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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
1. Who is the Author thereof? Even the same great God who is the Author of Election; he, who chooses some, passes by others; he, who hath mercy on some, ⟨p. 86⟩hardens others. Grace and Glory are at his dispose; the Keys of Heaven and Hell are in his hands alone. In some he prevents final sin, by the mollifying Graces of Faith and Repentance; others he leaves to final sin, actual or at least original. Some he raises up out of the Hell of their Corruption into an Heaven of Glory; others he tumbles down from one Hell to another, from the Hell of Iniquity to the Hell of Misery. This is the Almighty Potter, who, out of the same lump of corrupted Mankind, makes one Vessel to honour, and another to dishonour; and all the while, the earthen Pitcher must not strive with his Maker, or say, Why hast thou made me thus? but rather hasten down into the Abyss of his own Nullity and Pravity, and from thence adore the infinite heights of Sovereignty and Equity in the Divine Decrees.
1. Who is the Author thereof? Even the same great God who is the Author of Election; he, who chuses some, passes by others; he, who hath mercy on some, ⟨p. 86⟩hardens others. Grace and Glory are at his dispose; the Keys of Heaven and Hell are in his hands alone. In some he prevents final sin, by the mollifying Graces of Faith and Repentance; others he leaves to final sin, actual or at least original. Some he raises up out of the Hell of their Corruption into an Heaven of Glory; others he tumbles down from one Hell to another, from the Hell of Iniquity to the Hell of Misery. This is the Almighty Potter, who, out of the same lump of corrupted Mankind, makes one Vessel to honour, and another to dishonour; and all the while, the earthen Pitcher must not strive with his Maker, or say, Why hast thou made me thus? but rather hasten down into the Abyss of his own Nullity and Pravity, and from thence adore the infinite heights of Sovereignty and Equity in the Divine Decrees.