Excerpt from Six Discourses: Concerning I. Election and Reprobation; II. Extent of Christ's Redemption; III; The Grace of God; IV. Liberty of the Will; V. Defectibility of the Saints; Vi; Answer to Three Objections Thejridgment of all antiquity for that freedom of the will we contend for is evinced from thefe confiderations ill. That they place the freedom of the will from neceflity among the doeirines delivered to the church by the preaching of the apollles, and by ecclefialli'cal tradition, seelion i. Redly From what St. Air/2m lays down in confutation of the Marat/mes, \12. (ill) That no man s blameworthy for doing that evil which he was not able to refifl. Sadly, That no fouls ofl'end in no: being fuch as they cannot be. Sadly. That no man is worthy of difpraife or pi'inilhment for not (lorrig that which he cannot do. 4thly. That no man is guilty for not bavmg that which he hath -not received. 5thly. That this is the true definition of fin, that it is the Will to do that from which we have the liberty to abfhin. 6thly. That it is folly to command him who hath not the power to obey. 7rhly. That it is not the duty of him to repent who cannot do good. 8tlilv. That the de trial of thisliheity is contrary to fcripture and dellroys the equity of divine judgments in all which things he hath the general fuffrage of the Greek and Latin fathers, Section 9. The argu. Ments by which the fathers do confute the doctrine of Ongen are as flrong againft this opinion Refiion 3. The replies which Art/1m makes to form of his own arguments are infurficient, Ste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.