The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…

it being evident beyond all hazard of rational contradiction, that the boundary of the life of Ahab, and of that unbelieving Samaritan Lord who was trod to death in the gate of Samaria, and of our blessed Lord Jesus himself, was determinately prefixed, since it was expressly fore-told, as the Scripture clears; And it is simply impossible that Divine predictions can prove false; And yet the man that shot at Ahab acted freely in so doing: Those who trampled that Lord to death were not forced by any to gather themselves together into such a crowd, or to be so regardless of a person of honour; and the Murderers of Christ were not a whit the less guilty, that they did nothing but what God's hand and counsel determined before to be done, nor yet did our Lord any ⟨image 17⟩thing that was irrational or foolish, in using lawful and fit means for his own preservation, in so frequent retiring and hiding himself from the jews violence as he did, though as the Scripture often makes mention, His hour was not yet come; by which instances it is very clear, that the determinateness of the decrees of God, doth no ways violent or infringe the native freedom of the wills of Men, nor yet is it any excuse for their sin, or encouragement to their neglect of means, since it is by the using rightly or neglecting of these, that God causeth his unalterable decrees to take their designed effect.

it being evident beyond all hazard of rational contradiction, that the boundary of the life of Ahab, and of that unbeleeving Samaritan Lord who was trode to death in the gate of Samaria, and of our blessed Lord Jesus himselfe, was determinatly prefixed, since it was expresly fore-told, as the Scripture clears; And it is simply impossible that Divine predictiones can prove false; And yet the man that shot at Ahab acted freely in so doing: Those who trampled that Lord to death were not forced by any to gather themselves togither into such a croud, or to be so reguardlesse of a person of honour; and the Murderers of Christ were not a whit the lesse guilty, that they did nothing but what God's hand and counsel determined befor to be done, nor yet did our Lord any ⟨image 17⟩thing that was irrational or foolish, in using lawful and fitt means for his owne preservation, in so frequent retireing and hyding himselfe from the jewes violence as he did, though as the Scripture often makes mention, His hour was not yet come; by which instances it is very clear, that the determinatnesse of the decrees of God, doth no wayes violent or infringe the native freedome of the wills of Men, nor yet is it any excuse for their sin, or encouragement to their neglect of means, since it is by the using rightly or neglecting of these, that God causeth his unalterable decrees to take their designed effect.