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,…

And when he cometh to characterize Pelagius, he doth it as he doth elsewhere the Protestants, and as Malignants do Religious persons, by presumptions: viz. that he was indeed as Augustine saith, Temperate and of a good life but singular and very proud, (which he proveth by his opinion, and because he was against Swearing, and said, that Gods servants mouths should vent no bitter thing, but only that which is sweet; and that Christians must be so patient as readily to let go what is taken from them, and that gallantry and gay clothing is contrary to God, and that enemies must be loved as friends, and yet not believed, and that Riches must be forsaken, &c.) as holding nothing mean and moderate: that he affected novelty (and yet his errors were old, coming from Origen, •uffinus, Palladius, Evagrius, Jovin•an and the Philosophers) that he affected fame, admiration, hypocrisy, pretending to more holiness than others, under the garb of poverty, &c. over-•alued Reason, Logic, Syllogisms, Philosophers, &c. All which I mention, not to abate any ⟨p. 90⟩mans dislike of any one error of Pelagius, but to show that it is so usual for dissenters to make one another seem odious, and to feign or aggravate faults, and to vilify or deny Gods grace in others, that he that would not be tempted into malice, uncharitableness and slander, must take heed what he believeth, even of men accounted most abominable heretics. Doubtless Pelagius his denying original sin, and his laying too much on mans will, and too little on grace, are things to be detested.

And when he cometh to characterize Pelagius, he doth it as he doth elsewhere the Protestants, and as Malignants do Religious persons, by presumptions: viz. that he was indeed as Augustine saith, Temperate and of a good life but singular and very proud, (which he proveth by his opinion, and because he was against Swearing, and said, that Gods servants mouths should vent no bitter thing, but only that which is sweet; and that Christians must be so patient as readily to let go what is taken from them, and that gallantry and gay cloathing is contrary to God, and that enemies must be loved as friends, and yet not believed, and that Riches must be forsaken, &c.) as holding nothing mean and moderate: that he affected novelty (and yet his •rrours were old, coming from Origen, uffinus, Palladius, Evagrius, Jovinan and the Philosophers) that he affected fame, admiration, hypocrisie, pretending to more holiness than others, under the garb of poverty, &c. over-alued Reason, Logick, Syllogismes, Philosophers, &c. All which I mention, not to abate any