.d treatije of Predeflination. rParll(r-sreiJ, whi&h God/IJued, we-:.md~rft~tndto b! m.1akjn.J, th.tt M, the/mingandth~;t/end: the dea~,n:btch in (aithlook.;dfor his com.tning;the /i. fling, wh:J flnuld lu!etiU in hinl, whether the] werufthe Jewuorsfthe Gmtile1:For fohefaitb ~itho~t ai1)di{Jinffioneit.berof few or GerJti!ev~ iuerf.tlly, tb-11 euer1 on! tba: belecluth inhim p,./""prrifh,but haue life euerla(/jng.And rhe comOJongloi!e expoundetl'l the world, thofo that bnh.eMJ ofthe world, •.Tim-:. 4 . Obie£1. 11. S•in! Pa•l(airh, thatG•dwi/1 th11taDmen be(m~ed .nd C911J! ID thekn!Jw/edgt ofth:truth. Ianfwer.firfl,rhatthe place is not tobevnderflood, ofalhhepofl.eriticofA· dam, but properlyofrhofe which liuein the la(! age ofthe world. This I prooue by con· ferring ofthelike places, wherein P•ul doth plentifully 01ew his meaning.Att. q.JO.dnd thetim!ofthis ig~tor4t1Ct God regarded not, but "'Markewcl <tc 4Vo'RI he ttdm?nifotth allmm euerywheuta re~ the retlrai- 1 pcnt,Rom.J6.z 5. Bf the t"tiJClari.onujthemJffe– ni!lgformc:l1 '! wh1ch wM ~ept (ecretftm:e the war/d. began.z6. f~;~:f~c!; B.ur,NaflliJ_qpenedandpuMif;d-:,-for the obe– much~sif ld,mceD([atthammgaHn~tttmJ, CololT.l, z6, he had ThemJfhriewhich w.u h1djince the warld began !ilid,<J:o;l andfromaOages, ismwm,dem.:tlfi(efl vntutht nowwdlcrh, Saints. 1.7. To whome God wouldmA~e k.EI)'rl!ne ~~~:~ ~ce_n Chrift-;wh~m wepreach , achmnijhing euery pent. m4n and tcach•ng euerymr:m, that we maypre(ent all menperfdl in Chrift lefiu. And in the >. epillle to theCorinrhiamthe 6. chap!. and rhe z. ver(e, he expoundeth that place of/. {ai.u,whcre it is faid: In ~n acaptaMe timehaue I he11rdthu,and inada] offalu.ttion h.tue 1 hri– ped thee, ~tnd/JPi/lpre{erue fhee: ttndwi/lgiue rbufor 11 couena11t o{ the people that thoumai{l r~i(e vp the carth~--,.that thou maij} [4} to the prifonm,goeforth ; afrer this fafhon: Behold, Now faith he, theaccepted time, (that is, the time ofthe new Teflarnont)beho/d, NDw th< 1 ,Pct.r. 1 o, d1yof(alrMtio11, Saint Peterfaith :Saltt4tionor# dsmurJ to /u d~clared in the la{1 times: concerning vcrf. 1 a, which th~ ProphetJ which did prophecie o( the grace which fhould afterwArdcome to 7011, hAHe (earciJed a•d inquired. And Chrifl himfclfo loh.n.J '· fatth mofl plainelyofall, When l /hall helift<d vpfrom the e4rth,l will draw tdl things vntom~. I therefore graunt, that God willcth rhatall nwuld be faued: butthatGod both wolleth, and that he hath alwaieswilled that all men in all ages lhouldbecfaued, Ivrterlydcnie, neither hath Pau/faid fo much: and among theauncient wrirers they which feeme to af– firme (o much, doe notwithllandtng in thefe Auth.d: ktndc offpceches doubtfully af!irtne it: I d.e I v••cat.gcnt. im.1gir.e that it ma] ll'ttb re.tfon and religWn 6ee l.z. cap 8, behaud:l doenotthin~eit irrtiiJ!,imt~ b~/eeutit: I Bdbr7.:dc /J may pr~hilbly and rtb!.iouf'J be br/reued. ~;·~\~~:;. Secondly I an(wer: That God wiluharall men bee (an:d,that is to fay,ofthofe rhar are Epif\. 101 faued.So faith Augufiint:E~m JU it is[.ttidthat •d v• .,!em. allfb•ll be q•ick.f•rd mChrt{f, alrho•gh ver) man7 be puni{b<db7 mrna/1dearh: becau(e all IJ<hll{oeu~r they are that t:iot rtceiue .etermtll life, doe notrecriueit but in Chri/1: .fo iJ it (aid, that .. A God.wil!hauea!lmentoGe(~tued: allhough bee m//h11,_t tfUnJ mJt to bc{Aued, /JrcAHft ~>,(/ VVh9 are(aued, ~tre npt [•r-ud lmt bJ him willingit. Andagaioe: Whenvvereadeinthe holJ Scrip- Enchir,3d turn,that Godvvi/1haura/1m:nto bu{affed,t1!- Lau.ca.to3. thoughvveknovvaJ!i~redlJ that all men nre not [aued.yet oughtvve "liot thtre(ore tq derqg4te a.") thingfrom theo11inipotcnt 'tWillo[God; 6m tbHs to tmdtrfo.1nd th11t vvhich iJ ·uvrmcn. TYho vvi/1 hAHt allmentobu(a•ed, a; if it fhouldbc(a•d, thar no-m:~n vv.u(aned,6ut he VvhomGodwoN!d hat~ao bee (autd: not th11tthere1 is no man whome he will not haue (aued. H•Jrm faith: 1, ,,c.Ep;fi. qudvvillhauea/Lmento 6efatud. Let Vl then 1 • ;~dTiJ.n. M~vvhat i1 thereafonvvhJ all men ~trt nDtfa· rted, To vvhieh,anfvv~mufl6emade,tbt~t th:tt B (aying inthe Pfalm' it trur. H:,p•kf the vvord andthqvverem.ub.!nlik!mAtm!rhev~t/{AHe ~rllme,vvhaiV't[aued, andvvh(J6y hiJmercie foek.! to beefaNed. For the ApoOic put the whoic for the part,.u £t is i" thr Gofpr/1, vvbere the L<rd[ai1h, If I bdifted vpJromthc-arth,l vvi/1dravvallvntom~.Furheh.1tbmt dr•vr.me, neitherdothhedrAvv all men vntoh1m, ll«t All that arcelett,6oth of •ll(ortJ,and••tion;. Thirdly, hnfwer, that Godwill not haue euery one ofcuery kinJe, but the kinds ofe– ucry onetobefaucd; rhuis rof•y, of eucry efla<e andcondition (ome. Aug,1finc faith: E h" d This veryjAying,Who vui/1htlfle411men to be{4- L~~.:r·~o 3 ued;iJ fo {11id,not 6ecAujrthere is numnn v~home ' hevvou!dhauedamned, 'l)Vhovvonidnut doe11'!] C povverft:llmiracles Among thtm, 'Vvho he (ailh vvould hAH6 r~pmted •fht hAd: IJI(t that vvr PJ all mm, may vnder.Jiandr:u~r] {Drt ofmM, 6] vvhat dt/frrenceJfomer diflinguifh:d, 'l'vb~ther tbq be l,i•gs orfi•bie/Js, uobleur ;gnoble, high orlow, ieMmdcr VlJltarned, f!rongor vv~ak.~. wittit,dull(Pirittdorfoo!i/h, rich, porJrtfir I»Cfine menorr~ome,, in/~tt#J or children,JoNthJ orJPUng men,middle11gcdmenor oldmen,in11/1lAnguages, in ttll trade.t,in allcondirions,i»af!prif4flomzf'!_the inn~~merahlevarietie ofvvilsand confcie,.,cu;11,nd vvhAt other di/(trenct~ foeuer thtre is amopg men. Thefcthongs fatth he·, very truly and rigluly, for rhis word, All, is(ometime taken diflrobutiuely, and then it fignifietheu<ryfcue.ralland patticulaq~crfo_n: and P•<~ito the •.Thcff.•·l• D tnteot that hemrght hgmnethls,ioynerh rhc wordeuff]tmewtththewordA/1. ltisaJfoof- lu~ ten taken collediucly, ~nd rhen itligni6crh ~..-•. any,andnoteueryone:aswhenChriflisfaid M 1 !0 haue healed euery difea(•. that is, ~ny dJ(. "' 9 ·3!• eare. The double ugnification of this word. drifotlealfoobferued. This word All(fallh p 1n .he)istaken t\vo waies, fir(i for e:uery one c~p·. 11 • ' 1 • ~and!rcondJ~ the word AJI isvf~d, when :~;~;;; Jtdoth not figmfie cuery one: It IS plamc i""'~~~i:~· therefore tlm rhc word All hath adoubtfull ""'· flgnification. Andofthismindcal(ois Soint ljierome: It it bf(tmtothat(~aith he)vvhich is tnth~ P{lllmr:,__~HtrJm4n u a !yer. if e(1ery Conunenr, man beafJ~I',thcn u heA/foa !yer vvhich. Jfc~.J:ld E1Jt1 u~ /e.!th •t,•nd if he h'alyervvhich!pcafe.!th it, thm \ isaot th4t truevvhich hes'Juak.!rh, tJt~me!y th t1 c:ury .
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