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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 seventh Crimination.
A. At least you make Election absolute, if not Rejection; and say, that God electeth men to Salvation, without respect to any goodness in *them.
- *To the question, An electio ad beatitudinem praecesserit praedestinati• nem meritorum. The affirmative is held by Cajet. and most Thomists, by Scotus, in 1. d. 41. q. 1. Durand. q. 1. n. 8. Aegid. ibid. q. 1. a. 2. Major. 1. d. 4. q. 2. Sotu• in Ro•. •. Cordub. li. 1. q. 56. •pin. •. inquit Vasquez in 1. Tho. q. 23. disp. 89. c. 1. But Vasquez holdeth the contrary, with Os•rius, Turrian, and many others, maintaining that Augustine held, Electionem ad gloriam esse e• meritis gratia pr•visis. And no doubt but God decreed Glory to be given per modum praemii, if that be all.
B. I have said enough to this already; 1. Do you think that men are good before they are elected? when they are not men? You do not certainly. 2. Do you think that God fore-seeth any good in men, when he willeth to them their first good? no doubt you do not. 3. Do you think that God fore-seeth in men any second, third, or following degrees of goodness, before he intend to give it them? what need he purpose to give it them, if he fore-see that they will have it without his Gift? 4. Do you think that God fore-seeth any power to do good in men, but what he intendeth to give them? or any good act, but what proceedeth from that power which he giveth them, and from his concourse, or co-operating influx? I dare say that you do not. 5. And do you think that we imagine that God giveth, or purposeth to give, any following mercy to him