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The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission
The sinners last sentence to eternal punishment, for sins of omission wherein is discovered, the nature, causes, and cure of those sins / by Geo. Swinnock.
London: printed for Geo. Swinnock, 1675
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Chapter 15: The reason of Christs severe Sentence, and a question resolved, whether the Righteous,…
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2. Then mans will must be the ground of God's Actions, not his own Will. ⟨p. 100⟩The Scripture tells us, That God worketh all things after the Counsel of his own will, Ephes. 1.11. But say the Papists in Election, God worketh according to the imp•• vement of mans will.
3. Then the accomplishment of Go• Decree depends upon the mutable and uncertain will of man, so that there is a possibility that God may be disappointed of his Choice, and his Elect of that Happiness to which they are chosen, if both depend on a changeable Creature. But the word of God speaks the contrary, that God cannot be frustrated of his Choice, Psal. 33.10. The Counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all Generations. His Decrees are sure, 2 Tim. 2.19. though his sentence may be altered, Jer. 18.7, 8, 9, 10. Nor can the Elect be disappointed, Matth. 24.24. If it were possible, they would deceive the very Elect. Here the impossibility of their seduction is grounded on the stability of their Election.
3. Then the accomplishment of Go• Decree depends upon the mutable and uncertain will of man, so that there is a possibility that God may be disappointed of his Choice, and his Elect of that Happiness to which they are chosen, if both depend on a changeable Creature. But the word of God speaks the contrary, that God cannot be frustrated of his Choice,