A64002:1608
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Itaque authorem & dissuasorem Cicero opponit. He is the author by whose authority and judgment a thing is done, by whose testimony we are induced to believe ought; who exhorts to the doing of ought. And therefore Cicero makes Author and dissuader opposite. But to proceed with this Author who set the Printer on work for the edition of this piece. Men, he saith, do plot purpose, choose and commit offences, and are immediate agents in the acting of them. But God by this opinion doth more; for he overruleth the projects and purposes of wicked men, and by an uncontrollable motion, proceeding from an immutable decree, carrieth all their deliberations, resolutions, choices, and actions precisely that very way, so as they cannot choose but do, as they do, whatsoever they may think to the contrary. To which I answer, that it becomes every man to give the Devil his right, & and not make him worse then he is, nor wicked men neither. Now no wicked man doth will or choose sin as sin Nemo vult esse incontinens, saith Aristotle, although they do such things as do sufficiently evidence their incontinent disposition. For the object of the will is only good; neither can any thing be willed by man, but, sub ratione boni, under the show of good: whether this good be in the kind of profit, or in the kind of pleasure, or in the kind of honesty. So Lucretia when she killed her self, she did it for the preservation of the integrity of her mind in the opinion of the world, and that they might know that she consented not unto Tarquinius; but was forced by him. So then the act is it they do or choose to do for some motive or other, which whether it be pleasure or profit, or credit they get thereby, that makes not the act sinful, but only that it is against some law or other, forbidding it And this act, (all sides confess) is the work of God, as well as the work of man; as in whom we move, like as in him we live, and have our being. And Bradwardine maintains that of every act of the creature God is a more immediate cause then the 1creature it self, who•e act it is. This he proves of the creatures conservation, of the creatures action, of the creatures motion; & to this he proceeds by certain degrees.
Itaque authorem & dissuasorem Cicero opponit. He is the authour by whose authority and judgment a thing is done, by whose testimonie we are induced to beleive ought; who exhorts to the doing of ought. And therefore Cicero makes Authour and disswader opposite. But to proceed with this Authour who set the Printer on work for the edition of this peice. Men, he saith, doe plot purpose, choose and commit offences, and are immediate agents in the acting of them. But God by this opinion doth more; for he overuleth the projects and purposes of wicked men, and by an uncontroulable motion, proceeding from an immutable decree, carrieth all their deliberations, resolutions, choices, and actions precisely that very way, so as they cannot choose but do, as they doe, whatsoever they may thinke to the contrary. To which I answer, that it becomes every man to give the Divell his right, & and not make him worse then he is, nor wicked men neither. Now noe wicked man doth will or choose sinne as sinne Nemo vult esse incontinens, saith Aristotle, although they doe such things as doe sufficiently evidence their incontinent disposition. For the object of the will is only good; neither can any thing be willed by man, but, sub ratione boni, under the shew of good: whether this good be in the kind of profit, or in the kind of pleasure, or in the kind of honesty. So Lucretia when she killed her selfe, she did it for the preservation of the integrity of her mind in the opinion of the world, and that they might know that she consented not unto Tarquinius; but was forced by him. So then the act is it they doe or choose to doe for some motive or other, which whether it be pleasure or profit, or credit they get thereby, that makes not the act sinfull, but only that it is against some law or other, forbidding it And this act, (all sides confesse) is the worke of God, as well as the worke of man; as in whom we move, like as in him we live, and have our being. And Bradwardine maintaines that of every act of the creature God is a more immediate cause then the