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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Sin in it self tendeth only unto evil, it is by accident that it becometh a means of any good: 'Tis the occasion,1 not the cause of the manifestation of the glory of God. That sin which in its own nature tends only unto evil, is turned into an occasional commendation of the Righteousness and other Attributes of God, doth not at all excuse sin, but commends the wisdom and goodness of him that brings good out of evil; yea a far greater good out of sin, then sin it self is an evil. So of the Objections.
- 1Lambertus Danaeus censuit periculosam istam Gregorii magni sententiam, ubi loquens de culpa Adami sic ait, O foelix culpa quae talem & tantū habere meruit Redemptorem. Twice de Praed. l. 1. part 1. Nisi esset hoc bonum ut essent mala nullo modo sinerentur ab Omnipotente bono. August. Twiss. referent Cr. 3. l. 2. Vid. Cr. 3. l. 2.Lambertus Danaeus censuit periculosam istam Gregorii magni sententiam, ubi loquens de culpa Adami sic ait, O foelix culpa quae talem & tantū habere meruit Redemptorem. Twisse de Praed. l. 1. part 1. Nisi esset hoc bonum ut essent mala nullo modo sinerentur ab Omnipotente bono. August. Twiss. referente Cr. 3. l. 2. Vid. Cr. 3. l. 2.
The Decree is to be propounded in the same order in which God hath revealed it in his Word. God knoweth best how to reveal his own mind: And we speak well when we speak after him. In particular these Rules are to be observed.
Rule 1.1 Not Gods Decree, but the Command is the Rule of Faith and Obedience.