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 . m in this his arbitrary Plea&re was to com-municate to his free Creatures his Felicity, by and up-on a faithful and holy Correfpondence on their Parts;that, Sin intervening merely by accident, and againftGods Intention, tis all one to God how Sin be re-piovd, and that it is more pleafing to him, and moreagreeable to his Defire, that it be taken away by theConversion rather than by th
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 . m in this his arbitrary Plea&re was to com-municate to his free Creatures his Felicity, by and up-on a faithful and holy Correfpondence on their Parts;that, Sin intervening merely by accident, and againftGods Intention, tis all one to God how Sin be re-piovd, and that it is more pleafing to him, and moreagreeable to his Defire, that it be taken away by theConversion rather than by the DeftrudHon of the Sub-ject it is in. And laftly, that, however it be, Godwill be fare to attain what he arbitrarily defignd withhis Creatures, which Defign of his neverthelefs is noway eflentiai to him. This fundamental Scheme wellcomprehended will take away the Difficulty of all thereft. — M 4 CHAP. 168 Freofs and peculiar Advantages CHAP. XL The Advantages and. Proofs of this Syjlem. ofGrace, Providence and Liberty ; and the in-juffrable Jnconveniencies of other Syfierns. I. The Con- |nexion ofwhat wentbefore withwhat fol-lows : SomeReflexionsupon thisSyftem inreference totheUnivtrfality THINK I have all along hithertogiven a Syftem of Divine Providence fuf-ficiently compleat, and have (hewnhow it agrees with the Univerfaliry ofGrace, whereof I have likewife fhewnthe Nature and Operations in the pre-ceding Traces. I once thought I (houd do well toprove now dellgnedly this Univerfality: but havingdone it already from many original and folid Heads inthe foregoing Treatifes as the divers Subjecls therehandled gave me Occafion, I fhall confine my felf tofome (hort Reflexions upon this Syftem of Providenceand Grace, and beg the Reader to confider with methefe Three or Four Things, which, if I miftake nor,are enough to affure us of the Truth of any Proofs *• The Firft is this,That all forts of Cqnfiderations,end M- Divine and Humane, all lorts of Teftimo
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