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  Although God knows whatoever may, or can come to pas upon all uppoed conditions, yet hath he not decreed any thing becaue he foreaw it as future, or as that which would come to pas upon uch conditions.

By the decree of God for the manifetation of his glory, ome men and Angels are predetinated unto everlating life, and others fore-ordained to everlating death.

IV. Thee Angels and men thus predetinated and fore ordained, are particularly and unchangeably deigned, and their number is o certain and difinite, that init [sic] cannot be either increaed or diminihed.

Thoe of man kind that are predetinated unto Life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternall and immutable purpoe, and the ecret counell and good pleaure of his Will, hath choen in Chrit unto everlating glory, out of his meer free grace and love, without any fore ight of Faith, or Good works, or pereverence in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or caues moving him thereunto , and all to the praie of his glorious grace.

As God hath appointed the Elect unto glory, o hath he, by the eternall and mot free purpoe of his Will, fore-ordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Chrift, are effectually called unto faith in