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…

I answer, in these deep counsels and unsearchable ways of God, it is safe for us to wade no farther then we may see the light of the Scriptures clearing our paths, and the grounds thereof paving our ways, and as it were chalking it out before us. The Scripture telleth us, That God hardens whom he ¹will.

I answer, in these deep counsels and unsearchable wayes of God, it is safe for us to wade no farther then wee may see the light of the Scriptures clearing our paths, and the grounds thereof paving our wayes, and as it were chalking it out before us. The Scripture telleth us, That God hardens whom hee ¹will.

1. 1Rom. 11. 1. 8. 9 10. compared with Psal. 69. 21, to 28. See also Rom 1. 26 27, 28 Psal. 81. 11, 12.

And again, sin is the cause in which, and for which God doth harden any: both which will stand together.

That as God showeth mercy on whom he pleaseth; so he hardeneth whom he pleaseth, out of his absolute will. Yet hardeneth none but with respect of sin going before. For,

That as God sheweth mercy on whom hee pleaseth; so hee hardneth whom hee pleaseth, out of his absolute will. Yet hardneth none but with respect of sin going before. For,