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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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It fighteth with God's holiness, and maketh him the principal cause of sin in the greatest number of men 1I know that the defender of it doth not think so. For the main reason which moved the Synod of Dort, & some other Divines before and since, to bring down predestination thus low, and begin their Reprobation after the fall, was, that they might maintain a fatal and absolute Reprobation of men, and yet avoid this imputation, as Doctor Twice hath noted. But what they intended (for ought that I can see) they have not 2compassed. For it followeth evident enough, even from their conclusions too, that of all the sins of reprobates, which are the greatest number by many degrees God is the true and principal Author. Two things they say which taken together, methinks, infer it. 1. That God of his own will and pleasure hath brought men into an estate, in which they cannot avoid sin, 2ly. That he leaveth the Reprobate irrecoverably in it. 1. That God of his own will and pleasure hath brought men into an estate in which they cannot possibly avoid sin; that is into the state of original sin, which consists of two parts. 1. The guilt of Adam's transgression. 2. The corruption of nature. In both these they say mankind is interested, not through the force and efficiency of natural generation, because we all derive our nature from Adam, as our first principle; but by God's free and voluntary order and imputation. It came not to pass by any natural means (saith Calvin) that all men fell from salvation, by the fault of our first parem. That all men 3are held under the guilt of eternal death in the person of one man; it is the clear and constant voice of Scripture. Now this cannot be ascribed to any natural cause it must therefore come from the wonderful counsel of God. A little after he hath the same again with as great an Emphasis. How is it that so many nations with their children, should be involved in the fall without remedy, but because God would have it so. As roundly doth Doctor Twice affirm the same. The guilt of original sin is derived unto us only by imputation, the filth only by propagation, and 4both these only by God's free constitution. A little before he hath these words;