A26864:640
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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§. 69.
Mr. Bl. Reasons are given. This Conclusion is nowhere written in Scripture, and therefore is not properly the object of Faith; whereas the seals are for the confirmation of our Faith; To which I say, It is written Virtually, though not expressly. That I shall rise in Judgement is nowhere written, yet it is of Faith that I shall rise; and when I have concluded Faith in my heart, as well as Reason in my Soul, knowing my self to be a Believer as I know my self to be a man, I may as well conclude that I shall rise to Life, as that I shall rise to Judgement.
Mr. Bl. REasons are given. This Conclusion is nowhere written in Scripture, and therefore is not properly the object of Faith; whereas the seals are for the confirmation of our Faith; To which I say, It is written Virtually, though not expresly. That I shall rise in Judgement is nowhere written, yet it is of Faith that I shall rise; and when I have concluded Faith in my heart, as well as Reason in my Soul, knowing my self to be a Believer as I know my self to be a man, I may as well conclude that I shall rise to Life, as that I shall rise to Judgement.
§. 69,
R. B. 1. When you oppose Virtually to Expressly, you seem by Virtually to mean in sense, though not in terms. If so, then your Syllogism is tautological. But take it in what sense you will in any propriety, and I deny that it is Virtually written in Scripture, that you or I do Believe, or yet that you or I are Justified and shall be saved. Yet I confess that some Conclusions may be said to be Interpretativè vel secundum loquutionem moralem in Scripture, when but one of the premises is