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…

Thus Vossius understands voluntas conditionata, a conditionate will, which he attributeth unto God, not considering how handsomely he contradicts himself. And Doctor Jackson of Providence, discoursing of voluntas antecedens & consequens, will antecedent and consequent, premiseth that the distinction is to be understood non quoad actum vokntis, not touching the act of God willing, but quoad ves volitas, as touching the things willed; though his discourse hereupon be nothing suitable. A manifest evidence that he understood not the distinction any more then Uossius did.

Thus Vossius understands voluntas conditionata, a conditionate will, which hee attributeth unto God, not considering how handsomely he contradicts himself. And Doctor Jackson of Providence, discoursing of voluntas antecedens & consequens, will antecedent and consequent, premiseth that the distinction is to be understood non quoad actum vokntis, not touching the act of God willing, but quoad ves volitas, as touching the things willed; though his discourse hereupon bee nothing suitable. A manifest evidence that hee understood not the distinction any more then Uossius did.

You are willing to acknowledge that Gods decree of delivering Christ to death, was absolute, as a work of mere grace. As for the condition of Adams fall to be premised to this decree, sure I am, that is not your Opinion: neither doth it become any to maintain any decree of God to be both unconditional and conditional. And why that sin more then any other for which Christ satisfied should be imagined to be premised as a condition of this decree; I see no reason: and if every sin must be presupposed, why not the sin of crucifying Christ? This sin started Arminius; and this is it, and this alone, which he thinkee good to except in this case. I do nothing wonder that his learning and his honesty were so well met both of a very temperate nature. But albeit the fall of Adam was not preconceived to this decree of delivering of Christ to death; yet I am not of your Opinion, who think hereupon, that the decree of sending Christ into the world, was before the decree of permitting Adams fall: concerning which I have discoursed enough, while I examined how well you cleared the first doubt. But when you distinguish of Gods decree to deliver Christ to death, and to deliver him to a sinful death; you take a course to make mad work amongst Gods decrees. As if God did first intend the generality of a thing, and not till after the foresight of somewhat else intend the specialty thereof. I will not tell you how undecent a course School-men conceive it to be, to attribute decrees to God of things indefinite; I never found any Arminian take such a course, Philosophy hath taught us, duplicem ordinem naturae, a double order of nature; as namely, nature generantis, & naturae intendentis, in generation