The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…

3. It purposes to punish them with Eternal Damnation for their sin; and this is styled among Divines Pre-damnation, or Positive Reprobation. And hence Reprobates are said to be vessels of wrath, Rom. 9. 22. made for the day of Evil, Prov. 16. 4. and of old ordained to condemnation, Jude, Ver. 4. in the Original we have, [Greek or Hebrew], of old forewritten or registered to this condemnation; forewritten, not (as some would have it) in Scripture-prophecies, but in the Eternal Decree of God; the ordained Event whereof is notably pointed out by the [Greek or Hebrew] in the Text. To say that men are forewritten ⟨p. 85⟩in a Decree to condemnation is very proper, but to say that they are forewritten in a Prophecy to condemnation, is very incongruous; for a prophecy is of an Event, and not to it as a Decree is. In that place where 'tis said that Christ [Greek or Hebrew], Gal. 3. 1. [Greek or Hebrew] imports not a Decree, but a setting forth or lively painting out of Christ; for there is no [Greek or Hebrew] at all as in the former Text, but [Greek or Hebrew], to whom before the eyes Jesus Christ was set forth. But the plain meaning of the former Text is, they were decreed to this condemnation, viz. to spiritual Judgments (which the [Greek or Hebrew] specially points at) and by consequence to Eternal Damnation also.

3. It purposes to punish them with Eternal Damnation for their sin; and this is stiled among Divines Pre-damnation, or Positive Reprobation. And hence Reprobates are said to be vessels of wrath, Rom. 9. 22. made for the day of Evil, Prov. 16. 4. and of old ordained to condemnation, Jude, Ver. 4. in the Original we have, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, of old forewritten or registred to this condemnation; forewritten, not (as some would have it) in Scripture-prophecies, but in the Eternal Decree of God; the ordained Event whereof is notably pointed out by the in the Text. To say that men are forewritten