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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.
XIX. The fear of punishment (and attrition) is good, being f•g• mali; an Antecedent of wisdom: It is from a certain general grace, but not that properly called the grace of Christ: The Spirit of the Old Testament even of fear, is Gods Spirit: not that which Christ dyed to give men, which is contrary (delectation;) but another much inferior grace, which after the firm belief of Gods judgement and eternal punishment, fortassis Gratiam peculiaris cujusdam providentiae & operationis non excedit. They that have but the Righteousness of fear by knowing the Law, have not Gods righteousness but their own: Indeed they have faith and that radicated, but not Christs proper grace, but that which may come ex proprii arbitrii viribus, excited by providence, or, if you will, inspired fear: no sin can be avoided by it, but by other sin. c. 22, 23, &c. It is but of self-love. It is Legal righteousness and our own. c. 31, 32.
XIX. The fear of punishment (and attrition) is good, being f•g• mali; an Antecedent of wisdom: It is from a certain general grace, but not that properly called the grace of Christ: The Spirit of the Old Testament even of fear, is Gods Spirit: not that which Christ dyed to give men, which is contrary (delectation;) but another much inferiour grace, which after the firm belief of Gods judgement and eternal punishment, fortassis Gratiam peculiaris cujusdam providentiae & operationis non excedit. They that have but the Righteousness of fear by knowing the Law, have not Gods righteousness but their own: Indeed they have faith and that radicated, but not Christs proper grace, but that which may come ex proprii arbitrii viribus, excited by providence, or, if you will, inspired fear: no sin can be avoided by it, but by other sin. c. 22, 23, &c. It is but of self-love. It is Legal righteousness and our own. c. 31, 32.
XX. Liberty of will is either mere Voluntariness, whose contrary necessity is involuntarii coactio; or that free state which is the Love of God, consistent with simple necessity. lib. 7.