A14095:1189
A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of…A discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of…
A discovery of D. Jacksons vanity. Or A perspective glass, whereby the admirers of D. Jacksons profound discourses, may see the vanity and weakness of them, in sundry passages, and especially so far as they tend to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twice, Doctor of Divinity, as they say, from whom the copy came to the pressA discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie. Or A perspective glasse, wherby the admirers of D. Iacksons profound discourses, may see the vanitie and weaknesse of them, in sundry passages, and especially so farre as they tende to the undermining of the doctrine hitherto received. Written by William Twisse, Doctor of Divinitie, as they say, from whom the copie came to the presse
Amsterdam: printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is my answer, following the course of your own reading of the place, whereas Piscator blames the vulgar translation in this place which you follow: for, saith he, in the Hebrew it is not, I will not the death of a sinner; but this, I am not delighted in the death of a sinner. But saith he, A man may ⟨p. 532⟩will that wherein he takes no delight: as a sick man may will to drink a bitter potion, wherein he takes no delight. For he may will to take it, not for it self, but for something else, to wit, to recover his health. And so God willeth the eternal death of reprobates for his own glory, to wit, for the manifestation of his just wrath in punishing of their sins. And Junius reads it and translates it in like manner: and with these accordeth our last English translation, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live, Ezek. 33. 11. And the 18. of Ezekiel doth clear the meaning of the Holy Ghost, where the same phrase is used, and in the same manner translated by our worthiest Divines, and followed in our last translation, vers. 23. Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should dye, saith the Lord God, and not that he should return from his ways, and live? and verse 32. I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, wherefore turn your selves and live ye.
This is my answer, following the course of your owne reading of the place, whereas Piscator blames the vulgar translation in this place which you follow: for, saith hee, in the Hebrew it is not, I will not the death of a sinner; but this, I am not delighted in the death of a sinner. But saith he, A man may ⟨p. 532⟩will that wherein he takes no delight: as a ficke man may will to drinke a bitter potion, wherein he takes no delight. For he may will to take it, not for it selfe, but for something else, to wit, to recover his health. And so God willeth the eternall death of reprobates for his owne glory, to wit, for the manifestation of his just wrath in punishing of their sinnes. And Iunius reades it and translates it in like manner: and with these accordeth our last English translation, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turne from his way, and live,