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…

It is first laid to the charge of our Divines that by this their opinion, they make God the ¹Author of sin; not of the first only that entered by Adam into the world, but of all other sins, that have been, are, or shall be committed in the world, as murders, robberies, rapes, adulteries, insurrections, treasons, blasphemies, heresies, persecutions, or any other abominations. But in all these wasteful discourses not a word of proof. The charge is made in the first place, the proof last. All that he labours to prove here is, that God is not the Author of sin. Bellarmine hath bestowed, or rather cast away a whole book on this crimination, to him Arminius refers Perkins, telling him that he should have answered Bellarmine. I have taken some pains to perform that task upon that motion of Arminius. I would I could receive from this Author a reply to any material particular thereof, the rather because I understand in part his Zeal for Bellarmine in his age, correcting the harsh exceptions he hath made against him in his younger days. And let every indifferent Reader compare this Authors discourse, with that discourse of Bellarmine, and judge indifferently what an hungry piece this is in comparison to that of Bellarmines; And whether his pains had not been better bestowed in replying upon my answer thereunto, then to add such scraps as these to that full table of Bellarmin's provision; and whether these deserve any answer, that whole discourse of Bellarmine being refuted throughout. Bradwardine disputes the question, Si & quomodo Deus vult & non vult peccatum. I say he disputes it indifferently on both sides; and let every Scholar judge and weigh, whether it be not a very ponderous argument, and consider well his resolution, and where he differs any thing from our Divines in this Calvin observing how frequent the Scripture is in testifying God's hand to be operative in abominable courses, thereupon writes a Treatise. De occultâ Dei providentiâ in malo; in all which he exactly conforms himself to Scripture expressions. And these and such like vile Criminators may as well tax God's word for making God the Author of sin, as Calvin; who most accurately conforms himself to the testimonies of Divine Scripture.

It is first layd to the charg of our Divines that by this their opinion, they make God the ¹Authour of sinne; not of the first only that entred by Adam into the world, but of all other sinnes, that have been, are, or shall be committed in the world, as murthers, robberies, rapes, adulteries, insurrections, treasons, blasphemies, heresies, persecutions, or any other abominatiōs. But in all these wastfull discourses not a word of proofe. The charge is made in the first place, the proofe last. All that he labours to prove here is, that God is not the Author of sinne. Bellarmine hath bestowed, or rather cast away a whole book on this crimination, to him Arminius referrs Perkins, telling him that he should have answered Bellarmine. I have taken some paines to performe that taske upon that motion of Arminius. I would I could receive from this Authour a reply to any materiall particular thereof, the rather because I understand in part his Zeale for Bellarmine in his age, correcting the harsh exceptions he hath made against him in his younger dayes. And let every indifferent Reader compare this Authors discourse, with that discourse of Bellarmine, and judge indifferently what an hungry peece this is in comparison to that of Bellarmines; And whether his paines had not been better bestowed in replying upō my answer thereunto, then to adde such scraps as these to that full table of Bellarmin's provision; and whether these deserve any answer, that whole discourse of Bellarmine being refuted throughout. Bradwardine disputes the question, Si & quomodo Deus vult & non vult peccatum. I say he disputes it indifferently on both sides; and let every Schollar judge and weigh, whether it be not a very ponderous argument, and consider well his resolution, and where he differrs any thing from our Divines in this Calvin observing how frequent the Scripture is in testifying God's hand to be operative in abominable courses, thereupon writes a Treatise. De occultâ Dei providentiâ in malo; in all which he exactly conformes himselfe to Scripture expressions. And these and such like vile Criminators may as well taxe God's word for making God the Author of sinne, as Calvin; who most accurately conformes himselfe to the testimonies of Divine Scripture.