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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	church_n	faith_n	infallible_a	1,453	5	9.5102	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09386	A C[hristian] and [plain]e treatise of the manner and order of predestination and of the largenes of Gods grace. First written in Latine by that reuerend and faithfull seruant of God, Master William Perkins, late preacher of the word in Cambridge. And carefully translated into English by Francis Cacot, and Thomas Tuke.; De prædestinationis modo et ordine. English	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Cacot, Francis.; Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1606 (1606)	STC 19683; ESTC S103581	116,285	285

saued that is to say of those that are saued So saith Augustine Euen as it is said that all shall be quickoned in Ep. 107 ad Vitalem Christ although very many be punished by eternall death because all whosoeuer they are that doe receiue eternall life doe not receiue it but in Christ so is it said that God will haue all men to be saued although he will haue many not to be saued because all who are saued are not saued but by him willing it And againe When wee reade in the holie Scriptures that God will haue all men to bee Enchir. ad Laur. c. 103. saued although wee know assuredly that all 〈◊〉 en are not saued yet ought we not therfore to de●●gate any thing from the omnipotent will of God but thus to vnderstand that which is written Who will haue all men to be saued as if it should be said that no man was saued but hee whom God would haue to bee saued not that there is no man whom he will not haue saued Hay 〈◊〉 o saith God will haue all men to bee saued Let vs then aske In c. 〈◊〉 ep 1. ad Tim. what is the reason why all men are not saued To which answere must bee made that that saying in the Psalm is true He spake the word and they were made In like manner he will saue all men who are saued and who by his mercie desire to bee saued For the Apostle put the whole for the part as it is in the Gospell where the Lord saith If I be lifted vp from the earth I will draw all vnto me For he hath not drawne neither doth hee draw all men vnto him but All that are elect and of all sortes and nations Thirdly I answer that God will not haue euery one of euery kind but the kindes of euery one to bee saued that is to say of euery estate and condition some Augustine saith This very saying Who will Euchir ad Laur. c. 103 haue all men to be saued is so said not because there is no man whom hee would haue damned who would not doe any powerfull miracles among them who hee saith would haue repented if hee had but that wee by all men may vnderstand euery sort of men by what differences so euer distinguished whether they be Kings or subiects noble or ignoble high or low learned or vnlearned strong or weake witty dull spirited or foolish rich poore or meane men or women infants or children youths or yong men middle aged men or old men in all languages in all trades in all conditions in all professions in the innumerable variety of wills and consciences and what other differences soeuer there is among men These things saith hee very truely and rightly for this word All is sometime taken distributiuely and then it signifieth euery seuerall and particular person and Paul to the entent that hee might signifie 2. Thess. 〈◊〉 3 this ioyneth the word euery one with the word all It is also often taken collectiuelie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and then it signifieth any and not eueone as when Christ is said to haue healed euery disease that is any disease The Matth. 9. 35 double signification of this word Aristotle also obserued This word All saith he is Pol. lib. 2. cap. 2. taken two waies first for euery one and secondly the word Al is vsed when it doth not signifie euery one It is plaine therefore that the word All hath a doubtfull 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Comment ad Eph. c. 1. signification And of this minde also is Saint Ierome It is like vnto that saith he which is in the Psalme euery man is a lier If euery man be a lier then is he also a lier which speaketh it and if hee bee a lier which speaketh it then is not that true which he speaketh namely that euery man is a lier But if this saying be true these words Euerie man doth lye are as I saide before to bee vnderstood after this sort A great part of men are liers And the Apostle writeth elsewhere Teaching euery mā and again Admonishing Comment ad Rom. c. 5. euery man not that he taught all men for how many are there yet at this day which haue neither heard of the Apostles doctrine nor yet so much as his name but that hee should teach and admonish all that are in the Church Sedulius also saith Many In epist. ad Rom. 6. 5. and all in Paul are one Fourthly S. Paul speaketh in this place according to the charitable iudgement of Christians and not according to the iudgement of secret and infallible certaintie Like vnto this is that also that he calleth the faithfull in seuerall Churches men elected amongst whom there were many which afterward fell away from the faith And yet is not the Apostle deceiued for it is one thing to speake according to his owne affection and another thing to speake as the matter is according as it is indeede Augustine saith We ought so charitably to be affected as to De Correp grat c. ●5 wish that all men be saued as men that know not who appertaine to the number of those that are predestinated and who doe not And againe We must as much as in vs hath Cap. 1● being vnable to distinguish those that are predestinated from those that are not desire that all men be saued and vse sharpe correction vnto all with an entent to heale them that they perish not Hence it appeareth what we ought to thinke of Damascene his opinion who diuideth the will of God into his precedent and consequent will He calleth that his precedent will whereby God as he that is absolutely good willeth to bestow all good things yea blessednes it selfe vpon the creature and by this will hee affirmeth that God willeth that all men should bee saued and attaine vnto his kingdome because hee made vs not to punish vs but that he might make vs partakers of his goodnesse as being good himselfe But his consequent will is that whereby for some certaine circumstances of the creature he absolutely willeth this or that and by this will hee saith that God willeth that man should be damned for sinne because he is inst And indeede this distinction in it selfe is to be allowed but that is not a very fit example which hee hath set downe or alleaged concerning his precedent will For there seemeth not to bee in God such a will or as they Optatiua voluntar vse to terme it such a wishing will whereby he will indefinitely and vpon condition that all and euery man of all ages should bee saued For first it argueth a finite power and insufficiencie in him that willeth For whatsoeuer any one desireth and earnestly willeth that will be bring to passe vnlesse hee be hindred As for example The Merchant desireth and earnestly willeth to saue his ware but being forced by a tempest to the entent