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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 5: The Fifth Doubt.
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Where again, in signifying that you speak of a man in the state of unbelief, you confound, if not your self (yet) I am sure your Reader. For but erst you discoursed how men of the world are enabled by Gods Word to the performance of such duties in which their natural conscience would excuse them. Now I should think, they that enjoy the Word of God, and are thereby so enabled as you speak, are not to be accounted in the state of unbelief, which I should think is a state peculiar unto heathens, who have not so much as an outward profession of Christianity. In like sort it is your course ⟨p. 236⟩to confound the inward operation of Gods Spirit with the outward means, and comprehend them both under the terms of means and helps, which have no univocal notion common unto them. It is bad enough to hold ones self to generals; considering, that may be verified of one species which cannot be verified of another, but it is too too bad to confound those under general terms, that have no more univocation between them then creation, and exhortation.
Where again, in signifying that you speak of a man in the state of unbeleef, you confound, if not your self (yet) I am sure your Reader. For but erst you discoursed how men of the world are inabled by Gods Word to the performance of such duties in which their naturall conscience would excuse them. Now I should think, they that injoy the Word of God, and are thereby so inabled as you speak, are not to bee accounted in the state of unbeleefe, which I should think is a state peculiar unto heathens, who have not so much as an outward profession of Christianity. In like sort it is your course ⟨p. 236⟩to confound the inward operation of Gods Spirit with the outward means, and comprehend them both under the terms of means and helps, which have no univocall notion common unto them. It is bad enough to hold ones self to generals; considering, that may bee verifyed of one species which cannot bee verifyed of another, but it is too too bad to confound those under generall termes, that have no more univocation between them then creation, and exhortation.