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…

In like sort we know the abominable ⟨p. 9⟩Outrages committed by Herod, Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and people of Israel, against the Holy Son of God (for Judas betrayed him, the high Priests suborned witnesses against him, Herod with his Herodians despitefully used him, Pilate condemned him, the Roman Soldiers scourged him, spit in his face, buffeted him, arrayed him like a King in scorn, and crowned him with a Crown of thorns, and last of all Crucified him between two thieves) yet of all these the Holy Ghost testifies, That in this doing against the Holy Son of God) they did what God had determined to be done; The words of the Text are these, and that as delivered with one accord by the Apostles and their fellows; for when Peter and John were let go, they came to their fellows and showed all that the High Priests had said unto them, And when they heard it, they lift up their voices to God with one accord, and said, O Lord thou art the God which hath made Heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are therein, which by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, why did the Gentiles rage and the people imagine a vain thing; The Kings of the earth assembled, and the Rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ, for doubtless against thy Holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselves together, to do whatsoever thine hand and thy Counsel had determined before to be done. Now every one knows that to determine to be done, and to ordain to be done, and to will to be done are all one: why doth not this Author censure these speeches for unsavoury speeches, as well as those of Maccovius? Why doth not he expose this Synod of the Apostles and others to the same censure? whereunto he exposeth the Synod of Dort? Nay can it be avoided, but that already he hath done so, and that these censure• of his must necessarily prove the pouring forth of Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? Seeing the speeches are used by the Apostles, which he censureth for unsavoury, being utterly Maccovius; Is it not apparent that whosoever renounceth those speeches, most also renounce the word of God?

In like sort we know the abominable ⟨p. 9⟩Outrages committed by Herod, Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and people of Israel, against the Holy Sonne of God (for Iudas betraied him, the high Priests suborned witnesses against him, Herod with his Herodians despitefully used him, Pilate condemned him, the Romane Souldiers scourged him, spit in his face, buffeted him, arraied him like a King in scorne, and crowned him with a Crowne of thornes, and last of all Crucified him between two theeves) yet of all these the Holy Ghost testifies, That in this doing against the Holy Sonne of God) they did what God had determined to be done; The words of the Text are these, and that as delivered with one accord by the Apostles and their fellowes; for when Peter and Iohn were let goe, they came to their fellowes and shewed all that the High Priests had said unto them, And when they heard it, they lift up their voices to God with one accord, and said, O Lord thou art the God which hath made Heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are therein, which by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, why did the Gentiles rage and the people imagine a vaine thing; The Kings of the earth assembled, and the Rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ, for doubtlesse against thy Holy Son Iesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israell gathered themselves together, to doe whatsoever thine hand and thy Counsell had determined before to be done. Now every one knowes that to determine to be done, and to ordaine to be done, and to will to be done are all one: why doth not this Authour censure these speeches for unsavory speeches, as well as those of Maccovius? Why doth not he expose this Synod of the Apostles and others to the same censure? whereunto he exposeth the Synod of Dort? Nay can it be avoided, but that already he hath done so, and that these censure of his must necessarily prove the powring forth of Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost? Seeing the speeches are used by the Apostles, which he censureth for unsavorie, being utteredly Maccovius; Is it not apparent that whosoever renounceth those speeches, most also renounce the word of God?