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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
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.
And now for the qualification they were considered under, when this Act of Reprobation laid dold upon them, to wit, They were considered Upright.
This is evident,
First, From this Consideration, That Reprobation is Gods act, even the Negative of his Choosing or Electing; and none of the acts of God make any man a sinner.
Secondly, It is further evident by the similitude that is taken from the carriage of the Potter (d)in his making of his Pots; for by this comparison the God of heaven is pleased to show unto us the nature of his determining in the act of Reprobation: Hath not the Potter power over the Clay of the same lump? &c. Consider a little, and you shall see that these three things do necessarily fall in, to complete the Potters action in every Pot he makes:
Secondly, It is further evident by the similitude that is taken from the carriage of the Potter (d)