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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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2. The decree of Reprobation as touching one part of it, cannot be executed without sin; For it is a decree of inflicting damnation for sin, so that there is no place for damnation, where sin and that as a meritorious cause precedes not. I had thought this Author needed not to run out to Piscator and Maccovius for proof of this; neither Arminius nor the Author is of any other opinion I am confident, then ⟨p. 66⟩that the decree of damnation cannot be executed on any without the precedency of sin in the party who is to be damned. But there is another part of Reprobation For as Aquinas speaks, it includes the will of permitting sin. Now the execution of this decree, which consists in the permitting of sin, doth not require the precedency of sin. For when God first permitted the Angels to fall, this permission of his did not require any precedency of sin in them; nor the permission of Adam to fall; it cannot be said without manifest contradiction, that it did. For before the first sin there was no sin. Piscator saith that, God created men for this very purpose that they might fall; he saith, hoc consilio, which is as much as to say, with this purpose, not, for this purpose; to wit, to permit them to fall; And God purposing this, purposed that they should fall by his permission. For Arminius confesseth that in case God permits a man to will this or that, Necesse est ut nullo argumentorū genere persuadeatur ad nolendum. It must needs be that no argument shall persuade him to will that, which God permits him to will. And that it is good that evil should come to pass by God's permission, both Austin hath affirmed, & Bellarmine subscribed. And shall it not be lawful for God to will that which is good? Undoubtedly neither justice punishing, nor mercy pardoning, can be manifested without sin, either to be punished, or pardoned, or both: neither is it credible to me that this Author thinks otherwise. And is not the manifestation of God's mercy on some, and his justice on others, the supreme end of God's providence towards mankind, and consequently by the most received rules of Schools first intended, even before the permission of sin? For if the permission of sin were first intended, then by the same rule of Schools, it should be in the last place executed;
2. The decree of Reprobation as touching one part of it, cannot be executed without sin; For it is a decree of inflicting damnation for sin, so that there is no place for damnation, where sinne and that as a meritorious cause preceeds not. I had thought this Authour needed not to runne out to Piscator and Maccovius for proofe of this; neither Arminius nor the Authour is of any other opinion I am confident, then