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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.
17. Gods dealings with Mankind are a certain confirmation of this truth, and an exposition and promulgation of this Law and Covenant of Grace as extended to all Mankind. For God doth not use them according to the rigour of the violated Law of Innocency, but giveth them abundant mercies and means which tend to their Repentance and recovery, and obligeth them all to Believe that he is merciful and their case is not desperate, and to Repent and use his means and mercies in order to their return to God and their Salvation. There are no Nations in the ⟨p. 32⟩world that even to this day are not under such mercies, means, and ob•• gations; and therefore none that are left as the Devils in Despair, under the unremedied Covenant of Innocency alone.
17. Gods dealings with Mankind are a certain confirmation of this truth, and an exposition and promulgation of this Law and Covenant of Grace as extended to all Mankind. For God doth not use them according to the rigor of the violated Law of Innocency, but giveth them abundant mer•ies and means which tend to their Repentance and recovery, and obligeth them all to Believe that he is merciful and their case is not desperate, and to Repent and use his means and mercies in order to their return to God and their Salvation. There are no Nations in the ⟨p. 32⟩world that even to this day are not under such mercies, means, and ob•• gations; and therefore none that are left as the Devils in Despair, under the unremedyed Covenant of Innocency alone.
18. But though the Law of Grace made to Adam be it which the world was then put under, and to be Ruled by, and the tenor of it extended to all Mankind; yet those that would partake of the Blessing• of it, were to consent to it as Covenanters with God, and to Belie in and obey God their Redeemer pardoner and restorer, in the thankful sense of all this mercy; which because the ungodly did not, they and their posterity fell under a double guilt and curse, both as violators of the Law of Innocency and of Grace: and therefore incurred a spec penalty: Cain and his off-spring being first thrust out further from the believing obedient people of God, and at last the whole world except eight persons perishing in the deluge.