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A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certain doubts concerning predestination together with an examination…A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certaine doubts concerning predestination together with an examination…
A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certain doubts concerning predestination together with an examination thereof / written by William Twice ...A treatise of Mr. Cottons clearing certaine doubts concerning predestination together with an examination thereof / written by William Twisse ...
London: printed by J.D. for Andrew Crook, 1646
AN EXAMINATION of a Treatise written by Master Cotton, for the clea… › QUESTION •.
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2. I say, it is a part of his secret will too; I mean, of his good pleasure, that all men should repent: and it is his displeasure if they repent not.
2. I say, it is a part of his secret will too; I meane, of his good pleasure, that all men should repent: and it is his displeasure if they repent not.
3. But there is another part of his good will also, that if they repent they shall not perish; and this also revealed in his word: And thus the will of God revealed in a dist•••• axiom is always consonant to his secret will, and never frustrated.
3. But there is another part of his good will also, that if they repent they shall not perish; and this also revealed in his word: And thus the will of God revealed in a dist•••• axiome is alwayes consonant to his secret will, and never frustrated.
4. Finally, others say, that God delights not in the death of a sinner, as it is the destruction of the creature, but as it is a means of the manifestation of his justice. I answer, It is true; but the manifestation of his justice stands, as he expresseth himself, in the removal of the cause of their destruction from his own will to their will: As I live (saith the Lord) I desire not the death of a sinner: Turn ye, turn ye; why will ye dye, O house of Israel?
4. Finally, others say, that God delights not in the death of a sinner, as it is the destruction of the creature, but as it is a meanes of the manifestation of his justice. I answer, It is true; but the manifestation of his justice stands, as hee expresseth himselfe, in the removall of the cause of their destruction from his owne will to their will: As I live (saith the Lord) I desire not the death of a sinner: Turne yee, turne yee; why will yee dye, O house of Israel?