The Will of God

~The Will of God~

Alleine, Richard (1611–1681) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Richard Alleine on the Lord’s Wish for the Salvation of the Lost

Ambrose, Isaac (1604–1664) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Isaac Ambrose on Christ’s Affectionate Invitations

Anyan, Thomas (c.1580–1632) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A Writings: N/A

• Thomas Anyan on the Will of God and Reprobation

Appleton, Nathaniel (1693–1784) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Chamberlain Writings: N/A

• Nathaniel Appleton on God’s Preceptive Will and His Willingness to Save All Men
• Nathaniel Appleton on the Will of God and the Death of Christ 

Arrowsmith, John (1602–1659) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• John Arrowsmith on 2 Peter 3:9 and Romans 2:4

Ashwood, Bartholomew (1622–1680) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Bartholomew Ashwood on the Lord’s Good-Will for Sinners

Atkinson, Benjamin Andrews (c.1680–1765) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A

• Benjamin Andrews Atkinson on God’s Good-Will for All Men

Attersoll, William (†1640) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• William Attersoll on God’s Desire for the Conversion and Repentance of Men

Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Augustine on God’s Wish and Will
• Augustine on God’s Will

Ball, Nathanael (1623–1689) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB

• Nathanael Ball on Christ’s Absolute and Conditional Will to Save
• Nathanael Ball Referencing 2 Peter 3:9
• Nathanael Ball on the Three Great Suitors Seeking Us 
• Remaining Quotes that Highlight the Revealed Will of God in Nathanael Ball’s Spiritual Bondage and Freedom

Baron, Robert (c.1596–1639) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB (2) Writings: PRDL

• A. C. Denlinger on Robert Baron and God’s Universal Saving Will

Baxter, Richard (1615–1691) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Richard Baxter’s Notes on 1 Timothy 2:5–6

Bucer, Martin (1491–1551) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Martin Bucer on Romans 2:4

Bunyan, John (1628–1688) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• John Bunyan on God’s Grace, Goodness, Offers and Saving Will
• John Bunyan’s Evangelistic Appeal in His Preface to The Jerusalem Sinner Saved

Bullinger, Heinrich (1504–1575) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Cornelis P. Venema on Heinrich Bullinger and God’s Will
• Heinrich Bullinger on Romans 2:4 and God’s Wish

†Burgess, Anthony (†1664) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Anthony Burgess on Ezekiel 33:11
• Anthony Burgess on God’s Will for Adam’s Obedience

Burgess, Daniel (1645–1713) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Daniel Burgess on God Begging
• Daniel Burgess on God’s Will of Complacency

Calvin, John (1509–1564) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• John Calvin on Lamentations 3:33 
• John Calvin on What God Wishes and Approves 
• John Calvin on John 5:34 and God’s Saving Will
• John Calvin on John 12:48 and Jesus’s Ardent Desire
• John Calvin on Luke 23:34
• John Calvin on John 12:47
• John Calvin on Hosea 11:4

Carey, William (1761–1834) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• William Carey Appealing to Sinners

Carroll, Benjamin Harvey (1843–1914) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• B. H. Carroll on 1 Tim. 2:4
• B. H. Carroll on Motives and Encouragements to Repentance; With Reference to 2 Peter 3:9
• B. H. Carroll’s Sermon on Ezekiel 33:11

Cartwright, Thomas (c.1535–1603) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Cartwright on God’s Earnest Desire

†Caryl, Joseph (1602–1673) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Joseph Caryl on the Distinction Between God’s General Willingness and His Effectual Power

Charnock, Stephen (1628–1680) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Stephen Charnock: A Striving Patience

Collinges, John (1623–1690) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Collinges on God’s Willingness to Save Sinners

Corbet, John (1620–1680) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Corbet on God’s Will and Grace
• John Corbet on God’s Will and the Salvation of All Men

Cotton, John (1584–1652) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• John Cotton Explains God’s Sincere, Earnest Will and Desire for the Salvation of the World

Crawford, Thomas J. (1812–1875) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB (2) Writings: N/A

• Thomas Jackson Crawford on the Distinction Between God’s Desires and Purposes

Culverwell, Ezekiel (c.1554–1631) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Bremer Writings: PRDL

• Ezekiel Culverwell on God’s Revealed Will in 2 Pet. 3:8; Ezek. 18:23, 32; Matt. 23:37; and 2 Cor. 5:20
• More from Ezekiel Culverwell on Ezek. 33:11 and 2 Pet. 3:9

Cunningham, William (1805–1861) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB

• William Cunningham on God’s Preceptive Will and the Offers of the Gospel

Dabney, Robert Lewis (1820–1898) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• R. L. Dabney and Other Theologians on Volitional Complexity in God
• R. L. Dabney on God’s Indiscriminate Proposals of Mercy

Dagg, John Leadley (1794–1884) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• J. L. Dagg on God’s Will of Precept

Darton, Nicholas (1603–c.1649) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB, Brook

• Nicholas Darton on God’s Desire for Sinners to Return

Davenant, John (1572–1641) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Davenant on God's Unfeigned Will and Calling

Denison, Stephen (†1649) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A Writings: PRDL

• Stephen Denison on Christ’s Willingness to Save

Doddridge, Philip (1702–1751) Citations(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Philip Doddridge on 1 Timothy 2:4

Durham, James (1622–1658) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• James Durham on Desire

Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• An Edwardsian Invitation
• Jonathan Edwards on Christ Seeking the Salvation of the Wicked
• Jonathan Edwards’s Exhortation to Unbelievers from His Sermon on God’s Glorious Grace
• Jonathan Edwards on Christ and the Godly Seeking the Salvation of Sinners
• Jonathan Edwards on Common Grace and God’s Willingness to Save 

Eedes, Richard (d.1686) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Richard Eedes on Christ as a Willing Advocate

Fairbairn, Patrick (1805–1874) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Theopedia Writings: IA

• Patrick Fairbairn on the Will of God; With Reference to Ezekiel 18:23, 33:11, and 1 Timothy 2:4

Ferme, Charles (1566–1617) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Charles Ferme on Romans 2:4

Flavel, John (1630–1691) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• John Flavel on Romans 2:4
• John Flavel on Christ’s Willingness to Receive Sinners

Foxe, John (1517–1594) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• Walter Haddon and John Foxe on the Grace and Will of God

Frelinghuysen, Theodorus J. (1691–1747) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, Appleton's Cyclopedia Writings: PRDL

• Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen on Matt. 23:37
  

Fuller, Andrew (1754–1815) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Andrew Fuller on God’s Love, Good-Will and Saving Desire

Gale, Theophilus (1628–1678) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Theophilus Gale on Christ’s Affections, Gracious Invitations and Willingness to Save 
• Theophilus Gale on Christ’s Willingness to Give Life to Sinners
• Theophilus Gale on God’s Intention in the Means of Salvation

Gouge, Thomas (1605–1681) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Gouge on God’s Willingness to Save

Gray, Andrew (1634–1656) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Andrew Gray on Christ Begging

†Greenhill, William (1591–1671) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• William Greenhill on 15 Arguments for Christ’s Earnest Desire to Save Sinners

Grosvenor, Benjamin (1675–1758) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Benjamin Grosvenor on Jesus’s Willingness to Save
• Benjamin Grosvenor on The Temper of Jesus  and God’s Offers of Grace
• More Quotes from Benjamin Grosvenor’s The Temper of Jesus
• Benjamin Grosvenor on the Good-Will of God

Haddon, Walter (1516–1572) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: N/A

• Walter Haddon and John Foxe on the Grace and Will of God

Halyburton, Thomas (1674–1712) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Halyburton Beseeching Sinners

Henry, Matthew (1662–1714) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Matthew Henry on John 5:34 
• Matthew Henry on Deut. 5:28–29 and God’s True and Earnest Desire
• Matthew Henry on Luke 7:30

Heywood, Oliver (1630–1702) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Oliver Heywood on God’s Will, Christ’s Desire and the Spirit’s Kind Impulses
• Oliver Heywood on God’s Cordial Wish

Hildersham, Arthur (1563–1632) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• Arthur Hildersham on the Revealed Will of God 

Hodge, Charles (1797–1878) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Charles Hodge on God’s Will, 1 Tim. 2:4, Ezek. 33:11, Matt. 23:37, etc.
• Charles Hodge on Our Benevolent Sovereign

Hooper, John (c.1495–1555) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Hooper on God’s Justice and Will to Save

Howe, John (1630–1705) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Howe and God’s Will 
• John Howe on God's Will (Part 2) 
• John Howe on God’s Preceptive Will 
• John Howe on Romans 2:4 and God’s “Kind Intention”
• Henry Rogers’s Analysis of John Howe on the Will of God
• John Howe on Anthropopathic Speech, God’s Will and His Compassion 

Keach, Benjamin (1640–1704) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Benjamin Keach’s Notes Related to Matthew 23:37

Kingsmill, Andrew (1538–1569) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Brook Writings: PRDL

• Andrew Kingsmill on Christ’s Question to Judas

Latimer, Hugh (c.1487–1555) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Hugh Latimer on God’s Saving Will

Leigh, Edward (1602–1671) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Edward Leigh on God’s Patience and Long-Suffering
  

Levitt, William (fl.1652) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A Writings: PRDL

• William Levitt on the Will of God

Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn (1899–1981) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Rom. 2:4 and the Will of God; With Reference to Ezek. 33:11, Matt. 5:45, 23:37, Acts 14:17, 1 Tim. 2:4–6, and 2 Pet. 3:9

Luther, Martin (1483–1546) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Martin Luther on the Will of God and Matthew 23:37
• Richard Muller on Luther and the Will of God 

Maden, Richard (c.1591–1677) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A Writings: PRDL

• Richard Maden on the Will of God Touching Man’s Salvation

Manton, Thomas (1620–1677) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Manton on Jude 4 
• Thomas Manton on God Begging

Mather, Cotton (1663–1728) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Cotton Mather on God’s Desire and Willingness to Save

Mather, Increase (1639–1723) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Increase Mather on the Means and Motive of Christ’s Knocking

Mayer, John (1583–1664) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Mayer on 2 Peter 3:9
• John Mayer on 1 Tim. 2:4–6
• John Mayer on Ezekiel 18:23, 30–32

McCheyne, Robert Murray (1813–1843) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB

• R. M. McCheyne on Isaiah 48:18
• Robert Murray McCheyne on Christ’s Sufficiency and Willingness to Save All
• Robert Murray McCheyne on God’s Wish for All to be Saved

Nettleton, Asahel (1783–1844) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, Nettles Writings: Tyler

• Asahel Nettleton on 2 Corinthians 5:20
• Asahel Nettleton on Romans 2:4
• Asahel Nettleton on Revelation 3:20 
• Remaining Quotes by Asahel Nettleton on the Free Offer and the Death of Christ

Owen, John (1616–1683) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Owen on the Willingness of God to Save and the Love in God’s Words

Palmer, Anthony (c.1618–1679) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• Anthony Palmer on God’s Design and Willingness to Save Sinners Freely

Parr, Elnathan (1577–1622) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• Elnathan Parr on Romans 10:21

Perkins, William (1558–1602) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• William Perkins Quotes from David Silversides’s Book on the Free Offer
• William Perkins on Christ Standing and Knocking
• William Perkins on Matt. 23:37 

Polhill, Edward (1622–1694) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• Edward Polhill on God’s Will for the Conversion of the Reprobate

Powell, Vavasor (1617-1670) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB

• Vavasor Powell on Christ’s Willingness to Save All and Sovereign Good Pleasure

Preston, John (1587–1628) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• John Preston on God’s Desires
• John Preston on Complexity in the Will of God

Prosper of Aquitaine (c.390–c.455) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• St. Prosper on the Will of God

Prynne, William (1600–1669) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• William Prynne on the Will of God

Reynolds, Edward (1599–1676) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Edward Reynolds on God Beseeching

Robinson, Ralph (1614–1655) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Ralph Robinson on Christ’s Willingness to Receive Sinners

Rutherford, Samuel (1600–1661) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Samuel Rutherford on the ‘Sweet Evangelick Invitation’

Ryle, John Charles (1816–1900) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• J. C. Ryle on Matthew 23:37 and Luke 13:34

Shedd, W. G. T. (1820–1894) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Two W. G. T. Shedd Quotes from Calvinism: Pure & Mixed

Slater, Samuel (†1704) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB Writings: PRDL

• Samuel Slater on God’s Readiness and Desire to Receive Sinners

Spurgeon, Charles (1834–1892) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Charles Spurgeon on Ezekiel 33:11

†Strong, William (d.1654) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• William Strong on the Double Will of God

Syndenham, Cuthbert (1622–1654) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• A Gospel Appeal in One of Cuthbert Sydenham’s Sermons

Turretin, Francis (1623–1687) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Francis Turretin on the Will of God

Ursinus, Zacharias (1534–1583) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Zacharias Ursinus on God’s Will

Various Authors:

• John Frame on the Will of God 
• O. Palmer Robertson on the Noahic Covenant and 2 Peter 3:9 
• 2 Peter 3:9 and the Letterhead Argument 
• Erroll Hulse on 2 Peter 3:9 in Reformation Today 
• Donald J. Westblade on God’s Will 
• John MacArthur on Election 
• More from Erroll Hulse 
• Tom Ascol on the Will of God 
• J. I. Packer on God’s Love, Will, and His Bona Fide Offer 
• Charles Spurgeon Chiding Some “Older Calvinists” on 1 Tim. 2:4
• Anthony Hoekema on Article 8 and the Mission Focus of the Canons of Dort
• A. C. Denlinger on Robert Baron and God’s Universal Saving Will 
• Cornelis P. Venema on Christ’s Disposition Toward Jerusalem; With His Refutation of James White on Matt. 23:37
• Joel Beeke and Mark Jones on the Reasons for God’s Patience in Puritan Theology 
• Highlighting Richard Muller’s Citations of John Calvin on God’s Slowness to Anger and Willingness to Save
• God’s Will in His Commands and the Special Case of Abraham and Isaac 
• Henri Blocher on God’s Universal Salvific Desire
• J. H. Merle d’Aubigné on John Calvin and the Will of God
• J. Gresham Machen on Ezekiel 33:11 and 1 Timothy 2:4
• Thomas Schreiner on 2 Peter 3:9
• The Psalgrave Confession on the Death of Christ and the Earnest Will of God 
• Robert Letham on the Primacy of the Gospel over Election in Ludwig Crocius
• S. Lewis Johnson on the Universal Offer and God's Desire for the Salvation of All Men 
• Cornelis P. Venema on Heinrich Bullinger and God’s Will
• David Silversides on Matthew 23:37
• Curt Daniel on the Connection Between the “All” of the Atonement and the “Revealed Salvific Will of God”
• D. A. Carson on the Love and Will of God
• The Contradiction Between the Early and Later John Gerstner on the Will of God
• Bruce Ware on “God’s Universal Saving Will”
• Walter Chantry on Luke 13:34–35 
• D. A. Carson on Matt. 23:37
• Maurice Roberts on Christ’s “Deep Holy Instinct” 
• Chrysostom on Matt. 23:37
• Erroll Hulse on the Redeemer’s Tears
• John Thornbury on God’s Will
• Anthony Hoekema on Rationalism, God’s Universal Saving Desire and Hyper-Calvinism
• Walter Chantry on God’s Attitude Toward Unbelievers
• Iain H. Murray on God’s Universal Love and Willingness to Save all Men
• Walter Chantry on the Mutual Attraction Between Jesus and Sinners
• Geerhardus Vos on God’s Love and Desire for the Salvation of All Men
• John Frame on God’s Favor and Saving Desire
• Historic Calvinistic Language for God’s Revealed Will 
• Curt Daniel on God’s “Universal Saving Will”
• More from John MacArthur on God’s Universal Saving “Wish” and “Desire” 
• Sam Waldron on the 1689 LBC and God’s Saving Will
• Robert Reymond’s Denial of God’s Universal Saving Will
• Pierre-Charles Marcel on the Call of God and the Gospel Offer
• William Brenton Greene on God’s Goodness
• Simon J. Kistemaker’s Doctrinal Considerations on 2 Peter 3:9
• The MacArthur Study Bible Note On Matthew 23:37 As Expressing A Wish of God and A Well-Meant Appeal

Venning, Ralph (c.1621–1674) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Ralph Venning on God Begging
• Ralph Venning on Paradox in God's Will

Vincent, Nathaniel (c.1639–1697) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Nathaniel Vincent on Christ’s Four-Fold Compassion on Them That Perish

†Vines, Richard (c.1600–1656) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• Richard Vines on God’s Earnest Offers of Grace

Vos, Geerhardus (1862–1949) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki

• Geerhardus Vos on God’s Will of Decree and Will of Precept, His Love, and His Emotion
• Geerhardus Vos on God’s Love and Desire for the Salvation of All Men

Warne, Jonathan (fl.1731–1742) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: N/A

• Jonathan Warne on the Revealed Will of God

Watson, Thomas (c.1620–1686) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Watson on Considering the Mercies of God 
• Thomas Watson on God’s Will to Bring Men to Repentance
• Thomas Watson on God’s Kneeling Mercy
• Thomas Watson on God’s Will of Precept and Permissive Decree 

Whately, William (1583–1639) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• William Whately on the Will of God

Whitefield, George (1714–1770) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• George Whitefield on Christ’s Will and Desires 
• George Whitefield on God Begging
• A George Whitefield Invitation

Wilcox, Thomas (c.1549–1608) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB Writings: PRDL

• Thomas Wilcox on Christ’s Willingness to Save Sinners

Willard, Samuel (1640–1707) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Samuel Willard on God’s Good Will in the Gospel Offer

Willet, Andrew (1562–1621) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• Andrew Willet on God’s Revealed Salvific Will
• Andrew Willet on Romans 2:4

Wollebius, Johannes (†1629) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki Writings: PRDL

• Johannes Wollebius on God’s Revealed Will

Yates, John (fl.1612–1660) Citation(s): Tag/Label Bio: Wiki, DNB, Brook Writings: PRDL

• John Yates on God’s Serious and Hearty Desire for the Salvation of Every Soul

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See also the index on “God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men” at the Calvin and Calvinism site here (click). Below is a copy of the index:

God’s Will for the Salvation of all Men

1. God Desires Compliance to his Will and Commands as Standard Reformed Doctrine
2. Ambrose (337–397): God Wishes All Men to be Saved, With Reference to Christ Being a Universal Cause of Salvation
3. Ambrose (337–397): God is Good to All, With Reference to John 1:29
4. Chrysostom (347–407) on the Will of God for the Salvation of All Men: With Reference to God’s Precedent Will
5. John Wycliffe (1320s?–1384) on the Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin
6. Hugh Latimer (1847–1555) English Reformer and Martyr on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men, With Informal References to 1 Timothy 2:4
7. Erasmus Sarcerius (1501–1559) on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men
8. John Yates (fl. 1612–1660) on God’s Desire for the Salvation of All to Whom the Gospel Comes
9. John Calvin (1509–1564): God Gives Men Time to Repent
10. John Calvin (1509–1564) on Christ Coming For and Seeking the Salvation of the World and Reprobates
11. John Calvin (1509–1564) on Lamentations 3:33
12. John Calvin (1509–1564) on Isaiah 44:22
13. John Calvin (1509–1564) on Matthew 23:37
14. John Calvin (1509–1564) on 2 Corinthians 5:20
15. Thomas Becon (1512–1567) on God Wishing that All Men Be Saved (By Way of Informal References to Ezekiel 18:23 and 1 Timothy 2:4)
16. Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575) on God’s Will that None Perish (with Reference to Ezeliel 18:23 and 2 Peter 3:9)
17. Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563) on the Revealed Will
18. Peter Martyr Vermigli on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men
19. Andreas Hyperius (1511–1564) on God’s Desire that all Men be Saved
20. Rudolph Gualther (1519–1586) on the Will of God
21. Zachary Ursinus (1534–1583) on the Will of God
22. Amandus Polanus (1561–1610) on the Will of God
23. Anthony Maxey (d.1618) on Christ Knocking on the Doors of Sinners’ Hearts
24. Ezekiel Culverwell (1553/4–1631) on the Desire of God for the Salvation of All Men and the Well-Meant Offer
25. William Whately (1583–1639) on God’s Willingness to Pardon All
26. John Davenant (1572–1641) on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men With Reference to His Gracious Gifts to Men
27. Johannes Bergius (1587–1658) on God’s Will and Desire for the Salvation of All Men
28. Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) on God’s Desire that Men be Saved by ‘Will Revealed’
29. Richard Maden (ca. 1591–1677) on God’s Will for the Salvation of all Men: With Reference to Psalm 18:13, Matthew 23:37, 1 Timothy 2:2–4, and 2 Peter 3:9
30. William Prynne (1600–1669) on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men
31. Joseph Truman (1631–1671) on God’s Will for the Salvation of all Men
32. Edward Leigh (1602–1671) on the Will of God
33. Thomas Ford (1598–1674) Westminster Divine on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men, With Reference to 1 Timothy 2:4 and Ezekiel 33:11
34. Walter Marshall (1628–1680) on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men, With Reference to Ezekiel 33:11, Matthew 23:37, and 1 Timothy 2:4
35. Francis Turretin (1623–1687) on the Will of God: Its Two-Fold aspect
36. Francis Turretin (1623–1687) on God Desiring and Wishing that All Men be Saved
37. John Bunyan (1628–1688) on God’s Willingness to Save All Men
38. James Saurin on God’s Will for the Salvation of Sinners
39. Hermann Venema on God’s Will that All Men be Saved
40. Jonathan Warne on God’s Will for the Salvation of All Men
41. Andrew Fuller on the Will of God for the Salvation of Sinners
42. William R. Weeks (1783–1848) on the Will and Desire of God for the Salvation of All Men in Relation to the Sincere Gospel Offer
43. Robert Candlish (1806–1873) on God’s Will and Desire for the Salvation of All Men
44. Henry B. Smith (1815–1877) on the Will of God
45. John L. Dagg (1794–1884) on the Revealed Will
46. W.G.T. Shedd on God’s Desire and Compassion for the Salvation of All Men
47. Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) on the Will of God for the Salvation of All Men (With Reference to Ezekiel 18:23–32, 33:11, 1 Timothy 2:4, and 2 Peter 3:9)
48. Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) on God’s Love and Desire for the Salvation of All Men
49. Berkhof on the Will of God for Salvation of All Men
50. Samuel Waldron on God’s Will and Desire for the Salvation of All Men
51. Erroll Hulse on God’s Love and Will For the Salvation of All Men
52. Wayne Grudem on God’s Will and Desire for the Salvation of all Men
53. Bruce Ware on God’s Universal Saving Revealed Will for the Salvation of All Men

Additional Notes:

1. Sept. 25, 2022: Isa 45:22  “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. “He calleth the idolaters to repentance, willing them to look unto him with the eye of faith.”—Geneva Bible: Notes, vol. 1 (Geneva: Rovland Hall, 1560), 299; “Look unto me, and be ye saved] He calleth the Gentiles, •y the eye of faith, to look after him, that they may be saved by him; and not after their idols, which cannot save them, Psa_34:5. Chap. 17. 7, 8. Joh_6:40.”—1645 English Annotations
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