The riches of Gods love unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with his absolute…The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute…

The Synod hereupon entreats the judgment of foreign divines. And they all with one consent profess that the Synod had granted the Remonstrants as much liberty for the defence of their cause, as in Equity could be granted and could well stand with the honour of the Synod. And therefore there is no cause why the decree of the Synod should be altered, or why the Remonstrants should complain or decline the Authority of the Synod; that nothing was put upon them burden some to their consciences: And therefore it was in vain to pretend scruples of Conscience, as in the Session 42 there is a representation made of their unreasonable demand; namely in the first place to deal upon reprobation &c: whereupon the opinion of foreign divines was required; as whether it was fit to yield unto them in this, and to treat of reprobation before they treated of Election, who declared by concurring suffrages that course (proposed by them) to be most unreasonable: now let the reader judge how unshamefast that crimination is, which this Author chargeth that Synod with, and consequently all the the foreign divines therein assembled, who justified those Synodical proceedings with their unanimous consent. Surely this Author hath an high opinion of himself, and his own sufficiencies, who thinks this Bolt of his soon shot, more worth then the concurrent verdict of all those divines, Chosen as eminent persons by their several Churches, and sent unto that Synod from many places of Christendom. Now he who in the progress of his unshamefast discourse, spares not thus to Tax a Synod and all the foreign Divines that assembled therein, no marvel if he forbear not to charge the Contra Remonstrants in the Hague conference with the same Crimination, though never so injuriously; Thus indeed the Remonstrants in the Synod of Dort, Criminate their adversaries as appears in the Synodalia Dodcacena pag: 136. In the conference at Hague the Contra-Remonstrants deprecated that they might not be put to deal on Reprobation, and more at large pag: 159. in the same writings; We read how Festus Hommius one of the Contra-Remonstrants in that conference at the Hague, hereupon stood up, Exposuitque paucis quod non bona fide haec de illis dicerentur, how unfaithfully this relation was made, see libello supplice non fuisse deprecatos ne de reprobatione ageretur;

The Synod hereupon intreates the judgment of forrain divines. And they all with one consent professe that the Synod had granted the Remonstrants as much libertie for the defence of their cause, as in Equitie could be granted and could well stand with the honour of the Synod. And therefore there is no cause why the decree of the Synod should be altered, or why the Remonstrants should complaine or decline the Authority of the Synod; that nothing was put upon them burthen some to their consciences: And therefore it was in vaine to pretend scruples of Conscience, as in the Session 42 there is a representation made of their unreasonable demaund; namely in the first place to deale upon reprobation &c: whereupon the opinion of forrain divines was required; as whether it was fit to yeild unto them in this, and to treat of reprobation before they treated of Election, who declared by concurring suffrages that course (proposed by them) to be most unreasonable: now let the reader judge how unshamefast that crimination is, which this Author chargeth that Synod with, and consequently all the the forreine divines therein assembled, who justified those Synodicall proceedings with their unanimous consent. Surely this Author hath an high opinion of himselfe, and his owne sufficiencies, who thinkes this Bolt of his soone shot, more worth then the concurrent verdict of all those divines, Chosen as eminent persons by their severall Churches, and sentunto that Sinod from many places of Christendome. Now hee who in the progresse of his unshamefast discourse, spares not thus to Taxe a Synod and all the forrain Divines that assembled therein, no mervell if he forbeare not to charge the Contra Remonstrants in the Hague conference with the same Crimination, though never so injuriously; Thus indeede the Remonstrants in the Synod of Dort, Criminate their adversaries as appeares in the Synodalia Dodcacena pag: 136. In the conference at Hague the Contra-Remonstrants deprecated that they might not be put to deale on Reprobation, and more at large pag: 159. in the same writings; We reade how Festus Hommius one of the Contra-Remonstrants in that conference at the Hague, hereupon stood up, Exposuitque paucis quod non bona fide haec de illis dicerentur, how unfaithfully this relation was made, se libello supplice non fuisse deprecatos ne de reprobatione ageretur;