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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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And what then should become of that, He hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth? Rom, 9 18.
And what then should become of that, Hee hath mercy on whom hee will, and whom hee will hee hardneth? Rom, 9 18.
As for the fault you mention of the Gentiles, was it not common to the Elect as well as to the Reprobates? What saith Paul to the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 12. 2. Ye know ye were Gentiles, and were carried away unto dumb Idols, even as ye were led. Yet the Romans for above a hundred years had no Images, as Varro testifies, saying, That then the Gods were worshipped castius, more chastely, and that they who brought in Images, timorem ademerunt, errorem auxerunt, took away the fear of God, and increased the error concerning the nature of God: Yet in these days of Image-worship, thousands were from Idols turned to serve the living God, 1 Thess. 1. 8. in those former days not one that we read of.
As for the fault you mention of the Gentiles, was it not common to the Elect as well as to the Reprobates? What saith Paul to the Corinthians, 1 Cor. 12. 2. Yee know yee were Gentiles, and were carryed away unto dumb Idols, even as ye were led. Yet the Romans for above a hundred years had no Images, as Varro testifies, saying, That then the Gods were worshipped castius, more chastly, and that they who brought in Images, timorem ademerunt, errorem auxerunt, took away the feare of God, and increased the errour concerning the nature of God: Yet in these dayes of Image-worship, thousands were from Idols turned to serve the living God, 1 Thess. 1. 8. in those former daies not one that we read of.