i66 C H A P.Z. An Expofatiog tpon the f cond ÓT H judgement may we expect, then frongefl delufion ? fot- tifhefl infatuation,. pertinacie incorrigible ? 2' The infliaer of the Iudgement,god; god fhall find them firo;so; delufson: like phrafes fee frequent, Ifni 6. To . 44. excd9.3. doth God lead into errour,or confirme therein ? Reap. fcaciter rneane you ? e/1bfst ! he nei- ther deuifeth the errour, nor propounds it to be belie- ved : he is God of Truth; louer of it : &rourof f1 lies, haste another father. 2 Nor inclines be the mind:: to anent, or the will to embrace it. god is note futhor oft hat, whereof he is vltor. 1'ulóentitis. But when he is laid to harden, to blinde, to deceiue,vn- derlland it thus : As a iuil Iudge t he glues libertie to Sa- tan and his inflruments to attempt, to i;npreffe it. Its faid, the Lord was angrie with Ifrael, and e he,noued David to fay, Goenurnber Ifrael and Iudah : yet elfewhere its faid, f Satánfio od vp againfl Ifrael, and bee prouoi qd David to number Ifael. g God permifue; Satan efficaciter: or, a Denies or withholds Grace which fhould hinder their giuing way to errour : or, 3 Withdraws Grace gtuen, which onely hinders pre - uairi,ig of Satan, or inclination of nature to Inch errour or pertinacie therein.Schoeles thus.God concurs to euill; not pofitiue, but privatiué -: not eficienter, but cdicienter : his A&s in thefe pana rnirabiles, as' Caietane tearmes them, which are fo Gods punifhments, that they are alfo mans finnes, are three. rr g Defertion, leauing to our fennes. h Tradition : deliuery of vs ouer to the power of Sa. tan, and fwing of our owne corrupt inclinations_. 3 And which refults of both, volantarie i permion: not hinde- ring the errour, or finnes, which except he hinder, will be. Thus and no otherwi e fends God delufion.And thus bath God his finger in thefe fpirituall ludgernents : thefe &nfull penalties,or penali finnes. Doe we protsoko the Lord to Anger ? are wee ftronger then he ? Behold what varietie of plagues he hath in (lore for the children of difobedience : plagues for body, for foule
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