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Predominantly focused in Reformed thought on providence, free will, election/reprobation, grace, the extent of the atonement and the well-meant offer.
If youβre interested in a deeper exposition of the views taught in the Canons of Dort, by British delegates from the Synod of Dort, download this PDF below β¬οΈ It is a must read for both Calvinists and non-Calvinists. dropbox.com/scl/fi/gxtt6frβ¦
T or F? The elect can by enormous sins, very highly offend God, incur a deadly guilt, grieve the Holy Spirit, interrupt the exercise of faith, very grievously wound their consciences, and sometimes lose the sense of God's favor, for a time, until they return to God in repentance
βWherefore, the wicked cannot excuse their sins, in respect of this use of God: for they have the cause of those sins in themselves. And even as Godβs good use of these things excuseth not sinners, so on the other part, the naughtiness of sinners doth not contaminate the good useβ¦
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βWhile men break the silken net of God's command, they are taken in the iron net of his decree; while they sit backward to God's precepts, they row forward to his decree; his decree to permit their sin, and to punish them for their sin permitted.β βThomas Watson A Body ofβ¦
βIn conclusion, when the βFive Points of Calvinismβ are popularly formulated in the acronym TULIP, the result is an unnuanced oversimplification and distortion that does not well represent Calvin or the CD [Canons of Dort].β βDonald Sinnema The Synod of Dordt (1618β1619) and theβ¦
βThe Dangerous Roadβ
Yes, well, many of us are not, in fact, surprised, at all. I just wish the folks who mocked and ridiculed me for pointing out the dangers down that road would now wake up and go, "Hmm, maybe there is something to this?"
William Cunningham says that he does βnot believe that there exists a better or more satisfactory vindication of the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination, in both its branches of election and reprobation, thanβ¦β John Davenantβs work on Predestination and Reprobation.
Anglicanism is Popery in a mask.
Anglicanism is Popery in a mask.
βThe final version of Chapter II of the Canons accepted the received distinction between the sufficiency of Christβs death for all and the efficacy of His death only for the elect. But this chapter is also clothed with universal language and emphases, reflecting the influence ofβ¦
βClear statements of nonspeculative hypothetical universalism can be found (as Davenant recognized) in Heinrich Bullingerβs Decades and commentary on the Apocalypse, in Wolfgang Musculusβ Loci communes, in Ursinusβ catechetical lectures, and in Zanchiβs Tractatus deβ¦
βThe Synod of Dort expressed the doctrine of predestination in an infralapsarian wayβ¦The synod did not reject the supralapsarian view, but preferred the infralapsarian view as more certain and more in agreement with the Word of God.β βSynopsis of a Purer Theology
βWhereas Calvin held, as most modern Calvinists do, and as we think, the apostles, and the Lord himself did; that there is no impossibility, except that which arises, from the unwillingness of men to accept of the humbling and holy salvation of Christ, through the pride,β¦
βHe decreed to permit sin, and on account of it justly to condemn, for this end, so that in it the majesty of his justice would be made manifestβ¦β βPetrus Van Mastricht Theorhetical Practical Theology Vol. 3:2
Biblicists be like:
"Nicene Creed?" Chapter and verse, please. I don't see that anywhere in the Holy Writ.
βSo although sin necessarily follows the decree, it cannot be said to flow from the decree. The decree does not flow into the thing, nor is it effective of evil, but only permissive and directive.Β β βFrancis Turretin Institutes of Elenctic Theology 1.4.4
βSome [angels] he decreed to keep from falling and to confirm in good; others he decreed to permit to fall and to condemn them on account of sinβ βFrancis Turretin Institutes of Elenctic Theology 1.4.8
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βWe conclude, therefore, that sin had its origin, not in God, who forbids what is evil, but in the devil, and the free choice of man, which was corrupted through the falsehood of Satan. Hence, the devil, and the perverted will of man following him, are to be regarded as the trueβ¦
βThe evils of guilt as far as they are such, that is, sins, have not the nature of that which is good. Hence God does not will them, neither does he tempt men to perform them, nor does he effect them or contribute thereto; but he permits devils and men to do them, or does notβ¦
Wherever the gospel is preached, the Holy Spirit is at work, mollifying the hearts of men, preparing sinners to receive Christ. Do not harden your hearts.
βNor should anyone think that this love of Godβand the giving of the Son that proceeds from itβdoes not pertain to him, since in general it is destined for all. For there is no mortal human being who is not a part of this world, apportioned by God: therefore, there is no one toβ¦
