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therefore_o say_v the_o lord*_n jacob_n have_v i_o love_v but_o esau_n have_v i_o hate_v if_o foreknowledge_n be_v of_o any_o importance_n in_o this_o difference_n of_o the_o brethren_n it_o shall_v be_v out_o of_o season_n to_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o time_n see_v they_o be_v not_o yet_o bear_v 58.19_o example_n gen._n 58.19_o 5_o so_o reject_v ishmael_n he_o choose_v isaad_v set_v aside_o manasses_n he_o do_v more_o honour_n ephraim*_n birth_n the_o force_n of_o the_o first_o birth_n 6_o object_n we_o must_v not_o determine_v of_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v by_o these_o inferior_a &_o small_a benefit_n that_o he_o which_o have_v be_v advance_v unto_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o first_o birth_n shall_v therefore_o be_v reckon_v to_o be_v adopt_v unto_o the_o inheritance_n of_o heaven_n an._n the_o apostle_n be_v not_o deceive_v neither_o do_v abuse_v the_o scripture_n but_o he_o see_v that_o god_n mean_v to_o declare_v by_o a_o earthly_a sign_n the_o spiritual_a 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as_o he_o forsee_v that_o every_o man_n will_v use_v it_o well_o a_o and_o augustine_n also_o be_v of_o that_o mind*_n 11._o lib._n retract_v 1._o cap._n 11._o but_o when_o he_o have_v better_a profit_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o scripture_n he_o do_v not_o only_o call_v it_o back_o as_o evident_o false_a but_o do_v strong_o confute_v it_o write_v against_o the_o pelagian_o 9_o object_n the_o foreknowledge_n of_o merit_n be_v not_o indeed_o the_o cause_n of_o predestination_n on_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o act_n of_o predestinate_v but_o on_o our_o behalf_n it_o may_v after_o a_o sort_n be_v so_o call_v election_n thomas_n fu_fw-fr 1._o sect_n tract_n 25_o quest_n 13._o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o election_n namely_o according_a to_o the_o particular_a estimation_n of_o predestination_n an._n on_o the_o other_o side_n when_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v we_o behold_v nothing_o in_o election_n but_o mere_a goodness_n if_o any_o man_n desire_n to_o see_v any_o 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predestination_n be_v not_o in_o good_a work_n and_o to_o this_o end_n be_v the_o reprobate_n raise_v up_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n may_v be_v make_v manifest_a through_o they_o reprobation_n the_o end_n of_o reprobation_n therefore_o if_o we_o can_v allege_v any_o reason_n why_o god_n vouchsafe_v he_o of_o mercy_n save_v only_o because_o it_o please_v he_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o neither_o shall_v we_o have_v any_o thing_n else_o in_o reject_v the_o other_o but_o his_o will_n for_o as_o he_o have_v mercy_n on_o who_o he_o will_v 9.18_o rom_n 9.18_o so_o he_o harden_v who_o he_o will*_n chap._n xxiii_o a_o refutation_n of_o the_o slander_n wherewith_o this_o doctrine_n have_v always_o be_v wrongful_o burden_v object_n 1_o there_o be_v indeed_o in_o god_n election_n but_o not_o reprobation_n an._n election_n itself_o shall_v not_o stand_v unless_o it_o be_v set_v against_o reprobation_n reject_v who_o god_n reject_v therefore_o who_o god_n pass_v over_o he_o reject_v 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be_v never_o a_o whit_n more_o worthy_a 4.1_o mal._n 4.1_o which_o thing_n beside_o experience_n the_o prophet_n do_v plentifullie_o witnesse*_n who_o reprove_v incredulity_n mix_v with_o gross_a blasphemy_n do_v notwithstanding_o avouche_v that_o there_o shall_v a_o redeemer_n come_v quest_n why_o be_v it_o rather_o give_v to_o the_o posterity_n then_o to_o their_o father_n an._n he_o may_v torment_v himself_o in_o vain_a who_o seek_v a_o cause_n here_o high_o than_o the_o unsearchable_a counsel_n of_o god_n blindness_n example_n of_o blindness_n of_o the_o other_o member_n we_o have_v example_n daily_o &_o also_o there_o be_v many_o extant_a in_o scripture_n there_o be_v a_o sermon_n make_v before_o a_o hundred_o twenty_o embrace_v it_o the_o rest_n make_v small_a account_n of_o it_o or_o else_o laugh_v at_o it_o or_o loathe_v it_o ob._n such_o diversity_n proceed_v from_o their_o malice_n an._n the_o nature_n of_o the_o other_o shall_v be_v possess_v with_o like_a malice_n 4.7_o 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