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“The providence of God is subordinate to creation; and it is, therefore, necessary that it should not impinge against creation, which it would do, were it to inhibit or hinder the use of free will in man. . .”

Book:The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of Divinity in the University of Leyden

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The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of Divinity in the University of Leyden

This volume includes Arminius' seminal works on various theological topics, showcasing his contributions to the development of Arminianism, a theological movement that emphasizes the freedom of the human will in salvation. more

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Jacobus Arminius

Jacobus Arminius, born on October 10, 1560, and died on October 19, 1609, was a prominent Dutch theologian and philosopher who had a profound impact on the Christian Reformation movement. more

“God decreed to save and damn certain particular persons. This decree has its foundation in the foreknowledge of God, by which he knew from all eternity those individuals who would, through his preventing [going before] grace, believe, and, through his subsequent grace would persevere by which foreknowledge, he likewise knew those who would not believe and persevere.”

Believe Persons God Certain Individual Religious Knowing Grace Particular Eternity Foundation Damn Theologian Persevere Foresight Preventing Decree Foreseeing

Author:Jacobus Arminius

“In this state [man's fallen condition], the Free Will of man toward the True God is not only wounded, maimed, infirm, bent, and weakened; but it is also imprisoned, destroyed and lost. And its powers are not only debilitated and useless unless they be assisted by grace, but it has no powers whatever except such as are excited by Divine grace.”

Men States Lost Grace Conditions Divine Excited Destroyed Useless Fallen Free Will Wounded Bent Divine Grace True God

Author:Jacobus Arminius

“For we love not God first, to compel him to love again; but he loved us first, and gave his Son for us, that we might see love and love again, saith St John in his first epistle.”

Firsts Might Son And Love Love Again God First

Book:The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

Source: The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ

“We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's.” To which Tyndale passionately responded: “I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!”

Ifs Knows Years Law Causes Boys Scripture Spares Pope Without God

Author:William Tyndale

“The morality of clean blood ought to be one of the first lessons taught us by our pastors and teachers. The physical is the substratum of the spiritual; and this fact ought to give to the food we eat, and the air we breathe, a transcendent significance.”