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it_o yet_o the_o daily_a meditation_n of_o god_n precept_n be_v not_o undertake_v in_o vain_a and_o to_o second_o piscator_fw-la in_o this_o opinion_n maccovius_fw-la do_v most_o fierce_o maintain_v it_o in_o a_o disputation_n of_o nine_o or_o ten_o page_n long_o colleg_n disput_fw-la miscel_n quaest_n disp_n 2._o mihi_fw-la a_fw-la pag._n 410_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la 419._o and_o whether_o the_o contagion_n of_o this_o opinion_n have_v not_o lay_v hold_v upon_o some_o of_o the_o synod_n we_o shall_v examine_v hereafter_o a_o second_o corollary_n draw_v by_o other_o from_o that_o unavoidable_a necessity_n forementioned_a be_v this_o that_o all_o zeal_n and_o endeavour_n after_o salvation_n before_o the_o gift_n of_o faith_n and_o spirit_n of_o renovation_n confer_v upon_o we_o be_v of_o no_o effect_n so_o faith_n donteclock_n we_o conclude_v therefore_o that_o all_o the_o care_n study_n and_o diligence_n which_o man_n can_v use_v to_o promote_v their_o salvation_n be_v vain_a and_o to_o 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the_o decree_n do_v tie_v the_o end_n and_o means_n together_o and_o what_o be_v the_o mean_n of_o damnation_n but_o infidelity_n and_o impenitency_n &c._n &c._n as_o he_o tell_v we_o from_o the_o synod_n in_o the_o seven_o section_n of_o his_o preface_n there_o be_v a_o necessity_n therefore_o of_o these_o sin_n in_o the_o reprobate_n vocatis_fw-la reprobate_n loquimur_fw-la de_fw-la adultis_fw-la vocatis_fw-la else_o he_o shall_v not_o perish_v as_o such_o a_o infidel_n and_o impepenitent_a whence_o be_v this_o necessity_n not_o from_o the_o nature_n or_o will_n of_o the_o creature_n therefore_o from_o some_o act_n of_o god_n and_o what_o be_v this_o act_n of_o god_n but_o that_o reprobation_n whereby_o he_o deny_v unto_o the_o reprobate_a grace_n sufficient_a and_o necessary_a unto_o faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o then_o his_o law_n whereby_o he_o require_v the_o performance_n of_o those_o duty_n which_o without_o that_o grace_n be_v not_o performable_a but_o say_v the_o synod_n reprobation_n be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o infidelity_n and_o impiety_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n as_o election_n be_v the_o fountain_n and_o cause_n of_o faith_n and_o piety_n but_o whatever_o fallacy_n there_o be_v in_o those_o word_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n certain_o according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n infidelity_n and_o impiety_n do_v flow_v by_o as_o inevitable_a a_o necessity_n from_o the_o one_o decree_n as_o faith_n and_o piety_n do_v from_o the_o other_o etc._n vid._n antidotum_fw-la p._n 47_o etc._n etc._n so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o less_o impossible_a 6._o impossible_a quod_fw-la aliqui_fw-la in_o tempore_fw-la fide_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la donentur_fw-la aliqui_fw-la non_fw-la donantur_fw-la id_fw-la ab_fw-la aeterno_fw-la ipsius_fw-la decreto_fw-la provenit_fw-la syn._n dor._n cap._n 1._o art_n 6._o for_o those_o who_o be_v reprobate_v to_o believe_v and_o repent_v than_o it_o be_v for_o those_o who_o be_v elect_v to_o remain_v impenitent_a and_o unbeliever_n contrariorum_fw-la eadem_fw-la ratio_fw-la eadem_fw-la scientia_fw-la est_fw-la say_v the_o divine_n of_o the_o palatinate_n 2._o palatinate_n de_fw-fr repro_n prepos_fw-la 1._o p._n 19_o par_fw-fr 2._o exit_fw-la iis_fw-la igitur_fw-la quae_fw-la de_fw-fr electione_n supra_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-la opposita_fw-la reprobatione_fw-la ejusque_fw-la descriptione_n quid_fw-la statuendum_fw-la videatur_fw-la haud_fw-la difficile_fw-la est_fw-la pronunciare_fw-la reprobation_n then_o be_v no_o less_o the_o fountain_n of_o infidelity_n and_o impiety_n than_o election_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o faith_n and_o piety_n if_o we_o listen_v to_o cavil_n about_o the_o word_n cause_o which_o be_v here_o make_v use_n of_o to_o impose_v upon_o the_o unwary_a reader_n we_o can_v tell_v they_o that_o it_o be_v a_o improper_a and_o inept_v expression_n to_o say_v election_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o faith_n for_o election_n in_o a_o immanent_a act_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o god_n not_o a_o egression_n out_o of_o he_o that_o produce_v any_o effect_n in_o man_n though_o faith_n do_v infallible_o follow_v that_o act_n by_o the_o emanation_n of_o another_o power_n which_o god_n according_a to_o the_o decree_n of_o election_n will_v exercise_v to_o the_o irresistible_a production_n of_o faith_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o piscator_fw-la that_o although_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n be_v not_o effective_a in_o respect_n of_o infidelity_n in_o the_o reprobate_n because_o it_o do_v not_o proper_o effect_v or_o produce_v that_o infidelity_n yet_o it_o be_v efficax_n efficacious_a 48._o antidote_n p._n 48._o because_o that_o decree_n be_v make_v infidelity_n follow_v of_o necessity_n for_o example_n suppose_v a_o man_n blind_a by_o nature_n or_o make_v blind_a by_o the_o infliction_n of_o punishment_n upon_o he_o for_o some_o crime_n he_o that_o command_v such_o a_o man_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n to_o read_v a_o proclamation_n though_o to_o speak_v proper_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o that_o man_n read_v not_o the_o proclamation_n for_o his_o blindness_n be_v the_o next_o and_o proper_a cause_n hereof_o yet_o in_o sense_n of_o law_n and_o to_o speak_v moral_o he_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o by_o not_o read_v that_o blind_a man_n become_v defective_a as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o duty_n enjoin_v he_o and_o so_o guilty_a of_o death_n not_o by_o way_n of_o efficiency_n as_o produce_v the_o defect_n of_o read_v in_o he_o but_o by_o command_v that_o read_n to_o who_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o read_v in_o who_o therefore_o after_o that_o command_n the_o defect_n of_o read_v can_v but_o follow_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n god_n deal_v by_o the_o reprobate_n first_o for_o the_o transgression_n of_o adam_n they_o be_v punish_v with_o blindness_n of_o mind_n in_o thing_n spiritual_a so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o less_o impossible_a for_o they_o to_o believe_v when_o god_n command_v it_o than_o for_o a_o blind_a man_n to_o read_v a_o proclamation_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o they_o be_v thus_o punish_v with_o spiritual_a blindness_n god_n command_v they_o to_o believe_v under_o pain_n of_o eternal_a death_n which_o when_o god_n do_v he_o do_v not_o indeed_o by_o way_n of_o efficiency_n produce_v infidelity_n and_o impenitency_n in_o they_o but_o by_o his_o command_n god_n be_v the_o cause_n or_o bring_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o they_o become_v as_o it_o be_v unbeliever_n and_o impenitent_a because_o it_o be_v impossible_a on_o the_o one_o part_n that_o they_o shall_v become_v unbeliever_n unless_o the_o command_n of_o faith_n do_v intervene_v and_o on_o the_o other_o part_n the_o command_n of_o faith_n be_v give_v they_o can_v in_o regard_n of_o that_o innate_a pravitie_n and_o blindness_n but_o be_v and_o remain_v unbeliever_n and_o this_o be_v the_o mean_n which_o for_o all_o their_o profess_a detestation_n be_v tie_v to_o the_o end_n by_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n in_o order_n to_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o say_a decree_n by_o the_o damnation_n of_o the_o reprobate_n another_o doctrine_n which_o say_v m._n baxter_n the_o synod_n do_v purposely_o disow_v and_o public_o profess_v to_o detest_v be_v that_o many_o harmless_a infant_n of_o believer_n be_v snatch_v from_o the_o mother_n breast_n and_o tyrannical_o cast_v into_o hell_n so_o that_o neither_o baptism_n nor_o the_o church_n prayer_n in_o baptism_n can_v profit_v they_o that_o many_o infant_n of_o believer_n be_v cast_v into_o hell_n notwithstanding_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n administer_v according_a to_o christ_n institution_n and_o command_n for_o their_o salvation_n be_v the_o express_a doctrine_n of_o calvin_n beza_n zuinglius_fw-la martyr_n zanchy_a piscator_fw-la paraeus_n perkins_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o infant_n of_o unbeliever_n it_o be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o gomarus_n and_o the_o divine_n of_o drow_v express_o that_o they_o be_v reprobate_n 83._o act._n synod_n dor._n par_fw-fr 3._o pag._n 24._o &_o pag._n 83._o gomar_n de_fw-fr reprob_n the_o 7._o &_o judic_n drow_v circa_fw-la 1._o art_n thes_n 18._o for_o the_o infant_n of_o believer_n die_v in_o their_o infancy_n whether_o the_o decree_n of_o reprobation_n lay_v hold_v on_o they_o and_o make_v they_o liable_a to_o damnation_n the_o divine_n of_o south-holland_n judgement_n be_v pr._n ibid._n pag._n 36_o pr._n non_fw-la esse_fw-la curiosè_fw-la inquirendum_fw-la we_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v curious_a in_o inquire_v after_o it_o and_o the_o british_a divine_n say_v 7._o de_fw-fr primo_fw-la articulo_fw-la ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la par_fw-fr 2._o p._n 10._o thes_n 7._o ad_fw-la rationem_fw-la electionis_fw-la divinae_fw-la sive_fw-la ponendam_fw-la sive_fw-la tollendam_fw-la circumstantia_fw-la atatis_fw-la est_fw-la quiddam_fw-la impertinens_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la prorsus_fw-la operatur_fw-la the_o circumstance_n of_o age_n 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reprobate_a such_o infant_n and_o cast_v they_o into_o hell_n he_o do_v not_o do_v it_o they_o say_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o tyrant_n who_o be_v bind_v by_o some_o
certain_a law_n the_o transgression_n whereof_o be_v tyranny_n but_o he_o do_v it_o jure_fw-la dominii_fw-la as_o a_o absolute_a lord_n who_o sovereignty_n be_v without_o law_n or_o control_v and_o therefore_o he_o may_v dispose_v of_o they_o at_o his_o pleasure_n that_o this_o be_v their_o sense_n notwithstanding_o what_o they_o public_o profess_v to_o detest_v may_v easy_o be_v collect_v from_o the_o 18._o art_n of_o the_o 1._o chap._n of_o predestination_n where_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n as_o they_o pretend_v of_o such_o as_o murmur_v at_o the_o grace_n of_o free_a election_n and_o severity_n of_o just_a reprobation_n as_o they_o call_v it_o they_o allege_v that_o of_o the_o apostle_n rom._n 9.20_o o_o man_n who_o be_v thou_o that_o reply_v against_o god_n and_o that_o of_o our_o saviour_n mat._n 10.15_o be_v it_o not_o lawful_a for_o i_o to_o do_v what_o i_o will_v with_o my_o own_o text_n of_o scripture_n which_o the_o creabilitarian-supralapsarians_a as_o well_o as_o the_o 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vaga_fw-la venere_n init_fw-la adulterii_fw-la culpa_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la sed_fw-la homo_fw-la si_fw-la cum_fw-la aliorum_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la rem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la huic_fw-la non_fw-la illi_fw-la prohibens_fw-la lex_fw-la lata_fw-la fit_n ita_fw-la deus_fw-la peccato_fw-la seu_fw-la culpa_fw-la non_fw-la tenetur_fw-la cum_fw-la creaturam_fw-la ad_fw-la hos_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la actus_fw-la movet_fw-la sed_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la creatura_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quia_fw-la ei_fw-la lex_fw-la prohibens_fw-la lata_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la deo_fw-la i_o shall_v not_o so_o much_o as_o english_a it_o for_o shame_n i_o can_v leave_v master_n baxter_n till_o i_o have_v follow_v he_o to_o the_o very_a last_o stage_n of_o his_o preface_n which_o he_o shut_v up_o thus_o we_o shall_v live_v in_o peace_n if_o the_o advise_v of_o the_o synod_n ibid._n be_v follow_v a_fw-la phrasibus_fw-la denique_fw-la iis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la abstineant_fw-la quae_fw-la praescriptos_fw-la 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several_a sect_n contend_v as_o well_o against_o one_o another_o as_o against_o the_o remonstrant_n they_o be_v usual_o divide_v into_o two_o party_n supralapsarian_o and_o sublapsarian_o but_o because_o supralapsarian_o be_v of_o two_o sort_n i_o shall_v distinguish_v they_o by_o several_a name_n the_o first_o sort_n who_o make_v the_o creature_n 13._o gomar_n disp_n de_fw-fr praedest_fw-la 1604._o thes_n 13._o not_o in_o its_o actual_a existence_n but_o in_o its_o condition_n of_o possibility_n the_o obâ—ect_n of_o the_o decree_n these_o i_o shall_v call_v supralapsarian_a creabilitarians_n the_o second_o sort_n who_o make_v the_o creature_n in_o its_o actual_a existence_n but_o yet_o innocent_a the_o object_n of_o that_o decree_n these_o i_o shall_v call_v supralapsarian-existentialists_a the_o three_o sort_n who_o make_v mankind_n fall_v in_o adam_n and_o by_o divine_a imputation_n guilty_a of_o original_a sin_n the_o object_n of_o the_o say_a decree_n these_o be_v call_v 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