A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certain doubts concerning predestination together with an examination…A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certaine doubts concerning predestination together with an examination…

5. Junius renders the place so, as that Gods delight is signified to be placed in the repentance of a sinner; Ne vivam fi delector morte improbi; sed delector cum revertitur improbus ut vivat. And indeed God is glorified by our obedience, as whereby he is acknowledged to be our supreme Lord; not so by our disobedience. And indeed, did God take pleasure in the death of a sinner, what should move him to wait for his repentance, and use all persuasive means to bring him to repentance? And it is proposed to take them off from a desperate condition, proposed in these words, Quia defectiones nostrae & peccata nostra incumbunt nobis, ideò ipsis nos tabescimus ecqui viveremus. To take them off from this, the Lord sends his Prophet, charging him and saying, Dic eis, ne vivam ego, dictum Domini, si delector morte improbi, sed cum revertitur improbus à via sua ut vivat. Revertimini, revertimini à viis vestris pessimis; cur enim moreremini, domus Israelis?

5. Junius renders the place so, as that Gods delight is signified to be placed in the repentance of a sinner; Ne vivam fi delector morte improbi; sed delector cum revertitur improbus ut vivat. And indeed God is glorified by our obedience, as whereby hee is acknowledged to be our supreme Lord; not so by our disobedience. And indeed, did God take pleasure in the death of a sinner, what should move him to wait for his repentance, and use all perswasive meanes to bring him to repentance? And it is proposed to take them off from a desperate condition, proposed in these words, Quia defectiones nostrae & peccata nostra incumbunt nobis, ideò ipsis nos tabescimus ecqui viveremus. To take them off from this, the Lord sends his Prophet, charging him and saying, Dic eis, ne vivam ego, dictum Domini, si delector morte improbi, sed cum revertitur improbus à via sua ut vivat. Revertimini, revertimini à viis vestris pessimis; cur enim moreremini, domus Israelis?

6. Be it spoken in general, both of Elect and Reprobate, (yet only is it directed to them to whom the Prophets of God are sent;) it followeth not, that God doth will or desire the repentance of any Reprobate; (though to the confirmation hereof you chiefly tend:) certainly, whosoever repents, God takes pleasure in his repentance; and the Scripture saith no more: But that he doth not will it or desire it, out of your own mouth may be convinced, seeing that God affords not any Reprobate such an effectual grace as he fore-sees will bring them to repentance; but reserving that for the Elect alone, unto all others he vouchsafeth only such a grace as he knows full well will never bring any of them unto repentance. And if God would bring any man