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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.
VI. The sixth I think sound, and the Schools [pure nature], as if Adams Love (in the principle) was not his necessary Sanity, is unsound.
VII. Here again, 1. I think he giveth too much to free-will in innocency, and too little to God. For Gods Help did not then serve mans will so much as Gods; and God fulfilled all his will while Angels used their power and liberty, and they did no good but what God willed and caused as he saw best. And while man and Angels used their liberty, they fulfilled Gods will in all their duty, as much as if they had been necessitated by natural predetermination.
2. And it is not true that their sufficient grace gave not Merit to the will: For it followeth not, that because they could have omitted a duty, therefore in doing it they did any thing of which God was not the prime cause: He that gave them all their power, disposition▪ objects, helps and motives, did give them that which he calleth Merit.