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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.
God so hath decreed to condemn some, as that notwithstanding all the fault and desert of condemnation remaineth in themselves, for they fall into sin, and God hateth them for their sins.
This hatred which God hath to man cometh by Adams fall; And it is neither an antecedent, nor a cause of Gods decree, but it follows the decree as a consequent.
Reprobates are some of them called, by an uneffectual calling, and some of them are not called at all.
In those that are called by an uneffectual calling Gods decree of reprobation hath three degrees in its execution.1
- 1There are three Degrees of the execution of Gods Decree of reprobation.