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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.
Answ. Most of this is about mere words. The word Predestination connoteth various effects and objects: and so is called various Acts. There is no efficient Cause in the Creature of any act of God: But there are objects without which Gods Acts have not their special denominations; and these objects are the termini, and called Material Constitutive Causes of those various acts as denominated various, specially or numerically: And so Gods Decree or Will to Justify and Glorify man, hath something ⟨p. 72⟩in the object as a necessary condition of it*, which is not •• the object of his decree of giving faith; And that hath something in its object, which is not in the object of the decree of giving a Redeemer to the World, or making the World, &c. if you will at all distinguish Gods decrees by their objects, or effects: But if not, there will be no matter for any Controversy.
Answ. Most of this is about meer words. The word Predestination connoteth various effects and objects: and so is called various Acts. There is no efficient Cause in the Creature of any act of God: But there are objects without which Gods Acts have not their special denominations; and these objects are the termini, and called Material Constitutive Causes of those various acts as denominated various, specially or numerically: And so Gods Decree or Will to Justifie and Glorifie man, hath something ⟨p. 72⟩in the object as a necessary condition of it*, which is not •• the object of his decree of giving faith; And that hath something in its object, which is not in the object of the decree of giving a Redeemer to the World, or making the World, &c. if you will at all distinguish Gods decrees by their objects, or effects: But if not, there will be no matter for any Controversie.
- *That is, of that object.