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Gods love to mankind manifested, by dis-prooving his absolute decree for their damnation.
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Hoard, Samuel, 1599-1658.
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say_v he_o among_o the_o canonist_n but_o etc._n but_o ibi_fw-la maxim_n verum_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la rex_fw-la iustùs_fw-la est_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la vult_fw-la nisi_fw-la justum_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la dei_fw-la etc._n etc._n this_o be_v true_a where_o the_o king_n be_v just_a and_o will_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v just_a in_o which_o word_n he_o plain_o make_v the_o justice_n of_o the_o king_n antecedent_n to_o that_o will_n of_o he_o which_o must_v be_v a_o law_n many_o more_o speech_n he_o use_v there_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n god_n will_v therefore_o be_v not_o a_o rule_n of_o justice_n to_o himself_o to_o who_o then_o to_o we_o for_o by_o it_o we_o be_v 1_o to_o square_v all_o our_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n 2_o to_o examine_v they_o when_o they_o be_v speak_v and_o do_v primum_fw-la in_o aliquo_fw-la genere_fw-la est_fw-la regula_fw-la posteriorum_fw-la &_o supremum_fw-la inferiorum_fw-la 2_o i_o reply_v that_o these_o absolute_a decree_n of_o man_n inevitable_a salvation_n and_o damnation_n be_v no_o part_n of_o god_n reveal_v will_n the_o scripture_n teach_v we_o no_o such_o matter_n and_o therefore_o to_o say_v they_o be_v be_v but_o a_o mere_a beg_n of_o the_o question_n it_o have_v always_o be_v ordinary_a with_o false_a teacher_n to_o make_v god_n word_n a_o father_n to_o their_o false_a opinion_n that_o they_o may_v stand_v the_o fast_o and_o win_v the_o great_a credit_n the_o papist_n ground_v their_o transubstantiation_n and_o the_o lutheran_n their_o consubstantiation_n and_o ubiquity_n upon_o the_o scripture_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la meum_fw-la this_o be_v my_o body_n math._n 26._o and_o the_o defender_n of_o absolute_a reprobation_n do_v so_o too_o they_o make_v their_o cause_n to_o be_v god_n and_o entitle_v his_o word_n to_o it_o because_o they_o see_v it_o be_v the_o sure_a way_n to_o defend_v it_o be_v herein_o like_a to_o some_o contentious_a people_n who_o be_v in_o law_n and_o have_v a_o bad_a cause_n which_o they_o be_v like_a to_o lose_v they_o entitle_v the_o king_n to_o it_o that_o they_o may_v the_o better_o uphold_v it_o 3_o absolute_a reprobation_n can_v be_v no_o part_n of_o god_n reveal_v will_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o it_o be_v odious_a to_o right_a reason_n and_o beget_v absurdity_n for_o nulla_fw-la veritas_fw-la parit_fw-la absurda_fw-la no_v truth_n beget_v absurdity_n divers_a truth_n be_v reveal_v in_o scripture_n which_o be_v above_o but_o not_o contrary_a to_o right_a reason_n whether_o they_o be_v matter_n of_o faith_n or_o life_n faith_n and_o reason_n nature_n and_o scripture_n be_v both_o god_n excellent_a gift_n and_o therefore_o though_o there_o may_v be_v a_o disproportion_n yet_o there_o can_v be_v no_o repugnancy_n between_o they_o the_o worship_n which_o god_n require_v be_v cultus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o reasonable_a service_n rom._n 12.2_o and_o the_o word_n of_o god_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d milk_n reasonable_a and_o without_o guile_n 1_o pet._n 2.2_o these_o thing_n therefore_o be_v lay_v together_o it_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v but_o a_o mere_a shift_n and_o evasion_n when_o absolute_a reprobation_n be_v prove_v to_o be_v unjust_a and_o therefore_o unworthy_a of_o god_n to_o say_v god_n will_v be_v the_o rule_n of_o justice_n this_o be_v part_n of_o god_n reveal_v will_n and_o therefore_o most_o just_a whatsoever_o reason_n may_v cavil_n and_o say_v to_o the_o contrary_n 3_o their_o three_o answer_n be_v that_o god_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o restore_v man_n power_n to_o believe_v because_o they_o once_o have_v it_o and_o have_v lose_v it_o through_o their_o own_o fault_n as_o a_o master_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o renew_v his_o servant_n stock_n if_o he_o have_v waste_v it_o by_o bad_a husbandry_n this_o answer_n do_v not_o satisfy_v i_o for_o i_o grant_v that_o god_n be_v simple_o and_o absolute_o bind_v to_o no_o man_n because_o he_o be_v agent_n liherrimum_n a_o most_o free_a dispenser_n of_o his_o own_o favour_n where_o and_o what_o and_o to_o who_o he_o will_v and_o no_o man_n be_v aforehand_o with_o god_n quis_fw-la prio_fw-la illi_fw-la dedit_fw-la ut_fw-la retribuatur_fw-la who_o have_v give_v unto_o he_o and_o it_o shall_v be_v recompense_v again_o rom._n 11.35_o but_o yet_o he_o be_v conditional_o bind_v for_o he_o have_v determine_v and_o tie_v himself_o 3_o way_n especial_o 1_o decernendo_fw-la by_o decree_a the_o almighty_a be_v eternal_o subject_a to_o his_o own_o ordinance_n or_o else_o he_o shall_v be_v mutable_a and_o therefore_o what_o gift_n soever_o he_o have_v decree_v to_o man_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o give_v they_o by_o virtue_n of_o his_o own_o decree_n 2_o promittendo_fw-la by_o promise_v we_o use_v to_o say_v promise_n be_v debt_n it_o be_v justice_n to_o perform_v what_o it_o be_v free_a to_o promise_v and_o whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o promise_v and_o pay_v not_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o trespass_n witness_n ananias_n and_o sapphira_n and_o unworthy_a of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n psal_n 15.4_o if_o therefore_o god_n have_v make_v a_o promise_n of_o any_o gift_n or_o grace_n to_o man_n his_o promise_n bind_v he_o to_o performance_n no_o semell_v emissum_fw-la volat_fw-la irrevocabile_fw-la verbum_fw-la 3_o legem_fw-la ferendo_fw-la by_o give_v man_n a_o law_n to_o keep_v which_o without_o supernatural_a grace_n they_o can_v no_o more_o keep_v then_o they_o can_v eat_v a_o rock_n by_o such_o a_o law_n the_o supreme_a lawgiver_n bind_v himself_o to_o his_o people_n to_o give_v they_o such_o power_n as_o may_v enable_v they_o to_o keep_v that_o law_n or_o else_o he_o become_v as_o the_o evil_a servant_n in_o the_o parable_n style_v he_o a_o hard_a master_n reap_v where_o he_o sow_v not_o and_o the_o very_a true_a and_o proper_a cause_n of_o the_o transgression_n of_o that_o law_n we_o shall_v find_v god_n always_o give_v strength_n when_o he_o give_v a_o command_n when_o he_o command_v the_o creature_n to_o increase_v and_o multiply_v he_o give_v they_o a_o multiply_a virtue_n when_o christ_n bid_v the_o lame_a man_n arise_v take_v up_o his_o bed_n and_o walk_v he_o put_v into_o his_o limb_n a_o ability_n of_o walk_v when_o adam_n have_v a_o spiritual_a law_n give_v he_o to_o obey_v which_o without_o spiritual_a strength_n he_o can_v not_o god_n give_v he_o strength_n answerable_a to_o the_o law_n as_o divine_n agree_v consent_v to_o that_o note_a speech_n of_o st._n austin_n that_o adam_n have_v posse_fw-la non_fw-la cadere_fw-la tho_o he_o never_o have_v non_fw-la posse_fw-la cadere_fw-la a_o power_n and_o possibility_n though_o no_o necessity_n of_o continue_v in_o obedience_n that_o i_o may_v bring_v this_o home_n to_o my_o purpose_n i_o say_v that_o god_n be_v bind_v to_o restore_v unto_o man_n power_n to_o believe_v suppose_v these_o thing_n that_o follow_v 1_o that_o he_o have_v vouchsafe_v to_o enter_v into_o a_o new_a covenant_n of_o peace_n with_o man_n when_o he_o need_v not_o 2_o that_o in_o that_o covenant_n he_o require_v obedience_n at_o man_n hand_n even_o at_o they_o that_o perish_v 3_o that_o he_o promise_v eternal_a life_n to_o every_o man_n if_o he_o obey_v and_o keep_v the_o covenant_n 4_o that_o he_o punish_v the_o disobedient_a with_o everlasting_a death_n these_o particular_n suppose_v the_o most_o free_a god_n who_o be_v absolute_o bind_v to_o none_o be_v engage_v to_o give_v ability_n of_o believe_v unto_o man_n nor_o can_v he_o just_o without_o this_o gift_n punish_v the_o disobedient_a any_o more_o than_o a_o magistrate_n have_v put_v out_o a_o man_n eye_n for_o a_o offence_n can_v command_v this_o man_n with_o justice_n to_o read_v a_o book_n and_o because_o he_o read_v not_o put_v he_o to_o death_n or_o then_o a_o master_n that_o i_o may_v return_v the_o simile_n in_o the_o answer_n when_o he_o have_v take_v away_o from_o his_o servant_n the_o stock_n which_o he_o have_v misemploy_v can_v afterward_o exact_v of_o he_o a_o just_a employment_n of_o the_o same_o stock_n and_o punish_v he_o because_o he_o employ_v it_o not_o i_o conclude_v therefore_o that_o the_o absolute_a and_o inevitable_a reprobation_n of_o such_o man_n as_o be_v call_v to_o believe_v in_o christ_n and_o punish_v if_o they_o believe_v not_o be_v utter_o repugnant_a to_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v no_o part_n of_o his_o word_n truth_n 4_o opposite_a to_o god_n truth_n fourthly_o it_o oppugn_v the_o truth_n and_o sincerity_n of_o god_n god_n be_v a_o god_n of_o truth_n deut._n 32.4_o truth_n itself_o joh._n 14.6_o so_o call_v because_o he_o be_v the_o fountain_n of_o truth_n and_o the_o perfection_n of_o truth_n without_o the_o least_o mixture_n of_o falsehood_n the_o strength_n of_o jsraell_n can_v lie_v 3.4_o rom._n 3.4_o 1_o sam._n 15.29_o let_v god_n be_v true_a and_o every_o man_n a_o liar_n say_v the_o apostle_n
determination_n but_o not_o the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o will_n god_n be_v therefore_o a_o true_a cause_n of_o sin_n by_o this_o doctrine_n than_o the_o devil_n 2_o wicked_a man_n be_v esteem_v author_n of_o their_o own_o offence_n because_o they_o plot_n purpose_n choose_v and_o commit_v they_o and_o be_v immediate_a agent_n in_o the_o act_n of_o they_o but_o god_n by_o this_o opinion_n do_v more_o for_o he_o overrule_v the_o project_n and_o purpose_n of_o wicked_a man_n and_o by_o a_o uncontrollable_a motion_n proceed_v from_o a_o immutable_a decree_n carry_v all_o their_o deliberation_n resolution_n choyse_n and_o action_n precise_o that_o very_a way_n so_o as_o they_o can_v choose_v but_o do_v as_o they_o do_v whatsoever_o they_o may_v think_v to_o the_o contrary_n they_o have_v indeed_o potentiam_fw-la in_o se_fw-la liberam_fw-la a_o power_n in_o itself_o free_a to_o choose_v what_o they_o refuse_v or_o to_o refuse_v what_o they_o choose_v to_o determine_v themselves_o this_o way_n or_o that_o way_n as_o like_v they_o best_o but_o they_o have_v not_o liberum_fw-la â—sum_fw-la a_o free_a use_n of_o this_o their_o power_n god_n do_v determine_v their_o will_n before_o it_o have_v determine_v itself_o and_o make_v they_o do_v those_o only_a action_n which_o his_o omnipotent_a will_n have_v determine_v and_o not_o which_o their_o will_n out_o of_o any_o absolute_a dominion_n over_o their_o own_o action_n have_v prescribe_v more_o right_o therefore_o may_v god_n be_v call_v the_o author_n of_o those_o offence_n for_o exequentem_fw-la for_o opera_fw-la magis_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la imperantem_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la exequentem_fw-la deed_n whether_o good_a or_o bad_a be_v own_v more_o true_o by_o he_o that_o over-ruleth_a they_o then_o by_o the_o servile_a instrument_n that_o only_o execute_v and_o do_v they_o 3_o wicked_a counsellor_n and_o they_o who_o allure_v and_o advise_v man_n to_o sin_n be_v account_v by_o god_n and_o man_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o sin_n to_o which_o they_o be_v the_o persuader_n and_o have_v be_v punish_v for_o those_o misdeed_n which_o other_o through_o their_o instigation_n have_v commit_v jezabell_n ahab'_v wife_n be_v repute_v and_o punish_v as_o the_o murderer_n of_o naboth_n because_o she_o counsel_v and_o contrive_v the_o do_v of_o it_o as_o we_o may_v see_v 1._o king_n 21.23.25_o but_o what_o be_v counsel_v to_o enforce_v evil_n counsel_n may_v be_v refuse_v but_o a_o almighty_a power_n can_v be_v resist_v god_n therefore_o that_o use_v this_o according_a to_o their_o doctrine_n in_o the_o production_n of_o sin_n be_v much_o more_o a_o author_n of_o they_o than_o he_o that_o only_o use_v the_o other_o 2_o if_o we_o can_v find_v out_o a_o king_n that_o shall_v so_o carry_v himself_o in_o procure_v the_o ruin_n and_o the_o offence_n of_o any_o subject_n as_o by_o this_o opinion_n god_n do_v in_o the_o effect_n of_o the_o damnation_n and_o transgression_n of_o reprobate_n we_o will_v all_o charge_v he_o with_o the_o ruin_n and_o sin_n of_o those_o his_o subject_n loquentem_fw-la subject_n molin_n anat._n c._n 12._o de_fw-la praedest_fw-la p._n 73_o quis_fw-la non_fw-la regem_fw-la abominetur_fw-la sic_fw-la loquentem_fw-la who_o will_v not_o abhor_v say_v moulin_n a_o king_n speak_v thus_o peculatum_fw-la thus_o ego_fw-la hunc_fw-la hominem_fw-la addico_fw-la suspendioâ—_n sed_fw-la ut_fw-la justè_fw-la suspendatur_fw-la volo_fw-la patret_fw-la homicidium_fw-la vel_fw-la peculatum_fw-la i_o will_v have_v this_o man_n hang_v and_o that_o i_o may_v hang_v he_o just_o i_o will_v have_v he_o murder_v or_o steal_v this_o king_n say_v he_o shall_v not_o only_o make_v a_o innocent_a man_n miserable_a sed_fw-la &_o sceleratum_fw-la but_o wicked_a too_o and_o shall_v punish_v he_o for_o that_o offence_n cujus_fw-la ipse_fw-la causa_fw-la esset_fw-la of_o which_o himself_o be_v the_o cause_n it_o be_v a_o clear_a case_n 61._o case_n sueton_n vit_fw-fr tib._n cap._n 61._o tiberius_n as_o suetonius_n report_v have_v a_o purpose_n to_o put_v certain_a virgin_n to_o death_n because_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a among_o the_o roman_n to_o strangle_v virgin_n cause_v they_o all_o to_o be_v deflower_v by_o the_o hangman_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v strangle_v who_o will_v not_o say_v that_o tiberius_n be_v the_o principal_a author_n of_o the_o deflower_v of_o those_o maid_n in_o like_a manner_n say_v the_o supralapsarian_o god_n have_v a_o purpose_n of_o put_v great_a store_n of_o man_n to_o the_o second_o death_n but_o because_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o he_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o justice_n to_o put_v to_o death_n man_n innocent_a and_o without_o blame_n he_o have_v decree_v that_o the_o devil_n shall_v deflower_v they_o that_o afterward_o he_o may_v damn_v they_o it_o follow_v therefore_o that_o god_n be_v the_o main_a cause_n of_o those_o their_o sin_n 3_o that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n of_o man_n salvation_n and_o conversion_n all_o side_n grant_v and_o yet_o he_o do_v no_o more_o in_o the_o procure_n of_o they_o than_o these_o man_n report_v he_o to_o do_v in_o the_o reprobate_n impenitency_n and_o damnation_n the_o salvation_n and_o conversion_n of_o the_o elect_n say_v they_o he_o have_v absolute_o and_o antecedent_o without_o the_o foresight_n of_o any_o deserve_n of_o they_o resolve_v upon_o and_o by_o irresistible_a mean_n in_o their_o several_a generation_n draw_v they_o to_o believe_v repent_v and_o endure_v to_o the_o end_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v save_v and_o his_o absolute_a decree_n accomplish_v on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o damnation_n the_o sin_n and_o the_o final_a impenitency_n of_o reprobate_n he_o have_v of_o his_o alone_a will_n and_o pleasure_n peremptory_o decree_v this_o his_o decree_n he_o execute_v in_o time_n draw_v they_o on_o by_o his_o unconquerable_a power_n and_o providence_n from_o sin_n to_o sin_n till_o they_o have_v make_v up_o their_o measure_n and_o in_o the_o end_n have_v inflict_v on_o they_o that_o eternal_a vengeance_n which_o he_o have_v provide_v for_o they_o what_o difference_n be_v here_o in_o the_o course_n which_o god_n take_v for_o the_o conversion_n and_o salvation_n of_o the_o elect_n and_o the_o obduration_n and_o damnation_n of_o reprobate_n and_o therefore_o what_o hinder_v but_o that_o god_n by_o their_o ground_n may_v as_o true_o be_v style_v the_o prime_a cause_n and_o author_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o one_o as_o of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o other_o the_o father_n thought_n it_o a_o plain_a case_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v general_o make_v sin_n a_o object_n of_o prescience_n not_o predestination_n and_o bend_v the_o most_o of_o those_o argument_n by_o which_o they_o refute_v this_o foul_a assertion_n against_o a_o absolute_a irresistible_a and_o necessitate_v decree_n as_o i_o can_v easy_o show_v but_o that_o i_o fear_v to_o be_v overlong_o only_o i_o will_v cite_v some_o few_o of_o those_o author_n word_n who_o the_o learned_a and_o reverend_a bishop_n have_v allege_v in_o favour_n and_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o predestinarian_o and_o the_o maintainer_n of_o gotteschalke_v opinion_n the_o church_n of_o lion_n in_o their_o answer_n to_o the_o position_n of_o johannes_n scotus_n which_o he_o frame_v against_o gotteschalk_n have_v these_o word_n confirmat_fw-la word_n bish_n usher_n his_o hist_o of_o gottesc_n pag._n 138._o qui_fw-la vim_o &_o necessitatem_fw-la peccandi_fw-la deum_fw-la intuliste_n homini_fw-la vel_fw-la infer_v dicit_fw-la manifest_a horribiliter_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la blasphemat_fw-la quem_fw-la ad_fw-la peccata_fw-la compellendo_fw-la utique_fw-la authorem_fw-la peccati_fw-la osse_fw-la confirmat_fw-la whosoever_o say_v that_o god_n have_v lay_v a_o constraynt_n or_o a_o necessity_n of_o sin_v upon_o any_o man_n he_o do_v manifest_o and_o fearful_o blaspheme_v god_n in_o as_o much_o as_o he_o make_v he_o by_o affirm_v that_o of_o he_o to_o be_v the_o very_a author_n of_o sin_n remigius_n archbishop_n of_o that_o church_n explain_v his_o church_n opinion_n in_o the_o point_n of_o prescience_n and_o predestination_n in_o 7_o several_a rule_n in_o the_o 5_o of_o those_o rule_n he_o have_v these_o word_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n god_n say_v he_o by_o his_o prescience_n and_o predestination_n have_v lay_v a_o necessity_n of_o be_v wicked_a upon_o no_o man_n etc._n man_n id._n ib._n p._n 173._o he_o enim_fw-la si_fw-la fecisset_fw-la ipse_fw-la utique_fw-la esset_fw-la author_n mal_fw-fr rum_o etc._n etc._n for_o if_o he_o have_v do_v this_o he_o shall_v have_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n and_o thus_o in_o my_o judgement_n do_v it_o plain_o appear_v that_o by_o absolute_a reprobation_n as_o it_o be_v teach_v the_o upper_a way_n god_n be_v make_v to_o be_v the_o true_a cause_n of_o man_n sin_n many_o distinction_n be_v bring_v to_o free_a the_o supralapsarian_a way_n from_o this_o crimination_n all_o which_o i_o think_v be_v no_o better_a than_o mere_a delusion_n of_o the_o simple_a and_o inconsiderate_a