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Vers. 13. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.
Admon. 2. Touching a right judgment of inward temptations, lest any one violate the sanctity of God, even in their thoughts, as if God solicited any one to sin, which is a familiar thing with the Sons of Adam, to cast the blame upon God, as the Author. There are eight Arguments of the Admonition or Dehortation, all which prove that temptations to evil are not to be ascribed to God.
For God] Argum. 1. God cannot be solicited or moved to sin: Therefore neither can he solicit any other to sin, and consequently temptation to sin is not to be ascribed to God.
Vers. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own last, and enticed.
Argum. 2. Every man’s proper lust is the true cause of temptation: Therefore it is not to be ascribed to God. He proves the Antecedent, by unfolding the method of temptation to sin in its five degrees. For, first, Man is drawn by his depraved lust from the true good, that he may not rest quiet in it: Furthermore, he is enticed by a false appearance of good, to follow that which is evil. ...
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Admon. 2. Touching a right judgment of inward temptations, lest any one violate the sanctity of God, even in their thoughts, as if God solicited any one to sin, which is a familiar thing with the Sons of Adam, to cast the blame upon God, as the Author. There are eight Arguments of the Admonition or Dehortation, all which prove that temptations to evil are not to be ascribed to God.
For God] Argum. 1. God cannot be solicited or moved to sin: Therefore neither can he solicit any other to sin, and consequently temptation to sin is not to be ascribed to God.
Vers. 14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own last, and enticed.
Argum. 2. Every man’s proper lust is the true cause of temptation: Therefore it is not to be ascribed to God. He proves the Antecedent, by unfolding the method of temptation to sin in its five degrees. For, first, Man is drawn by his depraved lust from the true good, that he may not rest quiet in it: Furthermore, he is enticed by a false appearance of good, to follow that which is evil. ...
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David Dickson: God is not the author of sin
Vers. 13. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. Admon. 2. Touching a right judgment of inward temptations, lest …
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