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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.
85. Therefore it seemeth plain to me, that though Christ's Church be •ow incomparably happier than the Jewish Church was, (in magnitude, •ight, and grace, and excellency of privileges,) far above all the rest of the world, and so excelleth the state of Heathens far more than the Jewish Church excelled them; Yet the rest of the world stand now in much like relation to God and the Christian Church, as before Christ's incarnation they did to God and the Jewish Church, who were his peculiar (but not his only) people; the foedus peculiaritatis was theirs only; but not foedus gratiae: So are we much more, as a holy Nation, a royal Priesthood to stand nearer God than the rest of the world: But whether the Jews were all Gods people on Earth I have before discussed, and proved •he negative.
85. Therefore it seemeth plain to me, that though Christ's Church be •ow incomparably happier than the Jewish Church was, (in magnitude, •ight, and grace, and excellency of priviledges,) far above all the rest of the world, and so excelleth the state of Heathens far more than the Jewish Church excelled them; Yet the rest of the world stand now in much like relation to God and the Christian Church, as before Christ's •ncarnation they did to God and the Jewish Church, who were his pecu•iar (but not his only) people; the foedus peculiaritatis was theirs only; but not foedus gratiae: So are we much more, as a holy Nation, a royal Priest•ood to stand nearer God than the rest of the world: But whether the Jews were all Gods people on Earth I have before discussed, and proved •he negative.
85. But certainly in no Nation under Heaven, there is no coming God, or pleasing him without Faith; nor seeing him without Holiness nor any Name given under Heaven by which men can be saved, but by Christ;