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The riches of Gods love unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with his absolute…The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute…
The riches of Gods love unto the vessels of mercy, consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the vessels of wrath, or, An answer unto a book entitled, Gods love unto mankind ... in two books, the first being a refutation of the said book, as it was presented in manuscript by Mr Hord unto Sir Nath. Rich., the second being an examination of certain passages inserted into M. Hord's discourse (formerly answered) by an author that conceals his name, but was supposed to be Mr Mason ... / by ... William Twice ... ; whereunto are annexed two tractates of the same author in answer unto D.H. ... ; together with a vindication of D. Twice from the exceptions of Mr John Goodwin in his Redemption redeemed, by Henry Jeans ...The riches of Gods love unto the vessells of mercy, consistent with his absolute hatred or reprobation of the vessells of wrath, or, An answer unto a book entituled, Gods love unto mankind ... in two bookes, the first being a refutation of the said booke, as it was presented in manuscript by Mr Hord unto Sir Nath. Rich., the second being an examination of certain passages inserted into M. Hords discourse (formerly answered) by an author that conceales his name, but was supposed to be Mr Mason ... / by ... William Twisse ... ; whereunto are annexed two tractates of the same author in answer unto D.H. ... ; together with a vindication of D. Twisse from the exceptions of Mr John Goodwin in his Redemption redeemed, by Henry Jeanes ...
Oxford: printed by L.L. and H.H. for Tho. Robinson, 1653
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.
I make no doubt (what this Authors creed is to the contrary I care not) but that every mans temporal estate is determined in heaven, as well as Pauls escaping safe out of shipwreck, and all that were in the same ship, to the number of two hundred threescore and sixteen souls, yet both Paul and all the rest did not take their ease, but were vigilant to take all opportunity, to use the best means for their safe arrival at the land; some by swimming, some by sitting on boards, some on one piece of the ship ⟨p. 235⟩some on another, and so (and not but so) they came all safe to land. And as our Divines in the Synod of Dort observe, albeit the Lord had promised Hezekiah, he should recover, and fifteen years more should be added to his life, yet he refused not the counsel of the Prophet Isaiah, in laying a plaster of figs unto his sore. We know what was the form of Jonahs Preaching to the Ninevites Jon. 3. 4. Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed. Here we have an absolute form of sentence denounced against them. And the people of Nineveh believed God, Yet did they not give over all courses for the pacifying 1of the wrath of God, but proclaimed a fast, and put on sack-cloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them; the King himself arising from his throne, and laying his robe from him, and covering himself with sack-cloth, and sitting in ashes, and commanding others to do the like. And mark their reason. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn from his fierce wrath that we perish not. In like sort damnation being determined to none, but to such as are 2finally impenitent: and this being not doubtfully or obscurely, but clearly revealed unto us in Gods word, shall our endeavours to turn unto God by Godly sorrow and repentance, be accounted vain and fruitless in the judgement of any sober man? And let this Author look unto it, that these Ninevites do not one day rise in judgement against him; And not the Ninevites only, but the Stoics also, who as they acknowledged some things fatalia, so they confessed there were some things confatalia; And this very argument here used they commonly called [Greek or Hebrew], an idle argumentation; because it tended to the humouring of men in their idle courses: And thus is it censured above 1500 years ago by Cicero in his Book De fato.