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The day of doom
The day of doom; or A description of the great and last judgment With a short discourse about eternity
London: printed by J.G. for P.C., 1666
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CXLVII. Christ readily makes this reply; I damn you not because You are rejected, or not elected; but you have broke my Laws. It is but vain your wits to strain the E•d and Me•ns to sever: Men fondly seek to dart or break what God hath linked together.
CXLVII. Christ readily makes this reply; I damn you not because You are rejected, or not elected; but you have broke my Laws. It is but vain your wits to strain the E•d and Me•ns to sever: Men fondly seek to dart or break what God hath link'd together.
CXLVIII. Whom God will save, such he will have the means of life to use: Whom he'll pass by, shall choose to di•, and ways of life refuse. He that fore-sees and fore-decrees, in wisdom ordered has, That man's free-will electing ill shall bring his Will to pass.
CXLVIII. Whom God will save, such he will have the means of life to use: Whom he'l pass by, shall chuse to di•, and ways of life refuse. He that fore-sees and fore-decrees, in wisdom order'd has, That man's free-will electing ill shall bring his Will to pass.
CXLIX. High God's Decree, as it is free, so doth it none compel Against their will to good or ill; i• forceth none to Hell. They have their wish whose Souls perish with torments in Hell-fire: