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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The palpable grossness of the injury that you do D. Twice, will the better appear, if you compare the conclusion which you father upon him, with the example you bring a little after. God intendeth, and hath decreed to permit, that fire shall burn what combustible matter soever it shall take hold off, or that shall be cast into it, that one spark of it, falling into a barrel of dry Gun-powder, should suddenly fire it; but it doth not follow from hence, that therefore every thing that is combustible in the World, shall be burnt with fire, or that every barrel of dried Gun-powder, shall be blown up with sparks of fire falling into them. Here you make as if the permissive decree D. Twice speaks of, were concerning Gods permission of things to come to pass, not absolutely but conditionally, in such a case, upon such terms, upon such a supposition; and as if he affirmed, that whatsoever God hath decreed to permit to come to pass, only conditionally, should by virtue of such a decree come to pass absolutely, and necessarily. This is one of the absurdest assertions ⟨p. 212⟩that ever dropped from the pen of a rational man, and in D. Twice there is nothing sounding like it: you do very ill therefore (that I say no more) to asperse him with it. Nay D. Twice is so far from making a bare, permissive * conditional decree, to be illative of the absolute existence 1of whatsoever God hath decreed to permit to come to pass conditionally, as that he denieth any such inference to be made from an effective conditional decree. Though it were very strange (saith he against Cotton pag. 97.) that any thing should not be accomplished which God doth will absolutely, yet surely, it is nothing strange, that that should not be accomplished, which God doth will to come to pass only upon a condition, for the condition failing, there is no reason why we should expect the accomplishment thereof: How often doth he tell you, that for God to decree the salvation of all men, only conditionally, in case they believe and repent, is no more to decree their salvation, than their damnation; for as he hath purposed salvation to men upon condition of faith, and repentance; so on the other side, it is as undoubtedly true, that God hath ordained, that whosoever, coming to ripe years, shall not believe and repent, shall be damned:
The palpable grossenesse of the injury that you doe D. Twisse, will the better appeare, if you compare the conclusion which you father upon him, with the example you bring a little after. God intendeth, and hath decreed to permit, that fire shall burne what combustible matter soever it shall take hold off, or that shall be cast into it, that one sparke of it, falling into a barrell of dry Gun-powder, should suddainly fire it; but it doth not follow from hence, that therefore every thing that is combustible in the World, shall be burnt with fire, or that every barrell of dryed Gun-powder, shall be blown up with sparkes of fire falling into them. Here you make as if the permissive decree D. Twisse speakes of, were concerning Gods permission of things to come to passe, not absolutely but conditionally, in such a case, upon such termes, upon such a supposition; and as if he affirmed, that whatsoever God hath decreed to permit to come to passe, only conditionally, should by vertue of such a decree come to passe absolutely, and necessarily. This is one of the absurdest assertions