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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.
2. Christ was delivered up to death [Greek or Hebrew], by the determinate counsel of God, Acts 2. 23. First, he was delivered [Greek or Hebrew], by a Counsel or Decree of God; and if being delivered by God's Decree, he merited the Decree of Election, then God made one Decree, that Christ should come and merit the making of another. Christ our Mediator stands in the midst between God and man; but that he should stand so between the two Decrees of God, as a fruit of the one and a cause of the other, seems very incongruous. But further, he was delivered [Greek or Hebrew], by the determinate counsel of God, that is, by a Decree perfectly designative of his Death and the fruits thereof, and in a special manner perfectly designative of those individual persons, who should have Grace and Glory in and through him. If ⟨p. 77⟩it be not so perfectly designative, how is it a determinate Counsel? If it be so perfectly designative, is not the Decree of Election at least included therein? Undoubtedly it is. Now this determinate Counsel (which is inclusive of the Decree of Election) was not merited by Christ; for he was delivered by it, and did not merit that by which he was delivered.
2. Christ was delivered up to death 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, by the determinate counsel of God, Acts 2. 23. First, he was delivered 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, by a Counsel or Decree of God; and if being delivered by God's Decree, he merited the Decree of Election, then God made one Decree, that Christ should come and merit the making of another. Christ our Mediator stands in the midst between God and man; but that he should stand so between the two Decrees of God, as a fruit of the one and a cause of the other, seems very incongruous. But further, he was delivered 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, by the determinate counsel of God, that is, by a Decree perfectly designative of his Death and the fruits thereof, and in a special manner perfectly designative of those individual persons, who should have Grace and Glory in and through him. If ⟨p. 77⟩