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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 they that do contemn him would put him out of his throne if they could, & wish that there were no God; & the fool would fain bring his heart about to think so. But though earthly Kings may be dethroned & sometimes have been, yet he that sitteth in heaven laughs all them to scorn that rise up against him. And bids the potsherd strive 1with his follow potsherds, not with his maker. Who will set the thorns & briars against me in battles I would go through them & burn them together. For God is a consuming fire. It is true 2we must neither do evil that good may cone thereof; nor permit it neither, if it lie in our power to hinder it. God neither will do any iniquity nor can do, but yet is lawful for him to permit evil that good may come thereof. Yea & will, or decree that evil shall come to pass by his permission, as I have proved at large in a digression to this purpose & therewithal discovered the Sophistical arguments of Aquinas, & Durandus, to the contrary, not to speak of Valentianus; not one part of all which large digression do I find answered by this Author. I have often alleged pregnant passages of Scripture to this purpose &; Arminius confesseth expressly that God would have Ahab to fill up the measure of his sin; which could not be done but by adding sin unto sin; Yet this is made the object of God's ⟨p. 114⟩by Arminius. This will of God to have sin come to pass by his permission, is effectual. For whensoever God permits it, it comes to pass, as both Arminius and Vorstius acknowledge, not Piscator only: And amongst Papists Navarettus & Alvarez as before I have showed; Yet God hath no efficiency in the sin, but only in the act whereunto sinfulness adheres; and the saying of Austin is well known. Non aliquid fit, nisi omnipotens fieri velit; Not any thing comes to pass, but that which God will have come to pass. And the eleventh Article of Ireland is most express for this. I am driven to repeat the same things often; this Authors frequent Tautologies urge me thereunto.
And they that doe contemne him would put him out of his throne if they could, & wish that there were no God; & the foole would faine bring his heart about to thinke so. But though earthly Kings may be dethroned & sometimes have been, yet he that sitteth in heaven laughs all them to scorne that rise up against him. And bids the potsheard strive