66 C H A P.1. An ExpofticN tipond 6, f ccond V E it,Yt, a EQh.r.;. CI Thef.4.3, ! Rot21.3.30. goodneflè? q. What is this fulfilling ? To the ftr(l. Gods ivdbxix, his good pleafire, Intcrpre ters with one confent conceiue, Gods eternall purpofe touching the faluation of his children : which Paul elfe- where cals the c good pleafure of his will. Sermo Romanw, faith one, non h.ß6et quad bait dictioni rejgiondeat. Saint Jerome thinkes it a word coined by the Septuaginte; fig. nifying not onely pleafance, but regular pleafance : vbi quad non folúm placuit, fed. etiam regé placuit. Islam pla- cent, inquit, 0. qua non reRe placent. It may be that (iv) in the compofition imports it. To Bwhew , it founds a fpontaneus, confentient, propenfe afrcaion. For Gram. mer fignification I referre the Reader to 1llyricus,aad filch like Theologicall Lexicographers. In Scripture you may obferue it, when attributed to God, to haue a double fio- niñcation: as oixnwe fometime lignifies BiTnti,the a5 tot willing ; fòmetimes TO eian7on, the e thing willed : fo 'such. xiet, whiles the S pontaneous,propenfe and pleating inclina- tion of the will of God to the eternall good of men : whiles, the decree and purpofe of God iffuing from his complacentia, his pleafance taken in their fpirituall wel- fare, to promote and procure it. So here it feemes taken. To the fecond. All thegood pleafure. Parts there are,or particulars of Gods purpofe and decree touching the fal- uation of his Children. Thus you may number them from Saint Paul. f Vocation begun , continued. lufiification youchfafcd and continued. Santlifacation begun, continu- ed, increafed. Glorification of the Soule at feparation in death. Railing bodies at thelaft day, and reuniting them to foules that both may enter fruition of confummate bleffedneffe. Ail thefe fall within compafl'e of Gods good pleafure and decree ; and are here praied, in what was yet wanting, to be committed to execution. To the third : of his goodneff'e. Gods goodneffe fame - times fignifies the eximious pulchritude of his Nature, fo eminently aboue all things amiable, as that it rauifh- eth euery minde and affe6ion of the reafonabie Creature in
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