A44687:214
The reconcilableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and…
The reconcilableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and sincerity of his counsels, exhortations, and whatsoever other means he uses to prevent them / in a letter to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq.The reconcileableness of God's prescience of the sins of men with the wisdom and sincerity of his counsels, exhortations, and whatsoever other means he uses to prevent them / in a letter to the Honorable Robert Boyle Esq.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1677
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.
§. XXVIII.
To sum up all, we conclude it obvious to the apprehension of such as consider, that it was more congruous the general course of Gods Government, over man, should be by moral instruments.
To summe up all, we conclude it obvious to the apprehension of such as consider, that it was more congruous the general course of Gods Government, over man, should be by moral instruments.
And, howsoever it were very unreasonable, to imagine, that God cannot in any case, extraordinarily oversway the inclinations, and determine the will of such a creature, in a way agreeable enough to its nature, (tho we particularly know not, as we ⟨p. 142⟩are not concerned to know, or curiously to enquire in what way) And highly reasonable to admit that in many cases he doth.
And, howsoever it were very unreasonable, to imagine, that God cannot in any case, extraordinarily oversway the inclinations, and determine the will of such a creature, in a way agreeable enough to its nature, (tho we particlarly know not, as we ⟨p. 142⟩are not concerned to know, or curiously to enqire in what way) And highly reasonable to admit that in many cases he doth.