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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 Second Part. OF GODS GOVERNMENT, AND MORAL WORKS. › A PREMONITION.
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.
An. No doubt but that is called Eternal Life in the fullest sense, which actually endureth to eternity as to that particular Subject: And so, 1. The life of Glory perfectively. 2. And a confirmed state of Sanctity here initially, are usually called Eternal Life. But 3. Whether the lossable state, which the Angels fell from, and Adam fell from, or that measure of Grace, which the ancient Fathers thought the justified may fall from, be never so called also, I cannot prove.
§. 11. M. S. Adam's promised Happiness, was, 1. Essential, in this perfect holiness or love of God. 2. Complemental, in the enjoying God i• all the sanctified Creatures in that Paradise, but not to be translated to Heaven, which Christ only procureth us.
An. I inclined to that Opinion 26 years ago, when I wrote the Aphorisms which you oppose: But I now incline more to the contrary, and rather think man should have been translated to Heaven as Enoch and Elijah were, upon many reasons, which I now pass by: Though I take it yet to be scarce certain to us.
An. I inclined to that Opinion 26 years ago, when I wrote the Aphorisms which you oppose: But I now incline more to the contrary, and rather think man should have been translated to Heaven as Henoch and Elias were, upon many reasons, which I now pass by: Though I take it yet to be scarce certain to us.