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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.
C. They mean such Merit as it is decent for God to reward.
B. The greater part, I think, by far of the School-men say, That the first special Grace is not given upon any Merit at all. And the learned and sober that thus talk of Merit of Congruity and Decency, mean no more but this, 1. That God who commandeth men such use of his common Grace, as a means to special, doth command no Duty, and appoint no means in vain. 2. That such prepared persons are fitter for special Grace than the unprepared, and malignant Enemies of it. 3. That it is Gods usual way to prepare men by common Grace, before he give them special Grace. 4. And many say that we cannot prove that God useth to deny special Grace, where he giveth the highest degree of preparing common Grace. And which of these are you against?
C. But doth not God give special Grace also without such preparation?
B. 1. Our foresaid practical Protestants seem to think not (to men at age.) For they oft say, that it cannot be conceived that a man can value Grace, and come to Christ truly, that hath no preparatory sense of sin and misery. 2. But I find not that the Papists usually deny it, but that God may give special Grace to the unprepared on a sudden. 3. But Papist's and Protestants are agreed that this is not his ordinary way. And where do we differ in all this?