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…

like as upon Gods purpose to harden Pharaohs heart, that he should not let Israel go, it followed by necessary consequence, that Pharaoh, through the hardness of his heart, would not let Israel go. But that Gods end is (as you say) the restoring of men to salvation and life; as if God did will and purpose any such thing, is utterly untrue, and nothing proved by you hitherto, but rather flatly contradictory to that you have most an end delivered; partly in making Gods will of their salvation to be only in a disjunct […], and partly of a conditionate […], which is no more to will their salvation, than their damnation, in case they were indifferent to perform either condition. But in case they be found unable to perform the condition of life, and most prone to perform the condition of death, God meaning not to give them such a grace as alone can relieve them, it is (manifestly) an evidence, that God wills their condemnation, and nothing at all their salvation. Not to mention any other arguments against this conceit; the one drawn from Gods omnipotency, the other from his immutab litie.

like as upon Gods purpose to harden Pharaohs heart, that hee should not let Israel goe, it followed by necessary consequence, that Pharaoh, through the hardnesse of his heart, would not let Israel goe. But that Gods end is (as you say) the restoring of men to salvation and life; as if God did will and purpose any such thing, is utterly untrue, and nothing proved by you hitherto, but rather flatly contradictorie to that you have most an end delivered; partly in making Gods will of their salvation to be onely in a disjunct 〈…〉, and partly of a conditionate 〈…〉, which is no more to will their salvation, than their damnation, in case they were indifferent to performe either condition. But in case they be found unable to performe the condition of life, and most prone to performe the condition of death, God meaning not to give them such a grace as alone can relieve them, it is (manifestly) an evidence, that God wills their condemnation, and nothing at all their salvation. Not to mention any other arguments against this conceit; the one drawn from Gods omnipotency, the other from his immutab litie.