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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.
and as to decree the salvation of all men only conditionally, is no more to decree their salvation than their damnation; so to decree to permit a thing to come to pass only conditionally, in such a case, upon such terms, upon such a supposition, is no more to decree the permission of it, than the not permission of it to come to pass: what is said of conditional propositions, is true of conditional purposes, both effective and permissive, Nihil ponunt in esse, sc. absolute & simpliciter, & [Greek or Hebrew].
and as to decree the salvation of all men only conditionally, is no more to decree their salvation than their damnation; so to decree to permit a thing to come to passe only conditionally, in such a case, upon such termes, upon such a supposition, is no more to decree the permission of it, than the not permission of it to come to passe: what is said of conditionall propositions, is true of conditionall purposes, both effective and permissive, Nihil ponunt in esse, sc. absolute & simpliciter, & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
To go one step farther, D. Twice is very unlikely to conclude from Gods decree, barely to permit a thing to come to pass conditionally, in such a case, upon such terms, or upon such a supposition, that therefore the thing so decreed, shall absolutely come to pass, because if we speak of positive things, he is clearly and constantly of the opinion, that we cannot say truly, that they shall come to pass, so much as conditionally in such a case, upon such terms, &c. Unless God decree not barely to permit, but to work and effect the thing conditionated, upon supposal of such conditions, De Scientià Medià. p. 430. Ad eundem modum concedimus omnem enunciationem conditionatam de futuris conditionatis esse necessariam, modo Deus decreverit, posità tali conditione, rem ipsam conditionatam effectam dare: quod nisi ponamus Deum decrevisse, prorsus praeter omnem Analogiam disserit Suarez; dumb prophetiarum comminantium & promittentium eandem rationem esse vult, atque propositionum de futuris contingentibus conditionatarum qualiumcunque, quas etiam prophetias appellat Suarez. Now if he will not allow us to make any inference of the conditional futurition of positive things, from a decree that is barely permissive, and conditional, it would be very strange, if he himself should make such a permissive conditional decree, to be illative of the absolute futurition of whatsoever is so decreed.