Two Dissertations · §355 · John Davenant

Cap. IV Arg. 1 Sol close: Minor true — inference that this is whole predestination weakest

On the Minor, founded in certain express Scripture places, one thing suffices: what they assume is most true — God has opened in the Gospel his will to save all who will persevere in faith and to damn unbelievers. What they infer from it is weakest: that in this decree of the divine will men's predestination is placed — nay, the whole and entire decree of our predestination. When we come to our own arguments, we will dispel this Arminian dream.

Latin

De Minore, quae fundatur in expressis quibusdam Scripturae locis, sufficiat hoc unum dixisse, Verissimum esse quod assumitur, Deum patefecisse in Evangelio hanc suam voluntatem servandi illos omnes qui in fide perseverabunt, et damnandi incredulos; sed infirmissimum esse quod inde inferre volunt, In hoc decreto voluntatis Divinae positam esse praedestinationem hominum, imo totum et integrum decretum praedestinationis nostrae. Verum cum ad nostra argumenta ventum fuerit, hoc insomnia Arminianum dispellemus.

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