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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.
8. Lastly, They deny, That the unresistibleness of divine Grace, and the liberty of mans Will, can stand together. But we say, That Conversion is irresistible, and yet free. But we distinguish concerning the irresistibleness of Grace.
8. Lastly, They deny, That the unresistibleness of divine Grace, and the liberty of mans Will, can stand together. But we say, That Conversion is irresistible, and yet free. But we distinguish concerning the irresistiblenesse of Grace.
1. There is one kind of Irresistibleness, whereby regenerating Grace infused from God, is received by the Will; and this irresistibleness of reception, we confess, cannot stand with liberty
1. There is one kinde of Irresistiblenesse, whereby regenerating Grace infused from God, is received by the Will; and this irresistiblenesse of reception, we confesse, cannot stand with liberty
2. There is another kind, whereby the inclination putting on to spiritual good doth flow from, after a physical or real manner, from the Will fashioned by Grace: and this motion (we say) comes from the Will irresistibly and voluntarily, but not freely.
2. There is another kind, whereby the inclination putting on to spiritual good doth flow from, after a physicall or reall manner, from the Will fashioned by Grace: and this motion (we say) comes from the Will irresistibly and voluntarily, but not freely.