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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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But when we come to the explication of this either in Christian reason, or by comparing one place of Scripture with an other, we say that to Make their hearts fat, their ears heavy, and to shut their eyes: And to give them the 1Spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; Is no more then, not to give them hearts to perceive, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. Yet where Calvin saith this, I cannot find, the quotation here is so disturbed; but I guess the Author would refer us to lib. 1. Institut. cap. 18. prima & secunda Sect: But I find no such thing there, but speaking of God's providence in blinding Ahab, thus he writes, Vult Deus perfidum Ahab decipi; God will have perfidious Ahab to be deceived. This is plain out of the 21 Kings 22. 20. Who shall entice Ahab that he may go, and fall at Ramoth Gilead; operam suam offert Diabolus ad eam rem, The Devil offers his service for this, saith Calvin. And doth not the Scripture expressly testify as much? There came forth a Spirit and stood before the Lord, and said I will entice him; And the Lord said unto him, wherewith? And he said, I will go out and be a false Spirit in the mouth of all his Prophets. Calvin goes on, Mittitur cum 3certo mandato, ut sit Spiritus mendax in ore omnium Prophetarum; God sends him with a certain command to become a lying Spirit in the mouth of all Ahab's Prophets. This also the Scripture testifies as expressly, as the former; Then the Lord said, thou shalt entice him and prevail also; Go forth and do so. Now let the indifferent judge, whether this Author 4might not as well calumniate the Holy Ghost the Inditer of this Scripture, as Calvin who proceeds but according unto Scripture in that which he delivers. Now let every sober man judge whether hereby it doth not manifestly appear, Excoecari Achabum, that Ahab was blinded by the Devill, Deo volente ac jubente, the Lord willing and commanding it; but this taken apart from the instance in reference whereunto it is delivered, a man might suspect his meaning were, that God commands a man to shut his own eyes, & blind himself. And judge I pray whether to say, that this whole providence of God concerning Ahab, was no more then permission, deserves not to be called, figmentum, a fiction, as indeed Calvin calleth it.