Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…

666. I Know not how to conclude this discourse more suitably to my ends, than by opening to the Reader who is sensible of the Churches sin, misery and danger by our contentions and divisions, how much the parties whom I endeavour to reconcile, are agreed in judgement about these matters, and that in their own words. Remember still that it is not some few that run further than the rest (either Episcopius, Curcell•••, &c. on one side, or Maccovius, Rutherford or Dr. Twice, or Alvarez and other Predeterminants on the other side,) whose particular opinions I cannot undertake to reconcile: But only the generality of the Calvinists who go no further than the Synod of Dort (which is my test of the party) and the moderate Arminians, Lutherans, and Jesuits (in these points) on the other side. And let none reproach me for putting in the Jesuits, for as I know that very few Calvinists fly near so high for Predetermination as the Dominicans do; so I know that (though Arminius himself was a sober man, and Episcopius is cried up by some, as Volkelius and other Socinians are by others, as most clearly rational, yet) there is none of them all that equal in accurateness of search and clearness of reason, either many of the ancient Schoolmen, or Suarez, Ruiz, Vasquez, Albertinus, and many other latter School Jesuits.

666. I Know not how to conclude this discourse more suitably to my ends, than by opening to the Reader who is sensible of the Churches sin, misery and danger by our contentions and divisions, how much the parties whom I endeavour to reconcile, are agreed in judgement about these matters, and that in their own words. Remember still that it is not some few that run further than the rest (either Episcopius, Curcell•••, &c. on one side, or Maccovius, Rutherford or Dr. Twisse, or Alvarez and other Predeterminants on the other side,) whose particular opinions I cannot undertake to reconcile: But only the generality of the Calvinists who go no further than the Synod of Dort (which is my test of the party) and the moderate Arminians, Lutherans, and Jesuits (in these points) on the other side. And let none reproach me for putting in the Jesuites, for as I know that very few Calvinists fly near so high for Predetermination as the Dominicans do; so I know that (though Arminius himself was a sober man, and Episcopius is cryed up by some, as Volkelius and other Socinians are by others, as most clearly rational, yet) there is none of them all that equal in accurateness of search and clearness of reason, either many of the ancient Schoolmen, or Suarez, Ruiz, Vasquez, Albertinus, and many other latter School Jesuits.