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…

Secondly, look how you qualify the hatred of God to Esau, in the same manner may it be qualified towards Pharaoh, even at this time you speak of. For Gods hatred towards Esau, you qualify thus. God had a purpose to deal with him according to his works: But say I, even then when God professed of Pharaoh saying, For this cause have I raised thee up, &c. God had a purpose to deal with him according to his works.

Secondly, look how you qualifie the hatred of God to Esau, in the same manner may it bee qualifyed towards Pharaoh, even at this time you speak of. For Gods hatred towards Esau, you qualifie thus. God had a purpose to deale with him according to his works: But say I, even then when God professed of Pharaoh saying, For this cause have I raised thee up, &c. God had a purpose to deale with him according to his works.

Thirdly, if therefore God had no such purpose towards Esau, (namely, to show his power in his hardening and overthrow) because Esau was not yet born; then belike God had no such purpose towards Pharaoh himself, while Pharaoh was not yet born. But this is utterly untrue, for as much as Gods purposes are eternal, and not temporal.

Thirdly, if therefore God had no such purpose towards Esau, (namely, to shew his power in his hardning and overthrow) because Esau was not yet born; then belike God had no such purpose towards Pharaoh himself, while Pharaoh was not yet born. But this is utterly untrue, for as much as Gods purposes are eternall, and not temporall.

And in like manner, it may be proved, that if ever God had the like purpose towards Esau, to wit, after his preferring a mess of pottage before his birthright, or at any other time, it followeth that God had the same purpose towards Esau, even before he was born, for Gods purposes are not temporal, but eternal.