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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
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Now I come to the particular accommodation of this argument against our doctrine. And of this he saith, that It leads men into temptation, and into such a one as is as sharp and dangerous as any the tempter hath. Now the temptation here spoken of consists in this, that The Devil can easily persuade a man that makes absolute reprobation a part of his Creed, that he is one of those absolute reprobates because those are more absolute reprobates (even an hundred for one) then absolute chosen once, and a man hath a great deal more reason to think that he is one of the most then one of the least, one of the huge multitude of inevitable castaways, then on of that little flock, for whom God hath absolutely prepared a Kingdom. And this he pretends to prove out of Calvin, Bucer, and Zanchius; ⟨p. 257⟩and this together with a story related out of Georgius Major a Lutheran concerning Petrus Glosuanus, a School-master in Hungary is all his proof. Now in answer hereunto I will proceed by degrees. First he continueth still to serve his turn with the equivocation of this phrase of absolute reprobation without distinguishing: And albeit, it may be gathered by his discourse, that as Others do, so he himself considers it not quoad actum volentis, as touching the act of God willing, but quoad res volitas, as touching the things willed. Yet he is well pleased to confound the things willed into one, as if they had no difference as touching their absoluteness, whereas the denial of grace together with the inflicting of damnation, (which are the things willed by reprobation which accordingly is distinguished into Reprobation from grace, & reprobation from glory, or unto damnation) are so different, that God doth decree indeed the absoluteness of the one, but he doth not at all decree the absoluteness of the other, but merely the conditional nature thereof. For grace he denieth and purposeth to deny absolutely. For the Apostle plainly professeth, That as God hath mercy on whom he will Rom: 9. 18. By bringing them unto faith. Rom. 11. 30. So he hardeneth whom he will by denying faith unto them. But as for Glory and damnation, like as God doth not absolutely, so neither did he decree absolutely to deny the one & inflict the other, but only conditionally, to wit, in case of final perseverance in sin.
Now I come to the particular accommodation of this argument against our doctrine. And of this he sayth, that It leads men into temptation, and into such a one as is as sharpe and dangerous as any the tempter hath. Now the temptation here spoken of consists in this, that The Divell can easily perswade a man that makes absolute reprobation a part of his Creed, that he is one of those absolute reprobates because those are more absolute reprobates (even an hundred for one) then absolute chosen ons, and a man hath a greatdeale more reason to thinke that he is one of the most then one of the least, one of the huge multitude of inevitable castawayes, then on of that little flock, for whom God hath absolutely prepared a Kingdome. And this he pretends to prove out of Calvin, Bucer, and Zanchius;