… opposed to the Biblical and Reformed position.
Clifford claims that Calvin was an Amyraldian because of his alleged belief in a ‘divine dichotomy’(p. 7), viewing God as having a double will: a revealed, universalistic will to save all men and a secret, decreed will to save some only. However, the gospel of salvation, Clifford concludes, is solely God’s universal will to save all and not His electing will to save some. “If a universal gospel offer is to be made, what …
Posts Tagged Amyraldian
Review of Amyraut Affirmed
Sep 15
Clifford’s New Reformation
Dec 11
… in one synergistic action, impossible to be divided. The corollary to Clifford’s Hyper-Amyraldian idea of atonement is thus his faulty view of justification and sanctification. Clifford rejects our Reformers’ doctrine of justification with its causative meaning ‘to make just’. He then takes only one of numerous Biblical words for justification, ‘ dikaioo ’, and limits its blessed, multiple meanings to a mere ‘declare righteous’, concluding that God does not actually …
The Synod of Dort
Aug 17
… rediscovery of the ‘real’ Synod of Dort is made difficult by the accounts of Arminian and Amyraldian authors such as Peter Heylin, Daniel Tilenus, Edmund Calamy, Bishop Tomline and John Goodwin, who have played havoc with the facts. These facts have also been distorted recently by fringe groups who unite the two extremes in the Synod and teach Supralapsarianism in an Arminian Grotian (Fullerite) garb. Sadly, the prevailing interpretations of British influence at Dort, be they …
… This it would indeed have done as Fuller writes in the guise of a Calvinist and not in his usual Amyraldian and Neonomian way. Had Fuller as Agnostos, the unknown, a different faith to Fuller the public figure? Was Fuller thus orthodox at heart? Any hope is dampened by further information Rylandgives about the 13 letters. He tells us that ‘with the exception of one or two pages, they were written by Mr Fuller himself.’ Are these ‘one or two pages’ from another hand the very pages …
… for the believer. Of scoffers of Fuller’s ilk he said, putting his finger on their Arminian, Amyraldian and Neonomian fallacies:
“A real Antinomian, in the sight of God, is one who “holds the truth in unrighteousness;” who has gospel notions in his head, but no grace in his heart. He is one that makes a profession of Christ Jesus, but was never purged by his blood, renewed by his Spirit, nor saved by his power. With him carnal ease passes for gospel peace; a natural assent of the …
