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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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Last of all, what needs Gods forecast run out to these means for a ground of its certainty, when God himself cannot be ignorant of his own determinations? and therefore having ordained such an end, as suppose the apprehension of such a Traitor, upon this ground he may be most certain that such a Traitor shall be apprehended. By the way I will take leave to observe some positions that have dropped from your pen in this Section. 1. That God can ordain such a thing to come to pass, which is of a contingent nature, as for example the apprehension of a Traitor. 2. That upon such an ordination of God success to the means used hereunto is absolutely necessary, you add and immutably also, committing a great indecorum therein, immutability being a congruous attribute only to the ordination of God, and not to the success of things. ⟨p. 265⟩3. That means of contingent operation only shall necessarily take effect. 4. This necessity of taking effect is not absolute but gotten merely by casual miscarriage of the possibilities of the former means, so you express it, whereas indeed the possibilities miscarry not; for the means are in their nature possible, yea and probable too, to produce the end intended as your self profess. 5. Though this necessity in the effectual working of the means be not absolute, yet the success of them is absolutely necessary. I say no more but this, the Theses that Picus Mirandula proposed at Rome were many of them paradoxical enough but I do not find that any of these had place amongst them.
Last of all, what needes Gods forecast runne out to these meanes for a grounde of its certeynty, when God himselfe cannot be ignorant of his owne determinations? and therfore having ordeyned such an end, as suppose the apprehension of such a Traytour, upon this grounde he may be most certeyne that such a Traytor shall be apprehended. By the way I will take leave to observe some positions that have dropped from your pen in this Section. 1. That God can ordeyne such a thing to come to passe, which is of a contingent nature, as for example the apprehension of a Traytor. 2. That upon such an ordination of God successe to the meanes used hereunto is absolutely necessary, you adde and immutably also, committing a great indecorum therein, immutability being a congruous attribute onely to the ordination of God, and not to the successe of thinges. ⟨p. 265⟩3. That meanes of contingent operation onely shall necessarily take effect. 4. This necessity of taking effect is not absolute but gotten merely by casuall miscarriage of the possibilities of the former meanes, so you expresse it, whereas indeede the possibilities miscarry not; for the meanes are in theyr nature possible, yea and probable too, to produce the end intended as your selfe professe. 5. Though this necessity in the effectuall working of the meanes be not absolute, yet the successe of them is absolutely necessary. I say no more but this, the Theses that Picus Mirandula proposed at Rome were many of them paradoxicall enough but I doe not find that any of these had place amongst them.