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Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted…
Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted to deny it, and think him cruel, because of the present and future misery of mankind, with respect to the doctrine of reprobation and damnation / by Richard Baxter ... ; published and prefaced by a friend at whose desire it was written, and to whom it was committed.
London: printed for N. Simmons, 1671
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.
7. Men are not Impenitent and Unbelievers for want of that called natural faculty, or Power to choose and refuse aright; but for want of a right disposition of their own wills: And by such a moral Impotency which is indeed their viciousness, and the wickedness of their wills, and doth not excuse but aggravate the sin (see Mr. Truman of Natural and Moral Impotency.)
7. Men are not Impenitent and Ʋnbelievers for want of that called natural faculty, or Power to choose and refuse aright; but for want of a right disposition of their own wills: And by such a moral Impotency which is indeed their viciousness, and the wickedness of their wills, and doth not excuse but aggravate the sin (see Mr. Truman of Natural and Moral Impotency.)
8. To rectify mens wicked wills and dispositions, God giveth them a World of means; The whole Creation, and Documents of ⟨p. 66⟩providence; all the precepts, promises, threats, of Scripture; Preaching, Example, Mercies, Judgements, Patience, and inward motions of the spirit: All which might do much to mens Conversion and Salvation, if they would but do what they could on their own part.
8. To rectifie mens wicked wills and dispositions, God giveth them a World of means; The whole Creation, and Documents of ⟨p. 66⟩providence; all the precepts, promises, threats, of Scripture; Preaching, Example, Mercies, Judgements, Patience, and inward motions of the spirit: All which might do much to mens Conversion and Salvation, if they would but do what they could on their own part.