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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.
1. The first is preparing common Grace, which maketh men fitter for special Grace, which yet they may have that perish.
2. The second is that Grace of the Spirit by which we perform the 1first Act of special Faith and Repentance, called commonly by Divine• Vocation, which goeth before any special habit; but not before any holy seed; Because the very influx of the Spirit on the Soul is as a seed, which exciteth the first act before a habit, though not ordinarily before some preparations. This Faith is commanded us as our duty first, and made necessary to us, as the Condition of the Covenant; And when we know it to be thus required of us, and hear in the Gospel the Reasons which should persuade us, then the Holy Spirit moveth us by his Influx to believe and consent, where God and man are conjunct Agents; but man subordinate to God.
2. The second is that Grace of the Spirit by which we perform the 1first Act of special Faith and Repentance, called commonly by Divine• Vocation, which goeth before any special habit; but not before any holy seed; Because the very influx of the Spirit on the Soul is as a seed, which exciteth the first act before a habit, though not ordinarily before some preparations. This Faith is commanded us as our duty first, and made necessary to us, as the Condition of the Covenant; And when we know it to be thus required of us, and hear in the Gospel the Reasons which should perfwade us, then the Holy Spirit moveth us by his Influx to believe and consent, where God and man are conjunct Agents; but man subordinate to God.
- 1The Thomists make the act of contrition and chari•y to be the ultimate disposition to Justification, which is with them the habit: And yet they say, that it floweth from that habit; And if the distinction of Alvaez Disp. de Aux 59. p. 264. & possim be not contradiction, I understand it not, [Eadem contritio quae est ultima dispositio ad gratiam, & in genere causae materialis antecedit illam, in genere tamen causae formalis & efficientis, est effectus ejusdem gratiae.] Though that which is the effect of one act of Gods Love, be the Object of another act.