~ \ .:. ·Vpon what . otcafion the ·DoCtrine of ,_ to confider in what manner it is delivered in the Scripture,and to what purpofe,and to make that ufe of it, and then thou lhalt be ·· fure not toa– bufe it. As for example: Towhat end, and for what occafion is this Dochine of eleCtion deli- · GDdJ unchan– geablc:netfc is revealed in Scripture. 'l{,Dl1b9• Ill, t 9o !fhe end o£ chis Ooarinc· vered ? You fh'all finde, that it is on this occa- · fion,RomttnJ 9·18,19. Whenmanyofthe/ewe.r did not come in, towhomdid belong the CovtJ.r– nant,And the Law,•nd the 'TeftimonieJ, this was an obje&ion.that was made againft the Doctrineof the Gofpel ~ what was the reafon that the I ewes didnot come in, and that his owne people were not wrought upon? Toanfwer this objeftion, the ApolUe tells them, that this was not againft Go D s goodwill; bee was ab le to doe it, if it were his pleafure : but (faith bee) forne bath heechofen, and fome nor ; forne bee loves, and fome bee hates; fome bee bath mercie.upon, and famebee hardens. So that the fcopeof that Dod:;ine is, That Go D might be magnified ; that no objeltion might be made againll: the Aim ightie power of G o o, 'as if bee was not able to bring them in; that men might not fay, . that they have refilled his will: and the Apofile ' reveales it for that purpofe, that men might be anfwered. So that fuch Do6trines as this, you mull: confider for what end they are ·revealed. So for this Do6hine of G o D s ttnch~tnge.sblettejJe; what is the end, why it is revealed? You · thall fee in Numh. 23. 19. Hee it not 111 .mAH, that hee fhoultl repent :· Therefore I hA'VC hlejled : lfr~tel, Andheefh~II!Je hlrfled., .. The end is, to thew . · that~
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