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Reprobation Asserted

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The frequent occurrence(in the scriptures)of God choosing certain individuals and His passing by(reprobation-the negative side of election)of others makes us aware of the importance of this teaching and helps us come to a fuller understanding of God's will and the manner in which He executes His will.
In his letters to Spartanberg(edited by Richard Belcher)A.W.Pink in commenting on reprobation made this observation:that many Cavinists did not teach reprobation(not that they taught the contrary)but they either dodged or ignored it.But Calvin and Edwards seemed to be plain in their teaching of it.This is significant because Pink was very familiar with theological books from the 16th through the first half of the 20th century(he died in 1952).Pink did not mentoion Bunyans work on reprobation possibly because it was difficult for him to obtain(it appeared in only one edition of Bunyans collected works and in his select works published in America in 1832)and did not appear as a seperate book until after Pink's death( first appearing in seperate book form in 1969).This is important because relative to its frequent appeareance in Scripture it has rarely been addresed in Christian theological literature.
In the first chapter Bunyan looks at the fact that reprobation exists in the purposes of God.This is denied by most Arminians and as Pink observed it is dodged or ignored by many Calvinists.The verses he uses to support this assertion are:Rom.11:7,Rom.11:10,Eph.13:48,Rom.8:28-30,Eph.1:3-4 and 1Thess.5:9.No doubt many other Scripture verses could be cited.
The authors reasoning is sound and throughly Biblical.In chapter 7 answering the objection 'whether any under eternal reprobation have just cause to quarrel with God for not electing them?' Mr.Bunyan writes p.37"In a word,reprobation maketh no man personally a sinner;neither doth election make any man personally righteous.It is the consenting to sin that makes a man a sinner;and the imputation of grace and righteousness that makes(men)gospelly and personally just and holy."God is not harming or doing injustice to the reprobate,He is excercising His sovereign perogative.He is showing mercy to whom He wills to show mercy.
In chapter nine John Bunyan ably defends 'the free offer of the gospel'because those who reject the doctrine of reprobation (as being taught in the Scriptures)often wrongly conclude that it negates offering the gospel to all men without distinction.
I think another reason for the paucity of Christian theological books on reprobation is due to the difficulty of receiving this truth(let God be true and every man a liar,so says the Word of God).
The scarcity of books attempting to deal with this doctrine,the difficulty of receiving this aspect of truth in addition to the frequency with which the Bible speaks to this teaching all elevate the importance of this work.