1 mo/1 dinance mutable,orhcrfomc immutablc;and Pcr,cap.JS· {ledfaPIJ .. anddo,brnot in tt"} )'Pi{eth•r an1 can char God hirnfelfe, can either not doe, rhat peri(h whomeGod 6~far~ thecre4tionofthe world, whtch hce dmh,or elfe doe a otherw1fc. Bur h11rh ofhufreego8dneJTe made vef{eiJ if mcrci~, now to come ro the M.anichees, who make -1Jrth.1t4nJo{themwhom:hehatJ; n!11 prederwocoercrnaiiGods; we bur one, They of fb'1ttted to eurnalllfe,c4n hJ 4nJmeane1 6ee {~ttheir two Gods,maktonc good,and another "'d. And yet Ifay rhat the decree ofteproeuill:wc fay,tbatthc.re isoneabfolurcly good 1 batoon doth not caufoa neceffitie of damnaandi u(l God. Thirdly,they w1ll haueoneof tion in any man. For the fir!I atl thereof, thm Gods to bee the caufe and worker of which is apurpofcnot to (hewmercy,caufcrh good things,andcheochcr ofcuiH: we make notthis neeeffitiein men, but gocth before it one true Gud the Crutot and ruler of all as an antecedent:& man hirnfelfe verily bath things,and working nothmg but tha~ which brounht vpon himfelfe this neceffity with his "mollgood and mo[l iu[l. Fcurthly, they owntmoll free, yetrcbelling will. Now the fay thatthey~Yhich arccreated by theirgood fecond aCl of Reprobation' which is a purGod cannot finne: WC fay' that God doth pofeofcoodemning, caufeth not any necef- D mo[l freelyconuerrwhom he will, aodwhen fitie ofdamnaticn, but by the tlnneof man they atcconuerted,theycan neuer in thrs lotc c,mming betweene. Moteouer, the necef. perfeelly be free from finnes, but doe fome. fir 1 eof damnation fofloweth after the fam c: times runneintofuch fins, as doe gricuoul1y mannerbytheforcknowledgeof God; and woundtheconfcoencc. F1ftly, thoyfay, that yctthio ncuer feemed a thing !Irange vntoa. they that ate created by the cuill God Limply ny one. Bur (omc wiJI (ay,that the foreknowcannot bcconucrttd:we fay,tharrhevnclean ledoeof God doth neuer caufe in men any fpiritsand men were created both good and nec~ffiticof damnation, althoughitdo affi1holy, but yet they fell by theirownewill and rodly forefeetho fame. And Jfaya!{o, that fault, and not by any faultbutthe iutl per· \ Reprobation doth either not at all caufe miffionoftheCreatour, and broughtvpon damnotion in man orthat it doth notcaufe themfdues a neceffitie of Onning. And al. j it,but for linne.But,it maybeobietled:They though it betrue, that man cannot withhold !thatareprcdcllinatcdvnroda•nnation, canhim(clfe f.rom tlnning, vnlelfe God gmc !not befreed by repentance, although they him thatgrace, yet doth hcnotlinneof ne- , l.wvuld. Wbcretol anf;\·crwith Augu!l. A1 ceffity,thatis, of"compuUion, bur willingly. • ___ci Aod •
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