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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.
3. And as some men call that a Miracle which exceedeth the power of the second causes, so all things would be Miracles that God doth: For they are effects of his power as exceeding the power of second causes.
4. As a Miracle is that which is done by God without any second causes, †so some think that the propagation of souls is a miracle: But of souls and faith it is much unknown to us, how far God useth second causes; But that Generation as to one, and Preaching and all other means to the other, are some sort of second causes, *is sure.
- †Many good people would never be so much against the acknowledgement of second Causes if they understood the matter: But they ignorantly think it derogateth from God the first cause.
- *We have no reason to think that God useth no second cause in working faith. It is much to be noted which Pet. de Alllaco saith in 4. q. 1. E. Plus facit Deut faciendo aliquem effectum mediante causa secunda, quam si faceret eu•dem effectum se solo: Quia in prima factione sunt plures termini divina actionis quam in secunda. For as he said before, Quandocunque Deus facit aliquem effectum mediante causa sceunda, ipse non solum facit illum effectum, sed etlam facit causam secundam esse causam illius effecti. Mar• this well.