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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
The First Part: OF THE NATURE, KNOWLEDGE, WILL AND DECREES of GOD,… › Section 24: On the other side.
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.
I think this is as high as you can desire. And yet there is nothing in all this, but what both parties may well bear with, and it hath indeed much soundness in it. But here he treateth only about equality of Liberty, but how much of it the unsanctified have, he elsewhere showeth, and I have oft told you how much the most are agreed in it.
I think this is as high as you can desire. And yet there is nothing in all this, but what both parties may well bear with, and it hath indeed much soundness in it. But here he treateth only about equality of Liberty, but how much of it the unsanctified have, he elsewhere sheweth, and I have oft told you how much the most are agreed in it.
708. To conclude, The heart and sum of all our differences is how to make God the total first Cause of all Good, and not to make him the Cause of sin, and the damner of man for that which he himself insuperably causeth. I hope both sides hold fast both the conclusions (that our sin and destruction is chiefly of our selves, but in God is our help, and our good and happiness is all from Him.) And if they both hold this, it is not the difficulty of joining them together, and opening Gods unsearchable methods, that must disjoint us, and draw us to withdraw our Love, or contemn each other, or disturb the Churches peace and unity.
708. To conclude, The heart and summ of all our differences is how to make God the total first Cause of all Good, and not to make him the Cause of sin, and the damner of man for that which he himself insuperably causeth. I hope both sides hold fast both the conclusions (that our sin and destruction is chiefly of our selves, but in God is our help, and our good and happiness is all from Him.) And if they both hold this, it is not the difficulty of joyning them together, and opening Gods unsearchable methods, that must disjoynt us, and draw us to withdraw our Love, or contemn each other, or disturb the Churches peace and unity.