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…

and the Lutherans themselves profess concurrently with us, that grace is not given according unto works. And by the way observe the Lutheran spleen is exercised not only against the predestinary pestilence, (as they call it) but the Sacramentary pestilence also. That is, against their doctrine who oppose their ubiquity and consubstantiation, yet in the very next page the same Knight affirms, that all the Lutherans are not carried with the same stern humour, but they only who are called Lutherani rigidi, & that the greater part perhaps which are the molls Lutherani, are quiet enough, neither account they otherwise of the Calvinists, then as of erring brethren; whom the rigids have (as is said) threatened to excommunicate as Schismatics and Heretics.—3 The Grecians are said to oppose the doctrine of Calvin in the point of predestination; yet we know our English Divines subscribed unto the same Doctrine in the Synod of Dort; together with all the foreign Divines there assembled, and the sum thereof is but this, that God, both in the election of some, and preterition of others, had no respect to the personal goodness of the one, and personal naughtiness of the other. And that this was the very doctrine of Austin, and of Saint Paul also in the opinion of Austin, Vossius acknowledgeth, and Austin professeth ⟨p. 24⟩that this doctrine herein is shaped merely according to the rule so generally received in the Church of God against Pelagians, that grace is not given according unto merits, de bono perseve: cap. 15.—4. Concerning the Jews, this doctrine of ours, this judicious (not Sir Edwin Sands) thinks it probable that doth hinder their conversation: And indeed that learned Knight doth profess, that they are opposite to the doctrine here recited by this Author, and in the same sentence he professeth them in like manner opposite to our doctrine, in maintaining that the devil and his Angels shall be cast into everlasting fire; for thus goes Sir Edwin's relation, as they think it a bad opinion which some men seem to hold, that God in his everlasting and absolute power should affect the extreme misery of any of his Creatures as here it lies, so contrary wise, they think with Origen, that Hell in the end shall utterly be abolished;

and the Lutherans themselves professe concurrently with us, that grace is not given according unto workes. And by the way observe the Lutheran spleen is exercised not only against the predestinary pestilence, (as they call it) but the Sacramentarie pestilence also. That is, against their doctrine who oppose their ubiquitie and consubstantiation, yet in the very next page the same Knight affirmes, that all the Lutherans are not carried with the same sterne humour, but they only who are called Lutherani rigidi, & that the greater part perhaps which are the molles Lutherani, are quiet enough, neither accompt they otherwise of the Calvinists, then as of erring brethren; whom the rigids have (as is said) threatened to excomunicate as Schismitiques and Heretiques.—3 The Grecians are said to oppose the doctrine of Calvin in the point of predestination; yet we know our English Divines subscribed unto the same Doctrine in the Synod of Dort; together with all the forraigne Divines there assembled, and the summe therof is but this, that God, both in the election of some, and preterition of others, had noe respect to the personall goodnesse of the one, and personall naughtinesse of the other. And that this was the very doctrine of Austine, and of Saint Paul also in the opinion of Austine, Vossius acknowledeth, and Austine professeth