A26864:665
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 73.
R. B. 1. IF assurance be not of the nature or Essence of Faith, then it is not Faith: for nothing is Faith, but what is of the nature and Essence of Faith: But according to Mr. Bl. assurance is not of the nature or Essence of Faith (for he saith, its an error to hold it); therefore according to Mr. Bl. assurance is not Faith. But I suspect by the following words, that by nature and essence, he means the minimum quod sic.
2. That which is but either Pursued or Possessed by Faith, is not Faith it self, (for nothing is the Pursuer and Pursued, the Possessor and Possessed; as to the same part: nor will Mr. Bl. I conjecture, say, that a less degree of Faith possesseth a greater) but according to Mr. Bl. assurance is but pursued or possessed by Faith; therefore is not Faith.
3. I know none that denieth Assurance to be a Work of Faith, which Mr. Bl. here saith is a mistake to say, Love and Obedience are works of Faith, but not Faith it self.