A64002:1607
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 as much as without true faith and love he can neither perform any moral good work, nor abstain from any moral evil work in a gracious manner. Now let every sober man judge, whether God be bound to give every man faith and love, without which all is one as touching the preserving a man from sin in general, whether the will of man be determined by God, to an act morally good, or morally evil. In each of which God determines the will only to the substance of the act: So that whether God cooperates to the substance of the act or no, and whether this cooperation be by way of determining the will or no; still there ⟨p. 76⟩will be a necessary consequence of sin to every act of man, if God doth not bestow the spirit of regeneration upon him, which spirit of God we know was given to our first parents; though not under this notion of the Spirit of regeneration, and whereof they were justly bereaved upon the first sin committed by them; And because all we have been derived from them since their fall, therefore we have received our natures from them deprived of the Spirit of God, and therein continue until such time as it pleaseth God for Christ sake, to restore it unto us, which he doth in regenerating us. Thirdly, and lastly upon the very permission of sin, it follows necessarily that sin shall be, by the doctrine not of Piscator only, but of Vorstius and Arminius also; yea and of the learned amongst the Papists, as Navarettus and Penottus: And the very definition of Permission of sin by Arminians justifies it; as also the Jesuits doctrine concerning gratia congruâ. For if God will not afford that grace, upon the grant whereof men will abstain from sin, as God well knows; but such a grace, upon the grant whereof man will abstain from sin, which also is well known unto God; doth •t not manifestly follow that such a one shall sin, though not sin necessarily, but contingently and freely. 2. In the next place he tells us that wicked men are esteemed Authors of their offences: Now by the way this is not so; To be a sinner is one thing to be an Author of sin is another thing. And to be an Author of sin is in reference rather to another's sin, then to ones own. And Martinius tells me that, Authour est cujus autoritate & sententiâ aliquid fit, cujus testimonio ut aliquid credamus, adducimur. Qui hortatur ut fiat.
for as much as without true faith and love he can neither performe any morall good worke, nor abstaine from any morall evill worke in a gracious manner. Now let every sober man judge, whether God be bound to give every man faith and love, without which all is one as touching the preserving a man from sinne in generall, whether the will of man be determined by God, to an act morally good, or morally evill. In each of which God determines the will only to the substance of the act: So that whether God cooperates to the substance of the act or noe, and whether this cooperation be by way of determining the will or noe; still there