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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.
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.
2. It's granted by all that not only such election, but fore-knowledge of salvation and perseverance, maketh it Logically Impossible, quoad consequentiam, not to persevere: that is, It Necessarily followeth, [God foreknoweth it: Therefore it will come to pass.]