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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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The other assertion was that our will is necessarily subject unto Gods will, which also is delivered in reference to the former assertion. I say I looked for an elucidation of these by this following sentence wherein you pretend to give a reason of the former. But this performs nothing less. If you had done something the last year which you did not as you might, then the whole frame of your thoughts and actions this year had been altered, and God had been the cause of this alteration and of every thought and action therein. And the reason is this, For unto every cogitation possible God hath decreed, a determinate end. But I pray you consider, ⟨p. 300⟩are the thoughts and actions of men this year the proportioned end of something that you did the last year? Or are they correspondent consequents to our antecedent actions the last year? Many man the last year was an opposite unto goodness, he is reformed this year and become a proselyte. Is grace the proportionate end of the state of sin? The last year many a man was a formal professor; this year it may be he is turned Papist, or Turk, is this a correspondent consequent to that antecedent? Yet many continue formal professors still, without any such alteration; some have changed their formality into reality. It may be some man the last year hath satisfied another's filthy lust, and this year is advanced by it.
The other assertion was that our will is necessarily subject unto Gods will, which also is delivered in reference to the former assertion. I say I looked for an elucidation of these by this following sentence wherin you pretend to give a reason of the former. But this performes nothing lesse. If you had done something the last yeere which you did not as you might, then the whole frame of your thoughts and actions this yeare had beene altered, and God had beene the cause of this alteration and of every thought and action therin. And the reason is this, For unto every cogitation possible God hath decreed, a determinate end. But I pray you consider, ⟨p. 300⟩are the thoughts and actions of men this yeare the proportioned end of somethinge that you did the last yeare? Or are they correspondent consequents to our antecedent actions the last yeare? Many man the last yeare was an opposite unto goodnes, he is reformed this yeare and become a proselyte. Is grace the proportionate end of the state of sinne? The last yeare many a man was a formall professour; this yeare it may be he is turned Papist, or Turke, is this a correspondent consequent to that antecedent? Yet many continue formall professours still, wihout any such alteration; some have changed theyr formalitie into realitie. It may be some man the last yeare hath satisfied anothers silthy lust, and this yeare is advanced by it.