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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.
115. This leadeth them to another doubt, Whether the Creatures have from Eternity an esse reale distinct from Gods Essence? Where Henry. saith that they have a true esse reale essentiae, at non existentiae, because 1omne possibile est ens reale; & est in genere, &c. Thus do men play with the notions of their own brains. Scotus confuteth this by seven arguments, which is easily done.
115. This leadeth them to another doubt, Whether the Creatures have from Eternity an esse reale distinct from Gods Essence? Where Henrie. saith that they have a true esse reale essentiae, at non existentiae, because 1omne possibile est ens reale; & est in genere, &c. Thus do men play with the notions of their own brains. Scotus confuteth this by seven arguments, which is easily done.
- 1Henr. (refor. Scoto. in 1. d. 36.) quodlib. 8. q. 91 & q. 4. 1 & •. Scot. 1. d. 36. Vid. Th. Waldens. de antiq. fid. l. 1. c. 8. cont. Wicles.
116. But their next doubt is greater, Whether the Creatures have from eternity an esse intelligibile & cognitum distinct from Gods essence? What the esse Cognitum is, whether it be ens real or rationis or quid medium? Scotus is the Author of this notion of esse cognitum as an esse formale & proprium quod creatura habet distinctum ab esse suae Causa; in quo in Divino intellectu creaturae ipsae per intellectionem producuntur; e. g. Lapid•m in esse cognito producit, sicut intellectus noster secundas intentitiones ⟨p. 18⟩facit, & ita rebus ipsis esse cognitum tribuit: nam sicut lapis visus per visionem habet esse visum, ita lapis cognitus per cognitionem esse cognitum habet—sed ut primum ejus esse, per quod esse formale habent—Imo esse rerum Possibile in esse cognito fundatur. Who can read such