A64002:1614
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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It follows that the wills producing such an act, depends rather upon the will of God to have it produced, then on the contrary, that Gods producing such an act, depends upon the creature's will to produce it. As for that which follows of the absolute dominion that the will of the creature should have over it's action (I presume he means independent) it sounds ⟨p. 79⟩more like the voice of the Devil, then of a sober Christian. Yet it is more then I know that Lucifer himself challengeth any such absolute Dominion over his actions unto himself; If he doth, I know no greater sin that he or the creature can be guilty of; unless in case gross ignorance doth excuse it. To deny God to be▪ the first Agent is to deny his God-head; and if he be, primum agens, he must be primum liberum too, the first free agent. And to make our selves to be prima libera, the first free agents, what is other then to advance our selves into the very Throne of God's Sovereignty; and do we not fear least his wrath smoke us thence. And if all this that he contends for were granted him, that nothing but mere necessity were found in the motion of men's wills; yet Suarez will justify us from speaking contradiction, or delivering ought that exceeds the compass of God's omnipotency. And what if all the world were innocent, yet God should not be unjust in casting the most innocent creature into hell fire; as Medina professeth, and that by the unanimous consent of Divines, and Vasquez the Jesuit acknowledgeth this to be in the power of God as he is Lord of life and death, and in the last chapter of the book, de praedestinatione & gratiâ which goes under Austin's name, there is an express passage to justify it. And albeit that work be not Austin's, yet it is lately justified to be the work of a great follower of Austin's, and as Orthodox as he; namely, the work of Fulgentius as Raynaudus the Jesuit hath lately proved, and justified that passage also; together with that which is usually brought by School-Divines to prove it out of the twelfth 1chapter of Wisdom, and shows the right reading, as followed by Austin and Gregory. And withal represents a pregnant passage taken out of the fifteenth Homily of Macarius to the same purpose. And out of Chrysostom in his 2. De compunctione cordis, about the end thereof.