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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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Section. 2.
2 They say that God hath immutably decreed to leave the far greatest part of mankind in this impotent 1condition irrecoverab•ely, and to afford them no power and ability sufficient to make them rise out of sin to newness of life; and this decree he executeth in time: and both these he doth out of his only will and pleasure. Of this proposition there be three branches 1. God decreeth to leave them. 2. He doth leave them. 3. He doth both out of his alone pleasure. 1 God, say they, hath decreed to leave them without sufficient grace, and consequently under an everlasting necessity of sinning. This is the very Helen which they sight for, the main act of that absolute reprobation, which with joint consent and endeavour they labour to maintain. Most of them cast their reprobation into two acts; A negative, which is a peremptory denial of grace and glory to some men lying in the fall; And a Positive which they say is a preordination of the men thus left, to the eternal torments of hell. Others among them define Reprobation by an act merely negative, and call it (Non electionem, decretum quo statuit non eo usque misereri.) Thes our Divines in their suffrage define; and in their explication of 2the Definition which they give, they say that the proper acts of reprobation, as it standeth opposed to election, are no other then a denial of that same glory and grace, which are prepared in the decree of election for the sons of God. But in this they all agree, that by the decree of reprobation, grace necessary for the avoiding of sin, is flatly denied to reprobates. And if at any time we hear them say, that God hath gratified Reprobates with some grace, (For so saith Walaeus, reprobates are left, under the common providence