“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
1 Jn. 4:8
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Subsections
God’s Common Love
Calvin: God’s Love for All Mankind
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Order of Contents
Articles
Book 1
Latin
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Articles
1500’s
Musculus, Wolfgang – Common Places of the Christian Religion (1560; London, 1563)
Lovingness of God towards Man 402.b
Whether that love do agree unto God 402.b
Which be the kinds of God’s love 403.b
The first sort of God’s love 403.b
The second sort of God’s love 404.a
The third sort of God’s love 404.a
The fourth kind of God’s love 405.a
The fifth kind of God’s love 405.b
Of that which the schoolmen do say, that man knows not whether he be worthy of love or of hate 406.a
Of the causes of this doubt 408.b
Of the false persuasion of the love and grace of God which agrees not to the faithful of Christ 411.a
Beza, Theodore & Anthony Faius – ch. 9, ‘On the Goodness, Favor, Love & Mercy of God’ of Propositions & Principles of Divinity… (1591), pp. 16-17
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1600’s
Baron, Robert – Theological Disputation on the True Distinction between Mortal & Venial Sin… tr. by AI by Onku (1633; Amsterdam, 1649), pt. 1, pp. 5-7 Latin
sect. 5, ‘On the first effect of mortal sin, that is, on the exclusion of the sinner from the favor of God, and on the twofold distinction of divine love [into beneficence and complacence] 17
sect. 6, ‘That God can love those whom He previously hated, and hate those whom He previously loved, without any physical or moral change of his will, is explained in passing’ 20-22
Baron (1596–1639) was a Scottish minister, theologian and one of the Aberdeen doctors.
Leigh, Edward – 8. ‘Of God’s Affections, his Love, Hatred’ in A System or Body of Divinity… (London, A.M., 1654), bk. 2, pp. 167-70
Turretin, Francis – 20. ‘How does the goodness, love, grace and mercy of God differ from each other?’ in Institutes of Elenctic Theology, tr. George M. Giger, ed. James Dennison Jr. (1679–1685; P&R, 1992), vol. 1, 3rd Topic, pp. 241-44
van Mastricht, Peter – ch. 17. ‘The Love, Grace, Mercy, Longsuffering & Clemency of God’ in Theoretical-Practical Theology ed. Joel Beeke, tr: Todd Rester (RHB, 2018), vol. 2, Faith in the Triune God, pt. 1, bk. 2, pp. 345-83
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1700’s
Beveridge, William – sermon 2, ‘The Love of God in Man’s Salvation’ on Jn. 3:16 in The Being, Love, and Other Attributes of God; as Our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier: Illustrated in Twelve Sermons (London, 1716), pp. 31-62
Beveridge (1637-1708) was a reformed Anglican.
De Moor, Bernard – 41. ‘God’s Love of Benevolence & Complacency’ in Continuous Commentary, ch. 4
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2000’s
Myers, Andrew – ‘The Three-fold Love of God’ (2011) 29 paragraphs, being a collection of 9 quotes from historic reformed writers
God has a three fold love: (1) for all his creatures, (2) for all people, and (3) a special love only for his elect. 9 historic reformed writers are quoted to this effect: Turretin, Leigh, Collinges, a Brakel, Jenkyn, Ussher, Gill, Hodge and Berkhof.
Feser, Edward – ‘Love’ in ‘The Divine Attributes’ in Five Proofs of the Existence of God (Ignatius Press, 2017)
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Book
2000’s
Bray, Gerald – God is Love: a Biblical & Systematic Theology Buy Pre (2012) 768 pp. ToC
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Latin Articles
1500’s
Zanchi, Jerome – 3. ‘Of the Love of God’ in Of the Nature of God, or of the Divine Attributes (Heidelberg, 1577), bk. 4, pp. 439-53
Zanchi (1516-1590) was an Italian, protestant Reformation clergyman and educator who influenced the development of Reformed theology during the years following John Calvin’s death.
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1600’s
Voet, Gisbert – (9) The Love of God in Syllabus of Theological Problems (Utrecht, 1643), pt. 1, section 1, tract 2, I. ‘Of God’, 4. Attributes of God in Specific, 2nd Kind Abbr.
Maresius, Samuel – 30. ‘Of the Love, Grace & Mercy of God, & of their Contraries, of Hate & Wrath’ in bk. 1, ‘Of God & his Attributes’ in The Hydra of Socinianism Expunged (Groningen, 1651), vol. 1, pp. 545-78
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