CHAP. I. In which foure generall positions are set downe, as the ground-worke of all: Conclusions deduced thence.
FOr the opening and clearing of the equall waies of God,* 1.1 obvious to humane search, we must stil keepe in minde these foure Po∣sitions.
1. God from all eternitie de∣creed to doe, what the Scripture tels us, that in time he hath done, or doth doe, or (absolutely saith) he will doe.
2. God (before whom all things are naked,* 1.2 who is the searcher of mans heart, who knowes our thoughts long before) from all eternitie sees, whatsoever in time cometh to passe.
3. The decrees of God for the making of the