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The Supream Fudge by which all controverfies of Religion are to be determined and all Decrees ofCouncils, Opinions of AncientWriters, Doctrines of Men and private Spirits, are to be examined, and in whofe Sentence we are to reft, can be no other, but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit; into which Scripture so delivered, our Faith is finally refolved. Mat. 22. 29, 31. Eph. 2. 20. with Acts 28. 25.

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Of God and of the Holy Trinity.

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living and true who is infinite in Being & Perfection, a moft pure Spirit, Invifible, without Body Parts, for Paffions, & Iminutable, Immenfe, Eternal, Incomprehenfible, Almighty, moft Wife," moft Ho

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all Sin, and who will by no means clear • Deut. 6. 4. I Cor. 8. 4, 6.b

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1 Thef. 1.9. Fer. 10. 10. 86. 14. John 4. 24. 4.15,16. John 4.24. with Luke 24.39. 14,11,15. ↳ Fames 1. 17. Mal. 3.6. 8.27. Fer.23.23.24. Rom.1. 20. I Tim. I. 17. Pfal. 90. 2. Pfal. 145. 3. Rev.4.8. Rom.16.27.° Ifa.6.3. Pfal.115.

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God hath all Life, Glory, Goodness, Bleffedness in, and of himself, and is alone in, and unto himself, All-fufficient, nor flanding in need of any Creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifefting his own glory, in, by,unto & upon them. them. He is the alone Fountain of all Being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; And hath moft Soveraign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatfoever himself pleafeth: In his fight all things are open and manifeft, his knowledge is Infinite, Infallible and Independent upon the Creature, fo as mathing is to him contingent or uncertain.

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He is moft Holy in all his Counfels, in all his Works, and in all his Commands. To him is due from Angels and Men, and every other Creature, whatever Worship, Service or Obedience, as Creatures, they owe unto the Creator, and whatsoever he is further pleased to require of them." John 5. 26. 68. Tim. 6. 15.

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Als 17. 24,25. Job 22. 2,3. Rom. 11. Rev. 4. 11. 1Tim.6.15. Dan 4.25.31, 34,35. Heb.4.13. * Rom. 11. 33.34. Pjal. 147.5. AЯs 15.18. Ezek. 11. 5. Pfal.145 17. Rom.7.12. a Rev.5.12,13,14.

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In the Unity of the God-head there be three Perfons, of one Subftance, Power, and Eternity, God the Father, God the Son and God the holy Ghoft: The Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding; The Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the holy Ghoft eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. g Which Doctrine of the Trinity is the Foundation of all our Communion with God, and comfortable dependence upon him. 1 John. 5.7. Mat. 3. 16,17. Mat.28. 19. 2 Cor. 13. 14. P John 1. 14, 18. q John 15. 26. Gal. 4. 6. 2 Cor. 13. 14.

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CHAP. III

Of God's Eternal Decree.

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freely and unchangeably Ordain whatsoever comes to pass, a Yet fo, as thereby neither is God the Author of fin, b nor is Violence offered to the Will of theCreatures, nor is the Liberty or contingency of fecond Caufes taken away, but rather established. a Epb. 1. 11. Rom. 11. 33. Heb. 6. 17. b Jam. 1. 13, 14. i John 1, John 1, Alts 4. 27, 28. Prov. 16. 33.

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Rom. 9. 15, 18. 5. 5. Acts 2. 23. Mat. 17. 12. John 10. 11.

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Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all fuppofed Conditions, d Yet hath he not decreed any thing, because he forefaw it as future, or that which would come to pafs upon fuch Conditions. e d. Acts 15. 18. 15. and 23. 11, 12. Mat. 11. 21,23 e Rom. 9. 11, 13, 16, 18.

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By the Decree of God for the manifeftation of his Glory, fome Men and Angels ƒ are predeftinated unto everlasting life, and others fore

foreordained to everlafting Death. 8 f1 Tim. Mat. 25. 41. Eph. 1. 5, 6. Prov. g Rom. 9. 22, 23.

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These Angels and Men thus predeftinated, and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably defigned, and their number is fo certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished. b 2 Tim. 2. 19. Jobn 13. 18.

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Those of mankind that are predeftinated unto Life, God, before the foundation of the World was laid, according to his Eternal and immutable purpose, and the fecret counsel and good pleasure of his Will, hath chofen in Chrift unto everlasting Glory, out of his meer free Grace and Love, without any forefight of Faith or good Works, or perfeverance in either of them, or any other thing in the' Creature, as Conditions or Caufes moving him thereunto,k and all to the praife of his glorious Grace, i Eph. 1. 4, 9, 11. Rom. 8. 30. 2 Tim. 1. 9. I Thef. 5.9: k Rom. 9. 11,13, 16. Epb. 1. 4, 9. 1Epb. 1. 6, 12.

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As God hath appointed the Elect unto Glóry, fo hath he by the eternal and moft fr

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