SECT. 7.
AGaine, there is another Exposition, which declareth, that* 1.1 God hardneth the heart, as the event is taken for the cause, as it is often taken in Scripture, as Joh. 17. 12. None of them
Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht
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perished, but the childe of perdition, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. Here the Scriptures putteth that for the cause, which was the event of the cause; for Judas did not perish that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, but so it fell out, that the Scriptures in Judas perishing was fulfilled. There is also the like instance in the 51. Psal. Against thee only have I sinned, and done evill in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and cleare when thou art judged. But David did not sin to that end, that God might be justified, God had no need of his sin to set forth his glory; but so it fell out, that God spared David, and by his mercy over-came his sin, and yet David sinned not to that end.
Like as when a man being at work, and one of his acquaintance* 1.2 commeth to see him, (he desisteth from working) he should say, My friend came to day, to hinder my work; whereas he had no such end in his comming. So Jacob said to his Son, Why dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man ye•• had yet a brother, Gen. 34. 6. whereas Jacobs Sons (in so saying) intended no evill, or hurt to their Father; but so it fell out, &c. The wicked also are said to hate their owne soule, and to procure unto themselves eternall death; whereas simply, they hate not their owne soules, neither would be damned, but upon their committing of sin it so falleth out, that their soules perish by their meanes, as if they hated them. An unruly Patient that wil not obey his Physitian, where∣upon death insueth, is said to seeke his owne death, and yet they desire to live, but upon their unruly and disorderly behaviour death followeth. So God is likewise said to harden the heart, by the like figurative speech, because the harding of the heart insueth upon the abuse of these things, which God tendeth not to that end, but they pervert them to their owne hurt; and this opinion may also be safely received, and acknowledged, but yet there is somewhat more to be added.
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* 1.1
The event oft times ta∣ken for the cause.
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* 1.2
Simile.