unfrustrably

God doth not make use of the said exhortations to influence or affect the wills of the saints upon any such terms as thereby to make them infallibly, unfrustrably, necessitatingly, willing to persevere, or to do the things upon which perseverance dependeth.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

That this is one of the principles of the common doctrine of perseverance, ‘God hath absolutely promised final perseverance unto the saints;’ and this another, ‘God will certainly, unfrustrably, and infallibly work this perseverance in the saints.’

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

If by “unfrustrably,” also, you intend only that he will so work it as that his counsel and purpose shall not in the end be frustrated or disappointed, we grant that also, for he hath said

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

Who ever said that “God by exhortations doth influence the wills of men upon such terms as to make them unfrustrably and necessitatingly willing to persevere?”

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

Those cloudy expressions of “Irresistibly and unfrustrably” we own no farther than as they denote the certainty of the event, and not the manner of the Spirit’s operation; which also they do very unhandsomely.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966