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iniquity_n be_v or_o may_v have_v be_v accomplish_v though_o it_o have_v be_v accomplish_v within_o three_o year_n after_o his_o birth_n and_o this_o accomplishment_n presuppose_v the_o induration_n be_v most_o inevitable_a his_o final_a reprobation_n as_o irrecoverable_a as_o god_n absolute_a will_v take_v absolute_a as_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o disjunct_n be_v irresistible_a 23._o subjecti_fw-la in_o what_o sense_n the_o conclusion_n propose_v may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v universal_a universalitate_fw-la subjecti_fw-la the_o same_o proposition_n in_o respect_n of_o reprobation_n be_v universal_o true_a vniversalitate_fw-la subjecti_fw-la that_o be_v of_o every_o other_o person_n so_o ill_o qualify_v as_o pharaoh_n be_v when_o god_n do_v harden_v he_o whosoever_o shall_v at_o any_o time_n become_v such_o a_o man_n as_o pharaoh_n be_v then_o be_v a_o reprobate_n from_o eternity_n by_o god_n irresistible_a will_n and_o see_v no_o man_n be_v exempt_v from_o his_o jurisdiction_n he_o may_v harden_v who_o he_o will_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o he_o harden_v pharaoh_n although_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la he_o do_v not_o so_o harden_v all_o the_o reprobate_n that_o be_v he_o reserve_v they_o not_o alive_a for_o example_n to_o other_o after_o the_o ordinary_a time_n appoint_v for_o their_o dissolution_n nor_o do_v he_o tender_a ordinary_a mean_n of_o repentance_n unto_o they_o after_o the_o door_n of_o repentance_n be_v shut_v upon_o they_o god_n in_o his_o infinite_a wisdom_n have_v many_o secret_a purpose_n incomprehensible_a to_o man_n as_o why_o of_o such_o as_o be_v equal_a offender_n one_o in_o this_o life_n be_v more_o rigorous_o deal_v withal_o than_o another_o why_o of_o such_o as_o be_v equal_o dispose_v to_o goodness_n moral_a one_o be_v call_v before_o another_o by_o his_o irresistible_a call_n that_o thus_o to_o dispense_v of_o mercy_n and_o justice_n in_o this_o life_n it_o see_v his_o treatise_n of_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o time_n the_o 3._o or_o moral_a part_n of_o it_o do_v argue_v no_o partiality_n or_o respect_n of_o person_n with_o god_n be_v a_o argument_n elsewhere_o insist_v upon_o 24._o the_o point_n whereupon_o we_o be_v now_o to_o pitch_n be_v this_o indefinite_a man_n usual_o be_v call_v elect_v reprobate_v or_o harden_v by_o god_n resistible_a will_n before_o they_o be_v call_v elect_v reprobate_v or_o harden_v by_o his_o irresistible_a will_n all_o these_o term_n be_v indefinite_a and_o according_a to_o their_o different_a measure_n as_o true_o mutable_a as_o immutable_a from_o eternity_n or_o as_o in_o other_o etc._n other_o see_v chapt._n 37._o num._n 5._o 6._o see_v 9_o book_n ch._n 18._o etc._n etc._n meditation_n we_o have_v show_v there_o be_v a_o state_n of_o election_n under_o promise_n and_o a_o state_n of_o election_n under_o oath_n of_o which_o the_o latter_a only_o be_v absolute_o immutable_a the_o like_a we_o may_v say_v of_o reprobation_n it_o be_v either_o under_o general_a threat_n or_o upon_o oath_n the_o former_a be_v mutable_a so_o be_v not_o the_o latter_a no_o man_n live_a shall_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o make_v his_o inference_n good_a pharaoh_n be_v absolute_o reprobate_v from_o eternity_n that_o be_v infancy_n whether_o grant_v that_o pharaoh_n be_v a_o reprobate_n from_o eternity_n we_o must_v grant_v withal_o that_o pharaoh_n be_v a_o reprobate_n in_o his_o middle_a age_n youth_n or_o infancy_n his_o reprobation_n be_v immutable_a from_o eternity_n ergo_fw-la pharaoh_n in_o his_o youth_n or_o infancy_n be_v a_o reprobate_n to_o infer_v the_o consequence_n propose_v no_o medium_fw-la more_o probable_a than_o this_o can_v possible_o be_v bring_v pharaoh_n from_o his_o infancy_n to_o his_o full_a age_n be_v always_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a man_n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr eodem_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la idem_fw-la affirmari_fw-la &_o negari_fw-la the_o consequence_n not_o withstand_v be_v no_o better_a than_o this_o follow_n the_o last_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n be_v 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prime_n because_o the_o moon_n be_v of_o a_o incorruptible_a substance_n have_v continue_v one_o and_o the_o same_o since_o the_o first_o creation_n but_o unto_o this_o consequence_n every_o artist_n can_v make_v reply_n that_o the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a subject_n of_o the_o eclipse_n be_v not_o the_o nature_n or_o substance_n of_o the_o moon_n howsoever_o consider_v but_o in_o certain_a opposition_n to_o the_o sun_n so_o that_o albeit_o this_o proposition_n the_o moon_n shall_v be_v eclipse_v be_v true_a and_o necessary_a from_o everlasting_a yet_o it_o be_v necessary_a yet_o it_o be_v true_a only_a of_o the_o moon_n in_o such_o diametral_a opposition_n to_o the_o sun_n that_o the_o earth_n may_v cover_v it_o with_o her_o shadow_n as_o with_o a_o mantle_n whensoever_o it_o be_v in_o such_o opposition_n it_o be_v necessary_o eclipse_v whensoever_o it_o be_v not_o in_o such_o opposition_n to_o the_o sun_n it_o can_v possible_o by_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n be_v eclipse_v 25._o it_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n true_a which_o we_o have_v often_o say_v that_o the_o proper_a and_o immediate_a object_n of_o the_o eternal_a decree_n concern_v induration_n or_o reprobation_n be_v not_o pharaohâ—s_n individual_a entity_n or_o essence_n but_o pharaoh_n charge_v with_o a_o certain_a measure_n of_o iniquity_n or_o separation_n from_o his_o god_n grant_v then_o that_o pharaoh_n substance_n from_o his_o infancy_n to_o his_o full_a age_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o as_o incorruptible_a as_o the_o moon_n yet_o the_o degree_n of_o his_o declination_n from_o the_o unchangeable_a rule_n of_o justice_n or_o of_o his_o opposition_n to_o the_o fountain_n of_o mercy_n and_o goodness_n may_v be_v more_o than_o be_v the_o degree_n of_o the_o moon_n aberration_n or_o elongation_n from_o the_o sun_n now_o the_o alseeing_a providence_n do_v more_o accurate_o calculate_v each_o work_n each_o word_n each_o thought_n of_o pharaoh_n and_o their_o opposition_n to_o his_o goodness_n than_o astronomer_n can_v do_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o moon_n or_o plancts_n and_o will_v he_o not_o make_v his_o payment_n according_a to_o his_o calculation_n tu_fw-la domine_fw-la nosti_fw-la utrum_fw-la radix_fw-la sit_fw-la dulcis_fw-la a_o amara_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la for_o be_v pulchra_fw-la folia_fw-la emittuntur_fw-la tu_fw-la judex_fw-la interius_fw-la meliùs_fw-la ipse_fw-la nosti_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la medullas_fw-la radicum_fw-la subtiliùs_fw-la perscrutaris_fw-la &_o non_fw-la solùm_fw-la intentionem_fw-la sed_fw-la radicis_fw-la ejus_fw-la medullam_fw-la intimam_fw-la disertissima_fw-la tuus_fw-la lucis_fw-la veritate_fw-la colligis_fw-la numeras_fw-la intueris_fw-la &_o consignas_fw-la ut_fw-la reddas_fw-la unicuique_fw-la non_fw-la solummodo_fw-la secundum_fw-la opera_fw-la vel_fw-la intentionem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la secundum_fw-la ipsam_fw-la intertorem_fw-la absconditam_fw-la medullam_fw-la radicis_fw-la de_fw-la quâ_fw-la procedit_fw-la intentio_fw-la operantis_fw-la augustin_n in_o soliloqu_n cap._n 14._o pag._n 14._o 2._o so_o that_o in_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_a pharaoh_n there_o may_v be_v more_o several_a object_n of_o the_o eternal_a decree_n than_o be_v minute_n or_o scruple_n in_o forty_o year_n motion_n of_o the_o moon_n not_o the_o least_o varictie_n or_o alteration_n in_o his_o course_n of_o life_n but_o have_v a_o proportionate_a consequent_a of_o reward_n or_o punishment_n allot_v to_o it_o from_o all_o eternity_n by_o the_o irresistible_a decree_n unto_o pharaoh_n then_o have_v make_v up_o the_o full_a measure_n of_o his_o iniquity_n irresistible_a induration_n and_o unrecoverable_a reprobation_n be_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o this_o eternal_a decree_n altogether_o necessary_a and_o inevitable_a but_o unto_o pharaoh_n before_o this_o measure_n of_o iniquity_n be_v make_v up_o neither_o induration_n nor_o irrecoverable_a reprobation_n be_v so_o necessary_a or_o inevitable_a to_o think_v the_o unchangeable_a rule_n of_o justice_n shall_v award_v the_o same_o measure_n of_o induration_n or_o reprobation_n unto_o far_o different_a measure_n of_o iniquity_n go_v deep_a thaâ—_n the_o dregs_n of_o heathenism_n it_o be_v a_o doctrine_n which_o may_v not_o be_v vent_v where_o any_o christian_a ear_n be_v present_a 26._o the_o former_a resemblance_n be_v full_o parallel_v to_o our_o resolution_n in_o all_o other_o point_n save_v only_o in_o this_o that_o the_o eternal_a decree_n do_v not_o so_o necessary_o direct_v or_o impel_v pharaoh_n to_o make_v up_o the_o full_a measure_n of_o his_o iniquity_n as_o it_o do_v direct_v and_o guide_v the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n till_o it_o come_v in_o full_a and_o diametral_a opposition_n to_o the_o sun_n therefore_o this_o similitude_n will_v not_o follow_v as_o the_o moon_n though_o at_o this_o time_n not_o eclipse_v yet_o hold_v that_o course_n by_o the_o unchangeable_a decree_n which_o in_o time_n will_v bring_v it_o to_o be_v in_o diametral_a opposition_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o by_o consequence_n to_o be_v eclipse_v so_o though_o pharaoh_n in_o his_o infancy_n be_v not_o reprobate_v or_o harden_v by_o god_n irresistible_a will_n yet_o be_v he_o by_o the_o eternal_a decree_n ordain_v to_o such_o reprobation_n or_o induration_n without_o possibility_n of_o alter_v his_o course_n or_o avoid_v that_o opposition_n which_o his_o full_a age_n have_v unto_o divine_a goodness_n as_o every_o true_a convert_n or_o regenerate_a person_n may_v say_v with_o he_o in_o saint_n ambrose_n ego_fw-la non_fw-la sum_fw-la ego_fw-la i_o be_o become_v another_o man_n so_o may_v it_o be_v true_o say_v in_o a_o contrary_a sense_n pharaoh_n sometime_o be_v not_o pharaoh_n when_o he_o be_v a_o child_n he_o speak_v as_o a_o child_n he_o think_v as_o a_o child_n his_o mouth_n be_v not_o not_o open_v against_o god_n his_o mind_n be_v not_o set_v on_o murder_n to_o have_v see_v the_o israelitish_n infant_n strangle_v or_o expose_v to_o the_o merciless_a flood_n will_v 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this_o sentence_n of_o death_n till_o he_o commit_v the_o fact_n at_o which_o the_o law_n do_v immediate_o strike_v not_o at_o his_o person_n again_o there_o be_v ordinary_o require_v to_o excommunication_n not_o only_a sententia_fw-la juris_fw-la but_o sententia_fw-la judicis_fw-la though_o the_o canon_n by_o which_o he_o be_v excommunicate_v be_v make_v long_o before_o yet_o he_o that_o offend_v against_o the_o canon_n be_v not_o forthwith_o excommunicate_v by_o it_o until_o he_o be_v refractory_a or_o contumacious_a the_o judge_n may_v admonish_v before_o he_o give_v sentence_n &_o without_o his_o sentence_n judicial_o give_v the_o party_n be_v not_o excommunicate_v by_o the_o law_n but_o some_o peculiar_a case_n there_o be_v wherein_o a_o man_n may_v stand_v immediate_o excommunicate_v by_o the_o law_n or_o canon_n without_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n there_o be_v no_o place_n leave_v for_o admonition_n or_o recant_v the_o fact_n be_v once_o prove_v either_o by_o witness_n 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smite_v thou_o and_o thy_o people_n with_o pestilence_n when_o i_o destroy_v your_o cattle_n with_o murrain_n and_o thou_o have_v be_v cut_v off_o from_o the_o earth_n when_o the_o boil_v be_v so_o rife_o upon_o the_o magician_n but_o when_o they_o fall_v i_o make_v thou_o to_o stand_v for_o so_o the_o hebrew_n be_v verbatìm_fw-la to_o what_o purpose_n that_o i_o may_v show_v my_o power_n and_o declare_v my_o name_n more_o manifest_o throughout_o all_o the_o earth_n by_o a_o more_o remarkable_a destruction_n than_o at_o that_o time_n shall_v have_v befall_v thou_o 8._o objection_n the_o true_a occasion_n of_o the_o former_a objection_n this_o brief_a survey_n of_o these_o historical_a circumstance_n present_v unto_o we_o as_o in_o a_o map_n the_o just_a occasion_n the_o due_a force_n and_o full_a extent_n of_o the_o objection_n here_o intimate_v in_o transitu_fw-la thou_o will_v say_v then_o unto_o i_o why_o do_v he_o yet_o find_v fault_n as_o if_o some_o one_o on_o pharaoh_n behalf_n 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