442 mrfl'. An fw. uefi. .Anfzn. Rom 8.30. Eph.1.3,4- l' zTitn.t.g Vfe. I. .`11.0111;.8. z9. I C ti AP. 5. m s E x p o f i t i o n v p ® s s the fi r f i V R R .9, t o certaine., vnchangeable, peremptory, particular or it there be any other rearme,to expreffe the vnchangeable neffe, and infallible certaintie of this Counfell of God' think e it fitting this purpofe. May the Decree be furthered by our prayers, and o- ther holy endeuours ì The vfuall anfwer is this ; wee are to confider two things : firtl, the decree it felfe; fecondly, the execution, and cffeét of the decree : for the decree it felfe ; no man by any meanes can procure his enrolement in the num- ber of the predellinate. If wee fpeake of the execution, it is not tobe doubted, but this, as other parts of proui- dence, takeseffcCt by meanes. Gods prouidence fo dii pofeth all his purpofes, that fecond caufes haue their place ordinarily in their accomplifhmenr. Purs this decree any thing in the perlons of the prede- flinatee Thus vnderaand it. Flowes any thing from this decree of God, touching faluation, to qualifie the per - fons of the predeflinate to faluation i' No queflionyes. Hence flowes n Vocation, Iu/fifica- tion, Adoption; allipiritua1161e7nv, that concerne life and godl ines. °Hebath file fled vs iu fjiirituallthings, according as he hath chafen vs m Chrifl.PHe bath famed and called vs, according to his purpofe &grace,giuenvi, before all worlds. The decree is the rule and meafure of all Gods donati- ons. Wenowrefume the conclufon : The faluation of Gods children is notfarebnowne onely,but vnchan ea6ly or_ dainedanddetermiired. Fond therefore is that opinion falfly affigned by fomc to Dam-afcene. That there is no a61 of God, more than that ofprefcience, touching any thing that is or (hall be; no not touching the faluation of man. The Lord fore - law that there were fome that fhould be laued ; ordained nothing certaine of any mans faluation. Firfl, the Scrip- tures plainly placeboth in God ; as well fore_ordinance, as fore - knowledge. Whom he forefalv, bee 9 predeftina- ted
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