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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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14. And what if men cannot here tell how to resolve the question, Whether any, or how many are ever converted and saved, by that mere Grace which we call sufficient, or rather Necessary, and common to those that are not converted; and whether mans will ever make a saving determining improvement of it; must plain truth be denied, because difficulties cannot easily be solved? And yet in due place I ⟨p. 86⟩doubt not but I have showed, that this question it self is formed upon false suppositions, and is capable of a satisfactory solution.
14. And what if men cannot here tell how to resolve the question, Whether any, or how many are ever converted and saved, by that meer Grace which we call sufficient, or rather Necessary, and common to those that are not converted; and whether mans will ever make a saving determining improvement of it; must plain truth be denyed, because difficulties cannot easily be solved? And yet in due place I ⟨p. 86⟩doubt not but I have shewed, that this question it self is formed upon false suppositions, and is capable of a satisfactory solution.
15. I conclude in general, that nothing is more sure than that God is most Powerful, Wise and Good, and that, All his works, to those that truly know them, do manifest all these in conjunction, and perfect Harmony, and that as to his Decrees and Providences, he is the Cause of all Good, and of no sin in act or habit, and that our sin and destruction is of our selves, and of him is our ⟨p. 87⟩