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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
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§. IV.
Nor can we be at a greater certainty, than in admitting such things to belong to the Blessed God as he plainly affirms of himself; or any way, by his Word, evidently discovers to belong to him.1 For as none knows the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him, so the things of God are known to none but the Spirit of God.
Nor can we be at a greater certainty, than in admitting such things to belong to the Blessed God as he plainly affirms of himself; or any way, by his Word, evidently discovers to belong to him.1 For as none knowes the things of a man, but the spirit of a man that is in him, so the things of God are known to none but the Spirit of God.
- 11 Cor. 2.
Taking therefore his own Word for our measure in the present case (which I will suppose the Reader not to think it unreasonable to appeal to; And what is here said, is intended only for those that have that estimate of the Writings wont to go under that name) what it says of him (much more what it proves) will no doubt be admitted for certain truth. Though, if it say such things, as, to us, seem not so manifestly to agree with one another, Our endeavour must be the more earnest and solicitous (as also it ought to be the more modest) to discuss, and remove the [Greek or Hebrew], or whatsoever semblance of disagreement.