A64002:2054
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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Resp. Herein you carry your self like a right Scholar, in making way out though it be a new way. As if the decree of freeing from Original sin, were a different 1decree from the decree of freeing from sins actual, and before it. And albeit the actual sins of Gods elect are many and much different, some committed before their calling, and for many years, some committed after their calling, throughout the whole course of their lives, yet you can be content to make the decree of God in freeing from all these, to be but one decree; only the decrees of freeing from actual, and from original sins must be different decrees.
Resp. Herein you carry your selfe like a right Schollar, in making way out though it be a new way. As if the decree of freeing from Originall sinne, were a different 1decree from the decree of freeing from sinnes actuall, and before it. And albeit the actuall sinnes of Gods elect are many and much different, some committed before their calling, and for many yeares, some committed after their calling, throughout the whole course of their lives, yet you can be content to make the decree of God in freeing from all these, to be but one decree; onely the decrees of freeing from actuall, and from originall sinnes must be different decrees.
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1. When you say, first he hath resolved to free them from original sin, and afterwards he hath resolved to purge them from actual sins, I doubt your meaning is no more but this, God hath resolved first to free them from original sin, and afterwards to purge them from actual sins. And my reason is, because many times I have observed speeches to ran thus, when the meaning hath been but so as I have expressed. But I will manifest, that in the execution, freeing from malediction in Adam, and purging from actual sins go together: much less can they differ in intention; which I prove thus: No man is delivered from the malediction, whereto he was obnoxious in Adam, but by faith in Christ, he is therewithal freed from all his actual sins committed before his calling: Therefore seeing they are at once freed from malediction in Adam, and from many actual sins, it followeth that God did intend at once thus to free them; and how could this be done by different decrees, one going before another?