A90293:104
Theomachia autexousiastikē
Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianism. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddess contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the main errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their own writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By John Owen, Master of Arts of Queens College in Oxon.Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianisme. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddesse contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the maine errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their owne writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By Iohn Owen, Master of Arts of Queens Colledge in Oxon.
London: printed by I.L. for Phil. Stephens, 1643
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For wicked men, as they are excepted from this special care ⟨p. 27⟩and government, so they are not exempted from the dominion of his Almighty hand: he who hath created them for the day of evil, Prov. 16. 4. and provided a place of their own, Acts 1. 25. for them to go unto: doth not in this world, suffer them to live without the verge of his all-ruling providence: but by suffering and enduring their iniquities with great patience, and long-suffering, Rom. 9. 20. defending them oftentimes, from the injuries of one another, Gen. 4. 15. by granting unto them many temporal blessings: Matth. 5. 45. disposing of all their works, to the glory of his great name, Prov. 21. 1, 2. he declareth, that they also live, and move, and have their being in him, and are under the government of his providence: Nay, there is not the least thing in this world to which his care and knowledge doth not descend: ill would it become his wisdom not to sustain, order and dispose of all things by him created, but leave them to the ruin of uncertain chance:d Hierome then was injurious to his providence, and cast a blemish on his absolute perfection, whilst he thought to have cleared his Majesty, from being defiled with the knowledge and care of the smallest reptiles and vermin every moment and St. eAustine is express to the contrary, who saith he, hath disposed the several members of the flea, and gnat, that hath given unto them order, life, and motion, &c. even most agreeable to holy Scriptures, so Psal. 104. 20, 21. and 145. 15