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3._o cap._n 2._o parag_n 12._o pag._n 188._o gal._n 5.22_o but_o before_o become_v to_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o he_o confess_v he_o have_v the_o jesuit_n and_o some_o remonstrant_n against_o he_o such_o as_o maldonat_v in_o joh._n 9_o etc._n etc._n and_o mart._n becan_n in_o compend_v man._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 16._o quest_n 3._o pag._n 335._o and_o in_o summ._n theol._n part_n 2._o quest_n 8._o pag._n 802._o and_o pet._n bertius_fw-la de_fw-la apostas_fw-la sanct._n pag._n 42_o 43._o act._n synod_n remonstr_n in_o defence_n artic._n 5._o the_o persevere_v sanct._n pag._n 230_o 231._o who_o in_o order_n to_o establish_v a_o worse_a error_n viz._n the_o final_a apostasy_n of_o the_o saint_n assert_v that_o this_o common_a or_o temporary_a faith_n be_v not_o only_o specifical_o but_o even_o gradual_o the_o same_o with_o save_v faith_n and_o will_v justify_v if_o persevere_v in_o who_o argument_n he_o pass_v by_o as_o undeserving_a a_o confutation_n be_v so_o pitiful_o weak_a and_o because_o his_o learned_a and_o ingenious_a adversary_n mr._n baxter_n proceed_v not_o so_o far_o as_o to_o assert_v that_o such_o a_o faith_n can_v justify_v however_o by_o the_o by_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o conceive_v that_o it_o may_v be_v manifest_o evince_v against_o those_o adversary_n by_o many_o circumstance_n of_o the_o text_n in_o matt._n 13.5_o 6_o 21_o 22._o where_o common_a faith_n be_v describe_v by_o four_o condition_n that_o can_v possible_o agree_v to_o a_o save_a faith_n that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v more_o than_o gradual_o different_a from_o it_o now_o proceed_v he_o though_o this_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v his_o abovesaid_a position_n yet_o he_o will_v still_o add_v some_o more_o distinct_a confirmation_n of_o it_o which_o he_o do_v by_o the_o follow_a additional_a reason_n viz._n reason_n 1._o draw_v from_o the_o vast_a difference_n between_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o first_o principle_n of_o these_o two_o sort_n of_o faith_n because_o 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as_o that_o jesus_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n yet_o these_o truth_n be_v embrace_v by_o these_o two_o faith_n upon_o different_a motive_n and_o by_o far_o different_a mean_n the_o one_o be_v build_v only_o upon_o humane_a medium_n and_o argument_n such_o as_o unregenerate_a person_n by_o their_o natural_a part_n help_v with_o learning_n etc._n etc._n may_v attain_v to_o which_o be_v a_o assent_n like_o its_o principle_n that_o beget_v it_o humane_a and_o fallible_a whereas_o save_v faith_n proceed_v from_o christ_n spirit_n and_o build_v upon_o his_o immediate_a illumination_n and_o testimony_n which_o be_v divine_a and_o infallible_a must_v of_o necessity_n be_v a_o assent_n differ_v from_o the_o former_a more_o than_o in_o degree_n and_o be_v like_o its_o cause_n divine_a and_o infallible_a likewise_o which_o proof_n he_o further_o illustrate_v by_o compare_v the_o difference_n between_o opinion_n and_o science_n with_o that_o between_o common_a and_o save_a faith_n 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in_o exercit._n de_fw-fr fid_fw-we etc._n etc._n art_n 30._o pag._n 279._o rat._n 7._o and_o aphoris_n in_o explicat_fw-la thes_n 69._o pag._n 266_o and_o 267._o that_o the_o essence_n of_o save_a faith_n consist_v in_o accept_v christ_n and_o love_v he_o as_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n than_o it_o follow_v that_o those_o who_o do_v not_o so_o accept_v and_o love_v he_o have_v not_o the_o essence_n of_o save_a faith_n and_o therefore_o that_o since_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o no_o irregenerate_a person_n though_o sometime_o full_o fraught_v with_o common_a faith_n yet_o do_v ever_o so_o accept_v and_o love_n christ_n therefore_o it_o follow_v their_o faith_n must_v needs_o be_v of_o a_o very_a different_a kind_n from_o save_v faith_n q.e.d._n reason_n 7._o and_o last_o be_v because_o if_o common_a and_o save_a grace_n be_v essentialiy_v the_o same_o than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o a_o man_n who_o have_v a_o historical_a faith_n whilst_o unregenerate_a by_o the_o help_n of_o 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be_v of_o a_o person_n which_o likewise_o be_v twofold_a 1._o of_o christ_n as_o man._n for_o so_o he_o be_v in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o elect._n math._n 12.18_o 2._o of_o those_o unite_a with_o christ_n namely_o of_o the_o angel_n who_o persevere_v in_o their_o obedience_n and_o of_o man_n god_n ordain_v and_o elect_v some_o man_n to_o office_n and_o honour_n in_o this_o world_n as_o saul_n to_o the_o government_n other_o he_o elect_v to_o salvation_n and_o glory_n in_o heaven_n and_o of_o these_o our_o question_n be_v now_o here_o we_o say_v that_o this_o divine_a election_n by_o which_o god_n choose_v certain_a man_n from_o eternity_n to_o salvation_n be_v not_o a_o act_n of_o the_o divine_a intellect_n or_o knowledge_n by_o which_o he_o know_v but_o of_o his_o will_n by_o which_o according_a to_o his_o good_a pleasure_n he_o determine_v of_o we_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o divine_a knowledge_n be_v natural_a and_o necessary_a so_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o 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follow_v as_o the_o effect_n now_o when_o it_o be_v inquire_v if_o election_n be_v of_o faith_n foresee_v historical_a faith_n be_v not_o mean_v nor_o a_o faith_n of_o miracle_n the_o which_o unregenerate_a man_n may_v have_v but_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o justify_v faith_n which_o be_v proper_a only_o to_o the_o regenerate_v these_o matter_n be_v thus_o settle_v our_o principal_a conclusion_n be_v this_o viz._n in_o illis_fw-la qui_fw-la eliguntur_fw-la &_o praedestinantur_fw-la ad_fw-la gloriam_fw-la non_fw-la datur_fw-la aliquis_fw-la actus_fw-la aut_fw-la qualitas_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la praevisa_fw-la aut_fw-la aliud_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la meritum_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la aut_fw-la conditio_fw-la vel_fw-la antecedens_fw-la quolibet_fw-la modo_fw-la ita_fw-la praesuppositum_fw-la decreto_fw-la electionis_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la positione_n talis_fw-la praecedanei_n in_o praevisione_n divinâ_fw-la ponatur_fw-la electio_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la negatione_fw-la negetur_fw-la or_o you_o may_v take_v the_o conclusion_n thus_o viz._n nulla_fw-la datur_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la causa_fw-la ratio_fw-la vel_fw-la conditio_fw-la sine_fw-la quâ_fw-la non_fw-la praedestinatioâ—is_fw-la seu_fw-la electionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la the_o first_o reason_n of_o this_o conclusion_n be_v if_o election_n be_v from_o faith_n foresee_v than_o faith_n foresee_v be_v some_o way_n a_o cause_n of_o election_n the_o which_o consequence_n though_o the_o remonstrant_n will_v sometime_o deny_v and_o seem_v not_o to_o allow_v foresee_v faith_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n elect_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o collatio_fw-la hagiensis_n p._n 103._o yet_o elsewhere_o they_o speak_v it_o out_o plain_o in_o write_n hold_v by_o they_o most_o authentical_a namely_o in_o act_v synodalibus_fw-la part._n 2._o p._n 6._o where_o they_o tell_v we_o fidem_fw-la &_o perseverationem_fw-la in_o electione_n consâ—derari_fw-la ut_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ab_fw-la bomine_fw-la praestitam_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la tanquam_fw-la causam_fw-la they_o add_v this_o reason_n because_o the_o condition_n prescribe_v and_o perform_v do_v necessario_fw-la alicujus_fw-la causae_fw-la rationem_fw-la endure_v and_o indeed_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v force_v to_o confess_v this_o for_o if_o we_o ask_v they_o why_o god_n choose_v peter_n and_o not_o judas_n they_o say_v because_o god_n foresee_v that_o peter_n will_v believe_v so_o that_o from_o their_o hypothesis_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v that_o foresee_a faith_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o peter_n be_v choose_v before_o judas_n now_o i_o do_v subsume_v that_o foresee_v faith_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o reason_n nor_o motive_n any_o way_n of_o election_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n allow_v of_o no_o cause_n of_o election_n extra_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la but_o refer_v it_o altogether_o to_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o beneplacitum_fw-la for_o this_o consult_v ephes_n 1.11_o and_o rom._n 9.11_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o you_o will_v believe_v you_o shall_v be_v elect_v be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v find_v in_o holy_a writ_n either_o express_o or_o by_o equi_fw-la valence_n there_o be_v i_o confess_v this_o proposition_n in_o scripture_n he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v but_o not_o he_o that_o believe_v shall_v be_v predestinate_v because_o god_n never_o require_v faith_n as_o antecedaneous_a to_o his_o decree_n second_o if_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n and_o consequent_a of_o election_n then_o be_v it_o not_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o or_o antecedaneous_a motive_n because_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a and_o imply_v a_o manifest_a contradiction_n ut_fw-la idem_fw-la respectu_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la sit_fw-la antecedens_fw-la &_o consequens_fw-la causa_fw-la &_o effectus_fw-la but_o faith_n be_v a_o effect_n or_o consequent_a of_o election_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o a_o cause_n or_o antecedent_n motive_n of_o it_o the_o minor_a i_o prove_v out_o of_o eph._n 1.4_o according_a as_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o before_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a etc._n etc._n and_o v._o 5_o show_v that_o god_n do_v predestine_v those_o who_o he_o will_v adopt_v for_o son_n not_o such_o as_o be_v son_n but_o if_o he_o have_v choose_v such_o as_o believe_v than_o he_o will_v have_v choose_v holy_a man_n and_o son_n but_o sanctity_n and_o our_o sonship_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n nor_o antecedent_n motive_n of_o election_n for_o rom._n 8.29_o for_o who_o he_o do_v foreknow_v he_o also_o do_v predestinate_a to_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o image_n of_o his_o son_n not_o as_o if_o they_o be_v then_o so_o again_o if_o election_n be_v of_o work_n than_o the_o apostle_n may_v have_v have_v a_o answer_n to_o his_o objection_n in_o a_o readiness_n as_o to_o what_o he_o mention_n in_o the_o 9th_o of_o the_o roman_n about_o the_o child_n neither_o have_v do_v any_o good_a or_o evil_n and_o in_o vain_a have_v the_o instance_n there_o be_v bring_v of_o the_o potter_n power_n over_o the_o clay_n of_o the_o same_o lump_n to_o make_v one_o vessel_n unto_o honour_n and_o another_o to_o dishonour_n whereas_o if_o election_n have_v be_v from_o foresee_a faith_n he_o have_v speak_v more_o apt_o thus_o have_v not_o the_o potter_n the_o art_n to_o know_v the_o difference_n in_o several_a part_n of_o clay_n and_o to_o separate_v the_o good_a from_o the_o bad_a but_o the_o apostle_n similitude_n be_v exact_o pertinent_a if_o we_o suppose_v election_n to_o be_v absolute_a and_o all_o creature_n to_o be_v in_o a_o equal_a state_n the_o bishop_n end_v his_o determination_n with_o another_o reason_n for_o his_o conclusion_n namely_o that_o infant_n be_v eleot_v but_o not_o from_o faith_n and_o perseverance_n for_o they_o be_v not_o capable_a thereof_o part_n sub_fw-la antiquo_fw-la saedere_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la mortem_fw-la salutem_fw-la sunt_fw-la consecuti_fw-la to_o begin_v with_o the_o sâ—â—tinâ—_n of_o the_o question_n 1._o by_o father_n here_o we_o do_v not_o understand_v the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n but_o all_o the_o faithful_a under_o the_o old_a testament_n all_o the_o child_n of_o abraham_n i_o mean_v not_o of_o