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Part 1: The Contents
In the year 1735, the First Part of this work was published, in which are considered the several passages of Scripture made use of by Dr. Whitby and others in favour of the Universal Scheme, and against the Calvinistical Scheme, in which their arguments and objections are answered, and the several passages set in a just and proper light. These, and what are contained in the following part in favour of the Particular Scheme, are extracted from Sermons delivered in a Wednesday evening's lecture. Examination of 1. Genesis 4:7 2. Genesis 6:3 3. Deuteronomy 5:29 4. Deuteronomy 8:2 5. Deuteronomy 30:19 6. Deuteronomy 32:29 7. Psalm 81:13,14 8. Psalm 125:3 9. Psalm 145:9 10. Proverbs 1:22-30 11. Isaiah 1:16-17 12. Isaiah 1:18-20 13. Isaiah 5:4…
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The Preface
The Cause of God and TruthIn Four PartsWith a Vindication of Part IVFrom the Cavils, Calumnies and Defamations of Mr. Henry Heywood, &c.By John Gill, D.D.London, 1838 It should be known by the reader, that the following work was undertaken and begun about the year 1733 or 1734, at which time Dr. Whitby’s Discourse on the Five Points was reprinting, judged to be a masterpiece on the subject in the English tongue, and accounted an unanswerable one; and it was almost in the mouth of every one, as an objection to the Calvinists. Why do not ye answer Dr. Whitby? Induced hereby, I determined to give it another reading, and found myself inclined to answer it, and thought this was a very proper and seasonable…