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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
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§. 18. But this much I easily concede, 1. That as all Being is originally from God, so there is a continued divine causation of them, without which they would all cease or be annihilated: which some call a continued Creation, and some an Emanation; and some a continued Action or operation ad rerum esse. And it is an intolerable error to hold that God hath made the World or any part of it self-sufficient or Independent as to himself, as to Being, Action or Perfection. We grant therefore that all the world is so far United to God, as to depend on his continued causality: And that the Beams do not more depend on the Sun, or Light; heat and motion on the Sun and other fire, nor the branches, fruit and leaves more depend on the Tree, than the Creature on God.
§. 18. But this much I easily concede, 1. That as all Being is originally from God, so there is a continued divine causation of them, without which they would all cease or be annihilated: which some call a continued Creation, and some an Emanation; and some a continued Action or operation ad rerum esse. And it is an intolerable errour to hold that God hath made the World or any part of it self-sufficient or Independent as to himself, as to Being, Action or Perfection. We grant therefore that all the world is so far United to God, as to depend on his continued causality: And that the Beams do not more depend on the Sun, or Light; heat and motion on the Sun and other fire, nor the branches, fruit and leaves more depend on the Tree, than the Creature on God.
§. 19. 2. I grant that thus far the world may be said to be one, as all things are united in one first cause from which they flow, and by which they are.
§. 20. 3. But yet all these are no parts of God, as the fruit and leaves▪ are of the Tree, and as the beams are of the Sun's But they are Creatures, because Gods emanation or causation is creative, causing the whole Being of the effect: And it seemeth likest to the Sun (or fire's) causation of Motion, Light and Heat as they are in the Recipient, distinct ab essentia & actione Agentis quà tully.