Vert. the Epifile to the Romans. ved Jacobere he ¡was born, Rom. 9, I Alfo Paul faith f"o exprefly, Evhef. 1.4 before the foundation of the world was laid. The word Predeftination and fore - knowledge, proveth it, for they note a precedent eternall counfell. Ti M. Then they, errs which think, &- Won to be all one with calling. S t L. They do fo : tor calling is "a fruit of ele &ion, and is done in time after we are born,but ele &ion is before all time,and is the caufe of our calling, as Chap. 8.30. T ' tit. Alfo i f fomeonly be chofen, then they are deceived which will have all to be chofen of God. aPuticutae S t L. True : Firft, then fhould all beleeve and be faved, becaufe God changeth not. Secondly, becaufe where all be chofen,there is no ele&ion,which is a chufing of tome out of many. Thirdly, we have examples of Repro - bates,as Cain,Efaujudas, &c. T ' M. Is there then a decree of Repro - bation,as well as o f Eleaian ? S' L. There is fo : for ele &ion is not the chufing and taking of all, (as appeareth by Gideon, Judg. 7. 7. and Deaf. 7.6.) but a taking of tome with a forfaking ofothers.Secondly,Scripture fpeaketh of appointment to wrath, a TheJ:5.9.and of an ordination to dif- obedience,s Pet. a7.and to damnation, Jude 4 Thirdly, experience teacheth this,becaufe many unbeleevers and wic- ked men have been,and be in theworld; which lheweth that many be repro- bates and refufed,from whence it'corn- meth, that they cannot have faith and godlineffe , yob. so. 26. They beleeve not, becaufe they be not my Sbeep : (yet the proper caufe of all mifery is fin, which flicks in mans nature, even his Original infe&ion, Rom.5.)Paul fpeaks here of the whole purpofe of God,as it containeth both ele &ion and reproba- tion, as the two examples prove, and verf. 15. Whom he will,he hardeneth.This makes againfi Huberos, who is for uni- verfality ofele &: and Stapleton,who re- ftraineth this place to the ele&. Alfo it appeareth that force be reprobated, be- caufe cleft and reprobates be oppofed . as contrary, in Efai. 41, 9, Laftly, God . hath made Veils force to mercy and honour, and Tome to wrath and dilho- nour, Rpm. 9. And finally, our expe- riencetelleth and teacheth this,whileft daily we fee force called and altered, others abide in their fin. T M. The decree of ele/Ìion and repro- r bation, whether bath it refloat to the lump of pur. aw man pure or 'corrupt ? that fir, were men cho- " " "' fen and refufed as they flood upright in A- dam, or as they are corrupt in him? In which eflateofthefetwain did God confider than when he eletaëdd f me Si L. As they are corrupt by Warns ¡a map fall,fo Gods decree of eleEfion and re- `°" `° probation refpe &s them ; that is to de- ou made. Clare it more diftinetly, God purpotd to glorifie himfelf by man kinde, Prov. i 16.4. God made all things for himfelfe,' Rom.' s. God didpurpofe to create all righteous in Adam,and to fuffer him to fall forcaufes known to himfèlf : and of men being thus fain, he purpofed to fave forne by Chrift, thefe be chofen: and others not; thefe be reprobates. For fuch as we are when God ju ftifieth us, fuck he decreed to juftifie and choofe : but at our juflificatfon,we are ungodly and enemies,Rom. 44, 5, 8, 9. therefore fuch he chofe, and decreed to juftifie. Secondly, Chrift the remedy, muff needs in order ofcaufes be purpo- fed to be given to fuch as were fain: for man in his pure eftate needed notChrift, therefore they were not then chofen in Chrift.Augufiine faith, That God of the fame lofe man originally, as a Potter, made one vefiell to honour, and ano- ther to dilhonour. T ' M.What it thefoundation and ground of elettion ? Si L. Chrift jefus, into whom he purpofed to ingraffe us,as members into an head whom he purpofed to fave: fee Ephef. E. 4. The reafon hereof is, be- caufe we are chofen with refpe& of. Chrifts merits, as the material] caufe or mean whereby all cleft ones were to be laved. T r M. What caufe moved God to tied force, and not others? Si L. The caufe is in himfelf, his 181eáion inferrech rcpeobatk 337 own t. Iteafanr.
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