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necessary_a not_o as_o ignorant_a what_o will_v ensue_v but_o precise_o determin_n reprobat_n ruin_n by_o their_o impenitence_n he_o become_v a_o true_a direct_a cause_n of_o their_o sin_n which_o no_o wile_n of_o wit_n sav_v among_o their_o partial_a poor_a blind_a disciple_n can_v possible_o decline_v 2._o it_o oppose_v god_n mercy_n which_o be_v his_o nature_n in_o the_o abstract_n see_v exod._n 34_o 6._o mat._n 7._o 11._o mat._n 23._o 37._o 2_o cor._n 1._o 3._o eph._n 2._o 4._o 1_o pet._n 1._o 2._o 1_o john_n 4._o 16._o but_o such_o matchless_a mercy_n can_v stand_v with_o a_o peremptory_a decree_n of_o absolute_a reprobation_n which_o if_o god_n do_v of_o free_a pleasure_n he_o be_v rather_o a_o father_n of_o cruelty_n than_o mercy_n and_o a_o destroyer_n then_o saviour_n what_o parent_n will_v destin_a their_o child_n to_o eternal_a death_n and_o torment_n for_o one_o only_o offen_v and_o that_o not_o commit_v by_o they_o but_o by_o other_o and_o impute_v to_o they_o be_v god_n mercy_n abundant_a if_o limit_v to_o a_o few_o elect_n scarsone_n of_o a_o hundred_o shall_v be_v inevitable_o save_v ponder_v thes_n point_n due_o 1._o that_o adam_n sin_n be_v personaly_a none_o sav_v he_o but_o a_o sin_n of_o nature_n not_o commit_v or_o consent_v to_o by_o any_o of_o his_o posterity_n which_o be_v derive_v by_o traduction_n but_o make_v the_o sin_n of_o nature_n by_o god_n arbitrary_a imputation_n not_o ordinary_a generation_n 2._o that_o god_n as_o it_o be_v genera_o believe_v pardon_v adam_n who_o free_o commit_v it_o can_v it_o then_o stand_v with_o his_o mercy_n to_o punish_v other_o for_o the_o same_o sin_n not_o perpetrate_v by_o they_o 3._o that_o his_o only_a son_n be_v send_v into_o the_o 29_o john_n 1._o 29_o world_n and_o suffer_v death_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o world_n which_o may_v suffice_v to_o satisfy_v his_o wrong_a justice_n for_o all_o mankind_n and_o open_v a_o way_n of_o salvation_n to_o every_o man_n without_o respect_n of_o person_n but_o to_o damn_v a_o world_n of_o reprobat_n by_o free_a decree_n only_o to_o show_v his_o dominion_n no_o way_n savour_v of_o mercy_n for_o he_o be_v far_o cruel_a to_o they_o then_o any_o creature_n else_o or_o to_o the_o very_a devil_n who_o be_v damn_v for_o their_o own_o personal_a pride_n and_o rebellion_n but_o reprobat_n by_o a_o absolute_a decree_n for_o another_o crime_n the_o one_o know_v their_o doom_n and_o expect_v it_o but_o the_o other_o be_v delude_v with_o hope_n and_o make_v believe_v the_o matter_n be_v in_o their_o own_o hand_n so_o that_o if_o they_o perish_v it_o be_v not_o for_o want_v of_o mercy_n in_o god_n but_o oâ—_n will_v in_o themselves_o yet_o by_o their_o doctrine_n all_o depend_v on_o the_o peremptory_a punctilio_fw-la of_o god_n arbitrary_a absolute_a decree_n so_o devil_n be_v in_o better_a case_n because_o they_o be_v not_o enjoin_v to_o believe_v in_o christ_n nor_o to_o repent_v fast_o and_o pray_v as_o reprobat_n be_v nor_o punish_v the_o more_o for_o not_o believe_v as_o man_n be_v in_o all_o which_o regard_v their_o condition_n be_v far_o more_o rueful_a than_o curse_a fiend_n who_o be_v make_v the_o tormentor_n over_o they_o concern_v other_o creature_n the_o very_o base_a have_v a_o be_v though_o despicable_a which_o be_v better_o than_o no_o be_v yet_o who_o will_v not_o wish_v if_o he_o may_v choose_v to_o be_v resolve_v into_o nothing_o then_o in_o such_o doleful_a direful_a condition_n yea_o that_o they_o have_v be_v toad_n or_o serpent_n than_o man_n or_o what_o parent_n will_v procreate_v if_o they_o be_v persuade_v they_o shall_v beget_v child_n firebrand_n for_o hell_n and_o slaves_z to_o satan_n yet_o not_o for_o their_o fault_n nor_o have_v they_o power_n to_o help_v it_o let_v prosper_n shape_v the_o period_n he_o which_o say_v god_n will_v not_o have_v all_o to_o be_v save_v but_o a_o few_o predestinat_a person_n only_o he_o speak_v harsh_o of_o god_n high_a inscrutable_a grace_n some_o say_v god_n mercy_n by_o this_o absolute_a decree_n be_v sufficient_o show_v to_o the_o elect_n and_o justice_n to_o reprobat_n but_o the_o one_o be_v clothe_v with_o partial_a respect_n of_o person_n and_o the_o other_o cloud_v with_o extreme_a rigour_n or_o severity_n as_o shall_v appear_v 3._o it_o be_v incompatible_a with_o divine_a justice_n see_v ps_n 145._o 17._o prov._n 16._o 11._o isai_n 5._o 3._o ezek._n 18._o 25._o but_o the_o absolute_a decreâ—_n of_o reprobation_n can_v consist_v with_o it_o since_o it_o make_v god_n punish_v the_o righteous_a with_o rebellious_a and_o innocent_a man_n with_o bad_a angel_n for_o antelapsarians_n say_v express_o that_o god_n decree_v man_n fall_n or_o fate_n consider_v without_o sin_n and_o therefore_o innocent_a postlapsarians_n vouch_v the_o same_o by_o consequent_a that_o he_o lais_fw-fr a_o necessity_n on_o every_o man_n to_o be_v bear_v under_o original_a sin_n decree_a to_o reprobat_fw-la must_v part_v for_o that_o sin_n so_o they_o make_v god_n to_o do_v 23._o 〈◊〉_d 3_o inst_z c._n 23._o §_o 7._o 23._o by_o two_o act_n which_o their_o brethren_n impute_v to_o one_o calvin_n contest_v that_o god_n may_v with_o equal_a justice_n decree_v man_n to_o damnation_n the_o first_o way_n so_o well_o as_o the_o last_o for_o all_o be_v make_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n by_o god_n decree_n only_o why_o then_o not_o he_o by_o the_o same_o thes_n kind_a patron_n of_o divine_a justice_n will_v seem_v to_o stumble_v at_o a_o straw_n and_o leap_v over_o a_o block_n why_o else_o will_v they_o not_o grant_v that_o of_o one_o man_n which_o they_o do_v of_o all_o hence_o we_o may_v see_v what_o to_o judge_n of_o this_o opinion_n that_o god_n can_v just_o ordain_v man_n to_o destruction_n sans_o consideration_n of_o sin_n for_o which_o be_v great_a to_o impute_v another_o