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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.
and so he is not pre-determined by man's Will, but his own, and chooses particular persons in his own way: Unto which I answer two things.
and so he is not pre-determined by man's Will, but his own, and chuses particular persons in his own way: Unto which I answer two things.
1. That God hath set such a Law or Rule unto himself, That Believers, and those only, should be the object of his Election, is utterly untrue: for then all Infants, dying such (because no Believers) must be out of the Sphere of Election, and by consequence, out of the Sphere of Salvation also; unless (which is very strange) we could imagine those to be actually saved, whom yet God never elected or decreed to save. Neither is there any such Law or Rule manifested in the Gospel: there God's Will is thus set forth, Whosoever believes shall be saved; which imports that Believers are the objects of Salvation, but not in the least that they are the objects of Election. It is written in the Gospel, Relieve and thou shalt be saved; but in what Gospel is it written, Believe and thou shalt be Elected?
1. That God hath set such a Law or Rule unto himself, That Believers, and those only, should be the object of his Election, is utterly untrue: for then all Infants, dying such (because no Believers) must be out of the Sphear of Election, and by consequence, out of the Sphear of Salvation also; unless (which is very strange) we could imagine those to be actually saved, whom yet God never elected or decreed to save. Neither is there any such Law or Rule manifested in the Gospel: there God's Will is thus set forth, Whosoever believes shall be saved; which imports that Believers are the objects of Salvation, but not in the least that they are the objects of Election. It is written in the Gospel, Relieve and thou shalt be saved; but in what Gospel is it written, Believe and thou shalt be Elected?