Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

Thirdly, Media disponendo, ordering objects, and proposing means, not only to Try but to punish the wickedness¹ of men, and to bring about whatever other fixed purposes of his he hath resolved for the declaration of his wonderful wisdom to execute, and as it were to fetch out of the sins of men; as the conspiracy of Pilate, Herod, and the Jews, which their former wickedness had justly deserved to have them given over unto, was by God ordered to accomplish his determined and unchangeable counsel touching the death of Christ. Excellent is the speech of Holy Austin to this purpose, The ²Lord inclineth the wills of men whither soever pleaseth himself, whether unto Good out of his mercy, or unto evil out ⟨p. 267⟩of their merit, sometimes by his manifest, sometimes secret, but always by his righteous judgement, and this not by his patience only, but by his power.

Thirdly, Media disponendo, ordering objects, and proposing meanes, not onely to Try but to punish the wickednesse¹ of men, and to bring about whatever other fixed purposes of his hee hath resolved for the declaration of his wonderfull wisedome to execute, and as it were to fetch out of the sinnes of men; as the conspiracie of Pilat, Herod, and the Iewes, which their former wickednesse had justly deserved to have them given over unto, was by God order'd to accomplish his determined and unchangeable counsell touching the death of Christ. Excellent is the speech of Holy Austin to this purpose, The ²Lord enclineth the wils of men whither soever pleaseth himselfe, whether unto Good out of his mercie, or unto evill out ⟨p. 267⟩of their merit, sometimes by his manifest, sometimes secret, but alwayes by his righteous judgement, and this not by his patience onely, but by his power.

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