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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.
25. Lastly, it is confessed that this point is no Article of our Creed, nor is an agreement in it necessary to Church-communion or Christian Love, but difference in it must be accounted tolerable.
25. Lastly, it is confest that this point is no Article of our Creed, nor is an agreement in it necessary to Church-communion or Christian Love, but difference in it must be accounted tolerable.
In all this the moderate are commonly agreed. On the other side,
1. It is commonly granted that all that are elected to salvation shall persevere (though how far that election is upon foresight they quarrel.)1
- 1Cur ergo id quod Apostolis tunc fecit Christus non concedemus pro omnibus praedestinatis fecisse, ut peculiari modo sua merita illis applicaret & perseverantiam eis obtineret? nam si multi sancti pro aliis orantes conversionem eorum & perseverantiam impetrarunt, cur dicemus Christum pro omnibus praedestinatis non orasse, & peculiari suâ oratione tantam gloriam & gratiam illis obtinuisse? Vasquez in 1 Tho. q. 23. a. 8. d. 94. c. 3.