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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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and morally more inclined to stand then to fall; (for as much as God had made him good) even in respect of this indifferency it cannot be said, that upon every occasion or temptation unto sin, he would have yielded thereunto. For such a condition is not an indifferent condition. Nay Philosophers acknowledge that of three sorts of contingents, one sort is of such which they call, Contingentia aequalitèr, that is, such as fall out as often one way as another. And what 1are these? surely all such and none but such as are subject to a mans free will. And even of Esau borne in sin (so was not Adam) Austin thinks it strange, that any man should deny, but that there was a course to have called him as effectually, as he called 2Jacob, had he been pleased to have used it. Now hereby it manifestly appears, that God hath no need of any provoking courses, exasperating courses to draw them unto sin, let him but withhold those efficacious impediments of sin, which are in the storehouse of his wisdom and power, as Arminius acknowledgeth, and sin hereupon shall enter. For the permission of sin (by Arminius his distinction of it) is the suspension of that efficiency whereupon it would be avoided. And if it were a safe course to 3judge of what becometh God by that which becometh man, we should conclude even of permission of sin, that like as it becometh not us to permit sin if it lieth in our power to hinder it, in the same manner it becometh not God to permit any sin, seeing it lieth in his power to hinder it. Sed judicia ejus (saith Austin) multa abyssus. Nos certè, si eos in quos nobis potestas est ante oculos nostros perpetrare scelera permittamus, rei cum ipsis 4erimus: quàm verò innumerabilia ille permittit fieri ante oculos suos, quae utique si voluisset nulla ratione permitteret. In the 2 Kings 2. 26, 27. we read of a desperate course of the King of Moab, that finding the battle to be sore against him, first tried with 700 men to break through to the King of Edom, but when he could not, he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his steed, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall; the sight of which barbarous part of his struck grief into the hearts of the children of Israel, so that they departed from him, and returned into their country.