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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
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although I see no reason for it, nor can believe, that Arminianism is like to find more countenance under the reign of King Charles, then it did under the reign of King James; who professed Arminius to be the enemy of the grace of God; & as I have heard, King Charles himself hath taken notice of his Fathers distaste that way, & sometimes made profession of it. But satisfaction you endeavour to give unto his Lordship, which you say you are not bound to give to others. Yet it is well, that for his Honours sake, your reader is like to partake of this courtesy in the way of satisfaction unto many as well as unto one. For my part, I desire not to oblige you unto any thing; but rather to entreat you, that you would be pleased to take notice of those moral obligations, that belong unto all, in the way of honesty; namely that you would undertake less, & prove more, as in this particular; when you profess that all other contentions in the point of Gods Providence & Predestination, between the Arminians & their opposites, will be only about ⟨p. 4⟩words, in case they do all agree in this, That your Almighty Creator hath a true freedom in doing good; & Adams offspring a true freedom of doing evil. I think since the beginning of these differences, never any, neither Papist nor Protestant; neither Lutheran, Calvinist, or Arminian was of this opinion besides your self; but the more transcendent and supereminent shall be your sufficiency, in being able to perform this. And indeed, I have found you wondrously conceited, of the force of consequence, which these propositions (as you imagine) do contain; & in two treatises of yours, you have spent a great many words, in dilating upon them, & shaping consequences from them, but as inconsequently, as an Adversary could expect; abusing your self with the confusions of those things, which being distinguished, the consequences you frame, would strait-way vanish into smoke, & prove to be no better, then mere imagination of a vain thing.
allthough I see no reason for it, nor can believe, that Arminianisme is like to finde more countenance under the reigne of King Charles, then it did under the reigne of King Iames; who professed Arminius to be the enimy of the grace of God; & as I have heard, King Charles himselfe hath taken notice of his Fathers distast that way, & sometimes made profession of it. But satisfaction you endeavour to give unto his Lordship, which you say you are not bound to give to others. Yet it is well, that for his Honours sake, your reader is like to pertake of this courtesie in the way of satisfaction unto many as well as unto one. For my part, I desire not to oblige you unto any thinge; but rather to entreate you, that you would be pleased to take notice of those morall obligations, that belong vnto all, in the way of honesty; namely that you would undertake lesse, & proove more, as in this particular; when you professe that all other contentions in the point of Gods Providence & Praedestinaton, betweene the Arminians & their opposites, will be only about