CHAP,5, Epiftleto the The§dolmas. VE K.9,10. nitlers, to heepe bache t nothing of the (o hearts ?Had t A@ì'1.0.27. Knew he not,.t rorf we, the temper of he not wifdome to prelim the mifchiefe ? Secondly, Where learnewee to conccale from Gods people any branch of his .mercie and free loue to their Soules ? And what fo great an euidence of the freedome of his grace, as that he chofe vs before we were ? Thirdly,' wonder what Truth it is we fhzll publifh, if all mutt be concealed that ignorant and vnflable men will ?assert to their deflrublion. Chrifl mote to the Iewes u a u r Cori. 2 3. flumbling blocke, to the Gentiles foolifhneff e : may hee not therefore be publifhed, the Power and Wifdome of God, to faluation of his children ? Laflly, the nature of the Do&trine rightly taught, af- t fords no inference of licentioufnetTe : neither doe they that fhm. in the blcf ing,fo abufe ir. Will others bee of- fended ? I fay as our Saulour, Let them be offended, ï he truth is,fuch defperaterefolutions Are fometimes heard from men of corrupt mindes, feeraingly, as from this ground. I f they be ()idled, they (hall be faued, how euer holily, or vnholily they liue. Now firft, what phran- tike carelcfnelte of that pearle, the foule of man, more precious than the world, proceeds this from ? IfI be ele- &ed:wretched mifcreant Us that the care thou haft of thy foule, that (hall line euer either inbliffe,or tórment? W by : Per. 1.10. thou not rather give X diligence to maize thy calling Z .i IO and. eleltion fore : than thus aduenture thy foule vpon vn- certaine hazzard ? Secondly, how conceiueft thou filch a mangled, and balled Decree ofGod,touching faluation ? As if it were not as well touching Y Sanbtefication,,as Y Eph,1.4. faluation- ?Thirdly, Reduce thy Hypothefsto a Càae- gor:call ; thus lies thy Pcopofition: The clod vnfantlifi- ed Jball be fasted. Wherein what babe difcernes not an abfurditie ? The cleft vnfanîtified ? There arc nofuch Z r Pet:r. Z. eleEì'.Tho fc that are cho fen to life,are chof n x to obedience, and fprinhling of the &loud of (brill.
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