Reprobation asserted, or, The doctrine of eternal election & reprobation promiscuously handled in eleven…

Secondly, God also showeth by this, that the Reprobate doth not perish for want of the offers of Salvation (though he hath offended God) and that upon most righteous terms; according to what is written, As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, but that the wicked turn from his wicked way, and live. Turn unto me, saith the Lord of Hosts; and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. So then, here lieth the point between God and the Reprobate, (I mean the Reprobate since he hath sinned) God is willing to save him upon reasonable terms, but not not upon terms above reason; but no reasonable terms will down with the Reprobate, therefore he must perish for his unreasonableness. Ezek. 18.31, 32. & 33.10. Zech. 1.3.

Secondly, God also sheweth by this, that the Reprobate doth not perish for want of the offers of Salvation (though he hath offended God) and that upon most righteous terms; according to what is written, As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, but that the wicked turn from his wicked way, and live. Turn unto me, saith the Lord of Hosts; and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of Hosts. So then, here lieth the point between God and the Reprobate, (I mean the Reprobate since he hath sinned) God is willing to save him upon reasonable terms, but not not upon terms above reason; but no reasonable terms will down with the Reprobate, therefore he must perish for his unreasonableness. Ezek. 18.31, 32. & 33.10. Zech. 1.3.

That God is willing to save even those that perish for ever, is apparent, both from the consideration of the goodness of his Nature, of Mans being his Creature, and indeed in a miserable state. But I say, as I have also said already, there is a great difference between his being willing to save them, through their complying with these his reasonable terms, and his being resolved to save them, whether they, as men, will close therewith, or no: So only he saveth the Elect themselves, even according to the riches of his G[…] een according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus; working effectua […] them, what the Gospel, as a condition, calleth for from them. A[…]nce it is that he is said to give Faith, (yea the most holy Faith, for th is the Faith of Gods Elect) to give Repentance, to give a new Heart, to give his Fear, even that Fear that may keep them for ever from everlasting Ruin; still engaging his Mercy and Goodness to follow them all the days of their lives, that they may dwell in the House of the Lord for ever: And as another Scripture saith, Now he that hath wrought […] the self-same thing, is God.