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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,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
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.
671. And the confession of Pet. Molinaeus received by the Synod, is worthy observation pag. 290, 291. where he saith [Sin is the Meritorious Cause of Destination to punishment] And [Though natural corruption be cause sufficient for Reprobation (as we kill new spawned 1Serpents before they hurt any) yet there is no doubt but that for what cause God damneth men, for the same he decreed to damn them: But he damneth reprobates for sins committed; For they suffer in hell not only for original sin, but for all actual sins; whence is the inequality of punishment: Therefore God Decreed to damn them for the same sins: For nothing hindereth but that God who considereth men in natural corruption and pravity may consider them also polluted in the actual sins which they will thence commit. And among the sins for which any one is Destinated to punishment no doubt, is unbelief and rejection of the Gospel—No reason suffereth, that he should be Reprobated for rejecting of the Gospel—to whom the Gospel was never revealed—That God destinated any to eternal punishment, without consideration of impenitence and unbelief, we neither say nor think—And though God predestinate the Elect to faith, he doth not predestinate the Reprobate to unbelief; For we must distinguish the media which God findeth in men, from those which he maketh. He findeth in men unbelief the means of damnation: But faith he findeth not, but maketh. Therefore he predestinateth to faith, but not to unbelief: For he predestinateth but to that which he decreed to make. Lastly, Impenitence in order goeth before Reprobation; but faith is after Election as being its effect—] Is not here enough to reconcile?
- 1Not only of punishment it self.
And next of Christs death he saith that [It is abundantly sufficient to save all men in the world, if they would believe: And that all are not saved by it is not through the insufficiency of Christs death, but of their pravity and unbelief.]