The Renewal of the Evangelical Spirit

...where God willed original: "u prendre ses delices" to take his delights, he could not then bound or limit the will of man, whom he willed to make in his likeness to be his Spouse, and not to be his slave, constrained to do his will, since every other kind of creature is subjected to his will: But man alone was created ENTIRELY FREE like a little God This "little God" concept emphasizes the Imago Dei (Image of God), suggesting that human free will is a finite reflection of God's infinite sovereignty., Sovereign and Master over all the creatures that God had subjected to man, leaving him free to use them for good or evil, according to his will. So that if man had wished to remain in the Love of his God, he could do so: But if he wished to withdraw from his Love, he could likewise do so, since he was entirely free in it.

And as God gave this freedom to man in creating him, he will never take it away from him, since his designs are immutable, and all his works are eternal. He willed to make man a creature entirely free in his Image and likeness, which Scripture confirms by saying, You are Gods to whom the word is addressed The author combines Psalm 82:6 ("I said, 'You are gods'") with Christ's commentary in John 10:35 regarding those to whom the word of God came.. From this it also follows that there is infallibly a blessed or unhappy Eternity for man, since man is a work of God that must remain eternally, for being made by an Eternal God. If this were not true, there could be no eternal Hell, since God cannot have made any evils, and will never make any, having always made, and will always