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,…

In sum, it is a sufficient confutation of all Suarez's Reasons, to say, that they run upon this false supposition, that Nature and supernatural Precept may not both oblige man to the same duty, and that God cannot lay two Obligations on us to the same action. For all that he laboureth, is to prove that supposing the Revelation, Nature bindeth us to believe all the Christian Articles, to preach, and hear, and pray to God by Christ, to love our Redeemer, and be thankful, &c. and that the Gospel is thus fitted to lapsed Nature, as the first Law was to innocent Nature. All which I like very well, and take it for a great honour to Christ and the Gospel, that it is so suited to the natural necessity and state of fallen and miserable man, and may be called the Law of sinful Nature. But Suarez himself had before proved that Moses's Decalogue was both a Declaration of what Nature bound men to, and yet also the matter of a new Precept of God: And why could he not see the same of the Gospel, it being so evident, that it containeth Christ's Commands? And the very sum of our Ministry is, 1. To disciple and baptize all Nations, &c. 2. And then to teach them to observe all that Christ commanded. And indeed Suarez confesseth (p. 816.) That Christ did by new commanding add new Obligations to the duties of Nature, though he deny that Christ added any positive Precept as to the moral matter commanded by the Law of Nature—.

And by this instance you may see how near some men agree, that seem much to differ. But as to them that insist on it, that the Gospel and ⟨p. 44⟩New Covenant are no Laws, and that we have none from Christ but the Decalogue and Old Testament; were I to write against them to purpose, I would plentifully prove them Subverters of Christianity it self, and give full evidence against them, to any that believe the holy Scriptures. And contrarily I would prove, that there are no Divine Laws but what are truly the Laws of our Redeemer, now in the world, and that all Infidels are ruled, and shall be judged by a Law of Grace, though not of the last evangelical Edition; and that he that feareth not breaking the Laws of Christ, shall hear at last; Those mine Enemies that would not that I should Reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me,