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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.
The Animadversions.
§. 2. I. IT seems Augustine and Pelagius were both pious men, that differed in the methodizing and wording those fundamental conceptions in which they agreed; by which Pelagius ran into errors. And I doubt, he was not so innocent as Jansenius intimateth, when he maketh Augustine to be the first true Teacher of grace, and Pelagius his Opinion to have been so ancient. And if it were not too bold to say so against one that read over all Augustine ten times, and all his writings against the Pelagians thirty times, I would say that I think that Austin owned more universal grace and free-will, than Jansenius supposeth him to have owned. Of Prosper and Fulgentiu• it cannot modestly be denied; who I think were of Augustine's mind.
§. 2. I. IT seems Augustine and Pelagius were both pious men, that differed in the methodizing and wording those fundamental conceptions in which they agreed; by which Pelagius ran into errors. And I doubt, he was not so innocent as Jansenius intimateth, when he maketh Augustine to be the first true Teacher of grace, and Pelagius his Opinion to have been so antient. And if it were not too bold to say so against one that read over all Augustine ten times, and all his writings against the Pelagians thirty times, I would say that I think that Austin owned more universal grace and free-will, than Jansenius supposeth him to have owned. Of Prosper and Fulgentiu• it cannot modestly be denyed; who I think were of Augustines mind.
II. He confesseth that self-determining free-will and sufficient Grace, were the condition of the Angels and innocent man; and so that it is not alien to Gods government, or prerogatives, for subjects to be so Ruled and Judged.