A26883:2841
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.
B. I wonder not that Dr. Twice holdeth that God willeth it, when he ⟨p. 34⟩holdeth that he efficiently premoveth and predetermineth the Will to every forbidden act, clothed with all its circumstances. That which God causeth, he must needs will. But when he saith, Nostri Theologi affirmant, he must mean but some few, such as Maccovius, Spanhemius, Rutherford, (and perhaps Piscator or Beza,) of his own mind. But the generality of Protestants either are against him, or meddle not with it. He that will read Davenant, and such others, shall find the difference. I remember but few English Divines at all that own it, besides the forenamed and Mr. Norton. But having written both an answer to this Digression of Dr. Twice, and to his and Alvarez, and other mens Doctrine of physical predetermining premotion; I may pretermit that here.
B. I wonder not that Dr. Twisse holdeth that God willeth it, when he ⟨p. 34⟩holdeth that he efficiently premoveth and predetermineth the Will to every forbidden act, clothed with all its circumstances. That which God causeth, he must needs will. But when he saith, Nostri Theologi affirmant, he must mean but some few, such as Maccovius, Spanhemius, Rutherford, (and perhaps Piscator or Beza,) of his own mind. But the generality of Protestants either are against him, or meddle not with it. He that will read Davenant, and such others, shall find the difference. I remember but few English Divines at all that own it, besides the forenamed and Mr. Norton. But having written both an answer to this Digression of Dr. Twisse, and to his and Alvarez, and other mens Doctrine of physical predetermining premotion; I may pretermit that here.
C. But by this they make God an idle Spectator of sin in the World, and so deny a great part of his Providence or Works.