{"id":"5.6","chapter":5,"number":6,"text":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous judge, for former sins does blind and harden, from them he not only withholds his grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts; but, sometimes also withdraws the gifts which they had, and exposes them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin; and withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan: whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means, which God uses for the softening of others.","segments":[{"text":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous judge, for former sins does blind and harden,","proofs":["Romans 1:24","Romans 1:26","Romans 1:28","Romans 11:7–8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:24","osis":["Rom.1.24"]},{"printed":"Romans 1:26","osis":["Rom.1.26"]},{"printed":"Romans 1:28","osis":["Rom.1.28"]},{"printed":"Romans 11:7–8","osis":["Rom.11.7-Rom.11.8"]}],"note":null},{"text":"from them he not only withholds his grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts;","proofs":["Deuteronomy 29:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 29:4","osis":["Deut.29.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"but, sometimes also withdraws the gifts which they had,","proofs":["Matthew 13:12","Matthew 25:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 13:12","osis":["Matt.13.12"]},{"printed":"Matthew 25:29","osis":["Matt.25.29"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and exposes them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin;","proofs":["Deuteronomy 2:30","2 Kings 8:12–13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 2:30","osis":["Deut.2.30"]},{"printed":"2 Kings 8:12–13","osis":["2Kgs.8.12-2Kgs.8.13"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan:","proofs":["Psalm 81:11–12","2 Thessalonians 2:10–12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 81:11–12","osis":["Ps.81.11-Ps.81.12"]},{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:10–12","osis":["2Thess.2.10-2Thess.2.12"]}],"note":null},{"text":"whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means, which God uses for the softening of others.","proofs":["Exodus 7:3","Exodus 8:15","Exodus 8:32","2 Corinthians 2:15–16","Isaiah 8:14","1 Peter 2:7–8","Isaiah 6:9–10","Acts 28:26–27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 7:3","osis":["Exod.7.3"]},{"printed":"Exodus 8:15","osis":["Exod.8.15"]},{"printed":"Exodus 8:32","osis":["Exod.8.32"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 2:15–16","osis":["2Cor.2.15-2Cor.2.16"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 8:14","osis":["Isa.8.14"]},{"printed":"1 Peter 2:7–8","osis":["1Pet.2.7-1Pet.2.8"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 6:9–10","osis":["Isa.6.9-Isa.6.10"]},{"printed":"Acts 28:26–27","osis":["Acts.28.26-Acts.28.27"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1689-modernized":["5.6"],"savoy1658-modernized":["5.6"],"wcf1646":["5.6"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689-modernized","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"s","position":6},{"text":"s","position":11},{"text":"s","position":25}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}