Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

Thirdly, the Spirit must be a free gift, by his ¹carriage to them he will save; he might have chosen the elder and not the younger, he might have chosen Esau and not Jacob; or if he would have chosen the younger, then he might have brought him first out of the womb, but he will not, because he is most free in his choice, he will save Jacob and cast off Esau; and so he might have chosen honourable and noble men, to have both preached the Gospel, and to be all saved by the Gospel; he might have chosen them only, for salvation, but he will not, but the poor they shall receive the Gospel, he will make choice of them for salvation; he might have chosen Simon Magus, aswell as Simon Peter, but he will not, therefore you see he is free.

Thirdly, the Spirit must be a free gift, by his ¹carriage to them hee will save; hee might have chosen the elder and not the younger, hee might have chosen Esau and not Iacob; or if he would have chosen the younger, then hee might have brought him first out of the wombe, but he will not, because he is most free in his choice, he will save Iacob and cast off Esau; and so he might have chosen honourable and noble men, to have both preacht the Gospell, and to be all saved by the Gospell; he might have chosen them only, for salvation, but he will not, but the poore they shall receive the Gospell, he will make choice of them for salvation; he might have chosen Simon Magus, aswell as Simon Peter, but hee will not, therefore you see he is free.

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Fourthly, the Spirit is free, which appears by the paucity of them he chooses, he is at liberty, ¹he might have saved more, but this shows his freedom, he is not tied to one more then unto another, the wind bloweth where it listeth,