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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 5.6
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| As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as the righteous judge, for former sin does blind and harden;1 from them He not only withholds His grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in their understanding, and wrought upon their hearts;2 but sometimes also withdraws the gifts which they had,3 and exposes them to such objects as their corruption makes occasion of sin;4 and withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan,5 whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, under those means which God uses for the softening of others.6 |
[1]
Romans 1; 11:7–8
[2]
Deuteronomy 29:4
[3]
Matthew 13:12
[4]
Deuteronomy 2:30; 2 Kings 8:12–13
[5]
Psalm 81:11–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
[6]
Exodus 8:15, 32; Isaiah 6:9–10; 1 Peter 2:7–8
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God gives those whom he blinds over to their own lusts so that:
They will receive grace
They will receive enlightenment
They will receive gifts
They will harden themselves
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