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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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3. God both decreeth and executeth this leaving of men to themselves, of his alone absolute will and 1pleasure, This is the third branch 1 That they say so; witness the suffrage of our English Divines. We affirm that this non election is founded in the most free pleasure of God. And that no man lying in the fall is past over by the mere will of God, is numbered by the same Divines among the heterodox positions; To this purpose also speak The Palatinate Ministers. The cause of Reprobation is the most free and just will of God. ⟨p. 144⟩2That God passeth over some and denieth them the grace of the Gospel, the cause is the same free pleasure of God. Thus the Divines of Hessen; God decreed to leave some in the fall, of his own good pleasure; The proof of this they fetch from the execution of this decree in time. God doth in time leave some of mankind fallen, and doth 3not bestow upon them means necessary to believe &c. and this out of his most free pleasure; This they jointly affirm and prove it by this reason especially. All men, were looked on as sinners. If sin therefore were the cause, that moved God to reprobate, he should have reprobated or rejected all; But he did not Reprobate all; therefore for sin he reprobated none, but for his own pleasure, in which we must rest without seeking any other cause. 1. Now from these two things laid together, viz. 1. That God did bring men into a necessity of sinning. 2. That he hath left the Reprobates under this necessity, it will follow that he is the Author of the reprobates sins. 1. Because (Causae causae est causa causati) the Cause of a cause is the cause of its effect (if there be a necessary subordination between the causes and the effect) whether it be a cause by acts negative, or positive. But God is the chief or sole cause (by their doctrine) of that, which is the necessary and immediate cause of the sins of reprobates, namely their impotency and want of supernatural grace; therefore he is (by the same doctrine) the true and proper cause of their sins. 2. Because Removens prohibens, that which withdraweth and withholdeth a thing, which being present would hinder an event, is the cause of that event. As for example he that cutteth a string in which a stone hangs, is the cause of the falling of that stone; And he that withdraweth a pillar which being put to uphold a house;