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,…

And here I meet with these different Opinions: 1. Some say that the condition of the first Covenant was not Innocency, but sincerity: And •at Innocency was only a Duty, necessary necessitate praecepti, but not •edii: or that it was ut medium necessary ad melius esse, or to some certain degrees of felicity, whereof it was a condition, but not to felicity it ••lf. And that the Covenant of Grace doth herein agree with it; both •f them damning man only for mortal sin, and punishing them temporally only for venial sin. And he seemeth to be of this mind, who saith ••at, Do this and live, or Innocency or Works was the Condition only •f Moses Law, but that Adhere and Vanquish was the Condition of the •rst Covenant: But these are ambiguous unsatisfactory terms: If the •eaning be, [Adhere to God and his Law by perfect Innocency, and vanquish all temptations to Sin,] this is the same with that Innocency which •e say was the Condition. But if he mean only, [Adhere to me sincerely by love as thy Ultimate End, and vanquish all temptations which •ould draw thee from me, to another Ultimate End or God,] this is •he same with the first opinion; which many Papists seem to hold.

And here I meet with these different Opinions: 1. Some say that the •ondition of the first Covenant was not Innocency, but sincerity: And •at Innocency was only a Duty, necessary necessitate praecepti, but not •edii: or that it was ut medium necessary ad melius esse, or to some cer••in degrees of felicity, whereof it was a condition, but not to felicity it ••lf. And that the Covenant of Grace doth herein agree with it; both •f them damning man only for mortal sin, and punishing them tempolly only for venial sin. And he seemeth to be of this mind, who saith at, Do this and live, or Innocency or Works was the Condition only f Moses Law, but that Adhere and Vanquish was the Condition of the rst Covenant: But these are ambiguous unsatisfactory terms: If the eaning be, [Adhere to God and his Law by perfect Innocency, and vanuish all temptations to Sin,] this is the same with that Innocency which e say was the Condition. But if he mean only, [Adhere to me sinerely by love as thy Ultimate End, and vanquish all temptations which ould draw thee from me, to another Ultimate End or God,] this is he same with the first opinion; which many Papists seem to hold.