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Explication of the Decrees and Operations of God

by John Corbet · 1620–1680

Published: 1683
Length: 18,554 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 80

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A humble endeavour of some plain and brief explication of the decrees and operations of God, about the free actions of men, more especially of the operations of divine grace written by Mr. John Corbet ...

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London Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ... 1683.

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Preface
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Part 1PART I. Of the Decrees of God about the Actions of Men.
Subpart 11. What the Divine Decree of an Event doth import.
Subpart 22. The Divine Decree doth not infer the Necessitation of the Event.
Subpart 33. The Negation of the Decree doth not infer an impossibility of the Event.
Subpart 44. The indetermination of Mans Will doth not infer the Vncertainty of God's Decree.
Subpart 55. God decrees all the Good that comes to pass.

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Subpart 66. God doth not Will or Decree Sin.
Subpart 77. there is no need of holding that Sin is decreed of God.
Subpart 88. A Decree to permit Sin is not necessary.
Subpart 99. The Effect of Sin may be the Object of Gods Decree.
Subpart 1010. Of the Futurition of Sin from Eternity.
Subpart 1111. Of Gods Eternal Prescience of Sin.
Subpart 1212. In what Sense Benefits are absolutely decreed of God.
Subpart 1313. Punishments are not alike absolutely Decreed, yet in some sense absolutely.
Subpart 1414. Of the diversity and order of Gods Decrees.

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Free will and determinism

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Author: John Corbet (1620–1680)
Imprint: London Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ... 1683.
Extent: [6], 57 p.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing C6253 · ESTC R233166
Source: TCP A34535
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

15. Divers Decrees have diversly qualified Objects.

Subpart 1616. Of Absolute Election.

Subpart 1717. Of a general Conditional Decree of Salvation.

Subpart 1818. Of Non-Election.

Subpart 1919. The Non-Election of some, agreeable to the Wisdom, and consistent with the Goodness of God.

Subpart 2020. Of Positive Reprobation.

Subpart 2121. In what sense God is said to Will the Conversion and Salvation of all.

Part 2PART II. Of the Operations of God about the Actions of Men.

Subpart 11. God is the Cause of all Good.

Subpart 22. Of Gods Agency about Humane Actions, and the Natural Liberty of Mans Will.

Subpart 33. The Self-Determining Power of the Will is no Derogation from God.

Subpart 44. Of Gods Physical and Moral Operation upon Mans Will.

Subpart 55. Of Commmon Concurse and Gracious Operation.

Subpart 66. God doth not Operate to the uttermost.

Subpart 77. God may so operate as to leave the Effect in part to Mans Will.

Subpart 88. How God is a Total, and not a Partial Cause, and wherein a Sole Cause.

Subpart 99. Gods Agency is not determined or limited by the Creature.

Subpart 1010. How Gods Operation on man is never without Effect.

Subpart 1111. God in giving …e Power gives the Act, whensoever the Act follows.

Subpart 1212. Of Gods Agency about Sinful Acts.

Subpart 1313. Gods not Effecting the sinful Act, as morally specified, infers not the Creatures Independency.

Subpart 1414. Of the Consequences that follow Physical Predetermination to all Humane Acts.

Subpart 1515. Whether God doth Cause sin as it is a Punishment.

Subpart 1616. Sin doth not necessarily follow the permission of it.

Part 3PART III. Of the Operations of Divine Grace.

Subpart 11. What is signified by Divine Grace.

Subpart 22. The meaning of some Distictions of Grace, that are commonly used.

Subpart 33. Of Vniversal Grace.

Subpart 44. Every one hath a Stock of Divine Help to be improved.

Subpart 55. Of Grace sufficient to that Good which is not Effected by it.

Subpart 66. Some undeniable Instances of Grace sufficient.

Subpart 77. Of Grace sufficient to Conversion that doth not effect it.

Subpart 88. Whether the Holy Habit be effected before the first Act of turning to God.

Subpart 99. The actual Prevalence of sin doth not gainsay the Sufficiency of Grace.

Subpart 1010. Equal Grace is not given to all, whose condition towards God antecedently is equal.

Subpart 1111. Of unequal Proportions of Grace in respect of outward Means.

Subpart 1212. Of unequal Proportions of Grace, in respect of Divine Influx on the Soul.

Subpart 1313. A Stock of Grace is ordinarily given in unequal Proportions and arbitrarily.

Subpart 1414. Of the Notion of Effectual Grace.

Subpart 1515. Conversion is the Effect of Grace qua talis effectual.

Subpart 1616. The Position of this Effectual Grace is not repugnant to the Sufficient Grace before spoken of.

Subpart 1717. Grace Sufficient is not altogether in vain, where the Effect follows not.

Subpart 1818. Grace more than meerly Necessary is not needless.

Subpart 1919. In what manner of Operation Grace formally Effectual doth consist.

Subpart 2020. Of congruous Vocation.

Subpart 2121. Grace Effectual, and meerly Sufficient, are variously diversified.

Subpart 2222. Of Mens ordinary Preparedness for Grace Effectual.

Subpart 2323. How the Effect of Grace, left in part to undetermined Free-will, can be ascertained.

Subpart 2424. Mans Will doth not that which is more and greater than what Divine Grace doth, when the Effect is in…

Subpart 2525. The Help of Divine Grace is inferr'd from the Law of Grace.

Subpart 2626. The Duty of improving the Help of Grace, proves the Sufficiency thereof.

Subpart 2727. Of Gods Expostulation. Isa. 5. 4.

Subpart 2828. Of the different states of men in respect of Divine Help.

Subpart 2929. The most hopeful Way of receiving more Grace.

Subpart 3030. Incouragement to wait on Gods Grace in his Way.

Subpart 3131. Whether God hath promised Grace Effectual to those that use Grace received.

Subpart 3232. Equal help of Grace may have different Effects.

Subpart 3333. Whether any be Converted by such Help of Grace, as leaves some Vnconverted.

Subpart 3434. In mans Conversion and in all Good God is always Chief, yea all in all.

Subpart 3535. Of St. Paul's Question, Who made thee to differ from another?

Subpart 3636. Special and more abundant Grace may be ordinarily vouchsafed to the Elect, and wherein it lies.

Subpart 3727. In what respect there is always a specialty of Grace towards the Elect.

Subpart 3838. It becomes God to ascertain the Salvation of some, but not of all.

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