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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. And that is this, that howbeit some things in Scripture, which are peculiar to the Gospel, are above our understandings, and must without hesitation be believed: yet many things there, have their foundation in nature, and may be apprehended by the light of nature; and amongst these, the justice of Gods ways is one, as hath been showed. Isai 5. 3. and Ezek. 18. To this I answer, That the ways of God mentioned Isai. 5. 3. is only in his expecting fruits after so great pains that he had taken, in husbanding his vineyard. And Ezek. 18. consists only in rendering unto men according to their ways. Neither doth it follow, that because the justice of God doth plainly appear in these particulars, therefore it doth appear as clearly, or comprehensively in all others. Is there no difference between the ways of God there mentioned, and the ways of Gods justice mentioned in other place; as namely, in causing the Sons of Achan to be stoned to death with Achan himself, for his Sacrilege: in drowning the old World, not sparing the very Infants and sucklings: and for their conspiracy against Moses and Aaron, causing the earth to swallow up not Dathan and Abiram only, but their Wives and Children, and all that they had? So in consuming Sodom and Gomorrah with fire. And as for the punishing of of sin, this is no peculiar truth of the Gospel. I had thought the Gospel, in the proper nature thereof, had been above reason altogether, and no way capable of demonstration. And as for the justice of God, must not this suppose him to be a free agent? Or was this known to Aristotle by all the light of nature whereunto he attained? We that believe him to be a free agent, and withal the creator of all, are ready to demonstrate, that it is in his power to do what he will with his creature, and that not only to annihilate him, though never so holy, but to inflict what pain soever upon him, yea even the torment of hell fire; which Medina acknowledgeth to have been Communem omnium Theologorum sententiam, viz. that this he can doe, ut Dominus vitae & mortis; as I have showed in my Vindiciae graciae Dei, and by variety of arguments proved it, more then once in two several digressions, which this Author pretends to have seen, yet answereth not one of them.
3. And that is this, that howbeit some things in Scripture, which are peculiar to the Gospell, are above our understandings, and must without hesitation be believed: yet many things there, have their foundation in nature, and may be apprehended by the light of nature; and amongst these, the justice of Gods waies is one, as hath been shewed. Isai 5. 3. and