A90278:259
Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made.…
Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleared, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.Of the death of Christ, the price he paid, and the purchase he made. Or, the satisfaction, and merit of the death of Christ cleered, the universality of redemption thereby oppugned: and the doctrine concerning these things formerly delivered in a treatise against universal redemption vindicated from the exceptions, and objections of Mr Baxter. / By J. Owen, minister of the gospel.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
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Fourthly, That God is absolutely immutable, & unchangeable in all his Attributes: Neither doth his Will admit of any alteration. This proved above.
Fourthly, That God is absolutely immutable, & unchangable in all his Attributes: Neither doth his Will admit of any alteration. This proved above.
Fifthly, That the Will of God is not moved properly by any external Cause whatsoever, unto any of its Acts, whether imminent, or transient. For,
1m By a moving Cause, we understand a Cause Morally Efficient; and if any thing were so properly in respect of any Act of Gods Will, then the Act (which is the Will of God Acting) must in some respect, (viz. As it is an Effect) be less worthy, and inferior to the Cause; for so is every Effect, in respect of it's Cause. And,
1m By a moving Cause, we understand a Cause Morally Efficient; and if any thing were so properly in respect of any Act of Gods Will, then the Act (which is the Will of God Acting) must in some respect, (viz. As it is an Effect) be less worthy, and inferiour to the Cause; for so is every Effect, in respect of it's Cause. And,
- mCum voluntas sit ejus essentia, non movetur ab alio à se, sed à se tantum, eo modo loquendi, quo intelligere, et velle, dicitur motus, et secundum hoc Plato dixit, primum movins movet seipsum: Aq. p. 1. q. 19. a. 2. a. 3.