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Comparative Views of the Controversy Between the Calvinists and the Arminians
Comparative Views of the Controversy Between the Calvinists and the Arminians Author:William White General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1817 Original Publisher: Published by M. Thomas, 52, Chestnut-street. From the press of E. Bronson. Subjects: Salvation Calvinism Arminianism Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Episcopalian Religion / Christian Theology / Soteriology Re... more »ligion / Christianity / Calvinist Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 5 OF PERSEVERACE. Opposition of the parties -- Sense of Chapter 8, Verse 38, 39 -- And of Chapter 11, Verse 29. THE impossibility of falling finally from grace, is what the Calvinists affirm and the Arminians deny. The object here is to prove, that the epistle has nothing to the purpose of either of the parties. In favour of the doctrine, there are not recollected more than two passages adduced. The first of them, are the last two verses of the 8th chapter -- "For I am per- suaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Chnst Jesus our Lord." Be it confessed, that none of them can separate, in the important matter mentioned: But may not a man be so separated by his voluntary apostasy? That he may not, does by no means follow. It is analogous to a case easily supposed; that of a man, whose right to civil citizenship should be called in question. We may conceive of ourselves as advocating it, on the ground of constitution and law. In so doing, we might properly advert to all the machinations of his opponents; and then affirm, in the warmth of our attachment to his cause, that neither this man, nor another -- and so on, mentionin...« less