C ;.g A P.2. Epifile to the The alonians. V ç R.13. on, thus thinke, like nature is in thee ; and thou wilt fay God is gratious in keeping from like temptations. a Nextfeeyour calling, not' many mighty, not many noble,are chafen to eternall life; in that choifc thou haft preferment. 3 And m what fhall it profit to win the whole world,and loofe the fonle ? Oh ble(fed be goo!, will thy foule fay, who hath n 6leffed mein all f irituall bleJngs in thrift Iefus ; and, though in temporalties preferred mifcreants before mee, yet chofen me to faluation, from which Monarches many are reied +ed. 2 The choofer , God, who alone bath difpofer of grace and glory, iauoiu, power and dominion oter the ILIafe, to make one ve[fell to honour, another to difiaonour. Why quarrels the reprobate part of the corrupted lumpe, that they alto, or rather were not chofen ? Shall q the clay fay to the potter, why haft thou made mee thus ? That any are chofen, is of his grace, that thou a fanner re- iected, is no iniuftice. 2 And r who hath giuen him fzrfí ? Askeft thou why this man rather then thy ielfe or another? He is an abfolute Lord.Friend he doth thee( no wrong,may bee not doe with his owne, what feemeth him heft ? SayeR thou he is partiall ? Refpeeler of perlons ? Red). Its gra- tuitous, not debt, that is here conferred. How dares dui+ and afhes intro nit fo farre into this counfeil ofGod, as to prefcribe to his wifedome,to forme to that Maieftie rules of Iuftice ? Why admires it not ra- ther what it comprehends not? As 'Paul w. pe oe; i'lo- tit s thus ; in what I conceiue, I adore him, in what I com- prehend not,I admire him. Bee willing to be ignorant, of what God fecreted. God (hail lighten things hidden in darkene %: fondly doe we anticipate, Much doeth the meditation confrme hope of enjoying the happinei e purpofed to vs, that its God who bath thereto chofen vs. u Clod is not as man, that hee fhould lie, nor u the Tonne of man, that he fhould repent : The gifts and calling of God are without * repentance. 3 The time, from the beginning, that is, fay fome,of the creation,but elder by much is that decree. This grace given N x before I a Cor.z.z6.z7 Mat.16,z6. ° EphcC, r.3. ° P(al. Sq,r t. ? Rom,9,zt. 7lfeI. e Rom 9 zo. Rom.tr.35'. f Mar,zo.IÇ. 2. Rom.tI.33. 3, u Nurn.23.19, t RoIb.I r.z9,
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