The divine life in three treatises

13. And that which Augustine so much insisteth on, I think is also plain in Scripture, that the Salvation of the Elect is better ⟨p. 96⟩secured in the hands of Christ, then his own or any of his posterities was in the hands of Adam. We know that Adam lost that which was committed to him: But [we know whom we have believed, and are persuaded, that he is able to keep that which we commit to him, against that day] 1 Tim. 1. 12. Force not these Scriptures against our own Consolation, and the glory of our Redeemer, and then judge. [Joh. 7. 2. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal Life to as many as thou hast given him] Joh. 6. 3. [All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out] Ver. 39. And this is the Fathers will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day] Joh. 10. 26, 27, 28, 29. [But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and none shall take them out of my hands: My Father which gave them me is greater then all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hands] Eph. 1. 3, 4. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in Love: Having predestinated us to the adoption of his children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved] [Being predestinated according to the purpose of him that worketh all things after the counsel of his own will] Ver. 11.

13. And that which Augustine so much insisteth on, I think is also plain in Scripture, that the Salvation of the Elect is better