The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . ablifhed anddecreed thefe TU* VlL Tne diftinftion of Gods Will, into Will of$be Di- good and Will of Sign, which fome havefiinftion invented to falve thefe Matters, is impious and ab-of the Qi-ford, in that it fuppofes God to Will, Decree andvine WA Eftablifh Sin, while he fignifies to Men his Didikemrefr-8 and Difapprobation of it •, to difapprove it by his fig
The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . ablifhed anddecreed thefe TU* VlL Tne diftinftion of Gods Will, into Will of$be Di- good and Will of Sign, which fome havefiinftion invented to falve thefe Matters, is impious and ab-of the Qi-ford, in that it fuppofes God to Will, Decree andvine WA Eftablifh Sin, while he fignifies to Men his Didikemrefr-8 and Difapprobation of it •, to difapprove it by his fig-cf$myand njfteci or reveald Will, and to approve it by his Will**5^fir« °f Sood Pleafure. To ferve their Hypothecs theyiHtoWiK jnvent a Will of Sign that is Falfe, Hypocritical*fl°™ and Lying, that bears falfe Witnefs of what is in God, Iwi and a WlU of &ood Pleafure> which is Wicked and fSirn is Malicious, that pleafes it felf in effacing the Image of Abfurd Purity and Holinefs effential unto God ; and dare dJdfflckMen impute fuch horrible Fictions unto God, for 4. fear of rejecting their pre-conceived Notions of thefe Matters as Lyes and Falfhood ? CHAP. Of the Previfwn of Sin, 45 C H A That the Idea of the Event of Sin is net fromGod : Of the Previfion of Sin. U T is it pofiible, fome may ask, for I 7batSin to be committed, and not fort-the Ids* offeen by God. This Difficulty hath Sw andbeen fo oft already anfwered, that to$m*tis tirefome to take any further no- ****** intice of it. However, I fay that ifGociour Notions concerning the DivineConception, Previfion, Will, be found, God couldnot then forefee or will it -, becaufe he can forefeeonly what is of his own Order and E{tahlifhment,oris a necefTary effect thereof: He doth not forefee ina determind Manner that which is eftablifhd to befree and undetermined : The Divine Conception is? indifferent in conceiving what Things, and in whatManner it pleafes, and as to the Idea of Sin it isI not necefTary or effen
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