{"id":"5.6","chapter":5,"number":6,"text":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous judge, for former sinnes doth blinde and harden, from them he not onely withholdeth his grace, whereby they might have been inlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts; but, sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had, and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin; and withall, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan: whereby it comes to passe that they harden themselves, even under those meanes, which God useth for the softning of others.","segments":[{"text":"As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous judge, for former sinnes doth blinde 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 onely withholdeth his grace, whereby they might have been inlightened 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 withdraweth 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 exposeth 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 withall, 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 passe that they harden themselves, even under those meanes, which God useth for the softning 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":{"lbcf1677":["5.6"],"lbcf1689":["5.6"],"savoy1658":["5.6"],"wcf1646-modernized":["5.6"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"sinnes","position":null},{"text":"s","position":9},{"text":"s","position":21}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"sinnes","position":null},{"text":"s","position":9},{"text":"s","position":21}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}