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…

Fifthly, the Spirit is a free gift, which appears ⟨p. 170⟩¹by the prosecution of his decree, both of Election and Reprobation; nothing more free then the Spirit is; he might, as I said, have chosen Esau and not Jacob; for there cannot a reason be given, wherefore he should choose the one, and not the other, he will choose the wife and not the husband, he will choose the husband and not the wife, he will choose the child and not the father, and he will choose the father and not the child: again, he will choose this man and that woman, and not another man, or another woman; and what is the reason of it, surely there can be no reason given of it, but because the Spirit is free to choose and choose not: thus briefly I have showed you that the Spirit is a free gift.

Fifthly, the Spirit is a free gift, which appeares ⟨p. 170⟩¹by the prosecution of his decree, both of Election and Reprobation; nothing more free then the Spirit is; he might, as I said, have chosen Esau and not Iacob; for there cannot a reason be given, wherefore he should chuse the one, and not the other, he will choose the wife and not the husband, hee will choose the husband and not the wife, hee will choose the childe and not the father, and hee will choose the father and not the childe: againe, he will choose this man and that woman, and not another man, or another woman; and what is the reason of it, surely there can be no reason given of it, but because the Spirit is free to choose and choose not: thus briefely I have shewed you that the Spirit is a free gift.

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Is the spirit a free gift, and doth it work freely, then let them consider this and tremble, that are