1494 1 1l I P,apiihbe: come Anu· ~;rinitarlct• , f, Cround. Anf..,·cc. eAn Expojition vpon ground b.cc:lUfc we mun "''orl11ip one Ged in A three pcrtons, neither can we: ;night thi'nkc of God·out ofthe Trinitie. · \ Gu fourd, ther~Jore I ma; flu~ 1H l l;j!. Tl;cy 1 ~!g~t a~ \\'ell rcafon thus; The tcarmc of my i· htc IS fhmcd> none can lengthen or fhoncn it, 1 I will therefore neither c;uc nor drinkc,nor v!e I Phyficke, nor other lll<'anes of prolonginu my daies : which wh:1t ·were it elf(: but to llJH~hcr I the l>odie? So thcfe from the famt ground be- l come rnurthcrcrs ofthc.ir foulrs; whereas men cho!Cn to the<;:nd, will prdfc after the mc:mcs and conclude othcrwife, and fay, I willvfo m~ttt;~s th~t I m·!Y come to life. Secondly,other$ more·Jcarned arc aduerfarie to this ground, who teach, that God for his part bath chofen all men to life ; and for his part would hauc all faued, and that Chrilt for his part hath re– deemed all, and the holy Gbo!l giucth or of- .Adu~rfoJ"ieJ of fiJis ' ground. }_(_ Firft, Hcrctikcs illnumerablc:who(cm.enlo– ric is accurfcd; as Ariansof,formcr andAat_tcr timcs,drnying thc·GodhCaJ ofChritl.Sccond1y, the Turkc.and h·w, \yho })old :m abfoluti: God out ofthe; perfons. Thir~lly,1our conHu6·n people, ·.•vho pray ro fu-ch aGod in their owne name&: out of the Sonnc and holy Ghofr. Fourthly, thel'opilh Church, which denicll\ by their do6hine"'thc three pcriOns: for hce that dminb th~ Somu, dmierh tht:Fat~r. find holy Ghojl. I , Ioh, '· >;. Now they d~nic the Sonnc bqth in his lliltUrcs aboliJbing his Manhood in their doCtrine o( the Sacrament, as alfo his offi.ces of King, 'PJidl, o1nd Pro– phet, for which we mull vttcrly fcparate from tl1em. · . Tl]< Gxth .ground is: That·nothing commrth to pajfo wi~hout the fprcill/L decree, will, attdp11J– Nidmce of G<iJ,Mmb. to. 'l· ·A fparrow fal.– ltthnot to the f!1jOHitd withoHt his will. OGiefl. Sinuc is againfi Gods will, and therefore com– mctb to paffc-wl\hout his wiii.Anf.That which i5 againfi the \Vill .ofGod is not without his will. Qudf, How caothi>Le? Anf. No G"nne commcth to p•ffe but God dccrecth the per– mitting and bccing of it, now to permit finne .and the hccing of it, is neither the caufing .of linnc, uorth~ doin~of it, but the not hindring c'fir,to whi<h he is not bound.This ground bee ingdenied 'hauncc vdl be broug.ht in,and God hitnfelfe denied. ' 1 fercth grace to all. If we aske, why then 3rc B 1not ~I faued? They an(wer, becaufc God 'j forcta.w thofe who would bdccue, \vhomc he :\ppointed to fah1ation: hee forcfawe alfo o. 1 thers who would not belceue, and adiudgcd ( them to damn:ttion. But hy this doChine !hall j Gods wiH hang on the will of man,. and be 1 ruled by it, fccing he would haue men faucd, I but m~mwill not; and fo this ground is in part raifed, I Th; eight ground is:That GodmAdethe hea- !. G«•md. uens ttndrhecarth, and ~!lrbingt th~tt haue buing in thmJ. Coi. t. t 6. By him were creaud all I thi~t~g.r which are in·heaum and in earth. This is aprinciple; for if creatures hadnobeginning, C then they arc become Gods; which would oucrthrow the Godhead. But all things were obi<ll. not made beGdcs God. Fo.r the highe!l heaHec looked for a C1tic hauiog a foundation, 1 , Grotu 1 d. , The {~aucmh ground is,That God IJ~th ,ho.. fen (om~ mm before the worldw.u, to heparta– f:!yJ oftherichu of hu merciu, and paf{ed 6y o– the'lfs Gectmfo ir ,~..u hid will, Rom.9. 1 8. He~wiO h4,t1: mercieon whom: hcewj/l, Ephef. I. 4• t. Pet. l.9. Some are a chofcn generation, and therefore Come are not chofcn. Againc, whome huwillhthar4meth :he h1deth the myflcrics of the kingdom from fome:wlty? bccaufchisplta– [1P't~41[kth, Matth.ll.>5· And ofthisthne ID is good reafon>for in nature the firfl caufc orde– rcth the fccond caufes, and not the fccond ucn the Throne of God is etcrnall os Cod himfclfcis. Anf'"· The Throne of God is a &of•"· creature as well as the refi: Hebr. u. io.\ ,.hofo 6ui!dtr and mnk.cr u God, In the world obi,a. arc many euills, whkh could not be from l the fir{\. Now G<>ds will is caufc of all cau(cs ; which therefore mull rule an as the (uprc:lme' andnotbccrulcdby:my other. That chis is a grou"nd appcareth, >. Tim. 2. 19. The founda– tion of God remaincthJure, tb~ Lordk._noweth who 11re hU: and indeed none other can bee the ground of grace a.;'d _happin_d!'e vmo vs, thctl the coun(ailc ofGod 1n clcCbngvs,callcd thcr– forc ofthe Apolllc afoundation. AduerforteJ hereof, Firfi, our comnwn people that thus abu(e this doCtrine; If 16ecchofm tofa!flation, I(ball God, the foundation of all goodneffc. An[w. 1 Anfwer. Euill is of three forts: lid! natural/, wf.ich commcthby nature corrupted, a~ fickcndfc, difeafcs, pl•gues, and death it fclfe. Secondly, mater;.// euills, as hurtf~ll bealls, poifotts in trees, plants,bcafis; theiearc created, :1nd the very poifon of them is a creoture, Third– ly, mora/icuills,which be tranfgrdlionsagainfi the Morall l:1wc and Commaundcmcncs of God, of the two former God is the author & caufe: Efay 45· 7.1CU4rttNJil: rhat is,naturall and matcri21l : but ofthe third, that is, moral1 1 euills which be finne, God i~ no catJfc. 06i~V:. 1 oOici. Bur God is the caufe of all things, and finoc is fome rhing. An[. Sinnc: is no crcarure, but the Anfwe:. ddlruClion ofGods image which is a creature, effected by the creature : for though the cr<arurc cannot make acreature,yct it c~n dcfiioya creature. The aducrfaric to this grouo.d is thd Athci!l, w}10 holdcch the creatures tOhaue bin from(– uerlalling,ond fo by denying one God, hcma– kcth many thoufands. The 9.ground is, that Godm11dem:w ti(_Co1-din._~ · ?·Ground. - -~=-- -------'o_l_~ --
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