B. 1. Your conceits that it cometh all to one, must not over-rule our certain knowledge of Gods Holiness, and his true and holy Word, and all the certainty of Religion in the World. 2. We are sure that God is Holy, a hater of all sin, and a righteous Judge, &c. And are you as sure that it cometh all to one? And must all men else say that they are sure of it too, or else be back-bitten, and called Arminians, Jesuits, &c. 3. Do you consider what Gods permission is? It is far from a full permission. He doth all that belongeth to a Rector to hinder it. He strictly forbiddeth it by Laws: He openeth the malignity of it. He threateneth misery here, and everlasting damnation hereafter to them that will not forbear it or forsake it. He promiseth all blessings in this life, and endless Glory in Heaven hereafter, to them that will. He sendeth his Ministers, first with Miracles, after with sealed Doctrine and Gifts, to proclaim all this to the World, and to persuade them: He gave his own Son to condemn sin in the Flesh, on the Cross, and by his holy Life, and Doctrine, and Suffering, to declare the malignity, and hatefulness, and hurtfulness of it to the World: He sets up all his Ordinances, Magistracy, Ministry, Sacraments, Worship and Discipline to this end: He warneth the World by many Judgments; and especially by the Messengers of each mans death; and the constant Afflictions which are the fruits of Sin: He obligeth them to Obedience, by multitudes of Mercies: He sets Heaven and Hell before them daily; and is this permitting it? He doth indeed in this sense permit it, in that he doth not all that he can against it, or doth no more than as aforesaid. 4. If this permitting be all one as loving or causing it, then when God made man a free Agent, and resolved to rule him by moral means, and leave Adam to his own Will, it was a loving and a causing sin. And is every King or Parent a lover of Vice, who doth not all that he could do to restrain it?
B. 1. Your conceits that it cometh all to one, must not over-rule our certain knowledge of Gods Holiness, and his true and holy Word, and all the certainty of Religion in the World. 2. We are sure that God is Holy, a hater of all sin, and a righteous Judge, &c. And are you as sure that it cometh all to one? And must all men else say that they are sure of it too, or else be back-bitten, and called Arminians, Jesuites, &c. 3. Do you consider what Gods permission is? It is far from a full permission. He doth all that belongeth to a Rector to hinder it. He strictly forbiddeth it by Laws: He openeth the malignity of it. He threatneth misery here, and everlasting damnation hereafter to them that will not forbear it or forsake it. He promiseth all blessings in this life, and endless Glory in Heaven hereafter, to them that will. He sendeth his Ministers, first with Miracles, after with sealed Doctrine and Gifts, to proclaim all this to the World, and to perswade them: He gave his own Son to condemn sin in the Flesh, on the Cross, and by his holy Life, and Doctrine, and Suffering, to declare the malignity, and hatefulness, and hurtfulness of it to the World: He sets up all his Ordinances, Magistracy, Ministry, Sacraments, Worship and Discipline to this end: He warneth the World by many Judgments; and especially by the Messengers of each mans death; and the constant Afflictions which are the fruits of Sin: He obligeth them to Obedience, by multitudes of Mercies: He sets Heaven and Hell before them daily; and is this permitting it? He doth indeed in this sense permit it, in that he doth not all that he can against it, or doth no more than as aforesaid. 4. If this permitting be all one as loving or causing it, then when God made man a free Agent, and resolved to rule him by moral means, and leave Adam to his own Will, it was a loving and a causing sin. And is every King or Parent a lover of Vice, who doth not all that he could do to restrain it?
