As I noted on the last thread which seems to be a bust, I have one or two other Rutherford references in one of his sermons I would like to track down.
This one may be easier as I think I know what haystacks to look in but I haven't been able to find them in either the Church Fathers or Migne (and appears the Migne vol. 40 of Augustine is not on Google yet).
This one may be easier as I think I know what haystacks to look in but I haven't been able to find them in either the Church Fathers or Migne (and appears the Migne vol. 40 of Augustine is not on Google yet).
The use of this shall answer two questions. 1. Why does God suffer sin to be, and so much sin in England and Ireland? 2. Why does he suffer his people in covenant with him, to be a land of blood?
1. The former question is a general [one]. A wicked Marcion asks, why the Lord, who foresaw the event, did suffer Eve and the devil to confer; and if he was able, why did he not hinder sin to be, except he had been either envious, and would not, or weak, and could not hinder the enter[ance] of sin in[to] the world? Tertullian answers, because the Lord is free in his gifts. Augustine answers, Epistle. 59, ad Paulinum, Quia voluit, because it was his will. Prosper and Hilarius both with Augustine, say, the cause may be unknown; it cannot be unjust.
I am assuming the Tertullian is probably a reference to Book II, maybe chapter sixish? (would be nice to get precise), of The Five Books Against Marcion. (ANCF, vol 3), and the Augustine, De cura pro mortuis gerenda, ad Paulinum Nolanum, but have a little doubt still as I cannot access volume 40 of Migne's Latina Patrologiae on Google Books. Another cite has some excerts but I don't think it is the full thing as it only guess to paragraph 21 or something (Epistle 21? not sure of the referencing here either). I don't think it is a reference to a letter (Epistles) but it may be. I don't have a start yet on Prosper or Hilarius. Again, any help or leads are greatly appreciated.1. The former question is a general [one]. A wicked Marcion asks, why the Lord, who foresaw the event, did suffer Eve and the devil to confer; and if he was able, why did he not hinder sin to be, except he had been either envious, and would not, or weak, and could not hinder the enter[ance] of sin in[to] the world? Tertullian answers, because the Lord is free in his gifts. Augustine answers, Epistle. 59, ad Paulinum, Quia voluit, because it was his will. Prosper and Hilarius both with Augustine, say, the cause may be unknown; it cannot be unjust.