,-· I _2~ ~ . --·~- An ExpOjitio,n '11f011 · l I plc alfo?.<God.forbjd:.th..c la¥nr.m"iS Chr.ift: hiS A to come.. V\ 1 bereb>: in general! y.·c; mtw~bfcruc I--- . ftr-uant,~s wc13'S"o·nc of the Clcrgic.And·thcr. a-di_ffcre:ut:~ o~ thisbooke f~;omth~.l:~~A Ofh~ly J r fl1z;-cic is .Gods will, that hcc ihould !came-to Scnp.tu}"_~. w~htch trcarcs efthings nrcfcm, and ~ know Jnd vndcdb.nd this book.c, like one of pafi ~ t~ts,.bcUlgaprophd1c ofc) 1 ings to com:. 1 hi., JCtu:mts. : And' ht,·~ co_otldcr, that_iF this .. The 1-~n:r of this book is dcfcriP.ed,by-t"wo, I booke o~Scnrturc;"·h~eh whord lnd d•fficult, Argumtts,fu!l,by th~.necd!ity ofthcfi: things : tr.:!ll be lcarncJ<{~the bym:m) rhC much mor.c t~ c.ometjThg rrJtt.(/ Pee_-dol!e: fecon·dly, by the ; ttmH h~.fcoard1f into all other_bookes ofG·dd; cuc.~rMl~ncc of;u~new'p~n.jborrly orqr-ifi:.!J. -i i\.hi_ch,be mor.c phljncarld eafie ,.as the hi£\oFor:Jh~ nc.c~tfttl<;. of ...thclc things., thnbee ] rics ...ofrthC (fiofpc\l,.EpiOic$,,_ &c.. ·::- .. fllch·,.-~s mufi nqe4esb~rdon~. So fpea.}i~th the 1 1-"~Arpi·•Il' !l drc.pcrions ta whom it muRbe holy ghqfhlfwh~re Qf fu11dry thinosto come: ; £hewed; '!!h.lTrb.~fr-uautJ.·of Cltrift. This•Rc... of Qfh.:n'ccs,, it nJJtftvJrfd.J breth.1to/enusfo9t~!d i [ ucladon lll'ds..:oo~t!gluc::n o.fGcrd.for all tr.t.n· income ,:Mani).t ~. 7· onlfrcflcs, Thr,:rmujf br J dci1nit~ly, bttofor al~hio; JCruaoa,th:u is,·fuch htr~ftrs i;t,t:fu ChHrch ,.~t .Cor. 11. 1:9. ~ndof l ~lone asrepeat .of[hc:jr fins ,.3ad:trulybc.Iccue ~ffiiCHo1~s ! Throlfgh rw..anifoldajfiiili~1 we mt~jl I i~.ChriHfor .r.rlu: pardon of tbt:m, andfucwc ent·er it;te·rhe /tjngdemr rif·hea,m, ACls.. 14.• 2 2. f"!ili.rhc.fin~by:Jto"'.obedion<O; So.he telch. And, Thq rhar wi/1/iurgodl.J in Chrift lefNI,muft I e~hll~)'b.t:tc; 7Q;focr6't of tlu &~r<diJ wirh.them B foJf:r•perfoautio'nr , i } Timoth. 3• 1 ~" From , r.h.tt fo.~trc himpt?td b)IC"Ourt~;,u:.uagiu' them Vr..... whcp~~I g;nhcr, Thaqhings whicl;l come to 1'1/.,-ji..VI_di"JS,,P.f.1L~•'s: 1 'f·' T.bO>Lord wiUrcu.alr pa!fe c,QncerningOo~~. Cburrh, anchhe enei ki~.f«'~'<f1Ph:M('I"i~·"'" d>c Proph.<ls, Amos-3-y; mies thercof,do com~·td plflc ncce!farily.This . f~n.d~ ?iod>l•il/vi.oi'Jirrp<bM.~lfoJn,-A6r~ham!h• docl.rme.m~!l b~ w~l! obferued: for t!)ough it '1 thif.g kr.e!NI fo: d~vn~<Sod<m;r a"!i·Gonwr•l,, ~e the truth of<,;od, yttthc reafon 0 f m~11 will ~c;c~llfo·b,b(l"<•4.hrlth">11WQ:gfidqr hi< wrlt,and n.ot agr,oe vmoit:fR~fome will fay,lfall thing~ r twhb4fill>ifr.<lfiw,Jiw,G9p~~-) 8.ver.I.7.19· <9tnC,rP.p•lfc pccell'arily, then in cheir atlions T;h~. «mfu\q~l1o'o:Vi-l'.'lr~f.Jbqyld admooilh ~n.<l prP,<~dings men haue no free wi)l:for ne. ~•iPt to<;:>JitcoMur f~lu<is ~~~h •\)e bare·heacelli,tie ~vol.Jibcni~of·will canno1 fianp toge- ! (it>j;.0C<t.c '(>'p(Qr.li19 Otltl'cll'fd·.porti,ip~tion of ther. :4nf. Th.ey rooy::i•Jdeedc conllr<int and \-the Sacr::~:-nl'nts: but to l:1l,our principally to mans free will canno;.fbnd rogcthcr,bur ~aus · b.-q>e.CodUett\lhts, •ll~~o,(h~w l'tnc fa:ne will.and v•;ch•ngeabl.c necellitie n!jlyweil •1· tlnhc P"ctif5Jgftbat y.·hicl~,~~.~qare.Hcreby cord: As I 01ewe thu, ; !o God there is amoll ~ll Wtle.re~cj~(iQrlruC\iq~.frpn) the Lore\, ~ abfolutc frccdomc qf)h:ill , yet hee doth many g~qwc i~li!;o:!vk<Jge dlily. ~npre and tn9tc:our things ofuecdlitie =•~r~will~th that wbi<his l!od:<r!landiJl!l,Jblj(mqre C},fily. oon<ci>.< d1< goodnece!farily (fo~hee cannotpoffiblywill ¥'ill of:Goli.\9~''"' '''•' wijt·doe-the willqf hu C rhat which.iscuillhnd yet he willeth r!>c fame fqhd , {/,~/l"t!!P"'F.h/4 Jptlrin,~.> \.oh.7.·' 7. Here moll fr,eely.So Ch'tifi died necc(\'arily,h~ could ~J:~i}·iS \\UX;:>.tlfJ!>I'hy IJIQ(l ~c~FCr~ afm·\011g OOt but.!li~, if.1ve oo.qjjder the CO~nfeJ of(;;od, [·.~~ohil\f,profl! little, b"•rem~•>< a,s bliud and . and yet he died nl91;1;fj~~y.; Frrr k•<l•i4downr .jgqqta,nr' ~H9qr,:•hqy "lf~<.l ·c;uep their ow~r hu /if; of'himf•lf• , IJII.d.¥9 l'l••·took.! itfr:po/him, :i•t>p)t;i<; tl!•y.!iuc,in \l~t-\dillP~J ,aud lab,Opr · Iohn -JO, 18. · • ,.. ,. , . , -Jl.P.JJ9 bcc..o\lle:Q~~s f~r.u~l1t! • .': . ,. It will b< f•id agli.pe, if\hings,cp;nt;,ro pafle --:.:.SgcQ~dly.:;~I'JJ.lti~ ~rgurpcn} ~\:.rz:ma.yobfcruc by nccdTitiel.then it \sin v.ain iq ,vlc,ap¥.mea.ns .•b~~0Chrift~~Ji!Hi·I'JH' (7a9'..ir!I'Jl)qe ~e is made for <hc.dfcetlpgof,th,cm,f9r Gp<;ls.w\l;ll'll!l be 111.<.1Jt.. d 9.fl!J~G,~u:!sll ; CllJ!f1!il'\!C bclec~er i> <\ol)~;doR1N~ wh'at•w~·'lfill.;:;,4pf. T,hi~is mans' r ~>Jsryan~, 3Jlp h~hi:;.L<frd.t,t!\<>_An_gs,ls ofthe . corrupt reafonah~fc,tnen;mu!l-conli1er,that as .,C.,l)JJ(ch'>s \<c·(\i,s,~pgcls i•.s:PfW ..\Vec~all feo,: God ha;h appoin~<A· 1~.hat things,mull.come I ~.-Pi<th prcr.og,·\i,llc non< cap liay'c, but.he.t.qlt top?\fe; fg he bath app.ointed fhe.ll';anes.how ~iHule·,.a~P.~~r)l.Gqcj, 'L1' _-,., , .,,. ,they lhall be cffctlcd: & feeingthe -;Lord hlth . b Thil·?ly, in diis Ar.~umcntar'c tl!ofc conf•-; l'appb~];ed· as wcll~h.<b!Pe~nes, as the ~nde,we g<(,\<~tch·hgl~;L}larCod.wO',ulqhaueall ~o be D •lhou,l<j )?y'this nccd!iric rather bcejn_du<ed to .Jl:\1.;4, in<[~iju!f.mcnwi.!\16'1\tt,xceptiop.Fqr. vfe th,c mcancs, the)) any,waymo.ouc.d to neg- ~liihsq,l!cd.a/~cjf«flually, thcf.l:i>ce would q~j~ · !eel th~ fame, T911)3,kc·this more plairte, we ~tflJ!·Il)ea-nes-\QdlU: ~o wit, l)~~J}9JY wor.d, th;&t ,mufl kn9wc thert i,Sadpublc nccdfitie: ontjs ;f~th<y mjgt>~~e.JU~aU~d·tortl!•;tl~!C .of·gf'!cF; 4bfo/Ht<1;~notheriqpart.l call that abfolutene~ '·[ This he doth not: for" ;>·e.[<).> tqij .bo_oke)~ crf!irie., .,yhich c~nnm ~,eptherwifi; p,olf,bly:as I .-gi.u~n n;ot tQ.. <!H~ l?.HJ t9 }lis fcr\!!nrs: a~d tha.~ that-God-liuerh, :md c"nnot die, f.s.om!lipote't, .,sh~(h fs faii·of~hi> booke-.,j.s tf·UC of.th<;: 'J.I-'.~'01 infinit~, ~'· Ncccffuie ;n p4rt isr,;when 2ny r [lrjpt11re.Th<.~rrl,O!<~>(I bf4,w•r4(f~ith DAHjJ) thiQg.done is nccdf'lt'i< onel1, bept.~fcirdef yot r;o o1fl 1 h:: 'IM~Y.!d; kNN~ /!f!"~~r}1)!(JS ,. h1,~9~Pp,ends op..J1Cccifaric,caufcs;as fire tp Purtl is nel ,PI:• )'lith v;ho•p.lllrt ~ade a.<9.~<i\aAt,Pft~•<l.7; cdl;rio,in regard ofth~t ordcrwl)i~hgo·d both ~ 1 tJ9 1 2(¥. :mrw~-· ... ~~'I! J. ~- •• ~ ~l~;) ; fct in n jltUfC by Cf~ation: yet thi~p~ceffitie.js I . 1'hc fo)!rr{l_'blgumtnt,\Yl:<t19Y this Rqu·~l1, noHbfolutc; for fir; would not bur~c, if God ~iP.n isdc.(GriQCd: ,. i;S tb.c m:l{fll't·.thqeof1 ~i.f! {houJ~.vJcatb to ch5:~c th3tordcr fct in,natuFc, I~~;'!/ that1J?JIJf 1 1Jo/1(f he do;,~;; tPat is, th\IJgs as hc~did ..v-·hcn the t rec childrC were c:l!l into I t J ·.-..·~--- ~.-.-,. t (' ' ----- 1 ve~[1 . i
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