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An EXTRACT from Dr. WHITBY's Difcourfes on the
FIVE POINTS.

1.

DISCOURSE I. Concerning Election and Reprobation.
The State of the Question.

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ET it be observed from Bishop Davenant, "That no
medium can be affigned, either on God's part, betwixt
the decrees of predeftinating some men, and not predefti-
nating others; or on men's part, betwixt men abfolutely
predeftinated to the attainment of life eternal, and absolutely
left to fail of eternal life, which is abfolute Reprobation.
As for example: let us fuppofe the number of mankind to
be two millions, if out of thefe, one million only, by the
decree of Election, be infallibly appointed to eternal life,
and absolutely distinguished from others, not only as to their
number, but their perfons alfo; who can deny but that one
million, and those certain, as to their perfons, are as abfo-
lutely comprised under the decree of Reprobation, as the
others were under the decree of Election." So there is no
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