Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht

SECT. 7.

Object. IF God have reprobated and cast them off, how can they doe any other, the cause of sinning therefore is not in them, but in God, who leaveth them to themselves; how doe those Scriptures agree then where the Lord saith, that he delighteth not in the death of a sinner, Ezek. 33. 6. And, O that Israel would obey me, &c. with, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee together, and ye would not, Mat. 23. 37. As al∣so, that he willeth not the death of a sinner; and other while, that some are ordained of old to condemnation; as in Jude, vers. 6. Judas also is called, the sonne of perdition, Joh. 17. 12.

Ans. To the Answer which hath formerly been made to such* 1.1 a question as this, may be added this answer of the Prophet. Je∣remy, The Lord is more righteous then to be disputed with, Jerem. 28. 6. And the Prophet Isaiah saith, We are in the hands of the Lord, as the Clay in the hands of the Potter. Isa. 47. 9. And the

Apostle saith, Hath not the Potter power over the Clay, and of the same lump, to make one vessell to honour, and another to disho∣nour, Rom. 9. 21. Again, Who art thou that replyest against God, ver. 20. Was there unrighteousnesse in God, in loving Jacob, and hating Esau, God forbid, ver. 14. For he will have mercy on whom he will have mercy, and compassion on whom he will have compassi∣••n, ver. 15. and whom he will he hardneth; so that there is vessels of wrath, and vessels of mercy, as in ver. 22. & 23. for otherwise why should these phrases be used in Scripture.

Notes

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  Sundry argu∣ments answe∣red touching rejection.