The problem is, we have two sets of statements from Turretin.
One the one hand he says, the revealed contains no volition or unfulfilled desire. On the other he says that God desires compliance to his commands by will revealed.
What Mr Mann is basically doing is the same thing we see from many hypercalvinists [...]

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I want to come back to this and close out my interest in this form of Owen’s trilemma.
Recall that I tackled Owen’s trilemma:
The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for, either:

All the sins of all men.
All the sins of some men, or
Some of the sins of all men.

Now [...]

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Flynn on July 20th, 2007

The following are snippets from Robert Letham’s, “Amandus Polanus: A Neglected Theologian?” Sixteenth Century Journal 21 (1990): 463-476. his is a very good article.
I should warn you, this will read rather disconnectedly. Some of the blocks are not contiguous. And I have not included some of the preamble and explanatory thoughts Letham introduces. Be [...]

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