Works of Samuel Hopkins ... V.1
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20. Rom. ix. IS. See also West's " Essay on Moral Agency," pp. 241, 246.
When the apostle Paul says, " And whom he will he hardeneth," he refers to the words of God, when he repeatedly says to Moses, that he would, and actually did harden the heart of Pharaoh ; and he does not attempt to soften or alter the expression in the least, when he applies it to all who are hardened.
132 THE DECREES OF GOD.
contrary to his will, he having done all he could to prevent the existence of it, but M^as not ab...le, and is, therefore, not the infinitely happy, uncontrollable, supreme Governor of the world, but is dependent, disappointed, and miserable ! No one, surely, will adopt the latter ; how, then, can he avoid ad- mitting the former?
3. If the Scriptures which have been mentioned, where hardening the hearts of men, blinding and shutting their eyes, and inclining and turning their hearts, when they practise moral evil, etc. ; if these Scriptures are to be understood, as mean- ing no more than that God orders their situation and external circumstances to be such, that, considering their disposition, and the evil bias of their minds, they will without any other influence be blinded and hardened, etc., then all those Scrip- tures which speak of God's changing and softening the heart, taking away the hard heart, and giving a heart of flesh, open- ing the eyes of men, and turning them from darkness to light, and from sin to holiness, working in them to will and to do, and causing them to walk in his ways, etc., may and must be understood in the same way, as not intending any special divine influence on the mind, as the origin and cause of vir- tuous, obedient, holy volitions, but only his using means with them in an external way, putting them under advantages, and setting motives before them ; so that if they be well disposed, or will dispose themselves to obedience, they may be holy, etc.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
20. Rom. ix. IS. See also West's " Essay on Moral Agency," pp. 241, 246.
When the apostle Paul says, " And whom he will he hardeneth," he refers to the words of God, when he repeatedly says to Moses, that he would, and actually did harden the heart of Pharaoh ; and he does not attempt to soften or alter the expression in the least, when he applies it to all who are hardened.
132 THE DECREES OF GOD.
contrary to his will, he having done all he could to prevent the existence of it, but M^as not ab...le, and is, therefore, not the infinitely happy, uncontrollable, supreme Governor of the world, but is dependent, disappointed, and miserable ! No one, surely, will adopt the latter ; how, then, can he avoid ad- mitting the former?
3. If the Scriptures which have been mentioned, where hardening the hearts of men, blinding and shutting their eyes, and inclining and turning their hearts, when they practise moral evil, etc. ; if these Scriptures are to be understood, as mean- ing no more than that God orders their situation and external circumstances to be such, that, considering their disposition, and the evil bias of their minds, they will without any other influence be blinded and hardened, etc., then all those Scrip- tures which speak of God's changing and softening the heart, taking away the hard heart, and giving a heart of flesh, open- ing the eyes of men, and turning them from darkness to light, and from sin to holiness, working in them to will and to do, and causing them to walk in his ways, etc., may and must be understood in the same way, as not intending any special divine influence on the mind, as the origin and cause of vir- tuous, obedient, holy volitions, but only his using means with them in an external way, putting them under advantages, and setting motives before them ; so that if they be well disposed, or will dispose themselves to obedience, they may be holy, etc.
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