The reconcilableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…

XV.

Now with whom these methods succeed well, there is no suspicion of insincerity; Let us see what pretence there can be for it, with the rest.

Now with whom these methods succeed well, there is no suspicion of insinceritie; Let us see what pretence there can be for it, with the rest.

It is to be considered, that, as to them, he doth not apply himself ⟨p. 79⟩to every (or to any) person immediately, and severally, after some such tenor of speech as this, I know thee to be a profligate, hopeless wretch, and that thou wilt finally disregard whatsoever I say to thee, and consequently perish and become miserable. But however (tho I foresee most certainly thou wilt not, yet) I entreat thee to hear, and obey, and live. Indeed sending a Prophet to a promiscuous people, he foretells him of such ill success^*. But it is not told him he should succeed so ill universally, and it is implied, he should not.^†

It is to be considered, that, as to them, he doth not apply himself ⟨p. 79⟩to every (or to any) person immediately, and severally, after some such tenour of speech as this, I know thee to be a profligate, hopeles wretch, and that thou wilt finally disregard whatsoever I say to thee, and conseqently perish and become miserable. But however (tho I foresee most certainly thou wilt not, yet) I entreat thee to hear, and obey, and live. Indeed sending a Prophet to a promiscuous people, he foretells him of such ill success