i8o r t Rom.3 r,z. tfe. Ephef z. ç,6. Rom. 9. C H A P.Z. An Expofition vpotathe fecond V E R.13. out of the brooke, who but apprehends implied a refufall of the refl.. In all ele5ion and choife which God makes among(} men, ye fhall obferue the like, whither it be i end mu_ mu. Or, 2 q 4d media frlutis. Or, 3 falutem. 'De primo : As in the choife of `David to fucceed Said in the Kingdome, when his brethren were prefented vnto Samuel by their father Idle., of tendered to Samuel, faith the Lord, I haue refiiièd him ; of the mil, the Lord hath not chofen thefe. t. Sam 16.7,8,9,1 o. David to fcoffing t fichal, it was before the Lord wlich chofe me before thy father,and before all his hoofe. t. Sam.S. a s. compare r. C'hron. x8.4.5. Defecundo: The choife of people to the external! mcanes of faluation, Word, and Sacraments, a all vifible Churches and euery particular of them are chofen, is not apparent like preferring one people before another, Re- linquifhing and paffing by others ? Can a choife be con- ceited without it ? The Lord bath r chofen Jacob to him - felfe and 1 frael for his owe po f f ëf on : dealt he fa with r other nations ? Had they the knowledge of hts Lawes ? Where then is thee preferment of the Iew ? De tertio: Eleòlion to faluation,what plainer then that of 7'anl, Rim. 9. I haue loued, that is, in loue chofen Jacob. What of Efau, I haue hated him, that is, at leaf} not chofen, or refufed him. That man would wonder to fee the acumen ofe rmi- nitu and his Seebries, fo blunted and obrufe to abfiudirie, when they conceit a generali elusion, though conditio- nal!, of all and euery man to faluation. But tired with Antichriff, I haue promifed my backe abflinence from o_rfrminiuu. But fure me thinkes,that dotage of Armi;riu. i Robs God of the uglory of his rich grace, which he aimed at in particular ele &ion. 2 And calls a blunt vpon that thankes the veffels of mercie doe, or should render to their God. Our Sauiour willing to excite his Difciples to thankeful- neffe voto God, fhewes the x preferment they had zn his favours:
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