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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.
B. Either you mean this of all unregenerate men, or but of some: 1. Of all they say it not: For the Synod of Dort chargeth them but with saying that men can use their naturals, so as by degrees to come up to Faith. They commonly hold, that ordinarily the Will must be prepared by commoner Grace, before it (morally) can believe, though such are freely Unbelievers, having a natural liberty or power to the contrary, though undisposed, and have a moral power and liberty to some preparatory acts. 2. But if you mean it of those that are come up to the highest preparatory acts, and also have Gods Grace ad posse credere, where there is the posse morale, there is moral Liberty so far. But whether this be really any mans case, or how many, to have Grace to enable them to believe who yet never do believe, is a Controversy which I find not Protestants apt to meddle with; And it is too hard for us to decide.
B. Either you mean this of all unregenerate men, or but of some: 1. Of all they say it not: For the Synod of Dort chargeth them but with saying that men can use their naturals, so as by degrees to come up to Faith. They commonly hold, that ordinarily the Will must be prepared by commoner Grace, before it (morally) can believe, though such are freely Unbelievers, having a natural liberty or power to the contrary, though undisposed, and have a moral power and liberty to some preparatory acts. 2. But if you mean it of those that are come up to the highest preparatory acts, and also have Gods Grace ad posse credere, where there is the posse morale, there is moral Liberty so far. But whether this be really any mans case, or how many, to have Grace to enable them to believe who yet never do believe, is a Controversie which I find not Protestants apt to meddle with; And it is too hard for us to decide.
C. That is the very heart of the Controversy, whether ever God give immediate Power and Liberty to believe to any one, who never believeth and useth it.
C. That is the very heart of the Controversie, whether ever God give immediate Power and Liberty to believe to any one, who never believeth and useth it.