,- i--·- the Epiflle of lude. . -------;·171 l__.:---. 1 - ·--- .. ----- . - . --·- -- j ! NO\.\"C folioweth the c~,ond point, namely) ! AI words arC' txpounJcd Toh.8.4+ tiJ~·floodnot in ; Irhcf.r!l 0~- t~\C:- Angc!'> ... in \o\'hich obfCruc three tberr~uh. By this tm_rb is mcJn.c _the ln~3£:: _cl j I pnints: fidt the caufc,lc~o. ndly,rhc parts,~hHt~· God 111 ngh~c?ufi1c~~·~nd rru..- noltncfic> Eph~ I Jy, the mc:tfurc of the bll. The caltfeof their 4· z-,.. _and rh1s1magc IS truely callc~ (li·urhJ~cf31l in chcfc worcls; wluch ktpt not thurfirfleeau le 11 ncucr dcccmed men as vnnghtc•.. Hifncs flare, but left tberr httbiflltion; rhcmfclucs were c!oth; v•hich tn:lkcth a glori_ous 01cw of plca 1 1 1 the c:~u(c of th:J~ ownc f:lll; vYhich is tlm~ profurc, or profit '.but in~ccdc i_c dccciu:::th men, I ucd: Either Goa muH. be the o.ufc ofthctr fin, who finde nothtng lcflc thercm. SccOI~dl)'.,bcorman, or thc:nt<:lucs; but neither God, nor caufc hcrin is no hypocrific, it mal\cth no fhcw man, and therefore thcmfelucs. Firfi, god cat1or :1ppcar:mcc of orhcr, then indccde it is,.~s not be the cauic:for that \-verc iniuHicc to conthe: manner of fa!010od is. The f~n.fc ,then is, I denme them fOr that whi'h himfclfc caufed: that theangels volumarily dep:lrtcd from ih~ir. how vnrightcous were it, firtl to caufc them to original! <:ondition, & fl:oo4 nm in that im~g'C fall, and then to puni(h t~cm for f~lling?ObieEf. ofGod wherin they were created. The fecoQd But it will be laid, that Got! did fore lee their panof this one Gnnc is, that they left their h.1..;;. fall, and ITlight haucprcucnted it'· an~ fo not bitarion;which a man nughr~Hccmc bm a fmalJ hindring it, he [eemeth to be a caufc ot it. A n[. tilJttcr, but the !l.nne is not imall ; for God in Whofocuer forefceth an cuill, and hindrcth it B the beginning appointed moH cxccHem places not when he may, isacceffanc: vmo ir, fo be he for his feuera\1 creatures; "\'herein rhey were be bound to hinder it: but God was not bound to pctforn1c .their [entice and homage vmo to hinder it, bceing :a moR abfolmc Lord,not God; as hcauen was the prqpcr place alligm:d bound ~o any of his creatmcs funher then hee to Angcls:to man Paradi(c in his innocencie;as bindcth himfclfc. ObieU. But God did not after his fall the familie>ofthe Pattiarches: beconfirme rh€ in d1at grace which he gaue th~: fore, and in Chrifls time tbe Temple: fiJ}CC that whereupon they fell :whereas if he hadcoQfirtime, the focieties and congrc~ations of.. rhe_ mcd them they had flood; ·,Nhence earnall reafaithfi.lll are thc(e places appointed for 11131) .tp (on concludcth God to be the caufe ofthe fall. fet out the fpccial praifcsofthe 5=rearor in.Now Anfw. God gaue them grace in creating them the Angels Jcauing their place incurr;d two righteous, bur confirmed them not therein; he gtieuous finnes: firft, they left the pretence of: gauc rhem a power to will ro perfeuerc.- , bur God: fecondly, their.office & cal\ing,in which gaue tbem not rhc w1l nor pcrfeuerance it [c:lfc, they ought for cuer tohaue bcene employed in & yet he is not t1> be blamcd,bccaufe h~would C the glorifying of God.,Obi,U, But do not the not doe it, f!!!Jft. Why" ould he not? Anfw. Deuils kecpe in the aire-? An[ Some of them P,o;n-,.1o. I an[wer Vvith the ApoHie,What art thou 0 man doe by Gods permiffigQ, b!lJJ1.ot as in thc.-ir that diffiutefl with God? Let vs\.\ irhout further proper place,_orAirfi hal;>itati9n,for that.was in I reafoning ftay our fclue!. in thc[e two condufi... the comfortable: prefenccof§od in h~av§.Th.~. ons: firfl, that God is an abfolutc Lord: ncithird point in th~s finn.e is th,e meafi1re ·of. it; thcr bound to any a8ion, neither to giue reaThey left: that is, w}lolly~nd. toral!y[ tl;eircQn-. fon of any: feconJly, that bee doth •11 to the dition, J they quite forfooke God ,.hi1 image, · gloric ofhis name, in the manifcfbtion of his hcauen it felfc, 2nd that office l.o\'hicl!:thercil}: mcrcie :mJ.iu!licc.Secondly,as god is no laufe they \o\'ere affigned vmo. Qbicff:Hert""i_t rpaY.:. or author ofthis fal ofAngels.no more is man, be obieCtcd: Ifthe Angels in tbeir inqocetici~· for the Angds fell fidl, and wercth.e·cau[c of & excellcncic fell \>vholly & vuerly from Go4,· ·mans fall ,·and therefore themfelucs WCiC the much more may (lnn~full tlten, altboug!1 bele<.'.., prop« eaufe oftheir owne !all.~eft.How can uers,wholly fall from God, and vmtly cut •h<'~. this be? An{The Angels had in themfdues the !cluos by fin ne from Chtifl. .tin[ B.ut h"<t.<"!'l<>' proper cau[e, and beginning oftheir ov\'O fall; lanfwcr, that th~re is not_the ia!ne re..af6 ofthC~ 3nd tl13twas a free and flexible will, whereby D gra~e ofcreation, as is of th.egracN:;,f re genefor the prcfenc they willed that which was rarion:for that comrneth farre fh0tt of..rhis, b)'. good, and might will to pcr[cucrc in 1t: but the former the creature hath a po'-('o'ereither::tSll that will beeing mm·able, they might alfo will Hand or fall,to'"abide with Gpd,or ~eparc f~om euill, ansl fo fall from God, this beeing the bim,and thispowc:r is in it fclfc:but by this la.t::i fame will th3t .Ad4mhad in the fratc: of inno· ter grace of regeneration, filCh fea~e ofGod}~ ccncic. put into the hearts ofrhc rcgcncr.::uc,that t4ef. ,Ji;·: • ,v.,. Ohiefl. Good trees cannot bring fonh cuill Clull not depart from Go9, Ierem. 3.,_"lo..at'<:\ ..... -. fruite: therefore the Angels bring good,could this power ofnot f~i)ling is in Jhem ind("cd, but not finne ofthcmfelucs. An f. A good tree rr.- not from thcmfduc:s·: neither is it fh3nge rha~ maining good bringcrh forth good frulre; but there fhould bee fuch difference bct\ ... eene the becing changeable may bring forth cuill. So Hate of nature, and th;tt which-is abou~ ~a-: mur.."h ofthe: caufc ofche fall of Angd~. ture.Againc,as the grace of.~-rcation and- rcgc.:' The fccond thing in their fall is the parts of ner:uion is different; fo thcrC'i~.a difference bf it, which here arc two: firfl, 7'h~y k!pt not their the will crc:ued, and rcgcn,ei:atc-, lt,Creatcd.l!vij lugitm!ng. Secondly ,1'hcylcfi thcirowne habitah:1th afrecdomc tO will that yvbich is.g_Ood !I f~ tion.Fi~Ct,~y fell from their firfl db.tc:which hath the willTegcner.ate alfo. S~condl}~, ere~-· ,;,d- >t'Sor~)kc'/ notbi:::aule the othcri~ not ~lro c:r•. :au:d,butl-e· c:tufcthrsis in rhe f1 h· ictlhv rru– [i,,.,, ~s the odu.:l'iSnot.
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