Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Reprobation is a preterition or passing by, or a purpose not to have mercy upon some of the lost Sons of Adam, but to leave them to perish in their sins: Our Reformed Divines do warily distinguish of a two-fold Act in Reprobation; the first negative (namely) Propositum non miserendiseu pretereundi, a purpose not to have mercy on them: the other positive (namely) Propositum damnandi, & ordinatio ad exitium, ut justam poenam, a purpose to execute wrath on Transgressors, because of their sins, his Justice so requiring: But these two Acts are not to be severed, forasmuch as those on whom he will not have mercy, he intends to punish for their sins: for to my apprehension there is no other decree of Reprobation, but this purpose of God, to execute that judiciary Sentence of death on all mankind, for breach of the first covenant of Obedience made with Adam, which Covenant, the wicked do proceed to break more and more by their daily sins, and so work out their own Damnation, by their hypocrisy, Disobedience, and wilful contempt of God’s Word. ...
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William Lyford on reprobation and the covenant of works
Reprobation is a preterition or passing by, or a purpose not to have mercy upon some of the lost Sons of Adam, but to leave them to perish in their sins: Our Reformed Divines do warily distinguish …
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