618 .A treatife o/ Predejlination. , I all thiogs,lsordcredofnone.Moreouer,mcp A \\·111 r.ot1r.cl!nt andbene themfcluCliO this after tlm fort arc eleCted of thernfelucs,by recounfdL cc1umg of Gods grace,becingoffered by the 1 hiS p!arfor'rne rnak<th (auing grace(• bich Error G. arriOancc of common grace: and are alfo re· indeede i• fupctnaoutall) tobee ahogerhet y. 1ccted of themfdues,by refufingof grace ofnmt~faii.Bur dlioopiniOJ>(tofp<ake no hard· tercd: and men tllcmfclucsfhall bee rhemalier of11) i.a plauhble dcuiceol mano br~ine. kers and framers of their owne elechon and For firfi of all, hcnby rilefpcctoJJ c~uenant reprobatiOn: and God whochufethts nor Co made with .A6r•h"" , and rhe grrarn<lle of much robe pra1fed, as the men rhatdoe reGodsrnew<Stowards rh• Gentiles isaboh1 ceroc-.nd ernbrace the bleilingoffcred. . fl1cd. And there is no myfiery of the vocariError 4• Fourthly, thisplarforrnclaies downeadeon ofthe Gen11les, if aJJ and euery particular' rermsnate tore-knowledgeabout the thee UJI man "·ere by cntaioe n1cancs caiiCd vmo . of faulr,withourany decree going be(ore,coChnU from the beginning; Forrhofe,which cermngtl.e euenrof rhe fault; which cannot !ball by the helpe of cOJnn.cn grace, which be.A definite fore-knowledge is not!he caufe they (},all recciue, giueaITem vnro God cal· of rhar thing which is to b«, but the thing B ling them,wberhet tt b•.by extraordinary inwhich 0Jall be is the caofeof the fcre -knowfhntl, or by the minifietyd the word pre•· ledgerhereof. For the thingwhich !ball bee, ched;they fl1al beacco\11cd amcng the memfollowes not the fore knowledge of ir, but bers of the Church, and !ball belong ro rnc fore-knowledge follow<th the thing ~<h!Ch fpeciall coucnantofthe Gcfpel. Moreo•cr, Qu:rll rs. !ball be,as /uflimuraught. For God doth firfl If the firO grace be vniucrfa",it iseu~er fallh O.thodcx decree arhmg as rouch1ngchc cuc:nr: then afactually, or 10 power. For w1rhom fanh irIS te'r~>ards hee cloth fore-know byhiS defimtc impof!iblc to plca(e God, and to arcainefalfore-knnwlodge,t!Jat it ~1al be.And An[e!m.: uatlon.ButaCluaJI f»th ;, nor common toal. , Dcp<rd. In ffJaJ(faith h<)•thingu f•id to be fore.k_no.,.,, The power of fauh IS double; the fir!I IS that fantt.c.14. it U67 dJill pronounced that it jh.cfi /Je. AnJ A-.,- whereby thou ba{l r"cciuc:d po\\Cf robe able guf/in~bcfore his time affirmcd;That qotJdqth to bclceuc,U thouwilt. Bm this is not fuffici~ f.rd:;•olvthat which foal! be.Hence 11 foil owes, eot vnto faloarion: bccautc now after Ad"'"' rhar athing mull exill wtth God,beforeitcan faJJ,free w11J mfp;rituall things is wanung, ebe pr<cifely& definitelyknown before. And fpecially in tbe conu<rfion ofa Goner: ond euery thingexiflerh &is, becaufe God did wil C rherefcre further grace iste<juired, where311il decree to do it if it be good, or to(ulfer it by a man may bee able to wdl ro bdceue.N_• to be done ifit bceuill;hauingr(fpctlalwaics mAn c11.n come to [ brtft ,Vut bee which Udrawne to thegood that is ioyned with ir. Vnleif<we if the F~th.r, !oh. 6. 44· Now, they are not 0Jall holde and grant ihis, it w1ll follow that drawn which receiue powerto belecue,if thry fomcrhing hath becing of it (elfc,rbat is,rhat •·ill,butthcfewhool men nillmg,arc madea- • fomcrhingisaGod. Therefore theexiOenltually w1llmg. The fccood power, ts rhar cie or bectngof thing!, doth not goebe(ore, whereby am<~n hath receiucd power rowi) to but our of all doubt tollowcs the decree of beleeue: buttbisisoor co:nmontoallmen. God. For firfl of all, there is a fore-knoiV· To J••(faith ChrtO ro his difciplcs)iri<grllmr• Sdcntioin ledge, or (as it pleafcth others) a knowledge know themJ{Itriesifrhekjngdomeuf hrAUm, ftut <u~t:ua. of bcholdrng, whereby God beholdcth and not (ot•thtm,bre<u{ethr Fatherhath hMdt•the feeth what ispof!ible tobcc,andwhat not: fromthewi{e,Matth.r>·"· Againe:Thmfor< Then folldwerh the decree either of Gods ·c.-Id th'}not 6rltcue, bec•u{r I(•i•h fore-toldt operation, or of his voluntary permif!ion, rhi<, Ioh. u. 39· Furthcrmorc,it this power and confequently of theeuentof the thing. werecommon toall and to each perfon,f~tth And this decree becing once laid downe, D were common to all. Forr'he will &rh• deed rha definitme forc-kno~lcdge is conceiued, floweth from one and rhc fclfe fame grace. whereby it;, knownewhat flulcometo paiic Philip. z. IJ.II iJ c.d..h• ,.ork,ethin ,•• tht infallibly. wiO•nd1he dmlt,euenof hiJ good pleAjim.loh. The fifth defetl in rtis plarformei<, rhar 6. 45. Whofoentrhath heard and /,.rneduftht PropoGcion Enoq, it rcacheth that Ch11(1 for his part har-h reFather, commtthvnto Ch<i{f. Bot whofoeuct Afiump<ion deemed and reconciled all and eucry man to harh power to will to belccuc,hath heard and I G<>d and that very many of them for althar, learned, as becing drawncof God :therefore as ro~ching the cuentare damned, wh1ch is whofoeuer harh potHr to will to beleeue,cO· I •·ery abfiud. For ifthis were fo,finn c, Satan, mcthvnro ChriO. Wdl faith Augnflmdtfol- De nar-& death, and hell Jbould bee more mighty rhen /oweth not,that he rrhichclln come, dorhcomr,v,~ ~rar,conw Decor.& Chrifi: the Redeemcr,:md(as AuguJlinr(aith) lef[e hewiU it, anddoe it: bHtmrryone rhathath 1 cbg. c:~.~. grat.C;tp.r. Vit-iohuma'tltJVtnCitNr Dnu: c~disotttrcomr "' learned of the Father' hath not oruly pC'Wtr ~~ mansfinne. If thouwilt fay, that God is not cemt,hHt al(oheedotiJCome :where Mr:' thtre 14 ouercome; yet I fay, and t11at according to (& po/]ibilittU proftEhu, & 7JOIHnt,ttuAjftE/U1, this plarformc, that he isaltered: (or he hath & ejfe[/UJ,) a poffibilitie, afwmg forward, decreed, and fcri oufly willed en fauc all men, a·defire to come, aodcomn1ingmdeedc. So and yer nonvilhfianding. another fentence 1t appcar('th, rhar rowrll tobclccuela~d aau_ , bcinggiu<!n,hew1!1crh tCJ dcftroy thofe which aliy robdceue, arcmollneerelycon10yn('d: \ y<a
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