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A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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But now for the Reasons, why God hath chosen some and appointed others by sin to come unto judgement: I can only tell you that Gods judgements are past finding out, Rom. 11. 33. We must admire, we cannot search them to the bottom: so far as God hath revealed his Will, we may clearly judge that 'tis for the discovery of his Justice and Mercy, neither of which could have been discovered to the world with that advantage, had it not been for his double Decree of God to save some and leave others to their own ruin: if grace were given to all, how should the word know that God were free; again, if all were pardoned, how should the world know that God were just: in Election, God discovereth the freeness of his grace, Eph. 1. 6. 'tis love, that we enjoy grace, elective love, that we enjoy it alone: In Reprobation, God discovereth his Sovereignty, and by it, the security of his justice, and power of his wrath, Rom. 9. 22. in choosing one and leaving another, there God discovereth his Liberty, and that he doth not act out of servile necessity, and his severity in the eternal pains of them that perish in their sins.
But now for the Reasons, why God hath chosen some and appointed others by sin to come unto judgement: I can onely tell you that Gods judgements are past finding out, Rom. 11. 33. We must admire, we cannot search them to the bottom: so far as God hath revealed his Will, we may clearly judge that 'tis for the discovery of his Justice and Mercy, neither of which could have been discovered to the world with that advantage, had it not been for his double Decree of God to save some and leave others to their own ruin: if grace were given to all, how should the word know that God were free; again, if all were pardoned, how should the world know that God were just: in Election, God discovereth the freeness of his grace, Eph. 1. 6. 'tis love, that we injoy grace, elective love, that we enjoy it alone: In Reprobation, God discovereth his Soveraignty, and by it, the security of his justice, and power of his wrath, Rom. 9. 22