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〈◊〉_d who_o he_o foreknow_v he_o predestinate_v s._n peter_n say_v 1_o pet._n 1._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o stranger_n elect_v according_a to_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o god_n the_o father_n there_o be_v that_o interpret_v these_o two_o place_n rather_o by_o the_o word_n precognition_n than_o by_o the_o word_n prescience_n and_o tropical_o as_o to_o signify_v approbation_n and_o love_n rather_o than_o knowledge_n proper_o take_v and_o they_o complain_v of_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o latin_n that_o understand_v not_o the_o greek_a and_o of_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o greek_n that_o understand_v not_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n in_o this_o word_n and_o that_o by_o the_o word_n prescience_n they_o occasion_v the_o pelagian_a heresy_n of_o election_n upon_o prescience_n of_o work_n so_o pareus_n yet_o origen_n be_v he_o to_o who_o they_o be_v behold_v for_o this_o their_o interpretation_n one_o neither_o ignorant_a of_o greek_a nor_o hebrew_n nor_o think_v 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faith_n for_o their_o recovery_n after_o notice_n take_v of_o their_o impotency_n to_o rise_v again_o of_o themselves_o it_o seem_v a_o insult_a mock_n and_o not_o a_o call_v to_o say_v to_o sinner_n turn_v repent_v believe_v and_o live_v unless_o there_o be_v some_o grace_n prepare_v for_o they_o whereby_o they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o repent_v and_o believe_v 2._o because_o it_o attribute_v the_o effect_n of_o obey_v the_o call_v to_o the_o kind_n of_o call_v itself_o and_o only_o to_o one_o cause_n the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n as_o if_o many_o cause_n do_v not_o concur_v to_o produce_v a_o effect_n and_o if_o any_o one_o fail_v the_o effect_n fail_v as_o if_o obedience_n to_o the_o call_v of_o god_n be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o the_o will_n of_o man_n under_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n as_o if_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v never_o refuse_v nor_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n never_o receive_v in_o vain_a for_o though_o god_n be_v almighty_a and_o able_a to_o draw_v all_o second_o cause_n unto_o his_o part_n and_o side_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o use_v to_o disturb_v or_o cross_v the_o nature_n of_o cause_n nor_o the_o order_n of_o thing_n which_o himself_o have_v establish_v 3._o because_o it_o make_v god_n covenant_n to_o differ_v from_o all_o covenant_n in_o humane_a affair_n even_o in_o that_o which_o be_v essential_a to_o a_o covenant_n yet_o this_o term_n and_o title_n be_v borrow_v from_o man_n the_o better_a to_o conceive_v of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n &_o the_o duty_n of_o man_n in_o our_o covenant_n each_o party_n have_v something_o to_o perform_v and_o no_o one_o party_n do_v all_o in_o a_o covenant_n but_o by_o this_o distinction_n god_n be_v suppose_v both_o to_o provide_v infallible_o to_o have_v the_o condition_n fulfil_v and_o also_o to_o fulfil_v his_o own_o promise_n whereas_o all_o that_o he_o undertake_v for_o we_o be_v to_o make_v the_o condition_n possible_a and_o not_o to_o be_v want_v in_o his_o help_n so_o far_o as_o be_v needful_a for_o we_o esay_n 59_o ult_n and_o check_v i_o not_o that_o i_o be_o afraid_a to_o give_v too_o much_o to_o god_n lest_o i_o check_v you_o again_o that_o you_o look_v to_o be_v so_o much_o favour_v as_o to_o be_v tie_v to_o nothing_o truth_n flatter_v neither_o god_n nor_o man._n non_fw-la est_fw-la bonae_fw-la &_o solidae_fw-la fidei_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v not_o the_o part_n of_o a_o good_a and_o sound_a faith_n so_o to_o refer_v all_o thing_n to_o god_n will_v and_o so_o to_o flatter_v every_o one_o by_o say_v nothing_o can_v come_v to_o pass_v without_o god_n permission_n that_o so_o we_o may_v imagine_v ourselves_o be_v to_o do_v nothing_o tert._n de_fw-fr exhort_v castitatis_fw-la not_o far_o from_o the_o beginning_n chap._n viii_o of_o conversion_n the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n be_v the_o end_n which_o god_n seek_v in_o send_v his_o word_n and_o in_o call_v man_n act._n 3._o 26._o the_o effect_n of_o call_v when_o it_o speed_v it_o may_v short_o be_v define_v the_o obedience_n of_o he_o that_o be_v call_v for_o it_o his_o part_n vocantem_fw-la audire_fw-la &_o obedire_fw-la in_o conversion_n there_o be_v two_o term_n a_o quo_fw-la ad_fw-la quem_fw-la from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n act._n 26._o 18._o it_o be_v in_o all_o part_n of_o man_n in_o his_o understanding_n he_o be_v turn_v from_o darkness_n to_o light_n in_o his_o will_n from_o idol_n of_o all_o sort_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n 1_o thes_n 1._o 9_o in_o his_o whole_a life_n from_o unrighteousness_n to_o holiness_n rom_n 6._o the_o conversion_n of_o a_o sinner_n be_v also_o to_o be_v consider_v as_o prima_fw-la or_o posterior_n the_o first_o be_v when_o a_o man_n of_o a_o natural_a man_n be_v make_v a_o regenerate_a man_n and_o a_o member_n of_o god_n church_n as_o the_o gentile_n call_v by_o the_o apostle_n act._n 15._o 3._o such_o be_v we_o all_o that_o be_v convert_v unto_o god_n have_v be_v first_o avert_v foolish_a disobedient_a deceive_v serve_v divers_a lust_n tit._n 3._o 3_o the_o latter_a conversion_n be_v when_o a_o regenerate_a man_n have_v commit_v iniquity_n and_o fall_v into_o sin_n return_v unto_o god_n by_o repentance_n of_o that_o sin_n thus_o peter_n that_o be_v foretell_v of_o deny_v christ_n and_o that_o yet_o his_o faith_n shall_v not_o final_o fail_v be_v will_v that_o he_o be_v convert_v shall_v strengthen_v his_o brethren_n luk._n 22._o 32._o see_v bilson_n of_o supremacy_n pag._n 278._o 279._o in_o 4._o next_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o conversion_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v without_o question_n god_n holy_a spirit_n work_v upon_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o sinner_n be_v the_o prime_n principal_a efficient_a powerful_a cause_n of_o his_o conversion_n turn_v we_o and_o we_o shall_v be_v turn_v lam._n 5._o 21._o in_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o middle_n and_o in_o the_o end_n of_o it_o the_o word_n preach_v be_v the_o ordinary_a instrumental_a cause_n psal_n 19_o 7._o adjuvant_fw-la cause_n be_v the_o cross_n that_o chastn_v jer._n 31._o 18._o blessing_n that_o draw_v and_o allure_v the_o prayer_n of_o other_o the_o holy_a example_n of_o other_o already_o convert_v etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v in_o question_n what_o part_n the_o sinner_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o subject_n to_o be_v convert_v bear_v in_o his_o own_o conversion_n be_v a_o live_n and_o reasonable_a subject_n whether_o he_o be_v active_a or_o passive_a in_o it_o when_o and_o how_o far_o whether_o he_o can_v further_o it_o or_o hinder_v it_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o two_o suppose_a equal_o call_v one_o to_o be_v convert_v and_o not_o the_o other_o if_o so_o then_o whence_o this_o difference_n shall_v arise_v whether_o from_o god_n or_o from_o man_n the_o determination_n of_o these_o question_n can_v be_v clear_a nor_o the_o manner_n of_o our_o conversion_n open_v until_o we_o have_v declare_v what_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n touch_v god_n free_a grace_n and_o man_n freewill_n which_o we_o will_v endeavour_v to_o bring_v into_o more_o manifest_a light_n after_o so_o vehement_a conflict_n of_o the_o learned_a in_o all_o age_n which_o have_v raise_v cloud_n of_o obscurity_n to_o the_o loss_n of_o truth_n among_o the_o striver_n for_o it_o chap._n ix_o of_o grace_n of_o grace_n and_o freewill_n i_o will_v speak_v by_o god_n grace_n first_o severally_z then_o joint_o that_o so_o we_o may_v return_v to_o the_o point_n of_o our_o conversion_n to_o behold_v what_o be_v the_o part_n of_o god_n therein_o and_o what_o of_o man._n of_o grace_n i_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o declare_v the_o thing_n the_o distinction_n the_o necessity_n the_o amplitude_n the_o power_n and_o force_n thereof_o by_o grace_n may_v be_v understand_v all_o that_o proceed_v from_o god_n out_o of_o free_a favour_n to_o a_o unworthy_a sinner_n tend_v to_o his_o salvation_n yet_o here_o by_o grace_n i_o will_v not_o understand_v the_o remain_v of_o nature_n as_o some_o light_n of_o 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harm_n arise_v from_o the_o sentence_n alone_o without_o reference_n and_o without_o order_n to_o the_o general_a promise_n of_o god_n for_o if_o we_o receive_v god_n promise_n in_o such_o wise_a as_o they_o be_v general_o set_v forth_o to_o we_o in_o holy_a scripture_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a we_o shall_v conceive_v that_o god_n have_v decree_v any_o sentence_n of_o predestination_n before_o the_o contemplation_n of_o the_o success_n and_o event_n of_o those_o his_o general_a promise_n for_o if_o he_o have_v afore_o decree_v to_o give_v faith_n and_o salvation_n but_o to_o some_o few_o choose_v already_o thereunto_o and_o then_o come_v after_o with_o a_o promise_n of_o salvation_n general_o unto_o all_o upon_o condition_n of_o faith_n this_o promise_n must_v needs_o be_v to_o many_o illusorie_n and_o deceitful_a and_o thence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o sentence_n of_o predestination_n be_v a_o praecipitium_fw-la to_o despair_n and_o carelessness_n this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o 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salutem_fw-la vocat_fw-la per_fw-la evangelium_fw-la illudere_fw-la and_o again_o si_fw-mi dubitas_fw-la te_fw-la praedestinatum_fw-la esse_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la te_fw-la dubitare_fw-la de_fw-fr omni_fw-la promissione_n salutis_fw-la tuus_fw-la dubitare_fw-la de_fw-fr evangelio_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la deo_fw-la nihil_fw-la tredere_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la tibi_fw-la in_o evangelio_n offer_v and_o again_o tanquam_fw-la caput_fw-la omnis_fw-la noxae_fw-la tentationis_fw-la repellenda_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la quaestio_fw-la simusne_fw-la praedestinati_fw-la praesumendum_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la tanquam_fw-la principium_fw-la fidei_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la esse_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la praescitos_fw-la praefinitos_fw-la separatos_fw-la à _fw-la reliquis_fw-la &_o electos_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la servemur_fw-la hocque_fw-la propositum_fw-la dei_fw-la mutari_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la bucer_n ad_fw-la rom._n 8._o pag._n 411._o but_o this_o form_n of_o teach_v seem_v to_o i_o at_o least_o new_a and_o strange_a to_o presume_v that_o at_o the_o very_a first_o which_o be_v the_o last_o thing_n we_o attain_v unto_o after_o long_a exercise_n in_o goodness_n namely_o to_o believe_v that_o we_o be_v predestinate_v unto_o life_n whereof_o we_o have_v neither_o promise_n nor_o sign_n at_o the_o first_o entrance_n into_o christianity_n quantò_fw-la rectius_fw-la hic_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la molitur_fw-la ineptè_fw-la sanctus_n paulus_n ad_fw-la rom._n 10._o 9_o this_o be_v the_o word_n of_o faith_n which_o we_o preach_v that_o if_o thou_o shall_v confess_v with_o thy_o mouth_n the_o lord_n jesus_n and_o shall_v believe_v with_o thy_o heart_n that_o god_n raise_v he_o from_o the_o dead_a thou_o shall_v be_v save_v saint_n paul_n meaning_n be_v that_o the_o first_o thing_n we_o owe_v to_o god_n be_v to_o believe_v the_o general_a promise_n out_o of_o which_o we_o can_v exclude_v ourselves_o if_o thou_o believe_v and_o confess_v thou_o shall_v be_v save_v unless_o i_o interpret_v bucers_n credere_fw-la in_o a_o more_o large_a manner_n that_o i_o believe_v it_o possible_a i_o may_v be_v one_o of_o the_o elect_n under_o hope_n i_o will_v try_v and_o hear_v what_o god_n will_v work_v as_o he_o that_o plow_v plow_v in_o hope_n vnicuique_fw-la agendum_fw-la in_o spe_fw-la say_v doctor_n abbot_n sarisbur_n pag._n 141._o but_o this_o be_v far_o from_o the_o faith_n bucer_n speak_v of_o god_n and_o even_o this_o hope_n must_v have_v a_o ground_n and_o warrant_n or_o else_o it_o make_v ashamed_a but_o what_o ground_n can_v it_o have_v like_a to_o the_o universal_a redemption_n by_o christ_n and_o the_o general_a promise_n of_o the_o gospel_n this_o be_v that_o net_n which_o the_o fisher_n of_o man_n spread_v over_o all_o man_n to_o draw_v they_o on_o to_o god_n if_o i_o once_o surmise_v or_o suspect_v that_o god_n intend_v to_o draw_v by_o the_o gospel_n or_o to_o gather_v to_o himself_o but_o some_o few_o special_a 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promittitur_fw-la hominibus_fw-la id_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la ab_fw-la authore_fw-la evangelii_n offertur_fw-la &_o promittitur_fw-la iisdem_fw-la pag._n 28._o and_o again_o pag._n 43._o quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la omnes_fw-la quos_fw-la hoc_fw-la verbi_fw-la spiritusque_fw-la svi_fw-la dono_fw-la dignatur_fw-la deus_fw-la ad_fw-la conversionem_fw-la seriam_fw-la non_fw-la serià _fw-la invitaret_fw-la certe_fw-la &_o deus_fw-la nonnullos_fw-la quos_fw-la ipse_fw-la silij_fw-la svi_fw-la nomine_fw-la vocat_fw-la falleret_fw-la &_o promissionum_fw-la evangelicarum_fw-la nuncii_fw-la à _fw-la vocatis_fw-la falsò_fw-la perhibiti_fw-la testimonii_fw-la accusari_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ad_fw-la conversionem_fw-la vocati_fw-la parere_fw-la negligunt_fw-la redderentur_fw-la excusabiliores_fw-la it_o be_v nothing_o therefore_o which_o be_v say_v of_o the_o mixture_n of_o the_o reprobate_n with_o the_o elect_n as_o to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o promise_n 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