A26864:711
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.
§. 78.
R▪ B▪ This is nothing but what is granted. I yield that God is not as it were obliged till men perform the Condition. But the Question is whether he Absolutely sealeth before, and not whether that Seal oblige before.
R▪ B▪ THis is nothing but what is granted. I yield that God is not as it were obliged till men performe the Condition. But the Question is whether he Absolutely sealeth before, and not whether that Seal oblige before.
§ 79.
Mr. Bl. Even the Arminians Conditional incomplete Election, upon Condition of Faith and perseverance, they confess is absolute and complete, upon supposal of Faith and perseverance. This I take to be Mr. Baxters meaning, that upon supposal of Faith it Absolutely sealeth, which I willingly grant: but it is administered to many who never put in that Condition, nor come up to the terms of God, that believing they may be saved, and so in our sense it sealeth Conditionally.