The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance

2 As he mentioned Perseverance to be such a Gift of God, as indeclinably wrought in them on whom it was bestowed, a will to Persevere, and on that account Perseverance it self (an Assertion as obnoxious to the Calumny, and Clamour of the Adversaries of the Doctrine under consideration, as any we teach or affirm concerning it) so he further constantly taught this Gift and Grace to be a fruit of Predestination, or Election, and to be bestowed on all, and only elected believers: so De Predestinatione Sanc: C. 17. Haec dona Dei dantur Electis, secundum Dei Propositum vocatis, in quibus est & incipere & credere, & in fide ad hujus vitae exitum perseverare. And afterwards C: 9•. De bono Persev: ex duobus piis (of his meaning in that word afterwards) cur huic donetur Perseverantia, usque in finem, illi non donetur, inscrutabilia sunt judicia Dei: illud tamen fidelibus debet esse certissimum, hunc esse ex Praedestinatis, illum non esse: nam si fuissent ex nobis (ait unus Pradestinatorum quiè pectore Domini biberat hoc secretum) mansissent utique nobiscum. Quae est ista Discretio? patent Libri Dei, non avertamus aspectum, elamat Scriptura Divina, adhibeamus auditum, non erant ex eis, quia non erant secundum propositum vocati:non erant in Christo Electi ante mundi constitutionem, non erant in eo sortem consecuti, non erant Praedestinati secundum Propositum ejus qui omnia operatur. And unto these Elect, Predestinate Believers, he concluded still, that Perseverance was so given in and for Christ, so proceeding from ⟨image 24⟩the immutable will of God wrought by such an efficacy of Grace, that it was impossible that they should not persevere. He compares it further with the Grace that Adam received, Lib. De: Correp: & Grat: Cap. 12: primo itaque homini, qui in eo bono quo factus fuerat rectus, acceperat posse non Peccare, posse non mori, posse ipsum Bonum non deserere, datum est Adjutorium Perseverantiae, non quo fieret ut perseveraret, sed sine quo per liberum Arbitrium persever are non possit. Nunc verò Sanctis in regnum Dei per gratiam Dei praedestinatis, non tantum tale adjutorium Perseverantiae datur; sed tale, ut iis Perseverantia ipsa donetur, non solùm ut sine isto done Perseverantes esse non possint, verùm etiam ut per hoc donum non nisi perseverantes sint. And a little after;

2 As he mentioned Perseverance to be such a Gift of God, as indeclinably wrought in them on whom it was bestowed, a will to Persevere, and on that account Perseverance it selfe (an Assertion as obnoxious to the Calumny, and Clamour of the Adversaries of the Doctrine under consideration, as any we teach or affirme concerning it) so he further constantly taught this Gift and Grace to be a fruit of Predestination, or Election, and to be bestowed on all, and only elected believers: so De Predestinatione Sanc: C. 17. Haec dona Dei dantur Electis, secundum Dei Propositum vocatis, in quibus est & incipere & credere, & in fide ad hujus vitae exitum perseverare. And afterwards C: 9. De bono Persev: ex duobus piis (of his meaning in that word afterwards) cur huic donetur Perseverantia, usque in finem, illi non donetur, inscrutabilia sunt judicia Dei: illud tamen fidelibus debet esse certissimum, hunc esse ex Praedestinatis, illum non esse: nam si fuissent ex nobis (ait unus Pradestinatorum quiè pectore Domini biberat hoc secretum) mansissent utique nobiscum. Quae est ista Discretio? patent Libri Dei, non avertamus aspectum, elamat Scriptura Divina, adhibeamus auditum, non erant ex eis, quia non erant secundum propositum vocati:non erant in Christo Electi ante mundi constitutionem, non erant in eo sortem consecuti, non erant Praedestinati secundum Propositum ejus qui omnia operatur. And unto these Elect, Predestinate Believers, he concluded still, that Perseverance was so given in and for Christ, so proceeding from