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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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For they think it a bad opinion (saith the same judicious and learned Gentleman) which some of great name have seemed to hold, that God in his everlasting and absolute pleasure should affect the extreme misery of any of his Creatures, for the showing of his justice and severity in tormenting them, or that the calamity, casting a way and damnation of some, should absolutely and necessarily redound more to his glory then the felicity of them all, considering that his nature is mere goodness and happiness, and hath no affinity with rigour and misery. And secondly the determination of the end doth necessarily involve the means that precedes the end, as 1if a man before determined to damnation, he must unavoidably sin else he could not be damned.
For they thinke it a bad opinion (saith the same judicious and learned Gentleman) which some of great name have seemed to hold, that God in his everlasting and absolute pleasure should affect the extreame miserie of any of his Creatures, for the shewing of his justice and severitie in tormenting them, or that the calamitie, casting a way and damnation of some, should absolutely and necessarily redound more to his glorie then the felicitie of them all, considering that his nature is mere goodnesse and happinesse, and hath noe affinity with rigour and misery. And secondly the determination of the end doth necessarily involve the meanes that preceeds the end, as 1if a man before determined to damnation, he must unavoidably sinne else he could not be damned.
- 1pag. 13.
As touching this particular of M. Moulin: I have addressed an answer punctually 1thereunto in my Vindiciae amongst my digressions touching predestination, yet I am content to say something concerning the point it self and his judgment thereupon. Reprobation hath two parts, which this Author most judiciously confounds, the one is God's decree to deny grace, the other is his decree to inflict damnation; As touching the first, the very execution thereof proceeds merely according to God's pleasure, how much more the decree it self, which is eternal, and cannot possibly have any precedaneous thereunto; whereas the execution is temporal, and temporal things may have somewhat