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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.
XLV. Is not the objective Reason in Devils of mans implanted Enmity against them, Gen. 3. 15. because they are Enemies to God and us, as being themselves Lovers of sin, and Tempters of us to sin and misery?
XLVI. Doth not he take the directest course to root out the Love of God and all Religion from the World, and to tempt men to hate God, and so to begin a Hell on Earth, who describeth God in Satan's likeness and much worse; as much as being the principal cause of all sin in men and Devils, is worse than sinning when predetermined, and tempting others to it?
XLVI. Doth not he take the directest course to root out the Love of God and all Religion from the World, and to tempt men to hate God, and so to begin a Hell on Earth, who describeth God in Satans likeness and much worse; as much as being the principal cause of all sin in men and Devils, is worse than sinning when predetermined, and tempting others to it?
XLVII. I think that the Dominican Predetermination, directly and necessarily overthroweth all certainty of Divine Revelation, by man, or Angel, and consequently all certainty of the Christian faith: even by overthrowing the very formal object, the Divine Veracity. For if God efficiently premove and predetermine all wills and tongues and pens to all the lies that ever are made in the world, then 1. To do so, is not inconsistent with his perfections or his will; 2. And then we can never know when he doth not so, unless by the event. This is grounded on these suppositions,