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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 9
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Answ. Must God either be Ignorant of what you will do, or else be the cause of it? If you foreknow that the Sun will rise tomorrow, that doth not cause it to rise. If you foreknow that one man will murder another, you are not the cause of it by foreknowing it. So is it here.
The seven and twentieth Excuse. God might have hindered my Sin and Damnation if he would▪
The seven and twentieth Excuse. God might have hindred my Sin and Damnation if he would▪
Answ. And will you wilfully sin, and think to scape because God doth not hinder you? The Prince that makes a Law against murder, could lock you up, and keep you from being a Murderer! But are you excusable if he do not? We are certain that God could have hindered all the sin and ⟨p. 156⟩death, and confusion, and misery, that is in the world: And we are as certain that he doth not hinder it, (but by forbidding it, and giving men means against it): And we are certain that he is Just, and Good, and Wise in all; and not bound to hinder it: And what his Reasons are, you may better know hereafter: In the mean time, you had been better have looked to your own Duty.
Answ. And will you wilfully sin, and think to scape because God doth not hinder you? The Prince that makes a Law against murder, could lock you up, and keep you from being a Murderer! But are you excusable if he do not? We are certain that God could have hindred all the sin and ⟨p. 156⟩