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Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression…
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression of Mr. G. Kendall whereunto is added animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomæus Colvinus, aliaà Ludovicus Molinæs̳, M. Dr. Oxon, and an admonition of Mr. W. Eyre of Salisbury : with Mr. Crandon's Anatomy for satisfaction of Mr. Caryl.
London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, 1654
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To which I Reply: 1. Your terms are uncouth to me, but I will do my best to guess at your meaning. A perfection of the subject is perfectio essentialis vel accidentalis. The former •s no more but •sse subjectum, vere & propriè. The later may be variously taken, according to the variety of accidents: But certain I am that the subject is imperfect, quod ad perfectionem accidentalem. And therefore in this large expression, you seem to say much more then I. You and I, who are the subjects of Righteousness, are imperfect, though perfectly subjects.
To which I Reply: 1. Your terms are un•outh to me, but I will do my best to guess at your meaning. A perfection of the subject is perfectio essentialis vel accidentalis. The former •s no more but •sse subjectum, vere & propriè. The later may be variously taken, according to the variety of accidents: But certain I am that the subject is imperfect, quod ad perfectionem accidentalem. And therefore in this large expression, you seem to say much more then I. You and I, who are the subjects of Righteousness, are imperfect, though perfectly subjects.
2. That which you call here perfectio subjecti, is nothing but the truth of the immediate subject, as I understand you. Justitia est vel causae, vel personae, vel saltem considerata vel ut causae vel ut personae. Causa est subjectum proximum: Persons est subjectum primum & principal. Justitia causae, est vel actionum vel habituum aut dispositionum. Perfecti sunt habitus & dispositiones, & actiones vel perfectione essentiali Transcendentali, (& ita perfecti sunt, quia vere sunt, & verè sunt tales:) vel perfectione accidentali: & ita aliquo modo perfecti, & alio imperfecti sunt. It seems therefore that you here say as much at least as I, for the perfection of the matter of our inherent Righteousness, (if not more) for I am sure you speak more unlimitedly.