A Treatise on the Divine Sovereignty Author:Robert Wilson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. AN EXPOSITION OF THE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE THAT ARE REFERRED TO BY THE LATE REV. JOHN BROWN, IN HIS DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, UNDER THE ARTIC... more »LE—REPROBATION. It willji in 'Lthe first place, be proper to state the different views which have been either held, or supposed to be held, concerning reprobation.— 1st, Reprobation is said to consist in a sovereign decree of God, which consigns to everlasting destruction certain persons of mankind, and appoints their sins as means to secure the accomplishment of that end. 2nd, Reprobation is said to consist in a sovereign decree of God, which consigns to everlasting destruction certain persons of mankind, on account of sin voluntarily committed by them. 3rd, Reprobation is said to consist in a judicial decree of God, which consigns to everlasting destruction all those who refuse to accept the salvation of the gospel. It will appear, on inspection, that the view held by our author coincides with the second above stated. He says, " Reprobation is an act of God, in which he, the absolutely independent, and infinitely sovereign, wise, powerful, righteous, and holy Jehovah, whose thoughts, judgments, and ways are unsearchable, intending to manifest the glory of his high sovereignty, almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, unbounded patience, and revenging justice, did, from all eternity, in his immutable purpose, according to his own mere good pleasure, pass by, and determine to leave certain persons of mankind, greater in number, but in themselves no worse than others, in the state of sin and misery, into which they would fall; not to know them with any distinguished regard,—not to love them with any particular good will,—not to pity them in order to their eternal salvation ; did not choose, predestinate, set apart, or ...« less