^'"s».+lk i° .tlA-#v.., ií`91y..`sîS1J,:-' vdRg7¡.F<,( 1", s 3 ,,' C H A P.I. Epiflleto theTheffalonians. V E It.iQ. heard : or of euill difpoltion, as in vnbeleeuing,or misbe- leeuing Chriffians , it matters little ad pcenam damni : Though that of fenfe be greater to children of the Church. Miflake nor, as if I thought the not knowing, or not be- leeuing in Chrifi, (hall be imputed to a fimple Pagan, as a crime to damne him. Howbeit, had he beleeued, he had bin faued : not beleeuing he perifheth in his Paganifme. I like pittie though it be a little foolífh; yet would V fe. haue no man wifer then his maker : what if the body of Paganifh Nations perifh ? what,when their Infidelitie in which they perifh is inuincible ? Its pittie of' them they fay : And God feemes either not iuff, or not fo mercifuIl. e_- of Pittiebe it : who allowes not ° condoling their mil - iton,9,z; carriage ? yet neither is God iniufi, in not (hewing them mercie to faluation, fith, t that gratuitous. a and bee P made them righteous. 3 And they are inexcufad y fin - P Eccl.7.3r. full in violating the rules of naturali law, referued in their Notice. But is God leflè merciful! ? Nay rather more q to a Rom.9.z3. the veffelsof mercie: whom from among fo many milli- ons of men and women, of equal! condition in nature, he hath fele &ed to magnifie his mercie vpon. The mercies of God are better prifed by weight, then by number of enioyers. But we paffe to the extent. As to Saints and beleeuers onely ; fo to all Saints : for (which is more doubtful!) to all deleeuers doth this heauenly glorie belong. That to all Saints : thefe Scriptures are pregnant. The inheritance belongs tir all them that are fanElifaed. Beatifi- r Aas z4.31. call vifion to all that are 'pure in heart : wherefore the fan- f A9at5.8. 6-tied are faid to be tfealed to the day of Redemption. And the `hph4.3o firff fruits of the Spirit, is called the u earnefiz of our inhe- n z Cor.t. za. ritance. They erre, who extend Sanctification to Reprobates. op I. . What fay they to this Argument? Euery fandtified man is glorified. No Reprobate is glorified. Ergo; nor fantRi.- fled. z * Elel-led we are to fantlification of the Spirit, fup. *1 Pet.t.z. pofeyou to the common folaces of Reprobates. 3 Or think Ech,r.4. we Chtifis merit and x intercefïìon, by which theSpirit of x John 17.9; an1.tifi E3
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