Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	love_v	parent_n	9,558	5	9.1054	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90680	Autokatakrisis, or, Self-condemnation, exemplified in Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Barlee, and Mr. Hickman. With occasional reflexions on Mr Calvin, Mr Beza, Mr Zuinglius, Mr Piscator, Mr Rivet, and Mr Rollock: but more especially on Doctor Twisse, and Master Hobbs; against whom, God's purity and his præscience ... with the sincere intention and the general extent of the death of Christ, are finally cleared and made good; and the adversaries absurdities ... are proved against them undeniably, out of their own hand-writings. With an additional advertisement of Mr Baxter's late book entituled The Groatian religion discovered, &c. By Thomas Pierce rector of Brington in Northampon-shire.	Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2164; Thomason E950_2; ESTC R210640	233,287	279

punishment of sin which is another means of Gods glory it praesupposeth sin by such a necessity of illation that God cannot be imagined to decree a mans punishment without regard to some offence which the nature of punishment doth imply which being the main thing that I objected to Mr. B. speaking of * See D. Phil. ch 1. p. 5 6. Post-destination to which he durst not re●●ly nor Mr. W. in his behalf I leave with the rest of this Section as a full Rejoynder to what he hath in his running Titles concerning Post-destination or Negative Reprobation since the body of his Book is filled with Tergiversations Sect. 2. There being nothing now left of any moment in Mr. W. Mr. M's forgery of objections in other mens names I will discover his other failings in the fewest words that I am able In his p. 43. he makes a syllogisme after an ugly manner in the third figure and tells his Reader it is mine nay he pretends to cite it from Philan. c. 4. p. 5. and calls it pitiful Sophistry yet his own heart and the world shall be my witnesses that there is no such thing in any part of any book which I have published much less there where he pretends it All my redress of such wrongs is to protest against them and to require reparations from the person offending and to direct my Readers to Philanth c. 4. p. 5. where they will see what it was which made the enemy to sly into such lewd dealings for his defence He and Mr. B. must either prove that Reprobation is no punishment or else confess their cause is ruined Sect. 3. In Mr. W's second part which is all against conditional and universal Redemption p. 53. Mr. W. of Christs death p. 53. I observe these things with a running eye 1. He denies that Christ died for all mankind Not onely in contradiction to Scripture and the Church of England but to Bishop * Sent. Daven p. 10 11. Davenant in particular and even to Dr. Twifs as Mr. Baxter shewes in his Praef. to his Disp p. 11 13 14. Next he saith that there is no conditional Election of all Who saith there is any election of all an election of persevering believers is not of all 3. Election and Redemption are not commensurate as he affirms Redemption is not the fruit of Election witness the poverty of his proofs p. 54. His first is nothing to Redemption no nor the second But on the contrary Electing in Christ praesupposeth Redemption in Gods eternal foresight and our being considered as believers in Christ No nor the third for Redemption according to rich grace Eph. 1.7 is not of a few to the more it is extended the richer ' t is His fourth from Joh. 3.16 is yet more grosly against himself God so loved the world as to give his Son for the world not the smallest part of it Had that been the meaning Saint John had said God so hated the world that he denyed his Son to the far greater part of it that not believing in him they might perish c. Mr. W's proofs p. 55. from the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so are most ridiculous of all for so is expressive of the degree of the love not exclusive of it or of any man from it but inclusive of all c. It seems the Presbyterian love must be inclosed or good for nothing whereas sincere love the more extensive it is it is ever the greater not the more restrained What would he think if one should say he is so loving a Neighbour that he hardly loves one in twenty a man so kind that he hates more then he loves Redeeming love tends to eternal life even to them that never come thither and this is sure the greatest love as being extended also to enemies whereas the other is onely to supposed friends But indeed betwixt infinites there is no comparison The comparison made Joh. 15.13 is of finite mens loves and yet even there the greatest is that of laying down a life Does Mr. W. think there are two greatest 2. His Answers to that Objection p. 55. The world is here the object of this love therefore it cannot be meant of an electing love are strangely gross For 1 special love with him is nothing else but electing love nor is there need in that notion to say that all are the objects of it It is but his begging of the Question to confound Electing with Redeeming love Gods hating Esau is comparatively meant and is but loving him less then his brother Jacob in which sense we are obliged to * Luk. 14.26 hate our Parents our Wives and Children Even † Luth. in Gen. 33. Luther and * Mollerus in Mal. cap. 1. Mollerus did not doubt of Esau's et eternal bliss Nor durst Oecolampadius to account him a Reprobate because he knew those words Rom. 9. were onely spoken by a † Oecolam Edit Crisp 1158. Gen. figure 2. He confessed the world doth either signifie in Scripture the whole universe of men or the greatest part which is the worst p. 55 56. and this most usually he grants But he ask why may it not also signifie the fewest and the best too as if he knew not the Rule Analogum per se positum stat pro famosiori He saith a heap that hath more chaff then wheat in it is usually called a heap of wheat p. 56. By deceitful Jobbers no doubt it may be who cheat the Buyer But would Mr. W. buy his Corn so or think the man honest who should so sell a bag of Corrans where 29. parts of 30. are very trash Joh. 6.33 there is bread spoken of giving life to the world that is to say to all that eat it And Rom. 11.15 the world is all except the Jewes therefore by far the greater part Then 2 Cor. 5.19 Reconciling the world is meant of the whole world but conditionally The other Texts 2 Pet. 2.5 1 Joh. 5.19 which speak of the world and the whole world are clearly meant of the greatest part not of the least So all flesh Joel 2.28 is meant of all Nations all the earth as well the Gentiles as the Jewes Mundus Redemptionis in Austin is not mundus simply but restrained to those that are finally saved which is not the notion of Redemption of which we are speaking from Joh. 3.16 where God so loved the world without restraint that quicunque vellet credere whosoever would believe might have life everlasting 3. His Answer to that Objection p. 56. The world is distributed into believers and unbelievers c. is very woful For 1. Is not the word Believing a restraint of the World If so then there are some who are not believing and then there is a distribution which Mr. W. denies 2. If those who are uncalled our Saviour calls by the name of the world then the world signifies not onely the Elect for Mr. W. cannot say