The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Thirdly, The cause of this difference, is the¹ free-will and pleasure of God, without any motive to it, but in and of himself: Which the name of Predestination speaketh, that the Will and Decree of GOD, not in time only, but in the very order and nature of causes, is first, and before all other things. And the Apostle ^asaith plainly, He worketh all things after the counsel of his Will. God therefore, notwithstanding any thing that hath been ••id, is no respectre of persons, nor moved by any quality that is in man, but by his own free-will. No fore-knowledge of faith, or infidelity, good or evil works, were the cause of this Decree: for they are but ^bconsequences that follow and depend upon it: but all here is free: the root it self and all the branches. Election free: therefore the Apostle ⟨p. 292⟩calleth it ^cThe election of Grace. ^dCalling free: ^eWe believe freely through Grace. Are ^ffreely justified through Faith. Our ^gSanctification free, and ^heternal life, the free gift of God, through Jesus Christ. Election therefore cometh from the only will and pleasure of God: for above this, or out of this, it is impiety^{10 11}