Quotes on Ezekiel 18:23, 32 and 33:11
This pamphlet by H.C. Hoeksema presents historical Reformed perspectives on Ezekiel 18:23, 32 and 33:11, featuring interpretations from Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Calvin that reconcile God's revealed will (that He does not desire the sinner's death) with His sovereign decree of election and reprobation. The resource demonstrates how classical Reformed theologians distinguished between God's signified will and His will of good pleasure to address apparent tensions in Scripture regarding repentance and divine sovereignty.
Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562): “Therefore, by this will, which we call the signified will, he does not will the sinner’s death. Rather he provokes them to repentance [Eze. 33:11]. As to the other will, which they call the will of his good pleasure (beneplacitus), if by it he wills that no one perish, then surely no one would perish. As Augustine says, there is no will so perverse that if he wishes to, God cannot make it good. According to this will he has done all things he wished. This is...