verfion and faith to be joined, tw weyνω εντι κατα τον δε τον χρονον πιςεύειν και προο eder, to him that is foreknown and preor dained to believe at that, even at that very time; which fhews that he held, that fome are predeftinated to believe, and that at a certain time; and fo it has been, and is, that as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 44 It is also manifeft, from a certain paffage of his, That he held that election does not fpring from mens works, but from the S mere will and pleasure of God; his words are thefe; "All these things look this way, that the Apostle may prove this; That if either Ifaac or Jacob, for their merits, had been chosen to thofe things which they, being in the flesh, sought after, and, by the works of the flesh, had deferved to be juftified; then the grace of their merit might belong to the pofterity of flesh and blood alfo; but now, fince, electio eorum non ex operibus facta fit, fed ex propofito Dei, ex vocantis arbitrio, their election does not arife from works, but from the purpose of God, from the will of him that calleth, the grace of the promise is not fulfilled in the children of the flesh, but in the children of God; that is, who likewife, as they, ex propofito elegantur, are chofen by the purpose of God, and adopted for fons." b In Rom. 1. 7. fol. 195. G. NUMB. NUM B. IX. CAECILIUS THASCIUS CYPRIANUS. A. D. 250. Cyprian d 1 Cor. iv. 7. What haft thou, that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why doft thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?" Upon which Auftin makes this remark; "This Cyprian moft truly faw, and most confidently afferted; per quod utique praedeftinationem certiffimam pronun Vid. Hieron. Catalog. Script. §. 77. Dallaci Apolog, par. 4. p. 768. с Cyprian. ad Quirin. 1. 3. c. 4. P. 373. D 3 ciavit, ह ciavit, whereby also be hath pronounced predeftination to be most certain: for if we must glory in nothing, fince nothing is ours, neither muft we glory truly of our most perfevering obedience; nor is that to be faid to be so ours, as if it was not given us from above; and that it felf therefore is the gift of God, which God foreknew that he would give to his own, who are called with the calling of which it is faid, the gifts and calling of God are without repentance, and muft be own'd by every Chriftian; haec eft igitur predeftinatio, quam fideliter & humiliter praedicamus, this is therefore the predeftination, which we faithfully and humbly preach." And a little after, having repeated the fame words of Cyprian, his obfervation is this;" Where, fays he, without any ambiguity, he declares the true grace of God, i. e. which is not given according to our merits, and which God foreknew that be would give; his Cypriani verbis procul dubio praedeftinatio praedicata eft, in thefe words of Cyprian, without ali doubt predeftination is afferted." There are fome books afcribed to Cyprian, which are called in question by learned men, whether they are his or no; fuch as thofe which are entitled, De difciplina & bono pudicitiae, and De cardinalibus operibus Chrifti: Their style is thought, by Erafmus, not to agree with Cyprian's; but Pa melius affirms them to be hisf: However, the former of thefe is allowed to be written by a learned man, and fufpected to be done by Cornelius, bishop of Rome, cotemporary with Cyprian, and the latter to be the work, antiqui & docti autoris, of an ancient and learned author, and thought to be written in the age of Cornelius and Cyprian; though in a very ancient copy in the library of All Souls college in Oxford, it goes under the name of Arnoldus Bonavillacenfis; and therefore must be the work of a far later writer, even of one that lived in the times of Bernard: Wherefore, as the, genuineness and antiquity of thefe treatifes, are queftioned, I fhall lay no ftrefs upon the teftimonies I now produce out of them. In the first of thefe", the author exhorts the faints to chastity from fuch confiderations as thefe; " knowing, fays he, that you are the temple of the Lord, the members of Chrift, the habitation of the Holy Ghoft; electos ad fpem, confecratos ad fidem, deftinatos ad falutem; elected to hope, devoted to faith, appointed to falvation." And in the latter of thefe, the compiler of it af cribes the feveral diftinct acts of grace to the perfons in the bleffed Trinity; and a f Vid. Rivet. Critici Sacri, 1. 2. c. 15. James's corruption of the Fathers, part 1. p. 18. h De bono pudicitiae, p. 417. iDe baptifmo Chrifti, p. 455. D 4 1 mong mong the reft, particularly Election to the Father; his words are thefe: "In this school of divine learning, the Father is he that teaches and inftructs, the Son who reveals and opens the fecrets of God unto us, and the Holy Spirit who fills and furnishes us. From the Father we receive power, from the Son wifdom, and from the Holy Spirit innocence. Pater eligit, the Father chcofes, the Son loves, the Holy Spirit joins and unites. By the Father is given us eternity, by the Son conformity to his image, and by the Holy Spirit integrity and liberty." In another place he fpeaks of the elect as of a certain number that shall be faved, when Chrift fhall return to judge the world; "when, fays he, all mankind collected together, fhall fee the hands they have pierced, the fide they have bored, the face they have fpit upon; and the irreverfible fentence being openly declared, occurrentibus falvatori electis, the elect meeting the Saviour, the ungodly fhall remain deputed to infinite torments." And, in another part of the fame work', fpeaking of the manna in the wilderness, he thus expreffes himfelf: "There was, fays he, a full measure through the whole week, the Jabbath day vacant; for which the preceding fixth day, doubling the quantity of the usual De afcenfione Chrifti, p. 484. food, |