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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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& nihil boni nostri, nostrum est, quia nihil boni nostri est ex nobis: Therefore our good works, are holy God's, and no good of ours is ours, because it is not of us; and to reconcile this seeming contradiction, in calling it our good, yet denying it to be from us, he concludes thus, omne bonum nostrum, & totum Dei est, donando; & totum nostrum est, accipiendo: Every good thing of ours is wholly God's in as much as he gives it, and it becomes ours full and whole, for as much as we receive it.
& nihil boni nostri, nostrum est, quia nihil boni nostri est ex nobis: Therefore our good workes, are holy God's, and noe good of ours is ours, because it is not of us; and to reconcile this seeming contradiction, in calling it our good, yet denying it to be from us, he concludes thus, omne bonum nostrum, & totum Dei est, donando; & totum nostrum est, accipiendo: Every good thing of ours is wholy God's in as much as he gives it, and it becomes ours full and whole, for as much as we receive it.
Fulgentius is plain for it to, lib. 1. ad Monium, pag. 6. These whom God foresaw would dye in sin, he decrees should live in endless punishment; I may take in Saint Austin, and Prosper also, who are judged to be the Patrons of he absolute Decree, as it is set down in the Sublapsarian way; even they do many 1times let fall such speeches, as cannot fairly be reconciled with absolute Reprobation. I will only cite Prosper; for Saint Austin, speaks in him; he discoursing of some that fall a way, à Sanctitate ad immunditiem, from holiness to uncleanness; saith, they that fall away from holiness to uncleanness; lye not under a necessity of perishing, because they were not predestinate; but therefore they were not predestinate, because they were known to be such by voluntary prevarication. Not long after speaking of the same men; he saith, Because God foresaw they would perish by their own free will; therefore, he did not by any predestination lever them from the children of perdition. And again in his answer to the twelfth objection, he hath these words. God hath not withdrawn from any man ability to yield obedience, because he hath not predestinated him; but because he foresaw he would fall from obedience; therefore he hath not predestinated him.