Calvin in the Light of the Three Points (2)

This is the first quotation of The Institutes, by which Synod attempted to assert that it would add strength to the argumentation as contained in Point I. Fact is, that in this quotation nothing can be ascer­tained as to any favor or grace manifested to His creatures in general. No deduction can possibly be attained from it, which in the least intimates or con­veys such a doctrine. The very opposite is implied. The argument of the quotation is that God uses the reprobates as agencies to...