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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.
2. A will whereby God determineth1 ⟨p. 6⟩what shall be done off us.
- 1Quid vult. fieri a nobis.
The first of these wills is called Predestination: And therefore it is,1 that Predestination is commonly defined to be the preparation of the blessing of God, whereby they are delivered which are delivered.
- 1M. P. pag. 295.
The second of these wills is the Gospel.
Predestination determines, who who, and how many are to be saved, and hereupon Christ saith, I know whom I have chose,