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speak_v do_v or_o will_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o appear_v equal_a to_o man_n proud_a flesh_n can_v vouchsafe_v the_o god_n of_o heaven_n so_o much_o honour_n as_o to_o believe_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v good_a or_o right_n which_o be_v speak_v or_o act_v above_o what_o the_o codex_fw-la of_o justinian_n or_o the_o five_o book_n of_o aristotle_n ethic_n define_v to_o be_v just_a i_o confess_v indeed_o that_o god_n often_o condescend_v in_o his_o holy_a word_n to_o give_v man_n a_o reason_n of_o some_o proceed_n and_o to_o clear_v they_o up_o to_o our_o understanding_n but_o it_o be_v more_o than_o he_o need_v to_o do_v more_o than_o we_o ought_v to_o expect_v in_o all_o case_n it_o will_v therefore_o be_v our_o wisdom_n to_o forbear_v play_v the_o critic_n upon_o his_o decree_n and_o administration_n consider_v that_o he_o alone_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unaccountable_a not_o to_o be_v call_v in_o question_n for_o any_o of_o his_o do_n and_o always_o remember_v that_o of_o 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and_o 1_o cor._n 9_o 24_o 25_o 26._o clear_v ephes_n 5_o and_o 11._o enlighten_v concern_v the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n will_v and_o the_o counsel_n thereof_o §_o 1._o i_o dare_v not_o whole_o wave_v the_o doctrine_n of_o predestination_n no_o not_o in_o this_o treatise_n of_o principle_n after_o i_o have_v due_o 5._o aph._n 5._o ponder_v that_o grave_a admonition_n of_o ambrose_n or_o according_a to_o other_o of_o prosper_n 7._o quae_fw-la deus_fw-la occulta_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la scrutanda_fw-la quae_fw-la autem_fw-la monifesta_fw-la fecit_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la neganda_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la illicitè_fw-fr curiosi_fw-la in_fw-la istis_fw-la damnabiliter_fw-la inveniamur_fw-la in_o grati_fw-la de_fw-fr vocar_n gent._n cap._n 7._o such_o thing_n as_o god_n will_v have_v keep_v secret_a must_v not_o be_v pry_v into_o by_o we_o nor_o such_o deny_v as_o he_o have_v open_o declare_v lest_o we_o be_v find_v in_o the_o former_a attempt_n unlawful_o curious_a in_o the_o latter_a damnable_o unthankful_a and_o also_o lay_v to_o heart_n the_o endeavour_n not_o of_o foreiner_n only_o but_o of_o certain_a late_a english_a writer_n to_o possess_v their_o reader_n with_o vehement_a and_o strong_a prejudices_fw-la against_o the_o long-received_n truth_n in_o those_o point_n one_o of_o they_o tell_v we_o it_o be_v sacrilegious_a to_o grant_v that_o god_n have_v 46._o i._o g._n red._n redeem_v pag._n 243._o lin_v 7._o ibid._n pag._n 278._o lin_v 46._o from_o eternity_n elect_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o man_n personal_o unto_o salvation_n who_o he_o purpose_v to_o bring_v thereunto_o infallible_o etc._n etc._n elsewhere_o style_v it_o that_o capital_a error_n of_o personal_a election_n and_o reprobation_n another_o speak_n of_o preterition_n or_o negative_a reprobation_n have_v these_o word_n this_o be_v 2._o t._n p._n divine_a philanthropy_n defend_v c._n 4._o §_o 2._o one_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o have_v be_v infamous_o invent_v to_o disguise_n and_o palliate_v the_o frightful_a rigidness_n of_o their_o doctrine_n not_o long_o after_o he_o call_v it_o cant_v pretend_v the_o lamentable_a distinction_n as_o it_o be_v there_o by_o he_o style_v to_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o trick_n insufficient_a to_o buoy_v up_o a_o sink_a cause_n and_o in_o another_o book_n of_o his_o the_o dream_n of_o absolute_a preterition_n mean_a 97._o divine_a purity_n defend_v pag._n 97._o while_n where_o alas_o be_v the_o reverence_n and_o submission_n due_a to_o scripture_n that_o only_a card_n and_o compass_v by_o which_o we_o be_v to_o sail_v in_o this_o ocean_n that_o only_a clue_n by_o the_o help_n whereof_o this_o labyrinth_n be_v to_o be_v traverse_v it_o direct_o oppose_v 〈◊〉_d rom._n 11._o 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d electi_fw-la and_o reliqui_fw-la the_o elect_a and_o such_o as_o be_v pass_v by_o in_o that_o say_n the_o election_n have_v obtain_v and_o the_o rest_n be_v blind_v in_o 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particular_a person_n ordain_v they_o infallible_o unto_o the_o attainment_n of_o holiness_n here_o and_o happiness_n hereafter_o according_a to_o the_o counsel_n and_o good_a pleasure_n of_o his_o will._n which_o description_n offer_v to_o the_o reader_n consideration_n as_o thing_n material_a and_o not_o unfit_a to_o be_v treat_v of_o provide_v it_o be_v sober_o do_v the_o nature_n antiquity_n object_n product_n and_o cause_n of_o election_n first_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o it_o be_v a_o secret_a unsearchable_a decree_n of_o god_n the_o two_o principal_a emanation_n of_o god_n will_n respect_v intellectual_a creature_n be_v his_o decree_n and_o his_o command_n they_o differ_v as_o in_o sundry_a other_o thing_n so_o in_o point_n of_o perspicuity_n the_o command_n be_v plain_a he_o that_o run_v may_v read_v his_o duty_n in_o they_o the_o decree_v abstruse_a our_o destiny_n can_v be_v so_o easy_o read_v as_o our_o duty_n may_v and_o whereas_o divers_a secret_a thing_n may_v yet_o be_v 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martyr_n whosoever_o will_v from_o henceforth_o challenge_v any_o deity_n to_o himself_o must_v be_v able_a to_o show_v such_o a_o world_n as_o this_o and_o to_o say_v in_o truth_n this_o be_v of_o my_o make_n and_o that_o of_o trismegist_n a_o heathen_a too_o in_o one_o of_o his_o book_n there_o be_v main_o three_o to_o be_v consider_v god_n the_o world_n and_o man_n the_o world_n make_v for_o man_n and_o man_n for_o god_n §_o 2._o but_o we_o have_v a_o more_o sure_a word_n of_o prophecy_n and_o to_o that_o let_v we_o take_v heed_n it_o will_v show_v we_o first_o how_o we_o christian_n by_o faith_n understand_v that_o the_o 3._o hebr._n 11._o 3._o world_n be_v frame_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n so_o that_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v not_o make_v of_o thing_n which_o do_v appear_v well_o may_v a_o 881._o gilb._n voetius_fw-la disput_fw-la theol._n part_n 1_o p._n 881._o late_a writer_n conclude_v his_o discourse_n of_o creation_n with_o this_o epiphonema_n quantum_fw-la 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