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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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But against this cloud of witnesses I foresee that you will take sanctuary in those two terms, Formally and Properly, though none save Atheists, and Socinians deny the Prescience of God; yet notwithstanding this, it is, say you, the constant assertion both of Ancient and modern Divinity, That Prescience or foreknowledge are not Formally or Properly in God. To make this good, you only quote Austin in your Margin and Gregory, unto whose sayings alleged by you, every Schoolman almost, that dissenteth from the Dominicans about the presence of things in eternity, gives an answer, of which if you be ignorant, you must needs be a very great stranger to School Divinity. You tell us next, that the Learned assertors of the Protestant cause are at perfect agreement with their adversaries the Schoolmen, and Papists in this assertion, That prescience or foreknowledge ⟨p. 223⟩are not properly, or formally in God. This is a thing which those, that dissent from you, would in all likelihood question, and yet you bring not so much as one instance out of either Protestant or Papist to make it good. That there is such a peace and concurrence of judgement about this, between Protestants and Papists, I never read or heard of before. And if you can prove it by an induction, I will confess my ignorance. If any such unwary passages, as you here speak of, have dropped from the pens of either Protestants or Papists, I suppose they are to be qualified, and understood in the like manner, that Suarez understands, and qualifieth the speech of those, who deny knowledge to be properly and formally 1in God.
But against this cloud of witnesses I foresee that you will take sanctuary in those two termes, Formally and Properly, though none save Atheists, and Socinians deny the Prescience of God; yet notwithstanding this, it is, say you, the constant assertion both of Ancient and moderne Divinity, That Prescience or foreknowledge are not Formally or Properly in God. To make this good, you only quote Austin in your Margent and Gregory, unto whose sayings alleadged by you, every Schooleman almost, that dissenteth from the Dominicans about the presence of things in eternity, gives an answer, of which if you be ignorant, you must needs be a very great stranger to Schoole Divinity. You tell us next, that the Learned assertors of the Protestant cause are at perfect agreement with their adversaries the Schoolemen, and Papists in this assertion, That prescience or foreknowledge