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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
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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.
9. Adam could have stood when he fell, without any more Grace than that which he abused and neglected. Gods grace which was not effectual to him, was as much as was necessary to his standing, if he would have done his best: ⟨p. 67⟩And it was left to his free-will, to have made that help effectual by improvement: He fell; not because he could not stand, but because he would not.