Hades
; and an ascension from the one through and with a condescension from the other; that is, redemption by prevenient and then auxiliary grace.
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p. 171. B.
So says St. Augustine, Audeo dicere, though it be boldly said, yet I must say it, utile esse cadere in aliquod manifestum peccatum, &c.
No doubt, a sound sense may be forced into these words: but why use words, into which a sound sense must be forced? Besides, the subject is too deep and too subtle for a sermon. In the two following paragraphs, especially, Dr. Donne is too deep, and not deep enough. He treads waters, and dangerous waters. N.B. The Familists.
Serm. XVIII. Acts, ii. 36. p. 175.
Ib.
B.
I would paraphrase, or rather lead the way to this text, something as follows: