A26865:490
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II.…
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II. an answer to the accusations urged as reasons for the silencing of about 2000 by Bishop Morley ..., III. reasons proving it the duty and interest of the bishops and conformists to endeavour earnestly their restoration : with a postscript upon oral debates with Mr. H. Dodwell, against his reasons for their silence ... : written in 1668 and 1669, for the most of it, and now published as an addition to the defence against Dr. Stillingfleet, and as an account to the silencers of the reasons of our practice / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst and D. Newman, 1681
AN APOLOGY FOR THE SILENCED MINISTERS, Especially for their not cea… › Part › Objection 23
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13. All effectual grace proceedeth from an effectual will of God to work it.
14. The great question therefore, Whether none are converted but by special effectual grace? or any also by that which in its own nature is merely sufficient, and made effectual by mans will? is captious, and partly past the reach of man: It being certain, 1. That Grace is the chief agent in all that believe; 2. That the will and mind of man is the immediate actor in believing, 3. That whoever believeth hath such grace as cometh from an absolute, certain, fixed will of God, that it shall attain the effect. 4. And that in what degrees of influx God worketh on one that is converted, more or less than on another, is no enquiry for any man that knoweth what he talketh of? Nor can we well tell when one mans will death do its part better than another's, by the same degree of Grace.
14. The great question therefore, Whether none are converted but by special effectual grace? or any also by that which in its own nature is meerly sufficient, and made effectual by mans will? is captious, and partly past the reach of man: It being certain, 1. That Grace is the chief agent in all that believe; 2. That the will and mind of man is the immediate actor in believing, 3. That whoever believeth hath such grace as cometh from an absolute, certain, fixed will of God, that it shall attain the effect. 4. And that in what degrees of influx God worketh on one that is converted, more or less than on another, is no enquiry for any man that knoweth what he talketh of? Nor can we well tell when one mans will deth do its part better than anothers, by the same degree of Grace.
15. I should show when Free-will and Necessity are consistent, or inconsistent.
15. I should shew when Free-will and Necessity are consistent, or inconsistent.