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 Doctor of the Chair in the University of Salamanca, not of Moses Chair, nor of Pauls Chair, no nor Austins Chair, nor of Aquinas Chair, but of Scotus Chair; whose opinion is to be seen in his first Theological Controversy, printed 42. years ago; and what his opinion was, appears by these conclusions:

A Doctor of the Chaire in the University of Salamanca, not of Moses Chaire, nor of Pauls Chaire, no nor Austins Chaire, nor of Aquinas Chaire, but of Scotus Chaire; whose opinion is to be seen in his first Theologicall Controversie, printed 42. years agoe; and what his opinion was, appears by these conclusions:

1. Omnium quae Deus ab aeterno in meant sua facere excogitavit, primum fuit, unio hypostatica verbi divini: Secundum, praedestinatio omnium electorum: Tertium, naturae rerum conditio. Ac proinde priora sunt supernaturalia quam naturalia, & ordo naturae praesupponit ordinem gratiae.

1. Omnium quae Deus ab aeterno in mente sua facere excogitavit, primum fuit, unio hypostatica verbi divini: Secundum, praedestinatio omnium electorum: Tertium, naturae rerum conditio. Ac proinde priora sunt supernaturalia quam naturalia, & ordo naturae praesupponit ordinem gratiae.

2. Nullius futuri praescientia praesupponitur in mente Dei ad praedestinationem, sed omnia ex ipsa sequuntur: atque adeò nihil prorsus ab aeterno decrevit Deus facere, vel in tempore facit, nihil permittit, sive intendit, sive naturale, sive supernaturale, sive res sit magni ponderis, sive minimi & fere nullius, quod non inde perveniat, sitque effectus & medium praedestinationis electorum & Christi. Atque adeò omnia cadunt sub ordine divinae praedestinationis, tanquam media ad Christi & sanctorum gloriam ordinata.