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and Content in thje reading of if, Aiid this may
jje another Lure, and doubtlefsVor that End was
placed in the Front of the Book.
sly. The Objedions againft his Dodrine are
thought, by thefe Learned Approvers,' to be |]repuoully
refuted : And unwary Readers are notable
to difccrn the contrary.
4/> It is managed in aSpidtof Meekncfs, and
jherelore it is more likely to obtain its End.
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It is managed with abundance of Subtilty,
imitating the wily Coy-man, endeavouring to
keep himfejr out of fight in that Part that may
affright his Game, till he have them fure in his
Net. As touching the Point of Reprobation, he
^oth very fparingly exprcfs it, tho he conftantly
implies it. But inftead of the words Reprobate
and Reprobation^ he frequently ufeth fuch Words
as thefe, nam^el^, the t^^ftl they that were
Left [^ 2, God did £ Leave 2^ were £not£le5t^
ed'] znd[^Non'Ekttton'], or fome fuch-like Phrafe
of Speech. And altho the Negative Part of his
Dodrine excludes moft Men from the Favour of
God, he dqth as it were leave that, or very lightly
touch upon It, but rather endeavours to fecure
the Affirmative Part, which gives fome Men fuch
a firm Intereft in Salvation, that their own Unworthlncf^
or Averfenefs cannot make ypid or
hinder that gracious Intendment, as he faith.
And thus^he leads poor Souls into a Labyrinth of
Error, or e're they are aware, with this deligh/ul
Charm, an4 pleafjng Appreheniion, that the Reader
himfelf is one of thefe Eled Perfonsthat muft
fnvinciblj be faved. When alas^ poor Heart ! he
is