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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.
Sed ait (to wit Pelagius) ipsam possibilitatem illud videlicet ex tribus quod in natura locavit gratiae suae adjuvat semper auxilio. Now mark Austins interpretation of him thus, ut scilicet in voluntate & actione non ideo laus sit Dei & hominis quia sic vult homo, ut tamen ejus voluntati ⟨p. 245⟩Deus ardorem dilectionis inspiret; so that adjuvare voluntatem in Austins phrase, is inspirare voluntati dilectationis ardorem. So then I see no reason, but that we may well grant unto our adversaries, that all men have a power to believe if they will, and from the love of temporal things, to convert themselves to the keeping of Gods commandments; But this is mere nature in Austins judgement; for he calls it in that very chapter, naturalem possibilitatem, and cap. 47. coming to an issue: Si ergo consenserit nobis, non solam possibilitatem, sed ipsam quoque voluntatem & actionem divinitus adjuvari, & sic adjuvari, ut sine ullo adjutorio nihil bene velimus & agamus, eamque esse gratiam Dei per Jesum Christum, nihil de adjutorio gratiae Dei, quantum arbitror, inter nos controversiae relinquetur. And indeed to say that a man hath power to believe and repent if he will; this is not to maintain any universal grace otherwise; then as nature may be called grace. For grace is goodness, but goodness doth not consist in a power to do good if we will; but it is an habitual disposing of the will to that which is good only, how much more is it so of grace which we count supernatural goodness. Neither is the maintenance of such a power to do good, any contradiction to holy Scripture, testifying that Men cannot believe, cannot repent, cannot please God, cannot be subject to the law of God, cannot do good; For, this impotency is only moral, and the subject of this impotency is only the will and it consists in the corruption thereof, being wholly turned away from God, and converted to the creature in an inordinate manner; Enemies and strangers from God, their minds being set on evil things. Col. 1. 21. And to say that a man can believe if he will, can from the love of visible and temporal things, convert himself to the observation of Gods precepts if he will, which Austin in his latter days, even then when he wrote his Retractations, professeth to be true omninò. And in his Book ad Marcellinum De Spiritu & litera. cap. 31.
Sed ait (to wit Pelagius) ipsam possibilitatem illud videlicet ex tribus quod in natura locavit gratiae suae adjuvat semper auxilio. Now marke Austins interpretation of him thus, ut scilicet in voluntate & actione non ideo laus sit Dei & hominis quia sic vult homo, ut tamen ejus voluntati