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The position of John Preston, Doctor in Divinity ... concerning the irresistibleness of converting…The position of John Preston, Doctor in Divinity ... concerning the irresistiblenesse of converting…
The position of John Preston, Doctor in Divinity ... concerning the irresistibleness of converting graceThe position of John Preston, Doctor in Divinity ... concerning the irresistiblenesse of converting grace
London: printed by J.G. for Nath. Webb and Will. Grantham, 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.
3. Hence also the Arminians do ordinarily cast the principle of Conversion in part, upon the will of man (whatsoever they profess in words to the contrary) whereas the Jesuits attribute it wholly to the good pleasure and will of God.
3. Hence also the Arminians do ordinarily cast the principle of Conversion in part, upon the will of man (whatsoever they professe in words to the contrary) whereas the Jesuites attribute it wholly to the good pleasure and will of God.
4. Hence also the Arminians hold, That converting and quickening Grace is not peculiar to converted and chosen Ones, but to be common also unto others. But the Jesuits confess, That congruous or suitable vocation (in which they place the efficacy of Grace) is peculiar unto the Elect.
4. Hence also the Arminians hold, That converting and quickning Grace is not peculiar to converted and chosen Ones, but to be common also unto others. But the Jesuites confesse, That congruous or suitable vocation (in which they place the efficacy of Grace) is peculiar unto the Elect.
5. The Jesuits judge, That all those, whom the Holy-Ghost intended to convert, are certainly and infallibly converted. The Arminians utterly deny it; whence they are commonly bold to say, That the Holy-Ghost may be resisted, even then when it works upon a man with intention of his conversion.
5. The Jesuites judge, That all those, whom the Holy-Ghost intended to convert, are certainely and infallibly converted. The Arminians utterly deny it; whence they are commonly bold to say, That the Holy-Ghost may be resisted, even then when it works upon a man with intention of his conversion.