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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
It is in Gods pleasure to bestow how much grace, and upon whom he will, Matth. 10. 15.
That evil which God permitteth in respect of God is good, whither it be as a punishment, or as a chastisement, because he can, and doth produce good out of it.
Gods Decree as it concerneth man, is called predestination.
Predestination is a Decree of God, by which all men are ordained to an everlasting estate; either of Salvation, or Condemnation, 1 Thess. 5. 9.
The means of accomplishing Gods predestination, was the Creation and the fall.