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Reprobation asserted, or, The doctrine of eternal election & reprobation promiscuously handled in eleven…
Reprobation asserted, or, The doctrine of eternal election & reprobation promiscuously handled in eleven chapters wherein the most material objections made by the opposers of this doctrine are fully answered, several doubts removed, and sundry cases of conscience resolved / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for G.L., 1674
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2. Another Scripture you have in the Eleventh Chapter of this Epistle, from these words, (b)The Election have obtained it, and the REST were blinded. These words are shedding words, they fever between men and men; the Election, the Rest; the Chosen, the Left; the Embraced, the Refused: The Election have obtained it, and the REST were blinded. By Rest here, must needs be understood those not Elect, because set one in opposition to the other; and if not Elect, what then but Reprobate?
- (b)Rom. 11.7.
3. A third Scripture is that in the Acts of the Apostles, (c)And as many as were ordained to eternal Life, believed. And as many; by these words, as by the former, you may see how the holy Ghost distinguisheth or divideth between men and men; the Sons, and the Sons of Adam. As many as were ordained to eternal Life, believed: If by many here, we are to understand every individual, then not only the whole World must at least believe the Gospel, of which we see the most fall short, but they must be ordained to eternal Life; which other Scriptures contradict: for there is the Rest, besides the Elect; the Stubble and Chaff, as well as Wheat: Many therefore must here include but some; for though Israel be as the sand of the Sea, a REMNANT shall be saved.
3. A third Scripture is that in the Acts of the Apostles, (c)And as many as were ordained to eternal Life, believed. And as many; by these words, as by the former, you may see how the holy Ghost distinguisheth or divideth between men and men; the Sons, and the Sons of Adam. As many as were ordained to eternal Life, believed: If by many here, we are to understand every individual, then not onely the whole World must at least believe the Gospel, of which we see the most fall short, but they must be ordained to eternal Life; which other Scriptures contradict: for there is the Rest, besides the Elect; the Stubble and Chaff, as well as Wheat: Many therefore must here include but some; for though Israel be as the sand of the Sea, a REMNANT shall be saved.